Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	church_n	civil_a	ecclesiastical_a	2,893	5	8.1068	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07898	The regiment of the Church as it is agreable with Scriptures, all antiquities of the Fathers, and moderne writers, from the Apostles themselues, vnto this present age.	Bell, Thomas, fl. 1593-1610.	1606 (1606)	STC 1827; ESTC S101485	157,812	234

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10._o basilicon_fw-la doron_n pag._n 25._o tyrannis_fw-la oligarchia_fw-la timocratia_n ochlocratia_n anarchia_fw-la analogice_o in_o svo_fw-la genere_fw-la august_n epist_n 50._o ad_fw-la bonifa●_n king_n by_o succession_n be_v king_n indeed_o before_o their_o coronation_n 1._o reg._n 2._o v._o 27._o vide_fw-la in_o fra_z cap._n 11._o ●●●sp_n ad_fw-la ●_o ob●ect_n in_o 6._o propos_fw-fr in_o my_o motive_n and_o golden_a balance_n conc._n constan._n ses_fw-fr 15._o mark_v this_o well_o aristot._n ethicor._n lib._n 8._o cap._n 10._o lib._n 3._o polit_fw-la cap._n ult._n justinus_n hist._n lib._n 1._o in_o intio_fw-la hier._n ad_fw-la rusticum_n t●m_n ●_o ●ol_n 22._o b._n cyprian_n deidolorum_fw-la vanitate_fw-la basilicon_fw-la doron_n pag._n 41._o chryso_v in_o 13._o cap_n ad_fw-la roman_n cyprian_a libr_a 1._o epis_fw-la 3._o hieron_n ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la 10._o 3._o fol._n 150._o chrysost._n in_o 13._o cap._n ad_fw-la rom._n col_fw-fr 256._o see_v the_o downfall_n of_o popery_n &_o the_o golden_a balance_n of_o trial_n jos._n 1._o 8._o numer_n 27._o vers._n 17._o 2._o par_fw-fr 23._o vers._n 11._o musculus_fw-la de_fw-la magistr_n pag._n 628._o &_o p._n 629._o &_o p._n 632._o &_o infra_fw-la cap._n prope_fw-la ●inem_fw-la nota_fw-la jos._n 5._o cap._n musculus_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la vide_fw-la cundem_fw-la authorem_fw-la infra_fw-la cap._n 11._o in_o resp_n ad_fw-la 2._o object_n 6_o proposition_n &_o nota_fw-la valde_fw-la va●de_fw-la psal._n 2._o zanchius_n de_fw-fr religione_fw-la cap._n 16._o art_n 9_o petrus_n martyr_n in_o lib._n judic_fw-la cap._n 19_o fol._n 161._o bucerus_n de_fw-fr regno_fw-la christi_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 1_o calvin_n in_o epist._n ante_fw-la esaiam_fw-la ad_fw-la eliza._n angliae_fw-la reginan_n aug._n vixit_fw-la a._n d._n 399._o augustin_n epist._n 19_o to_o a_o p._n 52._o hier._n epist_n ad_fw-la euagr._fw-la tom_n 3_o fol._n 150._o b._n this_o be_v a._n d._n 6._o 4._o while_n s._n peter_n s._n paul_n and_o other_o be_v yet_o live_v theodor._n hist._n eccl_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 28._o a_o d._n 9_o 7._o euseb_n lib._n 3_o cap._n 30._o hier._n in_o catal_a script_n eccles_n tom_n 1._o fol._n 124._o a._n augusti_n ac_fw-la haeresib_fw-la ad_fw-la quodvult_a deum_fw-la to_o 6._o haeres_fw-la 53._o epiphan_n cont_n haeres_fw-la lib._n 3._o to_o 1._o haeres_fw-la 75._o pag._n 196._o a._n d._n 372._o let_v this_o p●int_n be_v well_o m●r●ed_v 〈◊〉_d 372._o 〈◊〉_d thousand_o and_o 〈◊〉_d year_n a●●●_n calvin_n in_o 2._o s●r_n 10._o calvin_n in_o cap._n 1._o 〈…〉_z vide_fw-la cund●m_fw-la ad_fw-la 2_o ga●●t_fw-la ●er_n 9_o hier._n ad_fw-la euagrium_n tom._n 3._o fol._n 150._o hier._n in_o 1._o cap_n ad_fw-la t●tum_fw-la jrenaus_n advers._fw-la heres_fw-la libr_n 5._o cap._n 2._o pag._n 589._o vide_fw-la infra_fw-la cap._n 10._o in_o respon_n ad_fw-la 2._o object_n chrysost._n ad_fw-la titum_fw-la hom_n 1_o in_o initio_fw-la chrysost._n ad_fw-la tim._n 2._o hom_n 10._o inprincip_n illyricus_n in_o prefat_n ad_fw-la 1._o ep_n ad_fw-la tim._n cyprian_n libr._n 4_o epist_n 8_o conc._n nicae_n can_v 6_o council_n 3._o carthag_a can_v 28._o conc_fw-fr antioch_n can_v 9_o calvin_n libr._n 4_o institut_n cap._n 4_o sect_n 4._o 〈…〉_z conc._n nicae_n can_v 6._o can._n 7._o this_o can_v never_o be_v perform_v while_o the_o world_n endure_v joh._n 