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good_a of_o the_o church_n be_v concern_v his_o charity_n direct_v he_o to_o love_v the_o body_n and_o tender_a the_o welfare_n of_o that_o rather_o than_o of_o some_o particular_a member_n though_o otherwise_o precious_a this_o for_o their_o proposition_n next_o for_o their_o proof_n from_o the_o apostle_n doctrine_n and_o practice_n 14._o their_o proof_n rom._n 14._o first_o his_o doctrine_n all_o thing_n indeed_o be_v pure_a but_o it_o be_v evil_a to_o he_o that_o eat_v with_o offence_n press_n see_v to_o the_o like_a effect_n also_o the_o proposit_a touch_v reform_v of_o the_o liturg._n now_o in_o the_o press_n and_o it_o be_v good_a neither_o to_o eat_v flesh_n nor_o drink_v wine_n whereby_o thy_o brother_n stumble_v or_o be_v make_v weak_a to_o take_v heed_n lest_o our_o liberty_n become_v a_o stumbling-block_n but_o if_o one_o will_v use_v his_o liberty_n and_o the_o other_o will_v take_v offence_n than_o his_o charge_n be_v let_v not_o he_o that_o eat_v despise_v he_o that_o 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and_o revive_v that_o wherein_o the_o king_n most_o excellent_a majesty_n the_o lord_n temporal_a common-prayer_n for_o establish_v the_o book_n of_o common-prayer_n and_o all_o the_o commons_o in_o this_o present_a parliament_n assemble_v do_v in_o god_n name_n earnest_o require_v and_o charge_v all_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n and_o other_o ordinary_n that_o they_o shall_v endeavour_v themselves_o to_o the_o uttermost_a of_o their_o knowledge_n that_o due_a and_o true_a execution_n hereof_o for_o establish_v the_o liturgy_n may_v be_v have_v throughout_o their_o diocese_n and_o charge_n note_n note_n as_o they_o will_v answer_v before_o god_n for_o such_o evil_n and_o plague_n wherewith_o almighty_a god_n may_v just_o punish_v his_o people_n for_o neglect_v this_o good_a and_o wholesome_a law_n i_o have_v do_v with_o the_o two_o first_o the_o doctrine_n and_o worship_n the_o article_n and_o liturgy_n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o assembly_n their_o matter_n and_o mixture_n sect_n i._o the_o mean_n of_o preserve_v they_o from_o corruption_n come_v we_o to_o the_o three_o that_o be_v the_o assembly_n the_o impurity_n whereof_o be_v a_o grand_a motive_n unto_o independent_o and_o separation_n wherein_o the_o church_n be_v clear_a the_o guilt_n must_v lie_v either_o on_o the_o negligence_n of_o person_n entrust_v or_o the_o necessity_n of_o time_n and_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o church_n the_o law_n law_n the_o law_n do_v meet_v with_o all_o both_o criminal_a and_o penal_a offence_n and_o evil_n if_o these_o be_v execute_v there_o can_v be_v no_o notorious_a offender_n and_o there_o be_v but_o two_o thing_n necessary_a to_o preserve_v a_o assembly_n pure_a instruction_n and_o correction_n or_o discipline_n upon_o offender_n now_o the_o church_n have_v strict_o appoint_v catechism_n through_o all_o the_o ground_n of_o christian_a religion_n prohibit_v any_o to_o come_v unto_o the_o lord_n table_n confirmation_n rubric_n after_o the_o confirmation_n who_o can_v give_v 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order_n shall_v the_o â—urate_a use_n with_o those_o betwixt_o who_o he_o perceive_v malice_n and_o hatred_n to_o reign_v not_o suffer_v they_o to_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o lord_n table_n until_o he_o know_v they_o to_o be_v reconcile_v wherein_o you_o see_v there_o be_v full_a provision_n make_v for_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o church_n the_o author_n of_o necessity_n