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B20551
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A discourse concerning excommunication. By THomas Comber DD. Precentor of York.
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Comber, Thomas, 1645-1699.
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1684
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synagogue_n at_o the_o hour_n of_o prayer_n 6._o prayer_n idem_fw-la ibid._n cap._n 6._o and_o again_o let_v every_o man_n go_v morning_n and_o evening_n to_o the_o synagogue_n and_o if_o any_o man_n who_o have_v a_o synagogue_n in_o his_o city_n pray_v not_o in_o it_o with_o the_o congregation_n he_o be_v a_o evil_a neighbour_n 8._o neighbour_n maim_v tephil_n cap._n 8._o et_fw-la baeb_n berac_n fol._n 8._o and_o about_o our_o saviour_n time_n we_o be_v tell_v there_o be_v 480_o in_o jerusalem_n yea_o unto_o this_o day_n the_o jew_n have_v synagogue_n for_o prayer_n and_o religious_a worship_n in_o all_o city_n where_o they_o be_v tolerate_v for_o of_o these_o buxtorf_n say_v they_o have_v synagogue_n or_o school_n so_o they_o call_v their_o church_n 5._o church_n synagogas_fw-la aut_fw-la scholas_fw-la ita_fw-la nimirum_fw-la vocant_fw-la templa_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la habent_fw-la buxt_n synag_fw-mi c._n 5._o where_o they_o always_o meet_v say_v he_o at_o the_o appoint_a hour_n of_o prayer_n and_o there_o they_o perform_v their_o prayer_n according_a to_o the_o direction_n of_o their_o book_n ibid._n book_n idem_fw-la ibid._n which_o constant_a use_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o call_v the_o place_n for_o their_o religious_a assembly_n synagogue_n give_v occasion_n to_o christian_n also_o to_o call_v their_o church_n by_o the_o very_a same_o name_n so_o s._n james_n speak_v of_o one_o come_v into_o the_o christian_a synagogue_n 2._o synagogue_n james_n two_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph._n adv_o nat._n lib._n 2._o and_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_n say_v the_o holy_a church_n be_v call_v synagogue_n all_o which_o sufficient_o prove_v that_o the_o main_a end_n of_o synagogue_n be_v for_o prayer_n and_o other_o religious_a meeting_n yet_o we_o confess_v that_o when_o once_o the_o nation_n be_v bring_v under_o the_o roman_n so_o that_o the_o jew_n have_v no_o prince_n of_o their_o own_o nor_o no_o great_a coercive_a power_n then_o and_o not_o before_o it_o appear_v they_o have_v a_o session_n of_o three_o eminent_a man_n in_o every_o synagogue_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v such_o cause_n as_o be_v leave_v to_o they_o and_o be_v not_o sit_v to_o be_v complain_v of_o to_o the_o roman_a governor_n and_o because_o for_o more_o privacy_n they_o sometime_o execute_v the_o sentence_n as_o far_o as_o scourge_v the_o malefactor_n in_o their_o synagogue_n matth._n x._o 17._o therefore_o some_o learned_a man_n have_v fancy_v the_o synagogue_n to_o be_v place_n for_o administer_a civil_a justice_n and_o hence_o mr._n selden_n will_v infer_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n power_n in_o excommunication_n and_o that_o this_o holy_a interdict_v itself_o be_v chief_o yea_o only_o a_o civil_a punishment_n and_o a_o deny_v to_o keep_v they_o company_n in_o the_o affair_n of_o common_a life_n but_o all_o unprejudiced_a man_n must_v grant_v that_o excommunication_n or_o turn_v out_o of_o the_o synagogue_n necessary_o imply_v a_o separation_n from_o all_o act_v do_v in_o the_o synagogue_n that_o be_v first_o and_z chief_o from_o prayer_n and_o sermon_n and_o second_o from_o the_o benefit_n of_o these_o private_a tribunal_n and_o last_o from_o their_o civil_a conversation_n also_o nor_o can_v it_o be_v improbable_a that_o they_o must_v both_o