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have_v err_v and_o that_o in_o this_o present_a business_n of_o absolution_n and_o eke_o in_o his_o own_o case_n read_v this_o ensue_a story_n you_o that_o be_v devote_v to_o his_o chair_n and_o tell_v i_o how_o you_o like_v it_o pope_n have_v power_n to_o make_v choice_n of_o their_o confessor_n of_o who_o they_o please_v and_o there_o be_v a_o pope_n perceive_v his_o life_n to_o draw_v to_o a_o end_n jubilaeo_fw-la capellano_n svo_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la contulit_fw-la se_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la sub_fw-la plenaria_fw-la remissione_n ut_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la jubilaeo_fw-la that_o commit_v to_o a_o chaplain_n of_o his_o own_o apostolical_a power_n to_o absolve_v with_o plenary_a authority_n as_o in_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n by_o virtue_n whereof_o after_o confession_n make_v he_o receive_v absolution_n and_o so_o depart_v this_o life_n not_o many_o day_n after_o he_o appear_v to_o his_o chaplain_n with_o a_o heavy_a look_n and_o in_o a_o 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god_n and_o the_o pope_n have_v but_o one_o consistory_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o always_o of_o one_o mind_n and_o if_o christ_n confirm_v not_o in_o heaven_n the_o sentence_n of_o his_o vicar_n on_o earth_n we_o may_v well_o doubt_v if_o every_o sir_n john_n absolution_n discharge_v we_o before_o god_n and_o if_o the_o pope_n key_n may_v err_v in_o his_o own_o case_n we_o may_v suspect_v their_o integrity_n in_o other_o man_n and_o so_o we_o see_v the_o second_o link_n in_o this_o sorite_n be_v feeble_a and_o apt_a to_o be_v break_v for_o all_o this_o let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o sin_n must_v be_v full_o open_v before_o the_o priest_n can_v proceed_v to_o sentence_n and_o that_o he_o can_v not_o proceed_v amiss_o in_o the_o sentence_n of_o absolution_n and_o pardon_n yet_o except_o god_n have_v make_v over_o the_o hear_n of_o all_o sin_n unto_o his_o priest_n 176._o illa_fw-la potestas_fw-la remittendi_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la intelligenda_fw-la est_fw-la data_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la quasi_fw-la deus_fw-la se_fw-la eâ_fw-la abdicarit_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la prorfùs_fw-la transtulerit_fw-la in_o sacerdotes_fw-la ità _fw-la ut_fw-la in_o absolutione_n non_fw-la deus_fw-la sed_fw-la sacerdos_n remittat_fw-la peccata_fw-la chemnit_fw-la exam_n part_n 2._o p._n 176._o and_o reserve_v none_o to_o himself_o as_o not_o mind_v to_o be_v trouble_v about_o any_o such_o matter_n and_o have_v resolve_v neither_o to_o forgive_v the_o sin_n nor_o give_v the_o audience_n but_o to_o such_o only_a as_o the_o priest_n have_v remit_v the_o argument_n will_v be_v the_o more_o impregnable_a but_o if_o our_o god_n be_v contrary_a mind_a as_o sure_o he_o be_v have_v shut_v out_o no_o sin_n from_o his_o gracious_a audience_n and_o be_v of_o so_o quick_a a_o ear_n as_o to_o hear_v the_o very_a desire_n of_o our_o heart_n and_o so_o swift_a to_o mercy_n as_o to_o prevent_v oral_a confession_n with_o a_o pardon_n how_o loose_o do_v this_o reason_n hang_v the_o present_a greek_a church_n upon_o confidence_n hereof_o address_v herself_o unto_o god_n for_o a_o pardon_n even_o for_o those_o sin_n which_o upon_o some_o cause_n be_v leave_v out_o in_o confession_n thus_o write_v their_o late_a patriarch_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hierem._n patr._n constant_n ad_fw-la tube_v resp._n 1._o c._n 11._o whatsoever_o sin_n the_o penitent_a for_o forgetfulness_n or_o shamefacedness_n do_v leave_n unconfess_v we_o pray_v the_o merciful_a and_o most_o pitiful_a god_n that_o those_o also_o may_v be_v pardon_v unto_o he_o &_o we_o be_v persuade_v that_o they_o shall_v receive_v a_o pardon_n of_o they_o from_o god_n thus_o he_o god_n then_o remit_v sin_n never_o confess_v to_o a_o priest_n and_o ofttimes_o retain_v