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communi_fw-la consensu_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dijudicentur_fw-la &_o discernantur_fw-la pag._n 111._o solummodò_fw-la inde_fw-la colligimus_fw-la ei_fw-la potestatem_fw-la supremam_fw-la decidendi_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la fidei_fw-la debitam_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o promptè_fw-la damus_fw-la pag._n 112._o de_fw-fr necessitate_v synodorum_n tametsi_fw-la concilia_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la ita_fw-la absolutè_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sine_fw-la illis_fw-la nunquam_fw-la bene_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o tantâ_fw-la hominum_fw-la malitia_fw-la &_o temporum_fw-la perversitate_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la insigniter_fw-la sunt_fw-la utilia_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la salutari_fw-la hoc_fw-la remedio_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la career_n sine_fw-la insigni_fw-la veritatis_fw-la pietatis_fw-la &_o concordiae_fw-la christianae_n detrimento_fw-la nemo_n inquit_fw-la parkerus_fw-la quod_fw-la sciam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la alicujus_fw-la reformatae_fw-la alumnus_fw-la ante_fw-la hugonem_fw-la grotium_fw-la negavit_fw-la synodos_fw-la esse_fw-la necessarias_fw-la quibus_fw-la nos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d libenter_fw-la profitemur_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la freti_fw-la rationibus_fw-la 1._o a_o natura_fw-la deuce_fw-la cujus_fw-la dictamine_fw-la in_o controversiis_fw-la difficilioribus_fw-la &_o grandioribus_fw-la à _fw-la judicio_fw-la inferiori_fw-la ad_fw-la praecellentius_fw-la confugimus_fw-la hinc_fw-la jus_o appellationum_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la gravioribus_fw-la ab_fw-la inferiori_fw-la ad_fw-la superiorem_fw-la sententiam_fw-la parker_n come_v in_o causis_fw-la &_o personis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la multae_fw-la light_n oriantur_fw-la jus_o appellationum_fw-la necessariò_fw-la concedendum_fw-la quis_fw-la neget_fw-la appellationes_fw-la sunt_fw-la juris_fw-la divini_fw-la &_o naturalis_fw-la &_o in_o omni_fw-la societate_fw-la admodum_fw-la necessariae_fw-la propter_fw-la multorum_fw-la judicum_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la &_o ignorantiam_fw-la 2._o a_o fine_a concilii_fw-la 3._o ab_fw-la exemplo_fw-la etc._n etc._n 4._o a_o praecellentia_fw-la concilii_fw-la etc._n etc._n 5._o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ecclesiarum_fw-la quam_fw-la valde_fw-la tuetur_fw-la unio_fw-la sententiarum_fw-la in_o synodis_fw-la unde_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suavissima_fw-la &_o diuturna_fw-la cum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la &_o mores_fw-la probantur_fw-la ad_fw-la inuicem_fw-la sin_n autem_fw-la singulis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la particularibus_fw-la juxta_fw-la sententias_fw-la proprias_fw-la incedere_fw-la licet_fw-la nulla_fw-la habita_fw-la vicinarum_fw-la ratione_fw-la quam_fw-la facilè_fw-la in_o part_n &_o dissidia_fw-la abiturae_fw-la sunt_fw-la 6._o a_o fructu_fw-la administrationum_fw-la quae_fw-la si_fw-la caeteris_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la consentientibus_fw-la fiant_fw-la spes_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la fore_fw-la efficaces_fw-la sin_n dissentientibus_fw-la timendum_fw-la ne_fw-la inefficaces_fw-la sint_fw-la e._n g._n in_o casu_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la vicinis_fw-la comprobantibus_fw-la excommunicatus_fw-la argutus_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la dijudicatus_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la procidens_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 118._o quatenus_fw-la particulares_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sâ—se_fw-la subjicere_fw-la debent_fw-la sententiae_fw-la synodi_fw-la r._n legitimis_fw-la