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A39281 S. Austin imitated, or, Retractions and repentings in reference unto the late civil and ecclesiastical changes in this nation by John Ellis. Ellis, John, 1606?-1681. 1662 (1662) Wing E590; ESTC R24312 304,032 419

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2.3_o 1_o thess_n 2.3_o i_o may_v add_v '_o nor_o of_o gain_n nor_o of_o vainglory_n for_o i_o covet_v no_o man_n silver_n nor_o gold_n nor_o apparel_n but_o so_o speak_v not_o as_o please_a man_n but_o god_n who_o tri_v our_o heart_n neither_o at_o any_o time_n design_v we_o flatter_v word_n nor_o a_o cloak_n of_o covetousness_n god_n be_v witness_n yea_o and_o man_n also_o for_o i_o neither_o endeavour_v nor_o receive_v though_o offer_v as_o some_o thing_n be_v any_o thing_n material_a all_o that_o time_n either_o of_o advance_v or_o advantage_n but_o be_v then_o note_n note_n and_o be_o since_o in_o much_o worse_a condition_n than_o i_o be_v before_o i_o engage_v that_o way_n and_o then_o those_o who_o do_v that_o party_n far_o less_o service_n and_o this_o one_o thing_n may_v i_o hope_v excuse_v i_o though_o not_o à_fw-la toto_fw-la and_o whole_o yet_o à_fw-la tanto_fw-la and_o in_o part_n see_v our_o lord_n himself_o make_v it_o a_o note_n of_o a_o honest_a and_o true_a meaning_n 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write_v in_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o evangelist_n and_o apostle_n next_o that_o i_o have_v hope_n towards_o god_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o resurrection_n both_o of_o the_o just_a and_o the_o unjust_a and_o last_o that_o hereupon_o i_o exercise_v myself_o to_o have_v a_o conscience_n void_a of_o offence_n towards_o god_n and_o towards_o man_n always_o with_o which_o petition_n and_o profession_n i_o cease_v and_o shut_v up_o all_o sept._n 13_o ann._n dom._n 1661._o regni_fw-la carol._n secundi_fw-la magn._fw-la britann_n franc._n &_o hibern_n regis_fw-la sereniss_n 13._o sed_fw-la inaudito_fw-la dei_fw-la consilio_fw-la restituti_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la eo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la secundo_fw-la excurrit_fw-la secundo_fw-la a●t_fw-la m._n 5_o adulation●_n epto_fw-la &_o i●_n maii_n 29._o 〈◊〉_d mihi_fw-la natali●_n per_fw-la lavacre_n generation●_n novae_n 〈◊〉_d excurrit_fw-la quod_fw-la utrique_fw-la secundissimè_fw-la faustissimeque_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la cedat_fw-la votum_fw-la ex_fw-la animo_fw-la quotidian_a johannis_n ellis_n finis_fw-la
repentance_n and_o return_n 3._o 1_o pet._n 3._o i_o be_o oblige_v to_o render_v withal_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o those_o that_o go_v before_o we_o and_o have_v settle_v the_o thing_n that_o here_o i_o plead_v for_o it_o be_v not_o amiss_o to_o show_v 7._o 1_o cor._n 7._o that_o they_o have_v also_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n beside_o it_o be_v requisite_a to_o evidence_n that_o those_o that_o have_v not_o heart_n to_o love_v this_o church_n and_o kingdom_n yet_o to_o hate_v they_o they_o have_v no_o cause_n add_v hereunto_o it_o be_v not_o perhaps_o impossible_a that_o some_o eye_n by_o god_n direction_n may_v fall_v on_o these_o line_n who_o may_v thereby_o not_o only_o with_o a_o more_o steady_a foot_n walk_v himself_o in_o the_o good_a and_o the_o old_a path_n 6.16_o jer._n 6.16_o which_o i_o point_v at_o but_o may_v be_v of_o influence_n also_o to_o cause_v other_o to_o do_v it_o likewise_o and_o not_o to_o suffer_v they_o to_o stumble_v in_o their_o way_n from_o the_o ancient_a 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of_o the_o civil_a controversy_n chap._n i._n 1._o of_o the_o right_n of_o retractation_n allowable_a unto_o all_o man_n 2._o evidence_v from_o the_o general_a cause_n of_o error_n 3._o and_o of_o some_o great_a example_n of_o they_o ancient_n and_o modern_a chap._n ii_o how_o far_o only_o the_o author_n decline_v how_o he_o behave_v himself_o therein_o and_o what_o awaken_v he_o unto_o recovery_n pag._n 15._o chap._n iii_o what_o the_o author_n do_v retract_v both_o in_o general_n and_o