instance_n in_o the_o scripture_n that_o man_n upon_o such_o plea_n have_v separate_v yet_o causeless_a separation_n be_v a_o sin_n opposite_a to_o the_o union_n command_v and_o i_o think_v schism_n and_o union_n be_v opposite_a if_o the_o doctor_n then_o will_v give_v i_o a_o poor_a countrey-minister_n leave_v i_o will_v humble_o propound_v the_o way_n i_o will_v take_v to_o find_v out_o the_o definition_n of_o schism_n i_o see_v it_o be_v a_o sin_n and_o offenfive_a to_o christ_n 1_o cor._n 12.25_o now_o what_o be_v opposite_a to_o this_o what_o be_v the_o affirmative_a precept_n union_n of_o the_o member_n among_o themselves_o this_o be_v the_o thing_n often_o command_v the_o thing_n christ_n heart_n seem_v to_o be_v fix_v upon_o john_n 17._o when_o he_o be_v leave_v the_o world_n and_o that_o such_o union_n as_o thereby_o the_o world_n may_v know_v who_o disciple_n we_o be_v as_o the_o dr._n p._n 54._o than_o i_o conceive_v schism_n may_v be_v thus_o define_v define_v schism_n 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and_o not_o join_v with_o they_o in_o the_o supper_n wherein_o they_o show_v themselves_o to_o be_v one_o bread_n chap._n 10.17_o and_o other_o ordinance_n dinance_n do_v they_o not_o manifest_o show_v a_o breach_n of_o that_o unity_n which_o the_o lord_n require_v must_v i_o not_o say_v cephas_n you_o and_o your_o company_n be_v high_o guilty_a of_o schism_n let_v the_o reader_n judge_n thus_o then_o stand_v the_o argument_n if_o causeless_a separation_n from_o a_o church_n be_v a_o solution_n of_o that_o unity_n god_n require_v in_o his_o body_n then_o causeless_a separation_n from_o a_o church_n be_v schism_n but_o the_o antecedent_n be_v true_a ergo_fw-la the_o consequent_a be_v true_a the_o consequence_n be_v clear_a 2._o in_o case_n these_o who_o make_v the_o division_n in_o corinth_n have_v separate_v from_o the_o other_o member_n the_o doctor_n grant_v it_o have_v be_v a_o great_a sin_n rev._n p._n 68_o since_o than_o we_o must_v not_o call_v it_o schism_n let_v the_o doctor_n give_v we_o another_o scripture_n name_n for_o that_o sin_n let_v he_o set_v down_o the_o opposite_a affirmative_a precept_n and_o see_v if_o union_n will_v not_o be_v find_v in_o it_o i_o doubt_v he_o will_v hardly_o find_v another_o scripture-name_n for_o i_o think_v he_o will_v hardly_o find_v in_o all_o the_o bible_n where_o godly_a man_n or_o such_o as_o appear_v so_o dare_v ever_o to_o make_v a_o causeless_a separation_n from_o a_o church_n to_o say_v it_o be_v apostasy_n no_o stay_n i_o will_v suppose_v those_o member_n who_o thus_o divide_v to_o be_v person_n sound_v in_o the_o main_a point_n of_o faith_n in_o their_o conversation_n visible_o godly_a such_o as_o maintain_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n among_o themselves_o the_o very_a case_n of_o divers_a of_o we_o but_o corprution_n and_o error_n in_o this_o point_n have_v divide_v cephas_n and_o his_o company_n now_o here_o be_v no_o apostasy_n and_o though_o it_o be_v a_o church_n guilty_a of_o schism_n and_o so_o far_o a_o schismatical_a church_n yet_o a_o true_a church_n hence_o i_o say_v a_o causeless_a separation_n &c_n &c_n may_v be_v schism_n i._n e._n suppose_v they_o hold_v to_o what_o before_o i_o mention_v else_o it_o fall_v from_o the_o faith_n etc._n etc._n it_o have_v be_v apostasy_n and_o not_o proper_o schism_n unless_o you_o will_v say_v both_o hence_o if_o causeless_a separation_n from_o a_o church_n have_v no_o other_o name_n give_v it_o in_o scripture_n nor_o can_v rational_o be_v refer_v to_o any_o other_o head_n then_o schism_n then_o causeless_a separation_n from_o a_o church_n be_v schism_n but_o the_o antecedent_n be_v true_a ergo_fw-la the_o consequent_a be_v true_a the_o consequence_n be_v clear_a because_o it_o partake_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o no_o sin_n as_o of_o schism_n provide_v those_o who_o separate_v be_v such_o as_o before_o i_o mention_v 3._o since_o the_o doctor_n make_v this_o instance_n the_o only_a seat_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o schism_n and_o ti_v we_o up_o so_o straight_o to_o it_o i_o be_v think_v whether_o it_o will_v not_o hence_o follow_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o schism_n in_o any_o church_n but_o only_o in_o such_o church_n as_o do_v exact_o answer_v this_o instance_n &_o hence_o schism_n must_v be_v only_o in_o such_o church_n where_o there_o be_v diversity_n of_o officer_n extraordinary_a gift_n difference_n about_o meat_n etc._n etc._n thus_o i_o