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absolute_a power_n to_o forgive_v sin_n which_o none_o can_v proper_o and_o absolute_o forgive_v but_o he_o against_o who_o they_o be_v commit_v therefore_o there_o be_v a_o broad_a difference_n between_o the_o power_n of_o god_n and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o man_n in_o forgive_a of_o sin_n god_n do_v absolute_o and_o proper_o forgive_v sin_n commit_v against_o his_o law_n and_o majesty_n man_n by_o his_o appointment_n do_v assure_v the_o penitent_a sinner_n of_o his_o sin_n forgive_v by_o god_n and_o therefore_o in_o some_o phrase_n of_o 〈◊〉_d be_v say_v to_o forgive_v sin_n as_o he_o be_v say_v to_o save_v man_n soul_n to_o who_o he_o preach_v the_o salvation_n by_o jesus_n christ._n the_o scribe_n do_v right_o affirm_v that_o none_o can_v forgive_v sin_n but_o god_n only_o but_o they_o err_v in_o that_o they_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v christ_n to_o be_v god_n who_o in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o mediator_n even_o in_o that_o state_n of_o humility_n in_o which_o he_o be_v conversant_a 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act._n 20._o to_o feed_v the_o church_n of_o god_n which_o he_o have_v redeem_v with_o his_o own_o blood_n where_o redemption_n by_o his_o blood_n be_v affirm_v of_o god_n which_o be_v proper_a and_o true_a in_o respect_n of_o christ_n humanity_n your_o modesty_n be_v commendable_a that_o you_o do_v submit_v yourself_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o other_o in_o that_o your_o conceit_n of_o christ_n meaning_n thereby_o to_o institute_v a_o order_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o order_n that_o he_o have_v institute_v and_o the_o power_n that_o he_o have_v give_v of_o bind_v and_o lose_v in_o earth_n be_v else_o where_o plain_o and_o purposedlie_o set_v forth_o that_o we_o need_v not_o such_o unnecessary_a &_o unlikelie_a conjecture_n to_o ground_n it_o upon_o and_o whereas_o you_o affirm_v that_o the_o interpretation_n of_o saint_n hilary_n do_v not_o any_o whit_n hinder_v your_o meaning_n because_o one_o work_n may_v be_v wrought_v by_o the_o principal_a cause_n and_o yet_o by_o the_o office_n and_o ministry_n of_o some_o secundarie_n i_o answer_v the_o question_n be_v not_o what_o may_v be_v but_o what_o be_v do_v in_o that_o case_n whereof_o saint_n hilary_n judgement_n be_v flat_a against_o you_o his_o word_n be_v in_o mat._n come_v canon_n 8._o movet_fw-la scribas_fw-la remissum_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la peccatum_fw-la hominem_fw-la enim_fw-la tantùm_fw-la in_o jesu_fw-la christo_fw-la confitebantur_fw-la &_o remissum_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la lex_fw-la laxare_fw-la non_fw-la poteratifides_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d iustificat_fw-la deinde_fw-la murmurationem_fw-la eorum_fw-la dominus_fw-la introspicit_fw-la dicitque_fw-la facilè_fw-la esse_fw-la filio_fw-la hominis_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimittere_fw-la verùm_fw-la enim_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la dimittere_fw-la pecoata_fw-la nisi_fw-la solus_fw-la deus_fw-la ergo_fw-la quiremittit_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la nemo_fw-la remittie_n nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la manens_fw-la curationem_fw-la homini_fw-la praestabat_fw-la &_o nulla_fw-la ei_fw-la agendi_fw-la aut_fw-la loquendi_fw-la erat_fw-la difficultas_fw-la cvi_fw-la subest_fw-la totum_fw-la posse_fw-la quod_fw-la loquor_fw-la porro_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la positus_fw-la intelligi_fw-la possit_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o animus_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimitteret_fw-la &_o resurrectionem_fw-la corporibus_fw-la prestaret_fw-la ait_fw-la ut_fw-la siatis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la silius_fw-la