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their_o unreverent_a behaviour_n in_o the_o church_n v._o 16._o then_o of_o schism_n v._o 18._o after_o that_o of_o heresy_n vers_n 19_o if_o man_n be_v suffer_v to_o disgrace_v ceremony_n they_o will_v proceed_v further_a to_o contemn_v and_o profane_v the_o sacrament_n as_o in_o corinth_n when_o they_o have_v sit_v cover_v at_o prayer_n they_o grow_v as_o unreverent_a and_o bold_a with_o the_o sacrament_n eat_v and_o drink_v as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v in_o their_o own_o house_n vers_fw-la 22._o it_o be_v therefore_o good_a to_o quench_v the_o spark_n when_o it_o be_v first_o kindle_v lest_o it_o increase_v unto_o a_o great_a flame_n and_o burn_v up_o church_n religion_n and_o all_o iii_o consider_v that_o albeit_o in_o church_n of_o diverse_a kingdom_n the_o unity_n of_o faith_n may_v subsist_v with_o diversity_n of_o ceremony_n and_o order_n according_a to_o that_o say_n of_o gregory_n in_o unâ_fw-la fide_fw-la nil_fw-la officit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la 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disobedient_a with_o the_o severe_a censure_n and_o shall_v not_o the_o king_n majesty_n and_o the_o governor_n of_o our_o church_n enforce_v they_o to_o the_o observation_n of_o our_o order_n which_o have_v be_v establish_v by_o the_o whole_a church_n in_o a_o lawful_a synod_n and_o confirm_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n and_o by_o his_o majesty_n royal_a authority_n oh_o my_o brethren_n deceive_v not_o yourselves_o think_v not_o that_o the_o church_n the_o king_n the_o state_n the_o law_n and_o all_o will_v stoop_v to_o your_o fancy_n no_o if_o you_o will_v not_o obey_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n you_o must_v feel_v the_o weight_n of_o her_o censure_n if_o you_o will_v not_o submit_v yourselves_o unto_o the_o church_n as_o to_o your_o mother_n she_o will_v not_o own_v you_o for_o her_o child_n but_o cast_v you_o out_o as_o hagar_n and_o ishmael_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o abraham_n house_n for_o their_o mock_n and_o proud_a disobedience_n thus_o have_v i_o speak_v at_o 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these_o word_n all_o the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n be_v enjoin_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o her_o sentence_n account_v not_o otherwise_o of_o all_o those_o who_o despise_v her_o admonition_n then_o as_o heathen_a man_n and_o publican_n for_o sit_v tibi_fw-la be_v a_o word_n of_o command_n you_o must_v hold_v they_o for_o such_o and_o that_o you_o may_v the_o better_o conceive_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o phrase_n you_o must_v understand_v that_o our_o saviour_n allude_v unto_o the_o custom_n of_o his_o own_o time_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o st_n paul_n borrow_v a_o phrase_n from_o the_o jewish_a church_n 22._o â—_o cor._n xvi_o 22._o when_o he_o use_v that_o fearful_a imprecation_n if_o any_o man_n love_v not_o the_o lord_n jesus_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n maranatha_n so_o our_o saviour_n here_o borrow_v a_o speech_n from_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o express_v the_o condition_n of_o those_o who_o shall_v be_v excommunicate_v by_o the_o christian_a church_n let_v he_o be_v unto_o thou_o as_o a_o heathen_a man_n and_o a_o publican_n 10