12._o vers._n 43._o this_o aught_o to_o be_v well_o ponder_v bucerus_n deregno_fw-la christ_n libr._n 2._o cap._n 12_o in_o initio_fw-la legatur_fw-la caput_fw-la integrum_fw-la zanchius_n de_fw-fr relig_n p._n 170._o vide_fw-la infra_fw-la cap._n 10._o ex_fw-la zuinglio_n &_o notato_fw-la valaè_fw-la zanch._n the_o relig_n pag._n 250._o vide_fw-la infra_fw-la cap._n 7._o &_o notato_fw-la hemingius_n in_o enchiridio_fw-la pag._n 368._o matth._n 20._o v._o 25._o mat._n 23._o u._n 9_o 10._o 11._o mat_n 6._o v_o 25._o 28._o 31._o prou._n 6._o v._n 6._o 7._o 8._o 2._o thess._n cap._n 3._o 10._o chyso_v in_o 20._o chap._n mat_n pag._n 549._o theophil_n in_o 20._o cap._n mat_n aretius_n in_o 20._o cap._n mat_n musculus_fw-la in_o cap._n 23._o matth._n infra_fw-la cap._n 12._o sect_n 4._o ex_fw-la pe._n marty_n calvin_n libr._n 4_o intit_fw-fr cap._n 6_o sect_n 8._o beza_n in_o confess_v cap._n 7._o pag._n 257._o beza_n in_o confess_v cap._n 5._o art_n 29._o see_v hemingius_n in_o enchirid_a pag._n 368_o &_o p._n 372._o &_o p._n 373._o &_o infra_fw-la cap_n 10._o verba_fw-la eius_fw-la habentur_fw-la conc_fw-fr antioch_n can_v 9_o calvin_n epist_n 127._o calvin_n ad_fw-la seren_n regem_fw-la poloniae_fw-la epist_n 190._o calvin_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la epist_n 190._o civil_a office_n be_v not_o in_o trinsecal_o incident_a to_o the_o ministry_n vide_fw-la infra_fw-la cap._n 11._o ex_fw-la musculo_fw-la propè_fw-la finem_fw-la cap._n &_o nota_fw-la valdè_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la natura_fw-la gen._n 14._o hebr._n 7._o hier._n in_o trad_a hebr._n in_o genes_n tom_fw-mi 4._o folly_n 95._o in_o lege_fw-la mosis_fw-la exod._n 18._o 13._o exod._n 32._o vers._n 27._o levit._n 8._o exod._n 40._o 1._o sam._n 2._o vers._n 11._o &_o cap._n 4_o 18._o 1._o sam._n 8._o act._n 13._o 21._o 2._o paral._n 19_o vers._n 10._o deut._n 17._o v_o 8._o 9_o in_o lege_fw-la gratiae_fw-la act_n 18._o v_o 2._o 3._o august_n de_fw-fr opere_fw-la mon._n cap._n 29._o tom_n 1._o cor._n 9_o v._n 7._o augustin_n 〈◊〉_d epist._n 110._o sezom_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 32._o hist._n eccles_n euseb._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 26._o nicephor_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 9_o zanchius_n de_fw-fr religione_fw-la page_n 176._o uide_fw-la suprà_fw-la cap_n 4_o ex_fw-la mus●ulo_fw-la &_o notato_fw-la et_fw-la infrà_fw-la cap._n 11._o ex_fw-la eodem_fw-la &_o nota_fw-la valdè_fw-la resp_n ad_fw-la 2._o obuct_n zanch._n ubi_fw-la suprà_fw-la pag._n 274._o calvin_n in_o harmony_n evangel_n pag._n 263._o mat._n 26._o v._o 20._o mar._n 14_o v._n 23._o luc._n 22_o v._n 19_o i._o cor_fw-la two_o 23._o exod_n 12._o 18._o numb_a 28._o 17._o luc_fw-fr 22._o 14_o mar_v 14._o 18._o mat_n 26_o v._n 20_o john_n 13._o v._n 14._o 15._o act._n 15._o v._n 29._o vide_fw-la infrà_fw-la cap._n 14._o membro_fw-la 7._o 1._o reg._n 8._o 2._o par_fw-fr 7._o hest._n cap._n 3._o and_o cap._n 9_o 1._o mach_v 4._o v._o ●9_n ez._n 616._o ne._n he_o 12._o v._n 27._o joan._n 10._o v._n 22_o calvin_n in_o 10_o johan._n calvin_n sup_v 18_o mat_n in_o my_o survey_n vide_fw-la infrà_fw-la cap._n 10._o ex_fw-la bucero_n gal._n 4._o v._n 10._o regula_n prima_fw-la deut._n 4_o 2._o deut._n 5._o 32._o jos._n 1._o 8._o regula_n secunda_fw-la mat._n 15._o 9_o coloss._n 2._o v._o 23._o regulatertia_fw-la 1._o cor._n 14._o v._n 26._o 40._o vide_fw-la infrà_fw-la cap_n 14_o membro_fw-la 2._o in_o resp_n ad_fw-la 2_o object_n ex_fw-la zuinglio_n vide_fw-la infrà_fw-la ca._n 9_o ex_fw-la calvino_n &_o beza_n supra_fw-la cap._n 4_o 5._o &_o 6._o aug._n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la januar._n epist_n 118._o vide_fw-la calu._n lib._n 4._o instit_n cap._n 10._o §._o 19_o august_n ubisuprà_fw-la vide_fw-la suprà_fw-la cap._n 5._o §._o 2._o ex_fw-la zanchio_n &_o nota_fw-la valdè_fw-la rom._n 13._o vide_fw-la calvin_n

