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satisfaction_n and_o to_o hear_v their_o reason_n and_o admonition_n and_o to_o acknowledge_v their_o own_o fault_n and_o amend_v if_o they_o have_v err_v and_o in_o lawful_a thing_n to_o yield_v to_o other_o for_o peace_n and_o concord_n and_o to_o avoid_v offence_n where_o great_a accident_n make_v it_o not_o then_o unlawful_a so_o to_o do_v 11._o if_o any_o pastor_n or_o neighbour_n church_n remain_v impenitent_a under_o such_o prove_a heresy_n impiety_n or_o crime_n as_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o true_a profession_n of_o godliness_n the_o synod_n or_o neighbour_n church_n after_o due_a admonition_n and_o pationce_n shall_v open_o disow_v their_o sin_n and_o if_o they_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o essential_o of_o christian_a communion_n shall_v also_o disclaim_v communion_n with_o they_o and_o shall_v send_v to_o the_o innocent_a part_n to_o exhort_v they_o to_o save_v themselves_o by_o separation_n from_o the_o rest_n or_o to_o forsake_v such_o heretical_a and_o 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uncharitableness_n shall_v make_v all_o difference_n though_o
that_o we_o find_v most_o parish_n in_o be_v antichurche_n or_o separatist_n that_o in_o great_a town_n and_o where_o they_o find_v entertainment_n do_v gather_v congregation_n out_o of_o the_o parochial_a congregation_n which_o be_v gather_v on_o pretence_n that_o the_o communion_n of_o our_o church_n be_v unlawful_a employ_v so_o much_o of_o their_o preach_a and_o converse_v in_o labour_v to_o prove_v it_o so_o and_o in_o magnify_v their_o own_o opinion_n and_o way_n and_o vilify_a other_o as_o make_v many_o town_n become_v place_n of_o mere_a strife_n that_o i_o say_v not_o of_o almost_o hostility_n §_o 5._o these_o separate_a antichurche_n be_v of_o divers_a sort_n but_o of_o these_o it_o be_v two_o party_n that_o most_o hinder_v our_o concord_n and_o success_n the_o laudian_a prelatist_n and_o the_o rigid_a independent_o the_o former_a set_v up_o most_o in_o great_a man_n house_n that_o have_v be_v against_o the_o parliament_n with_o who_o they_o have_v the_o great_a advantage_n 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the_o grossness_n of_o their_o behaviour_n especial_o when_o we_o have_v admit_v they_o to_o public_a dispute_n and_o shame_v they_o before_o all_o the_o people_n §_o 6._o our_o care_n be_v therefore_o to_o offer_v love_n and_o peace_n to_o the_o laudian_n and_o the_o rigid_a independent_o to_o the_o first_o sort_n we_o offer_v to_o consine_n our_o ministration_n to_o that_o which_o they_o have_v nothing_o against_o though_o we_o can_v not_o do_v all_o that_o they_o think_v best_o we_o constant_o use_v to_o read_v the_o psalm_n and_o scripture_n lesson_n some_o hymn_n the_o creed_n lord_n prayer_n decalogue_n etc._n etc._n and_o offer_v they_o the_o sacrament_n kneel_v that_o be_v capable_a and_o willing_a and_o some_o of_o we_o permit_v and_o maintain_v the_o bare_a read_v curate_n that_o in_o chapel_n read_v the_o liturgy_n to_o they_o and_o petition_v that_o all_o intolerable_a priest_n of_o what_o side_n soever_o may_v be_v remove_v for_o better_a but_o that_o no_o man_n may_v be_v 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and_o power_n of_o king_n and_o other_o magistrate_n be_v from_o god_n and_o their_o lawful_a command_n be_v to_o be_v obey_v for_o conscience_n sake_n and_o not_o to_o avoid_v their_o punishment_n only_o 4._o their_o office_n be_v to_o promote_v obedience_n to_o god_n and_o to_o his_o law_n by_o make_v subordinate_a law_n of_o their_o own_o and_o to_o be_v a_o terror_n to_o evil-doer_n and_o a_o praise_n and_o encouragement_n to_o they_o that_o do_v well_o 5._o the_o clergy_n as_o well_o as_o other_o must_v be_v subject_a to_o king_n and_o magistrate_n nor_o be_v it_o tolerable_a doctrine_n which_o will_v exempt_v their_o person_n or_o estate_n except_o it_o be_v by_o the_o king_n consent_n 6._o prince_n must_v not_o only_o promote_v natural_a obedience_n to_o the_o true_a god_n but_o also_o the_o special_a faith_n and_o obedience_n of_o the_o gospel_n by_o mean_n which_o be_v suitable_a thereunto_o 7._o prince_n may_v make_v law_n forbid_v the_o publication_n of_o all_o pernicious_a damn_v doctrine_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o idolatry_n and_o of_o all_o great_a and_o notable_a crime_n against_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o may_v correct_v the_o offender_n by_o convenient_a penalty_n with_o prudence_n and_o moderation_n 8._o if_o heretical_a covetous_a or_o lazy_a pastor_n corrupt_a god_n word_n and_o worship_n notorious_o or_o neglect_v their_o certain_a duty_n to_o the_o betray_n or_o endanger_v of_o the_o flock_n or_o be_v person_n uncapable_a of_o the_o office_n the_o magistrate_n may_v drive_v they_o on_o to_o their_o duty_n and_o moderate_o and_o prudent_o punish_v they_o for_o their_o negligence_n and_o unfaithfulness_n and_o may_v forbid_v the_o uncapable_a to_o exercise_v that_o office_n 9_o such_o circumstance_n of_o worship_n and_o order_n of_o assembly_n before_o instance_a as_o be_v fit_a for_o common_a determination_n and_o agreement_n in_o all_o the_o church_n be_v such_o who_o determination_n be_v not_o proper_a to_o the_o pastor_n office_n may_v 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may_v correct_v church-tyrant_n