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church_n but_o not_o to_o be_v no_o church_n 2._o the_o doctrine_n or_o practice_n of_o a_o church_n may_v be_v erroneous_a hurtful_a 13._o and_o destructive_a to_o holiness_n as_o that_o of_o pergamus_n and_o thyatira_n and_o they_o defend_v it_o and_o yet_o remain_v sound_n in_o other_o point_n they_o cease_v not_o to_o be_v a_o people_n in_o covenant_n with_o god_n and_o they_o can_v be_v declare_v no_o church_n and_o the_o ministerial_a act_n of_o baptise_v invalid_a and_o to_o be_v reiterate_v as_o be_v clear_a in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n though_o idolatrous_a and_o in_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n corrupt_v the_o same_o way_n in_o practice_n and_o doctrine_n who_o christ_n command_v to_o hear_v mat._n 23._o 1_o 2._o far_o more_o for_o a_o sinful_a act_n of_o jurisdiction_n leave_v they_o not_o off_o to_o be_v a_o church_n 3._o how_o can_v it_o be_v clear_a to_o a_o sister-church_n that_o there_o be_v not_o there_o the_o church_n be_v above_o a_o thousand_o or_o 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man_n be_v not_o say_v to_o stir_v up_o his_o office_n ans._n there_o be_v nothing_o here_o to_o weaken_v mr._n r._n for_o 1._o it_o 129._o be_v spare_v time_n to_o leave_v out_o more_o necessary_a signification_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gift_n and_o to_o seem_v to_o put_v upon_o some_o a_o dream_n of_o give_v the_o grace_n of_o justification_n in_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n by_o pprophecy_n by_o lay_v on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n 2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o be_v not_o prefix_v to_o the_o lay_v on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v prefix_v to_o the_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n neglect_v not_o the_o gift_n give_v thou_o by_o prophecy_n than_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_z the_o lay_v on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n so_o that_o with_o mr._n h._n his_o leave_n timothy_n receive_v no_o gracious_a hability_n by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o presbytery_n as_o far_o as_o this_o text_n speak_v so_o that_o the_o pprophecy_n be_v extraordinary_a 1_o tim._n 1._o 18._o and_o the_o gift_n may_v be_v so_o also_o and_o the_o lay_v on_o of_o the_o â—ands_n of_o paul_n 2_o tim._n 1._o 6._o be_v of_o another_o nature_n and_o there_o he_o use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o be_v know_v to_o be_v extraordinary_a for_o the_o give_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n act._n 8._o 17._o which_o magus_n affect_v v_o 19_o it_o be_v true_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v put_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o rare_o act._n 14._o 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 13._o 17_o so_o the_o lay_v on_o of_o 2._o the_o hand_n may_v be_v ordinary_a and_o the_o gift_n give_v by_o pprophecy_n as_o calvin_n beza_n parent_n piscator_fw-la dâ—…i_fw-la cruciger_n the_o gift_n declare_v to_o be_v give_v thou_o by_o prophetical_a revelation_n 1_o tim._n 1._o 18._o as_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n be_v 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that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o like_a judicature_n in_o every_o independent_a congregation_n which_o say_v they_o may_v consist_v of_o seven_o and_o that_o be_v unpossible_a or_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v at_o a_o low_a ebb_n to_o prove_v such_o a_o ordination_n of_o officer_n in_o their_o church_n as_o be_v in_o the_o word_n as_o for_o imposition_n of_o hand_n to_o i_o it_o be_v command_v in_o the_o word_n where_o the_o right_a way_n that_o it_o be_v not_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sudden_o be_v charge_v upon_o timothy_n before_o god_n and_o his_o son_n jesus_n christ_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 21_o 22._o yet_o not_o so_o as_o it_o must_v be_v so_o necessary_a necessitate_v medii_fw-la as_o it_o must_v be_v a_o null_a and_o no_o ordination_n where_o it_o be_v want_v 2._o it_o must_v be_v a_o rite_n of_o designation_n of_o the_o person_n to_o the_o office_n but_o no_o sacramental_a rite_n of_o obsignation_n of_o grace_n as_o papist_n make_v it_o a_o sacrament_n 3._o mr._n h._n fail_v who_o make_v it_o no_o command_n contrary_a to_o 1_o tim._n 5._o 21_o 22._o 4._o this_o place_n 1_o tim._n 4._o 14._o so_o straits_n papist_n that_o bellarmin_n 159._o make_v the_o presbytery_n a_o company_n of_o bishop_n and_o so_o cor._n à _fw-fr lap._n but_o cajetan_n vatablus_n maldonat_n estius_n be_v more_o equitable_a to_o the_o text_n then_o mr._n h._n lyran._n make_v the_o presbytery_n to_o be_v bishop_n mr._n h._n to_o give_v the_o essential_o to_o timothy_n a_o evangelist_n by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n of_o presbyter_n that_o be_v inferior_a to_o evangelist_n that_o be_v superior_a and_o extraordinary_a be_v beyond_o the_o power_n of_o presbyter_n ans._n the_o same_o be_v object_v by_o papist_n and_o by_o prelatical_o as_o tilenus_n and_o other_o what_o will_v mr._n h._n determine_v whether_o timothy_n be_v ordain_v by_o the_o presbytery_n a_o evangelist_n for_o in_o that_o case_n his_o argument_n which_o he_o borrow_v have_v nerve_n or_o a_o presbyter_n for_o some_o 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teacher_n than_o they_o may_v execute_v the_o office_n of_o pastor_n and_o teacher_n for_o alderman_n châ—se_v the_o mayor_n soldier_n the_o general_n yet_o nonè_fw-la of_o they_o can_v execute_v the_o office_n of_o mayor_n and_o general_n ans._n 1._o the_o proposition_n be_v print_v in_o other_o character_n and_o have_v nothing_o find_v in_o it_o nothing_o of_o scripture_n or_o reason_n to_o prove_v it_o and_o be_v a_o needy_a beg_n of_o the_o question_n those_o in_o who_o power_n it_o be_v whether_o any_o shall_v rule_v over_o they_o or_o no_o etc._n etc._n mr._n h._n see_v himself_o wide_o out_o dare_v not_o assume_v but_o it_o be_v in_o the_o people_n power_n whether_o any_o rule_n over_o they_o or_o no_o etc._n etc._n this_o the_o assumption_n must_v be_v or_o the_o argument_n be_v nonsense_n it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o people_n power_n whether_o any_o rule_n over_o they_o or_o no._n more_o wild_a divinity_n be_v scarue_v hear_v of_o it_o must_v then_o be_v in_o man_n power_n whether_o there_o be_v ruler_n apostle_n pastor_n teacher_n in_o the_o church_n and_o government_n or_o none_o at_o all_o but_o anarchy_n and_o confusion_n but_o a_o divine_a institution_n be_v never_o in_o the_o power_n of_o people_n but_o christ_n jesus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v institute_v and_o ordain_v apostle_n pastor_n and_o officer_n in_o his_o house_n eph._n 4._o 11._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 28._o 2._o the_o proposition_n be_v false_a and_o never_o prove_v that_o their_o voluntary_a subjection_n who_o it_o be_v to_o choose_v officer_n give_v formal_o and_o causaâ—iuâ—ly_o right_a of_o rule_v to_o the_o choose_a i_o thus_o resort_v it_o to_o show_v the_o falsehood_n of_o it_o then_o the_o sick_a man_n in_o who_o power_n it_o be_v to_o choose_v thomas_n to_o be_v his_o physician_n and_o no_o other_o man_n he_o give_v causative_o right_a and_o be_v to_o thomas_n to_o be_v a_o physician_n then_o 2._o he_o in_o who_o power_n it_o be_v to_o choose_v john_n and_o no_o other_o to_o build_v he_o a_o house_n he_o in_o who_o power_n it_o be_v to_o choose_v richard_n to_o be_v a_o school_n master_n to_o teach_v his_o son_n and_o no_o other_o schoolmaster_n people_n he_o give_v causative_o right_a and_o be_v to_o the_o party_n john_n so_o choose_v to_o be_v a_o mason_n and_o to_o the_o party_n so_o choose_v richard_n causative_o right_a and_o be_v to_o be_v a_o schoolmaster_n nothing_o more_o false_a john_n be_v a_o mason_n richard_n a_o schoolmaster_n before_o their_o chooser_n be_v bear_v nothing_o follow_v but_o the_o sick_a man_n choice_n make_v thomas_n a_o physician_n not_o simple_o but_o to_o he_o only_o and_o so_o must_v we_o say_v of_o the_o other_o two_o and_o multitude_n of_o other_o example_n and_o â—o_o nothing_o follow_v from_o mr._n h._n his_o argument_n but_o only_o
comprobata_fw-la &_o foelicissimo_fw-la epist._n 42._o vol._n l._n 2._o epist._n 10._o cyprian_a cornelio_n epist._n 45._o al._n l._n 4._o ep._n 8._o cyprian_a antoniano_n de_fw-fr cornelio_n &_o novatiano_n epist._n 42._o al._n l._n 4._o ep._n 2._o cornelius_n factus_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la à _fw-la plarimis_fw-la collegis_fw-la nostris_fw-la qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it aderant_fw-la qui_fw-la aa_o nos_fw-la literas_fw-la honorificas_fw-la &_o â—audabiles_fw-la &_o testimonio_fw-la suae_fw-la praedicationis_fw-la illustres_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la miserunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n pag._n 119._o quod_fw-la vero_fw-la ad_fw-la novatiani_n personam_fw-la pertinet_fw-la quisquis_fw-la ille_fw-la &_o qualiscunque_fw-la est_fw-la christianus_n non_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la si_fw-la episcopus_fw-la tibi_fw-la videtur_fw-la qui_fw-la episcopo_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la à _fw-la sâ—deciâ—_n coepiscopis_fw-la facto_fw-la adulter_fw-la atque_fw-la extraneus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la fieri_fw-la à _fw-la desertoribus_fw-la per_fw-la ambitum_fw-la nititur_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la sit_fw-la à _fw-la chricto_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la per_fw-la tolum_fw-la mundum_fw-la in_o multa_fw-la concorbra_fw-la aivisa_fw-la item_n episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la multorum_fw-la concordi_fw-la numâ—rofitate_fw-la diffusus_fw-la isse_fw-la post_fw-la dei_fw-la traditionem_fw-la post_fw-la connexam_fw-la &_o ubique_fw-la conjunctam_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la unitatem_fw-la humanam_fw-la conetur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la facere_fw-la etc._n etc._n mr._n h._n who_o cry_v out_o against_o i_o because_o i_o teach_v that_o he_o who_o be_v a_o pastor_n of_o one_o church_n be_v a_o pastor_n of_o all_o the_o church_n in_o the_o earth_n may_v cry_v out_o against_o cyprian_a see_v cyprian_n cum_fw-la collegis_fw-la lucio_n papae_fw-la roman_n ep._n 58._o al._n l._n 3._o ep._n 1._o cyprianus_n ad_fw-la stephanum_n de_fw-la martiaâ—o_fw-la arelatensi_fw-la qui_fw-la novatiano_n consensit_fw-la epist._n 67._o aâ—_n l._n 3._o epist._n 13._o in_o all_o which_o this_o be_v clear_a to_o cyprian_a episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la quamvisplures_fw-la episcopi_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la which_o throw_v down_o mr._n h._n his_o way_n of_o a_o pastor_n marry_v to_o one_o single_a congregation_n see_v my_o reverend_a brother_n mr._n baily_n vindication_n of_o his_o dissuasive_a ann_n 1655._o especial_o to_o mr._n cotton_n cap._n 4._o sect_n 2._o pag_n 49_o 50._o there_o be_v a_o equality_n of_o jurisdiction_n in_o this_o age_n among_o the_o church_n but_o that_o these_o writer_n mean_v not_o single_a congregation_n as_o such_o that_o every_o congregation_n have_v power_n to_o call_v and_o depose_v officer_n i_o do_v not_o concide_v for_o they_o deny_v a_o supremacy_n cabâ—…_n to_o the_o church_n they_o speak_v of_o here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rome_n constantinople_n but_o these_o as_o mother_n cathedral_n church_n not_o as_o single_a congregation_n claim_v supremacy_n as_o here_o also_o they_o ascribe_v jurisdiction_n to_o associate_v church_n observe_v also_o that_o they_o say_v the_o form_n of_o government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v almost_o like_a to_o popular_a government_n not_o a_o democracy_n itself_o it_o be_v like_a in_o time_n of_o persecution_n the_o meeting_n of_o christian_n be_v early_o in_o the_o morning_n at_o the_o time_n of_o receive_v of_o heathen_n to_o baptism_n in_o which_o all_o the_o christian_n as_o well_o as_o the_o one_o baptise_v congregation_n be_v interest_v and_o in_o the_o lord_n day_n act_n of_o discipline_n have_v be_v few_o the_o magdeburgenses_n tell_v we_o from_o justinus_n from_o plinius_n his_o epistle_n to_o trajan_n 8â—_n from_o eusebius_n l._n 4._o c._n 23._o as_o dienysius_fw-la corinthus_n in_o that_o place_n say_v they_o read_v the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n a_o pastor_n exhort_v to_o follow_v what_o be_v read_v the_o whole_a company_n stand_v up_o and_o pray_v and_o receive_v the_o lord_n supper_n and_o thereby_o oblige_v themselves_o to_o walk_v as_o christian_n not_o to_o kill_v not_o to_o whore_n etc._n etc._n by_o doctor_n and_o ruler_n minister_n be_v ordain_v as_o the_o history_n â—3_n of_o the_o apostle_n john_n witness_n and_o cast_v of_o lot_n in_o the_o election_n of_o pastor_n hence_o the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o clergy_n no_o shadow_n of_o a_o male-church_n here_o tortullian_n show_v that_o in_o church-meeting_n there_o be_v exhortation_n athan._n correction_n and_o divine_a censure_n and_o the_o whole_a elder_n that_o be_v approve_v rule_n in_o the_o meeting_n elder_n faith_n he_o who_o have_v obtain_v that_o honour_n not_o by_o price_n but_o by_o a_o good_a testimony_n now_o this_o be_v do_v by_o the_o whole_a congregation_n meet_v for_o public_a prayer_n can_v not_o be_v do_v by_o the_o people_n and_o by_o woman_n except_o consent_v for_o tertullian_n say_v de_fw-fr veland_n virg_n non_fw-la permittitur_fw-la muliâ—ri_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la loqui_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la docere_fw-la nec_fw-la tingere_fw-la eusebius_n l._n 6._o c._n 8._o when_o origen_n be_v ordain_v bishop_n sai_z and_o cyprian_a l._n 2._o epist._n 10._o ad_fw-la coâ—nâ—l_n all_o the_o near_a bishop_n of_o the_o province_n come_v and_o lay_v hand_n on_o he_o prasente_a plebe_fw-la say_v cyprian_n the_o four_o age_n show_v what_o be_v true_a and_o false_a antiquity_n and_o whereas_o there_o be_v in_o the_o begin_n thereof_o a_o sad_a desolation_n through_o the_o persecution_n of_o dioclesian_n so_o also_o there_o come_v a_o change_n in_o a_o glorious_a manner_n most_o sudden_o by_o constantine_n eusebius_n l._n 3._o de_fw-la vita_fw-la constan._n mention_n the_o synod_n of_o nice_a famous_a like_o the_o meeting_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o pentecost_n act_v 2._o as_o the_o magdeburgenses_n cen_n 4._o c._n 2._o p_o 2._o say_v now_o since_o the_o gospel_n be_v spread_v through_o europe_n africa_n and_o asia_n as_o eusebius_n and_o as_o aâ—kanafius_n from_o the_o east_n to_o the_o west_n and_o the_o magdeburgenses_n cite_v julius_n firmicus_n maternus_n optat._n milevitanus_fw-la basilius_n teach_v that_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n be_v all_o the_o 72._o world_n over_o where_o the_o sun_n do_v shine_v east_n and_o west_n south_n and_o north._n let_v the_o impartial_a reader_n judge_n if_o it_o have_v a_o shadow_n of_o reason_n that_o the_o church_n who_o send_v commissioner_n to_o this_o famous_a synod_n of_o nice_a be_v only_o congregational_a church_n 1._o the_o magdeburgenses_n set_v down_o numerous_a and_o famous_a 11._o church_n in_o asia_n in_o palestine_n caesâ—rea_n tyrus_n and_o zidon_n in_o gaza_n arabia_n syria_n mesopotamia_n pamphilia_n cilicia_n lydia_n phrygia_n biâ—hynia_n hâ—llespontus_n galatia_n paphlagâ—nia_n cappadocia_n persia_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o isle_n in_o europe_n in_o africa_n most_o of_o all_o send_v messenger_n to_o this_o synod_n what_o a_o assembly_n must_v this_o be_v if_o petty_a congregational_a church_n send_v commissioner_n what_o house_n can_v contain_v they_o there_o be_v 2._o a_o catalogue_n of_o bishop_n send_v to_o this_o synod_n before_o this_o call_v overseer_n and_o prapositi_fw-la by_o cyprian_a not_o pastor_n simple_o of_o one_o single_a congregation_n 3._o eusebius_n tell_v of_o provincial_a synod_n and_o so_o of_o provincial_a 2._o church_n which_o must_v have_v send_v commissioner_n there_o be_v a_o synod_n of_o tyrus_n under_o constantint_n a_o synod_n in_o sâ—lâ—ucia_n see_v the_o magdeburgenses_n 4._o the_o number_n of_o those_o add_v to_o the_o church_n say_v that_o they_o can_v not_o only_o be_v congregational_a church_n theodoret_n say_v that_o constantine_n write_v to_o eusebius_n nicomediensis_n there_o synodi_fw-la be_v a_o great_a multitude_n in_o the_o town_n name_v from_o himself_o add_v to_o the_o church_n so_o that_o they_o behove_v to_o be_v divide_v into_o many_o church_n and_o who_o will_v deny_v this_o to_o be_v a_o presbyterial_a church_n nicephorus_n say_v when_o constantine_n be_v baptize_v more_o than_o twelve_o thousand_o man_n beside_o woman_n and_o child_n be_v baptize_v and_o many_o add_v to_o the_o church_n it_o be_v apparent_a the_o very_a nature_n of_o christian_a religion_n require_v congregational_a and_o synodical_a meeting_n galerius_n maximinus_n have_v give_v toleration_n for_o christian_a religion_n though_o he_o condemn_v the_o religion_n itself_o incontinent_a in_o every_o city_n congragation_n be_v erect_v and_o synod_n or_o presbytery_n keep_v say_v the_o magdeburgeuse_n from_o eusâ—bius_n donatist_n excuse_v their_o separation_n from_o the_o church_n because_o in_o 14._o communion_n of_o the_o sacrament_n mali_fw-la maculent_fw-la bonos_fw-es august_n for_o ordination_n and_o election_n of_o minister_n by_o the_o vote_n and_o lay_v on_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o pastor_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n without_o the_o device_n of_o a_o male-congregation_n destitute_a of_o officer_n see_v the_o magdeburgenses_n cent_n 4._o c._n 6._o p._n 244_o 245._o who_o cite_v bosil_n epist._n 58._o ad_fw-la mâ—lâ—t_fw-la thâ—â—dor_n l._n 1._o c._n 19_o the_o epistle_n of_o the_o niâ—â—nâ—_n council_n to_o they_o of_o alexandria_n as_o thâ—â—doret_n cite_v it_o l._n 4._o c._n 10._o the_o history_n of_o ambroâ—â—us_n
