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6_o 7._o they_o must_v preach_v 1._o zealous_o john_n 5._o 35._o 2._o compassionate_o matth._n 9_o 36._o &_o 23._o 27._o 3._o convince_o col._n 2._o 2._o 4._o feel_o according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o doctrine_n the_o best_a way_n to_o speak_v to_o the_o heart_n be_v to_o speak_v from_o the_o heart_n 2_o cor._n 2._o 4._o 5._o frequent_o officium_fw-la in_o season_n and_o out_o of_o season_n luk._n 21._o 37_o act._n 5._o 42._o 6._o grave_o 2_o cor._n 5._o tit._n 2._o 8._o homily_n be_v first_o allow_v in_o the_o church_n not_o to_o uphold_v or_o maintain_v a_o ignorant_a ministry_n or_o to_o supply_v his_o defect_n that_o shall_v take_v pain_n but_o will_v not_o much_o less_o to_o shut_v out_o preach_v but_o to_o supply_v the_o casual_a defect_n of_o preach_v through_o the_o weakness_n and_o infirmity_n of_o the_o minister_n bishop_n andrews_n cause_v to_o be_v engrave_v about_o the_o seal_n of_o his_o bishopric_n those_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n and_o who_o be_v sufficient_a 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2._o 5._o god_n do_v work_v most_o mighty_o with_o such_o preach_n joh._n 4._o 18_o 19_o act._n 2._o 36_o 37._o reason_n 1._o every_o man_n through_o the_o self-love_n and_o hypocrisy_n that_o be_v in_o his_o heart_n be_v apt_a to_o put_v from_o himself_o to_o other_o general_a doctrine_n and_o reproof_n matth._n 21._o 41._o see_v 45_o 46._o verse_n 2._o till_o man_n sin_n be_v effectual_o discover_v to_o they_o they_o can_v never_o attain_v to_o any_o save_a grace_n john_n 16._o 8._o tit._n 1._o 13._o 3._o practice_n be_v the_o end_n of_o knowledge_n and_o nothing_o be_v perfect_a till_o it_o attain_v its_o end_n if_o you_o know_v these_o thing_n happy_a be_v you_o if_o you_o do_v they_o truth_n be_v never_o full_o and_o exact_o know_v but_o in_o the_o experience_n and_o practice_n of_o they_o hence_o that_o expression_n taste_n and_o see_v chap._n iii_o of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o government_n that_o there_o be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a government_n distinct_a from_o the_o civil_a it_o be_v apparent_a voetius_fw-la see_v the_o church_n and_o the_o state_n be_v distinct_a their_o government_n must_v be_v also_o distinct_a yea_o the_o church_n may_v be_v not_o only_o distinct_a but_o separate_a from_o the_o state_n neither_o the_o supreme_a nor_o subordinate_a power_n be_v incorporate_a in_o the_o church_n but_o mere_a alien_n from_o it_o and_o perhaps_o enemy_n to_o it_o god_n have_v establish_v two_o distinct_a power_n on_o earth_n sword_n the_o one_o of_o the_o key_n commit_v to_o the_o church_n the_o other_o of_o the_o sword_n commit_v to_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n that_o of_o the_o key_n be_v ordain_v to_o work_v on_o the_o inward_a man_n have_v immediate_a relation_n to_o the_o remit_v or_o retain_v of_o sin_n that_o of_o the_o sword_n be_v appoint_v to_o work_v upon_o the_o outward_a man_n yield_v protection_n to_o the_o obedient_a and_o inflict_v external_a punishment_n upon_o the_o rebellious_a and_o disobedient_a some_o call_v it_o the_o 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itself_o 1._o in_o doctrinal_a decision_n of_o matter_n of_o faith_n 2._o in_o make_v wholesome_a ecclesiastical_a law_n 3._o in_o execute_v church-censure_n but_o though_o they_o have_v power_n of_o declare_v god_n will_v concern_v matter_n of_o faith_n and_o worship_n to_o the_o people_n yet_o they_o can_v make_v any_o new_a article_n of_o faith_n nor_o propound_v any_o thing_n as_o necessary_a to_o be_v believe_v to_o salvation_n it_o be_v a_o great_a question_n penes_fw-la quos_fw-la sit_fw-la potestas_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la who_o be_v the_o subject_n 11._o of_o