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innumerabiliter_fw-la variantur_fw-la epist._n 119._o cap._n 19_o in_o as_o much_o as_o for_o the_o variety_n thereof_o socra_n 5._o 22._o affirm_v that_o a_o man_n can_v scarce_o find_v two_o church_n retain_v and_o follow_v one_o order_n in_o both_o place_n and_o for_o the_o multitude_n thereof_o he_o say_v that_o to_o set_v down_o in_o write_v the_o diverse_a and_o innumerable_a ceremony_n and_o custom_n disperse_v throughout_o city_n and_o country_n will_v prove_v a_o very_a tedious_a piece_n of_o work_n and_o hardly_o nay_o impossible_a to_o be_v perform_v a_o taste_n whereof_o in_o both_o he_o give_v large_o in_o that_o place_n together_o with_o his_o censure_n the_o like_a do_v sozomen_n 7._o 19_o who_o mention_v other_o diversity_n the_o reason_n of_o which_o variety_n and_o number_n if_o we_o will_v give_v we_o must_v distinguish_v of_o their_o quality_n for_o if_o they_o be_v convenient_a ceremony_n right_o deduce_v out_o of_o the_o general_a ground_n of_o god_n word_n 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spir_n sancto_fw-la cap._n 27._o the_o put_n of_o milk_n and_o honey_n into_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o baptise_a commend_v as_o proceed_v from_o the_o apostle_n tertul._n contra_fw-la martion_n &_o the_o coron_n milit_fw-la in_o some_o place_n also_o wine_n and_o milk_n without_o honey_n hierom._n contra_fw-la lucifer_n the_o array_v of_o the_o baptise_a in_o a_o white_a garment_n tertul._n ibid._n the_o consecratione_n do_v 4._o canon_n 91._o 92._o in_o token_n that_o they_o do_v put_v on_o innocency_n and_o purity_n ibid._n out_o of_o ambrose_n and_o rabanus_n the_o cross_v of_o the_o child_n in_o baptism_n tertul._n the_o resurrect_a carnis_fw-la caro_fw-la signatur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la muniatur_fw-la august_n tract_n 118._o in_o joan._n serm_n 55._o say_v that_o they_o use_v it_o in_o every_o sacrament_n and_o that_o else_o baptism_n be_v not_o perform_v after_o the_o rite_n and_o manner_n unless_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n be_v make_v in_o the_o child_n forehead_n to_o 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element_n with_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n for_o so_o be_v every_o sacrament_n sign_v august_n tract_n 118._o in_o joan._n serm._n 55._o to_o mingle_v water_n with_o wine_n cypr._n l._n 2._o epist_n 3._o &_o 63._o and_o he_o call_v this_o dominica_n traditio_fw-la they_o also_o use_v only_a water_n in_o steed_n of_o wine_n which_o person_n so_o celebrate_v the_o eucharist_n be_v in_o the_o fore_n allege_v place_n by_o cypr._n call_v aquarij_fw-la to_o give_v the_o eucharist_n to_o infant_n cypr._n serm_n de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la to_o receive_v the_o lord_n supper_n every_o day_n august_n epist_n 118._o cap._n 2._o thus_o it_o be_v receive_v in_o rome_n and_o in_o spain_n hierom._n epist._n ad_fw-la licin_n 28._o in_o other_o place_n only_o on_o the_o lord_n day_n socra_n 5._o 22._o in_o other_o place_n on_o saturn_n day_n and_o the_o lord_n day_n august_n epist_n 118._o cap._n 2._o to_o receive_v the_o lord_n supper_n in_o some_o place_n in_o the_o morning_n and_o that_o fast_v 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herein_o ibid._n fol._n 1085._o again_o first_o i_o exhort_v that_o you_o withdraw_v not_o yourself_o from_o your_o call_n to_o the_o bishopric_n which_o be_v offer_v you_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o wonderful_a penury_n of_o able_a minister_n whence_o this_o mischieve_n will_v come_v that_o if_o you_o that_o be_v the_o pillar_n of_o the_o church_n pull_v back_o and_o refuse_v to_o execute_v the_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n both_o the_o church_n will_v be_v destitute_a of_o faithful_a pastor_n and_o you_o shall_v give_v tomb_n to_o