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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77236	Several treatises of vvorship & ceremonies, by the Reverend Mr. William Bradshaw, one of the first Fellows of Sydney Colledge in Cambridge; afterward minister of Chattam in Kent, 1601. Known by his learned treatise De justificatione. 1. A consideration of certain positions archiepiscopal. 2. A treatise of divine worship, tending to prove the ceremonies, imposed on the ministers of the Gospel in England, in present controversie, are in their use unlawful. Printed 1604. 3. A treatise of the nature and use of things indifferent. 1605. 4. English Puritanism, containing the main opinions of the ridgedest sort of those called Puritans in the realm of England. 1604. 5. Twelve general arguments, proving the ceremonies unlawful. 1605. 6. A proposition concerning kneeling in the very act of receiving, 1605. 7. A protestation of the Kings supremacy, made in the name of the afflicted ministers, and oposed to the shameful calumniations of the prelates. 1605. 8. A short treatise of the cross in baptism.	Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618.	1660 (1660)	Wing B4161; Thomason E1044_5; ESTC R20875	92,680	129

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of_o christ_n which_o he_o have_v give_v unto_o his_o church_n be_v of_o absolute_a perfection_n contain_v in_o it_o all_o part_n of_o the_o true_a religion_n both_o for_o substance_n and_o ceremony_n and_o a_o perfect_a direction_n in_o all_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n whatsoever_o unto_o and_o from_o which_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o any_o man_n or_o angel_n to_o add_v or_o detract_v 23._o we_o be_v so_o far_o from_o make_v claim_n of_o any_o supremacy_n unto_o ourselves_o and_o those_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n which_o we_o desire_v that_o we_o exclude_v from_o ourselves_o and_o they_o as_o that_o of_o which_o we_o be_v utter_o uncapable_a all_o princely_a and_o lordly_a state_n pomp_n and_o power_n whatsoever_o hold_v it_o a_o sin_n for_o any_o whosoever_o to_o exercise_v no_o not_o by_o commission_n from_o the_o magistrate_n any_o authority_n over_o the_o body_n good_n life_n liberty_n of_o any_o man_n whosoever_o for_o any_o crime_n or_o offence_n whatsoever_o so_o that_o 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be_v to_o exercise_v over_o the_o say_a congregation_n only_o a_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n and_o power_n consist_v in_o a_o careful_a oversight_n of_o the_o outward_a behaviour_n of_o the_o member_n of_o their_o church_n that_o it_o be_v not_o scandalous_a offensive_a and_o unbeseeming_a christian_n and_o if_o any_o member_n shall_v be_v delinquent_a they_o be_v brotherly_a to_o admonish_v he_o show_v he_o the_o nature_n of_o his_o crime_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o if_o after_o two_o or_o three_o admonition_n he_o show_v no_o token_n of_o sorrow_n and_o penitency_n then_o be_v they_o to_o deny_v unto_o he_o the_o pledge_n and_o seal_n of_o the_o church_n to_o wit_v the_o sacrament_n if_o this_o can_v humble_v he_o but_o that_o he_o continue_v obstinate_a in_o that_o sin_n than_o they_o be_v by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o minister_n in_o congregation_n the_o whole_a church_n consent_v free_o thereto_o denounce_v he_o to_o be_v no_o member_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n 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