after_o unnatural_a lust_n and_o become_v not_o confessores_fw-la but_o contaminatores_fw-la 1631._o sir_n rob._n heath_n at_o earl_n of_o castlehaven_n attainder_n april_n 25._o 1631._o as_o one_o of_o their_o own_o order_n speak_v propose_v such_o question_n which_o to_o do_v be_v contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la and_o to_o relate_v contra_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la naturae_fw-la as_o a_o learned_a lawyer_n speak_v in_o a_o late_a unfortunate_a earl_n case_n these_o ghostly_a father_n oft-times_o grievous_o offend_v in_o please_a themselves_o with_o such_o obscene_a question_n confess_v qui_fw-la saepissimè_fw-la peccant_a mortaliter_fw-la delectando_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la â—ujusmodi_fw-la interrogationibus_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la delectationem_fw-la saciendo_fw-la eas_fw-la sum._n angel_n tit_n interrog_n in_o confess_v contrive_v they_o up_o on_o set_a purpose_n for_o their_o delight_n and_o pastime_n such_o form_n of_o confession_n you_o may_v swear_v altogether_o different_a from_o the_o ancient_a penitential_a canon_n by_o who_o direction_n the_o spiritual_a father_n of_o the_o last_o society_n look_v asquint_a upon_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o flesh_n inquire_v after_o the_o difference_n of_o sin_n obscene_a and_o beastly_a matter_n 35._o formulas_fw-la confessionum_fw-la quibus_fw-la sancti_fw-la illi_fw-la pneumattâ—â—_n circa_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la differentias_fw-la obsâ—oena_fw-la quaedam_fw-la &_o impudica_fw-la exquirunt_fw-la quae_fw-la sinâ—_n interrogati_fw-la cujus_fw-la auribus_fw-la inauditae_fw-la turpitudines_fw-la &_o lasciviae_fw-la instillantur_fw-la rubore_fw-la &_o interrogantis_fw-la inhonesti_fw-la appetitus_fw-la titillatione_fw-la vix_fw-la ullis_fw-la uâ—â—bis_fw-la aut_fw-la ne_fw-la vix_fw-la quidem_fw-la enunciari_fw-la poslint_fw-la pâ—nt_fw-la tyard_n episc_n cabilon_n de_fw-fr fratribus_fw-la jesus_n pag._n 35._o which_o can_v be_v mention_v without_o blush_v in_o the_o examinat_fw-la who_o ear_n tingle_v at_o the_o hear_n of_o unknown_a lust_n and_o uncleanness_n and_o not_o without_o the_o titillation_n of_o a_o dishonest_a appetite_n in_o the_o examiner_n himself_o that_o move_v they_o oh_o time_n that_o such_o filthy_a communication_n not_o once_o name_v among_o the_o heathen_a shall_v be_v thus_o play_v withal_o these_o ghostly_a father_n to_o be_v so_o carnal_a this_o penitential_a practice_n so_o obscene_a this_o pretend_a laver_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o become_v the_o sink_n of_o iniquity_n this_o confession_n of_o sin_n a_o profession_n of_o sin_v where_o man_n learn_v rather_o than_o leave_v sin_n displease_v rather_o than_o appease_v god_n and_o at_o the_o end_n of_o this_o exercise_n become_v far_o worse_o than_o at_o the_o beginning_n pardon_v good_a reader_n the_o exuberancy_n of_o my_o speech_n just_o occasion_v when_o the_o most_o holy_a pretence_n be_v the_o most_o foul_o profane_v good_a reason_n have_v canus_n to_o tax_v such_o confessor_n who_o by_o their_o foolish_a interrogatory_n become_v scandalous_a to_o their_o penitent_n 908._o nec_fw-la eos_fw-la quidem_fw-la probo_fw-la qui_fw-la imprudenter_fw-la interrogando_fw-la poenitentibus_fw-la scandalii_fw-la inâ—iciunt_fw-la atque_fw-la adeò_fw-la eo_fw-la peccare_fw-la docent_fw-la qua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la confidenter_fw-la etiam_fw-la reprobo_fw-la sum_n be_v istas_fw-la confessionum_fw-la interrogitionibus_fw-la plenas_fw-la quae_fw-la idiomate_fw-la vulgari_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la eduntur_fw-la sed_fw-la passimâ—etiam_fw-la mulâ—erculis_fw-la &_o idiotis_fw-la conferuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la indè_fw-la discant_fw-la non_fw-la confitendi_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ego_fw-la sentio_fw-la peccandi_fw-la ratioâ—m_fw-la &_o normam_fw-la can._n relect._n de_fw-fr poen_n part_n 6._o pag._n 908._o so_o far_o as_o to_o teach_v they_o to_o sin_n and_o withal_o confident_o to_o reprove_v these_o sum_n of_o confession_n stuff_v with_o question_n of_o that_o nature_n and_o be_v not_o only_o put_v forth_o in_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n but_o be_v bestow_v abroad_o upon_o woman_n and_o simple_a people_n thereby_o to_o learn_v not_o the_o manner_n and_o form_n of_o confess_v but_o as_o i_o suppose_v of_o sin_v our_o last_o exception_n against_o this_o specifique_a enumeration_n of_o every_o sin_n in_o confession_n case_n 6._o of_o venial_a sin_n of_o reserve_v case_n be_v derive_v from_o a_o practice_n of_o they_o in_o exempt_n of_o venial_a sin_n and_o reserve_v case_n from_o the_o ordinary_a and_o parochial_a ghostly_a father_n 5._o venialia_fw-la quamvis_fw-la râ—ctè_fw-la &_o utiliter_fw-la in_o confession_n dicantur_fw-la taceâ—i_fw-la tamen_fw-la citra_fw-la culpam_fw-la multisque_fw-la aliis_fw-la remediâ—s_fw-la expiaâ—â—_fw-la possint_fw-la council_n trid._n c._n 5._o those_o as_o superfluous_a and_o scarce_o worthy_a of_o a_o priest_n skill_n and_o notice_n these_o as_o too_o haâ—nous_a and_o desperate_a disease_n exceed_v his_o skill_n 7._o patribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la visumâ—st_fw-la utâ—atrociora_fw-la quaedam_fw-la &_o graviora_fw-la crimina_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la