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A46795
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The blind obedience of an humble penitent the best cure for scruples
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Jenks, Sylvester, 1656?-1714.
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Wing J629; ESTC R26825
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sententiam_fw-la pronuncient_a sess_n 14._o cap._n 5._o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n before_o he_o ascend_v from_o earth_n to_o heaven_n left_a priest_n his_o vicegerent_n as_o precedent_n &_o judge_n to_o who_o all_o mortal_a sin_n be_v to_o be_v declare_v that_o they_o may_v according_o pronounce_v sentence_n so_o plain_a it_o be_v that_o our_o ghostly_a father_n have_v their_o commission_n from_o god_n &_o patent_n from_o his_o church_n to_o be_v our_o judge_n in_o matter_n of_o conscience_n and_o consequent_o to_o pronounce_v a_o final_a sentence_n upon_o all_o our_o doubtful_a case_n chap._n xii_o maxim_n of_o s._n bernard_n concern_v blind_a obedience_n i_o have_v now_o do_v with_o scripture_n and_o to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o father_n i_o have_v make_v choice_n of_o s._n bernard_n who_o i_o look_v upon_o as_o the_o last_o father_n of_o the_o church_n &_o the_o best_a able_a to_o express_v the_o sentiment_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n who_o go_v before_o he_o his_o 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be_v bind_v to_o observe_v it_o but_o nevertheless_o the_o submission_n which_o be_v due_a from_o all_o penitent_n to_o their_o confessor_n be_v a_o case_n exact_o parallel_v to_o it_o &_o be_v direct_o comprehend_v under_o the_o general_a notion_n of_o it_o and_o beside_o it_o be_v obvious_a to_o every_o body_n be_v common_a sense_n that_o those_o practice_n which_o be_v universal_o repute_v virtuous_a in_o a_o cloister_n can_v never_o be_v just_o censure_v as_o unlawful_a in_o the_o world_n but_o whatsoever_o the_o religious_a must_v do_v the_o secular_o may_v lawful_o do_v it_o if_o they_o please_v max._n i._n we_o ought_v to_o look_v upon_o our_o confessor_n as_o a_o vicegerent_n of_o god_n without_o consider_v his_o fault_n whether_o 9_o whether_o sive_fw-la deus_fw-la sive_fw-la homo_fw-la vicarius_fw-la dei_fw-la mandatum_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la tradiderit_fw-la pari_fw-la profecto_fw-la obsequendum_fw-la est_fw-la curâ_fw-la pari_fw-la reverentiâ_fw-la deferendum_fw-la s._n bern._n lib._n the_o precept_n &_o dispen_a cap._n 9_o it_o be_v god_n or_o man_n his_o vicegerent_n who_o impose_v a_o obligation_n upon_o we_o we_o be_v to_o obey_v with_o the_o same_o care_n and_o submit_v with_o the_o same_o respect_n ibid._n respect_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la interest_n utrum_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la a_o per_fw-la suos_fw-la ministros_fw-la sive_fw-la homines_fw-la sive_fw-la angelos_n hominibus_fw-la innotescat_fw-la suum_fw-la placitum_fw-la deus_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la quicquid_fw-la vice_fw-la dei_fw-la praecipit_fw-la homo_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la certum_fw-la displicere_fw-la deo_fw-la haud_fw-la secus_fw-la omnino_fw-la accipiendum_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la deus_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la teneas_fw-la de_fw-fr scripture_n quia_fw-la labia_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la custodiunt_fw-la scientiam_fw-la &_o legem_fw-la de_fw-la ore_fw-la ejus_fw-la requirunt_fw-la quia_fw-la angelus_n domini_fw-la exercituum_fw-la est_fw-la requirunt_fw-la dixerim_fw-la legem_fw-la non_fw-la quam_fw-la ratio_fw-la manifesta_fw-la probaverit_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la ita_fw-la latere_fw-la aut_fw-la obscurum_fw-la esse_fw-la cognoscitur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o dubium_fw-la venire_fw-la possit_fw-la utrumne_n deus_fw-la sic_fw-la a_o aliter_fw-la fortè_fw-la velit_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-fr labiis_fw-la custodientibus_fw-la scientiam_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la ore_fw-la angeli_fw-la domini_fw-la exercituum_fw-la certum_fw-la reddatur_fw-la ibid._n what_o matter_n be_v it_o whether_o god_n impart_v his_o will_n &_o pleasure_n to_o we_o by_o himself_o or_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o man_n or_o angel_n whatsoever_o it_o be_v that_o man_n prescribe_v as_o vicegerent_n of_o