this_o ecclesiastical_a power_n the_o community_n of_o the_o faithful_a much_o less_o two_o or_o three_o separate_v from_o the_o world_n and_o gather_v together_o into_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n by_o a_o covenant_n be_v not_o the_o proper_a and_o immediate_a subject_n of_o power_n ecclesiastical_a matth._n 28._o 19_o 20._o john_n 20._o 21_o 22._o &_o 21._o 15_o 16._o be_v speak_v to_o special_a person_n not_o the_o whole_a community_n the_o apostle_n act._n 20._o 28_o speak_v unto_o the_o presbyter_n of_o ephesus_n and_o say_v that_o they_o be_v appoint_v overseer_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o they_o may_v govern_v the_o church_n of_o god_n m._n rutherford_n say_v the_o key_n be_v give_v for_o the_o church_n but_o not_o to_o the_o church_n mr._n norton_n epist._n urge_v act._n 14._o 23._o to_o prove_v the_o power_n to_o be_v in_o the_o fraternity_n it_o be_v say_v there_o that_o presbyter_n be_v ordain_v by_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n in_o every_o church_n they_o be_v ordain_v in_o the_o church_n but_o not_o by_o they_o he_o urge_v also_o act._n 6._o that_o prove_v nothing_o but_o that_o the_o election_n of_o officer_n do_v some_o way_n belong_v to_o the_o people_n but_o that_o their_o authority_n depend_v on_o the_o people_n can_v be_v thence_o collect_v mr._n norton_n chap._n 5._o of_o that_o book_n say_v quod_fw-la exercetur_fw-la nomine_fw-la christi_fw-la recipitur_fw-la immediatè_fw-la à _fw-la christo._n at_o officium_fw-la rectorum_fw-la exercetur_fw-la nomine_fw-la christi_fw-la 2_o cor._n 5._o 20._o here_o he_o not_o only_o grant_v but_o also_o prove_v rectores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la esse_fw-la immediatum_fw-la subjectum_fw-la potestatis_fw-la against_o which_o he_o assert_v and_o argue_v in_o his_o four_o chapter_n and_o after_o in_o the_o same_o five_o chapter_n he_o say_v multitudo_fw-la non_fw-la committit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la rectoribus_fw-la tantum_fw-la designat_fw-la personas_fw-la therefore_o it_o be_v not_o the_o first_o and_o immediate_a subject_n of_o ecclesiastical_a power_n which_o he_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v chap._n 4._o excommunication_n be_v the_o great_a and_o last_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n judicium_fw-la maximum_fw-la apol._n &_o tremendum_fw-la see_v mat._n 16._o 18._o mat._n 17._o &_o 18._o 1_o cor._n 5._o this_o ordinance_n be_v useful_a 1._o to_o the_o whole_a church_n hereby_o the_o honour_n and_o beauty_n of_o the_o church_n of_o 22._o christ_n be_v preserve_v from_o the_o defilement_n and_o scandal_n which_o such_o a_o offence_n will_v bring_v upon_o it_o otherwise_o the_o evil_a example_n will_v infect_v 1_o cor._n 5._o 4._o this_o be_v typify_v by_o the_o leper_n who_o god_n will_v have_v shut_v up_o in_o his_o tent_n lest_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o congregation_n shall_v be_v infect_v 2._o god_n people_n be_v hereby_o make_v more_o watchful_a 3._o it_o be_v useful_a to_o the_o offender_n himself_o for_o the_o save_n of_o his_o soul_n be_v the_o end_n of_o it_o 1_o cor._n 5._o 3._o and_o that_o he_o may_v not_o commit_v the_o like_a fault_n again_o 1_o tim._n 1._o 20._o the_o power_n of_o excommunication_n formaliter_fw-la &_o executiuè_fw-la be_v proper_a to_o the_o company_n or_o assembly_n of_o governor_n and_o ruler_n in_o the_o church_n derive_v from_o christ_n to_o be_v exercise_v as_o christ_n shall_v go_v before_o they_o but_o with_o notice_n to_o and_o due_a regard_n have_v of_o the_o 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the_o come_n of_o christ_n as_o it_o may_v plain_o appear_v by_o plato_n and_o virgil_n in_o who_o you_o shall_v find_v describe_v at_o large_a the_o whole_a commonweal_n and_o all_o the_o order_n