dominus_fw-la ut_fw-la filios_fw-la israel_n secundò_fw-la circumcideret_fw-la frat_fw-la autem_fw-la circumcisio_fw-la signum_fw-la faederis_fw-la dei_fw-la omninò_fw-la ad_fw-la religionem_fw-la pertinens_fw-la sequitur_fw-la in_fw-la persona_fw-la samuelis_fw-la cohaesere_fw-la quidèm_fw-la &_o magistratus_fw-la &_o sacerdotium_fw-la veram_fw-la moderandae_fw-la religionis_fw-la curam_fw-la sustinuit_fw-la ille_fw-la quoque_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la magistratus_fw-la quo_fw-la tum_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o israele_n superior_a ut_fw-la magistratus_fw-la indicabat_fw-la israelem_fw-la ac_fw-la disponebat_fw-la publica_fw-la omne_fw-la tam_fw-la sacrae_fw-la quam_fw-la prophana_fw-la ut_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la sacrificabat_fw-la pro_fw-la populo_fw-la orabat_fw-la illumque_fw-la docebat_fw-la moses_n the_o first_o catholic_n magistrate_n in_o israel_n bear_v the_o person_n not_o of_o a_o priest_n which_o be_v impose_v upon_o aaron_n but_o of_o a_o high_a power_n like_o unto_o a_o king_n appoint_a order_n for_o all_o manner_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o prescribe_v to_o aaron_n himself_o and_o to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o levit_n both_o what_o they_o shall_v do_v and_o what_o they_o shall_v avoid_v and_o leave_v undo_v wherein_o we_o see_v evident_o that_o the_o care_n of_o order_v religion_n do_v more_o pertain_v to_o the_o high_a magistrate_n then_o to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o priest_n after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n the_o care_n of_o religion_n together_o with_o the_o magistracy_n be_v devolue_v not_o to_o eleazar_n the_o priest_n but_o to_o josuah_n the_o son_n of_o nun_n who_o be_v not_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n but_o of_o ephraim_n to_o he_o god_n give_v commandment_n that_o he_o sho●●●_n circumcise_v the_o second_o time_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n but_o circumcision_n doubtless_o be_v the_o sign_n of_o god_n covenant_n which_o pertain_v whole_o to_o religion_n in_o the_o person_n of_o samuel_n there_o do_v cohere_v both_o the_o magistracy_n &_o the_o priesthood_n but_o he_o receive_v the_o charge_n of_o moderate_a religion_n not_o as_o he_o be_v a_o priest_n but_o as_o he_o be_v a_o magistrate_n great_a then_o who_o there_o be_v none_o at_o that_o time_n in_o israel_n as_o a_o magistrate_n he_o do_v judge_v israel_n and_o order_v all_o public_a affair_n as_o well_o sacred_a as_o profane_v ecclesiastical_a as_o civil_a but_o as_o a_o priest_n he_o offer_v sacrifice_n pray_v for_o the_o people_n and_o teach_v they_o out_o of_o these_o word_n of_o this_o great_a learned_a writer_n i_o note_v these_o golden_a lesson_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o well_o affect_a reader_n first_o that_o moses_n be_v a_o civil_a magistrate_n have_v authority_n like_a unto_o a_o king_n second_o that_o his_o power_n be_v great_a than_o be_v the_o authority_n of_o aaron_n the_o high_a priest_n three_o that_o moses_n order_v all_o matter_n in_o religion_n and_o not_o aaron_n who_o be_v the_o high_a priest_n four_o that_o he_o appoint_v to_o aaron_n and_o to_o the_o whole_a order_n of_o the_o levite_n both_o what_o they_o shall_v do_v and_o what_o they_o shall_v leave_v undo_v five_o that_o the_o charge_n &_o care_n of_o religion_n do_v appertain_v more_o near_o to_o the_o magistrate_n then_o to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o priest_n six_o that_o the_o magistrate_n have_v the_o charge_n and_o care_n of_o order_v religion_n inseparable_o annex_v to_o his_o civil_a office_n in_o that_o he_o be_v a_o magistrate_n seven_o that_o a_o bishop_n may_v have_v authority_n to_o deal_v in_o civil_a cause_n as_o samuel_n do_v eight_o