when_o a_o king_n of_o a_o heathen_a become_v a_o christian_n he_o lose_v not_o that_o temporal_a right_n which_o he_o have_v but_o acquire_v a_o new_a right_n in_o the_o spiritual_a good_n of_o the_o church_n so_o if_o afterward_o of_o christian_a he_o become_v heathen_a he_o lose_v the_o new_a right_n which_o he_o have_v acquire_v in_o the_o benefit_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o church_n but_o not_o the_o old_a temporal_a right_n which_o he_o have_v unto_o his_o crown_n so_o bernard_n tell_v the_o pope_n in_o criminibus_fw-la non_fw-la possessionibus_fw-la potestas_fw-la vestra_fw-la the_o church_n have_v power_n to_o censure_v offence_n namely_o with_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n not_o to_o take_v away_o possession_n but_o i_o may_v have_v spare_v this_o labour_n 41._o sect._n 41._o for_o you_o be_v not_o the_o man_n who_o ascribe_v too_o much_o to_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n but_o indeed_o too_o little_a and_o set_v they_o all_o at_o naught_o if_o a_o man_n for_o his_o faction_n &_o disobedience_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n you_o think_v he_o so_o much_o the_o near_a heaven_n as_o one_o who_o have_v witness_v a_o good_a confession_n and_o be_v very_o zealous_a for_o the_o truth_n than_o you_o account_v he_o most_o worthy_a of_o your_o company_n as_o if_o our_o saviour_n have_v say_v if_o he_o refuse_v to_o hear_v the_o church_n let_v he_o be_v unto_o thou_o as_o a_o faithful_a brother_n so_o little_a do_v you_o regard_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o church_n which_o our_o saviour_n have_v command_v you_o to_o obey_v say_v sit_fw-la tibi_fw-la let_v he_o be_v unto_o thou_o as_o a_o heathen_a man_n and_o a_o publican_n for_o which_o he_o give_v a_o reason_n in_o the_o word_n follow_v say_v very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o what_o soever_o you_o bound_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o heaven_n that_o be_v the_o sentence_n pronounce_v by_o the_o church_n be_v ratify_v by_o god_n himself_o here_o i_o can_v dissemble_v the_o injury_n that_o be_v do_v unto_o the_o church_n by_o you_o in_o those_o part_n for_o her_o instruction_n be_v not_o receive_v her_o ordination_n be_v neglect_v her_o determination_n despise_v her_o order_n contemn_v her_o law_n tread_v under_o foot_n her_o censure_n deride_v in_o nothing_o she_o be_v hear_v and_o these_o who_o refuse_v to_o hear_v she_o you_o be_v so_o far_o from_o account_v they_o as_o heathen_n and_o publican_n that_o you_o esteem_v they_o as_o saint_n and_o martyr_n and_o account_v we_o no_o better_o than_o heathen_n publican_n and_o persecuter_n you_o open_a heaven_n only_o to_o those_o that_o be_v of_o your_o faction_n damn_z all_z that_o approve_v not_o your_o fantasy_n and_o so_o condemn_v all_o church_n that_o be_v or_o have_v be_v except_o your_o own_o conventicle_n that_o it_o be_v a_o wonder_n to_o i_o how_o you_o can_v profess_v to_o believe_v the_o holy_a catholic_a church_n for_o never_o any_o ancient_a church_n observe_v these_o order_n which_o you_o seek_v to_o obtrude_v upon_o the_o world_n as_o the_o discipline_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o seepter_n of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o never_o any_o church_n since_o the_o apostle_n day_n want_v our_o order_n which_o you_o reject_v as_o unlawful_a and_o antichristian_a so_o that_o that_o which_o you_o account_v the_o true_a church_n be_v not_o catholic_a and_o that_o church_n which_o be_v catholic_n be_v not_o holy_a thus_o have_v you_o lose_v one_o article_n of_o your_o creed_n it_o be_v so_o with_o the_o donatist_n in_o ancient_a time_n and_o almost_o in_o every_o thing_n their_o course_n be_v so_o like_a unto_o you_o that_o as_o oft_o as_o i_o consider_v your_o opinion_n and_o practice_v i_o do_v remember_v they_o and_o think_v it_o