aliquam_fw-la negligentiam_fw-la seu_fw-la oblivionem_fw-la vel_fw-la malevolentiam_fw-la abscondisti_fw-la liberet_fw-la te_fw-la deus_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la malo_fw-la hic_fw-la &_o in_fw-la futuro_fw-la conservet_fw-la &_o confirmet_fw-la te_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la opere_fw-la bono_fw-mi &_o perducat_fw-la te_fw-la christus_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la vivi_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la siae_fw-la sine_fw-la manentem_fw-la confitentium_fw-la cerem_fw-la antâ—q_fw-la colon._n 1530._o present_a and_o to_o come_v which_o thou_o have_v commit_v before_o he_o and_o his_o saint_n which_o thou_o have_v confess_v or_o by_o some_o negligence_n or_o evil_a will_n have_v conceal_v god_n deliver_v thou_o from_o all_o evil_a here_o and_o hereafter_o preserve_v and_o confirm_v thou_o always_o in_o every_o good_a work_n and_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o the_o live_a god_n bring_v thou_o to_o the_o life_n which_o remain_v world_n without_o end_n after_o this_o form_n be_v conceive_v all_o 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7._o 3._o by_o the_o sacrament_n sacrament_n a_o non_fw-la excludimus_fw-la quae_fw-la verbo_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sigillo_fw-la regio_fw-la appâ—ndi_fw-la solent_fw-la masar_n de_fw-fr minister_n anglic._n l._n 5._o c._n 10._o pag._n 635._o act_n 2.38_o act_n 22_o 16.â—ur_fw-fr â—ur_z baptizatis_fw-la si_fw-la pâ—r_fw-la hominem_fw-la peccaâ—a_fw-la dimiâ—â—i_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la utique_fw-la remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la omaium_fw-la est_fw-la quid_fw-la interest_n utrum_fw-la per_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la a_o per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la hoâ—_n jâ—s_fw-la sibi_fw-la datum_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la vendicent_fw-la unum_fw-la in_o utroâ—_n mâ—aistâ—rium_fw-la est_fw-la ambr._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 7._o be_v in_o dispense_n the_o mystery_n of_o god_n the_o holy_a sacrament_n and_o these_o add_v to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n render_v the_o pardon_n under_o seal_n the_o more_o to_o confirm_v and_o quiet_v a_o distract_a conscience_n for_o of_o baptism_n it_o be_v evident_a repent_v say_v peter_n and_o be_v baptize_v every_o one_o of_o you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o jesus_n christ_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o now_o why_o tarry_v thou_o say_v ananias_n unto_o paul_n arise_v and_o be_v baptize_v and_o wash_v away_o thy_o sin_n and_o the_o nicene_n creed_n i_o believe_v one_o baptism_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n upon_o which_o ground_n saint_n ambrose_n question_v the_o novatian_o that_o baptize_v and_o yet_o acknowledge_v no_o power_n in_o the_o church_n to_o remit_v sin_n why_o baptize_v you_o if_o sin_n may_v not_o lawful_o by_o man_n be_v forgive_v assure_o in_o baptism_n there_o be_v a_o pardon_n for_o all_o offence_n what_o difference_n be_v there_o whether_o priest_n claim_v this_o power_n as_o give_v unto_o they_o in_o the_o reconcile_n of_o penitent_n or_o in_o the_o wash_n of_o baptism_n the_o ministry_n in_o both_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o so_o for_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n that_o lively_a mirror_n of_o our_o saviour_n passion_n wherein_o christ_n be_v crucify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o our_o eye_n wherein_o the_o bread_n be_v break_v and_o deliver_v in_o token_n that_o his_o body_n be_v break_v and_o his_o merit_n give_v unto_o we_o wherein_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v shed_v for_o many_o for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n 26.28_o matth._n 26.28_o now_o the_o virtue_n annex_v to_o these_o bless_a sacrament_n which_o be_v seal_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o the_o censure_n be_v of_o the_o threat_n be_v from_o god_n who_o sacrament_n they_o be_v and_o not_o from_o man_n who_o be_v but_o the_o minister_n thereof_o from_o his_o side_n flow_v the_o blood_n and_o water_n and_o because_o both_o rise_n from_o that_o spring_n they_o have_v both_o this_o power_n herein_o be_v no_o power_n for_o man_n where_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o divine_a bounty_n prevail_v say_v ambrose_n it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o baptize_v by_o the_o way_n of_o 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potestatem_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la interiùs_fw-la communicare_fw-la ne_fw-la spes_fw-la poneretur_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la ergo_fw-la pari_fw-la ratione_fw-la nec_fw-la potestatem_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la ab_fw-la actuali_fw-la alex._n halens_n sum_fw-la part_n 4._o qu._n 21._o memb._n 1._o but_o god_n ought_v not_o to_o communicate_v the_o power_n of_o baptise_v inward_o lest_o any_o hope_n shall_v be_v place_v in_o man_n therefore_o by_o the_o like_a reason_n ought_v he_o not_o to_o commit_v the_o power_n of_o absolve_v from_o actual_a sin_n unto_o any_o to_o conclude_v this_o point_n touch_v the_o sacrament_n cyprian_n or_o the_o author_n of_o the_o xii_o treatise_n de_fw-fr cardinalibus_fw-la operibus_fw-la christi_fw-la write_v thus_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n chr._n remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la alia_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la daretur_fw-la propriè_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la soli_fw-la huius_fw-la 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discharge_n nor_o absolution_n can_v be_v expect_v from_o the_o minister_n till_o all_o reckon_n be_v end_v by_o the_o penitent_a it_o be_v the_o fashion_n in_o this_o church_n to_o absolve_v immediate_o upon_o confession_n confession_n hodâ—è_fw-la statim_fw-la à _fw-la facta_fw-la confession_n manus_fw-la poenit_fw-la nti_fw-la imponitur_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la communionis_fw-la jus_o admittitur_fw-la &_o post_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la opera_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pietatis_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la carnis_fw-la castìgationem_fw-la &_o reliquiarum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la expurguionem_fw-la saciant_fw-la injunguntur_fw-la casland_n consult_v art_n 11._o the_o confession_n and_o after_o absolution_n to_o impose_v the_o penance_n and_o so_o come_v in_o with_o their_o after-reckoning_n and_o what_o be_v this_o but_o as_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_n have_v observe_v first_o to_o loose_v and_o afterward_o to_o bind_v put_v herein_o as_o that_o ecebolius_n of_o the_o time_n and_o renegado_n spalatto_n 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strike_v such_o a_o stroke_n that_o by_o virtue_n thereof_o attrition_n do_v become_v contrition_n operato_fw-la absolution_n not_o efficacious_a ex_fw-la operato_fw-la as_o much_o as_o if_o they_o have_v say_v that_o a_o sorrow_n arise_v from_o a_o servile_a fear_n of_o punishment_n and_o such_o a_o fruitless_a repentance_n as_o judas_n carry_v to_o hell_n with_o he_o may_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o priest_n absolution_n become_v a_o godly_a sorrow_n work_v repentance_n to_o salvation_n not_o to_o be_v repent_v of_o which_o must_v needs_o proceed_v from_o a_o secret_a and_o mysterious_a kind_n of_o operation_n in_o the_o absolution_n itself_o when_o as_o sorrow_n conceive_v upon_o dread_n of_o punishment_n and_o that_o may_v be_v find_v in_o wicked_a cain_n as_o well_o as_o in_o righteous_a abel_n shall_v be_v change_v into_o such_o a_o sorrow_n as_o arise_v upon_o a_o hatred_n of_o sin_n upon_o a_o apprehension_n of_o god_n displeasure_n and_o his_o abuse_a mercy_n that_o his_o gift_n 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perfetto_fw-it pentimento_fw-it col_fw-fr vero_fw-la odio_fw-la del_fw-it peccato_fw-la predica_fw-la supra_fw-la pag._n 47._o but_o a_o light_n and_o small_a sorrow_n conceive_v upon_o fear_n of_o punishment_n and_o not_o upon_o hatred_n of_o sin_n piece_v with_o absolution_n they_o shall_v obtain_v remission_n of_o sin_n in_o as_o ample_a manner_n as_o if_o they_o have_v bring_v all_o the_o sorrow_n in_o the_o world_n and_o their_o repantance_n have_v be_v as_o complete_a as_o may_v be_v accompany_v with_o a_o very_a hatred_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o this_o to_o dandle_v sinner_n in_o their_o evil_a way_n and_o as_o for_o that_o temporal_a punishment_n which_o be_v suppose_v to_o remain_v for_o the_o priest_n to_o inflict_v and_o to_o afflict_v the_o sinner_n either_o a_o formal_a penance_n or_o a_o papal_a indulgence_n shall_v strike_v off_o that_o likewise_o a_o plausible_a doctrine_n for_o those_o that_o will_v live_v after_o the_o flesh_n that_o sin_n may_v be_v pardon_v without_o 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hour_n of_o death_n from_o anselme_n some_o sin_n be_v special_o and_o by_o name_n to_o be_v rehearse_v in_o confession_n the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o those_o sin_n describe_v and_o determine_v p._n 179._o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o confessary_a or_o priest_n that_o receive_v confession_n and_o his_o authority_n for_o the_o same_o divide_v into_o two_o section_n p._n 208._o sect_n i._o the_o vulgar_o disesteem_v of_o the_o power_n of_o absolution_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o priest_n key_n diverse_a of_o 1._o authority_n 2._o excellency_n 3._o ministry_n the_o office_n of_o the_o ministerial_a key_n in_o discern_v and_o define_v ecclesiastical_a and_o conscientious_a consistory_n the_o gift_n of_o science_n in_o the_o priest_n not_o proper_o the_o key_n but_o the_o guide_n absolution_n a_o judicial_a act_n magistrate_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a distinguish_v in_o their_o jurisdiction_n and_o end_n bond_n of_o sin_n culpable_a and_o for_o sin_n penal_a satisfaction_n expiatory_a 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same_o not_o in_o case_n of_o office_n but_o necessity_n and_o where_o they_o be_v the_o party_n grieve_v bond_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o sin_n only_o loose_v by_o this_o key_n the_o accomplishment_n and_o actual_a donation_n of_o this_o power_n god_n remit_v by_o the_o church_n act_n the_o form_n of_o priestly_a ordination_n heresy_n of_o the_o novation_n deny_v in_o the_o church_n power_n to_o reconcile_v penitent_n seed_n and_o bellows_o thereof_o austerity_n of_o those_o time_n absolution_n in_o the_o priest_n not_o absolute_o efficacious_a but_o as_o relate_v to_o condition_n in_o the_o penitent_a the_o priest_n not_o secure_v from_o fail_v in_o the_o act_n of_o absolution_n the_o err_a key_n priestly_a absolution_n declarative_a and_o demonstrative_a and_o in_o a_o moral_a sense_n energetical_a judgement_n forinsecal_v be_v apply_v declaration_n of_o the_o law_n to_o the_o fact_n absolution_n a_o ministerial_a act_n but_o powerful_a and_o judicial_a but_o not_o sovereign_a nor_o 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penitent_a to_o be_v relieve_v by_o the_o key_n and_o lawful_a use_n of_o absolution_n p._n 239._o chap._n ix_o paternal_a affection_n in_o the_o confessary_a good_a for_o sheep_n if_o the_o shepherd_n know_v their_o disease_n medicinal_a confession_n the_o grief_n better_o heal_v when_o clear_a open_v ghostly_a counsel_n of_o great_a importance_n to_o a_o penitent_a great_a care_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o discreet_a confessor_n rome_n rigid_a tenet_n absolution_n denounce_v by_o any_o priest_n beside_o the_o ordinary_a to_o be_v invalid_a the_o inconvenience_n thereof_o the_o parochial_a priest_n not_o to_o be_v desert_v without_o just_a cause_n and_o the_o same_o to_o be_v approve_v by_o the_o diocesan_n p._n 282._o chap._n x._o many_o positive_a precept_n without_o fix_a time_n the_o practic_a for_o time_n and_o season_n leave_v to_o the_o church_n arbitration_n time_n necessary_a for_o confession_n when_o particular_a person_n and_o conscience_n be_v perplex_v time_n 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nature_n 1360._o aliud_fw-la est_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la se_fw-la peccatorem_fw-la aliud_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la alicui_fw-la consiteri_fw-la bellar_n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 3._o p._n 1360._o as_o to_o laugh_v and_o be_v reasonable_a to_o our_o pure_a then_o for_o a_o man_n to_o confess_v i_o be_o a_o sinner_n be_v no_o more_o as_o the_o world_n now_o go_v with_o he_o than_o to_o say_v i_o be_o a_o reasonable_a or_o a_o smile_a creature_n but_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n for_o a_o man_n to_o acknowledge_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o sinner_n and_o another_o to_o confess_v his_o sin_n unto_o another_o sin_z be_v then_o rehearse_v unto_o john_n not_o after_o a_o general_a fashion_n but_o with_o specialty_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o much_o the_o article_n import_v their_o sin_n that_o be_v such_o as_o every_o man_n have_v commit_v in_o particular_a and_o which_o for_o the_o present_a stick_v upon_o his_o conscience_n as_o we_o say_v of_o merchant_n come_v to_o a_o fair_a 2.45_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 2.45_o they_o open_v their_o ware_n mean_v such_o special_a traffic_n as_o each_o particular_a merchant_n trade_v in_o and_o as_o the_o believer_n be_v say_v to_o sell_v their_o possession_n and_o good_n that_o be_v such_o as_o every_o one_o be_v peculiar_o seize_v of_o and_o those_o that_o use_v curious_a art_n to_o burn_v their_o book_n before_o all_o man_n that_o be_v such_o wherein_o each_o singular_a man_n be_v study_v 19.19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 19.19_o so_o they_o confess_v their_o sin_n that_o be_v such_o as_o they_o have_v do_v not_o that_o they_o be_v sinner_n only_o 394._o non_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la fatebantur_fw-la peccata_fw-la sed_fw-la sva_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la peccata_fw-la prout_fw-la alii_fw-la ebrietati_fw-la alii_fw-la luxuriae_fw-la alii_fw-la avaritiae_fw-la alii_fw-la irae_fw-la alii_fw-la hypocrisi_fw-la dediti_fw-la magìs_fw-la erant_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la in_o quae_fw-la labebantur_fw-la alii_fw-la aliter_fw-la illâ_fw-la etiam_fw-la proprià _fw-la confession_n exprimebant_fw-la beauxamis_a harmon_n tom._n 1._o pag._n 394._o but_o their_o sin_n and_o that_o not_o in_o general_a term_n but_o distinct_o this_o man_n his_o drunkenness_n and_o that_o his_o whoredom_n and_o a_o three_o his_o covetousness_n and_o a_o four_o his_o hypocrisy_n and_o so_o in_o order_n such_o offence_n whereof_o they_o be_v especial_o guilty_a and_o in_o their_o conscience_n stand_v convict_v 1555._o act_n 19.18_o the_o syriack_n paraphra_v tender_v the_o same_o express_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o multi_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la qui_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la venichant_n &_o annunciabant_fw-la delicta_fw-la sva_fw-la &_o id_fw-la quod_fw-la fecerant_fw-la confitebantur_fw-la n._n t._n syr._n viennae_fw-la impress_n widmanstadii_fw-la operâ_fw-la a._n d._n 1555._o the_o first_o christian_n that_o come_v to_o confession_n be_v the_o believe_a jew_n and_o greek_n that_o dwell_v at_o ephesus_n that_o come_v and_o confess_v and_o show_v their_o deed_n paul_n have_v be_v at_o great_a pain_n in_o his_o ministry_n at_o ephesus_n in_o baptise_v persuade_v and_o dispute_v both_o in_o the_o synagogue_n and_o in_o the_o school_n of_o tyrannus_n it_o please_v god_n to_o countenance_n and_o confirm_v his_o labour_n with_o miracle_n perform_v not_o only_o by_o the_o immediate_a hand_n of_o paul_n but_o by_o such_o utensil_n that_o be_v take_v from_o his_o body_n and_o apply_v unto_o they_o that_o be_v vex_v with_o disease_n and_o unclean_a spirit_n and_o they_o be_v cure_v insomuch_o that_o certain_a conjurer_n observe_v in_o who_o name_n and_o power_n the_o apostle_n have_v wrought_v all_o this_o presume_v to_o take_v that_o sacred_a name_n into_o their_o profane_a mouth_n &_o to_o call_v over_o those_o that_o be_v possess_v thereby_o ease_v they_o but_o pull_v the_o misery_n upon_o their_o own_o head_n foolish_a charmer_n free_v other_o from_o the_o devil_n and_o themselves_o become_v his_o prey_n 838._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n 〈◊〉_d
authority_n the_o godly-learned_n bishop_n lake_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 139._o b._n lakes_n serm._n at_o greenwich_n upon_o psal_n 32._o vers_fw-la 5._o p._n 139._o who_o have_v leave_v a_o name_n behind_o he_o as_o a_o precious_a ointment_n and_o a_o light_n who_o lustre_n be_v still_o with_o we_o teach_v the_o same_o doctrine_n before_o the_o same_o royal_a audience_n in_o these_o word_n our_o church_n do_v not_o condemn_v confession_n as_o simple_o evil_a and_o therefore_o in_o its_o liturgy_n have_v restore_v it_o to_o its_o native_a purity_n only_o it_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v that_o so_o far_o as_o the_o church_n allow_v it_o we_o will_v practice_v it_o for_o i_o be_o persuade_v that_o many_o live_v and_o die_v in_o enormous_a sin_n that_o never_o make_v any_o use_n of_o it_o nor_o receive_v any_o comfort_n from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n the_o confess_v unto_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o exclude_v confess_v unto_o man_n so_o the_o due_a limitation_n be_v observe_v the_o next_o be_v he_o who_o be_v now_o clothe_v in_o white_a raiment_n sabbath_n bishop_n white_a praefat._n ad_fw-la r._n archiep._n cant._n prefix_a to_o the_o book_n of_o the_o sabbath_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o have_v challenge_v from_o nazianzen_n not_o to_o be_v the_o only_a divine_a as_o he_o from_o he_o not_o to_o be_v the_o first_o who_o before_o his_o last_o and_o useful_a treatise_n of_o the_o sabbath_n in_o his_o preface_n inscribe_v to_o the_o most_o eminent_a star_n in_o our_o church_n horizon_n and_o the_o high_a watchman_n in_o her_o tower_n among_o other_o have_v this_o direction_n there_o may_v also_o be_v a_o profitable_a use_n of_o some_o private_a form_n of_o pastoral_a collation_n with_o their_o flock_n for_o their_o direction_n and_o reformation_n in_o particular_a spiritual_a duty_n such_o as_o be_v private_a confession_n in_o the_o ancient_a church_n these_o father_n be_v gather_v to_o their_o father_n our_o church_n have_v these_o lamp_n yet_o burn_v and_o long_o may_v they_o last_v that_o follow_v first_o our_o christian_a antiquary_n 82._o bishop_n usher_n l._n primate_n of_o ireland_n ans_fw-fr to_o the_o jesuit_n challenge_n pag._n 81_o 82._o the_o l._n primate_n of_o armach_n who_o upon_o that_o exhortation_n make_v in_o the_o service-book_n of_o the_o church_n say_v thus_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o exhort_v of_o the_o people_n to_o confess_v their_o sin_n unto_o their_o ghostly_a father_n make_v no_o such_o wall_n of_o separation_n between_o the_o ancient_a doctor_n and_o we_o but_o we_o may_v well_o for_o all_o this_o be_v of_o the_o same_o religion_n they_o be_v of_o again_o 88_o id._n abide_v pag._n 88_o no_o kind_n of_o confession_n either_o public_a or_o private_a be_v disallow_v by_o we_o that_o be_v any_o way_n requisite_a for_o the_o due_a execution_n of_o that_o ancient_a power_n of_o the_o key_n which_o christ_n bestow_v upon_o the_o church_n and_o again_o neither_o the_o ancient_a father_n nor_o we_o do_v debar_v man_n from_o open_v their_o grievance_n unto_o the_o physician_n of_o their_o soul_n either_o for_o their_o better_a information_n in_o the_o true_a state_n of_o their_o disease_n or_o for_o the_o quiet_v of_o their_o trouble_a conscience_n and_o for_o receive_v further_o direction_n from_o they_o out_o of_o god_n word_n both_o for_o the_o recovery_n of_o their_o present_a sickness_n and_o for_o the_o prevention_n of_o the_o like_a