of_o reformation_n pag._n 48._o say_v of_o this_o rubric_n for_o its_o fullness_n in_o point_n of_o discipline_n what_o be_v this_o but_o as_o much_o and_o as_o high_a jurisdiction_n as_o any_o bishop_n can_v use_v in_o that_o particular_a object_n but_o i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o this_o rubric_n have_v not_o serve_v for_o a_o plea_n at_o all_o season_n case_n may_v so_o fall_v out_o respon_n respon_n that_o summum_fw-la jus_o may_v be_v summa_fw-la injuria_fw-la and_o as_o in_o the_o civil_a so_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judicatories_n there_o may_v be_v cause_n to_o fly_v to_o the_o court_n of_o equity_n for_o the_o moderation_n of_o the_o rigour_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n but_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o church_n be_v plain_a and_o if_o it_o can_v not_o always_o attain_v its_o end_n yet_o est_fw-la aliquid_fw-la prodire_fw-la tenus_fw-la acknowledgement_n independent_o acknowledgement_n si_fw-la non_fw-la datur_fw-la ultra_fw-la yea_o and_o the_o congregational_a brethren_n themselves_o acknowledge_v that_o whatsoever_o defilement_n they_o apprehend_v in_o the_o worship_n or_o government_n of_o the_o church_n yet_o it_o do_v never_o work_v in_o they_o any_o other_o thought_n much_o less_o opinion_n but_o that_o multitude_n of_o the_o assembly_n and_o parochial_a congregation_n 6._o apologet._n narrat_fw-la pag._n 6._o be_v the_o true_a church_n and_o body_n of_o christ_n and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o page_n we_o always_o have_v profess_v and_o that_o in_o these_o time_n when_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v the_o most_o either_o actual_o overspread_v with_o 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which_o we_o see_v above_o last_o though_o he_o dislike_v the_o appropriation_n of_o the_o name_n and_o the_o largeness_n of_o power_n and_o the_o extent_n of_o their_o limit_n in_o that_o place_n of_o his_o comment_n upon_o phil._n 1.1_o which_o be_v publish_v anno_fw-la dom._n 1548._o yet_o he_o grant_v the_o thing_n as_o be_v note_v and_o in_o his_o letter_n to_o the_o king_n of_o poland_n write_v long_o after_o viz._n ann._n 1554._o he_o represent_v with_o appearance_n of_o approbation_n the_o practice_n of_o antiquity_n in_o these_o word_n vetus_fw-la quidem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la patriarchas_fw-la instituit_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la etiam_fw-la provinciis_fw-la quosdam_fw-la attribuit_fw-la primatus_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la concordiae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la melius_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la devincti_fw-la manerent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la si_fw-la hâ—d_n e_o illustrissimo_fw-la poloniae_fw-la regno_fw-la unus_fw-la praeesset_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la non_fw-la qui_fw-la dominaretur_fw-la in_o reliquos_fw-la vel_fw-la jus_o ab_fw-la illis_fw-la ereptum_fw-la sibi_fw-la arrogaret_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la ordinis_fw-la causâ_fw-la in_o synodis_fw-la primum_fw-la teneret_fw-la locum_fw-la &_o sanctam_fw-la inter_fw-la collegas_fw-la suos_fw-la &_o fratres_fw-la foveret_fw-la unitatem_fw-la essent_fw-la deinde_fw-la vel_fw-la provinciales_fw-la vel_fw-la urbanis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la qui_fw-la peculiariter_fw-la ordini_fw-la conservando_fw-la intenti_fw-la forent_fw-la sicuti_fw-la hoc_fw-la natura_fw-la dictat_fw-la unum_fw-la ex_fw-la singulis_fw-la