hominis_fw-la habet_fw-la potectatem_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la dimittendi_fw-la peccata_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o move_v the_o scribe_n that_o sin_n be_v remit_v by_o a_o man_n for_o they_o do_v behold_v a_o man_n only_o in_o jesus_n christ_n and_o that_o to_o be_v remit_v by_o he_o which_o the_o law_n can_v not_o release_v for_o faith_n alone_o do_v justify_v afterward_o our_o lord_n look_v into_o their_o murmur_a and_o say_v that_o it_o be_v easy_a for_o the_o son_n of_o man_n on_o earth_n to_o forgive_v sin_n but_o none_o true_o can_v forgive_v sin_n but_o god_n alone_o therefore_o he_o which_o forgive_v be_v god_n be_v ause_fw-la no_o man_n remit_v but_o god_n god_n abide_v in_o man_n perform_v heal_v to_o the_o man_n and_o there_o be_v no_o difficulty_n to_o he_o of_o do_v or_o speak_v who_o have_v power_n so_o be_v able_a to_o do_v all_o that_o he_o speak_v but_o that_o he_o be_v place_v in_o the_o body_n may_v be_v understand_v to_o be_v the_o same_o which_o forgive_v sin_n to_o man_n soul_n and_o perform_v resurrection_n to_o their_o body_n he_o say_v that_o you_o may_v know_v that_o the_o son_n of_o man_n have_v power_n on_o earth_n to_o forgive_v sin_n etc._n etc._n let_v the_o reader_n judge_v whether_o saint_n hilary_n do_v any_o whit_n in_o these_o word_n hinder_v your_o meaning_n and_o yet_o more_o plain_o saint_n chrysostome_n control_v your_o meaning_n and_o speak_v expresselie_o and_o direct_o against_o it_o in_o mat._n hom._n
otherwise_o but_o in_o his_o right_n &_o name_n whosoever_o shall_v control_v or_o conremne_v they_o not_o only_o irreverent_o touch_v god_n anoint_v but_o they_o sacrilegious_o lie_v hand_n on_o ipsum_fw-la christum_fw-la domini_fw-la even_o on_o he_o that_o be_v anoint_v above_o all_o his_o fellow_n well_o i_o conclude_v up_o this_o matter_n with_o these_o few_o word_n of_o saint_n ambrose_n vult_fw-la dominus_fw-la plurimum_fw-la posse_fw-la 7._o discipulos_fw-la suos_fw-la vult_fw-la á_fw-fr seruis_fw-la suis_fw-la e_fw-la a_o fieri_fw-la in_o nominesuo_fw-la quaefaciebat_fw-la ipse_fw-la positus_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la our_o lord_n pleasure_n be_v that_o his_o disciple_n shall_v have_v great_a prerogative_n he_o will_v have_v the_o same_o thing_n wrought_v by_o his_o servant_n in_o his_o name_n that_o himself_o do_v in_o his_o own_o person_n when_o he_o be_v in_o earth_n fulke_v he_o that_o see_v not_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o ministry_n of_o man_n from_o the_o power_n of_o god_n in_o those_o action_n wherein_o god_n work_v by_o man_n grope_v in_o the_o dark_a &_o see_v nothing_o as_o he_o ought_v to_o see_v therefore_o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o light_n of_o your_o logic_n and_o thereby_o consider_v if_o we_o can_v the_o distinction_n of_o the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o if_o the_o mayor_n or_o first_o proposition_n of_o your_o former_a syllogism_n be_v understand_v of_o a_o power_n or_o commission_n grant_v to_o the_o manhood_n of_o christ_n such_o as_o may_v have_v be_v grant_v by_o god_n to_o any_o other_o mere_a man_n than_o your_o minor_n be_v not_o true_a that_o christ_n by_o such_o a_o power_n and_o commission_n only_o set_v his_o godhead_n aside_o though_o true_o and_o effectual_o yet_o not_o in_o proper_a form_n ofspeach_n by_o his_o father_n send_v and_o commission_n remit_v sin_n for_o then_o can_v he_o not_o be_v the_o author_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n but_o only_o a_o minister_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o in_o proper_a form_n ofspeach_n he_o can_v not_o be_v say_v to_o forgive_v sin_n which_o be_v proper_a only_o to_o god_n but_o to_o preach_v the_o forgive_v nes_z of_o sin_n in_o god_n name_n or_o to_o testify_v that_o god_n do_v forgive_v sin_n as_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n do_v butif_n the_o mayor_n