sin_n that_o be_v confess_v for_o the_o priest_n sentence_n be_v not_o always_o agreeable_a with_o he_o nor_o of_o the_o same_o latitude_n and_o extent_n god_n remit_v whosoever_o the_o priest_n assoil_v if_o he_o proceed_v aright_o and_o many_o more_o beside_o and_o retain_v who_o sin_n soever_o he_o retain_v and_o many_o million_o beside_o thereupon_o scotus_n observe_v that_o the_o word_n of_o this_o commission_n be_v not_o precise_a that_o be_v whatsoever_o you_o remit_v i_o remit_v also_o and_o no_o more_o and_o whatsoever_o you_o retain_v i_o retain_v and_o that_o only_o for_o that_o many_o more_o sin_n be_v retain_v by_o god_n over_o and_o above_o those_o which_o the_o priest_n retain_v be_v evident_a the_o priest_n only_o retain_v such_o which_o be_v detect_v praecisum_fw-la illud_fw-la verbum_fw-la quorum_fw-la retinueritis_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la est_fw-la praecisum_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la enim_fw-la illa_fw-la retenta_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la peccatori_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la quaeretenta_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la sacerdote_fw-la quia_fw-la sacerdos_n noa_fw-mi retinet_fw-la aliqua_fw-la nisi_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la sibi_fw-la accusata_fw-la sed_fw-la signis_fw-la indebitis_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la sunt_fw-la ostensa_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la deus_fw-la retinet_fw-la ad_fw-la vindictam_fw-la gehennae_fw-la ergò_fw-la nec_fw-la istud_fw-la verbum_fw-la quorum_fw-la remiseritis_fw-la etc._n etc._n erit_fw-la praecisum_fw-la in_o such_o a_o confession_n whereof_o there_o be_v apparent_a sign_n that_o it_o proceed_v not_o from_o a_o penitent_a heart_n in_o such_o case_n where_o a_o sinner_n shall_v confess_v his_o sin_n and_o express_v no_o sorrow_n for_o the_o same_o like_o those_o qui_fw-fr peccant_a &_o publicant_fw-la sin_n and_o glory_n in_o their_o sin_n wherein_o the_o priest_n do_v not_o absolve_v that_o be_v he_o retain_v and_o reserve_v for_o future_a sorrow_n or_o punishment_n now_o god_n retain_v those_o that_o draw_v nigh_o to_o himself_o and_o the_o priest_n with_o their_o lip_n but_o be_v far_o from_o both_o in_o their_o heart_n god_n i_o say_v retain_v these_o and_o all_o those_o likewise_o that_o be_v not_o know_v to_o the_o priest_n if_o they_o be_v not_o repent_v of_o to_o be_v punish_v in_o hell_n fire_n so_o for_o the_o other_o member_n viz._n remission_n of_o sin_n if_o more_o sin_n be_v retain_v by_o god_n than_o be_v by_o the_o priest_n it_o follow_v that_o more_o sin_n be_v forgive_v by_o god_n than_o be_v by_o priest_n also_o for_o be_v it_o far_o from_o we_o to_o think_v that_o god_n shall_v be_v more_o strict_a than_o the_o priest_n in_o retain_v and_o not_o more_o copious_a than_o the_o priest_n in_o pardon_v or_o that_o god_n shall_v exceed_v the_o priest_n in_o detention_n of_o sin_n and_o not_o in_o remission_n no_o no_o god_n be_v rich_a in_o mercy_n and_o though_o in_o mercy_n he_o so_o far_o remember_v justice_n as_o to_o reâ—ain_v more_o sin_n than_o priest_n take_v notice_n of_o yet_o his_o goodness_n be_v so_o great_a as_o to_o forgive_v more_o than_o priest_n be_v able_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o or_o well_o understand_v therefore_o the_o commission_n 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offence_n to_o this_o end_n david_n pray_v as_o well_o to_o number_v his_o sin_n as_o his_o day_n and_o be_v i_o suppose_v as_o scrupulous_a to_o confess_v and_o lament_v they_o as_o any_o of_o our_o roman_a penitent_n yet_o he_o cry_v out_o 16._o psal_n 19.12_o psal_n 38.5_o nimirum_fw-la intelligebat_fw-la quanta_fw-la esset_fw-la peceatorii_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la abyssus_fw-la quâ—m_fw-la multâ—e_fw-la seelerum_fw-la sacies_fw-la quot_fw-la capita_fw-la serret_fw-la &_o quà m_fw-la longam_fw-la caadamtrah_n ret_fw-la haec_fw-la hydra_n calvin_n