of_o the_o church_n cap._n 7._o see_v act_n and_o monument_n vinculum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la soedue_fw-la vel_fw-la exâ—ressâ—â—_z vel_fw-la implicitâ—â—_z ames_n medul_n c._n 32._o join_v to_o a_o church_n what_o qu._n 2._o whether_o here_o be_v a_o separation_n from_o these_o true_a church_n gal._n 2._o 12._o 13._o separation_n disâ—laimed_v yet_o just_o â—harged_v see_v m._n rutherford_n due_a right_n of_o presbytery_n pag._n 270._o m._n burroughâ—_z irenic_n â—ag_fw-mi 172._o no_o separation_n because_o no_o praeunion_n church-covenant_n how_o far_o necessary_a qu._n 3._o whether_o this_o separation_n be_v voluntary_a schismatici_fw-la prâ—rie_fw-la dieunâ—ur_fw-la qui_fw-la propriâ_fw-la sâ—ionte_fw-la separant_fw-la aquin._n suit_n 22._o qu._n 39_o conclus_fw-la 1._o here_o i_o no_o coaction_n 2._o a_o necessity_n plead_v 1._o a_o natural_a necessity_n in_o soâ—e_n place_n where_o congregation_n be_v too_o great_a the_o sovereign_a â—hurâ—â—-remedy_n prinâ—ed_v a_o 1645._o john_n 19_o 23_o 24._o museâ—â—lâ—_z come_v de_fw-fr schism_n 2_o a_o moral_a necessâ—ty_n plead_v in_o regard_n of_o our_o sinful_a mixture_n the_o chief_a aâ—gument_n for_o separatiâ—â—nâ—_n mixture_n in_o church_n communion_n the_o common_a stock_n upon_o which_o schism_n have_v usual_o be_v graft_v cathari_fw-la qui_fw-la seipsos_fw-la isto_fw-la nomine_fw-la quasi_fw-la propter_fw-la mundiciem_fw-la superâ—â—issime_fw-la atque_fw-la â—â—tosissime_fw-la nominant_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la *_o nimia_fw-la jam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la christianâ—_n rum_o in_fw-la ipsum_fw-la gregem_fw-la dei_fw-la insolentia_fw-la and_o in_fw-la vivendi_fw-la more_fw-la et_fw-la genere_fw-la superbia_fw-la luxâ—â—_z etiam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d open_v and_o lanticia_fw-la quibus_fw-la vir_fw-la ille_fw-la and_o merito_fw-la quidem_fw-la ut_fw-la epiphan._n scribit_fw-la offensus_fw-la saepe_fw-la eos_fw-la coram_fw-la acerbe_fw-la increpavit_fw-la dinaeus_n de_fw-fr heres._n ex_fw-la august_n and_o epist._n propter_fw-la hominum_fw-la vitia_fw-la coetum_fw-la orthedoxa_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la descrunt_fw-la andaei_fw-la vel_fw-la audiani_n quod_fw-la donatistarum_fw-la erroris_fw-la fuâ—â—_z postea_fw-la seminarium_fw-la sc._n propter_fw-la foenora_fw-la christianorum_fw-la and_o concubinatus_fw-la coelibuâ—â—_z danaeus_n ibid._n and_o vid._n simpson_n de_fw-fr haeret._n et_fw-fr theodor_n se_fw-la ab_fw-la eorum_fw-la caetu_fw-la separant_fw-la quos_fw-la peccatores_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la satis_fw-la puros_fw-la judicant_fw-la ut_fw-la seorsim_fw-la cae_o 〈◊〉_d colligent_fw-la and_o schisma_fw-la faciant_fw-la danaeus_n ibid._n de_fw-fr donatist_n cùm_fw-la omnia_fw-la sceleribus_fw-la plena_fw-la sint_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la promiscuè_fw-la eiâ—â—am_fw-la ad_fw-la mitti_fw-la omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la coenam_fw-la sine_fw-la graviori_fw-la vel_fw-la censurâ_fw-la vel_fw-la disciplinâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n arct._n problem_n de_fw-fr anabapt_n â—_z de_fw-fr schismat_n this_o new_a separation_n just_o render_v suspicious_a the_o allegation_n in_o reference_n to_o our_o church_n further_o examine_v alleg._n answ._n sinful_a mixture_n a_o just_a scandal_n but_o noâ—_z so_o just_o charge_v upon_o the_o church_n of_o england_n much_o less_o upon_o all_o particular_a congregation_n whether_o our_o suppose_a mixture_n be_v a_o just_a ground_n for_o separation_n inquire_v first_o whether_o they_o be_v unwarrantable_a be_v 42._o â—_z 2_o if_o unwarrantable_a whether_o