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what_o be_v write_v by_o beza_n among_o reform_a and_o gerhard_n among_o the_o lutheran_n divine_v to_o omit_v innumerable_a other_o another_o thing_n when_o take_v for_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n whither_o by_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n concerning_o which_o single_a act_n both_o as_o to_o its_o order_n and_o efficacy_n i_o have_v sufficient_o deliver_v my_o judgement_n if_o he_o be_v please_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o i_o fear_v indeed_o that_o when_o man_n speak_v of_o a_o ordain_a ministry_n which_o in_o its_o true_a and_o proper_a sense_n i_o shall_v with_o they_o contend_v for_o they_o often_o relate_v only_o to_o that_o solemnity_n restrain_v the_o authoritative_a make_n of_o minister_n single_o thereunto_o contrary_a to_o the_o intention_n and_o meaning_n of_o that_o expression_n in_o scripture_n antiquity_n and_o the_o best_a reform_a divine_n both_o calvinist_n and_o lutheran_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a how_o some_o man_n prevail_v by_o the_o noise_n and_o sound_n of_o that_o word_n upon_o the_o prejudice_a mind_n of_o partial_a unstudied_a man_n a_o little_a time_n may_v far_o manifest_v if_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_o do_v already_o that_o another_o account_n be_v give_v of_o this_o matter_n by_o clemens_n tertullian_n cyprian_n origen_n justin_n martyr_n and_o general_o all_o the_o first_o writer_n of_o christian_n beside_o the_o counsel_n of_o old_a and_o late_a with_o innumerable_a protestant_a author_n of_o the_o best_a note_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n this_o i_o say_v be_v the_o ground_n of_o this_o mistake_n whereas_o sundry_a thing_n concur_v to_o the_o call_n of_o minister_n as_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n the_o ground_n and_o pillar_n of_o truth_n the_o spouse_n of_o christ_n psal._n 45._o and_o mother_n of_o the_o family_n or_o she_o that_o tarry_v at_o home_n psal._n 68_o unto_o who_o all_o minister_n be_v steward_n 1_o cor._n 4._o 1._o even_o in_o that_o house_n of_o god_n 1_o tim._n 3._o 15._o 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young_a man_n come_v to_o advise_v about_o their_o ordination_n he_o dissuade_v they_o from_o it_o 4._o he_o say_v he_o will_v maintain_v against_o all_o the_o minister_n of_o england_n there_o be_v in_o scripture_n no_o such_o thing_n as_o ordination_n 5._o that_o when_o he_o be_v choose_v a_o parliament_n man_n he_o will_v not_o answer_v whether_o he_o be_v a_o minister_n or_o not_o all_o which_o be_v notorious_o untrue_a and_o some_o of_o they_o namely_o the_o two_o last_o so_o remote_a from_o any_o thing_n to_o give_v a_o pretence_n or_o colour_n unto_o they_o that_o i_o question_v whether_o satan_n have_v impudence_n enough_o to_o own_v himself_o their_o author_n and_o yet_o from_o hearsay_n report_n rumour_n from_o table_n talk_n vox_fw-la populi_fw-la and_o such_o other_o ground_n of_o reason_v this_o reverend_a author_n have_v make_v they_o his_o own_o and_o by_o such_o a_o charge_n have_v i_o presume_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o unprejudiced_a man_n discharge_v i_o from_o further_a attend_v to_o what_o he_o shall_v be_v prompt_v from_o the_o like_a principle_n to_o divulge_v for_o the_o same_o end_n and_o purpose_n which_o hitherto_o he_o have_v manage_v for_o the_o future_a for_o my_o judgement_n about_o their_o ministry_n and_o ordination_n about_o the_o nature_n and_o efficacy_n of_o ordination_n the_o state_n and_o power_n of_o particular_a church_n my_o own_o station_n in_o the_o ministry_n which_o i_o shall_v at_o all_o time_n through_o the_o grace_n and_o assistance_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n free_o justify_v against_o man_n and_o devil_n it_o be_v so_o well_o know_v that_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v