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A07898 The regiment of the Church as it is agreable with Scriptures, all antiquities of the Fathers, and moderne writers, from the Apostles themselues, vnto this present age. Bell, Thomas, fl. 1593-1610. 1606 (1606) STC 1827; ESTC S101485 157,812 234

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tradition_n concern_v the_o discipline_n order_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n six_o that_o it_o be_v free_a and_o lawful_a for_o every_o church_n to_o appoint_v ordain_v and_o constitute_v that_o kind_n of_o policy_n discipline_n &_o government_n which_o be_v most_o sit_v &_o profitable_a for_o the_o same_o and_o the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v yield_v to_o be_v this_o because_o our_o lord_n jesus_n have_v prescribe_v no_o settle_a law_n therein_o but_o have_v leave_v all_o indifferent_a thing_n to_o the_o liberty_n of_o his_o church_n seven_o that_o there_o can_v no_o great_a plague_n come_v to_o the_o church_n then_o to_o tie_v all_o church_n to_o one_o kind_n of_o external_a government_n zanchius_n teach_v the_o self_n same_o doctrine_n even_o in_o suprà_fw-la the_o same_o word_n petrus_n martyr_n after_o he_o have_v distribute_v tradition_n into_o three_o order_n show_v one_o kind_n to_o be_v express_v in_o the_o scripture_n a_o other_o plain_a repugnant_a to_o the_o same_o the_o three_o neither_o contrary_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n neither_o necessary_o affix_v unto_o it_o add_v these_o express_a word_n 10._o sunt_fw-la nonnullae_fw-la traditiones_fw-la quas_fw-la neutras_fw-la appellare_fw-la libuit_fw-la quod_fw-la verbo_fw-la deinec_fw-la adversentur_fw-la nec_fw-la illinecessariò_fw-la cohaereant_fw-la inquibus_fw-la mos_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gerendus_fw-la est_fw-la tribus_fw-la interposit_a be_v cautionibus_fw-la primùm_fw-la videndum_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la obtrudantur_fw-la quasidei_fw-la cultus_fw-la &_o deculiar_a be_v quaedam_fw-la sanctimonia_fw-la quandcquidem_fw-la potius_fw-la recipiendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la adordinum_fw-la conservandum_fw-la &_o civilem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la commoditatem_fw-la totum_fw-la atque_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la actionum_fw-la decorum_n alioquin_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la luculentèr_fw-la habemus_fw-la descripta_fw-la quaead_n sanctitatem_fw-la &_o cullum_fw-la dei_fw-la conducunt_fw-la praeterea_fw-la 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peculiar_a holiness_n but_o as_o pertain_v to_o order_n and_o the_o civil_a commodity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o comeliness_n in_o divine_a action_n otherwise_o all_o thing_n be_v sufficient_o comprise_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o pertain_v to_o holiness_n and_o god_n worship_n second_o we_o must_v beware_v that_o they_o be_v not_o repute_v so_o necessary_a that_o they_o can_v be_v change_v as_o the_o time_n require_v let_v the_o church_n keep_v her_o interest_n and_o liberty_n in_o these_o indifferent_a thing_n to_o appoint_v what_o shall_v be_v think_v most_o necessary_a to_o the_o edify_n of_o the_o faithful_a last_o let_v it_o be_v well_o remember_v that_o the_o multitude_n of_o ceremony_n do_v often_o so_o annoy_v the_o people_n that_o they_o be_v almost_o undo_v therewith_o m._n beza_n have_v these_o word_n quoniam_fw-la multitudo_fw-la plerumque_fw-la &_o impirita_fw-la est_fw-la &_o intractabilis_fw-la &_o maior_fw-la pars_fw-la saepè_fw-la meliorem_fw-la 35._o vincit_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o democratia_fw-la quidem_fw-la leguimè_fw-la constituta_fw-la omne_fw-la permissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la ●ffraeni_fw-la vulgo_fw-la sed_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la populi_fw-la consensu_fw-la certi_fw-la magistratus_fw-la qui_fw-la plebi_fw-la prae●ant_fw-la &_o inconditam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la regant_fw-la quod_fw-la sihaec_fw-la prudentia_fw-la in_o negotij●_n humanis_fw-la requiritur_fw-la multò_fw-la sanè_fw-la magis_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la certa_fw-la moderatione_n in_fw-la ijs_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la homines_fw-la prorsus_fw-la caecutiunt_fw-la neque_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n quisquam_fw-la sani_fw-la iudi●ij_fw-la homo_fw-la clamitet_fw-la nullum_fw-la hic_fw-la esse_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la locum_fw-la nisi_fw-la hanc_fw-la prudentiam_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la loquor_fw-la ostendat_fw-la cum_fw-la deiverbo_fw-la pugnare_fw-la quod_fw-la sanè_fw-la non_fw-la arbitror_fw-la neque_fw-la n._n simplicitèr_fw-la 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