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yet_o that_o will_v advantage_v your_o cause_n nothing_o for_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o gesture_n which_o christ_n use_v at_o the_o passeover_n be_v not_o sit_v but_o either_o stand_n or_o as_o the_o word_n signify_v lie_v upon_o bed_n some_o man_n of_o great_a authority_n as_o namely_o chrysostome_n cain_n chry_n hom._n 82._o in_o matt._n theo._n in_o matt._n xxv_o euthim._n in_o matt._n xxvi_o philo_z de_fw-fr sacrificijs_fw-la aâ—el_n &c_n &c_n cain_n theophylact_n euthimius_n maldonat_n and_o lucas_n burgensis_n do_v think_v that_o christ_n and_o his_o disciple_n do_v eat_v the_o passeover_n stand_v because_o that_o philo_n judaeus_fw-la who_o best_o know_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o be_v of_o great_a credit_n among_o christian_n report_n that_o to_o have_v be_v the_o custom_n to_o stand_v at_o the_o passeover_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o passeover_n seem_v to_o favour_v that_o opinion_n for_o albeit_o stand_v be_v not_o express_o mention_v yet_o the_o 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gesture_n be_v confound_v together_o as_o standing_z and_o kneel_v ii_o chron._n vi_o 13._o solomon_n stand_v upon_o the_o scaffold_n and_o kneel_v down_o upon_o his_o knee_n where_o stand_v be_v expound_v by_o kneel_v sometime_o i_o find_v that_o one_o gesture_n be_v put_v for_o another_o as_o luke_n vii_o 38._o it_o be_v say_v that_o mary_n stand_v at_o jesus_n his_o foot_n and_o yet_o that_o stand_a must_v be_v either_o kneel_v or_o fall_v down_o upon_o the_o ground_n else_o she_o can_v not_o have_v kiss_v his_o foot_n and_o wash_v they_o with_o her_o tear_n and_o wipe_v they_o with_o the_o hair_n of_o her_o head_n x._o luk._n x._o 38._o verbum_fw-la sedendi_fw-la significat_fw-la prostratos_fw-la humi_fw-la jacere_fw-la quod_fw-la miseris_fw-la ad_fw-la luctum_fw-la testandum_fw-la convenit_fw-la sicuti_fw-la ex_fw-la
our_o disobedience_n final_o among_o the_o roman_n some_o be_v offend_v at_o the_o eat_n of_o those_o meat_n but_o i_o do_v not_o read_v that_o any_o be_v offend_v at_o the_o not_o eat_v of_o they_o it_o be_v otherways_o with_o we_o where_o one_o be_v offend_v at_o our_o ceremony_n ten_o wise_a than_o they_o will_v be_v offend_v if_o we_o do_v not_o use_v they_o and_o far_o more_o if_o we_o do_v follow_v their_o fashion_n in_o the_o manner_n of_o god_n worship_n the_o case_n be_v clear_a that_o the_o order_n which_o our_o church_n enjoin_v be_v neither_o contrary_n to_o christian_a liberty_n nor_o to_o that_o care_n we_o shall_v have_v for_o to_o avoid_v offence_n in_o the_o next_o place_n i_o will_v labour_v to_o find_v out_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o gross_a mistake_n in_o the_o brethren_n which_o certain_o be_v this_o that_o they_o do_v not_o right_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o christian_a liberty_n whilst_o they_o set_v it_o upon_o tenterhooks_n and_o stretch_v it_o further_o than_o the_o nature_n thereof_o will_v bear_v seek_v not_o only_o a_o liberty_n of_o mind_n and_o conscience_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a but_o a_o freedom_n also_o in_o their_o outward_a action_n which_o be_v not_o christian_a liberty_n 10._o calv._n inst_z lib._n iii_o cap._n 19_o sect._n 10._o but_o licentious_a immunity_n contrary_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o s._n peter_n exhort_v all_o man_n to_o be_v obedient_a unto_o magistrate_n 16._o i._o pet._n ii_o 16._o he_o warn_v they_o not_o to_o use_v their_o liberty_n as_o a_o cloak_n of_o maliciousness_n namely_o in_o cast_v off_o the_o bridle_n of_o government_n it_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o