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to_o give_v the_o lord_n supper_n unto_o unworthy_a person_n who_o be_v not_o such_o juridical_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o attempt_v to_o be_v prove_v a_o second_o objection_n be_v take_v from_o the_o general_a nature_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n it_o be_v a_o holy_a thing_n a_o pearl_n of_o the_o gospel_n a_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n first_o it_o be_v a_o holy_a thing_n a_o pearl_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o our_o saviour_n command_n be_v matth._n 7.6_o give_v not_o that_o which_o be_v holy_a unto_o dog_n neither_o cast_v you_o your_o pearl_n before_o swine_n sufficient_a satisfaction_n be_v give_v unto_o this_o place_n by_o the_o general_a answer_n yet_o because_o it_o be_v much_o stand_v upon_o i_o shall_v say_v something_o unto_o it_o apart_o first_o this_o place_n as_o appear_v both_o by_o the_o coherence_n as_o also_o by_o the_o reason_n annex_v be_v principal_o intend_v concern_v admonition_n and_o reproof_n for_o if_o you_o look_v upon_o the_o word_n forego_v 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distribution_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n first_o then_o if_o you_o take_v it_o for_o the_o juridical_a and_o authoritative_a admission_n unto_o the_o lord_n supper_n than_o indeed_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o lord_n supper_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v give_v unto_o swine_n or_o dog_n they_o ought_v not_o authoritative_o or_o juridical_o to_o be_v admit_v thereunto_o but_o then_o we_o say_v that_o the_o commandment_n be_v not_o give_v unto_o the_o minister_n sole_o but_o unto_o the_o whole_a eldership_n and_o thus_o mr._n bowles_n answer_v the_o place_n praeceptum_fw-la de_fw-la non_fw-la dando_fw-la quod_fw-la sanctum_fw-la canibus_fw-la eos_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la obligat_fw-la quibus_fw-la deus_fw-la a_o sacris_fw-la arcendi_fw-la cane_n potestatem_fw-la demandavit_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la non_fw-la uni_fw-la alicui_fw-la sed_fw-la pluribus_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la tradita_fw-la with_o reference_n unto_o this_o be_v it_o that_o mr._n ball_n tell_v we_o pag._n 204.205_o that_o the_o minister_n if_o he_o have_v do_v the_o office_n of_o a_o private_a christian_a and_o a_o public_a minister_n and_o afterward_o he_o reach_v the_o sacrament_n unto_o a_o unworthy_a communicant_a he_o do_v not_o so_o much_o give_v it_o he_o as_o suffer_v his_o communion_n because_o he_o have_v not_o power_n or_o authority_n to_o put_v he_o back_o he_o reach_v he_o the_o sign_n as_o that_o which_o he_o can_v withhold_v because_o he_o be_v hold_v in_o by_o the_o most_o prevail_a power_n without_o which_o he_o can_v be_v debar_v in_o this_o case_n the_o minister_n be_v neither_o actor_n nor_o consenter_n in_o his_o admission_n because_o he_o do_v it_o not_o in_o his_o own_o name_n but_o according_a to_o the_o order_n establish_v by_o god_n who_o will_v not_o have_v any_o member_n of_o the_o congregation_n public_o deny_v his_o interest_n and_o right_a to_o the_o holy_a thing_n of_o god_n by_o the_o knowledge_n will_n and_o pleasure_n of_o one_o singular_a minister_n if_o a_o minister_n 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so_o judge_v by_o they_o that_o have_v authority_n he_o must_v administer_v the_o sacramental_a sign_n unto_o he_o not_o as_o unto_o one_o worthy_a or_o unworthy_a but_o as_o unto_o one_o yet_o undivided_a from_o they_o if_o you_o take_v give_v of_o the_o lord_n supper_n for_o the_o ministerial_a distribution_n of_o the_o element_n why_o then_o again_o i_o grant_v the_o lord_n supper_n be_v not_o to_o be_v give_v unto_o dog_n and_o swine_n provide_v that_o they_o be_v such_o juridical_o by_o church_n censure_n and_o so_o this_o precept_n bind_v not_o absolute_o but_o conditional_o upon_o a_o condition_n that_o depend_v upon_o the_o eldership_n and_o not_o upon_o the_o minister_n sole_o and_o thus_o again_o the_o reverend_a bowl_n answer_v the_o place_n tulerit_fw-la qui_fw-la omnium_fw-la pessimâ—_n usque_fw-la dum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la eos_fw-la suâ_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la decretoriâ_fw-la pro_fw-la cambus_fw-la &_o porcis_fw-la habendos_fw-la declaraverit_fw-la non_fw-la mihi_fw-la 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holiness_n of_o this_o bless_a sacrament_n 8._o obligatio_fw-la exhibendi_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la huic_fw-la sacramento_n &_o digne_fw-fr illud_fw-la tractandi_fw-la naturalis_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la intrinsecâ_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la dignitate_fw-la orta_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la vero_fw-la pertinet_fw-la obligatio_fw-la non_fw-la dandi_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la hoc_fw-la indignis_fw-la sicut_fw-la non_fw-la projicere_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la immundum_fw-la &_o similia_fw-la suarez_n in_o tertiam_fw-la part_n thom._n disp_n 67._o sect_n 1._o be_v dicitur_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la committere_fw-la qui_fw-la violat_a rem_fw-la sacram_fw-la per_fw-la aliquam_fw-la irreverentiam_fw-la d._n thom._n 2.2_o q._n 99_o a._n 2.3_o atqui_fw-la minister_n conferens_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la homini_fw-la indigno_fw-la violat_a rem_fw-la sacram_fw-la per_fw-la quandam_fw-la irreverentiam_fw-la ergo_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la committit_fw-la becanus_n sum_o mma_n theol._n par_fw-fr 3._o 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