in_o particular_a 1._o the_o war_n 2._o independency_n p._n 24._o chap._n iu._n cause_n of_o the_o author_n fall_v and_o first_o the_o negative_a p._n 28._o chap._n v._n the_o cause_n positive_a and_o first_o in_o general_n p._n 39_o to_o 58._o chap._n vi_o cause_n particular_a to_o each_o controversy_n and_o first_o of_o the_o war._n sect_n i._o cause_o general_a and_o privative_a not_o obey_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n p._n 56._o sect_n ii_o particular_a motive_n to_o the_o war_n with_o their_o refutation_n p._n 58._o to_o 83._o chap._n vii_o reply_v to_o certain_a general_a ground_n for_o the_o war_n be_v the_o chief_a head_n of_o a_o book_n entitle_v scripture_n and_o reason_n plead_v for_o defensive_a arms._n p._n 90._o to_o 106._o the_o content_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o church_n controversy_n chap._n i._n of_o independency_n sect_n i._o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o author_n lapse_n into_o it_o p._n 109._o sect_n ii_o cause_n 1._o privative_a viz._n not_o obey_v the_o particular_a word_n of_o god_n p._n 112._o sect_n iii_o cause_n positive_a p._n 113._o sect_n iv_o the_o content_n of_o independency_n p._n 114._o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o ground_n of_o separation_n and_o first_o in_o general_n p._n 119._o chap._n iii_o particular_a exception_n against_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o premise_n 1._o against_o the_o article_n or_o doctrine_n p._n 174._o chap._n iu._n of_o worship_n and_o the_o directory_n thereof_o the_o common-prayer-book_n sect_n i._o of_o worship_n 1._o in_o itself_o p._n 195._o 2._o in_o the_o ceremony_n p._n 196._o sect_n ii_o objection_n particular_a against_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o worship_n p._n 204._o sect_n iii_o exception_n against_o the_o body_n of_o the_o common-prayer-book_n sect_n iv_o a_o vindication_n of_o the_o compiler_n of_o the_o liturgy_n in_o this_o particular_a p._n 231._o sect_n vi_o exception_n against_o the_o ceremony_n pag._n 270._o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o assembly_n their_o matter_n and_o mixture_n sect_n i._o the_o mean_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n of_o preserve_v they_o from_o corruption_n p._n 266._o this_o number_n and_o some_o follow_a be_v to_o be_v look_v for_o in_o the_o 6._o chap._n of_o the_o second_o book_n p._n 269._o sect_n ii_o cause_n constitutive_a of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n p._n 270._o sect_n iii_o apostolical_a church_n vitiate_v but_o no_o separation_n p._n 273._o sect_n iv_o the_o primitive_a church_n also_o p._n 275._o sect_n v._o the_o reform_a church_n p._n 280._o chap._n vii_o of_o discipline_n chap._n viii_o of_o government_n 1._o by_o the_o ministry_n in_o general_n and_o 2._o by_o episcopacy_n in_o particular_a sect._n 1_o the_o condition_n requisite_a to_o the_o constitution_n of_o a_o ministry_n p._n 301._o sect._n 2._o of_o episcopacy_n it_o be_v right_a and_o title_n p._n 304._o sect._n 3_o exception_n against_o the_o former_a government_n and_o discipline_n 1._o episcopacy_n establish_v by_o law_n in_o engl._n p._n 325._o subsect_v 2._o whether_o episcopacy_n be_v a_o different_a order_n from_o presbytery_n ibid._n subsect_v 3._o the_o question_v not_o of_o order_n but_o of_o power_n p._n 332._o subsect_v 4._o whether_o ordination_n in_o the_o n._n testament_n without_o a_o bishop_n p._n 334._o sect._n 4._o of_o the_o book_n of_o ordination_n subsect_v 1._o bishop_n imposition_n of_o hand_n upon_o deacon_n p._n 338._o subsect_v 2._o apostle_n choose_v deacon_n ibid._n subsect_v 3._o that_o phrase_n receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n defend_v p._n 339._o subsect_v 4._o consecration_n of_o bishop_n and_o archbishop_n p._n 346._o subs_n 5._o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n p._n 349._o sect._n 6._o the_o close_a of_o the_o church_n controversy_n chap._n ix_o the_o proof_n and_o trial_n of_o these_o retractation_n chap._n x._o the_o conclusion_n 1_o a_o petition_n p._n 367._o the_o elder_a son_n ibid._n 2._o a_o admonition_n of_o zanchy_a p._n 368._o 