be_v vetus_fw-la fabula_fw-la pernovos_fw-la histriones_fw-la as_o though_o by_o a_o pythagorean_n transmigration_n their_o soul_n have_v take_v up_o their_o mansion_n in_o your_o body_n which_o i_o will_v instance_n in_o some_o particular_n the_o donatist_n do_v not_o only_o separate_v from_o the_o catholic_a church_n but_o most_o arrogant_o esteem_v their_o own_o faction_n to_o be_v the_o only_a true_a christian_n in_o who_o assembly_n salvation_n be_v to_o be_v find_v ecclesiam_fw-la find_v beelesia_n una_fw-la est_fw-la eam_fw-la tu_fw-la frater_fw-la parmeniane_n apud_fw-la â—os_v solos_fw-la esse_fw-la dixisti_fw-la optat_fw-la lib._n 2._o &_o post_n nitimini_n suadere_fw-la hominibus_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la sotos_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la so_o have_v you_o appropriate_v unto_o yourselves_o the_o style_n of_o brethren_n good_a man_n professor_n as_o if_o all_o other_o who_o favour_v not_o your_o faction_n have_v no_o brotherhood_n in_o christ_n no_o interest_n in_o goodness_n make_v no_o true_a profession_n of_o the_o gospel_n the_o catholic_n acknowledge_v the_o donatist_n to_o be_v their_o brethren_n love_v pity_v and_o pray_v for_o they_o 68_o they_o velint_fw-la nolint_fw-la fratres_fw-la nostri_fw-la sunt_fw-la aug_n in_o psal_n 32._o concordate_fw-it nobiscum_fw-la flatter_v diligimus_fw-la vos_fw-la hoc_fw-la vobis_fw-la volumus_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la id._n ep._n 68_o but_o the_o peevish_a schismatickes_n requite_v their_o love_n with_o hatred_n esteem_v they_o no_o better_a than_o pagan_n and_o disdain_v to_o salute_v they_o 4._o they_o isti_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la non_fw-la esâ—is_fw-la fratres_fw-la nostri_fw-la paganos_fw-la nos_fw-la dicunt_fw-la aug_n in_o ps_n 32._o vos_fw-fr odio_fw-la noâ—_n habetis_fw-la fratres_fw-la utique_fw-la vestros_fw-la auditorum_fw-la animus_fw-la infunditis_fw-la odia_fw-la &_o docentes_fw-la ne_fw-la ave_fw-la dicant_fw-la cviquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la optat._n lib._n 4._o so_o albeit_o we_o have_v reach_v forth_o unto_o you_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o fellowship_n yet_o have_v you_o answer_v we_o with_o disdain_n term_v we_o formalist_n time-servers_a worldling_n papist_n arminian_o limb_n of_o antichrist_n and_o no_o better_o than_o reprobate_n but_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o pass_v very_o little_a to_o be_v judge_v of_o you_o for_o all_o your_o malice_n you_o shall_v have_v my_o pity_n and_o my_o prayer_n the_o donatist_n thought_n all_o thing_n pollute_v by_o the_o touch_n of_o catholic_n and_o so_o wash_v their_o church_n wall_n and_o their_o vestment_n break_v their_o chalice_n scrape_v their_o altar_n 6._o altar_n d_o rasistis_n altaria_fw-la fregistis_fw-la calices_fw-la lavastis_fw-la pallas_n paries_n &_o inclusa_fw-la spatia_fw-la salsa_fw-la aqua_fw-la spargi_fw-la praecepistis_fw-la optat._n lib._n 6._o so_o these_o man_n think_v that_o our_o service-booke_n our_o ceremony_n our_o church_n and_o all_o be_v pollute_v with_o the_o papist_n though_o they_o descend_v unto_o they_o from_o the_o ancient_a church_n and_o we_o have_v better_a right_a unto_o they_o than_o they_o have_v and_o therefore_o where_o they_o have_v power_n they_o do_v not_o wash_v the_o church_n but_o in_o a_o sacrilegious_a fury_n pull_v they_o down_o to_o the_o ground_n burn_v the_o vestment_n break_v the_o chalice_n or_o convert_v they_o to_o private_a use_n and_o raze_v the_o altar_n esteem_v a_o beggarly_a cottage_n fit_a for_o god_n service_n than_o a_o magnificent_a temple_n