and_o degree_n of_o purgatory_n of_o limbus_n infantium_fw-la &_o patrum_fw-la limbus_n signify_v a_o border_n or_o edge_n and_o be_v not_o use_v in_o the_o scripture_n nor_o any_o approve_a orthod_n author_n in_o their_o sense_n limbus_n infantium_fw-la be_v a_o peaceable_a receptacle_n for_o all_o infant_n die_v before_o baptism_n this_o be_v so_o groundless_a a_o conceit_n that_o the_o very_a rehearsal_n of_o it_o be_v a_o sufficient_a refutation_n limbus_n patrum_fw-la be_v a_o place_n where_o the_o papist_n say_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o godly_a that_o die_v before_o christ_n be_v but_o col._n 1._o 20._o god_n can_v reconcile_v none_o to_o he_o in_o heaven_n
de_fw-la habendis_fw-la concionibus_fw-la ecclesiast_n c._n 6._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n vide_fw-la ames_n de_fw-fr cons_n l._n 4._o 6._o 26._o 26._o in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o remonst_z m._n wheatleys_n new-birth_n see_v m._n ward_n coal_n from_o the_o altar_n doctrina_fw-la est_fw-la axioma_fw-la theologicum_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o scripturae_fw-la verbis_fw-la positum_fw-la express_v vel_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la per_fw-la immediatam_fw-la consequentiam_fw-la fluens_fw-la ames_n medul_a theol._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 35._o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n who_o be_v infallible_a confirm_v all_o by_o scripture_n usus_fw-la est_fw-la axioma_fw-la theologicum_fw-la ex_fw-la doctrina_fw-la deductum_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la sinem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ostendens_fw-la amesius_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la 1_o cor._n 14._o 3._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 2._o oportet_fw-la ut_fw-la eo_fw-la sine_fw-la praedicetur_fw-la christus_fw-la quo_fw-la â—ides_fw-la in_o cum_fw-la promoveatur_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la sit_fw-la christus_fw-la sed_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o mihi_fw-la sit_fw-la christus_fw-la luther_n loc_n commun_n class_n 1._o cap._n 4._o quod_fw-la philosophi_fw-la dicere_fw-la solent_fw-la omuis_fw-la actio_fw-la sit_fw-la per_fw-la contactum_fw-la id_fw-la in_o sacra_fw-la praedicandi_fw-la actione_n vel_fw-la maxim_n locum_fw-la habet_fw-la davenant_n in_o colos._n 1._o 21._o see_v m._n gillespies_n aaron_n rod_n blossom_a l._n 1._o c._n 1_o 2_o 3._o &_o his_o misc._n c._n 19_o and_o the_o london_n minister_n ius_n drvinum_fw-la of_o church-government_n potestas_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la à _fw-la pelitica_fw-la realiter_fw-la distincta_fw-la est_fw-la 2_o paral._n 1_o 1._o 19_o joh._n 18._o 36._o 2_o cor._n 10._o 3._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 24._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 3._o luc._n 22._o 25._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 5._o col._n cum_fw-la rom._n 13._o 14._o voetius_fw-la voetius_fw-la bishop_n usher_v speech_n in_o the_o castle-chamber_n at_o dublin_n concern_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n the_o key_n be_v a_o ensign_n of_o power_n and_o authority_n in_o some_o corporation_n as_o in_o other_o the_o mace_n and_o sword_n m._n udall_n tell_v they_o in_o the_o day_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n that_o if_o they_o will_v not_o set_v up_o the_o discipline_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o church_n christ_n will_v set_v it_o up_o himself_o in_o a_o way_n that_o will_v make_v their_o heart_n to_o ache_v discipline_n be_v use_v sometime_o large_o so_o as_o it_o extend_v to_o all_o rule_n and_o order_n appoint_v or_o leave_v for_o the_o right_a manage_n of_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n