go_v together_o for_o if_o a_o man_n be_v so_o wicked_a as_o to_o be_v judge_v unworthy_a to_o talk_v or_o eat_v with_o his_o brethren_n he_o be_v much_o more_o unworthy_a to_o pray_v with_o they_o and_o he_o who_o may_v not_o come_v into_o the_o synagogue_n when_o a_o court_n be_v keep_v there_o ought_v much_o more_o to_o be_v exclude_v when_o religious_a office_n be_v perform_v and_o that_o offender_n be_v then_o exclude_v from_o religious_a assembly_n may_v be_v sufficient_o prove_v from_o the_o best_a author_n josephus_n affirm_v that_o if_o any_o of_o the_o priest_n do_v offend_v he_o be_v interdict_v from_o come_v to_o the_o altar_n and_o from_o meddle_v with_o any_o holy_a office_n in_o ap._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 632._o and_o he_o say_v the_o essenes_n do_v not_o sacrifice_n in_o the_o temple_n because_o they_o have_v some_o rite_n of_o their_o own_o which_o they_o count_v more_o holy_a for_o which_o cause_n be_v exclude_v from_o the_o public_a temple_n they_o sacrifice_v in_o private_a by_o themselves_o 2._o themselves_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d antiq._n l_o 18._o c._n 2._o yea_o the_o custom_n of_o these_o essenes_n among_o those_o of_o their_o own_o sect_n show_v that_o the_o excommunication_n then_o in_o use_n among_o they_o be_v a_o exclusion_n from_o both_o religious_a and_o civil_a commerce_n for_o if_o any_o of_o they_o be_v take_v in_o any_o great_a fault_n they_o cast_v he_o out_o of_o their_o society_n 7._o society_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jos_n bell._n jud._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o and_o none_o of_o they_o will_v ever_o come_v near_o he_o after_o this_o censure_n under_o which_o he_o common_o die_v miserable_o athanasius_n also_o relate_v how_o the_o chief_a priest_n and_o elder_n at_o berytus_n do_v excommunicate_a that_o jew_n and_o cast_v he_o out_o of_o their_o synagogue_n with_o who_o a_o image_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v find_v 628._o find_v athanas_n tom._n 2._o p._n 628._o and_o not_o to_o search_v for_o more_o example_n the_o usage_n of_o the_o modern_a jew_n derive_v from_o their_o father_n do_v abundant_o prove_v that_o excommunication_n be_v a_o deprivation_n of_o communion_n in_o sacred_a office_n for_o when_o any_o be_v disobedient_a they_o curse_v he_o and_o declare_v he_o open_o to_o be_v excommunicate_v and_o in_o this_o case_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o any_o to_o speak_v to_o he_o or_o to_o come_v within_o four_o yard_n of_o he_o neither_o may_v he_o come_v into_o the_o synagogue_n or_o school_n but_o he_o be_v to_o sit_v upon_o the_o ground_n with_o his_o shoe_n off_o as_o if_o he_o mourn_v for_o some_o of_o his_o dead_a kindred_n and_o this_o he_o must_v do_v till_o he_o be_v absolve_v by_o the_o rabbin_n and_o shall_v have_v receive_v their_o benediction_n and_o if_o it_o be_v the_o solemn_a and_o grand_a excommunication_n then_o do_v all_o the_o people_n repair_v to_o the_o school_n light_v black_a torch_n and_o sound_a horn_n they_o curse_v he_o that_o shall_v do_v or_o have_v do_v such_o a_o thing_n and_o all_o the_o child_n and_o the_o people_n answer_v amen_n leo_fw-la moden_n history_n of_o the_o present_a jew_n chap._n 3._o pag._n 70._o which_o last_o passage_n mind_v i_o of_o the_o second_o degree_n of_o excommunication_n call_v cherem_n which_o be_v not_o only_o a_o separate_n the_o person_n from_o religious_a and_o civil_a commerce_n but_o declare_v he_o accurse_v yea_o they_o do_v actual_o curse_v he_o and_o wish_v dreadful_a evil_n may_v befall_v he_o which_o kind_n of_o anathema_n the_o jew_n in_o their_o synagogue_n utter_v against_o christ_n and_o all_o christian_n as_o justin_n martyr_n at_o large_a relate_v in_o divers_a place_n 