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ceremony_n but_o by_o their_o own_o humour_n and_o uncertain_a report_n of_o some_o
burtons_n endeavour_n to_o excuse_v ap-evans_a mr._n burtons_n opposite_n not_o censorious_a what_o they_o think_v of_o those_o who_o he_o call_v professor_n and_o the_o profession_n itself_o true_a piety_n approve_v and_o honour_v in_o all_o profession_n the_o answer_n to_o this_o crimination_n sum_v up_o the_o censure_v partial_a judge_n of_o their_o own_o censure_n how_o offence_n be_v to_o be_v rate_v in_o their_o censure_n the_o next_o be_v innovation_n in_o discipline_n which_o say_v he_o in_o a_o word_n be_v this_o that_o whereas_o of_o old_a the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v inflict_v upon_o disorder_a and_o vicious_a person_n notorious_a liver_n as_o drunkard_n adulterer_n etc._n etc._n now_o the_o sharp_a edge_n thereof_o be_v main_o turn_v against_o god_n people_n and_o minister_n even_o for_o their_o virtue_n 127._o pag._n 127._o and_o piety_n etc._n etc._n a_o man_n that_o read_v this_o charge_n and_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o language_n that_o be_v speak_v among_o those_o of_o m._n burtons_n tribe_n will_v very_o believe_v if_o it_o be_v but_o half_a true_a that_o the_o state_n of_o our_o church_n be_v metamorphose_v into_o a_o very_a babel_n of_o disorder_n and_o confusion_n and_o sink_v of_o profaneness_n and_o iniquity_n but_o the_o comfort_n still_o be_v we_o may_v fit_o answer_v he_o as_o nehemiah_n do_v sanballat_n there_o be_v 8._o nehem._n 6._o 8._o no_o such_o thing_n do_v as_o thou_o say_v but_o thou_o fain_o they_o out_o of_o thy_o own_o heart_n for_o first_o let_v the_o record_n of_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o as_o that_o he_o most_o aim_v at_o of_o the_o high_a commission_n be_v search_v and_o compare_v with_o the_o now_o highlymagnified_a time_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n of_o famous_a memory_n and_o it_o will_v appear_v that_o there_o be_v not_o now_o the_o least_o innovation_n either_o in_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o proceed_n or_o in_o the_o crime_n and_o person_n censure_v but_o that_o it_o 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have_v wait_v for_o their_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n for_o their_o godly_a and_o right_a christian_a resistance_n of_o his_o majesty_n uncouth_a command_n but_o i_o must_v not_o go_v far_o with_o this_o vizor_n and_o therefore_o before_o i_o proceed_v i_o will_v pull_v it_o off_o and_o expound_v the_o term_n and_o then_o read_v this_o part_n of_o his_o charge_n in_o plain_a english_a here_o then_o by_o god_n people_n and_o minister_n understand_v people_n and_o minister_n of_o mr._n burtons_n party_n their_o virtue_n and_o piety_n their_o disobedience_n to_o their_o sovereign_n their_o repine_a and_o murmur_v at_o his_o government_n their_o inconformity_n to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n their_o contempt_n of_o ecclesiastical_a power_n and_o authority_n and_o other_o strange_a insolence_n whereof_o m._n burton_n have_v give_v we_o a_o full_a pattern_n in_o this_o book_n and_o his_o long_a practice_n the_o sum_n and_o plain_a truth_n be_v that_o some_o people_n and_o minister_n that_o have_v a_o better_a conceit_n of_o themselves_o than_o they_o have_v cause_n for_o have_v be_v late_o censure_v for_o their_o not_o conform_v to_o his_o majesty_n command_n and_o the_o church_n order_n this_o be_v all_o and_o when_o be_v it_o otherwise_o in_o this_o church_n nay_o in_o any_o church_n since_o the_o begin_n of_o christianity_n be_v it_o ever_o know_v that_o any_o church_n or_o any_o civil_a government_n do_v or_o can_v subsist_v without_o inflict_a censure_n upon_o the_o wilful_a violator_n of_o their_o order_n and_o constitution_n have_v not_o ever_o the_o edge_n of_o discipline_n be_v just_o sharpen_v against_o those_o that_o shall_v to_o their_o disobedience_n add_v contempt_n of_o the_o authority_n and_o that_o with_o contumelious_a reproach_n and_o slander_n against_o the_o person_n invest_v with_o it_o if_o man_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o their selfe_o will_v humour_n and_o for_o exalt_v of_o their_o private_a fancy_n