that_o have_v read_v they_o all_o know_v there_o be_v nothing_o more_o contrary_a this_o i_o have_v say_v because_o this_o doctor_n make_v his_o complaint_n of_o the_o opposition_n and_o contempt_n praef._n and_o affront_v put_v upon_o he_o by_o those_o friend_n to_o who_o before_o the_o set_n out_o he_o have_v communicate_v his_o book_n object_v say_v he_o nothing_o against_o he_o but_o that_o he_o be_v beside_o his_o call_n which_o therefore_o with_o he_o i_o confess_v to_o be_v a_o unsufficient_a argument_n against_o his_o book_n if_o it_o have_v no_o other_o to_o join_v with_o it_o and_o i_o rather_o conceive_v that_o it_o be_v a_o civility_n in_o his_o friend_n which_o use_v it_o than_o a_o entire_a and_o sole_a objection_n design_v by_o they_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o take_v he_o off_o from_o a_o confidence_n that_o he_o have_v do_v well_o by_o tell_v he_o he_o be_v no_o competent_a judge_n whether_o he_o have_v or_o no_o and_o advise_v he_o that_o be_v a_o stanger_n in_o that_o faculty_n he_o shall_v not_o depend_v too_o much_o upon_o his_o own_o judgement_n rather_o then_o a_o acknowledgement_n that_o they_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o object_n to_o he_o and_o if_o civility_n be_v apt_a to_o be_v thus_o mistake_v the_o truth_n be_v a_o little_a plain_a deal_n be_v a_o more_o friendly_a office_n i_o shall_v therefore_o have_v no_o necessity_n of_o reply_v to_o his_o answer_n to_o those_o friend_n that_o scrutamini_fw-la scripturas_fw-la and_o probate_n spiritualia_fw-la search_v the_o scripture_n and_o try_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v spiritual_fw-la be_v a_o sufficient_a comminssion_n to_o he_o for_o that_o attempt_n especial_o if_o it_o be_v true_a which_o he_o add_v pâ—aes_n that_o if_o he_o have_v have_v a_o stipend_n to_o read_v divinity_n this_o fact_n of_o he_o will_v then_o have_v nothing_o in_o it_o in_o their_o opinion_n alien_n from_o his_o office_n or_o duty_n where_o yet_o i_o suppose_v the_o office_n may_v be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o stipend_n and_o though_o the_o money_n be_v not_o apt_a to_o inspire_v as_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o grace_n yet_o sure_a the_o munâ—s_n or_o call_v to_o the_o office_n may_v go_v for_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o which_o we_o may_v hope_v for_o the_o annexion_n of_o god_n blessing_n more_o than_o to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o meddle_v in_o faculty_n or_o study_n that_o belong_v not_o to_o we_o we_o have_v any_o promise_n to_o authorise_v we_o to_o expect_v sect._n 31_o 2._o for_o the_o occasion_n of_o his_o quarrel_n against_o excommunication_n i_o shall_v give_v you_o no_o other_o account_n than_o what_o from_o himself_o i_o have_v receive_v who_o i_o suppose_v be_v able_a to_o speak_v the_o bottom_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o nothing_o else_o and_o while_o i_o do_v so_o shall_v desire_v the_o reader_n to_o observe_v how_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o fabric_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n i_o mean_v the_o ancient_a structure_n as_o it_o stand_v by_o law_n and_o the_o doctrine_n thereof_o will_v never_o have_v provoke_v he_o to_o this_o enmity_n if_o he_o have_v live_v here_o under_o the_o best_a or_o perhaps_o worst_a day_n of_o our_o episcopacy_n and_o then_o as_o his_o hypocrates_n in_o his_o excellent_a tract_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d will_v tell_v we_o of_o a_o mighty_a influence_n that_o the_o place_n the_o air_n or_o some_o such_o accidental_a circumstance_n may_v have_v upon_o the_o body_n first_o and_o through_o they_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n so_o will_v the_o reader_n find_v that_o his_o have_v change_v the_o air_n have_v be_v excellent_a