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the_o three_o neither_o contrary_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n neither_o necessary_o affix_v unto_o it_o add_v these_o express_a word_n 10._o sunt_fw-la nonnullae_fw-la traditiones_fw-la quas_fw-la neutras_fw-la appellare_fw-la libuit_fw-la quod_fw-la verbo_fw-la deinec_fw-la adversentur_fw-la nec_fw-la illinecessariò_fw-la cohaereant_fw-la inquibus_fw-la mos_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gerendus_fw-la est_fw-la tribus_fw-la interposit_a be_v cautionibus_fw-la primùm_fw-la videndum_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la obtrudantur_fw-la quasidei_fw-la cultus_fw-la &_o deculiar_a be_v quaedam_fw-la sanctimonia_fw-la quandcquidem_fw-la potius_fw-la recipiendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la adordinum_fw-la conservandum_fw-la &_o civilem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la commoditatem_fw-la totum_fw-la atque_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la actionum_fw-la decorum_n alioquin_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la luculentèr_fw-la habemus_fw-la descripta_fw-la quaead_n sanctitatem_fw-la &_o cullum_fw-la dei_fw-la conducunt_fw-la praeterea_fw-la cavere_fw-la oportet_fw-la ne_fw-la quaesic_n traduntur_fw-la it_o a_o putemus_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la amoveri_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la servetur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la suum_fw-la ius_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la medijs_fw-la ut_fw-la quoadilla_fw-la statuat_fw-la quicquid_fw-la viderit_fw-la magis_fw-la adificationem_fw-la credentium_fw-la promovere_fw-la consideretur_fw-la demùm_fw-la saepiùs_fw-la nimijs_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la &_o ceremonijs_fw-la in_o immensum_fw-la auct_n be_v populum_fw-la christi_fw-la sic_fw-la gravari_fw-la ut_fw-la tantum_fw-la non_fw-la obruatur_fw-la there_o be_v some_o tradition_n which_o may_v be_v term_v ventrall_a or_o indifferent_a for_o that_o they_o neither_o be_v against_o god_n word_n neither_o do_v they_o necessary_o cohere_v with_o it_o in_o which_o ceremony_n the_o church_n constitution_n must_v be_v obey_v if_o three_o caution_n do_v concur_v first_o that_o they_o be_v not_o obtrude_v as_o god_n worship_n or_o peculiar_a holiness_n but_o as_o pertain_v to_o order_n and_o the_o civil_a commodity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o comeliness_n in_o divine_a action_n otherwise_o all_o thing_n be_v sufficient_o comprise_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o pertain_v to_o holiness_n and_o god_n worship_n second_o we_o must_v beware_v that_o they_o be_v not_o repute_v so_o necessary_a that_o they_o can_v be_v change_v as_o the_o time_n require_v let_v the_o church_n keep_v her_o interest_n and_o liberty_n in_o these_o indifferent_a thing_n to_o appoint_v what_o shall_v be_v think_v most_o necessary_a to_o the_o edify_n of_o the_o faithful_a last_o let_v it_o be_v well_o remember_v that_o the_o multitude_n of_o ceremony_n do_v often_o so_o annoy_v the_o people_n that_o they_o be_v almost_o undo_v therewith_o m._n beza_n have_v these_o word_n quoniam_fw-la multitudo_fw-la plerumque_fw-la &_o impirita_fw-la est_fw-la &_o intractabilis_fw-la &_o maior_fw-la pars_fw-la saepè_fw-la meliorem_fw-la 35._o 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magistratus_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la christiani_fw-la aliâ—_n qui_fw-la iste_fw-la paenas_fw-la dedisset_fw-la secundum_fw-la
