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shall_v yield_v to_o the_o independent_o must_v be_v the_o licet_fw-la to_o the_o oportet_fw-la secure_v they_o but_o of_o more_o than_o one_o elder_a in_o a_o church_n and_o i_o dare_v warrant_v you_o that_o all_o the_o sober_a moderate_a presbyterian_o shall_v ready_o and_o hearty_o yield_v to_o this_o they_o have_v no_o conceit_n that_o there_o must_v needs_o go_v many_o congregation_n to_o make_v a_o particular_a political_a church_n if_o any_o presbyterian_o refuse_v to_o condescend_v so_o far_o for_o reconciliation_n another_o easy_a remedy_n be_v at_o hand_n let_v each_o have_v liberty_n to_o hold_v that_o church_n which_o in_o the_o extent_n be_v suit_v to_o their_o judgement_n let_v they_o that_o needs_o must_v have_v a_o church_n of_o many_o congregation_n hold_v it_o if_o the_o people_n do_v consent_n as_o few_o will_v so_o they_o will_v faithful_o do_v the_o pastoral_n work_n if_o they_o will_v join_v three_o or_o four_o parish_n together_o as_o the_o low_a govern_v church_n let_v they_o have_v their_o liberty_n exercise_v just_a discipline_n in_o they_o but_o let_v other_o also_o have_v their_o liberty_n that_o think_v it_o meet_a if_o not_o necessary_a that_o the_o church_n be_v but_o of_o one_o congregation_n the_o distance_n and_o quality_n of_o people_n may_v very_o much_o alter_v the_o case_n in_o this_o point_n in_o place_n where_o four_o parish_n at_o great_a distance_n will_v afford_v but_o enough_o for_o one_o particular_a church_n if_o any_o such_o parish_n be_v it_o may_v be_v the_o more_o tolerable_a to_o have_v ordinary_a meeting_n in_o the_o several_a parish_n for_o worship_n and_o discipline_n administer_v and_o sometime_o the_o lord_n supper_n in_o a_o full_a meeting_n of_o all_o the_o church_n but_o i_o hope_v we_o be_v in_o no_o necessity_n that_o this_o shall_v be_v a_o ordinary_a case_n but_o liberty_n in_o these_o case_n may_v well_o be_v grant_v chap._n vi_o difference_n iu._n the_o four_o point_n of_o difference_n be_v 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edification_n decent_o and_o
be_v cast_v out_o norton_n resp._n p._n 28._o â—3_n de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la talis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la to_o nomine_fw-la dubitare_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ducimus_fw-la q._n 3._o quale_n saedus_fw-la sufficit_fw-la ad_fw-la formam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la r._n faedus_fw-la implicitum_fw-la sufficit_fw-la ad_fw-la esse_fw-la faedus_fw-la explicitam_fw-la ad_fw-la magis_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la esse_fw-la desideratur_fw-la rutherford_n plea_n pag._n 85_o 86._o a_o explicit_a vocal_a covenant_n whereby_o we_o bind_v ourselves_o by_o enter_v in_o a_o new_a relation_n to_o such_o a_o pastor_n and_o to_o such_o a_o flock_n we_o deny_v not_o as_o if_o the_o thing_n be_v unlawful_a nor_n deny_v we_o that_o at_o the_o election_n of_o a_o pastor_n the_o pastor_n and_o people_n tie_v themselves_o by_o reciprocation_n of_o oath_n to_o each_o other_o the_o one_o to_o fulfil_v faithful_o the_o ministry_n he_o have_v receive_v of_o the_o lord_n the_o other_o to_o submit_v to_o his_o ministry_n in_o the_o lord_n 5._o any_o professor_n remove_v from_o one_o congregation_n to_o another_o and_o so_o come_v under_o a_o new_a relation_n to_o such_o a_o church_n or_o such_o a_o ministry_n be_v in_o a_o tacit_a and_o virtual_a covenant_n to_o discharge_v himself_o in_o all_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o member_n of_o that_o congregation_n norton_n illius_fw-la ecclâ—siae_fw-la constitutio_fw-la quae_fw-la uno_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la ordinario_fw-la ad_fw-la