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the_o major_a and_o corporation_n of_o plymouth_n not_o to_o choose_v mr._n ford_n for_o their_o lecturer_n or_o vicar_n upon_o any_o term_n under_o pain_n of_o his_o royal_a displeasure_n and_o another_o letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o exeter_n not_o to_o admit_v he_o to_o be_v their_o lecturer_n or_o vicar_n in_o case_n they_o shall_v elect_v he_o notwithstanding_o his_o majesty_n letter_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o docquet_n book_n in_o the_o privy_a signet_n office_n september_n 1631._o wherein_o we_o find_v these_o two_o entry_n a_o letter_n to_o the_o major_a and_o alderman_n of_o plymouth_n require_v they_o to_o forbear_v either_o to_o make_v any_o election_n of_o one_o thomas_n foard_n unto_o the_o lectureship_n of_o that_o town_n or_o any_o way_n to_o assist_v he_o in_o procure_v the_o advowson_n of_o the_o vicarage_n there_o be_v be_v late_o expel_v the_o university_n of_o oxford_n for_o a_o notable_a disobedience_n by_o he_o show_v procure_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n date_v 12._o sep._n 1631._o a_o like_a to_o the_o
penitent_n into_o the_o church_n after_o they_o have_v do_v public_a penance_n a_o solemn_a day_n be_v set_v a_o part_n for_o take_v of_o public_a penance_n for_o open_a fault_n by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n and_o sprinkle_v of_o ash_n namely_o ash-wednesday_n by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o agatha_n in_o gratian_n this_o be_v the_o godly_a discipline_n whereof_o our_o church_n speak_v in_o the_o commination_n of_o put_v notorious_a sinner_n to_o open_a penance_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o lent_n and_o wish_v that_o it_o may_v be_v restore_v again_o and_o as_o ash-wednesday_n be_v appoint_v for_o put_v notorious_a sinner_n to_o open_a penance_n so_o be_v maunday_n thursday_n set_v a_o part_n for_o their_o absolution_n p._n 59_o the_o godly_a discipline_n constant_o practise_v in_o church_n and_o at_o altar_n and_o the_o sad_a and_o malencholly_a mention_n of_o penance_n fast_v and_o prayer_n with_o other_o austerity_n which_o the_o piety_n of_o the_o time_n have_v but_o just_a cause_n to_o think_v of_o p._n 63._o this_o be_v do_v 40._o day_n before_o easter_n namely_o on_o ash-wednesday_n in_o sackcloth_n and_o ash_n and_o for_o 8._o day_n together_o before_o easter_n they_o be_v to_o do_v penance_n to_o fast_o to_o refrain_v all_o manner_n of_o pleasure_n though_o never_o so_o lawful_a to_o stand_v bare_a foot_n upon_o sackcloth_n and_o to_o watch_v on_o good-friday_n all_o night_n or_o at_o least_o till_o two_o a_o clock_n in_o the_o morning_n note_v shelford_n five_o treatise_n pag._n 71._o then_o they_o confess_v their_o sin_n to_o god_n and_o their_o minister_n for_o spiritual_a comfort_n and_o council_n than_o they_o endeavour_v to_o make_v the_o best_a temporal_a satisfaction_n they_o can_v by_o alm_n prayer_n and_o fast_n and_o other_o work_n of_o humiliation_n the_o scot_n new_a service_n book_n in_o the_o commination_n against_o sinner_n with_o certain_a prayer_n to_o be_v use_v diverse_a time_n in_o the_o year_n and_o especial_o on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o lent_n common_o call_v ash-wednesday_n to_o which_o there_o be_v this_o addition_n in_o justification_n of_o popish_a penance_n make_v with_o the_o arch-bishop_n own_o hand_n brethren_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n there_o be_v a_o godly_a discipline_n use_v that_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o lent_n notorious_a sinner_n be_v put_v to_o open_a penance_n and_o do_v humble_o submit_v themselves_o to_o undergo_v punishment_n in_o this_o world_n that_o their_o soul_n may_v be_v save_v in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n all_o which_o be_v thus_o close_v up_o