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new_a testa_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v ever_o signify_v a_o assembly_n cum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la religionem_fw-la with_o a_o habitude_n and_o reference_n to_o religion_n let_v it_o be_v also_o observe_v with_o bucerus_n script_n anglic._n pag._n 40._o 41._o 304_o 305_o 306._o that_o what_o our_o saviour_n direct_v one_o brother_n to_o do_v towards_o the_o gain_n of_o another_o by_o admonition_n and_o reproof_n do_v only_o belong_v to_o the_o care_n and_o solicitude_n of_o the_o salvation_n of_o his_o soul_n and_o the_o gain_n of_o he_o from_o eternal_a death_n to_o eternal_a life_n and_o this_o he_o collect_v from_o these_o word_n in_o the_o text_n thy_o brother_n and_o thou_o have_v gain_v thy_o brother_n he_o do_v also_o parallel_v math._n 18._o 15._o with_o gal._n 6._o 1._o brethren_n if_o any_o man_n be_v overtake_v in_o a_o fault_n you_o which_o be_v spiritual_a restore_v such_o a_o one_o in_o the_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n now_o this_o as_o it_o be_v the_o sure_a exposition_n expound_v scripture_n by_o scripture_n so_o it_o do_v not_o concern_v a_o judicial_a proceed_n in_o the_o case_n of_o private_a injury_n but_o the_o christian_a duty_n of_o reclaim_v and_o save_v the_o soul_n from_o sin_n he_o further_o observe_v that_o the_o thing_n which_o christ_n recommend_v to_o every_o christian_a to_o be_v do_v ex_fw-la charitate_fw-la christiana_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o what_o be_v incumbent_n to_o pastor_n ex_fw-la officio_fw-la for_o pastor_n ought_v by_o virtue_n of_o their_o public_a charge_n and_o ministry_n to_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n authoritative_o which_o one_o christian_a be_v bid_v do_v to_o another_o in_o christian_a brotherly_n charity_n that_o be_v to_o admonish_v rebuke_n etc._n etc._n i_o be_o persuade_v be_v the_o lord_n jesus_n his_o scope_n and_o intent_n in_o this_o text_n right_o understand_v there_o shall_v need_v no_o other_o confutation_n of_o the_o gloss_n give_v either_o by_o 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judgement-hall_n i_o perceive_v will_v he_o say_v that_o this_o man_n be_v accuse_v of_o such_o thing_n as_o concern_v your_o law_n and_o your_o religion_n therefore_o take_v he_o and_o judge_v he_o according_a to_o your_o law_n they_o reply_v in_o reference_n to_o that_o which_o pilate_n do_v drive_v at_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n if_o they_o have_v mean_v for_o cause_n which_o concern_v caesar_n crown_n it_o have_v be_v not_o only_o a_o impertinent_a reply_n but_o a_o yield_a to_o pilate_n intention_n for_o he_o may_v have_v say_v i_o do_v not_o mean_v that_o you_o shall_v judge_v he_o for_o that_o which_o concern_v caesar_n but_o for_o that_o which_o concern_v your_o own_o law_n and_o religion_n therefore_o certain_o the_o answer_n which_o the_o jew_n make_v to_o pilate_n do_v reply_n that_o though_o they_o have_v power_n to_o judge_v a_o man_n in_o that_o which_o concern_v their_o law_n and_o religion_n yet_o they_o have_v no_o power_n 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then_o decline_v by_o paul_n be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a not_o a_o civil_a court_n 5._o beside_o all_o this_o erastus_n his_o opinion_n be_v strong_o confute_v by_o that_o which_o constantinus_n l'empereur_n annot._n in_o remp_n jud._n pag._n 404._o to_o 407._o prove_v that_o the_o jew_n after_o the_o thirty_o year_n of_o christ_n have_v no_o power_n of_o punish_v with_o death_n for_o proof_n hereof_o cit_v a_o passage_n of_o aboda_n zara_o that_o forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n the_o sanhedrin_n which_o have_v in_o former_a time_n exercise_v capital_a judgement_n do_v remove_v from_o jerusalem_n quum_fw-la viderent_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la judicia_fw-la capitalia_fw-la exercere_fw-la when_o they_o perceive_v that_o they_o can_v not_o exercise_v capital_a judgement_n they_o say_v let_v we_o remove_v out_o of_o this_o place_n lest_o we_o be_v guilty_a it_o be_v say_v deut._n 17._o 10._o according_a to_o the_o sentence_n which_o they_o of_o that_o place_n shall_v show_v thou_o whence_o they_o collect_v that_o if_o they_o be_v not_o in_o that_o place_n they_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o capital_a judgement_n and_o so_o they_o remove_v and_o if_o you_o will_v know_v when_o there_o he_o tell_v we_o out_o of_o rosch_n hasschana_n they_o remove_v from_o hieru_n salem_fw-la to_o jabua_fw-la thence_o