a_o treatise_n of_o the_o confession_n of_o sin_n and_o chief_o as_o it_o be_v make_v unto_o the_o priest_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n together_o with_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n and_o of_o absolution_n john_n 20.23_o who_o soever_o sin_n you_o remit_v they_o be_v remit_v unto_o they_o and_o who_o soever_o sin_n you_o retain_v they_o be_v retain_v tantum_n relevat_fw-la confessio_fw-la delictum_fw-la quantum_fw-la dissimulatio_fw-la exaggerate_v confessio_fw-la enim_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la consilium_fw-la est_fw-la dissimulatio_fw-la contumaciae_fw-la tertul._n london_n print_v by_o j.g._n for_o andr._n crook_n at_o the_o green_a dragon_n in_o st_n paul_n churchyard_n m.dc.lvii_o the_o principal_a content_n of_o the_o whole_a book_n chap._n i._n the_o name_n of_o thing_n exemplify_v their_o nature_n the_o author_n purpose_n heb._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v repentance_n and_o consolation_n which_o be_v various_o render_v by_o the_o septuagint_n heb._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d confession_n or_o a_o cast_n off_o by_o the_o same_o interpreter_n be_v translate_v to_o give_v thanks_o and_o to_o praise_v exagoreusis_n a_o forinsecal_v word_n a_o indictment_n exhomologesis_n metanoea_n and_o metameleia_n usual_a in_o the_o new_a testament_n resipiscence_n and_o penitude_n their_o difference_n and_o several_a use_n pag._n 1._o chap._n ii_o repentance_n a_o conversion_n and_o wherein_o it_o consist_v the_o father_n define_v it_o from_o the_o sensible_a effect_n and_o sign_n thereof_o the_o schoolmen_n error_n in_o place_v it_o in_o bodily_a correction_n rather_o than_o in_o mental_a change_n the_o reform_a divine_n seat_v it_o in_o the_o humiliation_n of_o the_o heart_n require_v also_o outward_a expression_n of_o sorrow_n conversion_n be_v the_o essential_a form_n of_o repentance_n self_n abnegation_n godly_a sorrow_n a_o penitent_n practice_n and_o endeavour_v p._n 10._o chap._n iii_o discipline_n of_o penance_n wherefore_o enjoin_v by_o the_o church_n exhomologesis_n divers_a kind_n of_o confession_n public_a penance_n of_o apostolical_a practice_n the_o austerity_n thereof_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n order_n thereof_o prescribe_v in_o the_o day_n of_o cyprian_a and_o ambrose_n divers_a example_n of_o public_a penitent_n the_o solemn_a practic_n thereof_o in_o record_n of_o the_o church_n sinner_n admit_v but_o once_o to_o solemn_a penance_n actual_a reconciliation_n deny_v by_o the_o church_n to_o lapse_v sinner_n no_o renew_n unto_o repentance_n how_o understand_v in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n four_o station_n observe_v by_o the_o ancient_a penitent_n the_o restore_n of_o this_o discipline_n much_o desire_v p._n 16._o chap._n iu._n confession_n of_o sin_n address_v unto_o god_n chief_o and_o to_o man_n also_o with_o considerable_a relation_n ground_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n with_o god_n himself_o a_o necessary_a antecedent_n to_o pardon_v adam_n and_o cain_n interrogated_a to_o extract_v confession_n sundry_a precedent_n of_o penitent_n recourse_v to_o god_n in_o confession_n there_o be_v shame_n in_o confess_v to_o god_n as_o well_o as_o unto_o man._n penitential_a psalm_n compose_v by_o david_n for_o memorial_n and_o help_n to_o confession_n the_o rabbin_n doctrine_n of_o confession_n of_o sin_n before_o god_n practise_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n preach_v and_o urge_v by_o the_o ancient_a father_n and_o so_o far_o by_o chrysostome_n as_o a_o tribute_n due_a to_o god_n only_o for_o which_o the_o pontifician_n be_v jealous_a of_o he_o confession_n before_o god_n be_v not_o destructive_a of_o confession_n before_o man_n in_o a_o qualify_a sense_n though_o prefer_v before_o it_o and_o especial_o call_v for_o by_o the_o old_a doctor_n although_o that_o be_v of_o singular_a use_n also_o p._n 43._o chap._n v._n of_o confession_n to_o man._n the_o confession_n of_o sin_n under_o the_o law_n before_o the_o priest_n at_o the_o altar_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n special_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n not_o require_v of_o the_o jew_n the_o law_n command_v the_o acknowledgement_n of_o sin_n and_o restitution_n job_n friend_n confess_v their_o error_n unto_o he_o who_o sacrifice_v for_o they_o david_n confession_n unto_o nathan_n rabbin_n affirm_v sin_n to_o be_v confess_v unto_o the_o father_n and_o levites_n the_o place_n in_o st_n james_n chap._n 5._o of_o mutual_a confession_n explain_v and_o vindicate_v testimony_n of_o the_o father_n for_o confession_n unto_o man_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o schoolman_n that_o sin_n in_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o in_o way_n of_o consultation_n for_o a_o remedy_n not_o in_o way_n of_o absolution_n for_o reconcilement_n may_v be_v detect_v to_o a_o layman_n and_o of_o the_o reform_a divine_n that_o sin_n may_v be_v confess_v to_o a_o believe_a brother_n for_o advice_n and_o to_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n p._n 65._o chap._n vi_o divers_a office_n and_o administration_n in_o the_o church_n the_o people_n confession_n unto_o john_n at_o jordan_n wherein_o they_o be_v particular_a the_o confession_n of_o the_o believer_n at_o ephesus_n to_o st_n paul_n proof_n from_o the_o father_n for_o confession_n to_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o gospel_n such_o confession_n withdraw_v not_o from_o god_n but_o lead_v to_o he_o testimony_n of_o the_o worthy_a divine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n for_o confession_n second_v with_o divine_n of_o the_o reformation_n from_o the_o church_n beyond_o the_o sea_n p._n 90._o chap._n vii_o concern_v the_o institution_n necessity_n and_o extent_n of_o confession_n and_o be_v divide_v into_o three_o section_n p._n 111._o sect_n i._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o tridentine_a council_n for_o divine_a right_n and_o authority_n of_o confession_n the_o anathema_n hâ—ld_v too_o severe_a by_o some_o moderate_a romanist_n public_a exhomologesis_n vilipend_v by_o those_o father_n the_o schoolmen_n faintness_n in_o reason_v for_o the_o divine_a institution_n of_o auricular_a confession_n the_o canonist_n plant_v the_o same_o upon_o the_o universal_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n divine_v side_v with_o the_o canonist_n oppugner_n of_o auricular_a confession_n in_o former_a age_n pretence_n of_o divine_a authority_n from_o place_n of_o scripture_n examine_v different_a proceed_n