by_o bishop_n montague_n who_o after_o a_o long_a discourse_n in_o justification_n of_o confession_n and_o penance_n conclude_v thus_o out_o of_o pope_n leo._n originum_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la tomi_n prioris_fw-la pars_fw-la posterior_n londini_fw-la 1640._o pag._n 467._o sect._n 33._o christus_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la b._n leone_n loquar_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la prapositis_fw-la potestatem_fw-la dedit_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o confitentibus_fw-la actionem_fw-la paenitentiae_fw-la darent_fw-la &_o cosdem_fw-la salubri_fw-la satisfactione_n purgarent_n &_o sic_fw-la ad_fw-la communionem_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la per_fw-la januam_fw-la reconciliationis_fw-la admitterent_fw-la 3._o that_o we_o ought_v necessary_o to_o give_v blind_a obedience_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a command_n and_o direction_n of_o our_o priest_n confessor_n and_o spiritual_a superior_n this_o desperate_a popish_a assertion_n be_v publish_v and_o justify_v in_o these_o authorize_v print_a passage_n worthy_a our_o special_a observation_n christ_n epistle_n to_o a_o devout_a soul_n pag._n 112._o 113._o 114._o 116._o respect_v not_o the_o man_n who_o by_o my_o ordinance_n be_v thy_o superior_a whether_o he_o be_v learned_a or_o unlearned_a but_o have_v regard_n to_o this_o only_a that_o he_o be_v thy_o superior_a by_o who_o i_o will_v govern_v thou_o and_o in_o who_o thou_o ought_v to_o obey_v i_o wherefore_o i_o will_v have_v thou_o subject_v thyself_o unto_o he_o without_o any_o servile_a fear_n or_o scruple_n of_o thy_o conscience_n and_o dispraise_v thy_o own_o wisdom_n and_o council_n submit_v thyself_o to_o be_v govern_v by_o his_o judgement_n and_o opinion_n whatsoever_o he_o shall_v determine_v or_o appoint_v thou_o walk_v in_o the_o path_n of_o obedience_n and_o do_v nothing_o at_o all_o without_o the_o counsel_n of_o thy_o pastor_n or_o ghostly_a father_n or_o superior_a esteem_v that_o always_o best_o which_o thy_o superior_a shall_v think_v fit_a do_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o council_n of_o thy_o superior_a and_o submit_v thyself_o whole_o to_o his_o will_n and_o discretion_n and_o page_n 192._o my_o inspiration_n never_o disagree_v from_o the_o obedience_n that_o thou_o must_v carry_v to_o thy_o superior_n therefore_o if_o thou_o submit_v thyself_o to_o they_o and_o rely_v in_o no_o respect_n upon_o thy_o own_o self_n thou_o be_v sure_a to_o walk_v in_o simplicity_n and_o purity_n of_o heart_n francis_n sales_n his_o introduction_n to_o a_o devout_a life_n pag._n 334._o 335._o obedience_n charity_n and_o poverty_n be_v three_o excellent_a justrument_n unto_o perfection_n there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o obedience_n the_o one_o necessary_a the_o other_o voluntary_a by_o necessary_a obedience_n thou_o must_v obey_v thy_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n as_o the_o supreme_a head_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v thus_o second_v by_o christopher_n dow_n in_o his_o book_n against_o master_n burton_n pag._n 136._o 137._o second_o i_o say_v that_o be_v do_v by_o the_o same_o authority_n that_o first_o set_v they_o forth_o it_o be_v neither_o for_o he_o nor_o i_o nor_o any_o other_o of_o inferior_a rank_n to_o question_v they_o but_o with_o humble_a reverence_n to_o submit_v to_o their_o judgement_n and_o to_o think_v they_o wise_a and_o far_o more_o fit_a to_o order_v those_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o their_o place_n than_o we_o who_o neither_o it_o concern_v nor_o indeed_o can_v know_v the_o reason_n that_o move_v they_o either_o to_o do_v or_o alter_v any_o thing_n etc._n etc._n with_o who_o doctor_n heylyn_n in_o his_o coal_n from_o the_o altar_n p._n 2._o thus_o