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ecclesia_fw-la vel_fw-la fidi_fw-la homines_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la electi_fw-la prout_fw-la commodius_fw-la utilius_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la pacem_fw-la
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mark_n which_o they_o aim_v at_o chap._n xii_o
of_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n the_o first_o section_n of_o the_o multiplicity_n of_o church-discipline_n the_o author_n patron_n and_o seeker_n of_o the_o new_a english_a presbytery_n reckon_v up_o three_o part_n of_o church-discipline_n viz_n 1._o the_o election_n &_o abdication_n of_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n 2._o the_o excommunication_n of_o the_o stubborn_a and_o absolution_n of_o the_o repentant_a 3._o the_o decision_n of_o all_o such_o matter_n as_o rise_v up_o in_o the_o church_n whether_o it_o be_v touch_v corrupt_a manner_n or_o perverse_a doctrine_n for_o answer_v whereunto_o mark_v the_o next_o section_n the_o second_o section_n contain_v a_o answer_n unto_o the_o former_a there_o be_v but_o one_o only_a kind_n of_o public_a church-discipline_n which_o be_v call_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o the_o name_n of_o excommunication_n i_o say_v public_a because_o i_o grant_v private_a admonition_n and_o reprehension_n to_o be_v a_o certain_a kind_n of_o private_a discipline_n i_o say_v church-discipline_n because_o i_o acknowledge_v also_o civil_a discipline_n discipline_n consist_v intrinsical_o in_o the_o punish_n and_o correct_v of_o vice_n it_o be_v one_o part_n of_o the_o church_n policy_n far_o different_a from_o the_o election_n of_o minister_n and_o decision_n of_o controversy_n the_o three_o section_n of_o the_o essence_n nature_n and_o condition_n of_o church-discipline_n the_o patroness_n of_o the_o english_a presbytery_n do_v make_v it_o a_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o gospel_n so_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n as_o no_o church_n can_v be_v without_o it_o but_o the_o truth_n be_v otherwise_o i_o prove_v it_o first_o because_o s._n paul_n give_v a_o singular_a commendation_n to_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n although_o it_o want_v at_o 1._o that_o time_n the_o church-discipline_n which_o be_v excommunication_n 5._o second_o because_o we_o may_v stay_v and_o continue_v in_o that_o church_n which_o be_v destitute_a of_o excommunication_n which_o section_n doubtless_o we_o can_v not_o do_v if_o excommunication_n be_v a_o part_n of_o christ_n gospel_n and_o necessary_a unto_o salvation_n for_o we_o must_v flee_v from_o that_o church_n which_o want_v any_o thing_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n this_o notwithstanding_o many_o learned_a man_n even_o of_o best_a account_n in_o the_o reform_a church_n do_v think_v cap._n it_o lawful_a to_o remain_v in_o those_o church_n where_o excommunication_n be_v not_o in_o use_n master_n bullinger_n write_v against_o the_o anabaptist_n have_v these_o word_n this_o the_o anabaptist_n urge_v that_o there_o be_v no_o true_a church_n acceptable_a unto_o god_n where_o there_o be_v no_o excommunication_n to_o who_o we_o answer_v that_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n be_v a_o true_a church_n and_o so_o acknowledge_v of_o paul_n before_o there_o be_v any_o use_n of_o excommunication_n 4._o in_o it_o the_o same_o doctrine_n be_v teach_v uniform_o of_o master_n calvin_n master_n gualther_n and_o other_o three_o wheresoever_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v true_o preach_v and_o his_o sacrament_n 10._o lawful_o administer_v there_o be_v christ_n church_n undoubted_o for_o these_o be_v the_o true_a mark_n by_o which_o best_o learn_v writer_n discern_v the_o church_n of_o god_n the_o case_n be_v evident_a enough_o it_o be_v needless_a to_o spend_v much_o time_n about_o it_o vide_fw-la sententiam_fw-la gualteri_fw-la in_o fine_a sectionis_fw-la subsequentis_fw-la the_o four_o section_n of_o the_o person_n that_o must_v excommunicate_v excommunication_n precise_o and_o chief_o pertain_v to_o the_o church_n and_o second_o to_o