eultum_fw-la dei_fw-la celebrandum_fw-la convenire_fw-la requeat_fw-la ob_fw-la svam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la est_fw-la illegitime_a â—_o non_fw-it tamen_fw-la quoad_fw-la ojus_fw-la essentiam_fw-la sed_fw-la quoad_fw-la adjunctum_fw-la numerositatis_fw-la rutherford_n due_a right_n pag._n 301_o 302._o 1._o the_o ordinary_a power_n of_o jurisdiction_n because_o of_o near_a vicinity_n and_o contignity_n of_o member_n be_v give_v by_o jesus_n christ_n to_o one_o congregation_n in_o a_o isle_n 1._o because_o that_o church_n be_v a_o church_n proper_o so_o call_v a_o congregation_n be_v a_o church_n want_v nothing_o of_o the_o be_v and_o essence_n of_o a_o church_n yet_o be_v it_o in_o complete_a lond._n minist_n ius_n diu._n minist_n part_n 2._o p._n 82._o these_o angel_n be_v congregational_a not_o diocesane_n ib_n the_o asian_a angel_n be_v not_o diocesane_a bishop_n but_o congregational_a presbyter_n seat_v each_o of_o they_o iâ—_n one_o church_n not_o any_o of_o they_o in_o more_o than_o one._n see_v mr._n hooker_n concession_n of_o many_o meeting_n in_o one_o church_n in_o mr._n cawdrey_n review_n p._n 148._o norton_n resp._n p._n 99_o toti_n multitudini_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la competit_fw-la examen_fw-la pastorum_fw-la per_fw-la mannuum_fw-la impositionem_fw-la eorundem_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la in_o ecclâ—sia_n homogenea_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la in_o officium_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la quia_fw-la officium_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la recipitur_fw-la invocatione_n non_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la idque_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la immediatè_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la totâ_fw-la multitudine_fw-la id._n p._n 100_o vicinis_fw-la insuper_fw-la ordinariè_fw-la consultis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la homogenea_fw-la competit_fw-la fraternitati_fw-la auxilio_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la viciâ—orum_fw-la &_o prudentum_fw-la aliarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la p._n 101._o populus_fw-la in_o judicando_fw-la dirigi_fw-la potest_fw-la ac_fw-la ordinary_a debet_fw-la à _fw-la judicio_fw-la aliorum_fw-la pastorum_fw-la electionem_fw-la vel_fw-la praeâ—unte_n vel_fw-la concomitante_fw-la requiritur_fw-la conâ—ilium_fw-la aliorum_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la &_o prudentum_fw-la propter_fw-la insufficientiam_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la infirmiori_fw-la propter_fw-la salatem_fw-la in_o amplitudinâ—_n consiliarii_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la instructiori_fw-la in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la propter_fw-la communionem_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la p._n 103._o propositio_fw-la illa_fw-la bâ—llarmini_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la very_fw-la pastor_n qui_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la veris_fw-la pâ—storibus_fw-la ordinati_fw-la vera_fw-la est_fw-fr ordinariè_fw-fr seâ—_n extra_fw-la ordinâ—m_fw-la minimè_fw-la necessaria_fw-la juâ—_n ib._n p._n 105._o quam_fw-la vis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la bene_fw-la constituta_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la aliis_fw-la quam_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la munus_fw-la mandari_fw-la in_fw-la defectu_fw-la tâ—â—eâ—_n idoneorum_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la potest_fw-la non-presbyteris_a mandari_fw-la ames_n in_o ecclesia_fw-la constituta_fw-la actum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la