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administration_n and_o that_o their_o needful_a assistance_n in_o their_o place_n shall_v be_v use_v 11._o if_o any_o member_n of_o the_o church_n do_v live_v in_o any_o heresy_n or_o other_o great_a sin_n contrary_a to_o his_o covenant_n with_o god_n those_o who_o be_v acquaint_v with_o it_o must_v admonish_v he_o and_o seek_v to_o bring_v he_o to_o repentance_n in_o the_o order_n appoint_v by_o christ_n and_o if_o he_o repent_v not_o they_o must_v tell_v the_o church_n and_o if_o be_v due_o admonish_v by_o the_o pastor_n he_o yet_o repent_v not_o the_o pastor_n as_o the_o church_n guide_v must_v pronounce_v he_o unfit_a for_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n and_o require_v he_o to_o forbear_v it_o and_o the_o people_n to_o avoid_v he_o which_o the_o people_n must_v obey_v yet_o so_o as_o that_o if_o the_o people_n have_v sufficient_a cause_n to_o doubt_v whether_o a_o censure_n be_v not_o contrary_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n they_o may_v inquire_v into_o the_o cause_n and_o if_o they_o find_v it_o contrary_n indeed_o they_o must_v not_o execute_v that_o sentence_n by_o any_o of_o those_o private_a act_n of_o alienation_n which_o be_v in_o their_o own_o power_n and_o they_o may_v seek_v due_a reparation_n of_o the_o public_a breach_n 12._o if_o one_o pastor_n of_o a_o church_n where_o there_o be_v many_o do_v pernicious_o and_o notable_o corrupt_v the_o faith_n or_o the_o worship_n or_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n the_o other_o pastor_n must_v admonish_v he_o and_o both_o they_o and_o the_o people_n disow_v he_o if_o after_o a_o first_o and_o second_o admonition_n he_o repent_v not_o and_o the_o same_o must_v the_o people_n do_v by_o all_o the_o pastor_n if_o all_o be_v guilty_a in_o the_o same_o kind_n and_o must_v trust_v their_o soul_n with_o more_o faithful_a pastor_n but_o this_o must_v not_o be_v do_v mistake_o heady_o or_o rash_o nor_o as_o a_o act_n of_o government_n over_o the_o pastor_n or_o the_o church_n but_o as_o a_o act_n of_o 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be_v cast_v out_o norton_n resp._n p._n 28._o â—3_n de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la talis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la to_o nomine_fw-la dubitare_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ducimus_fw-la q._n 3._o quale_n saedus_fw-la sufficit_fw-la ad_fw-la formam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la r._n faedus_fw-la implicitum_fw-la sufficit_fw-la ad_fw-la esse_fw-la faedus_fw-la explicitam_fw-la ad_fw-la magis_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la esse_fw-la desideratur_fw-la rutherford_n plea_n pag._n 85_o 86._o a_o explicit_a vocal_a covenant_n whereby_o we_o bind_v ourselves_o by_o enter_v in_o a_o new_a relation_n to_o such_o a_o pastor_n and_o to_o such_o a_o flock_n we_o deny_v not_o as_o if_o the_o thing_n be_v unlawful_a nor_n deny_v we_o that_o at_o the_o election_n of_o a_o pastor_n the_o pastor_n and_o people_n tie_v themselves_o by_o reciprocation_n of_o oath_n to_o each_o other_o the_o one_o to_o fulfil_v faithful_o the_o ministry_n he_o have_v receive_v of_o the_o lord_n the_o other_o to_o submit_v to_o his_o ministry_n in_o the_o lord_n 5._o any_o professor_n remove_v from_o one_o congregation_n to_o another_o and_o so_o come_v under_o a_o new_a relation_n to_o such_o a_o church_n or_o such_o a_o ministry_n be_v in_o a_o tacit_a and_o virtual_a covenant_n to_o discharge_v himself_o in_o all_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o member_n of_o that_o congregation_n norton_n illius_fw-la ecclâ—siae_fw-la constitutio_fw-la quae_fw-la uno_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la ordinario_fw-la ad_fw-la eultum_fw-la dei_fw-la celebrandum_fw-la convenire_fw-la requeat_fw-la ob_fw-la svam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la est_fw-la illegitime_a â—_o non_fw-it tamen_fw-la quoad_fw-la ojus_fw-la essentiam_fw-la sed_fw-la quoad_fw-la