yet_o they_o enforce_v a_o separation_n the_o affirmative_a plead_v for_o by_o our_o brethren_n rev._n 1â—_z 4._o answ._n no_o sufficient_a warrant_n for_o separation_n because_o we_o can_v join_v with_o a_o church_n in_o aâ—_n particular_a act_n of_o worship_n answ._n â—_z communion_n may_v be_v hold_v with_o a_o church_n where_o in_o there_o be_v some_o unwarrantable_a mixture_n without_o sin_n reas._n all_o private_a christian_n be_v not_o steward_n in_o god_n house_n 1_o cor._n 11._o 23_o vide_fw-la aret._n problem_n de_fw-fr schism_n â—_z tim._n 2._o 20_o 2._o much_o less_o fanner_n in_o his_o floor_n matth._n 3_o 1â—_n private_a christian_n by_o communicate_v with_o wicked_a man_n be_v not_o thereby_o entangle_v in_o the_o guilt_n of_o their_o sâ—â—_z object_n the_o church_n endanger_v by_o toleration_n of_o minture_n vnius_fw-la hominiâ—_z contagiâ—ne_fw-la tota_fw-la sapâ—_z inficituâ—_z multitude_n calv._n ad_fw-la loc._n impunitas_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la alios_fw-la ad_fw-la peccandum_fw-la invitat_fw-la pareus_n ad_fw-la loc._n but_o not_o all_o the_o member_n thereby_o present_o make_v guilty_a calv_fw-la ad_fw-la loc._n greu_n 〈◊〉_d in_fw-la agris_fw-la 〈◊〉_d scabâ—e_n caâ—â—t_v and_o poirigine_fw-la poâ—ci_fw-la vuâ—que_fw-la contactâ_fw-la livorem_fw-la ducit_fw-la ab_fw-la 〈◊〉_d juvenal_n qu._n 4._o whether_o this_o separation_n be_v unwarrantable_a demonstrate_v so_o to_o be_v be_v 1._o unjust_a secâ—ssio_fw-la totalis_fw-la cum_fw-la absoluta_fw-la renuntiatione_fw-la aut_fw-la rejectione_fw-la omnis_fw-la communionis_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la licitè_fw-la adbiberi_fw-la erga_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la veram_fw-la sed_fw-la partialis_fw-la tantùm_fw-la quatenus_fw-la communionon_fw-la potest_fw-la exerceri_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la ames_n cas._n de_fw-fr sâ—â—hisâ—n_n 1._o have_v no_o warrant_n from_o the_o word_n object_n 1._o rev._n 28._o 4._o our_o separation_n from_o rome_n no_o warrant_n for_o this_o separation_n from_o we_o object_n 2._o 2_o cor._n 6._o 17._o examine_v object_n 3._o 1_o cor._n 5._o 11._o examine_v what_o mean_v by_o eat_v not_o religious_a but_o civil_a communion_n commiscâ—ri_fw-la est_fw-la familiariter_fw-la versari_fw-la cum_fw-la aliquo_fw-la and_o eâ—us_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la implicari_fw-la calv._n ad_fw-la loc._n if_o the_o former_a be_v unlawful_a much_o more_o the_o late_a difference_n betwixt_o civil_a and_o religious_a communion_n 1._o the_o one_o arbitrary_a the_o other_o necessary_a calv._n comâ—_n ad_fw-la loc._n p._n mart_n ad_fw-la loc_n calv._n ad_fw-la loc._n 2._o unjust_a because_o no_o warrantable_a cause_n for_o this_o sâ—paration_n tertim_fw-la abusus_fw-la erat_fw-la luxus_fw-la quod_fw-la epulando_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la eâ—rietatem_fw-la pâ—tarent_fw-la ille_fw-la vero_fw-la inquit_fw-la est_fw-la ebrius_fw-la non_fw-la aâ—cipiâ—_z haec_fw-la quasi_fw-la â—yperbolice_n dicta_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la veer_fw-la sic_fw-la profanarint_fw-la sacrum_fw-la châ—sti_fw-la ordinent_fw-la corinthii_n pareus_n ad_fw-la lâ—c_fw-la gâ—la_fw-la plus_fw-la se_fw-mi be_v indulgebant_fw-la estiuâ—ad_v loc._n *_o dubium_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la an_fw-la hoc_fw-la genus_fw-la conviâ—â—_z preâ—esserit_fw-la apud_fw-la corinthios_fw-la aut_fw-la consecutum_fw-la sit_fw-la sacra_fw-la mysteria_fw-la chrysostomus_n aperte_fw-la dicit_fw-la consecutum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la quod_fw-la videtur_fw-la moribus_fw-la veterum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la