be_v understand_v of_o such_o power_n &_o commission_n as_o be_v give_v to_o christ_n as_o the_o mediator_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o manhood_n but_o yet_o such_o as_o he_o couldnot_v receive_v &_o exercise_v but_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o godhead_n &_o such_o as_o can_v not_o be_v grant_v to_o any_o but_o unto_o that_o person_n which_o be_v god_n &_o man_n such_o be_v the_o absolute_a &_o principal_a power_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n than_o i_o deny_v that_o such_o power_n be_v give_v to_o the_o apostle_n at_o his_o departure_n for_o when_o christ_n himself_o do_v true_o effectual_o and_o in_o proper_a form_n of_o speech_n remit_v sin_n he_o do_v it_o as_o god_n have_v equal_a and_o 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that_o confession_n be_v of_o christ_n institution_n and_o not_o upon_o any_o positive_a law_n in_o hac_fw-la distinctione_n &_o in_o aliis_fw-la duabus_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la agitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d de_fw-la illa_fw-la parte_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la que_fw-la dicitur_fw-la oris_fw-la confessio_fw-la &_o operis_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la quà m_fw-la de_fw-la aliis_fw-la &_o ider_v videndum_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d oris_fw-la confessio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la instituta_fw-la virum_fw-la necessaria_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la 〈◊〉_d voluntaria_fw-la qualiter_fw-la sit_fw-la facienda_fw-la &_o cvi_fw-la et_fw-la quando_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quidam_fw-la institutam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la in_o paradiso_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d peccatum_fw-la dicente_fw-la donino_n ad_fw-la adam_n adam_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la ipso_fw-la conficente_fw-la peccatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sorma_fw-la aliis_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la confitendi_fw-la sed_fw-la quoniam_fw-la in_o ille_fw-la interrogatione_fw-la dominus_fw-la minùs_fw-la expressè_fw-la videbatur_fw-la adconfirendum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d idro_fw-la post_fw-la exquisivit_fw-la á_fw-fr cain_n fratricida_fw-la expressiâ—s_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la abel_n frater_fw-la tuus_fw-la alij_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quód_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la primò_fw-la instituta_fw-la quando_fw-la josua_n percepit_fw-la aâ—hor_fw-la â—rimen_fw-la sâ—um_fw-la confiteri_fw-la â—â—_o lapidatus_fw-la est_fw-la 45._o do_v secundum_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la alij_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quód_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la testamento_fw-la á_fw-fr jacobo_fw-la dicente_fw-la consitemini_fw-la alterâ—â—â—um_fw-la peccata_fw-la vestra_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la melius_fw-la dicitur_fw-la eam_fw-la institutam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la a_o quâ—dâ—m_fw-la universale_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la traditione_n potius_fw-la quám_fw-la ex_fw-la novo_fw-la vel_fw-la veteri_fw-la testamento_fw-la authoritâ—s_fw-la &_o traditio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la obligatoria_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la preceptum_fw-la ait_fw-la 1.1_o di_fw-it in_o his_o rebus_fw-la ergo_fw-la necessaria_fw-la est_fw-la confessio_fw-la in_o mortalib_a apud_fw-la nos_fw-la apud_fw-la graecos_fw-la non_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la emanavit_fw-la apud_fw-la illos_fw-la traditio_fw-la talis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nec_fw-la confisiunt_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d