danger_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v which_o doctrine_n he_o learned_o assert_v and_o vindicate_v from_o the_o fringe_n and_o dregs_o of_o popish_a mixture_n and_o superstition_n the_o grave_n and_o godly_a prelate_n my_o lord_n bishop_n of_o duresme_fw-fr 14._o bish_n morton_n appeal_n l._n 2._o c._n 14._o who_o well_o know_v in_o polemical_a difference_n between_o the_o reform_a and_o roman_a church_n to_o separate_v the_o chaff_n from_o the_o corn_n state_v the_o question_n concern_v confession_n thus_o it_o be_v not_o question_v between_o we_o whether_o it_o be_v convenient_a for_o a_o man_n burden_a with_o sin_n to_o lay_v open_a his_o conscience_n in_o private_a to_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n and_o to_o seek_v at_o his_o hand_n both_o counsel_n and_o instruction_n and_o the_o comfort_n of_o god_n pardon_n but_o whether_o there_o be_v as_o from_o christ_n institution_n such_o a_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o this_o private_a confession_n both_o for_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n and_o for_o every_o particular_a sin_n know_v and_o ordinary_a transgression_n so_o as_o without_o it_o there_o can_v be_v no_o remission_n or_o pardon_v hope_v for_o from_o god_n and_o so_o reduce_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o protestant_n and_o papist_n unto_o two_o head_n 1._o of_o necessity_n 2._o of_o possibility_n thus_o the_o papist_n impose_v a_o necessity_n of_o confession_n absolute_a de_fw-fr jure_fw-la divino_fw-la of_o all_o sin_n with_o all_o circumstance_n which_o be_v a_o tyranny_n and_o impossible_a and_o a_o torture_n to_o the_o conscience_n the_o protestant_n do_v acknowledge_v say_v he_o the_o use_n of_o private_a confession_n but_o with_o a_o double_a limitation_n and_o restraint_n 1._o the_o first_o be_v the_o foresay_a freedom_n of_o conscience_n 2._o the_o second_o be_v the_o possibility_n of_o performance_n by_o all_o which_o passage_n that_o great_a scient_a man_n do_v not_o remove_v confession_n but_o certain_a error_n creep_v in_o of_o late_a from_o the_o same_o as_o namely_o in_o that_o it_o be_v aver_v 1._o to_o be_v of_o divine_a institution_n 2._o of_o absolute_a necessity_n 3._o extend_v to_o all_o man_n all_o know_a sin_n and_o all_o circumstance_n 4._o and_o that_o it_o must_v be_v take_v as_o a_o necessary_a mean_v either_o in_o deed_n or_o desire_v for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n which_o tare_n sow_o in_o the_o field_n his_o lordship_n will_v have_v discern_v if_o not_o separate_v from_o the_o duty_n itself_o the_o continuance_n whereof_o he_o allow_v and_o prescribe_v bishop_n mountagu_n 299._o b._n montagu_n appeal_n pag._n 299._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v assert_v this_o doctrine_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la invidiam_fw-la of_o who_o we_o may_v reckon_v not_o as_o a_o witness_n but_o confessor_n also_o because_o he_o have_v write_v thus_o it_o be_v confess_v that_o private_a confession_n unto_o a_o priest_n be_v of_o very_o ancient_a practice_n in_o the_o church_n of_o excellent_a use_n and_o benefit_n be_v discreet_o handle_v we_o refuse_v it_o to_o none_o if_o man_n require_v it_o if_o need_v be_v to_o have_v it_o we_o urge_v and_o persuade_v it_o in_o extremis_fw-la we_o require_v it_o in_o case_n of_o perplexity_n for_o the_o quiet_v of_o man_n disturb_v in_o their_o conscience_n i_o know_v not_o of_o what_o latitude_n in_o some_o man_n conceit_n popery_n be_v for_o censure_v these_o word_n as_o a_o smack_n thereof_o for_o he_o approve_v of_o it_o if_o discreet_o handle_v impose_v no_o more_o need_n thereof_o than_o to_o such_o as_o need_v it_o urge_v it_o not_o by_o constraint_n but_o by_o inducement_n and_o persuasion_n and_o that_o not_o upon_o all_o man_n but_o upon_o such_o as_o be_v disturb_v and_o perplex_v in_o conscience_n and_o not_o of_o all_o sin_n but_o such_o as_o lie_v disquiet_o in_o the_o bosom_n great_a part_n be_v as_o often_o envy_v and_o traduce_v as_o admire_v especial_o when_o man_n of_o small_a part_n usurp_v the_o censure_n 215._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n strom._n l._n 1._o p._n 215._o a_o wise_a and_o learned_a man_n content_v himself_o with_o one_o only_a meet_a auditor_n and_o approver_n and_o if_o he_o meet_v not_o with_o so_o much_o quiet_v himself_o in_o his_o own_o worth_n and_o conscience_n in_o the_o testimony_n whereof_o there_o be_v more_o solid_a comfort_n than_o in_o the_o vain_a applause_n or_o reproach_n of_o a_o sandy_a multitude_n in_o the_o book_n well_o know_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o piety_n we_o read_v such_o direction_n in_o this_o present_a behalf_n piety_n practise_v of_o piety_n which_o sincere_o perform_v be_v the_o practice_n of_o piety_n indeed_o and_o they_o be_v as_o follow_v in_o a_o doubtful_a title_n thou_o will_v ask_v counsel_n of_o thy_o skilful_a lawyer_n in_o peril_n of_o sickness_n thou_o will_v know_v the_o advice_n of_o thy_o skilful_a physician_n 762._o pag._n 762._o and_o be_v there_o no_o danger_n in_o dread_n of_o damnation_n for_o a_o sinner_n to_o be_v his_o own_o judge_n and_o a_o little_a after_o luther_n say_v 763._o pag._n 763._o that_o he_o have_v rather_o lose_v a_o thousand_o world_n than_o suffer_v private_a confession_n to_o be_v thrust_v forth_o of_o the_o church_n 109._o occulta_fw-la confessio_fw-la quae_fw-la modò_fw-la celebratur_fw-la etsi_fw-la probari_fw-la ex_fw-la scripture_n non_fw-la potest_fw-la miro_fw-la tamen_fw-la modo_fw-la placet_fw-la &_o utilis_fw-la immò_fw-la necessaria_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la vellem_fw-la eam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la immò_fw-la gaudeo_fw-la eam_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o
above_o be_v very_o sweet_a 43._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d athenaus_n deipnâ—s_n lib._n 2._o pag._n 43._o but_o that_o which_o remain_v at_o the_o bottom_n very_a salt_n and_o brinish_a some_o thing_n flow_v good_a therein_o but_o the_o roman_a dregs_o be_v bitter_a and_o for_o the_o better_a discovery_n thereof_o we_o must_v look_v over_o the_o same_o again_o and_o handle_v three_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d open_o and_o distinct_o precariò_fw-la punctìm_fw-la agendum_fw-la non_fw-la precariò_fw-la 1._o the_o institution_n thereof_o by_o who_o and_o of_o what_o authority_n it_o be_v 2._o next_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o how_o far_o forth_o it_o be_v require_v and_o what_o danger_n may_v arise_v upon_o the_o abuse_n and_o discontinuance_n thereof_o 3._o and_o last_o the_o extent_n whether_o all_o sin_n and_o the_o circumstance_n of_o each_o sin_n fall_n under_o the_o verge_n and_o charge_n of_o confession_n the_o consideration_n of_o these_o point_n will_v give_v great_a light_n to_o descry_v the_o misdemeanour_n in_o the_o practic_a thereof_o sect_n i._o the_o content_n the_o decree_n of_o the_o tridentine_a council_n for_o divine_a right_n and_o authority_n of_o confession_n the_o anathema_n hold_v too_o severe_a by_o some_o moderate_a romanist_n public_a exhomologesis_n vilepend_v by_o those_o father_n the_o schoolmen_n faintness_n in_o resolve_v for_o the_o divine_a institution_n of_o auricular_a confession_n the_o canonist_n plant_v the_o same_o upon_o the_o universal_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n divine_v side_v with_o the_o canonist_n oppugner_n of_o auricular_a confession_n in_o former_a age_n pretence_n of_o divine_a authority_n from_o place_n of_o scripture_n examine_v different_a proceed_n in_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n from_o earthly_a tribunal_n special_a cognizance_n of_o all_o sin_n not_o a_o necessary_a antecedent_n at_o all_o time_n to_o priestly_a absolution_n god_n pardon_v many_o sin_n immediate_o never_o speak_v of_o to_o a_o priest_n difference_n of_o popish_a divine_n concern_v the_o matter_n and_o form_n in_o penance_n prove_v to_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o sacramental_a confession_n which_o reach_v not_o high_a than_o the_o lateran_n council_n confession_n of_o sin_n of_o the_o same_o institution_n as_o repentance_n be_v divine_a institution_n manifold_a in_o what_o sense_n confession_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v of_o divine_a institution_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n or_o the_o most_o in_o that_o church_n father_n this_o imp_n upon_o christ_n himself_o and_o the_o institution_n thereof_o from_o no_o mean_a a_o author_n &_o thereupon_o make_v it_o a_o principal_a part_n of_o a_o special_a sacrament_n which_o they_o call_v the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n and_o they_o have_v so_o strong_a a_o fancy_n that_o it_o be_v a_o sacrament_n and_o because_o it_o be_v so_o or_o rather_o because_o they_o will_v have_v it_o so_o it_o must_v be_v a_o divine_a ordinance_n and_o of_o christ_n institution_n indeed_o if_o confession_n do_v just_o deserve_v that_o title_n and_o inscription_n of_o a_o sacrament_n we_o shall_v not_o stick_v to_o give_v unto_o god_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v god_n it_o be_v a_o maxim_n in_o christianity_n that_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o church_n be_v of_o divine_a institution_n all_o the_o doubt_n be_v whether_o confession_n can_v assume_v so_o much_o just_o unto_o itself_o as_o to_o be_v the_o essential_a part_n of_o any_o sacrament_n or_o no_o and_o in_o this_o inquisition_n we_o be_v to_o take_v these_o step_n the_o first_o to_o inquire_v whether_o private_a confession_n of_o sin_n appear_v to_o have_v be_v any_o where_o institute_v by_o christ_n and_o again_o if_o it_o may_v be_v demonstrate_v from_o the_o word_n of_o god_n that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o sacrament_n ordain_v by_o he_o whereof_o private_a confession_n sustain_v such_o a_o part_n as_o be_v report_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n for_o the_o first_o it_o be_v very_o true_a the_o lawful_a use_n thereof_o depend_v upon_o the_o institution_n for_o god_n forbid_v but_o that_o his_o institutes_n shall_v be_v follow_v and_o his_o precept_n due_o observe_v it_o be_v good_a yea_o very_a good_a say_v terâ—ullian_n that_o god_n command_v r._n bonum_fw-la atque_fw-la optimum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la praecipit_fw-la audaciam_fw-la existimo_fw-la de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi divini_fw-la praecepti_fw-la disputare_fw-la neque_fw-la enick_n quia_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la idcircò_fw-la auscultare_fw-la debemus_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ad_fw-la exhibitionem_fw-la obsequii_fw-la prio_fw-la est_fw-la majestas_fw-la divinae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la tertâ—l_n de_fw-fr poen_n c._n r._n i_o hold_v it_o impudence_n once_o to_o dispute_v and_o question_v the_o goodness_n of_o divine_a precept_n nor_o ought_v we_o to_o hearken_v thereunto_o because_o it_o be_v good_a but_o because_o god_n command_v the_o majesty_n of_o his_o power_n must_v conduce_v to_o the_o performance_n of_o our_o duty_n with_o god_n be_v the_o authority_n to_o command_v and_o with_o we_o the_o glory_n of_o obedience_n the_o only_a doubt_n iâ—_n if_o god_n institute_v any_o such_o thing_n and_o that_o man_n invention_n be_v not_o teach_v for_o divine_a precept_n the_o council_n of_o trent_n that_o popish_a cynosura_n have_v decree_v auricular_a confession_n to_o be_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n from_o ordinance_n divine_a confess_v dominus_fw-la jesus_n sacerdotes_fw-la svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la vicarios_fw-la reliquit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la praesides_fw-la &_o judices_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la omne_fw-la mortalia_fw-la crimina_fw-la deferantur_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la potestate_fw-la clavium_fw-la sententiam_fw-la pronuntient_fw-la constat_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la judicium_fw-la hoc_fw-la incognitâ_fw-la causâ_fw-la exercere_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la council_n trid._n cap._n 5._o the_o confess_v and_o the_o institutor_n christ_n who_o by_o invest_v his_o apostle_n with_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n then_o create_v this_o court_n of_o conscience_n submit_v all_o sinner_n to_o this_o jurisdiction_n give_v the_o priest_n power_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v of_o all_o and_o all_o manner_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o people_n a_o command_n to_o accuse_v and_o lay_v open_a the_o least_o sinful_a action_n and_o fraction_n before_o these_o judge_n who_o he_o have_v make_v lord_n keeper_n of_o this_o privy_a seal_n where_o the_o proceed_n for_o the_o trial_n of_o sin_n and_o punishment_n thereof_o be_v carry_v exceed_v private_o and_o that_o god_n have_v not_o command_v nor_o do_v the_o church_n now_o a_o day_n require_v open_a confession_n and_o open_a penance_n lb._n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr hoc_fw-la divino_fw-la praecepto_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nec_fw-la satis_fw-la consultè_fw-la humanâ_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la lege_fw-la praeciperetur_fw-la ut_fw-la delicta_fw-la praesertim_fw-la secreta_fw-la publicâ_fw-la essent_fw-la confession_n aperienda_fw-la council_n trid._n lb._n and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o inconsiderate_a act_n to_o enjoin_v the_o same_o by_o any_o humane_a law_n out_o of_o which_o decree_n have_v be_v hatch_v these_o anathema_n 1._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la negaverit_fw-la confessionâ—m_fw-la sacramentalem_fw-la vel_fw-la institutam_fw-la vel_fw-la necessariam_fw-la esse_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la can._n 1._o the_o first_o against_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v deny_v clancular_a confession_n to_o have_v be_v enact_v by_o divine_a authority_n or_o not_o to_o be_v necessary_a upon_o the_o same_o ground_n the_o second_o fulminate_v against_o those_o that_o shall_v gainsay_v such_o a_o confession_n as_o necessary_o require_v for_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n 2._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la ad_fw-la remissionem_fw-la petcatorum_fw-la necessarium_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la confiteri_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o singula_fw-la peccata_fw-la can._n 2._o however_o they_o may_v approve_v thereof_o for_o the_o instruction_n and_o comfort_v therein_o and_o believe_v it_o of_o old_a to_o have_v be_v observe_v that_o canonical_a satisfaction_n may_v be_v impose_v the_o three_o ban_n be_v upon_o those_o that_o affirm_v the_o confession_n of_o all_o sin_n as_o the_o church_n observe_v to_o be_v impossible_a 3._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la confessionem_fw-la omnium_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la qualem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la seruat_fw-la esse_fw-la impossibilem_fw-la &_o traditionem_fw-la humanam_fw-la &_o à _fw-la piis_fw-la abolendam_fw-la etc._n etc._n can._n 3._o and_o that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o humane_a tradition_n and_o to_o be_v abolish_v this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o council_n caâ—ons_n and_o decree_n where_o have_v those_o father_n be_v as_o ready_a to_o prove_v as_o reprove_v and_o to_o confirm_v as_o censure_n what_o they_o anathematise_v sure_a their_o thundering_n will_v have_v be_v less_o and_o lightning_n more_o nor_o will_v the_o divine_n of_o lovian_a and_o coloign_v then_o assemble_v have_v desire_v more_o moderation_n in_o those_o prelate_n 283._o cavendum_fw-la patribuc_fw-la nè_fw-la adversariis_fw-la materiam_fw-la praebeant_fw-la ea_fw-la objiciendi_fw-la quae_fw-la theologis_fw-la non_fw-la promptum_fw-la sit_fw-la refellere_fw-la quin_fw-la potiùs_fw-la eâ_fw-la moderatione_n utendum_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o canone_o ut_fw-la catholicis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la offensioni_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la hist_o
for_o if_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o priest_n be_v not_o constitute_v a_o judge_n in_o this_o case_n than_o there_o will_v lie_v against_o he_o exceptio_fw-la fori_fw-la and_o a_o sinner_n may_v demand_v who_o have_v make_v thou_o a_o judge_n over_o we_o or_o if_o a_o judge_n yet_o not_o infallible_a and_o be_v not_o sure_a always_o to_o remit_v where_o god_n remit_v and_o retain_v where_o he_o retain_v insomuch_o that_o then_o and_o there_o lie_v a_o appeal_n from_o he_o to_o the_o judge_n of_o all_o the_o world_n who_o will_v do_v right_a also_o if_o many_o sin_n be_v bring_v before_o god_n in_o prima_fw-la instantia_fw-la and_o pardon_v by_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d than_o all_o sin_n be_v not_o so_o necessary_o to_o be_v spread_v before_o the_o priest_n again_o if_o god_n have_v invest_v the_o priest_n with_o judicial_a power_n to_o take_v cognizance_n of_o sin_n in_o this_o court_n of_o conscience_n and_o have_v lay_v no_o necessity_n upon_o sinner_n to_o resort_v thereunto_o with_o suit_n and_o service_n but_o leave_v it_o to_o the_o liberty_n of_o each_o man_n conscience_n in_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o jurisdiction_n thereof_o if_o i_o say_v these_o or_o any_o of_o these_o be_v just_a exception_n the_o nerve_n of_o this_o argument_n will_v be_v soon_o abate_v i_o will_v let_v the_o first_o alone_o whether_o the_o priest_n be_v a_o judge_n or_o no_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o absolution_n but_o take_v he_o for_o one_o and_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o private_a court_n of_o conscience_n wherein_o the_o sinner_n arraigns_n himself_n and_o the_o priest_n pronounce_v sentence_n yet_o the_o proceed_n differ_v much_o from_o all_o secular_a tribunal_n where_o earthly_a judge_n must_v take_v notice_n of_o the_o fact_n in_o particular_a and_o go_v according_a to_o evidence_n here_o because_o the_o court_n be_v keep_v in_o god_n name_n to_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v know_v and_o for_o that_o he_o can_v be_v deceive_v but_o man_n may_v a_o priest_n may_v leave_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o sin_n to_o god_n and_o yet_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o sinner_n repentance_n so_o far_o as_o in_o he_o lie_v and_o according_a to_o his_o apprehension_n grant_v he_o absolution_n i_o can_v free_v this_o subalternate_a judge_n from_o be_v impose_v upon_o but_o dare_v confident_o aver_v the_o sovereign_a judge_n can_v be_v delude_v i_o say_v moreover_o a_o priest_n may_v think_v he_o have_v proceed_v right_a according_a to_o the_o light_n he_o have_v receive_v and_o yet_o be_v mistake_v for_o a_o sinner_n may_v put_v on_o the_o outside_n of_o repentance_n so_o artificial_o as_o to_o compass_v his_o absolution_n from_o his_o confessor_n hand_n but_o from_o the_o high_a hand_n his_o further_a condemnation_n and_o ofttimes_o a_o great_a penitent_n may_v make_v so_o little_a show_n that_o the_o priest_n may_v see_v no_o reason_n to_o acquit_v he_o who_o god_n see_v great_a cause_n to_o absolve_v the_o cause_n than_o be_v many_o time_n not_o full_o nor_o true_o open_v unto_o man_n but_o unto_o god_n always_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n say_v chemnitius_n betwixt_o a_o judicial_a tribunal_n confess_v discrimen_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la judicium_fw-la &_o functionem_fw-la ministerii_fw-la evangelii_n in_o judicio_fw-la juxt_v a_o causae_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la pronunciatur_fw-la prout_fw-la bona_fw-la vel_fw-la mala_fw-la est_fw-la ministerium_fw-la verò_fw-la evangelii_n mandatum_fw-la habet_fw-la annunciandi_fw-la &_o impartiendi_fw-la alienum_fw-la bencficium_fw-la christi_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ad_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la qui_fw-la petit_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la duo_fw-la sibi_fw-la proponit_fw-la 