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disputation_n for_o there_o will_v never_o be_v a_o end_n of_o contention_n say_v he_o if_o you_o strive_v with_o a_o quarrelsome_a man_n though_o he_o be_v overcome_v a_o hundred_o time_n he_o will_v not_o yet_o be_v weary_v or_o give_v over_o and_o say_v the_o learned_a grotius_n the_o apostle_n here_o cut_v off_o all_o disputation_n with_o these_o two_o axe_n as_o it_o be_v apostolical_a institution_n and_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o call_v that_o into_o question_n which_o be_v receive_v through_o all_o the_o church_n be_v the_o part_n and_o character_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o those_o that_o be_v contentious_a it_o be_v a_o point_n say_v st._n augustin_n of_o 118._o this_o be_v st._n ambrose_n his_o golden_a rule_n in_o matter_n of_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n which_o st._n augustin_n as_o often_o as_o he_o consider_v of_o which_o he_o do_v often_o look_v upon_o and_o welcome_v as_o a_o heavenly_a oracle_n ad_fw-la quam_fw-la sortè_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la veneris_fw-la ejus_fw-la merem_fw-la serva_fw-la si_fw-la iniquam_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la esse_fw-la scandalo_fw-la nec_fw-la quenquam_fw-la titi_fw-la ep._n 118._o most_o insolent_a madness_n to_o think_v that_o not_o to_o be_v do_v well_o or_o right_o which_o be_v do_v by_o the_o universal_a church_n and_o such_o i_o esteem_v to_o be_v the_o determination_n ☞_o ☞_o of_o this_o matter_n about_o ceremony_n the_o instance_n be_v very_o many_o which_o the_o learned_a reconciler_n himself_o afford_v we_o i_o will_v only_o here_o refer_v to_o two_o of_o of_o they_o the_o former_a be_v about_o the_o trine_n immersion_n or_o threefold_a dip_v in_o 283._o p._n 282_o 283._o baptism_n as_o a_o symbolical_a ceremony_n to_o signify_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n or_o the_o death_n and_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n after_o three_o day_n this_o thing_n say_v the_o reconciler_n be_v so_o much_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n that_o in_o the_o 49th_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n he_o that_o do_v not_o use_v this_o trine_n immersion_n be_v sentence_v to_o be_v depose_v from_o his_o dignity_n here_o than_o we_o have_v confess_o a_o severe_a imposition_n of_o a_o symbolical_a ceremony_n he_o tell_v we_o indeed_o afterward_o how_o 284._o p._n 284._o the_o arrian_n expound_v this_o custom_n to_o their_o advantage_n as_o signify_v the_o substantial_a difference_n of_o the_o father_n from_o the_o son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n the_o bishop_n of_o spain_n use_v a_o single_a immersion_n and_o pope_n gregory_n commend_v they_o for_o do_v it_o upon_o this_o occasion_n and_o this_o be_v bring_v into_o a_o law_n there_o by_o the_o four_o council_n of_o toledo_n here_o still_o be_v a_o symbolical_a ceremony_n bring_v into_o law_n and_o practice_n a_o single_a immersion_n in_o baptism_n to_o signify_v the_o unity_n of_o essence_n in_o the_o trinity_n and_o this_o only_o prove_v the_o former_a ceremony_n not_o to_o be_v necessary_a in_o itself_o as_o the_o former_a do_v this_o 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authority_n that_o a_o superadded_a penalty_n may_v possible_o be_v think_v needless_a that_o which_o i_o hence_o remark_n be_v that_o uniformity_n ☜_o ☜_o in_o a_o symbolical_a rite_n be_v impose_v by_o no_o less_o authority_n than_o the_o great_a council_n of_o nice_a and_o however_o this_o observance_n now_o have_v cease_v by_o desuetude_n yet_o we_o retain_v as_o i_o conceive_v some_o print_n of_o its_o resemblance_n in_o our_o stand_n up_o at_o the_o creed_n and_o the_o gospel_n the_o substance_n of_o what_o i_o here_o argue_v for_o be_v grant_v upon_o occasion_n by_o the_o reconciler_n in_o the_o answer_n he_o give_v by_o way_n of_o correction_n in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o excellent_a 313._o p._n 313._o bishop_n taylor_n that_o it_o be_v for_o ever_o necessary_a that_o thing_n shall_v be_v do_v in_o the_o church_n decent_o and_o in_o order_n and_o since_o the_o question_n of_o decency_n ☜_o ☜_o will_v for_o ever_o have_v
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populi_fw-la dei_fw-la vel_fw-la instituta_fw-la majorum_fw-la pro_fw-la lege_fw-la tenenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la st._n aug._n ep._n 86._o quod_fw-la neque_fw-la contra_fw-la fidem_fw-la neque_fw-la contra_fw-la bonos_fw-es more_o be_v injungitur_fw-la indifferenter_fw-la est_fw-la habendum_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la eorum_fw-la inter_fw-la quos_fw-la vivitur_fw-la societate_fw-la servandum_fw-la id._n ep._n 118._o ubi_fw-la plura_fw-la vide_fw-la decency_n as_o he_o explain_v it_o a_o latitude_n methinks_v may_v here_o do_v as_o well_o as_o in_o other_o case_n a_o latitude_n of_o power_n in_o the_o church_n as_o well_o as_o a_o latitude_n in_o the_o conformity_n of_o her_o child_n consider_v especial_o how_o universal_o the_o command_v run_v child_n obey_v your_o parent_n in_o all_o thing_n servant_n obey_v your_o master_n in_o all_o thing_n which_o we_o can_v safe_o bound_v with_o any_o other_o restriction_n than_o this_o that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v so_o far_o as_o may_v 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