consonum_fw-la quia_fw-la jejuni_fw-la sumebant_fw-la teste_fw-la tertullianâ—_n and_o hieronymo_n p._n mart._n com._n in_o 1._o cor_n 11._o 21._o *_o 3_o unjust_a in_o regard_n of_o some_o minister_n who_o be_v hereby_o desert_v whether_o people_n may_v change_v their_o minister_n as_o oft_o as_o they_o please_v master_n burrough_n ire_fw-la nic_z c_o 22._o 4._o injust_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o church_n separate_a from_o separation_n not_o agreeable_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o common_a equity_n matt._n 7_o 12._o totius_fw-la justitiae_fw-la breviarium_fw-la hieron._n ad_fw-la celant_fw-la alleg._n 1._o no_o way_n yet_o state_v judg._n 17._o 6._o the_o present_a unsettledness_n of_o discipline_n no_o just_a ground_n for_o separation_n 1._o the_o church_n not_o dissolve_v 2._o the_o church_n seek_v out_o her_o way_n ezra_n 8._o 21._o 3._o that_o way_n in_o part_n lay_v out_o alleg._n 2._o the_o church_n way_n not_o hold_v forth_o jure_fw-la divino_fw-la ans._n alleg._n 3._o a_o separation_n intend_v in_o our_o church_n ans._n alleg._n 4._o what_o if_o separation_n be_v tolerate_v by_o authority_n 2._o the_o rashness_n of_o this_o new_a separation_n prove_v 1._o from_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o which_o be_v not_o so_o weighty_a si_fw-la error_n est_fw-la tolerabilis_fw-la non_fw-la oportet_fw-la fieri_fw-la secessionem_fw-la chamer_n de_fw-fr schism_n etià m_fw-la secessio_fw-la fit_fw-la temerè_fw-la cùm_fw-la fit_fw-la ob_fw-la morum_fw-la corruptelas_fw-la cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la baec_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la ubi_fw-la cunque_fw-la viget_fw-la puritas_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la deum_fw-la in_fw-la eo_fw-la caetu_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la habere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la tametsi_fw-la obrutam_fw-la penè_fw-la multitudine_fw-la scaudalorum_fw-la châ—mer_n ibid._n 1._o as_o that_o which_o the_o brownâ—stâ—s_fw-la have_v 2._o as_o to_o wish_v down_o schism_n the_o unadvisedness_n of_o the_o new_a separation_n in_o many_o of_o the_o follower_n of_o that_o way_n who_o ground_n be_v 1._o the_o worthiness_n of_o their_o 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itself_o as_o not_o able_a or_o not_o willing_a to_o bear_v so_o great_a a_o evil_a that_o cleave_v asunder_o one_o division_n punish_v by_o another_o and_o swallow_v up_o some_o of_o the_o author_n of_o it_o fire_n from_o heaven_n consume_v the_o residue_n ibid._n never_o such_o a_o judgement_n do_v we_o read_v of_o in_o all_o the_o scripture_n execute_v up_o on_o any_o sin_n as_o this_o now_o then_o say_v he_o quis_fw-la dubitaverit_fw-la who_o can_v make_v any_o doubt_n but_o that_o this_o be_v the_o more_o heinous_a sin_n which_o be_v avenge_v with_o the_o more_o grievous_a punishment_n whether_o so_o or_o more_o sure_o i_o be_o a_o grievous_a sin_n it_o be_v and_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o 1._o in_o as_o much_o as_o first_o it_o be_v opposite_a to_o so_o great_a a_o grace_n as_o charity_n be_v charity_n the_o queen_n of_o grace_n 1._o so_o paul_n make_v it_o prefer_v it_o both_o before_o faith_n and_o hope_n 13_o now_o abide_v faith_n hope_n and_o charity_n these_o three_o three_o prime_a theological_a virtue_n most_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n but_o the_o great_a of_o these_o be_v charity_n so_o it_o be_v in_o some_o in_o divers_a respect_n great_a than_o faith_n ay_o then_o justify_v faith_n for_o of_o that_o the_o apostle_n there_o speak_v as_o appear_v by_o join_v it_o with_o hope_n as_o first_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o