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A39281 S. Austin imitated, or, Retractions and repentings in reference unto the late civil and ecclesiastical changes in this nation by John Ellis. Ellis, John, 1606?-1681. 1662 (1662) Wing E590; ESTC R24312 304,032 419

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order_n shall_v the_o ●urate_a use_n with_o those_o betwixt_o who_o he_o perceive_v malice_n and_o hatred_n to_o reign_v not_o suffer_v they_o to_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o lord_n table_n until_o he_o know_v they_o to_o be_v reconcile_v wherein_o you_o see_v there_o be_v full_a provision_n make_v for_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o church_n the_o author_n of_o necessity_n of_o reformation_n pag._n 48._o say_v of_o this_o rubric_n for_o its_o fullness_n in_o point_n of_o discipline_n what_o be_v this_o but_o as_o much_o and_o as_o high_a jurisdiction_n as_o any_o bishop_n can_v use_v in_o that_o particular_a object_n but_o i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o this_o rubric_n have_v not_o serve_v for_o a_o plea_n at_o all_o season_n case_n may_v so_o fall_v out_o respon_n respon_n that_o summum_fw-la jus_o may_v be_v summa_fw-la injuria_fw-la and_o as_o in_o the_o civil_a so_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judicatories_n there_o may_v be_v cause_n to_o fly_v to_o the_o court_n of_o equity_n for_o the_o moderation_n of_o the_o rigour_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n but_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o church_n be_v plain_a and_o if_o it_o can_v not_o always_o attain_v its_o end_n yet_o est_fw-la aliquid_fw-la prodire_fw-la tenus_fw-la acknowledgement_n independent_o acknowledgement_n si_fw-la non_fw-la datur_fw-la ultra_fw-la yea_o and_o the_o congregational_a brethren_n themselves_o acknowledge_v that_o whatsoever_o defilement_n they_o apprehend_v in_o the_o worship_n or_o government_n of_o the_o church_n yet_o it_o do_v never_o work_v in_o they_o any_o other_o thought_n much_o less_o opinion_n but_o that_o multitude_n of_o the_o assembly_n and_o parochial_a congregation_n 6._o apologet._n narrat_fw-la pag._n 6._o be_v the_o true_a church_n and_o body_n of_o christ_n and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o page_n we_o always_o have_v profess_v and_o that_o in_o these_o time_n when_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v the_o most_o either_o actual_o overspread_v with_o 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sense_n of_o the_o mixture_n of_o corruption_n wretched_a man_n that_o i_o be_o who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o this_o body_n of_o death_n 7._o rom._n 7._o will_v we_o have_v mixture_n bear_v with_o in_o ourselves_o if_o hanc_fw-la veniam_fw-la petimus_fw-la demus_fw-la vicissim_fw-la let_v we_o yield_v it_o to_o the_o body_n especial_o see_v we_o have_v for_o our_o warrant_n not_o only_o the_o state_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n which_o in_o its_o great_a apostasy_n be_v own_v by_o the_o lord_n as_o his_o spouse_n and_o the_o member_n of_o it_o for_o his_o child_n where_o be_v the_o bill_n of_o your_o mother_n divorcement_n 16.20_o isa_n 50.1_o ezek._n 16.20_o and_o thou_o have_v take_v my_o child_n which_o thou_o have_v bear_v unto_o i_o and_o offer_v they_o to_o idol_n neither_o be_v it_o sufficient_a here_o to_o say_v 12._o robin_n apol._n for_o separate_a cap._n 12._o that_o this_o church_n be_v holy_a in_o abraham_n and_o also_o a_o typical_a one_o for_o it_o be_v to_o be_v 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