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rom._n 10._o 14_o 15._o eph._n 4._o 11_o 12_o 13._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 5._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 20._o act._n 26._o 16_o 17_o 18._o or_o if_o they_o convert_v any_o they_o do_v it_o not_o as_o pastor_n m._n h._n they_o which_o have_v no_o church-power_n can_v put_v forth_o no_o church_n power_n but_o such_o as_o church_n to_o other_o church_n ans._n the_o proposition_n be_v weak_a they_o put_v forth_o a_o act_n of_o love_n of_o counsel_n of_o approbation_n of_o conjunction_n as_o well_o as_o power_n mr._n r._n grant_v one_o single_a congregation_n to_o have_v no_o power_n over_o another_o many_o church_n send_v to_o parliament_n to_o declare_v their_o judgement_n may_v approve_v of_o their_o determination_n if_o holy_a if_o not_o may_v confute_v they_o yet_o they_o have_v no_o church-power_n over_o the_o parliament_n ans._n 1._o my_o argument_n be_v mistake_v many_o church_n suppose_v i_o have_v not_o power_n by_o this_o way_n to_o receive_v in_o one_o church_n nor_o james_n cephas_n and_o 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and_o more_o inchurch_v our_o brethren_n and_o the_o sociâ—iâ—â—â—_n give_v we_o a_o very_a uncertain_a way_n of_o know_v the_o church_n remonst_z in_o apolog_n c._n 22_o doctrinae_fw-la praedicatio_fw-la est_fw-la anterius_fw-la quid_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la quid_fw-la absurdius_fw-la erge_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquando_fw-la prius_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la eâdem_fw-la posterius_fw-la erit_fw-la nota_fw-la enim_fw-la notate_fw-la svo_fw-la posterior_n est_fw-la idciâ—…ò_fw-la quiâ—_n p_o aedicatiâ—_n est_fw-fr aliquande_fw-fr instrumeâ—…um_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la colligâ—…_n non_fw-la poâ—…sse_fw-la cert_n atque_fw-la infell_n thiâ—â—s_fw-la nota_fw-la eâ—…_n ollâ—…_n vide_fw-la fol_n 241._o 2â—2_n socinianus_n voshelius_fw-la de_fw-la vera_fw-la religione_fw-la lib._n 6._o c._n 16._o primò_fw-la igitur_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la consequendam_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la necessarium_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la videtur_fw-la ubi_fw-la christâ—_n ecclesia_fw-la sit_fw-la perquirere_fw-la minimè_fw-la consequens_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quia_fw-la christus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la adire_fw-la &_o audire_fw-la jubet_fw-la â—deirco_fw-mi ubi_fw-la existat_fw-la ea_fw-la inquirendum_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnino_fw-la sitz_fw-fr loquor_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la jam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la agnoverunt_fw-la ait_fw-fr ibidem_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la aeternam_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la requiri_fw-la quam_fw-la sidem_fw-la peâ—_n sidem_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la collatam_fw-la cujus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la atque_fw-la animaest_n obedientia_fw-la how_o excommunicate_v person_n be_v member_n of_o the_o church_n how_o not_o the_o place_n 2_o thess._n 3._o 14._o mistake_v by_o m._n r._n and_o our_o brethren_n how_o preach_v many_o year_n to_o infidel_n be_v a_o note_n of_o the_o church_n how_o not_o what_o sort_n of_o preach_v of_o the_o word_n be_v a_o note_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n what_o be_v to_o be_v think_v of_o a_o lecturer_n that_o 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3._o 16._o the_o place_n much_o mistake_v concili_fw-la teldent_a sess_v 6._o c._n 6._o bellarmi_fw-fr gregori_n de_fw-fr uâ—â—â—_n our_o brethren_n argue_v from_o a_o grow_v up_o church_n to_o a_o unplanted_a church_n this_o be_v a_o high_a tall-tree_n ergo_fw-la it_o be_v a_o high_a tall-tree_n when_o it_o be_v first_o plant_v way_n of_o the_o church_n of_o n._n england_n ch_z 1._o sect_n 1._o by_o our_o brethren_n way_n there_o must_v be_v son_n and_o a_o feed_a flock_n before_o there_o be_v father_n and_o shepherd_n to_o feed_v they_o by_o our_o brethren_n way_n none_o be_v convert_v by_o a_o visible_a ministry_n and_o by_o pastor_n and_o teacher_n 5_o cor._n 3._o 15._o by_o m._n h._n his_o way_n no_o pastor_n as_o a_o pastor_n have_v any_o command_n of_o christ_n to_o intend_v