here_o further_o to_o declare_v it_o for_o the_o true_a nature_n and_o notion_n of_o schism_n alone_o by_o i_o inquire_v after_o in_o this_o chapter_n as_o i_o say_v i_o find_v nothing_o offer_v thereunto_o only_o whereas_o i_o restrain_v the_o ecclesiastical_a use_n of_o the_o word_n schism_n to_o the_o sense_n wherein_o it_o be_v use_v in_o the_o place_n of_o scripture_n that_o mention_v it_o with_o relation_n to_o church_n affair_n which_o that_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v so_o nothing_o but_o asseveration_n to_o the_o contrary_a be_v produce_v to_o evince_v this_o be_v interpret_v to_o extend_v to_o all_o that_o i_o will_v allow_v as_o to_o the_o nature_n of_o schism_n itself_o which_o be_v most_o false_a though_o i_o say_v if_o i_o will_v proceed_v no_o far_o i_o may_v not_o be_v compel_v so_o to_o do_v see_v in_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n we_o may_v crave_v allowance_n to_o think_v and_o speak_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n however_o i_o express_o comprise_v in_o my_o proposition_n all_o the_o place_n wherein_o the_o nature_n of_o schism_n be_v deliver_v under_o what_o term_n or_o word_n soever_o when_o then_o i_o shall_v be_v convince_v that_o such_o discourse_n as_o those_o of_o this_o treatise_n make_v up_o of_o diversion_n into_o thing_n whole_o foreign_a to_o the_o inquiry_n by_o i_o insist_v on_o in_o the_o investigation_n of_o the_o true_a notion_n and_o nature_n of_o schism_n with_o long_o talk_v about_o anabaptist_n brownist_n sectary_n independent_n presbyterian_n ordination_n with_o charge_n and_o reflection_n ground_v on_o this_o presumption_n that_o this_o author_n and_o his_o party_n for_o we_o will_v no_o more_o contend_v about_o that_o expression_n be_v in_fw-la solidum_fw-la possess_v of_o all_o true_a and_o orderly_a church_n state_n in_o england_n so_o that_o whosoever_o be_v not_o of_o they_o be_v schismatic_n and_o i_o know_v not_o what_o beside_o he_o be_v gallinae_fw-la filius_fw-la albae_fw-la nos_fw-la viles_fw-la pulli_fw-la nati_fw-la infelicibus_fw-la ovis_fw-la i_o shall_v far_o attend_v unto_o they_o i_o must_v far_o add_v that_o i_o be_v not_o so_o happy_a as_o to_o foresee_v that_o because_o i_o grant_v the_o roman_a party_n before_o the_o reformation_n to_o have_v make_v outward_o a_o profession_n of_o the_o religion_n of_o christ_n although_o i_o 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consent_n of_o that_o whole_a combination_n of_o man_n call_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o flow_v from_o the_o pope_n in_o its_o execution_n to_o all_o other_o who_o in_o the_o derivation_n of_o it_o from_o he_o own_v he_o as_o the_o immediate_a fountain_n of_o it_o which_o they_o swear_v to_o maintain_v in_o he_o and_o this_o in_o opposition_n to_o all_o church_n power_n in_o any_o other_o person_n whatsoever_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o any_o power_n shall_v be_v derive_v from_o that_o combination_n but_o what_o come_v express_o from_o the_o fountain_n mention_v i_o desire_v our_o author_n will_v consider_v the_o frame_n of_o spirit_n that_o be_v in_o this_o matter_n in_o they_o who_o first_o labour_v in_o the_o work_n of_o reformation_n and_o to_o that_o end_n peruse_v the_o story_n of_o lasitius_n and_o regenuolscius_n about_o the_o church_n of_o bohemia_n poland_n and_o those_o part_n of_o the_o world_n especial_o the_o latter_a from_o pag._n 29._o 30._o and_o forward_o and_o 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17._o visible_a saint_n though_o they_o be_v hypocrite_n inward_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o a_o visible_a church_n mr._n hook_n part_n 1._o p._n 14._o 15._o 17._o you_o say_v saint_n in_o outward_a profession_n be_v the_o matter_n of_o a_o congregational_a church_n we_o judge_v that_o real_a saint_n utter_v in_o discourse_n the_o