to_o ousa_n thence_o to_o scâ—…aphrea_n etc._n etc._n he_o that_o desire_v to_o have_v further_a proof_n for_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v may_v read_v buxtorf_n lexic._o chald._a talmud_n &_o rabbin_n pag._n 514_o 515._o he_o prove_v that_o judicia_fw-la criminalia_fw-la criminal_a judgement_n do_v cease_v and_o be_v take_v away_o from_o the_o jew_n forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o second_o temple_n this_o he_o say_v be_v plain_a in_o talmud_n hierosol_n in_o lib._n sanhedrin_n cap._n 7._o in_o talmud_n babyl_n in_o sanbedrin_n fol._n 41._o 1._o in_o aboda_n zâ—…ru_a fol._n 8._o 2._o in_o schab_n fol._n 15._o 1._o in_o juchasin_n fol._n 51._o 1._o majenâ—…on_n in_o sanhedrin_n cap._n 14._o sect_n 13._o he_o cite_v also_o a_o passage_n in_o berachos_n fol._n 58._o 1._o concern_v one_o who_o for_o a_o heinous_a crime_n even_o for_o lie_v with_o a_o beast_n ought_v to_o be_v adjudge_v to_o death_n but_o when_o one_o say_v that_o he_o ought_v to_o die_v it_o be_v answer_v that_o they_o have_v no_o power_n to_o put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n and_o this_o say_v d_o r._n buxâ—…orf_n be_v the_o very_a same_o which_o the_o jew_n say_v to_o pilate_n john_n 18._o 31._o now_o this_o power_n be_v take_v from_o the_o jew_n forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o city_n which_o be_v in_o the_o 71_o year_n of_o christ_n his_o death_n be_v in_o the_o 34._o hence_o he_o prove_v that_o this_o power_n be_v take_v from_o the_o jew_n near_o three_o year_n before_o the_o death_n of_o christ._n and_o i_o further_o make_v this_o inference_n that_o since_o the_o sanhedrin_n which_o have_v power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n do_v remove_v from_o jerusalem_n forty_o year_n before_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n for_o which_o see_v also_o tzemach_n david_n edit_fw-la hen._n vor_v pag._n 89._o and_o so_o about_o three_o year_n before_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o the_o council_n of_o the_o priest_n elder_n and_o scribe_n mention_v so_o often_o in_o and_o before_o christ_n passion_n be_v not_o a_o civil_a magistracy_n nor_o the_o civil_a sanhedrin_n but_o a_o ecclesiastical_a sanâ—edrin_n whence_o also_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o church_n matth._n 18._o 17._o unto_o which_o christ_n direct_v his_o disciple_n to_o go_v with_o their_o complaint_n be_v not_o the_o civil_a court_n of_o justice_n among_o the_o jew_n as_o m_n r_o prynne_n take_v it_o for_o that_o
that_o there_o be_v three_o kind_n of_o excommunication_n niddui_n cherem_n and_o schammata_fw-la niddui_n be_v 〈◊〉_d out_o but_o if_o he_o be_v not_o convert_v they_o smite_v he_o with_o cherem_n and_o if_o neither_o so_o he_o repent_v they_o schammatize_v he_o these_o three_o doctor_n buxtorf_n thus_o distinguish_v not_o only_o out_o of_o elias_n the_o common_a sentence_n of_o the_o but_o hebrew_n doctor_n the_o first_o and_o small_a excommunication_n be_v niddui_n which_o be_v a_o simple_a separation_n for_o a_o certain_a time_n the_o great_a excommunication_n be_v cherem_n which_o be_v a_o separation_n with_o imprecation_n and_o curse_n the_o great_a of_o all_o be_v schammata_fw-la a_o final_a excommunication_n without_o hope_n of_o return_v to_o the_o church_n so_o likewise_o hen._n uorstius_fw-la animad_fw-la in_o pirke_n pag._n 230._o and_o answerable_o hereunto_o some_o divine_n have_v distinguish_v excommunicatio_fw-la minor_n major_n and_o maxima_fw-la the_o first_o be_v suspension_n from_o the_o sacrament_n the_o second_o be_v a_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o a_o deliver_v over_o to_o satan_n which_o yet_o be_v a_o medicinal_a excommunication_n for_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o flesh_n that_o the_o spirit_n may_v be_v save_v the_o three_o be_v anathema_n maranatha_n a_o accurse_v of_o a_o man_n to_o the_o comimg_n of_o christ_n without_o hope_n of_o mercy_n which_o be_v excommunicatio_fw-la exterminativa_fw-la and_o can_v be_v do_v without_o a_o prophetical_a spirit_n corn._n bertramus_n de_fw-fr repub_fw-la ebraeor_fw-la cap._n 7._o say_v that_o our_o suspension_n from_o the_o sacrament_n answer_v to_o their_o niddui_n our_o excommunication_n to_o their_o cherem_n and_o for_o their_o schammata_fw-la he_o think_v it_o be_v a_o adjudge_v of_o one_o to_o eternal_a death_n whereunto_o answer_v the_o apostle_n anathema_n and_o the_o church_n devote_v of_o julian_n the_o apostate_n as_o one_o to_o be_v no_o more_o pray_v for_o but_o to_o be_v 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