1._o ipsum_fw-la deum_fw-la utpote_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la petit_fw-la &_o quaerit_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la atque_fw-la adeò_fw-la coram_fw-la ipso_fw-la totum_fw-la cor_fw-la suum_fw-la effundit_fw-la 2._o deinde_fw-la proponit_fw-la sibi_fw-la ministerium_fw-la cujus_fw-la voce_fw-la seu_fw-la ministerio_fw-la tanquam_fw-la legati_fw-la nuntii_fw-la seu_fw-la interpretis_fw-la deus_fw-la utitur_fw-la ad_fw-la impartiendam_fw-la &_o obsignandam_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la quando_fw-la igitur_fw-la deictum_fw-la meum_fw-la cognitum_fw-la feci_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la neccssaria_fw-la est_fw-la scrupulosa_fw-la enumeratio_fw-la coram_fw-la ministro_fw-la qui_fw-la tantum_fw-la dispensator_fw-la est_fw-la alieni_fw-la benefic_n i._o ut_fw-la minister_n intelligat_fw-la cum_fw-la qui_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la petit_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la intelligere_fw-la peccata_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la agere_fw-la &_o in_o christum_fw-la credere_fw-la quae_fw-la cognitio_fw-la haberi_fw-la potest_fw-la absque_fw-la illa_fw-la enumeratione_n etc._n etc._n chemnit_fw-la exam._n part_n 2._o the_o confess_v and_o the_o function_n of_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o gospel_n at_o the_o judgement_n seat_n according_o as_o the_o cause_n be_v open_v be_v it_o good_a or_o bad_a be_v judgement_n give_v but_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o gospel_n have_v a_o command_n of_o declare_v and_o impart_v a_o benefit_n from_o another_o viz._n remission_n of_o sin_n from_o christ_n again_o he_o that_o seek_v absolution_n propose_v unto_o himself_o these_o two_o first_o god_n from_o who_o he_o crave_v and_o seek_v remission_n of_o sin_n and_o therefore_o before_o he_o pour_v out_o his_o whole_a hest_n in_o the_o second_o place_n he_o propose_v unto_o himself_o the_o ministry_n by_o the_o voice_n whereof_o as_o from_o a_o ambassador_n nuntio_n or_o interpreter_n god_n bestow_v and_o seal_v a_o absolution_n when_o therefore_o i_o have_v make_v my_o case_n know_v unto_o god_n a_o scrupulous_a enumeration_n be_v not_o necessary_a before_o the_o minister_n who_o be_v only_o the_o dispenser_n of_o another_o favour_n and_o then_o advise_v the_o minister_n chrysost_fw-la medicinae_fw-la locus_fw-la est_fw-la hic_fw-la non_fw-la judicii_fw-la chrysost_fw-la that_o if_o he_o perceive_v the_o penitent_a who_o seek_v for_o absolution_n to_o have_v a_o competent_a knowledge_n what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o repentance_n be_v and_o what_o it_o be_v to_o believe_v on_o christ_n upon_o which_o notice_n he_o be_v warrant_v to_o give_v absolution_n and_o much_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n canus_n we_o must_v call_v to_o mind_n that_o the_o end_n of_o this_o sacramental_a judgement_n be_v not_o punish_v 903._o illud_fw-la commemorandum_fw-la est_fw-la huius_fw-la judicii_fw-la sacramentalis_fw-la finem_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la punitionem_fw-la &_o vindicationem_fw-la justitiae_fw-la esse_fw-la quà m_fw-la vindicationem_fw-la salutarem_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la licèt_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la purè_fw-la vindicativo_fw-la exacta_fw-la culparum_fw-la cognitio_fw-la requiratur_fw-la ut_fw-la viz._n tanta_fw-la sit_fw-la poena_fw-la quantam_fw-la quis_fw-la per_fw-la culpas_fw-la meritus_fw-la est_fw-la at_o in_o judicio_fw-la hoc_fw-la sacramentali_fw-la non_fw-la exigitur_fw-la exacta_fw-la cognitio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la sed_fw-la qualis_fw-la &_o quanta_fw-la necessaria_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la curationem_fw-la &_o salutem_fw-la poenitentis_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la huius_fw-la judicii_fw-la finis_fw-la est_fw-la canns_n part_n 6._o relect._n de_fw-fr poenit._n pag._n 903._o and_o the_o vindicate_a of_o justice_n but_o the_o vindicate_a of_o salvation_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o although_o at_o that_o tribunal_n which_o serve_v only_o for_o infliction_n of_o punishment_n there_o be_v require_v a_o exact_a knowledge_n of_o the_o offence_n that_o the_o punishment_n may_v be_v square_v according_a to_o the_o nature_n thereof_o yet_o in_o this_o sacramental_a judgement_n a_o strict_a account_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o exact_v but_o such_o and_o so_o much_o only_o which_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o penitent_a for_o that_o be_v the_o scope_n of_o that_o judicatory_a proceed_n wherein_o we_o note_v 1._o confession_n of_o sin_n be_v so_o far_o forth_o require_v as_o may_v be_v for_o the_o penitent_n salvation_n 2._o and_o again_o that_o a_o exact_a confession_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v not_o requisite_a to_o the_o salvation_n of_o a_o penitent_a 3._o and_o last_o the_o end_v aim_v at_o in_o this_o spiritual_a court_n be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o the_o terrestrial_a bench_n for_o here_o the_o way_n be_v make_v for_o mercy_n and_o there_o the_o work_n for_o justice_n judgement_n be_v remember_v there_o without_o mercy_n and_o here_o mercy_n without_o judgement_n thereupon_o a_o exact_a and_o curious_a search_n into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v not_o so_o necessary_a to_o this_o spiritual_a judge_n and_o so_o the_o first_o link_n in_o the_o chain_n be_v break_v but_o suppose_v a_o confession_n so_o exact_a and_o a_o enumeration_n of_o sin_n so_o scrupulous_a as_o rome_n will_v be_v think_v necessary_a what_o if_o the_o judge_n proceed_v not_o to_o sentence_v according_a to_o the_o right_a open_n of_o the_o case_n we_o make_v no_o question_n of_o the_o judge_n authority_n we_o suspect_v his_o sincerity_n and_o there_o be_v great_a difference_n between_o authority_n to_o do_v a_o thing_n and_o infallibility_n in_o the_o do_n of_o it_o now_o his_o sentence_n be_v right_a and_o ratify_v in_o heaven_n when_o he_o proceed_v according_a to_o evidence_n but_o it_o be_v not_o infallible_o certain_a that_o he_o shall_v
ever_o do_v so_o and_o we_o can_v imagine_v any_o erroneous_a sentence_n to_o be_v confirm_v above_o sine_fw-la coeli_fw-la infamia_fw-la without_o dishonour_v the_o supreme_a judg._n and_o that_o sometime_o the_o priest_n be_v out_o the_o school_n distinguish_v of_o the_o err_a key_n confirm_v for_o what_o need_n to_o distinguish_v of_o the_o err_a key_n if_o the_o key_n never_o err_v therefore_o lyra_n hedge_v he_o in_o and_o tell_v he_o that_o his_o sentence_n be_v allow_v of_o by_o god_n 20._o hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la intelligendume_v quando_fw-la judicium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la divino_fw-la judicio_fw-la conformatur_fw-la lyr._n in_o joan._n c._n 20._o when_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n be_v conformable_a to_o he_o never_o any_o simple_a priest_n have_v be_v so_o arrogant_a as_o to_o assume_v this_o privilege_n to_o be_v infallible_a the_o claim_n whereof_o the_o high-priest_n at_o rome_n have_v make_v his_o prerogative_n but_o what_o will_v you_o say_v if_o the_o pope_n have_v err_v and_o that_o in_o this_o present_a business_n of_o absolution_n and_o eke_o in_o his_o own_o case_n read_v this_o ensue_a story_n you_o that_o be_v devote_v to_o his_o chair_n and_o tell_v i_o how_o you_o like_v it_o pope_n have_v power_n to_o make_v choice_n of_o their_o confessor_n of_o who_o they_o please_v and_o there_o be_v a_o pope_n perceive_v his_o life_n to_o draw_v to_o a_o end_n jubilaeo_fw-la capellano_n svo_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la contulit_fw-la se_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la sub_fw-la plenaria_fw-la remissione_n ut_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la jubilaeo_fw-la that_o commit_v to_o a_o chaplain_n of_o his_o own_o apostolical_a power_n to_o absolve_v with_o plenary_a authority_n as_o in_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n by_o virtue_n whereof_o after_o confession_n make_v he_o receive_v absolution_n and_o so_o depart_v this_o life_n not_o many_o day_n after_o he_o appear_v to_o his_o chaplain_n with_o a_o heavy_a look_n and_o in_o a_o 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judge_v here_o a_o sinner_n may_v stand_v if_o he_o please_v and_o be_v judge_v if_o he_o please_v and_o subject_n himself_o to_o that_o censure_n but_o he_o owe_v no_o necessary_a service_n thereunto_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v this_o doctor_n opinion_n though_o i_o suppose_v the_o business_n depend_v not_o upon_o this_o uncertainty_n but_o that_o there_o be_v some_o kind_n of_o sin_n though_o not_o all_o and_o some_o sort_n of_o sinner_n too_o though_o not_o all_o that_o not_o only_o may_v but_o must_v come_v in_o &_o be_v judge_v here_o if_o they_o love_v the_o welfare_n of_o their_o soul_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v hereafter_o let_v we_o now_o gather_v up_o the_o break_a piece_n of_o this_o argument_n 1._o the_o priest_n be_v to_o have_v notice_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o penitent_a before_o he_o can_v proceed_v to_o censure_v that_o be_v true_a but_o a_o general_a knowledge_n may_v sometime_o suffice_v without_o exaction_n at_o all_o time_n of_o particular_a item_n 2._o the_o 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how_o they_o frustrate_v not_o the_o power_n of_o god_n or_o rather_o their_o own_o soul_n of_o salvation_n for_o the_o priest_n bear_v not_o this_o power_n in_o vain_a nor_o may_v the_o spiritual_a man_n vain_o imagine_v that_o they_o be_v in_o place_n 16._o qui_fw-la ex_fw-la he_o cristas_fw-la erigunt_fw-la &_o tyrannidem_fw-la quandam_fw-la sibi_fw-la vendicant_a cur_n non_fw-la meminerint_fw-la corum_fw-la quae_fw-la mox_fw-la praecesserint_fw-la erasm_n hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la quidam_fw-la non_fw-la intelligentes_fw-la aliquid_fw-la sumunt_fw-la de_fw-la supercilio_fw-la pharisaeorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hieron_n in_o matth._n 16._o cristas_fw-la erigere_fw-la &_o aliquid_fw-la sumere_fw-la de_fw-la supercilio_fw-la pharisaeorum_fw-la as_o hierome_n say_v of_o some_o to_o become_v pharisaical_o insolent_a or_o tyrannical_a nor_o be_v the_o people_n to_o dread_v the_o same_o as_o a_o usurpation_n upon_o their_o conscience_n but_o to_o be_v persuade_v that_o this_o power_n be_v confer_v for_o their_o peace_n this_o physic_n for_o their_o disease_n and_o this_o ministry_n for_o their_o reconciliation_n therefore_o when_o other_o physic_n will_v not_o work_v prove_v this_o when_o the_o peace_n of_o conscience_n can_v otherwise_o be_v have_v seek_v it_o here_o and_o when_o thy_o reconciliation_n can_v no_o way_n else_o be_v make_v use_v these_o arbiter_n and_o mediator_n and_o although_o christ_n have_v not_o express_o charge_v thou_o to_o repair_v unto_o this_o court_n to_o lay_v open_a thy_o case_n before_o these_o judge_n 252.2_o duo_o ista_fw-la sibi_fw-la mutuò_fw-la respondent_fw-la ut_fw-la ubi_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la confessio_fw-la ibi_fw-la nulla_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la absolutio_fw-la confess_v pertcroviae_n p._n 252.2_o and_o submit_v thyself_o unto_o their_o censure_n yet_o consider_v how_o god_n will_v never_o constitute_v a_o judge_n without_o a_o circuit_n nor_o erect_v a_o court_n without_o a_o jurisdiction_n and_o bethink_v with_o thyself_o for_o thy_o good_a all_o this_o be_v and_o be_v ordain_v he_o have_v say_v hugo_n dixit_fw-la medicis_n ut_fw-la curarent_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la dixit_fw-la infirmis_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la medicos_fw-la curandi_fw-la causâ_fw-la venirent_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la quasi_fw-la certum_fw-la esse_fw-la voluit_fw-la quod_fw-la aegri_fw-la
bind_v up_o the_o wound_n but_o cruel_a tyrant_n to_o rend_v they_o wide_o more_o than_o time_n it_o be_v to_o consider_v of_o these_o thing_n and_o to_o discharge_v the_o duty_n itself_o of_o such_o abuse_n and_o from_o our_o endeavour_n herein_o have_v spring_v the_o controversy_n between_o rome_n and_o we_o viz._n our_o dislike_n of_o such_o a_o command_a necessity_n as_o shall_v lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o a_o sinner_n and_o urge_v he_o to_o this_o physic_n against_o his_o will_n where_o ofttimes_o the_o purge_n become_v more_o violent_a than_o the_o disease_n and_o the_o potion_n more_o bitter_a than_o the_o grief_n itself_o the_o profit_n and_o great_a good_a reap_v by_o confession_n we_o willing_o subscribe_v unto_o but_o confession_n upon_o the_o rack_n be_v that_o we_o distaste_v it_o be_v not_o call_v into_o question_n say_v a_o roman_a doctor_n 1535._o non_fw-la versatur_fw-la in_o quaestione_fw-la num_fw-la utilis_fw-la &_o salutaris_fw-la sit_fw-la confessio_fw-la nam_fw-la adversarii_fw-la hoc_fw-la ultrò_fw-la donant_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o contentionem_fw-la rapitur_fw-la a_o enumeratio_fw-la delictorum_fw-la in_o confession_n sit_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la necessaria_fw-la m._n vehe_fw-la tract_n de_fw-fr secreto_fw-la confess_v c._n 1._o lypsiae_fw-la 1535._o but_o no_o tridentine_n whether_o confession_n be_v beneficial_a and_o wholesome_a for_o our_o adversary_n grant_v this_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n but_o the_o controvert_v point_n be_v whether_o the_o number_n up_o of_o sin_n in_o confession_n be_v necessary_a by_o god_n law_n or_o not_o the_o trent_n father_n decree_v the_o same_o to_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o necessity_n lay_v upon_o the_o neck_n of_o all_o sinner_n and_o plant_v their_o sixth_o canon_n 6._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la negaverit_fw-la confessionem_fw-la sacramentalem_fw-la vel_fw-la institutam_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la esse_fw-la necessariam_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la etc._n etc._n anathema_n sit_v con._n trid._n cap._n 5._o can_n 6._o to_o discharge_v anathema_n against_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v deny_v the_o institution_n of_o confession_n and_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o from_o divine_a right_n for_o the_o obtain_n of_o salvation_n many_o moderate_a divine_n of_o germany_n as_o chemnitius_n witness_v endeavour_v pacification_n herein_o as_o desirous_a to_o lenify_v and_o mitigate_v the_o severity_n of_o this_o papal_a practice_n with_o gentle_a medicine_n 195._o conati_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la multi_fw-la pontificii_fw-la scriptores_fw-la in_o germania_n praesertim_fw-la acerbitatem_fw-la legis_fw-la pontificiae_fw-la de_fw-la confession_n variis_fw-la pharmacis_fw-la mitigare_fw-la sed_fw-la concilium_fw-la sine_fw-la misericordia_fw-la durissimas_fw-la conditione_n pontificiae_fw-la confessionis_fw-la renovat_fw-la confirmat_fw-la &_o stabilit_fw-la chem._n exam._n part_n 2._o p._n 195._o but_o that_o merciless_a council_n ratify_v and_o enjoin_v bitter_a pill_n and_o sharp_a receipt_n very_a corrosive_n upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n as_o apprimely_a necessary_a for_o the_o health_n of_o their_o soul_n and_o observe_v the_o progress_n and_o proceed_v how_o confession_n come_v by_o those_o necessary_a tie_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n it_o be_v use_v as_o a_o profitable_a and_o wholesome_a discipline_n and_o do_v much_o good_a in_o restrain_v from_o sin_n and_o in_o pacify_v the_o conscience_n after_o sin_n full_a and_o frequent_a be_v the_o passage_n in_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o father_n look_v this_o way_n and_o commend_v the_o same_o to_o our_o christian_a care_n 198._o apud_fw-la patres_fw-la extant_a exhortationes_fw-la ad_fw-la confessionem_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la gratiani_n &_o lombardi_n tâ—mpore_fw-la coeptum_fw-la fuit_fw-la disputari_fw-la a_o necessaria_fw-la suis_fw-la confessio_fw-la gratianus_n lectori_fw-la liberum_fw-la permiâ—tit_fw-la judicium_fw-la longobardus_fw-la inclinat_fw-la ad_fw-la necessitatâ—m_fw-la chemnit_fw-la ib._n p._n 198._o but_o in_o their_o day_n it_o be_v but_o exhortative_a not_o compulsatory_a after_o their_o day_n in_o gratian'ss_n time_n the_o necessity_n thereof_o come_v to_o be_v dispute_v yet_o so_o as_o nothing_o peremptory_o be_v then_o resolve_v the_o master_n of_o the_o sentence_n seem_v to_o incline_v and_o draw_v to_o that_o opinion_n which_o hold_v the_o same_o to_o be_v necessary_a and_o that_o which_o in_o his_o time_n be_v but_o probable_a and_o which_o may_v pious_o be_v embrace_v begin_v at_o length_n to_o be_v entertain_v as_o certain_a and_o firm_o to_o be_v believe_v and_o so_o now_o a_o necessity_n be_v lay_v upon_o we_o with_o a_o woe_n and_o a_o anathema_n if_o we_o come_v not_o to_o confession_n it_o be_v very_o true_a what_o he_o speak_v of_o those_o two_o gratian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lombard_n gratian_n the_o castor_n and_o pollux_n of_o canonical_a and_o school-divinity_n for_o gratian_n recite_v at_o large_a the_o several_a sentence_n of_o the_o doctor_n and_o at_o length_n leave_v the_o matter_n whole_o in_o suspense_n after_o this_o manner_n upon_o what_o authority_n quamvis_fw-la quibus_fw-la authoritatibus_fw-la vel_fw-la quibus_fw-la rationum_fw-la firmamentâ—s_fw-la utraque_fw-la sententia_fw-la innitatur_fw-la in_o medium_n breviter_fw-la exposuimus_fw-la cui_fw-la autem_fw-la potiùs_fw-la adhaerendum_fw-la sit_fw-la lectoris_fw-la judicio_fw-la reservatur_fw-la utraque_fw-la enim_fw-la sautores_fw-la habet_fw-la sapientes_fw-la &_o religiosos_fw-la viros_fw-la de_fw-fr poen_n do_v 1._o c._n 89._o quamvis_fw-la or_o upon_o what_o strength_n of_o reason_n both_o these_o opinion_n be_v ground_v i_o have_v brief_o lay_v open_a but_o to_o whether_o of_o they_o we_o shall_v adhere_v be_v reserve_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o reader_n for_o both_o of_o they_o have_v for_o their_o favourer_n wise_a and_o religious_a man_n the_o scale_n it_o seem_v hang_v so_o even_o that_o he_o dare_v not_o turn_v they_o to_o either_o side_n and_o so_o the_o business_n rest_v in_o suspense_n and_o undecided_a in_o his_o time_n which_o be_v m_o c_o l._n year_n after_o christ_n and_o all_o that_o while_n christianity_n stand_v without_o this_o decision_n peter_n lombard_n hang_v something_o upon_o one_o scale_n who_o propose_v these_o question_n 1._o whether_o sin_n be_v remit_v upon_o contrition_n of_o the_o heart_n only_o 2._o whether_o confession_n unto_o god_n suffice_v without_o any_o unto_o the_o priest_n 3._o and_o whether_o confession_n may_v be_v make_v to_o a_o faithful_a lay_v man_n of_o which_o 1_o in_o his_o docti_fw-la diversa_fw-la sentire_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la quia_fw-la super_fw-la his_fw-la varia_fw-la ac_fw-la penè_fw-la diversa_fw-la tradidisse_fw-la videntur_fw-la doctores_fw-la l._n 4._o d._n 17._o sect._n 1_o learned_a man_n say_v he_o be_v find_v to_o hold_v diverse_o and_o concern_v they_o the_o doctor_n seem_v to_o have_v deliver_v diverse_a yea_o and_o almost_o adverse_a resolution_n but_o his_o resolution_n be_v thus_o frame_v it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o sin_n be_v remit_v upon_o contrition_n referenda_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la quòd_fw-la sine_fw-la confession_n oris_fw-la &_o solutione_n poenae_fw-la exterioris_fw-la peccata_fw-la delentur_fw-la per_fw-la contritionem_fw-la &_o humilitatem_fw-la cordis_fw-la quae_fw-la dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la confession_n &_o poenitentia_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la confessionem_fw-la cordis_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la interiorem_fw-la poenam_fw-la referenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la contemnentes_fw-la vel_fw-la negligentes_fw-la referenda_fw-la and_o humility_n of_o the_o heart_n without_o oral_a confession_n and_o performance_n of_o external_a punishment_n and_o that_o such_o testimony_n of_o the_o doctor_n as_o import_v confession_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o inward_a confession_n of_o the_o heart_n or_o else_o touch_v those_o as_o neglect_v and_o contemn_v confession_n which_o be_v make_v unto_o the_o priest_n but_o he_o add_v withal_o that_o a_o penitent_a aught_o to_o confess_v if_o he_o have_v time_n remissie_a oportet_fw-la poenitentem_fw-la si_fw-la tempus_fw-la habeat_fw-la confiteri_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la antequam_fw-la sit_fw-la confessio_fw-la in_o ore_fw-la si_fw-la votum_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o cord_n praestatur_fw-la ei_fw-la remissie_a yet_o before_o confession_n be_v in_o the_o mouth_n if_o there_o be_v a_o resolution_n thereof_o in_o the_o heart_n that_o a_o man_n be_v forgive_v but_o afterward_o he_o grow_v more_o peremptory_a from_o these_o and_o more_o proof_n than_o these_o it_o appear_v without_o all_o doubt_n ib._n oportet_fw-la deo_fw-la primùm_fw-la &_o deinde_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la offerri_fw-la confessionem_fw-la nec_fw-la aliter_fw-la posse_fw-la pervenire_fw-la ad_fw-la ingressum_fw-la paradisi_fw-la id._n ib._n that_o confession_n ought_v to_o be_v tender_v unto_o god_n first_o thence_o to_o the_o priest_n if_o he_o may_v be_v have_v otherwise_o there_o can_v be_v no_o possibility_n of_o come_v into_o paradise_n this_o magisterial_a determination_n have_v these_o parcel_n 1._o sin_n be_v remit_v upon_o inward_a confession_n 2._o a_o purpose_n of_o confession_n be_v require_v for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n 3._o the_o neglect_n or_o contempt_n of_o confession_n either_o to_o god_n or_o the_o priest_n be_v damnable_a 4._o confession_n of_o sin_n if_o opportunity_n serve_v be_v actual_o to_o be_v make_v unto_o god_n and_o the_o priest_n upon_o peril_n of_o exclusion_n from_o god_n
