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the_o pastor_n and_o ruler_n of_o my_o church_n in_o earth_n in_o the_o next_o place_n sect_n 4_o we_o be_v to_o see_v of_o who_o he_o speak_v of_o a_o brother_n if_o thy_o brother_n trespass_n one_o that_o profess_v christ_n for_o this_o course_n which_o our_o saviour_n prescribe_v to_o admonish_v our_o brother_n &_o if_o need_n be_v to_o convent_n he_o before_o the_o church_n be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v with_o those_o who_o be_v altogether_o without_o the_o pale_a of_o the_o church_n as_o the_o apostle_n show_v 1._o cor._n v._o 9_o i_o write_v unto_o you_o not_o to_o company_n with_o fornicator_n yet_o not_o altogether_o with_o the_o fornicator_n of_o this_o world_n for_o then_o must_v you_o needs_o go_v out_o of_o the_o world_n if_o any_o man_n that_o be_v call_v a_o brother_n be_v a_o fornicator_n with_o such_o a_o one_o cate_z not_z for_o what_o have_v i_o to_o do_v to_o judge_v they_o also_o that_o be_v without_o in_o the_o three_o place_n sect_n 5_o we_o be_v to_o inquire_v of_o what_o sin_n he_o speak_v certain_o he_o mean_v principal_o and_o proper_o private_a injury_n whereby_o thy_o brother_n have_v wound_v thou_o either_o in_o thy_o body_n or_o estate_n or_o reputation_n if_o he_o sin_v against_o thou_o and_o so_o peter_n understand_v it_o vers_n 22._o where_o he_o say_v master_n how_o often_o shall_v my_o brother_n sin_n against_o i_o and_o i_o forgive_v he_o yet_o by_o analogy_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v it_o of_o all_o sin_n and_o the_o same_o course_n which_o be_v here_o prescribe_v be_v to_o be_v observe_v with_o a_o brother_n that_o sin_n against_o god_n only_o that_o be_v we_o be_v to_o admonish_v he_o and_o if_o need_v be_v convent_v he_o before_o the_o church_n for_o christ_n here_o exhort_v we_o to_o charity_n that_o which_o he_o will_v have_v we_o principal_o to_o seek_v be_v not_o satisfaction_n for_o the_o wrong_n do_v unto_o we_o but_o as_o it_o be_v call_v in_o the_o text_n the_o gain_v of_o our_o brother_n that_o be_v his_o salvation_n 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only_o separate_v from_o the_o catholic_a church_n but_o most_o arrogant_o esteem_v their_o own_o faction_n to_o be_v the_o only_a true_a christian_n in_o who_o assembly_n salvation_n be_v to_o be_v find_v ecclesiam_fw-la find_v beelesia_n una_fw-la est_fw-la eam_fw-la tu_fw-la frater_fw-la parmeniane_n apud_fw-la â—os_v solos_fw-la esse_fw-la dixisti_fw-la optat_fw-la lib._n 2._o &_o post_n nitimini_n suadere_fw-la hominibus_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la sotos_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la so_o have_v you_o appropriate_v unto_o yourselves_o the_o style_n of_o brethren_n good_a man_n professor_n as_o if_o all_o other_o who_o favour_v not_o your_o faction_n have_v no_o brotherhood_n in_o christ_n no_o interest_n in_o goodness_n make_v no_o true_a profession_n of_o the_o gospel_n the_o catholic_n acknowledge_v the_o donatist_n to_o be_v their_o brethren_n love_v pity_v and_o pray_v for_o they_o 68_o they_o velint_fw-la nolint_fw-la fratres_fw-la nostri_fw-la sunt_fw-la aug_n in_o psal_n 32._o concordate_fw-it nobiscum_fw-la flatter_v diligimus_fw-la vos_fw-la hoc_fw-la vobis_fw-la volumus_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la id._n ep._n 68_o but_o the_o peevish_a schismatickes_n requite_v their_o love_n with_o hatred_n esteem_v they_o no_o better_a than_o pagan_n and_o disdain_v to_o salute_v they_o 4._o they_o isti_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la non_fw-la esâ—is_fw-la fratres_fw-la nostri_fw-la paganos_fw-la nos_fw-la dicunt_fw-la aug_n in_o ps_n 32._o vos_fw-fr odio_fw-la noâ—_n habetis_fw-la