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those_o crimson_a capital_a offence_n that_o as_o the_o orator_n say_v verrem_fw-la 2_o in_o verrem_fw-la they_o may_v cure_v not_o cover_v the_o wound_n and_o labour_n to_o profit_n raâ—her_o than_o to_o please_v the_o patient_n â—_o so_o clerus_fw-la romanus_n ad_fw-la cyprianum_n inter_fw-la ejus_fw-la opera_fw-la tomo_fw-la 1._o ep_v â—_o that_o neither_o the_o wicked_a may_v be_v encourage_v by_o their_o facility_n nor_o religious_a mind_n dishearten_v by_o their_o cruelty_n and_o yet_o of_o the_o twain_o it_o be_v better_a with_o domitius_n to_o be_v think_v severe_a in_o punish_v then_o dissolute_a in_o praetermit_v pass_v by_o the_o wickedness_n thus_o be_v some_o strengthen_v in_o faith_n and_o arm_v against_o lapse_n other_o be_v make_v to_o see_v the_o greatness_n of_o the_o sin_n and_o terrify_v against_o relapse_n all_o be_v frame_v order_v tune_v to_o a_o most_o wish_a happy_a harmony_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n 41._o reply_v p._n 41._o yet_o mr._n cartwright_n that_o disturber_n of_o zion_n peace_n will_v cry_v out_o against_o the_o church_n severity_n extreme_a excessive_a severity_n and_o though_o he_o somewhere_o tell_v we_o that_o murderer_n adulterer_n and_o incestuous_a person_n must_v die_v the_o death_n the_o magistrate_n can_v save_v they_o such_o be_v this_o mild_a moses_n mercy_n towards_o those_o yet_o here_o pardon_n 36._o ibid._n p._n 36._o pardon_v pardon_n and_o lest_o he_o may_v seem_v any_o way_n to_o favour_v the_o proceed_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n though_o when_o she_o be_v young_a by_o fourteen_o hundred_o year_n than_o now_o she_o be_v 149._o ibid._n p._n 149._o he_o tell_v you_o that_o if_o offender_n be_v not_o meet_v to_o receive_v the_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o the_o supper_n they_o be_v not_o meet_v to_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o god_n they_o be_v not_o meet_v to_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o church_n and_o if_o they_o be_v for_o one_o they_o be_v also_o for_o the_o other_o but_o this_o be_v he_o who_o think_v it_o more_o safe_a for_o we_o to_o conform_v our_o indifferent_a ceremony_n to_o the_o turk_n 8._o ibid_fw-la pag._n 131._o calvin_n institut_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o sect_n 16._o ibid_fw-la lib._n 4._o â—_o 12._o sect_n 8._o which_o be_v afar_o off_o than_o to_o the_o papist_n which_o be_v so_o near_o indeed_o his_o master_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o church_n do_v use_v too_o much_o rigour_n and_o will_v know_v si_fw-mi deus_fw-la tam_fw-la benignus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quid_fw-la sacerdos_n ejus_fw-la austerus_fw-la vult_fw-la videri_fw-la god_n say_v he_o be_v merciful_a and_o gracious_a why_o shall_v his_o priest_n be_v so_o austere_a and_o rigorous_a 33._o ibid._n lib._n 3._o c._n 4._o sect_n 10._o art_n 33._o and_o yet_o calvin_n here_o in_o our_o case_n will_v have_v the_o sinner_n yield_v sufficient_a testimony_n of_o his_o sorrow_n that_o the_o scandal_n which_o the_o offender_n have_v give_v may_v be_v obliterated_a and_o take_v away_o and_o it_o must_v be_v palam_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la and_o so_o do_v our_o church_n teach_v the_o offender_n must_v be_v open_o reconcile_v by_o pennance_n indeed_o we_o may_v be_v as_o unreasonable_o plausible_a as_o other_o some_o be_v and_o with_o those_o hesterni_fw-la as_o tertullian_n call_v praxeas_n 22.28_o cyprian_a tomo_fw-la 1._o epist_n 10._o prov._n 22.28_o we_o may_v remove_v the_o ancient_a bound_n which_o our_o father_n have_v set_v we_o may_v be_v as_o unhappy_o undiscreet_o merciful_a as_o