Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	church_n	power_n	remit_v	3,427	5	10.6113	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60278	Sin dismantled, shewing the loathsomnesse thereof, in laying it open by confession; with the remedy for it by repentance & conversion Wherein is set forth the manner how we ought to confess our sins to God and man, with the consiliary decrees from the authority thereof, and for the shewing the necessity of priestly absolution, the removing the disesteem the vulgar have of absolution, setting forth the power of ministers. With an historical relation of the canons concerning confession, and the secret manner of it; also shewing the confessors affections and inclinations. By a late reverend, learned and judicious Divine.	Late reverend, learned and judicious Divine.	1664 (1664)	Wing S3850; ESTC R221495	353,931	367

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 vindictive_a god_n for_o give_v sin_n proper_o and_o effective_o the_o priest_n by_o way_n of_o application_n and_o notice_n as_o also_o dispositive_o qualify_a by_o his_o function_n sinner_n for_o the_o same_o in_o which_o he_o proceed_v as_o a_o subordinate_a cause_n both_o declarative_o and_o operative_o the_o priority_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v on_o earth_n to_o heaven_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o sensible_a apprehension_n in_o the_o penitent_a not_o of_o the_o purpose_n and_o operation_n in_o god_n power_n of_o absolution_n primitive_a in_o god_n in_o his_o minister_n derivative_a and_o delegate_v a_o penitent_a absolve_a himself_o by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n spirit_n in_o what_o sense_n the_o power_n of_o bind_v in_o the_o church_n rather_o privative_a than_o positive_a and_o declarative_a only_o p._n 211._o sect_n ii_o peter_n seize_v of_o the_o key_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o church_n ●ower_n of_o absolution_n confer_v and_o confine_v unto_o priest_n laic_n u_v the_o 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 despotical_a the_o spirit_n of_o judgement_n to_o discern_v and_o determine_v how_o necessary_a for_o priest_n in_o the_o act_n of_o absolution_n father_n make_v priest_n judge_n of_o the_o conscience_n the_o exercise_n of_o the_o key_n 1._o in_o the_o word_n of_o reconciliation_n 2._o in_o prayer_n ancient_a form_n of_o absolution_n express_v in_o a_o deprecative_a manner_n not_o indicative_a 3._o in_o the_o sacrament_n 4._o in_o interdiction_n and_o relaxation_n of_o public_a censure_n key_n abuse_v at_o rome_n dangerous_a to_o sovereign_a majesty_n and_o republic_n the_o superciliousness_n of_o roman_a priest_n in_o usurp_a upon_o divine_a right_n subject_v the_o power_n of_o forgiveness_n in_o god_n to_o their_o arbitrement_n their_o preposterous_a way_n in_o absolve_v first_o and_o afterward_o in_o enjoin_v penan●●_n the_o feign_a virtue_n of_o absolution_n exit_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la destructive_a of_o piety_n and_o penitency_n condition_n requisite_a in_o the_o 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 convenient_a for_o all_o christian_n 1._o when_o visit_v with_o desperate_a disease_n 2._o upon_o the_o undertake_n of_o solemn_a action_n and_o exploit_n accompany_v with_o danger_n and_o mee_v special_a help_n from_o god_n 3._o upon_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o bless_a eucharist_n before_o which_o confession_n to_o the_o priest_n be_v always_o convenient_a and_o sometime_o necessary_a and_o the_o neglect_n thereof_o in_o some_o case_n damnable_a p._n 295._o chap._n xi_o all_o convenient_a secrecy_n apprimely_a requisite_a in_o the_o confessary_a suspicion_n of_o discovery_n a_o great_a enemy_n to_o confession_n sin_n already_o commit_v with_o expression_n of_o grief_n to_o be_v conceal_v the_o schoolman_n bring_v sin_n de_fw-mi futuro_fw-la to_o be_v commit_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o seal_n the_o damnable_a doctrine_n of_o the_o jesuit_n that_o treason_n and_o conspiracy_n yet_o plot_v against_o church_n or_o state_n and_o confess_v to_o the_o priest_n aught_o to_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o privacy_n the_o odious_a consectary_n and_o inconvenience_n thereof_o example_n of_o sundry_a confessor_n reveal_v treason_n detect_v in_o confession_n the_o preservation_n of_o prince_n church_n or_o state_n to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o secrecy_n of_o the_o seal_n sin_n open_v in_o confession_n the_o concealment_n whereof_o compli_v not_o with_o the_o priest_n fidelity_n to_o his_o prince_n and_o country_n to_o be_v discover_v marriage_n in_o the_o clergy_n no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o lawful_a secrecy_n of_o the_o seal_n especial_o if_o the_o penalty_n of_o the_o old_a canon_n against_o the_o violater_n thereof_o shall_v be_v revive_v p._n 300._o chap._n xii_o a_o historical_a relation_n of_o the_o canon_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n concern_v confession_n and_o the_o practice_n thereof_o by_o some_o of_o the_o chief_a member_n in_o the_o same_o p._n 312._o of_o confession_n of_o sin_n προθεωρια_n be_v persuade_v industrious_a reader_n to_o stand_v a_o little_a at_o the_o gate_n and_o receive_v this_o light_n in_o the_o porch_n lest_o a_o scandal_n may_v be_v take_v where_o none_o be_v give_v the_o subject_n the_o author_n of_o this_o ensue_a discourse_n treat_v upon_o be_v a_o duty_n of_o late_a time_n lay_v aside_o and_o which_o through_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o sluggishness_n of_o our_o devotion_n have_v wax_v old_a as_o it_o be_v and_o waste_v itself_o but_o now_o begin_v to_o peep_v out_o from_o under_o a_o cloud_n of_o many_o abuse_n histor_n inertiâ_fw-la caesarum_fw-la quasi_fw-la consenuit_fw-la atque_fw-la decoxit_fw-la nisi_fw-la sub_fw-la trajano_n principe_fw-la movet_fw-la lacertos_fw-la etc._n etc._n florus_n prologue_n histor_n and_o the_o sinew_n thereof_o requickn_v with_o spirit_n and_o motion_n as_o the_o historian_n say_v of_o the_o decay_a empire_n of_o rome_n and_o because_o the_o practice_n thereof_o be_v no_o whit_n plausible_a to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n it_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v oppose_v by_o all_o such_o that_o be_v not_o guide_v by_o the_o spirit_n he_o forsee_v also_o that_o some_o though_o otherwise_o well_o mind_v may_v herein_o be_v contrary-minded_n which_o may_v well_o come_v to_o pass_v by_o not_o look_v narrow_o into_o the_o duty_n itself_o cover_v under_o a_o mass_n of_o inordinance_n and_o thereupon_o cry_v down_o the_o duty_n because_o of_o the_o abuse_n but_o his_o hope_n be_v they_o will_v be_v better_o persuade_v when_o they_o shall_v perceive_v the_o same_o to_o be_v defecate_v and_o disabused_a the_o matter_n itself_o be_v of_o no_o small_a importance_n and_o conduce_v to_o repentance_n for_o sin_n and_o remission_n and_o herein_o a_o great_a and_o learned_a antiquary_n say_v true_o that_o the_o chief_a point_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a state_n and_o function_n be_v take_v up_o in_o repentance_n itself_o 1.10_o ecclesiasticae_fw-la rei_fw-la functionisque_fw-la praecipua_fw-la pars_fw-la poenitenliâ_fw-la ejusque_fw-la usu_fw-la &_o administratione_fw-la continetur_fw-la diony_n petau._n animadvers_fw-la in_o epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 59_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gal._n 1.10_o the_o use_n and_o administration_n thereof_o his_o care_n have_v

by_o our_o priest_n likewise_o 17._o mittit_fw-la christus_fw-la nè_fw-la calumninrentur_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la calv._n nec_fw-la repudiavit_fw-la penitùs_fw-la christus_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la cùm_fw-la de_fw-la leprae_fw-la dijudicatione_fw-la ageretur_fw-la ostende_v te_z inquiens_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la beza_n de_fw-fr presb._n &_o excom_n p._n 17._o why_o then_o do_v christ_n send_v they_o thou_o will_v say_v to_o show_v the_o respect_n he_o bear_v unto_o levi's_fw-la order_n and_o to_o remove_v that_o scandal_n as_o if_o he_o go_v about_o to_o break_v the_o law_n and_o why_o the_o leper_n above_o all_o other_o of_o the_o disease_a be_v send_v to_o christ_n lyra_n give_v two_o reason_n 1._o that_o the_o priest_n may_v testify_v if_o they_o be_v through_o by_o heal_v 17._o 1._o quia_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la debebant_fw-la judicare_fw-la num_fw-la talip_n e●●et_fw-la verè_fw-la curatus_fw-la 2._o quia_fw-la pro_fw-la sva_fw-la emendatione_fw-la tenebatur_fw-la offer_n sacrificium_fw-la determinatum_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la lyr._n in_o luc._n 17._o and_o so_o against_o their_o will_n be_v witness_n of_o the_o leper_n coration_n and_o christ_n miracle_n 2._o to_o offer_v for_o their_o heal_v the_o sacrifice_n appoint_v under_o the_o law_n upon_o other_o errand_n than_o they_o be_v send_v and_o not_o to_o confess_v their_o sin_n remit_v then_o they_o be_v unto_o the_o priest_n for_o trial_n and_o examination_n not_o for_o any_o acknowledgement_n not_o to_o confess_v they_o be_v leper_n but_o to_o make_v it_o apparent_a to_o the_o priest_n first_o and_o by_o the_o priest_n to_o the_o people_n that_o they_o be_v heal_v from_o their_o lepry_n and_o free_v from_o the_o danger_n of_o infect_v it_o be_v the_o priest_n office_n to_o try_v such_o man_n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theophylact_fw-mi in_o luc._n 17._o and_o they_o to_o undergo_v the_o censure_n how_o impertinent_a then_o be_v it_o to_o infer_v a_o divine_a institution_n from_o a_o politic_a ordinance_n calvin_n importuna_fw-la est_fw-la illorum_fw-la allegoria_fw-la qui_fw-la legem_fw-la merè_fw-la politicam_fw-la inter_fw-la ceremonias_fw-la reponunt_fw-la calvin_n and_o to_o make_v a_o law_n of_o state_n to_o become_v a_o typical_a ceremony_n especial_o where_o the_o manner_n and_o end_n be_v so_o different_a edit_fw-la siste_v te_fw-la summo_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la de_fw-la publico_fw-la coetu_fw-la intelligendus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la praeteream_fw-la fieri_fw-la id_fw-la solitum_fw-la magis_fw-la ad_fw-la publicam_fw-la gratiarum_fw-la actionem_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la partae_fw-la sanitatis_fw-la aut_fw-la alterius_fw-la cujuspiam_fw-la beneficii_fw-la judicium_fw-la jac._n rex_fw-la med._n in_o orat._n dom._n p._n 63._o lat_fw-la edit_fw-la for_o in_o auricular_a confession_n the_o sin_n be_v acknowledge_v here_o the_o binefit_n the_o act_n there_o be_v private_a here_o public_a there_o the_o spiritual_a lepry_a be_v reveal_v that_o it_o may_v be_v cure_v here_o after_o the_o cure_n that_o it_o may_v be_v censure_v there_o that_o the_o confess_v sinner_n may_v be_v restore_v to_o the_o saithful_a society_n here_o that_o the_o convict_a leper_n may_v be_v exile_v there_o expose_v as_o a_o example_n of_o devotion_n here_o expel_v upon_o danger_n of_o infection_n there_o penitent_n make_v their_o resort_n to_o receive_v the_o benefit_n and_o here_o the_o leper_n to_o be_v thankful_a for_o the_o benefit_n receive_v this_o show_v therefore_o unto_o the_o priest_n show_v no_o such_o matter_n as_o auricular_a confession_n to_o be_v of_o divine_a right_n and_o institution_n we_o must_v then_o see_v better_a card_n their_o best_a plea_n be_v from_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n 23_o joh._n 20.22_o 23_o who_o sin_n soever_o you_o remit_v they_o be_v remit_v unto_o they_o and_o who_o sin_n soever_o you_o retain_v they_o be_v retain_v word_n of_o a_o pregnant_a sense_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o to_o bring_v forth_o at_o one_o venture_n twin_n two_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n and_o of_o oeder_n that_o christ_n therein_o confer_v a_o power_n to_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n over_o sin_n be_v a_o clear_a truth_n than_o may_v well_o be_v deny_v but_o whether_o such_o a_o power_n over_o conscience_n as_o be_v exercise_v in_o that_o church_n must_v now_o be_v question_v the_o power_n itself_o in_o remit_v and_o retain_v fin_n we_o must_v adjourn_v to_o its_o proper_a place_n and_o must_v for_o the_o present_a examine_v whether_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n in_o themselves_o consider_v or_o by_o necessary_a consequent_a prove_v auricular_a confession_n to_o be_v of_o divine_a right_n and_o institution_n the_o roman_a divine_v insist_v upon_o the_o latter_a and_o endeavour_v by_o necessary_a consequent_a to_o infer_v the_o same_o thus_o such_o as_o have_v fall_v into_o sin_n after_o baptism_n be_v bind_v by_o god_n law_n to_o repent_v thereof_o and_o seek_v to_o be_v reconcile_v unto_o he_o but_o none_o can_v be_v true_o penitnet_n or_o reconcile_v unto_o god_n without_o confession_n of_o sin_n unto_o the_o priest_n which_o assumption_n they_o further_o confirm_v thus_o christ_n have_v institute_v the_o priest_n judge_n upon_o earth_n with_o such_o power_n 2._o christus_fw-la instituit_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la judices_fw-la super_fw-la terram_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la potestate_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la sententia_fw-la nemo_fw-la post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la lapsus_fw-la reconciliari_fw-la potest_fw-la sed_fw-la nequent_a sacerdotes_fw-la judicare_fw-la nisi_fw-la peccata_fw-la cognoscant_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la poenit_fw-la c._n 2._o as_o without_o their_o sentence_n no_o sinner_n after_o his_o baptism_n can_v be_v reconcile_v but_o no_o judge_n can_v pass_v a_o sentence_n upon_o unknown_a sin_n and_o secret_a sin_n can_v be_v know_v but_o by_o confession_n of_o the_o party_n therefore_o they_o conclude_v etc._n etc._n from_o which_o discourse_n thus_o frame_v arise_v in_o their_o opinion_n these_o two_o consectary_n 1._o that_o priest_n be_v institute_v by_o divine_a right_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v of_o sin_n bring_v before_o they_o by_o confession_n 2._o 724._o comme_fw-fr l'institution_n des_fw-fr prestre_n est_fw-fr de_fw-fr droit_fw-fr divine_a pour_fw-fr confesser_n les_fw-fr pecheurs_fw-fr ausi_fw-la est_fw-la bien_fw-fr la_fw-fr confession_n des_fw-fr pechez_n pour_fw-fr estre_fw-fr sait_fw-fr devant_fw-fr ses_fw-fr juges_fw-la &_o comme_fw-fr di●u_fw-fr les_fw-fr a_fw-fr ordonaé_fw-fr &_o commandé_v aux_fw-fr prestre_n d'ouir_fw-fr les_fw-fr confession_n &_o pardonner_fw-fr les_fw-fr pechez_fw-fr ausi_fw-la par_fw-fr la_fw-fr mesme_fw-fr ordonnance_n &_o commandment_n à_fw-fr il_fw-fr oblige_v les_fw-fr fideles_fw-la penitens_fw-la a_fw-fr lieur_fw-fr d●co●urir_fw-fr &_o declarerleurs_fw-fr sautes_fw-la d._n b●ss_n carefme_o tom._n 2_o p._n 724._o that_o sinner_n be_v enjoin_v by_o the_o same_o authority_n to_o appear_v at_o this_o tribunal_n and_o there_o to_o accuse_v themselves_o that_o they_o may_v be_v absolve_v and_o as_o god_n have_v ordain_v and_o command_v priest_n to_o hear_v confession_n and_o to_o pardon_v sin_n so_o by_o the_o same_o ordinance_n and_o command_v his_fw-mi he_o oblige_v the_o believe_a penitent_n to_o discover_v and_o declare_v their_o offence_n no_o argument_n more_o cry_v up_o than_o this_o and_o as_o common_a with_o rome_n proselyte_n as_o water_n in_o tiber_n and_o thou_o have_v it_o good_a reader_n as_o it_o be_v press_v by_o a_o jesuit_n and_o a_o sorbonist_n who_o will_v be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o only_a scribe_n and_o pharisee_n of_o papal_a divinity_n and_o may_v observe_v how_o all_o the_o force_n hang_v but_o upon_o the_o by_o one_o wheel_n move_v another_o that_o if_o the_o least_o flaw_n happen_v in_o any_o one_o the_o motion_n that_o be_v the_o conclusion_n cease_v many_o consequence_n but_o how_o put_v together_o by_o what_o pin_n and_o contignation_n that_o be_v a_o secret_a depinge_fw-la ubi_fw-la sistam_fw-la ult_n persius_n satyr_n ult_n inventus_fw-la crysippe_n tui_fw-la finitor_fw-la acervi_fw-la for_o according_a to_o this_o induction_n without_o confession_n to_o a_o priest_n no_o absolution_n and_o without_o priestly_a absolution_n no_o remission_n and_o without_o remission_n from_o the_o priest_n no_o reconciliation_n with_o god_n or_o thus_o no_o reconcilement_n betwixt_o god_n and_o a_o sinner_n except_o his_o repentance_n be_v sincere_a no_o repentance_n be_v sincere_a till_o the_o priest_n approve_v and_o judge_v it_o to_o be_v so_o no_o priest_n can_v judge_v of_o the_o sincerity_n of_o repentance_n without_o notice_n of_o the_o offence_n and_o notice_n he_o can_v have_v without_o a_o sinner_n confession_n 178._o christus_fw-la certè_fw-la nihil_fw-la horum_fw-la dicit_fw-la in_o sententia_fw-la illa_fw-la joan._n 20_o de_fw-la tali_fw-la judiciario_fw-la processu_fw-la nulla_fw-la syllaba_fw-la 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sententiam_fw-la ferendam_fw-la puta_fw-la quia_fw-la ipsa_fw-la fit_a aliquando_fw-la revocabilis_fw-la si_fw-la quando_fw-la praeter_fw-la l●gem_fw-la divinam_fw-la judicat_fw-la potest_fw-la ergò_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la una_fw-la clavis_fw-la coelum_fw-la aperiendi_fw-la sc_fw-la autoritas_fw-la sententiandi_fw-la particulariter_fw-la &_o non_fw-la irrevocabiliter_fw-la coelum_fw-la esse_fw-la apertum_fw-la scot._n l._n 4._o do_v 19_o sect._n haec_fw-la secunda_fw-la judicial_a authority_n in_o censure_v heaven_n to_o be_v open_a or_o to_o be_v open_v to_o any_o man_n or_o not_o be_v understand_v in_o a_o threefold_a sense_n 1._o as_o the_o most_o principal_a and_o absolute_a reside_v in_o god_n only_o 2._o not_o as_o the_o most_o principal_a but_o a_o very_a excellent_a authority_n appertain_v unto_o christ_n by_o a_o double_a preeminence_n which_o he_o have_v 1._o ●ver_n all_o cause_n as_o one_o who_o know_v all_o man_n heart_n and_o can_v judge_v thereof_o 2._o in_o 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nor_o be_v there_o that_o ecumenical_a jurisdiction_n intitul_a rome_n above_o all_o and_o unto_o all_o nor_o do_v all_o cause_n turn_v upon_o that_o rota_n 3._o that_o there_o be_v no_o mortal_a judge_n either_o ecclesiastical_a or_o civil_a so_o confirm_v in_o justice_n poenit._fw-la clavis_fw-la triplex_fw-la 1._o authoritatis_fw-la &_o istam_fw-la habet_fw-la solus_fw-la d●us_fw-la qui_fw-la solus_fw-la dimittit_fw-la peccata_fw-la authoritatiuè_fw-la 2._o excellentiae_fw-la quam_fw-la solus_fw-la homo_fw-la christus_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la essec●un_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la potest_fw-la dare_v si●e_fw-la sacrameatis_fw-la 3._o clavis_fw-la ministerii_fw-la &_o istam_fw-la clavem_fw-la habent_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la ligant_fw-la &_o solvunt_fw-la raymond_n sum_fw-la tract_n 4._o de_fw-la poenit._fw-la but_o that_o he_o may_v swerve_v and_o deviate_v from_o that_o rule_n nullus_fw-la in_o eccl●sia_n say_v scotus_n in_o the_o church_n no_o not_o one_o but_o have_v a_o will_n subject_a to_o change_v the_o pope_n then_o that_o boast_v of_o the_o infallibility_n of_o his_o key_n either_o be_v not_o of_o the_o church_n or_o above_o it_o and_o as_o this_o schoolman_n have_v express_v the_o differential_a property_n of_o these_o key_n so_o a_o canonist_n the_o several_a title_n and_o person_n to_o who_o they_o appertain_v the_o key_n say_v he_o be_v tripartite_a 1._o of_o authority_n and_o that_o be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n alone_o who_o only_o forgive_v sin_n with_o authority_n 2._o of_o excellency_n which_o the_o man_n christ_n have_v insomuch_o that_o he_o without_o the_o sacrament_n can_v confer_v the_o effect_n and_o benefit_n of_o the_o sacrament_n 3._o of_o the_o ministry_n and_o this_o key_n be_v in_o the_o custody_n of_o the_o priest_n by_o virtue_n whereof_o they_o bound_v and_o loose_v the_o church_n then_o must_v rest_v content_v and_o good_a cause_n she_o have_v so_o to_o do_v with_o this_o ministerial_a key_n for_o the_o first_o authentical_a key_n posuit_fw-la pater_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la sva_fw-la the_o father_n have_v put_v in_o his_o own_o power_n for_o the_o excellent_a key_n omnem_fw-la potes●atem_fw-la dedit_fw-la filio_fw-la he_o have_v give_v that_o power_n to_o his_o son_n and_o for_o the_o ministerial_a key_n habemus_fw-la thesaurum_fw-la istum_fw-la in_o vasis_fw-la fi●●ilibus_fw-la 4.7_o 2_o cor._n 4.7_o we_o poor_a clergyman_n be_v rich_a in_o this_o treasure_n the_o vessel_n contain_v the_o same_o be_v earthly_a but_o the_o key_n be_v from_o the_o lord_n and_o heavenly_a the_o excellency_n of_o this_o power_n be_v from_o god_n the_o ministry_n from_o we_o only_o and_o that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o accomplish_v any_o thing_n as_o from_o ourselves_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theophil_n com._n in_o 1_o cor._n 4._o but_o that_o every_o one_o who_o see_v it_o may_v say_v it_o be_v whole_o of_o god_n nip_a withal_o the_o false_a apostle_n who_o ascribe_v all_o 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the_o order_n for_o the_o visitation_n of_o the_o sick_a the_o say_v particular_a absolution_n be_v read_v his_o majesty_n exceed_o well_o approve_v it_o add_v that_o it_o be_v apostolical_a and_o a_o very_a good_a ordinance_n in_o that_o it_o be_v give_v in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n to_o one_o that_o desire_v it_o upon_o the_o clear_n of_o his_o conscience_n and_o herein_o the_o english_a church_n be_v associate_v by_o her_o sister_n church_n of_o the_o reformation_n the_o augustan_n confession_n the_o church_n ought_v to_o impart_v absolution_n unto_o such_o as_o have_v recourse_n unto_o repentance_n 12._o ecclesia_fw-la redeuntibus_fw-la ad_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la impertire_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la debeat_fw-la harm_n confess_v s._n 8._o &_o quòd_fw-la absolutio_fw-la privata_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la retinenda_fw-la sit_fw-la ib._n art_n 12._o and_o that_o private_a absolution_n be_v to_o be_v retain_v in_o the_o church_n 5._o absolutionem_fw-la ex_fw-la potestate_fw-la clavium_fw-la &_o remissione_n peccatorum_fw-la per_fw-la ministerium_fw-la evangelii_n à_fw-la christo_fw-la institutum_fw-la singuli_fw-la expetere_fw-la possint_fw-la &_o à_fw-la deo_fw-la svo_fw-la consequi_fw-la se_fw-la sciant_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la haec_fw-la à_fw-la ministris_fw-la eye_n praestantur_fw-la accipere_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la tanquam_fw-la rem_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la ad_fw-la commodandum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la &_o salutariter_fw-la inserviendum_fw-la institutam_fw-la cum_fw-la siducia_fw-la debeant_fw-la &_o remissione_n peccatorum_fw-la sine_fw-la dubitatione_n frui_fw-la secundum_fw-la verbum_fw-la domini_fw-la cui_fw-la peccata_fw-la remiseris_fw-la remittuntur_fw-la harmon_n confess_v c._n 5._o the_o church_n of_o bohemia_n all_o person_n may_v special_o crave_v absolution_n from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n through_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o gospel_n institute_v by_o christ_n and_o may_v know_v for_o certain_a that_o they_o obtain_v the_o same_o from_o their_o god_n and_o when_o it_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o minister_n unto_o they_o they_o ought_v to_o receive_v it_o at_o their_o hand_n with_o confidence_n as_o a_o thing_n institute_v by_o god_n and_o serve_v for_o their_o profit_n and_o salvation_n thereby_o enjoy_v beyond_o all_o question_n forgiveness_n of_o sin_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n who_o sin_n thou_o forgive_v they_o be_v forgive_v and_o the_o saxon_a church_n we_o affirm_v the_o rite_n of_o private_a absolution_n to_o be_v retain_v in_o the_o church_n 16._o affirmamus_fw-la ritum_fw-la privatae_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la retinendum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o constant_a retinemus_fw-la propter_fw-la multas_fw-la grave_n causas_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o commonefacere_fw-la nos_fw-la absolutio_fw-la debet_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la confirma●e_fw-la sicut_fw-la confirmabatur_fw-la david_n audita_fw-la absolutione_n dominus_fw-la abstulit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la tuum_fw-la ità_fw-la tu_fw-la scias_fw-la voc●m_fw-la evangelii_n tibi_fw-la quoque_fw-la annunciare_fw-la remissionem_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o absolutione_n tibi_fw-la nominatim_fw-la proponitur_fw-la non_fw-la fingas_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la pertinere_fw-la evangelium_fw-la sed_fw-la scias_fw-la ideò_fw-la editum_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la salventur_fw-la homines_fw-la side_n amplectentes_fw-la evangelium_fw-la &_o mandatum_fw-la dei_fw-la aeternum_fw-la &_o immotumm_n esse_fw-la ut_fw-la ei_fw-la credas_fw-la art_n 16._o and_o we_o for_o many_o weighty_a cause_n constant_o retain_v the_o same_o of_o this_o belief_n absolution_n ought_v to_o admonish_v we_o and_o to_o confirm_v the_o same_o as_o david_n be_v upon_o the_o hear_n of_o his_o absolution_n the_o lord_n have_v take_v away_o thy_o sin_n so_o may_v thou_o perceive_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o declare_v unto_o thou_o also_o forgiveness_n which_o by_o name_n be_v propose_v unto_o thou_o in_o absolution_n 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thou_o verse_n o_o lord_n hear_v my_o prayer_n ans_fw-fr and_o let_v my_o cry_n come_v unto_o thou_o verse_n the_o lord_n be_v with_o you_o ans_fw-fr and_o with_o thy_o spirit_n the_o prayer_n o_o god_n who_o property_n be_v ever_o to_o have_v mercy_n and_o to_o forgive_v receive_v our_o humble_a petition_n that_o this_o thy_o servant_n who_o the_o chain_n of_o excommunication_n bind_v the_o pitifulness_n of_o thy_o great_a mercy_n may_v absolve_v through_o christ_n our_o lord_n then_o say_v i_o absolve_v thou_o from_o the_o bond_n of_o excommunication_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n and_o according_o in_o the_o new_a as_o well_o as_o ancient_a ritual_n of_o the_o latin_a church_n the_o form_n of_o absolution_n be_v express_v in_o the_o three_o person_n deprecative_o as_o if_o it_o proceed_v from_o god_n and_o not_o indicative_o in_o the_o first_o person_n as_o if_o it_o proceed_v from_o the_o priest_n himself_o thus_o almighty_a god_n be_v merciful_a unto_o thou_o and_o forgive_v thou_o all_o thy_o sin_n past_a 1530._o misereatur_fw-la tui_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o dimittat_fw-la tibi_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatatua_n praeterita_fw-la praesentia_fw-la &_o futura_fw-la quae_fw-la commisisti_fw-la coram_fw-la eo_fw-la &_o sanctis_fw-la ejus_fw-la quae_fw-la confessus_fw-la es_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la

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 ant●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 the_o absolution_n prescribe_v for_o use_n in_o the_o liturgy_n of_o our_o church_n as_o savour_v of_o more_o modesty_n and_o less_o superciliousness_n and_o that_o none_o of_o god_n glory_n may_v be_v think_v to_o cleave_v unto_o the_o minister_n finger_n for_o instance_n in_o the_o general_a absolution_n upon_o the_o confession_n of_o sin_n at_o the_o entrance_n of_o god_n worship_n he_o pardon_v and_o absolve_v all_o such_o as_o true_o repent_v they_o of_o their_o sin_n england_n form_n of_o absolution_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o unfeigned_o believe_v his_o holy_a gospel_n wherefore_o we_o beseech_v he_o to_o grant_v we_o true_a repentance_n etc._n etc._n and_o after_o a_o general_a confession_n of_o sin_n premise_v by_o the_o communicant_n the_o minister_n or_o bishop_n if_o present_a turn_a himself_o unto_o the_o people_n say_v almighty_a god_n our_o heavenly_a father_n who_o for_o his_o great_a mercy_n have_v promise_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n to_o all_o such_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 app●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.●ur_fw-fr ●ur_z baptizatis_fw-la si_fw-la p●r_fw-la hominem_fw-la pecca●a_fw-la dimi●●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 ho●_n j●s_fw-la sibi_fw-la datum_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la vendicent_fw-la unum_fw-la in_o utro●_n m●aist●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 efficientiae_fw-la privilegium_fw-la manet_fw-la cypr._n tract_n de_fw-mi bapt_v chr._n whether_o it_o be_v give_v by_o baptism_n or_o by_o other_o sacrament_n be_v proper_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o privilege_n of_o effect_v this_o remain_v unto_o he_o alone_o so_o much_o for_o the_o three_o mean_v wherein_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v exercise_v viz._n in_o the_o due_a administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n censure_n 4._o by_o excommunication_n &_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n the_o four_o and_o last_o thing_n wherein_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v discern_v consist_v in_o the_o interdiction_n and_o relaxation_n of_o public_a censure_n therefore_o divine_v refer_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o key_n make_v unto_o peter_n matth._n 16._o to_o the_o ministry_n and_o preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n 2._o illa_fw-la deligando_fw-la &_o solvendo_fw-la petro_n facta_fw-la promissio_fw-la non_fw-la aliò_fw-la debet_fw-la r●s●●●i_fw-la qu●m_fw-la ad_fw-la u●●bi_fw-la ministerium_fw-la locus_fw-la matth._n 18._o ad_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la excommunicatiom_n p●rtinet_fw-la quae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la promissa_fw-la est_fw-la calvin_n instit_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 11._o sect._n 1_o 2._o and_o the_o mention_n of_o the_o key_n to_o be_v grant_v again_o matth._n 18._o to_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n and_o excommunication_n the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n be_v

exhomologesis_n divers_a kind_n of_o confession_n public_a penance_n of_o apostolical_a practice_n the_o austerity_n thereof_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n order_n thereof_o prescribe_v in_o the_o day_n of_o cyprian_a and_o ambrose_n divers_a example_n of_o public_a penitent_n the_o solemn_a practic_n thereof_o in_o record_n of_o the_o church_n sinner_n admit_v but_o once_o to_o solemn_a penance_n actual_a reconciliation_n deny_v by_o the_o church_n to_o lapse_v sinner_n no_o renew_n unto_o repentance_n how_o understand_v in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n four_o station_n observe_v by_o the_o ancient_a penitent_n the_o restore_n of_o this_o discipline_n much_o desire_v i_o have_v touch_v in_o the_o former_a passage_n how_o repentance_n begin_v to_o be_v place_v in_o the_o exercise_n and_o practic_a part_n thereof_o as_o the_o subdue_a of_o the_o body_n with_o austerity_n of_o food_n and_o raiment_n by_o which_o external_a mean_n man_n rather_o come_v to_o the_o notice_n of_o 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heart_n can_v be_v make_v know_v unto_o man_n without_o some_o sensible_a sign_n therefore_o as_o saint_n james_n call_v upon_o the_o professor_n 2.18_o james_n 2.18_o show_v i_o thy_o faith_n by_o thy_o work_n so_o do_v the_o ancient_a disciplinarian_o show_v we_o your_o repentance_n by_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o now_o this_o evidence_n and_o demonstration_n consist_v in_o the_o undergo_n of_o a_o outward_a humiliation_n according_a to_o the_o penitential_a canon_n then_o in_o force_n of_o which_o discipline_n there_o be_v several_a degree_n tertul._n nomine_fw-la poenitentium_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la soli_fw-la publici_fw-la poenitentes_fw-la intelligi_fw-la solebant_fw-la bell._n l._n 2._o de_fw-la poenit_fw-la c._n 14._o p._n 1403._o ministerium_fw-la ejus_fw-la tertul._n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o offence_n and_o this_o the_o ancient_n call_v exhomologesis_n for_o as_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n they_o only_o be_v name_v penitent_n that_o undergo_v the_o public_a prescript_n thereof_o so_o public_a penance_n be_v comprehend_v under_o that_o title_n as_o the_o ministerial_a part_n thereof_o for_o what_o be_v it_o else_o but_o a_o public_a manifesto_fw-la and_o declaration_n of_o sin_n join_v with_o a_o submission_n to_o open_a penance_n and_o shame_n insomuch_o that_o the_o jesuit_n themselves_o confess_v that_o exhomologesis_n be_v a_o word_n of_o such_o latitude_n 5._o apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la nomine_fw-la exhomologesis_n interdum_fw-la non_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la sola_fw-la confessio_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la contritio_fw-la &_o satisfactio_fw-la bel._n de_fw-fr poen_fw-mi l._n 2._o c._n 5._o and_o use_v with_o the_o old_a doctor_n as_o to_o comprehend_v contrition_n and_o satisfaction_n as_o well_o as_o vocal_a confession_n only_o and_o express_o that_o cyprian_a thereby_o mean_v not_o that_o 233._o exhomologesis_n apud_fw-la cyprian_n sacram●ntalem_fw-la ut_fw-la vocant_fw-la confessionem_fw-la non_fw-la significat_fw-la d._n petavius_n animadvers_fw-la ad_fw-la epiphanium_fw-la she_o 49._o p._n 233._o which_o they_o term_v sacramental_a upon_o good_a ground_n than_o erasmus_n first_o and_o after_o he_o chemnitius_n have_v observe_v how_o divers_a divine_v not_o advise_o consider_v what_o the_o old_a doctor_n say_v be_v deceive_v or_o else_o have_v a_o purpose_n to_o deceive_v in_o their_o allegation_n for_o what_o the_o father_n speak_v of_o a_o general_a 187._o pontificii_fw-la quae_fw-la propria_fw-la sunt_fw-la huius_fw-la confessionis_fw-la ea_fw-la transferunt_fw-la &_o tribuunt_fw-la auriculari_fw-la suae_fw-la enumerationi_fw-la chemnis_n exam_fw-la part_n 2._o p._n 187._o and_o open_a exhomologesis_n that_o they_o wrest_v by_o and_o by_o to_o a_o secret_a and_o privy_a kind_n of_o confession_n as_o it_o be_v now_o use_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o cut_v off_o all_o ambiguity_n we_o shall_v therefore_o in_o a_o table_n both_o for_o brevity_n and_o perspicuity_n represent_v the_o several_a kind_n and_o use_n of_o confession_n 80._o confessio_fw-la laudis_fw-la confessio_fw-la fraudis_fw-la aug._n hom_n 8._o sup_n verb._n huius_fw-la psal_n 30.4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n in_o psal_n 29._o p._n 80._o by_o which_o draught_n the_o reader_n may_v be_v instruct_v to_o what_o head_n and_o place_v such_o testimony_n produce_v by_o such_o divine_n may_v be_v just_o refer_v exhomologesis_n then_o be_v a_o confession_n of_o laud_n and_o thanksgiving_n as_o well_o as_o of_o fraud_n and_o iniquity_n and_o so_o basil_n upon_o psal_n 29._o as_o the_o lxxii_o number_n it_o give_v thanks_o unto_o the_o memorial_n of_o his_o holiness_n confess_v that_o be_v to_o say_v give_v thanks_o for_o confession_n there_o be_v take_v for_o give_v of_o thanks_o this_o kind_n of_o confession_n be_v much_o to_o the_o purpose_n but_o not_o to_o the_o present_a that_o of_o fraud_n and_o sin_n be_v most_o proper_a to_o a_o penitent_a as_o a_o recognition_n of_o his_o own_o unworthiness_n 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public_a also_o discat_fw-la ommes_fw-fr crimen_fw-la sciebant_fw-la publicè_fw-la enim_fw-la novercal_n svam_fw-la loco_fw-la uxoris_fw-la habebat_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la re_fw-la neque_fw-la testibus_fw-la opus_fw-la erat_fw-la neque_fw-la tergiversatione_fw-la aliquae_fw-la tegi_fw-la poterat_fw-la crimen_fw-la ambr._n on_o 1_o cor._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n ut_fw-la pudore_fw-la &_o tristitia_fw-la sapere_fw-la discat_fw-la and_o that_o penance_n be_v for_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o flesh_n that_o satan_n shall_v afflict_v his_o body_n as_o he_o do_v job_n paul_n will_n be_v that_o the_o flesh_n be_v the_o sink_n of_o lust_n shall_v thereby_o be_v tame_v and_o humble_v that_o sorrow_n and_o shame_n may_v teach_v he_o better_o manner_n this_o censure_n be_v put_v in_o execution_n according_a to_o his_o direction_n in_o the_o first_o epistle_n now_o after_o some_o time_n and_o good_a experience_n of_o his_o contrition_n and_o tear_n 2.6_o 2_o cor._n 2.6_o the_o apostle_n write_v again_o in_o his_o second_o epistle_n therein_o approve_v of_o his_o punishment_n so_o solemn_o impose_v and_o undertake_v for_o sufficient_a and_o acquaint_v the_o church_n there_o that_o he_o be_v not_o yield_v