collegiis_fw-la eligendum_fw-la cvi_fw-la praecipua_fw-la cura_fw-la incumbat_fw-la sed_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la moderatum_fw-la gerere_fw-la honorem_fw-la quatenus_fw-la scilicet_fw-la hominis_fw-la facultas_fw-la se_fw-la extendit_fw-la quà m_fw-la totum_fw-la orbem_fw-la terrarum_fw-la immenso_fw-la imperio_fw-la complecti_fw-la the_o ancient_a church_n indeed_o say_v he_o do_v constitute_v patriarch_n 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a_o man_n ability_n may_v extend_v to_o govern_v and_o another_o thing_n to_o grasp_v the_o whole_a world_n in_o a_o boundless_a government_n as_o the_o pope_n do_v against_o who_o he_o there_o dispute_v thus_o far_o calvin_n wherein_o we_o see_v he_o will_v not_o dislike_v this_o government_n by_o patriarch_n archbishop_n and_o bishop_n 1551._o epist_n ad_fw-la cranmer_n ann._n 1551._o and_o in_o his_o letter_n to_o archbishop_n cranmer_n he_o say_v reverend_a domine_fw-la uchementer_fw-la laudo_fw-la ut_fw-la mature_a apud_fw-la se_fw-la religionem_fw-la angli_fw-la constituant_fw-la in_o quam_fw-la rem_fw-la praecipuae_fw-la tuus_fw-la sunt_fw-la part_n vides_fw-la quid_fw-la iste_fw-la locus_fw-la postulet_fw-la vel_fw-la magis_fw-la quid_fw-la pro_fw-la muneris_fw-la quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la injunxit_fw-la ratione_fw-la abs_fw-la te_fw-la svo_fw-la jure_fw-la exigit_fw-la deus_fw-la summa_fw-la est_fw-la in_o te_fw-la autoritas_fw-la reverend_a lord_n say_v he_o i_o do_v very_o 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episcopus_fw-la quod_fw-la presbyter_n non_fw-la facit_fw-la that_o be_v what_o do_v a_o bishop_n do_v except_o ordination_n which_o a_o presbyter_n do_v not_o thus_o he_o but_o ordination_n carry_v with_o it_o some_o superior_a jurisdiction_n since_o my_o writing_n of_o this_o 23._o de_fw-fr evangel_n ministerium_fw-la gradib_fw-la cap._n 23._o i_o have_v consult_v what_o savania_n have_v observe_v upon_o this_o place_n of_o hierome_n on_o tit._n 1.5_o against_o beza_n and_o find_v that_o his_o cogitation_n be_v the_o same_o muchwhat_a with_o i_o as_o indeed_o it_o be_v obvious_a to_o any_o one_o consider_v of_o it_o neither_o do_v i_o see_v cause_n to_o alter_v they_o beza_n savania_n beza_n for_o any_o thing_n i_o find_v in_o beza_n his_o reply_n unto_o they_o who_o judgement_n in_o this_o point_n we_o shall_v hear_v anon_o out_o of_o the_o same_o writing_n and_o so_o i_o dismiss_v the_o testimony_n from_o antiquity_n proceed_v we_o now_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n express_v by_o their_o chief_a writer_n and_o even_o those_o who_o have_v erect_v another_o government_n calvin_n the_o suppose_a parent_n of_o presbytery_n episcopacy_n 1._o the_o reform_a christian_a church_n judgement_n of_o episcopacy_n but_o he_o be_v only_o the_o foster_n father_n for_o farel_n and_o viret_n have_v before_o he_o eject_v episcopacy_n at_o geneva_n or_o rather_o the_o bishop_n he_o the_o ground_n be_v as_o it_o be_v vacant_a raise_a presbytery_n or_o rather_o ripen_v it_o in_o the_o room_n thereof_o he_o first_o argue_v the_o right_a of_o episcopacy_n for_o the_o substance_n of_o it_o from_o nature_n itself_o 1554._o calvin_n 1._o hoc_fw-la natura_fw-la dictat_fw-la unum_n ex_fw-la singulis_fw-la collegiis_fw-la delegendum_fw-la exi_fw-la precipua_fw-la cura_fw-la incumbat_fw-la epist._n ad_fw-la r_n pol._n 1554._o 2._o fateor_fw-la quidem_fw-la ut_fw-la sunt_fw-la hominum_fw-la ingenia_fw-la &_o mores_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la ordinem_fw-la stare_v 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