quibusvis_fw-la sell_v à _fw-la summis_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la sacer_n lotibus_fw-la absolveretur_fw-la conc._n trid._n de_fw-fr casuum_fw-la reservatione_fw-la cap._n 7._o therefore_o reserve_v for_o physician_n of_o high_a place_n and_o power_n and_o in_o such_o case_n every_o simple_a priest_n be_v inhibit_v to_o proceed_v but_o to_o send_v corpus_fw-la cum_fw-la causa_fw-la to_o such_o penitentiaries_n to_o who_o jurisdiction_n they_o be_v immediate_o subject_a now_o if_o all_o sin_n that_o come_v into_o a_o sinner_n mind_n must_v upon_o pain_n of_o the_o second_o death_n and_o that_o by_o god_n law_n be_v open_v to_o a_o priest_n by_o what_o law_n be_v some_o exempt_v and_o more_o reserve_v from_o his_o audience_n than_o other_o again_o if_o papal_a reservation_n and_o dispensation_n be_v in_o these_o sin_n and_o case_n of_o validity_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o precise_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v but_o a_o church_n ordinance_n or_o if_o divine_a than_o no_o dispensation_n lie_v in_o such_o case_n it_o be_v a_o rule_v case_n that_o papal_a power_n can_v dispense_v with_o the_o divine_a law_n but_o with_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n only_o let_v the_o jesuit_n try_v the_o horn_n of_o this_o dilemma_n now_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o they_o take_v off_o such_o sin_n from_o confession_n may_v we_o make_v bold_a to_o leave_v out_o such_o as_o many_o such_o there_o be_v that_o stand_v not_o in_o need_n of_o priestly_a advice_n and_o absolution_n it_o will_v be_v say_v venial_a sin_n be_v not_o here_o to_o be_v reckon_v for_o 3._o venialia_fw-la exnatura_fw-la &_o ratione_fw-la peccati_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la contraria_fw-la charitati_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o proximi_fw-la bellar_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr amiss_o gratiae_fw-la cap._n 3._o because_o be_v of_o their_o own_o nature_n pardonable_a nor_o so_o averse_a to_o god_n as_o to_o lose_v his_o favour_n they_o need_v not_o to_o be_v remit_v this_o way_n neither_o engage_v so_o deep_o to_o hell_n nor_o make_v so_o great_a a_o breach_n betwixt_o god_n and_o man_n as_o to_o require_v the_o priest_n to_o stand_v in_o the_o gap_n and_o to_o make_v the_o atonement_n to_o the_o contrary_a although_o we_o acknowledge_v great_a distinction_n betwixt_o sin_n and_o sin_n and_o punishment_n proport_v onable_a yet_o we_o affirm_v no_o sin_n so_o little_a but_o it_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n mortal_a and_o no_o sin_n so_o great_a but_o from_o the_o event_n may_v be_v venial_a the_o least_o sin_n make_v a_o breach_n upon_o god_n law_n and_o make_v the_o delinquent_n accessary_a to_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o whole_a law_n be_v a_o offence_n against_o a_o infinite_a deity_n therefore_o may_v be_v punish_v in_o the_o strictness_n of_o his_o righteous_a judgement_n 32._o doctor_n field_n of_o the_o church_n book_n 3._o c._n 32._o yea_o with_o utter_a annihilation_n for_o that_o say_v a_o profound_a divine_a there_o be_v no_o punishment_n so_o evil_a and_o so_o much_o to_o be_v avoid_v as_o the_o least_o sin_n that_o may_v be_v imagine_v so_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v rather_o choose_v eternal_a death_n yea_o utter_a annihilation_n than_o commit_v the_o least_o effence_n in_o the_o world_n again_o if_o all_o spiritual_a wound_n must_v pass_v through_o the_o priest_n hand_n of_o necessity_n for_o curation_n then_o venial_a sin_n also_o for_o though_o they_o be_v not_o vulnera_fw-la lethifera_fw-la with_o the_o cardinal_n 2._o bellar._n l._n 1.1_o de_fw-mi amiss_o great_a c._n 2._o yet_o they_o be_v plagae_fw-la leves_fw-la which_o slight_v by_o neglect_n thereof_o may_v prove_v deadly_a a_o ship_n leak_a at_o a_o little_a flaw_n may_v endanger_v drown_v the_o want_n of_o one_o nail_n as_o the_o french_a proverb_n be_v may_v cause_v the_o loss_n of_o shoe_n horse_n and_o horseman_n chevaliâ—r_n pour_v un_fw-fr clou_fw-fr on_o perd_a un_fw-fr fer_fw-fr &_o pour_fw-fr un_fw-fr fer_fw-fr un_fw-fr cheval_fw-fr &_o pour_fw-fr un_fw-fr cheval_fw-fr un_fw-fr chevaliâ—r_n for_o great_a weight_n many_o time_n hang_v upon_o small_a wire_n and_o however_o some_o roman_a controversie-man_n put_v off_o venial_a sin_n from_o confession_n as_o in_o itself_o not_o mortal_a but_o venial_a bishop_n fisher_n dare_v not_o like_a of_o that_o avoidance_n 317._o quòd_fw-la peccatum_fw-la veniale_a solùm_fw-la ex_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordia_fw-la veniale_a sit_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la tecum_fw-la
