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to_o the_o obligation_n which_o lie_v on_o all_o christian_n to_o preserve_v the_o peace_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n sect._n 22._o 1._o the_o prejudice_n it_o bring_v upon_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o reformation_n which_o i_o shall_v make_v appear_v not_o from_o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o own_o writer_n who_o may_v be_v suspect_v by_o the_o dissenter_n of_o too_o much_o kindness_n to_o our_o church_n but_o from_o the_o most_o eminent_a and_o learned_a defender_n of_o the_o reformation_n in_o france_n who_o can_v be_v the_o least_o suspect_v of_o partiality_n to_o our_o church_n 9_o i_o begin_v with_o calvin_n against_o who_o i_o hope_v no_o exception_n will_v be_v take_v 1._o in_o the_o general_n he_o assign_v two_o mark_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n the_o word_n of_o god_n true_o preach_v and_o sacrament_n administer_v according_a to_o christ_n institution_n 2._o he_o say_v wherever_o these_o mark_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o particular_a society_n those_o be_v true_a 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worship_n of_o image_n 18._o invocation_n of_o saint_n etc._n etc._n by_o which_o we_o see_v the_o justice_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o reformation_n do_v not_o depend_v on_o any_o such_o ceremony_n as_o we_o be_v nor_o on_o the_o want_n of_o discipline_n nor_o on_o the_o bare_a dissatisfaction_n of_o conscience_n but_o on_o such_o great_a and_o important_a reason_n as_o obtrude_a new_a article_n of_o faith_n and_o idolatrous_a worship_n on_o the_o partaker_n of_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n amyraldus_n go_v so_o far_o 233._o as_o to_o say_v that_o if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o other_o fault_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n beside_o their_o unprofitable_a ceremony_n in_o baptism_n and_o other_o thing_n beyond_o the_o measure_n and_o genius_n of_o christian_a religion_n they_o have_v still_o continue_v in_o its_o communion_n for_o say_v he_o a_o physician_n be_v to_o be_v bear_v with_o that_o load_v his_o patient_n with_o some_o unuseful_a prescription_n if_o he_o be_v otherwise_o faithful_a and_o skilful_a but_o if_o he_o mix_v poison_n with_o his_o medicine_n and_o beside_o add_v abundance_n of_o prescription_n both_o needless_a and_o chargeable_a than_o the_o patient_n have_v great_a reason_n to_o look_v out_o for_o better_a help_n and_o to_o take_v care_n of_o his_o own_o safety_n and_o freedom_n by_o which_o he_o plain_o declare_v that_o bare_a ceremony_n although_o many_o more_o than_o we_o be_v no_o sufficient_a ground_n for_o separation_n of_o late_a year_n a_o person_n of_o reputation_n in_o france_n set_v forth_o a_o book_n against_o the_o reformation_n charge_v it_o with_o schism_n calviniste_n because_o of_o the_o separation_n from_o the_o roman_a church_n which_o have_v be_v answer_v three_o several_a way_n by_o three_o learned_a divine_n m._n claude_n m._n pajon_n and_o m._n turretin_n but_o do_v any_o of_o these_o insist_v upon_o matter_n of_o mere_a ceremony_n where_o the_o doctrine_n be_v sound_a the_o constant_a use_n of_o liturgy_n bare_a neglect_n of_o discipline_n etc._n etc._n no_o they_o be_v man_n of_o better_a understanding_n than_o to_o insist_v on_o such_o thing_n as_o these_o which_o they_o know_v can_v never_o bear_v that_o weight_n as_o to_o justify_v separation_n from_o a_o church_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v expose_v themselves_o and_o their_o cause_n to_o the_o contempt_n of_o all_o consider_v man_n if_o they_o can_v have_v allege_v no_o more_o substantial_a reason_n than_o these_o but_o they_o all_o agree_v in_o such_o common_a reason_n 11._o which_o they_o think_v sufficient_a to_o make_v a_o separation_n justifiable_a viz._n great_a corruption_n in_o doctrine_n idolatrous_a worship_n and_o insupportable_a tyranny_n over_o the_o conscience_n of_o men._n turretin_n express_o say_v no_o slight_a error_n no_o tolerable_a superstitious_a rite_n that_o do_v not_o infect_v the_o conscience_n as_o they_o can_v where_o they_o be_v not_o force_v upon_o it_o by_o unsound_a doctrine_n not_o any_o corruption_n of_o manner_n nor_o defect_n in_o government_n or_o discipline_n be_v sufficient_a ground_n for_o separation_n in_o one_o word_n say_v he_o