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the_o three_o neither_o contrary_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n neither_o necessary_o affix_v unto_o it_o add_v these_o express_a word_n 10._o sunt_fw-la nonnullae_fw-la traditiones_fw-la quas_fw-la neutras_fw-la appellare_fw-la libuit_fw-la quod_fw-la verbo_fw-la deinec_fw-la adversentur_fw-la nec_fw-la illinecessariò_fw-la cohaereant_fw-la inquibus_fw-la mos_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gerendus_fw-la est_fw-la tribus_fw-la interposit_a be_v cautionibus_fw-la primùm_fw-la videndum_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la obtrudantur_fw-la quasidei_fw-la cultus_fw-la &_o deculiar_a be_v quaedam_fw-la sanctimonia_fw-la quandcquidem_fw-la potius_fw-la recipiendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la adordinum_fw-la conservandum_fw-la &_o civilem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la commoditatem_fw-la totum_fw-la atque_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la actionum_fw-la decorum_n alioquin_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la luculentèr_fw-la habemus_fw-la descripta_fw-la quaead_n sanctitatem_fw-la &_o cullum_fw-la dei_fw-la conducunt_fw-la praeterea_fw-la 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peculiar_a holiness_n but_o as_o pertain_v to_o order_n and_o the_o civil_a commodity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o comeliness_n in_o divine_a action_n otherwise_o all_o thing_n be_v sufficient_o comprise_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o pertain_v to_o holiness_n and_o god_n worship_n second_o we_o must_v beware_v that_o they_o be_v not_o repute_v so_o necessary_a that_o they_o can_v be_v change_v as_o the_o time_n require_v let_v the_o church_n keep_v her_o interest_n and_o liberty_n in_o these_o indifferent_a thing_n to_o appoint_v what_o shall_v be_v think_v most_o necessary_a to_o the_o edify_n of_o the_o faithful_a last_o let_v it_o be_v well_o remember_v that_o the_o multitude_n of_o ceremony_n do_v often_o so_o annoy_v the_o people_n that_o they_o be_v almost_o undo_v therewith_o m._n beza_n have_v these_o word_n quoniam_fw-la multitudo_fw-la plerumque_fw-la &_o impirita_fw-la est_fw-la &_o intractabilis_fw-la &_o maior_fw-la pars_fw-la saepè_fw-la meliorem_fw-la 35._o vincit_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o democratia_fw-la quidem_fw-la leguimè_fw-la constituta_fw-la omne_fw-la permissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la â—ffraeni_fw-la vulgo_fw-la sed_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la populi_fw-la consensu_fw-la certi_fw-la magistratus_fw-la qui_fw-la plebi_fw-la praeâ—ant_fw-la &_o inconditam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la regant_fw-la quod_fw-la sihaec_fw-la prudentia_fw-la in_o negotijâ—_n humanis_fw-la requiritur_fw-la multò_fw-la sanè_fw-la magis_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la certa_fw-la moderatione_n in_fw-la ijs_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la homines_fw-la prorsus_fw-la caecutiunt_fw-la neque_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n quisquam_fw-la sani_fw-la iudiâ—ij_fw-la homo_fw-la clamitet_fw-la nullum_fw-la hic_fw-la esse_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la locum_fw-la nisi_fw-la hanc_fw-la prudentiam_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la loquor_fw-la ostendat_fw-la cum_fw-la deiverbo_fw-la pugnare_fw-la quod_fw-la sanè_fw-la non_fw-la arbitror_fw-la neque_fw-la n._n simplicitèr_fw-la spectandum_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n factum_fw-la in_o politia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la quum_fw-la diversissimae_fw-la sint_fw-la circumstantiae_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la absque_fw-la cacozelia_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la omne_fw-la omnibus_fw-la locis_fw-la ac_fw-la temporibus_fw-la ad_fw-la unam_fw-la candenque_fw-la formam_fw-la revocari_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la spectandus_fw-la est_fw-la eorum_fw-la finis_fw-la &_o scopus_fw-la invariabilis_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la deligenda_fw-la forma_fw-la ac_fw-la ratio_fw-la rerum_fw-la agendarum_fw-la quae_fw-la rectè_fw-la eo_fw-la à educat_fw-la because_o the_o multitude_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n ignorant_a and_o intractable_a and_o the_o great_a part_n do_v often_o time_n