effectual_a physic_n for_o he_o and_o in_o all_o probability_n may_v have_v make_v a_o shift_n to_o have_v change_v his_o opinion_n also_o the_o first_o thing_n which_o say_v he_o cast_v he_o on_o those_o consideration_n sect._n 32_o against_o excommunication_n be_v the_o unseasonablenesse_n of_o the_o time_n for_o the_o administer_a of_o such_o purge_a physic_n there_o be_v then_o say_v he_o a_o great_a paucity_n of_o protestant_a professor_n and_o the_o number_n of_o papist_n extreme_o overtop_v they_o in_o those_o part_n and_o of_o the_o protestant_n scarce_o the_o thirty_o part_n understand_v and_o approve_v the_o doctrine_n and_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v in_o his_o opinion_n a_o strange_a improper_a season_n for_o the_o set_n up_o this_o course_n of_o severe_a rugged_a discipline_n which_o will_v exclude_v from_o the_o sacrament_n so_o many_o of_o the_o few_o protestant_n that_o it_o will_v both_o unpeople_v their_o assembly_n and_o necessary_o cause_v a_o dangerous_a scissure_n in_o the_o multitude_n the_o second_o thing_n be_v his_o have_v observe_v the_o unfitnesse_n of_o the_o sect._n 33_o person_n that_o be_v employ_v and_o preside_v in_o this_o matter_n their_o minister_n and_o lay-elder_n fit_a say_v he_o neither_o for_o age_n nor_o experience_n nor_o wit_n nor_o judgement_n nor_o manner_n nor_o authority_n to_o be_v esteem_v able_a to_o sustain_v so_o great_a a_o office_n with_o dignity_n the_o three_o thing_n and_o that_o which_o advance_v he_o in_o his_o conceit_n sect._n 34_o that_o he_o have_v fall_v upon_o the_o right_a sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n produce_v and_o plead_v for_o this_o discipline_n be_v the_o consideration_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o church_n among_o the_o jew_n god_n have_v say_v deut._n 4._o that_o that_o people_n have_v law_n and_o statute_n so_o just_a and_o wise_a that_o the_o institution_n of_o no_o nation_n the_o sanction_n of_o no_o commonwealth_n no_o ordinance_n though_o never_o so_o wise_o think_v on_o can_v compare_v with_o they_o and_o therefore_o that_o that_o church_n must_v needs_o be_v best_a and_o most_o wise_o dispose_v which_o come_v near_a to_o the_o jewish_a form_n a_o consideration_n indeed_o that_o it_o seem_v be_v of_o great_a weight_n with_o he_o not_o observe_v that_o that_o comparison_n in_o deut._n be_v make_v only_o betwixt_o 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against_o the_o order_n of_o bishop_n in_o those_o first_o time_n for_o 1._o what_o if_o it_o be_v a_o new_a order_n in_o ignatius_n his_o time_n that_o be_v pretty_a ancient_a ignatius_n live_v with_o the_o apostle_n for_o that_o it_o be_v write_v by_o some_o body_n else_o above_o 200._o year_n after_o christ_n will_v want_v some_o other_o probation_n second_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v signify_v a_o new_a order_n for_o although_o as_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o signify_v age_n nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d young_a but_o may_v be_v interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d new_a etc._n etc._n yet_o we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o accept_v that_o interpretation_n of_o it_o when_o the_o context_n of_o the_o epistle_n belong_v to_o another_o matter_n and_o when_o another_o interpretation_n of_o this_o phrase_n may_v be_v give_v which_o if_o that_o read_n be_v acknowledge_v will_v reconcile_v all_o difficulty_n for_o why_o may_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v ordination_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o that_o belong_v to_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o a_o young_a man_n and_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o ordination_n of_o a_o young_a man_n or_o a_o young_a man_n be_v bishop_n which_o