wolf_n and_o antichrist_n after_o concern_v the_o square_a cap_n and_o external_a apparel_n of_o bishop_n i_o suppose_v that_o it_o ought_v not_o much_o to_o be_v dispute_v of_o see_v it_o be_v free_a from_o superstition_n and_o may_v have_v a_o civil_a reason_n especial_o in_o this_o kingdom_n of_o england_n touch_v the_o holy_a garment_n as_o they_o call_v they_o i_o wonder_v that_o they_o be_v so_o strict_o retain_v for_o i_o wish_v that_o all_o thing_n in_o 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veste_fw-la linea_fw-la about_o the_o square_a cap_n and_o surplice_n epist_n 120._o fol._n 217._o again_o to_o melancth_v to_o that_o you_o say_v the_o magdeburg_n minister_n do_v move_v brawl_n about_o a_o linen_n garment_n only_o i_o see_v not_o whereto_o such_o brawl_n of_o they_o do_v appertain_v or_o tend_v a_o little_a before_o it_o may_v be_v some_o will_v urge_v some_o thing_n &_o as_o in_o contention_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v will_v odious_o ventilate_v some_o ceremony_n wherein_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o evil_a as_o they_o pretend_v epist._n 17._o fol._n 213._o also_o although_o at_o first_o caluin_n be_v demand_v his_o judgement_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la adiaphoris_fw-la of_o thing_n indifferent_a in_o the_o saxon_a church_n such_o as_o surplice_n etc._n etc._n do_v free_o manifest_v his_o judgement_n and_o admonish_v melancthon_n who_o some_o accuse_v as_o to_o soft_a and_o too_o remiss_a for_o he_o persuade_v to_o conformity_n rather_o than_o to_o suffer_v deprivation_n ut_fw-la superius_fw-la yet_o say_v beza_n they_o accuse_v he_o immerito_fw-la quidem_fw-la very_o undeserued_o as_o afterward_o caluin_n know_v more_o thorough_o for_o than_o it_o be_v not_o know_v with_o what_o intention_n that_o evil_a spirit_n and_o whole_a troop_n of_o flaccian_o which_o persuade_v rather_o to_o be_v deprive_v then_o conform_v which_o after_o occasion_v so_o many_o tumult_n and_o now_o say_v beza_n at_o this_o time_n do_v hinder_v the_o work_n of_o god_n against_o the_o papist_n with_o that_o impudence_n and_o fury_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v hire_v with_o large_a sum_n unto_o it_o by_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n beza_n in_o vit_fw-mi caluin_n anno_o 1540_o beza_n but_o if_o any_o man_n demand_n whether_o nothing_o at_o all_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v indifferent_a in_o themselves_o may_v be_v retain_v at_o least_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o weak_a and_o whether_o i_o think_v the_o ministry_n rather_o
423._o name_v of_o priest_n by_o the_o latin_a word_n sacerdos_n heming_n ibid._n against_o which_o ceremony_n albeit_o the_o say_v beza_n do_v by_o many_o pregnant_a reason_n show_v his_o dislike_n yet_o do_v he_o and_o hemingius_n conclude_v they_o to_o be_v thing_n of_o their_o own_o nature_n adiaphora_fw-it indifferent_a howsoever_o in_o use_n inconvenient_a also_o the_o obseruator_n on_o the_o harmony_n of_o confession_n do_v mention_v other_o ceremony_n such_o as_o the_o use_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n in_o sect._n 8._o august_n obseruat_fw-la 6._o of_o excommunication_n in_o sect._n 10._o bohem._n 3._o in_o sect._n 11._o anglic._n 1_o of_o suspension_n in_o sect._n 17._o gallic_n 1._o of_o private_a absolution_n in_o sect._n 8._o bohem._n 1._o and_o saxon._n 1._o and_o wirtemberg_n 1._o and_o in_o sect_n 11._o bohem._n 8._o put_v on_o of_o hand_n on_o the_o head_n of_o the_o baptise_a in_o sect._n 13._o obseruat_fw-la 1._o imposition_n of_o hand_n on_o the_o head_n of_o the_o minister_n in_o sect._n 11._o heluet._n prio_fw-la obseru_fw-la 2._o all_o of_o the_o which_o they_o do_v not_o simple_o condemn_v but_o do_v leave_v they_o to_o be_v do_v or_o not_o at_o the_o liberty_n of_o every_o church_n upon_o two_o condition_n