postea_fw-la instituti_fw-la fuere_fw-la scilicet_fw-la qui_fw-la svo_fw-la jure_fw-la reliquis_fw-la e_fw-la clero_fw-la praeessent_fw-la unde_fw-la colligitur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la esse_fw-la id_fw-la ipsum_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la &_o apostolis_fw-la institutum_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_fw-la eccl_n id_fw-la sit_fw-la optimm_n quod_fw-la primumun_n ecclesiae_fw-la fore_fw-la consultius_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la pari_fw-la censerentur_fw-la &_o jure_fw-la &_o gradu_fw-la secundo_fw-la constat_fw-la ne_fw-la tum_fw-la quidem_fw-la cum_fw-la hic_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la a_fw-fr presbyterù_fw-fr distinctorum_fw-la ordo_fw-la sive_fw-la gradus_fw-la est_fw-la constitutus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la episcopos_fw-la tamquam_fw-la monarch_n &c._n &c._n chamier_n deâ—_n oecumen_fw-la pontis_fw-la lib._n 18._o cap._n 5._o sect_n 6._o respondeo_fw-la patrum_fw-la authoritem_fw-la nihil_fw-la efficere_fw-la ratio_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la nullum_fw-la unquam_fw-la tempus_fw-la extitisse_fw-la cum_fw-la essent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la pares_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la inaequalitatem_fw-la esse_fw-la vetustissimam_fw-la ae_z vicinam_fw-la apostolirum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la ultro_fw-la fatemur_fw-la idem_fw-la chamier_n lib._n 10._o cap._n 6._o sect_n 24._o many_o controversy_n &_o contention_n about_o thing_n indifferent_a 1._o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n 2._o at_o the_o first_o reformation_n among_o three_o sort_n of_o man_n 3._o among_o reform_a kirk_n this_o day_n the_o pastor_n rest_v not_o in_o the_o estate_n of_o a_o kirk_n that_o be_v indifferentgood_a but_o will_v be_v at_o further_a reformation_n the_o prelate_n incline_v to_o defection_n the_o past_a think_v not_o that_o indifferent_a which_o do_v good_a or_o evil_n to_o the_o people_n soul_n the_o prelate_n account_v that_o indifferent_a which_o do_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a to_o his_o worldly_a estate_n the_o past_a think_v nothing_o indifferent_a that_o be_v warrant_v by_o the_o word_n the_o prelate_n everything_o that_o be_v not_o fundamental_a the_o pastor_n find_v the_o direction_n for_o ceremony_n to_o be_v as_o perfect_v under_o the_o gospel_n as_o it_o be_v under_o the_o law_n but_o the_o prelate_n add_v unto_o it_o as_o if_o it_o be_v unperfect_a the_o past_a appoint_v no_o new_a thing_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n but_o the_o prel_n be_v a_o new_a lawgiver_n the_o pastor_n be_v so_o far_o limit_v that_o he_o think_v nothing_o to_o be_v in_o use_n indifferent_a but_o the_o prelate_n account_v that_o to_o be_v preciseness_n &_o puritanism_n the_o pastor_n fear_v to_o give_v offence_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a but_o the_o prelate_n be_v bold_a and_o scandalous_a object_n none_o but_o puritan_fw-gr be_v precise_a in_o matter_n indifferent_a ans._n distinguish_v betwixt_o two_o sort_n of_o precisian_n or_o puritan_n how_o reformation_n be_v â—â—rought_v a_o twofold_a duty_n of_o the_o reform_a kirk_n the_o reformation_n of_o our_o church_n hist._n of_o the_o kirk_n of_o scotland_n pag._n 108._o 108._o magnun_n est_fw-la hoc_fw-la dei_fw-la munus_fw-la quod_fw-la una_fw-la &_o religionem_fw-la puram_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d doctrinae_fw-la viz._n retinendae_fw-la vinculum_fw-la in_o scotiam_fw-la intulistis_fw-la sic_fw-la obsccro_fw-la &_o oltcstor_fw-la haec_fw-la duo_fw-la simul_fw-la retinete_fw-la ut_fw-la uno_fw-la amisso_fw-la alterum_fw-la diu_fw-la permanere_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la semper-memineritis_a sicut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la papatum_fw-la pepererunt_fw-la it_o a_o pseudoepiscopos_fw-fr papatus_fw-la reliquias_fw-la epicureismun_fw-la terru_fw-la invecturos_fw-la hanc_fw-la pestem_fw-la caveant_fw-la qui_fw-la salvan_a ecclesiam_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la &_o quum_fw-la illam_fw-la in_o scotia_n in_o tempore_fw-la profligaris_fw-la ne_fw-la quâ—so_fw-la illam_fw-la unquam_fw-la admittas_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la unitatis_fw-la retinendae_fw-la