or_o strict_o for_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n so_o there_o may_v be_v a_o true_a church_n without_o discipline_n the_o helvetian_o and_o those_o of_o switzerland_n have_v no_o suspension_n at_o all_o but_o what_o offence_n other_o church_n suspend_v for_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n punish_v other_o way_n the_o papist_n turn_v all_o ecclesiastical_a power_n into_o a_o mere_a civil_a and_o worldly_a power_n vide_fw-la spanhem_n epist._n ad_fw-la buchanan_n q._n 2._o m._n ball_n trial_n of_o the_o ground_n of_o separation_n see_v m._n cawdry_n review_n of_o m._n hooker_n survey_v c._n 11._o 11._o adversus_fw-la apollon_n c._n 4._o ius_n excommunicandi_fw-la ante_fw-la papisticam_fw-la illam_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la nunquam_fw-la penes_fw-la unum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la comperietur_fw-la sed_fw-la penes_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la non_fw-la excluso_fw-la penitus_fw-la populo_fw-la bern._n epist._n summum_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicii_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ita_fw-la deliquerit_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la communicatione_n orationis_fw-la &_o conventus_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la sancti_fw-la commercii_fw-la relegetur_fw-la tertul._n in_o apol._n it_o be_v that_o sentence_n of_o the_o church_n whereby_o she_o eject_v wicked_a sinner_n out_o of_o her_o communion_n d._n field_n see_v m._n gillesp._n aaron_n rod_n bloss_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 10._o the_o schoolman_n say_v excommunication_n be_v purgativa_fw-la respectu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praeservativa_fw-la respectu_fw-la sidelium_fw-la sanativa_fw-la respectu_fw-la delinquentis_fw-la vide_fw-la aquin._n partem_fw-la tertiam_fw-la quâ—st_fw-la 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o d._n white_a in_o a_o sermon_n at_o paul_n crosse._n apostoli_fw-la hoc_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regimen_fw-la instituerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la unus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la populo_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la &_o diaconis_fw-la praesiciatur_fw-la penes_fw-la quem_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o manuum_fw-la impositio_fw-la sive_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la &_o consiliorum_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la directio_fw-la scultet_fw-la in_o subscriptionem_fw-la titi._n presbyteri_fw-la ex_fw-la svo_fw-la numero_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la unum_fw-la eligebant_fw-la evi_fw-fr specialiter_fw-la dabant_fw-la titulum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ne_fw-la ex_fw-la aequalitate_fw-la ut_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la dissiâ—ia_fw-la nascerentur_fw-la calvin_n instit._fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 4._o m._n thorndike_n of_o primitive_a government_n of_o church_n cap._n 6._o â—_o tim._n 5._o 22._o tit._n â—_o 5._o exit_fw-la usu_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la nihil_fw-la differt_fw-la presbyter_n ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ne_o in_o ecclesia_fw-la quidem_fw-la ulla_fw-la saltem_fw-la essentiali_fw-la differentia_fw-la sed_fw-la tantùm_fw-la accidentali_fw-la chamier_n vide_fw-la collationem_fw-la rainoldi_n cum_fw-la harto_fw-la cap._n 8._o pag._n 461._o &_o 541._o danaeum_n in_o 1_o tim._n 3._o 1._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr alius_fw-la ordo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ab_fw-la ordine_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la sed_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la