mediolâ—…_n as_o secrate_v have_v it_o l._n 4._o c._n 30_o etc._n etc._n say_v the_o same_o see_v magdiburg_n vol._n 3._o cant_fw-la 11._o c._n 6._o p._n 140._o see_v vol._n 3._o cent_n 13._o c._n 6._o p._n 260_o 261._o the_o magdeburgenses_n say_v the_o reason_n of_o multiply_v of_o officer_n bishop_n presbyter_n deacon_n lector_n canon_n exorcist_n 307._o etc._n etc._n be_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o age_n ecclesiastic_a congregation_n begin_v to_o be_v multiply_v 2._o metropolitan_o archbishop_n bishop_n deacon_n archdeacon_n in_o rome_n in_o constantinople_n as_o sozomen_n l._n 4._o c._n 2._o in_o alexandria_n as_o sozomen_n l._n 7._o c._n 19_o and_o optat._n milâ—vitanus_n l._n 1._o contr_n parmen_fw-la and_o the_o 14_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o neocaesarea_n ordain_v that_o in_o amplu_fw-fr civitatibus_fw-la in_o large_a city_n there_o shall_v not_o be_v above_o seven_o deacon_n now_o sense_n and_o reason_n will_v say_v there_o can_v be_v no_o ground_n of_o appoint_v such_o a_o number_n of_o officer_n if_o rome_n constantinople_n antioch_n alexandria_n have_v be_v all_o one_o single_a congregation_n meet_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d within_o the_o same_o wall_n and_o not_o a_o large_a presbyterial_a church_n 3._o they_o must_v be_v great_a stranger_n to_o rome_n who_o know_v not_o that_o there_o be_v at_o rome_n many_o church_n and_o meeting-place_n consecrate_v to_o the_o saint_n and_o that_o the_o synod_n of_o nice_a as_o ruffian_n and_o athanasius_n say_v ordain_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o care_n for_o the_o church_n of_o the_o suburb_n as_o the_o magdeburgenses_n say_v yet_o all_o be_v call_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n see_v the_o magd._a burgense_n vol._n 2._o cent_n 5._o c._n 6._o p._n 357_o 358._o of_o the_o church_n mixture_n of_o wheat_n and_o chaff_n see_v aâ—gustins_n aâ—eam_fw-la and_o prosper_n who_o say_v evil_a man_n if_o they_o infect_v not_o must_v be_v tolerate_v and_o the_o good_a not_o separate_v from_o because_o of_o the_o evil_n know_v to_o be_v such_o otherwise_o donatus_n and_o his_o never_o teach_v man_n to_o separate_v from_o latent_fw-la hypocrite_n which_o be_v seem_v and_o visible_a saint_n as_o also_o they_o must_v be_v tolerate_v that_o they_o may_v be_v convert_v augustine_n assert_v a_o catholic_a integral_n visible_a church_n in_o ps._n 56._o corpus_fw-la autem_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la aâ—â—_n illa_fw-la ecclâ—sâ—a_fw-la sed_fw-la tâ—tâ—_n orbe_fw-la diffusa_fw-la for_o the_o whole_a church_n say_v he_o be_v make_v up_o of_o all_o the_o faithful_a have_v christ_n for_o their_o head_n for_o the_o ordination_n of_o pastor_n 378._o by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o hand_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n seâ—_n the_o magdeburgenses_n so_o be_v chrysostoâ—â—â—_n ordain_o consâ—nsu_fw-la cleri_fw-la &_o populi_fw-la constantinopolitanis_n as_o socrates_n l._n 6._o c._n 2._o and_o sozomen_n l._n 8._o c._n 2._o witness_n so_o say_v augustine_n that_o not_o the_o church_n of_o carthage_n only_o and_o of_o numidia_n sed_fw-la propinquiores_fw-la episcopi_fw-la the_o near_a bishop_n and_o pastor_n lay_v on_o hand_n see_v the_o magdeburg_n for_o association_n of_o church_n see_v the_o magdeb._n vol._n 2._o cont_n 5._o c._n 7._o p._n 417_o 418._o 422_o 493._o the_o magdeburgenses_n tell_v we_o of_o famous_a and_o celebrious_a church_n 66._o in_o the_o six_o age_n in_o asiâ—â—_n africa_n and_o europe_n in_o renown_a câ—â—ies_n which_o have_v eminent_a bishop_n in_o they_o and_o new_a church_n builâ—_n especial_o justiman_n the_o emperor_n build_v in_o constantinople_n in_o thraâ—iâ—_n the_o noble_a church_n of_o sophia_n incomparable_a for_o magnificence_n to_o any_o inthe_a world_n say_v eâ—agrâ—us_n and_o nicephorus_n and_o where_o there_o be_v many_o place_n of_o meeting_n for_o worship_n in_o great_a city_n constantinopie_n autiâ—ch_n the_o church_n of_o that_o city_n must_v be_v presbyterial_n not_o congregational_a to_o sound_a antiquity_n that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n can_v not_o meet_v congregational_o the_o multitude_n of_o church_n dedicate_v to_o saint_n do_v evince_v magdeb._n cent_n 6._o c._n 6_o p._n 181._o quod_fw-la saepe_fw-la in_o publicis_fw-la locis_fw-la romae_fw-la christiani_n ad_fw-la sacra_fw-la peragenda_fw-la convenerint_fw-la â—estantur_fw-la innuâ—era_fw-la â—lla_fw-la delubra_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sabellico_n expressa_fw-la ut_fw-la templum_fw-la cosinae_fw-la &_o damiani_n saturnii_n vaticanum_n batjonae_fw-la sopâ—iae_fw-la euphemiae_fw-la marcelli_n pancratii_fw-la mentionâ—â—â—_n facit_fw-fr gregorius_n papa_n templorum_fw-la petri_n &_o pâ—â—li_fw-la romae_fw-la agathae_n caesaâ—ii_fw-la martyris_fw-la &_o julâ—i_n mariae_fw-la agnetis_fw-gr &_o foelicitatis_fw-la stephani_fw-la andreae_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v true_a many_o of_o these_o church_n say_v the_o magdeburgâ—â—ses_n be_v build_v not_o so_o much_o for_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n as_o for_o superâ—…_n etc._n yet_o no_o sober_a man_n can_v say_v the_o christianâ—_n in_o roâ—â—_n can_v mâ—â—â—_n in_o one_o congregation_n but_o that_o many_o church_n be_v needful_a see_v for_o association_n of_o church_n the_o magdeburgâ—â—s_n that_o the_o visible_a church_n be_v make_v up_o of_o good_a and_o evil_n see_v the_o magdeburg_n who_o â—iâ—e_v hayme_v and_o other_o though_o in_o this_o and_o former_a age_n gross_a corruption_n daily_o grow_v so_o the_o magdeburgâ—â—ses_n vol._n 3._o cent_n 10._o cite_v thophylact_v for_o the_o same_o and_o vol._n 3._o câ—nt_fw-la 12._o c._n 7._o p._n 457_o 458._o and_o cent_n 13._o c._n 4._o p._n 185._o the_o magdeburgenses_n ascribe_v the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n matth._n 182._o 16._o to_o peter_n represent_v pastor_n and_o for_o this_o they_o cite_v theophylactus_n and_o radulphus_fw-la ausbertus_n ausâ—…s_o give_v so_o the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v to_o the_o priest_n eâ—â—â—_n in_o evang._n as_o excommunication_n shouâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o church_n the_o priest_n for_o when_o the_o priest_n excommunicate_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o church_n act_v in_o he_o see_v the_o magdeb._n cent_n 11._o ausel_n in_o mat._n 18._o quâ—râ—â—_n reâ—â—seritis_fw-la nec_fw-la 〈◊〉_d apostolis_n sed_fw-la â—â—nibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la prâ—…_n haec_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o concesâ—â—_n est_fw-la see_v the_o magdeburgâ—nses_n cite_v the_o schoolman_n thomas_n aquâ—â—â—â—_n bâ—…tura_n albertus_n to_o this_o purpose_n also_o for_o the_o note_n of_o the_o true_a church_n in_o the_o dark_a midnight_n of_o popery_n petr._n waldensis_n in_o france_n ann_n 1160._o teach_v the_o same_o with_o we_o and_o yet_o mr._n hooker_n refuse_v these_o mark_n tell_v we_o truth_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o time_n and_o excellent_o do_v the_o twelf_v age_n agree_v with_o the_o first_o age._n of_o pet._n waldensis_n be_v the_o waldenses_n the_o sincere_a part_n of_o the_o church_n give_v testimony_n against_o the_o daily_a grow_a corruption_n of_o rome_n the_o magdeburgenses_n in_o their_o preface_n to_o the_o three_o volume_n of_o their_o history_n cent._n 10._o sunt_fw-la autem_fw-la notâ—_n 〈◊〉_d soâ—_n propâ—â—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d gaâ—manae_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la ecclisiae_fw-la christi_fw-la verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la predicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sacramentoruâ—_n usus_a iustitutâ—â—_n à _fw-la christo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d study_v conjunctus_fw-la these_o man_n know_v true_a antiquity_n well_o hâ—…_n wâ—lif_n jerome_n of_o prague_n and_o the_o renown_a martyr_n of_o christ_n seal_v with_o their_o blood_n the_o same_o truth_n as_o antiquity_n witness_n of_o they_o mr._n 〈◊〉_d call_v the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n a_o common_a adjunct_n of_o the_o church_n but_o we_o appeal_v to_o antiquity_n though_o the_o scripture_n be_v above_o all_o for_o a_o warrant_n of_o their_o church_n 207._o tertullian_n offend_v at_o such_o who_o say_v the_o apostle_n be_v ignorant_a of_o any_o thing_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n give_v the_o key_n to_o open_a and_o 〈◊〉_d heaven_n which_o secret_n the_o people_n know_v not_o and_o the_o apostle_n dâ—_n that_o in_o open_v and_o sâ—utting_v heaven_n which_o only_o god_n can_v 618._o 〈◊〉_d 482._o christ_n gaâ—â—_n the_o kâ—…_n &_o per_fw-la â—um_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la to_o peter_n and_o by_o he_o to_o the_o châ—rch_n epiphâ—niâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d assâ—â—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d universal_a integral_a church_n though_o the_o tongue_n be_v divers_a and_o god_n keep_v careful_o his_o church_n spread_v through_o all_o the_o world_n as_o dwell_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o house_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o in_o pâ—rygia_n cilicia_n and_o paâ—phylia_n only_o but_o all_o the_o world_n over_o and_o he_o cite_v that_o of_o christ_n this_o can_v be_v a_o congregation_n dei_fw-la lactantius_n be_v for_o our_o note_n of_o the_o church_n not_o for_o mr._n h._n the_o phâ—yges_n novatiani_n valentiniani_n marcionitae_n authae_fw-la piani_fw-la aut_fw-la aâ—riani_n leave_v off_o to_o be_v christian_n that_o then_o be_v the_o only_a catholic_a church_n which_o retain_v the_o true_a worship_n of_o god_n eusebius_n pamphil._n facit_fw-la the_o church_n be_v diffuse_v all_o the_o world_n over_o east_n and_o west_n south_n and_o north._n he_o expound_v matth._n 16._o the_o church_n upon_o the_o rock_n to_o be_v
of_o the_o church_n c._n 1._o sect_n 1._o pag._n 2._o prop._n 3._o for_o all_o the_o join_n of_o faithful_a christian_n into_o the_o fellowship_n and_o estate_n of_o a_o church_n we_o find_v not_o in_o scripture_n that_o god_n have_v do_v it_o any_o other_o way_n than_o by_o enter_v all_o of_o they_o together_o as_o one_o man_n into_o holy_a covenant_n with_o himself_o to_o take_v the_o lord_n as_o the_o head_n of_o his_o church_n for_o their_o god_n and_o to_o give_v themselves_o to_o he_o and_o one_o to_o another_o in_o his_o fear_n etc._n etc._n m._n r._n 5_o arg_n p._n 83_o 84._o read_v for_o this_o a_o judicious_a piece_n of_o my_o reverend_a and_o learned_a brother_n mr._n r._n baily_n his_o dissuasive_a from_o the_o error_n of_o the_o time_n and_o the_o dissuasive_a vindicate_v an._n 1675._o all_o be_v convert_v in_o ordinary_a by_o private_a man_n or_o by_o no_o pastor_n by_o our_o brethren_n way_n survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 11._o p._n 55._o by_o our_o brethren_n pastor_n convert_v not_o indian_n way_n of_o the_o church_n c._n 1._o pro._n 5._o sect_n 2._o p._n 6_o 7_o 8._o survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 4._o 7._o p._n 87._o the_o way_n of_o our_o brethren_n do_v destroy_v the_o ministry_n calv._n com._n gal._n 2._o incitavit_fw-la ad_fw-la sanciendum_fw-la ministerii_fw-la societatem_fw-la pelican_n ib._n synod_n paulus_n primarius_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inter_fw-la apostolos_fw-la pareus_n in_o collegium_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la nos_fw-la receperunt_fw-la pisc._n i_fw-mi pro_fw-la apostolo_n agnoverunt_fw-la diodati_n beza_n symbolum_n nostrae_fw-la consensionis_fw-la dextram_fw-la dederunt_fw-la hieronym_n gal._n 2._o many_o church_n may_v put_v forth_o a_o church-power_n upon_o one_o church_n associate_v as_o james_n cephas_n and_o john_n gal._n c._n 2._o as_o apostle_n receive_v paul_n into_o the_o college_n of_o apostle_n pag._n 88_o some_o chief_a and_o ordinary_a church-prophesying_a and_o church-praying_a be_v give_v to_o the_o unofficed_a church_n 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latter_a be_v absurd_a for_o both_o peter_n and_o magus_n be_v visible_a saint_n let_v any_o man_n help_v m._n h._n in_o his_o metaphysic_n here_o 2._o aristotle_n long_o ago_o teach_v we_o that_o there_o be_v no_o contradiction_n both_o when_o the_o contradiction_n be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o there_o be_v a_o mid_n betwixt_o a_o visible_a saint_n as_o m._n hooker_n mean_v and_o a_o no_o visible_a saint_n for_o his_o visible_a saint_n be_v one_o who_o by_o the_o church_n be_v judge_v a_o real_a convert_n and_o his_o no_o visible_a saint_n be_v one_o who_o be_v judge_v no_o real_a convert_n example_n of_o the_o former_a be_v peter_n or_o magus_n a_o example_n of_o the_o latter_a be_v a_o unbaptised_a pagan_a so_o judge_v now_o the_o mid_n to_o we_o simon_n magus_n when_o he_o be_v baptize_v and_o we_o teach_v that_o philip_n and_o the_o church_n of_o samaria_n neither_o
redeem_v of_o the_o lord_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v call_v seek_v out_o a_o city_n not_o forsake_v mr._n h._n p._n 37._o that_o only_o the_o invisible_a church_n have_v right_a to_o the_o seal_n draw_v many_o absurdity_n the_o adversary_n of_o grace_n will_v hardly_o be_v gain_v ans._n true_a if_o you_o mean_v external_a sign_n and_o ecclesiastic_a right_n if_o all_o israel_n be_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o charity_n within_o the_o way_n covenant_n we_o must_v indeed_o believe_v visible_a murmurer_n idolater_n fornicator_n backslider_n worshipper_n of_o heathen_a god_n 1_o cor._n 10._o 1_o 2_o 3._o exod._n 16._o 1_o 2._o psal._n 78._o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o such_o as_o slay_v their_o son_n and_o their_o daughter_n to_o molech_n open_o under_o every_o green_a tree_n psal._n 106._o 35_o 36_o 37_o 38_o 39_o jer._n 7._o 30_o 31._o hos_fw-la 4._o 13._o jer._n 3._o 2_o 3._o isa._n 57_o 8_o 9_o 10._o ezek._n 16._o 31_o 32_o 33_o 34._o to_o be_v real_a convert_n and_o all_o and_o many_o 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the_o visible_a church_n do_v give_v the_o seal_n orderly_o to_o such_o who_o have_v no_o right_n to_o they_o i_o confess_v such_o be_v my_o feebleness_n that_o i_o see_v not_o how_o this_o can_v be_v avoid_v how_o have_v hypocritical_a professor_n right_a to_o the_o seal_n not_o as_o member_n visible_a for_o mr._n r._n say_v p._n 249._o the_o visible_a church_n as_o the_o visible_a church_n have_v no_o right_a unto_o the_o seal_n as_o invisible_a they_o can_v give_v none_o for_o they_o have_v none_o to_o give_v ans._n be_v it_o not_o conscience_n to_o the_o truth_n i_o will_v be_v silent_a of_o the_o infirmity_n of_o this_o pious_a man_n 1._o it_o be_v a_o good_a salve_n for_o it_o become_v not_o mr._n h._n with_o arminian_n and_o socinian_o to_o impeach_v the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o holy_a one_o because_o he_o appoint_v the_o give_v of_o the_o seal_n baptism_n to_o judas_n and_o to_o magus_n who_o have_v no_o right_a true_a and_o real_a in_o foro_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n and_o in_o his_o holy_a intention_n as_o i_o speak_v p._n 248_o 249._o to_o the_o seal_n and_o the_o grace_n seal_v nor_o to_o the_o engraven_a law_n and_o god_n teach_v of_o the_o heart_n and_o to_o perseverance_n and_o i_o divine_n cite_v pag._n 249._o jer._n 32._o 38_o 39_o &_o 31._o 33._o and_o pag._n 244_o 245._o par_fw-fr 1._o psal._n 89_o 33_o 34_o 35_o 36_o 37._o isa._n 54._o 10._o all_o which_o place_n mr._n h_n never_o look_v on_o the_o face_n but_o suppress_v they_o all_o then_o let_v mr._n h._n clear_a the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n in_o appoint_v a_o ministerial_a and_o pastoral_a offer_n of_o covenant-mercy_n christ_n pardon_v the_o anoint_v the_o new_a heart_n life_n eternal_a to_o be_v make_v to_o such_o as_o magus_n and_o judas_n the_o traitor_n 2._o whereas_o he_o say_v the_o distinction_n of_o voluntas_fw-la beneplaciti_fw-la and_o voluntas_fw-la approbans_fw-la contain_v apparent_a contradiction_n it_o seem_v he_o never_o hear_v of_o this_o distinction_n allow_v by_o the_o reform_a church_n and_o that_o he_o join_v with_o the_o arminian_n who_o teach_v that_o this_o distinction_n place_v in_o god_n two_o contrary_a will_n and_o that_o he_o will_v and_o decree_n one_o thing_n from_o eternity_n and_o command_n and_o approve_v the_o contrary_a to_o his_o creature_n hence_o there_o must_v be_v guile_n and_o dissimulation_n and_o no_o serious_a deal_n in_o the_o lord_n command_n say_v arminius_n corvinus_n and_o the_o arminian_n at_o the_o conference_n at_o hague_n and_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n 3._o hence_o it_o be_v that_o mr._n h._n will_v have_v the_o same_o very_a right_n give_v by_o the_o approve_a will_n of_o god_n to_o member_n that_o be_v give_v by_o the_o decree_n just_o as_o vorstius_n will_v have_v the_o promise_n and_o threaten_n
the_o elect_n pag._n 39_o 40._o and_o such_o rot_a one_o as_o magus_n and_o judas_n 2._o how_o a_o false_a and_o a_o true_a right_n can_v come_v from_o the_o same_o command_n of_o god_n let_v mr._n h._n judge_n last_o it_o be_v poor_a to_o say_v how_o come_v hypocritical_a professor_n to_o have_v right_a to_o the_o seal_n as_o visible_a member_n they_o have_v none_o as_o invisible_a member_n they_o have_v none_o for_o such_o they_o be_v not_o ans._n true_a they_o be_v not_o but_o mr._n h._n give_v they_o the_o same_o right_n with_o invisible_a member_n quo_fw-la jure_fw-la let_v he_o show_v ergo_fw-la the_o church_n must_v give_v they_o no_o seal_n or_o give_v they_o seal_n when_o she_o can_v know_v they_o have_v any_o right_n for_o indeed_o they_o have_v none_o that_o be_v true_a and_o real_a ans._n the_o church_n do_v obey_v christ_n in_o give_v they_o seal_n and_o it_o well_o follow_v ergo_fw-la the_o church_n give_v they_o seal_n when_o she_o can_v know_v they_o have_v any_o right_n to_o wit_n internal_a and_o real_a which_o be_v a_o save_a privilege_n of_o special_a note_n in_o the_o mediator_n to_o the_o seal_n include_v sign_n and_o the_o grace_n signify_v for_o so_o only_o they_o do_v belong_v in_o the_o lord_n intention_n and_o eternal_a decree_n to_o real_a believer_n not_o to_o magus_n and_o judas_n except_o mr._n h._n will_v stand_v for_o arminian_n universal_a grace_n and_o say_v that_o god_n intend_v the_o same_o save_a grace_n in_o ordinance_n and_o seal_n to_o peter_n and_o john_n and_o likewise_o to_o pharaoh_n and_o magus_n chap._n xvii_o whether_o the_o visible_a church_n as_o visible_a can_v bear_v these_o style_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n of_o the_o redeem_a of_o god_n the_o spouse_n of_o christ_n etc._n etc._n mr._n h._n say_v these_o thing_n may_v well_o be_v give_v to_o the_o visible_a 40._o church_n those_o over_o who_o officer_n be_v set_v to_o feed_v they_o by_o doctrine_n and_o discipline_n must_v needs_o be_v the_o visible_a 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10_o 11._o mich._n 3._o 5_o 6._o zach_n 11._o 8_o 15_o 16._o then_o must_v the_o key_n and_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v be_v first_o in_o the_o people_n not_o in_o the_o officer_n who_o be_v separable_a adjunct_n as_o our_o brethren_n say_v the_o garment_n of_o the_o church_n not_o part_n of_o the_o church_n as_o garment_n be_v not_o part_n of_o a_o man_n last_o mr._n h._n can_v build_v his_o new_a house_n but_o by_o raise_v the_o foundation_n stone_n of_o all_o our_o worthy_a protestant_a divine_n and_o father_n 623._o who_o prove_v that_o the_o pope_n shall_v hear_v the_o general_a council_n from_o matth._n 18._o so_o chrysost._n hom_n 85._o in_o joan._n orig._n hom_n 7._o in_o ezek._n august_n ssrm._n 49._o de_fw-fr ver_fw-la domini_fw-la cyprian_a jewel_n apolo_n c._n 8._o div_o 2._o page_n 55._o tho._n mort._n appel_n protest_v l._n 4._o c._n 2._o sect_n 8._o page_n 451._o 452._o aene._n sylu._n in_o gest._n conc._n basil._n fol._n 5._o 51._o rom._n pont._n non_fw-la audist_n eccles._n christum_fw-la non_fw-la audiet_fw-la and_o riu._n catho_n ortho._n to_o 1._o tract_n 1._o q._n 8._o papist_n that_o be_v sound_a as_o gerson_n almain_n occum_n cusanus_fw-la contarenâ—â—s_fw-la caâ—etanus_n ferus_fw-la toletus_n menochius_fw-la maldonatus_fw-la etc._n etc._n say_v the_o pope_n be_v a_o brother_n and_o aught_o to_o hear_v the_o church_n mr._n h._n the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n stand_v for_o the_o whole_a church_n say_v mr._n r._n ans._n see_v how_o strange_o shall_v that_o sound_n to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n i._n e._n to_o the_o church_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n ans._n this_o be_v a_o poor_a consequence_n it_o be_v know_v there_o be_v often_o two_o trope_n in_o one_o word_n the_o word_n angel_n be_v put_v for_o many_o remove_v angel_n as_o didoclavius_n and_o other_o learned_a author_n from_o psal._n 34_o 7._o prove_v and_o then_o these_o many_o overseer_n be_v put_v for_o the_o church_n and_o 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mr._n h._n it_o be_v say_v act_n 18._o 22._o paul_n salute_v the_o church_n at_o jerusalem_n it_o can_v be_v think_v in_o reason_n that_o the_o elder_n only_o be_v salute_v because_o the_o scope_n of_o paul_n be_v to_o confirm_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o disciple_n and_o therefore_o have_v a_o eye_n to_o the_o weak_a and_o those_o that_o want_v his_o sweet_a refresh_n who_o hear_v of_o his_o arrival_n and_o assemble_v to_o give_v comfortable_a entertainment_n to_o he_o and_o to_o be_v comfort_v by_o he_o ans._n the_o argument_n must_v then_o be_v thus_o if_o any_o paul_n salute_v and_o kiss_v for_o so_o be_v the_o original_a word_n as_o many_o as_o he_o confirm_v and_o encourage_v in_o the_o way_n of_o grace_n at_o jerusalem_n but_o he_o confirm_v in_o that_o way_n all_z and_o every_o one_o man_n woman_n servant_n rich_a poor_a ergo_fw-la he_o kiss_v they_o all_o and_o salute_v they_o all_o let_v mr._n h._n see_v to_o the_o conclusion_n it_o be_v all_o his_o own_o 2._o the_o argument_n 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the_o prophet_n use_v they_o be_v frequent_o follow_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o the_o evangelist_n and_o apostle_n it_o be_v clear_a our_o saviour_n mat._n 18._o depart_v not_o from_o the_o receive_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n use_v by_o the_o septuagint_n and_o so_o the_o word_n tell_v the_o church_n have_v a_o better_a warrant_n to_o be_v expound_v tell_v the_o ruler_n then_o tell_v all_o the_o faithful_a man_n woman_n child_n and_o servant_n therefore_o the_o suspicion_n be_v so_o strong_a as_o mr._n h._n say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o parallel_n text_n for_o this_o signification_n of_o a_o male-church_n exclude_v woman_n and_o officer_n who_o