complye_v in_o judgement_n shall_v we_o all_o be_v so_o affect_v as_o to_o demur_v on_o the_o command_n of_o our_o superior_a in_o matter_n of_o exterior_a order_n and_o public_a government_n till_o we_o be_v satisfy_v in_o the_o ground_n and_o reason_n of_o their_o commandment_n or_o shall_v we_o fly_v off_o from_o our_o duty_n at_o sight_n of_o every_o new_a devise_n that_o be_v offer_v to_o we_o we_o shall_v find_v a_o speedy_a dissolution_n in_o church_n and_o state_n which_o doctor_n pocklington_n thus_o close_v in_o his_o altar_n christianum_fw-la pag._n 180._o what_o floodgate_n this_o man_n set_v wide_o open_a to_o let_v in_o a_o whole_a deluge_n of_o confusion_n impiety_n and_o sacrilege_n into_o the_o church_n if_o the_o content_n of_o his_o letter_n in_o this_o particular_a may_v obtain_v viz._n that_o the_o constitution_n order_n decree_v appoint_v by_o cannon_n or_o renew_v by_o tradition_n of_o holy_a church_n be_v not_o of_o absolute_a authority_n and_o require_v full_a obedience_n but_o be_v to_o be_v scan_v and_o dispute_v 4._o that_o christian_n here_o must_v have_v altar_n that_o these_o aught_o to_o be_v rail_v in_o altarwise_a at_o the_o east_n end_n of_o the_o chancel_n and_o there_o bow_v to_o and_o towards_o as_o to_o god_n mercy_n seat_n and_o the_o place_n of_o christ_n chief_a real_a presence_n upon_o earth_n and_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o true_a sacrament_n or_o consecration_n of_o it_o where_o there_o be_v no_o altar_n this_o be_v the_o subject_a matter_n of_o many_o whole_a book_n late_o publish_v authorize_v by_o the_o archbishop_n creature_n and_o chaplain_n as_o doctor_n heylyn_n coal_n from_o the_o altar_n his_o antidotum_fw-la lincolniense_n his_o moderate_a answer_n to_o master_n henry_n burton_n pag._n 132._o to_o 140._o yea_o a_o thing_n express_o enjoin_v by_o the_o archbishop_n and_o other_o in_o the_o new_a statute_n for_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n in_o the_o new_a statute_n of_o diverse_a cathedral_n the_o new_a cannon_n and_o by_o diverse_a bishop_n in_o their_o visitation_n article_n already_o mention_v we_o shall_v therefore_o insist_v only_o on_o some_o other_o authorize_v book_n and_o passage_n to_o this_o purpose_n we_o shall_v begin_v with_o doctor_n john_n pocklington_n his_o sunday_n no_o sabbath_n print_v by_o the_o archbishop_n approbation_n and_o his_o chaplain_n license_v p._n 43._o 44._o 50._o habemus_fw-la altar_n we_o under_o the_o gospel_n have_v a_o altar_n heb._n 15._o 10._o and_o so_o be_v the_o word_n altar_n and_o lord_n table_n indifferent_o and_o alike_o ancient_o use_v these_o be_v some_o table_n or_o altar_n of_o stone_n quia_fw-la christus_fw-la est_fw-la lapis_fw-la angularis_fw-la some_o be_v of_o wood_n the_o better_a to_o express_v his_o death_n on_o the_o tree_n these_o wooden_a altar_n or_o table_n the_o furious_a circumceflion_n break_v down_o in_o saint_n
non_fw-la a_o loramus_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la taxamus_fw-la in_o imaginibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d usum_fw-la &_o utilitatem_fw-la non_fw-la sollicitamus_fw-la ullo_fw-la pacto_fw-la christiani_n omnes_fw-la adoramus_fw-la christum_fw-la imagine_v &_o simulacro_fw-la an_fw-mi verò_fw-la ad_fw-la intuitum_fw-la &_o invitationem_fw-la constituerentur_fw-la in_o lccis_fw-la sacris_fw-la &_o sacratis_fw-la conventibus_fw-la destinatis_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la negant_fw-la ex_fw-la origine_fw-la arnobio_n minutio_n faelice_n sed_fw-la non_fw-la persuadent_fw-la sir_n tho._n ridley_n in_o his_o view_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n print_v at_o oxf._n with_o annotation_n 1634_o p._n 52._o and_o 192._o have_v these_o passage_n add_v in_o the_o margin_n concern_v the_o erect_n of_o crucifix_n in_o church_n that_o which_o follow_v in_o the_o euchologe_n discover_v