object_n which_o be_v large_a than_o the_o object_n of_o faith_n faith_n respect_v god_n only_o but_o charity_n both_o god_n and_o man_n second_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o work_v faith_n work_v intra_fw-la mittendo_fw-la by_o receive_v and_o let_v in_o christ_n and_o his_o benefit_n but_o charity_n extra-mittendo_fw-la by_o give_v out_o the_o soul_n and_o what_o a_o man_n have_v bestow_v they_o upon_o god_n and_o man_n now_o paul_n tell_v we_o from_o the_o lord_n jesus_n that_o it_o be_v more_o bless_a to_o give_v 35._o then_o to_o receive_v three_o in_o regard_n of_o duration_n and_o continuance_n faith_n and_o hope_n be_v 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as_o it_o be_v opposite_a to_o charity_n so_o it_o be_v injurious_a to_o christ_n who_o seem_v by_o this_o mean_n to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v divide_v so_o paul_n urge_v it_o in_o the_o three_o verse_n after_o the_o text_n christ_n be_v christ_n divide_v use_v this_o as_o a_o argument_n to_o induce_v his_o corinthian_n to_o eschew_v all_o such_o division_n and_o schism_n 13._o in_o as_o much_o as_o christ_n himself_o seem_v hereby_o to_o be_v part_v and_o tear_v in_o piece_n the_o unity_n of_o his_o mystical_a body_n be_v hereby_o dissolve_v and_o himself_o make_v the_o head_n of_o two_o disagree_a body_n which_o be_v dishonourable_a and_o monstrous_a to_o conceive_v of_o he_o 3._o 3._o as_o it_o be_v injurious_a to_o the_o head_n so_o to_o the_o body_n as_o to_o christ_n so_o to_o the_o church_n church_n and_o that_o many_o way_n 1._o shame_v it_o the_o church_n unity_n be_v her_o glory_n my_o dove_n my_o undefiled_a be_v one_o cant._n 6._o now_o to_o break_v this_o unity_n to_o divide_v the_o spouse_n of_o christ_n 1._o as_o the_o levite_n concubine_n be_v into_o many_o pâ—ices_n what_o a_o shame_n be_v this_o 22._o a_o shame_n in_o special_a to_o the_o church_n from_o which_o this_o separation_n be_v make_v paul_n write_v to_o his_o corinthian_n of_o their_o exclude_v the_o poor_a from_o communicate_v with_o they_o he_o tell_v they_o that_o herein_o they_o shame_v they_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o they_o shame_v they_o which_o have_v not_o as_o themselves_o have_v 2._o 2._o despise_v and_o contemn_v it_o so_o paul_n there_o again_o charge_v it_o or_o despise_v you_o the_o church_n of_o god_n it_o why_o wherein_o do_v they_o despise_v it_o ibid._n this_o they_o do_v â—s_n by_o other_o way_n so_o by_o their_o schimatical_a practice_n divide_v themselves_o from_o their_o brethren_n make_v their_o love-feast_n and_o the_o sacrament_n itself_o both_o which_o be_v institute_v and_o ordain_v for_o band_n of_o union_n to_o be_v a_o occasion_n of_o foment_v their_o division_n viz._n by_o celebrate_v they_o apart_o from_o their_o brethren_n so_o the_o apostle_n theâ—e_n tax_v they_o 21._o verse_n 21._o entice_v every_o one_o take_v before_o other_o his_o own_o supper_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o praeoccupat_fw-la each_o prevent_v other_o this_o they_o do_v in_o their_o love-feast_n and_o this_o most_o probable_o they_o do_v in_o the_o lord_n supper_n itself_o as_o parcus_n conceive_v of_o it_o communicate_v apart_o etc._n each_o faction_n by_o itself_o those_o that_o be_v of_o paul_n by_o themselves_o and_o those_o which_o be_v of_o peter_n by_o themselves_o and_o those_o which_o be_v of_o apollo_n by_o themselves_o none_o of_o they_o stay_v for_o those_o which_o be_v of_o christ_n the_o best_a and_o true_a piece_n of_o the_o church_n nor_o yet_o one_o for_o another_o but_o each_o seek_v to_o prevent_v other_o that_o so_o they_o may_v communicate_v apart_o this_o paul_n 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