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by_o your_o own_o grant_n 2._o what_o ground_n be_v there_o in_o the_o word_n that_o the_o brethren_n alone_o 18._o because_o man_n shall_v only_o be_v mooned_z by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o institute_v church_n in_o the_o gospel_n or_o the_o 〈◊〉_d church_n of_o believer_n partaker_n of_o all_o the_o ordinance_n exclude_v woman_n and_o such_o child_n and_o servant_n since_o there_o 〈◊〉_d neither_o make_v nor_o female_a bind_v nor_o free_a to_o be_v regard_v in_o the_o condtion_n of_o believe_v visible_a saint_n gal._n 3._o 28._o 〈◊〉_d 9_o 14._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 21_o 22._o so_o be_v not_o this_o very_a like_a to_o the_o respect_n of_o person_n condemn_v by_o the_o apostle_n iâ—…_n ch_n 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o when_o brethren_n because_o of_o their_o sex_n and_o head_n of_o family_n must_v be_v the_o only_a church_n of_o believer_n build_v upon_o the_o rock_n the_o body_n of_o christ_n the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n the_o redeem_a of_o god_n partaker_n of_o all_o the_o precious_a ordinance_n and_o 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and_o scandalous_a therefore_o what_o mr._n ball_n and_o mr._n r._n say_v touch_v they_o must_v be_v consider_v if_o the_o power_n be_v in_o the_o whole_a church_n first_o then_o must_v the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v in_o all_o the_o member_n first_o also_o if_o logic_n have_v place_n and_o if_o it_o be_v in_o all_o then_o it_o be_v in_o woman_n how_o come_v it_o to_o woman_n show_v the_o scripture_n and_o whereas_o mr._n h._n say_v the_o whole_a church_n be_v terrible_a as_o a_o army_n with_o banner_n it_o say_v the_o church_n rule_v and_o conquer_a by_o the_o key_n both_o of_o knowledge_n and_o jurisdiction_n be_v make_v up_o of_o rule_v commander_n and_o rule_v soldier_n not_o of_o a_o number_n of_o only_a brethren_n and_o soldiery_n act_n of_o rule_v for_o of_o the_o church_n that_o bear_v the_o key_n mr._n h._n must_v now_o speak_v in_o woman_n mr._n r._n will_v know_v for_o that_o terribleness_n be_v in_o act_n of_o discipline_n not_o a_o little_a if_o all_o be_v terrible_a 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cor._n 5._o 1â—_n both_o which_o express_a act_n of_o proceed_v in_o a_o judicial_a way_n the_o whole_a may_v censure_v the_o part_n they_o be_v superior_a as_o officer_n when_o they_o keep_v the_o rule_n but_o inferior_a as_o member_n and_o in_o submission_n when_o they_o break_v the_o rule_n ans._n there_o be_v little_a logic_n in_o divide_v the_o power_n of_o private_a judge_n which_o every_o one_o owe_v to_o another_o no_o man_n be_v a_o church_n to_o his_o brother_n into_o a_o power_n of_o rebuke_v and_o a_o power_n of_o church-judging_a for_o that_o 1_o cor._n 5._o 12._o be_v the_o church-judging_a by_o excommunication_n so_o the_o face_n be_v where_o the_o neck_n shall_v be_v 2._o the_o rebuke_v mat._n 18._o 15._o be_v indeed_o in_o order_n to_o church-rebuking_a and_o to_o excommunication_n yea_o to_o rebuke_n be_v a_o duty_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n leu._n 19_o 17._o ps._n 141._o 5._o but_o by_o mr._n h._n his_o way_n i_o must_v rebuke_v none_o but_o offender_n of_o my_o own_o congregation_n may_v i_o not_o then_o rebuke_v but_o hate_v brethren_n of_o another_o congregation_n for_o so_o moses_n expound_v leu._n 19_o 17._o 3._o if_o to_o rebuke_v be_v a_o judicial_a church-rebuking_a i_o pray_v you_o may_v not_o woman_n rebuke_v woman_n and_o man_n both_o and_o labour_n to_o gain_v they_o if_o they_o trespass_n and_o to_o tell_v the_o church_n sure_o abigail_n pilate_n wife_n sarah_n and_o other_o godly_a woman_n do_v rebuke_v counsel_n and_o complain_v of_o offence_n and_o they_o be_v not_o exempt_v from_o this_o duty_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n do_v not_o then_o m._n h._n clothe_v woman_n with_o a_o church-power_n and_o why_o but_o as_o jezabel_n and_o wanton_a widow_n be_v censurable_a rev._n 2._o 20._o 1_o tim._n 2._o 12._o may_v they_o not_o rebuke_v and_o it_o appear_v that_o a_o brother_n must_v forgive_v until_o seventy_o seven_o time_n for_o upon_o this_o occasion_n peter_n move_v the_o question_n mat._n 18._o 15_o 21_o 22._o but_o not_o so_o woman_n age_a child_n and_o servant_n for_o they_o must_v be_v less_o apt_a to_o forgive_v then_o man_n 3._o if_o mr._n h._n so_o much_o please_v himself_o in_o dichotomy_n why_o but_o to_o these_o two_o he_o may_v have_v add_v 2_o cor._n 2._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o forgive_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o comfort_v and_o other_o also_o as_o teach_v dichotomy_n exhort_v all_o which_o can_v be_v take_v from_o woman_n servant_n age_a child_n except_o you_o exâ—me_v they_o from_o the_o law_n of_o love_n and_o howbeit_o the_o rebuker_n be_v the_o superior_a as_o he_o rebuke_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o true_a in_o a_o unjust_a rebuker_n for_o he_o be_v inferior_a yet_o either_o too_o much_o shall_v be_v take_v from_o or_o too_o much_o give_v to_o godly_a woman_n by_o mr._n h._n his_o way_n mr._n h._n object_n if_o the_o people_n shall_v censure_v the_o pastor_n than_o there_o shall_v be_v pastor_n of_o pastor_n and_o the_o sheep_n shall_v be_v shepherd_n not_o the_o sheep_n ans._n the_o consequence_n be_v feeble_a because_o the_o people_n judge_v not_o as_o officer_n but_o as_o member_n of_o the_o whole_a to_o who_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o common_a law_n of_o combination_n they_o have_v subject_v themselves_o to_o be_v order_v for_o the_o common_a good_a ans._n mr._n h_n father_v not_o this_o argument_n upon_o i_o nor_o upon_o any_o of_o we_o but_o stapleton_n grego_n de_fw-fr valen._n toletus_n pererius_n esthius_n and_o other_o papist_n who_o urge_v the_o like_a to_o exime_fw-la their_o pastor_n clergy_n from_o be_v subject_n to_o civil_a power_n own_o the_o argument_n for_o then_o the_o shepherd_n shall_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o sheep_n which_o be_v not_o absurd_a in_o diverso_fw-la causarum_fw-la genere_fw-la but_o these_o who_o give_v power_n as_o officer_n to_o excommunicate_v be_v here_o rule_v by_o such_o as_o have_v that_o power_n and_o such_o to_o wit_n the_o people_n and_o flock_n have_v that_o power_n have_v the_o key_n 2._o 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stead_n beseech_v we_o to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 20._o their_o foot_n be_v pleasant_a because_o of_o their_o message_n and_o in_o this_o have_v power_n above_o rule_v elder_n and_o those_o who_o serve_v table_n act._n 6._o and_o above_o the_o brethren_n and_o church_n as_o be_v send_v of_o god_n with_o pastoral_a power_n not_o only_o vi_o materiae_fw-la by_o virtue_n of_o their_o command_n but_o as_o in_o a_o epistle_n be_v speak_v judicious_o to_o this_o purpose_n by_o mr._n tho._n goodwin_n and_o mr._n philip_n nye_n by_o reason_n of_o key_n their_o ministerial_a authority_n now_o how_o they_o can_v be_v equal_a in_o commission_n of_o judge_v to_o the_o people_n be_v the_o question_n for_o as_o the_o woman_n be_v independent_a in_o regard_n of_o intrinsical_v power_n of_o consent_v or_o dissent_v in_o point_n of_o marriage_n the_o parent_n directive_n power_n of_o command_v extrinsical_a as_o the_o judicious_a prefacer_n say_v so_o the_o fraternity_n be_v the_o only_a judge_a society_n by_o they_o yea_o mr._n h._n say_v the_o elder_n be_v superior_a to_o the_o fraternity_n or_o brethren_n i_o will_v he_o have_v say_v to_o the_o sister_n also_o in_o office_n rule_n other_o act_n and_o exercise_n and_o in_o manage_v the_o censure_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d overseer_n by_o hen._n 13._o 17._o how_o be_v leader_n and_o overseer_n in_o the_o same_o manage_n of_o censure_n equal_a in_o power_n and_o not_o above_o those_o who_o they_o lead_v and_o oversee_v yea_o to_o who_o they_o be_v to_o yield_v obedience_n as_o mr._n h._n cite_v to_o that_o purpose_n the_o place_n heb._n 13._o 17._o be_v parent_n equal_a in_o power_n who_o do_v command_v the_o virgin_n who_o it_o be_v to_o consent_v to_o the_o marriage_n 3._o let_v the_o godly_a reader_n consider_v whether_o the_o brethren_n though_o believer_n yet_o ignorant_a of_o the_o mystery_n of_o balaams_n doctrine_n and_o of_o jezobil_n teach_v rev._n 2._o and_o of_o the_o learning_n and_o qualification_n of_o pastor_n and_o of_o the_o deep_a and_o subtle_a heresy_n for_o which_o pastor_n must_v be_v cast_v out_o be_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n equal_a in_o judicial_a power_n and_o try_v of_o doctor_n and_o pastor_n with_o the_o ruler_n who_o office_n it_o be_v to_o know_v more_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n than_o brethren_n and_o whether_o be_v they_o by_o divine_a institution_n so_o mr._n h._n if_o ruler_n alone_o have_v power_n to_o excommunicate_v by_o mat._n 199._o 18._o than_o may_v three_o elder_n excommunicate_v 400_o or_o 500_o brethren_n and_o if_o so_o ruler_n shall_v not_o only_o censure_v the_o fraternity_n but_o destroy_v themselves_o for_o where_o no_o flock_n be_v but_o all_o be_v excommunicate_v there_o be_v no_o shepherd_n beside_o as_o ames_n say_v a_o body_n 25._o can_v be_v cast_v out_o of_o itself_o ans._n 1._o observe_v in_o all_o these_o six_o argument_n there_o be_v not_o one_o jot_n of_o scripture_n but_o the_o one_o magna_fw-la 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retain_v its_o essence_n shall_v be_v cast_v out_o of_o itself_o no_o judge_n can_v proper_o punish_v himself_o but_o the_o presbytery_n and_o synod_n may_v declare_v a_o synagogue_n of_o satan_n to_o be_v a_o synagogue_n of_o satan_n 4._o it_o be_v against_o the_o meekness_n of_o christ_n and_o not_o warrant_v by_o any_o scripture_n that_o faithful_a pastor_n that_o be_v pastor_n to_o the_o universal_a church_n shall_v be_v unpastor_v because_o this_o or_o that_o particular_a flock_n to_o which_o they_o be_v send_v leave_v off_o to_o be_v the_o flock_n of_o christ_n that_o be_v as_o much_o as_o because_o they_o be_v faithful_a in_o his_o house_n christ_n will_v have_v they_o cast_v out_o of_o his_o house_n the_o argument_n will_v conclude_v that_o the_o church_n excommunicate_v all_o the_o officer_n destroy_v itself_o of_o this_o before_o also_o
chap._n iu._n mr._n ruthurfurd_n argument_n that_o prove_v that_o the_o people_n be_v not_o the_o first_o subject_n of_o the_o key_n be_v vindicate_v from_o the_o unsatisfy_a answer_n of_o mr._n hooker_n mr._n h._n that_o be_v not_o to_o be_v hold_v that_o be_v neither_o in_o scripture_n 200._o direct_o nor_o by_o consequence_n but_o that_o beliver_v lay_v hand_n on_o man_n for_o the_o ministry_n or_o receive_v witness_n or_o have_v in_o they_o any_o such_o power_n of_o government_n be_v such_o so_o mr._n r._n etc._n etc._n ans._n the_o first_o three_o argument_n touch_v not_o the_o question_n for_o office-power_n be_v formal_o in_o some_o select_a person_n who_o have_v a_o ministerial_a spirit_n and_o gift_n mr._n robinson_n say_v the_o government_n before_o and_o under_o the_o law_n and_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o still_o now_o be_v not_o in_o the_o multitude_n but_o in_o some_o chief_a man_n but_o it_o follow_v not_o because_o office-power_n which_o be_v a_o little_a part_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v in_o officer_n therefore_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v first_o in_o the_o officer_n but_o first_o in_o they_o who_o give_v both_o the_o power_n and_o the_o office_n and_o therefore_o have_v a_o power_n before_o they_o give_v it_o and_o therefore_o can_v take_v it_o away_o ans._n mr._n h._n have_v quick_o expede_v my_o argument_n with_o 12._o veni_fw-la vidi_fw-la vici_fw-la it_o be_v a_o scorn_n to_o say_v without_o all_o proof_n that_o the_o office-power_n be_v a_o little_a part_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n for_o the_o includent_fw-la by_o no_o logic_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o thing_n include_v the_o city_n be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o the_o house_n which_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o city_n but_o the_o contrary_a now_o the_o office-power_n in_o ruler_n include_v preach_v key_n administrate_v of_o the_o seal_n as_o mr._n h._n grant_n and_o also_o it_o include_v a_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v and_o of_o ordain_v since_o 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promise_v the_o power_n or_o key_n or_o the_o power_n in_o its_o essence_n actu_fw-la primo_fw-la to_o the_o same_o person_n he_o promise_v shall_v exercise_v the_o specific_a act_n of_o the_o power_n and_o the_o second_o act_n that_o must_v be_v the_o first_o formal_a subject_n to_o which_o god_n promise_v a_o â—…sonable_a soul_n and_o the_o second_o and_o specific_a act_n of_o discourse_v and_o that_o must_v be_v essential_o a_o man_n now_o unoffice_v brethren_n be_v not_o ambassador_n but_o they_o be_v only_o these_o to_o who_o the_o ambassador_n and_o officer_n be_v send_v 2._o by_o mr._n h._n the_o â—eyes_n must_v in_o their_o official_a power_n begve_v to_o peter_n as_o represent_v the_o guide_n â—nd_v also_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n in_o the_o power_n of_o rule_v must_v be_v give_v to_o peter_n as_o to_o the_o first_o subject_n represent_v believer_n if_o the_o text_n speak_v this_o it_o be_v a_o new_a conceit_n that_o never_o a_o interpreter_n dream_v of_o and_o it_o must_v be_v make_v out_o that_o peter_n iâ—_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o text_n in_o that_o twofold_a relation_n but_o that_o peter_n bind_v and_o lose_v on_o earth_n be_v act_n of_o office_n or_o at_o least_o include_v act_n of_o office_n and_o act_n both_o of_o concional_a and_o also_o juridical_a remit_v and_o retain_v of_o sin_n and_o who_o despise_v peter_n and_o the_o officer_n in_o either_o despise_v christ_n and_o he_o that_o send_v he_o be_v clear_a and_o that_o remit_v and_o retain_v sin_n be_v a_o bind_v and_o lose_v can_v be_v deny_v and_o that_o remit_v before_o and_o retain_v of_o sin_n flow_v from_o christ_n call_v the_o disciple_n to_o a_o office_n be_v as_o clear_v john_n 20._o 21._o as_o my_o father_n apostle_v i_o so_o send_v i_o you_o receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o sin_n you_o pardon_v they_o be_v pardon_v etc._n etc._n and_o that_o this_o be_v a_o clear_a commission_n to_o peter_n and_o all_o officer_n in_o he_o to_o exercise_v a_o official_a power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v be_v apparent_a by_o this_o text_n if_o by_o any_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n but_o mr._n h._n against_o this_o clear_a text_n say_v here_o pastor_n have_v good_a warrant_n for_o their_o office_n power_n because_o the_o church_n have_v receive_v power_n to_o admit_v choose_v and_o refuse_v officer_n etc._n etc._n but_o because_o mr._n r_o say_v they_o have_v clear_a commission_n for_o the_o key_n both_o in_o power_n v_o 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o the_o act_n and_o exercise_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o what_o thou_o shall_v bind_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o heaven_n but_o though_o the_o place_n be_v clear_a and_o all_o interpreter_n teach_v it_o yet_o will_v not_o mr_n h._n grant_v