differunt_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la presbyterâ—rum_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o electione_n unus_fw-la presbyter_n in_fw-la altiori_fw-la gradu_fw-la collocaretur_fw-la qua_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la videri_fw-la possunt_fw-la qui_fw-la hanc_fw-la materiam_fw-la nuper_fw-la accuratissimè_fw-la tractarunt_fw-la illustris_fw-la salmasius_n &_o clarissimus_fw-la david_n blondellus_fw-la rivet_n grot._fw-la discus_fw-la dialys_n sect._n 11._o nos_fw-la putamus_fw-la parum_fw-la differre_fw-la utrum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la a_o à _fw-la presbyteris_fw-la gubernetur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la modo_fw-la graviter_fw-la &_o fideliter_fw-la obeant_fw-la munus_fw-la suum_fw-la quiqui_fw-la tandem_fw-la ad_fw-la clavum_fw-la sedeant_fw-la si_fw-mi de_fw-fr antiquitaterâ—s_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la hieronymo_n planè_fw-la sentio_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la aetate_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la nihil_fw-la fuisse_fw-la discriminis_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la fuisle_n administratas_fw-la itaque_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la episcopis_fw-la omninò_fw-la sunt_fw-la antiquiores_fw-la interim_n episcopale_n regimen_fw-la est_fw-la antiquissimum_fw-la &_o paulò_fw-la post_fw-la apostolos_fw-la per_fw-la universam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la magno_fw-la cum_fw-la fructu_fw-la obtinuisse_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la compertissimum_fw-la bocharti_fw-la epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la quastionem_fw-la de_fw-fr presbyterate_a &_o episcopati_fw-la initio_fw-la &_o in_fw-la remotissima_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la autiquitate_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regimen_fw-la monarchicum_fw-la sed_fw-la quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la aristocratica_fw-la &_o democratica_fw-la mixtum_fw-la quamvis_fw-la propriè_fw-la &_o sanè_fw-la loquendo_fw-la eavoces_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la usurpari_fw-la non_fw-la debeant_fw-la vedel_n exercit._n in_o epist._n ignat._n ad_fw-la mariam_n vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n in_o co_fw-la nobis_fw-la imponunt_fw-la quod_fw-la vocant_fw-la eum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la judaica_n pontificem_fw-la maximum_fw-la nam_fw-la scriptura_fw-la eum_fw-la vocat_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la cujus_fw-la in_o consacerdotes_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la loquar_fw-la nullum_fw-la suis_fw-la imperium_fw-la tantum_fw-la iis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la praeibat_fw-la itaque_fw-la regimen_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la monarchiâ—um_fw-la sed_fw-la aristocraticum_fw-la quale_fw-la regimen_fw-la est_fw-la venetae_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la tamen_fw-la dux_n est_fw-la &_o princeps_fw-la cameron_n de_fw-fr eccles._n idem_fw-la est_fw-la graecis_fw-la synodus_fw-la quod_fw-la latinis_fw-la concilium_fw-la per_fw-la c_o à _fw-la conciendo_fw-la synodus_fw-la est_fw-la legitimus_fw-la christianorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la coetus_fw-la &_o sacer_fw-la ex_fw-la diversis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la ac_fw-la regionibus_fw-la coiens_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la sacris_fw-la babetur_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la profanis_fw-la aut_fw-la merè_fw-la politicis_fw-la &_o à _fw-la personis_fw-la propter_fw-la vocationem_fw-la sacris_fw-la danaeus_n isag._n christ._n part_n 4._o