may_v have_v be_v apt_a to_o provoke_v contempt_n in_o inferior_n if_o that_o good_a martyr_n have_v not_o fortify_v they_o against_o that_o temptation_n and_o last_o for_o the_o interpretation_n of_o that_o place_n of_o s._n paul_n to_o timothy_n it_o be_v so_o new_a and_o so_o irrational_o prefer_v before_o the_o ordinary_a one_o that_o one_o may_v just_o conclude_v it_o be_v prejudice_n and_o willingness_n to_o find_v a_o example_n for_o his_o novelty_n that_o make_v he_o think_v of_o this_o for_o why_o shall_v not_o the_o lust_n there_o appoint_v to_o be_v avoid_v be_v youthful_a lust_n or_o such_o as_o young_a man_n be_v subject_a to_o why_o new_a lust_n or_o desire_n of_o 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or_o equality_n of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n instrumental_a to_o his_o design_n be_v not_o able_a to_o find_v one_o sentence_n in_o ignatius_n which_o may_v be_v persuade_v to_o be_v useful_a to_o he_o and_o therefore_o have_v express_v that_o severity_n on_o he_o that_o he_o have_v not_o think_v reasonable_a on_o any_o other_o even_o those_o which_o all_o antiquity_n have_v reject_v so_o partial_a and_o unequal_a be_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n when_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o i_o say_v no_o worse_o have_v the_o rule_n of_o our_o counsel_n the_o exception_n which_o this_o learned_a man_n have_v make_v against_o ignatius_n be_v the_o author_n of_o those_o epistle_n be_v 1._o scriptionis_fw-la genus_fw-la affectatum_fw-la a_o affect_a kind_n of_o writing_n pompous_a epithet_n which_o say_v he_o can_v not_o agree_v with_o a_o apostle_n pant_v in_o the_o chain_n of_o martyr_n such_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 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show_v you_o by_o what_o degree_n it_o come_v to_o signify_v thus_o the_o word_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n signify_v to_o bind_v and_o sure_o that_o be_v the_o best_a interpreter_n of_o idiom_n in_o the_o new_a and_o according_o be_v render_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o be_v use_v common_o for_o bind_v with_o cord_n and_o sometime_o for_o that_o band_n or_o obligation_n that_o proceed_v from_o have_v make_v a_o vow_n as_o numb_a 30.4_o and_o be_v then_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d definition_n or_o decree_n because_o by_o that_o vow_n i_o bind_v or_o define_v or_o determine_v myself_o to_o such_o a_o performance_n farther_o than_o this_o it_o be_v true_a this_o word_n be_v render_v by_o our_o translator_n num._n 11.28_o to_o forbid_v lord_n moses_n forbid_v they_o where_o yet_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o forbid_v there_o which_o joshua_n desire_v be_v apply_v to_o the_o person_n and_o and_o not_o to_o the_o thing_n and_o signify_v a_o check_v repress_v lord_n moses_n suffer_v they_o not_o cohibeto_fw-la eos_fw-la as_o when_o by_o chide_v or_o discipline_v a_o superior_a restrain_v another_o according_a to_o which_o use_n of_o the_o word_n it_o be_v that_o philip_n de_fw-fr aquin._n make_v it_o agree_v in_o sense_n with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prohibuit_fw-la and_o cohibuit_fw-la forbid_v and_o repress_v and_o thus_o it_o will_v be_v very_o agreeable_a with_o our_o sense_n of_o bind_v as_o that_o signify_v church-censure_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d discipline_a repress_v offender_n by_o that_o mean_n in_o the_o whole_a scripture_n i_o believe_v there_o will_v not_o one_o place_n be_v find_v where_o that_o word_n be_v render_v by_o the_o 72._o by_o any_o word_n signify_v bare_o to_o prohibit_v or_o the_o like_a unless_o you_o will_v say_v it_o do_v dan._n 6.7_o 8_o 9_o where_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o decree_n and_o yet_o if_o you_o examine_v