that_o samuel_n dispose_v all_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n not_o as_o he_o be_v priest_n but_o as_o he_o be_v 2._o the_o civil_a magistrate_n all_o which_o observation_n this_o learned_a writer_n prove_v by_o the_o example_n of_o many_o king_n of_o david_n solomon_n asa_n josaphat_n ezechias_n and_o other_o and_o of_o king_n david_n he_o add_v this_o most_o golden_a and_o memorable_a sentence_n david_n quoniam_fw-la sciebat_fw-la hanc_fw-la primam_fw-la curam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ad_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o magistratus_fw-la ut_fw-la religio_fw-la deiritè_fw-fr disponatur_fw-la hortatus_fw-la choose_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la offi●ij_fw-la david_n because_o he_o know_v this_o chief_a care_n to_o pertain_v to_o magistrate_n to_o see_v religion_n right_o order_v he_o exhort_v they_o to_o that_o office_n say_v now_o o_o king_n understand_v be_v learned_a you_o that_o judge_v the_o earth_n whosoever_o read_v this_o learned_a writer_n serious_o throughout_o his_o whole_a discourse_n can_v no_o long_o stand_v doubtful_a of_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o question_n 9_o zanchius_n a_o most_o learned_a writer_n and_o a_o man_n of_o singular_a judgement_n in_o that_o book_n which_o he_o leave_v for_o a_o testimony_n of_o his_o faith_n and_o christian_a belief_n unto_o the_o world_n and_o therefore_o the_o more_o to_o be_v regard_v have_v these_o express_a word_n improbamus_fw-la &_o illos_fw-la qui_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la necis_fw-la tantum_fw-la causa_fw-la attribuunt_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la dum_fw-la illos_fw-la negant_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la habere_fw-la convocandi_fw-la synodos_fw-la deliberandide_fw-la religione_fw-la reformandiecclesias_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la ad_fw-la populorum_fw-la salutem_fw-la pertinent_a e_fw-la sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la statuend_n aliudque_fw-la eo_fw-la esse_fw-la nolunt_fw-la quam_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la definiuntur_fw-la exequntores_fw-la we_o reprove_v in_o like_a manner_n all_o those_o who_o yield_v and_o give_v authority_n in_o religion_n unto_o magistrate_n only_o in_o capital_a matter_n touch_v death_n while_o they_o deny_v they_o authority_n to_o call_v synod_n to_o consult_v of_o religion_n to_o reform_v church_n and_o to_o appoint_v out_o of_o god_n word_n the_o thing_n that_o pertain_v to_o the_o salvation_n of_o their_o subject_n and_o will_v only_o have_v they_o to_o be_v the_o bare_a executor_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o bishop_n do_v decree_n thus_o write_v this_o learned_a doctor_n a_o man_n of_o as_o great_a a_o judgement_n as_o any_o be_v in_o the_o christian_n world_n out_o of_o who_o word_n i_o note_v first_o that_o he_o condemn_v many_o who_o now_o adays_o think_v themselves_o very_o wise_a second_o he_o avow_v that_o magistrate_n have_v authority_n to_o call_v synod_n three_o that_o they_o have_v power_n to_o deliberate_v of_o religion_n four_o that_o they_o have_v authority_n to_o reform_v the_o minister_n and_o church-affaire_n five_o that_o they_o have_v power_n to_o order_v those_o thing_n which_o pertain_v unto_o man_n salvation_n master_n martyr_n a_o very_a learned_a writer_n discourse_v at_o large_a both_o of_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o of_o the_o magistrate_n he_o show_v most_o excellent_o both_o how_o the_o minister_n 161._o ought_v to_o exhort_v and_o rebuke_v the_o magistrate_n and_o how_o the_o magistrate_n ought_v to_o reform_v govern_v and_o punish_v the_o minister_n some_o part_n of_o his_o golden_a discourse_n i_o will_v brief_o set_v down_o refer_v the_o reader_n for_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o