5._o in_o hac_fw-la sententia_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la illa_fw-la discretio_fw-la ut_fw-la quotidiana_fw-la l●viaque_fw-la peccata_fw-la inuicem_fw-la coaequalibus_fw-la confiteamur_fw-la eorúmque_fw-la quotidianâ_fw-la credamus_fw-la oratione_fw-la salvari_fw-la porrò_fw-la gravioris_fw-la leprae_fw-la immundi●i●m_fw-la juxta_fw-la l●gem_fw-la sac●rdoti_n pandamus_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la ejus_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la qualiter_fw-la &_o quanto_fw-la tempore_fw-la jusscrit_fw-fr purificari_fw-la curemus_fw-la bed_n com._n in_o jac._n 5._o and_o believe_v to_o be_v holpen_v by_o their_o d●ily_a prayer_n whereas_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o a_o foul_a leprosy_n we_o shall_v according_a to_o the_o law_n unfold_v unto_o the_o priest_n and_o as_o he_o shall_v determine_v to_o endeavour_v our_o purification_n after_o such_o manner_n and_o time_n as_o he_o shall_v appoint_v but_o the_o cardinal_n fix_v upon_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o for_o another_o and_o one_o to_o another_o and_o contend_v that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v as_o the_o consequence_n of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o scripture_n or_o rather_o of_o his_o impertinent_a gloss_n shall_v require_v haec_fw-la voces_fw-la ill●e_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la &_o inuicem_fw-la accipiendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la prout_fw-la exigit_fw-la consaqu●ntia_fw-la verborum_fw-la scripturae_fw-la divinae_fw-la confitemini_fw-la homines_fw-la hominibus_fw-la qui_fw-la absolution_n indigetis_fw-la illis_fw-la qui_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habent_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 4._o sect._n sed_fw-la haec_fw-la insomuch_o that_o confess_v one_o to_o another_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o you_o man_n that_o need_v absolution_n to_o such_o man_n that_o have_v the_o power_n of_o absolve_v a_o very_a discreet_a comment_n and_o which_o will_v settle_v the_o practice_n of_o his_o church_n throughout_o in_o the_o point_n of_o penance_n thus_o confess_v you_o that_o have_v commit_v lesser_a sin_n and_o have_v less_o money_n to_o pay_v fee_n to_o your_o sir_n john_n at_o home_n but_o you_o who_o sin_n be_v ripe_a and_o purse_n full_a to_o commute_v unto_o the_o bishop_n and_o purchase_v absolution_n from_o his_o consistory_n but_o you_o who_o sin_n be_v of_o a_o deep_a grain_n and_o yourselves_o of_o vast_a possession_n gang_n you_o on_o pilgrimage_n to_o rome_n as_o a_o dainty_a reserve_v for_o his_o holiness_n and_o remember_v to_o carry_v something_o with_o you_o beside_o your_o pilgrims-staff_n and_o habit_n 4.9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o pet._n 4.9_o for_o fear_v you_o prove_v unworthy_a of_o papal_a absolution_n all_o these_o gloss_n be_v warrant_v by_o that_o liberty_n of_o interpretation_n the_o cardinal_n have_v here_o take_v to_o himself_o which_o to_o maintain_v he_o will_v feign_v paraphrase_n with_o a_o place_n in_o p●ter_n viz._n use_v hospitality_n one_o to_o another_o without_o grudge_v that_o be_v ib._n eos_n qui_fw-la tecto_fw-la indigeat_fw-la hospitio_fw-la recipiendos_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la domum_fw-la habent_fw-la imperitos_fw-la à_fw-la doctis_fw-la instruendos_fw-la agrotos_fw-la à_fw-la medicis_n cucandos_fw-mi siam_fw-it qui_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la vinculis_fw-la constricti_fw-la tenentur_fw-la ad_fw-la choose_fw-la acced●re_fw-la deb●nt_fw-la quibus_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la solve_v it_o be_v etc._n etc._n id_fw-la ib._n not_o all_o to_o use_v hospitality_n promiscuous_o but_o those_o that_o be_v able_a to_o those_o that_o be_v in_o want_n so_o instruct_v one_o another_o that_o be_v the_o doctor_n the_o unlearned_a so_o heal_v one_o another_o that_o be_v the_o physician_n the_o sick_a so_o confess_v you_o that_o be_v hold_v with_o the_o bond_n of_o sin_n to_o such_o to_o who_o it_o be_v say_v who_o sin_n soever_o you_o shall_v loose_v etc._n etc._n thus_o the_o jesuit_n but_o sophistical_o for_o the_o former_a instance_n be_v 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consolation_n so_o this_o be_v my_o commandment_n that_o you_o love_v one_o another_o all_o christian_n than_o be_v tie_v to_o reciprocal_a love_n because_o the_o precept_n bind_v all_o and_o so_o in_o this_o present_a place_n to_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o be_v a_o universal_a duty_n of_o all_o christian_n and_o that_o one_o christian_a may_v the_o better_a pray_v for_o another_o the_o apostle_n advice_n be_v to_o confess_v the_o sin_n which_o lie_v heavy_a upon_o the_o conscience_n to_o another_o christian_a to_o enable_v and_o instruct_v he_o the_o better_a to_o procure_v of_o god_n by_o prayer_n that_o which_o thou_o seek_v ease_n and_o refreshment_n as_o every_o christian_a therefore_o have_v or_o shall_v have_v the_o gift_n to_o pray_v for_o another_o so_o have_v he_o the_o capacity_n to_o receive_v the_o confession_n of_o another_o this_o i_o say_v true_o understand_v pro_fw-la distributione_n accommoda_fw-la will_v bring_v to_o light_v the_o jesuit_n sophistry_n and_o show_v how_o vain_a his_o instance_n be_v to_o uphold_v his_o fancy_n bishop_n fisher_n a_o cardinal_n as_o well_o as_o he_o although_o his_o head_n go_v off_o before_o his_o hat_n go_v on_o but_o of_o great_a conscience_n in_o handle_v of_o scripture_n contradict_v not_o the_o former_a sense_n of_o confession_n to_o a_o lay-brother_n 139._o quòd_fw-la si_fw-la quispiam_fw-la contendat_fw-la sensisse_fw-la jacobum_fw-la quod_fw-la frater_fw-la fratri_fw-la cuivis_fw-la debeat_fw-la confiteri_fw-la nihil_fw-la moror_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la mihi_fw-la donaverit_fw-la quod_fw-la alteri_fw-la cviquam_fw-la omninò_fw-la quàm_fw-la deo_fw-la sit_fw-la confitendum_fw-la roffens_n contr_n luther_n art_n 8._o pag._n 139._o and_o be_v content_v to_o approve_v thereof_o so_o it_o may_v be_v grant_v he_o from_o thence_o and_o he_o have_v a_o hard_a heart_n that_o will_v not_o that_o confession_n may_v be_v make_v to_o another_o beside_o god_n only_o and_o this_o all_o the_o conclusion_n according_a to_o lyra_n that_o from_o hence_o may_v be_v deduct_v how_o 5._o exit_fw-la quo_fw-la pater_fw-la quod_fw-la confessio_fw-la deb●t_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la deo_fw-la sed_fw-la homini_fw-la lyra._n in_o jac._n 5._o it_o be_v manifest_v that_o confession_n ought_v to_o be_v make_v not_o to_o god_n only_o but_o to_o man_n also_o and_o to_o that_o end_n i_o produce_v it_o in_o the_o next_o place_n such_o testimony_n of_o the_o father_n shall_v be_v allege_v which_o speak_v confession_n to_o be_v make_v unto_o other_o over_z and_o above_o that_o which_o the_o penitent_a make_v unto_o god_n origen_n expound_v those_o word_n a_o sword_n shall_v pass_v through_o thy_o heart_n that_o the_o thought_n of_o many_o may_v be_v reveal_v write_v thus_o there_o be_v in_o man_n evil_a thought_n which_o to_o this_o end_n be_v reveal_v 145._o cogitationes_fw-la erant_fw-la malae_fw-la in_o hominibus_fw-la quae_fw-la propterea_fw-la revelatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la 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ait_fw-la ecce_fw-la delebo_fw-la ut_fw-la nubem_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la tuas_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la caliginem_fw-la peccata_fw-la tua_fw-la origen_n tom_fw-mi 6._o hom_n 17._o in_o luc._n pag._n 145._o that_o be_v publish_v they_o may_v be_v lose_v and_o be_v as_o if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v and_o be_v dead_a cease_v to_o have_v be_v and_o that_o he_o may_v kill_v they_o who_o for_o we_o be_v kill_v for_o so_o long_o as_o our_o thought_n be_v hide_v and_o not_o bring_v forth_o it_o be_v impossible_a

ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la cùm_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la afflictis_fw-la conscientiis_fw-la unicum_fw-la remedium_fw-la luther_n cap._n babyl_n tom_fw-mi 6._o fol._n 109._o our_o church_n have_v ever_o most_o sound_o maintain_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o doctrine_n and_o again_o very_o there_o be_v not_o any_o mean_v more_o excellent_a to_o humble_v a_o proud_a heart_n nor_o to_o raise_v up_o a_o humble_a spirit_n than_o this_o spiritual_a conference_n betwixt_o the_o pastor_n and_o his_o people_n commit_v to_o his_o charge_n 766._o pag._n 766._o if_o any_o sin_n trouble_v thy_o conscience_n confess_v it_o unto_o god_n minister_n ask_v his_o counsel_n and_o if_o thou_o do_v true_o repent_v receive_v his_o absolution_n and_o than_o doubt_v not_o but_o in_o foro_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la thy_o sin_n be_v as_o real_o forgive_v on_o earth_n as_o if_o thou_o do_v hear_v christ_n himself_o in_o foro_fw-la judicii_fw-la pronounce_v they_o to_o be_v forgive_v in_o heaven_n 10.16_o luke_n 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god_n and_o the_o pope_n have_v but_o one_o consistory_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o always_o of_o one_o mind_n and_o if_o christ_n confirm_v not_o in_o heaven_n the_o sentence_n of_o his_o vicar_n on_o earth_n we_o may_v well_o doubt_v if_o every_o sir_n john_n absolution_n discharge_v we_o before_o god_n and_o if_o the_o pope_n key_n may_v err_v in_o his_o own_o case_n we_o may_v suspect_v their_o integrity_n in_o other_o man_n and_o so_o we_o see_v the_o second_o link_n in_o this_o sorite_n be_v feeble_a and_o apt_a to_o be_v break_v for_o all_o this_o let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o sin_n must_v be_v full_o open_v before_o the_o priest_n can_v proceed_v to_o sentence_n and_o that_o he_o can_v not_o proceed_v amiss_o in_o the_o sentence_n of_o absolution_n and_o pardon_n yet_o except_o god_n have_v make_v over_o the_o hear_n of_o all_o sin_n unto_o his_o priest_n 176._o illa_fw-la potestas_fw-la remittendi_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la intelligenda_fw-la est_fw-la data_fw-la 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tamen_fw-la neutrum_fw-la est_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la necessarium_fw-la nec_fw-la est_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la de_fw-fr isto_fw-la vel_fw-la isto_fw-la recipiendo_fw-la sint_fw-la quatuor_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la quorum_fw-la quilibet_fw-la habet_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la istum_fw-la peccatorem_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la tenetur_fw-la peccator_fw-la se_fw-la cuilibet_fw-la submittere_fw-la sedillorum_fw-la uni_fw-la cvi_fw-la voluerit_fw-la scot._n supr_fw-la then_o that_o this_o be_v a_o good_a and_o profitable_a ordinance_n institute_v by_o christ_n yet_o not_o necessary_a to_o be_v observe_v for_o instance_n whereof_o confirmation_n and_o extreme_a unction_n which_o go_v for_o sacrament_n at_o rome_n as_o well_o as_o penance_n both_o must_v be_v think_v to_o be_v of_o divine_a institution_n yet_o neither_o adjudge_v necessary_a nor_o be_v there_o say_v this_o schoolman_n any_o precept_n urge_v the_o use_n thereof_o so_o here_o arbitrator_n be_v appoint_v in_o case_n of_o conscience_n but_o no_o express_a command_n for_o any_o to_o submit_v to_o that_o arbitration_n pose_v le_z case_z there_o be_v 4._o priest_n with_o equal_a power_n of_o absolution_n yet_o a_o penitent_a be_v in_o place_n be_v not_o tie_v to_o submit_v to_o any_o one_o but_o to_o who_o he_o please_v here_o be_v then_o a_o judgment-seat_n erect_v a_o judge_n set_v upon_o the_o bench_z with_o commission_z to_o hear_v and_o determine_v of_o all_o sin_n and_o yet_o no_o sinner_n compel_v to_o come_v in_o but_o such_o as_o please_v it_o seem_v scotus_n hold_v the_o word_n of_o christ_n to_o invest_v the_o priest_n with_o the_o power_n of_o a_o judge_n and_o arbiter_n in_o the_o case_n of_o sin_n to_o he_o that_o voluntary_o submit_v to_o that_o tribunal_n but_o withal_o that_o the_o word_n command_v not_o sinner_n to_o consent_v and_o subject_n themselves_o precise_o to_o that_o jurisdiction_n at_o caesar_n judgement_n seat_n paul_n stand_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v 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 priest_n be_v constitute_v a_o judge_n in_o such_o case_n that_o peradventure_o be_v true_a but_o then_o he_o be_v fallible_a and_o often_o err_v in_o judgement_n 3._o the_o priest_n remit_v sin_n that_o be_v true_a in_o a_o good_a sense_n but_o god_n remit_v more_o proper_o and_o more_o than_o he_o and_o many_o more_o without_o he_o 4._o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n be_v up_o the_o judge_n enable_v with_o authority_n and_o be_v present_a at_o the_o bench_n to_o hear_v true_a but_o liberty_n be_v leave_v to_o christian_n to_o resort_v or_o not_o to_o submit_v or_o not_o to_o that_o jurisdiction_n thus_o this_o master-proof_n hang_v together_o like_o a_o rope_n of_o sand_n for_o the_o matter_n itself_o i_o suppose_v great_a be_v the_o authority_n which_o christ_n in_o this_o place_n have_v put_v his_o priest_n in_o and_o to_o great_a purpose_n questionless_a as_o in_o due_a time_n may_v appear_v and_o great_a care_n be_v to_o be_v take_v by_o such_o that_o depend_v upon_o they_o 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 t●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 permi●tit_fw-la judicium_fw-la longobardus_fw-la inclinat_fw-la ad_fw-la necessitat●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 firmament●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 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to_o come_v by_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n without_o actual_a confession_n namely_o contrition_n of_o heart_n whereupon_o the_o sin_n be_v forgive_v before_o the_o sinner_n can_v confess_v unto_o the_o priest_n and_o for_o that_o confession_n prerequire_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n according_a to_o the_o more_o probable_a opinion_n by_o a_o antecedent_n sorrow_n and_o by_o reason_n whereof_o sin_n be_v never_o forgive_v by_o confession_n but_o be_v presuppose_v by_o it_o thou_o will_v reply_v how_o biel_n speak_v of_o actual_a confession_n and_o not_o of_o potential_a or_o the_o purpose_n and_o resolution_n in_o the_o heart_n to_o confess_v which_o be_v ever_o concomitant_a with_o contrition_n i_o answer_v holy_a vow_n and_o purpose_n not_o reduce_v into_o act_n be_v in_o themselves_o of_o no_o worth_n but_o in_o case_n where_o they_o shall_v earnest_o be_v endeavour_v to_o be_v put_v in_o act_n and_o to_o be_v effect_v but_o the_o ability_n be_v want_v or_o disappoint_v by_o some_o 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auricular_a confession_n leave_v out_o some_o inducement_n these_o but_o no_o ncessary_a prescription_n furthermore_o say_v gabriel_n if_o we_o will_v narrow_o and_o circumspect_o listen_v unto_o the_o virtue_n of_o confession_n ib._n si_fw-mi sunditùs_fw-la attendimus_fw-la vi●tutem_fw-la conf●ssionis_fw-la ipsa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la instituta_fw-la saltem_fw-la in_fw-la actu_fw-la tanquam_fw-la necessaria_fw-la remissioni_fw-la p●ccatorum_fw-la sed_fw-la hanc_fw-la praesupponit_fw-la sed_fw-la propter_fw-la tri●_n instituta_fw-la est_fw-la 1._o so_o ut_fw-la p●ccator_fw-la innotescat_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tanquam_fw-la absolutus_fw-la 2._o ut_fw-la certa_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la poena_fw-la peccati_fw-la tollitur_fw-la à_fw-la confessore_fw-la ●mpon●tur_fw-la 3._o ut_fw-la poenae_fw-la pars_fw-la virtute_fw-la sacramentalis_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la remittatur_fw-la gab._n bicl_n ib._n it_o be_v not_o institute_v at_o least_o in_o act_n as_o necessary_a for_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n but_o that_o ●t_a suppose_v but_o it_o be_v ordain_v for_o three_o other_o purpose_n 1._o that_o the_o finner_n may_v appear_v unto_o the_o church_n to_o be_v absolve_v 2._o that_o a_o certain_a satisfaction_n may_v be_v impose_v by_o the_o confessor_n whereby_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n may_v be_v take_v off_o 3._o and_o that_o a_o part_n of_o the_o punishment_n may_v be_v remit_v by_o priestly_a absolution_n grave_a consideration_n and_o weighty_a sure_a but_o the_o scale_n must_v then_o hang_v at_o rome_n to_o weight_n they_o in_o else_o with_o we_o on_o this_o side_n of_o the_o alps_n they_o will_v be_v find_v light_a than_o vanity_n itself_o and_o in_o biels_n own_o judgement_n imposition_n of_o penance_n the_o second_o reason_n be_v not_o so_o necessary_a to_o a_o discreet_a penitent_n that_o c._n n._n allot_v himself_o a_o just_a portion_n for_o his_o sin_n yea_o absolution_n say_v he_o may_v be_v enjoin_v without_o any_o imposition_n of_o penance_n at_o all_o ib._n non_fw-la videtur_fw-la necessarium_fw-la praesertim_fw-la ubi_fw-la co●sitens_n non_fw-la indiget_fw-la inform●tione_fw-la poena_fw-la quae_fw-la hic_fw-la non_fw-la solvitur_fw-la solvitur_fw-la in_o futuro_fw-la fient_fw-la quoque_fw-la tale_n salui_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la ignem_fw-la gab._n ib._n as_o he_o say_v if_o the_o penitent_n will_v run_v the_o hazard_n of_o purgatory_n and_o not_o make_v payment_n here_o but_o defer_v till_o then_o where_o the_o utmost_a pardon_n shall_v be_v exact_v and_o in_o truth_n prescription_n of_o penance_n be_v the_o principal_a mark_n aim_v at_o in_o popish_a shrift_n and_o satisfaction_n the_o choice_a employment_n where_o penitent_n be_v teach_v more_o to_o rely_v upon_o that_o reed_n and_o arm_n of_o flesh_n than_o upon_o he_o that_o die_v upon_o the_o cross_n like_o the_o ambassador_n of_o ptolomaeus_n and_o cleopatra_n who_o acknowledge_v in_o their_o master_n nàme_n 13._o plus_fw-fr choose_fw-la s._n p._n q._n r._n quàm_fw-la parentibus_fw-la ejus_fw-la quam_fw-la diis_fw-la immortalibus_fw-la debere_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la obsidione_fw-la miserrimâ_fw-la liberati_fw-la essent_fw-la regnum_fw-la propè_fw-la amissum_fw-la recepissent_fw-la tit._n livius_n lib._n 45._o sect._n 13._o that_o their_o country_n be_v more_o bind_v to_o the_o senate_n and_o people_n of_o rome_n for_o their_o deliverance_n from_o a_o miserable_a siege_n and_o for_o the_o restitution_n of_o their_o kingdom_n in_o danger_n to_o be_v lose_v than_o to_o their_o own_o d●ar_a parent_n yea_o than_o to_o the_o immortal_a go_n let_v i_o say_v their_o action_n be_v scan_v and_o their_o intention_n thereby_o discern_v and_o when_o these_o end_n be_v resolve_v to_o be_v necessary_a let_v confession_n be_v decree_v to_o be_v so_o also_o but_o what_o say_v you_o to_o the_o three_o necessity_n praecepti_fw-la 3._o necessitas_fw-la praecepti_fw-la which_o be_v of_o precept_n and_o command_n indeed_o divine_a precept_n shall_v not_o be_v question_v but_o observe_v let_v there_o be_v show_v any_o mandamus_fw-la from_o heaven_n with_o a_o peremptory_a command_n for_o confession_n upon_o such_o condition_n and_o we_o submittimus_fw-la fasces_fw-la will_v yield_v the_o buckler_n as_o extreme_o loath_a to_o espouse_v any_o contrary_a opinion_n to_o the_o express_a word_n of_o god_n therefore_o speak_v lord_n for_o thy_o servant_n will_v glad_o hear_v the_o lord_n have_v say_v indeed_o except_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v again_o of_o water_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n but_o no_o where_o except_o a_o man_n repent_v and_o be_v shrive_v by_o a_o priest_n he_o can_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n this_o be_v it_o the_o schoolman_n and_o jesuit_n have_v seek_v for_o narrow_o 899._o quod_fw-la cajetanus_n in_o commentariis_fw-la super_fw-la hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la asserit_fw-la institutionem_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la poenitentiaeindè_fw-la haberi_fw-la non_fw-la praecoptum_fw-la certissimè_fw-la fallitur_fw-la canus_n relect._n de_fw-fr poenit._n pag._n 899._o and_o be_v yet_o to_o seek_v and_o how_o well_o they_o have_v find_v it_o in_o these_o word_n who_o sin_n soever_o you_o remit_v etc._n etc._n have_v in_o part_n be_v discuss_v and_o cajetan_n say_v but_o be_v check_v for_o so_o say_v that_o the_o institution_n of_o repentance_n may_v there_o be_v find_v but_o no_o precept_n a_o late_a sorbonist_n have_v find_v another_o precept_n thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n 1628._o tout_fw-fr homme_fw-fr qui_fw-fr a_fw-fr perdula_fw-la grace_n est_fw-la tenu_fw-la &_o obliegé_fw-fr de_fw-fr droit_fw-fr divine_a de_fw-fr la_fw-fr recovurer_n attendu_fw-fr que_fw-fr pas_fw-fr commandment_n express_v il_fw-fr est_fw-fr tenu_fw-fr d'aimer_n dieu_fw-fr de_fw-fr tout_fw-fr son_fw-fr cour_fw-fr diliges_fw-la dominum_fw-la etc._n etc._n or_o celui_fw-fr qui_fw-fr n'a_fw-fr point_fw-fr la_fw-fr grace_n n'aime_v point_n son_n dieu_fw-fr &_o l'homme_fw-fr pecheur_fw-fr est_fw-fr priué_fw-fr de_fw-fr cete_fw-la grace_n il_fw-fr est_fw-fr donc_fw-fr tenu_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr recovurer_n &_o il_fw-fr la_fw-fr recovure_fw-fr en_fw-fr confessant_a ses_fw-fr pechez_fw-fr a_fw-fr prestre_fw-fr pierre_n bess_n caresme_fw-fr tom._n 2._o p._n 723._o a_o paris_n 1628._o etc._n etc._n but_o how_o be_v auricular_a confession_n conclude_v here_o marry_o thus_o the_o

they_o perform_v convince_a they_o of_o heinous_a sin_n open_o though_o not_o evidence_v the_o same_o unto_o all_o thus_o the_o church_n become_v content_v with_o public_a penance_n and_o remit_v the_o confession_n of_o the_o sin_n unto_o private_a ear_n howbeit_o the_o public_a detection_n of_o sin_n be_v leave_v off_o early_o in_o the_o greek_a church_n than_o in_o the_o latin_a for_o in_o the_o east_n the_o persecution_n under_o decius_n be_v no_o soon_o blow_v over_o but_o that_o the_o church_n appoint_v a_o discreet_a presbyter_n to_o receive_v confession_n that_o penitent_n may_v resort_v unto_o he_o and_o interest_n his_o bosom_n with_o their_o offence_n out_o of_o which_o he_o be_v to_o select_v such_o and_o prepare_v as_o he_o think_v meet_v for_o the_o public_a and_o conceal_v the_o reave_v and_o herein_o his_o office_n consist_v the_o substitute_v of_o this_o officer_n be_v witness_v by_o socrates_n and_o sozomen_n both_o whereby_o the_o penitent_a be_v not_o as_o former_o leave_v to_o his_o choice_n of_o what_o physician_n he_o please_v but_o confine_v to_o that_o penitentiary_n the_o church_n have_v ordain_v and_o this_o be_v that_o addition_n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrat._v hist_o l._n 5._o c._n 19_o viz._n the_o election_n of_o one_o certain_a penitentiary_n which_o those_o historian_n note_v to_o have_v be_v make_v unto_o the_o penitential_a canon_n 192._o episcopi_fw-la hanc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d canoni_fw-la adjecerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la presbyter_n bonae_fw-la conversationis_fw-la prudens_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ordinaretur_fw-la ut_fw-la lapsi_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la accederent_fw-la ipsi_fw-la confiterentur_fw-la peccata_fw-la chemnit_fw-la ex_fw-la sozomen_fw-la exam._n p._n 192._o but_o whether_o this_o penitentiary_n be_v take_v to_o receive_v confession_n of_o all_o sin_n and_o conceal_v they_o all_o only_o impose_v public_a penance_n or_o to_o discern_v what_o sin_n shall_v public_o be_v rehearse_v and_o what_o not_o can_v hardly_o by_o the_o light_n of_o story_n be_v discern_v for_o the_o former_a opinion_n namely_o that_o none_o of_o the_o sin_n confess_v be_v to_o be_v reveal_v serve_v that_o requisite_a quality_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o that_o can_v lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o mouth_n and_o say_v nothing_o and_o for_o the_o late_a scilicet_fw-la that_o some_o sin_n be_v reveal_v appear_v by_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o vitiate_a matron_n so_o foul_a that_o it_o cause_v the_o church_n to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o all_o public_a confession_n ever_o after_o my_o thought_n lead_v i_o to_o this_o issue_n that_o the_o primitive_a penitent_n be_v too_o forward_o to_o confess_v public_o more_o than_o need_v therefore_o it_o be_v ordain_v that_o they_o shall_v confess_v in_o private_a first_o and_o then_o if_o any_o of_o their_o sin_n be_v deem_v fit_a by_o the_o confessor_n to_o come_v abroad_o in_o public_a they_o be_v admit_v to_o that_o public_a medicine_n whereas_o the_o succeed_a penitent_n be_v too_o remiss_a in_o public_a confession_n and_o need_v the_o spur_n insomuch_o that_o offence_n of_o that_o nature_n as_o need_v public_a expiation_n and_o discover_v upon_o a_o private_a hear_n be_v reserve_v for_o the_o theatre_n and_o they_o oblige_v to_o public_a recital_n and_o penance_n and_o when_o this_o also_o be_v take_v away_o upon_o the_o matron_n stupration_n and_o the_o church_n will_v hear_v no_o more_o of_o such_o matter_n without_o doubt_v the_o confession_n and_o penitentiary_n too_o be_v then_o abrogate_a in_o the_o latin_a church_n the_o discipline_n be_v on_o foot_n till_o leo_n i._n who_o be_v the_o first_o that_o exile_v the_o same_o and_o set_v up_o auricular_a confession_n in_o its_o stead_n in_o who_o day_n a_o writing_n the_o content_n whereof_o be_v particular_a sin_n be_v exhibit_v by_o the_o delinquent_n to_o be_v public_o read_v in_o church_n the_o same_o be_v attempt_v for_o private_a confession_n not_o long_o since_o and_o as_o that_o course_n be_v break_v off_o by_o leo_n supplem_fw-la declarat_fw-la non_fw-la licere_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la seu_fw-la internuncium_fw-la confessario_n absenti_fw-la peccata_fw-la sacramentaliter_fw-la confiteri_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la obtinere_fw-la caracalla_n vit_fw-fr clem._n 8._o in_o platinae_fw-la supplem_fw-la so_o this_o attempt_n by_o clement_n viii_o who_o condemn_v the_o same_o as_o false_a temerarious_a and_o scandalous_a to_o confess_v by_o deputation_n or_o write_v and_o receive_v absolution_n from_o a_o priest_n not_o present_a the_o injunction_n of_o leo_n follow_v let_v not_o a_o confession_n of_o several_a sin_n conceive_v in_o writing_n be_v public_o rehearse_v etc._n ne_fw-fr de_fw-fr singulorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la genere_fw-la libellis_fw-la scripto_fw-la professio_fw-la recitetur_fw-la cúmque_fw-la reatus_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la conscientiarum_fw-la solis_fw-la sacerdot_n bus_fw-la indicari_fw-la confession_n secretâ_fw-la quamvis_fw-la enim_fw-la plenitudo_fw-la fidei_fw-la videatur_fw-la esse_fw-la laudabilis_fw-la quae_fw-la propter_fw-la dei_fw-la timorem_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la crubescere_fw-la non_fw-la veretur_fw-la tamen_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la omnium_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la sunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la poscunt_fw-la non_fw-la timeant_fw-la publicare_fw-la removeatur_fw-la tam_fw-la improbabilis_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la ne_fw-la multi_fw-la à_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la arceantur_fw-la remediis_fw-la dum_fw-la aut_fw-la erubescunt_fw-la aut_fw-la metuunt_fw-la inimicis_fw-la suis_fw-la facta_fw-la sva_fw-la reserare_fw-la quibus_fw-la possint_fw-la legum_fw-la constitutionibus_fw-la percelli_fw-la sufficit_fw-la enim_fw-la illa_fw-la confessio_fw-la quae_fw-la primùm_fw-la deo_fw-la offertur_fw-la tunc_fw-la etiam_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la delictis_fw-la 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their_o deed_n before_o their_o enemy_n whereby_o they_o may_v be_v draw_v within_o the_o peril_n of_o the_o law_n for_o that_o confession_n be_v sufficient_a which_o be_v offer_v first_o unto_o god_n and_o then_o unto_o the_o priest_n who_o come_v as_o a_o intercessor_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o thè_z penitent_n for_o then_o at_o length_n we_o may_v be_v provoke_v to_o repentance_n if_o that_o the_o conscience_n of_o he_o that_o confess_v be_v not_o publish_v to_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o people_n from_o this_o testimony_n of_o leo_n we_o may_v observe_v 1._o that_o to_o open_a confession_n of_o secret_a sin_n secret_a confession_n succeed_v in_o the_o room_n thereof_o 2._o we_o may_v observe_v also_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o alteration_n viz._n fear_n and_o danger_n of_o the_o law_n which_o accompany_v the_o former_a practice_n and_o retard_v many_o from_o the_o same_o to_o remove_v which_o impediment_n itself_o also_o be_v remove_v or_o rather_o change_v 3._o and_o last_o that_o the_o manner_n of_o confession_n be_v it_o private_a or_o public_a be_v but_o a_o church-constitution_n and_o the_o law_n thereof_o but_o temporal_a and_o may_v be_v change_v at_o the_o discretion_n of_o the_o church_n as_o that_o ancient_a discipline_n so_o high_o extol_v by_o the_o father_n yet_o by_o leo_n be_v remove_v as_o a_o unprofitable_a custom_n and_o subject_a to_o divers_a inconvenience_n and_o notwithstanding_o his_o edict_n the_o time_n may_v come_v when_o the_o same_o may_v be_v fancy_v again_o and_o private_a confession_n give_v way_n thereunto_o private_a confession_n than_o be_v not_o a_o ordinance_n of_o absolute_a necessity_n the_o thing_n to_o be_v demonstrate_v and_o therefore_o that_o conjecture_n of_o beatus_fw-la rhenanus_fw-la for_o which_o his_o mouth_n be_v stop_v by_o the_o index_n expurg_n be_v more_o than_o probable_a 1597._o ne_fw-fr quis_fw-la admiretur_fw-la tertullianum_fw-la de_fw-la clancularia_fw-la ista_fw-la admissorum_fw-la confession_n nihil_fw-la locutum_fw-la quae_fw-la quantùm_fw-la conjicimus_fw-la nata_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la ista_fw-la exomologesi_fw-la per_fw-la ultroneam_fw-la hominum_fw-la pietatem_fw-la ut_fw-la occultorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la esset_fw-la &_o exomologesis_fw-la occulta_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la usquam_fw-la praeceptam_fw-la legimus_fw-la b._n rhenan_n arg._n lib._n de_fw-fr poenit._n pag._n 11._o edit_n franekerae_fw-la 1597._o that_o clancular_a confession_n now_o in_o use_n take_v its_o beginning_n from_o the_o