that_o place_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o decree_n you_o shall_v find_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o bare_a prohibition_n but_o a_o bind_n to_o punishment_n upon_o non-performance_n for_o the_o decree_n be_v there_o v_o 7._o that_o whosoever_o shall_v ask_v any_o petition_n from_o either_o god_n or_o man_n but_o of_o thou_o o_o king_n shall_v be_v cast_v into_o the_o den_n of_o lion_n and_o so_o the_o decree_n be_v that_o designation_n to_o the_o punishment_n of_o cast_v into_o the_o den_n which_o be_v there_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bind_v as_o when_o the_o jugde_v decree_n the_o offender_n to_o be_v excommunicate_v that_o act_n of_o judicature_n be_v a_o decree_n yet_o nevertheless_o a_o bind_v this_o bind_v be_v a_o judicial_a act_n and_o from_o thence_o receive_v its_o force_n of_o obligation_n and_o è_fw-la conuerso_fw-la in_o that_o a_o bind_v or_o obligation_n to_o punishment_n that_o it_o be_v such_o a_o decree_n to_o wit_n a_o decree_n sub_fw-la poenâ_fw-la that_o such_o a_o thing_n shall_v be_v do_v so_o say_v schindler_n that_o the_o chaldee_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v obligavit_fw-la ad_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la aut_fw-la poenam_fw-la bind_v to_o obedience_n or_o penalty_n and_o elias_n levita_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n every_o thing_n from_o which_o either_o sin_n or_o punishment_n come_v unto_o he_o that_o do_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v say_v to_o be_v bind_v or_o be_v call_v assur_n and_o therefore_o munster_n give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o commentary_n of_o the_o rabbin_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v edictum_fw-la aut_fw-la sententiam_fw-la quâ_fw-la quis_fw-la tenetur_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o
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though_o they_o be_v not_o excommunicate_a they_o shall_v be_v baptize_v no_o more_o but_o if_o by_o that_o plural_a he_o mean_v any_o other_o sacrament_n beside_o these_o two_o that_o be_v not_o like_o a_o protestant_n for_o such_o acknowledge_v no_o more_o have_v mention_v these_o two_o mistake_n i_o shall_v not_o add_v a_o three_o that_o in_o this_o interdiction_n the_o person_n to_o who_o this_o cognizance_n belong_v be_v not_o right_o name_v because_o though_o it_o be_v true_a that_o they_o be_v not_o yet_o the_o man_n against_o who_o he_o write_v be_v of_o that_o opinion_n and_o i_o be_o a_o little_a persuade_v that_o if_o it_o have_v be_v a_o episcopal_a audience_n that_o shall_v have_v have_v this_o cognizance_n he_o have_v never_o write_v this_o book_n nor_o be_v put_v upon_o those_o art_n to_o evacuate_v the_o church-censure_n one_o thing_n only_o i_o may_v have_v leisure_n to_o commend_v in_o that_o thesis_n that_o he_o define_v excommunication_n by_o publica_fw-la &_o solennis_fw-la interdictio_fw-la a_o public_a solemn_a interdiction_n &_o praeeunte_fw-la cognition_n i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v legitimâ_fw-la with_o a_o legal_a cognizance_n precede_v it_o and_o shall_v add_v that_o they_o quite_o deform_v the_o primitive_a institution_n who_o deny_v the_o sacrament_n to_o whole_a congregation_n at_o once_o without_o any_o charge_n lay_v to_o all_o or_o any_o part_n of_o they_o save_o only_o that_o they_o be_v a_o mix_a congregation_n wherein_o there_o be_v some_o evil_a man_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o legal_o prove_v neither_o and_o they_o also_o who_o deny_v it_o to_o particular_a man_n sufficient_o catechise_v without_o any_o public_a cognizance_n of_o their_o crime_n or_o process_n of_o admonition_n first_o and_o second_o or_o that_o design_n that_o exclusion_n to_o any_o other_o end_n then_o ut_fw-la peccantes_fw-la