hope_v most_o church_n be_v uncapable_a of_o schism_n and_o that_o sin_n will_v hardly_o be_v find_v in_o our_o day_n it_o may_v be_v he_o will_v say_v by_o consequence_n it_o will_v follow_v where_o there_o be_v causeless_a difference_n where_o the_o form_n of_o the_o sin_n be_v find_v there_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o schism_n though_o church_n do_v not_o answer_v corinth_n but_o what_o the_o doctor_n say_v that_o the_o scripture_n do_v not_o call_v causeless_a separation_n from_o a_o church_n schism_n so_o i_o can_v say_v this_o scripture_n instance_n call_v that_o only_a schism_n where_o some_o be_v for_o cephas_n other_o for_o apollo_n etc._n etc._n but_o further_a let_v we_o inquire_v into_o the_o form_n of_o the_o sin_n where_o it_o be_v in_o the_o division_n among_o the_o member_n to_o the_o disturbance_n of_o the_o order_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n i_o wish_v the_o doctor_n have_v tell_v we_o how_o that_o order_n be_v disturb_v some_o thing_n he_o do_v mention_n but_o whether_o all_o the_o disorder_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n be_v record_v i_o know_v not_o and_o that_o which_o be_v record_v admit_v of_o some_o question_n to_o be_v resolve_v before_o we_o can_v clear_o understand_v it_o as_o for_o the_o disturbance_n of_o the_o order_n i_o suppose_v he_o do_v not_o make_v that_o the_o form_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o schism_n nor_o part_n of_o it_o i_o look_v on_o it_o rather_o as_o a_o consequent_a of_o the_o schism_n therefore_o not_o the_o form_n neither_o do_v i_o look_v on_o order_n and_o schism_n proper_o as_o contrary_a where_o vnum_fw-la uni_fw-la tantum_fw-la opponitur_fw-la they_o do_v not_o cominus_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la pugnare_fw-la per_fw-la proximas_fw-la formas_fw-la nor_o be_o i_o certain_a that_o there_o be_v ever_o schism_n where_o yet_o some_o disorder_n have_v be_v find_v i_o can_v tell_v that_o there_o be_v schism_n among_o the_o prophet_n 1_o cor._n 14._o but_o some_o disorder_n there_o be_v in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o gift_n as_o it_o shall_v seem_v by_o the_o last_o verse_n the_o apostle_n call_v for_o order_n ecclesiastical_a union_n causeless_o dissolve_v i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o form_n of_o schism_n this_o be_v it_o by_o which_o schism_n be_v id_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la if_o then_o the_o doctor_n will_v allow_v that_o schism_n may_v be_v in_o church_n by_o consequence_n though_o the_o cause_n be_v not_o such_o as_o be_v in_o corinth_n northe_a
church_n parallel_v to_o corinth_n in_o all_o thing_n because_o there_o be_v the_o form_n of_o that_o sin_n which_o be_v in_o corinth_n call_v schism_n then_o if_o canseless_a separation_n from_o a_o church_n be_v ecclesiastical_a union_n causeless_o dissolve_v there_o must_v needs_o by_o consequence_n be_v schism_n also_o for_o posita_fw-la forma_fw-la ponitur_fw-la formatum_fw-la 4._o the_o doctor_n tell_v we_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o use_v in_o the_o scripture_n for_o secession_n or_o separation_n into_o party_n division_n it_o do_v signify_v but_o do_v the_o propriety_n of_o the_o word_n forbid_v it_o to_o signify_v division_n into_o party_n in_o a_o ecclesiastical_a sense_n it_o be_v use_v only_o in_o this_o particular_a example_n he_o say_v therefore_o it_o can_v signify_v no_o other_o i_o suppose_v the_o syriack_n translator_n be_v not_o of_o the_o doctor_n be_v mind_n for_o he_o use_v that_o word_n in_o the_o 11._o ch_z 18._o &_o 12._o ch_z 25._o which_o come_v from_o the_o same_o root_n with_o peleg_n gen._n 10.25_o whence_o peleg_n have_v his_o name_n the_o text_n tell_v we_o and_o i_o think_v there_o be_v division_n into_o many_o party_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o its_o primitive_a signification_n will_v carry_v a_o division_n into_o part_n matth._n 27.51_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o grant_v the_o septuagint_n see_v septuagint_n other_o greek_a version_n i_o have_v not_o to_o see_v do_v not_o use_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 1_o kin._n 11.11_o 31._o yet_o why_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v not_o be_v translate_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o signify_v what_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v i_o know_v not_o i_o conceive_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o a_o large_a