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therefore_o be_v not_o to_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o wield_v the_o key_n which_o be_v here_o commit_v to_o the_o church_n if_o thou_o complain_v to_o he_o of_o a_o injury_n do_v by_o thy_o brother_n he_o will_v punish_v he_o and_o that_o be_v not_o it_o that_o christ_n aim_v at_o he_o will_v not_o have_v his_o disciple_n so_o careful_a of_o the_o repair_n of_o their_o wrong_n as_o of_o the_o amendment_n of_o their_o brother_n in_o a_o word_n he_o give_v not_o precept_n economical_a or_o political_a but_o prescribe_v a_o law_n unto_o the_o conscience_n which_o be_v that_o if_o thy_o brother_n amend_v not_o after_o private_a admonition_n to_o convent_v he_o before_o the_o church_n four_o 11._o sect._n 11._o neither_o by_o the_o church_n be_v we_o to_o understand_v s._n peter_n and_o his_o suppose_a successor_n of_o who_o the_o jesuit_n say_v papa_n est_fw-la virtualiter_fw-la tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la for_o our_o saviour_n speak_v unto_o peter_n and_z peter_z answers_z him_z vers_n 21._o how_o oft_o shall_v my_o brother_n sin_n against_o i_o now_o if_o peter_n be_v offend_v he_o be_v to_o go_v to_o the_o church_n that_o can_v be_v himself_o beside_o peter_n may_v be_v the_o man_n who_o give_v the_o offence_n if_o he_o do_v not_o i_o be_o sure_a the_o pope_n do_v and_o shall_v we_o complain_v of_o himself_o to_o himself_o we_o be_v like_a to_o have_v a_o ill_a hear_n final_o 12._o sect._n 12._o nor_o by_o the_o church_n be_v we_o to_o understand_v a_o general_n council_n that_o can_v not_o be_v call_v so_o oft_o as_o one_o offend_v &_o be_v to_o be_v correct_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v foolish_o do_v of_o the_o papist_n to_o allege_v this_o text_n for_o the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o church_n facti_fw-la lib_fw-la 3._o de_fw-la ver_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 5._o observandum_fw-la hic_fw-la quidem_fw-la dominum_fw-la loqui_fw-la de_fw-la injurijs_fw-la quas_fw-la unus_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la patitur_fw-la lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr rom._n pont_n conveniunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la catholicâ—_n posse_fw-la pentificem_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la pontificem_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la svo_fw-la coetu_fw-la consiliariorum_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la generali_fw-la concilio_n errare_fw-la in_o controverâ—ijs_fw-la facti_fw-la for_o they_o themselves_o do_v not_o ascribe_v infallibility_n to_o any_o particular_a church_n but_o only_o to_o a_o general_n council_n confirm_v by_o the_o pope_n of_o which_o this_o text_n can_v not_o be_v understand_v beside_o that_o which_o be_v here_o refer_v to_o the_o church_n be_v a_o matter_n of_o fact_n not_o of_o faith_n so_o bellarmine_n do_v acknowledge_v that_o christ_n speak_v of_o personal_a injury_n and_o that_o in_o decide_v of_o such_o controversy_n in_o matter_n of_o fact_n which_o depend_v upon_o information_n and_o testimony_n of_o witness_n the_o pope_n may_v err_v even_o with_o a_o general_n council_n at_o his_o elbow_n he_o say_v be_v confess_v by_o all_o romanist_n and_o then_o how_o this_o text_n use_v by_o all_o their_o writer_n to_o prove_v the_o infallibility_n of_o their_o church_n can_v serve_v their_o purpose_n no_o reasonable_a man_n can_v see_v by_o the_o church_n than_o we_o must_v understand_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o particular_a church_n wherein_o we_o live_v except_o the_o person_n to_o be_v correct_v 13._o sect._n 13._o be_v in_o that_o place_n that_o he_o can_v be_v judge_v but_o by_o a_o high_a court_n in_o which_o case_n the_o church_n we_o be_v to_o go_v unto_o be_v a_o provincial_a or_o nationall_n synod_n