resipiscant_fw-la the_o reduce_v sinner_n to_o repentance_n and_o therefore_o no_o small_a petty_a trifle_n be_v a_o sufficient_a matter_n for_o this_o but_o contumacious_a continue_v in_o some_o scandalous_a sin_n after_o admonition_n from_o which_o when_o they_o return_v again_o by_o a_o sincere_a approved_a repentance_n they_o be_v to_o be_v absolve_v sect._n 46_o submoveri_fw-la th._n 9_o be_v the_o propose_v of_o the_o question_n in_o the_o term_n wherein_o it_o be_v to_o be_v handle_v wherein_o i_o shall_v only_o interpose_v for_o perspicuity_n sake_n that_o the_o phrase_n a_o removendus_fw-la sit_fw-la may_v have_v a_o little_a ambiguity_n in_o it_o for_o perhaps_o it_o may_v though_o less_o proper_o be_v set_v to_o signify_v this_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o remove_v such_o a_o one_o for_o if_o it_o be_v but_o so_o than_o he_o that_o pretend_v to_o write_v against_o excommunication_n and_o to_o pretend_v it_o unlawful_a will_v be_v sufficient_o conclude_v and_o then_o i_o answer_v that_o for_o any_o but_o for_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n to_o who_o the_o cognizance_n of_o his_o ill_a life_n belong_v and_o who_o have_v have_v a_o legal_a cognizance_n of_o it_o and_o proceed_v legal_o by_o the_o several_a degree_n of_o ecclesiastical_a process_n against_o he_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a but_o for_o the_o bishop_n or_o praefect_n or_o lawful_a governor_n succeed_v to_o that_o power_n which_o christ_n give_v his_o apostle_n with_o the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n it_o be_v lawful_a and_o by_o the_o commission_n of_o ego_fw-la dabo_fw-la and_o afterward_o ego_fw-la mitto_fw-la they_o be_v sufficient_o authorize_v to_o do_v this_o and_o upon_o this_o issue_n if_o this_o be_v it_o we_o will_v join_v most_o willing_o but_o than_o second_o the_o an_z sit_z removendus_fw-la may_v perhaps_o and_o to_o that_o the_o word_n more_o incline_v denote_v a_o necessity_n of_o do_v it_o and_o then_o the_o question_n will_v be_v whether_o he_o must_v be_v remove_v to_o which_o i_o then_o answer_v that_o there_o lie_v not_o any_o such_o necessity_n on_o this_o as_o arise_v from_o any_o pollution_n that_o will_v accrue_v to_o other_o that_o communicate_v with_o he_o if_o he_o be_v not_o prohibit_v any_o further_a than_o the_o example_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o the_o impunity_n may_v extend_v and_o this_o the_o father_n maintain_v against_o the_o novaâ—ians_n nor_o three_o any_o necessity_n lie_v on_o the_o minister_n that_o administer_v for_o he_o have_v admonish_v according_a to_o our_o church_n order_n in_o our_o liturgy_n every_o such_o sinner_n to_o go_v home_o and_o repent_v and_o not_o to_o approach_v to_o that_o table_n be_v in_o charity_n to_o believe_v be_v not_o able_a to_o search_v the_o heart_n that_o he_o that_o after_o that_o so_o come_v be_v a_o true_a penitent_a only_o if_o in_o prudence_n he_o think_v it_o unlikely_a and_o therefore_o out_o of_o care_n to_o a_o poor_a man_n soul_n and_o for_o the_o prevent_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o unworthy_a receive_n he_o think_v fit_a to_o admonish_v he_o more_o private_o or_o particular_o to_o that_o end_n or_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n else_o which_o in_o prudence_n may_v contribute_v to_o it_o this_o be_v but_o his_o duty_n to_o a_o err_a brother_n and_o when_o that_o be_v do_v any_o far_a emergent_a guilt_n lie_v upon_o the_o receiver_n and_o he_o be_v not_o in_o case_n of_o the_o man_n unworthy_a receive_n partaker_n of_o that_o sin_n all_o the_o necessity_n then_o that_o be_v in_o this_o matter_n lie_v first_o upon_o the_o sect._n 47_o receiver_n himself_n that_o he_o be_v wary_a that_o he_o come_v not_o till_o he_o be_v prepare_v and_o that_o belong_v not_o to_o our_o present_a