363._o place_n just_a mart._n dial._n cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 323_o 335_o &_o 363._o yea_o epiphanius_n say_v that_o the_o jew_n in_o their_o synagogue_n twice_o a_o day_n at_o noon_n and_o at_o evening_n do_v curse_n and_o anathematise_v the_o christian_n say_v o_o god_n curse_v these_o nazarite_n 18._o nazarite_n epiphan_n panar_n sect._n 29._o p._n 55._o s._n hierom_n say_v they_o do_v it_o thrice_o a_o day_n com._n in_o isai_n v._o 18._o and_o the_o like_a anathema_n they_o pronounce_v against_o all_o those_o who_o read_v their_o law_n in_o the_o greek_a tongue_n till_o justinian_n do_v forbid_v this_o by_o a_o particular_a constitution_n yet_o extant_a in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n 202._o law_n justin_n auth._n collat._n ix_o tit._n 29._o nou._n 146_o pag._n 202._o to_o this_o may_v be_v add_v a_o three_o sort_n of_o excommunication_n sometime_o use_v among_o the_o jew_n call_v schammatha_n which_o be_v a_o solemn_a deliver_v a_o desperate_a and_o incurable_a criminal_a to_o the_o divine_a vengeance_n which_o sometime_o do_v terrible_o seize_v on_o the_o accurse_a person_n and_o of_o this_o the_o name_n itself_o give_v we_o intimation_n which_o some_o expound_v ibi_fw-la mors_fw-la there_o be_v death_n other_o the_o name_n come_v that_o be_v god_n come_v jehovah_n who_o name_n be_v not_o to_o be_v pronounce_v especial_o in_o a_o form_n of_o curse_v come_v to_o take_v vengeance_n which_o s._n paul_n give_v we_o in_o the_o syriac_a form_n maran-atha_a 1_o cor._n xuj_o 22._o for_o maran_n signify_v a_o lord_n in_o that_o language_n and_o thence_o they_o call_v our_o saviour_n marani_n from_o which_o appellation_n the_o syrian_a christian_n be_v yet_o call_v maronites_n and_o some_o think_v s._n paul_n allude_v to_o this_o where_o he_o speak_v of_o wilful_a apostate_n and_o say_v nothing_o remain_v for_o they_o but_o a_o certain_a fearful_a look_v for_o of_o judgement_n hebr._n x._o 27._o yea_o some_o learned_a
well_o as_o priest_n and_o make_v prince_n the_o supreme_a never_o intend_v to_o give_v his_o minister_n any_o power_n to_o disturb_v the_o public_a peace_n or_o oppose_v the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o world_n and_o if_o prince_n have_v not_o power_n to_o hinder_v such_o unjust_a sentence_n they_o can_v not_o govern_v their_o kingdom_n nor_o do_v their_o duty_n and_o when_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o clergy_n strive_v with_o king_n for_o the_o supremacy_n it_o be_v high_a time_n for_o they_o to_o check_v these_o dangerous_a attempt_n or_o else_o they_o will_v not_o have_v sit_v any_o long_o in_o their_o throne_n than_o the_o pope_n please_v but_o all_o this_o be_v now_o out_o of_o door_n and_o therefore_o the_o objection_n signify_v nothing_o as_o to_o our_o protestant_a bishop_n exercise_v this_o authority_n because_o they_o yield_v the_o king_n the_o supremacy_n in_o all_o cause_n as_o the_o primitive_a bishop_n do_v and_o even_o in_o popish_a time_n though_o the_o king_n do_v prohibit_v the_o abuse_n of_o this_o power_n yet_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o own_v the_o right_a to_o be_v sole_o in_o the_o bishop_n for_o edward_n the_o three_o who_o mr._n selden_n instance_n in_o do_v by_o his_o letter_n request_v john_n stratford_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o kingdom_n to_o excommunicate_v all_o notorious_a malefactor_n and_o disturber_n of_o the_o peace_n of_o church_n and_o state_n which_o request_n they_o grant_v in_o a_o council_n at_o london_n 581._o london_n an._n 1342._o ap_fw-mi spelm._n council_n tom._n ii_o p._n 581._o and_o whatever_o other_o objection_n mr._n selden_n have_v raise_v relate_v to_o the_o time_n before_o the_o reformation_n they_o can_v imply_v what_o he_o