place_n quote_v in_o the_o margin_n nihil_fw-la est_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la mundo_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la verb●_n dei_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la extendat_fw-la quocirca_fw-la longè_fw-la falluntur_fw-la qui_fw-la clamitare_fw-la solent_fw-la quid_fw-la conscionator_n cum_fw-la rep_n quid_fw-la cum_fw-la armis_fw-la quid_fw-la cum_fw-la pharmacopolis_fw-la quid_fw-la cum_fw-la cocis_fw-la at_o dicat_fw-la etc._n etc._n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o whole_a world_n to_o which_o the_o word_n of_o god_n do_v not_o extend_v itself_o wherefore_o they_o be_v far_o deceive_v that_o be_v wont_a to_o exclaim_v and_o say_v what_o have_v the_o preacher_n to_o do_v with_o the_o commonweal_n what_o have_v he_o to_o do_v with_o war_n what_o with_o the_o apothecary_n what_o with_o cook_n but_o let_v these_o good_a fellow_n tell_v we_o why_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n word_n when_o he_o perceive_v god_n law_n to_o be_v transgress_v in_o these_o thing_n may_v not_o rebuke_v the_o same_o out_o of_o god_n word_n why_o he_o may_v not_o admonish_v the_o malefactor_n why_o he_o may_v not_o exhort_v they_o to_o desist_v from_o sin_n it_o be_v his_o part_n doubtless_o to_o reprove_v sinner_n not_o with_o the_o sword_n not_o with_o pecuniary_a mulct_n not_o with_o imprisonment_n not_o with_o the_o sword_n not_o with_o exile_n but_o with_o the_o force_n &_o power_n of_o god_n word_n then_o this_o learned_a man_n proceed_v and_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n must_v see_v and_o provide_v that_o the_o bishop_n pastor_n &_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n do_v teach_v god_n word_n pure_o rebuke_v sinner_n fatherly_a and_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n reverent_o after_o this_o he_o tell_v his_o reader_n that_o king_n have_v not_o charge_v only_o of_o the_o body_n of_o their_o subject_n but_o of_o their_o soul_n also_o for_o say_v this_o great_a learned_a doctor_n we_o must_v not_o make_v prince_n swineheard_n and_o herdsman_n for_o keeper_n of_o cattle_n who_o have_v care_n only_o of_o the_o belly_n flesh_n

to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n over_o the_o other_o bishop_n and_o minister_n in_o england_n now_o for_o answer_v to_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o objection_n touch_v high_a commissioner_n justice_n of_o peace_n and_o quorum_fw-la i_o have_v referue_v the_o next_o chapter_n chap._n vi_o of_o civil_a office_n in_o ecclesiastical_a person_n the_o authority_n in_o civil_a matter_n commit_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o make_v a_o thing_n intrinsical_o incident_a to_o the_o valdè_fw-la ministry_n or_o as_o a_o part_n thereof_o but_o it_o be_v commit_v to_o they_o by_o the_o prince_n who_o his_o subject_n be_v not_o to_o limit_v what_o person_n he_o shall_v use_v in_o counsel_n or_o to_o who_o he_o shall_v commit_v the_o execution_n of_o his_o law_n and_o it_o be_v add_v to_o their_o ministry_n as_o profitable_a and_o necessary_a for_o the_o present_a state_n and_o good_a of_o the_o church_n which_o good_a to_o be_v procure_v by_o that_o mean_n rather_o than_o by_o any_o other_o employment_n beside_o it_o may_v appear_v both_o by_o experience_n and_o practice_v by_o experience_n for_o that_o we_o see_v those_o kingdom_n prince_n and_o people_n most_o bless_a of_o god_n where_o learned_a and_o godly_a bishop_n have_v be_v receive_v into_o the_o prince_n counsel_n by_o practice_v because_o i_o have_v both_o hear_v and_o read_v that_o master_n calvin_n and_o master_n beza_n be_v admit_v to_o be_v counselor_n of_o the_o seat_n at_o geneva_n be_v think_v sit_v man_n for_o that_o place_n who_o doubtless_o will_v never_o have_v yield_v thereunto_o if_o they_o have_v think_v