it_o be_v say_v that_o there_o be_v but_o two_o sacrament_n general_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n what_o then_o 7._o so_o will_v the_o papist_n confess_v that_o confirmation_n be_v not_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n otherwise_o they_o will_v minister_v it_o to_o the_o baptize_v at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n the_o english_a book_n ordain_v that_o the_o child_n shall_v be_v bring_v to_o the_o bishop_n by_o one_o that_o shall_v be_v his_o godfather_n or_o that_o every_o child_n may_v have_v a_o witness_n of_o his_o confirmation_n this_o the_o papist_n observe_v in_o their_o confirmation_n thus_o also_o be_v a_o token_n that_o of_o old_a that_o which_o be_v now_o call_v confirmation_n be_v but_o a_o appendicle_n or_o closure_n of_o baptism_n from_o which_o be_v afterward_o separate_v it_o must_v not_o want_v the_o godfather_n it_o have_v when_o it_o be_v the_o appendicle_n of_o baptism_n in_o the_o prayer_n before_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o hand_n they_o pray_v that_o the_o child_n may_v be_v strengthen_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o comforter_n the_o papist_n say_v the_o comforter_n promise_v by_o christ_n be_v bestow_v in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n the_o papist_n say_v that_o in_o confirmation_n they_o receive_v the_o sevenfold_a grace_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n wisdom_n counsel_n strength_n knowledge_n understan_v godliness_n fear_n they_o crave_v the_o like_a in_o the_o prayer_n before_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o hand_n but_o what_o suppose_v confirm_v 〈…〉_z sacrament_n confirmation_n may_v not_o every_o pastor_n minister_v it_o it_o appertain_v to_o the_o captain_n say_v they_o to_o take_v up_o the_o roll_n of_o the_o soldier_n and_o furnish_v they_o with_o armour_n the_o shepherd_n shall_v mark_v his_o own_o heep_n etc._n etc._n as_o if_o every_o minister_n be_v not_o a_o captain_n in_o the_o lord_n army_n and_o a_o shepherd_a feed_v the_o flock_n concrede_v unto_o he_o 17._o bonaventure_n confess_v such_o simile_n force_v not_o but_o institution_n only_o make_v necessity_n our_o first_o reason_n then_o against_o they_o be_v the_o want_n of_o institution_n or_o exemple_n in_o scripture_n that_o bishop_n have_v this_o charge_n and_o not_o presbyter_n we_o now_o suppone_v only_o not_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v such_o office_n bearer_n in_o the_o church_n peter_n and_o john_n be_v send_v to_o samaria_n not_o only_o to_o lay_v on_o hand_n but_o to_o advance_v the_o work_n begunne_o philip._n durandus_fw-la say_v it_o be_v not_o clear_a whither_o they_o lay_v on_o 〈◊〉_d as_o bishop_n 101._o or_o as_o presbyter_n augustine_n 〈…〉_z be_v the_o author_n of_o that_o book_n entitle_v quest_n veteris_fw-la &_o novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la say_v they_o do_v it_o as_o priest_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v they_o do_v it_o neither_o as_o bishop_n or_o priest_n and_o therefore_o neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o succeed_v unto_o they_o in_o it_o for_o it_o be_v extraordinary_a and_o extraordinary_a effect_n follow_v it_o the_o 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confirm_v in_o the_o decretal_n it_o be_v say_v that_o simple_a priest_n at_o constantinople_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n do_v minister_v the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n turrianus_n report_v that_o the_o grecian_n reprove_v the_o latin_n because_o they_o inhibit_v the_o priest_n to_o anoint_v the_o forehead_n with_o chrism_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o suarez_n the_o bishop_n of_o spalleto_n complain_v 24._o that_o bishop_n be_v so_o rigid_a that_o they_o will_v not_o permit_v the_o parish_n priest_n to_o confirm_v the_o rather_o because_o they_o come_v seldom_o to_o visit_v their_o parish_n and_o think_v howbeit_o they_o refuse_v the_o priest_n may_v as_o for_o himself_o he_o may_v have_v suffer_v the_o priest_n in_o his_o diocie_n confirm_v 1_o but_o he_o give_v they_o not_o that_o liberty_n because_o he_o see_v no_o necessity_n of_o such_o a_o ceremony_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o worthy_a the_o name_n of_o a_o sacrament_n if_o there_o be_v any_o moment_n in_o it_o 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but_o to_o the_o people_n also_o and_o be_v make_v common_a to_o the_o whole_a meeting_n in_o the_o one_o place_n â—â—is_o say_v they_o continue_v in_o break_v of_o bread_n and_o in_o the_o other_o place_n yet_o more_o clear_o the_o disciple_n conveen_v to_o break_v bread_n which_o be_v clear_a than_o if_o luke_n have_v say_v 24._o they_o conveen_v to_o the_o break_n of_o bread_n bellarmine_n say_v that_o luke_n descrive_v what_o the_o people_n do_v not_o what_o the_o apostle_n do_v he_o may_v have_v say_v both_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o people_n estius_n a_o popish_a professor_n in_o â—â—way_o acknowledge_v the_o same_o 16._o and_o say_v fiebat_fw-la autem_fw-la â—ujus_fw-la panis_fw-la fractio_fw-la tempore_fw-la primitive_a ecclesiae_fw-la primum_fw-la quidem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sbyter_n be_v &_o diaconis_fw-la deinde_fw-la verò_fw-la magisque_fw-la particulatim_fw-la à _fw-la singulis_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la eucharstia_fw-la dabatur_fw-la in_o manus_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la