in_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n from_o earthly_a tribunal_n special_a cognizance_n of_o all_o sin_n not_o a_o necessary_a antecedent_n at_o all_o time_n to_o priestly_a absolution_n god_n pardon_v many_o sin_n immediate_o never_o speak_v of_o to_o a_o priest_n difference_n of_o popish_a divine_n concern_v the_o matter_n and_o form_n in_o penance_n prove_v to_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o sacramental_a confession_n which_o reach_v not_o high_a than_o the_o lateran_n council_n confession_n of_o sin_n of_o the_o same_o institution_n as_o repentance_n be_v divine_a institution_n manifold_a in_o what_o sense_n confession_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v of_o divine_a institution_n p._n 113._o sect_n ii_o the_o abusive_a necessity_n of_o confession_n tyrannical_a inquisition_n into_o man_n conscience_n distasteful_a confession_n leave_v at_o liberty_n in_o gratian'ss_n time_n schoolman_n lean_v to_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o confession_n not_o the_o only_a necessary_a mean_n for_o absolution_n and_o remission_n the_o end_v aim_v at_o in_o popish_a confession_n unnecessary_a no_o express_a precept_n in_o scripture_n for_o the_o absolute_a necessity_n thereof_o confession_n a_o heavy_a burden_n upon_o fleshly_a shoulder_n private_a confession_n not_o practise_v from_o the_o beginning_n establish_v in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o public_a by_o a_o edict_n from_o leo_n i._o the_o fact_n of_o nectarius_n abrogate_a confession_n with_o the_o several_a answer_n and_o exposition_n of_o roman_a writer_n expend_v confession_n desert_v in_o the_o greek_a church_n divers_a kind_n and_o form_n of_o necessity_n confession_n in_o what_o case_n necessary_a and_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o determine_v p._n 144._o sect_n iii_o scrupulous_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n decree_v in_o late_a council_n circumstance_n aggravate_v and_o alter_v the_o property_n of_o sin_n millstone_n to_o plain_a people_n anxious_a inquisition_n into_o each_o sin_n with_o every_o circumstance_n a_o perplex_a piece_n particular_a reckon_n for_o every_o sin_n a_o heavy_a load_n to_o the_o conscience_n and_o without_o express_a warranty_n from_o god_n imply_v difficulty_n and_o impossibility_n and_o tend_v to_o desperation_n no_o urgent_a necessity_n to_o be_v so_o superstitious_a in_o cast_v up_o of_o all_o sin_n and_o the_o circumstantial_a tail_n thereof_o romish_a closert_n of_o confession_n seminary_n of_o sin_n and_o uncleanness_n venial_a and_o reserve_a sin_n exempt_v by_o rome_n from_o the_o ear_n of_o ordinary_a priest_n upon_o what_o ground_n strict_a and_o specific_a enumeration_n of_o sin_n but_o of_o late_o stand_v in_o the_o church_n general_n interrogatories_n propose_v at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n from_o anselme_n some_o sin_n be_v special_o and_o by_o name_n to_o be_v rehearse_v in_o confession_n the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o those_o sin_n describe_v and_o determine_v p._n 179._o chap._n
address_v unâ—o_o woman_n unfit_a creature_n to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o a_o man_n cabinet_n and_o to_o look_v into_o the_o privy_a chamber_n of_o his_o heart_n and_o conceive_v of_o this_o passage_n to_o be_v as_o much_o for_o my_o purpose_n as_o the_o fabulous_a conjecture_n of_o the_o rabbis_n who_o the_o man_n be_v he_o slay_v and_o the_o manner_n thereof_o to_o the_o mind_n and_o meaning_n of_o lamech_v pass_v over_o it_o have_v be_v for_o i_o have_v not_o chrysostome_n ground_v upon_o the_o same_o so_o many_o and_o those_o notable_a observation_n of_o confession_n 1._o as_o the_o power_n and_o torture_v of_o a_o indict_v conscience_n not_o suffer_v the_o sinner_n to_o be_v at_o quiet_a till_o his_o sin_n be_v bring_v to_o light_v 2._o the_o good_a that_o come_v to_o some_o by_o the_o example_n of_o justice_n in_o other_o cain_n punishment_n in_o deny_v his_o sin_n serve_v as_o a_o inducement_n to_o lamech_v to_o confess_v he_o chrysost_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n no_o man_n therefore_o constrain_a he_o no_o man_n convince_a he_o he_o set_v up_o a_o judgment-seat_n call_v upon_o his_o wife_n to_o be_v his_o judge_n accuse_v himself_o confess_v the_o fact_n and_o allot_v the_o punishment_n wherein_o no_o dislike_n can_v be_v take_v to_o the_o proceed_n be_v it_o not_o for_o his_o mistake_n in_o the_o judge_n the_o next_o act_n of_o confession_n be_v more_o solemn_a and_o religious_a make_v to_o the_o priest_n before_o the_o altar_n foâ—_n beside_o that_o general_a confession_n of_o the_o whole_a people_n 2._o nec_fw-la publica_fw-la tantùm_fw-la confessio_fw-la pro_fw-la totius_fw-la populi_fw-la d_o lictis_fw-la ficbat_fw-la in_o die_fw-la expiationis_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o privata_fw-la &_o particulà ris_fw-la specialium_fw-la quâ—rundam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la agebatur_fw-la qui_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la agentes_fw-la sibi_fw-la deum_fw-la propitium_fw-la reddere_fw-la volebant_fw-la beauxan_n harm_n tom_fw-mi 1._o pag._n 134._o col_fw-fr 2._o pour_v out_o annual_o upon_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n there_o be_v a_o private_a and_o particular_a confession_n of_o some_o special_a sin_n in_o use_n among_o they_o for_o which_o by_o repentance_n they_o sue_v unto_o god_n for_o mercy_n say_v a_o sorbonist_n the_o sinner_n that_o will_v be_v particular_a repair_v unto_o the_o altar_n and_o there_o present_v the_o priest_n with_o a_o offering_n to_o make_v the_o atonement_n for_o sin_n hide_v from_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o assembly_n and_o afterward_o come_v to_o light_n a_o young_a bullock_n with_o imposition_n of_o hand_n from_o the_o elder_n be_v destine_v for_o a_o sacrifice_n the_o ceremony_n whereof_o be_v contain_v levit._n 4._o but_o for_o some_o sort_n of_o secret_a sin_n which_o have_v not_o yet_o see_v the_o light_n of_o fame_n the_o sin-offering_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v a_o lamb_n or_o a_o kid_n 6_o levit._fw-la â—_o 6_o and_o the_o guilty_a person_n be_v to_o confess_v the_o sin_n and_o the_o priest_n to_o make_v the_o atonement_n josephus_n mention_v the_o secret_a sin_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 3._o c._n 10._o which_o be_v say_v be_v a_o râ—m_n but_o not_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o sin_n as_o needless_a perhaps_o because_o the_o offence_n be_v imprint_v upon_o the_o sacrifice_n as_o a_o hieroglyphic_n thereof_o of_o which_o