that_o by_o mat._n 16._o 〈◊〉_d peter_n and_o other_o church-officer_n christ_n give_v both_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n or_o the_o key_n and_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o power_n v_o 10._o i_o will_v give_v to_o thou_o the_o key_n and_o whosoever_o thou_o shall_v bind_v etc._n etc._n and_o if_o mr._n h._n say_v not_o this_o he_o shall_v be_v force_v to_o say_v that_o these_o to_o wit_n the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n and_o actual_a exercise_n of_o the_o key_n which_o be_v clear_o hold_v forth_o v_o 19_o be_v give_v to_o peter_n so_o confess_v christ_n that_o be_v as_o he_o represent_v all_o believer_n so_o confess_v christ._n and_o so_o all_o such_o must_v have_v both_o the_o key_n and_o the_o formal_a exercise_n of_o pastoral_a bind_n for_o that_o pastoral_a bind_n be_v give_v to_o peter_n v_o 19_o and_o brethren_n and_o woman_n so_o confess_v must_v pastoral_o bind_v v_o 19_o then_o how_o can_v a_o official_a power_n be_v give_v to_o peter_n as_o he_o represent_v this_o male-church_n upon_o a_o mere_a allegiance_n as_o to_o the_o place_n matth._n 28._o 19_o it_o abundant_o preach_v warrant_v the_o disciple_n to_o a_o office-power_n but_o the_o question_n yet_o remain_v whether_o this_o place_n matth._n 16._o especial_o do_v not_o warrant_v more_o clear_o pastor_n as_o pastor_n to_o both_o the_o power_n and_o exercise_v of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n and_o by_o this_o to_o thou_o will_v i_o give_v the_o key_n must_v yet_o have_v this_o sense_n i_o will_v give_v the_o key_n to_o thou_o peter_n as_o represent_v both_o the_o pastor_n and_o believer_n of_o the_o male_a professor_n only_o yet_o peter_n give_v not_o that_o bless_a confession_n as_o a_o apostle_n but_o as_o a_o believer_n enlighten_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o father_n aboâ—e_v flesh_n and_o blood_n nor_o be_v peter_n as_o a_o apostle_n build_v upon_o the_o rock_n and_o above_o the_o prevail_a temptation_n of_o satan_n and_o hell_n except_o we_o hold_v from_o this_o place_n the_o pope_n infallibility_n but_o it_o be_v good_a that_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o by_o this_o place_n the_o key_n must_v be_v give_v to_o peter_n as_o represent_v the_o officer_n also_o for_o here_o say_v mr._n h._n pastor_n may_v have_v good_a warrant_n for_o their_o office_n power_n then_o be_v the_o thing_n we_o contend_v for_o also_o grant_v if_o m._n h._n will_v prove_v the_o other_o that_o here_o the_o male_a church_n exclude_v woman_n have_v good_a warrant_n as_o the_o first_o and_o proper_a subject_n to_o challenge_v the_o power_n and_o exercise_v of_o the_o key_n here_o speak_v of_o matth._n 16._o he_o have_v indeed_o perform_v a_o great_a point_n but_o this_o remain_v that_o the_o reader_n be_v leave_v in_o the_o mist_n what_o to_o make_v of_o our_o brethren_n way_n by_o these_o word_n upon_o this_o rock_n will_v i_o build_v my_o church_n and_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o it_o nor_o be_v it_o fair_a argue_v to_o flee_v to_o the_o old_a testament_n say_v judicious_a mr._n firmin_n because_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n numb_a 8._o 10._o lay_v testament_n hand_n upon_o the_o levite_n for_o what_o if_o one_o say_v moses_n the_o magistrate_n lay_v on_o hand_n 2._o if_o it_o be_v a_o good_a warrant_n where_o officer_n be_v as_o in_o the_o place_n be_v aaron_n son_n yet_o the_o people_n only_o and_o not_o the_o presbytery_n though_o there_o be_v a_o sufficient_a one_o must_v lay_v on_o hand_n 3._o aanon_n as_o mr._n firmin_n note_v verse_n 14._o complete_v the_o ordination_n for_o he_o do_v wave_v those_o levite_n before_o the_o lord_n 2._o how_o be_v it_o prove_v that_o moses_n gather_v the_o whole_a people_n numb_a 8._o 10._o thou_o shall_v gather_v the_o whole_a assembly_n the_o whole_a church_n and_o they_o shall_v offer_v they_o in_o sacrifice_n say_v vatablus_n and_o by_o that_o 87._o say_v menochius_fw-la who_o collect_v from_o r._n stephanus_n vatablus_n and_o other_o they_o do_v not_o author_v it_o ative_o ordain_v the_o levite_n but_o give_v over_o to_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o service_n the_o levite_n deut._n 31._o 20._o gather_v to_o i_o all_o the_o elder_n v_o 30._o and_o moses_n speak_v into_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o congregation_n rehal_o junius_n diâ—dati_n english_a divine_v they_o consent_v to_o the_o call_v of_o the_o levite_n cyrillus_n alexandrinus_n and_o cyprian_a tertullian_n as_o leo_n magnus_n also_o say_v the_o people_n choose_v or_o the_o levite_n be_v call_v they_o be_v then_o present_a so_o beda_n praebere_fw-la lyranus_fw-la junius_n piscator_fw-la ainsworth_n say_v a_o part_n of_o the_o people_n lay_v on_o hand_n on_o the_o levite_n cajetan_a and_o lorinus_n the_o prince_n of_o the_o tribe_n in_o place_n of_o the_o people_n lay_v on_o hand_n and_o consent_v quia_fw-la offerens_fw-la say_v lyra_n debâ—bat_fw-la ponere_fw-la manum_fw-la super_fw-la oblationem_fw-la svam_fw-la so_o diodati_n they_o imitate_v such_o as_o offer_v by_o lay_v on_o the_o hand_n on_o the_o oblation_n now_o 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18._o 1._o 1_o cor._n 5_o 1_o 2._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 22._o and_o elsewhere_o we_o read_v of_o but_o one_o juridical_a censure_n by_o the_o whole_a court_n and_o of_o one_o sentence_n if_o he_o hâ—aâ—_n not_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v not_o apostle_n but_o liar_n rev._n 2._o 2._o jezabel_n shall_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o teach_v who_o can_v dream_v that_o these_o wâ—…_n first_o conclude_v dogmatical_o or_o aught_o to_o have_v be_v so_o câ—…ded_v by_o the_o officer_n in_o one_o court_n and_o then_o be_v conclude_v juridical_o by_o the_o male_a church_n 3._o these_o word_n tâ—â—l_v the_o church_n whether_o must_v they_o be_v then_o tâ—…ll_o the_o officer_n that_o they_o may_v dogmatical_o determine_v or_o tell_v the_o male-church_n that_o they_o may_v juridical_o determine_v and_o yet_o one_o of_o these_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o the_o church_n by_o our_o brethren_n way_n or_o 3_o tell_v the_o church_n of_o redeem_a one_o which_o be_v their_o only_a church_n the_o first_o be_v our_o church_n of_o ruler_n which_o they_o can_v endure_v the_o other_o two_o can_v subsist_v 4._o who_o give_v rule_v elder_n a_o joint_a power_n to_o preach_v juridical_a sentence_n which_o must_v bind_v the_o unofficed_a brethren_n as_o the_o preach_v word_n of_o god_n for_o they_o have_v no_o call_n to_o labour_n in_o the_o word_n and_o doctrine_n 1_o tim._n 5._o 17_o and_o how_o can_v they_o preach_v except_o they_o be_v send_v rom._n 10._o 14_o 15_o 5._o how_o can_v rude_a and_o unlettered_a man_n who_o labour_v not_o in_o the_o word_n and_o doctrine_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o office_n dogmatical_o resolve_v deep_a point_n of_o heresy_n more_o than_o unofficed_a brethren_n and_o predetermine_v their_o conscience_n shall_v the_o roll_a elder_n lip_n that_o way_n preserve_v knowledge_n and_o shall_v they_o as_o the_o messenger_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n with_o the_o pastor_n carry_v the_o word_n of_o god_n so_o bind_v other_o what_o they_o do_v in_o synod_n be_v a_o 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they_o accuse_v peter_n before_o the_o apostle_n epiphanius_n think_v câ—rinthâ—s_o set_v they_o on_o work_n beza_n they_o chide_v it_o be_v like_a say_v gualther_n the_o apostle_n do_v not_o understand_v this_o but_o they_o accuse_v noâ—_n peter_n but_o calvin_n well_o observe_v peter_n willing_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n and_o render_v a_o account_n to_o the_o apostle_n and_o church_n and_o what_o be_v that_o but_o a_o synod_n mr._n h._n his_o answer_n be_v one_o with_o that_o of_o the_o jesuit_n lorinus_n and_o cornelius_n that_o he_o give_v out_o of_o humility_n a_o account_n to_o the_o people_n not_o to_o the_o apostle_n for_o he_o be_v above_o the_o apostle_n mr._n h._n act._n 21._o the_o elder_n be_v occasional_o 〈◊〉_d they_o prescribe_v nothing_o â—o_o paul_n ans._n it_o seem_v calvin_n take_v up_o the_o mind_n of_o luke_n 〈◊〉_d for_o he_o say_v hence_o we_o may_v gather_v when_o any_o serious_a business_n be_v to_o loc_n do_v the_o elder_n 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ejus_fw-la tempore_fw-la plerosque_fw-la châ—nanaeoâ—um_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la pertiâ—uisse_fw-la existimat_fw-la pineda_n in_o job_n cap._n 1._o ver_fw-la 1._o nu._n 75._o c._n 4._o ecce_fw-la docuisti_fw-la multos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o publicum_fw-la doctorem_fw-la populi_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjecti_fw-la when_o job_n live_v even_o before_o the_o law_n and_o before_o moses_n see_v theodoret_n epitome_n divinorum_fw-la decretorum_fw-la l._n 5._o de_fw-la creatione_fw-la origen_n homil._n 4._o supper_n ezek._n euseb._n l._n 1._o demonst._n evang._n cap._n 3._o moses_n videtur_fw-la septimus_fw-la ab_fw-la abrahamo_fw-la job_n quintus_fw-la the_o visible_a church_n as_o visible_a be_v not_o the_o first_o and_o principal_a subject_n of_o the_o seal_n according_a to_o their_o substance_n of_o the_o new_a heart_n perseverance_n etc._n etc._n the_o olive_n tree_n rom._n 16._o 15._o not_o the_o visible_a congregation_n as_o visible_a but_o as_o it_o 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which_o they_o be_v bear_v of_o believe_a parent_n &_o baptize_v and_o must_v reside_v in_o a_o convenient_a nearness_n to_o the_o assembly_n of_o saint_n church-duty_n of_o warning_n teach_v comfort_a rebuke_v be_v by_o no_o word_n of_o christ_n restrict_v to_o one_o single_a congregation_n pag._n 47._o experimental_a knowledge_n of_o the_o spiritual_a fitness_n one_o of_o another_o before_o the_o erect_n of_o a_o congregation_n be_v warrant_v by_o no_o word_n of_o god_n whatever_o mr._n h._n say_v on_o the_o contrary_n pag_n 47_o 48._o mr._n cawdreys_n review_n c._n 3._o p._n 104._o pag_n 48_o 49_o 50_o no_o covenant_n in_o the_o n._n testament_n tie_v any_o to_o christian_a duty_n in_o one_o only_a congregation_n otherwise_o than_o as_o providential_a converse_v with_o they_o afford_v which_o be_v in_o sister-churche_n also_o how_o d._n bilson_n abuse_v the_o place_n mat._n 18._o see_v bilson_n the_o perfect_a government_n of_o christ_n church_n c._n 4_o p._n 18_o 19_o etc._n etc._n he_o mistake_v both_o our_o conclusion_n &_o our_o argument_n it_o be_v against_o our_o saviour_n purpose_n to_o limiâ—…_n the_o gain_n of_o a_o trespass_v brother_n mat._n 28._o to_o the_o only_a one_o congregation_n of_o which_o the_o offend_a brother_n be_v a_o member_n fix_o the_o unedifying_a and_o cruel_a inconvenience_n that_o come_v to_o the_o soul_n of_o believe_a merchant_n sojourner_n who_o be_v visible_a saint_n by_o the_o church_n engagement_n to_o one_o only_a single_a congregation_n part_v 1_o c._n 4._o pag._n 50._o the_o reason_n for_o this_o church-covenant_n from_o the_o privilege_n of_o a_o city_n be_v nought_o and_o much_o against_o this_o will_n worship_n cawdery_n review_n c._n 104._o pag._n 106_o 107._o rutherfurd_n due_a right_n of_o pres._n par_fw-fr 2._o pag_n 328_o 329._o mr._n john_n cotton_n his_o judicious_a tractate_n of_o the_o key_n ch_n 3._o pag._n 17._o the_o way_n of_o the_o church_n of_o n._n e._n ch_n 6._o sect_n 1._o pag_n 103_o and_o sect_n 2._o 16._o mr._n hooker_n survey_v par_fw-fr 3._o c._n 2._o p._n 10._o ch._n 6._o sect._n 1_o pag._n 103._o the_o text_n that_o call_v the_o church_n a_o city_n be_v nothing_o for_o the_o congregational_a engagement_n the_o apostle_n note_v eph._n 4._o the_o catholic_a elect_n church_n as_o also_o heb._n 12._o the_o way_n of_o the_o church_n of_o n._n e._n c._n iii_o sect_n 1._o pag._n 53._o ibid._n ch_n 4._o sect_n 6._o pag._n 82._o mr._n h._n survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 2._o pag._n 15._o theodoret._n electos_fw-la occumenius_n fideles_fw-la quorum_fw-la nomina_fw-la scripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la calvin_n marlorat_n câ—â—lestem_fw-la ergo_fw-la jerusalem_fw-la intelligit_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la extruenda_fw-la erat_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la angelus_n fâ—niculum_fw-la ejus_fw-la ab_fw-la oriente_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o occidentem_fw-la exteâ—dit_fw-la piscat_fw-la qui_fw-la electi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la luk._n 10._o english_a annotation_n diodati_n the_o universal_a church_n pareus_n com._n est_fw-la igitur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la invisibilis_fw-la electorum_fw-la quam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la catholican_n credimus_fw-la in_o symbol_n sed_fw-la a_o omnes_fw-la hebraei_n erant_fw-la primogeniti_fw-la electi_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la dicit_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la accessisse_fw-la cajetan_n ecclesiaâ—_n apostolorum_fw-la &_o discipulorum_fw-la immediatorum_fw-la christi_fw-la qui_fw-la conscripti_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la divinae_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la estius_fw-la filios_fw-la dei_fw-la per_fw-la adoptionem_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la electi_fw-la beza_n in_o locum_fw-la ecclesiâ—m_fw-la corpori_fw-la comparat_fw-la cujus_fw-la anima_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la calv._n particula_fw-la universalis_fw-la omnes_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la credant_fw-la hoc_fw-la enick_n synecdochicè_fw-la de_fw-la praedestinatis_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la à _fw-la paulo_n dicitur_fw-la â—i_fw-la namque_fw-la soli_fw-la in_o unitatem_fw-la fidei_fw-la perveviunt_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la electi_fw-la sunt_fw-la rom._n 8._o 30._o zanch._n in_o loc_n constat_fw-la oorpus_fw-la hoc_fw-la ex_fw-la eâ—ectis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la membris_fw-la coagmentatis_fw-la christo_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la nostras_fw-la ro._n bodiâ—â—_n à _fw-la trocheregia_fw-la vir_fw-la nobili_fw-la genere_fw-la naâ—us_fw-la com._n &_o praelection_n in_o eph._n 4._o v._n 12_o 13._o pag._n 511._o 512._o haec_fw-la pâ—rro_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la compactio_fw-la sive_fw-la coagmentatio_fw-la bifariam_fw-la promovetur_fw-la primo_fw-la cum_fw-la nova_fw-la subinde_fw-la membra_fw-la ad_fw-la corporis_fw-la huius_fw-la compagem_fw-la adsciscuntur_fw-la fide_fw-la donantur_fw-la &_o christo_fw-la capiti_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la inseruntur_fw-la deinde_fw-la quando_fw-la jam_fw-la vocati_fw-la &_o christo_fw-la insâ—â—i_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la &_o charitate_fw-la magis_fw-la magisque_fw-la proficiunt_fw-la siquidem_fw-la utroque_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la corpus_fw-la hoc_fw-la mysticum_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la tendit_fw-la pag._n 513._o donec_fw-la omne_fw-la membra_fw-la ergo_fw-la catholicam_fw-la eccleâ—â—â—â—_n militantem_fw-la intelligit_fw-la non_fw-la modò_fw-la ad_fw-la corporis_fw-la huius_fw-la mystici_fw-la compagam_fw-la &_o communionem_fw-la vocata_fw-la suâ—â—int_fw-la verâ—m_fw-la etiam_fw-la debitum_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la illius_fw-la staturae_fw-la complementum_fw-la acceperint_fw-la pareus_n com._n in_o loc._n minus_n videtur_fw-la fieri_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la tam_fw-la divers_a sortis_fw-la nationis_fw-la conditionis_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o unâ—_n corpus_fw-la coeant_fw-la the_o visible_a church_n because_o visible_a be_v never_o in_o scripture_n call_v the_o body_n of_o christ._n the_o body_n 1_o cor._n 12._o be_v the_o catholic_n church_n and_o how_o mr._n cotton_n key_n c._n 3._o 17._o way_n of_o the_o church_n ch_n 6._o sect_n 1._o pag._n 103._o martyr_n in_o loc._n cum_fw-la christiani_n dicantur_fw-la â—num_fw-la corpus_fw-la efficere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d tantum_fw-la politicum_fw-la christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la sed_fw-la spiritual_fw-la &_o arâ—anum_fw-la christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternamtendit_fw-la habetque_fw-la communia_fw-la hac_fw-la omne_fw-la dium_n christum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la liquet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d posse_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la christi_fw-la membra_fw-la arida_fw-la &_o mortua_fw-la esse_fw-la part_n 1._o pag._n 51_o 52_o 53._o as_o mr._n h._n seldom_o prove_v what_o be_v deny_v so_o not_o any_o of_o his_o argument_n conclude_v that_o we_o be_v of_o no_o member_n make_v visible_a member_n of_o the_o church_n only_o by_o this_o church_n covenant_n the_o church-covenant_n destroy_v all_o church-communion_n vid._n chamier_n l._n 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visible_a before_o they_o be_v admit_v member_n to_o be_v ingraff_v in_o the_o body_n be_v not_o to_o be_v ingraff_v into_o a_o single_a congregation_n page_n 76_o 77._o the_o text_n act_n 2._o and_o 5._o concern_v add_v to_o the_o lord_n &_o to_o the_o church_n be_v vindicate_v from_o the_o gloss_n of_o m._n h._n and_o have_v no_o shadow_n of_o a_o church_n covenant_n calv._n gualth_n erant_fw-la medii_fw-la homines_fw-la occumenius_n virtus_fw-la verè_fw-la evangelica_n idonea_fw-la erat_fw-la quae_fw-la plurimum_fw-la collaâ—daretur_fw-la chrysost_fw-la nec_fw-la convertentes_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la risumâ—_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la â—inas_fw-la sed_fw-la valde_fw-la humani_fw-la erant_fw-la &_o pâ—ae_fw-la aliis_fw-la soliciti_fw-la m._n h._n strengthen_v anabaptist_n by_o his_o so_o reason_v from_o the_o place_n act_v 5._o ans._n to_o 32_o qu._n 4._o p._n 12._o of_o the_o bind_n &_o lose_v on_o earth_n &_o in_o heaven_n mar._n 18._o calv._n resp._n non_fw-la ad_fw-la alios_fw-la dirigi_fw-la sermonem_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la rectè_fw-la ac_fw-la sincerè_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la se_fw-la reconciliant_fw-la mat._n 18._o be_v nota_fw-la rule_n for_o comfort_v hypocrite_n as_o if_o their_o sin_n be_v loose_v in_o heaven_n the_o lord_n ratify_v in_o heaven_n what_o the_o church_n do_v on_o earth_n though_o the_o hypocrite_n be_v not_o pardon_v can._n poenir_fw-fr council_n ancyâ—an_n can._n nic._n council_n see_v chemnit_fw-la exam_fw-la de_fw-fr indul._n pag_n 727_o 728._o pâ—…r_o in_o mat._n 18._o dâ—cu_fw-la 11._o v._n 18_o 19_o cum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d exâ—…_n onâ—â—_n lâ—giâ—â—mè_fw-la peractae_fw-la rata_fw-la sit_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la eâ—veant_fw-la exâ—ommunicati_fw-la ne_fw-la illam_fw-la contemnant_fw-la recepti_fw-la firmam_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la gratiae_fw-la concipiant_fw-la calvin_n ergo_fw-la quisquis_fw-la admisso_fw-la delicto_fw-la suppliciter_fw-la culpam_fw-la agnoscit_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la veniam_fw-la impetret_fw-la be_v absolvitur_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la sâ—d_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la si_fw-la ludibrio_fw-la habet_fw-la neque_fw-la illi_fw-la cum_fw-la hominibus_fw-la jam_fw-la erit_fw-la negotium_fw-la sed_fw-la deus_fw-la erit_fw-la vindex_fw-la pareus_n sit_fw-la tibi_fw-la judicium_fw-la gitur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la adversus_fw-la contumacâ—s_fw-la divinam_fw-la habebit_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la ligaveritis_fw-la hilarius_n ad_fw-la terrorem_fw-la metus_fw-la maximi_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la ligaveritis_fw-la hieronymus_n quia_fw-la poterit_fw-la contemptoris_fw-la fratris_fw-la haec_fw-la esse_fw-la responsio_fw-la vel_fw-la tacita_fw-la cogitatio_fw-la si_fw-la i_o despicis_fw-la &_o ego_fw-la â—ed_fw-la spicio_fw-la potestatem_fw-la tribuit_fw-la apostolis_n ut_fw-la sciant_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la condemnantur_fw-la hominum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la divinâ_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la roborari_fw-la ita_fw-la cyprian_n de_fw-fr un_fw-fr t._n eccles._n c._n 3._o ita_fw-la chrysostomus_n ita_fw-la augustinus_n in_fw-la loc_n what_o you_o shall_v bind_v diodati_n proceed_v in_o knowledge_n uprightness_n and_o wisdom_n english_fw-fr divine_n an._n in_o loc_n 18._o whatsoever_o you_o shall_v bind_v joh._n 20_o 23._o 1_o cor._n 5._o 4._o by_o convince_a man_n of_o sin_n against_o god_n or_o of_o wrong_n do_v to_o you_o the_o sentence_n of_o absolution_n to_o the_o penitent_a be_v concional_a and_o so_o conditional_a to_o the_o church_n right_a proceed_n be_v absolute_a and_o juridical_a there_o be_v not_o the_o like_a measure_n of_o visible_a saintship_n require_v of_o one_o at_o his_o first_o admission_n and_o at_o his_o readmission_n after_o excommunication_n par._n 1._o p._n 77._o mr._n r._n 3._o arg._n mr._n h._n make_v infant_n to_o be_v no_o actual_a covenanter_n m._n r._n arg._n 4._o par._n 1._o p._n 78_o 79_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n solemn_o enter_v in_o baptism_n tie_v we_o to_o all_o church-duty_n in_o all_o congregation_n 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minister_n labour_v among_o they_o in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o vineyard_n true_a but_o he_o be_v actu_fw-la primo_fw-la habitu_fw-la all_o the_o world_n over_o a_o minister_n wheresoever_o he_o open_v his_o mouth_n and_o tender_v the_o seal_n page_n 80._o page_n 81._o one_o must_v be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n though_o no_o member_n of_o a_o congregation_n before_o he_o can_v be_v a_o pastor_n of_o a_o congregation_n a_o pastor_n be_v make_v a_o pastor_n by_o only_a ordination_n but_o it_o follow_v not_o ergo_fw-la he_o be_v now_o lawful_o make_v a_o pastor_n by_o ordination_n separate_v for_o any_o design_v and_o certain_a flock_n consent_v and_o choose_v he_o to_o be_v their_o pastor_n when_o augustine_n confess_v that_o the_o donatist_n who_o separate_v themselves_o from_o the_o true_a catholic_n church_n do_v beget_v son_n to_o the_o church_n and_o