prevail_v against_o the_o better_a all_o thing_n be_v not_o even_o in_o a_o popular_a state_n lawful_o appoint_v commit_v to_o the_o unbridled_a multitude_n but_o certain_a magistrate_n be_v appoint_v by_o the_o people_n consent_n to_o guide_v rule_n and_o govern_v they_o if_o this_o wisdom_n be_v require_v in_o worldly_a affair_n much_o more_o be_v a_o moderation_n to_o be_v have_v in_o those_o matter_n in_o which_o man_n be_v altogether_o blind_v neither_o be_v there_o any_o cause_n why_o any_o man_n of_o sound_a judgement_n shall_v exclaim_v that_o in_o such_o matter_n there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o policy_n except_o he_o can_v show_v this_o policy_n whereof_o i_o speak_v to_o be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o i_o be_o persuade_v he_o can_v never_o do_v for_o we_o must_v not_o simple_o look_v what_o the_o apostle_n do_v in_o ecclesiastical_a policy_n and_o church-government_n see_v there_o be_v so_o great_a variety_n of_o circumstance_n that_o a_o man_n can_v without_o preposterous_a zeal_n reduce_v all_o thing_n in_o all_o place_n and_o time_n to_o one_o 17._o and_o the_o same_o form_n in_o do_v thing_n which_o lead_v the_o right_a way_n to_o the_o same_o thus_o write_v master_n beza_n who_o have_v many_o like_a period_n to_o the_o like_a effect_n which_o i_o omit_v in_o regard_n of_o brevity_n out_o of_o these_o word_n i_o note_v first_o that_o the_o church_n be_v not_o so_o strict_o bind_v to_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o she_o must_v always_o follow_v the_o same_o in_o these_o adiaphorôis_fw-la second_o that_o the_o church_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a have_v great_a power_n to_o make_v any_o law_n which_o be_v not_o repugnant_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o point_n i_o will_v have_v the_o reader_n to_o ponder_v serious_o because_o it_o be_v very_o emphatical_a and_o of_o great_a moment_n three_o that_o all_o church_n can_v have_v one_o and_o and_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o government_n because_o the_o circumstance_n of_o time_n place_n and_o person_n will_v not_o suffer_v it_o four_o that_o the_o church_n in_o all_o the_o law_n and_o constitution_n must_v chief_o respect_v the_o peaceable_a government_n of_o the_o people_n hieronymus_n zanchius_n be_v consonant_a to_o the_o other_o doctor_n while_o he_o write_v in_o this_o manner_n de_fw-fr ritibus_fw-la &_o ceremonijs_fw-la in_o 183._o ecclesia_fw-la servandis_fw-la eadem_fw-la pietas_fw-la &_o eccle_fw-la siarum_fw-la aedificatio_fw-la flagitat_fw-la ne_fw-la nimis_fw-la acritér_fw-la quasi_fw-la pro_fw-la aris_fw-la &_o focis_fw-la ut_fw-la dici_fw-la solet_fw-la sit_fw-la aimicatiâ—_n disceptetur_fw-la sed_fw-la singulis_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la lâ—beri_fw-la relinquantur_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la ettam_fw-la in_o veteri_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la factum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la apud_fw-la socratem_n &_o alios_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la scriptoreâ—_n legimus_fw-la quibus_fw-la ae_z rebus_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la probamus_fw-la atque_fw-la amplectimur_fw-la utramque_fw-la epistolam_fw-la augustini_fw-la ad_fw-la januarium_fw-la haec_fw-la n._n faciunt_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la touch_v rite_n and_o ceremony_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o church_n the_o same_o piety_n and_o edify_n of_o the_o church_n require_v that_o we_o contend_v not_o too_o biter_o as_o if_o it_o be_v for_o matter_n of_o great_a moment_n but_o that_o every_o church_n have_v her_o liberty_n therein_o as_o we_o read_v in_o socrates_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n that_o it_o be_v the_o old_a custom_n of_o the_o church_n of_o which_o thing_n in_o general_a we_o allow_v and_o embrace_v both_o the_o epistle_n which_o austin_n write_v to_o januarius_n for_o these_o thing_n tend_v to_o the_o edification_n of_o the_o church_n the_o same_o zanchius_n in_o a_o other_o place_n have_v these_o word_n 169._o interea_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la improbamus_fw-la patres_fw-la quodiuxta_fw-la variam_fw-la tum_fw-la verbi_fw-la dispensandi_fw-la tum_fw-la