onus_fw-la qui_fw-la vult_fw-la levari_fw-la &_o sentiat_fw-la vincula_fw-la qui_fw-la vult_fw-la solvi_fw-la let_v he_o feel_v the_o weight_n of_o his_o burden_n that_o will_v be_v ease_v as_o david_n do_v when_o he_o cry_v out_o 38._o psal_n 38._o my_o sin_n be_v too_o heavy_a for_o i_o to_o bear_v and_o the_o straitness_n of_o his_o bond_n that_o will_v be_v free_v as_o paul_n do_v when_o he_o see_v the_o law_n in_o his_o member_n bring_v he_o into_o captivity_n unto_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n and_o thereupon_o exclaim_v who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o the_o body_n of_o this_o death_n 7.23_o rom._n 7.23_o and_o no_o otherwise_o do_v christ_n proclaim_v it_o that_o none_o shall_v come_v unto_o he_o but_o such_o as_o be_v weary_a and_o heavy_a lade_v grow_v sensible_a then_o of_o thy_o oppression_n under_o sin_n how_o the_o iron_n enter_v into_o thy_o soul_n 11._o matth._n 11._o be_v sorrowful_a for_o captivate_v thyself_o with_o those_o bond_n resort_v unto_o the_o priest_n show_v he_o thy_o fetter_n and_o crave_v his_o assistance_n to_o strike_v they_o off_o and_o then_o who_o the_o son_n of_o man_n shall_v set_v free_a or_o the_o priest_n in_o his_o name_n he_o shall_v be_v free_a indeed_o and_o this_o be_v the_o first_o and_o most_o remarkable_a consideration_n why_o unto_o the_o priest_n sin_n must_v be_v confess_v chap._n ix_o the_o content_n paternal_a affection_n in_o the_o confessary_a good_a for_o sheep_n if_o the_o shepherd_n know_v their_o disease_n medicinal_a confession_n the_o grief_n better_o heal_v when_o clear_a open_v ghostly_a counsel_n of_o great_a importance_n to_o a_o penitent_a great_a care_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o discreet_a confessor_n rome_n rigid_a tenet_n absolution_n denounce_v by_o any_o priest_n beside_o the_o ordinary_a to_o be_v invalid_a the_o inconvenience_n thereof_o the_o parochial_a priest_n not_o to_o be_v desert_v without_o just_a cause_n and_o the_o same_o to_o be_v approve_v by_o the_o diocesan_n father_n ii_o priest_n a_o spiritual_a father_n there_o be_v other_o inducement_n beside_o that_o which_o have_v be_v speak_v incline_v to_o the_o practic_n of_o confession_n which_o be_v now_o distinct_o but_o succinct_o to_o follow_v in_o their_o order_n as_o first_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o spiritual_a father_n for_o that_o paternal_a affection_n be_v or_o shall_v be_v betwixt_o the_o pastor_n and_o his_o people_n love_n be_v the_o chain_n that_o ti_v the_o one_o to_o his_o charge_n and_o the_o other_o to_o his_o due_a respect_n now_o what_o secret_n will_v a_o dutiful_a child_n conceal_v from_o a_o affectionate_a father_n especial_o secret_n of_o that_o nature_n that_o may_v be_v redress_v by_o the_o father_n help_n and_o may_v prove_v obnoxious_a by_o the_o son_n concealment_n a_o good_a father_n tender_v the_o infirmity_n of_o his_o child_n and_o upon_o notice_n thereof_o will_v either_o cure_n or_o cover_v they_o thus_o stand_v saint_n paul_n affectionate_a unto_o the_o corinthian_n 5.14_o 1_o cor._n 5.14_o i_o write_v not_o these_o thing_n to_o shame_v you_o but_o as_o my_o belove_a son_n i_o warn_v you_o q._n d._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph._n in_o 1_o cor._n 5._o i_o speak_v not_o from_o a_o malicious_a mind_n to_o calumniate_v or_o disparage_v you_o but_o unto_o child_n and_o that_o belove_a pardon_v i_o if_o i_o have_v speak_v something_o harsh_o it_o proceed_v from_o love_n i_o reprove_v you_o not_o but_o warn_v you_o and_o who_o will_v not_o with_o patience_n endure_v a_o father_n warning_n he_o proceed_v ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la ibid._n many_o instructor_n you_o may_v meet_v withal_o but_o not_o many_o father_n and_o their_o care_n may_v be_v much_o but_o not_o like_o my_o affection_n and_o however_o they_o may_v instruct_v you_o yet_o it_o be_v i_o that_o in_o christ_n jesus_n have_v beget_v you_o through_o my_o gospel_n in_o that_o natural_a way_n express_v how_o great_a his_o love_n be_v as_o theophy_n lact_v observe_v now_o if_o love_v thus_o descend_v why_o shall_v it_o not_o ascend_v why_o be_v thou_o ashamed_a to_o make_v know_v thy_o state_n to_o such_o a_o father_n who_o will_v neither_o write_v nor_o speak_v to_o shame_v thou_o and_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v therein_o be_v by_o way_n of_o monition_n only_o and_o no_o way_n prejudicial_a 176._o greg_n nyssen_n de_fw-fr poen_n in_o appendice_n operum_fw-la paris_n 1618._o p._n 176._o take_v then_o as_o gregory_n nissen_n advise_v the_o priest_n for_o a_o partner_n of_o thy_o affliction_n and_o as_o thy_o father_n show_v unto_o he_o without_o blush_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v keep_v close_o he_o will_v have_v care_n both_o of_o thy_o credit_n and_o of_o thy_o cure_n see_v this_o testimony_n more_o ample_o before_o the_o next_o denomination_n be_v of_o a_o shepherd_n and_o flock_n 21.16_o iii_o priest_n a_o pastor_n heb._n 13.20_o john_n 21.16_o a_o name_n which_o the_o apostle_n have_v give_v unto_o christ_n the_o great_a shepherd_n of_o the_o sheep_n and_o christ_n to_o his_o apostle_n in_o feed_v my_o sheep_n now_o it_o can_v be_v amiss_o for_o the_o sheep_n if_o the_o shepherd_n know_v their_o 552._o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thâ—oph_n in_o cap._n 5._o ad_fw-la eph._n p._n 552._o disease_n christ_n the_o arch_a shepherd_n differ_v herein_o from_o all_o other_o for_o whereas_o some_o shepherd_n be_v clothe_v with_o the_o fleece_n feed_v upon_o their_o milk_n and_o kill_v their_o sheep_n for_o meat_n contrariwise_o christ_n clothe_v they_o feed_v they_o and_o be_v slay_v for_o they_o likewise_o and_o his_o shepherd_n herein_o differ_v from_o our_o shepherd_n for_o how_o ever_o they_o be_v clothe_v with_o the_o fleece_n feed_v with_o the_o milk_n and_o reap_v temporal_a thing_n yet_o have_v they_o not_o power_n over_o their_o life_n to_o kill_v they_o but_o to_o feed_v and_o preserve_v they_o yea_o if_o by_o negligence_n any_o of_o their_o flock_n suffer_v damage_n it_o will_v be_v set_v