those_o to_o who_o the_o church_n have_v commit_v the_o execution_n thereof_o i_o prove_v it_o by_o christ_n 30._o own_a word_n in_o his_o holy_a gospel_n where_o he_o will_v his_o disciple_n to_o tell_v the_o fault_n of_o their_o brethren_n if_o they_o will_v not_o hear_v they_o unto_o the_o church_n that_o be_v to_o say_v unto_o the_o whole_a congregation_n and_o forthwith_o christ_n add_v these_o word_n very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o whatsoever_o you_o bind_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o heaven_n and_o whatsoever_o you_o lose_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v loose_v in_o 23._o heaven_n again_o in_o a_o other_o place_n he_o give_v the_o same_o authority_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v unto_o peter_n alone_o which_o he_o give_v in_o the_o other_o place_n to_o all_o the_o apostle_n joint_o three_o in_o a_o other_o place_n he_o give_v power_n to_o remit_v &_o retain_v sin_n unto_o his_o disciple_n only_o &_o sole_o out_o of_o which_o three_o several_a commission_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n i_o gather_v and_o conceive_v two_o general_a rule_n and_o settle_a law_n the_o one_o that_o only_o rule_n the_o successor_n of_o christ_n apostle_n and_o disciple_n have_v the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n that_o be_v of_o open_v and_o shut_v of_o bind_v and_o lose_v of_o remit_v and_o retain_v sin_n as_o also_o the_o power_n of_o excommunication_n touch_v the_o use_n and_o execution_n thereof_o i_o say_v touch_v the_o use_n and_o execution_n thereof_o because_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o execute_v excommunication_n and_o the_o key_n of_o heaven_n a_o other_o thing_n to_o commit_v the_o execution_n thereof_o to_o other_o the_o other_o that_o rule_n the_o whole_a church_n have_v authority_n to_o commit_v the_o execution_n of_o the_o key_n and_o of_o excommunication_n to_o some_o special_a person_n fit_a for_o that_o purpose_n for_o comeliness_n and_o order_n sake_n and_o for_o avoid_v of_o confusion_n this_o my_o resolution_n i_o prove_v will_v prove_v to_o be_v ground_v upon_o the_o doctrine_n of_o great_a learned_a man_n high_o renown_v in_o the_o reform_a church_n two_o thing_n i_o have_v to_o prove_v first_o that_o the_o whole_a church_n have_v power_n to_o commit_v the_o key_n and_o excommunication_n to_o some_o certain_a fit_a person_n choose_v for_o that_o end_n and_o purpose_n second_o that_o only_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o word_n &_o sacrament_n can_v denounce_v the_o sentence_n and_o put_v the_o same_o in_o execution_n concern_v the_o former_a master_n bullinger_n have_v a_o long_a and_o learned_a discourse_n which_o be_v able_a to_o satisfy_v any_o indifferent_a reader_n these_o be_v his_o express_a word_n caeterum_fw-la video_fw-la controversum_fw-la inter_fw-la quosdam_fw-la nostri_fw-la aevi_fw-la homines_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o i_o perceive_v it_o be_v a_o controversy_n among_o certain_a man_n of_o our_o age_n 47._o who_o shall_v have_v power_n to_o punish_v sin_n and_o to_o execute_v the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n some_o ascribe_v it_o to_o the_o whole_a church_n other_o some_o to_o special_a man_n choose_v for_o that_o purpose_n doubtless_o i_o can_v perceive_v that_o they_o offend_v who_o give_v this_o power_n to_o certain_a man_n choose_v for_o that_o end_n wtout_o doubt_n they_o do_v not_o offend_v against_o god_n word_n but_o they_o object_n if_o he_o shall_v not_o hear_v you_o tell_v it_o to_o the_o church_n now_o some_o choose_a man_n be_v not_o the_o church_n but_o these_o man_n perceive_v not_o that_o christ_n &_o his_o apo._n use_v the_o figure_n synecdoche_n for_o paul_n say_v you_o be_v gather_v with_o my_o spirit_n and_o in_o the_o latter_a epistle_n he_o say_v it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o the_o same_o man_n that_o he_o be_v rebuke_v 6._o of_o many_o if_o they_o will_v stand_v upon_o christ_n word_n literal_o we_o will_v see_v when_o they_o will_v bring_v the_o whole_a church_n together_o but_o we_o speak_v say_v they_o of_o the_o