signification_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o comprehend_v what_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v this_o appear_v 1._o by_o the_o learned_a who_o as_o they_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o findo_fw-mi scindo_fw-mi so_o they_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d findere_fw-la scindere_fw-la qui_fw-la pannum_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquod_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la continuum_fw-la dirumpit_fw-la etc._n etc._n buxt_v schind_a pagn_n merc._n hence_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v scissura_fw-la so_o the_o 70._o in_o v._o 30_o &_o 31_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scissurae_fw-la so_o the_o vulgar_a render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 31._o nor_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d always_o signify_v the_o rend_n of_o a_o thing_n into_o part_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o doctor_n be_v notion_n more_o then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o among_o the_o physician_n a_o rapture_n in_o a_o membrane_n the_o rend_n of_o a_o muscle_n they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o the_o part_n be_v not_o separate_v from_o the_o body_n so_o gorraeus_n 2._o because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v use_v and_o apply_v to_o such_o thing_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o new_a testament_n as_o to_o the_o rend_n of_o clothes_n here_o and_o in_o divers_a other_o text_n so_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d john_n 19.24_o matth._n 27.51_o luke_n 5.36_o john_n 21.11_o so_o that_o though_o the_o hebrew_n have_v two_o other_o word_n which_o the_o learned_a render_v scindere_fw-la findere_fw-la yet_o none_o i_o conceive_v answer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o this_o do_v there_o may_v be_v something_o in_o this_o that_o the_o arabic_a in_o the_o 11._o v._o use_n that_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o the_o noun_n in_o 1_o cor._n 12.25_o come_v whence_o i_o think_v we_o may_v proper_o say_v there_o be_v a_o great_a schism_n in_o the_o church_n and_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n and_o here_o be_v separation_n with_o a_o witness_n to_o search_v over_o other_o divine_n to_o see_v what_o they_o have_v say_v about_o schism_n i_o think_v it_o in_o vain_a because_o the_o doctor_n have_v lay_v a_o bar_n against_o they_o all_o they_o be_v all_o mistake_v and_o so_o their_o authority_n be_v worth_a nothing_o but_o when_o i_o have_v do_v two_o man_n come_v into_o my_o mind_n who_o be_v near_o to_o the_o doctor_n be_v principle_n be_v congregational_a man_n and_o therefore_o have_v need_n to_o look_v to_o themselves_o in_o their_o definition_n of_o schism_n man_n of_o great_a renown_n for_o learning_n and_o piety_n dr._n ames_n and_o our_o mr._n norton_n in_o n._n e._n in_o answer_n to_o the_o q._n quid_fw-la est_fw-la schisma_fw-la i_o find_v ames_n thus_o answer_v schisma_fw-la dicitur_fw-la a_o scindendo_fw-la &_o est_fw-la scissio_fw-la separatio_fw-la disjunctio_fw-la aut_fw-la dissolutio_fw-la vnionis_fw-la illius_fw-la quae_fw-la debet_fw-la inter_fw-la christianos_n observari_fw-la i_o be_v near_a to_o the_o doctor_n be_v definition_n then_o i_o be_v aware_a of_o but_o then_o he_o add_v quia_fw-la autem_fw-la haec_fw-la scissio_fw-la maxim_n perficitur_fw-la &_o apparet_fw-la in_o debita_fw-la communione_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la recusanda_fw-la idcirco_fw-la illa_fw-la separatio_fw-la per_fw-la appropriationem_fw-la singularem_fw-la recte_fw-la voco_fw-la schisma_fw-la thus_o he_o mr._n norton_n thus_o schisma_fw-la est_fw-la illicita_fw-la separatio_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la semper_fw-la grande_fw-fr malum_fw-la i_o will_v look_v no_o further_o these_o be_v sufficient_a now_o for_o the_o catholick-church_n i_o be_o to_o prove_v there_o may_v be_v schism_n in_o it_o for_o my_o groundwork_n i_o lay_v that_o text_n 1_o cor._n 12.25_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o schism_n in_o the_o body_n if_o by_o the_o body_n in_o this_o text_n be_v mean_v the_o catholick-church_n visible_a than_o schism_n may_v be_v in_o the_o catholick-church_n visible_a but_o the_o antecedent_n be_v true_a ergo_fw-la the_o consequence_n can_v be_v deny_v the_o antecedent_n be_v to_o be_v prove_v 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