the_o form_n &_o manner_n of_o set_v up_o the_o crucifix_n which_o the_o law_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o the_o crucifix_n must_v be_v send_v to_o the_o place_n where_o the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v erect_v and_o there_o the_o bishop_n by_o who_o it_o be_v convey_v say_v the_o forename_a service_n and_o when_o he_o make_v the_o consecration_n the_o cross_n must_v be_v set_v up_o behind_o the_o holy_a altar_n etc._n etc._n doctor_n john_n pocklington_n in_o his_o altar_n christianum_fw-la license_v by_o the_o archbishop_n chaplain_n by_o his_o own_o special_a direction_n have_v these_o passage_n justify_v the_o place_n of_o crucifix_n upon_o the_o altar_n and_o against_o demolish_n image_n pag._n 143._o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n always_o use_v to_o stand_v upon_o the_o altar_n christian_n have_v no_o other_o image_n in_o their_o church_n preter_fw-la quam_fw-la crucis_fw-la signum_fw-la super_fw-la aram_n ad_fw-la ortentem_fw-la versum_fw-la erigerent_fw-la ut_fw-la mentem_fw-la oculosque_fw-la in_o caelum_fw-la ubi_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la expinsis_fw-la manibus_fw-la but_o only_o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n which_o stand_v upon_o the_o altar_n and_o it_o be_v not_o also_o say_v that_o the_o altar_n which_o stand_v in_o former_a prince_n time_n continue_v in_o q._n elizabeth_n chapel_n with_o the_o cross_n upon_o it_o pag._n 87._o beside_o the_o altar_n so_o furnish_v there_o be_v to_o be_v see_v many_o goodly_a picture_n which_o can_v but_o strike_v the_o beholder_n with_o thought_n of_o piety_n and_o devotion_n at_o their_o entrance_n into_o so_o holy_a a_o place_n as_o the_o picture_n of_o the_o passion_n and_o likewise_o of_o the_o holy_a apostle_n together_o with_o a_o fair_a crucifix_n and_o our_o bless_a lady_n and_o st._n john_n set_v up_o in_o paint_a glass_n in_o the_o east_n window_n just_a over_o the_o holy_a table_n or_o sacred_a altar_n so_o that_o i_o must_v needs_o say_v as_o i_o think_v all_o good_a man_n beside_o will_n that_o who_o so_o live_v in_o his_o lordship_n diocese_n must_v be_v condemn_v of_o great_a impiety_n that_o will_v desert_n his_o lord_n and_o not_o follow_v he_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la aras_n pag._n 139._o the_o magistrate_n may_v proceed_v against_o delinquent_n that_o violate_v the_o lord_n table_n stand_v altarwise_a or_o break_v or_o deface_v the_o picture_n of_o christ_n or_o of_o the_o saint_n in_o church-windowe_n or_o cross_n and_o the_o like_a upon_o the_o statute_n if_o any_o shall_v so_o offend_v which_o god_n forbid_v i_o shall_v close_v up_o this_o with_o francis_n sales_n his_o introduction_n to_o a_o devout_a life_n where_o he_o intimate_v to_o we_o what_o use_n we_o ought_v to_o make_v of_o picture_n and_o crucifix_n p._n 158._o sometime_o kiss_v reverent_o his_o bless_a image_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o these_o word_n of_o jacob_n i_o will_v not_o leave_v thou_o until_o thou_o give_v i_o thy_o blessing_n pag._n 159._o stir_v up_o thy_o heart_n with_o corporal_a gesture_n of_o outward_a devotion_n and_o prostrate_v thyself_o upon_o the_o ground_n lay_v thy_o arm_n a_o cross_n before_o thy_o breast_n embrace_v his_o image_n etc._n etc._n 8._o that_o the_o pope_n or_o papacy_n be_v not_o antichrist_n nor_o antichrist_n yet_o come_v bishop_n montague_n in_o his_o appello_n caesarem_fw-la determine_v thus_o page_n 140._o 141._o that_o he_o the_o pope_n be_v magnus_fw-la ille_fw-la antichristus_fw-la be_v neither_o determine_v by_o the_o public_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n nor_o proceed_v by_o any_o good_a argument_n of_o private_a man_n i_o profess_v ingenious_o i_o be_o not_o of_o opinion_n that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n personal_o be_v that_o