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10._o pag._n 557._o phil._n 1._o 15._o hos_fw-la 4_o 6_o 7._o 1_o sam._n 2._o 12_o 13_o 14_o 17_o 14._o jer._n 8._o 8_o 9_o mic_n 3._o 11_o 12._o phil_n 1._o 15._o helv_n conf_n cap_n 18_o §_o 11._o &_o 19_o §._o 9_o gal._n conf_n art_n 28_o arg._n conf_n art_n 13._o saxon._n conf_n art_n 12_o zep._n de_fw-fr sac_n l._n 2._o c._n 6._o art_n of_o religion_n hybera_n art_n 70_o carlton_n praelect_a de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cap._n 20._o we_o see_v no_o warrant_n why_o for_o every_o particular_a act_n that_o in_o a_o large_a sense_n be_v idolatrous_a adjoin_v to_o god_n true_a worship_n we_o shall_v forbear_v our_o presence_n at_o the_o true_a worship_n itself_o unreason_n of_o separation_n answ_o to_o 6._o argument_n compare_v what_o '_o master_n i._o d._n have_v write_v in_o defence_n or_o excuse_n in_o resort_v to_o the_o assemb_v of_o the_o separatist_n call_v brownist_n apol._n sect._n 5._o exam_n p._n 6â—_n &_o apol._n sect._n 28_o exam_n pag._n 246._o rome_n 16_o
13._o 1â—_n d._n exam_n 〈◊〉_d tent_n p_o 309._o mat._n 3._o 7._o 10_o 42._o act._n 2_o 37_o 38._o 41._o &_o 8_o 37._o &_o 10._o 47._o 48._o 1._o cor._n 5._o 12._o 1._o job_n 2._o 19_o 1._o cor._n 11._o 19_o rev._n 22._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o tim._n 3._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o script_n ethnici_fw-la apud_fw-la patres_fw-la audiunt_fw-la 01_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matth._n 8._o 11._o ephes_n 2._o 12._o rob._n against_o ber._n p._n 101._o 101._o mr._n 10._o d._n apol._n sect._n 40._o exam_n p._n 182._o what_o though_o this_o inconvenience_n do_v arise_v sometime_o through_o man_n corruption_n it_o shall_v be_v otherwise_o and_o we_o must_v ever_o consider_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n ordinance_n in_o their_o right_a use_n etc._n etc._n rob._n against_o ber._n pa._n 213._o respondit_fw-la caam_fw-la nullam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la cur_n 10._o bapt._n istos_fw-la accedentes_fw-la rejiceret_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la ejus_fw-la bapt_v venirent_fw-la cum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la agnitione_n nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la potestatem_fw-la haberet_fw-la eos_fw-la excommunicandi_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la fuissent_fw-la excom_n digni_fw-la beza_n de_fw-fr presb._n p_o 23._o recte_fw-la sane_fw-la quis_fw-la illos_fw-la à _fw-la sacris_fw-la prohibuerat_fw-la etc._n etc._n etsi_fw-la sit_fw-la tam_fw-la sceleratus_fw-la quispiam_fw-la quam_fw-la esse_fw-la exist_v imatur_fw-la tum_fw-la si_fw-la tale_n judicium_fw-la sibi_fw-la cuique_fw-la sumat_fw-la quae_fw-la mox_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ecclesie_n facies_fw-la sed_fw-la preter_v tenendum_fw-la est_fw-la istud_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la negotio_fw-la inita_fw-la cujuspiam_fw-la con_fw-la non_fw-la probabillas_fw-la rectam_fw-la alterius_fw-la consciam_fw-la id._n pa._n 26._o id_fw-la in_o privatorum_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la relinquere_fw-la ut_fw-la alibi_fw-la diximus_fw-la &_o periculosum_fw-la nimis_fw-la &_o toti_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la valde_fw-la damnosum_fw-la fuisset_fw-la id._n p._n 80._o demonstr_n of_o disc_n ca._n 4._o rob._n against_o bern._n likely_a veiw_v p._n 40._o john_n 4._o 2._o math._n 28._o 19_o 1_o cor._n 14._o 34_o 35._o tit._n 2._o 11_o 12._o rob._n ag_n ber._n pa._n 206._o rob._n ag_n bern._n pa._n 239._o matth_n 3_o 6_o 7._o job._n 4_o 2._o and_o 3._o 22._o matt._n 28_o 19_o 20._o act._n 2._o 37_o 38._o act._n 8._o 12._o act._n 8._o 47._o &_o 11._o 16._o 17._o act_n 8_o 37._o act._n 10_o 47._o and_o 11._o 16._o 17._o act._n 9_o 18._o act._n 16_o 14._o 33._o 1._o cor._n 1._o 17._o matth._n 28._o 19_o act._n 2._o 41._o and_o 8._o 12_o 13_o 37._o helu._n conf_n c._n 20._o gallic_n sect._n 35._o anglic._n &_o ab_fw-la eo_fw-la neminem_fw-la qui_fw-la velit_fw-la profiteri_fw-la nomen_fw-la christi_fw-la ne_fw-la infant_n quidem_fw-la christianorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la etc._n etc._n scot._n conf_n c._n 23._o belgic_a act_n 34._o zengerm_n conf_n de_fw-fr bapt._n insant_fw-fr pro._n 44._o argent_fw-fr conf_n ca._n 17._o saxon_n confess_v ca._n 14._o palab_v conf_n sect._n ad_fw-la usum_fw-la vero_fw-la ipsum_fw-la etc._n etc._n rob._n against_o ber._n pa._n 92._o matth._n 28._o 19_o act._n 2._o 41._o &_o 8._o 12_o 13_o 37._o and_o 10._o 47._o and_o 2._o 39_o 1_o cor._n 7._o 19_o act._n 8._o 27._o act._n 4._o 15._o joh_n 4._o 2_o 3._o &_o 3._o 27._o act._n 10._o 48._o whit._fw-la de_fw-la sacra_fw-la q._n 3._o de_fw-fr bap._n cap._n 2._o pa_n 260._o act._n 8._o 12._o &_o 9_o 18._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 17._o against_o b._n pa._n 88_o see_v j._n d._n ap._n sect._n 12._o pa._n 152_o 153_o 154._o deut._n 30._o 6._o rom._n 10._o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o rom._n 4._o 11._o gen._n 17._o 11_o 12_o and_o 26._o 4._o act._n 2._o 38._o gal._n 3._o 26._o 27._o tit._n 3._o 5._o mat._n 20._o 23._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 21._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 30._o matth._n 3._o 6._o 7._o mark_v 1._o 4._o 5._o luk._n 13._o 3._o 16._o matth._n 28._o 19_o 20._o mar._n 16._o 15_o 16._o act._n 2._o 37._o 47._o act._n 8._o 12._o 14._o act_n 9_o 11-17_a act._n 10._o 43-48_a vid._n park_n pol._n ecclesiastica_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 1_o 2_o etc._n etc._n etc._n fen._n theol._n lib._n 7._o park_n de_fw-fr pol._n lib._n 3._o c._n 1._o j._n d._n apol._n 27._o sect._n exam_n pâ—_n 238_o 239_o 240._o 240._o rob._n against_o ber._n pa._n 182._o by_o two_o or_o three_o be_v mean_v the_o mean_a communion_n or_o society_n of_o saint_n with_o or_o without_o officer_n rob._n against_o ber._n certain_a observation_n p._n 4._o only_o he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o true_a visible_a church_n and_o furnish_v with_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n for_o the_o censure_n can_v admonish_v his_o brother_n in_o order_n and_o those_o degree_n which_o the_o word_n prescribe_v mat._n 28._o 15._o 17._o id._n pa_n 99_o the_o power_n as_o to_o receive_v in_o so_o to_o cut_v off_o any_o member_n be_v give_v to_o the_o whole_a body_n together_o of_o every_o christian_a congregation_n and_o not_o to_o any_o one_o member_n apart_o or_o to_o more_o member_n sequester_v from_o the_o whole_a use_v the_o meet_a number_n for_o pronounce_v the_o censure_n id._n pa._n 124-126_a if_o the_o brethren_n have_v liberty_n in_o the_o ordinance_n of_o prophesy_v they_o have_v also_o liberty_n in_o the_o other_o ordinance_n of_o excommunication_n for_o they_o be_v both_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n look_v to_o who_o christ_n give_v the_o one_o key_n of_o knowledge_n to_o they_o he_o give_v the_o other_o key_n of_o discipline_n rob._n against_o bern._n pa._n 238_o 239._o mat._n 28._o 19_o 28._o joh._n 20._o 21_o 22._o &_o 21._o 15_o 16._o gal._n 1._o 1._o joh_n 21._o 22._o whit._n de_fw-fr pont_n q._n 8._o c._n 2._o 3._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 22._o &_o 4._o 1._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 15._o authoritas_fw-la rectorum_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la quidem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la absoluto_fw-la ut_fw-la penes_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la resideat_fw-la cui_fw-la datur_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la conditionali_fw-la ut_fw-la rectoribus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la communicetur_fw-la ad_fw-la totius_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la park_n de_fw-fr polit._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 8._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 7._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 12._o 1._o tim._n 3._o 15._o 1_o cor._n 4._o 1._o act._n 20._o 28._o eph._n 4._o 8._o 11._o 1_o co._n 12._o 28_o 29_o 2_o co._n 5._o 19_o 20._o tit._n 1._o 7._o successor_n habet_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la praedecessor_n alioqui_fw-la non_fw-la verè_fw-la succedit_fw-la but_o pastor_n and_o