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the_o people_n with_o what_o marvelous_a confidence_n of_o his_o office_n &_o pity_n of_o the_o afflict_a sort_n do_v one_o of_o they_o cry_v out_o unto_o god_n to_o hold_v his_o hand_n and_o pardon_v the_o people_n after_o they_o have_v deserve_v so_o great_a punishment_n for_o worship_v the_o golden_a idol_n of_o the_o calf_n in_o wilderness_n lord_n say_v moses_n this_o people_n have_v commit_v a_o horrible_a sin_n and_o they_o have_v erect_v golden_a god_n forgive_v they_o this_o sin_n lord_n or_o else_o if_o thou_o will_v not_o dash_n i_o out_o of_o thy_o book_n toe_n which_o thou_o haste_v write_v this_o governoure_n and_o this_o priest_n pray_v not_o after_o a_o common_a sort_n for_o pardon_n of_o the_o people_n punishment_n but_o he_o claim_v it_o with_o confidence_n &_o in_o a_o manner_n require_v it_o as_o by_o his_o jurisdiction_n &_o office_n such_o be_v the_o force_n of_o prayer_n &_o priesthood_n before_o christ_n spiritual_a sovereignty_n be_v honour_v in_o the_o world_n otherwise_o then_o in_o a_o figure_n and_o yet_o god_n in_o a_o manner_n be_v at_o that_o point_n with_o they_o then_o that_o he_o will_v pardon_v and_o punish_v at_o their_o pleasure_n for_o when_o the_o sin_n be_v exceed_o grevous_a he_o make_v as_o it_o be_v mean_n to_o moses_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o stay_v he_o nor_o his_o anger_n from_o punish_v of_o the_o offender_n let_v i_o alone_a moses_n say_v our_o lord_n and_o suffer_v i_o to_o be_v angry_a ibid._n ibid._n 12._o num._n 12._o so_o when_o his_o sister_n mary_n be_v punish_v by_o a_o leprosy_n for_o enui_v at_o her_o brother_n auhority_n he_o cry_v unto_o our_o lord_n and_o say_v lord_n god_n heal_v she_o again_o of_o this_o disease_n and_o of_o his_o mercy_n so_o he_o do_v enjoin_v only_o unto_o she_o seven_o day_n separation_n aaron_z also_o procure_v pardon_n for_o the_o people_n by_o the_o like_a force_n of_o this_o prayer_n and_o priesthood_n when_o by_o sedition_n the_o people_n have_v high_o offend_v god_n 16._o 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have_v afflict_v his_o people_n withal_o for_o sin_n and_o yet_o have_v be_v either_o whole_o put_v of_o or_o much_o thereof_o abate_v by_o these_o priest_n even_o of_o the_o old_a law_n when_o they_o have_v no_o warrant_n promise_n ne_o commission_n in_o sacrament_n or_o other_o wise_a other_o to_o bind_v or_o loose_v as_o by_o jurisdiction_n or_o any_o otherwise_o but_o by_o their_o prayer_n where_o we_o of_o the_o new_a law_n and_o testament_n have_v express_o receive_v a_o full_a power_n and_o commission_n concern_v the_o same_o therefore_o now_o in_o the_o new_a law_n &_o in_o the_o day_n of_o grace_n where_o mercy_n and_o judgement_n be_v meet_v together_o â—4_n psal_n â—4_n truth_n and_o peace_n have_v join_v we_o shall_v find_v express_a example_n of_o justice_n &_o judgement_n on_o the_o one_o