church-constitution_n continue_v it_o must_v and_o a_o necessity_n of_o obedience_n be_v require_v till_o the_o same_o appear_v unto_o the_o church_n to_o be_v destructive_a of_o charity_n or_o tranquillity_n and_o by_o the_o same_o authority_n be_v abolish_v by_o which_o it_o be_v at_o first_o prescribe_v and_o for_o the_o second_o how_o far_o necessary_a as_o a_o ordinance_n divine_a and_o in_o what_o sense_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v ordain_v by_o god_n i_o must_v send_v back_o my_o reader_n to_o the_o former_a section_n where_o the_o point_n be_v state_v we_o will_v tread_v the_o footstep_n of_o necessity_n in_o the_o schoolmen_n path_n and_o see_v what_o will_v result_v from_o thence_o medii_fw-la necessitas_fw-la praecepti_fw-la medii_fw-la with_o they_o necessity_n be_v twofold_a 1._o as_o a_o necessary_a precept_n 2._o or_o a_o needful_a mean_v now_o every_o just_a command_n be_v ground_v upon_o some_o reason_n and_o every_o lawful_a mean_n conduce_v to_o some_o good_a in_o divine_a precept_n we_o be_v not_o scrupulous_a to_o inquire_v after_o the_o cause_n or_o reason_n thereof_o but_o where_o god_n pleasure_n be_v to_o set_v it_o down_o for_o with_o we_o his_o will_n pass_v for_o a_o cause_n all-sufficient_a so_o than_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n to_o obey_v all_o god_n command_n or_o to_o repent_v for_o the_o disobedience_n although_o all_o his_o divine_a precept_n conduce_v not_o necessary_o thereunto_o 6.18_o josh_n 6.18_o at_o the_o sack_n of_o jericho_n the_o spoil_n be_v devote_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o israelite_n may_v reserve_v nothing_o to_o themselves_o a_o necessity_n there_o lay_v in_o obey_v the_o same_o though_o the_o commandment_n itself_o be_v not_o so_o necessary_a in_o the_o old_a law_n as_o i_o show_v before_o there_o be_v a_o precept_n for_o confession_n and_o in_o the_o new_a a_o precedent_n for_o the_o same_o why_o shall_v it_o not_o then_o be_v think_v necessary_a but_o take_v this_o along_o with_o you_o 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for_o no_o mean_a can_v be_v of_o great_a necessity_n than_o the_o end_n for_o which_o it_o serve_v and_o if_o the_o end_n be_v find_v necessary_a the_o mean_a must_v be_v think_v to_o be_v so_o and_o in_o mean_n we_o be_v to_o inquire_v if_o the_o propose_a end_n may_v be_v attain_v by_o one_o only_a mean_a or_o by_o divers_a some_o mean_n may_v be_v useful_a but_o not_o necessary_a as_o a_o horse_n for_o a_o journey_n or_o simple_o necessary_a as_o wing_n to_o fly_v to_o apply_v remission_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o end_n a_o penitent_n propose_v to_o himself_o which_o to_o compass_v we_o say_v that_o confession_n to_o a_o prieft_n be_v not_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n as_o the_o adequate_a &_o only_o mean_v for_o faith_n in_o christ_n who_o only_o have_v deserve_v it_o be_v also_o require_v nor_o a_o necessary_a concurrent_a mean_n for_o of_o faith_n i_o read_v but_o never_o of_o auricular_a confession_n that_o without_o faith_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o please_v god_n but_o only_o a_o conditional_a mean_n and_o so_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o hypothetical_a in_o some_o case_n of_o conscience_n to_o be_v instance_a hereafter_o for_o sin_n in_o no_o case_n may_v be_v remit_v without_o god_n in_o many_o without_o man_n but_o if_o we_o take_v confession_n as_o a_o medium_n utile_fw-la in_o that_o sense_n we_o shall_v ever_o approve_v thereof_o although_o we_o resolve_v confession_n in_o itself_o not_o to_o be_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n for_o all_o but_o a_o precept_n bind_v some_o sinner_n and_o for_o some_o special_a sin_n only_o as_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n be_v a_o sacrament_n of_o divine_a institution_n and_o singular_a benefit_n necessary_a to_o some_o christian_n and_o at_o some_o time_n and_o the_o contempt_n thereof_o at_o all_o time_n damnable_a though_o in_o itself_o not_o simple_o necessary_a nor_o at_o all_o time_n nor_o to_o be_v impose_v upon_o all_o person_n without_o discretion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o for_o all_o that_o can_v be_v say_v this_o confession_n challenge_v not_o any_o such_o necessity_n in_o itself_o as_o inherent_a in_o the_o same_o or_o any_o way_n belong_v of_o sovereign_a virtue_n and_o necessary_a use_n but_o as_o a_o condition_n suppose_v for_o the_o acquire_v of_o some_o necessary_a good_a 40._o necessit_fw-la as_o ●onditionalis_fw-la seu_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la absoluta_fw-la nec_fw-la competit_fw-la subjecto_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la sed_fw-la solùm_fw-la consequitur_fw-la ad_fw-la talem_fw-la suppositionem_fw-la vel_fw-la conditionem_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la necessariò_fw-la infertur_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la tali_fw-la conditione_n dicitur_fw-la necessarium_fw-la necessitate_v secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la licèt_fw-la absolutè_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la se_fw-la est_fw-la liberum_fw-la contingens_fw-la alvarez_n de_fw-fr auxil_n l._n 3._o disp_n 22._o n._n 40._o viz._n forgiveness_n of_o sin_n and_o reconciliation_n a_o penitent_a take_v all_o good_a course_n to_o ingratiate_v himself_o into_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v only_o conditional_a necessity_n and_o by_o way_n of_o consequence_n and_o so_o far_o to_o be_v urge_v as_o we_o shall_v find_v it_o a_o cause_n to_o promote_v the_o same_o and_o further_o we_o reither_o require_v nor_o orge_v it_o and_o amiss_o it_o can_v be_v that_o shall_v promove_v so_o good_a a_o end_n nor_o superfluous_a that_o advance_v such_o a_o purpose_n nor_o a_o heavy_a burden_n that_o bring_v so_o happy_a a_o benefit_n sect_n iii_o the_o content_n scrupulous_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n decree_v in_o late_a council_n circumstance_n aggravate_v and_o alter_v the_o property_n of_o sin_n millstone_n to_o plain-people_n anxious_a inquisition_n into_o each_o sin_n with_o every_o circumstance_n a_o perplex_a piece_n particular_a reckon_n for_o every_o sin_n a_o heavy_a load_n to_o the_o conscience_n and_o without_o express_a warranty_n from_o god_n imply_v difficulty_n and_o impossibility_n and_o tend_v to_o desperation_n no_o urgent_a necessity_n to_o be_v so_o superstitious_a in_o cast_v up_o of_o all_o sin_n and_o the_o circumstantial_a tail_n thereof_o romish_a closert_n of_o confession_n seminary_n of_o sin_n and_o uncleanness_n venial_a and_o reserve_a sin_n exempt_v by_o rome_n from_o the_o ear_n of_o ordinary_a priest_n upon_o what_o ground_n strict_a and_o specific_a enumeration_n of_o sin_n but_o of_o late_o stand_v in_o the_o church_n general_n interrogatories_n propose_v at_o the_o 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 we_o be_v now_o come_v unto_o the_o content_n of_o confession_n namely_o sin_n and_o hence_o a_o difference_n spring_v betwixt_o we_o and_o rome_n about_o the_o extent_n and_o latitude_n thereof_o whether_o forsooth_o all_o and_o every_o sin_n commit_v after_o baptism_n together_o with_o every_o aggravate_v circumstance_n follow_v every_o sin_n be_v

after_o unnatural_a lust_n and_o become_v not_o confessores_fw-la but_o contaminatores_fw-la 1631._o sir_n rob._n heath_n at_o earl_n of_o castlehaven_n attainder_n april_n 25._o 1631._o as_o one_o of_o their_o own_o order_n speak_v propose_v such_o question_n which_o to_o do_v be_v contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la and_o to_o relate_v contra_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la naturae_fw-la as_o a_o learned_a lawyer_n speak_v in_o a_o late_a unfortunate_a earl_n case_n these_o ghostly_a father_n oft-times_o grievous_o offend_v in_o please_a themselves_o with_o such_o obscene_a question_n confess_v qui_fw-la saepissimè_fw-la peccant_a mortaliter_fw-la delectando_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la ●ujusmodi_fw-la interrogationibus_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la delectationem_fw-la saciendo_fw-la eas_fw-la sum._n angel_n tit_n interrog_n in_o confess_v contrive_v they_o up_o on_o set_a purpose_n for_o their_o delight_n and_o pastime_n such_o form_n of_o confession_n you_o may_v swear_v altogether_o different_a from_o the_o ancient_a penitential_a canon_n by_o who_o direction_n the_o spiritual_a father_n of_o the_o last_o society_n look_v asquint_a upon_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o flesh_n inquire_v after_o the_o difference_n of_o sin_n obscene_a and_o beastly_a matter_n 35._o formulas_fw-la confessionum_fw-la quibus_fw-la sancti_fw-la illi_fw-la pneumatt●●_n circa_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la differentias_fw-la obs●oena_fw-la quaedam_fw-la &_o impudica_fw-la exquirunt_fw-la quae_fw-la sin●_n interrogati_fw-la cujus_fw-la auribus_fw-la inauditae_fw-la turpitudines_fw-la &_o lasciviae_fw-la instillantur_fw-la rubore_fw-la &_o interrogantis_fw-la inhonesti_fw-la appetitus_fw-la titillatione_fw-la vix_fw-la ullis_fw-la u●●bis_fw-la aut_fw-la ne_fw-la vix_fw-la quidem_fw-la enunciari_fw-la poslint_fw-la p●nt_fw-la tyard_n episc_n cabilon_n de_fw-fr fratribus_fw-la jesus_n pag._n 35._o which_o can_v be_v mention_v without_o blush_v in_o the_o examinat_fw-la who_o ear_n tingle_v at_o the_o hear_n of_o unknown_a lust_n and_o uncleanness_n and_o not_o without_o the_o titillation_n of_o a_o dishonest_a appetite_n in_o the_o examiner_n himself_o that_o move_v they_o oh_o time_n that_o such_o filthy_a communication_n not_o once_o name_v among_o the_o heathen_a shall_v be_v thus_o play_v withal_o these_o ghostly_a father_n to_o be_v so_o carnal_a this_o penitential_a practice_n so_o obscene_a this_o pretend_a laver_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o become_v the_o sink_n of_o iniquity_n this_o confession_n of_o sin_n a_o profession_n of_o sin_v where_o man_n learn_v rather_o than_o leave_v sin_n displease_v rather_o than_o appease_v god_n and_o at_o the_o end_n of_o this_o exercise_n become_v far_o worse_o than_o at_o the_o beginning_n pardon_v good_a reader_n the_o exuberancy_n of_o my_o speech_n just_o occasion_v when_o the_o most_o holy_a pretence_n be_v the_o most_o foul_o profane_v good_a reason_n have_v canus_n to_o tax_v such_o confessor_n who_o by_o their_o foolish_a interrogatory_n become_v scandalous_a to_o their_o penitent_n 908._o nec_fw-la eos_fw-la quidem_fw-la probo_fw-la qui_fw-la imprudenter_fw-la interrogando_fw-la poenitentibus_fw-la scandalii_fw-la in●iciunt_fw-la atque_fw-la adeò_fw-la eo_fw-la peccare_fw-la docent_fw-la qua_fw-la in_o re_fw-la confidenter_fw-la etiam_fw-la reprobo_fw-la sum_n be_v istas_fw-la confessionum_fw-la interrogitionibus_fw-la plenas_fw-la quae_fw-la idiomate_fw-la vulgari_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la eduntur_fw-la sed_fw-la passim●etiam_fw-la mul●erculis_fw-la &_o idiotis_fw-la conferuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la indè_fw-la discant_fw-la non_fw-la confitendi_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ego_fw-la sentio_fw-la peccandi_fw-la ratio●m_fw-la &_o normam_fw-la can._n relect._n de_fw-fr poen_n part_n 6._o pag._n 908._o so_o far_o as_o to_o teach_v they_o to_o sin_n and_o withal_o confident_o to_o reprove_v these_o sum_n of_o confession_n stuff_v with_o question_n of_o that_o nature_n and_o be_v not_o only_o put_v forth_o in_o the_o vulgar_a tongue_n but_o be_v bestow_v abroad_o upon_o woman_n and_o simple_a people_n thereby_o to_o learn_v not_o the_o manner_n and_o form_n of_o confess_v but_o as_o i_o suppose_v of_o sin_v our_o last_o exception_n against_o this_o specifique_a enumeration_n of_o every_o sin_n in_o confession_n case_n 6._o of_o venial_a sin_n of_o reserve_v case_n be_v derive_v from_o a_o practice_n of_o they_o in_o exempt_n of_o venial_a sin_n and_o reserve_v case_n from_o the_o ordinary_a and_o parochial_a ghostly_a father_n 5._o venialia_fw-la quamvis_fw-la r●ctè_fw-la &_o utiliter_fw-la in_o confession_n dicantur_fw-la tace●i_fw-la tamen_fw-la citra_fw-la culpam_fw-la multisque_fw-la aliis_fw-la remedi●s_fw-la expia●●_fw-la possint_fw-la council_n trid._n c._n 5._o those_o as_o superfluous_a and_o scarce_o worthy_a of_o a_o priest_n skill_n and_o notice_n these_o as_o too_o ha●nous_a and_o desperate_a disease_n exceed_v his_o skill_n 7._o patribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la visum●st_fw-la ut●atrociora_fw-la quaedam_fw-la &_o 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ordinance_n or_o if_o divine_a than_o no_o dispensation_n lie_v in_o such_o case_n it_o be_v a_o rule_v case_n that_o papal_a power_n can_v dispense_v with_o the_o divine_a law_n but_o with_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n only_o let_v the_o jesuit_n try_v the_o horn_n of_o this_o dilemma_n now_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o they_o take_v off_o such_o sin_n from_o confession_n may_v we_o make_v bold_a to_o leave_v out_o such_o as_o many_o such_o there_o be_v that_o stand_v not_o in_o need_n of_o priestly_a advice_n and_o absolution_n it_o will_v be_v say_v venial_a sin_n be_v not_o here_o to_o be_v reckon_v for_o 3._o venialia_fw-la exnatura_fw-la &_o ratione_fw-la peccati_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la contraria_fw-la charitati_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o proximi_fw-la bellar_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr amiss_o gratiae_fw-la cap._n 3._o because_o be_v of_o their_o own_o nature_n pardonable_a nor_o so_o averse_a to_o god_n as_o to_o lose_v his_o favour_n they_o need_v not_o to_o be_v 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punishment_n so_o evil_a and_o so_o much_o to_o be_v avoid_v as_o the_o least_o sin_n that_o may_v be_v imagine_v so_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v rather_o choose_v eternal_a death_n yea_o utter_a annihilation_n than_o commit_v the_o least_o effence_n in_o the_o world_n again_o if_o all_o spiritual_a wound_n must_v pass_v through_o the_o priest_n hand_n of_o necessity_n for_o curation_n then_o venial_a sin_n also_o for_o though_o they_o be_v not_o vulnera_fw-la lethifera_fw-la with_o the_o cardinal_n 2._o bellar._n l._n 1.1_o de_fw-mi amiss_o great_a c._n 2._o yet_o they_o be_v plagae_fw-la leves_fw-la which_o slight_v by_o neglect_n thereof_o may_v prove_v deadly_a a_o ship_n leak_a at_o a_o little_a flaw_n may_v endanger_v drown_v the_o want_n of_o one_o nail_n as_o the_o french_a proverb_n be_v may_v cause_v the_o loss_n of_o shoe_n horse_n and_o horseman_n chevali●r_n pour_v un_fw-fr clou_fw-fr on_o perd_a un_fw-fr fer_fw-fr &_o pour_fw-fr un_fw-fr fer_fw-fr un_fw-fr cheval_fw-fr &_o pour_fw-fr un_fw-fr cheval_fw-fr un_fw-fr chevali●r_n for_o great_a weight_n many_o time_n hang_v upon_o small_a wire_n and_o however_o some_o roman_a controversie-man_n put_v off_o venial_a sin_n from_o confession_n as_o in_o itself_o not_o mortal_a but_o venial_a bishop_n fisher_n dare_v not_o like_a of_o that_o avoidance_n 317._o quòd_fw-la peccatum_fw-la veniale_a solùm_fw-la ex_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordia_fw-la veniale_a sit_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la tecum_fw-la

his_o authority_n for_o the_o same_o divide_v into_o two_o section_n and_o thus_o much_o for_o confession_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o lip_n of_o the_o penitent_a proceed_v we_o now_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o confessary_a as_o it_o relate_v to_o his_o ear_n who_o be_v to_o receive_v into_o his_o custody_n and_o discretion_n the_o sad_a narration_n of_o a_o sinner_n life_n and_o to_o promote_v the_o just_a design_n and_o purpose_n the_o penitent_a aim_v at_o of_o great_a and_o necessary_a importance_n this_o practice_n must_v be_v as_o much_o oppose_a our_o native_a pride_n in_o turn_v the_o best_a side_n outward_a and_o beautify_v our_o external_a carriage_n like_o the_o pharisee_n cleanse_v the_o outside_n of_o the_o platter_n never_o take_v notice_n or_o at_o least_o careful_a that_o other_o shall_v not_o of_o our_o inward_a corruption_n very_o to_o subdue_v this_o inbred_a tumour_n and_o natural_a typhon_n so_o far_o as_o to_o lay_v aside_o shame_n and_o to_o lay_v open_a our_o sin_n to_o 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restaurative_a and_o preservative_n to_o heal_v his_o soul_n and_o to_o continue_v the_o same_o in_o health_n 2._o of_o good_a advice_n to_o demean_v and_o behave_v himself_o for_o future_a time_n 3._o and_o above_o all_o upon_o the_o hope_n and_o comfort_n of_o absolution_n these_o be_v his_o inducement_n and_o to_o be_v now_o treat_v of_o and_o therein_o the_o last_o shall_v be_v first_o ambros_n nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la benè_fw-la agere_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la nisiqui_fw-la speraverit_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la ambros_n as_o the_o chief_a and_o choice_a motive_n to_o confession_n of_o sin_n namely_o the_o virtue_n and_o power_n of_o absolution_n inherent_a in_o the_o priestly_a office_n and_o ministry_n that_o say_v of_o ambrose_n be_v true_a none_o can_v be_v true_o penitent_a but_o upon_o hope_n of_o pardon_n sect_n i._o the_o content_n 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 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have_v be_v clean_o now_o because_o ministerial_a and_o subordinate_a cause_n work_v in_o the_o power_n and_o strength_n of_o the_o superior_a and_o principal_a the_o effect_n ofttimes_o be_v ascribe_v unto_o they_o who_o have_v the_o least_o finger_n in_o the_o business_n and_o thus_o much_o to_o the_o first_o point_n for_o the_o second_o the_o priest_n sentence_n on_o earth_n be_v only_o at_o such_o time_n ratify_v in_o heaven_n 18._o non_fw-la sequitur_fw-la deus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la judicium_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la surreptionem_fw-la &_o ignorantiam_fw-la saepè_fw-la judicat_fw-la lomb._n l._n 4._o do_v 18._o when_o it_o proceed_v according_a to_o heavenly_a direction_n god_n leave_v such_o judgement_n in_o the_o church_n gain_v by_o surreption_n or_o ignorance_n unto_o themselves_o it_o be_v a_o receive_a maxim_n that_o as_o the_o judge_n of_o all_o the_o world_n can_v do_v otherwise_o but_o right_o no_o more_o can_v or_o will_v he_o approve_v of_o any_o censure_n but_o what_o be_v just_a and_o righteous_a that_o of_o saint_n augustine_n be_v true_a in_o this_o case_n also_o that_o thing_n can_v be_v unjust_a wherewith_o the_o just_a god_n be_v please_v 5._o injustum_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quod_fw-la placuit_fw-la justo_fw-la aug._n qui_fw-la scit_fw-la illum_fw-la intelligere_fw-la potest_fw-la non_fw-la ni_fw-fr si_fw-fr grande_fw-fr aliquod_fw-la bonum_fw-la à_fw-la nerone_n damnatum_fw-la tertul._n apologet._n c._n 5._o and_o as_o the_o most_o ancient_a and_o learned_a of_o the_o latin_a father_n say_v of_o nero_n the_o man_n that_o have_v any_o knowledge_n of_o he_o can_v but_o understand_v that_o it_o be_v some_o great_a good_a that_o nero_n condemn_v so_o contrariwise_o those_o to_o who_o the_o justice_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n be_v know_v can_v be_v ignorant_a but_o that_o the_o cause_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v good_a and_o just_a which_o he_o approve_v and_o bad_a withal_o which_o he_o dista_v either_o suppose_v then_o the_o priest_n sentence_n on_o earth_n to_o proceed_v always_o according_a to_o equity_n else_o not_o always_o to_o be_v ratify_v in_o heaven_n in_o the_o three_o doubt_n there_o stick_v a_o little_a difficulty_n how_o bind_v and_o lose_v on_o earth_n can_v precede_v and_o go_v before_o that_o which_o be_v in_o heaven_n for_o those_o father_n can_v be_v ignorant_a who_o deputy_n the_o priest_n be_v and_o by_o virtue_n of_o who_o commission_n he_o proceed_v that_o god_n absolve_v upon_o contrition_n of_o the_o heart_n 401._o non_fw-la solùm_fw-la piissimû_fw-fr dispensatione_fw-la leprosi_fw-la antequam_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la venirent_fw-la in_fw-la via_fw-la mundati_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la mundatorem_fw-la suum_fw-la cognoscerent_fw-la &_o sacerdotes_fw-la nihil_fw-la horum_fw-la mundationi_fw-la se_fw-la contulisse_fw-la sentirent_fw-la juxta_fw-la verò_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la intelligentiam_fw-la leprosi_fw-la antequam_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la veniant_fw-la mundantur_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la sed_fw-la deus_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimittit_fw-la haymo_fw-la dominic_n 14._o post_v penrecost_n pag._n 401._o and_o where_o contrition_n be_v not_o the_o priest_n absolve_v but_o in_o vain_a that_o as_o the_o leper_n be_v cleanse_v in_o the_o way_n in_o go_v to_o show_v themselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n so_o sin_n be_v no_o soon_o repent_v of_o but_o instant_o the_o sinner_n by_o god_n be_v pardon_v how_o can_v then_o this_o ministerial_a absolution_n take_v place_n of_o that_o powerful_a one_o of_o god_n 2._o omnes_fw-la concedunt_fw-la quòd_fw-la per_fw-la contritionem_fw-la veram_fw-la &_o sufficientem_fw-la peccatum_fw-la remittitur_fw-la sine_fw-la sacramento_n in_fw-la actu_fw-la gabriel_n l._n 4._o do_v 14._o quaest_n 2._o for_o answer_v whereunto_o these_o condition_n must_v be_v premise_v 1._o the_o sinner_n that_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o priestly_a absolution_n have_v his_o conscience_n perplex_v and_o not_o quiet_v 2._o the_o sinner_n before_o the_o priest_n have_v do_v his_o office_n conceive_v hope_n only_o of_o pardon_n from_o god_n but_o no_o full_a assurance_n but_o 3._o upon_o the_o priest_n application_n of_o mercy_n from_o the_o word_n of_o god_n he_o receive_v comfort_n his_o conscience_n be_v quiet_v and_o be_v rest_v assure_v of_o forgiveness_n and_o to_o these_o we_o must_v premise_v again_o for_o our_o better_a understanding_n that_o many_o person_n be_v member_n of_o christ_n in_o election_n only_o as_o paul_n before_o his_o conversion_n 2._o many_o in_o election_n and_o preparation_n as_o saint_n augustine_n a_o catechumen_n festinavit_fw-la membrum_fw-la christi_fw-la 3._o 1_o praedestinatione_fw-la 2_o praeparatione_n 3_o concorporatione_n rich._n de_fw-fr clau._n c._n 20._o cord_n credens_fw-fr &_o devotione_fw-la fervens_fw-la ad_fw-la baptisma_fw-la festinavit_fw-la believe_v in_o his_o heart_n and_o fervent_a in_o devotion_n he_o make_v haste_n to_o be_v baptize_v 3._o and_o many_o in_o election_n preparation_n and_o admission_n as_o reconcile_a penitent_n by_o ablution_n and_o absolution_n this_o priority_n than_o be_v not_o in_o respect_n of_o god_n election_n or_o preparation_n for_o mercy_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o actual_a and_o complete_a admission_n of_o the_o penitent_a into_o his_o grace_n and_o his_o sensible_a remonstrance_n thereof_o for_o as_o the_o divine_a purpose_n to_o save_v a_o penitent_n be_v from_o eternity_n so_o to_o remit_v his_o sin_n also_o but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o sinner_n first_o feeling_n and_o apprehension_n of_o mercy_n god_n goodness_n intend_v unto_o he_o by_o the_o priest_n ministry_n be_v reduce_v into_o the_o outward_a act_n forgiveness_n may_v be_v first_o resolve_v upon_o in_o heaven_n but_o first_o feel_v and_o apprehend_v on_o earth_n when_o we_o be_v enemy_n we_o be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n 5.10_o rom._n 5.10_o say_v the_o apostle_n who_o be_v himself_o a_o persecutor_n and_o yet_o reconcile_v to_o god_n and_o by_o he_o who_o he_o then_o persecute_v quoad_fw-la veritatem_fw-la but_o he_o reap_v not_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o be_v not_o sensible_a of_o this_o reconciliation_n quoad_fw-la patefactionem_fw-la &_o salutarem_fw-la ojus_fw-la communicationem_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o the_o manifestation_n and_o save_a communication_n thereof_o till_o his_o conversion_n now_o in_o regard_n a_o thing_n be_v say_v first_o to_o be_v when_o it_o be_v first_o take_v notice_n of_o so_o a_o penitent_n be_v then_o say_v to_o be_v first_o absolve_v when_o the_o priest_n make_v know_v the_o benefit_n and_o the_o sinner_n grow_v first_o sensible_a and_o communicate_v thereof_o which_o because_o a_o sinner_n upon_o earth_n first_o apprehend_v and_o god_n in_o his_o heavenly_a word_n allow_v of_o that_o apprehension_n it_o remain_v that_o in_o this_o sense_n those_o say_n of_o the_o father_n be_v to_o be_v allow_v of_o and_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o clear_n of_o those_o doubt_n the_o premise_n consider_v the_o distinction_n be_v easy_o make_v betwixt_o the_o power_n of_o absolution_n which_o god_n exercise_v by_o himself_o and_o by_o his_o servant_n for_o from_o god_n be_v the_o primitive_a and_o original_a power_n the_o apostle_n power_n be_v mere_o derive_v that_o in_o god_n sovereign_a this_o in_o the_o apostle_n dependent_a 〈◊〉_d ministri_fw-la peccata_fw-la remittunt_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o he_o only_o absolute_a in_o they_o delegate_v in_o he_o imperial_a in_o they_o ministerial_a nor_o do_v the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n forgive_v sin_n by_o any_o absolute_a power_n of_o their_o own_o for_o so_o only_a christ_n their_o master_n forgive_v but_o ministerial_o as_o the_o servant_n of_o christ_n and_o steward_n to_o who_o fidelity_n their_o lord_n and_o master_n have_v commit_v his_o key_n and_o that_o be_v 758._o pract._n of_o piety_n pag._n 758._o when_o they_o do_v declare_v and_o pronounce_v either_o private_o or_o public_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n what_o bind_v what_o lose_v and_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n to_o penitent_a sinner_n and_o his_o judgement_n to_o impenitent_a and_o obstinate_a person_n they_o then_o do_v remit_v sin_n because_o christ_n by_o their_o ministry_n remit_v sin_n as_o chr●st_v by_o his_o disciple_n loose_v lazarus_n 11.44_o john_n 11.44_o and_o the_o ancient_n have_v make_v the_o raise_n and_o lose_v of_o lazarus_n and_o the_o cleanse_n and_o admit_v of_o the_o leper_n into_o the_o camp_n a_o type_n of_o the_o power_n reside_v in_o god_n and_o of_o the_o authority_n he_o have_v give_v unto_o man_n and_o as_o christ_n by_o his_o power_n make_v lazarus_n alive_a and_o the_o apostle_n only_o lose_v his_o bond_n set_v he_o free_a so_o it_o be_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n which_o revive_v and_o justify_v a_o sinner_n the_o priest_n publish_v his_o liberty_n who_o the_o son_n of_o man_n have_v make_v free_a in_o like_a manner_n the_o cleanse_n of_o the_o leper_n be_v god_n do_v the_o priest_n serve_v only_o to_o discern_v what_o god_n have_v already_o do_v and_o to_o pronounce_v the_o same_o richardus_fw-la herein_o say_v well_o though_o not_o always_o well_o 18._o distinguamus_fw-la diligenter_n quid_fw-la dominus_fw-la

account_n the_o charge_n be_v we_o but_o the_o commodity_n be_v you_o for_o who_o good_a we_o be_v enfeoff_v with_o this_o power_n then_o for_o any_o man_n to_o slight_a or_o disparage_v the_o gift_n will_v argue_v either_o a_o disesteem_a of_o the_o thing_n itself_o or_o despair_v to_o reap_v any_o benefit_n from_o it_o rather_o give_v god_n the_o glory_n that_o have_v give_v such_o power_n unto_o man_n and_o remember_v for_o who_o sake_n it_o be_v give_v i_o shall_v make_v up_o this_o part_n with_o the_o say_n of_o theophylact_fw-mi behold_v with_o i_o the_o dignity_n of_o priest_n 137._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph._n in_o joan_n 20._o pag._n 137._o how_o godlike_a it_o be_v for_o to_o god_n it_o belong_v to_o forgive_v sin_n they_o be_v then_o to_o be_v honour_v as_o from_o g●d_n let_v they_o be_v otherwise_o worthless_a what_o then_o they_o be_v minister_n of_o divine_a grace_n grace_n work_v by_o they_o as_o it_o speak_v by_o the_o mouth_n of_o balaams_n ass_n for_o our_o unworthiness_n do_v not_o frustrate_a or_o hinder_v grace_n see_v then_o grace_n come_v by_o priest_n in_o that_o respect_n let_v they_o be_v honour_v by_o this_o that_o have_v be_v say_v heresy_n novatian_a heresy_n it_o appear_v how_o much_o the_o church_n be_v wrong_v by_o novatus_n a_o bishop_n in_o africa_n and_o novatian_n a_o priest_n of_o rome_n for_o those_o two_o lay_v their_o head_n together_o in_o the_o conception_n of_o that_o desperate_a heresy_n spoil_v she_o of_o this_o ministerial_a power_n in_o reconcile_a penitent_n lapse_v after_o baptism_n into_o notorious_a offence_n though_o their_o repentance_n be_v never_o so_o sound_a or_o sound_o demonstrate_v a_o opinion_n beget_v upon_o the_o severity_n of_o those_o primitive_a time_n wherein_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n however_o they_o may_v believe_v that_o the_o church_n have_v warrant_v to_o receive_v such_o sinner_n yet_o they_o abstain_v from_o the_o use_n thereof_o 227._o non_fw-la quòd_fw-la lapsos_fw-la ad_fw-la communionem_fw-la &_o ecclesiasticam_fw-la pacem_fw-la admittendos_fw-la negarent_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la nullam_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la reconciliandos_fw-mi condonandáque_fw-la delicta_fw-la jus_o in_o ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la perfidiosè_fw-la &_o crudeliter_fw-la asseverarent_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la clavium_fw-la potestatem_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la detraherent_fw-la d._n petau._n animadvers_fw-la in_o epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 59_o p._n 226_o 227._o leave_v they_o to_o their_o grief_n and_o god_n mercy_n nor_o be_v those_o heretic_n proscribe_v by_o the_o church_n as_o petavius_n inform_v we_o for_o deny_v lapse_v sinner_n to_o be_v admit_v to_o the_o communion_n again_o but_o for_o cruel_o and_o despiteful_o maintain_v that_o the_o church_n have_v no_o right_a nor_o authority_n to_o reconcile_v they_o 2._o aiunt_fw-la novatiani_n se_fw-la domino_fw-la defer_v reverentiam_fw-la cvi_fw-la soli_fw-la remittendorum_fw-la criminum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la reservent_fw-la immo_fw-la nulli_fw-la majorem_fw-la injuriam_fw-la faciunt_fw-la quàm_fw-la qui_fw-la ejus_fw-la volunt_fw-la mandata_fw-la rescindere_fw-la nam_fw-la cùm_fw-la ipse_fw-la in_o evangelio_n svo_fw-la dixerit_fw-la dominus_fw-la jesus_n accipite_fw-la etc._n etc._n quis_fw-la est_fw-la erg●_fw-la qui_fw-la magis_fw-la honorat_fw-la utrum_fw-la qui_fw-la mandatis_fw-la obtemperat_fw-la a_o qui_fw-la resistit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_o utroque_fw-la seruat_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la &_o alliget_fw-la &_o relaxet_fw-la haeresis_fw-la in_o altero_fw-la immitis_fw-la in_fw-la altero_fw-la inobediens_fw-la vult_fw-la ligare_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la resolvat_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la solvere_fw-la quod_fw-la ligavit_fw-la ambr._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 2._o and_o to_o pardon_v their_o offence_n and_o upon_o the_o point_n wrest_v from_o her_o priest_n the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n the_o novatian_o say_v ambrose_n tell_v we_o how_o they_o ascribe_v this_o reverence_n to_o god_n as_o to_o reserve_v unto_o he_o only_o the_o power_n of_o pardon_v offence_n whereas_o in_o truth_n none_o do_v he_o great_a wrong_n than_o those_o that_o go_v about_o to_o repeal_v his_o commandment_n see_v the_o lord_n jesus_n himself_o in_o the_o gospel_n have_v say_v receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o sin_n soever_o you_o remit_v etc._n etc._n who_o be_v it_o therefore_o that_o honour_v he_o most_o whether_o the_o man_n that_o obey_v or_o he_o that_o oppose_v his_o commandment_n the_o church_n in_o both_o preserve_v her_o obedience_n as_o well_o in_o bind_v as_o in_o lose_v sin_n but_o this_o heresy_n in_o that_o be_v cruel_a in_o this_o disobedient_a and_o will_v bind_v that_o it_o may_v not_o loose_v and_o will_v not_o loose_v what_o it_o have_v bind_v and_o in_o this_o way_n the_o latin_a father_n set_v down_o this_o heresy_n but_o the_o greek_a i_o know_v not_o how_o true_o charge_v they_o further_o as_o affirm_v they_o to_o cut_v off_o such_o sinner_n not_o only_o from_o the_o society_n of_o the_o church_n without_o hope_n of_o reconcilement_n but_o from_o salvation_n without_o hope_n of_o mercy_n that_o those_o who_o deny_v christ_n can_v not_o obtain_v mercy_n so_o theophylact._n theodoret._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodoret._n and_o epiphanius_n novatus_n br●ached_v this_o heresy_n say_v 59_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiphan_n adv_fw-la haer_fw-mi l._n 2._o tom_n 1._o haer_fw-mi 59_o there_o be_v no_o salvation_n but_o one_o repentance_n and_o he_o that_o fall_v after_o baptism_n can_v never_o after_o be_v able_a to_o obtain_v mercy_n but_o whether_o they_o call_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n into_o question_n as_o they_o do_v the_o reconciliation_n of_o the_o church_n may_v be_v doubt_v and_o it_o may_v well_o be_v whether_o tertullian_n come_v home_o to_o they_o in_o this_o opinion_n or_o no_o in_o who_o we_o read_v 5._o christianos_n cum_fw-la his_fw-la non_fw-la misceri_fw-la eos_fw-la neque_fw-la congregare_fw-la neque_fw-la participare_fw-la cum_fw-la christianis_fw-la tertul._n contr_n nat._n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o that_o christian_n shall_v not_o be_v mingle_v with_o such_o grievous_a sinner_n who_o be_v to_o have_v neither_o right_a nor_o fellowship_n with_o christian_n follow_v the_o sharp_a discipline_n of_o the_o time_n wherein_o such_o lapse_v sinner_n be_v make_v over_o unto_o god_n so_o nationes_fw-la tertulliani_n temporum_fw-la disciplina_fw-la ità_fw-la firmè_fw-la observavit_fw-la ut_fw-la two_o deo_fw-la committerentur_fw-la i._n c._n ut_fw-la post_fw-la longam_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la diuque_fw-la tractam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la pacem_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la impetrare_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la neque_fw-la eorum_fw-la ratio_fw-la haberetur_fw-la verùm_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la &_o absolutione_n vel_fw-la in_o morie_a privarentur_fw-la gottofredi_n notae_fw-la ad_fw-la tert._n contr._n nationes_fw-la as_o after_o a_o long_a and_o tedious_a repentance_n they_o can_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o be_v at_o peace_n with_o the_o church_n without_o any_o respect_n unto_o th●m_n at_o all_o but_o be_v for_o ever_o and_o at_o their_o death_n also_o exclude_v from_o the_o church_n and_o absolution_n say_v that_o learned_a civilian_n who_o have_v of_o late_o enrich_v the_o church_n with_o another_o piece_n of_o tertullian_n and_o piece_v the_o same_o with_o his_o learned_a note_n cyprian_n be_v censure_v for_o the_o breach_n of_o this_o discipline_n and_o dispense_n and_o admit_v of_o such_o who_o have_v fall_v in_o persecution_n anton._n ut_fw-mi his_o qui_fw-la libellis_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la svam_fw-la maculaverint_fw-la vel_fw-la nefanda_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la commiserint_fw-la laxandam_fw-la pacem_fw-la putaverim_fw-la cyprian_a epist_n ad_fw-la anton._n and_o through_o frailty_n have_v incense_v unto_o idol_n make_v his_o apology_n for_o his_o practice_n herein_o the_o church_n in_o his_o day_n and_o the_o day_n follow_v not_o only_o claim_v the_o 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earnest_o and_o diligent_o promote_v all_o the_o law_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n i_o have_v not_o see_v the_o law_n in_o lambard_n himself_o the_o treatise_n be_v in_o few_o man_n hand_n where_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v more_o at_o large_a but_o rather_o as_o it_o be_v point_v unto_o 1360._o book_n 16._o pag._n 1360._o and_o the_o title_n rehearse_v by_o doctor_n bridges_n in_o his_o defence_n of_o the_o government_n etc._n etc._n afterward_o king_n alured_n wear_v the_o diadem_n of_o this_o land_n among_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n by_o he_o ordain_v and_o ratify_v

