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4._o de_fw-la sacra_fw-la coenâ_fw-la cap._n 5._o joh._n 13.35_o and_o determine_v that_o the_o scandalous_a and_o obstinate_a ought_v not_o to_o be_v admit_v because_o they_o be_v none_o of_o christ_n disciple_n because_o holy_a thing_n be_v not_o to_o be_v give_v to_o dog_n because_o it_o have_v be_v the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n to_o keep_v they_o away_o this_o he_o prove_v not_o only_o from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o passeover_n but_o from_o the_o write_n of_o tertullian_n cyprian_n chrysostome_n etc._n etc._n and_o answer_v the_o objection_n of_o judas_n his_o suppose_a receive_v i_o have_v a_o book_n write_v in_o latin_a 130._o ecclesiasticae_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la &_o anglicanae_n ecclesiae_fw-la ab_fw-la ill_a â_fw-la aberrationis_fw-la plena_fw-la dilucidatio_fw-la p._n 127_o 128_o 129_o 130._o anno_fw-la 1574._o by_o some_o pious_a learned_a man_n who_o i_o know_v not_o i_o be_o inform_v it_o be_v mr_n dudley_n fenner_n it_o be_v call_v ecclesiasticae_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la &_o anglicanae_n ecclesiae_fw-la ab_fw-la illâ_fw-la aberrationis_fw-la plena_fw-la è_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o dilucida_fw-la explicatio_fw-la where_o suspension_n distinct_a from_o excommunication_n be_v maintain_v and_o prove_v from_o scripture_n and_o antiquity_n what_o be_v bucanus_n his_o judgement_n be_v evident_a enough_o from_o his_o institution_n in_o his_o 44._o common_a place_n he_o propound_v this_o as_o his_o ten_o question_n quot_fw-la sunt_fw-la part_n sive_fw-la gradus_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la correctionis_fw-la how_o many_o degree_n be_v there_o of_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n he_o answer_v three_o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d admonition_n 2._o exclusio_fw-la seu_fw-la abstentio_fw-la etc._n etc._n suspension_n from_o the_o lord_n supper_n for_o a_o time_n etc._n bucan_n instit_fw-la theol_fw-it loc_fw-la 44._o q._n 10_o etc._n etc._n 3._o 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