first_o that_o the_o liberty_n of_o other_o church_n of_o different_a practice_n be_v keep_v entire_a not_o prejudice_v second_o that_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o such_o ceremony_n be_v careful_o prevent_v so_o that_o we_o see_v here_o the_o unity_n of_o judgement_n of_o the_o godly_a learned_a to_o be_v opposite_a unto_o the_o doctrine_n of_o suffer_a deprivation_n for_o not_o use_v or_o conform_v to_o our_o inconvenient_a ceremony_n or_o to_o the_o like_a second_o also_o after_o the_o survey_n of_o their_o judgement_n we_o will_v take_v a_o view_n of_o their_o practice_n also_o what_o it_o have_v be_v in_o this_o respect_n in_o geneva_n about_o wafer-bread_n in_o the_o lord_n supper_n this_o church_n in_o the_o reformation_n thereof_o use_v common_a bread_n in_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o have_v abolish_v the_o use_n of_o the_o wafer-cake_n as_o also_o their_o fontes_fw-la to_o be_v baptize_v in_o and_o all_o their_o holy_a day_n except_o the_o lord_n day_n now_o it_o fall_v out_o that_o the_o church_n of_o berne_n assemble_v a_o synod_n require_v a_o restore_n of_o these_o thing_n unto_o the_o church_n of_o geneva_n caluin_n coraldus_n and_o farell_n refuse_v to_o consent_v unto_o they_o or_o to_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n in_o such_o manner_n they_o be_v banish_v thereupon_o the_o city_n of_o geneva_n and_o within_o three_o day_n after_o their_o refusal_n be_v deprive_v of_o the_o use_n of_o their_o ministry_n in_o that_o place_n the_o great_a part_n command_v over_o the_o better_a now_o in_o their_o absence_n sundry_a godly_a person_n be_v so_o offend_v with_o this_o change_n from_o common_a bread_n to_o the_o wafer-cake_n as_o that_o they_o think_v best_a for_o they_o to_o abstain_v from_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o to_o separate_v from_o their_o ministry_n rather_o than_o use_v the_o same_o with_o the_o say_a wafer-bread_n whereupon_o caluin_n seriò_fw-la monuit_fw-la ne_fw-la ob_fw-la istud_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d litem_fw-la moverent_fw-la serious_o admonish_v they_o that_o they_o will_v not_o raise_v contention_n about_o this_o indifferent_a matter_n which_o be_v set_v down_o in_o his_o epistle_n 17._o fol._n 37._o 38._o 39_o 40._o so_o say_v beza_n the_o use_n of_o the_o wafer-bread_n take_v place_n and_o be_v establish_v about_o the_o which_o caluin_n after_o he_o be_v restore_v to_o his_o ministry_n again_o nunquam_fw-la contendendum_fw-la putavit_fw-la minimè_fw-la tamen_fw-la dissimulans_fw-la quid_fw-la alioqui_fw-la magis_fw-la esset_fw-la probaturus_fw-la do_v not_o think_v it_o meet_v to_o contend_v yet_o not_o dissemble_v his_o mind_n what_o otherwise_o he_o do_v mean_a to_o approve_v beza_n in_o vita_fw-la caluini_fw-la anno_fw-la 1538._o in_o germany_n about_o excommunication_n and_o discipline_n bullinger_n there_o be_v never_o any_o contention_n about_o excommunication_n between_o our_o church_n of_o zuricke_n and_o the_o church_n of_o geneva_n most_o beloved_a of_o we_o apud_fw-la erast_n de_fw-fr excom_n fol._n 365._o also_o in_o another_o place_n in_o the_o mean_a space_n we_o never_o condemn_v the_o church_n of_o geneva_n which_o have_v her_o discipline_n albeit_o we_o have_v none_o ibid._n fol._n 350._o about_o the_o surplice_n it_o be_v enjoin_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o suevia_n they_o utter_o relinquish_v their_o ministry_n rather_o than_o they_o will_v conform_v unto_o it_o this_o practice_n do_v melancthon_n and_o pomeranus_n utter_o dislike_v and_o persuade_v the_o minister_n of_o marquesse_n albertus_n dominion_n to_o conform_v rather_o than_o to_o suffer_v deprivation_n which_o they_o yield_v unto_o for_o the_o most_o part_n consil_n melancth_v part_n 2._o fol._n 91._o about_o a_o altar_n there_o be_v a_o 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