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harm_n evang_v cap._n 171._o brachmand_n tom._n 3._o pag._n 2082._o neither_o do_v the_o lutheran_n make_v any_o such_o use_n of_o judas_n his_o receive_n of_o the_o sacrament_n as_o master_n prynne_n do_v for_o they_o hold_v that_o not_o only_o excommunicate_v person_n but_o scandalous_a and_o notorious_a sinner_n not_o yet_o excommunicate_v aught_o to_o be_v keep_v back_o from_o the_o lord_n table_n see_v gerhard_n loc_n come_v tom._n 5._o 180_o 181_o 182._o where_o he_o prove_v distinct_o that_o all_o these_o aught_o to_o be_v exclude_v from_o the_o lord_n supper_n 1._o heretic_n 2._o notorious_a scandalous_a sinner_n 3._o excommunicate_v person_n 4._o possess_a person_n furious_a person_n and_o idiot_n 5._o infamous_a person_n who_o use_v unlawful_a art_n as_o magician_n negromancer_n etc._n etc._n and_o for_o the_o exclusion_n of_o scandalous_a sinner_n he_o cit_v the_o ecclesiastical_a electoral_a constitution_n l._n osiander_n enchir._n contra_fw-la anabap._n cap._n 6._o quaest_n 3._o tell_v we_o that_o the_o lutheran_n church_n exclude_v all_o know_a scandalous_a person_n from_o the_o sacrament_n but_o it_o be_v strange_a to_o i_o that_o m_o r_o prynne_n will_n not_o give_v credit_n to_o some_o of_o the_o testimony_n cite_v by_o himself_o theophylact._n enar_a in_o matth._n 26._o say_v quidam_fw-la autem_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quod_fw-la egresso_fw-la juda_n tradidit_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la aliis_fw-la discipulis_fw-la proinde_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la sic_fw-la facere_fw-la debemus_fw-la &_o malos_fw-la à _fw-la sacramentis_fw-la abarcere_fw-la idem_fw-la enar_n in_o marc._n 14._o quidam_fw-la dicunâ—…_n but_o who_o they_o be_v appear_v not_o say_v m_n r_o prynne_n in_o any_o extant_a work_n of_o they_o judam_n non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la participem_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la sed_fw-la egressum_fw-la esse_fw-la priusquam_fw-la dominus_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la traderet_fw-la shall_v we_o take_v this_o upon_o m_n r_o prynnes_n credit_n that_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v 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clichtoveus_n in_o his_o commentary_n in_o which_o supper_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d relate_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o supper_n before_o mention_v and_o signify_v the_o time_n of_o supper_n or_o after_o supper_n be_v begin_v so_o the_o grecian_n use_v to_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o signify_v in_o the_o time_n of_o sickness_n the_o author_n himself_o of_o those_o symbol_n do_v most_o just_o deprive_v or_o cast_v out_o he_o judas_n who_o have_v not_o holy_o and_o with_o agreement_n of_o mind_n sup_v together_o with_o he_o upon_o holy_a thing_n by_o these_o holy_a thing_n he_o understand_v it_o shall_v seem_v the_o typical_a or_o paschall_n supper_n of_o which_o judas_n have_v eat_v before_o and_o peradventure_o that_o night_n also_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o this_o ancient_n judocus_n clichteveus_n in_o his_o commentary_n say_v only_o that_o judas_n do_v that_o night_n eat_v together_o with_o christ_n cibum_fw-la meat_n he_o say_v not_o 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out_o so_o that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v say_v that_o christ_n do_v cast_v out_o judas_n in_o order_n to_o the_o restrain_v from_o he_o and_o give_v to_o the_o other_o disciple_n the_o invisible_a inward_a grace_n signify_v in_o the_o sacrament_n as_o if_o the_o other_o apostle_n have_v not_o receive_v that_o grace_n at_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o that_o judâ—…s_n must_v first_o be_v cast_v out_o before_o they_o can_v receive_v it_o or_o as_o if_o judas_n have_v receive_v the_o inward_a grace_n if_o he_o have_v not_o go_v out_o from_o supper_n the_o sense_n must_v therefore_o be_v this_o that_o judas_n as_o a_o unworthy_a person_n be_v cast_v out_o by_o christ_n before_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o give_v the_o sacrament_n of_o his_o supper_n unto_o his_o other_o apostle_n unto_o all_o these_o testimony_n add_v ammonius_n alexandrinus_n de_fw-fr quatuor_fw-la evangeliorum_fw-la consonantia_fw-la cap._n 155._o where_o he_o have_v the_o story_n of_o judâ—…s_n his_o receive_n of_o the_o sop_n and_o his_o go_v forth_o immediate_o after_o he_o have_v