it_o a_o thing_n either_o unlawful_a in_o itself_o or_o incompatible_a to_o their_o function_n no_o no_o it_o be_v neither_o ungodly_a nor_o yet_o unseemly_a for_o a_o minister_n to_o come_v from_o the_o pulpit_n to_o the_o correction_n of_o vice_n sin_n and_o wickedness_n but_o contrariwise_o it_o be_v so_o godly_a so_o comely_a and_o so_o necessary_a that_o it_o ever_o have_v be_v usual_a both_o in_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o in_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n for_o first_o in_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n melchisedech_n be_v both_o king_n and_o priest_n so_o report_v holy_a moses_n in_o his_o book_n of_o genèsis_n and_o saint_n paul_n to_o the_o hebrew_n and_o saint_n hierome_n 95._o tell_v we_o that_o all_o the_o elder_a son_n of_o the_o holy_a patriarch_n be_v both_o king_n and_o priest_n aiunt_fw-la hunc_fw-la esse_fw-la sem_fw-mi filium_fw-la noah_n &_o supputantes_fw-la annos_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la eum_fw-la ad_fw-la isaac_n usque_fw-la vixisse_fw-la omnesque_fw-la primogenitos_fw-la noah_n donec_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la fungeretur_fw-la aaron_n fuisse_fw-la pontifices_fw-la the_o hebrew_n say_v saint_n hierome_n affirm_v this_o melchisadech_n to_o be_v sem_fw-mi the_o son_n of_o noah_n and_o reckon_v the_o year_n of_o his_o life_n they_o show_v we_o that_o he_o live_v until_o isaac_n and_o 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patron_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n in_o this_o age_n second_o that_o those_o great_a patron_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n who_o deem_v unprie_v elder_n to_o be_v convenient_a for_o their_o particular_a precinct_n free_a city_n and_o common_a weal_n do_v for_o all_o that_o think_v a_o other_o government_n more_o fit_a for_o christian_a monarchy_n and_o do_v high_o commend_v the_o same_o i_o may_v allege_v the_o joint_a testimony_n of_o m._n gualther_n m._n hemingius_n m._n bucer_n and_o of_o many_o other_o famous_a late_a writer_n but_o in_o regard_n of_o brevity_n only_a m._n musculus_fw-la shall_v content_v i_o for_o the_o present_a these_o be_v his_o express_a word_n principio_fw-la ut_fw-la constituat_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la minister_n 632._o ubi_fw-la illi_fw-la desiderantur_fw-la sive_fw-la eligat_fw-la eos_fw-la ipse_fw-la five_o ab_fw-la alijs_fw-la iussu_fw-la ipsim_fw-la electos_fw-la confirmet_fw-la neque_fw-la n._n convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la praeter_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la potestatis_fw-la publicae_fw-la public_a a_o quisquam_fw-la numer_n a_o in_o ecclesia_fw-la obeat_fw-la dice_n at_o secùs_fw-la factune_a in_o primis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la a_o ministris_fw-la ac_fw-la plebe_fw-la eligebantur_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la antistites_fw-la respondeo_fw-la talis_fw-la tum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la erat_fw-la status_fw-la ut_fw-la aliter_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la eligendi_fw-la ministri_fw-la propterea_fw-la quod_fw-la christiano_n magistratu_fw-la destituebantur_fw-la sirevocas_fw-es temporum_fw-la illorum_fw-la mores_fw-la primùm_fw-la conditione_n ac_fw-la statum_fw-la quoque_fw-la illorum_fw-la revoca_fw-la first_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n to_o constitute_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n where_o they_o be_v want_v whether_o he_o choose_v they_o himself_o or_o confirm_v those_o which_o other_o by_o appointment_n have_v choose_v for_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v that_o any_o minister_n execute_v any_o 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legem_fw-la neque_fw-la 20._o pavius_n obstitisset_fw-la