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confession_n do_v first_o begin_v to_o creep_v in_o put_v it_o down_o in_o his_o church_n and_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n do_v the_o like_a in_o they_o as_o be_v not_o only_o a_o novelty_n but_o also_o in_o their_o judgement_n so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o sovereign_a medicine_n for_o sin_n 28._o as_o some_o man_n hold_v it_o that_o it_o be_v find_v rather_o to_o be_v a_o nurse_n of_o sin_n church_n be_v convert_v into_o stew_n confession_n play_v the_o pander_n unto_o the_o priest_n and_o his_o penitent_n there_o to_o parley_v and_o consult_v i_o mean_v under_o confession_n how_o to_o effect_v and_o practice_v their_o carnal_a affection_n and_o design_n which_o indeed_o be_v the_o chief_a thing_n that_o move_v bishop_n nectarius_n to_o thrust_v it_o out_o of_o constanâ—inople_n to_o prevent_v such_o wickedness_n as_o by_o a_o woeful_a experience_n of_o a_o gentlewoman_n that_o be_v ravish_v he_o â—und_v to_o be_v practise_v and_o i_o can_v speak_v upon_o my_o own_o knowledge_n thus_o much_o that_o i_o have_v not_o note_v any_o thing_n that_o have_v open_v a_o wide_a gate_n or_o way_n unto_o sin_n than_o auricular_a confession_n my_o reason_n be_v this_o first_o that_o many_o care_v not_o what_o they_o do_v or_o say_v think_v it_o sufficient_a be_v they_o never_o so_o great_a swearer_n slanderer_n or_o blasphemer_n or_o whatsoever_o actual_a sin_n they_o commit_v to_o go_v once_o a_o year_n to_o confession_n and_o moreover_o most_o villainy_n and_o conspiracy_n which_o be_v either_o intend_v or_o practise_v against_o either_o prince_n or_o country_n some_o whereof_o i_o can_v specify_v in_o particular_a if_o so_o it_o may_v be_v well_o take_v be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n open_v and_o consult_v upon_o in_o confession_n for_o man_n not_o dare_v to_o open_v such_o thing_n out_o of_o confession_n and_o be_v desirous_a to_o have_v advice_n and_o direction_n in_o they_o propound_v such_o business_n in_o confession_n and_o then_o under_o pretence_n of_o confess_v their_o sin_n they_o malicious_o consult_v how_o to_o effect_v and_o practice_v their_o sinful_a purpose_n and_o beside_o that_o experience_n which_o i_o myself_o have_v have_v of_o these_o thing_n in_o that_o time_n that_o i_o hear_v confession_n but_o only_o among_o a_o handful_n of_o prime_a religious_a man_n so_o repute_v among_o who_o in_o their_o daily_a confession_n i_o find_v continual_a plot_v and_o practise_v of_o inferior_n against_o their_o superior_n and_o such_o as_o be_v in_o any_o office_n and_o of_o superior_n against_o their_o inferior_n how_o to_o quit_v and_o rid_v themselves_o of_o such_o religious_a man_n as_o they_o find_v to_o be_v zealous_a biel_n in_o his_o canon_n lect_n 77._o say_v of_o his_o time_n that_o it_o be_v a_o usual_a thing_n for_o man_n and_o woman_n to_o turn_v their_o confession_n into_o babble_n and_o curiosity_n mingle_v profane_a talk_n concern_v vile_a thing_n now_o beside_o these_o absurdity_n and_o notwithstanding_o that_o there_o be_v no_o warrant_n of_o scripture_n for_o it_o neither_o be_v any_o use_n of_o it_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n there_o be_v divers_a and_o those_o very_a learned_a that_o hold_v it_o not_o necessary_a at_o all_o 1603._o and_o among_o other_o michael_z bonon_n in_o his_o exposition_n upon_o the_o 29_o the_o psalm_n say_v that_o see_v justification_n be_v the_o infusion_n of_o grace_n whereupon_o sin_n be_v remit_v it_o follow_v that_o confession_n be_v not_o necessary_a either_o for_o the_o obtain_n of_o pardon_n for_o our_o sin_n or_o for_o our_o justification_n for_o according_a to_o the_o true_a order_n of_o thing_n confession_n in_o time_n follow_v contrition_n and_o