have_v the_o true_a sacrament_n he_o show_v that_o they_o be_v member_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n though_o member_n of_o a_o separate_a church_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la contra_fw-la donatist_n lib._n 1._o c._n 10._o certain_o quidem_fw-la nati_fw-la erant_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la de_fw-la quâ_fw-la nati_fw-la erant_fw-la per_fw-la pacis_fw-la vaitatis_fw-la vinculum_fw-la pertinerent_fw-la ergo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la generate_fw-la &_o per_fw-la uterum_fw-la suâ—â—_n &_o per_fw-la uteros_fw-la ancillarum_fw-la ex_fw-la eisdem_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la viri_fw-la svi_fw-la semine_fw-la the_o woeful_a absurdity_n which_o follow_v from_o the_o membership_n of_o pastor_n and_o saint_n confine_v to_o one_o only_a congregation_n church_n and_o member_n of_o associate_n church_n be_v visible_a professor_n and_o member_n no_o less_o than_o single_a congregation_n a_o sort_n of_o covenant_n be_v not_o deny_v but_o the_o question_n be_v mis-stated_n par._n 1._o p._n 82._o survey_v par_fw-fr 4._o cap._n 1._o concl_n 1._o pag._n 1_o 2._o mr._n h._n survey_v ibid._n the_o blaspheme_v we_o comparison_n make_v the_o pastor_n the_o husband_n and_o the_o congregation_n his_o marry_a wife_n until_o death_n be_v refute_v due_a right_n of_o presbyt_fw-la l._n 1._o p._n 127._o enarist_n ep._n 2._o council_n carthag_n 3._o cap._n 38._o council_n sard._n cen._n 1._o council_n antioch_n c._n 21._o enarist_n de_fw-fr epist._n ejectis_fw-la sicut_fw-la vir_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la adulterare_fw-la svam_fw-la vxorem_fw-la ita_fw-la neque_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la fuam_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la dimittat_fw-la innocen_n iii_o omnipotens_fw-la deus_fw-la conjugium_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o ecclesiam_fw-la svo_fw-la tantum_fw-la judicio_fw-la reservavit_fw-la dissolvendum_fw-la calv._n com._n in_o isa._n 54._o v._n 5._o ecclesia_fw-la agnoscat_fw-la qualem_fw-la maritum_fw-la habere_fw-la ac_fw-la revereri_fw-la debeat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d deum_fw-la luther_n com._n in_o loc_n habetis_fw-la maritum_fw-la non_fw-la mosem_fw-la non_fw-la petrum_fw-la non_fw-la paulum_fw-la bullinger_n musculus_fw-la gualther_n com._n in_o isa._n 14._o v._n 5._o nor_o do_v our_o divine_n acknowledge_v that_o council_n gener._n par_fw-fr 1._o epistola_fw-la papae_fw-la calixti_fw-la secunda_fw-la pag._n 136._o allegata_fw-la est_fw-la uxor_fw-la legi_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la vir_fw-la ejus_fw-la vivit_fw-la rom._n 7_o etc._n etc._n similiter_fw-la &_o sponsa_fw-la episcopi_fw-la quia_fw-la sponsa_fw-la uxorque_fw-la ejus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la mr._n cotton_n keys_n c._n 6._o p._n 25._o mr._n h._n survey_v par_fw-fr 4._o c._n 1._o concl_n 4_o 5._o the_o brethren_n make_v the_o pastor_n a_o marry_a husband_n and_o head_n of_o the_o congregational_a church_n as_o papist_n make_v the_o pope_n the_o head_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n christum_fw-la caput_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la universae_fw-la libentissime_fw-la confitemuratqui_fw-la sub_fw-la christo_fw-la summâ—_n capite_fw-la vicarius_fw-la ejus_fw-la iâ—_n terris_fw-la caput_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la dicam_fw-la ministerialò_n non_fw-la principale_v rectò_fw-la nominetur_fw-la nâ—gari_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la potest_fw-la ita_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr sum._n pontif._n to_o 1._o c._n 24._o col_fw-fr 1._o l._n d._n &_o the_o pontiff_a rom._n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o so_o the_o jesuit_n of_o rheims_n on_o eph._n 〈◊〉_d v_o 5._o though_o christ_n in_o a_o more_o divine_a ample_a absolute_a excellent_a and_o transcendent_a sort_n be_v severaign_a head_n in_o regard_n of_o motion_n life_n spirit_n grace_n â—â—suing_v from_o he_o to_o the_o member_n yet_o the_o pope_n may_v be_v ministerial_a head_n way_n
the_o power_n intrinsical_a of_o a_o congregation_n to_o rule_v the_o associate_v church_n if_o they_o be_v page_n 126._o the_o add_v of_o associate_v church_n to_o a_o wilderness-church_n do_v strengthen_v &_o perfect_v and_o not_o nullify_v the_o intrinsical_v power_n of_o the_o wilderness-church_n pag._n 117._o when_o scandal_n fall_v out_o far_o off_o or_o near_a hand_n how_o association_n of_o church_n remove_v they_o the_o limit_v of_o church-edifying_a and_o church-comforting_a to_o one_o only_a congretien_n whereof_o the_o man_n only_o be_v a_o swear_a member_n be_v a_o unwarrantable_a and_o comfortless_a way_n the_o way_n of_o church_n of_o n._n e._n c._n 1._o sec._n 1._o p._n 1._o c._n 4._o sec._n 3._o sec._n 4._o p_o 70_o 71._o mr._n h._n survey_v pa._n 3._o c._n 2._o p._n 10._o m._n cotton_n key_n of_o the_o kingd_a c._n 7._o p._n 39_o 40_o 4â—_n mr._n h._n par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 9_o p._n 127_o 128._o sec._n 4._o 3_o ground_n one_o and_o the_o same_o nature_n agree_v to_o the_o congregational_a presbyterial_a church_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 127._o 128._o the_o congregational_a presbyterial_a national_a oecumenick_n church_n be_v species_n specialissimae_fw-la how_o a_o congregation_n be_v a_o entire_a church_n tertul._n in_o apolog_n though_o the_o church_n of_o believer_n man_n and_o woman_n be_v before_o the_o apostle_n evangelist_n pastor_n presbytery_n synod_n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o therefore_o must_v apostle_n pastor_n synod_n have_v their_o call_n and_o authority_n from_o those_o church_n sect._n 4._o p._n 128._o mr._n hooker_n acknowledge_v that_o divers_a meeting_n and_o church_n convention_n may_v may_v be_v all_o under_o one_o presbyterial_a government_n only_o he_o will_v not_o call_v they_o church_n way_n of_o the_o church_n c._n 1._o sect_n par_fw-fr 1._o survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 9_o p._n 110_o 111_o etc._n etc._n mr._n h._n must_v be_v force_v by_o his_o own_o principle_n to_o grant_v there_o be_v one_o visible_a church_n which_o can_v meet_v convenient_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o same_o place_n and_o yet_o under_o the_o same_o eldership_n mr._n h._n yield_v to_o we_o a_o presbyterian_a church_n at_o jerusalem_n page_n 51._o fixedness_n or_o no_o fixedness_n of_o the_o elder_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o their_o own_o proper_a congregation_n be_v altogether_o accidental_a to_o the_o church_n presbyterial_a the_o apostle_n fix_v feed_v at_o rome_n at_o corinth_n be_v not_o opposite_a unto_o but_o of_o that_o same_o nature_n with_o his_o feed_n pastoral_a all_o the_o world_n over_o all_o the_o incongruity_n that_o be_v the_o only_a argument_n of_o mr._n h._n against_o a_o presbyterial_a church_n be_v militant_a against_o the_o presbyterial_a church_n which_o mr._n h._n grant_v be_v at_o jerusalem_n mr._n h._n well_o near_o also_o yield_v that_o there_o be_v a_o presbyterian_a church_n at_o antioch_n ephesus_n rome_n there_o be_v the_o like_a reason_n that_o the_o multitude_n of_o believer_n at_o rome_n 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brother_n of_o the_o same_o congregation_n except_o i_o must_v not_o own_v as_o brethren_n to_o be_v gain_v those_o of_o another_o church_n beside_o i_o christ_n will_v every_o little_a congregation_n to_o exercise_v discipline_n upon_o a_o offender_n ergo_fw-la there_o be_v no_o discipline_n to_o be_v exercise_v in_o a_o great_a church_n so_o mr._n h._n but_o the_o contrary_a rather_o strong_o follow_v the_o sanhedrim_n be_v not_o mix_v by_o institution_n paul_n presbyt_fw-la c_o 8._o p._n 88_o the_o church_n mat._n 18._o be_v to_o be_v obey_v in_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o people_n but_o the_o church_n of_o the_o people_n be_v not_o to_o be_v obey_v in_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o people_n woman_n be_v as_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o believe_a church_n as_o man_n and_o womâ—n_n must_v no_o more_o blind_o believe_v what_o the_o church_n believe_v than_o man_n nor_o must_v their_o faith_n in_o discern_v the_o voice_n of_o christ_n in_o this_o pastor_n not_o in_o this_o be_v blind_o include_v in_o the_o male_n discern_v and_o so_o woman_n must_v be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o bind_n and_o lose_v church_n mat._n 18._o survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 10._o p._n 133._o the_o church_n principal_o mean_v mat._n 18._o must_v be_v the_o bind_n and_o lose_v brethren_n which_o be_v the_o church_n first_o the_o officer_n be_v only_o separable_a adjunct_n thereof_o say_v m._n h._n par._n 1._o c._n 11._o p._n 198._o when_o all_o the_o officer_n turn_v wolf_n the_o people_n must_v complain_v to_o the_o people_n &_o when_o the_o people_n turn_v familist_n socinian_o &c._n &c._n to_o who_o sâ—aâ—l_v the_o officer_n complain_v accord_v to_o m._n h._n mind_n the_o officer_n can_v bind_v potestate_fw-la officii_fw-la since_o the_o key_n be_v give_v to_o the_o male-church_n before_o the_o officer_n have_v be_v as_o m_o h_n say_v we_o can_v tell_v the_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n or_o galatia_n by_o m._n h._n woman_n have_v no_o less_o a_o tacit_n consent_n a_o faith_n of_o practice_n in_o eschew_v the_o society_n of_o the_o excommunicate_v in_o admit_v of_o he_o again_o and_o of_o all_o member_n &_o in_o election_n of_o officer_n than_o man_n and_o in_o other_o duty_n recommend_v to_o church-member_n let_v m._n h._n show_v how_o woman_n be_v all_o exclude_v from_o church_n duty_n in_o their_o way_n more_o than_o man_n so_o cypr._n juban_n epist._n 73._o pag._n 22._o nam_fw-la petro_n primum_fw-la dominus_fw-la super_fw-la quem_fw-la adificavit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la mat._n 16._o istaem_n potestatem_fw-la clavium_fw-la dedit_fw-la &_o post_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la sicut_fw-la i_o misit_fw-la pater_fw-la etc._n etc._n firmilian_a ad_fw-la cypr._n epist._n 75._o cypr._n pag._n 239._o n._n 14._o hinc_fw-la intelligi_fw-la potest_fw-la quod_fw-la soli_fw-la petro_n christus_fw-la dixerit_fw-la quemcunque_fw-la ligaveritis_fw-la matth._n 16_o etc._n etc._n quando_fw-la in_o solos_fw-la apostolos_fw-la insufflavit_fw-la christus_fw-la dicens_fw-la accipite_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o word_n church_n can_v signify_v no_o other_o but_o the_o roll_a church_n mat._n 18._o and_o the_o notation_n of_o the_o word_n church_n in_o our_o brethrenssense_n be_v neither_o mat._n 18._o nor_o elsewhere_o see_v how_o bilson_n perpetual_a g_o ve_fw-la n._n c._n 4._o mistake_n in_o this_o though_o woman_n child_n of_o age_n and_o servant_n be_v exclude_v from_o govern_v yet_o the_o question_n now_o be_v a_o far_a other_o thing_n whether_o the_o word_n church_n mat._n 18._o if_o it_o be_v the_o church_n of_o redeem_a one_o meeting_n to_o and_o for_o public_a ordinance_n in_o the_o same_o place_n include_v not_o woman_n etc._n etc._n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d church_n be_v ever_o take_v in_o scripture_n according_a to_o the_o subject_a matter_n and_o scope_n of_o the_o place_n and_o so_o must_v the_o bind_n and_o lose_v or_o excommunicate_v church_n matth._n 18._o be_v take_v and_o can_v note_v a_o company_n of_o redeem_a one_o man_n woman_n servants_z child_n of_o ripe_a age_n come_v together_o in_o one_o to_o partake_v of_o word_n seal_n censure_n the_o only_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n church_n that_o our_o brethren_n can_v give_v we_o from_o scripture_n the_o church_n matth._n 18._o &_o 1_o cor._n 5._o include_v all_o who_o meet_v for_o the_o public_a worship_n elder_n man_n woman_n servants_z age_a child_n every_o one_o according_a to_o their_o place_n according_a as_o paul_n rebuke_n comfort_n teach_v in_o his_o epistle_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o woman_n in_o their_o daily_a practice_n be_v concern_v in_o conscience_n to_o censent_fw-la unto_fw-la or_o dissent_v from_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n or_o forgive_a and_o re-admiting_a again_o and_o that_o upon_o rule_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o well_o as_o man_n caelv_n inst._n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o sec._n 12._o instit_n l._n 4._o c._n 1._o sec._n 2._o instit._fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 12._o
sec._n 2._o l._n 4._o 9_o 2._o pet._n martyr_n 1_o cor._n 8._o dau._n parens_fw-la in_o explic_fw-la catech_n q._n 85._o art_n 4._o obj._n 1._o p._n 480_o 484._o com._n â—n_n mat._n 18_o gul._n bucâ—n_n loc_n come_v de_fw-fr potest_fw-la eccles._n &_o syno_n lo._n 43._o q._n 25._o dan._n tilenus_n synt._n this_o 30._o the_o council_n th._n 4._o 9â—_n 〈◊〉_d 23._o profess_v leyd_n synop._n purio_fw-la theolo_fw-la diso_fw-it 49._o thes_n 10._o pag._n 779._o joan._n pisc._n come_v in_o maâ—th_n â—8_o 15_o d_o eccles._n lo._n 23._o thes_n 73._o willet_n syn._n papis_fw-la con_fw-mi 3._o gen._n conc._n 4._o 7._o pag._n 140_o 141._o bâ—za_n in_o â—n_n mat._n c._n 18._o trem._n live_v in_o vers_fw-la syr._n mat._n 16._o 19_o 20._o junius_n dis_fw-fr 47._o de_fw-fr discip._n eccles_n the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o 6._o joan._n comerio_n tract_n in_o quo_fw-la eccles._n roman_n pâ—ae_fw-la exam_fw-la c._n 17._o pag._n 567._o anton._n walaeus_n to._n 1._o defunct_a eccles._n pag._n 467._o wendeâ—â—n_n theol._n l._n 1._o c._n 28._o fig._n vii_o q._n 1._o pag._n 622_o 623._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n rev._n 2._o mr._n h._n his_o conceit_n remove_v rob_v parker_n de_fw-fr politia_n eccles._n l._n 3._o c._n 15._o n._n 1._o exit_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la eluctari_fw-la capit_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la sentire_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la fidelium_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la intellectam_fw-la esse_fw-la mat._n 18._o non_fw-la quia_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la consideratur_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la exercet_fw-la juxta_fw-la temperamentum_fw-la aristocraticum_fw-la in_o presbyterio_n ecclesiam_fw-la quip_n primo_fw-la loco_fw-la dic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praecise_a partem_fw-la aristocraticam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la existimamus_fw-la quae_fw-la vero_fw-la posteriore_fw-la his_fw-la verbis_fw-la si_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la audietit_fw-la etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la excommunicantem_fw-la propter_fw-la contemptum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la includit_fw-la &_o non_fw-la decernentem_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o examinantem_fw-la tum_fw-la &_o partem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la democraticam_fw-la continet_fw-la quâ_fw-la populi_fw-la consensus_fw-la ad_fw-la excommunicationem_fw-la necessarius_fw-la est_fw-la the_o place_n act._n 18._o 22._o paul_n salute_v the_o church_n be_v wrong_v by_o m._n h._n the_o word_n church_n be_v not_o in_o scripture_n as_o our_o brethren_n take_v it_o nor_o be_v there_o a_o place_n in_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n or_o in_o any_o divine_n imaginable_a for_o the_o sole_a male-church_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o all_o in_o their_o own_o respective_a way_n officer_n man_n woman_n servant_n 2_o cor._n 2._o do_v rebuke_v and_o censure_n and_o also_o forgive_v the_o incestuous_a corinthian_a the_o way_n of_o the_o church_n c._n 1._o sect_n 1._o p._n 1_o 2._o woman_n by_o our_o brethren_n way_n servant_n and_o child_n of_o age_n who_o meet_v to_o partake_v of_o the_o ordinance_n word_n and_o seal_n as_o our_o brethren_n say_v must_v be_v part_n of_o the_o church_n matth._n 18._o cotton_n keyes_n par_fw-fr 16._o burrough_n iren_n if_o as_o many_o do_v excommunicate_a as_o paul_n write_v unto_o 1_o cor._n 5._o and_o as_o paul_n rebuke_n for_o not_o mourn_v and_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o lump_n in_o danger_n to_o be_v leaven_v and_o be_v to_o keep_v the_o feast_n and_o eschew_v the_o company_n of_o the_o scandalous_a that_o be_v the_o whole_a redeem_v church_n as_o mr._n h._n argue_v then_o sure_a woman_n must_v excommunicate_v 1._o cor._n 5._o as_o well_o as_o man_n see_v mr._n h._n par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 10._o p._n 138._o mr._n hooker_n survey_v par_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d cap._n 11._o p._n 185_o 186._o mr._n h._n his_o fit_a person_n the_o first_o subject_n of_o the_o key_n examine_v be_v find_v light_n sect._n 2._o p._n 192._o unlettered_a brethren_n be_v not_o fit_a person_n to_o judge_v of_o sound_n and_o of_o heretical_a doctrine_n as_o m._n h._n survey_v paâ—…_n 1._o c._n 11._o propos_fw-fr 4._o p._n 203._o consent_n be_v in_o the_o people_n but_o no_o judicial_a authority_n as_o antiquity_n and_o our_o divine_n prove_v calvin_n com._n in_o 1_o cor._n 5._o in_o horum_fw-la primorum_fw-la confessu_fw-la prima_fw-la erit_fw-la cognitio_fw-la inde_fw-la res_fw-la ad_fw-la populum_fw-la sed_fw-la jam_fw-la praejudicata_fw-la deferebatur_fw-la p._n martyr_n in_o 1_o cor._n 5._o de_fw-fr excom_n quaest_n pareus_n in_o 1_o cor._n 〈◊〉_d cyprianus_n ad_fw-la cornelium_n episcopum_fw-la romanum_fw-la scribit_fw-la se_fw-la multum_fw-la apud_fw-la plebem_fw-la laborare_fw-la ut_fw-la pax_fw-la daretur_fw-la lapsis_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la dare_v potuisset_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la cur_n in_fw-la plebe_fw-la persuadenda_fw-la se_fw-la fatigaret_fw-la cyprian_a epist._n 3._o examinabuntur_fw-la singula_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la &_o judicantibus_fw-la vobis_fw-la cyprian_a epist._n 16._o 11._o 5._o quando_fw-la à _fw-la primordio_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la mei_fw-la statutum_fw-la nihil_fw-la sine_fw-la consilio_fw-la vestro_fw-la presbyter_n be_v &_o diaconis_fw-la fratribus_fw-la scribit_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la plebis_fw-la meae_fw-la privatâ_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la gerere_fw-la cyprian_a epist._n 38._o uchementer_fw-la contristatus_fw-la sum_fw-la j._n c._n acceptis_fw-la â—â—eris_fw-la vestris_fw-la cum_fw-la mihi_fw-la propositum_fw-la semper_fw-la &_o votum_fw-la sit_fw-la universam_fw-la fraternitatem_fw-la vestram_fw-la incolumem_fw-la continere_fw-la &_o gregem_fw-la illibatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n bucer_n in_o mat._n 16._o ut_fw-la romae_fw-la olim_fw-la ita_fw-la hic_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o populi_fw-la authoritas_fw-la senatus_fw-la calv_n instit._fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 11._o num_fw-la 6._o cyprianus_n sic_fw-la clerum_fw-la in_o excommunicatione_n praefuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la plebs_fw-la interim_n à _fw-la cognition_n non_fw-la excluderet_fw-la bucan_n de_fw-fr disciplina_fw-la eccl._n l._n 44._o quaest_n 13._o jus_fw-la excommunicandi_fw-la penes_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la consciâ_fw-la &_o approbante_fw-la tota_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la tilen_v disp._n 28._o thes._n 12._o quamvis_fw-la scripta_fw-la sit_fw-la epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la toâ—…m_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la corinthiacam_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la