anti-christ_n nor_o yet_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n successive_o be_v that_o anti-christ_n doctor_n heylyn_n in_o his_o moderate_a answer_n to_o henry_n burton_n thus_o second_v he_o page_n 126._o the_o pope_n not_o antichrist_n for_o any_o thing_n resolve_v by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n page_n 127._o 128._o 129._o you_o tell_v we_o that_o by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n in_o the_o homily_n and_o 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of_o this_o tax_n censure_v no_o charge_n i_o will_v propound_v two_o question_n namely_o quest_n 1._o how_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v any_o trust_n or_o confidence_n in_o faith_n answ_n it_o appear_v by_o these_o particular_n viz._n first_o saint_n paul_n give_v unto_o faith_n strength_n certainty_n and_o a_o full_a persuasion_n rom._n 4._o 20_o 21._o heb._n 3._o 6._o 14._o yea_o trust_n and_o confidence_n ephes_n 3._o 12._o and_o second_o the_o phrase_n to_o believe_v in_o christum_fw-la in_o christ_n do_v denote_v a_o confidence_n and_o trust_n thom._n aq._n 1_o pet._n 1._o 21._o and_o three_o if_o the_o miraculous_a faith_n have_v confidence_n in_o its_o object_n as_o it_o have_v 1_o cor._n 13._o 2._o then_o much_o more_o the_o save_a faith_n in_o it_o answ_n 4._o if_o the_o faith_n of_o prayer_n have_v trust_v and_o confidence_n as_o it_o have_v james_n 1._o 6._o &_o 5._o 15._o &_o 1_o john_n 5._o 14._o 15._o then_o faith_n have_v particular_a trust_n and_o 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15._o and_o that_o first_o obediendo_fw-la by_o enable_v we_o to_o obey_v he_o john_n 14._o 15._o &_o 1_o john_n 2._o 3._o etc._n etc._n and_o that_o with_o such_o delight_n that_o we_o think_v his_o yoke_n easy_a and_o his_o burden_n light_n ver_fw-la 29._o and_o also_o second_o compescendo_fw-la by_o subdue_a our_o affection_n and_o repress_v and_o suppress_v our_o lust_n enable_v we_o to_o see_v and_o to_o be_v sensible_a of_o those_o sin_n that_o hang_v so_o fast_o on_o and_o cleave_v so_o fast_o too_o heb._n 12._o 1._o yea_o make_o we_o with_o the_o sense_n of_o they_o to_o cry_v out_o with_o saint_n paul_n i_o miserum_fw-la o_o wretched_a man_n that_o i_o be_o who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o rom._n 7._o 24._o yea_o with_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o sore_n give_v we_o a_o knowledge_n of_o the_o salve_n with_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o malady_n the_o fight_n of_o the_o remedy_n and_o as_o those_o who_o be_v sting_v with_o the_o fiery_a serpent_n look_v upon_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n 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namely_o first_o when_o man_n be_v force_v to_o swear_v against_o themselves_o this_o be_v injurious_a no_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o betray_v himself_o in_o criminalibus_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o contractibus_fw-la not_o in_o criminal_a offence_n but_o in_o contract_n and_o bargain_n for_o a_o oath_n may_v lawful_o be_v administer_v and_o give_v unto_o a_o man_n to_o answer_v whether_o he_o make_v any_o such_o bargain_n or_o covenant_n as_o be_v allege_v or_o not_o but_o it_o never_o use_v to_o a_o thief_n or_o murderer_n for_o in_o criminal_a offence_n witness_n must_v come_v in_o against_o a_o man_n or_o he_o be_v acquit_v by_o law_n and_o be_v never_o put_v to_o his_o oath_n to_o accuse_v himself_o second_o man_n be_v injurious_o constrain_v to_o take_v a_o oath_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la ignotis_fw-la to_o answer_v they_o know_v not_o to_o what_o this_o be_v altogether_o dislike_v and_o disalow_v by_o that_o famous_a martyr_n john_n lambert_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o bishop_n 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