mulieres_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la non_fw-la soâ—um_fw-la â—uâ—â—um_fw-la habent_fw-la domini_fw-la mandatum_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la contrarium_fw-la exempâ—â—m_fw-la dominius_n n_o svam_fw-la caenam_fw-la celebravit_fw-la vesperi_fw-la non_fw-la manè_fw-la in_fw-la demo_fw-la privata_fw-la non_fw-la publica_fw-la dâ—â—umbens_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o sumpta_fw-la caena_fw-la paschait_fw-fr non_fw-it siant_a &_o hanc_fw-la solam_fw-la svi_fw-la communionem_fw-la eâ—hibens_fw-la denique_fw-la exclusis_fw-la mulieribus_fw-la quas_fw-la habuit_fw-la tamen_fw-la inter_fw-la â—s_n cipuâ—as_fw-la svas_fw-la sanctissimas_fw-la aut_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la siut_a ecclesiae_fw-la quas_fw-la dominâ—â—â—_n uâ—que_fw-la omni_fw-la liberet_fw-la suspu_fw-la tone_n &_o all_o usu_fw-la bonarum_fw-la ertaturarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la ut_fw-la puris_fw-la per_fw-la veram_fw-la fidem_fw-la in_o nomen_fw-la eius_fw-la sint_fw-la omnes_fw-la dei_fw-la â—onae_fw-la creaturae_fw-la &_o usu_fw-la significationis_fw-la purae_fw-la quod_fw-la qui_fw-la dicat_fw-la be_v certain_o nagabit_n eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la christum_fw-la dominum_fw-la esse_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la eum_fw-la quem_fw-la se_fw-la promisit_fw-la futurum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la libre_fw-la atorem_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la immunditia_fw-la aut_fw-la posse_fw-la impios_fw-la abusu_fw-la svo_fw-la bonas_fw-la dei_fw-la creaturas_fw-la per_fw-la seita_fw-la uâ—â—tare_fw-la ut_fw-la nemini_fw-la pio_fw-la ad_fw-la â—â—â—m_fw-la usum_fw-la queant_fw-la deseruire_fw-la quod_fw-la aperâ—è_fw-la adversatur_fw-la testimonio_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanct_n rom._n 14._o 1._o cor_fw-la 8._o &_o 9_o 1._o tim_fw-la 4._o aut_fw-la ceriè_fw-la non_fw-la liâ—ere_fw-la christianis_fw-la res_fw-la quastibet_fw-la di_fw-it ponere_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la admonendum_fw-la creatoris_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o nostri_fw-la etusque_fw-la in_o not_o benefictorum_fw-la atque_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la erga_fw-la cum_fw-la efficiorum_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la pugnat_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la passim_fw-la docet_fw-la de_fw-la agnosâ—enao_fw-la &_o colendo_fw-la deo_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la operibus_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o faciendo_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la nostra_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la ad_fw-la gloriam_fw-la patris_fw-la it_o be_v avident_a that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n have_v prescribe_v to_o we_o in_o his_o word_n the_o substance_n only_o of_o the_o ministry_n both_o of_o the_o word_n and_o of_o the_o sacrament_n and_o have_v permit_v his_o church_n to_o order_v all_o other_o thing_n concern_v the_o decent_a and_o profitable_a administration_n of_o his_o mystery_n whereupon_o we_o celebrate_v the_o holy_a supper_n neither_o at_o night_n neither_o in_o private_a house_n neither_o sit_v down_o at_o the_o table_n nor_o with_o man_n only_o but_o touch_v the_o time_n place_n and_o habit_n of_o the_o body_n either_o for_o celebrate_v or_o for_o receive_v the_o holy_a supper_n touch_v the_o admission_n of_o woman_n unto_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o sacred_a supper_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o sing_v and_o praise_v god_n touch_v apparel_n also_o &_o other_o thing_n pertain_v to_o external_a comeliness_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o our_o lord_n have_v give_v free_a power_n to_o his_o church_n to_o order_n and_o dispose_v of_o those_o thing_n as_o every_o church_n shall_v judge_v it_o to_o be_v most_o profitable_a for_o her_o people_n to_o support_v and_o increase_v reverence_n towards_o all_o the_o holy_a mystery_n of_o god_n if_o therefore_o any_o church_n upon_o this_o liberty_n grant_v by_o christ_n and_o for_o this_o end_n of_o edify_a christ_n people_n will_v have_v their_o minister_n to_o use_v in_o time_n of_o the_o holy_a mystery_n some_o special_a kind_n of_o apparel_n all_o superstition_n levity_n &_o dissension_n or_o abuse_n be_v take_v away_o doubtless_o i_o see_v not_o how_o any_o man_n can_v just_o condemn_v such_o a_o church_n of_o any_o sin_n in_o that_o behalf_n much_o less_o of_o