institut_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 4._o sect._n 16._o who_o can_v understand_v his_o error_n cleanse_v i_o from_o my_o secret_a sin_n and_o again_o my_o iniquity_n be_v go_v over_o my_o head_n as_o a_o burden_n they_o be_v too_o heavy_a for_o i_o now_o true_o he_o well_o understand_v how_o great_a a_o depth_n of_o sin_n there_o be_v how_o many_o strange_a countenance_n and_o shape_n they_o resemble_v how_o many_o head_n they_o lift_v up_o and_o how_o great_a a_o train_n and_o long_a tail_n of_o circumstance_n this_o hydra_n draw_v after_o it_o therefore_o he_o busi_v not_o himself_o in_o draw_v a_o inventory_n of_o each_o several_a sin_n but_o cry_v out_o of_o the_o depth_n unto_o the_o lord_n that_o the_o water_n have_v enter_v into_o his_o soul_n that_o his_o sin_n be_v too_o heavy_a that_o there_o be_v no_o health_n in_o his_o bone_n nor_o rest_n in_o his_o conscience_n and_o in_o such_o term_n spread_v his_o sin_n before_o the_o lord_n by_o better_a expression_n than_o in_o any_o method_n or_o form_n of_o confession_n and_o thereof_o be_v diverse_a set_v forth_o by_o our_o new_a master_n i_o must_v not_o forget_v that_o popish_a writer_n straighten_v with_o the_o pressure_n of_o this_o reason_n remit_v something_o of_o the_o rigour_n 16._o ea_fw-la solùm_fw-la quae_fw-la post_fw-la diligentem_fw-la excussionem_fw-la memoriae_fw-la occurrunt_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr poen_n l._n 3._o cap._n 16._o and_o exact_v no_o further_a account_n than_o of_o such_o sin_n occur_v unto_o the_o memory_n and_o serious_o call_v to_o mind_n at_o the_o time_n of_o confession_n and_o how_o poor_a a_o remnant_n this_o be_v to_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o how_o small_a a_o glean_v after_o so_o great_a a_o harvest_n that_o handful_n reserve_v for_o that_o time_n make_v manifest_a confess_v all_o and_o every_o sin_n be_v the_o precept_n that_o be_v such_o only_a as_o you_o can_v remember_v be_v the_o exception_n a_o gentle_a gloss_n for_o a_o severe_a law_n and_o as_o the_o injunction_n itself_o be_v too_o rigorous_a so_o the_o limitation_n be_v too_o ridiculous_a the_o grecian_a dame_n defile_v by_o the_o deacon_n in_o sozomen_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n 1._o p._n 217._o lin_v 11._o confess_v her_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o read_v rather_o distinct_o than_o partial_o and_o so_o use_v by_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n viz._n the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n deduce_v providence_n unto_o thing_n in_o singular_a yet_o a_o distinct_a confession_n of_o sin_n differ_v from_o a_o distinct_a confession_n of_o all_o sin_n and_o a_o sinner_n may_v be_v particular_a in_o some_o though_o not_o singular_a in_o all_o offence_n a_o matter_n as_o we_o say_v of_o impossibility_n desperation_n 3._o obligation_n of_o confess_v sin_n all_o and_o singular_a a_o point_n of_o desperation_n our_o three_o exception_n that_o to_o oblige_v the_o conscience_n to_o confess_v every_o sin_n with_o the_o pertinent_a circumstance_n be_v a_o doctrine_n of_o desperation_n for_o confess_v i_o must_v all_o my_o sin_n else_o look_v for_o no_o comfort_n from_o god_n hand_n and_o the_o priest_n now_o what_o soul_n can_v tell_v he_o have_v tell_v all_o his_o sin_n thou_o will_v say_v tell_v all_o thou_o be_v able_a do_v they_o best_o endeavour_v to_o lay_v open_a all_o and_o then_o though_o some_o be_v leave_v out_o thou_o be_v discharge_v i_o do_v my_o best_a and_o part_v my_o sin_n into_o branch_n minutias_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la circumstanliarum_n minutias_fw-la fraction_n atom_n i_o weight_n the_o nature_n and_o extent_n thereof_o i_o put_v thereunto_o every_o material_a circumstance_n i_o launch_v forth_o into_o the_o depth_n of_o my_o lewd_a life_n and_o have_v nothing_o before_o but_o the_o open_a air_n and_o vast_a sea_n no_o haven_n no_o station_n and_o the_o further_o i_o enter_v into_o this_o labyrinth_n the_o more_o i_o lose_v myself_o and_o the_o more_o diligent_a