see_v levit._fw-la 5._o for_o how_o can_v a_o particular_a offering_n appertain_v to_o particular_a sin_n be_v lay_v upon_o the_o altar_n by_o the_o guilty_a person_n erastum_fw-la quî_fw-la potuit_fw-la quispiam_fw-la offer_n oblationem_fw-la pro_fw-la peccato_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la peccasse_fw-la paâ—â—m_fw-la non_fw-la fateretur_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la peculiaritèr_fw-la offerebant_fw-la pro_fw-la peccato_fw-la peculiariter_fw-la quóque_fw-la ejus_fw-la peccati_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la agebatur_fw-la sese_fw-la reos_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la necesse_fw-la fuit_fw-la beza_n de_fw-fr excom_n contra_fw-la erastum_fw-la without_o disclose_v of_o his_o offence_n do_v they_o not_o by_o that_o act_n pronounce_v themselves_o guilty_a of_o that_o sin_n for_o which_o they_o bring_v the_o offering_n and_o desire_v the_o atonement_n that_o very_a act_n of_o the_o party_n peccant_a viz._n the_o present_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n be_v a_o real_a conviction_n scotus_n then_o fall_v short_a of_o the_o truth_n in_o affirm_v that_o under_o moses_n law_n unica_fw-la â—â—â—â—ge_v mosaÃca_n de_fw-fr peccatis_fw-la occultis_fw-la tantùm_fw-la deo_fw-la siebat_fw-la confessio_fw-la de_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la tamen_fw-la defectibus_fw-la publicis_fw-la &_o de_fw-la non_fw-la observantia_fw-la legalium_fw-la ficbat_fw-la confessio_fw-la generalis_fw-la confessio_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la erat_fw-la quaedam_fw-la dispositio_fw-la ad_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la petendâ—m_fw-la pro_fw-la populo_fw-la sicut_fw-la erat_fw-la ista_fw-la injustè_fw-fr egimus_fw-la peccavimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n scot._n l._n 4._o d._n 17._o q_o unica_fw-la sin_n do_v in_o secret_a be_v confess_v to_o god_n alone_o and_o that_o the_o confession_n to_o man_n be_v but_o of_o some_o public_a defect_n and_o not_o observe_v of_o legal_a rite_n and_o that_o the_o general_a confession_n of_o the_o priest_n serve_v to_o dispose_v god_n to_o be_v merciful_a unto_o the_o people_n like_v unto_o those_o supplication_n in_o the_o church-liturgy_n we_o have_v sin_v we_o have_v do_v unjust_o etc._n etc._n and_o bellaâ—mine_n have_v overshâ—t_v the_o truth_n in_o stretch_v this_o confession_n to_o a_o distinct_a haec_fw-la illud_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rectâ—_n verti_fw-la possit_fw-la dâ—stinctè_fw-la &_o expressè_fw-la confitebuntur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praeceptum_fw-la hoc_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la confession_n distincta_fw-la &_o in_o specie_fw-la ejus_fw-la peccati_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la expiando_fw-la sacrificandum_fw-la erat_fw-la bell._n l._n 3._o de_fw-la poen_fw-mi c._n 3._o sect._n ad_fw-la haec_fw-la and_o specifique_a enumeration_n of_o each_o several_a sin_n and_o though_o it_o be_v grant_v the_o hebrew_n word_n to_o signify_v a_o express_a and_o distinct_a confession_n it_o conclude_v not_o his_o purpose_n for_o a_o distinct_a confession_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o a_o confession_n of_o all_o distinct_a sin_n another_o the_o truth_n be_v all_o the_o sin_n they_o thus_o sacrifice_v for_o be_v distinct_o confess_v but_o not_o all_o the_o sin_n they_o commit_v be_v so_o sacrifice_v for_o and_o to_o such_o kind_n of_o sin_n as_o be_v expiate_v by_o sacrifice_n do_v the_o cardinal_n himself_o limit_v this_o distinct_a confession_n aquinas_n allow_v not_o so_o much_o to_o confession_n under_o the_o law_n as_o a_o clear_a and_o evident_a expression_n of_o sin_n but_o rather_o a_o confuse_a intimation_n thereof_o reserve_v that_o distinct_a demonstration_n to_o the_o clear_a time_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o thus_o he_o say_v 2._o in_o lege_fw-la naturae_fw-la sufficiebat_fw-la recognitio_fw-la peccati_fw-la interior_a apud_fw-la deum_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la mosaica_n oportebat_fw-la aliquo_fw-la signâ—_n exteriori_fw-la peccatum_fw-la protestarâ—â—_n sicut_fw-la per_fw-la oblationem_fw-la hostile_a pro_fw-la peccato_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o homini_fw-la innotescere_fw-la poterat_fw-la â—um_fw-la peccasse_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la oportebat_fw-la ut_fw-la speciale_a peccatum_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la commissum_fw-la manifestaret_fw-la aut_fw-la pâ—ccati_fw-la circumstantias_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o nova_fw-la lege_fw-la aq._n supplem_n qu._n 6._o art_n 2._o in_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n a_o inward_a recognition_n of_o sin_n unto_o god_n be_v enough_o but_o under_o moses_n law_n there_o be_v require_v a_o protestation_n of_o the_o sin_n in_o some_o outward_a sign_n as_o by_o the_o offering_n of_o a_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n whereby_o it_o may_v appear_v to_o man_n that_o he_o have_v sin_v but_o it_o be_v not_o requisite_a to_o make_v a_o special_a manifestation_n of_o the_o sin_n commit_v or_o the_o circumstance_n thereof_o as_o in_o the_o new_a law_n as_o if_o to_o the_o patriarch_n before_o the_o law_n confession_n be_v then_o but_o in_o spicis_fw-la in_o the_o ear_n of_o corn_n to_o the_o israelite_n under_o moses_n law_n in_o farina_fw-la in_o the_o meal_n and_o to_o christian_n under_o the_o gospel_n in_o pane_n as_o the_o bread_n set_v upon_o the_o table_n this_o be_v assure_v of_o 17._o levit._fw-la 17.21_o quia_fw-la sacerdos_n non_fw-la omâ—ia_fw-la peccala_fw-la populi_fw-la sciâ—bat_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o generali_fw-la lyr._n in_o levit._fw-la 17._o that_o in_o moses_n time_n it_o wâ—â—_n not_o so_o narrow_o sift_v into_o as_o in_o we_o for_o lyra_n give_v some_o reason_n why_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o people_n sin_n unto_o god_n over_o the_o sacrifice_n can_v not_o be_v particular_a have_v this_o among_o other_o because_o the_o priest_n be_v not_o acquaint_v with_o all_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n but_o in_o a_o general_a manner_n the_o next_o instance_n be_v a_o law_n ground_v upon_o the_o viii_o commandment_n against_o usurper_n of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o they_o enjoin_v confession_n of_o the_o wrong_n and_o restitution_n â—_o numb_a 5._o â—_o they_o shall_v confess_v their_o sin_n which_o they_o have_v do_v and_o he_o shall_v recompense_v