continentur_fw-la ad_fw-la singulos_fw-la pertinent_a ut_fw-la ex_fw-la elequentiae_fw-la scientiae_fw-la encomiis_fw-la patet_fw-la pareus_n in_o catech_n ursin._n quaest_n 85._o 4._o 4._o pag._n 477._o beza_n de_fw-fr gradibus_fw-la minist_n cap._n 23._o viretus_fw-la dialo_fw-la 20_o 21._o zwingl_n cor._n 31._o profess_v loyd_n syâ—…_n disp_n 48._o the_o 24._o synedrii_fw-la authoritas_fw-la popuâ—i_fw-la consensus_fw-la ursinus_n ad_fw-la fredâ—…_n 3._o elect._n &_o 9_o 85._o junius_n eccles._n 3._o 1._o cypr._n cod_n vetust_n epist._n 68_o coram_fw-la omni_fw-la synâ—goga_fw-la jubet_fw-la deus_fw-la constitui_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la &_o â—stendit_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la sacerdotales_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la sub_fw-la populi_fw-la assistentis_fw-la consciâ—nt_fw-la â_fw-la si_fw-la ri_fw-la oportere_fw-la ut_fw-la plebe_fw-la praesente_fw-la vel_fw-la detegantur_fw-la malorum_fw-la crimina_fw-la vel_fw-la bonorum_fw-la merita_fw-la praedicentur_fw-la &_o sit_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la justa_fw-la &_o legitima_fw-la quae_fw-la omnium_fw-la suffragio_fw-la &_o judicio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la examinâ—ta_fw-la nec_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o episcoporum_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o sacerdotum_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o in_fw-la diaconorum_fw-la ordination_n bus_fw-la observasse_fw-la apostolos_fw-la animadvertimus_fw-la origen_n contr_n cell_n lib._n 3._o senatum_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la athenis_fw-la corinthi_n inuenies_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d m._n h._n and_o his_o brethren_n follow_v papist_n prove_v their_o male-church_n from_o civil_a corporation_n the_o example_n of_o the_o people_n both_o create_v and_o choose_v their_o major_n and_o ruler_n bring_v by_o mr._n h._n to_o prove_v that_o the_o people_n ordain_v and_o call_v their_o officer_n it_o popish_a and_o be_v no_o rule_n to_o we_o and_o the_o difference_n be_v waste_v the_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 5._o aâ—_n submit_v one_o to_o another_o be_v mistake_v by_o mr._n h._n it_o speak_v nothing_o of_o chuâ—ch-subjection_n zâ—…us_o in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d uxâ—â—es_n liberoâ—_n &_o maritis_fw-la &_o paâ—â—ntibus_fw-la bâ—…s_n 〈◊〉_d in_o familia_fw-la &_o republica_n calvia_n ubicunque_fw-la regnat_fw-la charitas_fw-la ibâ—_n mutuâ—_fw-la est_fw-la servitâ—â—_n bâ—za_n mutua_fw-la reverentia_fw-la hiâ—ronymus_n baines_n on_o ephes._n 3_o câ—jetan_n in_o â—ocum_fw-la tâ—…llian_n in_o apolo_n president_n probati_fw-la quâ—que_fw-la seniores_fw-la honorem_fw-la istam_fw-la non_fw-la preâ—io_fw-la sed_fw-la testimonio_fw-la adepti_fw-la theophylact._n in_o mat._n 18._o non_fw-la solum_fw-la quae_fw-la solvunt_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la sâ—nt_fw-la soluta_fw-la sed_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la injuria_fw-la affecit_fw-la vel_fw-la ligamus_fw-la vel_fw-la solvimus_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ligata_fw-la &_o soluta_fw-la 〈◊〉_d oâ—_n in_o 1_o tim._n 5._o synagoga_fw-la &_o posteri_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la seniores_fw-la habuit_fw-la sine_fw-la qâ—oâ—um_fw-la consilio_fw-la niâ—â—â—_n agebatur_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la quod_fw-la qua_fw-la negligentià _fw-la obâ—…t_fw-la nescio_fw-la â—â—si_fw-la forte_fw-fr doctorum_fw-la desidâ—â—_n magis_fw-la superble_o rebuke_v mat_n 18._o be_v wild_o mistake_v by_o mr._n hooâ—â—r_n mr._n h._n his_o division_n of_o power_n of_o 1._o rebuke_v 2._o of_o judge_v a_o narrow_a and_o a_o weak_a dichotomy_n by_o mr._n h._n his_o way_n the_o flock_n be_v over_o the_o shepherd_n the_o flock_n feed_v and_o watch_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o
the_o pastor_n it_o be_v but_o a_o poor_a evasion_n of_o mr._n h._n that_o the_o people_n do_v excommunicate_v the_o officer_n not_o as_o officer_n but_o as_o member_n for_o none_o be_v sure_a to_o be_v excommunicate_a but_o as_o scandalous_a and_o rot_a member_n the_o roll_a elder_n there_o alone_o with_o the_o people_n have_v no_o power_n by_o the_o word_n to_o judge_v the_o pastor_n pag._n 189_o 190._o it_o be_v no_o staple_n rule_v that_o one_o can_v be_v compel_v to_o join_v in_o a_o congregation_n the_o ruler_n make_v no_o church-law_n but_o he_o may_v compel_v christian_n yea_o and_o subdue_v heathen_n in_o some_o case_n to_o obey_v they_o when_o they_o be_v make_v pag._n 190_o 191._o there_o be_v no_o scripture_n that_o unoffice_v man_n have_v a_o power_n of_o create_v of_o officer_n ames_n in_o bellarm_n enervato_fw-la â—om_n 2_o l._n 3._o c._n 2_o oves_fw-la rationales_fw-la foeminae_fw-la adulti_fw-la pveri_fw-la servi_fw-la possunt_fw-la eligere_fw-la sibi_fw-la pastorem_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la per_fw-la subjectionem_fw-la see_v the_o mistake_n of_o d._n bilson_n perpetual_a governm_n c._n 7._o page_n 191._o many_o breâ—hâ—en_n have_v no_o divide_a power_n to_o make_v â—ne_a a_o officer_n the_o fraternity_n or_o brethren_n be_v in_o no_o place_n of_o scripture_n put_v for_o the_o male-church_n of_o redeemed_a one_o far_o less_o for_o the_o congregational_a male_a church_n way_n of_o the_o church_n cap._n 1._o sect_n 1._o pag._n 1_o 2._o stephan_n in_o concord_n n._n t._n mr._n leigh_n crit._n sac._n n._n t._n p._n 7._o beza_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d achava_fw-la pro_fw-la fratrum_fw-la coetu_fw-la calvin_n pro_fw-la fratribus_fw-la collectiuè_fw-la sumptis_fw-la english_fw-fr divine_n and_o lorin_n ipsam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la esthius_n qui_fw-fr regeneratione_n fratres_fw-la sunt_fw-la piscator_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d die_v brudâ—rschaff_n id_fw-la est_fw-la totam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la fratrum_fw-la sic_fw-la infra_fw-la 5._o v._n 9_o sic_fw-la latini_n nobilitatem_fw-la pro_fw-la nobilibus_fw-la cyprian_a lib._n 3._o epist._n 17._o cum_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la vel_fw-la utilitas_fw-la vel_fw-la necessitas_fw-la sic_fw-la utique_fw-la gubernetur_fw-la fraternitatem_fw-la universam_fw-la meo_fw-la nomine_fw-la salutate_fw-la so_o cypr._n lib._n 3._o c._n 18._o augustine_n basilius_n epist._n ad_fw-la galliae_fw-la episcopos_fw-la fratres_fw-la if_o brethren_n &_o church_n be_v all_o one_o woman_n must_v be_v no_o member_n of_o the_o church_n m._n h._n make_v censure_v no_o act_n of_o rule_v cotton_v key_n c._n 4._o n._n 2._o p._n 16._o excommunication_n be_v one_o of_o the_o high_a act_n of_o rule_n in_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o can_v be_v perform_v but_o by_o some_o ruler_n now_o where_o the_o elder_n be_v culpable_a there_o be_v no_o ruler_n leave_v in_o that_o church_n to_o censure_v they_o lâ—x-rex_a 〈◊〉_d 6._o pag._n 28_o 29_o &_o seq_n page_n 191._o m._n h._n abusâ—s_o but_o expound_v not_o the_o place_n heb._n 13_o 17._o in_o make_v all_o pastoral_a authority_n over_o the_o people_n to_o be_v in_o the_o pastor_n preside_v and_o order_v of_o the_o meeting_n in_o the_o censure_n especial_o of_o excommunication_n calvin_n ut_fw-la plebs_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o reverentiam_fw-la pastoâ—â—bus_fw-la habeat_fw-la â—arâ—us_fw-la obedient_a in_o domino_fw-la marlorat_n in_o summo_fw-la pretio_fw-la habeant_fw-la cum_fw-la charitate_fw-la 1_o thess._n 〈◊〉_d 12._o piscat_fw-la hortatur_fw-la ad_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la erga_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la deuce_n &_o ductores_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la pastor_n â—â—ctores_n gubernatores_fw-la cajetan_n subditos_fw-la ad_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la hortatur_fw-la esthius_n idem_fw-la survey_v par_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d c._n 11._o sect_n 2._o p._n 192._o cypr._n lib._n 〈◊〉_d eâ—_n 4._o paâ—_n 1._o ca._n 11_o p._n 186._o par._n 1._o c._n 2._o p._n â—5_n the_o way_n of_o our_o brethren_n in_o most_o of_o 〈◊〉_d pâ—…ples_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d episcopius_n arminianorum_n antesignanus_fw-la in_o respon_n ad_fw-la diâ—emmata_fw-la decem_fw-la pentificia_n to_o 2._o quaesit_fw-la 2._o p._n 255._o nuspian_n sub_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nomine_fw-la pastor_n episcopi_fw-la doctores_fw-la veniunt_fw-la uti_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la act._n 14._o 1._o &_o 14._o 22._o &_o 15._o 12._o 20._o 17_o 18._o &_o 1_o cor._n 12._o 18._o &_o 14._o 4._o philip._n 1._o 11._o pag._n 156._o si_fw-mi quaesitor_n secundo_fw-la sensu_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la judicato_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vocem_fw-la sumit_fw-la unam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la ca_fw-mi holicam_fw-la christianam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la veer_fw-la pâ—o_v they_o &_o simplicium_fw-la christianorum_fw-la reperiri_fw-la qui_fw-la ubique_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la christâ—_n oves_fw-la aut_fw-la ouâ—le_fw-la christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la vocantur_fw-la pro_fw-la certo_fw-la etâ—an_fw-la apâ—d_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la professioâ—em_fw-la cum_fw-la dicimus_fw-la notâ—m_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la inquit_fw-la idâ—m_fw-la episcop_n part_n 3._o disp_n 28._o thes_n 9_o eam_fw-la intelligi_fw-la volumus_fw-la quâ_fw-la non_fw-la singulitantum_fw-la sed_fw-la plerique_fw-la singulatim_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la christi_fw-la salutarem_fw-la profitentur_fw-la dictis_fw-la ac_fw-la factis_fw-la sed_fw-la juncti_fw-la etiam_fw-la ea_fw-la faciunt_fw-la quae_fw-la deus_fw-la fieri_fw-la voluit_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o coetu_fw-la fieri_fw-la possâ—nt_fw-la remonst_z in_o declaraâ—_n suâ_fw-la c._n 22._o 〈◊〉_d 9_o 10._o thes_n 7._o externâ—m_fw-la mandatorum_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la observationem_fw-la nâ—tam_fw-la esse_fw-la arminius_n in_o disp_n 54._o 11._o 8._o signa_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la verae_fw-la fidei_fw-la professio_fw-la &_o aquavitae_fw-la sâ—cundum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la praescriptum_fw-la &_o instinctum_fw-la institutio_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la externas_fw-la actiones_fw-la attinet_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la â—olis_fw-la judicare_fw-la possumus_fw-la homines_fw-la disp_n 58._o 11._o 3._o concilium_fw-la nullum_fw-la maxim_n orthodoxum_fw-la potest_fw-la successoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la praescribere_fw-la episcop_n par_fw-fr 3._o disp_n 31._o 11._o 12._o nec_fw-la enim_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quis_fw-la se_fw-la socium_fw-la in_o celebratione_fw-la nominis_fw-la ac_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la faciat_fw-la ejus_fw-la quem_fw-la niâ—il_fw-la minus_fw-la quem_fw-la christianum_fw-la esse_fw-la novit_fw-la ecce_fw-la manifesta_fw-la est_fw-la separatio_fw-la prorsus_fw-la illicita_fw-la idem_fw-la â—â—sp_n 32._o the_o 5._o si_fw-mi vero_fw-la ad_fw-la decidendum_fw-la alicujus_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la capâ—tâ—_n sive_fw-la veritatem_fw-la sive_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la indicantur_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la non_fw-la utiles_fw-la esse_fw-la conventus_fw-la sed_fw-la pericaloso_n etiam_fw-la &_o tyrannicos_fw-la asserâ—mus_fw-la r_o men_v declare_v c._n 25._o the_o 2._o 6._o conditio_fw-la synodorum_n si_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la statutum_fw-la est_fw-la libere_fw-la semper_fw-la examini_fw-la 1_o joh_n 4._o 1._o 1_o thess._n 5._o 21._o &_o ulteriori_fw-la tevisioni_fw-la subjectum_fw-la relinquâ—tur_fw-la r_o monst_a apolog._n c_o 22._o scriptura_fw-la testatur_fw-la nos_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la fieri_fw-la filios_fw-la dei_fw-la membra_fw-la corporâ—s_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la imâ—_n corpuâ—_n jesus_n christi_n visibile_fw-la de_fw-fr quo_fw-la lâ—quuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la unum_fw-la quidem_fw-la corpus_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la esse_fw-la per_fw-la eundemque_fw-la fiuci_fw-la spiritum_fw-la joan._n volkelius_n socinianus_n de_fw-la vera_fw-la religione_fw-la lib._n 6._o cap._n 1._o particularis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la eo_fw-la hominum_fw-la coetu_fw-la continetur_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o certo_fw-la quodam_fw-la loco_fw-la convocatus_fw-la est_fw-la veluti_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la unius_fw-la domus_fw-la ac_fw-la familiae_fw-la c._n 15._o p._n 690._o animadvertendum_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la loci_fw-la illius_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la res_fw-la ista_fw-la geritur_fw-la totam_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la locum_fw-la â—ogendam_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la nimirum_fw-la tum_fw-la omnes_fw-la de_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la excommunicandus_fw-la est_fw-la peccato_fw-la justissimum_fw-la judicium_fw-la faciant_fw-la tum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la animadversâ_fw-la malâ—tiâ_fw-la uno_fw-la consensu_fw-la eum_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la membris_fw-la nullo_n pacto_fw-la haberi_fw-la posse_fw-la statuant_fw-la c._n 16._o p._n 695._o ubi_fw-la sit_fw-la vera_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la res_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la scitu_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la c._n 17._o p._n 669_o 700._o nullae_fw-la sint_fw-la notae_fw-la aspectabilis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o quas_fw-la credis_fw-la esse_fw-la have_v assignatas_fw-la à _fw-la protestantibus_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la verae_fw-la theoph._n nicolaides_n de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la &_o missione_n ministrorum_fw-la râ—su_fw-la cap._n 2._o p._n 9_o ego_fw-la ostendo_fw-la socinum_fw-la affirmare_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la omnem_fw-la sed_fw-la aliquam_fw-la nempe_fw-la quaenam_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la quos_fw-la sit_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la &_o absolutè_fw-la sed_fw-la vel_fw-la propemodum_fw-la vel_fw-la modo_fw-la quodam_fw-la inutilem_fw-la resut_fw-la c._n 3._o p._n 27_o 28._o certain_o etiamsi_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la possunt_fw-la tam_fw-la boni_fw-la quam_fw-la mali_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la vera_fw-la christi_fw-la adspectabilis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la mali_fw-la sunt_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la nam_fw-la mali_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la qua_fw-la mali_fw-la ferendi_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la aut_fw-la ad_fw-la frugem_fw-la perducendi_fw-la vel_fw-la tandem_fw-la excommunicandi_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la dici_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n jure_fw-la ita_fw-la plane_n robinsonus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la bonos_fw-es vel_fw-la
civ_o dei_fw-la lib._n 20._o cap._n 19_o beda_n in_o joan._n potestas_fw-la solvendi_fw-la &_o ligandi_fw-la cypr._n epist._n ad_fw-la lapsos_fw-la ep._n 27._o alius_fw-la lib._n 5._o epist._n 6._o et_fw-la tibi_fw-la dabo_fw-la clave_n inde_fw-la per_fw-la temporum_fw-la &_o successionum_fw-la vice_n episcoporum_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la ratio_fw-la decurrit_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la super_fw-la episcopos_fw-la constituatur_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la actus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la per_fw-la eosdem_fw-la propositos_fw-la gubernetur_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la divina_fw-la lege_fw-la fundatum_fw-la sit_fw-la miror_fw-la quosdam_fw-la audaci_fw-la temeritate_fw-la sic_fw-la mihi_fw-la scribere_fw-la voluisse_fw-la quod_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_o episcopo_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la &_o in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la stantibus_fw-la woman_n servant_n &_o other_o have_v the_o key_n of_o love_n as_o well_o as_o the_o male-church_n how_o the_o church_n be_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o key_n 1._o virtual_a 2._o formal_n 3._o the_o object_n key_n cap._n 7._o 3_o prop._n 33._o the_o subject_n of_o the_o key_n according_a to_o mr._n cotton_n cotton_n keyes_n cap_n 7._o 29._o the_o first_o subject_n 1._o receive_v that_o power_n reciprocal_o 2._o it_o first_o add_v and_o put_v forth_o the_o exercise_n of_o that_o power_n 3._o it_o first_o communicate_v that_o power_n to_o other_o key_n chap._n 7._o p._n 81._o 1_o prop._n the_o place_n 1_o cor._n 3._o 21._o all_o thing_n be_v you_o etc._n etc._n misinterpret_v by_o mr._n cotton_n if_o the_o congregation_n in_o abstracto_fw-la as_o the_o congregation_n be_v the_o first_o subject_n of_o all_o officer_n gift_n grace_n by_o this_o all_o thing_n be_v you_o than_o the_o godly_a saint_n visible_a be_v exclude_v from_o christ_n only_o because_o they_o be_v not_o member_n of_o a_o congregation_n and_o no_o promise_n of_o a_o new_a heart_n of_o remission_n be_v make_v to_o any_o but_o to_o and_o for_o the_o congregation_n the_o scriptureless_a and_o unproved_a assertion_n concern_v the_o male-church_n exclude_v woman_n all_o power_n of_o office_n be_v by_o mr._n h._n only_o in_o moderate_v and_o open_v the_o assembly_n which_o be_v no_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n man_n have_v not_o the_o be_v of_o pastor_n by_o every_o new_a call_n to_o preach_v essence_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n chap._n 6._o it_o may_v be_v say_v if_o professor_n be_v member_n baptize_v to_o one_o only_a congregation_n they_o be_v unbaptise_v when_o they_o depart_v and_o turn_v member_n of_o another_o congregation_n the_o apostle_n &_o john_n baptist_n ask_v for_o no_o congregation_n but_o immediate_o upon_o confession_n baptize_v the_o apostle_n preach_v and_o baptize_v in_o all_o place_n as_o ordinary_a officer_n by_o the_o same_o command_n mat._n 28._o 19_o by_o which_o we_o teach_v and_o baptize_v concilium_fw-la nic._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrat._v l._n 3._o c._n 8._o concilium_fw-la chalced_fw-la c._n 2._o every_o bishop_n be_v a_o bishop_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n as_o be_v the_o pope_n doct._n joan._n crakantborp_n in_o defence_n eccles._n anglica_n contra_fw-la m._n antonius_fw-la de_fw-fr dominis_n archiep._n spalleto_n injurias_fw-la anno_fw-la 1625._o ed._n per_fw-la joan._n barkham_n c._n 28._o p._n 168_o 169._o episcopi_fw-la omnes_fw-la quâ_fw-la episcopi_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pastor_n sunt_fw-la consulendo_fw-la hortando_fw-la monendo_fw-la arguendo_fw-la increpando_fw-la scriptis_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o voce_fw-la alios_fw-la omnes_fw-la instruendo_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la vel_fw-la haeresis_fw-la ulla_fw-la vel_fw-la