intend_v because_o it_o be_v the_o general_n opinion_n that_o the_o clergy_n who_o he_o confess_v consent_v to_o many_o of_o these_o limitation_n have_v a_o right_n from_o god_n to_o excommunicate_v and_o absolve_v hence_o in_o the_o charter_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n he_o that_o be_v prosecute_v for_o a_o offence_n according_a to_o the_o bishop_n law_n shall_v come_v and_o give_v satisfaction_n according_a to_o the_o canon_n to_o god_n and_o his_o bishop_n 14._o bishop_n an._n 1085._o ap_fw-mi spelm._n tom._n ii_o pag._n 14._o and_o matth._n paris_n affirm_v robert_n de_fw-fr marmiun_n who_o die_v excommunicate_a to_o be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o damnation_n 80._o damnation_n an._n 1143._o matth._n paris_n pag._n 80._o and_o the_o form_n of_o excommunication_n use_v about_o this_o time_n be_v general_o prefaced_a thus_o we_o in_o the_o name_n and_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o almighty_n god_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n and_o by_o the_o authorty_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n etc._n etc._n do_v excommunicate_a 158._o excommunicate_a an._n 1215._o matth._n paris_n p._n 270_o an._n 1217._o constit_fw-la ric._n sarum_n spelm._n tom._n ii_o p._n 158._o of_o which_o there_o be_v very_o many_o form_n 456._o form_n an._n 1222._o council_n oxon._n spelm._n tom._n ii_o p._n 181._o item_n anno_fw-la 1276._o constit_fw-la dunelm_n spelm._n ib._n p._n 319._o et_fw-fr an._n 1308._o ibid._n p._n 456._o which_o do_v manifest_o prove_v that_o the_o bishop_n do_v open_o claim_v this_o as_o a_o divine_a right_n which_o appear_v also_o from_o their_o public_a declaration_n one_o of_o which_o shall_v suffice_v here_o the_o prelate_n of_o the_o church_n who_o carry_v saint_n peter_n key_n must_v consider_v how_o great_a the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o loose_v be_v which_o christ_n have_v commit_v to_o they_o as_o s._n chrysostom_n say_v man_n bind_v but_o the_o power_n be_v give_v by_o christ_n the_o lord_n give_v man_n this_o honour_n and_o since_o excommunication_n be_v a_o condemn_v to_o eternal_a death_n it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v inflict_v but_o for_o mortal_a crime_n etc._n etc._n 383._o etc._n an._n 1287._o syn._n exon._n cap._n 43._o spelm._n tom._n ii_o pag._n 383._o which_o with_o very_a many_o evidence_n of_o like_a kind_n do_v show_v that_o whatever_o consent_n the_o clergy_n give_v to_o any_o limitation_n of_o this_o power_n it_o can_v only_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o abuse_n of_o it_o in_o unjust_a cause_n or_o manner_n of_o proceed_v but_o can_v be_v expound_v of_o their_o intend_v to_o divest_v themselves_o of_o this_o divine_a right_n which_o they_o always_o claim_v and_o open_o declare_v as_o the_o ground_n of_o their_o excommunication_n and_o that_o our_o ancient_a king_n do_v not_o pretend_v to_o prohibit_v the_o bishop_n from_o exercise_v this_o power_n in_o any_o just_a cause_n which_o by_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n or_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n belong_v to_o they_o may_v appear_v from_o king_n edward_n the_o second_o charter_n of_o prohibition_n which_o be_v answer_n to_o certain_a grievance_n of_o the_o clergy_n present_v to_o that_o king_n and_o his_o parliament_n wherein_o it_o be_v declare_v that_o if_o a_o prelate_n impose_v corporal_a penance_n only_o for_o sin_n commit_v and_o the_o offender_n will_v commute_v it_o the_o king_n prohibition_n in_o that_o case_n have_v no_o place_n and_o whereas_o some_o have_v get_v the_o king_n letter_n to_o require_v the_o ordinary_a to_o absolve_v such_o as_o he_o have_v excommunicate_v by_o a_o certain_a day_n or_o else_o to_o appear_v