kingdom_n thus_o the_o master_n and_o we_o can_v expect_v better_a from_o the_o disciple_n for_o usual_o they_o be_v more_o forward_o and_o say_v more_o than_o those_o that_o teach_v they_o and_o especial_o see_v the_o council_n of_o trent_n have_v have_v so_o little_a compassion_n in_o this_o case_n we_o be_v out_o of_o hope_n that_o any_o divine_n of_o that_o side_n shall_v abate_v any_o thing_n of_o this_o free_a rigour_n it_o remain_v that_o we_o examine_v the_o ground_n why_o this_o extreme_a necessity_n be_v impose_v for_o law_n and_o ordinance_n be_v not_o usual_o enact_v nor_o necessary_o exact_v except_o upon_o sound_a purpose_n and_o end_n and_o if_o those_o end_n may_v be_v obtain_v without_o they_o or_o come_v by_o upon_o better_a term_n or_o if_o the_o goodness_n thereof_o be_v end_v the_o law_n be_v repeal_v the_o ordinance_n take_v away_o and_o the_o necessity_n cease_v this_o be_v a_o receive_a maxim_n that_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o mean_n must_v not_o exceed_v nor_o be_v above_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o end_n and_o if_o the_o end_n be_v not_o judge_v necessary_a the_o like_a judgement_n must_v be_v have_v of_o the_o mean_n again_o such_o mean_n be_v only_o deem_v necessary_a which_o serve_v for_o the_o attain_n of_o the_o end_n and_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o without_o they_o such_o a_o propose_a end_n can_v be_v accomplish_v for_o example_n if_o eat_v and_o drink_v be_v only_o necessary_a for_o this_o life_n then_o if_o i_o have_v no_o necessity_n to_o live_v i_o may_v have_v no_o necessity_n to_o eat_v again_o if_o i_o be_o to_o go_v a_o journey_n it_o be_v not_o necessary_a that_o i_o shall_v go_v afoot_a because_o i_o may_v be_v carry_v two_o thing_n then_o constitute_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o mean_a aptitude_n and_o propriety_n that_o it_o be_v sit_v and_o only_o fit_a to_o compass_v such_o a_o design_n these_o notion_n presuppose_v we_o shall_v inquire_v into_o the_o foundation_n of_o this_o necessity_n in_o exact_v confession_n and_o if_o neither_o the_o end_n be_v necessary_a to_o be_v have_v nor_o the_o mean_n so_o requisite_a for_o the_o due_a obtain_n thereof_o we_o shall_v then_o cast_v away_o this_o necessity_n as_o a_o exaction_n it_o be_v a_o burden_n not_o to_o be_v endure_v which_o be_v sustain_v to_o no_o purpose_n and_o a_o tyranny_n which_o lay_v a_o necessity_n upon_o the_o conscience_n where_o christian_a liberty_n be_v every_o way_n as_o behooveful_a the_o first_o ground_n of_o this_o imposition_n be_v upon_o a_o suppose_a peril_n of_o salvation_n for_o these_o man_n teach_v that_o as_o there_o be_v no_o reconciliation_n with_o god_n without_o remission_n of_o sin_n so_o no_o sin_n be_v remit_v without_o confession_n or_o at_o least_o a_o purpose_n thereof_o unto_o a_o priest_n for_o say_v bellarmine_n 2._o medium_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ad_fw-la reconciliationem_fw-la post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la est_fw-la confessio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la facta_fw-la lib._n 3._o de_fw-la poenit_fw-la cap._n 2._o a_o necessary_a mean_n to_o reconcilement_n after_o baptism_n be_v confession_n of_o all_o sin_n make_v unto_o a_o priest_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v they_o urge_v it_o so_o close_o medii_fw-la confession_n to_o a_o priest_n not_o necessary_a in_o all_o case_n and_o to_o all_o person_n necessitate_v medii_fw-la and_o too_o urgent_a they_o can_v be_v if_o so_o great_a a_o matter_n be_v at_o stake_n but_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o the_o mean_v propose_v be_v necessary_a to_o this_o end_n yea_o or_o no_o and_o whether_o remission_n of_o sin_n can_v be_v obtain_v of_o god_n no_o other_o way_n for_o if_o it_o may_v than_o we_o must_v conclude_v this_o not_o to_o be_v a_o adequate_a mean_a conduce_v thereunto_o for_o we_o must_v now_o confider_v of_o confession_n not_o as_o a_o help_n and_o a_o kind_n of_o mean_a and_o in_o some_o sort_n of_o sinner_n only_o but_o whether_o or_o no_o it_o be_v the_o only_a mean_a for_o all_o sinner_n to_o gain_v a_o pardon_n for_o there_o can_v be_v no_o necessity_n for_o a_o felon_n to_o use_v the_o mediation_n of_o one_o man_n only_o to_o his_o prince_n for_o pardon_n except_o the_o prince_n be_v resolute_a to_o pardon_v no_o other_o way_n now_o god_n have_v not_o any_o where_o reveal_v so_o much_o that_o no_o mercy_n shall_v be_v have_v but_o upon_o such_o a_o condition_n nor_o dare_v the_o jesuit_n confine_v he_o unto_o any_o such_o christ_n the_o author_n of_o the_o sacrament_n 17._o christus_fw-la author_n sacramentorum_fw-la à _fw-la sacramentis_fw-la suis_fw-la non_fw-la dependebat_fw-la &_o ideò_fw-la non_fw-la modò_fw-la sine_fw-la confession_n sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la baptismo_fw-la peccata_fw-la interdum_fw-la remittebat_fw-la lib._n 3._o de_fw-la poen_fw-mi c._n 17._o depend_v not_o upon_o his_o sacrament_n and_o therefore_o do_v remit_v sin_n sometime_o not_o only_o without_o confession_n but_o without_o baptism_n also_o say_v bellarmine_n yea_o in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n remission_n of_o the_o sin_n come_v in_o betwixt_o contrition_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o confession_n of_o the_o mouth_n saint_n augustine_n upon_o these_o word_n 1_o non_fw-la dicitur_fw-la over_o confessus_fw-la suerit_fw-la sed_fw-la conversus_fw-la ingemuerit_fw-la undè_fw-la datur_fw-la intelligi_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la ore_fw-la tacente_fw-la veniam_fw-la interdum_fw-la consequimur_fw-la hinc_fw-la &_o leprosi_fw-la illi_fw-la quibus_fw-la dominus_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ut_fw-la ostenderent_fw-la se_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la in_fw-la itinere_fw-la antequam_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la venirent_fw-la mundati_fw-la sunt_fw-la aug._n apud_fw-la magistr_n lib._n 4._o d._n 17._o sect._n 1_o at_o what_o time_n soever_o a_o sinner_n shall_v be_v convert_v &_o ingemuerit_fw-la and_o shall_v groan_v he_o shall_v live_v and_o not_o die_v write_v thus_o it_o be_v not_o say_v and_o shall_v confess_v with_o his_o mouth_n but_o be_v convert_v shall_v groan_v from_o whence_o be_v give_v 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melchior_n canus_n for_o this_o excuse_n that_o they_o may_v be_v dispense_v and_o bear_v withal_o for_o not_o frequent_v of_o confession_n because_o the_o necessity_n of_o that_o practic_n have_v not_o yet_o be_v sufficient_o clear_v unto_o they_o but_o be_v it_o not_o ill_o do_v of_o the_o jesuit_n those_o apostolical_a man_n that_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o conversion_n of_o nation_n so_o far_o to_o neglect_v their_o neighbour_n christian_n all_o this_o while_n as_o not_o to_o clear_v unto_o they_o a_o point_n of_o such_o importance_n for_o the_o nestorian_n a_o wild_a slip_n of_o that_o tree_n know_v not_o yet_o extreme_a unction_n 153._o purchas_n pilgrim_n part_n 3._o pag._n 38._o brierwood_n enquiry_n pag._n 153._o or_o confession_n and_o the_o jacobite_n in_o syria_n palestina_n etc._n etc._n of_o which_o sect_n be_v the_o present_a patriarch_n of_o jerusalâ—m_n confess_v their_o sin_n unto_o god_n only_o and_o not_o unto_o the_o priest_n and_o as_o other_o record_v but_o 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introdotto_fw-it una_fw-la certa_fw-la confession_n furta_fw-la ae_z dio_fw-mi publicament_fw-mi con_fw-mi parole_fw-fr generali_fw-la turkish_a histor_n p._n 1500._o and_o the_o ein_fw-mi to_o display_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o that_o he_o have_v bring_v into_o the_o place_n thereof_o a_o certain_a kind_n or_o form_n of_o confession_n make_v public_o unto_o god_n in_o general_a word_n it_o seem_v by_o this_o passage_n that_o the_o modern_a church_n of_o greece_n bear_v no_o good_a will_n to_o auricular_a confession_n the_o necessity_n than_o can_v be_v so_o force_v as_o rome_n imagine_v what_o then_o state_v the_o necessity_n of_o confession_n state_v will_v you_o leave_v it_o to_o each_o man_n discretion_n to_o be_v use_v or_o forbear_v as_o he_o shall_v think_v fit_a so_o to_o leave_v it_o be_v in_o effect_n to_o leave_v it_o off_o our_o corrupt_a nature_n restrain_v and_o keep_v in_o set_v but_o at_o a_o little_a liberty_n become_v licentious_a the_o bend_a twig_n no_o 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languescentis_fw-la medâ—cina_fw-la m._n vehe_fw-la asserr_n sacr_n axiom_n tr_fw-la 6._o c._n 1._o for_o if_o once_o this_o freedom_n be_v believe_v and_o receive_v what_o man_n will_v submit_v his_o shoulder_n willing_o to_o this_o burden_n although_o burden_n it_o be_v none_o but_o a_o wholesome_a medicine_n for_o a_o languish_a soul_n i_o can_v think_v this_o duty_n hang_v so_o loose_a as_o to_o depend_v upon_o the_o mere_a motion_n of_o every_o penitent_a and_o yet_o be_o far_o from_o imagine_v the_o law_n thereof_o to_o be_v so_o tyrannical_a as_o to_o be_v obtrude_v upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o all_o man_n upon_o little_a or_o no_o occasion_n to_o let_v blood_n in_o some_o disease_n say_v a_o eloquent_a physician_n be_v no_o new_a thing_n but_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v scarce_o any_o disease_n wherein_o we_o shall_v not_o bleed_v be_v say_v he_o a_o strange_a and_o new_a fashion_n the_o soul-physician_n may_v take_v aim_n by_o he_o for_o the_o body_n and_o heal_v some_o 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so_o frail_a a_o memory_n as_o a_o finner_n be_v especial_o with_o such_o record_n as_o he_o take_v no_o pleasure_n to_o preserve_v and_o that_o for_o so_o long_a a_o space_n and_o be_v so_o strict_a for_o the_o account_n and_o so_o loose_a for_o the_o time_n where_o many_o a_o particular_a may_v be_v obliterated_a and_o deface_v the_o father_n at_o trent_n decree_v no_o less_o viz._n that_o all_o and_o every_o sin_n must_v be_v repeat_v in_o confession_n proponunt_fw-la oportere_fw-la à _fw-la poenitentibus_fw-la omne_fw-la peccata_fw-la mortalia_fw-la quorum_fw-la pâ—st_fw-la diligentem_fw-la svi_fw-la discussionem_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o confession_n recenseri_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la occultissima_fw-la illa_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o tantùm_fw-la adversus_fw-la duo_fw-la ultima_fw-la docalogi_fw-la praeoepta_fw-la commissa_fw-la quae_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la animum_fw-la gravius_fw-la sauciant_fw-la &_o periculosiora_fw-la sunt_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o manifesto_fw-la admittuntur_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la occurrunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la confiteri_fw-la student_fw-la qui_fw-la secùs_fw-la faciunt_fw-la &_o scienter_fw-la aliqua_fw-la retinent_fw-la nihil_fw-la divinae_fw-la boâ—itati_fw-la per_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la remittendum_fw-la proponunt_fw-la that_o diligent_a and_o narrow_a search_n must_v be_v make_v into_o the_o conscience_n especial_o after_o those_o secret_a sin_n that_o be_v against_o the_o two_o last_o commandment_n they_o mean_v the_o last_o itself_o of_o the_o decalogue_n as_o wound_v the_o soul_n oft-times_o more_o dangerous_o than_o such_o that_o be_v open_o commit_v that_o all_o person_n be_v studious_a in_o make_v confession_n of_o those_o sin_n which_o occur_v unto_o their_o memory_n assure_v all_o those_o that_o do_v otherwise_o and_o scient_o keep_v in_o any_o sin_n to_o look_v for_o no_o remission_n from_o god_n goodness_n at_o the_o priest_n hand_n here_o the_o memory_n must_v be_v help_v with_o diligent_a disquisition_n and_o study_n to_o sift_v after_o not_o actual_a sin_n alone_o but_o the_o most_o retire_a offence_n of_o the_o heart_n as_o many_o time_n imply_v great_a danger_n or_o else_o no_o pardon_n may_v be_v expect_v either_o from_o god_n or_o from_o the_o priest_n what_o breast_n will_v not_o be_v disquiet_v with_o this_o scrupulous_a command_n and_o not_o terrify_v at_o this_o fearful_a penalty_n i_o have_v search_v but_o fear_v i_o not_o narrow_o enough_o have_v be_v studious_a to_o remember_v but_o not_o so_o careful_a as_o i_o ought_v have_v look_v into_o my_o heart_n but_o perceive_v that_o be_v a_o depth_n not_o to_o be_v fathom_v will_v glad_o know_v what_o secret_a sin_n lurk_v there_o but_o find_v it_o so_o deceitful_a above_o all_o thing_n that_o who_o can_v know_v it_o thus_o the_o conscientious_a penitent_n distrust_v his_o confession_n not_o to_o be_v complete_o make_v and_o can_v never_o thereby_o assure_v himself_o of_o priestly_a absolution_n that_o council_n yet_o proceed_v and_o command_v all_o circumstance_n alter_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o sin_n to_o be_v unfold_v also_o 5._o colligitur_fw-la praetereà _fw-la etiam_fw-la circumstantias_fw-la eaâ—_n in_o confession_n explicandas_fw-la esse_fw-la quae_fw-la speciem_fw-la peccati_fw-la mutant_fw-la conc._n trid._n sess_n 14._o c._n 5._o nor_o do_v their_o catechism_n set_v out_o by_o papal_a authority_n differ_v from_o their_o council_n which_o teach_v 157._o mortifera_fw-la peccata_fw-la singula_fw-la enumeranda_fw-la sunt_fw-la quamvis_fw-la etiam_fw-la occultissimè_fw-la lâ—teant_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la generis_fw-la sint_fw-la quae_fw-la duobus_fw-la tantùm_fw-la extremis_fw-la dâ—calogi_fw-la capitibus_fw-la interdicuntur_fw-la saepè_fw-la enim_fw-la evenit_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la graviùs_fw-la animum_fw-la vulnerent_fw-la quà m_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la apertè_fw-la &_o palà m_fw-la peccare_fw-la homines_fw-la solent_fw-la catech._n rom._n pag._n 157._o all_o and_o singular_a deadly_a sin_n to_o be_v number_v up_o although_o they_o lie_v hide_v never_o so_o close_o of_o which_o kind_n be_v those_o that_o be_v forbid_v in_o the_o two_o last_o commandment_n of_o the_o law_n for_o it_o often_o happen_v that_o such_o as_o they_o wound_v the_o soul_n more_o than_o those_o which_o man_n be_v wont_a to_o commit_v in_o the_o open_a view_n and_o not_o sin_n alone_o but_o the_o circumstance_n thereof_o must_v be_v bring_v within_o confession_n not_o only_o sin_n of_o weight_n themselves_o â—_o neque_fw-la solùm_fw-la peccata_fw-la gravia_fw-la narrando_fw-la explicare_fw-la oportet_fw-la verùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la peccatum_fw-la circumstant_a prav_fw-mi tatom_n valdè_fw-la augent_fw-la vel_fw-la minuunt_fw-la quaedam_fw-la enim_fw-la circumstantiae_fw-la adeò_fw-la grave_n sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la peccati_fw-la mortiferi_fw-la ratio_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la totum_fw-la constâ—t_fw-la p._n 157._o â—_o but_o such_o thing_n also_o which_o several_o besâ—t_v they_o and_o great_o increase_v or_o diminish_v the_o iniquity_n thereof_o for_o some_o circumstance_n be_v so_o material_a that_o from_o they_o alone_o be_v collect_v the_o deadliness_n of_o the_o offence_n and_o the_o sharp_a and_o severe_a penalty_n for_o the_o omit_v thereof_o be_v lay_v down_o in_o that_o chatechisme_n thus_o 1567._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la deditâ_fw-la operâ_fw-la alia_fw-la quidem_fw-la es_fw-la iis_fw-la qua_fw-la explicari_fw-la debeant_fw-la praetermittat_fw-la alia_fw-la verò_fw-la tantummodò_fw-la confiteatur_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la confession_n be_v commodum_fw-la nullum_fw-la consequatur_fw-la sed_fw-la etâ—am_fw-la scelere_fw-la novo_fw-la se_fw-la obstringat_fw-la catech._n ad_fw-la paroch_n pii_fw-la v._o jussu_fw-la edit_fw-la paris_n 1567._o if_o any_o willing_o pretermit_v and_o pass_v over_o to_o confess_v any_o of_o the_o sin_n or_o circumstance_n thereunto_o belong_v as_o he_o ought_v &_o so_o confess_v but_o a_o part_n and_o parcel_n thereof_o he_o shall_v be_v so_o far_o from_o reap_v any_o benefit_n under_o colour_n of_o such_o confession_n as_o to_o engage_v himself_o to_o a_o further_a sin_n here_o come_v in_o that_o intolerable_a burden_n and_o hard_a yoke_n the_o remembrance_n whereof_o make_v tender_a and_o bleed_a conscience_n to_o tremble_v that_o upon_o the_o omission_n of_o any_o sin_n or_o circumstantial_a rag_n thereof_o and_o tender_a conscience_n will_v ever_o suspect_v they_o have_v do_v it_o witting_o after_o all_o their_o pain_n in_o remember_v grief_n in_o recite_v and_o shame_n in_o discover_v their_o other_o fault_n be_v so_o far_o from_o land_v in_o the_o quiet_a haven_n of_o absolution_n after_o many_o tempest_n sustain_v as_o they_o be_v embark_v to_o a_o further_a danger_n and_o depart_v worse_a sinner_n than_o they_o come_v beside_o the_o discomfort_n in_o draw_v a_o particular_a catalogue_n of_o all_o sin_n when_o we_o have_v work_n enough_o to_o be_v ease_v of_o those_o which_o lie_v heavy_a at_o the_o heart_n i_o say_v how_o the_o master_n at_o trent_n decree_v such_o circumstance_n of_o sin_n to_o be_v unfold_v which_o change_v the_o kind_n and_o their_o meaning_n be_v further_a to_o be_v unfold_v that_o their_o cutthroat_n doctrine_n may_v be_v more_o manifest_a there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o circumstance_n canus_n circumstantiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o duplici_fw-la differentia_fw-la aliae_fw-la minuentes_fw-la aliae_fw-la verò_fw-la aggravante_v rursum_fw-la vel_fw-la