sin_n dismantle_v show_v the_o loathsomnesse_n thereof_o in_o lay_v it_o open_a by_o confession_n with_o the_o remedy_n for_o it_o by_o repentance_n &_o conversion_n wherein_o be_v set_v forth_o the_o manner_n how_o we_o ought_v to_o confess_v our_o sin_n to_o god_n and_o man_n with_o the_o consiliary_a decree_n from_o the_o authority_n thereof_o and_o for_o the_o show_v the_o necessity_n of_o priestly_a absolution_n the_o remove_v the_o disesteem_a the_o vulgar_a have_v of_o absolution_n set_v forth_o the_o power_n of_o minister_n with_o a_o historical_a relation_n of_o the_o canon_n concern_v confession_n and_o the_o secret_a manner_n of_o it_o also_o show_v the_o confessor_n affection_n and_o inclination_n by_o a_o late_a reverend_n learned_a and_o judicious_a divine_a london_n print_v by_o j._n best_n for_o william_n crook_n at_o the_o three_o bibles_n on_o fleet-bridge_n mdclxiv_o the_o principal_a content_n of_o the_o whole_a book_n chap._n i._n the_o name_n of_o thing_n 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the_o essential_a form_n of_o repentance_n self_n abnegation_n godly_a sorrow_n a_o penitent_n practice_n and_o endeavour_v p._n 10._o chap._n iii_o discipline_n of_o penance_n wherefore_o enjoin_v by_o the_o church_n exhomologesis_n divers_a kindi_fw-la of_o confession_n public_a penance_n of_o apostolical_a practice_n the_o austerity_n thereof_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n order_n thereof_o prescribe_v in_o the_o day_n of_o cyprian_a and_o ambrose_n divers_a example_n of_o public_a penitent_n the_o solemn_a practic_n thereof_o in_o record_n of_o the_o church_n sinner_n admit_v but_o once_o to_o solemn_a penance_n actual_a reconciliation_n deny_v by_o the_o church_n to_o lapse_v sinner_n no_o renew_n unto_o repentance_n how_o understand_v in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n four_o station_n observe_v by_o the_o ancient_a penitent_n the_o restore_n of_o this_o discipline_n much_o desire_v p._n 16._o chap._n iu._n confession_n of_o sin_n address_v unto_o god_n chief_o and_o to_o man_n also_o with_o considerable_a relation_n ground_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n with_o god_n himself_o a_o necessary_a antecedent_n to_o pardon_v adam_n and_o cain_n interrogated_a to_o extract_v confession_n sundry_a precedent_n of_o penitent_n recourse_v to_o god_n in_o confession_n there_o be_v shame_n in_o confess_v to_o god_n as_o well_o as_o unto_o man._n penitential_a psalm_n compose_v by_o david_n for_o memorial_n and_o help_n to_o confession_n the_o rabbin_n doctrine_n of_o confession_n of_o sin_n before_o god_n practise_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n preach_v and_o urge_v by_o the_o ancient_a father_n and_o so_o far_o by_o chrysostome_n as_o a_o tribute_n due_a to_o god_n only_o for_o which_o the_o pontifician_n be_v jealous_a of_o he_o confession_n before_o god_n be_v not_o destructive_a of_o confession_n before_o man_n in_o a_o qualify_a sense_n though_o prefer_v before_o it_o and_o especial_o call_v for_o by_o the_o old_a doctor_n although_o that_o be_v of_o singular_a use_n also_o p._n 43._o chap._n v._n of_o confession_n to_o man._n the_o confession_n of_o sin_n under_o the_o law_n before_o the_o priest_n at_o the_o altar_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n special_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n not_o require_v of_o the_o jew_n the_o law_n command_v the_o acknowledgement_n of_o sin_n and_o restitution_n job_n friend_n confess_v their_o error_n unto_o he_o who_o sacrifice_v for_o they_o david_n confession_n unto_o nathan_n rabbin_n affirm_v sin_n to_o be_v confess_v unto_o the_o father_n and_o levites_n the_o place_n in_o st_n james_n chap._n 5._o of_o mutual_a confession_n explain_v and_o vindicate_v testimony_n of_o the_o father_n for_o confession_n unto_o man_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o schoolman_n that_o sin_n in_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o in_o way_n of_o consultation_n for_o a_o remedy_n not_o in_o way_n of_o absolution_n for_o reconcilement_n may_v be_v detect_v to_o a_o layman_n and_o of_o the_o reform_a divine_n that_o sin_n may_v be_v confess_v to_o a_o believe_a brother_n for_o advice_n and_o to_o a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n p._n 65._o chap._n vi_o divers_a office_n and_o administration_n in_o the_o church_n the_o people_n confession_n unto_o john_n at_o jordan_n wherein_o they_o be_v particular_a the_o confession_n of_o the_o believer_n at_o ephesus_n to_o st_n paul_n proof_n from_o the_o father_n for_o confession_n to_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o gospel_n such_o confession_n withdraw_v not_o from_o god_n but_o lead_v to_o he_o testimeny_v of_o the_o worthy_a divine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n for_o confession_n second_v with_o divine_n of_o the_o reformation_n from_o the_o church_n beyond_o the_o sea_n p._n 90._o chap._n vii_o concern_v the_o institution_n necessity_n and_o extent_n of_o confession_n and_o be_v divide_v into_o three_o section_n p._n 111._o sect_n i._o 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 vilipend_v by_o those_o father_n the_o schoolmen_n faintness_n in_o reason_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 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his_o mother_n only_o be_v instruct_v in_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n this_o be_v certain_a that_o lactantius_n and_o ambrose_n affirm_v constantine_n to_o be_v the_o first_o that_o plant_v the_o cross_n of_o christ_n upon_o the_o imperial_a crown_n and_o eusebius_n himself_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o come_v by_o the_o former_a story_n but_o by_o report_n only_o the_o same_o author_n make_v relation_n of_o one_o natalis_n who_o be_v seduce_v by_o certain_a heretic_n to_o be_v of_o their_o faction_n to_o gain_v a_o bishopric_n and_o a_o annual_a pension_n be_v oftentimes_o admonish_v in_o his_o dream_n 28._o frequenter_a admonebatur_fw-la in_o somni_fw-la be_v à_fw-la domino_fw-la ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la à_fw-la sanctis_fw-la angelis_n per_fw-la totam_fw-la noctem_fw-la verberatus_fw-la &_o poenis_fw-la gravibus_fw-la excruciatus_fw-la cilicio_fw-la se_fw-la induit_fw-la &_o cinere_fw-la conspergit_fw-la ac_fw-la multis_fw-la lacrimis_fw-la errorem_fw-la suum_fw-la 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do_v their_o private_a satisfaction_n enjoin_v upon_o secret_a confession_n and_o close_a audience_n as_o expiatory_a both_o for_o the_o appease_n of_o god_n anger_n and_o remit_v of_o the_o offence_n a_o office_n peculiar_a to_o our_o saviour_n what_o these_o man_n have_v make_v of_o penance_n you_o shall_v hear_v etc._n gabr._fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la raimund_n tr_fw-la 4._o poenitens_fw-la in_o die_fw-la cinerum_fw-la debet_fw-la se_fw-la repraesentare_fw-la ante_fw-la fores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o tristi_fw-la habitu_fw-la nudis_fw-la pedibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o the_o canonist_n say_v they_o have_v from_o the_o council_n of_o agatho_n i_o will_v not_o defraud_v my_o reader_n thereof_o and_o for_o his_o plenary_a knowledge_n herein_o will_v compare_v the_o narration_n of_o a_o school-man_n and_o a_o canonist_n that_o be_v gabriel_n biel_n and_o raymundus_n and_o thus_o it_o go_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o lent_n that_o be_v upon_o ash-wednesday_n such_o sinner_n that_o be_v design_v to_o undergo_v this_o solemn_a penance_n must_v present_v themselves_o at_o the_o church_n door_n before_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o place_n and_o his_o clergy_n in_o sackcloth_n naked_a on_o the_o head_n and_o foot_n their_o countenance_n deject_v and_o cast_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n profess_v by_o their_o very_a habit_n and_o look_v their_o guilt_n the_o bishop_n then_o attend_v with_o his_o clergy_n bring_v they_o into_o the_o church_n mittat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la se_fw-la prosternens_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la dicat_fw-la cum_fw-la clericis_fw-la 7._o poenitentiale_n psalmos_fw-la cum_fw-la lacrimis_fw-la pro_fw-la earum_fw-la absolutione_n tunc_fw-la manus_fw-la imponat_fw-la aquam_fw-la benedictam_fw-la super_fw-la eos_fw-la spargat_fw-la cinerem_fw-la pòst_fw-la mittat_fw-la and_o all_o prostrate_a on_o the_o ground_n he_o recite_v over_o they_o with_o tear_n the_o seven_o penitential_a psalm_n for_o their_o absolution_n after_o he_o have_v pray_v stand_v up_o he_o lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o they_o and_o sprinkle_v they_o with_o holy_a water_n and_o put_v ash_n upon_o their_o head_n and_o cover_v they_o with_o sackcloth_n and_o denounce_v unto_o they_o that_o look_v how_o adam_n be_v cast_v forth_o of_o paradise_n tuo_fw-la sicut_fw-la adam_n suis_fw-la de_fw-la paradiso_fw-la ejectus_fw-la ita_fw-la isti_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la suis_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la abjiciuntur_fw-la postea_fw-la jubet_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ministros_fw-la n●_n eos_fw-la extra_fw-la januas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la expellant_fw-la clerus_fw-la verò_fw-la prosequatur_fw-la eos_fw-la cùm_fw-la responsorio_n in_o sudore_fw-la vult●s_fw-la tui_fw-la vesceris_fw-la pane_fw-la tuo_fw-la so_o be_v they_o for_o their_o sin_n expel_v from_o the_o church_n which_o sentence_n be_v no_o soon_o give_v than_o some_o of_o his_o minister_n be_v command_v by_o he_o to_o drive_v they_o out_o the_o clergy_n prosecute_a either_o sing_v or_o say_v the_o respond_v in_o the_o sweat_n 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nor_o in_o the_o pax_n and_o so_o they_o continue_v till_o the_o utas_z of_o easter_n and_o then_o they_o depart_v away_o from_o the_o church_n and_o be_v not_o admit_v till_o the_o ash-wednesday_n follow_v and_o this_o course_n to_o hold_v every_o year_n till_o the_o date_n of_o their_o penance_n be_v expire_v and_o they_o perfect_o restore_v observaour_n ritus_fw-la ista_fw-la hodiè_fw-la in_o nullis_fw-la so_o i_o read_v for_o nonnullis_fw-la in_o the_o copy_n i_o use_v vel_fw-la paucissimis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la observaour_n this_o rite_n gabriel_n confess_v in_o his_o day_n seldom_o to_o be_v practise_v in_o any_o church_n and_o we_o see_v how_o in_o tract_n of_o time_n it_o have_v gather_v some_o rust_n and_o dross_n of_o superstition_n very_o incident_a to_o exercise_n of_o this_o kind_n a_o penance_n they_o say_v not_o to_o be_v inflict_v on_o all_o sort_n of_o people_n as_o the_o clergy_n be_v exempt_v for_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o order_n and_o young_a man_n for_o the_o solemnity_n of_o the_o discipline_n and_o that_o but_o once_o upon_o any_o indeed_o saint_n ambrose_n incline_v to_o this_o opinion_n who_o reprehend_v the_o inordinate_a use_n of_o such_o person_n as_o frequent_v such_o heinous_a offence_n 10._o meritò_fw-la reprehenduntur_fw-la qui_fw-la saepiùs_fw-la agendam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la putant_fw-la qui_fw-la luxuriantur_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la verè_fw-la agerent_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la iterandum_fw-la postea_fw-la non_fw-la putarent_fw-la quia_fw-la sicut_fw-la unum_fw-la baptisma_fw-la ita_fw-la una_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la publicè_fw-la agitur_fw-la nam_fw-la quotidiani_fw-la nos_fw-la debet_fw-la poenitere_fw-la peccati_fw-la sed_fw-la haec_fw-la delictorum_fw-la leviorum_fw-la illa_fw-la gravierum_fw-la ambr._n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr poen_n c._n 10._o for_o which_o public_a penance_n be_v enjoin_v affirm_v that_o if_o such_o sinner_n have_v sincere_o repent_v and_o in_o their_o heart_n detest_a sin_n so_o much_o as_o they_o make_v show_v to_o do_v this_o physic_n once_o take_v will_v have_v wrought_v so_o perfect_a a_o cure_n upon_o they_o as_o there_o can_v be_v no_o fear_n of_o relapse_n nor_o further_o use_v of_o any_o medicine_n of_o that_o nature_n and_o the_o same_o father_n seem_v also_o to_o have_v no_o good_a like_n of_o that_o disease_n or_o patient_n where_o this_o physic_n will_v not_o work_v and_o in_o those_o

severe_a time_n lapse_v sinner_n already_o discipline_v be_v neither_o restore_v to_o public_a penance_n nor_o to_o the_o public_a communion_n after_o which_o public_a penance_n say_v petavius_n if_o again_o they_o entangle_v themselves_o with_o the_o same_o sin_n 239._o post_fw-la illam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la si_fw-la iisdem_fw-la se_fw-la criminibus_fw-la obstrinxissent_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aditu_fw-la &_o à_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la communione_fw-la penitùs_fw-la exclusi_fw-la reconciliari_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la non_fw-la poterant_fw-la d._n petau._n animadvers_fw-la in_o epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 59_o p._n 239._o they_o altogether_o shut_v out_o from_o the_o church_n and_o participation_n of_o the_o mystery_n can_v never_o after_o be_v reconcile_v for_o to_o christian_n there_o belong_v one_o baptism_n whereby_o they_o be_v bind_v unto_o the_o church_n 282._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alex._n strom._n 2._o pag._n 282._o so_o one_o penance_n public_o to_o be_v perform_v sure_o in_o christian_a policy_n there_o be_v great_a reason_n why_o this_o penance_n shall_v not_o be_v reiterated_a for_o the_o christian_a church_n may_v well_o grow_v jealous_a of_o that_o party_n as_o defective_a in_o the_o inward_a compunction_n of_o the_o heart_n that_o his_o affection_n be_v not_o full_o take_v off_o from_o sin_n and_o that_o he_o have_v no_o perfect_a hatred_n thereof_o and_o by_o consequent_a not_o dispose_v to_o this_o discipline_n where_o the_o sign_n and_o thing_n signify_v namely_o internal_a and_o external_a sorrow_n be_v both_o require_v that_o shall_v make_v no_o bone_n of_o fall_v into_o the_o same_o or_o like_o grievous_a offence_n for_o which_o he_o undergo_v so_o great_a a_o shame_n and_o make_v so_o solemn_a a_o detestation_n thereof_o the_o ancient_n therefore_o suspend_v their_o judgement_n in_o that_o sinner_n case_n god_n say_v epiphanius_n 498._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiphan_n lib._n 2._o hare_n 59_o tem_fw-la 1._o p._n 498._o accept_v the_o penance_n of_o a_o sinner_n that_o fall_v after_o baptism_n but_o what_o shall_v become_v of_o he_o if_o he_o sin_n after_o penance_n he_o only_o know_v who_o judgement_n be_v past_o find_v out_o and_o because_o the_o way_n of_o god_n mercy_n be_v past_o find_v out_o such_o a_o lapse_v sinner_n may_v not_o be_v uncapable_a of_o pardon_n although_o of_o penance_n and_o may_v find_v reconciliation_n at_o god_n hand_n although_o his_o servant_n be_v fearful_a to_o intermeddle_v therein_o not_o as_o envy_v god_n mercy_n like_o ionas_n to_o nineveh_n or_o deny_v lapse_v sinner_n to_o be_v capable_a thereof_o as_o novatian_n but_o careful_a only_o not_o to_o exceed_v their_o lord_n instruction_n and_o commission_n although_o say_v austin_n a_o place_n for_o humble_a penance_n be_v deny_v in_o the_o church_n obliviscitur_fw-la quamvis_fw-la eye_n in_o ecclesia_fw-la locus_fw-la humillima_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la non_fw-la concedatar_n deus_fw-la tamen_fw-la super_fw-la choose_fw-la suae_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la non_fw-la obliviscitur_fw-la god_n will_v not_o be_v unmindful_a of_o his_o patience_n towards_o they_o where_o the_o father_n relate_v the_o work_n of_o piety_n and_o labour_n of_o contrition_n perform_v by_o such_o relapsed_a sinner_n demand_v shall_v they_o avail_v they_o nothing_o afterward_o 54._o nihil_fw-la ista_fw-la proderunt_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la avertat_fw-la deus_fw-la tam_fw-la immanem_fw-la sacrilega●●que_fw-la dementiam_fw-la aug._n epist_n 54._o god_n defend_v we_o from_o so_o savage_a and_o sacrilegious_a madness_n for_o god_n in_o who_o hand_n be_v all_o man_n heart_n can_v soften_v and_o harden_v and_o make_v they_o malleable_a which_o no_o man_n can_v do_v 51._o psal_n 51._o he_o can_v create_v a_o new_a heart_n and_o renew_v a_o right_a spirit_n a_o piece_n of_o work_n which_o none_o but_o he_o can_v do_v it_o be_v he_o that_o give_v repentance_n 2.25_o 2_o tim._n 2.25_o and_o he_o can_v best_o discern_v of_o the_o effect_n and_o operation_n that_o grant_v the_o influence_n this_o be_v certain_a where_o true_a contrition_n be_v there_o be_v remission_n of_o sin_n and_o where_o repentance_n be_v god_n own_o work_n the_o contrition_n be_v unfeigned_a and_o the_o pardon_v seal_v insomuch_o that_o two_o passage_n in_o the_o six_o and_o ten_o chapter_n to_o the_o hebrew_n that_o seem_v less_o favourable_a and_o equal_a to_o lapse_v sinner_n the_o one_o take_v away_o repentance_n and_o the_o other_o the_o sacrifice_n for_o pardon_n which_o draw_v many_o into_o a_o hard_a conceit_n of_o the_o author_n and_o epistle_n itself_o although_o the_o error_n lie_v only_o in_o the_o misapprehension_n have_v be_v often_o urge_v by_o the_o old_a precisian_n and_o as_o often_o vindicate_v by_o the_o old_a pather_n whereof_o i_o will_v give_v my_o reader_n a_o taste_n before_o i_o come_v clean_o off_o from_o this_o subject_n in_o the_o epistle_n thus_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o those_o who_o be_v ●nce_o enlighten_v 6_o heb._n 6.4_o 5_o 6_o etc._n etc._n if_o they_o shall_v fall_v away_o to_o renew_v they_o again_o unto_o repentance_n see_v they_o crucify_v to_o themselves_o afresh_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o put_v he_o to_o open_a shame_n where_o to_o such_o person_n initiate_v in_o the_o holy_a mystery_n of_o christianity_n and_o fall_v away_o all_o possibility_n of_o renew_v by_o repentance_n be_v take_v away_o as_o guilty_a of_o another_o crucify_a of_o christ_n and_o opprobry_a towards_o he_o a_o repentance_n be_v there_o deny_v it_o can_v be_v deny_v and_o deny_v to_o they_o that_o be_v former_o baptize_v into_o the_o christian_a faith_n be_v apparent_a also_o such_o than_o can_v be_v renew_v that_o be_v in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o at_o their_o first_o admission_n into_o christianity_n which_o be_v by_o baptism_n and_o imposition_n of_o hand_n it_o come_v home_o then_o as_o if_o the_o apostle_n have_v say_v such_o as_o be_v at_o the_o first_o receive_v into_o baptism_n and_o thereby_o obtain_v the_o remission_n of_o sin_n if_o such_o fall_n they_o be_v not_o so_o to_o be_v renew_v that_o be_v by_o a_o second_o baptism_n of_o repentance_n the_o solemnisation_n whereof_o be_v but_o once_o to_o one_o party_n so_o lapse_v sinner_n may_v be_v renew_v but_o not_o after_o that_o way_n as_o virginity_n once_o lose_v can_v corporal_o be_v restore_v yet_o the_o lose_a credit_n may_v be_v repair_v by_o a_o chaste_a conversation_n afterward_o so_o the_o lapse_v sinner_n after_o baptism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v epiphanius_n have_v another_o salve_n though_o not_o another_o bath_n 494._o epiphan_n lib._n 2._o contr_n haetes_fw-gr tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 494._o and_o this_o to_o be_v the_o aposties_n meaning_n saint_n chrysostome_n make_v good_a by_o a_o twofold_a reason_n first_o because_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o a_o fresh_a crucify_a of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o after_o he_o have_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v renew_v to_o repentance_n he_o keep_v not_o there_o silence_n but_o add_v crucify_a afresh_o etc._n etc._n now_o baptism_n be_v a_o figure_n of_o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n and_o as_o it_o be_v not_o for_o christ_n to_o be_v crucify_v again_o no_o more_o be_v it_o for_o a_o christian_n to_o be_v again_o baptize_v and_o as_o he_o die_v but_o once_o so_o be_v we_o but_o once_o baptize_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d second_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v renew_v prove_v baptism_n to_o be_v mean_v for_o that_o be_v the_o sacrament_n of_o renovation_n whereby_o we_o put_v on_o the_o new_a man_n christ_n jesus_n with_o who_o agree_v ambrose_n the_o word_n themselves_o sh●w_v baptism_n to_o be_v mean_v 2._o de_fw-fr baptismate_fw-la autem_fw-la dictum_fw-la verba_fw-la ipsa_fw-la declarant_fw-la quibus_fw-la significavit_fw-la impossibile_fw-it esse_fw-la lapsos_fw-la renovari_fw-la per_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la enim_fw-la renovamur_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la renascimur_fw-la ambr._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr poenit._n cap._n 2._o wherein_o be_v express_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a the_o lapse_v to_o be_v renew_v by_o repentance_n for_o by_o that_o laver_n we_o be_v renew_v by_o which_o we_o be_v bear_v again_o the_o flower_n of_o greece_n therefore_o conclude_v what_o then_o be_v there_o no_o more_o repentance_n there_o be_v repentance_n but_o there_o be_v not_o a_o second_o baptism_n the_o novatian_a then_o be_v not_o here_o justify_v 482._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la hebr._n tom_n 4._o p._n 482._o but_o the_o anabaptist_n condemn_v so_o his_o disciple_n and_o abridger_n theophylact_fw-mi and_o oecumenius_n tread_v his_o path_n what_o say_v the_o former_a be_v repentance_n cast_v forth_o 6.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph_n in_o heb._n 6.5_o god_n forbid_v but_o a_o renew_n by_o a_o second_o baptism_n be_v reject_v for_o baptism_n represent_v christ_n death_n and_o passion_n there_o remain_v then_o no_o more_o a_o second_o baptism_n than_o a_o second_o cross_n the_o same_o

and_o application_n after_o that_o they_o be_v admit_v among_o the_o fideles_fw-la at_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o be_v not_o yet_o come_v so_o far_o as_o to_o partake_v thereof_o and_o this_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o station_n 5._o their_o penance_n full_o accomplish_v and_o end_v they_o be_v reconcile_v and_o receive_v the_o sacred_a eucharist_n and_o this_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o compliment_n thus_o far_o the_o cardinal_n though_o not_o so_o faithful_o as_o he_o ought_v have_v relate_v from_o pacianus_n greg._n neocaesar_n and_o photius_n man_n well_o acquaint_v with_o these_o rite_n thou_o see_v christian_n reader_n at_o what_o a_o distance_n sinner_n be_v hold_v in_o the_o day_n of_o old_a and_o not_o full_o restore_v till_o time_n and_o grief_n have_v wear_v out_o their_o sin_n the_o scandal_n satisfy_v and_o their_o heart_n season_v with_o devotion_n i_o will_v wind_v up_o this_o discourse_n with_o cassander_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n that_o sluggish_a professor_n may_v become_v more_o zealous_a confessio_fw-la in_o veteri_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ut_fw-la segniores_fw-la excitarentur_fw-la poenitentilus_fw-la ob_fw-la graviora_fw-la scelera_fw-la certa_fw-la tempora_fw-la &_o officia_fw-la definita_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la interiorem_fw-la animi_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la excitarent_fw-la &_o exercerent_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la verè_fw-la se_fw-la atque_fw-la ex_fw-la animo_fw-la poenitere_fw-la declararent_fw-la atque_fw-la it_o a_o m●nûs_n impositione_n episcopi_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la reconciliarentur_fw-la &_o jus_o communicationis_fw-la acciperent_fw-la atque_fw-la haec_fw-la praescripta_fw-la officia_fw-la canonicae_fw-la satisfactiones_fw-la seu_fw-la poenae_fw-la vocarentur_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la imperitiâ_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o pastorum_fw-la in_o abusum_fw-la &_o negligentiâ_fw-la &_o segnitie_n tàm_fw-la pastorum_fw-la quàm_fw-la populi_n in_fw-la desuetudinem_fw-la venerant_fw-la nisi_fw-la quòd_fw-la in_o privatis_fw-la confessionibus_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ejus_fw-la rei_fw-la vestigia_fw-la remanserint_fw-la cassand_n consult_v confessio_fw-la certain_a time_n and_o office_n be_v appoint_v unto_o penitent_n guilty_a of_o foul_a crime_n wherein_o they_o may_v not_o only_o stir_v up_o and_o exercise_v the_o inward_a repentance_n of_o the_o mind_n before_o god_n but_o declare_v unto_o the_o church_n their_o sincere_a and_o unfeigned_a sorrow_n and_o so_o be_v reconcile_v by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n from_o the_o bishop_n and_o the_o clergy_n and_o restore_v to_o the_o communion_n the_o which_o prescribe_a duty_n be_v call_v canonical_a satisfaction_n or_o punishment_n which_o now_o adays_o by_o the_o unskilfulness_n of_o bishop_n and_o pastor_n have_v grow_v to_o be_v abuse_v and_o through_o the_o wegligence_n and_o lukewarmness_n both_o of_o pastor_n and_o people_n whole_o lay_v aside_o save_v that_o some_o foot_n stop_v thereof_o have_v remain_v in_o private_a confession_n this_o modern_a and_o moderate_a divine_a have_v lay_v down_o the_o use_n and_o scope_n of_o this_o discipline_n to_o rouse_v we_o up_o for_o religious_a duty_n and_o to_o set_v forth_o before_o the_o church_n our_o sincere_a repentance_n and_o to_o be_v reconcile_v by_o god_n minister_n the_o decay_n whereof_o he_o ascribe_v to_o the_o supine_n negligence_n of_o the_o late_a prelate_n and_o that_o a_o shadow_n thereof_o remain_v to_o this_o day_n in_o private_a confession_n the_o restitution_n whereof_o he_o much_o sigh_v after_o as_o appear_v in_o these_o his_o word_n which_o ancient_a and_o apostolic_a custom_n of_o public_a satisfaction_n for_o public_a and_o grievous_a offence_n be_v very_o profitable_a ib._n quem_fw-la publicae_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la priscum_fw-la &_o apostolicum_fw-la morem_fw-la ob_fw-la publica_fw-la &_o graviora_fw-la peccata_fw-la restitui_fw-la utile_fw-la ac_fw-la propemodùm_fw-la necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la potestas_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la clavium_fw-la in_o ligando_fw-la &_o solendo_fw-la i._n e._n poenitentiam_fw-la indicendo_fw-la à_fw-la communione_fw-la separando_fw-la &_o rursum_fw-la indulgendo_fw-la absolvendo_fw-la seu_fw-la reconciliando_fw-la manifestissimè_fw-la cernitur_fw-la cassand_n ib._n yea_o very_a necessary_a to_o be_v restore_v wherein_o the_o ecclestastical_a power_n of_o the_o key_n in_o bind_v and_o lose_v that_o be_v in_o impose_v of_o penance_n in_o separate_v from_o the_o communion_n and_o again_o in_o release_n absolve_v and_o reconcile_n be_v manifest_o discern_v and_o thus_o have_v i_o prosecute_v this_o discipline_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o accurate_o as_o i_o can_v that_o the_o same_o be_v know_v commination_n know_v communion-book_n at_o the_o commination_n the_o vote_n of_o our_o church_n for_o the_o restitution_n thereof_o may_v be_v the_o better_o perceive_v which_o thing_n be_v much_o to_o be_v wish_v and_o to_o which_o all_o that_o love_v the_o lord_n jesus_n must_v needs_o say_v amen_n chap._n iu._n the_o content_n confession_n of_o sin_n address_v unto_o god_n chief_o and_o to_o man_n also_o with_o considerable_a relation_n ground_v upon_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n with_o god_n himself_o a_o necessary_a antecedent_n to_o pardon_v adam_n and_o cain_n interrogated_a to_o extract_v confession_n sundry_a precedent_n of_o penitent_n recourse_v to_o god_n in_o confession_n there_o be_v shame_n in_o confess_v to_o god_n as_o well_o as_o unto_o man_n penitential_a psalm_n compose_v by_o david_n for_o memorial_n and_o help_v to_o confession_n the_o rabbin_n doctrine_n of_o confession_n of_o sin_n before_o god_n practise_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n preach_v and_o urge_v by_o the_o ancient_a father_n and_o so_o far_o by_o chrysostome_n as_o a_o tribute_n due_a to_o god_n only_o for_o which_o the_o pontifician_n be_v jealous_a of_o he_o confession_n before_o god_n be_v not_o destructive_a of_o confession_n before_o man_n in_o a_o qualify_a sense_n though_o prefer_v before_o it_o and_o especial_o call_v for_o by_o the_o old_a doctor_n although_o that_o be_v of_o singular_a use_n also_o hitherto_o of_o repentance_n both_o external_a and_o internal_a the_o inward_a sorrow_n and_o the_o outward_a demeanour_n thereof_o and_o that_o solemn_a performance_n be_v not_o only_o a_o vocal_a and_o public_a confession_n of_o the_o guilt_n but_o a_o real_a expression_n that_o as_o saint_n hiero●●e_v say_v of_o john_n the_o baptist_n his_o food_n of_o locust_n and_o his_o garment_n of_o came●s_n hair_n 3._o omnia_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la praeparata_fw-la hicron_n matth._n 3._o and_o the_o place_n of_o his_o abode_n the_o desert_n how_o they_o express_o set_v forth_o what_o he_o preach_v the_o doctrine_n of_o repentance_n we_o be_v now_o to_o arrest_v ourselves_o upon_o that_o branch_n and_o part_v thereof_o which_o consist_v in_o the_o verbal_a open_n and_o declaration_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v a_o recognition_n of_o a_o sinner_n unworthiness_n open_v by_o himself_o in_o oral_a confession_n to_o the_o principal_a party_n wrong_v and_o sometime_o to_o such_o person_n also_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o office_n place_n or_o respect_n may_v be_v a_o mean_a to_o procure_v forgiveness_n and_o reconcilement_n now_o by_o sin_n god_n be_v ever_o principal_o and_o very_o often_o only_o grieve_v and_o sometime_o man_n also_o in_o the_o first_o case_n to_o god_n only_o and_o proper_o belong_v confession_n as_o he_o who_o be_v chief_o and_o only_o offend_v in_o the_o second_o this_o confession_n must_v be_v make_v to_o god_n and_o the_o man_n also_o that_o be_v wrong_v by_o we_o to_o who_o satisfaction_n for_o the_o trespass_n also_o belong_v and_o the_o end_n brotherly_a reconciliation_n the_o dean_n of_o louvain_n have_v take_v notice_n of_o all_o thus_o there_o be_v a_o confession_n which_o be_v make_v unto_o god_n alone_o 73._o est_fw-la confessio_fw-la quae_fw-la fit_a deo_fw-la soli_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la homini_fw-la atque_fw-la haec_fw-la ru●sùs_fw-la varia_fw-la 1._o quaedam_fw-la fit_a homini_fw-la quem_fw-la laesinius_fw-la pro_fw-la obtinenda_fw-la reconciliatione_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la &_o remissione_n offensae_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la alia_fw-la fit_a homini_fw-la de_fw-la peccatis_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la admissis_fw-la pro_fw-la consilio_fw-la aut_fw-la reconciliatione_fw-la habenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la hae_fw-la confessiones_fw-la juris_fw-la naturae_fw-la saltem_fw-la reformatae_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la ruard_n tapper_n art_n 5._o pag._n 73._o and_o another_o unto_o man_n and_o this_o again_o be_v divers_a 1._o either_o unto_o the_o man_n who_o we_o have_v hurt_v for_o the_o obtain_n of_o reconcilement_n with_o he_o and_o forgiveness_n of_o the_o wrong_n from_o he_o or_o which_o be_v make_v unto_o a_o man_n of_o such_o sin_n as_o be_v do_v against_o any_o other_o to_o ask_v coursel_n upon_o the_o matter_n of_o reconciliation_n and_o all_o these_o confession_n be_v of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n at_o the_o least_o as_o it_o be_v refine_v by_o grace_n so_o confession_n be_v make_v unto_o god_n and_o in_o some_o case_n to_o man_n also_o furthermore_o the_o fact_n be_v acknowledge_v unto_o man_n in_o many_o point_n wherein_o he_o be_v not_o the_o party_n offend_v but_o consider_v as_o a_o mean_a and_o instrument_n to_o