so_o st_n chrysostome_n and_o with_o he_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o all_o doctor_n expound_v it_o of_o the_o prelate_n and_o chief_a pastor_n of_o the_o church_n who_o have_v jurisdiction_n to_o bind_v and_o loose_v such_o offender_n in_o the_o word_n follow_v so_o a_o learned_a schooleman_n 10._o parisiensis_fw-la de_fw-fr sae_z ord_n c._n 10._o potestas_fw-la judiciaria_fw-la est_fw-la ipsius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cujus_fw-la minister_n ad_fw-la hancrem_fw-la episcopus_fw-la est_fw-la constitutus_fw-la as_o they_o who_o govern_v in_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v call_v the_o commonwealth_n so_o they_o who_o rule_n in_o the_o church_n be_v call_v the_o church_n because_o they_o hold_v the_o chief_a place_n in_o it_o as_o the_o body_n be_v say_v to_o see_v when_o it_o be_v only_o the_o eye_n that_o see_v so_o the_o church_n be_v say_v to_o hear_v that_o which_o they_o only_o hear_v who_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o church_n all_o the_o company_n of_o believer_n be_v call_v saint_n and_o yet_o the_o apostle_n give_v this_o title_n unto_o some_o who_o be_v in_o authority_n above_o the_o rest_n for_o compose_v of_o controversy_n i._o cor._n vi_o so_o albeit_o the_o whole_a multitude_n of_o believer_n be_v call_v the_o church_n yet_o in_o a_o special_a manner_n this_o title_n be_v give_v to_o they_o who_o be_v chief_a in_o the_o church_n for_o authority_n &_o power_n st_n john_n write_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o church_n that_o be_v the_o bishop_n and_o yet_o he_o conclude_v let_v he_o that_o have_v a_o care_n hear_v what_o the_o spirit_n say_v unto_o the_o church_n so_o that_o the_o ruler_n be_v call_v the_o church_n not_o only_o by_o our_o saviour_n but_o also_o by_o st_n john_n because_o they_o do_v represent_v the_o church_n whereof_o they_o have_v charge_n and_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n the_o hebrew_n word_n eda_n which_o signify_v the_o church_n be_v sometime_o use_v to_o express_v not_o the_o promiscuous_a multitude_n but_o the_o assembly_n of_o judge_n the_o council_n of_o the_o ruler_n psal_n lxxxii_o 1._o god_n stand_v in_o the_o congregation_n of_o god_n so_o that_o this_o acception_n of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o without_o precedent_n as_o some_o have_v allege_v and_o now_o have_v find_v the_o church_n 14._o sect._n 14._o let_v we_o see_v wherein_o the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v hear_v the_o necessity_n lay_v upon_o we_o to_o hear_v the_o church_n presuppose_v a_o power_n in_o 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humane_a invention_n but_o god_n ordìnance_n because_o they_o be_v natural_a circumstance_n of_o worship_n ii_o they_o can_v not_o well_o be_v express_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o that_o first_o because_o they_o be_v so_o numerous_a 25._o joh._n xxi_o 25._o all_o thing_n that_o jesus_n do_v be_v not_o record_v because_o our_o bible_n shall_v not_o grow_v too_o big_a for_o we_o and_o be_v it_o fit_a then_o the_o scripture_n shall_v record_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v or_o may_v be_v lawful_o incident_a to_o the_o particular_a service_n of_o god_n so_o it_o shall_v have_v swell_v in_o quantity_n above_o the_o pope_n decretall_n whereas_o the_o canon_n of_o our_o faith_n shall_v be_v brief_a that_o all_o may_v peruse_v it_o iii_o because_o they_o be_v so_o changeable_a and_o diverse_a according_a to_o the_o diverse_a condition_n of_o the_o church_n they_o can_v not_o be_v command_v by_o a_o unchangeable_a law_n but_o be_v to_o be_v take_v up_o by_o occasion_n therefore_o the_o apostle_n 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that_o the_o church_n have_v authority_n to_o make_v law_n for_o matter_n of_o order_n and_o outward_a polity_n and_o to_o