breathe_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o experience_n of_o conversion_n interest_v in_o a_o strict_a conversation_n to_o be_v the_o matter_n dr._n holmes_n epistle_n to_o way_n clear_v pag._n 4._o mr._n bartlet_n speak_v something_o this_o language_n can_v there_o be_v ability_n for_o spiritual_a and_o holy_a service_n where_o the_o spirit_n be_v not_o yet_o give_v can_v there_o be_v communion_n between_o light_n and_o darkness_n can_v they_o edify_v one_o another_o in_o the_o faith_n that_o have_v not_o the_o work_n of_o faith_n wrought_v in_o they_o model_n p._n 57_o see_v more_o pag._n 103._o ans._n what_o mr_n hooker_n judgement_n be_v be_v express_v in_o that_o first_o column_n what_o my_o own_o be_v declare_v and_o i_o hope_v clear_v in_o the_o holiness_n of_o church-member_n what_o dr_n holmes_n and_o mr_n bartlet_n do_v further_o require_v in_o it_o they_o declare_v what_o church-member_n ought_v to_o be_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la especial_o in_o their_o first_o constitution_n rather_o than_o what_o they_o be_v or_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v de_fw-la facto_fw-la especial_o in_o their_o declension_n again_o i_o see_v mr_n bartlet_n speak_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o member_n of_o the_o parish_n church_n who_o be_v in_o many_o place_n ignorant_a loose_a profane_a and_o scandalous_a liver_n who_o be_v not_o indeed_o visible_a saint_n pag._n 56._o it_o be_v true_a there_o be_v some_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n where_o ever_o there_o be_v a_o visible_a saint_n but_o the_o spirit_n give_v many_o gift_n to_o the_o edification_n of_o other_o as_o to_o judas_n and_o demas_n which_o often_o do_v not_o reach_v to_o the_o regeneration_n of_o he_o that_o receive_v they_o the_o 18_o contradiction_n be_v thus_o state_v 18._o the_o form_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n be_v the_o covenant_n either_o explicit_a or_o implicit_a and_o the_o latter_a be_v sometime_o full_o sufficient_a mr._n h._n surv._n part_n 1._o pag._n 47._o 48_o and_o other_o 18._o you_o say_v a_o implicit_a unite_n viz._n a_o walk_v and_o communicate_v with_o you_o be_v a_o sufficient_a evidence_n of_o the_o form_n we_o say_v their_o folemne_a confession_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o express_v open_a covenant_n with_o the_o lord_n to_o wake_v with_o such_o a_o body_n of_o saint_n in_o all_o the_o way_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v the_o manifest_a form_n d._n holmes_n ibid._n 18._o it_o be_v not_o general_a profession_n will_v serve_v the_o turn_n but_o there_o must_v be_v a_o peculiar_a engagement_n and_o appropriation_n to_o this_o or_o that_o particular_a body_n mr._n h._n surv._n pag_n 63._o yet_o he_o say_v a_o implicit_a covenant_n be_v sufficient_a ans._n the_o 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form_n of_o the_o church_n though_o not_o so_o manifest_v but_o more_o obscure_a the_o 19_o contradiction_n be_v thus_o delineate_v 19_o we_o crave_v leave_v of_o the_o author_n of_o the_o key_n to_o declare_v that_o we_o assent_n not_o to_o all_o expression_n or_o all_o and_o every_o assertion_n in_o it_o as_o in_o these_o particular_n about_o the_o prothesy_n of_o private_a brethren_n 2._o that_o the_o assembly_n act._n 15._o be_v a_o formal_a syne_v 3._o that_o the_o apostle_n act_v in_o it_o as_o ordinary_a elder_n preface_n to_o key_n pag._n 6._o 19_o we_o do_v in_o this_o epistle_n certify_v our_o assent_n to_o the_o way_n of_o the_o church_n of_o new_a england_n save_v that_o we_o do_v not_o full_o close_a with_o some_o expression_n passim_fw-la in_o the_o bock_n before_o some_o of_o which_o 10_o at_o least_o belike_o there_o be_v more_o we_o mind_v to_o note_n a_o star_n in_o the_o margin_n this_o we_o can_v not_o but_o say_v and_o do_v pace_fw-la authoris_fw-la or_o we_o can_v 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