affamishment_n such_o distress_a person_n he_o be_v please_v to_o relieve_v in_o that_o treatise_n a_o sight_n whereof_o i_o have_v much_o desire_v but_o can_v not_o yet_o compass_v and_o therefore_o have_v put_v down_o this_o testimony_n more_o at_o length_n than_o otherwise_o i_o will_v and_o not_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o divine_a alone_a but_o of_o their_o great_a angelical_a doctor_n this_o superstitious_a and_o circumstantial_a relation_n of_o each_o sin_n have_v produce_v such_o sad_a and_o desperate_a event_n for_o as_o navarr_n that_o great_a casuist_n witness_v aquinas_n himself_o seem_v sensible_a of_o these_o wring_n and_o torture_n of_o circumstance_n 501._o ipse_fw-la aquinas_n circumstantiarum_fw-la torturas_fw-la senfisse_fw-la videtur_fw-la &_o arbitrabatur_fw-la candido_fw-la christi_fw-la lectori_fw-la conformatiorem_fw-la esse_fw-la confessionem_fw-la quae_fw-la tranquillo_fw-la animo_fw-la sine_fw-la circumstantiis_fw-la bonâ_fw-la side_n facta_fw-la est_fw-la quà m_fw-la quae_fw-la his_o fit_a animo_fw-la scrupuloso_fw-la &_o inquieto_fw-la navar._n tom._n 1._o p._n 501._o and_o repute_v that_o confession_n more_o conformable_a for_o a_o innocent_a breast_n where_o christ_n abide_v which_o be_v make_v with_o a_o quiet_a mind_n and_o good_a intention_n than_o that_o which_o proceed_v from_o a_o scrupulous_a and_o unquiet_a heart_n insomuch_o that_o divine_n of_o best_a account_n in_o that_o side_n have_v great_o dislike_v these_o squeeze_v and_o writhe_v interrogatory_n serve_v for_o no_o other_o end_n but_o to_o fish_n and_o angle_v after_o secret_n neither_o necessary_a nor_o fit_a to_o come_v abroad_o and_o condemn_v those_o late_a summist_n that_o prescribe_v the_o form_n thereof_o supâ—à _fw-fr non_fw-la displicet_fw-la confessio_fw-la sed_fw-la morositas_fw-la ista_fw-la &_o anxietas_fw-la quorundam_fw-la quam_fw-la docent_fw-la aliquae_fw-la recentiorum_fw-la summulae_fw-la quae_fw-la justi_fw-la ùs_fw-la alibi_fw-la locum_fw-la habeant_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o bibliothecis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la nimirum_fw-la art_n they_o tradere_fw-la &_o methodum_fw-la alicujus_fw-la rei_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la probè_fw-la calleas_fw-la bonae_fw-la mâ—ntes_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la deâ—ito_fw-la selatio_fw-la destituendae_fw-la ne_fw-la tyrannis_fw-la &_o carnificina_fw-la conscientiarum_fw-la invalesâ—at_fw-la haud_fw-la paulò_fw-la minùs_fw-la nocitura_fw-la quà m_fw-la dissolutio_fw-la adeo_fw-la â—â—o_o dum_fw-la ubique_fw-la seruari_fw-la praestat_fw-la b._n rhenan_n supâ—à _fw-fr wish_v their_o treatise_n to_o be_v bestow_v otherwise_o than_o in_o library_n as_o serve_v forsooth_o to_o deliver_v the_o art_n and_o method_n of_o a_o business_n which_o skill_v not_o much_o and_o desire_v that_o honest_a heart_n may_v not_o be_v defraud_v of_o due_a comfort_n lest_o the_o tyranny_n and_o torture_n of_o conscience_n prevail_v too_o much_o and_o as_o much_o hurt_n be_v do_v by_o such_o severity_n as_o by_o licentiousness_n and_o advise_v that_o moderation_n herein_o be_v show_v the_o cardinal_n press_v with_o the_o weight_n of_o this_o argument_n find_v no_o ease_n but_o by_o retort_v the_o same_o upon_o those_o head_n that_o bring_v it_o thus_o if_o enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v impossible_a before_o man_n 16._o quaecunque_fw-la objiciuntur_fw-la contra_fw-la enumerationem_fw-la peccaterum_fw-la quae_fw-la fit_a homini_fw-la eadâ—m_fw-la objici_fw-la possiat_a contra_fw-la enumerationem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la in_o confession_n quae_fw-la fit_a deo_fw-la si_fw-la illa_fw-la enumeratio_fw-la est_fw-la impossibilis_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la est_fw-la impossibilis_fw-la si_fw-la illa_fw-la est_fw-la crudelis_fw-la carnificina_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la crudelis_fw-la carnificina_fw-la bellar._n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 16._o than_o it_o be_v so_o also_o before_o god_n and_o protestant_n require_v sinner_n to_o confess_v unto_o god_n whatsoever_o sin_n they_o know_v or_o remember_v and_o papist_n require_v no_o more_o in_o auricular_a confession_n both_o then_o must_v lie_v open_a to_o like_a exception_n if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o special_a confession_n make_v before_o man_n be_v impossible_a so_o be_v that_o before_o god_n also_o if_o this_o a_o torture_n then_o that_o also_o if_o this_o lead_n to_o desperation_n then_o that_o likewise_o thus_o the_o jesuit_n glory_v to_o have_v wound_v we_o with_o our_o own_o weapon_n but_o it_o will_v not_o so_o easy_o be_v wring_v from_o we_o for_o we_o reply_v first_o god_n require_v not_o so_o strict_a a_o account_n at_o our_o hand_n as_o the_o priest_n do_v neither_o inflict_v so_o strait_a a_o charge_n upon_o the_o conscience_n as_o the_o popish_a law_n god_n rest_v satisfy_v and_o the_o publican_n remain_v justify_v upon_o that_o general_a confession_n and_o supplication_n o_o god_n be_v merciful_a to_o i_o a_o sinner_n 2._o again_o 18._o luke_n 18._o in_o make_v confession_n to_o god_n the_o lord_n may_v bring_v our_o sin_n to_o remembrance_n 50.21_o psal_n 50.21_o i_o will_v set_v they_o in_o order_n before_o thâ—e_n which_o the_o priest_n can_v do_v 3._o furthermore_o god_n search_v the_o heart_n which_o the_o priest_n can_v enter_v into_o hear_v the_o desire_n thereof_o which_o the_o priest_n can_v and_o understand_v the_o voice_n of_o our_o weep_n which_o the_o priest_n be_v ignorant_a of_o and_o tear_n be_v a_o penitent_n best_a interpreter_n more_o profitable_a be_v the_o prayer_n sigh_v forth_o in_o tear_n than_o utter_v in_o word_n petri._n utiliores_fw-la lacriumâ—rum_fw-la preâ—es_fw-la sunt_fw-la quiâ—m_fw-la sâ—rmonum_fw-la quia_fw-la serino_fw-la in_o precando_fw-la fortè_fw-la sallit_fw-la lacrima_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la fallit_fw-la sâ—â—mo_fw-la interdum_fw-la non_fw-la totum_fw-la profert_fw-la negotium_fw-la laâ—rim_fw-la â—semper_fw-la â—otum_fw-la pâ—odit_fw-la affectum_fw-la ambros_n serm._n 46._o de_fw-fr poenit._fw-la petri._n our_o speech_n may_v fail_v in_o expression_n but_o tear_n never_o fail_v our_o speech_n ofttimes_o do_v not_o full_o open_v our_o case_n but_o tear_n ever_o open_v our_o affection_n full_o ambros_n if_o then_o a_o penitent_a have_v a_o better_a dialect_n spread_v his_o sin_n better_a before_o god_n than_o if_o he_o speak_v with_o the_o tongue_n of_o man_n and_o angel_n and_o such_o a_o dialect_n which_o neither_o man_n nor_o angel_n understand_v but_o god_n himself_o viz._n the_o voice_n of_o weep_v the_o argument_n must_v return_v in_o full_a force_n and_o there_o remain_v till_o the_o priest_n have_v learn_v this_o language_n and_o be_v able_a to_o search_v the_o heart_n likewise_o consider_v then_o if_o the_o performance_n of_o this_o task_n be_v not_o well_o reckon_v among_o the_o knotty_a piece_n of_o christian_a religion_n by_o one_o that_o be_v no_o enemy_n thereunto_o a_o late_a sorbonist_n there_o be_v in_o christianity_n three_o thing_n very_o difficult_a to_o be_v practise_v 713._o en_fw-fr la_fw-fr religion_n chrestianne_n il_fw-fr y_fw-fr avoit_fw-fr trois_fw-fr choses_fw-fr fort_fw-fr difficiles_fw-la à _fw-fr pratiquer_fw-fr c'est_fw-fr a_fw-fr scavoir_fw-fr passer_n toute_fw-fr sa_fw-fr vie_fw-fr sans_fw-fr commettre_fw-fr aucun_fw-fr peche_n veniel_n aimer_fw-fr ses_fw-fr enemis_fw-fr de_fw-fr cour_fw-fr &_o d'affection_n &_o confesser_n tous_fw-fr ses_fw-fr pechez_fw-fr a_fw-fr un_fw-fr homme_fw-fr p._n bess_n caresme_fw-fr tom._n 2._o pag._n 713._o that_o be_v to_o say_v 1._o to_o pass_v this_o life_n without_o commit_v any_o venial_a sin_n 2._o to_o love_n enemy_n with_o the_o heart_n and_o affection_n 3._o and_o to_o confess_v all_o sin_n unto_o a_o priest_n point_v i_o out_o the_o man_n that_o have_v perform_v these_o more_o than_o herculean_a labour_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o tantum_fw-la non_fw-la and_o only_a paramount_n above_o the_o rank_n of_o old_a adam_n offspring_n confession_n 4._o no_o urgent_a necessity_n to_o the_o rehearsal_n of_o all_o sin_n in_o confession_n our_o four_o exception_n that_o this_o charge_n be_v impose_v upon_o the_o conscience_n without_o any_o urgent_a necessity_n for_o what_o necessary_a cause_n or_o good_a can_v be_v here_o imagine_v if_o remission_n of_o sin_n it_o have_v be_v prove_v already_o that_o god_n forgive_v many_o sin_n priest_n never_o hear_v of_o if_o because_o god_n have_v appoint_v so_o we_o must_v take_v his_o word_n and_o not_o the_o roman_a church_n for_o divine_a institution_n and_o it_o must_v be_v show_v where_o god_n will_v that_o the_o priest_n shall_v stand_v upon_o so_o strict_a a_o reckon_n we_o have_v the_o word_n of_o a_o king_n to_o the_o contrary_a in_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n it_o not_o where_o occur_v say_v our_o late_a dread_n sovereign_a king_n james_n that_o any_o such_o necessity_n be_v impose_v upon_o we_o 61._o in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la nusquam_fw-la occurrit_fw-la necessitas_fw-la haec_fw-la nobis_fw-la imposita_fw-la sub_fw-la aeternae_fw-la mortis_fw-la poena_fw-la ut_fw-la abditissima_fw-la quae_fw-la admisimus_fw-la peccata_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la nota_fw-la faciamus_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la vel_fw-la cogitatiunculam_fw-la injustam_fw-la celaveris_fw-la ilicet_fw-la oleum_fw-la cum_fw-la opera_fw-la perdidisti_fw-la jacob._n rex_fw-la medit._fw-la in_o orat._n dom._n pag._n 61._o that_o upon_o pain_n of_o eternal_a death_n we_o must_v make_v know_v unto_o the_o priest_n the_o most_o secret_a sin_n we_o commit_v for_o if_o thou_o conceal_v the_o least_o evil_a thought_n all_o this_o labour_n beside_o
to_o care_n for_o none_o of_o these_o thing_n and_o do_v drive_v the_o attender_n from_o these_o judgement_n seat_n but_o if_o no_o disease_n be_v more_o deadly_a than_o sin_n and_o no_o law_n have_v so_o powerful_a a_o avenger_n as_o god_n it_o will_v follow_v no_o ordinance_n to_o be_v more_o acceptable_a and_o necessary_a than_o that_o which_o reconcile_v the_o loft_n favour_n of_o god_n unto_o the_o transgressor_n of_o his_o law_n thou_o than_o whosoever_o thou_o be_v that_o disesteeme_v the_o power_n of_o god_n in_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o priest_n be_v first_o without_o sin_n before_o thou_o cast_v the_o first_o stone_n against_o it_o and_o except_o thou_o be_v exempt_v from_o common_a infirmity_n vilify_v not_o these_o physician_n it_o be_v not_o the_o least_o of_o satan_n subtlety_n to_o weaken_v this_o ordinance_n in_o many_o man_n estimation_n as_o no_o useful_a institution_n of_o god_n but_o a_o usurpation_n of_o the_o prelate_n serve_v more_o to_o establish_v their_o 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of_o god_n nip_a withal_o the_o false_a apostle_n who_o ascribe_v all_o unto_o themselves_o as_o theophilact_v pious_o admonish_v and_o indeed_o we_o need_v not_o be_v ambitious_a of_o further_a dignity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n chrys_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n have_v high_o honour_v our_o order_n with_o this_o depositum_fw-la for_o to_o which_o of_o the_o angel_n say_v he_o at_o any_o time_n to_o thou_o will_v i_o give_v the_o key_n etc._n etc._n and_o whatsoever_o you_o shall_v bind_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o
they_o may_v be_v coheir_n with_o he_o as_o learned_a bâ—za_n conjecture_v add_v hereunto_o another_o reason_n to_o make_v the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n better_o know_v which_o be_v a_o obligation_n to_o punishment_n and_o a_o obstacle_n unto_o happiness_n now_o the_o key_n in_o open_v the_o door_n do_v put_v back_o the_o bolt_n and_o bar_v wherewithal_o it_o be_v hold_v and_o god_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o priest_n remove_v this_o bar_n and_o pardon_v this_o guilt_n which_o have_v shut_v up_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n against_o we_o absolution_n presuppose_v bind_v as_o enlargement_n restraint_n proâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—catum_fw-la viâ—â—â—â—_n 1_o pecâ—â—â—_n 2_o proâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—catum_fw-la we_o be_v then_o in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o distinguish_v betwixt_o the_o bond_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o bond_n for_o sin_n for_o with_o the_o bond_n of_o his_o own_o sin_n be_v a_o sinner_n captive_v this_o be_v the_o bondage_n and_o desert_n of_o sin_n and_o so_o be_v he_o bind_v for_o his_o sin_n by_o the_o doom_n and_o sentence_n of_o god_n minister_n which_o be_v the_o punishment_n and_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n it_o be_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n only_o which_o lose_v the_o bond_n of_o sin_n 5.22_o dâ—us_fw-la ipse_fw-la soâ—â—â—t_fw-la à _fw-la pâ—â—â—ati_fw-la mâ—â—uâ—a_fw-la in_fw-la â—tis_fw-la caligiâ—â—_n &_o 〈…〉_o biâ—â—_n magistr_n lib._n 4._o do_v 18._o esay_n 5.18_o prov._n 5.22_o and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n that_o absolve_v from_o the_o censure_n the_o prophet_n acquaint_v we_o with_o the_o cord_n of_o vanity_n and_o a_o cart-rope_n of_o sin_n imply_v the_o worse_a than_o egyptian_a bondage_n of_o a_o sinner_n and_o the_o wise_a man_n who_o have_v great_a experience_n of_o these_o bond_n say_v his_o own_o iniquity_n shall_v take_v the_o sinner_n himself_o and_o he_o shall_v be_v hold_v with_o the_o cord_n of_o his_o sin_n god_n shall_v not_o great_o need_v any_o lictor_n or_o torment_n or_o to_o say_v bind_v he_o hand_n and_o foot_n 5._o domino_fw-la vinculis_fw-la alioqui_fw-la &_o apparitional_a vel_fw-la torto_fw-la ibus_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la suppliâ—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d nil_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d suis_fw-la ipse_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—â—â—tringatur_fw-la quò_fw-la minus_fw-la poenam_fw-la essâ—â—â—at_fw-la meâ—cer_n comment_fw-fr in_o prov._n 5._o for_o the_o sinner_n own_o offence_n shall_v perform_v that_o office_n and_o the_o knot_n fasten_v these_o bond_n be_v the_o habit_n and_o custom_n the_o sinner_n have_v get_v to_o do_v evil_a 5._o non_fw-la potest_fw-la facilitâ—r_fw-la opâ—rari_fw-la bâ—â—â—_n proâ—â—â—_n habitum_fw-la viâ—â—â—sum_fw-la inclinantâ—m_fw-la ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d lyra_n in_o prov._n 5._o fast_o bind_v and_o fetter_n he_o from_o all_o good_a action_n the_o weight_n whereof_o press_v so_o sore_o and_o the_o chain_n be_v so_o strong_a that_o the_o arm_n of_o god_n only_o must_v alleviate_v the_o one_o and_o break_v the_o other_o in_o sunder_o these_o bond_n richardus_fw-la make_v of_o two_o sort_n culpable_a and_o penal_a by_o the_o first_o a_o sinner_n be_v bâ—und_v with_o the_o bond_n of_o captivity_n 3._o â—st_a obligation_n per_fw-la quam_fw-la hâ—â—o_fw-la obligatur_fw-la ad_fw-la culâ—â—m_fw-la &_o 〈…〉_o â—â—â—am_o in_fw-la uno_fw-la 〈◊〉_d uâ—â—culo_fw-la captiviâ—â—tâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d altâ—â—â—_n debito_fw-la damnaâ—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o potest_fw-la qui_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—â—â—ipotens_fw-la &_o â—â—â—tia_fw-la potest_fw-la rich._n de_fw-fr clau._n c._n 2_o 3._o and_o by_o the_o latter_a he_o be_v liable_a to_o the_o debt_n of_o eternal_a death_n both_o these_o oâ—ligations_n be_v upon_o he_o because_o sin_n be_v a_o offence_n against_o a_o eternal_a and_o infinite_a deity_n and_o both_o these_o obligation_n he_o only_o cancel_v that_o be_v omnipotent_a and_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n another_o lay_v a_o threefold_a bond_n upon_o a_o sinner_n the_o bond_n of_o sin_n the_o bond_n of_o eternal_a punishment_n and_o the_o bond_n of_o satisfaction_n ms._n peccans_fw-la mortaliter_fw-la statim_fw-la ligatur_fw-la 1._o vinculo_fw-la culpae_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la absolvit_fw-la eum_fw-la solus_fw-la deus_fw-la 2._o vinculo_fw-la poenae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la ubi_fw-la sacerdos_n absolvit_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la absolutum_fw-la ostendit_fw-la 3._o vinculo_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la ubi_fw-la commutat_fw-la poenam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la in_o temporalem_fw-la expos_fw-la cum_fw-la gloss_n in_o matth._n 16._o ms._n in_o the_o first_o case_n god_n only_o grant_v absolution_n in_o the_o second_o the_o priest_n absolve_v that_o be_v sheweth_z who_o god_n have_v absolve_v in_o the_o three_o the_o priest_n absolve_v by_o bind_v or_o by_o commutation_n freâ—ing_v the_o sinner_n from_o eternal_a pain_n and_o oblige_v he_o to_o satisfactory_a penance_n the_o two_o former_a way_n we_o well_o allow_v of_o but_o be_v scrupulous_a concern_v the_o latter_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o too_o much_o abuse_v handle_v of_o satisfaction_n and_o commutation_n as_o not_o ignorant_a who_o it_o be_v that_o have_v pacify_v his_o father_n wrath_n and_o by_o who_o stripe_n we_o be_v heal_v and_o that_o we_o receive_v not_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n by_o way_n of_o exchange_n but_o from_o the_o free_a charter_n of_o mercy_n though_o we_o hold_v it_o very_o reasonable_a that_o where_o any_o person_n be_v wrong_v or_o the_o church_n scandalize_v satisfaction_n may_v just_o be_v impose_v and_o herein_o we_o distinguish_v betwixt_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o revenge_n and_o of_o expiation_n 1._o satisfaction_n expiatory_a be_v christian_n satisfaction_n expiatory_a vindictive_n and_o propitiatory_a in_o christ_n probatory_n in_o christian_n when_o the_o sin_n be_v blot_v out_o the_o sinner_n pardon_v and_o god_n reconcile_v 2._o and_o vindictive_a when_o the_o guilt_n remain_v the_o sinner_n be_v punish_v and_o god_n revenge_v the_o expiation_n be_v perform_v by_o he_o who_o tread_v the_o wine-press_n alone_o christ_n jesus_n the_o revenge_n if_o eternal_a be_v execute_v upon_o such_o who_o sin_n be_v not_o wash_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o that_o lamb._n if_o temporary_a upon_o the_o lord_n own_o servant_n not_o thereby_o to_o make_v a_o amends_o to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n but_o to_o make_v a_o amendment_n in_o the_o penitent_a for_o instance_n in_o david_n god_n put_v away_o his_o sin_n but_o not_o the_o sword_n that_o be_v unsheathe_v all_o his_o time_n now_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o temporary_a penance_n inflict_v upon_o any_o either_o by_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n or_o voluntary_a by_o the_o delinquent_n himself_o 178._o in_o foro_fw-la mundano_fw-la peccata_fw-la quatenus_fw-la sunt_fw-la contra_fw-la bonum_fw-la pacis_fw-la publicae_fw-la sub_fw-la iciuntur_fw-la potestati_fw-la politiâ—ae_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la judicâ—ri_fw-la &_o poenis_fw-la publicis_fw-la puniri_fw-la â—d_a beant_z &_o in_o foro_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la quatenus_fw-la sunt_fw-la offensa_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o saluti_fw-la spirituali_fw-la nocent_a subsunt_fw-la potestati_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la apol._n pro_fw-la jure_fw-la princip_n pag._n 178._o no_o more_o prejudice_v that_o plenary_a and_o expiatory_a satisfaction_n make_v by_o christ_n to_o his_o father_n for_o believe_a sinner_n than_o the_o just_a infliction_n of_o temporary_a punishment_n by_o the_o magistrate_n upon_o malefactor_n where_o a_o pardon_n may_v come_v from_o god_n and_o judgement_n be_v execute_v by_o the_o magistrate_n for_o one_o and_o the_o same_o offence_n god_n himself_o both_o ratify_v the_o temporal_a punishment_n and_o remit_v the_o eternal_a thus_o we_o have_v see_v the_o obligation_n let_v we_o now_o come_v to_o the_o absolution_n and_o herein_o we_o must_v careful_o distinguish_v what_o god_n do_v by_o himself_o and_o what_o he_o do_v by_o his_o minister_n what_o god_n have_v in_o his_o own_o power_n from_o that_o power_n give_v by_o he_o to_o his_o priest_n and_o the_o better_a to_o keep_v this_o distance_n we_o will_v lay_v down_o these_o assertion_n to_o forgive_v sin_n efficient_a that_o be_v 1._o assertion_n 1._o to_o be_v the_o true_a and_o proper_a cause_n of_o remission_n be_v a_o pretogative_n appertain_v to_o god_n only_o absolution_n from_o sin_n then_o direct_o come_v from_o he_o alone_o who_o be_v a_o god_n like_o unto_o thou_o that_o pardon_v iniquity_n therefore_o when_o christ_n make_v bold_a with_o this_o power_n 43.15_o esay_n 43.15_o claim_v the_o same_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o godhead_n the_o scribe_n say_v within_o themselves_o 4._o matth._n 9.3_o 4._o this_o man_n blaspheme_v by_o usurpation_n upon_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o most_o high_a for_o they_o hold_v it_o no_o less_o than_o blasphemy_n for_o man_n to_o forgive_v sin_n which_o our_o saviour_n deny_v not_o intimate_v withal_o that_o he_o may_v without_o blasphemy_n exercise_v that_o power_n who_o sustain_v in_o one_o person_n both_o god_n and_o man_n thereby_o say_v irenaeus_n do_v christ_n both_o cure_n the_o man_n 7._o peccata_fw-la igitur_fw-la remittens_fw-la hominem_fw-la quidem_fw-la curavit_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la autem_fw-la manifestè_fw-la ostendit_fw-la quis_fw-la esset_fw-la irenae_n l._n 5._o adv_n haer_fw-mi cap._n 7._o and_o manifest_o discover_v who_o he_o be_v and_o chrysostome_n observe_v that_o hereby_o chrâ—st_v show_v himself_o to_o be_v god_n equal_a to_o his_o
