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my_o own_o condition_n 13._o aug._n confess_v lib._n 5._o cap._n 13._o ego_fw-la ipse_fw-la ambivi_fw-la per_fw-la eosdem_fw-la ipsos_fw-la manichaeos_n vanitatibus_fw-la ebrios_fw-la quibus_fw-la ut_fw-la carerem_fw-la ibam_fw-la i_o endeavour_v to_o obtain_v the_o place_n say_v he_o by_o those_o same_o person_n that_o be_v drunken_a with_o the_o error_n of_o the_o manichee_n and_o i_o go_v that_o i_o may_v be_v deliver_v from_o they_o ibid._n ibid._n et_fw-la veni_fw-la mediolanum_n ad_fw-la ambrosium_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la autem_fw-la ducebar_fw-la abs_fw-la te_fw-la nesciens_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la sciens_fw-la ducerer_n and_o so_o i_o come_v to_o milan_n unto_o ambrose_n unto_o who_o i_o be_v bring_v by_o thou_o unwitting_a to_o myself_o that_o by_o he_o i_o may_v be_v bring_v to_o thou_o o_o god_n on_o better_a knowledge_n ibid._n ibid._n appropinquabam_fw-la sensim_fw-la &_o nescivi_fw-la i_o do_v thereby_o draw_v near_o unto_o thou_o by_o degree_n and_o know_v it_o not_o the_o like_a happen_v to_o myself_o also_o for_o the_o absence_n from_o those_o night-wanderer_n and_o the_o privacy_n of_o the_o country_n and_o the_o urgence_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o place_n note_n note_n together_o with_o the_o unfaithfulness_n of_o those_o who_o fail_v in_o their_o engagement_n to_o do_v all_o office_n for_o i_o in_o the_o church_n affair_n but_o preach_v occasion_v i_o that_o as_o i_o be_v awaken_v before_o in_o the_o civil_a affair_n and_o wamble_v also_o in_o that_o of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a upon_o far_a consideration_n read_v and_o prayer_n god_n let_v i_o hear_v a_o voice_n behind_o i_o 30._o isa_n 30._o say_v '_o this_o be_v the_o way_n walk_v in_o it_o so_o that_o though_o through_o the_o desertion_n of_o those_o who_o shall_v have_v assist_v i_o and_o promise_v so_o to_o do_v i_o have_v be_v considerable_o detriment_v in_o my_o 〈◊〉_d condition_n by_o the_o place_n they_o commend_v i_o unto_o 4._o col._n 3._o 2_o cor._n 4._o yet_o by_o this_o mean_v my_o inward_a man_n in_o true_a knowledge_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v have_v be_v renew_v day_n by_o day_n what_o hand_n god_n will_v lead_v we_o home_o by_o be_v in_o his_o dispose_n sometime_o by_o our_o own_o wander_n and_o sin_n as_o onesimus_n be_v bring_v to_o paul_n philem_n philem_n and_o myself_o to_o the_o opportunity_n of_o light_n by_o those_o who_o be_v themselves_o in_o darkness_n but_o yet_o we_o must_v remember_v thou_o shall_v not_o abhor_v a_o edomite_n for_o he_o be_v thy_o brother_n thou_o shall_v not_o abhor_v a_o egyptian_a 23.7_o deut._n 23.7_o because_o thou_o be_v a_o stranger_n in_o his_o land_n from_o whence_o we_o learn_v that_o difference_n in_o religion_n must_v not_o obliterate_v the_o duty_n we_o owe_v to_o our_o natural_a or_o civil_a relation_n and_o such_o as_o have_v do_v we_o good_a although_o by_o accident_n this_o as_o to_o person_n sect_n 2._o nor_o hope_v of_o outward_a thing_n 2._o next_o for_o thing_n and_o 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of_o god_n unto_o the_o people_n viz._n the_o word_n sacrament_n and_o administration_n of_o the_o key_n in_o bind_v and_o lose_v in_o excommunicate_v and_o absolve_v prayer_n be_v a_o more_o general_a and_o common_a act_n communicable_a also_o unto_o other_o four_o this_o particular_a answ_n 4_o have_v a_o special_a consideration_n inasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v a_o more_o immediate_a act_n of_o the_o congregation_n the_o people_n be_v therefore_o not_o unproper_a to_o be_v pronounce_v by_o one_o of_o they_o especial_o be_v allow_v by_o the_o church_n thereunto_o as_o be_v absolution_n the_o proper_a act_n of_o the_o minister_n which_o follow_v immediate_o upon_o the_o former_a seem_v to_o point_v at_o the_o people_n confession_n before_o but_o this_o the_o church_n have_v leave_v arbitrary_a last_o it_o be_v not_o in_o use_n and_o therefore_o answ_n 5_o need_v not_o such_o animosity_n and_o opposition_n the_o four_o exception_n except_o the_o four_z h_z except_o that_o the_o same_o collect_n shall_v be_v say_v on_o certain_a festival_n seven_o day_n after_o with_o the_o word_n as_o on_o this_o day_n as_o if_o as_o they_o jeer_v above_o the_o minister_n may_v not_o change_v queen_n for_o king_n the_o five_o exception_n be_v against_o the_o last_o rubric_n after_o the_o communion_n which_o say_v sacram_fw-la the_o five_o exception_n rite_n and_o sacram_fw-la that_o every_o parishioner_n shall_v communicate_v at_o the_o least_o three_o time_n in_o the_o year_n of_o which_o easter_n to_o be_v one_o and_o shall_v also_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n and_o other_o rite_n etc._n etc._n thus_o they_o recite_v the_o rubric_n and_o have_v make_v it_o for_o their_o turn_n they_o discharge_v three_o bruta_fw-la fulmina_fw-la against_o it_o first_o that_o it_o be_v contradictory_n to_o the_o exhortation_n before_o the_o communion_n who_o do_v bid_v all_o present_a in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n to_o come_v etc._n etc._n then_o the_o former_a seem_v to_o dispense_v with_o god_n own_o invitation_n next_o that_o easter_n shall_v be_v one_o