adjunctum_fw-la numerositatis_fw-la rutherford_n due_a right_n pag._n 301_o 302._o 1._o the_o ordinary_a power_n of_o jurisdiction_n because_o of_o near_a vicinity_n and_o contignity_n of_o member_n be_v give_v by_o jesus_n christ_n to_o one_o congregation_n in_o a_o isle_n 1._o because_o that_o church_n be_v a_o church_n proper_o so_o call_v a_o congregation_n be_v a_o church_n want_v nothing_o of_o the_o be_v and_o essence_n of_o a_o church_n yet_o be_v it_o in_o complete_a lond._n minist_n ius_n diu._n minist_n part_n 2._o p._n 82._o these_o angel_n be_v congregational_a not_o diocesane_n ib_n the_o asian_a angel_n be_v not_o diocesane_a bishop_n but_o congregational_a presbyter_n seat_v each_o of_o they_o iâ—_n one_o church_n not_o any_o of_o they_o in_o more_o than_o one._n see_v mr._n hooker_n concession_n of_o many_o meeting_n in_o one_o church_n in_o mr._n cawdrey_n review_n p._n 148._o norton_n resp._n p._n 99_o toti_n multitudini_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la competit_fw-la examen_fw-la pastorum_fw-la per_fw-la mannuum_fw-la impositionem_fw-la eorundem_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la in_o ecclâ—sia_n homogenea_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la in_o officium_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la quia_fw-la officium_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la recipitur_fw-la invocatione_n non_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la idque_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la immediatè_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la totâ_fw-la multitudine_fw-la id._n p._n 100_o vicinis_fw-la insuper_fw-la ordinariè_fw-la consultis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la homogenea_fw-la competit_fw-la fraternitati_fw-la auxilio_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la viciâ—orum_fw-la &_o prudentum_fw-la aliarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la p._n 101._o populus_fw-la in_o judicando_fw-la dirigi_fw-la potest_fw-la ac_fw-la ordinary_a debet_fw-la à _fw-la judicio_fw-la aliorum_fw-la pastorum_fw-la electionem_fw-la vel_fw-la praeâ—unte_n vel_fw-la concomitante_fw-la requiritur_fw-la conâ—ilium_fw-la aliorum_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la &_o prudentum_fw-la propter_fw-la insufficientiam_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la infirmiori_fw-la propter_fw-la salatem_fw-la in_o amplitudinâ—_n consiliarii_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la instructiori_fw-la in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la propter_fw-la communionem_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la p._n 103._o propositio_fw-la illa_fw-la bâ—llarmini_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la very_fw-la pastor_n qui_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la veris_fw-la pâ—storibus_fw-la ordinati_fw-la vera_fw-la est_fw-fr ordinariè_fw-fr seâ—_n extra_fw-la ordinâ—m_fw-la minimè_fw-la necessaria_fw-la juâ—_n ib._n p._n 105._o quam_fw-la vis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la bene_fw-la constituta_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la aliis_fw-la quam_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la munus_fw-la mandari_fw-la in_fw-la defectu_fw-la tâ—â—eâ—_n idoneorum_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la potest_fw-la non-presbyteris_a mandari_fw-la ames_n in_o ecclesia_fw-la constituta_fw-la actum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la ad_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ultro_fw-la concedimus_fw-la p._n 106._o toti_n multitudini_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d competit_fw-la collatio_fw-la potestatis_fw-la claviuâ—_n in_o minister_n aut_fw-la tota_fw-la illa_fw-la potestas_fw-la quâ—_n ministry_n officium_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la tribuit_fw-la against_o the_o people_n power_n of_o the_o key_n rutherford_n peaceable_a plea_n and_o in_o 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