and_o usurper_n and_o destroyer_n of_o faith_n or_o piety_n or_o peace_n they_o ought_v to_o restrain_v such_o pastor_n as_o will_v raise_v sedition_n or_o rebellion_n or_o persecution_n of_o the_o innocent_a or_o that_o pretend_v religion_n for_o the_o open_a and_o obstinate_a revile_n of_o their_o brethren_n and_o be_v prove_v to_o be_v unquiet_a firebrand_n to_o kindle_v dissension_n and_o destroy_v man_n love_n to_o one_o another_o or_o arbitrary_o to_o oppress_v the_o flock_n 11._o when_o any_o question_n who_o must_v be_v judge_n in_o case_n of_o heresy_n infidelity_n or_o idolatry_n as_o divulge_v or_o practise_v the_o true_a answer_n be_v obvious_a and_o easy_a 1._o in_o regard_n of_o public_a ecclesiastical_a judgement_n and_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n or_o absolution_n the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o proper_a judge_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n 2._o in_o regard_n of_o public_a civil_a judgement_n in_o order_n to_o corporal_a forcible_a punishment_n or_o impunity_n as_o there_o be_v just_a cause_n the_o magistrate_n be_v the_o only_a public_a judge_n 3._o in_o regard_n of_o that_o private_a judgement_n of_o discern_v by_o which_o every_o rational_a person_n must_v know_v his_o own_o duty_n both_o to_o god_n and_o man_n and_o discern_v when_o and_o how_o far_o to_o obey_v man_n without_o disobey_v god_n every_o such_o rational_a person_n be_v a_o judge_n that_o be_v a_o discerner_n of_o what_o he_o ought_v to_o do_v and_o christ_n always_o the_o final_a judge_n 12._o yet_o may_v not_o the_o magistrate_n invade_v the_o pastoral_n office_n itself_o nor_o ordain_v or_o degrade_v ministerâ—_n in_o that_o spiritual_a sense_n as_o it_o be_v commit_v to_o church-guide_n nor_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n nor_o exercise_v the_o proper_a power_n of_o the_o church_n key_n which_o christ_n commit_v to_o church_n officer_n by_o such_o excommunication_n or_o absolution_n as_o be_v proper_a to_o that_o power_n nor_o may_v they_o hinder_v the_o â—astors_n from_o the_o due_a performance_n of_o their_o office_n in_o matter_n or_o manner_n nor_o forbid_v the_o necessary_a preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n or_o public_a worship_v of_o god_n by_o all_o or_o any_o of_o his_o minister_n but_o be_v bind_v to_o promote_v it_o with_o studious_a diligence_n as_o patron_n of_o the_o church_n 13._o but_o if_o they_o shall_v forbid_v we_o the_o necessary_a preach_v of_o god_n word_n or_o necessary_a assemble_v for_o god_n public_a worship_n as_o we_o must_v not_o account_v those_o season_n and_o circumstance_n necessary_a which_o be_v unnecessary_a so_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_a indeed_o we_o must_v not_o desert_n till_o we_o be_v disable_v to_o perform_v it_o see_v it_o be_v great_a sacrilege_n if_o we_o alienate_v a_o person_n consecrate_v to_o god_n in_o so_o sacred_a a_o office_n than_o if_o we_o shall_v alienate_v conseorate_v good_n
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 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with_o you_o 4._o by_o their_o accept_n you_o they_o be_v engage_v not_o to_o reject_v you_o for_o any_o opinion_n or_o practice_n which_o they_o know_v you_o guilty_a of_o when_o they_o accept_v you_o for_o if_o it_o be_v not_o of_o weight_n to_o hinder_v your_o reception_n it_o may_v not_o be_v of_o weight_n to_o cause_v your_o rejection_n obj._n but_o under_o the_o name_n of_o a_o communion_n of_o church_n you_o seem_v to_o set_v up_o a_o provincial_a church_n with_o a_o discipline_n of_o take_v in_o and_o cast_v out_o ans._n agnoscimus_fw-la be_v it_o the_o name_n of_o a_o church_n that_o you_o fear_v or_o the_o thing_n not_o the_o name_n for_o we_o use_v it_o not_o nor_o do_v you_o charge_v this_o on_o we_o if_o the_o thing_n tell_v we_o what_o you_o mean_v by_o a_o church_n if_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o you_o use_v to_o define_v it_o to_o be_v we_o deny_v that_o we_o set_v up_o such_o a_o church_n but_o if_o you_o will_v call_v the_o officer_n and_o delegate_n of_o the_o church_n meet_v for_o communion_n by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o church_n you_o may_v use_v your_o liberty_n we_o hold_v this_o communion_n for_o no_o high_a end_n than_o your_o own_o forecited_a word_n allow_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v but_o such_o a_o assembly_n as_o you_o may_v allow_v take_v mr._n norton_n yet_o large_a concession_n pag._n 110_o etc._n etc._n ecclesiae_fw-la particulares_fw-la mutuam_fw-la communionem_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la inire_fw-la possunt_fw-la &_o in_o eye_n causae_fw-la commune_v omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la i._n e._n talis_fw-la res_fw-la quae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la particularibus_fw-la commune_v sunt_fw-la quamvis_fw-la immediatè_fw-la unam_fw-la tantum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la tangunt_fw-la ut_fw-la sunt_fw-la pastorum_fw-la vocationes_fw-la membrorum_fw-la excommunicationes_fw-la etc._n etc._n well_fw-mi etiam_fw-la tale_n res_fw-la quae_fw-la immediatè_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la ex_fw-la aequo_fw-la tangunt_fw-la communiter_fw-la 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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