upon_o their_o head_n and_o reckon_n it_o be_v witty_o observe_v by_o that_o learned_a and_o ancient_a father_n 203._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clom_n alex._n strom._n l._n 1._o pag._n 203._o clomons_n alexandrinus_n that_o the_o shepherd_n and_o the_o cook_n view_v not_o the_o sheep_n alike_o the_o butcher_n handle_v he_o if_o fat_a and_o fit_a for_o the_o slaughter_n the_o shepherd_n content_v with_o the_o fleece_n and_o milk_n and_o increase_v have_v care_n and_o watch_v over_o his_o flock_n let_v the_o sheep_n then_o distinguish_v the_o shepherds_n voice_n from_o a_o stranger_n and_o to_o he_o let_v their_o grief_n be_v unfold_v and_o let_v the_o same_o mind_n be_v in_o the_o shepherd_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n he_o that_o be_v studious_a to_o heal_v the_o vice_n of_o humane_a infirmity_n 1._o qui_fw-la studet_fw-la humanae_fw-la infirmitatis_fw-la emendare_fw-la vitia_fw-la ipsam_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la suis_fw-la debet_fw-la sustinere_fw-la &_o quodammodo_fw-la pensare_fw-la humâ—ris_fw-la non_fw-la abâ—â—câ—re_fw-la nam_fw-la pastor_n ille_fw-la evangelicus_n lassam_fw-la ovem_fw-la vexisse_fw-la legitur_fw-la non_fw-la abjecisse_fw-la ambr._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 1._o say_v ambrose_n must_v take_v upon_o he_o the_o infirmity_n itself_o and_o bear_v it_o as_o it_o be_v upon_o his_o own_o shoulder_n not_o cast_v it_o off_o for_o that_o evangelical_n shepherd_n be_v say_v to_o have_v bear_v the_o weary_a sheep_n and_o not_o to_o have_v cast_v it_o off_o and_o can_v thy_o infirmity_n be_v better_a know_v to_o any_o than_o unto_o he_o that_o will_v take_v they_o to_o himself_o and_o bear_v the_o burden_n upon_o his_o own_o shoulder_n ms._n iv_o priest_n a_o spiritual_a physician_n tacentibus_fw-la non_fw-la facilè_fw-la potest_fw-la medela_fw-la opportuni_fw-la &_o necessarii_fw-la sermonis_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la exit_fw-la lib._n clement_n ms._n the_o four_o correspondence_n be_v as_o unto_o a_o physician_n wherein_o that_o adage_n of_o our_o saviour_n hold_v the_o whole_a need_v not_o the_o physician_n but_o the_o sick_a and_o as_o a_o sick_a patient_n possess_v his_o physician_n with_o each_o remarkable_a passage_n in_o his_o sickness_n that_o the_o grief_n be_v full_o apprehend_v the_o remedy_n may_v be_v the_o better_o apply_v so_o shall_v it_o be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o spiritual_a disease_n also_o the_o father_n be_v very_o plentiful_a in_o their_o inlargement_n upon_o this_o medicinal_a confession_n god_n say_v origen_n as_o he_o have_v prepare_v medicine_n for_o the_o body_n principium_fw-la sicut_fw-la corpori_fw-la medicamenta_fw-la praeparavit_fw-la ità _fw-la etiam_fw-la animae_fw-la medicamenta_fw-la praeparavit_fw-la in_o his_o sermonibus_fw-la quos_fw-la per_fw-la divinas_fw-la scripturas_fw-la seminavit_fw-la atque_fw-la dâ—spersit_fw-la archiatros_fw-la est_fw-la salvator_fw-la qui_fw-la possit_fw-la curare_fw-la omnem_fw-la languorem_fw-la &_o infirmitatem_fw-la discipuli_fw-la verò_fw-la ejus_fw-la petrus_n vel_fw-la paulus_n sed_fw-la &_o prophetae_fw-la medici_n sunt_fw-la &_o by_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la post_fw-la apostolos_fw-la
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 meum_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la in_o idipsum_fw-la respon_n â—ente_fw-la securus_fw-la moritur_fw-la ediâ—â—ad_v sinem_fw-la opusculi_fw-la epis_fw-la roffens_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o misericoâ—dia_fw-la dei_fw-la à _fw-la georg._n cassandro_n and_o so_o to_o answer_v brother_n do_v thou_o rejoice_v that_o thou_o may_v die_v in_o the_o christian_a faith_n let_v he_o answer_v yea._n q._n thou_o confess_v that_o thou_o have_v not_o live_v so_o well_o as_o thou_o ought_v ans_fw-fr yea._n q._n thou_o acknowledge_v that_o thou_o have_v live_v so_o evil_a as_o thou_o have_v deserve_v eternal_a death_n ans_fw-fr yea._n q._n have_v thou_o any_o purpose_n to_o amend_v if_o thou_o may_v have_v further_a space_n to_o live_v ans_fw-fr yea._n q._n thou_o believe_v that_o jesus_n christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v bear_v of_o the_o glorious_a virgin_n mary_n ans_fw-fr yea._n thou_o believe_v that_o jesus_n christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n die_v for_o thou_o ans_fw-fr yea._n thou_o be_v thankful_a unto_o he_o for_o these_o benefit_n ans_fw-fr yea._n q._n thou_o believe_v that_o thou_o can_v not_o be_v save_v but_o by_o his_o death_n ans_fw-fr yea._n this_o be_v all_o the_o question_n in_o those_o day_n think_v fit_a to_o be_v use_v at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n which_o after_o some_o comfortable_a instruction_n how_o the_o sick-man_n shall_v behave_v himself_o in_o this_o last_o encounter_n the_o conclusion_n be_v let_v he_o rehearse_v thrice_o into_o thy_o hand_n i_o commend_v my_o spirit_n and_o the_o clergis_n answer_v the_o same_o he_o may_v safe_o and_o peaceful_o depart_v we_o see_v what_o kind_n of_o confession_n then_o suffice_v and_o it_o be_v not_o the_o work_n of_o one_o age_n to_o bring_v the_o people_n to_o any_o other_o haymo_n complain_v that_o some_o in_o his_o day_n blush_v to_o confess_v their_o sin_n unto_o the_o priest_n 401._o erubescentes_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la confiteri_fw-la