i_o be_o to_o number_v sin_n the_o more_o numberless_a i_o find_v they_o and_o after_o all_o my_o travel_n in_o this_o disquisition_n 17._o haerebam_fw-la inter_fw-la saxum_fw-la &_o sacrum_fw-la nec_fw-la alius_fw-la tandem_fw-la exitus_fw-la reperiebatur_fw-la quà m_fw-la desperatio_fw-la calv._n instit_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 4._o sect._n 17._o my_o conscience_n be_v not_o quiet_v my_o audit_n be_v not_o perfect_a therefore_o much_o suspect_v i_o shall_v not_o have_v my_o quietus_n est_fw-la at_o the_o priest_n hand_n such_o thought_n as_o these_o must_v needs_o present_v themselves_o to_o that_o soul_n who_o conscience_n be_v keep_v awake_a furthermore_o it_o be_v require_v of_o all_o penitent_n to_o use_v such_o diligence_n 16._o diligentem_fw-la excussionem_fw-la vocant_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la gravioribus_fw-la ordinariè_fw-la homines_fw-la adhibere_fw-la solent_fw-la b_o lar_n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr poenit._n c._n 16._o to_o keep_v their_o sin_n in_o memory_n against_o the_o time_n of_o confession_n as_o usual_o they_o do_v about_o such_o important_a affair_n as_o otherwise_o much_o concern_v they_o and_o here_o arise_v new_a doubt_n and_o discontent_n in_o the_o mind_n whereby_o a_o penitent_a be_v jealous_a he_o have_v not_o do_v his_o devoir_n especial_o when_o he_o call_v to_o mind_n what_o diligence_n he_o have_v show_v in_o accomplish_v secular_a end_n how_o careful_a he_o be_v in_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o life_n studious_a of_o his_o preferment_n watchful_a to_o prevent_v danger_n painful_a to_o augment_v his_o store_n provident_a in_o lay_v up_o for_o his_o posterity_n all_o which_o match_v with_o the_o diligence_n he_o have_v use_v on_o this_o behalf_n what_o restless_a perturbation_n ensue_v herein_o i_o take_v not_o time_n enough_o i_o use_v not_o industry_n enough_o i_o let_v slip_v many_o sin_n through_o negligence_n and_o forget_v more_o through_o my_o carelessness_n and_o shall_v such_o negligent_a forgetfulness_n be_v excuse_v i_o say_v above_o what_o beatus_fw-la rhenanus_fw-la relate_v from_o a_o divine_a of_o much_o experience_n concern_v the_o impossibility_n of_o confession_n let_v we_o hear_v he_o further_o about_o the_o perplexity_n and_o corture_v thereof_o many_o religious_a carthusian_n and_o franciscan_n be_v very_o conversant_a with_o he_o poenit._n vâ—rille_n magno_fw-la rerum_fw-la usu_fw-la praeditus_fw-la à _fw-la carthasianis_fw-la &_o franciscanis_fw-la intervisebatur_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la dâ—scebat_fw-la quibus_fw-la tormentis_fw-la quoruadam_n piae_fw-la maâ—tes_fw-la affligerentur_fw-la ob_fw-la confessionem_fw-la cvi_fw-la satissacere_fw-la ut_fw-la â—psisvidebatur_fw-la nequirent_fw-la simile_n querelas_fw-la adeum_fw-la deserâ—baut_fw-fr sanctimoniales_fw-la proindè_fw-la motus_fw-la suerat_fw-la ut_fw-la libellum_fw-la ederet_fw-la in_o lingua_fw-la germanica_n cvi_fw-la titulamfecit_fw-la von_n dem_n beichtunah_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr morbo_fw-la confessionis_fw-la quo_fw-la negabant_fw-la esse_fw-la tristiorem_fw-la qui_fw-la eo_fw-la tenebantur_fw-la erat_fw-la carrhusianus_n quidam_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la confessionum_fw-la quae_fw-la ei_fw-la semper_fw-la ob_fw-la inexplicabilem_fw-la circumstantiarum_fw-la vim_o imperfecta_fw-la videbatur_fw-la sed_fw-la â—pse_fw-la persectâ—ssimam_fw-la esse_fw-la frustrà _fw-la conteadebat_fw-la huc_fw-la miseriarum_fw-la venerat_fw-la ut_fw-la omaem_fw-la salutem_fw-la desponderet_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cogitaret_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la homines_fw-la illi_fw-la libuit_fw-la eo_fw-la libello_fw-la consolari_fw-la b._n rhenan_n praef_n ad_fw-la tert._n l._n de_fw-fr poenit._n from_o they_o he_o perceive_v with_o what_o torment_v well-disposed_a people_n be_v afflict_v about_o confession_n which_o scrup'e_v as_o it_o seem_v unto_o they_o they_o