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divine_n in_o their_o discourse_n of_o the_o union_n of_o protestant_a church_n declare_v that_o little_a or_o none_o be_v observe_v among_o they_o 55._o irenic_n tract_n p._n 55._o will_v they_o then_o separate_v from_o all_o protestant_a church_n will_v they_o shut_v they_o out_o from_o any_o possibility_n of_o union_n with_o they_o for_o what_o union_n can_v be_v justifyable_a with_o those_o who_o term_n of_o communion_n be_v unlawful_a since_o union_n suppose_v such_o a_o communion_n of_o church_n that_o the_o member_n of_o one_o may_v communicate_v in_o another_o or_o if_o they_o notwithstanding_o this_o defect_n can_v hold_v communion_n with_o they_o will_v they_o be_v so_o unjust_a as_o not_o to_o allow_v the_o same_o favour_n and_o kindness_n to_o their_o own_o church_n 3_o have_v they_o not_o reason_n to_o suspect_v that_o doctrine_n which_o be_v so_o like_a to_o some_o of_o the_o old_a heresy_n or_o schism_n explode_v by_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n that_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o perceive_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o principle_n of_o our_o dissenter_n and_o those_o which_o move_v those_o condemn_a schismatic_n to_o separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n 227._o vide_fw-la petau._n ad_fw-la haer._n 59_o novat_fw-la p._n 226._o 227._o for_o though_o i_o can_v exact_o parallel_v they_o with_o the_o novatian_o who_o do_v not_o proper_o desert_v the_o church_n because_o she_o do_v not_o exercise_v the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n upon_o offender_n but_o because_o she_o afterward_o admit_v they_o upon_o repentance_n and_o so_o they_o do_v not_o separate_v on_o the_o pretence_n of_o the_o defect_n of_o discipline_n but_o on_o pretence_n that_o the_o church_n exercise_v a_o part_n of_o discipline_n which_o do_v not_o proper_o belong_v unto_o she_o 45._o meletiani_n nolentes_fw-la orare_fw-la cum_fw-la conversis_fw-la schisma_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr haer._n c._n 48._o epiph_n haer._n 68_o §._o 2._o luciferiani_n poenitentiam_fw-la clerici_fw-la post_fw-la ordinem_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la &_o gradum_fw-la acceptum_fw-la lapsis_fw-la denegant_fw-la dan._n in_o haer._n 81._o p._n 2â—9_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n eccles_n hist_o l._n 6._o c._n 45._o nor_o yet_o with_o the_o meletian_o and_o luciferian_o who_o do_v not_o separate_v from_o the_o church_n because_o offender_n be_v not_o censure_v by_o she_o but_o because_o after_o censure_n execute_v the_o lapse_v clerk_n be_v readmit_v to_o their_o station_n in_o the_o church_n and_o who_o with_o the_o novatian_o do_v without_o cause_n pretend_v corruption_n in_o the_o church_n discipline_n whereas_o i_o fear_v there_o may_v be_v too_o much_o cause_n to_o charge_v our_o church_n with_o defect_n of_o discipline_n yet_o will_v not_o these_o disparity_n excuse_v they_o whole_o from_o communion_n with_o they_o in_o their_o schism_n for_o 1._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o novatian_o do_v separate_v out_o of_o zeal_n for_o the_o purity_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n and_o yet_o dionysius_n of_o alexandria_n tell_v the_o author_n of_o that_o schism_n that_o he_o have_v better_o have_v suffer_v any_o thing_n than_o thus_o to_o have_v make_v a_o rent_n in_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o he_o have_v better_a suffer_v a_o defect_n in_o the_o purity_n of_o discipline_n now_o this_o come_v home_n unto_o the_o case_n of_o our_o dissenter_n 2_o the_o meletian_o will_v not_o pray_v with_o the_o lapse_v after_o their_o renovation_n by_o repentance_n &_o therefore_o separate_v from_o that_o church_n which_o do_v so_o they_o therefore_o must_v divide_v upon_o presumption_n that_o the_o church_n be_v pollute_v by_o communion_n with_o they_o and_o that_o her_o discipline_n require_v their_o separation_n 3._o com._n in_o august_n de_fw-fr she_o p._n 161._o epiph._n haer._n 68_o §._o 3._o and_o therefore_o as_o danaeus_n note_v from_o epiphanius_n this_o schism_n spread_v itself_o among_o the_o monk_n praetextu_fw-la severioris_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d disciplinae_fw-la &_o zeli_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la majoris_fw-la under_o pretence_n of_o zeal_n for_o god_n and_o severity_n of_o discipline_n against_o those_o who_o deny_v he_o 10.21_o com._n in_o august_n haer._n 50_o p._n 169._o epiph._n haer._n 70._o §._o 1._o p._n 812._o contr_n epist_n par_fw-fr l._n 2._o c._n 10.21_o 3_o as_o for_o the_o audian_o since_o as_o danaeus_n say_v from_o epiphanius_n propter_fw-la hominum_fw-la vitia_fw-la caetum_fw-la orthodoxae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la deserebant_fw-la they_o leave_v the_o church_n for_o the_o vice_n of_o those_o that_o be_v in_o it_o as_o for_o the_o donatist_n since_o among_o other_o this_o be_v their_o peculiar_a tenet_n that_o no_o wicked_a person_n be_v to_o be_v tolerate_v in_o the_o church_n no_o tare_n continue_v with_o the_o wheat_n and_o that_o those_o church_n be_v not_o to_o be_v communicate_v with_o which_o do_v not_o cast_v they_o out_o because_o they_o 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