quoddam_fw-la occasionis_fw-la ingenium_fw-la invenerunt_fw-la dicentes_fw-la sibi_fw-la sufficere_fw-la ut_fw-la soli_fw-la deo_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la consiteantur_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la in_o reliquo_fw-la cessent_fw-la haymo_fw-la dominic_n 14._o post_n pentecost_n pag._n 401._o find_v out_o a_o witty_a occasion_n to_o forbear_v say_v it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o they_o that_o they_o do_v confess_v their_o sin_n unto_o god_n if_o so_o be_v they_o cease_v from_o those_o sin_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v other_o will_v not_o be_v bring_v to_o that_o full_a measure_n as_o begin_v then_o to_o be_v impose_v confess_v but_o not_o full_o their_o sin_n unto_o the_o priest_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o a_o council_n hold_v at_o cavaillon_n in_o the_o day_n of_o charles_n the_o great_a faciunt_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la emendatione_fw-la indigere_fw-la perspeximus_fw-la quòd_fw-la quidam_fw-la dum_fw-la consitentur_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la non_fw-la plenè_fw-la id_fw-la faciunt_fw-la wherein_o though_o those_o father_n be_v otherwise_o mind_v and_o desire_v it_o to_o be_v amend_v yet_o they_o intimate_v that_o in_o their_o time_n it_o be_v question_v whether_o man_n shall_v confess_v unto_o god_n only_o or_o to_o the_o priest_n also_o and_o they_o themselves_o put_v this_o difference_n betwixt_o both_o these_o confession_n that_o the_o one_o do_v proper_o serve_v for_o the_o cure_n the_o other_o for_o direction_n in_o what_o sort_n the_o repentance_n and_o so_o the_o cure_n shall_v be_v perform_v their_o word_n ensue_v some_o say_v sin_n be_v to_o be_v confess_v unto_o god_n alone_o 33._o quidam_fw-la solummodò_fw-la deo_fw-la confiteri_fw-la debere_fw-la dicunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la quidam_fw-la verò_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la confiâ—enda_fw-la esse_fw-la pâ—rcensent_n quod_fw-la utrumque_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la magno_fw-la fructu_fw-la intra_fw-la sanctam_fw-la fit_a ecclesiam_fw-la it_o a_o duntaxat_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la qui_fw-la remissor_n est_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la confiteamur_fw-la peccata_fw-la nostra_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la david_n dicamus_fw-la delictum_fw-la meum_fw-la cognitum_fw-la tibi_fw-la feci_fw-la &_o in_o justitiam_fw-la meam_fw-la non_fw-la abscondi_fw-la dixi_fw-la confitebor_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o secundum_fw-la institutionem_fw-la apostoli_fw-la confiteamur_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la peccata_fw-la nostra_fw-la etc._n etc._n confessio_fw-la itaque_fw-la qâ—ae_fw-la fit_a deo_fw-la purgat_fw-la peccata_fw-la ea_fw-la verò_fw-la quae_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la fit_a
remission_n of_o sin_n and_o be_v not_o perhaps_o so_o punctual_a for_o private_a particular_a confession_n who_o belief_n that_o prelate_n censure_v for_o erroneous_a by_o the_o same_o man_n be_v ghostly_a father_n under_o a_o great_a penalty_n conjure_v to_o secrecy_n and_o silence_n that_o if_o at_o any_o time_n or_o by_o any_o mean_n or_o upon_o passion_n of_o hatred_n prohibemus_fw-la nullus_fw-la sacerdosirâ_fw-la odio_fw-la metu_fw-la etiam_fw-la mortis_fw-la audeat_fw-la detegere_fw-la quovis_fw-la modo_fw-la alicujus_fw-la conâ—â—ssionem_fw-la signo_fw-la motu_fw-la vel_fw-la verbo_fw-la generaliter_fw-la vel_fw-la specialiter_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la convictus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sine_fw-la spereconciliationis_fw-la non_fw-la immeritò_fw-la debet_fw-la degradari_fw-la lin._n l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n prohibemus_fw-la or_o fear_v of_o death_n shall_v lay_v open_a by_o sign_n motion_n or_o word_n either_o general_o or_o special_o what_o have_v be_v private_o deposit_v in_o confession_n and_o shall_v be_v convict_v thereof_o he_o shall_v be_v degrade_v without_o hope_n of_o reconciliation_n also_o another_o constitution_n of_o the_o same_o man_n do_v for_o the_o revive_n of_o public_a penance_n for_o notorious_a &_o scandalous_a offence_n praeterea_fw-la ut_fw-la peccata_fw-la graviora_fw-la &_o vulgatissimo_fw-la svo_fw-la scandalo_fw-la totam_fw-la commoventia_fw-la civitatem_fw-la sint_fw-la solenni_fw-la poenitentiâ_fw-la castiganda_fw-la lindw_n l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n praeterea_fw-la complain_v that_o by_o the_o neglect_n of_o the_o ancient_a canon_n the_o same_o have_v be_v long_o bury_v in_o oblivion_n whereby_o heinous_a sin_n have_v be_v the_o more_o frequent_v and_o the_o reins_n and_o rigour_n of_o christian_a discipline_n too_o much_o remit_v and_o a_o licet_fw-la a_o lindw_n lib._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remiss_a c._n licet_fw-la four_o for_o the_o substitution_n of_o a_o grave_n and_o learned_a penitentiary_n in_o every_o deanery_n to_o take_v the_o confession_n of_o the_o clergy_n reside_v within_o the_o same_o john_n straiford_n archbishop_n of_o canâ—urbury_n 1334._o a._n d._n 1334._o mcccxxxiv_o make_v a_o provisional_n law_n that_o priest_n shall_v not_o be_v cite_v juridical_o and_o thereby_o force_v either_o to_o detect_v such_o