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the_o church_n ought_v to_o be_v saint_n and_o holy_a must_v be_v such_o as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v in_o some_o measure_n or_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v approve_v of_o god_n they_o be_v saint_n 1â—_n who_o have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o god_n by_o sacrifice_n but_o as_o for_o the_o wicked_a they_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o the_o covenant_n the_o end_n of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o church_n be_v holiness_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n 26._o at_o all_o time_n 26._o and_o it_o be_v true_a in_o one_o age_n as_o well_o as_o another_o 16._o that_o they_o who_o be_v utter_o unanswerable_a or_o 12._o clean_a contrary_n affect_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o true_a 47._o church_n which_o be_v holiness_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n they_o be_v not_o call_v into_o covenant_n or_o communion_n with_o god_n if_o in_o one_o age_n of_o the_o church_n the_o scripture_n asscribe_v not_o holiness_n to_o a_o people_n for_o some_o fews_n sake_n 12._o if_o the_o rest_n be_v unholy_a and_o 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against_o berr._n pag._n 67._o as_o in_o a_o true_a church_n in_o respect_n of_o outward_a order_n there_o may_v be_v many_o false_a doctrine_n teach_v so_o in_o a_o church_n false_a in_o respect_n of_o outward_a order_n there_o may_v be_v many_o sound_n and_o seasonable_a truth_n teach_v robins_n treatise_n of_o the_o lawfulness_n etc._n etc._n the_o printer_n to_o the_o christian_a reader_n deut._n 19_o 15._o epiphan_n in_o ancorato_n nihil_fw-la sine_fw-la duobus_fw-la tribusve_fw-la testibus_fw-la getâ—_n potest_fw-la joseph_n antiq_n l._n 4_o c._n 8._o see_v aquin._n summ._n 3._o qu._n 81._o art_n 2._o &_o qu._n 80._o art_n 6._o hieron_n lib._n 2._o contra_fw-la ruff._n uni_fw-la testi_fw-la nè_fw-la catoni_fw-la quidem_fw-la est_fw-la creditum_fw-la justinian_n novel_a 123._o c._n 11._o omnibus_fw-la autem_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o presbyteris_fw-la interdicere_fw-la aliquem_fw-la à _fw-la sacra_fw-la communione_fw-la antequam_fw-la causa_fw-la monstretur_fw-la etc._n etc._n matth._n 7._o 6._o 6._o q._n porrò_fw-la à _fw-la fano_fw-la macrob._n saturn_n l._n 3._o cap._n 3._o trebatius_n profanum_fw-la id_fw-la pro_fw-la priè_fw-la dici_fw-la ait_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la religioso_fw-la vel_fw-la sacro_fw-la in_o hominum_fw-la usum_fw-la proprietatémque_fw-la conversum_fw-la est_fw-la capta_n ab_fw-la hostibus_fw-la loca_fw-la sacra_fw-la vel_fw-la religrosa_fw-la esse_fw-la desinunt_fw-la aeneid_n 6._o claudian_n de_n rapt_v proserp_n gressus_fw-la removete_fw-la profani_fw-la ovid._n met._n 7._o procul_fw-la hinc_fw-la jubet_fw-la ire_n ministros_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la sacra_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plinio_n operanea_n chrysost_n in_o matth._n hom._n 83._o galvin_n epist_n 178._o ut_fw-la unus_fw-la altis_fw-la in_o consilium_fw-la non_fw-la adhibitis_fw-la quiequam_fw-la tent_n author_n esse_fw-la non_fw-la audeo_fw-la add_v quòd_fw-la nunquam_fw-la utile_fw-la putavi_fw-la jus_o excommunicandi_fw-la permitti_fw-la singulis_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la grat._n part_n 3._o de_fw-fr consecrat_fw-mi do_v 2._o c._n 67._o argum._n 1._o deut._n 14._o 2_o 3._o &_o 29._o 10_o 11_o 12._o &_o 7._o 6_o 7._o deut._n 32._o 5_o 6._o isai_n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 10._o lam._n 4._o 