god_n unless_o it_o be_v certain_o displease_v to_o he_o we_o ought_v to_o accept_v it_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o if_o god_n himself_o have_v ordain_v it_o especial_o since_o we_o read_v in_o scripture_n that_o the_o lip_n of_o the_o priest_n keep_v knowledge_n &_o they_o require_v the_o law_n at_o his_o mouth_n because_o he_o be_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n they_o seek_v the_o law_n say_v he_o not_o in_o thing_n which_o our_o reason_n prove_v manifest_o to_o we_o but_o in_o matter_n which_o be_v so_o hide_v &_o obscure_a that_o we_o may_v possible_o doubt_v whether_o god_n will_v have_v it_o so_o or_o not_o unless_o it_o be_v make_v certain_a by_o those_o lip_n which_o be_v the_o keeper_n of_o knowledge_n &_o by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n can_v any_o man_n speak_v more_o plain_o than_o s._n bernard_n do_v upon_o this_o occasion_n and_o now_o perhaps_o some_o body_n may_v be_v apt_a to_o say_v if_o i_o have_v but_o such_o a_o man_n as_o s._n bernard_n for_o my_o confessor_n i_o can_v rely_v upon_o his_o word_n as_o confident_o as_o if_o god_n himself_o have_v say_v it_o but_o when_o i_o consider_v the_o weakness_n &_o the_o indiscretion_n of_o my_o ghostly_a father_n i_o dare_v not_o venture_v to_o trust_v he_o to_o this_o objection_n a_o learned_a divine_a return_n this_o answer_n that_o penitent_n do_v not_o rely_v upon_o their_o confessor_n 8._o confessor_n dicet_fw-la fortasse_fw-la quispiam_fw-la si_fw-la talis_fw-la mihi_fw-la esset_fw-la praelatus_fw-la qualis_fw-la erat_fw-la s._n bernardus_n facilè_fw-la acquiescerem_fw-la nunc_fw-la verò_fw-la dum_fw-la superioris_fw-la mei_fw-la parvam_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la aspicio_fw-la non_fw-la audeo_fw-la ei_fw-la acquiescere_fw-la r._n inferiores_fw-la non_fw-la obediunt_fw-la praelato_fw-la quia_fw-la sit_fw-la doctus_fw-la quia_fw-la prudens_fw-la quia_fw-la sanctus_n sed_fw-la quia_fw-la vicem_fw-la dei_fw-la gerit_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la quo_fw-la est_fw-la legitimus_fw-la superior_a silvius_n in_o 1.2_o q._n 19_o a._n 5._o d._n 12._o c._n 8._o because_o he_o be_v learned_a prudent_a or_o virtuous_a but_o bare_o because_o he_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o god_n who_o have_v appoint_v he_o to_o be_v their_o judge_n in_o all_o doubtful_a matter_n relate_v to_o confession_n but_o since_o you_o own_o so_o frank_o that_o if_o you_o have_v s._n bornard_n for_o your_o confessor_n you_o can_v easy_o rely_v upon_o he_o hear_v what_o s._n bernard_n say_v himself_o diversis_fw-la himself_o non_fw-fr te_fw-fr moveat_fw-la magister_fw-la imperitus_fw-la indiscreta_fw-la potestas_fw-la sed_fw-la memento_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la potestas_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la resistit_fw-la potestati_fw-la resistit_fw-la dei_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la s._n bern._n serm._n 41._o de_fw-fr diversis_fw-la be_v not_o affright_v at_o the_o unskillfullness_n of_o his_o teash_n or_o the_o indiscretion_n of_o his_o authority_n but_o remember_v that_o there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n and_o that_o they_o who_o resist_v authority_n resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n it_o be_v true_a this_o maxim_n of_o s._n bernard_n allow_v of_o one_o exception_n from_o the_o general_a rule_n which_o be_v that_o when_o we_o be_v absolute_o certain_a of_o our_o confessor_n be_v mistake_v we_o may_v lawful_o refuse_v to_o submit_v to_o he_o 9_o he_o de_fw-fr hujusmodi_fw-la nec_fw-la praeceptor_n expectandus_fw-la nec_fw-la prohibitor_n auscultandus_fw-la est_fw-la s._n bern._n lib._n the_o praecep_n &_o dispen_a cap._n 9_o in_o these_o thing_n say_v he_o we_o neither_o expect_v any_o body_n be_v teach_v nor_o mind_n
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such_o great_a pretender_n to_o reason_n i_o shall_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o prove_v that_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o unreasonable_a i._o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o any_o body_n to_o desire_v sincere_o the_o salvation_n of_o their_o soul_n without_o desire_v at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o comply_v with_o all_o those_o duty_n which_o be_v requisite_a to_o save_v it_o one_o of_o these_o duty_n be_v fear_n we_o be_v command_v to_o 2.12_o to_o philip._n 2.12_o work_v our_o salvation_n with_o fear_n &_o tremble_v how_o then_o can_v they_o