much_o like_o the_o officer_n of_o julian_n who_o when_o they_o see_v the_o holy_a vessel_n of_o the_o church_n cry_v out_o en_fw-fr qualibus_fw-la vasis_fw-la ministratur_fw-la mariae_fw-la filio_fw-la what_o stately_a plate_n be_v this_o for_o the_o carpenter_n son_n the_o donatist_n teach_v that_o the_o efficacy_n of_o sacrament_n depend_v on_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o so_o will_v not_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n from_o any_o but_o such_o as_o they_o esteem_v just_a man_n that_o be_v to_o say_v man_n of_o their_o own_o faction_n 167._o faction_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la dicere_fw-la solent_fw-la tune_n esse_fw-la verum_fw-la baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la come_v ab_fw-la homine_fw-la justo_fw-la datur_fw-la aug._n ep_v 167._o and_o be_v not_o some_o of_o you_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n who_o refuse_v the_o sacrament_n though_o they_o may_v have_v it_o after_o their_o own_o fashion_n only_o because_o the_o minister_n have_v conform_v himself_o unto_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n the_o donatist_n teach_v that_o the_o church_n ought_v not_o to_o tolerate_v evil_a person_n in_o her_o communion_n that_o communion_n with_o such_o person_n pollute_v and_o profane_v the_o church_n and_o that_o therefore_o all_o the_o church_n of_o the_o world_n be_v perish_v because_o they_o communicate_v with_o caecilianus_n 69._o caecilianus_n donatistae_n pertinaci_fw-la dissensione_n in_o heresin_n schisma_fw-la verterunt_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la propter_fw-la crimina_fw-la caeciliani_n de_fw-la toto_fw-la terrarum_fw-la â—â—_o be_v perierit_fw-la aug._n count_v â—pist_v parmen_fw-la l._n 3._o id._n de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la cap._n 69._o and_o be_v it_o not_o upon_o the_o very_a same_o ground_n that_o your_o brethren_n the_o brounist_n do_v run_v both_o out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o out_o of_o their_o wit_n they_o build_v their_o conclusion_n upon_o your_o premise_n
matth._n ix_o 10._o we_o know_v that_o heathen_n and_o publican_n be_v alien_n from_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n 1._o luke_n xv._o 1._o they_o have_v no_o interest_n in_o god_n no_o fellowship_n with_o the_o church_n in_o the_o gospel_n common_o publican_n and_o sinner_n be_v join_v together_o and_o sometime_o publican_n and_o harlot_n and_o the_o apostle_n oppose_v sinner_n of_o the_o gentile_n to_o iâ—wes_n by_o nature_n 15._o matth._n xxi_o 31._o cal._n ii_o 15._o they_o be_v avoid_v in_o common_a conversation_n in_o the_o fellowship_n of_o the_o private_a table_n in_o so_o much_o that_o christ_n be_v often_o tax_v by_o the_o pharisee_n for_o eat_v with_o publican_n 19_o matth._n ix_o 11._o xi_o 19_o and_o especial_o they_o be_v seclude_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o god_n worship_n and_o in_o that_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n put_v between_o the_o heathen_a man_n and_o the_o publican_n the_o heathen_a may_v not_o so_o much_o as_o enter_v into_o the_o temple_n if_o he_o do_v it_o be_v pollute_v act._n xxi_o 28._o he_o have_v bring_v grecian_n into_o the_o temple_n and_o have_v pollute_v this_o holy_a place_n but_o the_o publican_n may_v enter_v into_o the_o temple_n and_o pray_v luk._n xviii_o 10._o but_o he_o must_v not_o partake_v of_o their_o service_n and_o sacrifice_n whereupon_o in_o the_o ancient_a church_n they_o have_v two_o degree_n of_o excommunication_n a_o lesser_a which_o be_v like_o the_o publieane_n separation_n and_o a_o great_a like_o the_o