creator_n alone_o to_o be_v unlimited_a but_o all_o lawful_a liberty_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v and_o must_v be_v bound_v not_o only_o by_o the_o law_n of_o charity_n which_o these_o man_n will_v acknowledge_v but_o also_o by_o the_o law_n of_o loyalty_n for_o if_o all_o restraint_n of_o the_o outward_a man_n be_v contrary_a to_o christian_a liberty_n then_o be_v it_o not_o lawful_a to_o obey_v the_o magistrate_n in_o any_o thing_n then_o if_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v please_v to_o confirm_v the_o order_n or_o as_o they_o term_v they_o the_o circumstance_n of_o worship_n which_o have_v be_v use_v in_o their_o congregation_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o forsake_v they_o for_o the_o zeal_n of_o their_o christian_a liberty_n and_o what_o be_v this_o else_o but_o to_o bring_v flat_a anabaptisme_n and_o anarchie_n into_o the_o church_n to_o overthrow_v all_o government_n and_o dissolve_v the_o bond_n of_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n to_o lawful_a authority_n you_o shall_v therefore_o understand_v that_o the_o magistrate_n by_o his_o law_n may_v moderate_v or_o restrain_v the_o outward_a action_n wherein_o the_o external_a use_n of_o our_o liberty_n consist_v the_o inward_a liberty_n of_o conscience_n before_o god_n notwithstanding_o remain_v entire_a he_o may_v enjoin_v any_o action_n which_o in_o god_n worship_n may_v be_v use_v lawful_o so_o that_o no_o opinion_n be_v put_v upon_o the_o conscience_n which_o take_v away_o the_o full_a respect_n of_o its_o indifferency_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o st_n peter_n say_v we_o must_v obey_v the_o magistrate_n as_o free_a that_o be_v as_o be_v persuade_v that_o the_o thing_n command_v in_o itself_o and_o to_o god-ward_o as_o calvin_n speak_v be_v indifferent_a and_o whether_o we_o do_v it_o or_o not_o do_v it_o in_o itself_o it_o commend_v we_o not_o unto_o god_n otherwise_o then_o that_o by_o obey_v of_o the_o magistrate_n we_o do_v also_o obey_v god_n who_o have_v command_v we_o to_o be_v subject_a unto_o he_o which_o will_v better_a appear_v if_o we_o consider_v that_o christian_a liberty_n be_v inward_a and_o spiritual_a which_o may_v stand_v with_o the_o outward_a servitude_n of_o slave_n as_o the_o apostle_n show_v i._o cor._n vii_o 22._o much_o more_o with_o the_o obedience_n of_o free_a subject_n it_o be_v seat_v in_o the_o mind_n and_o conscience_n and_o respect_v nothing_o but_o what_o be_v between_o god_n and_o we_o it_o content_v itself_o if_o there_o be_v no_o opinion_n put_v upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o these_o thing_n which_o god_n have_v leave_v indifferent_a if_o they_o be_v not_o obtrude_v as_o divine_a law_n if_o no_o religion_n be_v place_v in_o they_o nor_o they_o press_v as_o immediate_a part_n of_o god_n worship_n it_o be_v only_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o conscience_n unto_o a_o thing_n indifferent_a 12._o i._o cor._n vi_o 12._o which_o the_o apostle_n call_v the_o bring_v we_o under_o the_o power_n of_o a_o thing_n which_o overthrow_v our_o christian_a liberty_n not_o the_o necessity_n of_o obedience_n unto_o lawful_a authority_n but_o the_o doctrine_n or_o opinion_n of_o the_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o in_o a_o word_n christian_n liberty_n be_v not_o take_v away_o by_o the_o necessity_n of_o do_v a_o thing_n indifferent_a or_o not_o do_v but_o only_o by_o that_o necessity_n which_o take_v away_o the_o opinion_n or_o persuasion_n of_o the_o indifferency_n of_o it_o as_o may_v appear_v by_o this_o whensoever_o the_o apostle_n condemn_v the_o practice_n of_o jewish_a geremony_n at_o that_o time_n when_o there_o be_v some_o