schisma_fw-la grassari_fw-la coeperit_fw-la velut_fw-la incendium_fw-la publicum_fw-la illud_fw-la restinguendo_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la latius_fw-la serpat_fw-la providendo_fw-la cyprian_a l._n 3._o epist._n 13._o pastor_n multi_fw-la sumus_fw-la unum_fw-la tamen_fw-la gregem_fw-la pascimus_fw-la &_o oves_fw-la universas_fw-la quas_fw-la christus_fw-la svo_fw-la sanguine_fw-la &_o passione_n quaesivit_fw-la colligere_fw-la &_o fovere_fw-la debemus_fw-la the_o sole_a fraternity_n neither_o be_v nor_o be_v call_v by_o any_o scripture_n the_o redeem_v or_o govern_v church_n cypr._n l._n 3._o ep_n 3._o plebs_fw-la maxim_n potestatem_fw-la habet_fw-la vel_fw-la dignos_fw-la sacerdores_fw-la eligendi_fw-la vel_fw-la indignos_fw-la recusandi_fw-la cypr._n l._n 1._o ep_n 5._o alias_o ep_a 66._o lib._n 1._o ep_n 7._o alius_fw-la 64._o lib._n 4._o ep_n 6._o alias_o ep_a 56._o m._n tho._n goodwin_n and_o mr._n philip_n nye_n preface_n to_o mr._n cotton_v treatise_n of_o the_o key_n the_o people_n have_v no_o causal_n virtue_n in_o judge_v but_o only_o in_o consent_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o discretion_n to_o the_o sentence_n the_o argument_n be_v reâ—orted_v pag._n 197_o 198._o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o tell_v the_o presbyterial_a church_n by_o m._n h._n his_o own_o argument_n page_z 19â—_n m._n though_o goodwin_n mr_n phil._n nye_n epist._n to_o the_o reader_n prefix_v to_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o key_n pastor_n &_o roll_a elder_n be_v equal_a as_o touch_v power_n juridical_a but_o as_o touch_v the_o power_n pastoral_a of_o the_o key_n of_o knowledge_n they_o be_v not_o equal_a but_o the_o pastor_n be_v above_o the_o other_o pag._n 198_o 199._o no_o scripture_n for_o the_o judicial_a power_n of_o the_o male-church_n but_o matth._n 18._o which_o be_v to_o m._n h._n a_o church_n of_o redeem_a man_n and_o woman_n meet_v in_o one_o place_n to_o partake_v of_o all_o the_o ordinance_n m._n cott._n keys_n c._n 5._o p._n 22_o 23._o as_o act._n 19_o 9_o exo._n 33._o 7._o mar._n 6._o 11._o act._n 13._o 46._o d._n ames_n de_fw-fr consc_fw-fr l._n 4._o qu._n 29._o 11._o 10._o 25._o sect._n 3_o p._n 199_o 200._o due_a right_n of_o presb._n c._n 1._o sect_n 2._o p._n 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o the_o office_n power_n be_v not_o a_o part_n but_o the_o whole_a power_n of_o the_o key_n page_n 191._o the_o church_n mat._n 18._o bind_a &_o lose_v be_v not_o a_o church_n of_o select_a person_n by_o our_o brethren_n way_n way_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n in_o n._n e._n c._n 1._o pro_fw-la sect_n 1._o p._n 1_o 2._o the_o church_n of_o believer_n build_v on_o the_o rock_n be_v not_o the_o formal_a first_o and_o proper_a subject_n of_o the_o key_n how_o the_o officer_n be_v above_o the_o church_n of_o believer_n and_o the_o church_n of_o believer_n above_o they_o the_o office_n &_o officer_n be_v with_o as_o little_a sense_n include_v in_o the_o key_n as_o if_o we_o will_v say_v the_o king_n and_o the_o royal_a office_n be_v include_v in_o the_o royal_a power_n there_o be_v no_o church_n of_o only_o believe_v male_n want_v officer_n in_o scripture_n beza_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la dedit_fw-la sed_fw-la dare_v promittit_fw-la bull._n non_fw-la dicit_fw-la dedi_fw-la pareus_n promittit_fw-la in_o futurum_fw-la how_o christ_n give_v to_o peter_n the_o key_n as_o represent_v the_o officer_n page_n 201._o mr._n h._n with_o no_o better_a logic_n may_v prove_v the_o general_n and_o council_n of_o war_n the_o major_a and_o alderman_n be_v not_o the_o first_o formal_a subject_n of_o their_o respective_a power_n as_o pastor_n &_o elder_n can_v be_v the_o same_o formal_a subject_n of_o the_o key_n paul_n presb._n c._n 1._o p._n 9_o 10._o because_o the_o brother_n lay_v not_o hand_n on_o nor_o ordain_v minister_n at_o all_o therefore_o they_o do_v not_o so_o lay_v on_o hand_n and_o ordain_v as_o the_o officer_n do_v page_n 401._o paul_n presb._n c._n 1._o p._n 9_o 10._o the_o ministerial_a spirit_n of_o forgive_a and_o retain_v sin_n in_o the_o external_a court_n though_o not_o in_o a_o concional_a way_n be_v due_a to_o the_o roll_a as_o to_o the_o teach_v elder_a the_o male-churche_n ordain_v want_v a_o institution_n of_o christ._n pag._n 202._o paul_n presbyt_fw-la c._n 1._o p._n 10._o it_o be_v childish_a to_o say_v because_o a_o sermon_n be_v close_v before_o the_o censure_n be_v dispense_v therefore_o there_o be_v no_o application_n of_o the_o word_n make_v to_o the_o conscience_n of_o delinquent_n in_o excommunication_n officer_n be_v superfluous_a in_o dispense_n censure_n by_o m._n h._n his_o way_n way_n of_o the_o church_n c._n 1._o sect_n 1._o prop._n 1._o p._n 1_o 2._o survey_v ch_n 10._o arg_n 5._o p._n 133._o survey_v ch_n 11._o par_fw-fr 1._o p._n 186._o mr._n h._n take_v the_o word_n church_n in_o the_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la matth._n 18._o &_o 16._o sometime_o for_o visible_a saint_n male_a and_o female_a 2._o sometime_o for_o the_o church_n of_o elder_n and_o 3._o here_o for_o the_o male-church_n without_o officer_n and_o woman_n and_o other_o visible_a saint_n member_n judge_v and_o censure_n &_o excommunicate_v one_o another_o and_o yet_o they_o bear_v not_o rule_v over_o one_o another_o as_o m._n h._n if_o all_o be_v ruler_n mutual_o one_o to_o another_o as_o m._n h._n must_v say_v that_o word_n obey_v they_o that_o be_v over_o you_o in_o the_o lord_n must_v be_v speak_v only_o to_o woman_n and_o child_n peter_n be_v not_o visible_o bless_v as_o magus_n mat._n
16._o nor_o do_v he_o represent_v hypocrite_n like_o judas_n who_o be_v m._n h._n his_o saint_n and_o make_v the_o same_o confession_n m._n h._n deprive_v all_o woman_n &_o believe_a child_n of_o age_n of_o all_o comfort_n from_o confess_v christ_n as_o peter_n do_v and_o of_o be_v build_v on_o the_o rock_n because_o they_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o the_o key_n mr._n h._n give_v to_o none_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o faith_n joy_n of_o believe_v peace_n con_v solation_n in_o the_o like_a confession_n of_o peter_n mat._n 16._o but_o only_a in_o &_o through_o visible_a membership_n of_o a_o single_a congregation_n which_o be_v as_o due_a to_o magus_n the_o forcerer_n as_o to_o all_o real_a believer_n pag._n 104._o a_o contraction_n in_o m._n h._n his_o first_o and_o proper_a &_o formal_a subject_n of_o the_o key_n mr._n h._n must_v hide_v something_o under_o that_o that_o profession_n be_v enough_o to_o evidence_n the_o ministerial_a action_n of_o judas_n and_o such_o to_o be_v valid_a pag._n 204._o 205._o the_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n and_o to_o titus_n must_v by_o mr._n h._n hâ—s_o way_n be_v write_v to_o unofficed_a brethren_n the_o male_n only_o of_o a_o congregation_n the_o spiritual_a qualification_n for_o call_v of_o minister_n as_o mr._n h._n describe_v they_o as_o be_v able_a to_o relish_v the_o savour_n of_o spiritual_a administration_n to_o discern_v &_o know_v the_o voice_n of_o christ_n &_o follow_v he_o etc._n etc._n be_v give_v to_o woman_n and_o to_o all_o pag._n 205._o the_o argument_n of_o mr._n r._n that_o there_o be_v no_o rule_n in_o the_o word_n how_o the_o male-church_n shall_v rule_v &_o judge_n ergo_fw-la there_o be_v no_o such_o judge_a church_n stand_v unanswered_a mr._n h._n his_o way_n overturn_v the_o ministry_n see_v mr._n john_n collins_n his_o vindic_n minist_n evangel_n a_o 1651._o the_o question_n accurate_o and_o clear_o discuss_v the_o pulpit_n guard_v with_o 20_o arg._n a_o 1652._o a_o plea_n for_o the_o use_n of_o gospel-ordinance_n by_o hen_n laurence_n against_o mr._n dell_n 1652._o p._n 44_o 45._o vindication_n of_o presbyt_fw-la governm_fw-la and_o ministry_n by_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o province_n of_o london_n a_o 1649._o m_o gillespy_n miscel._n q._n 1._o p._n 1_o 2_o 3._o etc._n etc._n vindic._n minist_n evang._n by_o the_o minister_n of_o london_n the_o ius_n divinum_fw-la of_o presbyt_fw-la c._n 11._o p._n 180._o ch._n 11._o p._n 191._o m._n h._n his_o way_n destroy_v the_o ministry_n of_o the_o n._n testament_n mr._n h._n deny_v that_o the_o high_a ability_n that_o be_v require_v in_o the_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n &_o titus_n be_v require_v to_o be_v in_o such_o as_o open_v and_o shut_v heaven_n by_o the_o key_n page_n 206._o page_n 207._o due_a right_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o the_o nine_o argument_n of_o m._n r._n stand_v unanswered_a the_o aposty_n make_v the_o church_n a_o politic_a church_n by_o frame_v organ_n official_a in_o it_o the_o feeder_n &_o the_o feed_a church_n be_v 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munus_fw-la &_o sacrificium_fw-la offer_n in_o ejus_fw-la dominium_fw-la &_o ministerium_fw-la transfer_v junius_n numb_a 8._o approbante_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cyril_n alexand._n cyprian_n epist._n 24._o 33._o 68_o de_fw-fr divina_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la descendit_fw-la ut_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la plebe_fw-la praesente_fw-la ordinaretur_fw-la tertul._n apolog._n c._n 39_o leo_fw-la mag._n epist._n 87._o quidam_fw-la ex_fw-la populo_fw-la manus_fw-la imponebant_fw-la junius_n piscator_fw-la pareus_n cajetan_n lorinus_n principes_fw-la tribuum_fw-la pro_fw-la populo_fw-la lyran._n numb_a 8._o ponent_fw-la manus_fw-la quia_fw-la assensum_fw-la devotionis_fw-la electioni_fw-la debent_fw-la praebere_fw-la a_o filis_fw-la israelis_fw-la beda_n sub_fw-la multorum_fw-la testimonio_fw-la &_o cognition_n facienda_fw-la est_fw-la electio_fw-la ut_fw-la examinatio_fw-la digna_fw-la celebretur_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la reprehendere_fw-la possit_fw-la debent_fw-la enim_fw-la testimonium_fw-la habere_fw-la bonum_fw-la jer._n 40._o 4._o psal._n 105._o 20._o rev._n 9_o 14._o job_n 12._o 18._o psal._n 105._o 17._o judg._n 15_o 10._o psal._n 149._o 8._o act._n 21._o 8._o act._n 22._o 4._o mark_v 3._o 27._o psal._n 102._o â—0_n bind_v and_o lose_v be_v act_n of_o authority_n by_o the_o scripture_n in_o ruler_n who_o have_v command_v of_o prison_n which_o unoffice_v people_n have_v not_o they_o not_o be_v ruler_n the_o true_a sense_n of_o that_o i_o will_v give_v to_o thou_o the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o say_v mat._n 16._o that_o christ_n promise_v the_o key_n to_o the_o church_n of_o redeem_a one_o the_o evasion_n of_o mr._n h._n that_o christ_n say_v who_o do_v man_n say_v that_o i_o be_o to_o the_o disciple_n only_o as_o represent_v only_o the_o male-believer_n of_o a_o single_a congregation_n exclude_v woman_n and_o all_o who_o so_o confess_v christ_n with_o the_o same_o sinceriey_n have_v no_o foot_n how_o far_o from_o the_o mind_n of_o sound_a antiquity_n and_o of_o protestant_a divine_n the_o place_n mat._n 16._o flesh_n and_o blood_n have_v not_o reveal_v this_o and_o upon_o this_o rock_n etc._n etc._n see_v magdeburgen_n hist._n vol._n 1._o cen._n 1._o l._n 1._o c._n 4._o p._n 56._o ib._n p._n 32._o as_o super_fw-la hanc_fw-la petram_fw-la i._n c._n confessionem_fw-la lb._n p._n 40._o what_o be_v the_o true_a church_n see_v hist._n magd._n ib._n cent._n 1._o l._n 1._o c._n 4._o p._n 127_o 129._o 130._o the_o magdeburgenses_n hist._n vol._n 1._o cen._n 1._o l._n 1._o c._n 4._o p._n 138._o expound_v it_o sound_o of_o the_o perseverance_n of_o the_o saint_n not_o of_o the_o visible_a church_n as_o papist_n do_v mr._n h._n his_o exposition_n of_o mat._n 16._o that_o peter_n in_o that_o confession_n represent_v the_o male-member_n of_o the_o congregation_n only_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o text_n and_o to_o the_o faith_n comfort_n and_o blessedness_n of_o all_o believer_n so_o confess_v if_o to_o be_v build_v upon_o the_o rock_n be_v to_o be_v build_v in_o a_o congregational_a church-frame_n than_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n can_v prevail_v against_o the_o office_n against_o the_o visible_a frame_n of_o congregation_n some_o of_o our_o divine_n make_v the_o church_n of_o believer_n man_n and_o woman_n the_o virtual_a subject_n of_o the_o key_n and_o of_o all_o church-power_n but_o mr._n h._n make_v they_o more_o than_o a_o virtual_a subject_n for_o he_o must_v make_v the_o formal_a call_n and_o create_v of_o officer_n and_o excommunicate_v of_o they_o and_o so_o preach_v as_o be_v the_o apostle_n peter_n case_n act._n 1._o 15._o and_o the_o prophet_n act._n 13_o 3._o who_o pray_v and_o lay_v on_o hand_n on_o saul_n and_o barnabas_n and_o send_v they_o as_o apostle_n to_o the_o gentile_n a_o formal_a act_n of_o the_o church_n of_o redeem_a one_o man_n and_o woman_n servant_n and_o child_n for_o which_o we_o have_v no_o scripture_n and_o as_o little_a reason_n for_o we_o may_v so_o 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other_o pelagianise_a jesuit_n that_o this_o or_o that_o man_n may_v fall_v away_o but_o god_n have_v confuse_o decree_v that_o some_o there_o shall_v be_v who_o shall_v never_o fall_v away_o and_o so_o side_n with_o arminian_n and_o socinian_o remonst_z apol._n non_fw-la promittitur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la semper_fw-la mansuraâ—_n ecclesiam_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quâ_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la est_fw-la semper_fw-la mansuram_fw-la invictam_fw-la à _fw-la morte_fw-la &_o condemnatione_fw-la socinus_n in_o miscelan_n p._n 262._o quamdiu_fw-la vera_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesta_fw-la fuerit_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la morte_fw-la atque_fw-la inferno_fw-la mat._n 18._o quidquam_fw-la detrimenti_fw-la patiatur_fw-la did._n ruiz_n de_fw-fr mont_fw-fr jesuita_fw-la tom_n de_fw-fr provide_v tract_n 2._o disp_n 8._o sect_n 1._o num_fw-la 5_o 6._o plurimae_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la quarum_fw-la disjunctivam_fw-la indeterminationem_fw-la vagari_fw-la potest_fw-la infallibilitas_fw-la &_o necessitas_fw-la quae_fw-la nullam_fw-la illarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la determinat_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o confuso_fw-la &_o universali_fw-la numero_fw-la 6._o necesse_fw-la est_fw-la â—…niant_fw-la scandala_fw-la veruntamen_fw-la vae_fw-la homini_fw-la per_fw-la quem_fw-la eveniunt_fw-la scandala_fw-la ubi_fw-la christus_fw-la dominus_fw-la apertè_fw-la significat_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la vagari_fw-la per_fw-la varias_fw-la personas_fw-la &_o varia_fw-la scandalorum_fw-la genera_fw-la indeterminatè_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la hunc_fw-la hominem_fw-la fiat_fw-la nec_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o non_fw-la aliud_fw-la scandalum_fw-la fiat_fw-la porro_fw-la haec_fw-la necessitas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sola_fw-la &_o nuda_fw-la indigentia_fw-la mediorum_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la infallibilis_fw-la consecutio_fw-la effectuum_fw-la ex_fw-la causis_fw-la efficientibus_fw-la ita_fw-la dispositis_fw-la m._n h._n his_o exposition_n of_o mat._n 16._o 19_o infer_v a_o great_a confusion_n in_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n mr._n h._n his_o distinction_n of_o necessity_n infer_v the_o uncertainty_n of_o a_o believer_n salvation_n &_o destroy_v his_o peace_n joy_n comfort_n etc._n etc._n it_o destroy_v the_o faith_n consolation_n promise_n and_o certainty_n of_o the_o number_n save_v some_o certain_a officer_n not_o unofficed_a people_n be_v to_o be_v judge_n &_o porter_n under_o the_o n._n testament_n the_o lord_n have_v give_v the_o key_n to_o the_o catholic_n guide_v as_o to_o the_o first_o &_o formal_a subject_n and_o to_o the_o catholic_n integral_n visible_a church_n as_o to_o the_o object_n and_o end_n not_o to_o the_o independent_a congregation_n at_o m._n h._n say_v pag._n 219_o 220._o pag._n 221â—_n m._n cotton_n of_o the_o key_n c._n 6._o p._n 25._o the_o word_n church_n be_v not_o take_v by_o m._n h._n according_a to_o the_o grammar_n 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and_o papist_n mr._n h._n par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 13._o p._n 230._o the_o path_n to_o these_o general_a counsel_n have_v be_v so_o long_o disuse_v that_o they_o be_v almost_o grow_v out_o of_o sight_n &_o as_o he_o sometime_o speak_v in_o a_o like_a case_n the_o highway_n be_v unoccupied_a pag._n 232._o by_o the_o space_n of_o 300_o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n there_o be_v not_o the_o name_n of_o a_o occumenick_n council_n hear_v of_o in_o the_o world_n whittaker_n cont_n 3._o q._n 3._o c._n 1._o de_fw-fr council_n nostra_fw-la vero_fw-la sententiâ—_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la solos_fw-la praelatos_fw-la habere_fw-la jus_o definiendi_fw-la in_o conciliis_fw-la sed_fw-la homines_fw-la quosvis_fw-la idoneos_fw-la non_fw-la ait_fw-la laicos_fw-la eligi_fw-la posse_fw-la willet_n synops._n papis_fw-la cont_n 3._o gener_fw-la q._n 3._o p._n 125._o what_o a_o absurd_a save_n be_v it_o that_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o only_a pastor_n the_o father_n of_o basil._n who_o doubt_v but_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v commit_v to_o other_o than_o only_o apostle_n prof._n leyden_n in_o synops._n purio_fw-la theolog._n disp_n 49._o the_o 29._o verum_fw-la tamen_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la laicis_fw-la piâ—s_fw-la in_o publica_fw-la hac_fw-la act_n one_o consilium_fw-la &_o a_o biâ—…ium_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la suffragium_fw-la requiritur_fw-la vid._n the_o â—1_n câ—lvin_n l_o 4._o inst._n 〈◊〉_d 1._o romano_n pontifici_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la satellitibus_fw-la totum_fw-la deferunt_fw-la com._n act._n 15._o five_o 12._o plebis_fw-la modestia_fw-la hâ—nc_fw-la colligitur_fw-la quod_fw-la postquam_fw-la apostolis_n ac_fw-la reliquis_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la jâ—…m_fw-la ge_fw-mi misit_fw-la nunc_fw-la quoque_fw-la subscribit_fw-la corum_fw-la decreto_fw-la pastorum_fw-la tyranniâ—_n est_fw-la excludere_fw-la populum_fw-la bâ—…us_fw-la loc_n 43._o q._n 21._o jus_n ecclesiis_fw-la conscio_fw-la &_o comprobante_fw-la grege_fw-la vid._n q._n 23._o non_fw-la exclusis_fw-la l_o 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n tâ—en_o syntag._n de_fw-fr council_n disp_n 1._o q._n 18._o p._n 619_o 610._o qui_fw-la solis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la sententiae_fw-la dictionem_fw-la vindicaâ—…_n iis_fw-la tum_fw-la apostolici_fw-la concilii_fw-la act._n 15._o 6._o tum_o nicaeni_n &_o constantinopolitanis_n primi_fw-la authoritate_fw-la refelluntur_fw-la neque_fw-la negari_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la fidei_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la pertineat_fw-la dicere_fw-la qui_fw-la prophetae_fw-la sunt_fw-la