say_v in_o firmentatis_fw-la 5._o di_o cap._n 1._o si_fw-la illud_fw-la ergo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alteruâ—rum_fw-la peccata_fw-la vestra_fw-la 〈◊〉_d consilium_fw-la primó_n aliâ—â—uin_fw-la liâ—oret_fw-la et_fw-la grecos_n non_fw-la obstanto_fw-la eorâ—â—_n consuetudine_fw-la in_o this_o distinction_n and_o the_o other_o two_o that_o follow_v it_o be_v entreat_v as_o well_o of_o that_o part_n of_o penance_n that_o be_v call_v confession_n of_o the_o mouth_n and_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o work_n as_o of_o other_o part_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v to_o be_v see_v when_o confession_n of_o the_o mouth_n be_v institute_v whether_o it_o be_v necessary_a or_o only_o voluntary_a how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v make_v and_o to_o who_o &_o when_o some_o say_v it_o be_v institute_v in_o paradise_n immediate_o after_o sin_n commit_v when_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o adam_n adam_n where_o be_v thou_o for_o therefore_o he_o inquire_v that_o he_o confess_v his_o sin_n a_o form_n of_o confess_v shall_v be_v give_v to_o other_o afterward_o but_o because_o in_o that_o confession_n the_o lord_n secm_v not_o so_o expresselie_o to_o have_v warn_v he_o to_o confession_n therefore_o he_o inquire_v afterward_o of_o cain_n the_o murderer_n of_o his_o brother_n more_o expresselie_o where_o be_v abel_n thy_o brother_n other_o say_v it_o be_v first_o institute_v under_o the_o law_n where_o josua_n command_v achar_n to_o confess_v his_o fault_n and_o he_o be_v stone_v 45._o di_o sed_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la other_o say_v that_o it_o be_v institute_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o saint_n james_n say_v confess_v your_o sin_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v better_a to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v institutad_v by_o a_o certain_a 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the_o great_a offence_n of_o her_o child_n and_o therefore_o must_v in_o she_o by_o public_a penance_n be_v correct_v for_o the_o example_n of_o discipline_n and_o proviso_n of_o the_o like_a sin_n to_o come_v fulke_v i_o know_v no_o protestant_n neither_o i_o suppose_v you_o can_v name_v any_o writer_n of_o they_o that_o do_v think_v that_o the_o authority_n of_o sorgiving_n and_o retain_v sin_n concern_v only_o open_a offence_n and_o not_o secret_a but_o it_o may_v be_v that_o some_o protestants_n have_v write_v as_o all_o i_o think_v do_v hold_v and_o you_o yourself_o in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o section_n do_v acknowledge_v that_o open_a confession_n be_v most_o convenient_a fot_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v offend_v where_o and_o by_o who_o open_a and_o notorious_a sin_n have_v be_v commit_v but_o that_o secret_a confession_n make_v to_o a_o priest_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o discharge_n of_o secret_a sin_n all_o protestant_n deny_v neither_o can_v any_o papist_n prove_v it_o for_o such_o reason_n as_o you_o bring_v be_v very_o weak_a and_o frivolous_a the_o perfectness_n of_o the_o gospel_n teach_v man_n willing_o to_o accuse_v condemn_v and_o judge_v himself_o that_o he_o be_v not_o judge_v of_o our_o lord_n ergo_fw-la he_o be_v bind_v to_o shrive_v himself_o to_o a_o priest_n nay_o contrariwise_o if_o he_o be_v make_v accuser_n condemner_n and_o judge_v of_o himself_o he_o need_v not_o seek_v any_o other_o external_a judge_n but_o in_o his_o own_o conscience_n accuse_v examine_v condemn_v and_o judge_v himself_o fore_o god_n and_o this_o court_n of_o conscience_n we_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v the_o seat_n and_o court_n of_o christ_n where_o no_o priest_n or_o other_o mortal_a man_n have_v authority_n to_o sit_v and_o judge_v neither_o do_v any_o correction_n &_o punishment_n of_o our_o sin_n