arcana_fw-la as_o they_o receive_v under_o the_o seal_n of_o confession_n infra_fw-la et_fw-la illis_fw-la ex_fw-la tunc_fw-la parochiani_fw-la peccata_fw-la renuunt_fw-la confiteri_fw-la lind._o l._n 2._o de_fw-la judiciis_fw-la c._n exclusis_fw-la &_o infra_fw-la or_o else_o offer_v violence_n to_o their_o conscience_n lest_o thereby_o parishioner_n may_v refuse_v to_o come_v to_o confession_n it_o seem_v equivocation_n mental_a reservation_n and_o such_o juggle_n devise_v to_o cheat_v justice_n be_v not_o up_o nor_o think_v on_o when_o this_o course_n be_v take_v that_o judge_n shall_v forbear_v to_o examine_v they_o the_o last_o of_o these_o metropolitan_o that_o make_v any_o law_n for_o confession_n be_v simon_n sudbury_n who_o be_v prefer_v to_o that_o eminency_n an._n mulicrum_fw-la confessiones_fw-la mulierum_fw-la audiantur_fw-la in_o propatulo_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la visum_fw-la non_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la auditum_fw-la moneantur_fw-la laici_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la quadragesimae_fw-la &_o â—ito_fw-la post_fw-la lapsum_fw-la confiteri_fw-la ne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la svo_fw-la pondere_fw-la ad_fw-la aliud_fw-la trahat_fw-la lind._o l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n confessiones_fw-la mulicrum_fw-la mccclxxv_o he_o ordain_v woman_n to_o be_v shrive_v in_o a_o open_a place_n where_o they_o may_v be_v see_v of_o all_o but_o not_o hear_v and_o to_o admonish_v the_o laity_n to_o repair_v unto_o confession_n every_o year_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o lent_n and_o while_o their_o sin_n be_v green_a in_o their_o memory_n lest_o the_o weight_n of_o one_o sin_n press_v they_o upon_o another_o he_o ordain_v likewise_o to_o confess_v and_o communicate_v three_o time_n a_o year_n viz._n at_o the_o three_o solemn_a feast_n of_o christmas_n easter_n and_o whitsuntide_n and_o to_o prepare_v themselves_o with_o such_o abstinence_n as_o the_o priest_n shall_v prescribe_v confessiones_fw-la prius_fw-la tamen_fw-la se_fw-la praeparent_fw-la per_fw-la aliquam_fw-la abstinentiam_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la faciendam_fw-la vivens_fw-la ab_fw-la ingressu_fw-la ecclefiae_fw-la arceatur_fw-la &_o moriens_fw-la christianâ_fw-la careat_fw-la sepulturâ_fw-la lind._o l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n confessiones_fw-la and_o all_o and_o every_o such_o person_n as_o shall_v not_o come_v to_o confession_n and_o to_o the_o communion_n once_o a_o year_n at_o the_o least_o to_o be_v debar_v from_o enter_v into_o the_o church_n in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o after_o death_n his_o body_n not_o to_o be_v inter_v in_o christian_a burial_n by_o which_o constitution_n we_o 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operire_fw-la &_o tegere_fw-la dâ—licta_fw-la superiora_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la ci_fw-fr imputctur_n peccatum_fw-la ergo_fw-la tegamus_fw-la lâ—psus_fw-la nostros_fw-la posterieribus_fw-la factis_fw-la amb._n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 5._o say_v saint_n ambrose_n ought_v not_o only_o to_o wash_v away_o his_o sin_n with_o tear_n but_o amends_o be_v make_v to_o cover_v and_o hide_v his_o former_a defect_n that_o his_o offence_n may_v not_o be_v impute_v unto_o he_o 1556._o satisfactio_fw-la duplex_fw-la 1._o propitiatoria_fw-la pro_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la peccatis_fw-la christus_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o quam_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la exigâ—t_fw-la à _fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la vindictaâ—st_fw-la â—st_z quam_fw-la ex_fw-la praescripto_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la velut_fw-la spirituâ—lâ—s_fw-la medici_n de_fw-fr nobis_fw-la sumere_fw-la debemus_fw-la comm_n ssis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la contraria_fw-la sacientes_n grop_n de_fw-fr sacram._n poenit._n p._n 107._o edit_fw-la 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legatinum_fw-la &_o pananglicum_a a_o convocation_n of_o all_o england_n est_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la absit_fw-la sine_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la &_o confession_n de_fw-fr hac_fw-la luce_fw-fr discessit_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la minimè_fw-la orandum_fw-la est_fw-la where_o among_o other_o chapter_n and_o constitution_n there_o be_v one_o de_fw-fr conversione_n poenitentia_fw-la &_o confession_n and_o for_o confession_n thus_o if_o any_o person_n which_o god_n forbid_v depart_v this_o life_n without_o repentance_n and_o confession_n that_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v pray_v for_o and_o not_o to_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a be_v in_o that_o age_n hold_v as_o uncharitable_a as_o with_o we_o to_o pray_v for_o the_o live_n be_v esteem_v charitable_a and_o that_o confession_n there_o mention_v be_v the_o same_o make_v unto_o the_o priest_n the_o word_n immediate_o before_o specify_v where_o we_o read_v according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o priest_n sacite_n 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earnest_o and_o diligent_o promote_v all_o the_o law_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n i_o have_v not_o see_v the_o law_n in_o lambard_n himself_o the_o treatise_n be_v in_o few_o man_n hand_n where_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v more_o at_o large_a but_o rather_o as_o it_o be_v point_v unto_o 1360._o book_n 16._o pag._n 1360._o and_o the_o title_n rehearse_v by_o doctor_n bridges_n in_o his_o defence_n of_o the_o government_n etc._n etc._n afterward_o king_n alured_n wear_v the_o diadem_n of_o this_o land_n among_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n by_o he_o ordain_v and_o ratify_v