consideration_n and_o upon_o the_o bishop_n or_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n that_o when_o charity_n to_o soul_n require_v it_o of_o they_o they_o fail_v not_o thus_o to_o proceed_v that_o when_o mercy_n and_o friendly_a admonition_n prevail_v not_o they_o then_o take_v in_o severity_n the_o apostle_n rod_n in_o the_o season_n for_o a_o rod_n in_o stead_n of_o his_o spirit_n of_o mercy_n and_o meekness_n and_o to_o that_o end_n be_v watchful_a over_o the_o flock_n that_o they_o fall_v not_o into_o such_o danger_n and_o infection_n by_o their_o neglect_n or_o mercifulnesse_n sect._n 48_o as_o for_o the_o qualify_a of_o the_o person_n of_o who_o this_o question_n be_v ask_v i_o shall_v not_o differ_v with_o the_o proposer_n but_o resolve_v as_o anon_o we_o shall_v show_v that_o he_o that_o be_v thus_o may_v and_o aught_o in_o the_o sense_n that_o i_o mention_v be_v thus_o deal_v with_o and_o we_o shall_v join_v issue_n with_o he_o for_o the_o precept_n and_o example_n of_o scripture_n command_v and_o teach_v we_o to_o do_v so_o sect._n 49_o and_o have_v now_o as_o i_o conceive_v so_o easy_a a_o task_n before_o i_o and_o such_o a_o army_n of_o second_o on_o my_o side_n the_o consent_n and_o practice_v of_o the_o whole_a christian_a world_n for_o 1500_o year_n against_o one_o single_a combetant_fw-la walk_v in_o a_o melancholy_a posture_n by_o himself_o till_o after_o so_o many_o year_n the_o concurrence_n of_o some_o accidental_a conceive_a convenience_n have_v at_o last_o help_v he_o to_o some_o company_n and_o he_o again_o not_o very_o much_o use_v to_o the_o weapon_n i_o mean_v divinity_n which_o he_o have_v undertake_v to_o trust_v to_o and_o beside_o have_v a_o advantage_n against_o he_o which_o he_o do_v not_o foresee_v we_o of_o this_o church_n be_v not_o the_o man_n against_o who_o his_o reason_n be_v frame_v and_o so_o not_o so_o like_a to_o be_v press_v by_o they_o the_o argument_n design_v against_o beza_n and_o his_o presbyterian_o be_v utter_o unconcludent_a against_o we_o i_o must_v confess_v myself_o to_o be_v under_o a_o temptation_n to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o present_a advantage_n and_o to_o prosecute_v this_o trial_n to_o the_o uttermost_a but_o i_o must_v in_o justice_n consider_v what_o a_o chasm_n and_o rend_v it_o will_v make_v in_o this_o discourse_n what_o a_o unwieldy_a bulk_n it_o will_v
other_o sense_n among_o christian_n then_o that_o of_o a_o meeting_n together_o in_o a_o town_n hall_n upon_o no_o other_o way_n of_o probation_n but_o that_o the_o hebrew_n word_n answerable_a to_o that_o be_v by_o the_o talmudist_n yea_o even_o in_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n take_v in_o this_o sense_n this_o will_v be_v a_o little_a strange_a the_o matter_n of_o fact_n be_v most_o evident_a to_o the_o contrary_a and_o it_o be_v most_o prompt_a and_o proper_a that_o word_n use_v either_o among_o the_o greek_n or_o hebrew_n in_o forinsecal_v sense_n may_v be_v bend_v by_o christian_a writer_n to_o a_o sacred_a sect._n 67_o so_o in_o like_a manner_n the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v acknowledge_v be_v answerable_a to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o the_o jew_n and_o that_o word_n denote_v among_o they_o some_o office_n which_o if_o they_o may_v in_o any_o respect_n be_v count_v ecclesiastical_a be_v yet_o very_o distant_a from_o the_o christian_a use_n of_o it_o such_o be_v that_o of_o the_o messenger_n send_v out_o to_o demand_v and_o bring_v in_o the_o due_n to_o the_o temple_n which_o can_v without_o the_o help_n of_o accommodation_n be_v apply_v to_o the_o christian_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n and_o such_o again_o be_v the_o proxy_n in_o contract_v or_o marry_v two_o person_n for_o he_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n