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christ_n not_o only_o of_o her_o sin_n &_o damnation_n but_o of_o the_o penalty_n which_o by_o god_n law_n she_o be_v subject_a unto_o for_o the_o same_o sin_v whereby_o he_o declare_v that_o he_o have_v full_a power_n not_o only_o to_o remit_v sin_n but_o also_o to_o give_v pardon_n for_o any_o temporal_a pain_n or_o punishment_n provide_v by_o law_n for_o sin_n where_o be_v they_o woman_n that_o do_v accuse_v thou_o quoth_v christ_n here_o be_v none_o here_o say_v she_o lord_n if_o none_o have_v condemn_v thou_o say_v christ_n they_o do_v not_o i_o condemn_v thou_o go_v thy_o way_n therefore_o and_o sin_n no_o more_o and_o this_o be_v in_o the_o viij_o of_o s._n johns_n gospel_n which_o example_n i_o allege_v the_o rather_o because_o s._n augustin_n note_v it_o as_o a_o strange_a power_n &_o jurisdiction_n 54â—_n epist_n 54â—_n that_o shall_v remit_v the_o punishment_n enjoin_v by_o the_o law_n itself_o for_o a_o public_a crime_n where_o the_o person_n be_v take_v with_o the_o manner_n yea_o he_o appli_v it_o to_o priest_n &_o bishope_n &_o prove_v that_o it_o become_v they_o at_o the_o lest_o to_o make_v intercession_n to_o the_o temporal_a officer_n by_o occasion_n for_o the_o release_v of_o offender_n even_o there_o where_o they_o be_v subject_a unto_o the_o appoint_v punishment_n of_o the_o law_n wherein_o he_o say_v that_o though_o they_o can_v not_o by_o their_o authority_n command_v their_o release_n yet_o that_o it_o behove_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n to_o release_v the_o pain_n where_o they_o do_v make_v request_n for_o which_o cause_n macedonius_n a_o magistrate_n have_v challenge_v s._n augustin_n or_o rather_o ask_v he_o the_o question_n why_o bishopes_n do_v so_o much_o intermeddle_v in_o the_o temporal_a judgement_n for_o procure_v pardon_n to_o offender_n in_o so_o much_o that_o they_o will_v not_o take_v it_o well_o if_o they_o obtain_v not_o the_o remission_n of_o the_o party_n punishment_n for_o who_o they_o make_v intercession_n to_o who_o s._n augustin_n answer_v trim_o and_o large_o where_o amongst_o other_o thing_n he_o say_v ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la intercessit_fw-la ne_fw-la lapidaretur_fw-la adultera_fw-la &_o eo_fw-la modo_fw-la nobis_fw-la commendavit_fw-la intercessionis_fw-la officium_fw-la our_o lord_n himself_o make_v intercession_n for_o the_o woman_n take_v in_o adultery_n and_o by_o that_o fact_n commend_v unto_o we_o the_o office_n of_o intercession_n and_o s._n augustin_n excommunicate_v county_n bonifacius_n that_o he_o take_v from_o the_o church_n a_o offender_n 187_o epist_n 187_o and_o put_v he_o to_o execution_n when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o church_n for_o mercy_n and_o pardon_n so_o prone_a have_v god_n church_n ever_o be_v to_o remit_v the_o pain_n for_o sin_n deserve_v not_o only_a where_o she_o have_v full_a authority_n to_o pardon_v at_o her_o pleasure_n but_o even_o there_o where_o it_o can_v not_o otherwise_o be_v have_v but_o by_o intercession_n to_o other_o man_n who_o have_v to_o do_v therewith_o again_o christ_n deliver_v in_o the_o fifte_n of_o s._n john_n one_o that_o have_v be_v feeble_a eight_o and_o thirty_o year_n long_o for_o a_o punishment_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o that_o he_o may_v understand_v that_o that_o sickness_n come_v unto_o he_o for_o correction_n of_o his_o former_a offence_n he_o say_v unto_o he_o after_o in_o the_o temple_n loe_o now_o thou_o be_v make_v whole_a look_v thou_o sin_v no_o more_o lest_o a_o worse_a thing_n happen_v unto_o thou_o neither_o be_v it_o unlike_a but_o the_o party_n have_v his_o sin_n remit_v long_o before_o christ_n heal_v he_o of_o his_o corporal_a infirmity_n by_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o law_n and_o by_o ordinary_a mean_n of_o that_o time_n through_o the_o faith_n in_o