fratres_fw-la utique_fw-la vestros_fw-la auditorum_fw-la animus_fw-la infunditis_fw-la odia_fw-la &_o docentes_fw-la ne_fw-la ave_fw-la dicant_fw-la cviquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la optat._n lib._n 4._o so_o albeit_o we_o have_v reach_v forth_o unto_o you_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o fellowship_n yet_o have_v you_o answer_v we_o with_o disdain_n term_v we_o formalist_n time-servers_a worldling_n papist_n arminian_o limb_n of_o antichrist_n and_o no_o better_o than_o reprobate_n but_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o pass_v very_o little_a to_o be_v judge_v of_o you_o for_o all_o your_o malice_n you_o shall_v have_v my_o pity_n and_o my_o prayer_n the_o donatist_n thought_n all_o thing_n pollute_v by_o the_o touch_n of_o catholic_n and_o so_o wash_v their_o church_n wall_n and_o their_o vestment_n break_v their_o chalice_n scrape_v their_o altar_n 6._o altar_n d_o rasistis_n altaria_fw-la fregistis_fw-la calices_fw-la lavastis_fw-la pallas_n paries_n &_o inclusa_fw-la spatia_fw-la salsa_fw-la aqua_fw-la spargi_fw-la praecepistis_fw-la optat._n lib._n 6._o so_o these_o man_n think_v that_o our_o service-booke_n our_o ceremony_n our_o church_n and_o all_o be_v pollute_v with_o the_o papist_n though_o they_o descend_v unto_o they_o from_o the_o ancient_a church_n and_o we_o have_v better_a right_a unto_o they_o than_o they_o have_v and_o therefore_o where_o they_o have_v power_n they_o do_v not_o wash_v the_o church_n but_o in_o a_o sacrilegious_a fury_n pull_v they_o down_o to_o the_o ground_n burn_v the_o vestment_n break_v the_o chalice_n or_o convert_v they_o to_o private_a use_n and_o raze_v the_o altar_n esteem_v a_o beggarly_a cottage_n fit_a for_o god_n service_n than_o a_o magnificent_a temple_n much_o like_o the_o officer_n of_o julian_n who_o when_o they_o see_v the_o holy_a vessel_n of_o the_o church_n cry_v out_o en_fw-fr qualibus_fw-la vasis_fw-la ministratur_fw-la mariae_fw-la filio_fw-la what_o stately_a plate_n be_v this_o for_o the_o carpenter_n son_n the_o donatist_n teach_v that_o the_o efficacy_n of_o sacrament_n depend_v on_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o so_o will_v not_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n from_o any_o but_o such_o as_o they_o esteem_v just_a man_n that_o be_v to_o say_v man_n of_o their_o own_o faction_n 167._o faction_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la dicere_fw-la solent_fw-la tune_n esse_fw-la verum_fw-la baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la come_v ab_fw-la homine_fw-la justo_fw-la datur_fw-la aug._n ep_v 167._o and_o be_v not_o some_o of_o you_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n who_o refuse_v the_o sacrament_n though_o they_o may_v have_v it_o after_o their_o own_o fashion_n only_o because_o the_o minister_n have_v conform_v himself_o unto_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n the_o donatist_n teach_v that_o the_o church_n ought_v not_o to_o tolerate_v evil_a person_n in_o her_o communion_n that_o communion_n with_o such_o person_n pollute_v and_o profane_v the_o church_n and_o that_o therefore_o all_o the_o church_n of_o the_o world_n be_v perish_v because_o they_o communicate_v with_o caecilianus_n 69._o caecilianus_n donatistae_n pertinaci_fw-la dissensione_n in_o heresin_n schisma_fw-la verterunt_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la propter_fw-la crimina_fw-la caeciliani_n de_fw-la toto_fw-la terrarum_fw-la â—â—_o be_v perierit_fw-la aug._n count_v â—pist_v parmen_fw-la l._n 3._o id._n de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la cap._n 69._o and_o be_v it_o not_o upon_o the_o very_a 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