to_o convert_v his_o â—…k_n or_o any_o â—ember_v thereof_o m._n h_n leave_v out_o that_o word_n wherein_o the_o strength_n of_o m._n r_o argument_n stand_v and_o utter_o mistake_v he_o there_o must_v be_v two_o contrary_a intention_n in_o god_n by_o our_o brethren_n way_n m._n hooker_n ibid._n 2._o inference_n see_v answer_n to_o 32_o question_n answer_v to_o sect_n 9_o q._n 10._o q._n 1._o q._n 2_o see_v m_n bailiff_n vindicat_fw-la of_o dissuasive_a a_o 1655._o pag._n 1._o c._n 16._o pag._n 38._o 39_o answer_v to_o 32._o quest._n sect_n 1._o pag._n 7._o 8._o 9_o pag._n 25._o 26._o 27._o ans_fw-fr to_o q._n 10._o p._n 29._o both_o mr_n hooâ—â—r_n and_o m_o robinson_n and_o the_o sepaparatist_n teach_v that_o there_o can_v be_v none_o member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n but_o only_o real_a convert_n and_o such_o as_o be_v choose_v to_o life_n and_o so_o contradict_v themselves_o and_o this_o be_v no_o calumny_n which_o m._n h._n charge_v on_o they_o so_o m._n robinson_n who_o m._n h._n desend_v justification_n of_o separation_n against_o mr._n r._n rernard_n propos_fw-fr 3._o pag._n 112._o so_o have_v every_o true_a visible_a church_n of_o christ_n direct_v and_o immediate_a 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be_v not_o for_o the_o it_o visible_a kingdom_n of_o christ_n in_o concrete_a as_o rule_v by_o christ_n include_v the_o elect_a and_o true_a believer_n for_o who_o sake_n be_v all_o officers_z word_n seal_n 1_o cor._n 3._o 21._o 22._o 2_o cor._n 〈◊〉_d 15._o eph._n 1._o 22._o m._n h._n the_o church_n in_o her_o constitution_n be_v consider_v two_o way_n 1._o as_o totum_fw-la essentiale_fw-la or_o homogeneum_fw-la or_o as_o totum_fw-la integrale_fw-la in_o the_o former_a notion_n the_o church_n as_o a_o city_n without_o a_o mayor_n have_v right_a to_o choose_v its_o officer_n and_o become_v totum_fw-la organicum_fw-la when_o officer_n be_v in_o it_o ames_n medu_fw-fr lib._n 1._o cap._n 33._o 18._o ans._n 1._o the_o argument_n must_v so_o run_v do_v what_o ever_o a_o city_n without_o a_o mayor_n may_v do_v that_o may_v a_o company_n of_o believer_n so_o combine_v without_o officer_n doâ—_n ans._n nothing_o more_o false_a but_o of_o this_o hereaster_n a_o civil_a free_a corporation_n may_v 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whole_a say_v we_o have_v truth_n by_o the_o brethren_n way_n no_o remedy_n but_o be_v the_o matter_n heresy_n or_o scandal_n incest_n and_o parricide_n the_o large_a part_n of_o every_o single_a congregation_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o 24._o sound_a church_n have_v a_o power_n independent_a and_o from_o which_o there_o be_v no_o appeal_n on_o earth_n to_o excommunicate_v the_o few_o name_n that_o be_v in_o sardis_n and_o keep_v their_o garment_n clean_o if_o you_o say_v so_o be_v it_o in_o a_o national_a in_o a_o oecumenick_n council_n by_o the_o church_n presbyterian_a way_n i_o answer_v in_o either_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o if_o there_o be_v a_o manifest_a depart_n from_o the_o faith_n and_o the_o man_n of_o sin_n sit_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n and_o the_o fornication_n of_o babel_n be_v multiply_v the_o few_o and_o weak_a being_n saviour_n pars_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la the_o sound_a part_n be_v as_o mr._n h._n say_v jure_fw-la in_o the_o court_n of_o heaven_n the_o church_n mr._n h._n arg._n 7._o this_o course_n can_v attain_v its_o end_n appoint_v by_o 121._o our_o saviour_n who_o wisdom_n fail_v not_o nor_o can_v be_v frustrate_a in_o its_o preparation_n but_o the_o classis_fw-la excommunicate_v when_o the_o elder_n and_o congregation_n refuse_v to_o submit_v will_v be_v of_o no_o force_n ans._n let_v the_o large_a part_n of_o the_o congregation_n by_o three_o vote_n operis_fw-la excommunicate_v a_o godly_a sound_a man_n and_o discern_v a_o arch-heretick_n to_o preach_v as_o a_o godly_a socinian_n where_o be_v the_o end_n of_o christ_n attain_v by_o you_o 2._o it_o be_v a_o arminian_n and_o unsound_a tenet_n to_o condemn_v the_o wisdom_n of_o christ_n because_o he_o draw_v not_o his_o ordinance_n gospel_n promise_n precept_n seal_n censure_n according_a to_o his_o irresistible_a decree_n by_o which_o the_o infinite_o wise_a lord_n can_v come_v short_a of_o his_o end_n intend_v of_o the_o ordinance_n themselves_o finem_fw-la operantis_fw-la for_o his_o 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