3._o the_o prediction_n of_o his_o late_a majesty_n p._n 370._o chap._n xi_o additional_n the_o scope_n and_o protestation_n of_o the_o author_n contain_v also_o a_o explication_n of_o the_o frontispiece_n my_o aim_n be_v to_o perform_v by_o way_n of_o retractation_n some_o small_a service_n principi_fw-la &_o patriae_fw-la to_o the_o king_n and_o to_o my_o country_n my_o allegiance_n to_o the_o one_o and_o engagement_n to_o the_o other_o and_o my_o lapse_v in_o both_o so_o much_o oblige_v i_o now_o 20._o now_o psal_n 20._o the_o king_n honour_n be_v great_a in_o god_n 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by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v that_o every_o knee_n shall_v bow_v to_o i_o etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la jurat_fw-la quòd_fw-la idolis_fw-la derelictis_fw-la omne_fw-la genus_fw-la ei_fw-la flectat_fw-la coelestium_fw-la terrestrium_fw-la &_o infernorum_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la per_fw-la illum_fw-la juret_fw-la lingua_fw-la mortalium_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la perspicuè_fw-fr significatur_fw-la populus_fw-la christianus_n moris_n est_fw-la enim_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la christo_fw-la genus_fw-la flectere_fw-la jesus_n bow_v at_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n quod_fw-la judaei_n mentis_fw-la superbiam_fw-la demonstrantes_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la faciunt_fw-la this_o he_o swear_v that_o forsake_v idol_n every_o knee_n shall_v bow_v to_o he_o of_o thing_n in_o heaven_n in_o the_o earth_n and_o under_o the_o earth_n and_o every_o tongue_n of_o mortal_a man_n swear_v by_o he_o in_o which_o be_v clear_o signify_v the_o christian_a people_n for_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n to_o bow_v the_o knee_n to_o christ_n which_o the_o jew_n declare_v the_o pride_n of_o their_o heart_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n do_v wherein_o explain_v explain_v we_o may_v note_v two_o cause_n of_o refuse_v to_o bow_v at_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n first_o jewish_a unbelief_n and_o second_o the_o like_a haughtiness_n and_o pride_n of_o spirit_n to_o which_o we_o may_v add_v in_o respect_n of_o some_o i_o hope_v a_o needless_a fear_n of_o superstition_n touch_v the_o next_o the_o cross_n in_o baptism_n although_o i_o can_v hope_v to_o satisfy_v those_o who_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n have_v not_o satisfy_v against_o which_o canon_n 30._o cross_n in_o bapt._n can._n 30._o the_o late_a author_n of_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o reformation_n have_v this_o exception_n that_o it_o have_v not_o with_o its_o reason_n 2._o pag._n 60._o ed._n 2._o add_v either_o scripture_n or_o father_n whereas_o it_o mention_n both_o though_o name_v none_o by_o this_o reason_n 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hooker_n 65._o eccles_n polit._n li._n 5._o §_o
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it_o be_v ofttimes_o for_o fear_v it_o shall_v be_v exercise_v upon_o they_o be_v lawless_a in_o many_o thing_n 6._o 1_o tim_n 5._o gal._n 6._o and_o ungodly_a and_o who_o themselves_o can_v hear_v none_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v in_o the_o like_a case_n but_o if_o it_o be_v former_o the_o left_a hand_n and_o that_o not_o clean_a enough_o if_o by_o such_o as_o be_v not_o fit_a person_n either_o for_o their_o call_v or_o corruption_n there_o may_v be_v a_o sponge_n in_o that_o case_n provide_v howsoever_o it_o be_v the_o authority_n from_o whence_o not_o the_o officer_n by_o who_o the_o thing_n be_v manage_v last_o though_o there_o shall_v have_v be_v or_o yet_o may_v be_v not_o only_o in_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o administration_n or_o the_o application_n and_o use_n of_o it_o but_o also_o much_o defect_n in_o the_o thing_n itself_o as_o to_o the_o discipline_n in_o this_o church_n 15._o calv._n inst_z lib._n 4._o cap._n 1._o sect._n 15._o verum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la 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