appoint_v rite_n and_o ceremony_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n &_o that_o all_o man_n who_o be_v within_o the_o communion_n of_o that_o church_n be_v bind_v to_o give_v obedience_n unto_o these_o law_n neither_o be_v there_o ever_o any_o learned_a divine_a of_o the_o reform_a church_n who_o do_v deny_v ceremonial_a tradition_n or_o indeed_o any_o tradition_n but_o such_o as_o do_v across_o either_o the_o verity_n or_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n here_o it_o be_v easy_a for_o i_o to_o hold_v you_o till_o night_n only_o in_o deliver_v the_o suffrage_n of_o divine_n for_o confirmation_n of_o this_o point_n but_o i_o will_v content_v myself_o with_o a_o few_o the_o reform_a church_n of_o france_n in_o her_o confession_n publish_v in_o the_o year_n 1562._o say_v we_o confess_v opusc_n fatemur_fw-la tum_fw-la omnes_fw-la tum_fw-la etiam_fw-la singulas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la hoc_fw-la jus_o habere_fw-la ut_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o statuta_fw-la sibi_fw-la condant_fw-la ad_fw-la politiam_fw-la communem_fw-la inter_fw-la suos_fw-la constituendam_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la porto_fw-la statutis_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la deferendam_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la detrectant_fw-la cerebrosi_fw-la &_o pervicaces_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la habentur_fw-la apud_fw-la calvin_n in_o opusc_n that_o all_o and_o every_o church_n have_v this_o power_n to_o make_v law_n for_o establish_v common_a polity_n among_o her_o own_o member_n and_o that_o obedience_n be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o these_o law_n and_o those_o who_o refuse_v to_o obey_v be_v account_v with_o we_o obstinate_a and_o brainsick_a and_o so_o they_o be_v indeed_o m._n calvin_n who_o judgement_n you_o profess_v to_o honour_n and_o follow_v have_v most_o judicious_o determine_v this_o question_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n in_o appoint_v of_o ceremony_n and_o outward_a order_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n who_o judgement_n i_o will_v deliver_v in_o these_o proposition_n follow_v i._o 30._o i._o in_o externâ_fw-la disciplinâ_fw-la &_o ceremonijs_fw-la nonvoluit_fw-la sigillatim_fw-la praescribere_fw-la quid_fw-la sequi_fw-la debeamus_fw-la quod_fw-la istud_fw-la pendere_fw-la à _fw-la temporum_fw-la conditione_n praevideret_fw-la neque_fw-la judicavitunam_fw-la saeculis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la formam_fw-la convenire_fw-la lib._n iv_o instit_fw-la c._n x._o §._o 30._o in_o external_a discipline_n and_o ceremony_n christ_n will_v not_o particular_o prescribe_v what_o we_o shall_v follow_v because_o he_o foresee_v that_o will_v depend_v upon_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o time_n and_o he_o think_v that_o one_o form_n will_v not_o be_v agreeable_a unto_o all_o age_n ii_o 23._o ii_o si_fw-mi enim_fw-la velut_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la positae_fw-la singulorum_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la relictae_fw-la fucrint_fw-la quoniam_fw-la nunquam_fw-la futurum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la omnibus_fw-la idem_fw-la placeat_fw-la brevi_fw-la futura_fw-la