and_o by_o the_o same_o authority_n be_v abolish_v by_o which_o it_o be_v at_o first_o prescribe_v and_o for_o the_o second_o how_o far_o necessary_a as_o a_o ordinance_n divine_a and_o in_o what_o sense_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v ordain_v by_o god_n i_o must_v send_v back_o my_o reader_n to_o the_o former_a section_n where_o the_o point_n be_v state_v we_o will_v tread_v the_o footstep_n of_o necessity_n in_o the_o schoolmen_n path_n and_o see_v what_o will_v result_v from_o thence_o medii_fw-la necessitas_fw-la praecepti_fw-la medii_fw-la with_o they_o necessity_n be_v twofold_a 1._o as_o a_o necessary_a precept_n 2._o or_o a_o needful_a mean_v now_o every_o just_a command_n be_v ground_v upon_o some_o reason_n and_o every_o lawful_a mean_n conduce_v to_o some_o good_a in_o divine_a precept_n we_o be_v not_o scrupulous_a to_o inquire_v after_o the_o cause_n or_o reason_n thereof_o but_o where_o god_n pleasure_n be_v to_o set_v it_o down_o for_o with_o we_o his_o will_n pass_v for_o a_o cause_n all-sufficient_a so_o than_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n to_o obey_v all_o god_n command_n or_o to_o repent_v for_o the_o disobedience_n although_o all_o his_o divine_a precept_n conduce_v not_o necessary_o thereunto_o 6.18_o josh_n 6.18_o at_o the_o sack_n of_o jericho_n the_o spoil_n be_v devote_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o israelite_n may_v reserve_v nothing_o to_o themselves_o a_o necessity_n there_o lay_v in_o obey_v the_o same_o though_o the_o commandment_n itself_o be_v not_o so_o necessary_a in_o the_o old_a law_n as_o i_o show_v before_o there_o be_v a_o precept_n for_o confession_n and_o in_o the_o new_a a_o precedent_n for_o the_o same_o why_o shall_v it_o not_o then_o be_v think_v necessary_a but_o take_v this_o along_o with_o you_o positive_a precept_n contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n be_v not_o to_o be_v extend_v further_a than_o the_o write_a word_n or_o intention_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n direct_v for_o example_n god_n intend_v pardon_n upon_o sincere_a confession_n of_o the_o sin_n commit_v which_o pardon_v when_o it_o may_v be_v have_v upon_o confession_n make_v unto_o god_n himself_o we_o extend_v it_o not_o unto_o man._n so_o again_o if_o it_o may_v be_v procure_v upon_o a_o general_a confession_n before_o man_n we_o urge_v not_o the_o delinquent_n to_o be_v particular_a but_o if_o the_o conscience_n can_v be_v pacify_v except_o the_o pungitive_a sin_n be_v discover_v in_o that_o case_n we_o require_v a_o special_a detection_n of_o that_o sin_n by_o name_n so_o than_o if_o the_o intend_a pardon_n may_v be_v compass_v by_o any_o of_o these_o way_n that_o way_n be_v to_o be_v repute_v necessary_a for_o that_o penitent_a which_o serve_v the_o turn_n if_o by_o none_o but_o by_o all_o of_o these_o all_o of_o these_o than_o be_v necessary_a moreover_o god_n word_n command_v sin_n to_o be_v discover_v to_o the_o priest_n in_o term_n absolute_a without_o further_a circumstance_n we_o dare_v not_o therefore_o extend_v that_o precept_n to_o the_o manner_n thereof_o whether_o it_o shall_v be_v public_a or_o private_a of_o all_o sin_n or_o some_o follow_v with_o remorse_n of_o conscience_n and_o whether_o with_o the_o addition_n of_o aggravate_v circumstance_n or_o no._n i_o say_v we_o lay_v no_o necessity_n of_o these_o case_n upon_o any_o because_o we_o have_v not_o any_o express_a word_n for_o our_o warrant_n we_o counsel_v only_o that_o no_o man_n permit_v sin_n to_o lie_v still_o in_o his_o bosom_n so_o long_o as_o he_o feel_v pain_n but_o complain_v still_o to_o his_o physician_n till_o the_o cure_n be_v perfect_a thus_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o precept_n the_o second_o branch_n be_v necessitas_fw-la medii_fw-la and_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o that_o necessity_n by_o the_o end_n for_o no_o mean_a can_v be_v of_o great_a necessity_n than_o the_o end_n for_o which_o it_o serve_v and_o if_o the_o end_n be_v find_v necessary_a the_o mean_a must_v be_v think_v to_o be_v so_o and_o in_o mean_n we_o be_v to_o inquire_v if_o the_o propose_a end_n may_v be_v attain_v by_o one_o only_a mean_a or_o by_o divers_a some_o mean_n may_v be_v useful_a but_o not_o necessary_a as_o a_o horse_n for_o a_o journey_n or_o simple_o necessary_a as_o wing_n to_o fly_v to_o apply_v remission_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o end_n a_o penitent_n propose_v to_o himself_o which_o to_o compass_v we_o say_v that_o confession_n to_o a_o priest_n be_v not_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n as_o the_o adequate_a &_o only_o mean_v for_o faith_n in_o christ_n who_o only_o have_v deserve_v it_o be_v also_o require_v nor_o a_o necessary_a concurrent_a mean_n for_o of_o faith_n i_o read_v but_o never_o of_o auricular_a confession_n that_o without_o faith_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o please_v god_n but_o only_o a_o conditional_a mean_n and_o so_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o hypothetical_a in_o some_o case_n of_o conscience_n to_o be_v instance_a hereafter_o for_o sin_n in_o no_o case_n may_v be_v remit_v without_o god_n in_o many_o without_o man_n but_o if_o we_o take_v confession_n as_o a_o medium_n utile_fw-la in_o that_o sense_n we_o shall_v ever_o approve_v thereof_o although_o we_o resolve_v confession_n in_o itself_o not_o to_o be_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n for_o all_o but_o a_o precept_n bind_v some_o sinner_n and_o for_o some_o special_a sin_n only_o as_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n be_v a_o sacrament_n of_o divine_a institution_n and_o singular_a benefit_n necessary_a to_o some_o christian_n and_o at_o some_o time_n and_o the_o contempt_n thereof_o at_o all_o time_n damnable_a though_o in_o itself_o not_o simple_o necessary_a nor_o at_o all_o time_n nor_o to_o be_v impose_v upon_o all_o person_n without_o discretion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o for_o all_o that_o can_v be_v say_v this_o confession_n challenge_v not_o any_o such_o necessity_n in_o itself_o as_o inherent_a in_o the_o same_o or_o any_o way_n belong_v of_o sovereign_a virtue_n and_o necessary_a use_n but_o as_o a_o condition_n suppose_v for_o the_o acquire_v of_o some_o necessary_a good_a 40._o necessitas_fw-la conditionalis_fw-la seu_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la absoluta_fw-la nec_fw-la competit_fw-la subjecto_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la sed_fw-la solùm_fw-la consequitur_fw-la ad_fw-la talem_fw-la suppositionem_fw-la vel_fw-la conditionem_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la