ut_fw-la apparet_fw-la ex_fw-la rome_n 13._o quia_fw-la vero_fw-la durunerat_fw-la homines_fw-la christianos_fw-la ethnicis_fw-la obijcere_fw-la recurrit_fw-la ad_fw-la remedium_fw-la quod_fw-la christus_fw-la dedit_fw-la quoad_fw-la iniurias_fw-la privatas_fw-la mat_n 18._o sequitur_fw-la potestas_fw-la illa_fw-la penes_fw-la q●os_fw-la erat_fw-la penes_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la ne_fw-la confusio_fw-la fieret_fw-la per_fw-la delectos_fw-la agebat_fw-la ex_fw-la senioribus_fw-la sequitur_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la n._n non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la necessarijs_fw-la illis_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la consistit_fw-la he_o make_v mention_v of_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n allude_v to_o his_o word_n in_o matthew_n lest_o he_o shall_v contemn_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o church_n and_o he_o command_v this_o to_o be_v do_v because_o they_o have_v no_o other_o mean_n at_o that_o time_n to_o correct_v the_o disobedient_a when_o there_o be_v no_o christian_n magistrate_n otherwise_o this_o fellow_n shall_v have_v be_v punish_v according_a to_o the_o law_n neither_o will_v paul_n have_v be_v against_o it_o as_o appear_z by_o his_o doctrine_n to_o the_o roman_n but_o because_o it_o be_v a_o very_a hard_a case_n to_o send_v christian_n to_o ethnic_n he_o have_v recourse_n to_o that_o remedy_n which_o christ_n appoint_v for_o private_a injury_n and_o in_o who_o be_v that_o power_n in_o the_o whole_a church_n which_o for_o all_o that_o to_o avoid_v confusion_n do_v execute_v the_o same_o by_o choose_a seniors_n for_o excommunication_n be_v none_o of_o those_o necessary_a thing_n without_o which_o the_o church_n can_v consist_v the_o same_o doctor_n in_o a_o other_o place_n have_v these_o express_a fine_a word_n hodie_fw-la non_fw-la opus_fw-la proprio_fw-la sevatu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la agnoscamus_fw-la beneficium_fw-la dei_fw-la esa._n 49._o vicissim_fw-la hi_o aguoscant_fw-la se_fw-la quoque_fw-la memmbra_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sequitur_fw-la nobis_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la habere_fw-la pastor_n scholas_fw-la magistratus_fw-la pios_fw-la qui_fw-la cuitum_fw-la dei_fw-la tueantur_fw-la pauperes_fw-la curent_fw-la we_o have_v this_o day_n no_o need_n at_o all_o of_o the_o senate_n of_o the_o church_n or_o presbytery_n let_v we_o acknowledge_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n and_o let_v they_o likewise_o acknowledge_v themselves_o to_o be_v the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n let_v it_o suffice_v we_o to_o have_v pastor_n school_n godly_a magistrate_n that_o will_v defend_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o take_v care_n of_o the_o poor_a master_n martyr_n deliver_v the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o substance_n 239._o in_o these_o express_a word_n fatemur_fw-la deinde_fw-la clave_n ecclesiae_fw-la universae_fw-la datas_fw-la caeterum_fw-la ne_fw-la confusio_fw-la accidat_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la aliqui_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la deligantur_fw-la quiutantur_fw-la clavibus_fw-la quarum_fw-la usus_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la redundet_fw-la qui_fw-la christo_fw-la credunnt_n prepositos_fw-la vero_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la habent_fw-la des_fw-fr monet_fw-la paulus_n non_fw-la semel_fw-la et_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la prohibuit_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la iussit_fw-la ne_fw-la magistri_fw-la et_fw-la rabbi_n vocaremur_fw-la ambitionem_fw-la repressit_fw-la voluitque_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la nostrum_fw-la haec_fw-la