christ_n jesus_n whereby_o you_o may_v perceive_v that_o our_o high_a bishope_n christ_n have_v give_v pardon_n to_o many_o not_o only_o of_o their_o sin_n and_o everlasting_a damnation_n but_o also_o of_o the_o temporal_a pain_n and_o punishment_n either_o prescribe_v by_o the_o law_n or_o enjoin_v by_o god_n own_o appointment_n then_o we_o need_v not_o wonder_n that_o the_o church_n officer_n hold_v by_o his_o right_a both_o the_o title_n to_o pardon_v and_o to_o punish_v shall_v be_v by_o his_o example_n so_o prove_v to_o mercy_n which_o of_o the_o two_o be_v always_o most_o commend_v in_o spiritual_a regiment_n never_o the_o less_o we_o mean_v not_o that_z the_o priest_n have_v always_o such_o power_n as_o christ_n have_v in_o remove_v of_o bodily_a sickness_n not_o only_o because_o they_o know_v not_o when_o it_o be_v the_o deserve_a pain_n for_o sin_n as_o he_o do_v but_o also_o because_o as_o s._n augustin_n say_v remissio_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la magis_fw-la fit_a propter_fw-la futurum_fw-la iudicium_fw-la 66._o enchir._n cap._n 66._o pardon_v in_o the_o church_n have_v more_o respect_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o next_o world_n he_o mean_v by_o the_o temporal_a judgement_n and_o for_o that_o he_o allege_v out_o of_o s._n paul_n that_o the_o judgement_n which_o he_o will_v we_o to_o prevent_v by_o punish_v ourselves_o be_v the_o correction_n of_o such_o as_o god_n love_v lest_o they_o be_v damn_v with_o the_o world_n which_o can_v not_o signify_v the_o everlasting_a judgement_n we_o mean_v not_o then_o that_o the_o pardon_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a magistrate_n shall_v perteine_v always_o to_o the_o release_n of_o bodily_a pain_n due_o deserve_v for_o sin_n or_o for_o other_o cause_n appoint_v because_o christ_n so_o do_v not_o unto_o all_o but_o unto_o some_o as_o it_o please_v his_o wisdom_n but_o this_o we_o say_v that_o as_o he_o of_o his_o mercy_n take_v away_o and_o release_v the_o sinner_n of_o certain_a temporal_a affliction_n as_o well_o appoint_v by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n as_o enjoin_v by_o god_n own_o hand_n and_o so_o give_v a_o pardon_n of_o that_o which_o both_o moses_n and_o his_o own_o father_n appoint_v even_o so_o may_v the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n pardon_v any_o man_n that_o be_v worthy_a of_o that_o benefit_n of_o some_o part_n or_o all_o such_o penance_n as_o their_o own_o law_n prescribe_v or_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o bond_n of_o their_o decree_n and_o the_o debt_n of_o the_o sinner_n have_v in_o the_o next_o life_n prepare_v although_o as_o i_o have_v once_o note_v before_o not_o only_o the_o apostles_n miraculous_o but_o also_o god_n priest_n daily_o do_v heal_v in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o extreme_a unction_n &_o prayer_n not_o only_o sin_n 5._o jacob_n 5._o but_o the_o penitent_a of_o their_o sickness_n and_o infirmity_n where_o the_o disease_n especial_o come_v of_o sin_n as_o i_o suppose_v or_o otherwise_o when_o it_o be_v expedient_a to_o the_o party_n and_o glorious_a to_o god_n name_n but_o in_o s._n paul_n we_o have_v a_o invincible_a proufe_v f_z the_o authority_n &_o jurisdiction_n of_o bishope_n and_o principal_a pastor_n paul_n jurisdiction_n exercise_v by_o s._n paul_n touch_v as_o 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