can_v not_o satisfy_v the_o like_v complaixt_v do_v the_o sat._n the_o we_o call_v they_o nun_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n nonariae_n of_o who_o the_o poet_n multùm_fw-la gaudere_fw-la paratus_fw-la st_o cynico_fw-la barbam_fw-la petulans_fw-la nonaria_fw-la vellat_fw-la pers_n sat._n vestal_a virgin_n and_o votary_n make_v unto_o he_o whereupon_o he_o be_v move_v to_o publish_v a_o treatise_n in_o the_o german_a tongue_n which_o he_o entitle_v von_n beichtunah_n that_o be_v the_o disease_n of_o confession_n than_o which_o those_o that_o be_v visit_v with_o the_o same_o confess_v none_o to_o be_v more_o grievous_a there_o be_v a_o certain_a carthusian_n all_o long_a of_o confession_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o unexplicable_a violence_n of_o circumstance_n appear_v to_o he_o as_o imperfect_a although_o he_o do_v his_o best_a endeavour_n to_o perfect_v the_o same_o all_o he_o can_v who_o be_v drive_v to_o that_o wretched_a exigence_n as_o to_o despair_v of_o salvation_n and_o contrive_v his_o own_o death_n by_o
affamishment_n such_o distress_a person_n he_o be_v please_v to_o relieve_v in_o that_o treatise_n a_o sight_n whereof_o i_o have_v much_o desire_v but_o can_v not_o yet_o compass_v and_o therefore_o have_v put_v down_o this_o testimony_n more_o at_o length_n than_o otherwise_o i_o will_v and_o not_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o divine_a alone_a but_o of_o their_o great_a angelical_a doctor_n this_o superstitious_a and_o circumstantial_a relation_n of_o each_o sin_n have_v produce_v such_o sad_a and_o desperate_a event_n for_o as_o navarr_n that_o great_a casuist_n witness_v aquinas_n himself_o seem_v sensible_a of_o these_o wring_n and_o torture_n of_o circumstance_n 501._o ipse_fw-la aquinas_n circumstantiarum_fw-la torturas_fw-la senfisse_fw-la videtur_fw-la &_o arbitrabatur_fw-la candido_fw-la christi_fw-la lectori_fw-la conformatiorem_fw-la esse_fw-la confessionem_fw-la quae_fw-la tranquillo_fw-la animo_fw-la sine_fw-la circumstantiis_fw-la bonâ_fw-la side_n facta_fw-la est_fw-la quà m_fw-la quae_fw-la his_o fit_a animo_fw-la scrupuloso_fw-la &_o inquieto_fw-la navar._n tom._n 1._o p._n 501._o and_o repute_v that_o confession_n more_o conformable_a for_o a_o innocent_a breast_n where_o christ_n abide_v which_o be_v make_v with_o a_o quiet_a mind_n and_o good_a intention_n than_o that_o which_o proceed_v from_o a_o scrupulous_a and_o unquiet_a heart_n insomuch_o that_o divine_n of_o best_a account_n in_o that_o side_n have_v great_o dislike_v these_o squeeze_v and_o writhe_v interrogatory_n serve_v for_o no_o other_o end_n but_o to_o fish_n and_o angle_v after_o secret_n neither_o necessary_a nor_o fit_a to_o come_v abroad_o and_o condemn_v those_o late_a summist_n that_o prescribe_v the_o form_n thereof_o supâ—à _fw-fr non_fw-la displicet_fw-la confessio_fw-la sed_fw-la morositas_fw-la ista_fw-la &_o anxietas_fw-la quorundam_fw-la quam_fw-la docent_fw-la aliquae_fw-la recentiorum_fw-la summulae_fw-la quae_fw-la justi_fw-la ùs_fw-la alibi_fw-la locum_fw-la habeant_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o bibliothecis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la nimirum_fw-la art_n they_o tradere_fw-la &_o methodum_fw-la alicujus_fw-la rei_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la probè_fw-la calleas_fw-la bonae_fw-la mâ—ntes_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la deâ—ito_fw-la selatio_fw-la destituendae_fw-la ne_fw-la tyrannis_fw-la &_o carnificina_fw-la conscientiarum_fw-la invalesâ—at_fw-la haud_fw-la paulò_fw-la minùs_fw-la nocitura_fw-la quà m_fw-la dissolutio_fw-la adeo_fw-la â—â—o_o dum_fw-la ubique_fw-la seruari_fw-la praestat_fw-la b._n rhenan_n supâ—à _fw-fr wish_v their_o treatise_n to_o be_v bestow_v otherwise_o than_o in_o library_n as_o serve_v forsooth_o to_o deliver_v the_o art_n and_o method_n of_o a_o business_n which_o skill_v not_o much_o and_o desire_v that_o honest_a heart_n may_v not_o be_v defraud_v of_o due_a comfort_n lest_o the_o tyranny_n and_o