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do_v it_o again_o it_o be_v indifferent_a for_o he_o to_o circumcise_v or_o not_o to_o circumcise_v 5._o act._n 16._o gal._n 2.3_o 5._o yet_o according_a to_o circumstance_n he_o do_v it_o to_o timothy_n and_o will_v not_o do_v it_o to_o other_o to_o abstain_v from_o blood_n and_o from_o thing_n strangle_v i_o suppose_v the_o brethren_n count_v indifferent_a because_o the_o apostle_n say_v every_o creature_n of_o god_n be_v good_a 4._o 1_o tim._n 4._o and_o nothing_o to_o be_v refuse_v yet_o the_o apostle_n for_o that_o time_n make_v it_o a_o matter_n of_o necessity_n to_o abstain_v from_o they_o 15._o act._n 15._o whether_o a_o man_n pray_v uncover_v and_o the_o woman_n cover_v may_v seem_v indifferent_a but_o the_o apostle_n beside_o other_o argument_n determine_v it_o by_o the_o custom_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n as_o a_o matter_n necessary_a to_o go_v that_o way_n he_o propound_v as_o to_o that_o clause_n indifferent_a thing_n can_v be_v make_v necessary_a if_o they_o 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good_a of_o the_o church_n be_v concern_v his_o charity_n direct_v he_o to_o love_v the_o body_n and_o tender_a the_o welfare_n of_o that_o rather_o than_o of_o some_o particular_a member_n though_o otherwise_o precious_a this_o for_o their_o proposition_n next_o for_o their_o proof_n from_o the_o apostle_n doctrine_n and_o practice_n 14._o their_o proof_n rom._n 14._o first_o his_o doctrine_n all_o thing_n indeed_o be_v pure_a but_o it_o be_v evil_a to_o he_o that_o eat_v with_o offence_n press_n see_v to_o the_o like_a effect_n also_o the_o proposit_a touch_v reform_v of_o the_o liturg._n now_o in_o the_o press_n and_o it_o be_v good_a neither_o to_o eat_v flesh_n nor_o drink_v wine_n whereby_o thy_o brother_n stumble_v or_o be_v make_v weak_a to_o take_v heed_n lest_o our_o liberty_n become_v a_o stumbling-block_n but_o if_o one_o will_v use_v his_o liberty_n and_o the_o other_o will_v take_v offence_n than_o his_o charge_n be_v let_v not_o he_o that_o eat_v despise_v he_o that_o 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fremunt_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la socii_fw-la &_o indignantur_fw-la regnum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la restitui_fw-la theodoro_n lib._n 3._o ep._n 178._o vito_n theodoro_n ego_fw-la tamen_fw-la etiam_fw-la duriores_fw-la conditione_n arbitror_fw-la nobis_fw-la accipiendas_fw-la esse_fw-la propter_fw-la publicam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tranquillitatem_fw-la &_o concordiam_fw-la sed_fw-la fatalis_fw-la aliqua_fw-la necessitas_fw-la urget_fw-la germanos_fw-la again_o utinam_fw-la utinam_fw-la possim_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la dominationem_fw-la confirmare_fw-la sed_fw-la administrationem_fw-la restituere_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la camerario_fw-la lib._n 4._o ep._n 104._o camerario_fw-la video_fw-la enim_fw-la qualem_fw-la simus_fw-la habituri_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la dissolutâ_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ecclesiastica_fw-la video_fw-la postea_fw-la multo_fw-la intollerabiliorem_fw-la futuram_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la quà m_fw-la antea_fw-la unquam_fw-la fuit_fw-la adhuc_fw-la nihil_fw-la adhuc_fw-la concessimus_fw-la adversariis_fw-la praeter_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la lutherus_n censuit_fw-la esse_fw-la reddenda_fw-la re_fw-la bene_fw-la ac_fw-la diligenter_n considerata_fw-la ante_fw-la conventum_fw-la again_o quo_fw-la enim_fw-la jure_fw-la licebat_fw-la nobis_fw-la dissolvere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ecclesiasticam_fw-la si_fw-la episcopi_fw-la concedent_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la aequum_fw-la est_fw-la eosco_fw-la c_o deer_n &_o ut_fw-la liceat_fw-la certè_fw-la non_fw-la expedit_fw-la semper_fw-la ita_fw-la sensitipse_n lutherus_n quem_fw-la nulla_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la quidam_fw-la ut_fw-la video_fw-la amant_fw-fr nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la beneficio_fw-la ejus_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la se_fw-la episcopos_fw-la excussisse_fw-la &_o adeptos_fw-la libertatem_fw-la minimè_fw-la utilem_fw-la ad_fw-la posteritatem_fw-la again_o velim_fw-la hoc_fw-la tibi_fw-la persuadeas_fw-la de_fw-fr i_o deque_fw-la multis_fw-la aliis_fw-la nos_fw-la optare_fw-la 115._o ep._n ad_fw-la 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