de_fw-la potestate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la c._n 35._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n concilium_fw-la dictum_fw-la à _fw-la communi_fw-la intention_n eo_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la omnes_fw-la dirigant_fw-la mentis_fw-la obtutum_fw-la cilia_fw-la enim_fw-la â—culorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la isidore_n concilium_fw-la dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la consulendo_fw-la aut_fw-la consentiendo_fw-la ut_fw-la vulâ—_n festus_n sed_fw-la à _fw-la concalando_fw-la ho_o est_fw-la convocando_fw-la sive_fw-la congregando_fw-la quod_fw-la reivim_fw-la naturamque_fw-la declarat_fw-la concilium_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la hominum_fw-la coetus_fw-la aut_fw-la concio_fw-la aut_fw-la convocatio_fw-la aut_fw-la conventus_fw-la aut_fw-la multitudo_fw-la collecta_fw-la ac_fw-la convocata_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la ad_fw-la consultandum_fw-la of_o it_o dijudicandum_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la communibus_fw-la whitakerus_n de_fw-fr conciliis_fw-la quaest._n 1._o c._n 2._o sic_fw-la priscas_fw-la illas_fw-la synod_n ut_fw-la nicenam_fw-la constantinopolitanam_fw-la ephesinam_fw-la primam_fw-la chalcedonensem_fw-la ac_fw-la simile_n quae_fw-la confutandis_fw-la erroribus_fw-la habitae_fw-la sunt_fw-la libenter_fw-la amplectimur_fw-la reveremurque_fw-la ut_fw-la sacro_fw-la sanctas_fw-la quantum_fw-la attinet_fw-la ad_fw-la fidei_fw-la dogmata_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la continent_n quam_fw-la puram_fw-la &_o
thing_n the_o lord_n have_v condemn_v exod._n 20._o 23._o with_o i_o that_o be_v beside_o i_o god_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v golden_a and_o silver_a image_n or_o picture_n of_o god_n quod_fw-la si_fw-la quaeras_fw-la cur_n illud_fw-la facietis_fw-la repetatur_fw-la dicam_fw-la voluisse_fw-la deum_fw-la inculcare_fw-la maximè_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la delicto_fw-la caverent_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la maximè_fw-la proni_fw-la erant_fw-la voss._n in_o maim_v de_fw-fr idol_n c._n 3._o pontificii_fw-la totum_fw-la secundum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la de_fw-la imaginibus_fw-la non_fw-la colendis_fw-la omittunt_fw-la in_o recitatione_n decalogi_fw-la ut_fw-la patet_fw-la tum_fw-la ex_fw-la officio_fw-la b._n mariae_fw-la autoritate_fw-la pii_fw-la 5._o reformato_fw-la tum_fw-la ex_fw-la catechismo_fw-la ledesmae_fw-la quasi_fw-la dâ—_n ea_fw-la re_fw-la nullum_fw-la omnino_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la dedisset_fw-la deus_fw-la rivet_n tract_n de_fw-fr patrum_fw-la autoritate_fw-la c._n 5._o vide_fw-la pontificiorum_fw-la crassa_fw-la &_o prodigiosa_fw-la dogmata_fw-la contra_fw-la singula_fw-la decalogi_fw-la praecepta_fw-la mort._n apol._n cath_z l._n 2._o c._n 13_o 14_o 15._o idolatry_n be_v a_o greek_a word_n compound_v of_o a_o idol_n which_o signify_v any_o similitude_n image_n likeness_n form_n shape_n or_o representation_n exhibit_v either_o to_o the_o body_n or_o mind_n and_o latry_n which_o signify_v service_n ainsw_n arrow_n against_o idol_n c._n 1._o the_o first_o commandment_n bind_v we_o to_o have_v jehovah_n the_o live_a and_o true_a god_n for_o our_o god_n and_o none_o other_o and_o forbid_v general_o these_o four_o thing_n 1._o the_o have_v of_o strange_a god_n and_o not_o the_o true_a as_o have_v the_o heathen_n act._n 14._o 11_o 12_o 15._o 2._o the_o have_v of_o strange_a god_n with_o the_o true_a as_o have_v the_o samaritan_n 2_o king_n 17._o 32._o 3._o the_o have_v of_o no_o god_n at_o all_o as_o foolish_a atheist_n psal._n 14._o 1._o 4._o the_o not_o have_v of_o the_o true_a god_n aright_o but_o in_o hypocrisy_n only_o isa._n 29._o 13._o