torture_n of_o conscience_n prevail_v too_o much_o and_o as_o much_o hurt_n be_v do_v by_o such_o severity_n as_o by_o licentiousness_n and_o advise_v that_o moderation_n herein_o be_v show_v the_o cardinal_n press_v with_o the_o weight_n of_o this_o argument_n find_v no_o ease_n but_o by_o retort_v the_o same_o upon_o those_o head_n that_o bring_v it_o thus_o if_o enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v impossible_a before_o man_n 16._o quaecunque_fw-la objiciuntur_fw-la contra_fw-la enumerationem_fw-la peccaterum_fw-la quae_fw-la fit_a homini_fw-la eadâ—m_fw-la objici_fw-la possiat_a contra_fw-la enumerationem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la in_o confession_n quae_fw-la fit_a deo_fw-la si_fw-la illa_fw-la enumeratio_fw-la est_fw-la impossibilis_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la est_fw-la impossibilis_fw-la si_fw-la illa_fw-la est_fw-la crudelis_fw-la carnificina_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la crudelis_fw-la carnificina_fw-la bellar._n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 16._o than_o it_o be_v so_o also_o before_o god_n and_o protestant_n require_v sinner_n to_o confess_v unto_o god_n whatsoever_o sin_n they_o know_v or_o remember_v and_o papist_n require_v no_o more_o in_o auricular_a confession_n both_o then_o must_v lie_v open_a to_o like_a exception_n if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o special_a confession_n make_v before_o man_n be_v impossible_a so_o be_v that_o before_o god_n also_o if_o this_o a_o torture_n then_o that_o also_o if_o this_o lead_n to_o desperation_n then_o that_o likewise_o thus_o the_o jesuit_n glory_v to_o have_v wound_v we_o with_o our_o own_o weapon_n but_o it_o will_v not_o so_o easy_o be_v wring_v from_o we_o for_o we_o reply_v first_o god_n require_v not_o so_o strict_a a_o account_n at_o our_o hand_n as_o the_o priest_n do_v neither_o inflict_v so_o strait_a a_o charge_n upon_o the_o conscience_n as_o the_o popish_a law_n god_n rest_v satisfy_v and_o the_o publican_n remain_v justify_v upon_o that_o general_a confession_n and_o supplication_n o_o god_n be_v merciful_a to_o i_o a_o sinner_n 2._o again_o 18._o luke_n 18._o in_o make_v confession_n to_o god_n the_o lord_n may_v bring_v our_o sin_n to_o remembrance_n 50.21_o psal_n 50.21_o i_o will_v set_v they_o in_o order_n before_o thâ—e_n which_o the_o priest_n can_v do_v 3._o furthermore_o god_n search_v the_o heart_n which_o the_o priest_n can_v enter_v into_o hear_v the_o desire_n thereof_o which_o the_o priest_n can_v and_o understand_v the_o voice_n of_o our_o weep_n which_o the_o priest_n be_v ignorant_a of_o and_o tear_n be_v a_o penitent_n best_a interpreter_n more_o profitable_a be_v the_o prayer_n sigh_v forth_o in_o tear_n than_o utter_v in_o word_n petri._n utiliores_fw-la lacriumâ—rum_fw-la preâ—es_fw-la sunt_fw-la quiâ—m_fw-la sâ—rmonum_fw-la quia_fw-la serino_fw-la in_o precando_fw-la fortè_fw-la sallit_fw-la lacrima_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la fallit_fw-la sâ—â—mo_fw-la interdum_fw-la non_fw-la totum_fw-la profert_fw-la negotium_fw-la laâ—rim_fw-la â—semper_fw-la â—otum_fw-la pâ—odit_fw-la affectum_fw-la ambros_n serm._n 46._o de_fw-fr poenit._fw-la petri._n our_o speech_n may_v fail_v in_o expression_n but_o tear_n never_o fail_v our_o speech_n ofttimes_o do_v not_o full_o open_v our_o case_n but_o tear_n ever_o open_v our_o affection_n full_o ambros_n if_o then_o a_o penitent_a have_v a_o better_a dialect_n spread_v his_o sin_n better_a before_o god_n than_o if_o he_o speak_v with_o the_o tongue_n of_o man_n and_o angel_n and_o such_o a_o dialect_n which_o neither_o man_n nor_o angel_n understand_v but_o god_n himself_o viz._n the_o voice_n of_o weep_v the_o argument_n must_v return_v in_o full_a force_n and_o there_o remain_v till_o the_o priest_n have_v learn_v this_o language_n and_o be_v able_a to_o search_v the_o heart_n likewise_o consider_v then_o if_o the_o performance_n of_o this_o task_n be_v not_o well_o reckon_v among_o the_o knotty_a piece_n