a_o general_a manner_n the_o next_o instance_n be_v a_o law_n ground_v upon_o the_o viii_o commandment_n against_o usurper_n of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o they_o enjoin_v confession_n of_o the_o wrong_n and_o restitution_n 5.7_o numb_a 5.7_o they_o shall_v confess_v their_o sin_n which_o they_o have_v do_v and_o he_o shall_v recompense_v his_o trespass_n with_o the_o principal_a thereof_o and_o add_v unto_o it_o the_o five_o part_n thereof_o and_o give_v it_o unto_o he_o against_o who_o he_o have_v trespass_v 2._o materia_fw-la rest●tutionis_fw-la latissima_fw-la quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la valdè_fw-la necessaria_fw-la biell_n l._n 4._o d._n 15._o q._n 2._o the_o point_n of_o restitution_n be_v indeed_o of_o great_a latitude_n and_o great_a necessity_n a_o doctrine_n too_o sour_a for_o the_o palate_n of_o our_o time_n and_o we_o can_v no_o more_o away_o with_o it_o then_o with_o confession_n oh_o preposterous_a shame_n we_o blush_v not_o to_o commit_v sin_n but_o to_o confess_v we_o blush_v not_o to_o do_v violence_n but_o to_o restore_v that_o speech_n of_o august●ne_n be_v ground_v upon_o infallible_a truth_n the_o sin_n be_v not_o remit_v ablatum_fw-la non_fw-la dimittitur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la restituatur_fw-la ablatum_fw-la except_o what_o be_v detain_v be_v restore_v if_o thou_o haft_n not_o a_o mind_n to_o augment_v the_o principal_a fourfold_a as_o zacheus_n do_v yet_o add_v ⅕th_n thereunto_o as_o the_o law_n enjoin_v or_o at_o least_o the_o principal_a as_o reason_n will_v loc_n lexista_fw-la loquor_fw-la in_o casu_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la aliquis_fw-la poenitentià_fw-la ducius_fw-la vul●_n sac●re_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la proximo_fw-la lyra._n in_o loc_n this_o case_n of_o confession_n be_v unto_o man_n as_o damnify_v together_o with_o god_n and_o therefore_o he_o likewise_o this_o way_n be_v to_o be_v satisfy_v the_o offender_n voluntary_o detest_a and_o detect_v the_o fact_n tender_v satisfaction_n and_o desire_v reconciliation_n here_o the_o rhemist_n exceed_v the_o bound_n of_o the_o tridentine_a faith_n in_o affirm_v that_o a_o general_a confession_n under_o the_o law_n suffice_v not_o for_o purge_v sin_n and_o that_o sinner_n be_v bind_v by_o a_o divine_a positive_a law_n 333._o rhemist_n a●●o●_n upon_o num._n 5._o tom._n 1._o pag._n 333._o to_o confess_v express_o and_o distinct_o their_o sin_n which_o they_o have_v commit_v who_o i_o send_v to_o cardinal_n tolet_n a_o man_n of_o more_o judgement_n than_o all_o their_o college_n to_o be_v correct_v who_o ingenious_o confess_v that_o not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o purpose_n to_o confess_v be_v necessary_a in_o the_o old_a law_n confess_v propasitum_fw-la consit●ndi_fw-la non_fw-la sait_fw-fr necessarium_fw-la in_o u●teri_fw-la lege_fw-la toler_n tract_n de_fw-mi confess_v for_o my_o part_n i_o very_o believe_v the_o same_o divine_a law_n for_o confession_n that_o be_v in_o force_n under_o the_o gospel_n to_o have_v be_v a_o law_n for_o god_n people_n at_o all_o time_n and_o of_o like_a necessity_n to_o all_o penitent_n and_o that_o the_o priest_n after_o the_o order_n of_o aaron_n have_v power_n to_o make_v the_o atonemant_fw-fr as_o well_o as_o those_o after_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedec_n to_o grant_v the_o absolution_n both_o in_o their_o several_a kind_n be_v minister_n of_o reconciliation_n christ_n the_o supreme_a head_n of_o either_o hierarchy_n give_v in_o proper_a person_n a_o period_n to_o the_o levitical_a priesthood_n and_o invest_v his_o minister_n with_o their_o authority_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o great_a because_o it_o shine_v the_o clear_a and_o the_o more_o substantial_a because_o the_o less_o ceremonious_a the_o next_o but_o precedent_n in_o time_n unto_o the_o former_a be_v the_o submission_n of_o job_n friend_n and_o that_o by_o special_a command_n of_o god_n unto_o he_o with_o a_o direction_n from_o god_n likewise_o that_o job_n by_o sacrifice_v for_o they_o shall_v pacify_v his_o incense_a anger_n for_o god_n hold_v himself_o wrong_v through_o his_o servant_n side_n and_o all_o this_o shall_v they_o perform_v upon_o pain_n of_o his_o high_a displeasure_n the_o word_n in_o the_o story_n be_v these_o 10._o job_n 42.7_o 8_o 9_o 10._o and_o it_o be_v so_o that_o after_o the_o lord_n have_v speak_v these_o word_n unto_o job_n the_o lord_n say_v unto_o eliphaz_n the_o temanite_n my_o wrath_n be_v kindle_v against_o thou_o and_o against_o thy_o two_o friend_n for_o you_o have_v not_o speak_v of_o i_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v right_a as_o my_o servant_n job_n have_v therefore_o take_v unto_o you_o now_o seven_o bullock_n and_o seven_o ram_n and_o go_v to_o my_o servant_n job_n and_o offer_v up_o for_o yourselves_o a_o burn_a offering_n and_o my_o servant_n job_n shall_v pray_v for_o you_o and_o he_o will_v i_o accept_v lest_o i_o deal_v with_o you_o after_o your_o folly_n in_o that_o you_o have_v not_o speak_v of_o i_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v right_a as_o my_o servant_n job_n have_v so_o eliphaz_n the_o temanite_n and_o bildad_o the_o shuhite_a and_o zophar_n the_o naamathite_n go_v and_o do_v according_a as_o the_o lord_n command_v they_o and_o the_o lord_n also_o accept_v job_n and_o the_o lord_n turn_v the_o captivity_n of_o job_n when_o he_o pray_v for_o his_o friend_n where_o note_n 1._o as_o god_n be_v offend_v and_o his_o servant_n job_n so_o the_o offence_n must_v be_v acknowledge_v to_o both_o that_o both_o may_v be_v pacify_v 2._o god_n retain_v his_o anger_n till_o the_o party_n wrong_v together_o with_o he_o be_v satisfy_v 3._o god_n wrath_n incense_v against_o any_o for_o wrong_v his_o servant_n will_v not_o be_v quench_v but_o by_o his_o servant_n mean_n and_o procurement_n for_o his_o fury_n provoke_v by_o offend_a job_n must_v be_v appease_v by_o job_n reconcile_a gallic_n '_o item_fw-la ad_fw-la servum_fw-la meum_fw-la job_n &_o offeret_fw-la holocaustum_fw-la pro_fw-la vobis_fw-la ita_fw-la legit_fw-la greg._n &_o vulg_n lat_fw-la assavoir_fw-fr par_fw-fr le_fw-fr moin_fw-fr de_fw-fr job_n tellement_fw-fr qu'il_fw-fr vous_fw-fr serve_v comme_fw-fr de_fw-fr sacrificateur_n genev_n not_o in_o bibl._n gallic_n they_o be_v to_o offer_v their_o sacrifice_n to_o job_n and_o job_n to_o god_n for_o they_o so_o the_o ancient_a latin_a copy_n follow_v by_o gregory_n read_v go_v unto_o my_o servant_n job_n and_o he_o shall_v offer_v a_o holocaust_n for_o you_o and_o those_o word_n he_o will_v i_o accept_v and_o the_o lord_n accept_v job_n import_v no_o less_o 20._o pro_fw-la semetipso_fw-la poenitens_fw-la tantò_fw-la cititùs_fw-la ex_fw-la audiri_fw-la meruit_fw-la quantò_fw-la devotè_fw-la pro_fw-la ali●s_fw-la int●rcessit_fw-la greg._n mor._n l._n 35._o c._n 20._o 4._o god_n hear_v a_o man_n soon_o in_o his_o own_o cause_n that_o be_v solicitous_a on_o the_o behalf_n of_o other_o as_o job_n turn_v away_o his_o own_o captivity_n in_o pray_v for_o his_o friend_n thou_o will_v say_v but_o where_o do_v job_n friend_n confess_v their_o sin_n unto_o he_o can_v not_o thou_o spell_v their_o confession_n in_o their_o sacrifice_n for_o what_o mean_v those_o sacrifice_n and_o job_n intercession_n on_o their_o behalf_n but_o for_o their_o sin_n and_o how_o can_v he_o offer_v and_o pray_v for_o he_o know_v not_o what_o they_o then_o confess_v the_o trespass_n present_v unto_o he_o the_o trespass_n offer_v and_o desire_v his_o intercession_n that_o god_n will_v be_v reconcile_v for_o their_o offence_n the_o next_o precedent_n be_v david_n confess_v his_o sin_n to_o nathan_n for_o albeit_o the_o prophet_n give_v he_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o draught_n thereof_o in_o a_o parable_n and_o make_v david_n pass_v the_o sentence_n against_o himself_o in_o thesi_fw-la and_o bring_v it_o home_o to_o his_o conscience_n by_o a_o special_a application_n uncase_v the_o parable_n and_o show_v that_o he_o be_v the_o man_n yet_o david_n heart_n thus_o rouse_v awake_v and_o he_o cry_v out_o i_o have_v sin_v against_o the_o lord_n 12._o 2_o sam._n 12._o and_o nathan_n say_v unto_o david_n the_o lord_n have_v also_o put_v away_o thy_o sin_n thou_o shall_v not_o die_v there_o be_v no_o tergiversation_n no_o apology_n no_o accuse_v of_o the_o instrument_n but_o the_o king_n whole_o take_v the_o sin_n upon_o himself_o thus_o do_v not_o saul_n in_o the_o case_n of_o agag_n and_o amalek_n the_o charge_n he_o have_v from_o god_n be_v the_o utter_a subversion_n of_o that_o prince_n and_o state_n contrariwise_o the_o victory_n gain_v he_o spare_v the_o king_n and_o make_v a_o prey_n of_o the_o rich_a and_o fat_a spoil_n and_o be_v reprehend_v by_o samuel_n spread_v a_o religious_a cloak_n over_o his_o transgression_n as_o if_o that_o prey_n have_v be_v reserve_v for_o a_o sacrifice_n and_o be_v further_o charge_v by_o samuel_n for_o disobedience_n he_o convey_v the_o fact_n away_o from_o himself_o to_o the_o people_n i_o have_v obey_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o go_v the_o way_n the_o lord_n send_v i_o but_o the_o people_n etc._n etc._n

galatin_n de_fw-fr arcan_fw-fr cath._n verit_fw-la l._n 10._o c._n 3._o every_o one_o that_o in_o offend_v have_v offend_v necessary_o he_o must_v express_v the_o offence_n in_o a_o special_a manner_n by_o these_o master_n of_o the_o synagogue_n it_o may_v easy_o be_v guess_v how_o confession_n be_v order_v and_o practise_v by_o their_o disciple_n and_o proselyte_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o only_a pertinent_a place_n to_o prove_v confession_n unto_o man_n not_o circumstantiate_v with_o any_o office_n quality_n etc._n etc._n be_v in_o the_o epistle_n of_o saint_n james_n confess_v your_o fault_n one_o to_o another_o 5.17_o james_n 5.17_o and_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o that_o you_o may_v be_v heal_v where_o the_o disease_n be_v sin_n the_o remedy_n confession_n and_o prayer_n the_o physician_n and_o patient_n subalternal_a one_o another_o the_o end_n curation_n that_o you_o may_v be_v heal_v wherein_o mutual_a prayer_n be_v enjoin_v and_o mutual_a confession_n and_o as_o the_o precept_n be_v one_o to_o pray_v for_o another_o so_o be_v it_o also_o one_o to_o confess_v to_o another_o and_o as_o not_o only_o the_o order_n of_o priest_n may_v pray_v for_o other_o but_o other_o order_n of_o the_o faithful_a for_o they_o and_o other_o also_o so_o sin_n may_v be_v detect_v to_o man_n of_o another_o rank_n than_o priest_n only_o to_o priest_n i_o grant_v principal_o but_o not_o sole_o and_o little_o advantage_v rome_n clancular_a confession_n where_o the_o laity_n and_o clergy_n hold_v no_o correspondency_n 173._o il_fw-fr ne_fw-fr fait_fw-fr rien_fw-fr pour_fw-fr ceste_fw-fr confession_n à_fw-fr l'oreille_fw-fr d'un_fw-fr prestre_fw-fr car_fw-fr icy_a l'_fw-fr apostre_fw-fr recommande_fw-fr une_fw-fr confession_n mutuelle_fw-fr qui_fw-fr ne_fw-fr se_fw-fr fait_fw-fr in_o cette_fw-fr practic_a d._n buchan_n l'histoire_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr conscience_n p._n 173._o they_o confess_v to_o priest_n only_o and_o not_o priest_n to_o people_n whereas_o the_o apostle_n by_o say_v confess_v one_o to_o another_o prescribe_v confession_n no_o more_o to_o be_v make_v to_o the_o priest_n than_o to_o another_o man_n unic_n dicendo_fw-la confitemini_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la non_fw-la magìs_fw-la dicit_fw-la confessionem_fw-la faciendam_fw-la esse_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la quàm_fw-la alii_fw-la subdit_fw-la enim_fw-la orate_fw-la prose_n inuicem_fw-la scot._n l._n 4._o d._n 17._o q._n unic_n say_v scotus_n so_o that_o without_o force_v or_o rack_a of_o the_o word_n the_o sense_n will_v fall_v out_o to_o be_v this_o confess_v your_o sin_n one_o to_o another_o that_o be_v conscious_a of_o one_o another_o disease_n you_o may_v the_o better_o frame_v your_o request_n on_o one_o another_o behalf_n for_o your_o recovery_n confession_n of_o fault_n serve_v here_o for_o a_o instruction_n unto_o prayer_n which_o one_o interlin_fw-mi one_o alterutrum_fw-la i._o aequalibus_fw-la gloss_n interlin_fw-mi member_n of_o the_o church_n make_v for_o another_o then_o if_o none_o can_v receive_v confession_n of_o sin_n but_o a_o priest_n none_o but_o a_o priest_n can_v pray_v for_o another_o 6._o mutuam_fw-la confessionem_fw-la &_o mutuam_fw-la orationem_fw-la simul_fw-la injungit_fw-la si_fw-la solis_fw-la sacrificulis_fw-la confitendum_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la illis_fw-la solis_fw-la orandum_fw-la calvin_n instit_fw-la lib._n 3._o c._n 4._o sect._n 6._o but_o if_o a_o lay-christian_a may_v pray_v for_o another_o yea_o for_o a_o priest_n also_o then_o may_v confession_n be_v make_v to_o a_o lay-christian_a confiteri_fw-la reciprocâ_fw-la relatione_fw-la isti_fw-la pro_fw-la scinvicem_fw-la tenentur_fw-la orare_fw-la hug._n card._n in_o loc_n ergo_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la inuicem_fw-la reciproce_fw-la tenentur_fw-la confiteri_fw-la yea_o from_o a_o priest_n also_o again_o if_o priest_n be_v the_o only_a man_n to_o who_o confession_n in_o this_o place_n be_v address_v than_o priest_n only_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o for_o if_o none_o can_v confess_v one_o another_o but_o priest_n and_o priest_n they_o be_v the_o man_n than_o that_o can_v only_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o furthermore_o the_o confession_n saint_n james_n speak_v of_o pass_v to_o and_o fro_o from_o one_o to_o another_o now_o if_o none_o may_v hear_v confession_n but_o a_o priest_n 5._o hic_fw-la exigitur_fw-la reciproca_fw-la confessio-atqui_a hoc_fw-la soli_fw-la sacrifici_fw-la sibi_fw-la vendicant_a ergò_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la solos_fw-la ableganda_fw-la est_fw-la confessio_fw-la calvin_n in_o jac._n cap._n 5._o none_o may_v make_v confession_n but_o a_o priest_n for_o with_o the_o apostle_n those_o only_a must_v make_v confession_n that_o may_v receive_v confession_n and_o they_o only_o confess_v that_o may_v be_v confess_v unto_o this_o discourse_n be_v ground_v upon_o the_o mutual_a and_o reciprocal_a injunction_n of_o confession_n and_o intercession_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o other_o as_o duty_n of_o equal_a latitude_n and_o extent_n the_o reason_n stand_v thus_o bar._n all_o such_o as_o may_v make_v supplication_n for_o other_o may_v receive_v the_o confession_n of_o other_o ba._n but_o all_o christian_n may_v make_v their_o supplication_n for_o other_o ra._n therefore_o all_o christian_n may_v receive_v the_o confession_n of_o other_o 744._o sentit_fw-la de_fw-la quotidianis_fw-la offensis_fw-la christianorum_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsos_fw-la quot_fw-la continuò_fw-la vult_fw-la reconciliari_fw-la alioqui_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-fr confession_n sensisset_fw-la quam_fw-la dicimus_fw-la partem_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la non_fw-la addi_fw-la disset_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o vobis_fw-la inuicem_fw-la sed_fw-la saccrdotibus_fw-la erasm_n annot_v in_o jac._n 5._o pag._n 744._o there_o be_v that_o limit_n the_o apostle_n to_o speak_v only_o of_o that_o confession_n which_o tend_v to_o brotherly_a reconciliation_n whereby_o the_o offender_n humble_o submit_v ingenious_o acknowledge_v and_o thereby_o 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ipsa_fw-la est_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la praecepta_fw-la quoad_fw-la confessionem_fw-la mortalium_fw-la consilium_fw-la verò_fw-la quoad_fw-la confessionem_fw-la venialium_fw-la hug._n card._n expos_n in_o jac._n cap._n 5._o but_o other_o also_o in_o some_o case_n and_o the_o confession_n as_o a_o duty_n to_o be_v perform_v by_o way_n of_o 1._o precept_n and_o of_o 2._o counsel_n if_o mortal_a sin_n be_v the_o subject_n than_o the_o confessor_n be_v to_o be_v a_o priest_n and_o the_o confession_n necessary_a and_o under_o command_n but_o if_o the_o sin_n be_v venial_a the_o confessor_n may_v be_v a_o layman_n and_o the_o confession_n free_a and_o under_o counsel_n only_o this_o late_a confession_n than_o be_v a_o evangelical_n counsel_n belong_v only_o to_o such_o perfect_a man_n as_o monk_n and_o friar_n and_o then_o a_o lay_v brother_n may_v serve_v at_o a_o turn_n to_o receive_v the_o confession_n of_o a_o cloister_n which_o rather_o than_o those_o religious_a 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tom._n 4._o p._n 838._o upon_o this_o event_n the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n be_v magnify_v such_o as_o be_v guilty_a of_o such_o spell_n be_v terrify_v and_o to_o prevent_v the_o like_a danger_n come_v and_o confess_v etc._n etc._n they_o confess_v then_o that_o be_v evident_a and_o something_o it_o be_v they_o confess_v and_o somebody_o to_o who_o the_o party_n then_o to_o who_o the_o matter_n what_o and_o the_o manner_n how_o must_v be_v explain_v 1._o he_o to_o who_o without_o all_o doubt_n be_v saint_n paul_n for_o have_v the_o party_n be_v god_n they_o need_v not_o to_o have_v come_v for_o audience_n who_o hear_v when_o we_o cry_v from_o the_o utmost_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o who_o the_o east_n and_o west-indies_n be_v but_o as_o the_o right_n and_o left_a ear_n their_o come_n then_o to_o confess_v argue_v that_o it_o be_v to_o such_o a_o one_o that_o can_v not_o hear_v much_o further_a than_o he_o see_v they_o come_v then_o to_o the_o 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from_o certain_a consultation_n make_v with_o the_o bishop_n in_o private_a when_o any_o scruple_n lie_v upon_o the_o soul_n the_o former_a part_n of_o his_o word_n make_v good_a what_o we_o purpose_v that_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n there_o be_v confession_n of_o sin_n unto_o the_o pastor_n we_o examine_v not_o whether_o private_a or_o public_a general_a or_o special_a of_o some_o or_o of_o all_o offence_n and_o the_o passage_n concern_v the_o original_n of_o clancular_a confession_n will_v be_v consider_v of_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n thus_o far_o from_o the_o word_n of_o god_n now_o from_o the_o word_n of_o holy_a man_n &_o in_o the_o first_o place_n we_o will_v set_v dionysius_n areopagita_n leave_v out_o that_o controversy_n whether_o the_o work_n under_o his_o name_n be_v his_o or_o no_o see_v all_o divine_n confess_v the_o author_n to_o be_v of_o great_a antiquity_n he_o therefore_o in_o a_o epistle_n to_o demophylus_n reprehend_v his_o insolent_a carriage_n towards_o a_o priest_n and_o a_o penitent_a relate_v the_o abuse_n thus_o thou_o as_o thy_o letter_n mention_v while_o a_o sinner_n fall_v down_o humble_v h●mself_n unto_o the_o priest_n camaldulense_v tu_fw-la ut_fw-la tuus_fw-la literae_fw-la indicant_fw-la procidentem_fw-la sacerdoli_n impium_fw-la ut_fw-la ais_fw-la atque_fw-la peccatorem_fw-la nescio_fw-la quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la contra_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la ordinem_fw-la astans_fw-la calce_fw-la abjecisti_fw-la &_o repulisti_fw-la cùm_fw-la ille_fw-la quidem_fw-la verecundè_fw-la ut_fw-la oportuit_fw-la sateretur_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la rem●dia_fw-la quaerenda_fw-la venisse_fw-la diony_n epist_n 8._o interpret_v ambr._n camaldulense_v i_o know_v not_o by_o what_o mean_v stand_v by_o against_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n do_v spurn_v he_o back_o with_o thy_o foot_n whereas_o he_o in_o a_o lowly_a manner_n as_o behove_v he_o confess_v that_o he_o come_v to_o seek_v the_o remedy_n for_o his_o sin_n by_o which_o 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ei_fw-la lacrimae_fw-la pane_n die_fw-la ac_fw-la nocte_fw-la &_o non_fw-la crubescit_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la dei_fw-la indicare_fw-la peccatum_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o quaerere_fw-la medicinam_fw-la secundum_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la ait_fw-la dixi_fw-la pronunciabo_fw-la adversùm_fw-la i_o etc._n etc._n origen_n homil_n 2._o in_o levit._n tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 68_o be_v remission_n of_o sin_n upon_o repentance_n when_o a_o sinner_n water_v his_o couch_n with_o tear_n and_o tear_n become_v his_o bread_n day_n and_o night_n and_o when_o he_o blush_v not_o to_o show_v his_o sin_n unto_o the_o lord_n priest_n and_o to_o seek_v for_o medicine_n according_a to_o he_o who_o say_v i_o say_v i_o will_v confess_v etc._n etc._n against_o this_o testimony_n there_o stand_v like_o a_o hand_n in_o the_o margin_n sacramental_a confession_n set_v there_o by_o genebrard_n the_o publisher_n of_o that_o edition_n to_o fetch_v his_o reader_n over_o as_o if_o auricular_a confession_n as_o it_o now_o go_v for_o 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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 deipn●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 ter●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 tert●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 i●_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 confession●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 ca●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 quàm_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

superfluous_a and_o unprofitable_a and_o in_o a_o declaration_n of_o walter_n bruit_n contain_v divere_fw-la position_n by_o he_o assert_v anno_fw-la dom._n 1393._o this_o be_v one_o 1624._o archb_a abbot_n of_o visibility_n of_o the_o church_n p._n 72._o edit_n lond._n 1624._o that_o auricular_a confession_n be_v not_o prescribe_v in_o the_o scripture_n add_v unto_o these_o how_o in_o the_o province_n of_o tholouse_n a_o certain_a people_n call_v boni_fw-la homines_fw-la a_o branch_n of_o the_o waldenses_n 1175_o an._n dom._n 1175_o if_o not_o the_o tree_n itself_o be_v question_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o lion_n london_n interrogavit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la si_fw-la deberet_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la consiteri_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o ministris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vel_fw-la cuilibet_fw-la laico_fw-la vel_fw-la illis_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la dixit_fw-la jac._n confitemini_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la respondentes_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la infirmis_fw-la sufficere_fw-la si_fw-la confitentur_fw-la cvi_fw-la vellent_fw-la de_fw-la militibus_fw-la vero_fw-la dicere_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la dixt_v jacobus_n nisi_fw-la de_fw-la infirmantibus_fw-la quaesit_fw-la it_o ●tiam_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n si_fw-la sufficiebat_fw-la sola_fw-la cordis_fw-la contritio_fw-la &_o on_o his_o confessio_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la erat_fw-la necesse_fw-la ut_fw-la facer_n nt_v satisfactionem_fw-la post_fw-la datam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la icjuniis_fw-la eleemosynis_fw-la afflictionibus_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la lugentes_fw-la si_fw-la suppeteret_fw-la cis_fw-la facultas_fw-la responderunt_fw-la dicentes_fw-la quia_fw-la jacobus_n dicehat_fw-la confitemini_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la peccata_fw-la vestra_fw-la ut_fw-la salvemini_fw-la &_o per_fw-la hoc_fw-la sciebant_fw-la quòd_fw-la apostolus_fw-la aliud_fw-la non_fw-la praecipiebat_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la consiterentur_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la salvarentur_fw-la ●ec_fw-la volebant_fw-la meliores_fw-la esse_fw-la apostolo_n ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la adjungerent_fw-la sicut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la faciunt_fw-la rog._n hovedon_n annal._n pars_fw-la post_fw-la henrici_fw-la secundl_v r._n p._n 319._o edit_n london_n if_o every_o man_n ought_v to_o confess_v his_o sin_n unto_o the_o priest_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n or_o else_o to_o a_o layman_n or_o to_o those_o of_o who_o saint_n james_n say_v confess_v your_o sin_n one_o to_o another_o they_o answer_v say_v for_o they_o that_o be_v sick_a they_o may_v confess_v to_o who_o they_o please_v of_o other_o they_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v because_o saint_n james_n speak_v only_o of_o infirm_a person_n the_o bishop_n further_o demand_v of_o they_o if_o contrition_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o confession_n of_o the_o mouth_n be_v sufficient_a or_o if_o satisfaction_n after_o penance_n enjoin_v be_v necessary_a in_o bewail_v their_o sin_n in_o fast_v affliction_n and_o almsdeed_n if_o they_o be_v able_a they_o answer_v say_v saint_n james_n say_v confess_v your_o sin_n one_o to_o another_o that_o you_o may_v be_v save_v and_o by_o this_o they_o perceive_v that_o the_o apostle_n command_v nothing_o else_o but_o that_o they_o shall_v confess_v and_o be_v save_v neither_o will_v they_o be_v better_o than_o the_o apostle_n as_o to_o add_v any_o thing_n of_o their_o own_o head_n as_o bishop_n do_v so_o have_v roger_n hovedon_n relate_v their_o tenet_n in_o the_o process_n of_o their_o condemnation_n afterward_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1479._o there_o issue_v a_o commission_n from_o rome_n to_o alphonsus_n carillus_n archbishop_n of_o toledo_n authorise_v he_o to_o assemble_v a_o synod_n at_o salamanca_n and_o convent_v the_o professor_n there_o petrus_n oxoniensis_n for_o teach_v these_o conclusion_n 1._o that_o mortal_a sin_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o offence_n 899._o conclus_fw-la 1._o peccata_fw-la mortalia_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la culpam_fw-la &_o poenam_fw-la alterius_fw-la seculi_fw-la delentur_fw-la per_fw-la solam_fw-la cordis_fw-la contritionem_fw-la sine_fw-la ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la clave_n conclus_fw-la 2._o quòd_fw-la confessio_fw-la de_fw-la peccatis_fw-la in_o specie_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ex_fw-la statuto_fw-la aliquo_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la conclus_fw-la 3._o quòd_fw-la prauae_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la confiteri_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la prelate_n latin_n sed_fw-la solâ_fw-la displicentiâ_fw-la delentur_fw-la sine_fw-la ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la clave_n conclus_fw-la 4._o quòd_fw-la confessio_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la secreta_fw-la canus_n part_n 6._o relect._n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la p._n 899._o and_o blot_v out_o only_o by_o the_o contrition_n of_o heart_n without_o relation_n to_o the_o key_n 2._o that_o confession_n of_o each_o particular_a sin_n be_v ground_v upon_o some_o stature_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n and_o not_o upon_o divine_a right_n 3._o that_o evil_a thought_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v confess_v and_o be_v blot_v out_o by_o a_o dislike_n and_o displeasure_n thereof_o without_o reference_n unto_o the_o key_n 4._o that_o confession_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v hold_v in_o secret_a all_o of_o which_o be_v condemn_v at_o the_o meeting_n and_o that_o condemnation_n ratify_v at_o rome_n and_o that_o ratification_n insert_v for_o the_o worth_n thereof_o into_o the_o extravagant_n by_o sixtus_n iu._n this_o opinion_n than_o can_v no_o soon_o peep_v out_o but_o it_o be_v cut_v off_o by_o such_o as_o in_o those_o age_n strike_v the_o stroke_n it_o remain_v now_o that_o we_o examine_v the_o ground_n of_o such_o censure_n and_o condemnation_n some_o of_o the_o theologue_n that_o stand_v for_o divine_a institution_n allege_v christ_n direction_n to_o the_o leper_n 17.14_o luke_n 17.14_o go_v show_v yourselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n i_o say_v some_o not_o all_o for_o the_o more_o judicious_a have_v lay_v aside_o this_o leaden_a weapon_n but_o that_o some_o which_o gape_v more_o after_o the_o froth_n of_o allegory_n that_o the_o clear_a stream_n of_o the_o literal_a and_o genuinous_a sense_n have_v somewhat_o esteem_v thereof_o as_o haymo_n for_o that_o not_o only_a sin_n must_v be_v confess_v to_o the_o priest_n 401._o quia_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la confiteri_fw-la debent_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la corum_fw-la consilium_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la &_o satisfactionem_fw-la veniae_fw-la suscipere_fw-la recte_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ire_fw-la ostendite_fw-la &_o vice_fw-la enim_fw-la dei_fw-la peccata_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la pandenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o inxta_fw-la ill●um_fw-la consilium_fw-la poententia_fw-la ageada_fw-la qui_fw-la ergo_fw-la babet_fw-la lepram_fw-la p●ccati_fw-la in_o anima_fw-la debet_fw-la ●enir●●ad_n sacerdotem_fw-la &_o ci_fw-fr humil●ter_fw-la peccata_fw-la consiteri_fw-la haym_n domin_n 14._o post_n perteco_v p._n 401._o but_o moreover_o that_o by_o their_o advice_n penance_n and_o satisfaction_n of_o pardon_n must_v be_v obtain_v it_o be_v well_o say_v go_v show_v yourselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n for_o unto_o the_o priest_n instead_o of_o god_n be_v sin_n to_o be_v open_v and_o penance_n at_o their_o discretion_n to_o be_v impose_v and_o a_o little_a after_o the_o man_n that_o have_v the_o leprosy_n of_o sin_n in_o his_o soul_n aught_o to_o resort_v unto_o the_o priest_n and_o humble_o make_v confession_n of_o his_o sin_n thus_o haymo_n have_v lay_v a_o weak_a load_n upon_o a_o weak_a back_n yet_o such_o be_v the_o weakness_n of_o our_o rhemist_n 17.14_o rhemist_n annot_n in_o luke_n 17.14_o judgement_n that_o they_o think_v it_o worthy_a to_o furnish_v a_o annotation_n and_o in_o good_a sadness_n tell_v we_o that_o by_o leprosy_n be_v mean_v sin_n to_o be_v heal_v by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o by_o show_v confession_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n quote_v a_o book_n of_o saint_n augustine_n as_n true_o he_o as_o their_o note_n be_v unto_o the_o text_n such_o allusion_n may_v serve_v to_o stuff_v a_o postill_n but_o not_o to_o back_o a_o argument_n as_o a_o frenchman_n cry_v out_o upon_o his_o auditory_a show_v your_o conscience_n good_a people_n unto_o your_o priest_n 1634._o moastrez_n vos_fw-fr conscience_n aux_fw-fr prestre_n &_o leur_fw-fr declarez_fw-fr vos_fw-fr pechez_n si_fw-fr en_fw-fr voulez_fw-fr estre_fw-fr guarcatis_fw-la serm._n pour_fw-fr le_fw-fr 14._o dimanche_n apres_fw-fr la_fw-fr pentecost_n a_o roven_n chez_fw-fr d._n landet_n 1634._o and_o declare_v your_o sin_n unto_o they_o if_o you_o will_v be_v heal_v however_o the_o pulpit_n may_v flourish_v with_o such_o clerklike_a collation_n the_o polemical_a writer_n be_v squeamish_a therein_o the_o cardinal_n like_v the_o allegory_n but_o not_o the_o pillar_n that_o suftaine_n it_o for_o we_o do_v not_o affirm_v say_v he_o that_o the_o leper_n be_v dispactch_v by_o christ_n unto_o the_o priest_n 3._o neque_fw-la nos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la missos_fw-la leprosos●à_fw-la christo_fw-la ad_fw-la sacer_n lote_v ut_fw-la illis_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la confitere●tur_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la veteri_fw-la cogaitio_fw-la lep●ae_fw-la corporalis_fw-la ità_fw-la in_o nova_fw-la cogaitio_fw-la lep●e_fw-la sp●ritualis_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la pertinet_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la poen_fw-mi c._n 3._o to_o confess_v their_o sin_n unto_o they_o but_o as_o in_o the_o old_a law_n the_o leprosy_n of_o the_o body_n be_v of_o priestly_a cognizance_n so_o in_o the_o new_a spiritual-leprosie_n be_v to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o

in_o there_o clanculùm_fw-la &_o malis_fw-la artibus_fw-la at_o some_o back_n door_n and_o under_o hand_n shuffle_v in_o there_o belike_o it_o be_v but_o not_o open_o private_a confession_n be_v there_o private_o carry_v and_o ordain_v thus_o every_o faithful_a one_o of_o either_o sex_n be_v come_v to_o year_n of_o discretion_n 21._o omnis_fw-la utriusque_fw-la sexus_fw-la fidelis_fw-la postquam_fw-la ad_fw-la annos_fw-la discretionis_fw-la pervenerit_fw-la omne_fw-la sva_fw-la solus_fw-la peccata_fw-la confiteatur_fw-la fideliter_fw-la saltem_fw-la s●mel_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la proprio_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la &_o injunctam_fw-la sibi_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la studeo_fw-la pro_fw-la viribus_fw-la adimplere_fw-la suscipiens_fw-la reverenter_fw-la ad_fw-la minus_fw-la in_o pascha_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la etc._n etc._n alioquin_fw-la &_o vivens_fw-la ab_fw-la ingressu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la arceatur_fw-la &_o moriens_fw-la christiana_n careat_fw-la sepultura_fw-la council_n lateran_n cap._n 21._o shall_v by_o himself_o alone_o once_o a_o year_n at_o the_o least_o faithful_o confess_v all_o his_o sin_n unto_o his_o own_o priest_n and_o endeavour_v according_a to_o his_o strength_n to_o fulfil_v the_o penaxce_n enjoin_v unto_o he_o receive_v reverent_o at_o least_o at_o easter_n the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n otherwise_o in_o his_o life_n time_n let_v he_o be_v bar_v from_o enter_v into_o the_o church_n and_o be_v dead_a want_v christian_a burial_n in_o which_o decree_n be_v these_o innovation_n 1._o solus_fw-la that_o it_o must_v be_v private_a 2._o omne_fw-la peccata_fw-la sin_n and_o all_o sin_n must_v be_v confess_v 3._o proprio_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la to_o their_o own_o priest_n where_o the_o liberty_n of_o choose_v the_o ghostly_a father_n be_v take_v away_o and_o for_o the_o time_n which_o the_o jesuit_n tell_v we_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n there_o conclude_v on_o i_o say_v there_o be_v none_o decree_v only_o limit_v leave_v christian_n to_o confess_v at_o other_o time_n convenient_a within_o the_o year_n but_o not_o to_o exceed_v and_o be_v without_o the_o compass_n of_o a_o year_n come_v as_o often_o within_o as_o the_o confessor_n and_o his_o penitent_n can_v agree_v and_o meet_v upon_o it_o but_o not_o to_o go_v over_o the_o year_n and_o to_o this_o head_n must_v popish_a shrift_n be_v refer_v but_o if_o repentance_n be_v consider_v as_o a_o work_n of_o grace_n arise_v from_o godly_a sorrow_n whereby_o a_o man_n turn_v from_o all_o his_o sin_n to_o god_n and_o obtain_v pardon_n and_o so_o include_v confession_n as_o a_o evidence_n of_o inward_a sorrow_n and_o a_o mean_a of_o reconciliation_n such_o a_o confession_n pour_v out_o before_o god_n or_o unto_o god_n before_o his_o priest_n be_v of_o the_o same_o right_a and_o institution_n as_o repentance_n be_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n have_v ordain_v in_o this_o world_n repentance_n to_o be_v the_o approve_a physician_n for_o sinner_n judaum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_o mart._n resp_n ad_fw-la orthod_n q_o 97._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n dialog_n count_v tryphon_n judaum_fw-la say_v justin_n martyr_n and_o again_o god_n according_a tothe_z riches_n of_o his_o mercy_n accept_v of_o he_o that_o be_v penitent_a for_o his_o sin_n as_o just_a and_o without_o sin_n that_o thing_n than_o be_v of_o divine_a institution_n which_o god_n grace_n have_v ordain_v and_o of_o divine_a power_n and_o efficacy_n which_o make_v a_o sinner_n accept_v of_o god_n as_o a_o righteous_a person_n but_o all_o this_o thou_o will_v say_v may_v be_v do_v by_o contrition_n and_o confession_n to_o god_n only_o without_o respect_n unto_o the_o priest_n i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o it_o may_v be_v and_o often_o be_v effect_v that_o way_n but_o not_o always_o such_o may_v be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o sinner_n and_o quality_n of_o the_o sin_n that_o pardon_n which_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o repentance_n be_v not_o gather_v and_o new_a obedience_n which_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o penitent_a be_v not_o bring_v forth_o without_o confession_n to_o the_o priest_n and_o direction_n from_o he_o and_o so_o to_o be_v comprise_v in_o this_o duty_n also_o for_o if_o the_o door_n of_o heaven_n will_v ever_o open_v upon_o the_o former_a knock_n the_o priest_n have_v key_n commit_v to_o no_o purpose_n to_o make_v this_o to_o appear_v distinct_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v that_o to_o institute_v may_v be_v take_v in_o a_o twofold_a sense_n 13._o jurisconsultis_fw-la instituere_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la arbores_fw-la vel_fw-la vineas_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la loco_fw-la ponere_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o conducto_fw-la fundo_fw-la si_fw-la conductor_n suâ_fw-la operâ_fw-la aliquid_fw-la necessariò_fw-la vel_fw-la utiliter_fw-la auxerit_fw-la vel_fw-la aedificaverit_fw-la vel_fw-la instituerit_fw-la l._n dominus_fw-la sec._n in_o conduct_n ff_n loc_fw-la &_o conduct_n vide_fw-la turneb_n advers._fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 13._o first_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n producer_n and_o author_n of_o a_o effect_n so_o take_v with_o the_o ancient_a civilian_n with_o who_o to_o institute_v tree_n or_o vineyard_n be_v to_o set_v and_o plant_v they_o in_o a_o ground_n let_v out_o if_o the_o farmer_n by_o his_o industry_n shall_v have_v improve_v it_o have_v build_v or_o have_v set_v or_o plant_v in_o the_o digest_v and_o in_o this_o acceptation_n christ_n be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n that_o vine_n be_v of_o his_o plant_n and_o institution_n he_o be_v the_o author_n and_o his_o minister_n to_o do_v it_o by_o his_o authority_n now_o repentance_n be_v indeed_o a_o work_n of_o god_n but_o not_o in_o god_n confession_n be_v when_o god_n open_v a_o sinner_n mouth_n not_o his_o own_o in_o that_o sense_n confession_n be_v not_o of_o divine_a institution_n 2._o second_o that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v institute_v that_o be_v command_v and_o enjoin_v so_o of_o institution_n divine_a that_o be_v of_o divine_a law_n and_o ordinance_n and_o that_o of_o divine_a law_n which_o be_v prescribe_v in_o the_o divine_a word_n the_o holy_a scripture_n as_o a_o law_n to_o be_v observe_v or_o as_o a_o example_n to_o be_v imitate_v and_o divine_a ordinance_n be_v there_o deliver_v by_o god_n immediate_o or_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o man_n of_o god_n inspire_v by_o he_o in_o which_o sense_n saint_n chrysostom_n interprete_v those_o passage_n of_o saint_n paul_n not_o i_o but_o the_o lord_n and_o i_o not_o the_o the_o lord_n 12._o 1_o cor._n 7.10_o 12._o not_o as_o if_o christ_n speak_v of_o himself_o and_o paul_n from_o himself_o for_o in_o paul_n christ_n speak_v what_o be_v it_o then_o that_o he_o say_v i_o and_o not_o i_o jesus_n christ_n have_v deliver_v some_o law_n and_o ordinance_n in_o his_o own_o person_n unto_o we_o 6.250_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to._n 6.250_o and_o some_o by_o his_o apostle_n furthermore_o a_o thing_n may_v be_v of_o divine_a right_n as_o express_o and_o formal_o enjoin_v in_o the_o scripture_n or_o else_o as_o virtual_o employ_v by_o a_o necessary_a deduction_n and_o consequence_n 10._o aliquid_fw-la dicitur_fw-la esse_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la duobus_fw-la modis_fw-la vel_fw-la quòd_fw-la institutum_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la idque_fw-la vel_fw-la express_v vel_fw-la certa_fw-la deductione_n erutum_fw-la vel_fw-la ex●mplum_fw-la continuata_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praxi_fw-la omni_fw-la s●culo_fw-la commendatum_fw-la junius_n in_o bellar._n controv_fw-mi 7._o cap._n 10._o or_o else_o as_o exemplary_a and_o ratify_v by_o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n so_o divine_a right_n and_o institution_n be_v accept_v in_o a_o threefold_a sense_n 1._o in_o express_a precept_n and_o command_n 2._o in_o necessary_a consequence_n depend_v upon_o some_o other_o thing_n command_v or._n 3_o by_o approve_a example_n in_o god_n word_n commend_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n praecepti_fw-la confession_n of_o divine_a institution_n 1._o v●rtute_fw-la praecepti_fw-la we_o will_v lay_v confession_n unto_o all_o of_o these_o and_o see_v what_o authority_n it_o have_v and_o first_o for_o divine_a command_n we_o read_v in_o the_o law_n that_o the_o sinner_n by_o divine_a edict_n bring_v his_o sacrifice_n and_o confess_v his_o sin_n unto_o the_o priest_n thou_o will_v reply_v 5._o numb_a 5._o that_o law_n be_v ceremonial_a 5._o leu●t_fw-la 5._o so_o say_v i_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n but_o dare_v not_o say_v so_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o confession_n the_o one_o be_v a_o typical_a and_o the_o other_o a_o moral_a act_n and_o think_v it_o not_o strange_a that_o one_o precept_n may_v be_v mix_v and_o compose_v of_o ceremony_n and_o morality_n for_o be_v not_o the_o law_n of_o the_o sabbath_n so_o the_o day_n ceremonial_a mora●lis_fw-la dies_fw-la ceremonialis_fw-la quies_fw-la mora●lis_fw-la and_o the_o rest_n moral_a gratia_fw-la cultus_fw-la à_fw-la natura_fw-la modus_fw-la à_fw-la lege_fw-la virtus_fw-la à_fw-la gratia_fw-la and_o it_o may_v not_o unfit_o be_v apply_v to_o confession_n what_o be_v verify_v of_o the_o