by_o his_o son_n and_o successor_n king_n edward_n and_o guthrune_v the_o dane_n confederate_a with_o edward_n in_o the_o government_n of_o england_n in_o the_o five_o chapter_n be_v thus_o ordain_v if_o any_o malefactor_n guilty_a of_o death_n earnest_o require_v the_o space_n and_o speech_n of_o confession_n or_o shrift_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o man_n shall_v ever_o deny_v he_o this_o favour_n extend_v to_o person_n condemn_v to_o die_v 1568._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la rei_fw-la capitalis_fw-la damnatus_fw-la sva_fw-la ingenuè_fw-fr sacerdoti_fw-la peccata_fw-la confiteri_fw-la cupiverit_fw-la id_fw-la ei_fw-la conceditur_fw-la ita_fw-la vertit_fw-la guil._n lambard_n arxaion_n fol._n 53._o londini_fw-la ex_fw-la officina_fw-la joan_n daii_n ann_n 1568._o argue_v the_o use_n of_o confession_n common_o receive_v and_o the_o good_a construction_n thereof_o as_o redound_v in_o their_o opinion_n to_o the_o comfort_n of_o such_o miserable_a offender_n many_o be_v the_o law_n both_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a enact_v by_o king_n edgar_n a_o prince_n of_o pious_a 356._o rex_fw-la decenter_n instructus_fw-la passim_fw-la improbos_fw-la oppressit_fw-la rebel_n redarguit_fw-la justos_fw-la &_o modestos_fw-la dilexit_fw-la destructas_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la renovavit_fw-la &_o dilatavit_fw-la ad_fw-la laudâ—m_fw-la creatoris_fw-la summi_fw-la monasteria_fw-la constitui_fw-la jussit_fw-la erat_fw-la itaque_fw-la vir_fw-la discretus_fw-la mitis_fw-la humilis_fw-la benignus_fw-la liberalis_fw-la armipotens_fw-la jura_fw-la regni_fw-la bellicâ_fw-la potestate_fw-la regaliter_fw-la protegens_fw-la populum_fw-la in_o obsequio_fw-la principum_fw-la principes_fw-la ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la imperiorum_fw-la formavit_fw-la leges_fw-la rectas_fw-la instituit_fw-la regno_fw-la tranquillimo_fw-la potitus_fw-la est_fw-la florent_fw-la wigorn._n chron._n p._n 355_o 356._o and_o prudent_a education_n who_o curb_v the_o oppressor_n subdue_v the_o rebel_n love_v the_o just_a and_o bumble_a repair_v the_o decay_a church_n and_o ample_o endow_v they_o erect_v religious_a place_n and_o convent_v to_o the_o land_n &_o honour_n of_o the_o great_a creator_n a_o person_n of_o huge_a discretion_n humility_n and_o bounty_n of_o much_o valour_n and_o skill_n in_o feat_n of_o arm_n royal_o protect_v the_o law_n of_o his_o kingdom_n with_o his_o militia_n his_o people_n frame_v in_o subjection_n unto_o his_o noble_n and_o his_o nobleman_n to_o the_o subjection_n of_o his_o sovereign_a command_n preserve_v his_o state_n in_o peace_n and_o his_o just_a law_n in_o power_n such_o praise_n do_v the_o monk_n of_o worcester_n heap_n upon_o he_o among_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o ordinance_n be_v extant_a canon_n towards_o the_o end_n whereof_o be_v a_o appendix_n or_o postscript_n contain_v the_o total_a charge_n of_o confestion_n and_o the_o mutual_a duty_n requisite_a in_o the_o penitent_a and_o priest_n who_o grant_v audience_n who_o be_v there_o style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o shriver_n and_o ghostly_a physician_n and_o manna_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o physician_n of_o man_n soul_n the_o form_n of_o confession_n to_o be_v observe_v by_o the_o penitent_a the_o specifique_a enumeration_n of_o sin_n the_o unfeigned_a sorrow_n at_o the_o rehearsal_n thereof_o and_o the_o voluntary_a submission_n to_o the_o penance_n enjoin_v be_v therein_o delineate_v let_v the_o repentant_a person_n address_v himself_o to_o his_o shrift_n right_o humble_o and_o say_v first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o believe_v in_o the_o lord_n the_o father_n most_o high_a who_o weld_v all_o thing_n etc._n etc._n and_o after_o a_o brief_a recital_n of_o his_o faith_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v he_o in_o a_o rufully-sighing_a mood_n make_v his_o confession_n full_a devout_o to_o his_o confesseur_n and_o bow_v down_o his_o head_n say_v i_o confess_v unto_o almighty_a god_n naturam_fw-la confiteor_fw-la deo_fw-la omnipotenti_fw-la &_o confessario_fw-la meo_fw-la spirituali_fw-la medico_fw-la omne_fw-la peccata_fw-la quae_fw-la malorum_fw-la spirituum_fw-la inquinamento_fw-la unquam_fw-la perpetravi_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o facto_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o cogitation_n sive_fw-la cum_fw-la masculis_fw-la sive_fw-la cum_fw-la foeminis_fw-la aliáve_fw-la creaturâ_fw-la sive_fw-la secundum_fw-la naturam_fw-la sive_fw-la contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la and_o to_o you_o my_o shriver_n and_o ghostly_a physician_n all_o the_o sin_n which_o through_o the_o defilement_n of_o wicked_a spirit_n i_o have_v at_o any_o time_n commit_v other_o in_o deed_n other_o in_o thought_n