necessariò_fw-la infertur_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la tali_fw-la conditione_n dicitur_fw-la necessarium_fw-la necessitate_v secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la lic_fw-la èt_fw-la absolutè_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la se_fw-la est_fw-la liberum_fw-la contingens_fw-la alvarez_n de_fw-fr auâ—il_n l._n 3._o disp_n 22._o n._n 40._o viz._n forgiveness_n of_o sin_n and_o reconciliation_n a_o penitent_a take_v all_o good_a course_n to_o ingratiate_v himself_o into_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v only_o conditional_a necessity_n and_o by_o way_n of_o consequence_n and_o so_o far_o to_o be_v urge_v as_o we_o shall_v find_v it_o a_o cause_n to_o promote_v the_o same_o and_o further_o we_o neither_o require_v nor_o urge_v it_o and_o amiss_o it_o can_v be_v that_o shall_v promove_v so_o good_a a_o end_n nor_o superfluous_a that_o advance_v such_o a_o purpose_n nor_o a_o heavy_a burden_n that_o bring_v so_o happy_a a_o benefit_n sect_n iii_o the_o content_n scrupulous_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n decree_v in_o late_a council_n circumstance_n aggravate_v and_o alter_v the_o property_n of_o sin_n millstone_n to_o plain-people_n anxious_a inquisition_n into_o each_o sin_n with_o every_o circumstance_n a_o perplex_a piece_n particular_a reckon_n for_o every_o sin_n a_o heavy_a load_n to_o the_o conscience_n and_o without_o express_a warranty_n from_o god_n imply_v difficulty_n and_o impossibility_n and_o tend_v to_o desperation_n no_o urgent_a necessity_n to_o be_v so_o superstitious_a in_o cast_v up_o of_o all_o sin_n and_o the_o circumstantial_a tail_n thereof_o romish_a closert_n of_o confession_n seminary_n of_o sin_n and_o uncleanness_n venial_a and_o reserve_a sin_n exempt_v by_o rome_n from_o the_o ear_n of_o ordinary_a priest_n upon_o what_o ground_n strict_a and_o specific_a enumeration_n of_o sin_n but_o of_o late_o stand_v in_o the_o church_n general_n interrogatories_n propose_v at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n from_o anselme_n some_o sin_n be_v special_o and_o by_o name_n to_o be_v rehearse_v in_o confession_n the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o those_o sin_n describe_v and_o determine_v we_o be_v now_o come_v unto_o the_o content_n of_o confession_n namely_o sin_n and_o hence_o a_o difference_n spring_v betwixt_o we_o and_o rome_n about_o the_o extent_n and_o latitude_n thereof_o whether_o forsooth_o all_o and_o every_o sin_n commit_v after_o baptism_n together_o with_o every_o aggravate_v circumstance_n follow_v every_o sin_n be_v to_o be_v lay_v at_o the_o priest_n foot_n and_o whether_o such_o a_o institution_n of_o such_o a_o confession_n comprise_v all_o sin_n together_o with_o their_o remarkable_a circumstance_n to_o
their_o own_o order_n speak_v propose_v such_o question_n which_o to_o do_v be_v contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la and_o to_o relate_v contra_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la naturae_fw-la as_o a_o learned_a lawyer_n speak_v in_o a_o late_a unfortunate_a earl_n case_n these_o ghostly_a father_n oft-times_o grievous_o offend_v in_o please_a themselves_o with_o such_o obscene_a question_n confess_v qui_fw-la saepissimè_fw-la peccant_a mortaliter_fw-la dâ—lectando_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la interrogationibus_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la delectationem_fw-la saciendo_fw-la eas_fw-la sum._n argel_n do_fw-mi interrog_n in_o confess_v contrive_v they_o upon_o set_a purpose_n for_o their_o delight_n and_o pastime_n such_o form_n of_o confession_n you_o may_v swear_v altogether_o different_a from_o the_o ancient_a penitential_a canon_n by_o who_o direction_n the_o spiritual_a father_n of_o the_o last_o soâ—â—â—ty_n look_v asquint_a upon_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o flesh_n inquire_v of_o â—r_o the_o difference_n of_o sin_n obscene_a and_o beastly_a matter_n 35._o formulas_fw-la confessionum_fw-la quibus_fw-la sancti_fw-la illi_fw-la pneumatics_n câ—rca_fw-la pâ—ccatorum_fw-la diffâ—rentias_fw-la obscoena_fw-la quaedam_fw-la &_o impudica_fw-la exquirunt_fw-la quae_fw-la sinâ—_n interrâ—gâ—ti_fw-la cujus_fw-la auribus_fw-la inauditae_fw-la turpitudines_fw-la &_o lasciviae_fw-la instillantur_fw-la rubore_fw-la &_o interrogâ—ntis_fw-la inhonâ—sti_fw-la appetitus_fw-la titillationâ—_n vix_fw-la ullâ—s_fw-la uâ—rbâ—â—_n aut_fw-la ne_fw-la vix_fw-la quâ—dem_fw-la â—nunciari_fw-la poâ—â—nt_fw-la pâ—nt_fw-la tyard_n episc_n cabilon_n de_fw-fr fratribus_fw-la jesus_n pag._n 35._o which_o can_v be_v mention_v without_o blush_v in_o the_o examinat_fw-la who_o ear_n tingle_v at_o the_o hear_n of_o unknown_a lust_n and_o uncleanness_n and_o not_o without_o the_o titillation_n of_o a_o dishonest_a appetite_n in_o the_o examiner_n himself_o that_o move_v they_o oh_o time_n that_o such_o filthy_a communication_n not_o once_o name_v among_o the_o heathen_a shall_v be_v thus_o play_v withal_o these_o ghostly_a father_n to_o be_v so_o carnal_a this_o penitential_a practice_n so_o obscene_a this_o pretend_a laver_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o become_v the_o sink_n of_o iniquity_n this_o confession_n of_o sin_n a_o profession_n of_o sin_v where_o man_n learn_v rather_o than_o leave_v sin_n displease_v rather_o than_o appease_v god_n and_o at_o the_o end_n of_o this_o exercise_n become_v far_o worse_o than_o at_o the_o beginning_n pardon_v good_a reader_n the_o exuberancy_n of_o my_o speech_n just_o occasion_v when_o the_o most_o holy_a pretence_n be_v the_o most_o foul_o profane_v good_a reason_n have_v canus_n to_o tax_v such_o confessor_n who_o by_o their_o foolish_a interrogatory_n becâ—me_v scandalous_a to_o their_o penitent_n 908._o nec_fw-la eos_fw-la quidâ—m_fw-la probo_fw-la qui_fw-la imprudenter_fw-la interrogando_fw-la poenitentibus_fw-la scandalum_fw-la inâ—iciunt_fw-la atque_fw-la adeò_fw-la coâ—_n peccare_fw-la docent_fw-la qua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la confidenter_fw-la etiam_fw-la reprobo_fw-la sum_n istas_fw-la confâ—ssionem_fw-la inteâ—rogâ—tionibus_fw-la plenas_fw-la quae_fw-la idiomate_fw-la vulgari_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la eduntur_fw-la sed_fw-la passim_fw-la etiam_fw-la muâ—â—erculis_fw-la &_o idiotis_fw-la conferuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la indè_fw-la discant_fw-la non_fw-la confitendi_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ego_fw-la sâ—ntio_fw-la peccandi_fw-la râ—tionâ—m_fw-la &_o normam_fw-la can._n relect._n de_fw-fr poen_n part_n 