of_o christian_a religion_n by_o one_o that_o be_v no_o enemy_n thereunto_o a_o late_a sorbonist_n there_o be_v in_o christianity_n three_o thing_n very_o difficult_a to_o be_v practise_v 713._o en_fw-fr la_fw-fr religion_n chrestianne_n il_fw-fr y_fw-fr avoit_fw-fr trois_fw-fr choses_fw-fr fort_fw-fr difficiles_fw-la à _fw-fr pratiquer_fw-fr c'est_fw-fr a_fw-fr scavoir_fw-fr passer_n toute_fw-fr sa_fw-fr vie_fw-fr sans_fw-fr commettre_fw-fr aucun_fw-fr peche_n veniel_n aimer_fw-fr ses_fw-fr enemis_fw-fr de_fw-fr cour_fw-fr &_o d'affection_n &_o confesser_n tous_fw-fr ses_fw-fr pechez_fw-fr a_fw-fr un_fw-fr homme_fw-fr p._n bess_n caresme_fw-fr tom._n 2._o pag._n 713._o that_o be_v to_o say_v 1._o to_o pass_v this_o life_n without_o commit_v any_o venial_a sin_n 2._o to_o love_n enemy_n with_o the_o heart_n and_o affection_n 3._o and_o to_o confess_v all_o sin_n unto_o a_o priest_n point_v i_o out_o the_o man_n that_o have_v perform_v these_o more_o than_o herculean_a labour_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o tantum_fw-la non_fw-la and_o only_a paramount_n above_o the_o rank_n of_o old_a adam_n offspring_n confession_n 4._o no_o urgent_a necessity_n to_o the_o rehearsal_n of_o all_o sin_n in_o confession_n our_o four_o exception_n that_o this_o charge_n be_v impose_v upon_o the_o conscience_n without_o any_o urgent_a necessity_n for_o what_o necessary_a cause_n or_o good_a can_v be_v here_o imagine_v if_o remission_n of_o sin_n it_o have_v be_v prove_v already_o that_o god_n forgive_v many_o sin_n priest_n never_o hear_v of_o if_o because_o god_n have_v appoint_v so_o we_o must_v take_v his_o word_n and_o not_o the_o roman_a church_n for_o divine_a institution_n and_o it_o must_v be_v show_v where_o god_n will_v that_o the_o priest_n shall_v stand_v upon_o so_o strict_a a_o reckon_n we_o have_v the_o word_n of_o a_o king_n to_o the_o contrary_a in_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n it_o not_o where_o occur_v say_v our_o late_a dread_n sovereign_a king_n james_n that_o any_o such_o necessity_n be_v impose_v upon_o we_o 61._o in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la nusquam_fw-la occurrit_fw-la necessitas_fw-la haec_fw-la nobis_fw-la imposita_fw-la sub_fw-la aeternae_fw-la mortis_fw-la poena_fw-la ut_fw-la abditissima_fw-la quae_fw-la admisimus_fw-la peccata_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la nota_fw-la faciamus_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la vel_fw-la cogitatiunculam_fw-la injustam_fw-la celaveris_fw-la ilicet_fw-la oleum_fw-la cum_fw-la opera_fw-la perdidisti_fw-la jacob._n rex_fw-la medit._fw-la in_o orat._n dom._n pag._n 61._o that_o upon_o pain_n of_o eternal_a death_n we_o must_v make_v know_v unto_o the_o priest_n the_o most_o secret_a sin_n we_o commit_v for_o if_o thou_o conceal_v the_o least_o evil_a thought_n all_o this_o labour_n beside_o
with_o that_o prince_n as_o the_o bless_a virgin_n do_v with_o her_o penitent_a to_o send_v he_o back_o after_o death_n to_o be_v shrive_v by_o a_o priest_n or_o tender_v his_o confession_n unto_o god_n and_o there_o procure_v absolution_n the_o author_n have_v not_o express_v such_o story_n as_o these_o be_v think_v meet_v for_o the_o vulgar_a to_o ruminate_v on_o yea_o the_o pulpit_n sound_v therewith_o many_o historian_n say_v canus_n have_v be_v content_a to_o think_v how_o by_o the_o true_a law_n of_o history_n 537._o ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la uchementer_fw-la incommodant_fw-la qui_fw-la res_fw-la divorum_fw-la praeclare_fw-la gestas_fw-la non_fw-la se_fw-la putant_fw-la egregiè_fw-la exposituros_fw-la nisi_fw-la case_z fictis_fw-la &_o reuâ—lationibus_fw-la &_o miraculis_fw-la adornarit_fw-la canus_n loc_fw-la theol._n lib._n 11._o c._n 6._o p._n 537._o they_o may_v record_v such_o thing_n as_o the_o people_n think_v to_o be_v true_a not_o consider_v the_o injury_n do_v unto_o the_o church_n as_o if_o saint_n life_n be_v not_o sufficient_o relate_v except_o their_o action_n be_v set_v out_o with_o feign_a miracle_n and_o revelation_n