ad_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ultro_fw-la concedimus_fw-la p._n 106._o toti_n multitudini_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d competit_fw-la collatio_fw-la potestatis_fw-la claviuâ—_n in_o minister_n aut_fw-la tota_fw-la illa_fw-la potestas_fw-la quâ—_n ministry_n officium_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la tribuit_fw-la against_o the_o people_n power_n of_o the_o key_n rutherford_n peaceable_a plea_n and_o in_o his_o due_a right_n of_o presbytery_n and_o many_o more_o have_v write_v at_o large_a and_o unanswerable_o take_v the_o key_n for_o government_n or_o pastoral_n administration_n rutherford_n plea_n p._n 6._o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v give_v to_o the_o church_n of_o believer_n as_o to_o the_o end_n for_o the_o edify_v of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n eph._n 4._o 4._o 4._o mr._n norton_n p._n 45._o sin_n per_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la representtaivam_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la talis_fw-la proprie_fw-la dicta_fw-la h._n e._n ecclesia_fw-la virtualis_fw-la vicâ—-ecclesia_a ecclesiam_fw-la repraesentatam_fw-la subjectiuè_fw-la repraesentans_fw-la atque_fw-la adâ—o_fw-la vi_fw-la delegationis_fw-la habens_fw-la potestatem_fw-la â—arum_fw-la negotia_fw-la exâ—quendi_fw-la jure_fw-la dâ—i_fw-la hoc_fw-la sensu_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la negamus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la repraesentativam_fw-la p._n 4._o their_o power_n of_o choose_v be_v a_o power_n about_o the_o key_n but_o not_o of_o the_o key_n and_o it_o be_v common_a to_o all_o believer_n who_o be_v not_o to_o take_v pastor_n as_o the_o market_n go_v upon_o a_o blind_a hearsay_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v common_o grant_v they_o that_o the_o people_n regular_o shall_v choose_v their_o officer_n where_o some_o unfitness_n of_o their_o own_o do_v not_o forbid_v it_o but_o that_o necessary_o they_o must_v consent_v to_o his_o relation_n or_o else_o he_o can_v exercise_v his_o office_n on_o they_o and_o it_o be_v grant_v they_o common_o according_a to_o cyprian_n word_n that_o the_o people_n also_o have_v a_o great_a hand_n in_o the_o rejection_n of_o unworthy_a pastor_n and_o that_o in_o case_n they_o prove_v intolerable_a and_o they_o have_v no_o more_o regular_a way_n to_o depose_v they_o after_o sufficient_a patience_n and_o warning_n they_o must_v forsake_v they_o but_o none_o of_o these_o be_v act_n of_o church_n government_n no_o more_o than_o for_o a_o corporation_n to_o choose_v the_o major_n or_o for_o 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and_o weighty_a speech_n of_o mr._n cawdrey_n ib._n p._n 155._o these_o destructive_a course_n of_o level_a church_n and_o state_n proceed_v from_o the_o place_n of_o all_o power_n original_o in_o the_o people_n it_o have_v be_v make_v a_o controversy_n whether_o bishop_n or_o pastor_n may_v excommuâ—…te_v a_o prince_n but_o if_o his_o own_o family_n 〈◊〉_d just_a and_o meet_v shall_v be_v a_o church_n â—…ave_v he_o examine_v and_o excommuâ—…ed_v by_o his_o own_o servant_n out_o of_o that_o family-church_n methinks_v shall_v seem_v a_o â—aâ—der_a case_n case_n case_n jid._n ibid._n p._n 7._o coâ—ton_n keys_n '_o p._n 33._o the_o brethren_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o first_o subject_n of_o church_n liberty_n and_o the_o elder_n thereof_o of_o church_n authority_n and_o both_o together_o of_o all_o church_n power_n needful_a to_o be_v exercise_v within_o themselves_o themselves_o themselves_o jid._n ib._n p._n 3._o norton_n pag._n 74_o 75._o 75._o 75._o judicium_fw-la de_fw-la 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