dono_fw-la &_o vocatione_n 1_o cor._n 14_o 32._o see_v 〈◊〉_d theolog._n christian._n 〈◊〉_d 1._o c._n 28._o piscat_fw-la loc_n 23._o the_o 29._o on_o the_o contrary_n be_v the_o rhemist_n on_o 1_o tim._n 5._o sect_n 13._o bellarm._n de_fw-fr council_n lib._n 1._o c._n 19_o cornel._n à _fw-fr lap._n lorinus_n act._n 15._o mr._n cotton_n key_n two_o sort_n of_o representative_n not_o consider_v by_o mr._n h._n commissioner_n neither_o carry_v the_o people_n conscience_n to_o the_o synod_n not_o do_v their_o commission_n give_v they_o a_o new_a office_n par._n 1._o p._n 231_o 232._o due_a right_n of_o presb._n key_n of_o the_o king_n d._n c._n 7._o p._n 47_o 48._o the_o whole_a body_n of_o all_o church_n guide_v be_v the_o first_o subject_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n in_o its_o latitude_n of_o that_o power_n and_o the_o first_o subject_n of_o such_o a_o special_a power_n be_v a_o synod_n a_o power_n synodical_a be_v but_o a_o part_n of_o the_o key_n and_o be_v not_o before_o a_o synod_n have_v be_v inferior_a church_n confer_v not_o proper_o a_o superior_a power_n to_o the_o church_n â—…y_v have_v a_o synodical_a power_n by_o the_o institution_n of_o god_n act._n 15._o to_o define_v in_o counsel_n be_v a_o act_n of_o officer_n mr._n dickson_n expos._n mat._n 28._o v._n 19_o doct_n 6._o par._n i._o p._n 232_o 233._o ames_n bellar._n eâ—â—rvat_fw-la to._n 2._o c._n 2._o an_fw-mi soli_fw-la praelati_fw-la majores_fw-la i._n e._n episcopi_fw-la habent_fw-la jus_o suffragii_fw-la ordinariè_fw-la ex_fw-la privilegio_fw-la &_o consuetudine_fw-la etiam_fw-la cardinal_n abbates_n bellar._n affirmat_fw-la nos_fw-la negamus_fw-la ames_n to._n 2._o c._n 〈◊〉_d th._n 1._o p._n 4._o si_fw-mi esset_fw-la proprium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o pastorum_fw-la nihil_fw-la prohibet_fw-la quin_fw-la possit_fw-la cum_fw-la alii_fw-la theologis_fw-la praesertim_fw-la ministris_fw-la 〈◊〉_d deo_fw-la institutis_fw-la communicaâ—i_fw-la calv._n act._n 15_o 6._o guâ—lth_n act._n 15._o 22._o calv._n sic_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la dicit_fw-la lucas_n totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la congregataâ—_n sed_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la &_o judicio_fw-la pollebant_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la ex_fw-la â—atione_fw-la officii_fw-la huius_fw-la causae_fw-la legitimi_fw-la eâ—â—nt_fw-la judices_fw-la fieri_fw-la quidem_fw-la oâ—est_fw-la ut_fw-la coram_fw-la plebe_fw-la habita_fw-la suâ—riâ—_n disputatio_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la tractandam_fw-la causam_fw-la vulgus_fw-la promiscuè_fw-fr fuisse_fw-la admissum_fw-la putemus_fw-la lucas_n disertè_fw-fr apostol_n os_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la nominat_fw-la gualther_n ibid._n homil_n 103._o non_fw-la ita_fw-la dominium_fw-la &_o imperium_fw-la sibi_fw-la vindicarunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la ut_fw-la populum_fw-la ab_fw-la eorum_fw-la cognition_n excluderent_fw-la â—ive_a arcerent_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la aequo_fw-la ad_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la pertinebant_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la modestia_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la veritati_fw-la omnes_fw-la libenter_fw-la cederent_fw-la haec_fw-la gualther_n bullinger_n act._n 15._o 6._o convenerunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la palam_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la admonemur_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolicos_fw-la viros_fw-la pertinere_fw-la rerum_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la bezâ—_n act._n 15._o 1â—_n multitudin_n be_v autem_fw-la nomine_fw-la intellige_fw-la non_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la utpote_fw-la quaenâ—ndum_fw-la esset_fw-la tota_fw-la advocate_n sed_fw-la totum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la &_o sensorum_fw-la coetum_fw-la ut_fw-la v._n 6._o unde_fw-la apparet_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la yera_fw-la legitimae_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la synodi_fw-la ratio_fw-la etc._n etc._n how_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o apostle_n evangelist_n pastor_n doctor_n elder_n be_v the_o first_o immediate_a subject_n of_o the_o whole_a power_n of_o the_o key_n m._n h._n survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 11._o p._n 186._o way_n of_o the_o church_n c._n 1._o sect_n 1._o pro._n 3._o m._n cotton_n key_n c._n 7._o p._n 31._o inferior_a court_n may_v use_v the_o key_n without_o any_o influence_n of_o a_o command_n from_o a_o general_a council_n though_o a_o general_a council_n exi_v not_o yet_o â—he_v use_n of_o the_o key_n cease_v not_o in_o inferior_a court_n hardly_o can_v a_o general_a council_n excommunicate_v a_o national_a church_n non-communion_n of_o church_n as_o our_o brethren_n use_v it_o be_v not_o warrantable_a see_v the_o paper_n of_o accommodation_n at_o the_o synod_n at_o westminster_n anno_fw-la 1644._o sept._n 13._o par._n 1._o c._n 13._o p._n 234_o 235._o excommunication_n attain_v not_o its_o end_n always_o ergo_fw-la be_v not_o lawful_a m._n h._n so_o nor_o do_v the_o gospel_n ever_o attain_v its_o save_a end_n ergo_fw-la it_o be_v not_o the_o gospel_n mr._n h._n sorcer_n upon_o mr._n r._n a_o proposition_n as_o a_o principle_n in_o terminis_fw-la beyond_o gainsay_v which_o be_v never_o in_o m._n r._n his_o mind_n nor_o book_n simpson_n cent._n 1._o c._n 1._o the_o want_n of_o gen_n counsel_n through_o providential_a impediment_n prove_v not_o that_o they_o aâ—e_v not_o ordinance_n english_a divin_n on_o hos._n 3._o 4._o diod._n hos._n 3._o 4._o jun._n hos._n 3._o 4._o nam_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la israelitae_n in_o assyrian_n fuerunt_fw-la deportati_fw-la per_fw-la shalmanasarem_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la anno_fw-la sexto_fw-la ezekiae_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_n incarnatum_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la anni_fw-la quasi_fw-la sexcenti_fw-la octoginta_fw-la partus_fw-la come_v ib._n zanch_n come_v ib._n dissent_v brethren_n in_o their_o reason_n against_o synod_n 2_o arg_n p._n 120._o the_o same_o god_n that_o suit_v his_o providence_n to_o his_o institution_n will_v not_o have_v fail_v in_o what_o be_v the_o most_o sovereign_a remedy_n of_o all_o other_o that_o it_o may_v have_v be_v existent_a in_o all_o age_n as_o we_o see_v his_o promise_n be_v to_o the_o jew_n to_o keep_v their_o land_n when_o the_o male_n thrice_o a_o year_n go_v up_o to_o the_o general_n assembly_n at_o jerusalem_n euseb._n eccles._n hist._n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o bucolc_n index_n euseb._n l._n 2._o c._n 25._o epiphan_n cont_n haer_fw-mi tertul._n de_fw-fr cor._n milit_fw-la in_o apolo_n cairo_n l._n 3._o monar_n 4._o how_o lose_v that_o be_v that_o providence_n must_v suit_v with_o institution_n the_o catholic_n church_n excommunicate_v antecedent_o when_o a_o particular_a church_n excommunicate_v but_o the_o catholic_n church_n have_v not_o nor_o put_v forth_o a_o deliberate_a act_n of_o cite_v accuse_v condemn_v before_o the_o particular_a church_n act_v any_o the_o comparison_n of_o cut_v off_o a_o infectious_a member_n from_o the_o whole_a catholic_n visible_a church_n be_v strain_v by_o m._n h._n he_o who_o be_v excommunicate_a in_o one_o church_n be_v antecedent_o excommunicate_a in_o all_o 1_o cor._n 10._o 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d excommunication_n by_o consequence_n be_v no_o excommunication_n at_o all_o a_o strange_a exposition_n of_o that_o he_o that_o hear_v you_o hear_v i_o which_o follow_v from_o mr._n h._n his_o way_n mr._n h._n allow_v of_o private_a communion_n page_n 240._o page_n 241_o 242._o survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 14._o p._n 243._o aim_n medul_a l._n 1._o c._n 32._o thes._n 5._o ecclesia_fw-la igitur_fw-la particularis_fw-la respectu_fw-la commanis_fw-la illius_fw-la naturae_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la particularibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la reperitu_fw-la est_fw-la species_n ecclesiae_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la sed_fw-la respectu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la quae_fw-la habet_fw-la rationem_fw-la integri_fw-la est_fw-la totum_fw-la ex_fw-la aggregatione_fw-la variorum_fw-la membroruâ—â—ingularium_fw-la compositum_fw-la at_o que_fw-la adeo_fw-la respectu_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la est_fw-la integrum_fw-la that_o there_o be_v a_o catholic_n integral_n militant_a church_n arg._n 2._o arg._n 3._o arg._n 4._o arg._n 5._o pag._n 244_o 245._o arg._n 6._o way_n of_o the_o church_n of_o n._n 〈◊〉_d c_o 1._o sect_n 1._o p._n 1_o 2._o mr._n h._n suppose_v by_o no_o logic_n that_o the_o same_o body_n of_o christ_n can_v be_v both_o invisible_a and_o in_o another_o respect_n visible_a what_o way_n m._n r._n put_v visible_a in_o a_o equal_a latitude_n with_o mystical_a what_o way_n not_o calvin_n bâ—za_n in_o loc_n pareus_n pet._n martyr_n nec_fw-la corinthii_n cum_fw-la â—ideles_fw-la professione_n non_fw-la ethnici_fw-la essent_fw-la dono_fw-la linguarum_fw-la indigebant_fw-la piscator_fw-la english_fw-fr divine_n diodati_n in_o loc_n estius_n in_o loc_n cajetan_n page_n 186._o a_o congregation_n only_o can_v be_v mean_v 1_o cor._n 12._o 28._o but_o also_o the_o catholic_n integral_n militant_a church_n pastor_n may_v exercise_v pastoral_a act_n towards_o many_o who_o they_o can_v censure_v or_o excommunicate_v par._n 1._o p._n 247_o 248._o though_o the_o ruler_n of_o one_o city_n can_v fix_o govern_v in_o another_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o consequent_a therefore_o a_o pastor_n can_v act_v as_o a_o pastor_n in_o divers_a church_n god_n have_v not_o every_o way_n seat_v officer_n in_o his_o church_n as_o the_o king_n have_v place_v underjudge_n in_o the_o state_n let_v m._n h._n answer_v whether_o the_o major_a of_o norwich_n may_v lawful_o do_v justice_n upon_o one_o of_o york_n who_o be_v oppress_v by_o his_o fellow-citizen_n of_o york_n as_o the_o pastor_n of_o boston_n may_v tender_v the_o l._n supper_n
10_o etc._n etc._n but_o it_o follow_v not_o therefore_o such_o give_v a_o be_v to_o their_o ordinance_n there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o be_v a_o pastor_n and_o be_v a_o fix_a pastor_n to_o this_o people_n page_n 74._o what_o be_v ordination_n confer_v see_v book_n of_o ecclesiastic_a discipline_n at_o geneva_n m._n dcxxx_o page_n 65_o 66._o the_o specific_a act_n of_o call_v man_n to_o the_o ministry_n ascribe_v to_o minister_n but_o never_o in_o scripture_n to_o unofficed_a brethren_n prove_v our_o ordination_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d page_n 86._o page_n 82_o 83._o par._n 1._o c._n 8._o pag._n 89_o 90_o 91._o page_n 89._o there_o be_v a_o independent_a church_n in_o a_o family_n suru._n par_fw-fr 3._o 6._o 2._o conc._n 2._o page_n 13._o augustine_n dream_v not_o that_o baptism_n be_v only_o right_o administer_v in_o a_o single_a congregation_n but_o in_o the_o catholic_n congregation_n or_o church_n contra_fw-la donatistas_n de_fw-la baptismate_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 11._o non_fw-la iis_fw-la itaque_fw-la dicimus_fw-la nolite_fw-la dare_v baptisnium_fw-la sed_fw-la nolite_fw-la in_o schismate_fw-la dare_n nec_fw-la iis_fw-la quos_fw-la videntur_fw-la baptizaturi_fw-la dicimus_fw-la nolite_fw-la accipere_fw-la sed_fw-la nolite_fw-la in_o schismate_fw-la accipere_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la vel_fw-la in_fw-la hae_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la congregatione_fw-la invenit_fw-la baptismum_fw-la non_fw-la hominum_fw-la sed_fw-la dei_fw-la esse_fw-la cognovit_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o near_a parent_n while_o they_o be_v make_v the_o only_a conveyor_n of_o grace_n the_o church_n covenant_n of_o man_n be_v prefer_v to_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n ans._n to_o the_o 32_o quest_n ans_fw-fr to_o the_o 10_o quest_n p._n 28_o 29_o 30._o ans._n to_o 32_o qu._n to_o 〈◊〉_d qu._n p._n 7_o 8._o in_o which_o they_o prevaricate_v ans._n to_o 12_o qu._n p._n 39_o 40._o ans._n to_o 6._o pag._n 21_o 22._o ans._n to_o 7._o 22._o 23._o ans._n to_o qu._n 10._o q._n 10._o p._n 28_o 29._o the_o woeful_a evil_n of_o make_v the_o near_a parent_n the_o only_a conveyer_n of_o covenant_n right_n to_o the_o child_n see_v tostat._n abulens_n in_o exod._n c._n 34._o in_o v_o 6._o gen._n 9_o &_o 10._o the_o covenant_v seed_n so_o often_o mention_v in_o scripture_n must_v be_v only_o the_o child_n of_o the_o near_a parent_n believe_v the_o rest_n must_v be_v pagan_n ans._n to_o quest_n 7._o pag._n 22._o if_o you_o can_v give_v we_o a_o sufficient_a answer_n to_o take_v we_o off_o from_o that_o scripture_n 1_o cor._n 7._o etc._n etc._n the_o adequate_a cause_n of_o covenant-love_n from_o father_n to_o child_n be_v free_a grace_n the_o covenant_n that_o the_o lord_n will_v be_v our_o god_n must_v extend_v further_a than_o to_o the_o near_a seed_n calvin_n instit._fw-la l._n 11._o c_o 8._o sect_n 20._o promissio_fw-la de_fw-la propagandâ_fw-la in_o mille_fw-la generationes_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordiâ_fw-la quae_fw-la etiam_fw-la frequent_a in_o scripture_n occurrit_fw-la &_o in_o solenni_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la soedere_fw-la inseriâ—ur_fw-la ero_n deus_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o feminis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d post_fw-la â—e_n perkins_n in_o 2_o com._n â—â—lv_v ib._n quia_fw-la non_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la hic_fw-la figere_fw-la regulam_fw-la voluit_fw-la legislator_n quae_fw-la suae_fw-la electioni_fw-la derogaâ—et_n zanch._n tom_n 4._o l._n 1._o de_fw-la secundo_fw-la praecepto_fw-la cap._n 14._o p._n 375._o unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la apparet_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la verum_fw-la quod_fw-la quidam_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la colligunt_fw-la nimirum_fw-la â—orum_fw-la parentum_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la foedere_fw-la exclusi_fw-la sunt_fw-la propter_fw-la svas_fw-la scilicet_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la &_o def_n ctionem_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la eorum_fw-la etiam_fw-la liberos_fw-la exclusos_fw-la esse_fw-la pugnat_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la cum_fw-la aeterna_fw-la electione_n ut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la promissione_n facta_fw-la abrahae_fw-la 17._o ero_fw-la deus_fw-la tuis_fw-la &_o seminis_fw-la tui_fw-la post_fw-la te_fw-la in_fw-la generationibus_fw-la sempiternis_fw-la promissio_fw-la fit_a abrahae_fw-la &_o semini_fw-la ejus_fw-la ergo_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la semine_fw-la abrahae_fw-la nemo_fw-la à _fw-la foedere_fw-la hoc_fw-la excludebatur_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la ex_fw-la proximis_fw-la parentibus_fw-la impiis_fw-la &_o idololatris_fw-la natus_fw-la esset_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la intermedii_fw-la patentes_fw-la impli_v continuationem_fw-la foederis_fw-la in_o liberis_fw-la non_fw-la impediebant_fw-la rom._n 11._o quid_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la quidam_fw-la non_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n ps._n 85._o 8_o 9_o 10._o heb._n 3._o 17._o judge_n 9_o 19_o ezek._n 2._o 3._o 2_o chron._n 36._o 14_o 15_o 16._o mr._n h._n deny_v covenant_n right_a to_o baptism_n to_o infant_n as_o anabaptist_n do_v because_o they_o do_v not_o actual_o love_v &_o obey_v god_n yea_o infant_n of_o turk_n come_v to_o age_n if_o they_o actual_o love_v &_o actual_o obey_v god_n and_o by_o faith_n lie_v hold_v on_o his_o covenant_n the_o lord_n extend_v mercy_n to_o they_o iâ—_n 56._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o thin_a infant_n have_v nothing_o by_o near_a or_o remote_a parent_n but_o what_o they_o have_v without_o they_o survey_v par_fw-fr 3._o 〈◊〉_d 2._o p._n 15_o 16._o way_n of_o the_o church_n of_o n._n e._n c._n 4._o sec._n 6._o p._n 87._o way_n of_o the_o church_n ib._n c._n 4._o sect_n 6._o p._n â—8_o mr._n h._n his_o exposition_n of_o the_o second_o command_n overturn_v the_o gracious_a intent_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o both_o threaten_a and_o promise_n suru._n par_fw-fr 3._o c._n 2_o page_n 16._o par._n 3_o pag._n 18._o when_o and_o how_o the_o posterity_n be_v cast_v off_o par._n 3._o pag._n 20._o par._n 3._o c._n 3._o pag._n 41._o two_o new_a judicature_n one_o dogmatical_a or_o official_a by_o the_o officer_n another_o juridical_a by_o the_o male-church_n must_v be_v a_o unwarrantable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d union_n or_o division_n among_o associate_n church_n say_v the_o associate_n church_n must_v make_v up_o one_o visible_a body_n survey_v par_fw-fr 4._o p._n 2._o par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 13._o p._n 230_o 238._o reason_n of_o the_o dissent_v brethren_n pag._n 118_o 119_o 120._o suru._n par._n 4._o c._n 1._o p._n 6._o mr._n h._n his_o mistake_n as_o touch_v the_o burden_n of_o the_o act_n of_o synod_n which_o be_v that_o they_o tie_v the_o conscience_n only_o as_o the_o godly_a counsel_n of_o woman_n tie_v man_n m_o cotton_n of_o the_o key_n c._n 6._o p._n 25._o preface_n to_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o key_n socin_n contra_fw-la gabr._fw-la ementropium_fw-la c._n 1._o p._n 7._o socin_n res._n 11._o add_v resp._n andr._n volam_fw-la nullis_fw-la deinceps_fw-la hominibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n smalcius_n ref._n lib._n the_o error_n aria_n 1_o c._n 1._o p._n 6._o qui_fw-la vult_fw-la sensum_fw-la scripturae_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la peti_fw-la qui_fw-la post_fw-la apostolos_fw-la vixerunt_fw-la dum_fw-la hoc_fw-la facit_fw-la tacitè_fw-fr deserit_fw-la scripta_fw-la apostolica_fw-la etc._n etc._n epist._n ad_fw-la 3._o the_o 8_o disp_n 26._o the_o 10._o disp_n 32._o the_o 1._o remonst_z apol._n c._n 25._o fol._n â—94_n fol._n 282_o 283._o armin._n disp_n 58._o n._n 3._o paper_n anno_fw-la 164â—_n s_o p._n 13._o the_o dissent_v brethren_n of_o the_o famous_a synod_n at_o westm_n their_o judgement_n of_o synod_n and_o presbytery_n mr._n baily_n in_o his_o vindicat_fw-la ann_n 1655._o p._n 48._o if_o synod_n have_v no_o jurisdiction_n heretical_a elder_n of_o a_o congregation_n as_o he_o solid_o say_v arrius_n macedonius_n be_v safe_a from_o all_o censure_n to_o the_o world_n end_n par._n 4._o p_o 7._o 8._o it_o be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n that_o the_o part_n be_v rule_v by_o the_o where_o in_o the_o general_n &_o not_o in_o every_o particular_a the_o division_n of_o a_o christian_a nation_n into_o province_n territory_n &_o presbytery_n be_v neither_o a_o device_n of_o man_n simple_o noâ—_n simple_o a_o divine_a institution_n but_o a_o mix_a ordinance_n page_z 6_o 7._o par._n 4_o p._n 10._o mr._n h._n his_o mistake_n of_o individual_a moral_a act_n and_o the_o mixture_n in_o they_o d._n ames_n fresh_a suit_n against_o d._n eurgâ—s_n didoclavius_n altar_n damasc._n c._n 9_o p._n 495_o 496_o 497._o hieron_n ep._n ad_fw-la aug._n in_o epist._n august_n 11._o bonum_fw-la est_fw-la continentia_fw-la malum_fw-la est_fw-la luxu_fw-la iâ—_n inter_fw-la utrumque_fw-la indifferens_fw-la ambulare_fw-la capitis_fw-la naribus_fw-la purgamenta_fw-la projicere_fw-la scotus_n in_o 2_o do_v sen._n 7._o q._n unic_n thom._n 1._o par_fw-fr q._n 103._o q._n 13._o art_n 8._o lombard_n 2_o do_v 40._o durand_n l._n 2._o do_v 40._o q._n 1._o not_o 6._o siactus_fw-la sequatur_fw-la rationem_fw-la deliberatam_fw-la sic_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la aliquem_fw-la actum_fw-la esse_fw-la indifferentem_fw-la sed_fw-la necessariò_fw-la quilibet_fw-la est_fw-la bone_fw-la vel_fw-la malus_fw-la moraliter_fw-la quia_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la debitum_fw-la à _fw-la ratione_fw-la deliberatâ_fw-la gregor_n de_fw-fr valent._n tom._n 2._o disp_n 2._o q._n 13._o de_fw-la bonit_fw-la &_o maliâ—_n act_n humh_o puncto_fw-la 6._o omnis_fw-la actio_fw-la à _fw-la deliberatâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la