other_o with_o malâ—_n other_o with_o female_a other_o with_o any_o kind_n of_o creature_n natural_o or_o unnatural_o thence_o fall_v into_o a_o particular_a commemoration_n of_o such_o sin_n by_o name_n as_o boil_a upon_o his_o conscience_n need_v comfort_n and_o absolution_n and_o through_o all_o that_o penitential_a it_o be_v very_o remarkable_a say_v that_o venerable_a antiquary_n that_o among_o the_o several_a penance_n there_o mention_v 476._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr autem_fw-la temerarium_fw-la quod_fw-la hÃc_fw-la in_o injungendis_fw-la poenitentiis_fw-la nullum_fw-la usquam_fw-la ad_fw-la imagine_v imperatur_fw-la confugium_fw-la nulla_fw-la ad_fw-la sanctos_fw-la unquam_fw-la provocatio_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la virginem_fw-la ipsam_fw-la beatissimam_fw-la nec_fw-la probare_fw-la videtur_fw-la author_n precariam_fw-la illam_fw-la magnatum_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la romanâ_fw-la uti_fw-la perhibent_fw-la sultam_fw-la diligentiâ_fw-la dn._n h._n spelman_n council_n p._n 476._o and_o whereof_o there_o be_v store_n there_o be_v no_o send_v of_o the_o penitent_a to_o any_o saint_n no_o pilgrimage_n enjoin_v to_o any_o shrine_n no_o news_n of_o any_o indulgence_n or_o commutation_n for_o strike_v off_o penance_n by_o money_n that_o age_n be_v not_o yet_o guilty_a of_o such_o deceit_n or_o recent-roman_a impostuâ—es_n this_o glorious_a king_n edgar_n begin_v his_o reign_n according_a to_o the_o savilian_a fasti_fw-la a._n d._n 959._o and_o finish_v his_o reign_n and_o life_n a._n d._n 974._o also_o these_o canon_n and_o penitential_a yet_o remain_v entire_a suprà _fw-la habentur_fw-la canon_n isti_fw-la &_o poenitentiale_fw-la idiotismo_fw-la saxonico_n vetustissimè_fw-la scripta_fw-la in_fw-la celebri_fw-la bibliotheca_fw-la collegii_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la cantabrig_n dn._n spelman_n ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la in_o a_o old_a saxon_a copy_n and_o language_n within_o that_o famous_a library_n of_o bennet_n college_n in_o cambridge_n in_o a_o synod_n hold_v at_o aenham_n under_o king_n ethelred_n 1009._o circ_n a_o 1009._o the_o xx_o chapter_n be_v for_o make_v of_o confession_n and_o take_n of_o penance_n thus_o let_v each_o christian_a man_n as_o be_v suitable_a to_o his_o profession_n have_v diligent_a care_n of_o his_o christian_a state_n 518._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 518._o and_o that_o he_o usual_o frequent_a shrift_n and_o confession_n often_o entertain_v christian_n and_o wholesome_a conference_n with_o the_o priest_n 528._o christidna_n quique_fw-la colloquia_fw-la frequentia_fw-la &_o falubria_fw-la cum_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la crebrò_fw-la exerceant_fw-la suáque_fw-la sibi_fw-la peccata_fw-la inverecundè_fw-la depromant_n ac_fw-la confiteantur_fw-la confessáque_fw-la juxta_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la institutionem_fw-la poeniteant_fw-la atque_fw-la emendent_fw-la d._n h._n spelman_n conc._n p._n 528._o and_o lay_v shame_n aside_o confess_v his_o fault_n and_o careful_o practice_v such_o rule_n for_o amendment_n as_o the_o priest_n prescribe_v the_o act_n of_o this_o synod_n both_o in_o the_o saxon_a as_o also_o in_o the_o old_a latin_a tongue_n and_o both_o revise_v and_o publish_v by_o that_o diligent_a and_o noble_a collector_n in_o a_o capitular_a extant_a in_o saxon_a and_o latin_a be_v contain_v many_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n among_o which_o be_v confession_n direct_v unto_o god_n in_o the_o first_o place_n humble_o implore_v for_o mercy_n and_o to_o the_o priest_n likewise_o which_o so_o far_o avail_v we_o as_o by_o mean_n of_o the_o save_a counsel_n we_o receive_v from_o they_o 605._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d §._o 30._o pag._n 605._o and_o the_o observation_n of_o regular_a penance_n our_o soul_n may_v be_v fortify_v against_o sin_n and_o our_o iniquity_n do_v away_o likewise_o in_o paragraph_n 31._o de_fw-fr peccatis_fw-la in_o confession_n enumerandis_fw-la diluimus_fw-la confessio_fw-la quam_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la fâ—â—imus_fw-la hoc_fw-la nobis_fw-la adminiculum_fw-la adsert_fw-la qui_fw-la accepto_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n salutari_fw-la consilio_fw-la saluberâ—imis_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la oâ—servationibus_fw-la sive_fw-la miautiis_fw-la leg._n munimentis_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la maculas_fw-la diluimus_fw-la each_o particular_a offence_n be_v to_o be_v open_v in_o confession_n to_o the_o ghostly_a father_n whatsoever_o in_o word_n deed_n or_o think_v have_v be_v commit_v and_o the_o priest_n who_o receive_v confession_n be_v command_v to_o aid_v the_o penitent_a 606._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d confessiones_fw-la dan_o dae_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pâ—ccalis_fw-la quae_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o opere_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o cogitation_n perpetrantur_fw-la d._n spelm._n ib_n p._n 606._o and_o to_o lesson_n he_o so_o that_o he_o conceal_v no_o know_a sin_n at_o that_o instant_n but_o make_v full_a discovery_n of_o all_o to_o his_o best_a remembrance_n these_o constitution_n be_v sound_a among_o the_o archive_v at_o bennet_n