belong_v to_o priest_n by_o reason_n that_o christ_n send_v the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n to_o preach_v as_o he_o be_v send_v 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conscientia_fw-la non_fw-la sustinet_fw-la sva_fw-la delicta_fw-la but_o thou_o be_v ashamed_a and_o abash_v to_o utter_v thy_o sin_n yet_o thou_o ought_v most_o of_o all_o to_o declare_v and_o publish_v they_o before_o man_n for_o it_o be_v ashame_n to_o sin_n it_o be_v no_o shame_n to_o confess_v thy_o sin_n but_o now_o it_o be_v neither_o necessary_a to_o confess_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o witness_n let_v examination_n of_o thy_o offence_n be_v make_v in_o thought_n let_v this_o judgement_n be_v without_o a_o witness_n let_v god_n only_o see_v thou_o make_v thy_o confession_n god_n which_o cast_v not_o thy_o sin_n in_o thy_o tooth_n but_o too_o faith_fw-mi thy_o sin_n for_o thy_o shame_n what_o and_o be_v thou_o greeve_v to_o do_v so_o much_o and_o go_v back_o yet_o i_o know_v shy_a conscience_n can_v abide_v she_o own_o offence_n these_o word_n a_o man_n will_v think_v shall_v be_v plain_a enough_o against_o the_o necessity_n of_o auricular_a confession_n but_o that_o you_o 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their_o sin_n several_o before_o god_n and_o to_o make_v a_o hearty_a confession_n of_o our_o unworthines_n he_o add_v non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d tibi_fw-la ut_fw-la te_fw-la prodas_fw-la in_o publicum_fw-la neque_fw-la ut_fw-la te_fw-la a_o put_fw-mi alios_fw-la accuse_v sed_fw-la obedire_fw-la te_fw-la volo_fw-la prophetae_fw-la dicenti_fw-la revela_fw-la domino_fw-la taunt_n viam_fw-la ante_fw-la deum_fw-la ergo_fw-la confitere_fw-la peccata_fw-la apud_fw-la verum_fw-la iudicem_fw-la cum_fw-la oratione_fw-la delicta_fw-la tua_fw-la pronuncia_fw-la non_fw-la lingua_fw-la sed_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la tuus_fw-la memoria_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la demum_fw-la spera_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la te_fw-la posse_fw-la consequt_fw-la sihabueris_fw-la in_o mente_fw-la peccata_fw-la tua_fw-la contiwò_fw-la nunquam_fw-la malum_fw-la adversus_fw-la proximum_fw-la in_o cord_n retinebis_fw-la i_o say_v not_o to_o thou_o that_o thou_o ought_v to_o bewray_v thyself_o abroad_o nor_o that_o thou_o shall_v accuse_v thyself_o before_o other_o man_n but_o i_o will_v have_v thou_o obey_v the_o prophet_n say_v open_v thy_o wait_n before_o the_o lord_n confess_v thy_o sin_n therefore_o before_o god_n prononnce_n thy_o offence_n before_o the_o true_a judge_n with_o prayer_n not_o with_o thy_o tongue_n but_o with_o remembrance_n of_o thy_o conscience_n and_o then_o hope_v that_o thou_o may_v obtain_v mercy_n if_o thou_o shall_v have_v thy_o sin_n in_o mind_n continual_o thou_o shall_v never_o reieine_v evil_a in_o thy_o heart_n against_o thy_o neighbour_n we_o must_v confess_v ourselves_o before_o the_o consistory_n of_o that_o true_a judge_n where_o we_o need_v not_o to_o pronounce_v with_o our_o tongue_n but_o in_o our_o constience_n our_o sinful_a state_n which_o be_v not_o the_o close_a consistory_n of_o popish_a shrift_n where_o without_o the_o tongue_n the_o priest_n can_v know_v nothing_o yet_o again_o the_o same_o doctor_n upon_o the_o 50._o psal._n hom._n 2._o write_v most_o plain_o pecoata_fw-la tua_fw-la dictio_fw-la ut_fw-la deleas_fw-la illa_fw-la si_fw-la confunderis_fw-la elicui_fw-la dicere_fw-la quia_fw-la peccasti_fw-la dicito_fw-la eaquotide_n in_fw-la anima_fw-la tuas_fw-la non_fw-la dico_fw-la ut_fw-la confiter_fw-la 〈◊〉_d seruo_fw-la tuo_fw-la ut_fw-la exprobret_fw-la dicito_fw-la deo_fw-la qui_fw-la curateoe_n haec_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la dixeris_fw-la ignorat_fw-la ea_fw-la deus_fw-la nunquid_fw-la à _fw-fr te_fw-la vultea_fw-la 〈◊〉_d cùm_fw-la faciehas_o ea_fw-la practo_fw-la erat_fw-la cùm_fw-la admitteres_fw-la 