particular_a church_n we_o therefore_o have_v the_o victory_n who_o say_v that_o christ_n use_v the_o figure_n synecdoche_n we_o grant_v that_o this_o power_n be_v give_v to_o the_o whole_a church_n but_o we_o call_v the_o congregation_n of_o good_a man_n the_o church_n for_o it_o follow_v forthwith_o in_o the_o very_a word_n of_o our_o lord_n where_o two_o or_o three_o be_v gather_v together_o in_o my_o name_n there_o be_o i_o in_o the_o mid_n of_o they_o therefore_o if_o christ_n as_o they_o grant_v commit_v the_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n to_o a_o particular_a church_n &_o two_o or_o three_o &_o much_o more_o eight_o or_o twelve_o make_v a_o particular_a church_n what_o let_v that_o christ_n commit_v not_o the_o same_o to_o choose_a man_n who_o be_v consecrate_v to_o christ_n name_n see_v the_o authority_n of_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n be_v more_o intiere_a &_o renown_a among_o choose_a godly_a man_n then_o among_o the_o confuse_a vulgar_a sort_n who_o as_o they_o lack_v judgement_n so_o be_v they_o often_o carry_v away_o with_o affection_n haec_fw-la bullingerus_n master_n gualther_n have_v these_o word_n potestatis_fw-la christi_fw-la meminit_fw-la 4._o alludeut_n ad_fw-la mat_n 18._o ne_fw-la ille_fw-la ecclesie_n sententiam_fw-la contemneret_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la iubet_fw-la quiatunc_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la alia_fw-la tale_n coercendi_fw-la quando_fw-la magistratus_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la christiani_fw-la aliâ—_n qui_fw-la iste_fw-la paenas_fw-la dedisset_fw-la secundum_fw-la
legem_fw-la neque_fw-la 20._o pavius_n obstitisset_fw-la ut_fw-la apparet_fw-la ex_fw-la rome_n 13._o quia_fw-la vero_fw-la durunerat_fw-la homines_fw-la christianos_fw-la ethnicis_fw-la obijcere_fw-la recurrit_fw-la ad_fw-la remedium_fw-la quod_fw-la christus_fw-la dedit_fw-la quoad_fw-la iniurias_fw-la privatas_fw-la mat_n 18._o sequitur_fw-la potestas_fw-la illa_fw-la penes_fw-la qâ—os_fw-la erat_fw-la penes_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la ne_fw-la confusio_fw-la fieret_fw-la per_fw-la delectos_fw-la agebat_fw-la ex_fw-la senioribus_fw-la sequitur_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la n._n non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la necessarijs_fw-la illis_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la consistit_fw-la he_o make_v mention_v of_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n allude_v to_o his_o word_n in_o matthew_n lest_o he_o shall_v contemn_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o church_n and_o he_o command_v this_o to_o be_v do_v because_o they_o have_v no_o other_o mean_n at_o that_o time_n to_o correct_v the_o disobedient_a when_o there_o be_v no_o christian_n magistrate_n otherwise_o this_o fellow_n shall_v have_v be_v punish_v according_a to_o the_o law_n neither_o will_v paul_n have_v be_v against_o it_o as_o appear_z by_o his_o doctrine_n to_o the_o roman_n but_o because_o it_o be_v a_o very_a hard_a case_n to_o send_v christian_n to_o ethnic_n he_o have_v recourse_n to_o that_o remedy_n which_o christ_n appoint_v for_o private_a injury_n and_o in_o who_o be_v that_o power_n in_o the_o whole_a church_n which_o for_o all_o that_o to_o avoid_v confusion_n do_v execute_v the_o same_o by_o choose_a seniors_n for_o excommunication_n be_v none_o of_o those_o necessary_a thing_n without_o which_o the_o church_n can_v consist_v the_o same_o doctor_n in_o a_o other_o place_n have_v these_o express_a fine_a word_n hodie_fw-la non_fw-la opus_fw-la proprio_fw-la sevatu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la agnoscamus_fw-la beneficium_fw-la dei_fw-la esa._n 49._o vicissim_fw-la hi_o aguoscant_fw-la se_fw-la quoque_fw-la memmbra_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sequitur_fw-la nobis_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la habere_fw-la pastor_n scholas_fw-la magistratus_fw-la pios_fw-la qui_fw-la cuitum_fw-la dei_fw-la tueantur_fw-la pauperes_fw-la curent_fw-la we_o have_v this_o day_n no_o need_n at_o all_o of_o the_o senate_n of_o the_o church_n or_o