foelicissimus_fw-la in_o cyprian_a or_o another_o if_o it_o be_v true_a 9_o tom_n 1._o ep_n 40._o lib._n 6._o cap._n 9_o in_o socrates_n we_o may_v after_o a_o welcome-home_o admit_v they_o to_o the_o church_n and_o sacrament_n lapsis_fw-la cyprian_a de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la but_o it_o will_v prove_v a_o worse_a persecution_n than_o the_o first_o and_o we_o shall_v call_v they_o a_o medela_fw-la vulneris_fw-la abbate_n idem_fw-la tomo_fw-la 1._o ep_v st_o â—â—_o serm_n de_fw-fr benedicto_n abbate_n it_o be_v the_o way_n to_o kill_v outright_o and_o not_o to_o cure_v the_o disease_n quae_fw-la nimis_fw-la propere_fw-la minus_fw-la prosperè_fw-la the_o word_n be_v bernard_n but_o it_o be_v a_o proverb_n of_o our_o own_o more_o haste_n than_o good_a speed_n this_o make_v some_o holy_a man_n of_o old_a prey_n that_o those_o which_o have_v fall_v may_v know_v and_o acknowledge_v the_o greatness_n of_o their_o fall_n that_o so_o they_o may_v learn_v non_fw-la momentaneam_fw-la neque_fw-la praeproperam_fw-la desiderare_fw-la medicinam_fw-la that_o they_o may_v with_o all_o fearful_a humbleness_n expect_v 31._o clerus_fw-la romanus_n ad_fw-la cyprianum_n inter_fw-la ejus_fw-la opera_fw-la tomo_fw-la 1._o epist_n 31._o and_o not_o audacious_o presume_v a_o pardon_n but_o to_o solder_v those_o rent_n to_o daub_v the_o breach_n with_o untempered_a mortar_n to_o incarnate_a on_o the_o splintred_a bone_n to_o cry_v peace_n peace_n in_o a_o present_a peril_n and_o the_o great_a danger_n what_o be_v this_o else_o but_o to_o precipitate_v and_o plung_v a_o poor_a distress_a soul_n into_o a_o more_o perplex_a case_n and_o desperate_a disease_n it_o be_v a_o terrible_a lenity_n as_o say_v st._n augustine_n cantica_fw-la terribilis_fw-la lenitas_fw-la blanda_fw-la pernicies_fw-la stulta_fw-la misericordia_fw-la bern_n ser_n 24._o super_fw-la cantica_fw-la a_o courteous_a mischief_n as_o st._n cyprian_n a_o foolish_a pity_n as_o st._n bernard_n misericordiam_fw-la hanc_fw-la ego_fw-la nolo_fw-la god_n keep_v all_o poor_a sin-sick-soul_n from_o such_o physician_n let_v the_o righteous_a rather_o smite_v i_o friendly_a and_o reprove_v i_o but_o let_v not_o their_o precious_a balm_n break_v my_o head_n let_v i_o know_v my_o danger_n and_o whence_o i_o be_o fall_v that_o i_o may_v repent_v and_o do_v the_o first_o work_n if_o much_o be_v remit_v of_o the_o ancient_a severity_n as_o we_o see_v there_o be_v and_o the_o punishment_n be_v much_o less_o than_o those_o 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apostate_n and_o circumcise_a renegado_n think_v they_o have_v discharge_v their_o conscience_n wondrous_a well_o if_o they_o can_v return_v and_o the_o fact_n unknown_a make_v profession_n of_o their_o first_o faith_n these_o man_n be_v coward_n and_o flexible_a before_o the_o fall_n careless_a and_o obstinate_a after_o it_o but_o what_o good_a will_v it_o do_v they_o say_v lactantius_n 24._o bern._n in_o psal_n qui_fw-la habitat_fw-la serm_n 11._o l._n 6._o c._n 24._o non_fw-la habere_fw-la conscium_fw-la &_o habere_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la to_o have_v no_o witness_n without_o and_o one_o within_o to_o hide_v their_o sin_n from_o man_n and_o to_o appear_v as_o they_o be_v to_o the_o righteous_a judge_n from_o who_o eye_n nothing_o be_v hide_v nothing_o be_v secret_a to_o be_v baptize_v with_o simon_n magus_n and_o yet_o live_v in_o the_o gall_n of_o bitterness_n and_o bond_n of_o iniquity_n lapsis_fw-la cyprian_a de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la these_o be_v those_o curse_a wretch_n to_o who_o 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repentance_n si_fw-mi vis_fw-la curam_fw-la agnosce_fw-la languorem_fw-la p._n chrysolog_n