father_n otherwise_o he_o will_v have_v say_v matth._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n hom_n 29._o in_o matth._n why_o do_v you_o attribute_v unto_o i_o a_o unfitting_a opinion_n i_o be_o far_o from_o that_o power_n and_o prove_v himself_o further_o to_o be_v god_n because_o be_v see_v their_o thought_n and_o by_o many_o passage_n of_o holy_a writ_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o god_n only_o behold_v what_o man_n bear_v in_o mind_n insomuch_o that_o as_o none_o but_o god_n can_v know_v the_o thought_n of_o man_n so_o none_o but_o he_o can_v forgive_v the_o sin_n of_o man_n arrian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph_n in_o mar._n 2.5_o athan._n orat_fw-la 3._o contr_n arrian_n the_o like_a collection_n make_v his_o scholar_n and_o abridger_n theophylact_v upon_o mark_v 2.5_o and_o athanasius_n make_v this_o power_n to_o forgive_v sin_n not_o the_o least_o of_o his_o argument_n to_o prove_v christ_n to_o be_v god_n a_o truth_n that_o shine_v so_o clear_o in_o the_o father_n day_n that_o it_o be_v not_o altogether_o overcast_v when_o the_o schoolman_n sit_v at_o the_o stern_a peter_n lombard_n conclusion_n be_v god_n alone_o wash_v away_o the_o spot_n of_o sin_n and_o absolve_v from_o the_o debt_n of_o eternal_a death_n 3._o solus_fw-la deus_fw-la maculam_fw-la peccati_fw-la abstergit_fw-la &_o à _fw-la debito_fw-la mortis_fw-la aeternae_fw-la absolvit_fw-la lib._n 4._o do_v 18._o obligationem_fw-la culpae_fw-la solus_fw-la dominus_fw-la solet_fw-la &_o valet_fw-la dissolvere_fw-la rich._n de_fw-fr clavib_n cap._n 3._o and_o richardus_fw-la who_o give_v the_o priest_n more_o than_o their_o due_n herein_o abridge_v not_o god_n of_o he_o but_o confess_v how_o god_n only_o be_v wont_a and_o able_a to_o dissolve_v the_o obligation_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v a_o reserve_a case_n in_o a_o point_n then_o confess_v on_o all_o hand_n we_o will_v make_v no_o long_o stay_v the_o priest_n substitute_v by_o god_n 2._o assertion_n 2._o and_o in_o his_o name_n absolve_v from_o sin_n 1._o applicatiuè_fw-la 2._o and_o dispositiuè_fw-la first_o dispositiuè_fw-la priest_n absolve_v applicatiuè_fw-la dispositiuè_fw-la by_o apply_v unto_o the_o penitent_a the_o promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o assurance_n of_o pardon_n and_o how_o welcome_a the_o messenger_n of_o peace_n be_v a_o distress_a conscience_n can_v best_o declare_v to_o who_o these_o dâ—ves_n after_o a_o inundation_n of_o sin_n and_o sorrow_n be_v ever_o accept_v with_o olive_n branch_n in_o their_o mouth_n although_o christ_n the_o good_a samaritan_n put_v wine_n and_o oil_n of_o pardon_n into_o our_o wound_a heart_n by_o the_o finger_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n yet_o great_a comfort_n we_o receive_v in_o the_o further_a assurance_n thereof_o plight_v by_o the_o ministry_n of_o a_o godly_a priest_n a_o discreet_a word_n be_v the_o physician_n of_o a_o languish_a soul_n erastum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d inquit_fw-la ille_fw-la ego_fw-la etiam_fw-la dixerim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la &_o in_fw-la corporis_fw-la morbis_fw-la usu_fw-la evenit_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la sentit_fw-la jam_fw-la convalescere_fw-la magnoperè_fw-la praeterea_fw-la audito_fw-la peritorum_fw-la medicorum_fw-la judicio_fw-la confirmetur_fw-la bez._n de_fw-fr excom_n contr_n erastum_fw-la say_v he_o but_o i_o say_v of_o a_o soul_n in_o health_n which_o be_v see_v usual_o in_o bodily_a disease_n where_o a_o man_n sensible_a of_o his_o own_o recovery_n be_v much_o confirm_v therein_o upon_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o judgement_n of_o skilful_a physician_n great_a be_v the_o consolation_n david_n feel_v upon_o those_o word_n of_o nathan_n the_o lord_n have_v put_v away_o thy_o sin_n hence_o arise_v the_o first_o sense_n and_o apprehension_n of_o spiritual_a joy_n for_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o acceptation_n of_o a_o sinner_n person_n in_o the_o belove_a be_v in_o god_n actiones_fw-la immanentes_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la ponunt_fw-la in_o subâ—ecto_fw-la action_n always_o inherent_a in_o god_n without_o any_o touch_n in_o the_o penitent_a as_o paul_n be_v a_o choose_a vessel_n long_o before_o he_o be_v cleanse_v and_o know_v not_o so_o much_o till_o ananias_n give_v he_o some_o light_n thereof_o but_o be_v then_o transient_a and_o sensible_a when_o the_o minister_n bring_v news_n thereof_o to_o a_o sinner_n that_o repent_v god_n in_o christ_n have_v reconcile_v the_o world_n unto_o himself_o 19_o 1._o cor._n 5.18_o 19_o quantùm_fw-la ad_fw-la rei_fw-la veritatem_fw-la true_o and_o real_o and_o he_o have_v commit_v unto_o we_o the_o word_n of_o reconciliation_n quoad_fw-la veritatis_fw-la evidentiam_fw-la to_o evidence_n and_o make_v know_v the_o same_o by_o the_o due_a application_n thereof_o unto_o a_o contrite_a heart_n there_o can_v be_v a_o great_a thing_n commit_v to_o the_o priest_n charge_v and_o people_n comfort_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ministry_n of_o reconciliation_n from_o christ_n we_o come_v who_o ambassador_n we_o be_v and_o unto_o you_o sinner_n now_o in_o hostility_n with_o he_o and_o our_o instruction_n be_v to_o conclude_v a_o peace_n and_o reconcile_v you_o unto_o he_o good_a god_n how_o high_o do_v paul_n magnify_v his_o office_n for_o christ_n sake_n say_v he_o be_v we_o ambassador_n 639._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oecumen_fw-la in_o 2_o cor._n 5._o pag._n 639._o for_o we_o have_v take_v his_o business_n upon_o we_o in_o christ_n stead_n therefore_o be_v we_o send_v unto_o you_o as_o if_o the_o father_n by_o we_o do_v exhort_v you_o who_o not_o only_o exhort_v you_o by_o christ_n but_o he_o be_v crucify_v do_v by_o we_o still_o exhort_v as_o the_o gâ—eek_n scholia_fw-la paraphrase_n upon_o the_o place_n thus_o do_v priest_n forgive_v that_o be_v apply_v the_o gracious_a promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n unto_o the_o penitent_a luc._n quis_fw-la potest_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimittere_fw-la nisi_fw-la solus_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la eos_fw-la quoque_fw-la dimittit_fw-la quibus_fw-la dimittendi_fw-la exhibuit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ambros_n lib._n 5._o expos_fw-la in_o luc._n for_o who_o say_v ambrose_n can_v forgive_v sin_n but_o god_n alone_o yet_o do_v he_o forgive_v by_o they_o also_o to_o who_o he_o hâ—th_v give_v power_n to_o forgive_v 20._o quamvis_fw-la dâ—i_fw-la proprium_fw-la opus_fw-la sit_fw-la remittere_fw-la peccata_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la remittere_fw-la non_fw-la simplaciter_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la adbibent_fw-la media_fw-la per_fw-la quae_fw-la deus_fw-la remittâ—t_fw-la peccata_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la media_fw-la sunt_fw-la verhum_fw-la dâ—i_fw-la &_o sacramenta_fw-la ferus_fw-la in_o joan._n 20._o and_o to_o this_o purpose_n ferus_fw-la although_o it_o be_v god_n proper_a work_n to_o forgive_v sin_n yet_o the_o apostle_n be_v say_v to_o remit_v also_o not_o simple_o but_o because_o they_o apply_v those_o mean_n whereby_o god_n remit_v sin_n whâ—ch_o be_v his_o word_n and_o sacrament_n and_o this_o be_v the_o first_o manner_n after_o which_o priest_n remit_v sin_n by_o way_n of_o application_n the_o second_o sense_n wherein_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n absolve_v from_o sin_n be_v dispositiuè_fw-la 5._o remittit_fw-la maculam_fw-la peccati_fw-la dispositiuè_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la svo_fw-la ministerio_fw-la assistit_fw-la virtus_fw-la divina_fw-la quae_fw-la peccata_fw-la remittit_fw-la sum_n angel_n verb._n clave_n n._n 5._o as_o a_o instrument_n fit_v and_o prepare_v by_o divine_a help_n and_o mean_n a_o sinner_n heart_n so_o as_o god_n in_o christ_n jesus_n may_v be_v merciful_a unto_o he_o and_o so_o the_o sin_n be_v cancel_v by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o priest_n or_o rather_o by_o divine_a virtue_n assist_v therein_o for_o we_o be_v not_o to_o imagine_v that_o these_o choice_a grace_n salvation_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v promiscuous_o throw_v open_a unto_o all_o that_o indeed_o be_v to_o cast_v pearl_n before_o swine_n 1._o swine_n donare_fw-la scit_fw-la perdere_fw-la nescit_fw-la contrary_n to_o otho_n tacit._n histor_n lib._n 1._o god_n know_v how_o to_o give_v not_o how_o to_o cast_v away_o his_o jewel_n the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n require_v some_o condition_n to_o be_v perform_v on_o our_o part_n for_o we_o read_v of_o two_o exception_n 1._o except_o you_o repent_v 2._o except_o you_o believe_v now_o unto_o both_o of_o these_o do_v a_o priest_n by_o the_o power_n of_o his_o ministry_n render_v a_o sinner_n well_o dispose_v 3.3_o luke_n 13.3_o john_n 3.3_o for_o the_o first_o peter_n sermon_n wrought_v so_o effectual_o upon_o the_o people_n heart_n that_o they_o be_v prick_v therewith_o and_o say_v unto_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n 38._o act_n 2.37_o 38._o man_n and_o brethren_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v then_o peter_n say_v unto_o they_o repent_v and_o be_v baptize_v every_o one_o of_o you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n where_o there_o be_v 1._o preach_v 2._o next_o compunction_n 3._o then_o repentance_n 4._o afterward_o baptism_n 5_o and_o last_o remission_n of_o sin_n achieve_v by_o peter_n ministry_n and_o for_o the_o second_o condition_n that_o faith_n
faciat_fw-la per_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la faciat_fw-la per_fw-la ministrum_fw-la suum_fw-la per_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la resuscitat_fw-la mortuum_fw-la per_fw-la ministros_fw-la solvit_fw-la ligatum_fw-la per_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la mundat_fw-la leprosum_fw-la ministerio_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la reducit_fw-la ejectum_fw-la mortuum_n resuscitare_fw-la jaeprosum_fw-la mundar_n ad_fw-la idem_fw-la videtur_fw-la respiâ—ere_fw-la nam_fw-la utrobique_fw-la solvitur_fw-la obligatio_fw-la culpae_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o vinctum_fw-la solvere_fw-la vel_fw-la rejectum_fw-la educere_fw-la ad_fw-la idâ—m_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la videtur_fw-la respicere_fw-la quoniam_fw-la utrobique_fw-la sequitur_fw-la obligatio_fw-la poenae_fw-la leprosus_fw-la mundatur_fw-la quando_fw-la perversus_fw-la cuique_fw-la pravitatis_fw-la suae_fw-la sordibus_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la exuitur_fw-la mortuus_fw-la resuscitatur_fw-la quando_fw-la peccato_fw-la captivatus_fw-la ad_fw-la benè_fw-la vivendum_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la animatur_fw-la post_fw-la emundationem_fw-la leprae_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la ossicio_fw-la interveniente_fw-la ejectus_fw-la priùs_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la reducitur_fw-la institis_fw-la involutus_fw-la &_o à _fw-la domini_fw-la ministris_fw-la abire_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la sva_fw-la redire_fw-la permittitur_fw-la quando_fw-la per_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la ad_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la novitatem_fw-la reformatur_fw-la rich._n de_fw-fr clavibus_fw-la cap._n 18._o we_o be_v diligent_o to_o distinguish_v what_o god_n do_v by_o himself_o and_o what_o he_o do_v by_o his_o minister_n by_o himself_o he_o raise_v the_o dead_a by_o his_o minister_n he_o loose_v he_o that_o be_v bind_v by_o himself_o he_o cleanse_v the_o leper_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o priest_n he_o restore_v he_o that_o be_v cast_v out_o to_o raise_v the_o dead_a and_o to_o cleanse_v the_o leper_n have_v respect_n unto_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n for_o in_o they_o both_o 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of_o a_o priest_n be_v but_o a_o infranchise_n not_o a_o revive_n of_o a_o dead_a sinner_n a_o reconcile_n and_o not_o a_o cleanse_n of_o a_o leprous_a penitent_n the_o three_o way_n of_o absolution_n be_v which_o a_o penitent_a in_o some_o select_a case_n spiritual_o 3._o spiritual_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n pronounce_v it_o upon_o himself_o for_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o proper_a work_n of_o god_n spirit_n therefore_o christ_n endow_v his_o disciple_n first_o with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o then_o with_o the_o power_n of_o remission_n and_o retention_n hereupon_o say_v ambrose_n he_o that_o can_v absolve_v from_o sin_n 4._o qui_fw-la solvere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la spiâ—itum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la munus_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la est_fw-la ossicium_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la jus_o autâ—m_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la in_o solvendis_fw-la ligandisque_fw-la criminibus_fw-la est_fw-la ambros_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 4._o have_v not_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o charge_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o priest_n office_n and_o the_o right_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v in_o bind_v and_o lose_v offence_n wherein_o observe_v that_o father_n distinction_n inter_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la munus_fw-la &_o jus_o absolution_n from_o the_o priest_n to_o a_o penitent_a be_v munus_fw-la spiriâ—ûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la the_o charge_n and_o office_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n whereas_o the_o absolution_n from_o a_o penitent_a to_o himself_o be_v jus_o spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la that_o right_a whereby_o the_o holy_a ghost_n testify_v unto_o his_o conscience_n that_o his_o sin_n be_v forgive_v origen_n after_o his_o manner_n feed_v upon_o a_o allegory_n understand_v by_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n sin_n origen_n porte_fw-fr inferorum_fw-la nominari_fw-la possunt_fw-la juxta_fw-la species_n peccatorum_fw-la zion_n autem_fw-la porte_fw-fr intelliguntur_fw-la contrariae_fw-la portis_fw-la mortis_fw-la ut_fw-la mortis_fw-la quidem_fw-la porta_fw-la sit_fw-la intemperantia_fw-la porta_fw-la verò_fw-la zion_n temperantia_fw-la arbitror_fw-la quòd_fw-la pro_fw-la unaquaque_fw-la virtute_fw-la cognitionis_fw-la aliqua_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la mysteria_fw-la respondentia_fw-la generi_fw-la viâ—tutis_fw-la aperiuâ—tur_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la secundum_fw-la virtutem_fw-la vixerit_fw-la seâ—vatore_n dante_o iâ—s_fw-la qui_fw-la superari_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la à _fw-la portis_fw-la inferorum_fw-la totidem_fw-la clave_n quot_fw-la sunt_fw-la virtutes_fw-la origen_n and_o make_v every_o several_a vice_n a_o several_a gate_n and_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o zion_n he_o make_v the_o contrary_a virtue_n as_o intemperance_n be_v a_o gate_n of_o hell_n temperance_n of_o zion_n etc._n etc._n and_o by_o the_o key_n he_o will_v have_v mean_v the_o pious_a practice_n of_o each_o virtue_n so_o by_o the_o key_n of_o righteousness_n and_o temperance_n be_v open_v the_o gate_n of_o righteousness_n and_o temperance_n our_o saviour_n confer_v say_v he_o upon_o such_o against_o who_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n prevail_v not_o so_o many_o key_n as_o there_o be_v virtue_n according_a to_o this_o father_n a_o man_n by_o sin_v shut_v heaven_n gate_n and_o set_v hell_n gate_n open_a for_o his_o soul_n and_o contrariwise_o by_o repent_v and_o practise_v such_o virtue_n as_o be_v opposite_a to_o his_o former_a vice_n he_o shut_v the_o gate_n of_o hell_n and_o set_v open_a for_o he_o those_o of_o heaven_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n say_v saint_n chrysostome_n if_o that_o homily_n be_v he_o whereof_o his_o learned_a publisher_n doubt_v he_o have_v give_v unto_o thou_o the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v 268._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n hom_n super_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la etc._n etc._n tem_fw-la 7._o pag._n 268._o thou_o have_v bind_v thyself_o with_o the_o chain_n of_o the_o love_n of_o wealth_n lose_v thyself_o by_o a_o injunction_n of_o the_o love_n of_o poverty_n thou_o have_v bind_v thyself_o with_o the_o furious_a desire_n of_o pleasure_n lose_v thyself_o with_o temperance_n thou_o have_v bind_v thyself_o with_o the_o misbelief_n of_o eunomius_n lose_v thyself_o with_o the_o religious_a embrace_v of_o the_o right_a faith_n thus_o god_n have_v erect_v a_o tribunal_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n his_o conscience_n arraign_v he_o upon_o god_n law_n as_o a_o transgressor_n and_o guilty_a of_o the_o breach_n thereof_o but_o upon_o his_o confession_n and_o detestation_n of_o the_o fact_n 434._o justificatio_fw-la in_o s._n scriptura_fw-la actionem_fw-la quandam_fw-la forensem_fw-la notat_fw-la qualis_fw-la est_fw-la absolutio_fw-la aut_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la pronuntiatio_fw-la d._n twiss_n de_fw-fr permis_fw-fr lib._n 2._o part_n 2._o p._n 434._o the_o holy_a spirit_n recreate_v and_o comfort_v he_o with_o the_o sweet_a voice_n and_o promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o his_o sin_n for_o christ_n saâ—e_v be_v forgive_v kindle_v in_o his_o heart_n faith_n whereby_o he_o be_v justify_v and_o at_o peace_n with_o god_n for_o what_o else_o be_v the_o justification_n of_o a_o sinner_n but_o a_o pronounce_v of_o his_o absolution_n and_o this_o i_o call_v the_o inward_a and_o spiritual_a absolution_n and_o this_o be_v all_o our_o church_n guide_v with_o god_n word_n and_o invest_v with_o this_o power_n teach_v concern_v absolution_n the_o rhemist_n confess_v the_o use_n thereof_o in_o our_o church_n 23._o rhemist_n annotat_fw-la in_o joan._n 20._o vers_fw-la 23._o that_o the_o english_a protestant_n in_o their_o order_n of_o visit_v the_o sick_a their_o minister_n acknowledge_v and_o challenge_v the_o same_o use_v a_o formal_a absolution_n according_a to_o the_o church_n order_n after_o the_o special_a confession_n of_o the_o party_n and_o for_o which_o it_o be_v even_o her_o happiness_n to_o have_v be_v accuse_v by_o schismatic_n be_v justify_v by_o the_o then_o gracious_a and_o learned_a defender_n of_o her_o faith_n for_o when_o archbishop_n whitgift_n read_v unto_o king_n james_n the_o confession_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o communion-book_n and_o the_o absolution_n follow_v it_o his_o highness_n peruse_v they_o both_o in_o the_o book_n itself_o like_v and_o approve_v they_o 1625._o conference_n at_o hampton-court_n pag._n 12_o 13._o edit_n 1625._o and_o when_o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n acquaint_v his_o majesty_n with_o a_o more_o particular_a and_o personal_a form_n of_o absolution_n prescribe_v to_o be_v use_v in_o