6._o pag._n 908._o so_o far_o as_o to_o teach_v they_o to_o sin_n and_o withal_o confident_o to_o reprove_v these_o sum_n of_o confession_n stuff_v with_o question_n of_o that_o nature_n and_o be_v not_o only_o put_v forth_o in_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n but_o be_v bestow_v abroad_o upon_o woman_n and_o simple_a people_n thereby_o to_o learn_v not_o the_o manner_n and_o foâ—m_n of_o confess_v but_o as_o i_o suppose_v of_o sin_v our_o last_o exception_n against_o this_o specifique_a enumeration_n of_o every_o sin_n in_o confession_n case_n of_o venial_a sin_n reseruâ—d_v case_n be_v derive_v from_o a_o practice_n of_o they_o in_o exempt_n of_o venial_a sin_n and_o reserve_v case_n from_o the_o ordinary_a and_o parochial_a ghostly_a father_n 5._o vâ—nialia_n quamvis_fw-la rectè_fw-la &_o utiliter_fw-la in_o confession_n dicantur_fw-la taceri_fw-la tamin_z citra_fw-la culpam_fw-la multisque_fw-la aliis_fw-la remediis_fw-la expiari_fw-la possint_fw-la council_n trid._n c._n 5._o those_o as_o superfluous_a and_o scarce_o worthy_a of_o a_o priest_n skill_n and_o notice_n these_o as_o too_o heinous_a and_o desperate_a disease_n exceed_v his_o skill_n 7._o patribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la visuâ—_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la atrociâ—ra_fw-la quaedam_fw-la &_o graviora_fw-la crimina_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la quibusvis_fw-la sed_fw-la à _fw-la summis_fw-la dâ—ntaxâ—t_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la absolverentur_fw-la conc._n trid._n de_fw-fr casuum_fw-la reservatione_fw-la cap._n 7._o therefore_o reserve_v for_o physician_n of_o high_a place_n and_o power_n and_o in_o such_o case_n every_o simple_a priest_n be_v inhibit_v to_o proceed_v but_o to_o send_v corpus_fw-la cum_fw-la causa_fw-la to_o such_o penitentiaries_n to_o who_o jurisdiction_n they_o be_v immediate_o subject_a now_o if_o all_o sin_n that_o come_v into_o a_o sinner_n mind_n must_v upon_o pain_n of_o the_o second_o death_n and_o that_o by_o god_n law_n be_v open_v to_o a_o priest_n by_o what_o law_n be_v some_o exempt_v and_o more_o reserve_v from_o his_o audience_n than_o other_o again_o if_o papal_a reservation_n and_o dispensation_n be_v in_o these_o sin_n and_o case_n of_o validity_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o precise_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v but_o a_o church_n ordinance_n or_o if_o divine_a than_o no_o dispensation_n lie_v in_o such_o case_n it_o be_v a_o rule_v case_n that_o papal_a power_n can_v dispense_v with_o the_o divine_a law_n but_o with_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n only_o let_v the_o jesuit_n try_v the_o horn_n of_o this_o dilemma_n now_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o they_o take_v off_o such_o sin_n from_o confession_n may_v we_o make_v bold_a to_o leave_v out_o such_o as_o many_o such_o there_o be_v that_o stand_v not_o in_o need_n of_o priestly_a advice_n and_o absolution_n it_o will_v be_v say_v venial_a sin_n be_v not_o here_o to_o be_v reckon_v for_o 3._o venialia_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la &_o ratione_fw-la peccati_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la contraria_fw-la charitati_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o proximi_fw-la bellar_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr amiss_o gratiae_fw-la cap._n 3._o because_o be_v of_o their_o own_o nature_n pardonable_a nor_o so_o averse_a to_o god_n as_o to_o lose_v his_o favour_n they_o need_v not_o to_o be_v remit_v this_o way_n neither_o engage_v so_o deep_o to_o hell_n nor_o make_v so_o great_a a_o breach_n betwixt_o god_n and_o man_n as_o to_o require_v the_o priest_n to_o stand_v in_o the_o gap_n and_o to_o make_v the_o atonement_n to_o the_o contrary_a although_o we_o acknowledge_v great_a distinction_n betwixt_o sin_n and_o sin_n and_o punishment_n proportionable_a yet_o we_o affirm_v no_o sin_n so_o little_a but_o it_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n mortal_a and_o no_o sin_n so_o great_a but_o from_o the_o event_n may_v be_v venial_a the_o least_o sin_n make_v a_o breach_n upon_o god_n law_n and_o make_v the_o delinquent_n accessary_a to_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o whole_a law_n be_v a_o offence_n against_o a_o infinite_a deity_n 32._o doctor_n field_n of_o the_o church_n book_n 3._o c._n 32._o therefore_o may_v be_v punish_v in_o the_o st_z ictness_n of_o his_o righteous_a judgement_n yea_o with_o utter_a annihilation_n for_o that_o say_v a_o profound_a divine_a there_o be_v no_o punishment_n so_o evil_a and_o so_o much_o to_o be_v avoid_v as_o the_o least_o sin_n that_o may_v be_v imagine_v so_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v rather_o choose_v 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have_v plough_v up_o their_o eyelid_n with_o continual_a weep_n to_o have_v prostrate_v their_o body_n to_o be_v trample_v on_o by_o all_o of_o so_o pale_a and_o fast_v a_o visage_n that_o they_o seem_v to_o set_v forth_o the_o picture_n of_o death_n in_o a_o breathe_n and_o pant_a body_n the_o same_o father_n further_o add_v concern_v the_o restrain_a life_n of_o such_o a_o penitent_a in_o another_o pâ—ace_n thus_o he_o must_v renounce_v the_o world_n cut_v his_o sleep_n short_a than_o nature_n will_v 10._o renunciandum_fw-la seculo_fw-la est_fw-la somno_fw-la ipsi_fw-la minus_fw-la indulgendum_fw-la quà m_fw-la natura_fw-la postulat_fw-la interpellandus_fw-la est_fw-la gemitibus_fw-la interrumpendus_fw-la est_fw-la suspiriis_fw-la sequestrandus_fw-la orationibus_fw-la vivendum_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la vitali_fw-la huic_fw-la moriamur_fw-la usui_fw-la scipsum_fw-la sibi_fw-la homo_fw-la abneget_fw-la ut_fw-la totus_fw-la mutetur_fw-la id._n ib._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 10._o break_v it_o off_o with_o sigh_n interrupt_v it_o with_o groan_n sequester_v the_o time_n thereof_o unto_o prayer_n so_o to_o live_v as_o if_o he_o be_v dead_a to_o all_o worldly_a affair_n to_o deny_v himself_o and_o to_o be_v whole_o change_v so_o great_a be_v the_o austerity_n and_o shame_n usual_o attend_v upon_o this_o discipline_n in_o his_o day_n that_o he_o tell_v we_o of_o some_o fright_v with_o the_o conscience_n of_o their_o sin_n will_v demand_v penance_n and_o upon_o the_o apprehension_n of_o the_o strict_a way_n thereof_o will_v start_v back_o and_o recoil_v from_o the_o performance_n and_o such_o seem_v to_o ask_v penance_n as_o offender_n but_o will_v undertake_v no_o otherwise_o than_o as_o if_o they_o wâ—re_v just_a 2._o 9_o