pretend_v to_o go_v to_o work_v without_o it_o ii_o it_o be_v certain_o a_o foolish_a thing_n to_o avoid_v one_o mischief_n by_o incur_v another_o equal_a to_o it_o a_o wise_a man_n if_o he_o be_v oblige_v to_o pass_v betwixt_o fire_n &_o water_n will_v be_v sure_a to_o mind_v the_o middle-way_n he_o will_v neither_o burn_v himself_o for_o fear_n of_o drown_v nor_o drown_v himself_o for_o fear_n of_o burn_a this_o be_v the_o present_a case_n the_o way_n to_o heaven_n be_v the_o middle-way_n betwixt_o presumption_n &_o despair_n two_o dreadful_a precipice_n which_o descend_v as_o low_o as_o hell_n to_o save_v we_o from_o fall_v on_o either_o side_n the_o way_n be_v fence_v with_o hope_n &_o fear_n hope_v that_o we_o may_v not_o despair_v fear_v that_o we_o may_v not_o presume_v the_o blood_n of_o our_o vein_n and_o breath_n of_o our_o nostril_n be_v not_o more_o requisite_a for_o the_o life_n of_o our_o body_n than_o hope_n &_o fear_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o save_n of_o our_o soul_n how_o then_o can_v they_o imagine_v that_o it_o be_v reasonable_a to_o desire_v to_o be_v exempt_a from_o either_o iii_o the_o only_a true_a security_n which_o can_v be_v expect_v in_o this_o world_n be_v that_o which_o be_v ground_v upon_o fear_n it_o be_v fear_n that_o make_v we_o humble_a &_o diligent_a by_o make_v we_o humble_a it_o prepare_v we_o for_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n 5.5_o god_n 1._o pet._n 5.5_o he_o give_v his_o grace_n to_o the_o humble_a and_o by_o make_v we_o diligent_a in_o comply_v with_o his_o grace_n it_o help_v we_o to_o secure_v our_o salvation_n 1.10_o salvation_n 2._o pet._n 1.10_o use_v diligence_n say_v the_o apostle_n to_o make_v your_o call_n &_o election_n sure_a beside_o it_o be_v fear_n that_o make_v we_o 26.41_o we_o math._n 26.41_o watch_v &_o pray_v that_o we_o enter_v not_o into_o temptation_n by_o watch_v we_o put_v ourselves_o upon_o a_o close_a guard_n and_o by_o pray_v we_o obtain_v the_o assistance_n of_o heaven_n against_o all_o our_o enemy_n on_o earth_n when_o 5.8_o when_o 1._o pet._n 5.8_o our_o enemy_n the_o devil_n go_v about_o like_o a_o roar_a lion_n seek_v to_o devour_v we_o a_o unconcernd_v assurance_n be_v apt_a to_o lull_v we_o asleep_o there_o be_v nothing_o like_o fear_n to_o make_v we_o watchful_a 69.1_o watchful_a psal_n 69.1_o o_o god_n incline_v unto_o my_o aid_n o_o lord_n make_v haste_n to_o help_v i_o a_o man_n who_o be_v afraid_a will_v say_v this_o prayer_n hearty_o but_o he_o who_o think_v himself_o in_o safety_n will_v either_o say_v it_o very_o tepid_o or_o not_o at_o all_o to_o conclude_v in_o a_o few_o word_n watch_v &_o pray_v be_v our_o best_a security_n fear_n be_v the_o best_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n to_o make_v we_o watch_v &_o pray_v and_o therefore_o they_o who_o be_v so_o fond_a of_o be_v secure_a how_o can_v they_o think_v of_o wish_v to_o be_v free_a from_o fear_n iv_o the_o fanatic_n pretend_v to_o the_o very_a same_o assurance_n which_o our_o scrupulous_a people_n be_v so_o fond_a of_o and_o experience_v plain_o teach_v that_o it_o only_o serve_v to_o make_v they_o proud_a and_o negligent_a when_o once_o they_o be_v delude_v with_o a_o strong_a persuasion_n that_o they_o be_v god_n favourite_n they_o take_v no_o further_a care_n the_o lamb_n of_o the_o lord_n may_v play_v what_o trick_n they_o please_v if_o this_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o unconcernd_v security_n if_o it_o poison_n &_o ruin_v the_o soul_n what_o reason_n can_v any_o body_n have_v to_o wish_v for_o it_o v._o as_o long_o as_o the_o devil_n be_v not_o dead_a and_o as_o long_o as_o this_o sinful_a flesh_n of_o we_o be_v live_v in_o a_o wicked_a world_n so_o long_v it_o be_v impossible_a for_o we_o to_o be_v free_a from_o three_o implacable_a enemy_n the_o world_n the_o flesh_n &_o the_o devil_n heaven_n be_v the_o only_a place_n of_o peace_n such_o as_o exclude_v all_o war_n all_o danger_n &_o all_o fear_n 7.1_o fear_n job._n 7.1_o upon_o earth_n our_o life_n be_v a_o continual_a warfare_n &_o every_o body_n know_v very_o well_o there_o can_v be_v no_o war_n without_o danger_n nor_o danger_n without_o just_a reason_n to_o fear_v a_o true_a security_n of_o be_v happy_a without_o any_o fear_n of_o be_v otherwise_o be_v undoubted_o a_o very_a lovely_a thing_n and_o heaven_n itself_o be_v lovely_a for_o the_o very_a sake_n of_o it_o i_o do_v not_o wonder_v that_o good_a people_n be_v in_o love_n with_o it_o and_o that_o they_o long_o 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