6_o 22._o ezek._n 16._o 46_o 47._o isa_n 5._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 5._o jer._n 2._o 21._o act_n 2._o 29._o &_o 3._o 17_o 18_o 19_o 25._o object_n 1._o robin_n against_o bern._n pag._n 101._o &_o 82._o answ_n robin_n agaâ—â—â—st_a 〈◊〉_d pag._n 284._o robin_n against_o bern._n pag._n 114_o &_o 211._o psal_n 50._o 5._o vers_fw-la 1â—_n luke_n 20._o 26._o gen._n 4._o 26._o matth._n 5._o 16._o 1._o pet._n 2._o 12._o act_n 2._o 47._o leu._n 14._o 46_o 47._o &_o 15._o 4_o 11_o 12._o hagg._n 2._o 12_o 13_o 14._o 1._o cor._n 5._o 6_o 7._o leu._n 19_o 17._o ger._n 17._o 7._o 26._o 4._o jer_n 5._o 31._o jer_n 9_o 2_o 3._o john_n 2._o 16._o matth._n 15._o 7_o 8._o 9_o isa_n 57_o 3._o &_o 1._o 4._o jer._n 11._o 14._o isa_n 50._o 1._o jer._n 3_o 11._o &_o 13._o 11._o object_n 2._o act_n 17._o 22_o 23._o 32._o act_n 19_o 8_o 9_o answ_n robin_n against_o bern._n pag_n 79._o argum._n 2._o one_o of_o the_o church_n commit_v some_o notable_a sin_n know_v to_o i_o alone_o which_o be_v deal_v with_o by_o i_o he_o deny_v &_o without_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n the_o church_n may_v not_o proceed_v against_o he_o i_o must_v therefore_o still_o communicate_v with_o the_o church_n &_o so_o with_o he_o as_o a_o member_n of_o it_o robins_n treat_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 437._o eph._n 2._o 15_o 16._o heb._n 10._o 25._o judas_n 19_o verse_n phil._n 2._o 4._o see_v launch_v de_fw-fr eccl._n pag._n 129._o object_n 1._o 1._o cor._n 5._o 11._o robin_n against_o bern._n pag._n 258._o answ_n ephes_n 5._o 6_o 7_o 11._o psal_n 41._o 9_o our_o saviour_n command_v we_o to_o let_v the_o pharisee_n alone_o matth._n 15._o 16._o and_o yet_o to_o hear_v they_o and_o do_v as_o they_o say_v while_o they_o teach_v the_o truth_n matth._n 23._o 1_o 2._o rainold_n cons_n with_o hart_n ch_n 7._o div_o 4._o it_o be_v a_o offence_n take_v and_o not_o give_v see_v the_o thing_n be_v in_o itself_o good_a and_o in_o its_o kind_n command_v by_o god_n and_o in_o that_o particular_a by_o man_n in_o authority_n and_o direct_o tend_v to_o my_o edification_n robins_n treat_n pag._n 20._o object_n 2._o 1._o cor._n 5._o 6._o robin_n against_o bern._n pag._n 16._o answ_n gal._n 5._o 9_o matth._n 13._o 33._o matth_n 16._o 6_o 12._o if_o the_o church_n see_v not_o that_o to_o be_v sin_n which_o i_o see_v to_o be_v a_o sin_n i_o have_v inform_v the_o church_n thereof_o according_a to_o my_o place_n i_o have_v discharge_v my_o duty_n and_o the_o sin_n lie_v upon_o the_o church_n if_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n and_o not_o upon_o i_o robins_n treatis_fw-la of_o the_o law_n etc._n etc._n the_o printer_n to_o the_o christian_a reader_n i_o partake_v not_o in_o the_o â—ins_n of_o any_o how_o great_a or_o manifest_a soever_o the_o sin_n be_v or_o how_o near_o unto_o i_o soever_o the_o person_n be_v except_z the_o same_o sin_n either_o be_v commit_v or_o remain_v unreformed_a by_o my_o fault_n otherwise_o christ_n our_o lord_n have_v be_v enwrap_v in_o the_o guilt_n of_o a_o world_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o jewish_a church_n with_o which_o church_n he_o communicate_v in_o god_n ordinance_n live_v and_o die_v a_o member_n thereof_o robins_n treat_n pag._n 18._o i_o answer_v to_o the_o example_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n who_o as_o they_o abstain_v from_o corruption_n in_o the_o jewish_a church_n so_o be_v they_o quite_o separate_v from_o all_o false_a church_n as_o the_o samaritan_n and_o other_o ainsworth_n consid_n exam_fw-la pag._n 8._o object_n 3._o robin_n against_o bern._n pag._n 246._o idem_fw-la pag._n 16._o answ_n 1._o sam._n 