apostolus_fw-la also_o a_o intercessor_n or_o internunce_n betwixt_o they_o which_o as_o a_o sponsor_n undertake_v for_o one_o to_o the_o other_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o as_o samson_n have_v judg._n 14.20_o i_o e._n in_o varinus_n his_o definition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o who_o he_o say_v that_o when_o the_o bridegroom_n himself_o must_v not_o go_v into_o the_o father_n house_n viz._n in_o a_o phavor_n second_o marriage_n such_o as_o that_o be_v of_o god_n with_o the_o gentile_n who_o have_v before_o espouse_v the_o jew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o send_v one_o of_o his_o friend_n to_o which_o mâ—tion_n of_o the_o word_n according_a to_o one_o punctation_n of_o the_o place_n the_o apostle_n may_v seem_v to_o refer_v 2_o cor._n 11.2_o when_o he_o express_v his_o apostleship_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v espouse_v you_o to_o one_o husband_n according_a to_o that_o sense_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d acknowledge_v by_o 〈◊〉_d julius_n pollux_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o sponsor_n all_o one_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o signify_v the_o intercede_v or_o mediate_a a_o marriage_n all_o one_o with_o that_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o use_v by_o st._n paul_n agreeable_a to_o which_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o pollux_n further_o extend_v to_o the_o mediator_n of_o any_o kind_n of_o league_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o then_o according_a to_o that_o notion_n also_o be_v the_o apostle_n pacific_a office_n pray_v and_o beseech_v we_o in_o christ_n stead_n to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n all_o which_o be_v very_o convenient_a accommodation_n but_o far_o from_o require_v the_o christian_a word_n to_o the_o very_a kind_n of_o sense_n that_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v import_v so_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bishop_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n do_v in_o sect._n 68_o respect_n of_o their_o office_n particular_o that_o of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n peculiar_a to_o they_o above_o the_o presbyter_n even_o in_o st._n jeromes_n confession_n refer_v to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o princeps_fw-la synedrii_fw-la who_o impose_v hand_n upon_o those_o that_o be_v elect_v into_o the_o sanhedrim_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o name_n they_o refer_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o the_o jew_n and_o according_o the_o very_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v both_o 1_o mac._n 1.53_o and_o in_o josephus_n set_v to_o signify_v they_o that_o be_v set_v over_o any_o public_a business_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o set_v man_n a_o work_n and_o require_v a_o account_n of_o the_o performance_n and_o yet_o be_v by_o way_n of_o accommodation_n bring_v both_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o in_o all_o sacred_a writer_n since_o to_o signify_v a_o office_n parallel_n to_o this_o but_o pure_o ecclesiastic_a so_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n sect._n 69_o it_o belong_v proper_o to_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o people_n either_o in_o a_o common_a notion_n or_o as_o member_n of_o their_o sanhedrim_n not_o any_o body_n or_o single_a person_n peculiar_o ecclesiastic_a though_o by_o the_o way_n it_o be_v most_o clear_a that_o the_o high_a priest_n be_v not_o only_o of_o that_o number_n part_n of_o their_o sanhedrim_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o also_o the_o chief_a of_o they_o and_o therefore_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o mention_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o