teacher_n be_v the_o successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n whit._n de_fw-fr pont_n q._n 8._o c._n 3._o fr_n victor_n rel_n 2._o de_fw-la potest_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la q._n 2._o alphons_n de_fw-fr castr_n li._n 2._o c._n 24._o de_fw-la insta_fw-la baret_fw-la whit._n de_fw-fr pont_n q._n 8._o c._n 1._o cham._n panstr_n tom_fw-mi 2._o lib._n 11._o c._n 18._o sect_n 11._o in_o the_o church_n the_o officer_n be_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o people_n who_o service_n the_o people_n be_v to_o use_v for_o administration_n and_o execute_v their_o judgement_n that_o be_v pronounce_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o god_n first_o against_o the_o obstinate_a rob._n against_o ber._n p._n 136._o the_o officer_n in_o the_o church_n be_v both_o christ_n and_o the_o people_n servant_n and_o minister_n id._n p._n 165._o ames_n bel._n enerv_v tom_fw-mi 2._o l._n 3._o c._n 1._o ministri_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la sunt_fw-la ecclesie_n tanquam_fw-la objecti_fw-la circa_fw-la quod_fw-la versantur_fw-la ministri_fw-la sunt_fw-la christi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la principalis_fw-la causae_fw-la &_o domini_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la pendent_fw-la ministri_fw-la sed_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la omnis_fw-la legatus_fw-la in_o causâ_fw-la legationis_fw-la suae_fw-la immediatè_fw-la pendet_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la mittitur_fw-la &_o instrumento_fw-la mandatorum_fw-la in_o corrupto_fw-la est_fw-la indelebili_fw-la indelebili_fw-la we_o deny_v the_o order_n of_o elder_n to_o be_v superior_a to_o the_o order_n of_o saint_n since_o it_o be_v not_o a_o order_n of_o mastership_n but_o of_o service_n rob._n against_o bern._n pa._n 201._o it_o be_v a_o strange_a thing_n that_o man_n can_v have_v no_o command_n over_o their_o servant_n as_o i_o have_v oft_o show_v the_o church-officer_n to_o be_v her_o servant_n id._n p._n 214._o the_o order_n of_o servant_n be_v inferior_a to_o the_o order_n of_o they_o who_o servant_n they_o be_v but_o the_o order_n of_o church-officer_n be_v a_o order_n of_o servant_n and_o they_o by_o office_n to_o serve_v the_o people_n id._n p._n 215._o 227._o heb._n 13._o 1._o pro._n 12._o 19_o &_o 1_o 7._o 23._o gen_n 4._o 4._o 9_o levit._fw-la 19_o 17._o mat._n 18._o 15._o gal._n 6._o 1._o rob._n ag_n bern._n pa._n 230._o exod._n 24._o 37._o deut._n 2._o 14._o &_o 4._o 3._o 4._o &_o 9_o 7._o ezek._n 16._o 6._o 8._o num_fw-la 23._o 48._o 50._o deut._n 29._o 10._o 11_o 12._o josh_n 24._o 1._o 14._o 23_o 24_o 25._o judg._n 2._o 8._o 11._o &_o 3._o 9_o 15._o &_o 6._o 7._o &_o 10._o 10-17_a 2_o chr._n 15._o 12_o 2_o kin._n 11._o 17._o &_o 23._o 3._o 2_o chr._n 34._o 31._o heb._n 10_o 29._o 30_o act._n 2._o 38._o &_o 8._o 37._o &_o 19_o 17_o 18_o 19_o act._n 8._o 37._o whit._n de_fw-fr pontq_fw-fr 1_o ca._n 1._o p._n 14._o ep._n 13._o li._n 3._o rome_n 15._o 14._o heb._n 3._o 13._o bel._n de_fw-fr cler._n li._n â—_o c._n 7._o jun._n animad_fw-la contr_n 5._o l._n c_o 7._o noâ—_n 13._o rom._n 12._o 12._o theod._n hist_o l._n 4._o c._n 6._o aug_n epist_n 110._o &_o 225._o socrat._v hist_o l_o 7._o c._n 34_o 35._o 39_o zozom_n hist_o l._n 2._o c._n 18_o 19_o nazian_n in_o epitaphium_fw-la patris_fw-la evagr._fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 5._o 8._o theod._n hist_o l._n 5._o c._n 23._o jun._n animadver_o in_o bel._n cont_n 5._o l._n 1._o c._n 7._o nor_o 16_o 17._o cartur_fw-la reply_n 2d_o part_n 1._o pa._n 212._o illiris_n catal_a test_n li._n 2._o tit_n ecclesiae_fw-la gubern_n jos_n antiq._n l._n 20._o c._n 18._o c._n 4._o see_v ambros_n de_fw-fr officijs_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 50._o hieron_n ad_fw-la ocean_n &_o epist._n add_v nepotian_n t._n c._n reply_v 1._o pa._n 41._o a_o river_n cathol_n orth_n tract_n 2._o q._n 8._o sect._n 3_o cartw._n reply_v 2._o par_fw-fr 1._o pa._n 273._o to_o baptise_v be_v a_o duty_n of_o the_o pastor_n pastoral_a office_n â—_o d._n apol_n ser._n exam_n pa._n 287._o exam._n of_o text_n pa._n 290._o apol._n exam_n of_o text_n p._n 288._o