2._o 12_o 15_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o our_o saviour_n provide_v beforehand_o that_o we_o shall_v not_o refuse_v good_a doctrine_n because_o it_o be_v deliver_v by_o wicked_a man_n aug._n epi._n 165._o &_o tract_n in_o joan._n 46._o &_o de_fw-fr doctr_n christ._n l._n 4._o cap._n 27._o the_o follower_n of_o m_o r_o robinson_n complain_v of_o some_o four_o or_o five_o who_o leave_v their_o society_n write_v thus_o which_o proceed_v of_o they_o if_o it_o be_v approve_v of_o and_o follow_v no_o church_n can_v long_o continue_v together_o in_o peace_n for_o what_o these_o four_o or_o five_o man_n have_v do_v that_o may_v any_o other_o man_n do_v so_o that_o if_o any_o man_n do_v conceive_v any_o of_o his_o brethren_n to_o walk_v in_o any_o such_o sin_n which_o he_o judge_v do_v deserve_v excommunication_n if_o the_o church_n will_v not_o thereunto_o consent_n he_o may_v rend_v himself_o from_o the_o same_o robins_n treat_n of_o the_o lawfulness_n etc._n etc._n the_o printer_n to_o the_o christian_a reader_n object_n 4._o robin_n against_o bern._n pag._n 248._o idem_fw-la pag._n 250_o answ_n argum._n 3._o 1._o cor._n 3._o 3_o 1._o cor._n 6._o 1_o 2._o 2._o cor._n 10._o 10._o 1._o cor._n 15._o 12._o 1._o cor._n 5._o 1._o 1._o cor._n 11._o 19_o 20._o 2._o cor._n 12._o 20_o 21._o 1._o cor._n 1._o 2_o 4_o 9_o &_o â—_o 23._o gal._n 1._o 6._o &_o 3._o 1_o &_o 5._o 4._o gal._n 1._o 2._o revel_v 1._o 4._o revel_v 2._o 14_o 15_o revel_v 2._o 20._o revel_v 3._o 1_o 2._o revel_v 3._o 20_o 21_o &_o 4._o col._n 2._o 11_o 16_o 18._o 3._o john_n 9_o 10._o jam._n 2._o 1_o 2._o &_o 3._o 1_o 2._o &_o 4._o 1_o 2_o 3._o judas_n 12_o 13._o jusâ—b_n hist_o lib._n 8._o cap._n 1._o cypr._n de_fw-fr lap_n §._o 4._o quia_fw-la traditam_fw-la nobis_fw-la divinitus_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la paâ—_n long_fw-mi corruperat_fw-la jacentem_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o penè_fw-la dixeâ—â—m_fw-la dormientem_fw-la censura_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la erexit_fw-la cypr._n de_fw-fr lap_n studebant_fw-la augendo_fw-la patrimonio_fw-la singuli_fw-la etc._n etc._n cypr._n epist_n 51._o ad_fw-la maxim_n etsi_fw-la videntur_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la zizania_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la impediri_fw-la dedet_fw-la aut_fw-la fides_fw-la aut_fw-la charitas_fw-la nostra_fw-la ut_fw-la quoniam_fw-la zizania_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la cerniâ—â—â—â—_fw-it ipsi_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la recedamus_fw-la and_o epist_n 52._o nobis_fw-la autem_fw-la secundùm_fw-la fidem_fw-la nostram_fw-la &_o divinae_fw-la praedicationis_fw-la datam_fw-la formam_fw-la competit_fw-la ratio_fw-la versicatis_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la in_o peccato_fw-la svo_fw-la ipsum_fw-la teneri_fw-la nec_fw-la posse_fw-la alterum_fw-la pro_fw-la altero_fw-la reum_fw-la fieri_fw-la cum_fw-la dominus_fw-la praemoneae_fw-la &_o dicat_fw-la justitia_fw-la justi_fw-la super_fw-la eum_fw-la erit_fw-la et_fw-la scelus_fw-la scelerati_fw-la super_fw-la eum_fw-la erit_fw-la aug._n lib._n 2._o contr._n crescon_n gram._n cap._n 32._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la deserenda_fw-la tanquam_fw-la frumenta_fw-la propter_fw-la paleam_fw-la vel_fw-la zizania_fw-la sicut_fw-la nec_fw-la domus_fw-la magna_fw-la propter_fw-la vaâ—â—_n in_fw-la honorata_fw-la &_o cap._n â—7_n august_n contr._n donatist_n cap._n 20._o toleramus_fw-la quae_fw-la nolumus_fw-la ut_fw-la perveniamus_fw-la quò_fw-la volumus_fw-la
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