the_o patient_n be_v not_o to_o be_v forsake_v unless_o his_o disease_n be_v deadly_a and_o infectious_a nor_o then_o neither_o but_o with_o great_a difficulty_n le_fw-fr blanc_n show_v the_o impossibility_n of_o reunion_n with_o the_o papist_n reunione_fw-la go_v upon_o these_o 3_o ground_n 1._o that_o it_o can_v be_v obtain_v without_o subscribe_v to_o the_o decree_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n and_o without_o anathematise_v all_o those_o who_o have_v oppose_v they_o for_o the_o condition_n of_o communion_n with_o that_o church_n be_v no_o less_o than_o receive_v all_o its_o error_n for_o necessary_a article_n of_o faith_n 2._o that_o the_o public_a worship_n practise_v and_o allow_v in_o that_o church_n be_v idolatrous_a he_o instance_v in_o adoration_n of_o the_o host_n the_o worship_n of_o saint_n and_o image_n 3._o that_o they_o can_v return_v to_o that_o church_n without_o subject_v their_o conscience_n to_o the_o tyrannical_a usurpation_n of_o the_o pope_n let_v our_o brethren_n now_o consider_v what_o triumph_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n will_v make_v over_o we_o if_o we_o have_v nothing_o to_o justify_v our_o separation_n from_o they_o but_o only_o that_o we_o can_v not_o have_v our_o child_n baptise_a without_o a_o aerial_a sign_n of_o the_o cross_n nor_o receive_v the_o communion_n without_o kneel_v that_o we_o must_v observe_v holiday_n and_o use_v a_o liturgy_n and_o that_o man_n be_v not_o so_o good_a as_o they_o shall_v be_v nor_o discipline_n so_o exact_a as_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v how_o shall_v we_o be_v hiss_v and_o laugh_v at_o all_o over_o the_o christian_a world_n if_o we_o have_v nothing_o to_o allege_v for_o our_o separation_n from_o the_o roman_a church_n but_o such_o thing_n as_o these_o and_o when_o the_o papist_n see_v the_o weakness_n of_o these_o allegation_n they_o be_v harden_v in_o their_o own_o way_n and_o cry_v out_o present_o there_o be_v no_o end_n of_o schism_n and_o separation_n on_o such_o pretence_n as_o these_o by_o which_o unspeakable_a mischief_n have_v be_v do_v to_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o reformation_n sect._n 24._o 2._o this_o pretence_n of_o separation_n will_v make_v union_n among_o the_o protestant_a church_n impossible_a suppose_v they_o to_o remain_v as_o they_o be_v for_o the_o lutheran_n church_n have_v the_o same_o and_o more_o ceremony_n and_o vnscriptural_a imposition_n as_o they_o be_v call_v than_o our_o church_n have_v they_o use_v the_o cross_n in_o baptism_n kneel_v at_o the_o communion_n and_o the_o observation_n of_o holiday_n and_o time_n of_o fast_v and_o set-form_n of_o prayer_n etc._n etc._n yet_o these_o church_n have_v be_v think_v fit_a to_o be_v unite_v with_o the_o most_o reform_a church_n by_o the_o best_a and_o wise_a protestant_n both_o abroad_o and_o at_o home_n i_o do_v not_o mean_v only_o to_o have_v communion_n with_o they_o in_o faith_n and_o love_n as_o dr._n o._n speak_v but_o to_o join_v together_o so_o as_o to_o make_v the_o same_o body_n of_o church_n a_o synod_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n in_o france_n at_o charenton_n a._n d._n 1631._o declare_v that_o there_o be_v no_o idolatry_n or_o superstition_n in_o the_o lutheran_n church_n and_o therefore_o the_o member_n of_o their_o church_n may_v be_v receive_v into_o communion_n with_o they_o without_o renounce_v their_o own_o opinion_n or_o practice_n which_o show_v that_o they_o do_v not_o look_v on_o those_o as_o sufficient_a ground_n of_o separation_n for_o than_o they_o will_v not_o have_v admit_v they_o as_o member_n of_o the_o lutheran_n church_n but_o have_v tell_v they_o they_o ought_v to_o forsake_v their_o communion_n and_o embrace_v that_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n look_v over_o all_o those_o learned_a and_o peaceable_a divine_n who_o have_v project_v or_o persuade_v a_o union_n with_o the_o lutheran_n church_n and_o other_o and_o see_v if_o any_o of_o they_o make_v the_o particular_n mention_v any_o cause_n of_o separation_n from_o they_o 27._o the_o helvetian_a church_n declare_v that_o no_o separation_n ought_v to_o be_v make_v for_o different_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n where_o there_o be_v a_o agreement_n in_o doctrine_n and_o the_o true_a concord_n of_o church_n lie_v in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o sacrament_n deliver_v by_o