〈◊〉_d be_v non_fw-la erubuisti_fw-la &_o confiteri_fw-la erubescis_fw-la dicito_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d we_o in_o illa_fw-la requiem_n habeas_fw-la dicito_fw-la ingemiscens_fw-la &_o lachriman_n declare_v thy_o sin_n that_o thou_o may_v 〈◊〉_d they_o out_o if_o thou_o be_v ashamed_a to_o declare_v to_o any_o that_o thou_o have_v sin_v declare_v they_o daily_o in_o thy_o own_o soul_n i_o do_v not_o say_v that_o thou_o ought_v to_o confess_v they_o to_o thy_o fellow_n servant_n that_o he_o may_v cast_v thou_o in_o the_o tooth_n declare_v they_o to_o god_n which_o do_v heal_v they_o for_o if_o thou_o shall_v not_o declare_v they_o be_v god_n ignorant_a of_o they_o or_o will_v he_o know_v they_o by_o thou_o when_o thou_o do_v they_o he_o be_v present_a when_o thou_o do_v commit_v they_o he_o know_v thou_o waste_v not_o ashamed_a to_o sin_n and_o be_v thou_o ashamed_a to_o confess_v declare_v thy_o sin_n in_o this_o life_n that_o thou_o may_v have_v rest_n in_o that_o life_n declare_v they_o groan_v and_o weep_v with_o what_o conscience_n can_v the_o master_n of_o the_o sentence_n first_o or_o any_o man_n after_o he_o wrest_v these_o word_n of_o chrysostome_n to_o so_o contrary_a a_o meaning_n but_o what_o dare_v they_o not_o do_v which_o have_v give_v over_o themselves_o whole_o to_o maintain_v the_o corrupt_a custom_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n how_o concrarie_a soever_o they_o be_v either_o to_o the_o holy_a scripture_n or_o to_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_a doctor_n but_o you_o have_v a_o invincible_a argument_n to_o prove_v plain_o that_o his_o only_a purpose_n be_v to_o bring_v man_n to_o confession_n and_o penance_n sacramental_a you_o mean_v to_o popish_a shrift_n for_o there_o he_o charge_v they_o say_v you_o that_o they_o do_v not_o wcepe_v nor_o lament_v nor_o confess_v their_o sin_n which_o he_o can_v not_o do_v right_o if_o those_o thing_n be_v only_o inwardlie_a in_o cogitation_n and_o heart_n to_o be_v do_v for_o how_o can_v he_o knowthat_o they_o do_v not_o make_v confession_n yes_o master_n allen_n be_v their_o pastor_n and_o overseer_n of_o their_o soul_n he_o may_v know_v by_o their_o outward_a sinful_a and_o careless_a conversation_n that_o they_o do_v not_o weep_v nor_o lament_v nor_o confess_v their_o sin_n before_o god_n for_o if_o they_o do_v daily_o examine_v themselves_o as_o he_o charge_v they_o they_o will_v not_o have_v be_v so_o loose_a in_o life_n as_o they_o be_v and_o therefore_o you_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o obscure_o prove_v your_o purpose_n &_o lest_o of_o all_o that_o it_o be_v chrysostom_n only_a purpose_n to_o drive_v his_o people_n to_o shrift_n which_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o necessary_a institution_n of_o christ_n as_o you_o hold_v he_o will_v not_o have_v be_v so_o dainty_a for_o any_o offence_n of_o the_o weak_a as_o you_o make_v he_o to_o call_v man_n unto_o it_o upon_o necessity_n of_o salvation_n he_o that_o fear_v not_o open_o to_o reprehend_v the_o empress_n will_v he_o have_v be_v afraid_a of_o the_o people_n displeasure_n no_o no_o master_n allen_n god_n institution_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n may_v not_o be_v conceal_v though_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v run_v together_o about_o the_o publish_n thereof_o allen_n but_o whosoever_o listen_v see_v the_o most_o assure_a and_o undoubted_a meaning_n of_o this_o holy_a father_n touch_v confession_n to_o apriest_n whereon_o i_o stand_v the_o long_o 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to_o any_o other_o creature_n under_o god_n but_o also_o make_v the_o priest_n to_o be_v as_o well_o the_o judge_n as_o surgeon_n of_o our_o soul_n as_o to_o who_o the_o search_a the_o cut_n the_o burn_a the_o hard_a gripe_a the_o open_n or_o the_o close_n of_o sacerdotie_n our_o wound_n and_o sore_n of_o conscience_n do_v apperteine_a in_o