nâ—_n si_fw-la porro_fw-la â—nter_fw-la se_fw-la vel_fw-la domi_fw-la inter_fw-la fuos_fw-la distribuerent_fw-la in_o the_o primitive_a church_n say_v he_o they_o have_v the_o break_n of_o bread_n which_o be_v first_o do_v by_o the_o presbyter_n and_o deacons_n and_o after_o they_o in_o small_a piece_n by_o the_o faithful_a to_o who_o it_o be_v give_v that_o they_o may_v distribute_v the_o same_o among_o themselves_o or_o at_o home_n among_o theirowne_n for_o luke_n mean_v so_o much_o when_o he_o attribute_v this_o break_n to_o the_o faithful_a in_o general_n act._n 2._o for_o their_o distribute_v in_o the_o convention_n he_o allege_v act._n 20._o for_o distribute_v at_o home_n he_o allege_v act._n 2._o 46._o whereas_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o faithful_a convene_v sometime_o in_o one_o house_n sometime_o in_o another_o for_o fear_v of_o persecution_n or_o not_o have_v yet_o appoint_v and_o certain_a place_n for_o meeting_n the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 10._o 16._o say_v the_o bread_n which_o we_o break_v be_v it_o not_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n that_o be_v the_o bread_n which_o we_o break_v distribute_v and_o eat_v for_o the_o break_n alone_o by_o the_o minister_n be_v not_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n pâ—nis_fw-la quem_fw-la frangimus_fw-la 1_o cor._n 10._o idem_fw-la est_fw-la atque_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la dividimus_fw-la the_o bread_n which_o we_o break_v that_o be_v the_o bread_n which_o we_o divide_v among_o we_o 26._o say_v robertus_fw-la stephanus_n whereas_o the_o apostle_n say_v the_o cup_n which_o we_o bless_v the_o word_n may_v be_v speak_v general_o in_o the_o person_n of_o all_o the_o faithful_a who_o be_v present_a qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la omnes_fw-la â—alici_fw-la benedicunt_fw-la eo_fw-la modo_fw-la &_o sensu_fw-la quo_fw-la omnes_fw-la ibidem_fw-la praesentes_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la unà _fw-la cum_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la offer_n 16._o videlicet_fw-la animi_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o devotioone_o say_v estius_n the_o minister_n bless_v in_o name_n of_o the_o rest_n as_o their_o mouth_n so_o the_o blessing_n may_v be_v attribute_v to_o the_o people_n likewise_o the_o apostle_n rehearse_v the_o word_n of_o the_o institution_n say_v 〈…〉_z but_o in_o the_o plural_a number_n 1._o takâ—_n yeâ—_n eat_v you_o 〈◊〉_d say_v that_o the_o apostle_n celebrate_v as_o christ_n do_v eâ—ndem_fw-la 〈…〉_z teriam_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la &_o formam_fw-la in_o verbis_fw-la it_o appear_v not_o then_o that_o the_o apostle_n give_v to_o every_o one_o several_o say_v to_o each_o one_o take_v thou_o eat_v thou_o but_o that_o speak_v in_o the_o plural_a number_n to_o all_o at_o once_o the_o communicants_a brack_n and_o distribute_v among_o themselves_o now_o that_o rite_n from_o which_o the_o apostolical_a church_n denominate_v the_o whole_a action_n be_v sacramental_a and_o necessary_a say_v paraeus_n in_o 1_o cor._n 11._o when_o the_o holy_a supper_n be_v call_v break_v of_o bread_n it_o be_v not_o to_o 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the_o supreme_a magistrate_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a take_v away_o the_o scandal_n there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o indifferent_a thing_n say_v zâ—nâ—hius_n some_o that_o be_v manifest_a occasion_n of_o sin_v other_o be_v not_o of_o that_o kind_n res_fw-la adiaphorae_fw-la duplices_fw-la sunt_fw-la quaelam_fw-la suâ—t_z alicui_fw-la aportâ—e_fw-la occasiones_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la exillis_fw-la verè_fw-la immineat_fw-la pâ—riculâ—m_fw-la pèceandi_fw-la ally_v vero_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la habent_fw-la for_o the_o first_o sort_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o abstain_v from_o 〈◊〉_d evil_a and_o all_o manifest_a occasion_n of_o evil_n for_o who_o say_v he_o will_v venture_v to_o pass_v along_o a_o ruinous_a bridge_n if_o he_o perceive_v manifest_a danger_n of_o fall_v into_o the_o river_n can_v the_o supreme_a magistrate_n take_v away_o that_o aptness_n and_o fitness_n that_o any_o thing_n have_v to_o entice_v and_o provoke_v man_n to_o sin_n the_o apostle_n 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mention_v may_v he_o not_o be_v a_o secret_a friend_n to_o the_o pope_n or_o a_o a_o bettor_n of_o superstition_n suppose_v he_o have_v no_o such_o intention_n yet_o he_o can_v not_o by_o his_o authority_n alter_fw-la conditionem_fw-la operis_fw-la the_o quality_n of_o the_o work_n itself_o and_o make_v a_o thing_n which_o of_o itself_o be_v inductive_a to_o scandal_n not_o inductive_a do_v his_o commandment_n make_v all_o so_o sure_a that_o none_o can_v be_v scandalize_v that_o be_v impossible_a consider_v the_o show_n of_o evil_a in_o the_o deed_n itself_o the_o ignorance_n of_o many_o thousand_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o ignorant_o to_o superstition_n the_o pronnesse_n of_o man_n nature_n to_o idolatry_n and_o the_o increase_n of_o papist_n joab_n be_v guilty_a of_o vriahs_n blood_n notwithstanding_o of_o the_o king_n commandment_n so_o be_v thou_o of_o thy_o brother_n fall_v 39_o thy_o life_n for_o his_o life_n if_o he_o be_v a_o miss_n say_v not_o therefore_o with_o cain_n 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