he_o and_o this_o confession_n be_v first_o draw_v up_o by_o bullinger_n myconius_n and_o grynaeus_n and_o subscribe_v afterward_o by_o all_o their_o minister_n and_o by_o those_o of_o geneva_n and_o other_o place_n and_o they_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o different_a custom_n in_o other_o church_n about_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o other_o thing_n yet_o say_v they_o because_o of_o our_o consent_n in_o doctrine_n these_o thing_n cause_v no_o breach_n in_o our_o church_n and_o they_o make_v no_o scruple_n about_o the_o indifferency_n of_o any_o of_o the_o ceremony_n use_v in_o the_o lutheran_n church_n except_o those_o of_o the_o mass_n and_o image_n in_o church_n 220._o at_o sendomir_n in_o poland_n a._n d._n 1570._o those_o who_o follow_v the_o helvetian_a auspurg_n bohemian_a confession_n come_v to_o a_o full_a agreement_n so_o as_o to_o make_v up_o one_o body_n notwithstanding_o the_o different_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n among_o they_o which_o they_o say_v ought_v not_o to_o break_v the_o communion_n of_o church_n as_o long_o as_o they_o agree_v in_o the_o same_o purity_n of_o doctrine_n and_o the_o same_o foundation_n of_o faith_n and_o salvation_n 7._o and_o for_o this_o they_o appeal_v to_o the_o auspurg_n and_o saxon_a confession_n the_o auspurg_n confession_n declare_v that_o agreement_n in_o doctrine_n and_o sacrament_n be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o church_n unity_n then_o separation_n can_v be_v lawful_a mere_o on_o the_o account_n of_o ceremony_n and_o human_a tradition_n 14._o and_o the_o confession_n of_o strasburg_n say_v
great_a extent_n of_o diocesan_n power_n then_o and_o that_o be_v of_o theodoret_n a_o great_a and_o learned_a bishop_n and_o although_o his_o bishopric_n be_v none_o of_o the_o large_a yet_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o leo_n he_o say_v 113._o he_o have_v the_o pastoral_a charge_n of_o 800_o church_n for_o so_o many_o parish_n say_v he_o be_v in_o my_o diocese_n which_o he_o have_v then_o enjoy_v twenty_o six_o year_n do_v mr._n b._n believe_v that_o all_o the_o christian_n in_o these_o 800_o church_n have_v personal_a communion_n with_o theodoret_n and_o yet_o these_o parish_n do_v not_o change_v their_o species_n for_o he_o say_v they_o be_v church_n still_o this_o testimony_n of_o theodoret_n be_v so_o full_a and_o peremptory_a 67._o that_o mr._n baxter_n have_v no_o other_o way_n to_o avoid_v the_o force_n of_o it_o but_o to_o call_v in_o question_n the_o authority_n of_o the_o epistle_n but_o without_o any_o considerable_a ground_n unless_o it_o be_v that_o it_o contradict_v his_o hypothesis_n for_o what_o if_o theodoret_n '_o s_z epistle_n come_v out_o of_o the_o vatican_n copy_n be_v that_o a_o sufficient_a argument_n to_o reject_v they_o unless_o some_o inconsistency_n be_v prove_v in_o those_o epistle_n with_o the_o history_n of_o those_o time_n or_o with_o his_o other_o write_n 21._o which_o be_v the_o rule_n rivet_n give_v for_o judge_v the_o sincerity_n of_o they_o that_o epistle_n which_o bellarmin_n and_o other_o reject_v as_o spurious_a be_v contradict_v by_o other_o epistle_n of_o his_o still_o extant_a which_o show_v a_o full_a reconciliation_n between_o cyril_n of_o alexandria_n and_o he_o before_o his_o death_n and_o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o john_n of_o antioch_n be_v dead_a some_o considerable_a time_n before_o cyril_n which_o manifest_o overthrow_v the_o authority_n of_o it_o but_o what_o be_v there_o like_a that_o in_o this_o epistle_n to_o leo_n when_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v prove_v by_o other_o epistle_n as_o to_o the_o unreasonable_a proceed_n of_o dioscorus_n against_o he_o which_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o write_v it_o his_o other_o epistle_n be_v so_o full_a of_o it_o that_o mr._n b._n never_o read_v the_o rest_n if_o he_o call_v this_o into_o question_n upon_o that_o account_n that_o hypatius_n abramius_n and_o alypius_n be_v send_v into_o the_o west_n upon_o theodoret_n account_n appear_v by_o the_o epistle_n to_o renatus_n and_o florentius_n 117._o which_o follow_v that_o to_o leo._n what_o if_o several_a epistle_n of_o his_o be_v lose_v which_o nicephorus_n see_v do_v that_o prove_v all_o that_o be_v remain_v to_o be_v counterfeit_a but_o he_o be_v much_o mistake_v if_o he_o think_v there_o be_v no_o other_o copy_n