all_o which_o case_n he_o say_v quî_fw-la igitur_fw-la phramacum_fw-la ei_fw-la morbo_fw-la adhibere_fw-la quis_fw-la possit_fw-la cvius_fw-la genus_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la intelligat_fw-la how_o shall_v a_o man_n salve_v that_o sore_n the_o nature_n and_o kind_n whereof_o he_o know_v not_o and_o to_o know_v it_o without_o confession_n of_o the_o party_n be_v not_o possible_a for_o the_o thing_n within_o a_o man_n none_o know_v but_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v in_o man_n and_o true_o say_v the_o county_n bonifacius_n to_o saint_n augustine_n ipse_fw-la sibi_fw-la denegat_fw-la curam_fw-la qui_fw-la svam_fw-la 188._o medico_fw-la non_fw-la publicat_fw-la causam_fw-la he_o hinder_v his_o own_o health_n that_o will_v not_o utter_v his_o disease_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o to_o his_o physician_n and_o further_o if_o you_o will_v be_v assure_v of_o the_o say_v chrysostom_n mind_n touch_v confession_n read_v his_o exposition_n upon_o the_o word_n of_o the_o institution_n of_o this_o sacrament_n and_o of_o christ_n breathe_v the_o holy_a ghost_n upon_o his_o disciple_n for_o their_o joannis_n power_n to_o remit_v sin_n where_o he_o declare_v that_o these_o holy_a thing_n commit_v to_o the_o priest_n charge_v do_v proper_o apperteine_v to_o god_n by_o who_o special_a grace_n we_o obtain_v remission_n even_o then_o when_o the_o priest_n do_v absolve_v we_o where_o he_o also_o express_v the_o very_a manner_n of_o the_o church_n in_o give_v absolution_n till_o this_o day_n say_v that_o the_o priest_n do_v but_o as_o you_o will_v say_v lend_v his_o voice_n and_o his_o hand_n signifi_v that_o the_o manner_n be_v then_o as_o it_o 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take_v the_o remedy_n the_o disease_n of_o man_n be_v hard_a and_o sometime_o impossible_a to_o be_v know_v and_o no_o way_n either_o to_o compel_v man_n to_o discover_v they_o or_o to_o receive_v medicine_n for_o they_o whereas_o if_o confession_n be_v a_o necessary_a institu_fw-la tion_n of_o god_n he_o may_v have_v apt_o bring_v it_o forth_o in_o this_o place_n to_o show_v what_o way_n the_o spiritual_a shephearde_n have_v to_o understand_v the_o disease_n of_o his_o sheep_n his_o word_n be_v these_o after_o he_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o bodelie_a shephearde_n and_o his_o sheep_n but_o the_o disease_n of_o man_n first_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a for_o a_o man_n to_o see_v for_o no_o man_n know_v those_o thing_n that_o perteine_a to_o man_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n which_o be_v within_o he_o how_o wherefore_o shall_v a_o man_n use_v a_o medicine_n for_o that_o disease_n the_o manner_n whereof_o he_o know_v not_o yea_o many_o time_n he_o can_v know_v whether_o a_o man_n be_v 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but_o by_o persuasion_n we_o must_v make_v such_o a_o one_o better_a for_o there_o be_v no_o such_o power_n give_v we_o by_o the_o law_n to_o restrain_v sin_n neither_o if_o the_o law_n give_v such_o power_n have_v we_o where_o to_o use_v it_o see_v god_n crow_v not_o they_o which_o of_o necessity_n abstain_v from_o wickedness_n but_o they_o that_o voluntary_o refrain_v from_o it_o therefore_o there_o be_v need_n of_o great_a cunning_n that_o they_o which_o be_v sick_a may_v be_v persuade_v willing_o to_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o the_o heal_n of_o the_o priest_n thus_o much_o chrysostome_n nothing_o favour_v the_o necessity_n of_o auricular_a confession_n but_o rather_o deny_v any_o mean_n whereby_o the_o inward_a disease_n of_o a_o man_n may_v be_v know_v except_o it_o be_v by_o voluntary_a &_o not_o extort_a confession_n the_o county_n boniface_n speak_v of_o a_o public_a fact_n which_o he_o commit_v in_o take_v a_o man_n by_o force_n out_o of_o the_o church_n for_o which_o he_o 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