speech_n of_o the_o apostle_n warrant_v his_o restitution_n be_v urge_v by_o this_o father_n against_o these_o heretic_n to_o who_o you_o forgive_v any_o thing_n i_o forgive_v also_o for_o if_o i_o forgive_v any_o thing_n 6._o cur_n igitur_fw-la paulum_fw-la legunt_fw-la novatiani_n si_fw-la eum_fw-la tam_fw-la impi_fw-la è_fw-la arbitrantur_fw-la errasse_fw-la ut_fw-la jus_o sibi_fw-la vendicaret_fw-la domini_fw-la svi_fw-la sed_fw-la vendicavit_fw-la acceptum_fw-la non_fw-la usurpavit_fw-la in_o debitum_fw-la ambr._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 6._o to_o who_o i_o forgive_v it_o for_o your_o sake_n i_o forgive_v it_o in_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n why_o do_v say_v he_o the_o novation_n than_o read_v saint_n paul_n if_o they_o imagine_v he_o err_v so_o impious_o as_o to_o usurp_v upon_o his_o lord_n right_a but_o he_o challenge_v what_o he_o receive_v and_o encroach_v not_o upon_o what_o belong_v not_o unto_o he_o the_o church_n then_o of_o old_a have_v maintain_v she_o own_o which_o she_o have_v ever_o execute_v hitherto_o our_o industry_n have_v sweat_n in_o discourse_v upon_o that_o ministerial_a power_n key_n 2._o the_o property_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n which_o christ_n in_o his_o gospel_n have_v deposit_v to_o the_o steward_n and_o dispenser_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o god_n our_o discourse_n must_v continue_v in_o lay_v down_o the_o property_n belong_v to_o this_o power_n wherein_o first_o it_o occur_v conditional_a 1._o absolution_n whether_o absolute_a or_o conditional_a whether_o absolution_n pronounce_v from_o the_o priest_n be_v absolute_a or_o stand_v upon_o some_o condition_n to_o make_v it_o powerful_a and_o efficacious_a for_o answer_v whereunto_o we_o must_v know_v that_o priestly_a absolution_n be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sole_a and_o self-working_a cause_n of_o remission_n but_o that_o more_o and_o more_o principal_a agent_n and_o remarkable_a condition_n belong_v thereunto_o for_o as_o the_o cardinal_n observe_v upon_o that_o quaere_fw-la whether_o the_o sacrament_n confer_v grace_n there_o be_v a_o concurrency_n 1._o of_o god_n will_n in_o the_o use_n of_o a_o external_a and_o visible_a sign_n 2._o and_o of_o the_o passion_n of_o christ_n as_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n intelligamus_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr sacram._n in_o genere_fw-la cap._n 1._o sect._n igiturut_fw-la intelligamus_fw-la 3._o also_o the_o power_n and_o intention_n of_o the_o minister_n in_o consecrate_v the_o same_o according_a to_o god_n word_n as_o a_o remote_a cause_n 4._o then_o faith_n and_o repentance_n dispose_v the_o communicant_a in_o the_o right_n and_o profitable_a use_n thereof_o 5._o and_o last_o the_o actual_a participation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n so_o likewise_o that_o remission_n of_o sin_n may_v ensue_v upon_o priestly_a absolution_n there_o be_v require_v the_o will_n and_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n to_o confer_v this_o pardon_n the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n to_o deserve_v the_o same_o and_o a_o well-disposed_a heart_n in_o the_o penitent_a whereby_o all_o obstacle_n be_v remove_v that_o may_v hinder_v the_o operation_n thereof_o it_o be_v a_o receive_a rule_n that_o physic_n work_v not_o upon_o a_o indispose_a patient_n the_o effect_n indeed_o be_v attribute_v to_o priestly_a absolution_n it_o be_v god_n ordinance_n wherein_o he_o have_v resolve_v to_o declare_v his_o mercy_n for_o example_n 1._o let_v wood_n be_v dry_v 2._o fire_n strike_v from_o a_o flint_n 3._o apply_v to_o the_o wood_n and_o so_o burn_v it_o be_v not_o dryness_n in_o the_o wood_n nor_o strike_v fire_n on_o the_o flint_n nor_o apply_v of_o the_o fire_n but_o the_o fire_n itself_o that_o burn_v so_o it_o be_v not_o in_o god_n that_o will_v nor_o in_o christ_n that_o merit_v nor_o in_o the_o sinner_n that_o repent_v nor_o in_o the_o priest_n that_o absolve_v but_o in_o the_o divine_a ordinance_n consist_v in_o the_o strength_n and_o true_a use_n of_o all_o of_o these_o that_o remit_v sin_n and_o as_o our_o lord_n say_v unto_o the_o blind_a man_n in_o the_o gospel_n believe_v you_o that_o i_o be_o able_a to_o do_v this_o 29._o matth._n 9.28_o 29._o upon_o who_o affirmative_a answer_n that_o they_o believe_v he_o say_v according_a to_o your_o faith_n be_v it_o unto_o you_o so_o be_v the_o absolution_n of_o the_o minister_n efficacious_a according_a to_o the_o faith_n and_o repentance_n of_o he_o that_o receive_v it_o such_o condition_n the_o ancient_n hold_v to_o be_v requisite_a namely_o hierome_n comment_v upon_o those_o word_n of_o daniel_n 4.24_o dan._n 4.24_o it_o may_v be_v god_n will_v pardon_v thy_o sin_n rebuke_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o temerity_n of_o such_o as_o be_v so_o absolute_a and_o peremptory_a in_o their_o absolution_n when_o bless_a daniel_n say_v he_o who_o know_v thing_n to_o come_v do_v doubt_n of_o the_o sentence_n of_o god_n they_o do_v a_o rash_a deed_n that_o bold_o promise_v pardon_n unto_o sinner_n 4._o cum_fw-la b._n daniel_n praescius_fw-la futurorum_fw-la de_fw-la sententia_fw-la dei_fw-la dubitet_fw-la rem_fw-la temerariam_fw-la faciunt_fw-la qui_fw-la audacter_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la pollicentur_fw-la hieron_n in_o dan._n 4._o and_o saint_n basil_n the_o power_n of_o forgive_n be_v not_o absolute_o confer_v gracè_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 486._o gracè_fw-la but_o upon_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o penitent_a and_o consent_n of_o he_o that_o have_v care_n of_o his_o soul_n the_o same_o resolution_n have_v place_n in_o the_o school_n so_o aquinas_n when_o the_o priest_n say_v i_o absolve_v thou_o he_o show_v the_o man_n not_o only_o significative_o quintum_fw-la cùm_fw-la dicit_fw-la ego_fw-la te_fw-la absolvo_fw-la ostendit_fw-la hominem_fw-la absolutum_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la significatiuè_fw-la sed_fw-la effectiuè_fw-la licèt_fw-la possâ—t_fw-la impediri_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la recipientis_fw-la sed_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la generalis_fw-la revelatio_fw-la fidei_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la remittuntur_fw-la peccata_fw-la esset_fw-la autem_fw-la perfectior_fw-la expositio_fw-la ego_fw-la te_fw-la absolvo_fw-la i._n e._n sacramentum_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la tibi_fw-la impendo_fw-la aquin._n part_n 3._o qu._n 84._o art_n 3._o ad_fw-la quintum_fw-la but_o effectual_o to_o be_v absolve_v although_o that_o effect_n may_v be_v hinder_v on_o his_o part_n that_o receive_v absolution_n where_o a_o general_a revelation_n of_o faith_n may_v suffice_v by_o which_o sin_n be_v forgive_v but_o the_o more_o perfect_a exposition_n be_v i_o absolve_v thou_o that_o be_v i_o bestow_v upon_o thou_o the_o sacrament_n of_o absolution_n clear_o difference_v between_o the_o administer_a of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o absolution_n and_o confer_v the_o effect_n thereof_o viz._n remission_n of_o sin_n and_o canus_n the_o better_a to_o lay_v open_a and_o resolve_v this_o doubt_n distinguish_v betwixt_o the_o give_n of_o absolution_n and_o the_o effect_n thereof_o his_o word_n be_v these_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o priest_n effectum_fw-la distinguo_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la absolventis_fw-la absolutus_fw-la quidem_fw-la manet_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la poenitentis_fw-la ponentis_fw-la obstaculum_fw-la absolutio_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la praesentem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la effectum_fw-la and_o god_n that_o do_v assoil_v the_o party_n may_v remain_v absolve_v whereas_o in_o respect_n of_o himself_o the_o party_n peccant_a put_v a_o obstacle_n thereunto_o the_o absolution_n of_o the_o priest_n may_v take_v no_o present_a effect_n and_o inform_v we_o further_o that_o great_a difference_n must_v be_v make_v betwixt_o remission_n of_o sin_n 931._o remissia_n peccatorum_fw-la 1._o quae_fw-la habet_fw-la annexam_fw-la justificationem_fw-la 2._o judicialis_fw-la est_fw-la continens_fw-la sententiam_fw-la cujus_fw-la virtute_fw-la quis_fw-la solvitior_fw-la à _fw-la peccatis_fw-la in_fw-la tali_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la judicio_fw-la remissivo_fw-la in_fw-la quem_fw-la sensum_fw-la sacerdos_n non_fw-la semper_fw-la peccata_fw-la remittit_fw-la sacerdos_n absolvens_fw-la fictum_fw-la verum_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la impendit_fw-la &_o quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la veram_fw-la formam_fw-la imponit_fw-la cujus_fw-la effectus_fw-la tâ—â—c_fw-la quidem_fw-la impeditur_fw-la per_fw-la indispositionem_fw-la recipientis_fw-la nec_fw-la sensus_fw-la formae_fw-la sacramentalis_fw-la est_fw-la ego_fw-la te_fw-la absolvo_fw-la i._n e._n do_v absolutionem_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la effectum_fw-la suum_fw-la habeat_fw-la remissionis_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la sed_fw-la sensus_fw-la est_fw-la ego_fw-la judicialem_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la impendo_fw-la quae_fw-la vi_fw-la suâ_fw-la potens_fw-la sit_fw-la te_fw-la absolvere_fw-la si_fw-la tu_fw-la velis_fw-la fructum_fw-la ejus_fw-la obtinere_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la si_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la proferret_fw-la judex_n quâ_fw-la liberareris_fw-la à _fw-la carcere_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la postea_fw-la tu_fw-la voluntate_fw-la tuâ_fw-la manere_fw-la vis_fw-la &_o si_fw-la eâ—o_fw-la extrinsecù_fw-fr cleave_v januae_fw-la seram_fw-la aperirem_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la volens_fw-la intùs_fw-la obicem_fw-la opponere_n ego_fw-la verè_fw-la januam_fw-la aperui_fw-la canus_n relec._n de_fw-mi poen_fw-mi part_n 6._o pag._n 930_o 931._o to_o which_o the_o grace_n of_o justification_n be_v ever_o annex_v and_o the_o sentence_n wherein_o such_o a_o remission_n be_v
require_v in_o steward_n that_o they_o be_v faithful_a they_o may_v not_o therefore_o behave_v themselves_o like_o the_o unjust_a steward_n 8._o luke_n 17.7_o 8._o presume_v to_o strike_v out_o their_o master_n debt_n and_o put_v less_o in_o the_o place_n without_o his_o direction_n and_o contrary_a to_o his_o like_n ambassadors_z they_o be_v for_o christ_n 5.20_o 2_o cor._n 5.20_o and_o must_v be_v careful_a to_o follow_v their_o master_n instruction_n and_o not_o to_o entrench_v upon_o sovereign_a point_n as_o to_o imagine_v the_o power_n of_o proclaim_v war_n or_o conclude_v peace_n lie_v at_o their_o devotion_n this_o indeed_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o exceed_v their_o commission_n and_o upon_o the_o matter_n to_o subject_v themselves_o to_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o law_n and_o their_o proceed_n to_o be_v vacate_v and_o make_v of_o none_o effect_n the_o master_n of_o the_o sentence_n resolve_v this_o power_n to_o consist_v not_o in_o bind_v or_o in_o lose_v autem_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la tantùâ—tribuit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la solvendi_fw-la &_o ligandi_fw-la i._n e._n ostendendi_fw-la homines_fw-la ligatos_fw-la vel_fw-la solutos_fw-la in_o levitico_fw-la se_fw-la ostendere_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la jubentur_fw-la leprosi_fw-la quos_fw-la illi_fw-la non_fw-la faciunt_fw-la leprosos_fw-la vel_fw-la mande_v sed_fw-la discernunt_fw-la qui_fw-la mundi_fw-la vel_fw-la immundi_fw-la sunt_fw-la high_a ergo_fw-la peccata_fw-la remittunt_fw-la vel_fw-la retinent_fw-la dum_fw-la dimissa_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la vel_fw-la retenta_fw-la indicant_fw-la &_o ostendunt_fw-la lomb._n l._n 4._o do_v 18._o sect._n non_fw-la autem_fw-la but_o in_o show_v forth_o only_o who_o be_v bind_v and_o who_o be_v loose_v and_o produce_v the_o authority_n of_o saint_n hierome_n to_o maintain_v his_o resolution_n that_o as_o in_o the_o levitical_a law_n the_o leper_n be_v command_v to_o present_v themselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n who_o they_o make_v neither_o clean_a nor_o unclean_a but_o discern_v who_o be_v so_o and_o conclude_v that_o evangelical_n priest_n remit_v and_o retain_v sin_n when_o they_o discover_v and_o show_v forth_o what_o sin_n by_o god_n be_v retain_v or_o remit_v lombard_n be_v follow_v by_o oceam_n the_o priest_n hind_n or_o loose_a in_o show_v man_n to_o be_v bind_v or_o loose_v 9_o sacerdotes_fw-la ligant_fw-la &_o solvunt_fw-la quia_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la homines_fw-la ligatos_fw-la &_o solutos_fw-la occ._n l._n 4._o q._n 8_o &_o 9_o and_o they_o both_o by_o ferus_fw-la not_o that_o any_o man_n proper_o remit_v sin_n but_o that_o he_o show_v and_o ceâ—tifieth_v from_o god_n that_o it_o be_v remit_v 1559._o non_fw-la quòd_fw-la homo_fw-la propriè_fw-la remittat_fw-la peccatum_fw-la sed_fw-la quòd_fw-la ostendat_fw-la &_o certificet_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la remissum_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la absolutio_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la accipis_fw-la quà m_fw-la si_fw-la dicat_fw-la en_fw-fr fili_fw-la certifico_fw-la te_fw-la tibi_fw-la remissa_fw-la esse_fw-la peccata_fw-la annuntio_fw-la tibi_fw-la te_fw-la habere_fw-la propitium_fw-la dâ—um_fw-la &_o quaecunque_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la &_o evangelio_n promisit_fw-la tibi_fw-la nunc_fw-la per_fw-la i_o aununciat_fw-la &_o promittit_fw-la ferus_fw-la in_o matth._n 9_o edit_n mogunt_fw-la 1559._o for_o the_o absolution_n thou_o receive_v from_o man_n be_v nothing_o else_o then_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v behold_v my_o son_n i_o certify_v unto_o thou_o thâ—_n siâ—s_v to_o be_v forgive_v i_o declare_v unto_o thou_o that_o thou_o have_v a_o merciful_a god_n and_o look_v whatsoever_o christ_n in_o baptism_n or_o in_o the_o gospel_n have_v promise_v unto_o we_o he_o now_o by_o i_o declare_v and_o promise_v unto_o thou_o and_o with_o this_o pregnant_a testimony_n we_o conclude_v this_o property_n judicial_a whether_o ministerial_a and_o judicial_a the_o last_o property_n to_o be_v inquire_v if_o the_o act_n of_o this_o absolution_n be_v ministerial_a or_o judicial_a and_o my_o answer_n be_v both_o ministerial_a and_o judicial_a per_fw-la part_n to_o be_v demonstrate_v for_o the_o first_o it_o can_v be_v otherwise_o no_o effect_n exceed_v the_o virtue_n of_o its_o cause_n and_o no_o property_n transcend_v the_o nature_n of_o its_o subject_n if_o therefore_o our_o calling_n be_v ministerial_a so_o be_v every_o office_n and_o act_n thereof_o and_o let_v none_o of_o that_o order_n distaste_v the_o name_n for_o jesus_n christ_n be_v a_o minister_n of_o circumcision_n 13.8_o rom._n 13.8_o and_o the_o apostle_n style_v himself_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n 4.6_o colos_n 1.23_o 1_o tim._n 4.6_o and_o timothy_n a_o consecrate_a bishop_n a_o good_a minister_n of_o jesus_n christ_n away_o then_o with_o all_o contemptuous_a thought_n 1.7_o 2_o cor._n 3.6_o heb._n 1.7_o for_o god_n have_v make_v his_o minister_n a_o flame_n of_o fire_n able_a minister_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n minister_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o grace_n thereof_o among_o who_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o the_o mean_a and_o not_o lord_n therefore_o before_o they_o be_v habilitated_a for_o remission_n of_o sin_n our_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o breathe_v upon_o they_o and_o say_v receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o this_o be_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o man_n say_v ambrose_n neither_o be_v he_o give_v by_o man_n 7._o non_fw-la humanum_fw-la hoc_fw-la opus_fw-la neque_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la datur_fw-la sed_fw-la invocatus_fw-la à _fw-la sacerdote_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la traditur_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la dei_fw-la munus_fw-la ministerium_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la est_fw-la paulus_n atestolus_n in_o tantum_fw-la se_fw-la huic_fw-la officio_fw-la imparem_fw-la credidâ—t_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la nos_fw-la spiritis_fw-la optaret_fw-la impleri_fw-la quis_fw-la tantus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la huius_fw-la traditionem_fw-la muneris_fw-la sibi_fw-la audeat_fw-la arrogare_fw-la itaque_fw-la apostolus_fw-la votum_fw-la precatione_n detulit_fw-la non_fw-la â—us_fw-la authoritate_fw-la aliqua_fw-la vendicavit_fw-la impetrare_fw-la optavit_fw-la non_fw-la imperare_fw-la praesumpsit_fw-la ambr._n l._n 1._o de_fw-la spiâ—itu_fw-la s._n cap._n 7._o but_o be_v call_v upon_o by_o the_o priest_n be_v give_v by_o god_n wherein_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n be_v the_o ministry_n of_o the_o priest_n paul_n the_o apostle_n hold_v himself_o so_o far_o unmeet_a for_o this_o office_n that_o he_o rather_o pray_v we_o shall_v be_v fill_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n what_o man_n have_v so_o high_o conceit_v of_o himself_o as_o to_o arrogate_v the_o collation_n of_o this_o gift_n the_o apostle_n therefore_o make_v his_o request_n by_o prayer_n and_o challenge_v no_o right_n by_o authority_n choose_v rather_o to_o entreat_v and_o not_o presume_v to_o command_v minister_n than_o we_o be_v and_o suppliant_n on_o the_o people_n behalf_n that_o they_o may_v receive_v power_n from_o above_o and_o not_o lord_n or_o commander_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n the_o same_o father_n also_o inform_v we_o say_v behold_v how_o sin_n be_v forgive_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 19_o ecce_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la peccata_fw-la donantur_fw-la homines_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o remissione_n peccatorum_fw-la ministerium_fw-la suum_fw-la exhibent_fw-la non_fw-la jus_o alicujus_fw-la potestat_fw-la be_v exercent_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o patris_fw-la &_o filii_fw-la &_o spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la nomine_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimittuntur_fw-la isti_fw-la rogant_fw-la divinitas_fw-la donat_fw-la humanum_fw-la enim_fw-la obsequium_fw-la sed_fw-la munificentia_fw-la supernae_fw-la est_fw-la potestatis_fw-la ambr._n l._n 3._o the_o spirit_n s._n cap._n 19_o but_o man_n exhibit_v their_o ministry_n in_o the_o remission_n exercise_v no_o right_a or_o faculty_n of_o any_o power_n for_o sin_n be_v not_o forgive_v in_o their_o name_n but_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n they_o entreat_v but_o the_o deity_n bestow_v the_o obsequiousness_n be_v from_o man_n the_o bounty_n from_o a_o high_a power_n and_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o ministerial_a part_n judicial_a whether_o judicial_a for_o the_o second_o i_o have_v cast_v myself_o into_o divers_a cogitation_n why_o this_o office_n of_o absolution_n shall_v be_v deny_v to_o be_v a_o judicial_a act_n be_v it_o because_o declarative_a the_o like_a exception_n lie_v against_o all_o civil_a judgement_n justum_fw-la judicium_fw-la est_fw-la definitio_fw-la cjus_o quod_fw-la est_fw-la justum_fw-la which_o be_v declaration_n what_o law_n be_v in_o particular_a case_n or_o be_v it_o because_o the_o priest_n may_v err_v in_o his_o declaratory_a sentence_n and_o that_o lay_v hold_v of_o a_o civil_a judge_n likewise_o who_o have_v lawful_a authority_n to_o judge_v right_a yet_o not_o assure_v infall_n bility_n that_o his_o judgement_n shall_v always_o be_v right_a be_v it_o because_o ministerial_a then_o exclude_v all_o judge_n from_o the_o bench_n that_o sit_v there_o by_o virtue_n of_o a_o high_a power_n we_o determine_v then_o that_o ministerial_a power_n in_o the_o priest_n be_v oppose_v to_o sovereign_n and_o despotical_a but_o not_o judicial_a because_o the_o power_n in_o a_o inferior_a judge_n be_v ministerial_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o authority_n and_o