tit._n 1._o 16._o the_o second_o commandment_n bind_v to_o the_o true_a worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n which_o be_v only_o as_o himself_o command_v and_o by_o the_o mean_n rite_n and_o service_n that_o he_o ordain_v john_n 4._o 20._o to_o 24._o deut._n 12._o 32._o &_o 4._o 1_o 2_o 5_o 6._o ainsw_n ibid._n see_v more_o there_o and_o chap._n 2._o how_o fast_o the_o sin_n of_o idolatry_n cleave_v to_o all_o and_o chap._n 5._o of_o the_o idolatry_n of_o these_o time_n far_o exceed_v jeroboam_n and_o chap._n 6._o a_o dehortation_n from_o this_o sin_n isa._n 40._o 18._o &_o 25._o vers_fw-la gal._n 4._o 8._o idolatry_n say_v tertullian_n be_v principale_a crimen_fw-la &_o summus_fw-la huius_fw-la saeculi_fw-la reatus_fw-la it_o be_v call_v abomination_n deut._n 27._o 15._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 3._o aquin._n 2a_o 2ae_fw-la quaest._n 94_o art_n 3._o show_n that_o idolatry_n be_v gravissimum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la st_n hierom_n affirm_v that_o when_o jesus_n be_v a_o child_n be_v carry_v into_o egypt_n for_o fear_n of_o herod_n all_o the_o idol_n of_o egypt_n fall_v down_o and_o all_o their_o miracle_n become_v mute_a which_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n foresee_v chap._n 19_o 1._o the_o general_a silence_n of_o the_o devil_n in_o his_o oracle_n throughout_o the_o world_n present_o upon_o christ_n incarnation_n be_v a_o thing_n know_v and_o confess_v by_o all_o man_n he_o perform_v the_o part_n of_o a_o good_a bishop_n that_o find_v a_o vail_n spread_v in_o the_o entrance_n of_o a_o church_n door_n wherein_o the_o image_n of_o christ_n or_o of_o some_o other_o saint_n be_v picture_v rend_v it_o in_o piece_n with_o these_o word_n that_o it_o be_v against_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n to_o have_v any_o image_n of_o christ_n set_v up_o in_o the_o church_n the_o theatre_n of_o god_n judgement_n ch_n 25._o idol_n in_o church_n be_v a_o scandal_n to_o â—ews_n turk_n idolatry_n either_o make_v that_o to_o be_v god_n which_o be_v not_o or_o god_n to_o be_v that_o which_o he_o be_v not_o robin_n ess._n observe_v 11._o rabbi_n moses_n ben_n nachman_n who_o they_o call_v ramban_n or_o gerundensis_n say_v non_fw-la est_fw-la tibi_fw-la israel_n ultio_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la uncia_fw-la de_fw-la iniquitate_fw-la vituli_fw-la there_o be_v no_o vengeance_n take_v on_o thou_o israel_n wherein_o there_o be_v not_o a_o ounce_n of_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o calf_n god_n neither_o will_n nor_o can_v nor_o aught_o to_o be_v express_v by_o any_o image_n he_o will_v not_o exod._a 20._o 4._o neither_o can_v he_o be_v represent_v by_o any_o image_n deut._n 4._o 15._o isa._n 40._o 12._o neither_o ought_v any_o image_n to_o be_v make_v of_o he_o his_o majesty_n and_o glory_n can_v be_v represent_v by_o any_o visible_a form_n rom._n 1._o 22_o 23._o quin_fw-la audeam_fw-la dicere_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la olim_fw-la cum_fw-la cultu_fw-la dei_fw-la idololatriam_fw-la miscebant_fw-la ut_fw-la disertè_fw-la extat_fw-la in_o posterioris_fw-la regum_fw-la capite_fw-la 17._o 29_o 30_o 31_o 32._o eos_fw-la inquam_fw-la hodie_fw-la adeo_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la idololatria_fw-la abhorrere_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la judaeos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la superare_fw-la videantur_fw-la scaliger_n de_fw-fr samaritis_n l._n 7._o de_fw-fr emendat_fw-la temp._n col._n 2._o 18._o see_v ainsw_n arrow_n against_o idol_n ch_n 5._o p._n 27_o 30_o 31._o deut._n 4._o 4._o col._n 2._o 18._o voluntary_a religion_n superstitio_fw-la à _fw-la superstando_fw-la non_fw-la quasi_fw-la deus_fw-la verus_fw-la vero_fw-la cultu_fw-la nimium_fw-la coli_fw-la