affectaret_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la interdixit_fw-la quin_fw-la habeamus_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la et_fw-la appellemus_fw-la honorifice_fw-la quos_fw-la dominus_fw-la nobis_fw-la praefecit_fw-la imo_fw-la paulus_n ad_fw-la timotheum_n scribit_fw-la se_fw-la positum_fw-la esse_fw-la magistrum_fw-la gentium_fw-la we_o likewise_o confess_v that_o the_o key_n 7._o be_v give_v to_o the_o whole_a church_n but_o to_o avoid_v confusion_n it_o be_v meet_v that_o some_o out_o of_o all_o be_v choose_v who_o may_v put_v the_o key_n in_o use_n who_o use_n re_fw-mi dound_v to_o all_o that_o believe_v in_o christ._n now_o that_o we_o must_v have_v governor_n of_o church_n paul_n admonish_v more_o than_o once_o &_o christ_n do_v not_o forbid_v it_o who_o when_o he_o command_v we_o not_o to_o be_v call_v master_n and_o rabbi_n repress_a ambition_n be_v desirous_a that_o none_o of_o we_o shall_v hunt_v after_o these_o thing_n but_o he_o never_o forbid_v we_o to_o reverence_v and_o give_v honourable_a name_n to_o those_o who_o our_o lord_n have_v place_v over_o us._n yea_o paul_n write_v to_o timothy_n that_o himself_o be_v make_v the_o master_n of_o the_o gentile_n master_n musculus_fw-la be_v consonant_a to_o the_o rest_n who_o express_a word_n be_v these_o denique_fw-la curabit_fw-la ut_fw-la plebs_fw-la ipsa_fw-la viros_fw-la grave_n 204._o timentes_fw-la dei_fw-la ac_fw-la boni_fw-la testimonij_fw-la deligant_fw-la quorum_fw-la cura_fw-la et_fw-la vigilantia_fw-la disciplina_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la administretur_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la gravioris_fw-la momenti_fw-la accidat_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la referatur_fw-la haec_fw-la tamen_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la indeterminatam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la referimus_fw-la ad_fw-la illas_fw-la tan_o tum_fw-la pertinent_a ecclesias_fw-la quae_fw-la christianum_fw-la magistratum_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la quales_fw-la erant_fw-la olim_fw-la priusquam_fw-la principes_fw-la christiani_fw-la fierent_fw-la final_o he_o shall_v provide_v that_o the_o people_n choose_v grave_a man_n which_o fear_n god_n and_o have_v a_o good_a report_n by_o who_o care_n and_o painful_a labour_n the_o church_n discipline_n may_v be_v execute_v and_o if_o any_o thing_n of_o great_a moment_n fall_v out_o that_o the_o same_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o church_n yet_o all_o these_o thing_n which_o we_o refer_v to_o the_o power_n undetermine_v pertain_v to_o those_o church_n only_o which_o have_v no_o christian_a magistrate_n such_o as_o they_o be_v sometime_o before_o there_o be_v christian_a prince_n the_o same_o doctor_n in_o a_o other_o place_n have_v these_o word_n hanc_fw-la cuiusvis_fw-la particularis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la potestatem_fw-la reprobos_fw-la scilicet_fw-la excommunicand_n romanus_n pontifex_fw-la irritam_fw-la reddidit_fw-la &_o e_fw-la medio_fw-la 311._o sustulit_fw-la this_o power_n of_o excommunication_n which_o pertain_v to_o every_o particular_a church_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n make_v frustrate_v and_o take_v it_o quite_o away_o out_o of_o these_o most_o learned_a discourse_n of_o these_o grave_a writer_n i_o observe_v these_o memorable_a lesson_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o reader_n first_o that_o the_o power_n to_o excommunicate_v be_v give_v to_o the_o whole_a church_n second_o that_o the_o church_n have_v power_n to_o commit_v the_o same_o to_o other_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v think_v meet_v for_o her_o good_a three_o that_o the_o church_n for_o avoid_v of_o confusion_n do_v ever_o 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