but_o the_o vatican_n translate_v by_o metius_n opera_fw-la for_o sirmondus_n tell_v we_o he_o meet_v with_o another_o copy_n at_o naples_n which_o he_o compare_v with_o the_o vatican_n and_o publish_v the_o various_a readins_n of_o the_o epistle_n from_o it_o what_o if_o leontius_n say_v that_o heretic_n feign_v epistle_n in_o theodoret_n '_o s_o name_n do_v that_o prove_v a_o epistle_n wherein_o he_o vindicate_v himself_o from_o the_o imputation_n of_o heresy_n to_o be_v spurious_a what_o mr._n b._n mean_n by_o the_o print_n this_o epistle_n alone_o after_o theodoret_n '_o s_z work_n i_o do_v not_o well_o understand_v unless_o he_o never_o see_v any_o other_o than_o the_o latin_a edition_n of_o theodoret._n but_o it_o be_v a_o very_a bold_a thing_n to_o pronounce_v concern_v the_o authority_n of_o a_o man_n write_n without_o so_o much_o as_o look_v into_o the_o late_a and_o best_a edition_n of_o they_o but_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n he_o object_n which_o seem_v more_o material_a 1._o that_o it_o seem_v incredible_a that_o a_o town_n within_o two_o day_n journey_n of_o antioch_n shall_v have_v 800_o church_n in_o it_o at_o that_o time_n 2._o that_o he_o prove_v from_o other_o place_n in_o theodoret_n that_o it_o be_v very_o improbable_a that_o dioceses_n have_v then_o so_o many_o church_n 1._o as_o to_o the_o first_o certain_o no_o man_n in_o his_o wit_n ever_o undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o one_o such_o city_n as_o cyrus_n then_o be_v have_v 800_o church_n in_o it_o but_o by_o cyrus_n theodoret_n mean_v the_o diocese_n of_o cyrus_n as_o will_n afterward_o appear_v if_o cyrus_n be_v take_v for_o the_o regio_n cyrrhestica_n with_o the_o bound_n give_v it_o by_o ptolemy_n 15._o strabo_n and_o pliny_n then_o there_o will_v not_o appear_v the_o least_o improbability_n in_o it_o 16._o since_o many_o considerable_a city_n be_v within_o it_o 24._o as_o beroea_n now_o aleppo_n and_o hierapolis_n and_o extend_v as_o far_o as_o euphrates_n zeugma_n be_v comprehend_v under_o it_o the_o ecclesiastical_a province_n be_v likewise_o very_o large_a and_o by_o the_o ancient_a notitiae_fw-la it_o be_v sometime_o call_v euphratensis_n 14._o which_o in_o ammianus_n his_o time_n take_v in_o comagena_n and_o extend_v to_o samosata_n but_o the_o regio_n cyrrhestica_n before_o be_v distinct_a from_o comagena_n as_o appear_v by_o strabo_n and_o other_o in_o that_o province_n there_o be_v a_o metropolitan_a 59_o who_o be_v call_v the_o metropolitan_a of_o hagiopolis_n which_o by_o the_o same_o notitiae_fw-la appear_v to_o have_v be_v then_o one_o of_o the_o name_n of_o cyrus_n or_o cyrrhus_n but_o notwithstanding_o i_o do_v not_o think_v the_o word_n of_o theodoret_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o province_n but_o of_o his_o own_o peculiar_a diocese_n 16._o for_o theodoret_n mention_n the_o metropolitan_a he_o be_v under_o by_o cyrus_n therefore_o we_o understand_v the_o region_n about_o the_o city_n which_o be_v under_o theodoret_n care_n within_o which_o he_o be_v confine_v by_o the_o emperor_n order_n 81._o as_o he_o complain_v in_o several_a epistle_n and_o there_o it_o be_v call_v by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d regio_n cyrrhestica_n and_o theodoret_n himself_o set_v down_o the_o extent_n of_o it_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o constantius_n 42._o where_o he_o say_v it_o be_v forty_o mile_n in_o length_n and_o forty_o in_o breadth_n and_o he_o say_v in_o another_o epistle_n 72._o that_o christianity_n be_v then_o so_o much_o spread_v among_o they_o that_o not_o only_o the_o city_n but_o the_o village_n the_o field_n and_o utmost_a bound_n be_v fill_v with_o divine_a grace_n and_o that_o these_o village_n have_v church_n and_o priest_n settle_v in_o they_o under_o the_o care_n of_o the_o bishop_n appear_v express_o from_o a_o passage_n in_o the_o life_n of_o symeon_n 879._o where_o he_o speak_v of_o bassus_n visit_v the_o parochial_a church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o there_o be_v then_o parochial_a church_n settle_v with_o presbyter_n in_o they_o and_o these_o under_o the_o care_n of_o the_o diocesan_n bishop_n than_o mr._n b.'s_n hypothesis_n be_v utter_o overthrow_v 81._o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o nomus_n he_o mention_n eight_o village_n in_o his_o diocese_n that_o be_v overrun_v 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