dispensation_n and_o indulgence_n grant_v unto_o christian_n till_o the_o synagogue_n shall_v be_v bury_v with_o honour_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o he_o condemn_v not_o so_o much_o the_o use_n as_o the_o doctrine_n and_o opinion_n which_o they_o have_v of_o they_o because_o they_o be_v urge_v and_o use_v not_o as_o thing_n indifferent_a but_o as_o necessary_a unto_o salvation_n for_o we_o know_v that_o he_o himself_o many_o time_n do_v use_v they_o which_o he_o will_v not_o have_v do_v if_o they_o have_v be_v then_o simple_o evil_a he_o circumcise_a timothy_n and_o many_o christian_n who_o give_v their_o life_n for_o the_o testimony_n of_o jesus_n christ_n be_v circumcise_v at_o that_o time_n even_o after_o their_o conversion_n unto_o the_o faith_n and_o yet_o when_o the_o false_a apostle_n do_v urge_v the_o necessity_n of_o circumcision_n he_o say_v if_o you_o be_v circumcise_v christ_n shall_v profit_v you_o nothing_o gal._n v._n 2_o that_o be_v if_o you_o be_v circumcise_v with_o a_o opinion_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o that_o ceremony_n as_o if_o it_o do_v avayle_n unto_o justification_n so_o he_o expound_v himself_o ver_fw-la 4._o whosoever_o be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n that_o be_v seek_v for_o justification_n by_o the_o law_n be_v fall_v from_o grace_n that_o it_o be_v only_o the_o doctrine_n &_o opinion_n they_o have_v of_o circumcision_n at_o that_o time_n which_o he_o condemn_v may_v appear_v further_o by_o this_o that_o those_o ceremony_n be_v not_o praescribe_v by_o a_o civil_a magistrate_n who_o have_v power_n to_o command_v the_o outward_a man_n in_o the_o use_n of_o a_o thing_n indifferent_a but_o only_o by_o seduce_a teacher_n who_o have_v no_o power_n of_o bring_v a_o necessity_n in_o the_o outward_a practice_n but_o by_o persuade_v and_o possess_v man_n mind_n with_o a_o opinion_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o these_o thing_n after_o the_o like_a manner_n do_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n at_o this_o day_n tyrannize_v over_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n equal_v her_o constitution_n unto_o the_o word_n of_o god_n iv_o council_n trid._n fess_v iv_o place_v religion_n in_o they_o and_o ascribe_v unto_o they_o a_o divine_a necessity_n &_o effectual_a holiness_n but_o our_o church_n be_v far_o from_o such_o a_o usurpation_n she_o do_v place_n no_o religion_n in_o they_o ascribe_v no_o holiness_n unto_o they_o nor_o obtrude_v they_o upon_o the_o conscience_n as_o thing_n necessary_a in_o themselves_o like_o god_n commandment_n but_o only_o require_v obedience_n unto_o her_o constitution_n thereby_o to_o reduce_v all_o her_o child_n to_o a_o orderly_a uniformity_n in_o the_o outward_a worship_n of_o god_n and_o to_o this_o purpose_n she_o have_v sufficient_o declare_v the_o innocence_n of_o her_o meaning_n in_o the_o article_n of_o religion_n artic._n xx._n the_o church_n ought_v not_o to_o enforce_v any_o thing_n beside_o the_o holy_a writ_n to_o be_v believe_v of_o necessity_n for_o salvation_n and_o in_o the_o pre_fw-la face_n before_o the_o book_n of_o common_a prayer_n the_o ceremony_n that_o remain_v be_v retain_v for_o a_o discipline_n and_o order_n which_o upon_o just_a cause_n may_v be_v alter_v and_o change_v and_o therefore_o be_v not_o to_o be_v esteem_v equal_a with_o god_n law_n so_o that_o i_o can_v not_o but_o wonder_n at_o the_o impudency_n of_o the_o libeler_n who_o change_v our_o church_n as_o christ_n do_v the_o pharisee_n that_o she_o make_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n of_o none_o effect_v by_o her_o tradition_n whereas_o the_o pharisee_n do_v equal_a and_o prefer_v their_o own_o tradition_n