elder_n come_v oft_o together_o in_o point_n of_o judicature_n and_o the_o business_n of_o that_o court_n be_v all_o kind_n of_o affair_n civil_a as_o well_o as_o ecclesiastic_a it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a that_o some_o person_n of_o both_o condition_n shall_v be_v entrust_v with_o they_o and_o there_o be_v so_o no_o wonder_n that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o court_n or_o tribunal_n mere_o ecclesiastical_a yet_o do_v it_o unquestionable_o belong_v both_o in_o many_o place_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o in_o the_o constant_a acception_n of_o primitive_a and_o after-writer_n to_o a_o order_n of_o ecclesiastic_n as_o be_v most_o apparent_a both_o by_o clemens_n and_o ignatius_n and_o be_v confess_v by_o they_o which_o assert_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n which_o make_v it_o not_o very_o reasonable_a to_o consent_v to_o the_o way_n of_o argue_v twice_o use_v by_o that_o learned_a writer_n who_o from_o the_o talmudical_a write_n of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o jewish_a elder_n will_v conclude_v how_o little_a or_o how_o nothing_o there_o be_v in_o the_o creation_n of_o a_o presbyter_n among_o christian_n more_o than_o of_o a_o doctor_n of_o law_n etc._n etc._n but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n sect._n 70_o last_o so_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deacon_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n be_v direct_o parallel_v to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d under_o the_o synagogue_n call_v by_o epiphanius_n by_o a_o light_a inflexion_n or_o change_n of_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o treasurer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o philo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o josephus_n which_o i_o wonder_v a_o 475._o learned_a man_n shall_v carp_v at_o only_o upon_o this_o exception_n because_o it_o be_v not_o prove_v they_o be_v in_o synagogis_fw-la praefecti_fw-la ut_fw-la ministrarent_fw-la mensis_fw-la when_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o act_n note_v first_o the_o minister_a to_o they_o in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o common_a table_n for_o the_o poor_a and_o rich_a do_v in_o universum_fw-la signify_v provide_v for_o the_o poor_a and_o that_o be_v as_o clear_o parallel_v to_o the_o office_n of_o those_o treasurer_n among_o the_o jew_n as_o if_o they_o have_v literal_o in_o the_o synagogue_n serve_v table_n sect._n 71_o i_o shall_v now_o proceed_v to_o my_o three_o proposal_n the_o phrase_n which_o be_v pure_o christian_a but_o that_o i_o conceive_v it_o not_o unfit_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o one_o difficulty_n which_o we_o have_v not_o yet_o mention_v nor_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o mention_v among_o the_o phrase_n pure_o christian_n and_o to_o give_v some_o account_n of_o that_o in_o this_o place_n and_o it_o be_v to_o examine_v what_o be_v the_o condition_n 1._o of_o heathen_n 2._o of_o samaritan_n 3._o of_o those_o that_o be_v call_v sinner_n 4._o of_o publican_n among_o the_o jew_n be_v tempt_v to_o that_o if_o it_o be_v a_o extravagance_n by_o another_o parenthesis_n in_o a_o learned_a author_n before_o mention_v for_o gentile_n they_o be_v of_o three_o sort_n either_o 1._o proselyte_n sect._n 72_o of_o justice_n who_o be_v circumcise_v and_o undertake_v their_o whole_a law_n and_o these_o be_v allow_v to_o live_v among_o they_o to_o enjoy_v all_o liberty_n and_o privilege_n that_o any_o jew_n do_v differ_v from_o they_o in_o nothing_o but_o their_o gentile-birth_n second_o proselyte_n of_o the_o gate_n which_o be_v convert_v so_o far_o by_o they_o as_o to_o receive_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o son_n