sabbath_n 1._o confessio_fw-la deo_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la a_o natura_fw-la nature_n itself_o teach_v we_o that_o a_o sinner_n must_v confess_v unto_o god_n who_o he_o have_v wrong_v and_o this_o be_v morale_fw-mi positivum_fw-la the_o moral_a positive_a part_n of_o the_o law_n 2._o modus_fw-la à_fw-la lege_fw-la 4._o confessio_fw-la mentalis_fw-la quae_fw-la fit_a deo_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr dictaminel_n gis_n naturae_fw-la adjutae_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la raymund_n sum_fw-la tract_n 4._o to_o confess_v unto_o the_o priest_n this_o manner_n of_o confession_n be_v enjoin_v by_o god_n and_o this_o be_v positivum_fw-la divinum_fw-la the_o divine_a positive_a part_n of_o the_o law_n 3._o but_o virtus_fw-la à_fw-la gratia_fw-la true_a confession_n whether_o to_o god_n 1._o jam_fw-la donum_fw-la s●piritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la habet_fw-la qui_fw-la confitetur_fw-la &_o poenitet_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la confessio_fw-la peccati_fw-la &_o compunctio_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la ex_fw-la seipso_fw-la aug._n in_o ps_n 1._o or_o to_o his_o priest_n be_v from_o the_o work_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n it_o be_v fulfil_v in_o this_o as_o in_o other_o grace_n what_o have_v thou_o o_o man_n that_o thou_o have_v not_o receive_v the_o ceremonial_a part_n which_o consist_v in_o the_o sacrifice_n cease_v for_o a_o christian_a have_v another_o altar_n and_o another_o sacrifice_n consequentiae_fw-la 2._o ex_fw-la necessitate_v consequentiae_fw-la christ_n jesus_n slay_v upon_o the_o cross_n by_o virtue_n whereof_o his_o priest_n assure_v the_o penitent_a of_o pardon_n &_o absolution_n for_o the_o second_o confession_n be_v of_o divine_a right_n by_o way_n of_o deduction_n for_o if_o the_o use_n of_o the_o key_n in_o the_o mini_n stery_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v divine_a as_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o they_o be_v so_o and_o if_o that_o use_n consist_v in_o absolution_n and_o if_o that_o absolution_n ever_o presuppose_v and_o can_v be_v denounce_v without_o precedaneous_a confession_n the_o consequent_a will_v tie_v they_o together_o for_o the_o world_n can_v break_v the_o relation_n that_o be_v betwixt_o confession_n and_o absolution_n exempli_fw-la 3._o ratione_fw-la exempli_fw-la and_o for_o the_o last_o a_o precedent_n we_o have_v in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n second_v with_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n as_o have_v be_v declare_v thou_o see_v good_a reader_n how_o confession_n pretend_v to_o divine_a right_n in_o a_o strict_a sense_n 2._o jus_fw-la divinum_fw-la laxè_fw-la vel_fw-la strictè_fw-la sumptum_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o s._n literis_fw-la invenitur_fw-la illud_fw-la ex_fw-la earum_fw-la sive_fw-la instituto_fw-la sive_fw-la exemplis_fw-la &_o analogia_fw-la recta_fw-la ratione_fw-la deducitur_fw-la azorius_fw-la instit_fw-la mor._n part_n 2._o l._n 1._o c._n 2._o as_o enjoin_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o in_o a_o large_a as_o a_o necessary_a consequent_a deduct_v by_o rational_a proportion_n from_o divine_a premise_n &_o how_o the_o same_o be_v corroborate_v by_o example_n set_v forth_o in_o the_o scripture_n and_o by_o ecclesiastical_a practice_n set_v forth_o in_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n likewise_o this_o i_o must_v be_v interpret_v to_o speak_v of_o confession_n unto_o god_n minister_n in_o general_a without_o respect_n to_o the_o manner_n thereof_o private_o or_o public_o perform_v which_o i_o think_v be_v leave_v to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n to_o determine_v there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o the_o public_a performance_n thereof_o be_v all_o in_o all_o that_o be_v leave_v off_o and_o the_o private_a do_v thereof_o succeed_v in_o the_o room_n to_o supply_v that_o defect_n and_o which_o at_o the_o first_o alteration_n be_v esteem_v to_o be_v no_o more_o sacramental_a or_o of_o no_o more_o necessity_n for_o obtain_v remission_n of_o sin_n than_o the_o former_a so_o that_o the_o course_n take_v herein_o may_v well_o be_v think_v to_o have_v the_o nature_n of_o a_o temporal_a law_n which_o as_o saint_n austin_n say_v although_o it_o be_v just_a 6._o appellemus_fw-la istam_fw-la legem_fw-la si_fw-la placet_fw-la temporalem_fw-la quae_fw-la quamvis_fw-la justa_fw-la sit_fw-la commutari_fw-la tamen_fw-la per_fw-la tempora_fw-la justè_fw-la potest_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr lib._n a●b_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o yet_o in_o time_n may_v be_v just_o change_v canus_n acknowledge_v confession_n in_o its_o own_o nature_n for_o a_o divine_a ordinance_n but_o for_o the_o condition_n thereof_o secret_a or_o open_a he_o refer_v to_o be_v order_v by_o natural_a prudence_n his_o word_n be_v these_o confession_n of_o sin_n ought_v to_o be_v make_v unto_o the_o priest_n 6._o confessio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la fieri_fw-la debet_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la ex_fw-la traditione_n majorum_fw-la verùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la ex_fw-la evangelico_n testimonio_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr necessitate_v sacramenti_fw-la secretam_fw-la verò_fw-la aut_fw-la publicam_fw-la confessionem_fw-la fi●ri_fw-la prudenti●e_fw-la est_fw-la naturali_fw-la relictum_fw-la quae_fw-la dictat_fw-la ut_fw-la occulta_fw-la occultè_fw-la &_o publica_fw-la publicè_fw-la jud●centur_fw-la canus_n relect._n de_fw-fr poen_fw-mi p._n 6._o not_o only_o by_o tradition_n from_o our_o ancestor_n but_o also_o by_o testimony_n from_o the_o gospel_n and_o this_o be_v of_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o whether_o confession_n shall_v be_v secret_a or_o public_a that_o be_v leave_v to_o natural_a prudence_n which_o will_v that_o secret_a sin_n shall_v be_v judge_v in_o secret_a and_o those_o which_o be_v public_a public_o michael_n vehe_fw-la frame_v to_o himself_o this_o objection_n let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o these_o word_n who_o sin_n soever_o you_o remit_v etc._n etc._n infer_v a_o confession_n to_o be_v make_v of_o all_o sin_n whatsoever_o which_o see_v it_o may_v be_v perform_v two_o way_n private_o or_o public_o and_o neither_o way_n by_o christ_n command_v both_o will_v seem_v of_o equal_a necessity_n but_o no_o man_n can_v say_v that_o public_a confession_n be_v necessary_a and_o why_o may_v not_o so_o much_o be_v say_v of_o private_a answer_v thus_o we_o say_v and_o affirm_v neither_o way_n of_o confession_n to_o be_v necessary_a by_o any_o precept_n from_o christ_n 4._o respond●mus_n &_o dicimus_fw-la neutrum_fw-la consitendi_fw-la modum_fw-la ess●_n ex_fw-la praecepto_fw-la christi_fw-la necessarium_fw-la utrumque_fw-la autem_fw-la necessarium_fw-la sub_fw-la distinctione_n liberum_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la eligere_fw-la illum_fw-la vel_fw-la illum_fw-la cum_fw-la autem_fw-la etiam_fw-la secretam_fw-la volucrit_fw-fr esse_fw-la confession●m_fw-la ad_fw-la publicam_fw-la non_fw-la tenemur_fw-la vehe_fw-la tract_n 6._o de_fw-fr sacr._n poen_n c._n 4._o and_o yet_o both_o necessary_a with_o a_o distinction_n the_o church_n then_o be_v leave_v to_o her_o choice_n to_o take_v which_o she_o please_v and_o see_v she_o have_v embrace_v to_o confess_v in_o secret_a we_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o the_o public_a which_o two_o assertion_n how_o far_o they_o cut_v the_o throat_n of_o clancular_a confession_n rome_n may_v do_v well_o to_o consider_v confession_n then_o in_o itself_o may_v be_v of_o divine_a right_n and_o the_o manner_n thereof_o whether_o private_a or_o public_a a_o church_n constitution_n and_o which_o way_n the_o church_n shall_v conceive_v to_o be_v most_o profitable_a and_o command_v the_o use_n what_o be_o i_o that_o shall_v contradict_v the_o same_o to_o who_o benign_a censure_n i_o submit_v what_o i_o have_v here_o resolve_v concern_v the_o institution_n sect_n ii_o the_o content_n the_o abusive_a necessity_n of_o confession_n tyrannical_a inquisition_n into_o man_n conscience_n distasteful_a confession_n leave_v at_o liberty_n in_o gratian_n time_n schoolman_n lean_v to_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o confession_n not_o the_o only_a necessary_a mean_n for_o absolution_n and_o remission_n the_o end_v aim_v at_o in_o popish_a confession_n unnecessary_a no_o express_a precept_n in_o scripture_n for_o the_o absolute_a necessity_n thereof_o confession_n a_o heavy_a burden_n upon_o fleshly_a shoulder_n private_a confession_n not_o practise_v from_o the_o beginning_n establish_v in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o public_a by_o a_o edict_n from_o leo_n 1._o the_o fact_n of_o nectarius_n abrogate_a confession_n with_o the_o several_a answer_n and_o exposition_n of_o roman_a writer_n expend_v confession_n desert_v in_o the_o greek_a church_n divers_a kind_n and_o form_n of_o necessity_n confession_n in_o what_o case_n necessary_a and_o the_o necessity_n thereof_o determine_v we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o necessity_n of_o confess_v a_o point_n necessary_o to_o be_v open_v the_o over-pressing_a of_o the_o same_o upon_o man_n conscience_n have_v be_v think_v a_o kind_n of_o tyranny_n and_o have_v cause_v the_o busy_a obtruder_n thereof_o to_o be_v suspect_v as_o if_o they_o aim_v at_o their_o own_o end_n and_o seek_v not_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v of_o christ_n jesus_n lording_n it_o over_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o people_n make_v their_o key_n become_v picklock_n and_o themselves_o not_o seer_n but_o spy_n not_o judge_n but_o accuser_n not_o physician_n but_o betrayer_n not_o good_a samaritan_n to_o

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 to_o understand_v that_o sometime_o we_o obtain_v a_o pardon_n when_o our_o lip_n be_v shut_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o those_o leper_n who_o the_o lord_n command_v to_o show_v themselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o way_n be_v heal_v before_o they_o come_v unto_o they_o and_o as_o lazarus_n be_v first_o raise_v by_o the_o lord_n lombard_n lazarus_n etiam_fw-la non_fw-la priùs_fw-la de_fw-fr monumento_fw-la eductus_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la suscitatus_fw-la sed_fw-la intùs_fw-la susc●●atus_fw-la prodiit_fw-la foras_fw-la vivus_fw-la ut_fw-la ostenderetur_fw-la suscitatae_fw-la anime_fw-mi praecedere_fw-la confessionem_fw-la lombard_n and_o loose_v from_o the_o power_n of_o death_n before_o he_o come_v forth_o of_o his_o grave_n so_o a_o sinner_n be_v first_o raise_v by_o grace_n and_o loose_v from_o the_o bond_n of_o sin_n and_o guilt_n before_o be_v can_v come_v forth_o to_o confession_n this_o order_n the_o master_n observe_v 1._o nemo_fw-la suscitatur_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la à_fw-la peccato_fw-la solvitur_fw-la none_o can_v be_v raise_v but_o must_v be_v loose_v first_o from_o death_n because_o fin_n be_v the_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o this_o solution_n be_v absolution_n 2._o nullus_fw-la confitetur_fw-la nisi_fw-la resuscitatus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o as_o speech_n be_v the_o argument_n of_o life_n so_o confession_n of_o grace_n 6.5_o psal_n 6.5_o and_o in_o morte_fw-la quis_fw-la confitebitur_fw-la tibi_fw-la in_o death_n there_o be_v no_o remembrance_n of_o thou_o 6.5_o psal_n 6.5_o and_o in_o the_o grave_n who_o shall_v confess_v unto_o thou_o now_o the_o mean_a in_o execution_n ever_o precede_v the_o end_n confession_n then_o be_v not_o the_o mean_n to_o purchase_v remission_n which_o go_v before_o it_o therefore_o gabriel_n dislike_v this_o course_n and_o tell_v we_o that_o many_o 1._o confessio_fw-la quòd_fw-la sit_fw-la necessaria_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la varii_fw-la variis_fw-la modis_fw-la ostendere_fw-la nituntur_fw-la sed_fw-la plerique_fw-la insufficient_a &_o quidem_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ostendi_fw-la sufficienter_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v remissionis_fw-la p●ccati_fw-la quamvis_fw-la remissio_fw-la p●cca●i_fw-la sit_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la tum_fw-la quia_fw-la ad_fw-la remission●m_fw-la peccati_fw-la est_fw-la alius_fw-la modus_fw-la sufficiens_fw-la sine_fw-la confession_n in_fw-la actu_fw-la sc_fw-la contritio_fw-la cordis_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la peccatum_fw-la remittitur_fw-la priusquam_fw-la peccator_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la confiteatur_fw-la tum_fw-la quia_fw-la conf●ssio_fw-la secundum_fw-la probabiliorem_fw-la opinionem_fw-la praeexigit_fw-la remission●m_fw-la peccati_fw-la per_fw-la contritionem_fw-la praeviam_fw-la &_o per_fw-la hoc_fw-la nunquam_fw-la per_fw-la confession●m_fw-la remittitur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la sed_fw-la eam_fw-la praesupponit_fw-la biel._n l._n 4._o d._n 17._o qu._n 1._o and_o in_o a_o diverse_a manner_n have_v go_v about_o to_o show_v the_o necessity_n of_o actual_a confession_n but_o for_o the_o most_o part_n very_o insufficient_o and_o true_o it_o can_v sufficient_o be_v demonstrate_v from_o the_o necessity_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n although_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n for_o that_o there_o be_v another_o mean_a sufficient_a

illos_fw-la ad_fw-la confessio●em_fw-la hoc_fw-la exemplo_fw-la provoco_fw-la climac_n grad_n 4._o cap._n 2._o wherefore_o by_o this_o example_n i_o will_v stir_v they_o up_o to_o confession_n harpsfield_n cope_n have_v set_v forth_o this_o story_n with_o great_a applause_n and_o tell_v we_o full_a sad_o that_o the_o portugal_n assail_a a_o castle_n in_o the_o east_n indies_n 298._o nulla_fw-la priùs_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la confession_n praeeunte_fw-la gravissimas_fw-la negligentiae_fw-la suae_fw-la poenas_fw-la experli_fw-la sunt_fw-la fele_n &_o mure_n nigerrimi_fw-la tanto_fw-la numero_fw-la támque_fw-la horribiles_fw-la noctu_fw-la apparuerunt_fw-la cop._n dialog_n 2._o pag._n 297_o 298._o come_v off_o with_o great_a loss_n for_o not_o be_v arm_v with_o confession_n and_o of_o a_o certain_a portugal_n to_o who_o in_o the_o night_n there_o appear_v a_o great_a number_n of_o black_a cat_n and_o mouse_n impar_fw-la congressus_fw-la very_o dreadful_a to_o see_v to_o and_o ready_a to_o have_v devour_v he_o 99_o histor_n &_o alia_fw-la impressa_fw-la ante_fw-la alcoran_n p._n 99_o have_v they_o not_o be_v prevent_v by_o his_o prayer_n to_o a_o crucifix_n hang_v in_o the_o room_n and_o his_o vow_n to_o be_v shrive_v with_o all_o speed_n i_o know_v not_o how_o such_o creature_n as_o cat_n and_o mouse_n may_v cope_v in_o vision_n otherwise_o they_o hold_v little_a correspondence_n concern_v the_o authority_n of_o such_o fantastic_a shade_n ecclesiae_fw-la casaub_n praefat_fw-la de_fw-fr libert_n ecclesiae_fw-la wherewith_o the_o writing_n of_o friar_n be_v replenish_v more_o than_o with_o wisdom_n and_o learning_n quinrum_fw-la poenarum_fw-la celebres_fw-la sub_fw-la styge_a feriae_fw-la prudent_a bellar._n de_fw-mi purge_v l._n 2._o c._n 18._o sect._n ad_fw-la quinrum_fw-la it_o may_v be_v say_v as_o the_o turk_n do_v of_o papal_a indulgence_n grant_v by_o pius_n ii_o to_o such_o as_o take_v arm_n against_o he_o require_v his_o holiness_n to_o call_v in_o his_o epigram_n again_o and_o as_o casaubon_n of_o the_o late_a interdict_v against_o the_o venetian_a republic_n that_o it_o be_v dirum_fw-la carmen_fw-la and_o as_o bellarmine_n of_o prudentius_n appoint_v certain_a holy-day_n in_o hell_n for_o the_o damn_a soul_n to_o rest_n from_o their_o pain_n that_o he_o do_v but_o play_v more_o poetico_fw-la so_o these_o and_o many_o other_o vision_n of_o this_o stamp_n seem_v to_o i_o nothing_o else_o but_o the_o poetry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n or_o a_o moral_a application_n of_o pious_a and_o useful_a fable_n thou_o see_v good_a reader_n no_o necessary_a cause_n why_o confession_n shall_v be_v so_o necessary_o urge_v and_o our_o church_n be_v the_o more_o spare_v and_o tender_a in_o impose_v any_o such_o absolute_a necessity_n upon_o these_o ground_n follow_v the_o first_o be_v person_n reasins_z why_o confession_n be_v not_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n in_o all_o case_n and_o over_o all_o person_n because_o auricular_a confession_n have_v not_o be_v practise_v continual_o in_o the_o church_n but_o be_v the_o daughter_n and_o successor_n of_o that_o which_o be_v public_o solemnize_v i_o speak_v not_o of_o confession_n in_o itself_o absolute_o consider_v which_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o lay_v down_o as_o a_o divine_a ordinance_n but_o of_o the_o clancular_a and_o privy_a carriage_n thereof_o to_o promove_v such_o end_n as_o be_v design_v in_o the_o roman_a church_n i_o say_v confession_n so_o understand_v be_v not_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n but_o of_o late_a introduction_n public_a exhomologesis_n be_v in_o ancient_a time_n hold_v such_o a_o sanctuary_n for_o trouble_a soul_n that_o not_o only_o scandalous_a sinner_n which_o be_v oblige_v thereunto_o but_o many_o beside_o come_v in_o and_o confess_v open_o their_o sin_n carry_v in_o secrecy_n and_o submit_v themselves_o to_o that_o discipline_n yea_o lap_n qui_fw-fr de_fw-fr fide_fw-la majore_fw-la &_o timore_fw-la meliore_fw-la erant_fw-la quamvis_fw-la nulla_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la aut_fw-la libelli_fw-la sacinore_fw-la constricti_fw-la apud_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la dei_fw-la dolenter_fw-la &_o simpliciter_fw-la confitentur_fw-la exomologesia_n conscientiae_fw-la suae_fw-la faciunt_fw-la animi_fw-la svi_fw-la poadus_fw-la exponunt_fw-la s●lutarem_fw-la medelam_fw-la paruis_fw-la licèt_fw-la &_o modicis_fw-la vulneribus_fw-la requirunt_fw-la cypr._n l._n 2._o the_o lap_n some_o devout_a christian_n not_o stain_v with_o incense_a unto_o idol_n or_o cast_v the_o holy_a scripture_n into_o the_o fire_n two_o scandal_n in_o those_o time_n purge_v with_o this_o discipline_n guilty_a only_o of_o lesser_a scar_n and_o grief_n grow_v ambitious_a of_o undergo_a this_o burden_n of_o public_a confession_n and_o penance_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o many_o a_o scoff_a ishmael_n chemnit_fw-la multi_fw-la verò_fw-la audientes_fw-la vel_fw-la exprobrant_fw-la vel_fw-la irrid●nt_fw-la vel_fw-la malè_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la chemnit_fw-la and_o rail_a doeg_n begin_v to_o exprobrate_v and_o deride_v the_o penitent_n to_o this_o end_n therefore_o that_o the_o discipline_n may_v be_v carry_v in_o a_o discreet_a manner_n a_o prudent_a minister_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v make_v acquaint_v before_o hand_n and_o by_o who_o advice_n the_o penitent_n be_v direct_v what_o sin_n only_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v open_v in_o public_a confession_n and_o here_o be_v the_o first_o mention_n of_o confession_n to_o a_o private_a confessor_n with_o the_o occasion_n annex_v that_o he_o hear_v the_o story_n of_o a_o sinner_n life_n at_o large_a may_v select_v such_o offence_n only_o as_o seem_v to_o he_o fit_a for_o publication_n 293._o circumspice_fw-la diligentiùs_fw-la cvi_fw-la debeas_fw-la confiteri_fw-la peccatum_fw-la tuum_fw-la proba_fw-la priùs_fw-la medicum_fw-la si_fw-la i●tell●xerit_fw-la &_o praevidrit_fw-la tal●m_fw-la esse_fw-la languorem_fw-la tuum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o conventu_fw-la torius_fw-la eccles●ae_fw-la exponi_fw-la debeat_fw-la &_o curari_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la fortasis_fw-la caeteri_fw-la aedificari_fw-la poterunt_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la facilè_fw-la senari_fw-la multa_fw-la hoc_fw-la deliberatione_n &_o satis_fw-la perito_fw-la medici_n illius_fw-la consilio_fw-la procurandum_fw-la est_fw-la origen_n hom_n 2._o in_o ps_n 37._o tom_n 1._o p._n 293._o be_v circumspect_a say_v origen_n to_o who_o thou_o be_v to_o confess_v prove_v thy_o physician_n first_o and_o if_o he_o shall_v understand_v and_o forese_n thy_o disease_n to_o be_v such_o as_o aught_o to_o be_v expose_v in_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o church_n and_o there_o to_o be_v cure_v whereby_o peradventure_o other_o may_v be_v edify_v and_o thyself_o easy_o heal_v this_o must_v be_v do_v upon_o great_a deliberation_n and_o skilful_a advice_n of_o that_o physician_n private_a sin_n therefore_o bring_v in_o private_a confession_n to_o hear_v they_o by_o the_o way_n and_o to_o advise_v the_o penient_a whether_o they_o or_o only_o some_o of_o they_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v open_o know_v and_o in_o such_o case_n to_o direct_v he_o further_o what_o course_n he_o shall_v take_v in_o public_a penance_n but_o in_o process_n of_o time_n this_o rigour_n and_o devotion_n melt_v and_o many_o abstain_v from_o this_o confession_n as_o abhor_v to_o publish_v their_o sin_n and_o to_o bring_v themselves_o upon_o the_o stage_n for_o in_o tertullia_n age_n when_o this_o discipline_n be_v in_o force_n 10._o plerosque_fw-la hoc_fw-la opus_fw-la ut_fw-la publicationem_fw-la svi_fw-la aut_fw-la suffugere_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la die_v in_o diem_fw-la differre_fw-la pudoris_fw-la magìs_fw-la memores_fw-la quam_fw-la salutis_fw-la tert_n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la c._n 10._o and_o the_o church_n exercise_v with_o persecution_n it_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o many_o shall_v be_v more_o in_o fear_n of_o shame_n than_o death_n abstain_v more_o from_o be_v confessor_n of_o their_o fault_n than_o martyr_n for_o the_o truth_n i_o say_v the_o remedy_n be_v not_o as_o in_o his_o day_n to_o arm_v the_o penitent_a with_o resolution_n for_o to_o trample_v under_o foot_n censure_n and_o shame_n but_o to_o remit_v something_o of_o the_o severity_n namely_o that_o the_o sin_n shall_v be_v confess_v in_o private_a and_o bury_v there_o 35._o ut_fw-la secretò_fw-la confiterontur_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la qui_fw-la licèt_fw-la crimen_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o fancy_n ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la proderet_fw-la injungebat_fw-la tamen_fw-la delinquenti_fw-la publicam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la ut_fw-la ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la coram_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la confiteretur_fw-la &_o declaret_fw-la se_fw-la grave_n aliquid_fw-la commisisse_fw-la chemnit_fw-la ex_fw-la sozom_n n._n in_o histor_n tripartit_fw-la l._n 9_o c._n 35._o only_o the_o penance_n impose_v be_v public_o to_o be_v perform_v by_o which_o the_o church_n gather_v although_o she_o know_v it_o not_o that_o some_o grievous_a offence_n or_o other_o be_v commit_v as_o chemnitius_n explicate_v from_o sozomen_n and_o the_o tripartite_a history_n those_o who_o you_o observe_v to_o do_v penance_n say_v saint_n augustine_n have_v commit_v great_a sin_n 6._o illi_fw-la quos_fw-la videtis_fw-la agere_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la scelera_fw-la sva_fw-la comm●scrant_fw-la aut_fw-la adulteria_fw-la aut_fw-la alia_fw-la immania_fw-la facta_fw-la aug._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr symb_n ad_fw-la catechum_fw-la c._n 6._o as_o adultery_n or_o some_o other_o foul_a fact_n the_o penance_n by_o

public_a by_o the_o voluntary_a devotion_n of_o man_n that_o of_o secret_a sin_n there_o may_v be_v hold_v a_o secret_a confession_n for_o we_o do_v not_o read_v that_o of_o old_a it_o be_v any_o where_o command_v and_o this_o be_v our_o first_o ground_n that_o private_a confession_n be_v not_o of_o supreme_a necessity_n the_o second_o be_v found_v upon_o a_o decree_n of_o nectarius_n sometime_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n confession_n nectarius_n and_o his_o act_n for_o abolish_n of_o confession_n and_o immediate_a predecessor_n to_o saint_n chrysostome_n by_o which_o act_n upon_o a_o occasion_n of_o infamy_n draw_v upon_o the_o clergy_n by_o the_o confession_n of_o a_o gentlewoman_n defile_v by_o a_o deacon_n in_o the_o principal_a church_n of_o the_o imperial_a city_n it_o be_v think_v fit_a the_o same_o shall_v be_v abolish_v and_o every_o one_o leave_v to_o the_o liberty_n and_o examination_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n in_o resort_v to_o the_o bless_a sacrament_n the_o narrative_n be_v thus_o in_o socrates_n 16._o socrat._v lib._n 5._o cap._n 19_o vide_fw-la sozom._n lib._n 7._o c._n 16._o it_o seem_v good_a unto_o the_o church_n to_o take_v away_o the_o office_n of_o such_o priest_n as_o be_v appoint_v throughout_o every_o church_n to_o receive_v penitent_n after_o the_o confession_n of_o their_o sin_n into_o the_o company_n of_o the_o faithful_a the_o occasion_n of_o the_o removal_n by_o nectarius_n be_v a_o noble_a woman_n come_v unto_o the_o priest_n who_o office_n it_o be_v to_o hear_v penitent_n and_o confess_v orderly_o the_o sin_n she_o have_v commit_v after_o baptism_n the_o priest_n enjoin_v she_o to_o bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o repentance_n as_o she_o continue_v long_o in_o shrive_v she_o accuse_v herself_o of_o another_o crime_n and_o declare_v that_o a_o certain_a deacon_n of_o that_o church_n have_v abuse_v her_o body_n at_o which_o the_o people_n be_v much_o incense_a and_o the_o church_n defame_v the_o bishop_n upon_o the_o advice_n of_o eudaemon_n a_o minister_n of_o that_o church_n take_v away_o the_o function_n of_o the_o shrive_a priest_n and_o grant_v free_a liberty_n to_o every_o one_o as_o his_o conscience_n serve_v he_o to_o become_v partaker_n of_o the_o holy_a mystery_n thus_o far_o socrates_n profess_v withal_o that_o he_o can_v not_o well_o tell_v what_o to_o think_v of_o eudaemon_n advise_v in_o this_o behalf_n whether_o it_o will_v aught_o avail_v the_o church_n or_o no_o or_o be_v a_o mean_v that_o sin_n escape_v without_o just_a reprehension_n his_o thought_n he_o shall_v have_v keep_v to_o himself_o for_o a_o historian_n must_v ever_o conceal_v his_o affection_n and_o never_o the_o truth_n adhere_v to_o the_o verity_n of_o the_o fact_n and_o leave_v the_o censure_n unto_o other_o it_o can_v be_v imagine_v into_o how_o many_o shape_n the_o divine_n of_o rome_n turn_v themselves_o to_o turn_v off_o or_o to_o turn_v away_o this_o decree_n some_o condemn_v this_o patriarch_n for_o condemn_v the_o same_o 7._o quamvis_fw-la legatur_fw-la abrogasse_n hanc_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la probat_fw-la eam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la juris_fw-la divini_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a justè_fw-la fit_n m._n vehe_fw-la tract_n 6._o the_o confess_v c._n 7._o although_o we_o read_v say_v vehe_fw-la that_o nectarius_n abrogate_a this_o custom_n yet_o this_o disprove_v not_o but_o that_o it_o may_v be_v of_o divine_a right_n for_o not_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v be_v just_o do_v our_o cope_n incline_v to_o this_o opinion_n that_o the_o word_n of_o the_o story_n favour_n the_o take_n away_o of_o confession_n but_o then_o tell_v we_o withal_o that_o nectarius_n do_v as_o much_o hurt_v to_o the_o church_n by_o unbridle_v this_o discipline_n 294._o si_fw-mi nectarius_n privatam_fw-la confessionem_fw-la abrogarit_fw-la &_o illo●●s_n quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la manibus_fw-la quàm_fw-la animus_fw-la ad_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la accipiendum_fw-la ingerendi_fw-la se_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la aditum_fw-la patefecerit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la fortè_fw-la verba_fw-la si_fw-la generaliter_fw-la accipias_fw-la prae_fw-la se_fw-la ferunt_fw-la be_v non_fw-la minùs_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nimiâ_fw-la illâ_fw-la licentiâ_fw-la quàm_fw-la immodicâ_fw-la illâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la severitate_fw-la incommodasset_fw-la cop._n dialog_n 2._o p._n 294._o as_o novatus_n do_v by_o lock_v up_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n with_o his_o severe_a key_n if_o nectarius_n say_v he_o have_v abrogate_a private_a confession_n and_o open_v the_o gap_n to_o every_o man_n with_o unwashen_n hand_n and_o soul_n to_o have_v free_a access_n to_o receive_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n which_o peradventure_o the_o word_n if_o you_o take_v they_o general_o may_v seem_v to_o import_v he_o have_v prejudice_v the_o church_n no_o less_o by_o that_o excessive_a licentiousness_n than_o novatus_n have_v do_v by_o his_o immoderate_a severity_n against_o these_o man_n we_o oppose_v the_o credit_n and_o authority_n that_o nectarius_n have_v with_o the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o imagine_v any_o detriment_n to_o arise_v unto_o the_o church_n by_o this_o decree_n of_o he_o that_o they_o become_v all_o of_o his_o mind_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 7._o c._n 16._o the_o catholic_n bishop_n of_o those_o time_n approve_v and_o ratify_v the_o same_o so_o sozomen_n with_o the_o heretical_a conventicle_n it_o the_o use_n of_o confession_n be_v retain_v but_o in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o homousian_o or_o orthodox_n believer_n say_v socrates_n it_o be_v antiquate_v of_o who_o side_n then_o be_v they_o which_o so_o sharp_o rebuke_v nectarius_n suprà_fw-la nectarius_n harpsfield_n suprà_fw-la another_o rank_n of_o they_o seem_v to_o embrace_v the_o act_n but_o with_o a_o limitation_n that_o it_o be_v the_o public_a confession_n and_o penance_n which_o he_o abrogate_a and_o not_o private_a confession_n but_o the_o addition_n to_o the_o penitential_a which_o the_o patriarch_n repeal_v and_o that_o be_v the_o erection_n of_o a_o penitentiary_n to_o receive_v confession_n and_o unfold_v some_o sin_n unto_o the_o bishop_n if_o needful_a that_o such_o may_v be_v rip_v up_o in_o public_a confession_n and_o this_o discipline_n as_o a_o appendix_n to_o the_o former_a be_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o rigorous_a hand_n of_o novatus_n suppress_v but_o bellarmine_n shall_v cope_v with_o harpsfield_n 14._o ista_fw-la revelatio_fw-la est_fw-la contra_fw-la jus_o naturae_fw-la &_o apostolicam_fw-la regulam_fw-la l._n 3._o de_fw-la poen_fw-mi c._n 14._o and_o tell_v he_o that_o can_v be_v because_o a_o penitentiary_n have_v hear_v confession_n in_o private_a his_o mouth_n be_v so_o lock_v up_o that_o he_o can_v under_o any_o pretence_n reveal_v any_o sin_n so_o reveal_v unto_o the_o bishop_n or_o to_o his_o holiness_n himself_o though_o he_o shall_v command_v it_o it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o apostolical_a rule_n the_o ibid._n the_o ibid._n cardinal_n than_o have_v restrain_v the_o story_n to_o these_o three_o position_n and_o bound_n 1._o the_o first_o that_o notorious_a penitent_n and_o public_a offender_n be_v subject_a to_o this_o penitentiary_n only_o and_o that_o sinner_n for_o sin_n commit_v secret_o may_v address_v themselves_o in_o confession_n to_o other_o priest_n 2._o the_o second_o that_o if_o any_o private_a sin_n and_o conscious_a to_o the_o sinner_n only_o be_v confess_v to_o this_o penitentiary_n he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o detect_v they_o but_o have_v his_o lip_n seal_v up_o to_o secrecy_n 3._o and_o last_o that_o public_a sin_n only_o and_o such_o as_o be_v know_v aforehand_o be_v by_o his_o command_n rehearse_v by_o the_o penitent_n before_o the_o congregation_n and_o public_a penance_n undergo_v for_o they_o against_o these_o fancy_n of_o the_o cardinal_n i_o demand_v if_o public_a sin_n and_o such_o as_o be_v come_v abroad_o into_o the_o world_n be_v here_o only_o mean_v what_o need_v open_a sin_n to_o be_v open_v in_o secret_a to_o a_o penitentiary_n and_o why_o can_v not_o the_o church_n proceed_v to_o censure_v notorious_a sin_n without_o that_o underhand_o detection_n and_o what_o will_v this_o jesuit_n say_v to_o another_o a_o great_a antiquary_n than_o himself_o petavius_n who_o come_v roundly_o off_o and_o tell_v we_o there_o be_v never_o any_o such_o thing_n as_o public_a confession_n that_o neither_o public_a nor_o private_a sin_n be_v open_o confess_v either_o by_o the_o penitent_n in_o their_o own_o person_n or_o recite_v out_o of_o a_o scroll_n by_o the_o priest_n as_o general_o have_v be_v suppose_v from_o which_o common_a tenet_n he_o profess_v his_o earnest_a dissent_n 246._o a_o quibus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ego_fw-la uchementer_fw-la dissentio_fw-la nec_fw-la adduci_fw-la possim_fw-la ut_fw-la existimem_fw-la legem_fw-la ullam_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la suisse_fw-la unquam_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la quae_fw-la peccata_fw-la proferri_fw-la publicè_fw-la decreverit_fw-la d._n petav_n animadvers_fw-la in_o epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 49._o pag._n 246._o nor_o can_v he_o be_v bring_v to_o