est_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la confusio_fw-la ibid._n §_o 23._o that_o yet_o these_o rite_n must_v not_o be_v leave_v free_a for_o every_o man_n to_o use_v what_o fashion_n he_o please_v but_o must_v be_v establish_v by_o law_n otherwise_o for_o asmuch_o as_o the_o same_o order_n will_v never_o please_v all_o man_n there_o will_v follow_v great_a confusion_n in_o the_o church_n iii_o 30._o iii_o prout_n ecclesiae_fw-la utilitas_fw-la requirit_fw-la tam_fw-la usitatas_fw-la mutare_fw-la &_o abrogare_fw-la quam_fw-la novas_fw-la instituere_fw-la conveniet_fw-la ibid._n §._o 30._o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o church_n when_o she_o find_v it_o convenient_a to_o change_v and_o abrogate_v old_a ceremony_n and_o to_o institute_v new_a in_o their_o room_n iv_o 31._o iv_o christiani_n populi_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la secundum_fw-la hunc_fw-la canonem_fw-la fuerint_fw-la instituta_fw-la liberâ_fw-la quidem_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la nullâque_fw-la superstitione_n piâ_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o facili_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequium_fw-la propensione_n seruare_fw-la non_fw-la contemptim_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la supinâ_fw-la negli_fw-la entiâ_fw-la praeterire_fw-la tantum_fw-la abest_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la fastum_fw-la &_o contumaciam_fw-la violare_fw-la apertè_fw-la debeat_fw-la quód_fw-la siquis_fw-la obstrepat_fw-la &_o plus_fw-la sapere_fw-la hic_fw-la velit_fw-la quà m_fw-la oportet_fw-la videat_fw-la ipse_fw-la quâ_fw-la morositatem_fw-la svam_fw-la ratione_fw-la domino_fw-la approbet_fw-la nobis_fw-la tamen_fw-la illud_fw-la pauli_n satisfacere_fw-la debet_fw-la nos_fw-la contendi_fw-la morem_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la neque_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la dei_fw-la §._o 31._o that_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o every_o christian_a not_o to_o contemn_v or_o neglect_v such_o constitution_n but_o to_o keep_v they_o without_o superstition_n with_o a_o free_a conscience_n and_o with_o a_o pious_a and_o facile_a propension_n to_o obedience_n and_o if_o any_o will_v oppose_v they_o and_o be_v more_o wise_a than_o be_v needful_a let_v he_o look_v to_o it_o which_o way_n he_o will_v approve_v his_o morosity_n unto_o god_n for_o that_o of_o s._n paul_n shall_v satisfy_v we_o that_o we_o have_v no_o custom_n to_o contend_v namely_o about_o such_o matter_n nor_o the_o church_n of_o god_n v._o 10._o v._o neque_fw-la tamen_fw-la permisit_fw-la dominus_fw-la vagam_fw-la effraenamque_fw-la licentiam_fw-la sed_fw-la cancellos_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la loquar_fw-la circumdidit_fw-la and_o aâ—gaine_o confugere_fw-la hic_fw-la oportet_fw-la ad_fw-la generales_fw-la quas_fw-la dedit_fw-la regulas_fw-la see_n §._o 10._o that_o god_n have_v not_o give_v his_o church_n unlimited_a power_n to_o establish_v what_o ceremony_n she_o list_v but_o have_v bound_v she_o within_o certain_a rule_n so_o that_o here_o we_o must_v have_v recourse_n unto_o the_o general_n rule_v lay_v down_o in_o the_o scripture_n now_o the_o general_a rule_n be_v especial_o these_o let_v all_o thing_n be_v do_v decent_o and_o in_o order_n i._o cor._n fourteen_o 40._o do_v all_o thing_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n i._n cor._n x._o 31._o let_v all_o thing_n be_v do_v to_o edify_v i._o cor._n fourteen_o 26._o follow_v those_o thing_n which_o concern_v peace_n rom._n fourteen_o 19_o of_o which_o kind_n many_o more_o may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o scripture_n which_o be_v the_o very_a rule_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n write_v in_o all_o man_n heart_n which_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o observe_v though_o the_o apostle_n have_v not_o mention_v they_o for_o they_o be_v not_o deliver_v in_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o yet_o the_o jew_n observe_v they_o unwritten_a as_o be_v edict_n of_o nature_n and_o thereby_o frame_v such_o church-order_n as_o in_o their_o law_n be_v not_o prescribe_v so_o the_o christian_a church_n in_o all_o age_n have_v respect_n unto_o those_o general_a rule_n have_v establish_v law_n for_o the_o outward_a form_n and_o administration_n 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