in_o what_o credit_n such_o fable_n be_v the_o vulgar_a best_a know_v but_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v late_o in_o the_o world_n before_o man_n be_v call_v to_o so_o strict_a a_o reckon_n in_o the_o former_a day_n either_o recourse_n be_v make_v to_o god_n only_o or_o a_o general_a confession_n before_o the_o church_n or_o a_o special_a discovery_n of_o such_o sin_n which_o make_v such_o a_o combustion_n in_o the_o sinner_n breast_n as_o he_o can_v not_o quench_v alone_o but_o the_o fire_n all_o about_o his_o ear_n must_v call_v for_o aid_n of_o his_o neighbour_n and_o among_o they_o the_o priest_n that_o be_v best_a able_a to_o abate_v those_o flame_n light_a sin_n quotidiana_fw-la incursiones_fw-la as_o tertullian_n call_v they_o quotidian_n shake_n be_v open_v in_o the_o general_a confession_n of_o the_o church_n and_o it_o be_v not_o impossible_a for_o a_o penitent_a faithful_a and_o sincere_a to_o make_v his_o peace_n with_o god_n himself_o for_o sin_n that_o press_v more_o grievous_a but_o in_o many_o sin_n and_o sinner_n it_o be_v find_v by_o often_o experience_n that_o notwithstanding_o their_o private_a address_n unto_o god_n the_o wound_a conscience_n will_v still_o pinch_v fearful_o nor_o will_v the_o worm_n cease_v to_o gnaw_v then_o at_o such_o a_o time_n as_o this_o when_o a_o sinner_n can_v find_v no_o ease_n at_o home_n what_o shall_v he_o do_v but_o use_v the_o best_a mean_n he_o can_v to_o seâ—k_v it_o abroad_o i_o say_v it_o be_v long_o before_o this_o busy_a enumeration_n be_v enjoin_v a_o general_a confession_n or_o a_o intimation_n of_o some_o special_a sin_n which_o lay_v indigested_a upon_o the_o conscience_n be_v chief_o require_v now_o if_o at_o any_o time_n such_o strictness_n be_v necessary_a then_o at_o our_o last_o audit_n when_o we_o be_v in_o extremis_fw-la and_o in_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n and_o about_o to_o take_v our_o leaf_n of_o this_o sinful_a world_n and_o to_o make_v our_o peace_n with_o god_n while_o the_o last_o grain_n of_o sand_n be_v run_v in_o this_o glassy_a life_n yet_o as_o it_o appear_v in_o a_o ancient_a form_n of_o interrogate_a sick_a person_n and_o ascribe_v to_o our_o anselme_n the_o priest_n be_v not_o then_o so_o particular_a the_o form_n itself_o be_v worthy_a to_o stand_v in_o this_o place_n and_o be_v thus_o the_o sick-man_n languish_v and_o at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n ought_v to_o be_v this_o interrogated_a cassandro_n interrogatio_fw-la facienda_fw-la infiâ—mo_fw-la in_o extremis_fw-la constiâ—uto_fw-la ab_fw-la anselmo_n praescripta_fw-la infirmus_fw-la languâ—_n be_v in_o extrâ—nis_fw-la debâ—t_fw-la sic_fw-la interâ—oâ—â—ri_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la râ—spâ—â—dâ—re_fw-la fâ—â—ter_v lâ—â—aris_fw-la quòd_fw-la iâ—_n side_n christiâ—na_n mâ—â—aâ—â—s_v respoâ—dâ—â—t_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fateris_fw-la tâ—_n 〈◊〉_d tâ—_n be_v vixisse_fw-la sicâ—t_fw-la aâ—bâ—â—â—ti_fw-la râ—sp_n â—tiam_fw-la fateris_fw-la totaig_n maâ—è_fw-la viâ—iâ—sse_n â—t_a merit_n â—uis_n aeteâ—â—â—_n pâ—â—â—â—â—b_fw-mi â—eâ—â—â—_n râ—sp_n etiam_fw-la paenitâ—t_fw-la te_fw-la râ—sp_v etiam_fw-la habes_fw-la oâ—luntâ—em_fw-la â—meaâ—â—â—ndi_fw-la te_fw-la si_fw-fr spaâ—_n they_o 〈◊〉_d vivendi_fw-la resp._n etiam_fw-la credis_fw-la quòd_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la nâ—â—us_fw-la fuit_fw-la ex_fw-la marâ—aâ—â—rgine_fw-la â—â—rgine_z gloriosa_fw-la resp._n etiam_fw-la credâ—s_fw-la quòd_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la pro_fw-la te_fw-la mortuâ—s_fw-la fuit_fw-la râ—â—p_n credo_fw-la agis_n ei_fw-la cratias_fw-la propter_fw-la ista_fw-la bâ—nâ—ficia_fw-la râ—sp_n etiam_fw-la credis_fw-la tâ—_n non_fw-la poâ—senisi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—â—ias_fw-la mortem_fw-la salvari_fw-la râ—sp_n etiam_fw-la quo_fw-la expleto_fw-la dicat_fw-la infiâ—mus_fw-la teâ—_n in_o manus_fw-la tuâ—â—_n commendo_fw-la spiritum_fw-la 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