imagine_v that_o there_o be_v ever_o any_o such_o law_n in_o the_o church_n at_o any_o time_n which_o decree_v that_o sin_n shall_v be_v public_o pronounce_v ib._n commentum_fw-la publicae_fw-la confessionis_fw-la ingeniosè_fw-la ac_fw-la solerter_fw-la excogitârunt_fw-la quia_fw-la alium_fw-la exitum_fw-la difficultatis_fw-la expedire_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la ib._n and_o further_o inform_v we_o how_o that_o jingle_n of_o public_a confession_n be_v ingenious_o devise_v by_o writer_n on_o his_o side_n to_o avoid_v the_o engine_n and_o shock_n of_o heretical_a argument_n be_v drive_v to_o that_o strait_a as_o to_o be_v able_a to_o come_v off_o no_o other_o way_n we_o will_v not_o lose_v time_n to_o examine_v the_o ground_n of_o this_o assertion_n but_o take_v public_a confession_n for_o grant_v and_o suppose_v those_o sin_n public_a in_o themselves_o to_o be_v rehearse_v in_o a_o private_a way_n we_o say_v according_a to_o their_o doctrine_n they_o remain_v shut_v up_o under_o the_o seal_n because_o deposit_v in_o confession_n and_o though_o otherwise_o know_v yet_o the_o penitentiary_n be_v put_v to_o silence_n and_o the_o use_n viz._n detection_n of_o sin_n capable_a of_o public_a penance_n for_o which_o the_o penitentiary_n be_v ordain_v be_v quite_o and_o clean_o take_v away_o suprà_fw-la quae_fw-la autem_fw-la esset_fw-la functio_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la omnino_fw-la certum_fw-la bellar._n suprà_fw-la no_o wonder_n then_o that_o in_o bellarmine_n opinion_n it_o be_v not_o certain_o know_v what_o his_o function_n be_v furthermore_o be_v his_o function_n what_o it_o will_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o both_o he_o and_o it_o be_v do_v away_o but_o this_o ordinance_n viz._n public_a sin_n to_o be_v censure_v with_o public_a penance_n be_v never_o abolish_v either_o in_o the_o east_n or_o western_a church_n likewise_o the_o matron_n sin_n with_o the_o deacon_n be_v commit_v in_o private_a and_o yet_o open_o reveal_v public_a confession_n in_o the_o church_n be_v not_o then_o of_o public_a sin_n only_o and_o last_o if_o none_o be_v to_o recourse_n unto_o the_o penitentiary_n except_o public_a sinner_n and_o that_o for_o their_o public_a offence_n sense_n to_o what_o end_n be_v it_o so_o special_o require_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o blab_n of_o his_o tongue_n ib._n tot_o a_o narratio_fw-la clamat_fw-la non_fw-la auricularem_fw-la sed_fw-la publicam_fw-la confessionem_fw-la à_fw-la nectario_fw-la abrogatam_fw-la bellar._n ib._n what_o be_v it_o nectarius_n do_v then_o in_o this_o behalf_n marry_o say_v the_o cardinal_n the_o whole_a story_n cry_v it_o out_o how_o not_o private_a but_o publock_n confession_n be_v abrogate_a by_o he_o how_o deaf_a then_o be_v those_o divine_n though_o otherwise_o of_o a_o quick_a ear_n that_o hear_v not_o this_o cry_n i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a say_v he_o that_o thomas_n walden_n be_v of_o this_o mind_n sup●à_fw-fr non_fw-la ignoro_fw-la thomam_fw-la waldensem_fw-la tom._n 2._o c._n 141._o in_o ea_fw-la sententia_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la ex●stimaret_fw-la à_fw-la nectario_fw-la confessionem_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la abrogatam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la facile_fw-la id_fw-la conc●derem_fw-la quòd_fw-la nectarii_fw-la sententiam_fw-la jo._n chrysostom_n apertissimè_fw-la tueatur_fw-la bellar._n sup●à_fw-fr that_o he_o suppose_v confession_n simple_o and_o absolute_o to_o be_v abolish_v by_o nectarius_n but_o i_o can_v grant_v this_o because_o john_n chrysostom_n clear_o defend_v the_o sentence_n of_o nectarius_n then_o whatsoever_o herein_o be_v provide_v by_o nectarius_n the_o same_o be_v protect_v by_o saint_n chrysóstome_n and_o thomas_n walden_n though_o a_o transalpine_a man_n be_v as_o choice_n in_o his_o judgement_n as_o the_o cardinal_n no_o more_o can_v it_o lie_v hide_v from_o he_o that_o f._n walden_n stand_v not_o alone_o in_o that_o opinion_n for_o canus_n bear_v he_o company_n thus_o nectarius_n predecessor_n to_o s._n chrysostom_n 897._o nectarius_n antecessor_n d._n chrysostomi_n confessionem_fw-la secret_a m●de_fw-la m●dio_fw-la sustulerat_fw-la ut_fw-la illo_fw-la capite_fw-la sozomen_fw-la tradit_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la chrysostomus_n nectario_fw-la saccedens_fw-la de_fw-fr confession_n hac_fw-la auri●ulari_fw-la populo_fw-la verba_fw-la facere_fw-la noluit_fw-la quia_fw-la caim_n nondum_fw-la scandalum_fw-la sedatum_fw-la erat_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la constantinopolitana_n per_fw-la occasion●m_fw-la secretae_fw-la conf●ssion's_n fuit_fw-la exor●um_n can._n relect._n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la part_n 5._o pag._n 897._o take_v secret_a confession_n clean_o away_o as_o sozomen_n deliver_v in_o that_o chapter_n wherefore_o his_o successor_n saint_n chrysostom_n will_v make_v no_o word_n of_o this_o auricular_a confession_n to_o the_o people_n because_o the_o scandal_n be_v not_o yet_o ●●id_v occasion_v in_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o private_a confession_n for_o which_o say_v he_o be_v perstringe_v in_o the_o col●n_a edition_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1605._o with_o a_o note_n clap_v in_o the_o margin_n where_o the_o reader_n be_v inform_v that_o john_n hessel_n ma●g●ne_n oculat●us_fw-la locum_fw-la illum_fw-la hist_o trip._n inspexit_fw-la jo._n hessel_n &_o ipse_fw-la eximi●●s_fw-la theologus_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o s●●tentia_fw-la sva_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la s●zomeni_n loco_fw-la patri●us_fw-la coacilii_fw-la trid._n exhibita_fw-la eruditè_fw-fr ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la cont●xtu_fw-la sozomeni_n ostendit_fw-la à_fw-la nectario_fw-la non_fw-la auricular●m_fw-la conf●ssionem_fw-la s●d_fw-la ●●us_fw-la app●n_fw-la lic●m_fw-la quandam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d e._n publicam_fw-la illam_fw-la ●cecato●um_fw-la recitationem_fw-la saisse_fw-fr sublatam_fw-la quae_fw-la fi_fw-la ●●t●●_n communi_fw-la quodam_fw-la poenitentiario_n cora●●_n universo_fw-it populo_fw-la velut_fw-la in_o theat_n o_fw-la quodam_fw-la nota_fw-la in_o ma●g●ne_n a_o famous_a divine_a have_v look_v into_o the_o story_n more_o accurate_o who_o deliver_v his_o opinion_n to_o the_o father_n in_o the_o trent_n council_n learned_o demonstrate_v from_o the_o context_n of_o sozomen_n itself_o that_o it_o be_v not_o auricular_a confession_n but_o a_o appendix_n thereof_o that_o be_v the_o public_a recital_n of_o sin_n upon_o the_o theatre_n make_v by_o the_o penitentiary_n before_o the_o face_n of_o all_o the_o people_n etc._n etc._n by_o warrant_n of_o which_o appendix_n it_o appear_v that_o the_o penitentiary_n before_o the_o decree_n of_o nectarius_n may_v break_v the_o seal_n and_o publish_v what_o sin_n he_o please_v a_o thing_n that_o egregious_a divine_a must_v take_v heed_n of_o leave_v by_o avoid_v one_o rock_n he_o dash_v upon_o another_o i_o know_v not_o with_o what_o eye_n or_o through_o what_o perspective_n hessel_n may_v view_v the_o relation_n to_o blunt_a vehe_n sight_n it_o appear_v otherwise_o although_o quoth_v he_o the_o narration_n be_v mix_v of_o solemn_a and_o private_a confession_n 4._o licèt_fw-la mixtim_fw-la ibi_fw-la sermo_fw-la fi●t_z de_fw-la solenni_fw-la &_o privata_fw-la confession_n tamen_fw-la cùm_fw-la dicitur_fw-la electum_fw-la esse_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la servantem_fw-la secretum_fw-la apertè_fw-la monstratur_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la publicam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la confessionem_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la clanculariam_fw-la vehe_fw-la tract_n de_fw-fr conf._n 6._o c._n 4._o notwithstanding_o se●ing_v it_o be_v say_v how_o a_o priest_n be_v choose_v that_o can_v keep_v secret_a it_o be_v very_o clear_a that_o this_o appertain_v not_o unto_o public_a but_o private_a confession_n add_v hereunto_o bishop_n fisher_n a_o prelate_n to_o who_o rome_n can_v take_v no_o just_a exception_n who_o upon_o those_o word_n of_o sozomen_n it_o seem_v good_a unto_o the_o ancient_a bishop_n that_o sin_n 242._o sin_n ut_fw-la peccata_fw-la publicè_fw-la recitarentur_fw-la all_o ut_fw-la non_fw-la recitarentur_fw-la ita_fw-la vertit_fw-la christophor_n sequens_fw-la cassiodorum_n &_o nicephorum_fw-la videsis_n d._n petau._n animad_fw-la in_o epiphan_n p._n 242._o shall_v be_v open_v upon_o a_o theatre_n in_o the_o presence_n and_o audience_n of_o all_o the_o people_n within_o the_o church_n and_o to_o this_o purpose_n a_o priest_n of_o upright_a conversation_n that_o can_v keep_v counsel_n be_v elect_v and_o appoint_v to_o hear_v such_o confession_n write_v thus_o some_o man_n may_v object_v this_o be_v mean_v of_o public_a confession_n clanculum_fw-la at_o objectabit_fw-la fortassè_fw-la quispiam_fw-la quòd_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la publica_fw-la confession_n scriptum_fw-la sit_fw-la cvi_fw-la respondemus_fw-la id_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la cùm_fw-la ipse_fw-la presbyter_n teneatur_fw-la seruare_fw-la decretum_fw-la lege_fw-la secretum_fw-la nam_fw-la quomodo_fw-la secretum_fw-la seruare_fw-la potuit_fw-la quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la publica_fw-la confession_n decretum_fw-la sed_fw-la dicet_fw-la alius_fw-la quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la sozomen_fw-la scripsit_fw-la visum_fw-la antiquis_fw-la pontificibus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o theatro_fw-la etc._n etc._n ob_fw-la id_fw-la nimirum_fw-la ut_fw-la confessuri_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la ad_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la in_o privatis_fw-la aedibus_fw-la accederent_fw-la undè_fw-la potuerint_fw-la offendicula_fw-la oriri_fw-la &_o maximè_fw-la feminis_fw-la confessuris_fw-la sed_fw-la publicitùs_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la ità_fw-la quòd_fw-la illi_fw-la publicè_fw-la delicta_fw-la sva_fw-la cunctis_fw-la manifestarent_fw-la sed_fw-la uni_fw-la presbytero_fw-la tantùm_fw-la atque_fw-la id_fw-la clanculum_fw-la to_o who_o we_o answer_v that_o it_o can_v be_v so_o

mean_v see_v the_o priest_n himself_o be_v command_v to_o keep_v it_o secret_a for_o how_o can_v that_o be_v keep_v secret_a that_o be_v discern_v by_o public_a confession_n but_o another_o will_v say_v why_o then_o have_v sozomen_n write_v it_o seem_v good_a unto_o the_o ancient_a bishop_n that_o sin_n shall_v be_v publish_v upon_o the_o theatre_n and_o before_o the_o assembly_n true_o to_o this_o end_n that_o the_o penitent_n shall_v not_o resort_v unto_o the_o priest_n within_o private_a wall_n where_o scandal_n may_v arise_v especial_o upon_o the_o approach_n of_o woman_n but_o public_o in_o the_o church_n not_o so_o as_o if_o they_o shall_v there_o manifest_v their_o sin_n unto_o all_o but_o to_o the_o priest_n alone_o and_o that_o private_o so_o the_o place_n of_o confession_n be_v to_o be_v public_a not_o the_o confession_n itself_o which_o be_v private_o receive_v this_o bishop_n proceed_v inform_v we_o that_o public_a sinner_n resort_v not_o unto_o the_o penitentiary_n 137.1_o publici_fw-la poenitentes_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la hunt_v presbyterum_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la accesserunt_fw-la cujus_fw-la senteatia_fw-la jejuni_fw-la be_v etc._n etc._n at_o illis_fw-la qui_fw-la presbytero_fw-la privatim_fw-la confitebantur_fw-la secundum_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la culpam_fw-la presbyter_n ipse_fw-la taxavit_fw-la mulctam_fw-la roffens_n contr_n luth._o art_n 8._o p._n 137.1_o but_o to_o the_o bishop_n and_o by_o he_o be_v order_v but_o such_o as_o confess_v private_o to_o the_o priest_n at_o his_o hand_n receive_v penance_n only_o thou_o see_v plain_o that_o in_o this_o doctor_n opinion_n private_a confession_n be_v hereby_o mean_v and_o his_o reason_n for_o the_o same_o and_o may_v further_o see_v praepositus_fw-la presbyter_n iste_fw-la solis_fw-la publicis_fw-la poenitentibus_fw-la praepositus_fw-la how_o well_o these_o cardinal_n agree_v it_o be_v public_a confession_n of_o public_a fault_n say_v cardinal_n bellarmine_n public_a confession_n can_v not_o be_v here_o mean_v say_v cardinal_n fisher_n this_o priest_n be_v appoint_v for_o public_a sin_n only_o say_v bellarmine_n public_a sinner_n come_v not_o to_o the_o priest_n but_o to_o the_o bishop_n say_v fisher_n thus_o god_n confound_v their_o tongue_n that_o build_v babel_n well_o fisher_n conclusion_n be_v ib._n nequaquam_fw-la pro_fw-la publicis_fw-la criminibus_fw-la intelligi_fw-la debeat_fw-la quae_fw-la semper_fw-la publi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d vindicabantur_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la admissis_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la id._n ib._n that_o nectarius_n abolish_v this_o penitential_a presbyter_n and_o leave_v every_o man_n to_o his_o own_o conscience_n which_o can_v not_o be_v understand_v of_o public_a sin_n for_o they_o still_o be_v punish_v in_o the_o church_n but_o of_o private_a fault_n only_o how_o apparent_o false_a than_o be_v the_o assertion_n of_o the_o cardinal_n jesuit_n bellarsuprà_fw-la publicam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la sustulit_fw-la non_fw-la confessionem_fw-la petau._n doct._n temp_n lib._n 13._o part_n 2._o p._n 755._o scio_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la visum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la totam_fw-la hanc_fw-la bistoriam_fw-la esse_fw-la confutatam_fw-la à_fw-la socrate_n bellarsuprà_fw-la viz._n a●l_o consent_n that_o nectarius_n abolish_v public_a not_o private_a confession_n and_o of_o another_o jesuit_n that_o the_o one_o be_v not_o and_o the_o other_o be_v not_o abolish_v but_o public_a penance_n only_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o discourse_n of_o this_o cardinal_n bishop_n and_o pope-martyr_n and_o if_o none_o of_o these_o evasion_n will_v serve_v bellarmine_n be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o another_o start_a hole_n sc_n to_o elevate_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o historian_n and_o call_v his_o credit_n into_o question_n a_o shelter_n never_o flee_v unto_o but_o in_o desperate_a storm_n the_o truth_n be_v by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n heinous_a sin_n be_v only_o subject_a to_o the_o censure_n of_o this_o discipline_n of_o vulgar_a confession_n the_o confession_n then_o only_o frequent_v other_o move_v with_o devotion_n subject_v themselves_o thereunto_o without_o sufficient_a cause_n which_o to_o redress_v the_o father_n exhort_v the_o people_n not_o to_o go_v so_o confuse_o to_o work_v but_o to_o consult_v with_o their_o spiritual_a physician_n what_o disease_n be_v fit_a for_o that_o public_a cure_n and_o at_o length_n a_o certain_a priest_n be_v appoint_v to_o who_o they_o be_v to_o resort_v and_o he_o upon_o private_a hear_n present_v the_o church_n with_o such_o sin_n as_o be_v worthy_a of_o public_a notice_n and_o this_o be_v the_o only_a practic_n of_o confession_n in_o nectarius_n time_n consist_v in_o the_o private_a audience_n of_o sin_n with_o reference_n to_o the_o public_a censure_n which_o be_v damn_v by_o his_o decree_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrat._v confession_n put_v out_o of_o the_o church_n by_o nectarius_n an._n dom._n 390._o period_n jul._n 5103._o utriusque_fw-la cycli_fw-la ☉_o 7._o ☾_o 11._o indict_v 3._o and_o every_o man_n leave_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n which_o can_v not_o be_v if_o private_a confession_n have_v be_v still_o keep_v on_o foot_n and_o the_o sinner_n subject_v to_o the_o censure_n of_o any_o ghostly_a father_n which_o abrogation_n then_o of_o confession_n simple_o consider_v however_o it_o be_v carry_v in_o the_o day_n of_o that_o patriarch_n show_v the_o form_n and_o prescript_n of_o confession_n use_v and_o praise_v by_o the_o ancient_n to_o have_v be_v canonical_a rather_o than_o divine_a belong_v to_o the_o external_a discipline_n of_o the_o church_n which_o upon_o just_a occasion_n may_v be_v alter_v and_o not_o sacramental_a and_o of_o perpetual_a right_n or_o absolute_a necessity_n which_o be_v the_o helen_n the_o jesuit_n pretend_v unto_o and_o by_o we_o in_o all_o case_n deny_v our_o last_o conjecture_n that_o auricular_a confession_n in_o the_o sense_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n church_n 3._o confession_n of_o no_o use_n in_o the_o greek_a church_n be_v not_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n bind_v all_o and_o in_o all_o case_n be_v the_o cessation_n or_o rather_o not_o admission_n thereof_o in_o the_o greek_a church_n for_o the_o decree_n of_o nectarius_n inhibit_v the_o use_n of_o the_o then_o receive_a confession_n such_o as_o it_o be_v suspend_v the_o practic_a thereof_o in_o general_n for_o there_o occur_v not_o in_o damascene_n tract_n de_n orthodoxa_fw-la fide_fw-la the_o least_o impression_n thereof_o and_o therein_o be_v treasure_v the_o principal_a doctrine_n or_o doctrinal_a principle_n in_o christianity_n so_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v go_v out_o of_o the_o church_n like_o a_o ship_n upon_o the_o water_n leave_v no_o tract_n behind_o ult_n quidam_fw-la deo_fw-la solummodò_fw-la peccata_fw-la confiteri_fw-la debere_fw-la dicunt_fw-la ut_fw-la graeci_fw-la grat._n do_v 1._o de_fw-fr poenit._n c._n ult_n insomuch_o as_o gratian_n cite_v the_o penitential_a of_o theodorus_n archbishop_n of_o canturbury_n which_o in_o truth_n be_v none_o of_o he_o and_o no_o whit_n resemble_v a_o ancient_a copy_n thereof_o to_o be_v see_v in_o sir_n robert_n cotton_v treasury_n but_o a_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o cauvillon_n celebrate_v anno_fw-la dcccxiii_o make_v it_o a_o opinion_n of_o that_o church_n that_o sin_n be_v to_o be_v confess_v unto_o god_n only_o i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o bellarmine_n will_v persuade_v we_o that_o those_o word_n ut_fw-la graeci_fw-la in_o gratian_n 5._o ●idetur_fw-la irrepfisse_fw-la in_o textum_fw-la ex_fw-la margin_n &_o marginalem_fw-la annotationem_fw-la imperiti_fw-la alicujus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la facto_fw-la nectarii_fw-la collegit_fw-la sublatam_fw-la omnino_fw-la fuisse_fw-la confessionem_fw-la apud_fw-la graecos_n bellar._n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr poenit._n c._n 5._o be_v by_o a_o unskilful_a hand_n first_o set_v in_o the_o margin_n and_o thence_o creep_v into_o the_o text_n upon_o a_o surmise_n that_o the_o fact_n of_o nectarius_n have_v altogether_o abandon_v confession_n from_o that_o church_n his_o reason_n for_o this_o conjecture_n be_v so_o plumbeous_a and_o little_a worth_n as_o not_o worthy_a either_o of_o repetition_n or_o refutation_n 155._o ivo_n decretal_a part_n 15._o c._n 155._o for_o ivo_n that_o impose_v decree_n before_o gratian_n have_v the_o same_o nor_o be_v the_o gloss_n or_o any_o canonist_n ever_o so_o nasute_n as_o to_o smell_v out_o that_o intrusion_n in_o the_o decree_n yet_o the_o gloss_n draw_v a_o argument_n from_o hence_o against_o the_o divine_a authority_n of_o confession_n because_o the_o grecian_n deny_v it_o for_o necessary_a as_o their_o practice_n show_v scotus_n glossa_fw-la tale_n argumentum_fw-la innuit_fw-la pro_fw-la sva_fw-la opinion_n confessio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necessaria_fw-la apud_fw-la graecos_n esset_fw-la autem_fw-la necessaria_fw-la si_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la de_fw-fr ea_fw-la esset_fw-la authoritate_fw-la scripturae_fw-la scotus_n in_o whole_o abstain_v from_o the_o same_o and_o necessary_a it_o have_v be_v have_v it_o stand_v upon_o divine_a precept_n for_o no_o church_n may_v just_o cast_v that_o forth_o of_o door_n once_o bring_v in_o upon_o divine_a injunction_n and_o scotus_n in_o way_n of_o answer_n thereunto_o seem_v first_o to_o grant_v some_o such_o