legem_fw-la neque_fw-la 20._o pavius_n obstitisset_fw-la ut_fw-la apparet_fw-la ex_fw-la rome_n 13._o quia_fw-la vero_fw-la durunerat_fw-la homines_fw-la christianos_fw-la ethnicis_fw-la obijcere_fw-la recurrit_fw-la ad_fw-la remedium_fw-la quod_fw-la christus_fw-la dedit_fw-la quoad_fw-la iniurias_fw-la privatas_fw-la mat_n 18._o sequitur_fw-la potestas_fw-la illa_fw-la penes_fw-la qâ—os_fw-la erat_fw-la penes_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la ne_fw-la confusio_fw-la fieret_fw-la per_fw-la delectos_fw-la agebat_fw-la ex_fw-la senioribus_fw-la sequitur_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la n._n non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la necessarijs_fw-la illis_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la consistit_fw-la he_o make_v mention_v of_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n allude_v to_o his_o word_n in_o matthew_n lest_o he_o shall_v contemn_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o church_n and_o he_o command_v this_o to_o be_v do_v because_o they_o have_v no_o other_o mean_n at_o that_o time_n to_o correct_v the_o disobedient_a when_o there_o be_v no_o christian_n magistrate_n otherwise_o this_o fellow_n shall_v have_v be_v punish_v according_a to_o the_o law_n neither_o will_v paul_n have_v be_v against_o it_o as_o appear_z by_o his_o doctrine_n to_o the_o roman_n but_o because_o it_o be_v a_o very_a hard_a case_n to_o send_v christian_n to_o ethnic_n he_o have_v recourse_n to_o that_o remedy_n which_o christ_n appoint_v for_o private_a injury_n and_o in_o who_o be_v that_o power_n in_o the_o whole_a church_n which_o for_o all_o that_o to_o avoid_v confusion_n do_v execute_v the_o same_o by_o choose_a seniors_n for_o excommunication_n be_v none_o of_o those_o necessary_a thing_n without_o which_o the_o church_n can_v consist_v the_o same_o doctor_n in_o a_o other_o place_n have_v these_o express_a fine_a word_n hodie_fw-la non_fw-la opus_fw-la proprio_fw-la sevatu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la agnoscamus_fw-la beneficium_fw-la dei_fw-la esa._n 49._o vicissim_fw-la hi_o aguoscant_fw-la se_fw-la quoque_fw-la memmbra_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sequitur_fw-la nobis_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la habere_fw-la pastor_n scholas_fw-la magistratus_fw-la pios_fw-la qui_fw-la cuitum_fw-la dei_fw-la tueantur_fw-la pauperes_fw-la curent_fw-la we_o have_v this_o day_n no_o need_n at_o all_o of_o the_o senate_n of_o the_o church_n or_o presbytery_n let_v we_o acknowledge_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n and_o let_v they_o likewise_o acknowledge_v themselves_o to_o be_v the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n let_v it_o suffice_v we_o to_o have_v pastor_n school_n godly_a magistrate_n that_o will_v defend_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o take_v care_n of_o the_o poor_a master_n martyr_n deliver_v the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o substance_n 239._o in_o these_o express_a word_n fatemur_fw-la deinde_fw-la clave_n ecclesiae_fw-la universae_fw-la datas_fw-la caeterum_fw-la ne_fw-la confusio_fw-la accidat_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la aliqui_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la deligantur_fw-la quiutantur_fw-la clavibus_fw-la quarum_fw-la usus_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la redundet_fw-la qui_fw-la christo_fw-la credunnt_n prepositos_fw-la vero_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la habent_fw-la des_fw-fr monet_fw-la paulus_n non_fw-la semel_fw-la et_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la prohibuit_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la iussit_fw-la ne_fw-la magistri_fw-la et_fw-la rabbi_n vocaremur_fw-la ambitionem_fw-la repressit_fw-la voluitque_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la nostrum_fw-la haec_fw-la affectaret_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la interdixit_fw-la quin_fw-la habeamus_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la et_fw-la appellemus_fw-la honorifice_fw-la quos_fw-la dominus_fw-la nobis_fw-la praefecit_fw-la imo_fw-la paulus_n ad_fw-la timotheum_n scribit_fw-la se_fw-la positum_fw-la esse_fw-la magistrum_fw-la gentium_fw-la we_o likewise_o confess_v that_o the_o key_n 7._o be_v give_v to_o the_o whole_a church_n but_o to_o avoid_v confusion_n it_o be_v meet_v that_o some_o out_o of_o all_o be_v choose_v who_o may_v put_v the_o key_n in_o use_n who_o use_n re_fw-mi dound_v to_o all_o that_o believe_v in_o christ._n now_o that_o we_o must_v have_v governor_n of_o church_n paul_n admonish_v more_o than_o once_o &_o christ_n do_v not_o forbid_v it_o who_o when_o he_o