presbytery_n let_v we_o acknowledge_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n and_o let_v they_o likewise_o acknowledge_v themselves_o to_o be_v the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n let_v it_o suffice_v we_o to_o have_v pastor_n school_n godly_a magistrate_n that_o will_v defend_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o take_v care_n of_o the_o poor_a master_n martyr_n deliver_v the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o substance_n 239._o in_o these_o express_a word_n fatemur_fw-la deinde_fw-la clave_n ecclesiae_fw-la universae_fw-la datas_fw-la caeterum_fw-la ne_fw-la confusio_fw-la accidat_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la aliqui_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la deligantur_fw-la quiutantur_fw-la clavibus_fw-la quarum_fw-la usus_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la redundet_fw-la qui_fw-la christo_fw-la credunnt_n prepositos_fw-la vero_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la habent_fw-la des_fw-fr monet_fw-la paulus_n non_fw-la semel_fw-la et_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la prohibuit_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la iussit_fw-la ne_fw-la magistri_fw-la et_fw-la rabbi_n vocaremur_fw-la ambitionem_fw-la repressit_fw-la voluitque_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la nostrum_fw-la haec_fw-la affectaret_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la interdixit_fw-la quin_fw-la habeamus_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la et_fw-la appellemus_fw-la honorifice_fw-la quos_fw-la dominus_fw-la nobis_fw-la praefecit_fw-la imo_fw-la paulus_n ad_fw-la timotheum_n scribit_fw-la se_fw-la positum_fw-la esse_fw-la magistrum_fw-la gentium_fw-la we_o likewise_o confess_v that_o the_o key_n 7._o be_v give_v to_o the_o whole_a church_n but_o to_o avoid_v confusion_n it_o be_v meet_v that_o some_o out_o of_o all_o be_v choose_v who_o may_v put_v the_o key_n in_o use_n who_o use_n re_fw-mi dound_v to_o all_o that_o believe_v in_o christ._n now_o that_o we_o must_v have_v governor_n of_o church_n paul_n admonish_v more_o than_o once_o &_o christ_n do_v not_o forbid_v it_o who_o when_o he_o command_v we_o not_o to_o be_v call_v master_n and_o rabbi_n repress_a ambition_n be_v desirous_a that_o none_o of_o we_o shall_v hunt_v after_o these_o thing_n but_o he_o never_o forbid_v we_o to_o reverence_v and_o give_v honourable_a name_n to_o those_o who_o our_o lord_n have_v place_v over_o us._n yea_o paul_n write_v to_o timothy_n that_o himself_o be_v make_v the_o master_n of_o the_o gentile_n master_n musculus_fw-la be_v consonant_a to_o the_o rest_n who_o express_a word_n be_v these_o denique_fw-la curabit_fw-la ut_fw-la plebs_fw-la ipsa_fw-la viros_fw-la grave_n 204._o timentes_fw-la dei_fw-la ac_fw-la boni_fw-la testimonij_fw-la deligant_fw-la quorum_fw-la cura_fw-la et_fw-la vigilantia_fw-la disciplina_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la administretur_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la gravioris_fw-la momenti_fw-la accidat_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la referatur_fw-la haec_fw-la tamen_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la indeterminatam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la referimus_fw-la ad_fw-la illas_fw-la tan_o tum_fw-la pertinent_a ecclesias_fw-la quae_fw-la christianum_fw-la magistratum_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la quales_fw-la erant_fw-la olim_fw-la priusquam_fw-la principes_fw-la christiani_fw-la fierent_fw-la final_o he_o shall_v provide_v that_o the_o people_n choose_v grave_a man_n which_o fear_n god_n and_o have_v a_o good_a report_n by_o who_o care_n and_o painful_a labour_n the_o church_n discipline_n may_v be_v execute_v and_o if_o any_o thing_n of_o great_a moment_n fall_v out_o that_o the_o same_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o church_n yet_o all_o these_o thing_n which_o we_o refer_v to_o the_o power_n undetermine_v pertain_v to_o those_o church_n only_o which_o have_v no_o christian_a magistrate_n such_o as_o 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