synodi_fw-la decretis_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la h._n e._n à _fw-la majori_fw-la parte_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la receptis_fw-la &_o à _fw-la magistratu_fw-la christiano_n approbatis_fw-la tenentur_fw-la particulares_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la acquiescere_fw-la 1._o sub_fw-la periculo_fw-la reatus_fw-la ordinis_fw-la publici_fw-la turbati_fw-la 2._o sub_fw-la poena_fw-la non_fw-la communionis_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la 3._o sub_fw-la poena_fw-la correctionis_fw-la per_fw-la poenas_fw-la civiles_fw-la à _fw-la magistratu_fw-la then_o he_o come_v to_o the_o q._n what_o if_o the_o synod_n conclude_v against_o the_o truth_n and_o the_o church_n stand_v for_o it_o and_o answer_v 1._o that_o it_o be_v not_o easy_o to_o be_v suppose_v in_o reform_a time_n and_o 2._o uti_fw-la in_o civilibus_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la &_o judicialis_fw-la &_o sententia_fw-la supremi_fw-la judicis_fw-la vera_fw-la est_fw-la quoad_fw-la homines_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la vera_fw-la absolutè_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o ecclesiasticis_fw-la veritas_fw-la est_fw-la absoluta_fw-la &_o synodalis_fw-la synodus_fw-la autem_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la supremus_fw-la judex_fw-la quaestionis_fw-la sententiâ—_fw-la synodalis_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la vera_fw-la absolutè_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la vera_fw-la ecclesiasticè_fw-la si_fw-mi in_o foro_fw-la exteriore_fw-la pag._n 119._o statuendum_fw-la est_fw-la ordinem_fw-la publicum_fw-la praeâ—erendum_fw-la esse_fw-la praesenti_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la ergo_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la affirmativum_fw-la non_fw-la fundamentale_fw-la hîc_fw-la obtinet_fw-la illud_fw-la ames_n gravissima_fw-la in_fw-la commoda_fw-la facâ—unt_fw-la aliquando_fw-la ut_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la affirmativum_fw-la desinat_fw-la obligare_fw-la quod_fw-la alias_o non_fw-la possit_fw-la non_fw-la observari_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la ordini_fw-la igitur_fw-la taliâ—_n ecclesia_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la casu_fw-la seize_v subjicere_fw-la &_o potest_fw-la &_o debet_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la be_v not_o here_o enough_o for_o our_o agreement_n in_o this_o point_n i_o shall_v have_v fear_v censure_n if_o i_o have_v say_v as_o much_o but_o i_o hope_v you_o deny_v not_o the_o power_n of_o christian_a king_n nor_o that_o a_o christian_a sovereign_a and_o christian_a subject_n be_v a_o christian_a kingdom_n and_o de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la may_v be_v call_v a_o national_a church_n and_o moses_n david_n solomon_n josiah_n have_v a_o govern_v 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separation_n from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n it_o be_v always_o a_o great_a sin_n this_o he_o prove_v pag._n 158_o etc._n etc._n 1._o in_o case_n of_o inculpable_a want_n of_o ordinance_n 2._o of_o culpable_a want_n by_o negligence_n 3._o of_o culpable_a want_n by_o refusal_n of_o god_n ordinance_n say_v he_o in_o the_o jewish_a church_n god_n ordinance_n can_v not_o be_v enjoy_v for_o the_o priest_n and_o elder_n reject_v not_o only_a john_n but_o the_o doctrine_n and_o baptism_n of_o john_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v then_o lawful_a for_o man_n to_o join_v themselves_o to_o they_o matth._n 21._o 25._o the_o scribe_n reject_v john_n baptism_n mark_v 11._o 27._o 31._o and_o yet_o the_o scribe_n sit_v in_o moses_n chair_n be_v to_o be_v hear_v mat._n 23._o 2_o 3._o the_o hear_n of_o who_o such_o as_o be_v mean_v in_o that_o place_n import_v a_o conjunction_n to_o the_o jewish_a church_n by_o compare_v a_o church_n that_o tolerate_v the_o rejection_n of_o a_o article_n of_o 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