communion_n with_o antichrist_n what_o if_o any_o church_n with_o a_o pure_a and_o holy_a consent_n of_o her_o child_n have_v such_o a_o custom_n that_o every_o one_o shall_v use_v a_o white_a vesture_n in_o time_n of_o the_o holy_a supper_n as_o the_o new_o baptize_v aught_o in_o old_a to_o do_v for_o if_o any_o will_v contend_v that_o that_o liberty_n may_v not_o be_v grant_v to_o christ_n church_n he_o must_v doubtless_o confess_v one_o of_o these_o either_o that_o the_o church_n have_v no_o authority_n at_o all_o to_o ordain_v any_o thing_n touch_v the_o lord_n supper_n whereof_o they_o have_v not_o the_o express_a commandment_n of_o christ_n and_o so_o all_o church_n shall_v be_v condemn_v of_o impious_a audacity_n for_o all_o church_n observe_v in_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o holy_a supper_n both_o the_o time_n and_o place_n and_o the_o attire_n of_o the_o body_n and_o do_v withal_o admit_v woman_n to_o the_o holy_a communion_n touch_v all_o the_o which_o they_o have_v not_o only_o no_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o have_v also_o a_o contrary_a example_n for_o our_o lord_n celebrate_v his_o supper_n at_o night_n not_o in_o the_o morning_n in_o a_o private_a house_n not_o in_o a_o public_a place_n sit_v at_o the_o table_n with_o his_o apopostle_n and_o eat_v the_o paschall_n not_o stand_v and_o so_o exibit_v the_o holy_a communion_n yea_o the_o woman_n be_v exclude_v who_o he_o repute_v among_o his_o most_o holy_a servant_n either_o that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v that_o there_o be_v any_o church_n which_o our_o lord_n do_v so_o free_a from_o all_o suspicion_n and_o the_o abuse_n of_o his_o good_a creature_n that_o to_o the_o pure_a all_o the_o creature_n of_o god_n be_v good_a through_o right_a faith_n in_o his_o name_n and_o pure_a in_o the_o use_n of_o signification_n which_o whosoever_o shall_v say_v he_o doubtless_o must_v thereupon_o deny_v that_o christ_n our_o lord_n be_v the_o deliverer_n of_o all_o man_n from_o all_o uncleanness_n as_o he_o promise_v to_o be_v either_o that_o the_o wicked_a can_v by_o their_o abuse_n so_o pollute_v the_o creature_n of_o god_n which_o be_v good_a of_o their_o own_o nature_n that_o no_o godly_a man_n can_v use_v they_o to_o a_o godly_a end_n which_o say_v be_v evident_o against_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n or_o certes_o that_o christian_n can_v not_o lawful_o dispose_v of_o all_o creature_n to_o put_v they_o in_o mind_n of_o their_o maker_n and_o of_o ourselves_o and_o of_o his_o benefit_n towards_o we_o and_o of_o our_o duty_n towards_o he_o which_o make_v against_o that_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n teach_v every_o where_o for_o the_o acknowledgement_n and_o worship_n of_o god_n in_o all_o his_o work_n and_o for_o the_o do_v of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o name_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o father_n again_o in_o a_o other_o place_n he_o write_v thus_o porrò_fw-la dicere_fw-la supra_fw-la have_v vestes_fw-la per_fw-la antichristiabuâ—um_fw-la sic_fw-la esse_fw-la contaminatas_fw-la ut_fw-la nulli_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la aliqua_fw-la christum_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la ominium_fw-la libertatem_fw-la nosset_n et_fw-la coleret_fw-la sint_fw-la permittendae_fw-la religio_fw-la sanè_fw-la mihi_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la ullam_fw-la video_fw-la scripturam_fw-la qua_fw-la possim_fw-la istâ—m_fw-la bonae_fw-la dei_fw-la creaturae_fw-la condemnationem_fw-la tueri_fw-la seqnitur_fw-la ritum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la aaronicum_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la antichristianun_n in_fw-la nullis_fw-la haeret_fw-la dei_fw-la creaturis_fw-la in_fw-la nulla_fw-la veso_fw-la te_fw-la in_fw-la nulla_fw-la fioura_fw-la in_o nullo_fw-la colore_fw-la aut_fw-la ullo_fw-la des_fw-fr opere_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la &_o professione_n bonis_fw-la dei_fw-la creaturis_fw-la ad_fw-la impias_fw-la significationes_fw-la 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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 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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 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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 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