possit_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la ad_fw-la materiem_fw-la cultus_fw-la accedat_fw-la quod_fw-la eum_fw-la corrumpat_fw-la voss._n de_fw-fr orig._n &_o progres_n idol_n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o superstitio_fw-la est_fw-la cultus_fw-la indebitus_fw-la praeter_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la zanâ—h_o superstitiosi_fw-la vocantur_fw-la non_fw-la qui_fw-la filios_fw-la suos_fw-la superstites_fw-la optant_fw-la omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la optamus_fw-la sed_fw-la aut_fw-la two_o qui_fw-la superstitem_fw-la memoriam_fw-la desunctorum_fw-la colant_fw-la aut_fw-la qui_fw-la parentibus_fw-la suis_fw-la superstites_fw-la colebant_fw-la imagine_v corum_fw-la domi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la deos_fw-la penates_fw-la lactant._n diu._n instit._n l._n 4._o de_fw-la vera_fw-la sapientia_fw-la vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n see_v how_o great_a a_o sin_n superstition_n be_v in_o mr_n cawdreys_n preface_n to_o his_o superstitio_fw-la superstes_fw-la and_o in_o the_o book_n itself_o the_o pharisee_n in_o christ_n day_n be_v great_a pretender_n to_o holiness_n but_o they_o corrupt_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n corruption_n in_o worship_n provoke_v god_n 1._o to_o depart_v from_o a_o people_n ezek._n 8._o 3._o 2._o to_o destroy_v they_o 2_o chron._n 7._o 20._o the_o divine_a worship_n of_o the_o heathen_n and_o papist_n in_o the_o temple_n be_v of_o so_o near_a affinity_n that_o ludovicus_n vives_n confess_v there_o can_v any_o difference_n be_v show_v unless_o the_o papist_n have_v change_v the_o name_n and_o title_n the_o popish_a purgatory_n agree_v with_o the_o heathen_a purgatory_n mention_v in_o plato_n and_o virgil._n the_o papistical_a manner_n of_o consecrate_v church_n and_o churchyard_n full_o imitate_v the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o pagan_n when_o they_o consecrate_v their_o temple_n and_o temple-courts_a or_o yard_n describe_v by_o alexander_n ab_fw-la alexandro_n their_o sprinkle_n of_o holy_a water_n be_v mention_v in_o the_o six_o satire_n of_o juvenal_n and_o sozomen_n call_v it_o a_o heathenish_a ceremony_n the_o whole_a swarm_n of_o friar_n or_o monk_n first_o begin_v among_o the_o heathen_a as_o at_o large_a appear_v by_o learned_a hospinian_n hospinian_n papist_n give_v a_o stone_n or_o wooden_a across_o the_o right_a hand_n as_o they_o go_v or_o ride_v by_o some_o also_o put_v off_o their_o hat_n the_o cross_n be_v not_o medium_n cultus_fw-la the_o papist_n invocate_v this_o sign_n per_fw-la crueis_fw-la signum_fw-la fugiat_fw-la hinc_fw-la omne_fw-la malignum_fw-la per_fw-la idem_fw-la signum_fw-la salvetur_fw-la quodque_fw-la benignum_fw-la bellarm._n do_v imag_n c._n 19_o &_o 20._o call_v it_o signum_fw-la sacrum_fw-la &_o venerabile_fw-la &_o signum_fw-la crucis_fw-la adoramus_fw-la vide_fw-la aquin._n part_n 3._o quaest._n 25._o art_n 4._o see_v parker_n of_o the_o cross_n chap._n 1._o sect._n 10._o and_o elsewhere_o they_o account_v it_o among_o the_o most_o precious_a relic_n and_o not_o only_o the_o whole_a but_o every_o piece_n thereof_o they_o adore_v it_o salute_v it_o pray_v unto_o it_o and_o trust_v therein_o for_o salvation_n cry_v o_o crux_fw-la ave_fw-la spes_fw-la unica_fw-la hoc_fw-la passionis_fw-la tempore_fw-la auge_fw-mi ptis_fw-la justitiam_fw-la reisque_fw-la dona_fw-la veniam_fw-la hail_v o_o cross_n our_o only_a hope_n in_o this_o time_n of_o passion_n increase_v thou_o to_o the_o godly_a righteousness_n and_o unto_o sinner_n give_v pardon_v yea_o the_o very_a sign_n of_o this_o idol_n make_v in_o the_o air_n upon_o the_o forehead_n or_o over_o any_o other_o thing_n be_v sacred_a and_o venerable_a have_v force_n to_o drive_v away_o deviis_fw-la and_o do_v many_o like_a feat_n ainsw_n