plerique_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la conscii_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la petunt_fw-la &_o cùm_fw-la acceperint_fw-la publicae_fw-la supplicationis_fw-la revocantur_fw-la pudore_fw-la hi_o videntur_fw-la malorum_fw-la petisse_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la agere_fw-la bonorum_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la poscunt_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la ut_fw-la statim_fw-la sibi_fw-la reddi_fw-la communionem_fw-la velint_fw-la hi_o non_fw-la tam_fw-la se_fw-la solvere_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la quà m_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la ligare_fw-la alii_fw-la propositá_fw-la spe_fw-la agendae_fw-la poenitenâ—iae_fw-la licentiam_fw-la sibi_fw-la dâ—linqueâ—di_fw-la propagatam_fw-la putanâ—_n cùm_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la remedium_fw-la peccati_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la incitivum_fw-la vulneri_fw-la enim_fw-la medicamentum_fw-la necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la vulnus_fw-la medicamâ—nto_fw-la quia_fw-la propter_fw-la vulnus_fw-la medâ—camentum_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la medâ—camentum_fw-la vulnus_fw-la desideratur_fw-la ambr._n l._n 2._o de_fw-la poen_fw-mi c._n 9_o 2._o some_o crave_v penance_n but_o it_o must_v be_v short_a and_o they_o eftsoon_o take_v into_o the_o communion_n these_o seek_v not_o so_o much_o to_o loose_v themselves_o as_o to_o bind_v the_o priest_n 3._o a_o three_o upon_o hope_n of_o do_v penance_n and_o gain_v pardon_n one_o day_n license_v themselves_o in_o mischief_n and_o to_o proceed_v in_o sin_v but_o in_o vain_a see_v repentance_n be_v a_o remedy_n against_o sin_n not_o a_o encouragement_n thereunto_o salve_n be_v prepare_v for_o the_o wound_n not_o the_o wound_n for_o salve_n and_o the_o medicine_n be_v require_v for_o the_o hurt_n not_o the_o hurt_n for_o the_o medicine_n this_o good_a man_n endeavour_v to_o arm_v his_o people_n against_o that_o which_o retard_v and_o take_v off_o so_o many_o from_o make_v use_n of_o this_o balm_n of_o gilead_n this_o heal_a penance_n namely_o public_a shame_n be_v thou_o loath_a to_o do_v this_o in_o the_o church_n to_o supplicate_v unto_o god_n 10._o hoc_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la facere_fw-la fastidis_fw-la ut_fw-la deo_fw-la supplices_fw-la ut_fw-la patrocinium_fw-la tibi_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la obsecrandum_fw-la sanctae_fw-la plebis_fw-la requiras_fw-la ubi_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la pudori_fw-la esse_fw-la debeat_fw-la nisi_fw-la non_fw-la fateri_fw-la cùm_fw-la omnes_fw-la simus_fw-la peccatores_fw-la ubi_fw-la ille_fw-la laudabilior_fw-la qui_fw-la humilior_fw-la ille_fw-la justior_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la abjectior_fw-la id._n ib._n c._n 10._o to_o request_v the_o holy_a assembly_n to_o plead_v on_o thy_o behalf_n unto_o he_o where_o there_o can_v be_v no_o place_n for_o shame_n except_o not_o to_o confess_v see_v we_o be_v all_o sinner_n and_o where_o he_o deserve_v more_o praise_n that_o be_v more_o humble_a and_o be_v the_o more_o righteous_a in_o god_n sight_n the_o more_o vile_a he_o seem_v to_o himself_o the_o order_n then_o observe_v in_o the_o undergo_n of_o this_o duty_n may_v be_v see_v in_o saint_n ambrose_n also_o who_o exhort_v we_o to_o the_o same_o while_o we_o be_v in_o bodily_a health_n and_o perfect_a memory_n allege_v likewise_o how_o uncertain_a in_o the_o event_n late_a repentance_n be_v have_v these_o word_n man_n know_v not_o if_o he_o shall_v take_v his_o penance_n poenit_fw-la nescit_fw-la si_fw-la posset_n ipsam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la accipere_fw-la &_o confiteri_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o sacerdoti_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la egerit_fw-la veraciter_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la &_o solutus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la à _fw-la ligamento_fw-la quo_fw-la erat_fw-la constrictus_fw-la &_o à _fw-la christi_fw-la coâ—pore_fw-la separatus_fw-la &_o bene_fw-la post_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la vixerit_fw-la &_o post_fw-la reconciliationem_fw-la cum_fw-la defunctus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la vadit_fw-la ad_fw-la requiem_n vadit_fw-la à _fw-la populo_fw-la diabolis_fw-la separabitur_fw-la exhort_v ad_fw-la poenit_fw-la and_o confess_v unto_o god_n and_o to_o the_o priest_n his_o sin_n and_o a_o little_a before_o he_o that_o shall_v have_v do_v his_o penance_n and_o be_v absolve_v from_o the_o bond_n wherewithal_o he_o be_v hold_v and_o separate_v from_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n and_o shall_v have_v lead_v a_o good_a life_n after_o repentance_n and_o die_v after_o reconciliation_n that_o man_n go_v to_o the_o lord_n to_o rest_v shall_v not_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o shall_v be_v separate_v from_o the_o people_n of_o satan_n wherein_o i_o note_v these_o thing_n 1._o the_o abstention_n of_o a_o sinner_n and_o separation_n from_o the_o church_n in_o those_o word_n ligamento_fw-la quo_fw-la erat_fw-la constrictus_fw-la &_o à _fw-la corpore_fw-la christi_fw-la separatus_fw-la express_o mention_v the_o spiritual_a bond_n and_o censure_n 2._o his_o admission_n to_o his_o penance_n nescit_fw-la si_fw-la possit_fw-la ipsam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la accipere_fw-la for_o with_o ambrose_n poenitentiam_fw-la agere_fw-la point_n at_o internal_a contrition_n &_o poenitentiam_fw-la accipere_fw-la at_o the_o external_a ministry_n and_o declaration_n thereof_o by_o public_a penance_n 3._o this_o discipline_n consist_v in_o open_a confession_n of_o sin_n before_o god_n his_o priest_n and_o people_n the_o sinner_n desire_v their_o prayer_n on_o his_o behalf_n to_o which_o these_o word_n relate_v confiteri_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o sacerdoti_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la join_v with_o some_o passage_n in_o the_o former_a testimony_n 4._o his_o reconciliation_n and_o absolution_n whereby_o the_o censure_n be_v remove_v the_o bond_n loose_v and_o the_o separate_a person_n again_o restore_v in_o those_o word_n &_o solutus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la à _fw-la ligamento_fw-la &_o post_fw-la reconciliationem_fw-la etc._n etc._n 5._o his_o carriage_n after_o his_o reconciliation_n viz._n the_o fruit_n of_o repentance_n a_o good_a life_n which_o the_o father_n thus_o describe_v tell_v