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of_o the_o magistrate_n difference_n of_o these_o two_o in_o 3._o thing_n the_o minister_n only_o may_v execute_v ministerial_a office_n and_o power_n he_o say_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d comites_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la exit_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la christiana_n requiruntur_fw-la ut_fw-la partibus_fw-la suis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la constet_fw-la solam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la videri_fw-la nobis_fw-la absolute_a &_o sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la exceptione_n necessariam_fw-la beza_n de_fw-fr praesb_n &_o excom_n no_o church_n can_v sudden_o be_v bring_v to_o perfection_n why_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o câ—r_n 2.17_o a_o great_a work_n have_v god_n do_v for_o that_o people_n among_o who_o he_o have_v settle_v his_o ordinance_n every_o man_n set_v hand_n to_o this_o work_n to_o help_v it_o forward_o zach._n 4.14_o bear_v with_o meekness_n some_o want_n whiâ—h_v thou_o can_v nor_o help_v hagg._n 1.2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n best_a ordinance_n in_o their_o best_a estate_n be_v continual_o bend_v our_o perfection_n here_o be_v a_o sense_n &_o strife_n against_o imperfection_n aug._n the_o temp_n serm_n 49._o no_o church_n on_o earth_n so_o well_o order_v as_o that_o it_o need_v not_o further_a reformation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_o hom_n 2._o &_o hieron_n in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la 1._o pet._n 5.1_o est_fw-la diligentia_fw-la digna_fw-la pijs_fw-la propter_fw-la concordiam_fw-la loqui_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la recte_fw-la sentiente_fw-la chem._n de_fw-fr utilit_fw-la loc_n theolog_fw-la 1._o pet._n 2._o rev._n 15._o patres_fw-la non_fw-la nunquam_fw-la abusione_n quadam_fw-la nomen_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la ministris_fw-la euang._n sij_n whitak_n contr_n dur._n paâ—agr_n 48._o nec_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la permisisse_fw-la se_fw-la â—it_n tito_n ut_fw-la libera_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la regius_fw-la potestate_fw-la ministros_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la praesiciat_a sed_fw-la ut_fw-la salvo_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o potestate_fw-la eligendi_fw-la sive_fw-la praesentandi_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la penes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o collegia_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la moderator_n ipse_fw-la accedat_fw-la &_o ordinator_fw-la magalianus_n jesuit_n ad_fw-la tit._n cap._n 1._o sect_n 5._o annot_n 2._o antequam_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fierent_fw-la communi_fw-la praesbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la gubernabantur_fw-la hier._n in_o locum_fw-la omni_fw-la actu_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o perlato_fw-la placuit_fw-la praesbyterium_fw-la contrahi_fw-la ut_fw-la firmato_fw-la consilio_fw-la quid_fw-la circa_fw-la personam_fw-la eorum_fw-la obseruari_fw-la deberet_fw-la omnium_fw-la consensu_fw-la statueretur_fw-la cypr._n lib._n 3._o epist_n 11_o ad_fw-la cor._n cor._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d subaudi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o religion_n can_v thrive_v or_o continue_v if_o the_o 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coelestin_n a_o man_n of_o scandalous_a life_n be_v unfit_a to_o be_v a_o minister_n reason_n 1._o tim._n 5.22.24_o levit._n 21.17_o isa._n 14.10_o luk._n 4.23_o 1._o tim._n 3.13_o ministri_fw-la est_fw-la verba_fw-la vertere_fw-la in_o opera_fw-la hierom._n ad_fw-la paulinum_n 1._o tim._n 3.7_o the_o devil_n have_v reason_n therefore_o both_o to_o deprave_v the_o best_a and_o thrust_v in_o the_o worst_a into_o the_o ministry_n 2._o cor._n 11.15_o the_o most_o commendable_a conformity_n be_v to_o join_v to_o uncorrupt_a doctrine_n â—n_o unblameable_a life_n 1._o pet._n 5.3_o 1._o tim._n 4.12_o gal._n 2.13_o rule_v to_o keep_v a_o man_n unreprovable_a act._n 14.15_o â—_o tim_n 3_o â—_o deut._n 25.5_o 