specie_fw-la quae_fw-la veteres_fw-la etiam_fw-la optimos_fw-la multos_fw-la fefellit_fw-la blandiatur_fw-la bez._n epist_n 79._o 79._o est_fw-la illud_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la scotanae_n privilegium_fw-la rarum_fw-la prae_fw-la multis_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la etiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la nomen_fw-la apud_fw-la exteros_fw-la fuit_fw-la celebre_fw-la quod_fw-la circiter_fw-la annos_fw-la plus_fw-la minus_fw-la 54_o sine_fw-la schismate_fw-la nedum_fw-la heresi_fw-la unitatem_fw-la cum_fw-la puritate_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la servaverit_fw-la &_o retinuerit_fw-la huius_fw-la unitatis_fw-la adminiculum_fw-la ex_fw-la dei_fw-la miscricordia_fw-la maximum_fw-la fuit_fw-la quod_fw-la paulatim_fw-la cum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la sicut_fw-la ex_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la praescripta_fw-la una_fw-la fuit_fw-la recepta_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la proxime_fw-la fieri_fw-la potuit_fw-la secundum_fw-la eam_fw-la totum_fw-la regimen_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la fuit_fw-la administratum_fw-la hac_fw-la ratiâ—ne_fw-la omne_fw-la schismatum_fw-la atque_fw-la errorum_fw-la semina_fw-la quam_fw-la primum_fw-la pullulare_fw-la aut_fw-la so_o exerere_fw-la visa_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quasi_fw-la herba_fw-la &_o partu_fw-la sunt_fw-la suffocata_fw-la &_o extirpata_fw-la det_fw-la dominus_fw-la deus_fw-la pro_fw-la immensa_fw-la sua_fw-la bonâ—tate_fw-la regiae_n majestati_fw-la serenisâ—ima_fw-la omnibusque_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la gubernatoribus_fw-la potestatibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nutritiis_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la dei_fw-la verbo_fw-la illam_fw-la unitatem_fw-la &_o doctrinae_fw-la puritatem_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la conservent_fw-la amen_n corpus_fw-la confâ—s_fw-la fidei_fw-la pag._n 6._o 6._o baâ—â—llc_n doron_n the_o discipline_n &_o government_n of_o the_o kirk_n at_o the_o first_o begin_v to_o be_v reform_v and_o the_o prelate_n to_o be_v cast_v out_o out_o book_n of_o discipl_n discipl_n an._n 1566._o 1566._o beza_n to_o knox_n a_o 1571._o the_o pastor_n proceed_v in_o this_o point_n of_o reformation_n and_o the_o prel_n in_o his_o avarice_n and_o ambition_n ambition_n to_o these_o the_o superintendent_o be_v subject_a by_o a_o act_n of_o the_o assembly_n anno_fw-la 1562._o 1562._o leith_n 1571._o at_o last_o prelacy_n be_v root_v out_o with_o consent_n of_o the_o whole_a kirk_n kirk_n edinburgh_n anno_fw-la 1575._o 1575._o dundie_n a_o 1580_o 1580_o trenent_fw-la anno_o 1604._o the_o kirk_n now_o reform_v in_o doctrine_n &_o discipline_n use_v he_o authority_n against_o all_o sort_n of_o fin_n till_o man_n of_o episcopal_a disposition_n make_v a_o new_a division_n again_o again_o perth_n 1596._o the_o pastor_n stand_v to_o the_o reformation_n against_o episcoparâ—s_n which_o the_o prelaâ—â—_n attain_v unto_o 〈◊〉_d last_o by_o many_o degree_n and_o much_o work_n work_n dundie_n anno_fw-la 1597._o may_v and_o march_v follow_v falkland_n a._n 1598._o halyrudhouse_n anno_fw-la 1599_o montrosen_a annò_fw-la 1600._o 1600._o linlithgo_fw-la 1606._o 1606._o an._n 1610_o febr_n febr_n glasgow_n 1610._o june_n june_n an._n 1610._o november_n the_o way_n of_o the_o pastor_n reformation_n and_o the_o prelate_n defection_n very_o contrary_a the_o past_a bear_v witness_n against_o the_o several_a degree_n of_o defection_n and_o fear_v a_o change_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n which_o the_o prel_n enter_v upon_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o government_n be_v alter_v and_o he_o come_v to_o his_o power_n power_n aberdein_n 1616._o sanctandr_n anno_o 1617._o 1617._o perth_n 1618._o 1618._o edinburgh_n anno_fw-la 1621._o the_o past_a resolve_v to_o be_v constant_a to_o the_o end_n against_o all_o heresy_n and_o corruption_n which_o be_v enter_v every_o day_n by_o the_o prelate_n misgovernment_n obj._n the_o superintendent_o in_o the_o beginning_n be_v prelate_n answ._n show_v particular_o that_o the_o superintendent_o be_v not_o prelate_n the_o good_a estate_n of_o the_o kirk_n the_o end_n of_o kirk_n 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