and_o show_v cause_n why_o they_o have_v excommunicate_v such_o a_o person_n it_o be_v declare_v such_o letter_n shall_v never_o be_v grant_v hereafter_o but_o where_o the_o excommunication_n be_v find_v to_o hurt_v the_o king_n prerogative_n and_o whereas_o when_o those_o who_o hold_v of_o the_o king_n be_v cite_v before_o the_o ordinary_a out_o of_o their_o parish_n and_o excommunicate_v for_o their_o contumacy_n the_o king_n writ_n to_o arrest_v they_o after_o 40_o day_n be_v sometime_o deny_v the_o king_n declare_v such_o a_o writ_n never_o be_v deny_v nor_o never_o shall_v be_v deny_v hereafter_o 484._o hereafter_o an._n 1316._o ap_fw-mi spelm._n tom._n ii_o pag._n 484._o all_o which_o be_v print_v in_o our_o statute_n book_n for_o law_n 98._o law_n an._n 9_o edvard_n 2._o an._n 1315._o pag._n 98._o and_o before_o that_o time_n it_o be_v enact_v in_o parliament_n that_o excommunicate_a person_n imprison_v at_o the_o bishop_n request_n shall_v not_o be_v repleviseable_a by_o the_o common_a writ_n nor_o without_o writ_n 27._o writ_n an._n 3_o edu._n primi_fw-la an._n 1275._o cap._n 15._o pag._n 27._o soon_o after_o be_v the_o statute_n of_o circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la make_v which_o charge_v the_o temporal_a judge_n not_o to_o punish_v the_o clergy_n for_o hold_v plea_n in_o the_o court_n christian_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v mere_a spiritual_n viz._n of_o penance_n enjoin_v by_o prelate_n for_o deadly_a sin_n as_o fornication_n adultery_n and_o such_o like_a and_o in_o divers_a case_n there_o relate_v the_o king_n declare_v his_o prohibition_n shall_v not_o lie_v 70._o lie_v an._n 13_o ed._n prim_fw-la an._n 1285._o pag._n 70._o these_o i_o think_v be_v manifest_a proof_n of_o the_o clergy_n have_v a_o divine_a right_o to_o excommunicate_v for_o impiety_n and_o immorality_n and_o all_o that_o mr._n selden_n have_v heap_v up_o to_o intimate_v the_o contrary_a for_o these_o time_n be_v sufficient_o answer_v hereby_o and_o as_o to_o all_o his_o objection_n relate_v to_o the_o time_n since_o our_o reformation_n without_o go_v out_o of_o my_o own_o profession_n or_o meddle_v with_o his_o law_n case_n i_o can_v prove_v that_o the_o best_a reform_a church_n abroad_o and_o our_o own_o at_o home_n have_v hold_v and_o maintain_v that_o the_o clergy_n have_v power_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o excommunicate_v scandalous_a offender_n the_o helvetian_a confession_n cite_v the_o place_n of_o matth._n xuj_o about_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n and_o john_n xx_o of_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o declare_v the_o minister_n authority_n to_o admit_v or_o to_o exclude_v out_o of_o the_o church_n be_v ground_v thereon_o 18._o thereon_o confess_v poster_n helu._n art_n 18._o the_o bohemian_a confession_n be_v very_o large_a in_o profess_v their_o belief_n that_o christ_n have_v give_v his_o minister_n power_n to_o sever_v sinner_n from_o the_o fellowship_n of_o christ_n and_o from_o the_o participation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n to_o cast_v they_o out_o of_o the_o christian_a church_n to_o shut_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n upon_o they_o and_o final_o to_o deliver_v they_o to_o satan_n 14._o satan_n confess_v bohem_n cap._n 14._o the_o belgic_a confession_n also_o do_v affirm_v that_o they_o retain_v excommunication_n and_o other_o appendix_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n as_o necessary_a by_o the_o precept_n of_o god_n word_n 32._o word_n confess_v belg._n art_n 32._o and_o when_o they_o correct_v this_o article_n as_o mr._n selden_n pretend_v 233._o pretend_v seld._n the_o syned_a lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o pag._n 233._o they_o still_o