past_a and_o for_o which_o sign_n of_o sorrow_n appear_v in_o the_o penitent_a never_o extend_v the_o same_o to_o future_a sin_n for_o to_o cry_v peccavi_fw-la i_o have_v sin_v may_v be_v the_o voice_n of_o a_o penitent_a but_o peccabo_fw-la i_o will_v sin_v never_o now_o where_o there_o be_v a_o resolution_n to_o sin_n there_o with_o safety_n can_v lie_v no_o absolution_n then_o if_o such_o sin_n be_v to_o be_v lock_v under_o secrecy_n which_o be_v confess_v in_o ord_n ne_fw-la ad_fw-la clave_n with_o relation_n to_o absolution_n and_o remission_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o peccata_fw-la committenda_fw-la sin_n purpose_v to_o be_v commit_v and_o in_o fieri_fw-la to_o be_v do_v not_o in_o fa_o â—o_o do_v already_o although_o speak_v of_o in_o confession_n be_v not_o so_o necessary_a to_o be_v conceal_v panormitan_n put_v the_o case_n a_o certain_a man_n confess_v unto_o the_o priest_n 24._o quidam_fw-la fuit_fw-la confessus_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la quòd_fw-la intend_v bat_n interficere_fw-la sempronium_n vel_fw-la aliud_fw-la malesicium_fw-la committere_fw-la &_o quòd_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la abstinere_fw-la nunquid_fw-la sacerdos_n peccet_fw-la revelando_fw-la innocentius_n instat_fw-la &_o concludâ—t_n quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la dicitur_fw-la detectum_fw-la in_o poenitentia_fw-la tum_fw-la quia_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la committendum_fw-la &_o non_fw-la commissum_fw-la tum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la contritionem_fw-la undè_fw-la sacerdos_n dâ—bet_fw-la quantùm_fw-la cautiùs_fw-la potest_fw-la revelare_fw-la ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la impediatur_fw-la &_o even_o hoc_fw-la semper_fw-la menti_fw-la quod_fw-la peccatum_fw-la commissum_fw-la &_o non_fw-la committendum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la detegâ—_n in_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la panorm_a supra_fw-la 5._o de_fw-la poenit_fw-la &_o remiss_a c._n omnis_fw-la utriusq_fw-la n._n 24._o that_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o kill_v sempronius_n or_o to_o do_v some_o other_o mischief_n and_o that_o be_v can_v not_o hold_v his_o hand_n the_o question_n be_v whether_o the_o priest_n offend_v in_o reveal_v the_o same_o oâ—_n no_o innocentius_n instance_v and_o at_o length_n conclude_v that_o this_o sin_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v detect_v in_o a_o repentant_a way_n as_o well_o because_o the_o sin_n confess_v remain_v to_o be_v commit_v and_o be_v not_o commit_v already_o as_o also_o because_o the_o sinner_n have_v no_o contrition_n wherefore_o the_o priest_n ought_v as_o wary_o as_o he_o may_v to_o reveal_v the_o samâ—_n that_o the_o sin_n may_v be_v prevent_v for_o keep_v this_o always_o in_o mind_n that_o sin_n commit_v and_o not_o to_o be_v commit_v be_v command_v to_o be_v conceal_v in_o penance_n and_o friar_n angelo_n when_o any_o one_o confiss_v that_o he_o will_v do_v a_o mischief_n 7._o quando_fw-la quis_fw-la confitetur_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la faccre_fw-la aliquod_fw-la malum_fw-la quia_fw-la istud_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la dictum_fw-la in_o poenitentiali_fw-la foro_fw-la ut_fw-la ideò_fw-la propter_fw-la rationem_fw-la istius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la celare_fw-la sed_fw-la quando_fw-la vergeret_fw-la in_o periculum_fw-la communitatis_fw-la vel_fw-la alterius_fw-la tum_fw-la si_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la cessaret_fw-la talis_fw-la quin_fw-la illud_fw-la faciat_fw-la credo_fw-la sine_fw-la praejudicio_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la potest_fw-la immo_fw-la tenetur_fw-la revelare_fw-la ei_fw-la quâ—_n potest_fw-la prodesse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la obesse_fw-la ut_fw-la mâ—lo_fw-la obviâ—tur_fw-la sum._n angel_n v._n confe_fw-mi ult_n nu_fw-la 7._o because_o the_o same_o be_v not_o open_v in_o the_o consistory_n of_o repentance_n wherefore_o the_o priest_n be_v not_o tie_v by_o virtue_n of_o that_o sacrament_n to_o conceal_v the_o same_o but_o when_o it_o shall_v verge_n and_o incline_v to_o the_o prejudice_n and_o danger_n either_o of_o the_o whole_a commonalty_n or_o of_o any_o man_n in_o particular_a then_o if_o the_o sinner_n can_v be_v take_v off_o but_o that_o be_v will_v needs_o do_v it_o i_o be_o of_o opinion_n without_o prejudice_n to_o any_o that_o the_o priest_n not_o only_o may_v but_o be_v tie_v to_o reveal_v the_o same_o to_o such_o a_o one_o as_o will_v further_o and_o not_o hinder_v the_o prevention_n of_o further_a mischief_n this_o canonist_n make_v the_o purpose_a evil_a to_o be_v of_o two_o sort_n 1._o either_o when_o the_o damage_n may_v light_v upon_o the_o sinner_n own_o head_n alone_o 2._o or_o which_o may_v redound_v to_o the_o prejudice_n and_o hurt_v of_o other_o the_o former_a the_o priest_n may_v reveal_v if_o he_o please_v but_o the_o late_a he_o be_v bind_v to_o discover_v for_o the_o cross_n and_o avert_v thereof_o and_o the_o first_o school-man_n our_o country_n man_n alexander_n of_o hales_n thus_o a_o man_n may_v confess_v a_o sin_n not_o present_a resp_n potest_fw-la quis_fw-la confiteri_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la praesens_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la â—n_fw-la proposito_fw-la de_fw-fr futuro_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la dicit_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la fornicari_fw-la &_o nolle_fw-la desistere_fw-la dico_fw-la ergo_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la celare_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la nec_fw-la si_fw-la sacerdos_n talâ—m_fw-la confessionem_fw-la revelaret_fw-la posset_n condemnari_fw-la tanquam_fw-la violator_n sigilli_fw-la confessionis_fw-la tamen_fw-la quia_fw-la hoc_fw-la species_n esset_fw-la mali_fw-la &_o infamia_fw-la sequeretur_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la credo_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la de_fw-fr jure_fw-la talem_fw-la confessionem_fw-la occultare_fw-la debet_fw-la tamen_fw-la celare_fw-la ratione_fw-la publicae_fw-la honestatis_fw-la nisi_fw-la inconveniens_fw-la aliquod_fw-la grave_n sequeretur_fw-la tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la credo_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la talis_fw-la confessio_fw-la penitùs_fw-la tacenda_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la publicè_fw-la revelanda_fw-la propter_fw-la periculum_fw-la infamiae_fw-la sed_fw-la cautè_fw-la &_o secretò_fw-la alicui_fw-la qui_fw-la possit_fw-la &_o vellet_fw-la prodesse_fw-la innotescenda_fw-la alex._n halens_n part_n 4._o qu._n 28._o nu_fw-la 2._o art_n 2._o in_o resp_n but_o yet_o to_o come_v and_o in_o purpose_n as_o that_o he_o will_v commit_v fornication_n and_o not_o forbear_v i_o say_v therefore_o that_o the_o priest_n be_v not_o bind_v simple_o to_o conceal_v it_o nor_o may_v he_o for_o any_o such_o detection_n be_v just_o condemn_v as_o a_o violater_n of_o the_o seal_n of_o confession_n yet_o because_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v a_o outward_a show_n of_o evil_n and_o infamy_n may_v follow_v thereupon_o for_o that_o cause_n i_o be_o thus_o mind_v that_o although_o by_o law_n he_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o hide_v such_o a_o confession_n yet_o he_o shall_v do_v well_o to_o conceal_v it_o for_o public_a honesty_n sake_n except_o some_o grievous_a inconvenience_n may_v like_v to_o ensue_v upon_o the_o same_o than_o i_o believe_v that_o such_o a_o confession_n ought_v not_o altogether_o to_o be_v silence_v nor_o yet_o open_o to_o be_v publish_v for_o dread_a of_o infamy_n but_o cautelous_o and_o secret_o to_o such_o a_o one_o that_o can_v make_v good_a use_n of_o the_o discovery_n wherein_o he_o will_v seem_v to_o be_v more_o circumspect_a and_o cautelous_a in_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o detection_n than_o those_o canonist_n whereas_o the_o follow_a schoolman_n scotus_n and_o biel_n be_v so_o strict_a upon_o the_o matter_n that_o purpose_v sin_n and_o not_o commit_v come_v under_o the_o seal_n of_o secrecy_n also_o 3._o non_fw-la solùm_fw-la peccata_fw-la commissa_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la committenda_fw-la in_o confession_n detecta_fw-la sunt_fw-la tanquam_fw-la secreta_fw-la celanda_fw-la biel_n l._n 4._o d._n 21._o qu._n 1._o conclus_fw-la 3._o and_o again_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o a_o priest_n in_o any_o case_n come_v what_o will_v come_v to_o reveal_v confession_n whether_o the_o party_n confess_v be_v penitent_a or_o not_o 2._o in_o nullo_n casu_fw-la licet_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la revelare_fw-la confessionem_fw-la sive_fw-la confitens_fw-la poeniteat_fw-la sive_fw-la non_fw-la sive_fw-la confiteatur_fw-la peccata_fw-la jam_fw-la opere_fw-la perpetrata_fw-la sive_fw-la perpetranda_fw-la sive_fw-la sit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la in_o moribus_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la biel_n sup_v resp_n ad_fw-la dub_v 2._o whether_o he_o confess_v sin_n already_o commit_v or_o which_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n and_o resolution_n to_o commit_v whether_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n in_o faith_n or_o in_o behaviour_n and_o the_o modern_a divine_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v no_o way_n moderate_v herein_o but_o so_o stoical_a and_o stiff_a for_o the_o seal_n as_o let_v the_o sin_n be_v what_o it_o will_v whether_o past_a or_o to_o come_v it_o skill_v not_o whether_o the_o welfare_n of_o church_n or_o state_n depend_v thereon_o it_o be_v not_o material_a heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v pass_v away_o rather_o than_o the_o seal_n of_o confession_n shall_v be_v open_v a_o ghostly_a father_n say_v a_o late_a sorbonist_n 736._o car_fw-fr estant_fw-fr en_fw-fr le_fw-fr place_n de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr il_fw-fr n'a_fw-fr point_fw-fr de_fw-fr bouche_fw-fr pour_fw-fr reveller_n ce_fw-fr qu'il_fw-fr a_fw-fr entendu_fw-fr os_fw-la habent_fw-la &_o non_fw-la loquentur_fw-la et_fw-fr le_fw-fr sceau_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr confession_n est_fw-fr si_fw-fr important_a &_o religieux_fw-fr que_fw-fr pour_fw-fr rien_fw-fr du_fw-fr monde_n il_fw-fr
delinquendi_fw-la at_o the_o time_n of_o shrift_n that_o he_o shall_v set_v with_o a_o humble_a look_n his_o countenance_n downward_o not_o once_o behold_v the_o penitent_n face_n especial_o if_o a_o woman_n to_o afford_v a_o patient_a audience_n unto_o whatsoever_o shall_v be_v say_v and_o to_o support_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o lenity_n to_o use_v all_o persuasion_n to_o extract_v a_o plenary_a confession_n to_o inquire_v after_o usual_a and_o customary_a sin_n punctual_o and_o after_o strange_a one_o afar_o off_o and_o by_o circumstance_n and_o with_o that_o discretion_n as_o to_o teach_v the_o penitent_n how_o to_o confess_v not_o how_o to_o transgress_v and_o advise_v the_o confessor_n to_o pick_v out_o the_o great_a sin_n as_o murder_n confess_v semper_fw-la majora_fw-la crimina_fw-la &_o praecipue_fw-la notoria_fw-la majoribus_fw-la reserventur_fw-la linwood_n lib._n 5._o the_o poen_n in_o &_o remiss_a c._n in_o confess_v sacrilege_n incest_n sin_n against_o nature_n etc._n etc._n for_o such_o as_o be_v of_o great_a place_n and_o set_v they_o by_o as_o reserve_v case_n for_o the_o pope_n not_o to_o grant_v absolution_n therein_o but_o at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n and_o that_o upon_o condition_n of_o their_o recovery_n they_o present_v themselves_o at_o rome_n with_o letter_n testimonial_a from_o their_o own_o confessor_n of_o the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o the_o offence_n the_o pope_n it_o seem_v have_v then_o seize_v upon_o fat_a sin_n as_o well_o as_o the_o fat_a of_o the_o land_n this_o constitution_n be_v make_v about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1240._o but_o richard_n surname_v the_o great_a his_o predecessor_n magnus_fw-la a._n d._n 1229._o richardus_fw-la magnus_fw-la and_o one_o that_o shall_v have_v take_v place_n of_o he_o however_o the_o compiler_n of_o the_o constitution_n have_v set_v he_o behind_o for_o he_o be_v sacred_a archbishop_n in_o the_o year_n of_o grace_n mcgxxix_n he_o make_v a_o very_a pious_a and_o necessary_a law_n that_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o soul_n far_o excel_v the_o body_n physician_n be_v strict_o charge_v anima_fw-la cum_fw-la anima_fw-la longè_fw-la pretiosior_fw-la sit_fw-la corpore_fw-la sub_fw-la iâ—terminatione_fw-la anathematis_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la ne_fw-la quic_fw-la medicorun_n pro_fw-la salute_v corporali_fw-la aliquid_fw-la suadeat_fw-la aegroto_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o periculum_fw-la animae_fw-la convertatur_fw-la ut_fw-la aegrum_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la admoneat_fw-la &_o inducat_fw-la ut_fw-la medicos_fw-la invocet_fw-la animarum_fw-la ut_fw-la postquam_fw-la fuerit_fw-la infirmo_fw-la de_fw-la spirituali_fw-la provisum_fw-la medicamine_fw-la ad_fw-la corporalis_fw-la medicinae_fw-la remedium_fw-la salubrius_fw-la procedatur_fw-la linwood_n lib._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remiss_a cap._n cum_fw-la anima_fw-la sub_fw-la interminatione_fw-la anathematis_fw-la under_o pain_n of_o the_o church_n ban_n &_o curse_n to_o recommend_v no_o such_o thing_n unto_o their_o patient_n for_o the_o recovery_n of_o their_o bodily_a health_n which_o may_v not_o be_v undertake_v without_o danger_n to_o the_o soul_n but_o before_o all_o thing_n to_o exhort_v they_o to_o send_v for_o the_o soul-physician_n and_o after_o spiritual_a physic_n have_v be_v prescribe_v and_o provide_v and_o administer_v to_o the_o soul_n then_o to_o proceed_v in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n to_o give_v physic_n to_o the_o body_n a_o canon_n which_o if_o due_o observe_v by_o our_o physician_n i_o be_o persuade_v their_o physic_n will_v work_v much_o better_a than_o it_o do_v but_o now_o the_o spiritual_a physician_n be_v hardly_o think_v of_o and_o his_o visit_n account_v ominous_a as_o if_o sin_n be_v not_o worth_a the_o heal_n or_o he_o want_v the_o power_n and_o cunning_a for_o after_o luke_n the_o physician_n and_o zeno_n the_o lawyer_n we_o send_v for_o barnabas_n the_o son_n of_o consolation_n when_o the_o soul_n be_v senseless_a of_o his_o help_n and_o ghostly_a comfort_n bonifacius_n uncle_n to_o 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provectos_fw-la &_o discretos_fw-la viros_fw-la quorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la certificatus_fw-la sciat_fw-la quos_fw-la &_o qualiter_fw-la ligare_fw-la possit_fw-la &_o absolvere_fw-la manus_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la non_fw-la imponi_fw-la nisi_fw-la se_fw-la corrigentibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n lind._o l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n sacerdos_n and_o to_o sift_v the_o circumstance_n of_o sin_n such_o as_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o person_n the_o quality_n of_o the_o offence_n the_o time_n and_o place_n when_o and_o where_o the_o sin_n be_v commit_v all_o which_o must_v be_v speak_v of_o in_o confession_n he_o also_o appoint_v a_o open_a and_o visible_a place_n for_o shrift_n to_o cut_v off_o all_o occasion_n of_o scandal_n and_o suspicion_n especial_o when_o woman_n make_v their_o approach_n admonish_v that_o priest_n impose_v no_o such_o penance_n to_o the_o wife_n as_o to_o cause_v suspicion_n in_o the_o husband_n to_o be_v careful_a the_o nature_n of_o the_o offence_n 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remission_n of_o sin_n and_o be_v not_o perhaps_o so_o punctual_a for_o private_a particular_a confession_n who_o belief_n that_o prelate_n censure_v for_o erroneous_a by_o the_o same_o man_n be_v ghostly_a father_n under_o a_o great_a penalty_n conjure_v to_o secrecy_n and_o silence_n that_o if_o at_o any_o time_n or_o by_o any_o mean_n or_o upon_o passion_n of_o hatred_n prohibemus_fw-la nullus_fw-la sacerdosirâ_fw-la odio_fw-la metu_fw-la etiam_fw-la mortis_fw-la audeat_fw-la detegere_fw-la quovis_fw-la modo_fw-la alicujus_fw-la conâ—â—ssionem_fw-la signo_fw-la motu_fw-la vel_fw-la verbo_fw-la generaliter_fw-la vel_fw-la specialiter_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la convictus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sine_fw-la spereconciliationis_fw-la non_fw-la immeritò_fw-la debet_fw-la degradari_fw-la lin._n l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n prohibemus_fw-la or_o fear_v of_o death_n shall_v lay_v open_a by_o sign_n motion_n or_o word_n either_o general_o or_o special_o what_o have_v be_v private_o deposit_v in_o confession_n and_o shall_v be_v convict_v thereof_o he_o shall_v be_v degrade_v without_o hope_n of_o reconciliation_n also_o another_o constitution_n of_o the_o same_o man_n do_v for_o the_o revive_n of_o public_a penance_n for_o notorious_a &_o scandalous_a offence_n praeterea_fw-la ut_fw-la peccata_fw-la graviora_fw-la &_o vulgatissimo_fw-la svo_fw-la scandalo_fw-la totam_fw-la commoventia_fw-la civitatem_fw-la sint_fw-la solenni_fw-la poenitentiâ_fw-la castiganda_fw-la lindw_n l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n praeterea_fw-la complain_v that_o by_o the_o neglect_n of_o the_o ancient_a canon_n the_o same_o have_v be_v long_o bury_v in_o oblivion_n whereby_o heinous_a sin_n have_v be_v the_o more_o frequent_v and_o the_o reins_n and_o rigour_n of_o christian_a discipline_n too_o much_o remit_v and_o a_o licet_fw-la a_o lindw_n lib._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remiss_a c._n licet_fw-la four_o for_o the_o substitution_n of_o a_o grave_n and_o 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he_o ordain_v likewise_o to_o confess_v and_o communicate_v three_o time_n a_o year_n viz._n at_o the_o three_o solemn_a feast_n of_o christmas_n easter_n and_o whitsuntide_n and_o to_o prepare_v themselves_o with_o such_o abstinence_n as_o the_o priest_n shall_v prescribe_v confessiones_fw-la prius_fw-la tamen_fw-la se_fw-la praeparent_fw-la per_fw-la aliquam_fw-la abstinentiam_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la faciendam_fw-la vivens_fw-la ab_fw-la ingressu_fw-la ecclefiae_fw-la arceatur_fw-la &_o moriens_fw-la christianâ_fw-la careat_fw-la sepulturâ_fw-la lind._o l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n confessiones_fw-la and_o all_o and_o every_o such_o person_n as_o shall_v not_o come_v to_o confession_n and_o to_o the_o communion_n once_o a_o year_n at_o the_o least_o to_o be_v debar_v from_o enter_v into_o the_o church_n in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o after_o death_n his_o body_n not_o to_o be_v inter_v in_o christian_a burial_n by_o which_o constitution_n we_o 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etc._n etc._n 2._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o danger_n or_o dread_n of_o death_n 3._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o conscience_n if_o a_o man_n heart_n shall_v tell_v he_o that_o he_o have_v present_a need_n of_o confession_n 4._o if_o it_o be_v doubtful_a a_o confessor_n can_v be_v have_v within_o a_o year_n to_o take_v he_o while_o we_o may_v some_o of_o these_o canonical_a reason_n we_o have_v before_o examine_v and_o censure_v these_o be_v ecclesiastical_a constitution_n make_v by_o several_a churchman_n in_o their_o time_n 8.28_o a._n d._n 1533._o a_o book_n of_o religion_n entitle_v article_n devise_v by_o the_o king_n highness_n set_v forth_o a_o reg._n henrici_fw-la 8.28_o but_o when_o henry_n viii_o have_v wrest_v the_o supremacy_n of_o spiritual_a cause_n from_o foreign_a usurpation_n and_o annex_v it_o to_o the_o crown_n then_o for_o essay_n of_o that_o new_a authority_n be_v substitute_v a_o vicegerent_n for_o the_o clergy_n article_n of_o religion_n set_v forth_o and_o say_v 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protestant_n at_o the_o stake_n and_o a_o papist_n at_o the_o jailhouse_n by_o that_o law_n incontinency_n in_o priest_n and_o marriage_n be_v equal_o make_v felony_n and_o death_n in_o their_o person_n either_o to_o use_v the_o sin_n or_o the_o remedy_n and_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o clergy_n otherwise_o a_o privilege_n be_v to_o they_o a_o snare_n and_o that_o offence_n capital_a in_o churchman_n which_o then_o be_v scarce_o criminal_a in_o the_o laity_n