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A07898 The regiment of the Church as it is agreable with Scriptures, all antiquities of the Fathers, and moderne writers, from the Apostles themselues, vnto this present age. Bell, Thomas, fl. 1593-1610. 1606 (1606) STC 1827; ESTC S101485 157,812 234

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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 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