therefore_o see_v contrition_n itself_o be_v not_o without_o justification_n the_o say_a justification_n may_v be_v have_v without_o confession_n of_o this_o mind_n be_v cajetan_a tom._n 3._o q._n 8._o art_n 4._o saying_n that_o a_o man_n true_o contrite_a and_o sorrowful_a for_o his_o sin_n stand_v clean_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n and_o be_v a_o form_a member_n of_o the_o church_n militant_a and_o peter_n lombard_n in_o his_o four_o book_n distinct._n 18._o and_o divers_a other_o with_o he_o hold_v that_o the_o priest_n have_v no_o power_n to_o forgive_v sin_n or_o to_o work_v any_o spiritual_a effect_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o key_n which_o be_v the_o tenent_n of_o our_o church_n of_o england_n which_o not_o disallow_v confession_n upon_o just_a occasion_n notwithstanding_o hold_v that_o the_o priest_n can_v give_v the_o penitent_a any_o spiritual_a grace_n neither_o absolve_v he_o otherwise_o then_o declare_v the_o penitent_a upon_o his_o true_a contrition_n to_o be_v absolve_v through_o the_o mercy_n and_o merit_n of_o jesus_n christ._n this_o consideration_n of_o the_o little_a necessity_n man_n have_v of_o auricular_a confession_n and_o likewise_o of_o the_o great_a abuse_n and_o absurdity_n commit_v under_o confession_n be_v a_o great_a motive_n to_o withdraw_v my_o affection_n from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n chap._n vi_o concern_v divers_a other_o point_n as_o of_o prayer_n for_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n of_o purgatory_n itself_o tradition_n and_o such_o like_a many_o other_o motive_n to_o dislike_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v offer_v themselves_o unto_o the_o eye_n of_o my_o soul_n the_o which_o i_o will_v only_o brief_o set_v down_o without_o any_o long_a discourse_n lest_o i_o shall_v offend_v the_o reader_n with_o prolixity_n another_o motive_n do_v arise_v from_o the_o absurdity_n of_o that_o tenent_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o teach_v and_o command_v to_o pray_v for_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n have_v no_o warrant_n of_o scripture_n for_o it_o neither_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v by_o scripture_n or_o by_o tradition_n that_o there_o be_v any_o purgatory_n at_o all_o for_o baronius_n in_o the_o first_o volume_n of_o his_o late_a write_a history_n go_v about_o to_o patronize_v prayer_n for_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n out_o of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o maccabee_n chap._n 12._o vers_fw-la 43._o which_o be_v apocrypha_fw-la he_o infer_v to_o prove_v purgatory_n say_v that_o since_o the_o church_n have_v admit_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a there_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v a_o purgatory_n otherwise_o it_o be_v to_o no_o end_n to_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a but_o to_o warrant_v this_o doctrine_n either_o of_o purgatory_n or_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a he_o have_v only_o this_o to_o say_v annal._n pie_n creditur_fw-la traditum_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n that_o be_v it_o be_v a_o charitable_a belief_n that_o the_o church_n have_v this_o doctrine_n by_o tradition_n from_o the_o apostle_n and_o after_o that_o i_o begin_v to_o reflect_v upon_o tradition_n especial_o find_v in_o the_o four_o session_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o trent_n chap._n 1._o that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v equalise_v tradition_n with_o holy_a scripture_n and_o that_o 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and_o such_o like_a foolery_n which_o be_v mere_a humane_a subtle_a invention_n arise_v from_o the_o avarice_n and_o