1._o cor._n 7.39_o matth._n 19.11_o 12._o marriage_n of_o minister_n lawful_a 1._o tim._n 4_o 1.2_o dan._n 11._o reason_n why_o the_o papist_n resist_v this_o doctrine_n three_o main_a objection_n brief_o answer_v exod._n 12_o 11._o 1._o sam._n 21.4_o they_o forget_v that_o they_o make_v 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apocal._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sacerdotium_fw-la non_fw-la dirimenre_fw-la contractum_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la etc._n etc._n caietan_n in_o loco_fw-la supra_fw-la citato_fw-la every_o man_n that_o have_v nature_n 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v right_a in_o this_o law_n of_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d till_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n hildebrand_n euseb_n hist._n eccl_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 24._o rev._n 8._o johannes_n a_o casa_n bishop_n of_o beneventum_n write_v a_o italian_a poem_n in_o commendation_n of_o sodomy_n zeged_a mutius_n do_v the_o like_a who_o book_n be_v approve_v by_o the_o bull_n of_o pope_n julius_n 3_o pope_n sixtus_n 4._o build_v a_o stew_n at_o rome_n for_o the_o same_o unnatural_a lust_n contra_fw-la origin_n haeres_fw-la 29._o de_fw-la quibus_fw-la august_n isti_fw-la sunt_fw-la nefanda_fw-la facientes_fw-la sua_fw-la corpora_fw-la corruptioni_fw-la tradentes_fw-la polygamy_n be_v &_o always_o be_v unlawful_a aemulae_fw-la gen._n 30.1_o objection_n answer_v the_o first_o come_v in_o of_o polygamy_n seem_v plain_o to_o overturn_v the_o contrary_a opinion_n of_o aquinas_n who_o word_n be_v these_o fieri_fw-la potnit_fw-la dispenâ—aâ—io_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la per_fw-la inspirationem_fw-la internam_fw-la supplem_n 3._o part_n qu._n â—â—_o art_n 2._o 1._o sam._n 1.6_o 1._o king_n 11.1_o psal._n 89.50_o videndum_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la debeas_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la possis_fw-la see_v matth._n 22._o principalis_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la malum_fw-la initio_fw-la oppâ—imere_fw-la council_n chalc._o act_n 3._o consuetudo_fw-la peccandi_fw-la tollit_fw-la fensum_fw-la peccati_fw-la hosâ—_n 3.11_o heb._n 12.15_o lex_fw-la divina_fw-la curate_n de_fw-la minimis_fw-la impudens_fw-la oratio_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la sic_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la contra_fw-la leges_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la imitari_fw-la licet_fw-la demost._n contr_n aristog_n jacob_n marry_v two_o sister_n also_o at_o once_o and_o by_o as_o good_a reason_n so_o may_v we_o non_fw-la numeranda_fw-la suffragia_fw-la sed_fw-la appendenda_fw-la august_n in_o psal._n 39_o right_o reformation_n of_o other_o begin_v at_o a_o man_n self_n begin_v not_o with_o other_o till_o thou_o have_v do_v with_o thyself_o psal._n 101.2_o whosoever_o will_v have_v gracious_a child_n must_v begin_v at_o religion_n reason_n prov._n 23_o 1â—_n it_o stand_v in_o two_o thing_n prov._n 22.6_o prov._n 4.4_o preface_n of_o the_o catech._n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n euseb._n hist._n eccl_n lib._n 10._o cap._n 32._o gen._n 34.30_o deut._n 22.19_o lev._n 21.9_o jer._n 35._o 1._o sam._n â—_o 29_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d riot_n a_o hateful_a sin_n reason_n deut._n 21.20_o a_o note_n of_o irreligion_n in_o parent_n to_o suffer_v it_o in_o their_o child_n especial_o in_o a_o minister_n child_n stain_v the_o labour_n of_o his_o father_n to_o be_v bewail_v that_o so_o fearful_a a_o sin_n shall_v be_v so_o general_a the_o godly_a must_v moderate_v their_o affection_n to_o contain_v themselves_o within_o the_o golden_a mean_n luk._n 8.14_o 1._o pet._n 1.13_o rule_v to_o help_v forward_o in_o this_o duty_n job_n 1.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d disobedience_n of_o child_n to_o parent_n condemn_v rom._n 1.30_o 2._o tim._n â—_o 2_o coloss._n 3.1_o eph._n 6.1_o wherein_o obedience_n to_o parent_n must_v be_v show_v reason_n enforce_v the_o duty_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 2.51_o philip_n 2.8_o the_o cause_n of_o lewdness_n in_o son_n be_v often_o the_o indulgence_n of_o parent_n 1._o