command_v we_o not_o to_o be_v call_v master_n and_o rabbi_n repress_a ambition_n be_v desirous_a that_o none_o of_o we_o shall_v hunt_v after_o these_o thing_n but_o he_o never_o forbid_v we_o to_o reverence_v and_o give_v honourable_a name_n to_o those_o who_o our_o lord_n have_v place_v over_o us._n yea_o paul_n write_v to_o timothy_n that_o himself_o be_v make_v the_o master_n of_o the_o gentile_n master_n musculus_fw-la be_v consonant_a to_o the_o rest_n who_o express_a word_n be_v these_o denique_fw-la curabit_fw-la ut_fw-la plebs_fw-la ipsa_fw-la viros_fw-la grave_n 204._o timentes_fw-la dei_fw-la ac_fw-la boni_fw-la testimonij_fw-la deligant_fw-la quorum_fw-la cura_fw-la et_fw-la vigilantia_fw-la disciplina_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 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same_o canon_n be_v confirm_v as_o very_o authentical_a both_o by_o the_o council_n of_o antioch_n and_o by_o the_o 16._o first_o council_n of_o nice_a celebrate_v in_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a the_o ancient_a and_o famous_a council_n of_o sardica_n have_v these_o word_n hoc_fw-la quoque_fw-la omnibus_fw-la placeat_fw-la ut_fw-la sive_fw-la diaconus_fw-la sive_fw-la presbyter_n sive_fw-la quis_fw-la clericorum_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la svo_fw-la communione_fw-la fuerit_fw-la privatus_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la alterum_fw-la perrexerit_fw-la episcopum_fw-la et_fw-la scierit_fw-la ille_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la confugit_fw-la cum_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la svo_fw-la fuisse_fw-la abiectum_fw-la non_fw-la opertere_fw-la ut_fw-la ei_fw-la communionem_fw-la indulgeat_fw-la let_v we_o all_o agree_v hereunto_o that_o if_o a_o deacon_n or_o a_o priest_n or_o any_o of_o the_o clergy_n be_v excommunicate_v of_o his_o own_o bishop_n and_o shall_v flee_v to_o a_o other_o bishop_n than_o he_o may_v not_o give_v he_o the_o communion_n if_o he_o know_v that_o his_o own_o bishop_n do_v excommunicate_v he_o the_o second_o council_n hold_v at_o carthage_n have_v these_o word_n 8._o placet_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la presbyter_n excommunicatut_o aut_fw-la correctus_fw-la a_o svo_fw-la episcopo_fw-la sacrificare_fw-la praesumpserit_fw-la anathematizetur_fw-la we_o agree_v that_o if_o a_o priest_n be_v excommunicate_v or_o punish_v by_o his_o own_o bishop_n shall_v presume_v to_o celebrate_v accurse_a be_v that_o man_n and_o the_o self_n same_o decree_n be_v to_o be_v read_v 10._o in_o the_o six_o council_n of_o carthage_n ex_fw-la patribus_fw-la saint_n ambrose_n that_o grave_n learned_a and_o holy_a bishop_n do_v alone_o excommunicate_v the_o emperor_n theodosius_n theototus_fw-la bishop_n of_o laodicea_n do_v himself_o alone_o excommunicate_a two_o apolliâ—aries_n the_o father_n be_v a_o priest_n and_o 25._o the_o son_n be_v a_o reader_n the_o cause_n thereof_o 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most_o necessary_a and_o meet_a to_o edify_v the_o faithful_a last_o of_o all_o let_v not_o god_n people_n be_v burden_v with_o too_o great_a a_o multitude_n of_o they_o thus_o write_v this_o learned_a man_n the_o church_n in_o helvetia_n in_o their_o confession_n of_o their_o faith_n after_o a_o long_a discourse_n of_o rite_n and_o thing_n indifferent_a 211._o add_v these_o word_n semper_fw-la vero_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o huiusmodiritibus_fw-la sicut_fw-la medijs_fw-la usae_fw-la sunt_fw-la libertate_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la quoque_fw-la facimus_fw-la the_o church_n in_o such_o rite_n as_o in_o thing_n indifferent_a have_v ever_o use_v their_o liberty_n which_o liberty_n ourselves_o also_o challenge_v the_o church_n in_o svevia_n in_o their_o confession_n have_v 230._o these_o word_n tales_n multas_fw-la sanè_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la hodie_fw-la jure_fw-la obseruat_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la occasione_n quoque_fw-la conduit_n novas_fw-la quas_fw-la qui_fw-la reiecerit_fw-la be_v 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