we_o how_o to_o demean_v ourselves_o after_o repentance_n ib._n quid_fw-la est_fw-la bene_fw-la vivere_fw-la post_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la doce_fw-la nos_fw-la dico_fw-la vobis_fw-la abstinere_fw-la ab_fw-la chriositate_fw-la à _fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la à _fw-la furto_fw-la à _fw-la malo_fw-la eloquio_fw-la ab_fw-la immoderato_fw-la risu_fw-la à _fw-la verbo_fw-la otioso_fw-la undè_fw-la reddituri_fw-la homines_fw-la sunt_fw-la rationem_fw-la in_o die_fw-la judicii_fw-la ecce_fw-la quà m_fw-la levia_fw-la dixi_fw-la ut_fw-la tacerem_fw-la gravia_fw-la &_o pestisera_fw-la ambr._n ib._n i_o say_v unto_o you_o abstain_v from_o drunkenness_n from_o concupiscence_n from_o theft_n from_o evil_a speak_n from_o immoderate_a laughter_n from_o idle_a word_n whereof_o account_n must_v be_v make_v i_o mention_v these_o light_a fault_n to_o say_v nothing_o of_o great_a crime_n and_o thus_o much_o from_o saint_n ambrose_n st._n augustine_n augustine_n augustine_n mention_v the_o injunction_n of_o this_o public_a confession_n for_o notorious_a offence_n thus_o if_o the_o penitent_n sin_n do_v not_o only_o redound_v to_o his_o own_o mischief_n but_o also_o unto_o much_o scandal_n of_o other_o 10._o si_fw-mi peccatum_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la in_o gravi_fw-la ejus_fw-la malo_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o tanto_fw-la scandalo_fw-la est_fw-la aliorum_fw-la atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la expedire_fw-la utilitati_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la videtur_fw-la antistiti_fw-la in_fw-la notitiâ_fw-la multorum_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la totius_fw-la plebis_fw-la agere_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la non_fw-la recuset_fw-la non_fw-la resistat_fw-la non_fw-la lethali_fw-la &_o mortiferae_fw-la plagae_fw-la per_fw-la pudorem_fw-la addat_fw-la tumorem_fw-la aug._n homil_n 50._o ult_n tom_fw-mi 10._o and_o the_o bishop_n shall_v think_v it_o expedient_a for_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o church_n let_v he_o not_o refuse_v to_o recognize_v his_o penance_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o many_o yea_o of_o all_o the_o people_n let_v
but_o slow_o on_o to_o shrift_n in_o those_o day_n and_o what_o may_v we_o then_o think_v of_o the_o laity_n 1240._o a._n d._n 1240._o the_o same_o edmund_n who_o moderate_v the_o church_n of_o canturbury_n in_o the_o time_n of_o that_o first_o legate_n otho_n make_v a_o constitution_n concern_v the_o behaviour_n and_o deportment_n of_o the_o confesseur_n or_o ghostly_a father_n delinquendi_fw-la in_o confession_n audienda_fw-la hâ—beat_fw-la sacerdos_n vultum_fw-la humilem_fw-la &_o oculos_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la dimissos_fw-la nec_fw-la faciâ—m_fw-la respiciat_fw-la confitentis_fw-la &_o maximè_fw-la mulieris_fw-la &_o patient_fw-la audiat_fw-la quicquid_fw-la dixerit_fw-la &_o in_o spiritu_fw-la lenitatis_fw-la supportet_fw-la eam_fw-la &_o ei_fw-la pro_fw-la posse_fw-la suadeat_fw-la &_o pluribus_fw-la modis_fw-la ut_fw-la integrè_fw-la confiteatur_fw-la peccata_fw-la inquirat_fw-la usitata_fw-la inusitata_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la long_o &_o pâ—r_fw-la circumstantias_fw-la &_o expertis_fw-la detur_fw-la modus_fw-la confitendi_fw-la &_o inexpertis_fw-la non_fw-la dâ—tur_fw-la occasio_fw-la delinquendi_fw-la at_o the_o time_n of_o shrift_n that_o he_o shall_v sit_v with_o a_o humble_a look_n his_o countenance_n downward_o not_o once_o behold_v the_o penitent_n face_n especial_o if_o a_o woman_n to_o afford_v a_o patient_a audience_n unto_o whatsoever_o shall_v be_v say_v and_o to_o support_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o lenity_n to_o use_v all_o persuasion_n to_o extract_v a_o plenary_a confession_n to_o inquire_v after_o usual_a and_o customary_a sin_n punctual_o and_o after_o strange_a one_o afar_o off_o and_o by_o circumstance_n and_o with_o that_o discretion_n as_o to_o teach_v the_o penitent_n how_o to_o confess_v not_o how_o to_o transgress_v and_o advise_v the_o confessor_n to_o pick_v out_o the_o great_a sin_n as_o murder_n confess_v semper_fw-la majora_fw-la crimina_fw-la &_o praecipue_fw-la notoria_fw-la majoribus_fw-la reserventur_fw-la linwood_n lib._n â—de_n poenit._n &_o remiss_a c._n in_o confess_v sacrilege_n incest_n sin_n against_o nature_n etc._n etc._n for_o such_o as_o be_v of_o great_a place_n and_o set_v they_o by_o as_o reserve_v case_n for_o the_o pope_n nor_o to_o grant_v absolution_n therein_o but_o at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n and_o that_o upon_o condition_n of_o their_o recovery_n they_o present_v themselves_o at_o rome_n with_o letter_n testimonial_a from_o their_o own_o confessor_n of_o the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o the_o offence_n the_o pope_n it_o seem_v have_v then_o seize_v upon_o fat_a sin_n as_o well_o as_o the_o fat_a of_o the_o land_n this_o constitution_n be_v make_v about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1240._o but_o richard_n surname_v the_o great_a his_o predecessor_n magnus_fw-la a._n d._n 1229._o richardus_fw-la magnus_fw-la and_o one_o that_o shall_v have_v take_v place_n of_o he_o however_o the_o compiler_n of_o the_o constitution_n have_v set_v he_o 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for_o that_o sacred_a action_n and_o special_o to_o prisoner_n who_o many_o time_n inhuman_o and_o unchristian_o be_v deny_v the_o use_n hereof_o or_o else_o so_o little_a time_n afford_v unto_o they_o as_o to_o put_v they_o rather_o into_o danger_n of_o discomfort_n and_o desperation_n than_o matter_n of_o spiritual_a joy_n and_o consolation_n 1279._o a._n d._n 1279._o john_n peccam_fw-la who_o sit_v in_o the_o see_v of_o canturbury_n an._n dom._n mcclxxix_o order_v that_o parish_n priest_n shall_v diligent_o take_v heed_n terra_fw-la parochiales_fw-la insuper_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la caveant_fw-la ne_fw-la alicui_fw-la dent_fw-la corpus_fw-la domini_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la constet_fw-la ipsum_fw-la confâ—ssum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la testimonio_fw-la &_o judicio_fw-la fide-dignorum_a lindw_n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr missar_n celebr_n c._n altissimus_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la that_o they_o administer_v not_o the_o body_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o any_o communicant_a except_o it_o may_v appear_v 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