heathen_a man_n separation_n in_o the_o same_o case_n shall_v all_o excommunicate_a person_n be_v amongstus_fw-la we_o shall_v not_o admit_v they_o to_o the_o communion_n of_o our_o sacrament_n and_o public_a prayer_n nor_o converse_v ordinary_o with_o they_o nor_o have_v any_o fellowship_n with_o they_o as_o the_o apostle_n command_v i._n cor._n v._o 13._o put_v away_o therefore_o from_o among_o you_o that_o wicked_a man_n ii_o thess_n iii_o 6._o withdraw_v yourselves_o from_o every_o brother_n that_o walkeeh_n inordinate_o and_o vers_fw-la 14._o have_v no_o company_n with_o they_o this_o be_v to_o esteem_v they_o as_o heathen_a man_n and_o publican_n but_o there_o be_v some_o that_o be_v worse_o to_o person_n excommunicate_a then_o either_o to_o heathen_a man_n or_o to_o publican_n who_o hate_v they_o deprive_v they_o of_o the_o society_n of_o those_o who_o be_v tie_v unto_o they_o by_o natural_a and_o civil_a obligation_n make_v a_o prey_n of_o their_o good_n land_n life_n and_o all_o and_o adjudge_v they_o unto_o hell_n yet_o christ_n say_v only_o sit_fw-la tibi_fw-la sicut_fw-la ethnicus_fw-la not_o sit_v tibi_fw-la plut_z aut_fw-la pejore_fw-la in_o loce_fw-la quam_fw-la ethuicus_fw-la let_v he_o be_v unto_o thou_o as_o a_o heathen_a not_o let_v he_o be_v unto_o thou_o worse_o than_o a_o heathen_a whence_o will_v follow_v i._o that_o we_o be_v not_o to_o hate_v such_o man_n as_o we_o shall_v not_o hate_v heathen_a man_n nor_o publican_n but_o pity_n and_o pray_v for_o they_o it_o be_v true_a we_o shun_v the_o company_n of_o that_o which_o we_o hate_v and_o abhor_v so_o our_o saviour_n will_v have_v we_o to_o shun_v the_o company_n of_o contumacious_a offender_n as_o if_o we_o do_v hate_v they_o but_o not_o to_o hate_v they_o for_o all_o that_o for_o say_v the_o apostle_n yet_o count_v he_o not_o as_o a_o enemy_n ii_o thess_n ii_o 15._o ii_o that_o we_o be_v not_o bar_v from_o all_o commerce_n &_o society_n with_o excommunicate_a person_n not_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n not_o upon_o occasion_n of_o trade_n for_o the_o jew_n do_v traffic_v with_o publican_n and_o heathen_a but_o especial_o not_o to_o give_v they_o good_a counsel_n and_o to_o exhort_v they_o to_o repentance_n this_o last_o be_v require_v by_o the_o apostle_n admonish_v he_o as_o a_o brother_n ii_o thess_n iii_o 15._o the_o fellowship_n then_o that_o be_v forbid_v we_o with_o such_o person_n be_v a_o communion_n in_o god_n worship_n lest_o it_o be_v profane_v by_o they_o as_o also_o 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king_n be_v heathen_a when_o the_o apostle_n exercise_v this_o censure_n and_o yet_o they_o conimaund_v all_o obedience_n to_o be_v give_v unto_o they_o rom._n xvi_o 1._o i._n pet._n ii_o 13._o the_o christian_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n upon_o all_o occasion_n take_v arm_n at_o the_o command_n of_o a_o heathen_a emperor_n and_o st_n augustin_n commend_v they_o for_o their_o faithful_a service_n to_o julian_n that_o apostate_n emperor_n for_o that_o they_o be_v bind_v unto_o he_o as_o subject_n hence_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o church_n though_o she_o have_v never_o so_o much_o strength_n and_o power_n yet_o ought_v not_o can_v not_o excommunicate_v the_o king_n for_o heresy_n apostasy_n or_o any_o other_o crime_n for_o that_o the_o main_a end_n of_o excommunication_n be_v that_o the_o party_n be_v deprive_v of_o all_o society_n of_o the_o faithful_a may_v be_v ashamed_a but_o the_o king_n can_v not_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o company_n of_o any_o one_o within_o his_o 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