against_o the_o public_a order_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o authority_n ecclesiastical_a shall_v presume_v so_o far_o 167._o sipro_fw-la errore_fw-la homines_fw-la tanta_fw-la prasumunt_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la aequâ—_n est_fw-la et_fw-la oportet_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la pacis_fw-la et_fw-la unitatis_fw-la christianae_n asserunt_fw-la veritatem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la dissimulantibus_fw-la et_fw-la cobibentibus_fw-la manifestam_fw-la satagere_fw-la instanter_fw-la atque_fw-la impigrè_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la pro_fw-la eorum_fw-la munimine_fw-la qui_fw-la jam_fw-la catholici_fw-la sunt_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la pro_fw-la corum_fw-la correctione_n qui_fw-la nondum_fw-la sunt_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la pertina_fw-la cia_fw-la insuperabilis_fw-la vires_fw-la habere_fw-la conatur_fw-la quantas_fw-la debet_fw-la habere_fw-la constantia_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la bono_fw-mi quod_fw-la perseveranter_fw-la atque_fw-la infatigabiliter_fw-la agit_fw-fr et_fw-fr deo_fw-la placere_fw-la se_fw-la novit_fw-la et_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la hominibus_fw-la prudentibus_fw-la displicere_fw-la aug._n ep._n 167._o how_o much_o more_o be_v it_o fit_a and_o behoove_v those_o who_o stand_v for_o the_o truth_n of_o peace_n and_o christian_a unity_n which_o be_v manifest_a even_o to_o those_o that_o dissemble_v and_o oppose_v it_o to_o endeavour_v with_o all_o earnestness_n and_o diligence_n not_o only_o for_o the_o secure_n of_o those_o which_o be_v catholic_n but_o also_o for_o the_o correction_n of_o those_o that_o be_v not_o for_o if_o stubbornness_n seek_v to_o get_v such_o strength_n what_o ought_v constancy_n to_o have_v which_o in_o that_o good_a which_o incessant_o and_o unwearied_o it_o do_v both_o know_v that_o it_o please_v god_n and_o without_o doubt_n can_v displease_v wise_a man_n so_o saint_n augustine_n once_o apologize_v for_o the_o church_n in_o his_o day_n proceed_v against_o the_o donatist_n and_o a_o fit_a i_o can_v use_v for_o our_o church_n at_o this_o day_n nor_o need_v i_o add_v more_o in_o this_o case_n but_o this_o will_v not_o haply_o be_v contradict_v by_o any_o that_o thus_o view_v thing_n in_o their_o true_a notion_n and_o if_o any_o shall_v be_v so_o void_a of_o reason_n and_o grace_n as_o to_o declaim_v against_o it_o every_o man_n will_v cry_v shame_n of_o he_o but_o the_o cunning_a mask_n that_o be_v put_v upon_o it_o make_v it_o pass_v current_a and_o to_o be_v entertain_v as_o a_o just_a and_o a_o great_a grievance_n when_o it_o shall_v be_v present_v under_o the_o name_n of_o persecution_n and_o unjust_a censure_n inflict_v upon_o god_n people_n and_o minister_n and_o that_o for_o their_o virtue_n and_o piety_n who_o then_o can_v but_o pity_v and_o commiserate_v the_o sufferer_n and_o condemn_v their_o persecutor_n of_o notorious_a injustice_n and_o horrible_a impiety_n it_o be_v a_o old_a and_o a_o cunning_a stratagem_n use_v by_o some_o expert_a captain_n to_o march_v disguise_v and_o to_o bear_v the_o colour_n of_o those_o against_o who_o they_o fight_v that_o they_o may_v find_v the_o more_o easy_a passage_n and_o this_o practice_n have_v be_v long_o in_o use_n with_o the_o disturber_n of_o the_o church_n peace_n to_o usurp_v the_o name_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o true_a church_n and_o to_o appropriate_v that_o to_o themselves_o which_o of_o right_n belong_v to_o those_o who_o they_o oppugn_v but_o never_o any_o 166._o vos_fw-fr enim_fw-la dicitis_fw-la remansisse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o sola_fw-la africa_n partis_fw-la donati_n aug._n ep._n 166._o be_v better_a artist_n in_o this_o kind_n than_o the_o donatist_n in_o s._n augustine_n time_n who_o be_v wont_a to_o circumscribe_v the_o church_n within_o the_o bound_n of_o their_o party_n and_o to_o account_v all_o other_o christian_n as_o pagan_a and_o to_o call_v the_o repression_n of_o their_o turbulency_n persecution_n and_o boast_v of_o martyrdom_n as_o appear_v out_o of_o s._n augustine_n and_o 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