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inficiabitur_fw-la that_o a_o bishop_n or_o minister_n shall_v be_v design_v of_o man_n none_o but_o a_o mad_a man_n will_v deny_v to_o be_v a_o lawful_a ordination_n 29.1_o heb._n 5.4_o exod._n 29.1_o st._n paul_n say_v no_o man_n assume_v the_o honour_n of_o the_o priesthood_n unless_o he_o be_v call_v of_o god_n as_o aaron_n be_v who_o be_v consecrate_v by_o moses_n with_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o ceremony_n but_o that_o none_o shall_v upon_o a_o conceit_n of_o a_o internal_a call_v or_o gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n go_v out_o to_o preach_v without_o the_o external_a consecration_n by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v give_v we_o a_o plain_a direction_n 13.3_o act._n 13.3_o say_v separate_a i_n barnabas_n and_o saul_n for_o the_o work_n whereunto_o i_o have_v call_v they_o call_v they_o be_v to_o the_o work_n of_o the_o
sacrament_n then_o argue_v from_o hence_o a_o necessity_n of_o a_o continual_a suspension_n of_o the_o sacrament_n note_n note_n no_o sure_o a_o total_a omission_n of_o a_o duty_n by_o christ_n command_v can_v be_v warrant_v by_o the_o contingency_n of_o a_o offence_n that_o may_v causeless_o be_v apprehend_v 8.13_o 1_o cor._n 8.13_o st._n paul_n say_v indeed_o he_o will_v not_o cat_n while_o the_o world_n stand_v rather_o than_o offend_v his_o brother_n but_o he_o mean_v it_o not_o of_o a_o offence_n causeless_o take_v but_o of_o give_v he_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_v but_o if_o any_o will_v take_v offence_n if_o i_o feed_v my_o body_n with_o nutriment_n or_o my_o soul_n with_o sacrament_n i_o may_v not_o for_o this_o starve_v either_o that_o i_o be_v not_o accessary_a to_o my_o own_o death_n and_o famishment_n nor_o may_v the_o pastor_n forbear_v to_o feed_v his_o flock_n and_o starve_v the_o soul_n under_o his_o charge_n for_o some_o of_o their_o sake_n that_o shall_v not_o eat_v the_o good_a steward_n do_v not_o contrary_a to_o his_o lord_n will_v deny_v the_o household_n their_o provision_n for_o fear_v some_o undeserving_a servant_n shall_v have_v among_o the_o rest_n their_o portion_n nor_o do_v the_o jewish_a shepherd_n starve_v their_o sheep_n for_o fear_v the_o goat_n shall_v commune_v in_o their_o pasture_n in_o point_n of_o charity_n it_o be_v better_a to_o give_v alm_n to_o ten_o counterfeit_n than_o to_o suffer_v one_o member_n of_o christ_n to_o perish_v for_o want_v of_o food_n and_o raiment_n and_o in_o execution_n of_o our_o ministry_n we_o be_v better_o suffer_v some_o hypocrite_n to_o eat_v at_o christ_n supper_n than_o for_o their_o sake_n starve_v the_o soul_n of_o our_o flock_n al-togeth_a a_o minister_n ought_v to_o have_v a_o care_n what_o he_o can_v that_o the_o profain_n and_o ignorant_a eat_v not_o of_o this_o sacrament_n to_o their_o soul_n prejudice_n but_o he_o can_v do_v no_o more_o than_o admonish_v they_o of_o the_o danger_n and_o 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prohibere_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la nisi_fw-la sponte_fw-la confessum_fw-la say_v augustin_n and_o aquin._n both_o aut_fw-la in_fw-la aliquo_fw-la judicio_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la vel_fw-la saeculari_fw-la convictam_fw-la we_o can_v prohibit_v none_o the_o communion_n unless_o upon_o his_o own_o confession_n or_o else_o in_o open_a court_n upon_o manifest_a conviction_n if_o the_o profain_n and_o ignorant_a then_o press_v into_o the_o lord_n presence_n at_o this_o feast_n it_o be_v at_o their_o own_o peril_n see_v they_o to_o it_o 6._o oeat_a 6._o we_o must_v not_o disobey_v our_o master_n command_n do_v this_o in_o remembrance_n of_o i_o 22.19_o luk._n 22.19_o nor_o starve_v the_o soul_n of_o our_o flock_n to_o keep_v they_o back_o that_o by_o their_o own_o default_n and_o folly_n turn_v the_o bread_n of_o life_n into_o their_o own_o bane_n christ_n do_v it_o not_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o disciple_n for_o judas_n his_o sake_n who_o after_o he_o have_v eat_v fall_v present_o 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of_o the_o church_n 25._o august_n de_fw-fr civ_o dei_fw-la lib._n 21._o cap._n 25._o which_o be_v his_o mystical_a body_n non_fw-la dicendum_fw-la est_fw-la eum_fw-la manducare_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la christi_fw-la he_o can_v be_v say_v true_o to_o eat_v christ_n body_n that_o be_v out_o of_o christ_n body_n i_o may_v spend_v time_n to_o discuss_v their_o excuse_n seldom_o the_o excuse_n of_o they_o that_o receive_v seldom_o that_o often_o though_o not_o always_o absent_v themselves_o from_o this_o holy_a feast_n or_o come_v but_o once_o a_o year_n at_o easter_n only_o like_o some_o retainer_n that_o be_v wont_a to_o wait_v at_o their_o master_n table_n at_o a_o christmas_n and_o so_o bid_v farewell_o all_o the_o year_n after_o and_o these_o think_v it_o be_v enough_o if_o they_o come_v once_o at_o our_o bid_n thrice_o or_o often_o their_o reason_n first_o baptism_n whereby_o also_o christ_n be_v signify_v and_o receive_v be_v 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