mutant_fw-la speciem_fw-la ut_fw-la furtum_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la sacro_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la furtum_fw-la 100_o aureorum_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o specie_fw-la ac_fw-la furtum_fw-la 10._o aureorum_fw-la canus_n 1._o diminish_v and_o 2._o aggravate_v the_o offence_n and_o these_o latter_a be_v again_o twofold_a 1._o either_o which_o change_v the_o species_n of_o sin_n as_o to_o rob_v the_o church_n be_v not_o theft_n but_o sacrilege_n 2._o or_o else_o which_o aggravate_v only_o as_o to_o steal_v a_o 100_o l._n or_o a_o 100_o s._n be_v theft_n alike_o though_o not_o alike_o be_v steal_v and_o a_o example_n of_o 1._o diminish_v circumstance_n 2._o or_o change_v mortal_a sin_n into_o venial_a as_o to_o communicate_v ignorant_o with_o a_o person_n excommunicate_a that_o word_n ignorant_o show_v the_o offence_n to_o be_v but_o venial_a explicari_fw-la 1._o circumstantia_fw-la quae_fw-la ità_fw-la minuit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la mortali_fw-la faciat_fw-la veniale_a debeat_fw-la omninò_fw-la explicari_fw-la now_o their_o rule_n herein_o be_v these_o 1._o circumstance_n abate_v the_o sin_n from_o mortal_a to_o venial_a be_v to_o be_v express_v confiteri_fw-la 2._o si_fw-mi circumstantiae_fw-la minuant_fw-la peccati_fw-la malitiam_fw-la intra_fw-la tamen_fw-la latitudixem_fw-la peccati_fw-la mortalis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la nesessarium_fw-la illas_fw-la confiteri_fw-la 2._o circumstance_n diminish_v the_o sin_n yet_o leave_v the_o same_o to_o be_v mortal_a be_v not_o so_o much_o to_o be_v stand_v upon_o in_o confession_n 906._o 3._o circumstantiae_fw-la mutantes_fw-la speciem_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la nova_fw-la specie_fw-la novam_fw-la peccato_fw-la mortalem_fw-la malitiam_fw-la adjicientes_fw-la sunt_fw-la omninò_fw-la explicandae_fw-la ut_fw-la stuprum_fw-la cum_fw-la virgine_fw-la deo_fw-la sacra_fw-la can._n rel._n de_fw-fr poen_n part_n 6._o p._n 906._o 3._o circumstance_n add_v new_a malice_n and_o change_v the_o species_n of_o sin_n be_v precise_o requisite_a in_o confession_n as_o the_o rape_n of_o a_o nun_n or_o cloister_a virgin_n a_o friar-like_a sin_n now_o in_o good_a earnest_n what_o be_v such_o circumstantial_a distinction_n to_o the_o people_n but_o scruple_n to_o perplex_v their_o conscience_n or_o rock_n to_o grind_v they_o to_o powder_n and_o if_o their_o casuist_n always_o verse_v in_o these_o point_n be_v restless_a in_o their_o resolution_n how_o shall_v the_o vulgar_a but_o little_a or_o nothing_o at_o all_o study_v in_o such_o case_n discern_v what_o circumstance_n be_v fit_a to_o be_v put_v in_o and_o out_o in_o their_o confession_n this_o be_v the_o public_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o which_o her_o adherent_n and_o follower_n with_o no_o less_o superciliousness_n aver_v if_o any_o of_o the_o saint_n say_v bishop_n fisher_n have_v witting_o conceal_v the_o least_o mortal_a sin_n that_o come_v into_o their_o mind_n at_o the_o instant_n of_o confession_n 8._o si_fw-mi sancti_fw-la vel_fw-la minimum_fw-la mortale_fw-la quod_fw-la menti_fw-la occurrisset_fw-la tempore_fw-la confessionis_fw-la sponte_fw-la subticu●ssent_fw-la ausim_fw-la dicere_fw-la nec_fw-la sanctos_fw-la eos_fw-la esse_fw-la nec_fw-la justificatos_fw-la immò_fw-la si_fw-la quam_fw-la antè_fw-la justitiam_fw-la habuissent_fw-la jam_fw-la propter_fw-la h●pocrisin_n penitùs_fw-la amiserunt_fw-la roffens_n contr._n luther_n art_n 8._o i_o dare_v be_v bold_a to_o say_v they_o be_v neither_o saint_n nor_o justify_v yea_o if_o they_o have_v attain_v to_o any_o righteousness_n before_o to_o have_v whole_o lose_v it_o through_o their_o hypocrifie_n great_a grace_n be_v confer_v no_o doubt_n by_o this_o noble_a sacrament_n environ_v with_o so_o many_o scruple_n and_o difficulty_n that_o the_o penitent_n be_v in_o great_a danger_n to_o lose_v the_o good_a he_o have_v than_o in_o hope_n to_o augment_v it_o it_o be_v not_o certain_o without_o cause_n that_o luther_n who_o know_v the_o practice_n thereof_o cry_v out_o upon_o it_o as_o carnificina_fw-la cruentissima_fw-la 9_o ista_fw-la est_fw-la carnificina_fw-la cruentissima_fw-la quâ_fw-la bactenus_fw-la tot_fw-la miseras_fw-la conscientias_fw-la torserunt_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o singulorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la discussionibus_fw-la &_o confessionibus_fw-la cum_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la iota_fw-la habeant_fw-la ullius_fw-la scriptureae_fw-la tyrannide_fw-la propriâ_fw-la haec_fw-la oncra_fw-la importabilia_fw-la hominibus_fw-la imponentes_fw-la luther_n art_n 9_o wherewithal_o popish_a shaveling_n have_v torture_v so_o many_o conscience_n by_o the_o discussion_n and_o confession_n of_o all_o and_o singular_a offence_n impose_v importable_a burden_n upon_o man_n through_o their_o tyranny_n without_o any_o jod_a or_o particle_n of_o holy_a scripture_n 2._o summa_fw-la est_fw-la confessionem_fw-la auricularem_fw-la per_fw-la multiplices_fw-la pontificiorum_fw-la abusus_fw-la saepe_fw-la factam_fw-la jam_fw-la esse_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v &_o circumstantiarum_fw-la perplexitate_fw-la conscientiarum_fw-la carnificinam_fw-la ex_fw-la formulis_fw-la interrogationum_fw-la illecebram_fw-la &_o lenocinium_fw-la voluptatis_fw-la ex_fw-la istac_fw-la lege_fw-la non_fw-la prodendi_fw-la futurea_fw-la peccata_fw-la proditionum_fw-la flagitiosarum_fw-la latebram_fw-la atque_fw-la sigillum_fw-la reverend_a episc_n dunelm_n in_o caus_n regius_fw-la cap._n 7._o sect._n 2._o and_o a_o reverend_a prelate_n of_o our_o own_o these_o tyrannous_a abuse_n consider_v to_o censure_v romish-confession_n for_o the_o necessity_n and_o perplexity_n of_o circumstance_n the_o rack_n of_o the_o conscience_n for_o and●_n he_o form_n of_o interrogatory_n therein_o administer_v the_o bait_n bawd_n of_o voluptuousness_n and_o for_o silence_v of_o future_a sin_n the_o den_n and_o seal_n of_o prodigious_a treason_n thus_o he_o and_o how_o sharp_a soever_o this_o censure_n be_v sad_a experience_n justify_v the_o truth_n hereof_o and_o a_o no_o less_o reverend_a and_o learned_a personage_n to_o style_v this_o particular_a and_o circumstantial_a enumeration_n of_o sin_n that_o engine_n whereby_o the_o priest_n of_o rome_n have_v lift_v up_o themselves_o into_o that_o height_n of_o domineer_a 124._o bishop_n usher●s_o answer_n to_o the_o jesuit_n challenge_n p._n 124._o and_o tyrannize_v over_o man_n conscience●_n wherewith_o we_o see_v they_o now_o hold_v the_o poor_a people_n in_o most_o miserable_a awe_n and_o lest_o these_o man_n be_v think_v to_o be_v more_o rigid_a in_o their_o judgement_n than_o rome_n in_o her_o confession_n let_v a_o moderate_a man_n a_o angel_n that_o flee_v through_o the_o midst_n of_o heaven_n leave_v the_o reform_a church_n above_o he_o 2._o quod_fw-la subjiciunt_fw-la augustanae_n confessionis_fw-la authores_fw-la enumerationem_fw-la omnium_fw-la delictorum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la necessariam_fw-la quadam_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la rectè_fw-la habit_n viz._n si_fw-la intelligatur_fw-la de_fw-fr ignotis_fw-la &_o non_fw-la occurrentibus_fw-la peccatis_fw-la item_n si_fw-fr intelligatur_fw-la de_fw-fr nimis_fw-la anx_n a_o inquisitione_n omnium_fw-la circumstantiarum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la carnificinam_fw-la gignit_fw-la quam_fw-la nemo_fw-la moderatus_fw-la approbat_fw-la verù_fw-fr si_fw-la referatur_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la enumerationem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la quâ_fw-la graviora_fw-la omne_fw-la peccata_fw-la diligenter_n expenduntur_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la vulnera_fw-la spirituali_fw-la medico_n revelantur_fw-la de_fw-la ea_fw-la quoque_fw-la retinenda_fw-la dubitandum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la cassand_n consult_v art_n 11._o lugd._n 161_o 2._o and_o the_o roman_a below_o cassander_n speak_v whereas_o the_o author_n of_o the_o augustane_n confession_n add_v that_o a_o enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v not_o so_o necessary_a in_o some_o sense_n it_o be_v well_o namely_o if_o unknown_a sin_n and_o such_o as_o occur_v 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offence_n to_o this_o end_n david_n pray_v as_o well_o to_o number_v his_o sin_n as_o his_o day_n and_o be_v i_o suppose_v as_o scrupulous_a to_o confess_v and_o lament_v they_o as_o any_o of_o our_o roman_a penitent_n yet_o he_o cry_v out_o 16._o psal_n 19.12_o psal_n 38.5_o nimirum_fw-la intelligebat_fw-la quanta_fw-la esset_fw-la peceatorii_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la abyssus_fw-la qu●m_fw-la mult●e_fw-la seelerum_fw-la sacies_fw-la quot_fw-la capita_fw-la serret_fw-la &_o quàm_fw-la longam_fw-la caadamtrah_n ret_fw-la haec_fw-la hydra_n calvin_n institut_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 4._o sect._n 16._o who_o can_v understand_v his_o error_n cleanse_v i_o from_o my_o secret_a sin_n and_o again_o my_o iniquity_n be_v go_v over_o my_o head_n as_o a_o burden_n they_o be_v too_o heavy_a for_o i_o now_o true_o he_o well_o understand_v how_o great_a a_o depth_n of_o sin_n there_o be_v how_o many_o strange_a countenance_n and_o shape_n they_o resemble_v how_o many_o head_n they_o lift_v up_o and_o how_o great_a a_o train_n and_o long_a tail_n of_o circumstance_n this_o hydra_n draw_v after_o it_o therefore_o he_o busi_v not_o himself_o in_o draw_v a_o inventory_n of_o each_o several_a sin_n but_o cry_v out_o of_o the_o depth_n unto_o the_o lord_n that_o the_o water_n have_v enter_v into_o his_o soul_n that_o his_o sin_n be_v too_o heavy_a that_o there_o be_v no_o health_n in_o his_o bone_n nor_o rest_n in_o his_o conscience_n and_o in_o such_o term_n spread_v his_o sin_n before_o the_o lord_n by_o better_a expression_n than_o in_o any_o method_n or_o form_n of_o confession_n and_o thereof_o be_v diverse_a set_v forth_o by_o our_o new_a master_n i_o must_v not_o forget_v that_o popish_a writer_n straighten_v with_o the_o pressure_n of_o this_o reason_n remit_v something_o of_o the_o rigour_n 16._o ea_fw-la solùm_fw-la quae_fw-la post_fw-la diligentem_fw-la excussionem_fw-la memoriae_fw-la occurrunt_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr poen_n l._n 3._o cap._n 16._o and_o exact_v no_o further_a account_n than_o of_o such_o sin_n occur_v unto_o the_o memory_n and_o serious_o call_v to_o mind_n at_o the_o time_n of_o confession_n and_o how_o poor_a a_o remnant_n this_o be_v to_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o how_o small_a a_o glean_v after_o so_o great_a a_o harvest_n that_o handful_n reserve_v for_o that_o time_n make_v manifest_a confess_v all_o and_o every_o sin_n be_v the_o precept_n that_o be_v such_o only_a as_o you_o can_v remember_v be_v the_o exception_n a_o gentle_a gloss_n for_o a_o severe_a law_n and_o as_o the_o injunction_n itself_o be_v too_o rigorous_a so_o the_o limitation_n be_v too_o ridiculous_a the_o grecian_a dame_n defile_v by_o the_o deacon_n in_o sozomen_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n 1._o p._n 217._o lin_v 11._o confess_v her_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o read_v rather_o distinct_o than_o partial_o and_o so_o use_v by_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n viz._n the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n deduce_v providence_n unto_o thing_n in_o singular_a yet_o a_o distinct_a confession_n of_o sin_n differ_v from_o a_o distinct_a confession_n of_o all_o sin_n and_o a_o sinner_n may_v be_v particular_a in_o some_o though_o not_o singular_a in_o all_o offence_n a_o matter_n as_o we_o say_v of_o impossibility_n desperation_n 3._o obligation_n of_o confess_v sin_n all_o and_o singular_a a_o point_n of_o desperation_n our_o three_o exception_n that_o to_o oblige_v the_o conscience_n to_o confess_v every_o sin_n with_o the_o pertinent_a circumstance_n be_v a_o doctrine_n of_o desperation_n for_o confess_v i_o must_v all_o my_o sin_n else_o look_v for_o no_o comfort_n from_o god_n hand_n and_o the_o priest_n now_o what_o soul_n can_v tell_v he_o have_v tell_v all_o his_o sin_n thou_o will_v say_v tell_v all_o thou_o be_v able_a do_v they_o best_o endeavour_v to_o lay_v open_a all_o and_o then_o though_o some_o be_v leave_v out_o thou_o be_v discharge_v i_o do_v my_o best_a and_o part_v my_o sin_n into_o branch_n minutias_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la circumstanliarum_n minutias_fw-la fraction_n atom_n i_o weight_n the_o nature_n and_o extent_n thereof_o i_o put_v thereunto_o every_o material_a circumstance_n i_o launch_v forth_o into_o the_o depth_n of_o my_o lewd_a life_n and_o have_v nothing_o before_o but_o the_o open_a air_n and_o vast_a sea_n no_o haven_n no_o station_n and_o the_o further_o i_o enter_v into_o this_o labyrinth_n the_o more_o i_o lose_v myself_o and_o the_o more_o diligent_a i_o be_o to_o number_v sin_n the_o more_o numberless_a i_o find_v they_o and_o after_o all_o my_o travel_n in_o this_o disquisition_n 17._o haerebam_fw-la inter_fw-la saxum_fw-la &_o sacrum_fw-la nec_fw-la alius_fw-la tandem_fw-la exitus_fw-la reperiebatur_fw-la quàm_fw-la desperatio_fw-la calv._n instit_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 4._o sect._n 17._o my_o conscience_n be_v not_o quiet_v my_o audit_n be_v not_o perfect_a therefore_o much_o suspect_v i_o shall_v not_o have_v my_o quietus_n est_fw-la at_o the_o priest_n hand_n such_o thought_n as_o these_o must_v needs_o present_v themselves_o to_o that_o soul_n who_o conscience_n be_v keep_v awake_a furthermore_o it_o be_v require_v of_o all_o penitent_n to_o use_v such_o diligence_n 16._o diligentem_fw-la excussionem_fw-la vocant_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la gravioribus_fw-la ordinariè_fw-la homines_fw-la adhibere_fw-la solent_fw-la b_o lar_n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr poenit._n c._n 16._o to_o keep_v their_o sin_n in_o memory_n against_o the_o time_n of_o confession_n as_o usual_o they_o do_v about_o such_o important_a affair_n as_o otherwise_o much_o concern_v they_o and_o here_o arise_v new_a doubt_n and_o discontent_n in_o the_o mind_n whereby_o a_o penitent_a be_v jealous_a he_o have_v not_o do_v his_o devoir_n especial_o when_o he_o call_v to_o mind_n what_o diligence_n he_o have_v show_v in_o accomplish_v secular_a end_n how_o careful_a he_o be_v in_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o life_n studious_a of_o his_o preferment_n watchful_a to_o 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quibus_fw-la tormentis_fw-la quoruadam_n piae_fw-la ma●tes_fw-la affligerentur_fw-la ob_fw-la confessionem_fw-la cvi_fw-la satissacere_fw-la ut_fw-la ●psisvidebatur_fw-la nequirent_fw-la simile_n querelas_fw-la adeum_fw-la deser●baut_fw-fr sanctimoniales_fw-la proindè_fw-la motus_fw-la suerat_fw-la ut_fw-la libellum_fw-la ederet_fw-la in_o lingua_fw-la germanica_n cvi_fw-la titulamfecit_fw-la von_n dem_n beichtunah_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr morbo_fw-la confessionis_fw-la quo_fw-la negabant_fw-la esse_fw-la tristiorem_fw-la qui_fw-la eo_fw-la tenebantur_fw-la erat_fw-la carrhusianus_n quidam_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la confessionum_fw-la quae_fw-la ei_fw-la semper_fw-la ob_fw-la inexplicabilem_fw-la circumstantiarum_fw-la vim_o imperfecta_fw-la videbatur_fw-la sed_fw-la ●pse_fw-la persect●ssimam_fw-la esse_fw-la frustrà_fw-la conteadebat_fw-la huc_fw-la miseriarum_fw-la venerat_fw-la ut_fw-la omaem_fw-la salutem_fw-la desponderet_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cogitaret_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la homines_fw-la illi_fw-la libuit_fw-la eo_fw-la libello_fw-la consolari_fw-la b._n rhenan_n praef_n ad_fw-la tert._n l._n de_fw-fr poenit._n from_o they_o he_o perceive_v with_o what_o torment_v well-disposed_a people_n be_v afflict_v about_o confession_n which_o scrup'e_v as_o it_o seem_v unto_o they_o they_o can_v not_o satisfy_v the_o like_v complaixt_v do_v the_o sat._n the_o we_o call_v they_o nun_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n nonariae_n of_o who_o the_o poet_n multùm_fw-la gaudere_fw-la paratus_fw-la st_o cynico_fw-la barbam_fw-la petulans_fw-la nonaria_fw-la vellat_fw-la pers_n sat._n vestal_a virgin_n and_o votary_n make_v unto_o he_o whereupon_o he_o be_v move_v to_o publish_v a_o treatise_n in_o the_o german_a tongue_n which_o he_o entitle_v von_n beichtunah_n that_o be_v the_o disease_n of_o confession_n than_o which_o those_o that_o be_v visit_v with_o the_o same_o confess_v none_o to_o be_v more_o grievous_a there_o be_v a_o certain_a 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sentio_fw-la roffens_n contr_n luth._o art_n 32._o p._n 317._o but_o profess_v his_o consent_n herein_o with_o luther_n that_o venial_a sin_n be_v only_o venial_a from_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n and_o in_o that_o respect_n may_v all_o ot●er_a sin_n be_v venial_a too_o as_o capable_a of_o divine_a mercy_n so_o venial_a sin_n have_v no_o prerogative_n that_o way_n nor_o may_v for_o that_o cause_n be_v just_o exempt_v from_o auricular_a confession_n for_o reserve_v case_n wherein_o sin_n of_o the_o great_a magnitude_n be_v make_v over_o to_o the_o pope_n and_o whereby_o they_o shut_v up_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n before_o man_n without_o be_v open_v by_o a_o golden_a key_n we_o have_v little_a to_o say_v save_o consider_v the_o great_a expense_n tedious_a journey_n continual_a delay_n whereby_o much_o treasure_n be_v exhaust_v forth_o of_o this_o land_n and_o many_o of_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n make_v slave_n we_o be_v to_o bless_v our_o god_n that_o this_o antichristian_a yoke_n be_v cast_v off_o the_o tyranny_n overthrow_v and_o ourselves_o deliver_v from_o a_o more_o than_o egyptian_a servitude_n and_o while_o the_o matter_n be_v propose_v and_o scan_v at_o trent_n 283._o rem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la perspicuae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la à_fw-la nullo_n patrum_fw-la mentionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la fact●m_fw-la ●amò_fw-la durandum_fw-la gersonem_fw-la &_o cajetanum_n magni_fw-la nominis_fw-la viros_fw-la affirmare_fw-la non_fw-la peccata_fw-la sed_fw-la censuras_fw-la modò_fw-la pontificis_fw-la judicio_fw-la reservatas_fw-la colonienses_fw-la theologi_fw-la affirmantes_fw-la neminem_fw-la ex_fw-la antiquis_fw-la scriptoribus_fw-la reservationis_fw-la m●minisse_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o casu_fw-la publicorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la certè_fw-la haereticos_fw-la choose_fw-la accusare_fw-la tanquam_fw-la pecuniarum_fw-la aucupes_fw-la hist_o council_n trid._n l._n 4._o p._n 283._o the_o divine_n of_o louvain_n object_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o point_n of_o evident_a verity_n mention_v not_o by_o one_o of_o the_o father_n that_o du●and_n gerson_n and_o cajetan_n affirm_v not_o sin_n but_o censure_n to_o be_v reserve_v for_o papal_a judicature_n the_o divine_n of_o colen_n add_v how_o none_o of_o the_o ancient_a writer_n mention_v reservation_n but_o in_o case_n of_o public_a sin_n and_o that_o the_o heretic_n will_v for_o certain_a accuse_v they_o for_o contrive_v how_o to_o squeeze_v and_o empty_a man_n purse_n and_o coffer_n so_o than_o if_o those_o man_n that_o stand_v so_o much_o for_o detection_n of_o all_o sin_n unto_o the_o priest_n have_v make_v so_o bold_a as_o to_o cut_v off_o the_o two_o extreme_n u●z_n the_o great_a and_o the_o least_o offence_n i_o see_v no_o reason_n but_o that_o we_o may_v use_v the_o like_a liberty_n 12._o auricularis_fw-la confessio_fw-la prout_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la rom._n usurpatur_fw-la nihil_fw-la ferè_fw-la est_fw-la aloud_o qu●m_fw-la reticulam_fw-la ad_fw-la hominum_fw-la s●creta_fw-la &_o arcana_fw-la expiscanda_fw-la artificiosè_fw-la contextam_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la aegris_fw-la medicina_fw-la vulneratis_fw-la conscientiis_fw-la opobalsamum_n contritis_fw-la solatium_fw-la solidum_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la prossit_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la au●um_fw-la &_o argentum_fw-la indè_fw-la conflentur_fw-la omniaque_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la lucrum_fw-la coavertantur_fw-la mason_n the_o minister_n anglic._n lib._n 5._o c._n 12._o but_o upon_o far_o more_o likely_a and_o better_a reason_n i_o shall_v conclude_v these_o exception_n with_o the_o say_n of_o a_o able_a divine_a at_o home_n auricular_a confession_n as_o it_o be_v use_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v almost_o nothing_o else_o but_o a_o net_n artificial_o weave_v to_o fish_v after_o and_o comprehend_v the_o secret_a and_o hide_a thing_n of_o man_n nor_o be_v it_o so_o use_v as_o to_o afford_v physic_n to_o the_o disease_a or_o precious_a balm_n for_o wound_a conscience_n or_o sure_a comfort_n for_o break_a and_o contrite_a heart_n but_o thereby_o to_o compass_v gold_n and_o silver_n and_o to_o convert_v all_o into_o their_o own_o purse_n there_o be_v some_o story_n or_o rather_o superstitious_a lie_v as_o sir_n though_o moor_n call_v they_o devise_v to_o uphold_v this_o doctrine_n the_o one_o be_v of_o a_o woman_n who_o have_v commit_v adultery_n can_v never_o in_o eleven_o year_n space_n be_v bring_v to_o utter_v the_o same_o in_o any_o confession_n two_o priest_n whereof_o one_o be_v the_o pope_n penitentiary_n and_o another_o as_o holy_a as_o he_o ventrem_fw-la ad_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la expressionem_fw-la unius_fw-la peccati_fw-la bubo_n exibat_fw-la de_fw-la ore_fw-la ●●us_fw-la illi_fw-la buhones_n cum_fw-la uno_fw-la alio_fw-la majoris_fw-la &_o enormioris_fw-la formae_fw-la turmatim_fw-la ingressi_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o os_fw-la muli●ris_fw-la &_o ventrem_fw-la come_v into_o those_o part_n and_o both_o be_v in_o the_o church_n about_o their_o priestly_a affair_n the_o woman_n approach_v to_o the_o penitentiary_n to_o be_v shrive_v &_o at_o every_o sin_n she_o confess_v the_o other_o priest_n stand_v within_o view_n but_o not_o within_o hear_v see_v a_o owl_n flutter_v out_o of_o her_o mouth_n and_o after_o the_o flight_n of_o many_o owl_n she_o stop_v it_o seem_v at_o her_o conceal_a sin_n and_o be_v no_o soon_o absolve_v of_o the_o rest_n confess_v by_o she_o and_o rise_v up_o than_o the_o same_o priest_n see_v all_o those_o owl_n reenter_v into_o her_o mouth_n with_o another_o more_o ugly_a than_o any_o of_o the_o former_a the_o priest_n proceed_v onward_o in_o their_o journey_n the_o one_o tell_v unto_o the_o other_o what_o he_o see_v the_o penitentiary_n guess_v that_o the_o woman_n have_v keep_v back_o some_o sin_n in_o confession_n vobis_fw-la spec._n exemplor_n d_o 9_o sect._n 31._o quo_fw-la libro_fw-la miraculorum_fw-la monstra_fw-la saepiùs_fw-la quàm_fw-la vera_fw-la miracula_fw-la legas_fw-la can._n loc_fw-la theol_n l._n 11._o c._n 6._o pag._n 540._o dist_n 3._o sect._n 46._o de_fw-fr omnibus_fw-la peccatis_fw-la quae_fw-la modò_fw-la protuli_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la protu●●_n culpabilem_fw-la m●sateor_fw-la cor●m_fw-la d●o_fw-la &_o vobis_fw-la he_o return_v therefore_o but_o at_o his_o return_n find_v she_o suffocate_v and_o dead_a to_o who_o her_o soul_n appear_v torture_v in_o a_o fearful_a manner_n and_o all_o for_o bury_v of_o that_o sin_n in_o silence_n and_o be_v question_v by_o the_o penitentiary_n for_o what_o sin_n those_o of_o her_o sex_n be_v usual_o damn_v for_o fornication_n say_v she_o wanton_o dress_v and_o paint_v and_o for_o shame_n in_o not_o confess_v hereby_o it_o be_v intimate_v that_o confession_n en_fw-fr party_n be_v of_o no_o validity_n and_o one_o sin_n conceal_v hinder_v all_o the_o rest_n from_o pardon_n but_o another_o woman_n though_o faulty_a in_o the_o same_o kind_n yet_o have_v better_a success_n of_o who_o the_o relation_n pass_v thus_o she_o be_v otherwise_o very_o religious_a but_o in_o her_o young_a day_n have_v fall_v into_o a_o sin_n of_o that_o nature_n as_o she_o can_v not_o for_o shame_n utter_v the_o same_o unto_o the_o priest_n but_o use_v to_o conclude_v of_o all_o the_o sin_n which_o i_o have_v open_v or_o not_o i_o confess_v myself_o to_o be_v guilty_a before_o god_n and_o you_o and_o can_v never_o be_v bring_v to_o specify_v the_o same_o after_o her_o death_n and_o before_o her_o burial_n she_o revive_v and_o speak_v to_o this_o effect_n that_o she_o have_v commit_v one_o sin_n which_o for_o shame_n she_o can_v not_o confess_v but_o with_o many_o tear_n be_v wont_a to_o utter_v the_o same_o before_o the_o altar_n and_o image_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n imagine_v coram_fw-la ipsius_fw-la altari_fw-la vel_fw-la imagine_v and_o desire_v her_o intercession_n that_o she_o may_v not_o be_v damn_v for_o this_o conceal_a sin_n and_o tell_v withal_o that_o after_o her_o death_n she_o be_v seize_v on_o by_o evil_a spirit_n posse_fw-la constituit_fw-la in_o s._n ecclesia_fw-la n●minem_fw-la sine_fw-la confession_n salvari_fw-la posse_fw-la but_o rescue_v by_o the_o bless_a virgin_n and_o by_o her_o mean_n to_o her_o son_n restore_v from_o death_n to_o life_n to_o confess_v and_o be_v assoil_v of_o that_o sin_n which_o be_v no_o soon_o perform_v but_o she_o again_o yield_v up_o the_o ghost_n here_o three_o popish_a tenet_n be_v confirm_v at_o one_o blow_n 1._o necessity_n to_o confess_v every_o sin_n 2._o worship_v of_o saint_n and_o 3._o before_o image_n and_o their_o altar_n as_o this_o woman_n make_v her_o confession_n at_o the_o bless_a virgin_n altar_n so_o gregory_n turonensis_n relate_v that_o clotharius_n king_n of_o france_n confess_v his_o sin_n at_o saint_n martin_n shrine_n 21._o clotharius_n ad_fw-la sepulcrum_fw-la sancti_fw-la martini_n cunctas_fw-la actiones_fw-la quas_fw-la fortassè_fw-la negligenter_n egerat_fw-la replican_n &_o orans_fw-la cum_fw-la grandi_fw-la gemitu_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la suis_fw-la culpis_fw-la b._n confessor_n domini_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la exoraret_fw-la hist_o lib._n 4._o sect._n 21._o and_o become_v a_o earnest_a suitor_n to_o that_o confessor_n to_o become_v a_o mean_a for_o mercy_n for_o he_o but_o whether_o saint_n martin_n take_v that_o course_n

with_o that_o prince_n as_o the_o bless_a virgin_n do_v with_o her_o penitent_a to_o send_v he_o back_o after_o death_n to_o be_v shrive_v by_o a_o priest_n or_o tender_v his_o confession_n unto_o god_n and_o there_o procure_v absolution_n the_o author_n have_v not_o express_v such_o story_n as_o these_o be_v think_v meet_v for_o the_o vulgar_a to_o ruminate_v on_o yea_o the_o pulpit_n sound_v therewith_o many_o historian_n say_v canus_n have_v be_v content_a to_o think_v how_o by_o the_o true_a law_n of_o history_n 537._o ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la uchementer_fw-la incommodant_fw-la qui_fw-la res_fw-la divorum_fw-la praeclare_fw-la gestas_fw-la non_fw-la se_fw-la putant_fw-la egregiè_fw-la exposituros_fw-la nisi_fw-la case_z fictis_fw-la &_o reu●lationibus_fw-la &_o miraculis_fw-la adornarit_fw-la canus_n loc_fw-la theol._n lib._n 11._o c._n 6._o p._n 537._o they_o may_v record_v such_o thing_n as_o the_o people_n think_v to_o be_v true_a not_o consider_v the_o injury_n do_v unto_o the_o church_n as_o if_o saint_n life_n be_v not_o sufficient_o relate_v except_o their_o action_n be_v set_v out_o with_o feign_a miracle_n and_o revelation_n in_o what_o credit_n such_o fable_n be_v the_o vulgar_a best_a know_v but_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v late_o in_o the_o world_n before_o man_n be_v call_v to_o so_o strict_a a_o reckon_n in_o the_o former_a day_n either_o recourse_n be_v make_v to_o god_n only_o or_o a_o general_a confession_n before_o the_o church_n or_o a_o special_a discovery_n of_o such_o sin_n which_o make_v such_o a_o combustion_n in_o the_o sinner_n breast_n as_o he_o can_v not_o quench_v alone_o but_o the_o fire_n all_o about_o his_o ear_n must_v call_v for_o aid_n of_o his_o neighbour_n and_o among_o they_o the_o priest_n that_o be_v best_a able_a to_o abate_v those_o flame_n light_a sin_n quotidiana_fw-la incursiones_fw-la as_o tertullian_n call_v they_o quotidian_n shake_n be_v open_v in_o the_o general_a confession_n of_o the_o church_n and_o it_o be_v not_o impossible_a for_o a_o penitent_a faithful_a and_o sincere_a to_o make_v his_o peace_n with_o god_n himself_o for_o sin_n that_o press_v more_o grievous_a but_o in_o many_o sin_n and_o sinner_n it_o be_v find_v by_o often_o experience_n that_o notwithstanding_o their_o private_a address_n unto_o god_n the_o wound_a conscience_n will_v still_o pinch_v fearful_o nor_o will_v the_o worm_n cease_v to_o gnaw_v then_o at_o such_o a_o time_n as_o this_o when_o a_o sinner_n can_v find_v no_o ease_n at_o home_n what_o shall_v he_o do_v but_o use_v the_o best_a mean_n he_o can_v to_o se●k_v it_o abroad_o i_o say_v it_o be_v long_o before_o this_o busy_a enumeration_n be_v enjoin_v a_o general_a confession_n or_o a_o intimation_n of_o some_o special_a sin_n which_o lay_v indigested_a upon_o the_o conscience_n be_v chief_o require_v now_o if_o at_o any_o time_n such_o strictness_n be_v necessary_a then_o at_o our_o last_o audit_n when_o we_o be_v in_o extremis_fw-la and_o in_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n and_o about_o to_o take_v our_o leaf_n of_o this_o sinful_a world_n and_o to_o make_v our_o peace_n with_o god_n while_o the_o last_o grain_n of_o sand_n be_v run_v in_o this_o glassy_a life_n yet_o as_o it_o appear_v in_o a_o ancient_a form_n of_o interrogate_a sick_a person_n and_o ascribe_v to_o our_o anselme_n the_o priest_n be_v not_o then_o so_o particular_a the_o form_n itself_o be_v worthy_a to_o stand_v in_o this_o place_n and_o be_v thus_o the_o sick-man_n languish_v and_o at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n ought_v to_o be_v this_o interrogated_a cassandro_n interrogatio_fw-la facienda_fw-la infi●mo_fw-la in_o extremis_fw-la consti●uto_fw-la ab_fw-la anselmo_n praescripta_fw-la infirmus_fw-la langu●_n be_v in_o extr●nis_fw-la deb●t_fw-la sic_fw-la inter●o●●ri_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la r●sp●●d●re_fw-la f●●ter_v l●●aris_fw-la quòd_fw-la i●_n side_n christi●na_n m●●a●●s_v respo●d●●t_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fateris_fw-la t●_n 〈◊〉_d t●_n be_v vixisse_fw-la sic●t_fw-la a●b●●●ti_fw-la r●sp_n ●tiam_fw-la fateris_fw-la totaig_n ma●è_fw-la vi●i●sse_n ●t_a merit_n ●uis_n aete●●●_n p●●●●●b_fw-mi ●e●●●_n r●sp_n etiam_fw-la paenit●t_fw-la te_fw-la r●sp_v etiam_fw-la habes_fw-la o●lunt●em_fw-la ●mea●●●ndi_fw-la te_fw-la si_fw-fr spa●_n they_o 〈◊〉_d vivendi_fw-la resp._n etiam_fw-la credis_fw-la quòd_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la n●●us_fw-la fuit_fw-la ex_fw-la mar●a●●rgine_fw-la ●●rgine_z gloriosa_fw-la resp._n etiam_fw-la cred●s_fw-la quòd_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la pro_fw-la te_fw-la mortu●s_fw-la fuit_fw-la r●●p_n credo_fw-la agis_n ei_fw-la cratias_fw-la propter_fw-la ista_fw-la b●n●ficia_fw-la r●sp_n etiam_fw-la credis_fw-la t●_n non_fw-la po●senisi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ●●ias_fw-la mortem_fw-la salvari_fw-la r●sp_n etiam_fw-la quo_fw-la expleto_fw-la dicat_fw-la infi●mus_fw-la te●_n in_o manus_fw-la tu●●_n commendo_fw-la spiritum_fw-la meum_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la in_o idipsum_fw-la respon_n ●ente_fw-la securus_fw-la moritur_fw-la edi●●ad_v sinem_fw-la opusculi_fw-la epis_fw-la roffens_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o miserico●dia_fw-la dei_fw-la à_fw-la georg._n cassandro_n and_o so_o to_o answer_v brother_n do_v thou_o rejoice_v that_o thou_o may_v die_v in_o the_o christian_a faith_n let_v he_o answer_v yea._n q._n thou_o confess_v that_o thou_o have_v not_o live_v so_o well_o as_o thou_o ought_v ans_fw-fr yea._n q._n thou_o acknowledge_v that_o thou_o have_v live_v so_o evil_a as_o thou_o have_v deserve_v eternal_a death_n ans_fw-fr yea._n q._n have_v thou_o any_o purpose_n to_o amend_v if_o thou_o may_v have_v further_a space_n to_o live_v ans_fw-fr yea._n q._n thou_o believe_v that_o jesus_n christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v bear_v of_o the_o glorious_a virgin_n mary_n ans_fw-fr yea._n thou_o believe_v that_o jesus_n christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n die_v for_o thou_o ans_fw-fr yea._n thou_o be_v thankful_a unto_o he_o for_o these_o benefit_n ans_fw-fr yea._n q._n thou_o believe_v that_o thou_o can_v not_o be_v save_v but_o by_o his_o death_n ans_fw-fr yea._n this_o be_v all_o the_o question_n in_o those_o day_n think_v fit_a to_o be_v use_v at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n which_o after_o some_o comfortable_a instruction_n how_o the_o sick-man_n shall_v behave_v himself_o in_o this_o last_o encounter_n the_o conclusion_n be_v let_v he_o rehearse_v thrice_o into_o thy_o hand_n i_o commend_v my_o spirit_n and_o the_o clergis_n answer_v the_o same_o he_o may_v safe_o and_o peaceful_o depart_v we_o see_v what_o kind_n of_o confession_n then_o suffice_v and_o it_o be_v not_o the_o work_n of_o one_o age_n to_o bring_v the_o people_n to_o any_o other_o haymo_n complain_v that_o some_o in_o his_o day_n blush_v to_o confess_v their_o sin_n unto_o the_o priest_n 401._o erubescentes_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la confiteri_fw-la quoddam_fw-la occasionis_fw-la ingenium_fw-la invenerunt_fw-la dicentes_fw-la sibi_fw-la sufficere_fw-la ut_fw-la soli_fw-la deo_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la consiteantur_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la in_o reliquo_fw-la cessent_fw-la haymo_fw-la dominic_n 14._o post_n pentecost_n pag._n 401._o find_v out_o a_o witty_a occasion_n to_o forbear_v say_v it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o they_o that_o they_o do_v confess_v their_o sin_n unto_o god_n if_o so_o be_v they_o cease_v from_o those_o sin_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v other_o will_v not_o be_v bring_v to_o that_o full_a measure_n as_o begin_v then_o to_o be_v impose_v confess_v but_o not_o full_o their_o sin_n unto_o the_o priest_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o a_o council_n hold_v at_o cavaillon_n in_o the_o day_n of_o charles_n the_o great_a faciunt_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la emendatione_fw-la indigere_fw-la perspeximus_fw-la quòd_fw-la quidam_fw-la dum_fw-la consitentur_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la non_fw-la plenè_fw-la id_fw-la faciunt_fw-la wherein_o though_o those_o father_n be_v otherwise_o mind_v and_o desire_v it_o to_o be_v amend_v yet_o they_o intimate_v that_o in_o their_o time_n it_o be_v question_v whether_o man_n shall_v confess_v unto_o god_n only_o or_o to_o the_o priest_n also_o and_o they_o themselves_o put_v this_o difference_n betwixt_o both_o these_o confession_n that_o the_o one_o do_v proper_o serve_v for_o the_o cure_n the_o other_o for_o direction_n in_o what_o sort_n the_o repentance_n and_o so_o the_o cure_n shall_v be_v perform_v their_o word_n ensue_v some_o say_v sin_n be_v to_o be_v confess_v unto_o god_n alone_o 33._o quidam_fw-la solummodò_fw-la deo_fw-la confiteri_fw-la debere_fw-la dicunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la quidam_fw-la verò_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la confi●enda_fw-la esse_fw-la p●rcensent_n quod_fw-la utrumque_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la magno_fw-la fructu_fw-la intra_fw-la sanctam_fw-la fit_a ecclesiam_fw-la it_o a_o duntaxat_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la qui_fw-la remissor_n est_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la confiteamur_fw-la peccata_fw-la nostra_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la david_n dicamus_fw-la delictum_fw-la meum_fw-la cognitum_fw-la tibi_fw-la feci_fw-la &_o in_o justitiam_fw-la meam_fw-la non_fw-la abscondi_fw-la dixi_fw-la confitebor_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o secundum_fw-la institutionem_fw-la apostoli_fw-la confiteamur_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la peccata_fw-la nostra_fw-la etc._n etc._n confessio_fw-la itaque_fw-la q●ae_fw-la fit_a deo_fw-la purgat_fw-la peccata_fw-la ea_fw-la verò_fw-la quae_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la fit_a

docet_fw-la qualiter_fw-la ipsa_fw-la purgentur_fw-la p●ccata_n d●us_fw-la namque_fw-la salutis_fw-la &_o sanitatis_fw-la author_n &_o largitor_n plerumque_fw-la hanc_fw-la praebet_fw-la suae_fw-la pot●ntiae_fw-la invisibili_fw-la administratione_fw-la plerum_fw-la ●ue_v medicorum_fw-la operatione_n conc._n cab._n l._n 2._o c._n 32_o 33._o but_o other_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v unto_o a_o priest_n both_o of_o which_o be_v perform_v in_o the_o church_n not_o without_o great_a fruit_n so_o very_o as_o we_o confess_v our_o sin_n unto_o god_n who_o be_v the_o forgiver_n thereof_o and_o say_v with_o david_n i_o acknowledge_v my_o sin_n unto_o thou_o and_o my_o iniquity_n have_v i_o not_o hide_v i_o say_v i_o will_v confess_v my_o sin_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o thou_o forgave_v the_o iniquity_n of_o my_o sin_n and_o according_a to_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o apostle_n let_v we_o confess_v our_o sin_n one_o to_o another_o and_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o that_o we_o may_v be_v save_v the_o confession_n therefore_o which_o be_v make_v unto_o god_n purge_v sin_n and_o that_o which_o be_v make_v unto_o the_o priest_n show_v how_o they_o may_v be_v purge_v for_o god_n the_o author_n and_o bestower_n of_o salvation_n and_o health_n oft-times_o afford_v the_o same_o by_o the_o invisible_a administration_n of_o his_o own_o power_n and_o many_o time_n by_o the_o operation_n of_o physician_n wherein_o those_o word_n be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o many_o sin_n be_v forgive_v by_o god_n immediate_o or_o by_o the_o invisible_a administration_n of_o his_o own_o power_n and_o consequent_o need_v not_o be_v confess_v unto_o any_o but_o god_n alone_o and_o many_o again_o mediate_o by_o the_o operation_n of_o soul-physician_n and_o therefore_o be_v to_o pass_v through_o their_o hand_n and_o ear_n also_o whence_o infer_v that_o to_o priest_n some_o sin_n though_o not_o all_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v priest_n the_o condition_n of_o those_o sin_n as_o aught_o to_o be_v confess_v to_o the_o priest_n but_o what_o those_o some_o be_v be_v the_o point_n indeed_o for_o if_o those_o some_o be_v leave_v loose_o and_o at_o random_n indiscriminatim_o they_o will_v hardly_o prove_v any_o or_o none_o at_o all_o the_o discern_a of_o these_o sin_n must_v not_o hang_v alone_o upon_o the_o slender_a thread_n of_o a_o lay-capacity_n and_o the_o sinner_n own_o discretion_n for_o we_o seldom_o make_v any_o prospect_n upon_o our_o worse_a part_n and_o never_o but_o with_o partiality_n turn_v the_o perspective_n so_o upon_o our_o own_o sin_n as_o to_o make_v they_o appear_v atom_n and_o in_o less_o figure_n than_o they_o be_v and_o so_o upon_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o as_o to_o multiply_v and_o dilate_v they_o we_o be_v not_o then_o in_o this_o behalf_n whole_o to_o be_v leave_v unto_o ourselves_o venerable_a bede_n observe_v that_o among_o the_o disease_a heal_v by_o christ_n lepros_n nullum_fw-la dominus_fw-la eorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la haec_fw-la corporalia_fw-la beneficia_fw-la praestitit_fw-la invenitur_fw-la misisse_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la nisi_fw-la leprosos_fw-la quia_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la figura_fw-la erat_fw-la sacerdotii_fw-la future_a regalis_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la quisquis_fw-la hae●●ti●â_fw-la pravitate_fw-la vel_fw-la superstitione_n gent●li_fw-la vel_fw-la judaicâ_fw-la perfidiâ_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la schismate_fw-la fraterno_fw-la quasi_fw-la vario_fw-la colore_fw-la per_fw-la christi_fw-la gratiam_fw-la caruerit_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la veniat_fw-la colorémque_fw-la fidei_fw-la verum_fw-la quem_fw-la acceperit_fw-la ostendat_fw-la cetera_fw-la verò_fw-la vitia_fw-la tanquam_fw-la valetudines_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la m●mbrorum_fw-la animae_fw-la atque_fw-la sensuum_fw-la per_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la interiùs_fw-la in_o conscientia_fw-la &_o intellectu_fw-la dominus_fw-la sanat_fw-la &_o corrigit_fw-la bed_n hom_n de_fw-fr 10._o lepros_n only_o the_o leper_n be_v s●n●_n by_o he_o to_o the_o priest_n because_o the_o levitical_a priesthood_n be_v a_o type_n of_o his_o own_o and_o infer_v that_o such_o as_o be_v taint_v with_o heretical_a pravity_n gentile-superstition_n judaical_a perfidiousness_n or_o schism_n from_o the_o brothe-hood_n and_o be_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n deliver_v thereof_o shall_v of_o necessity_n resort_v unto_o the_o church_n and_o make_v profession_n of_o the_o true_a tincture_n of_o faith_n new_o embrace_v but_o other_o vice_n as_o it_o be_v disease_n and_o as_o if_o of_o the_o member_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o sense_n the_o lord_n heal_v inward_o by_o himself_o in_o the_o conscience_n and_o understanding_n some_o sin_n then_o according_a to_o bed●_n be_v to_o be_v present_v to_o the_o church_n and_o not_o all_o and_o as_o christ_n heal_v many_o that_o be_v disease_v and_o enjoin_v the_o leper_n only_o to_o show_v themselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n so_o he_o forgive_v many_o sin_n private_o to_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o penitent_a but_o some_o be_v reserve_v for_o the_o priest_n cognizance_n and_o in_o another_o place_n the_o same_o b●de_n will_v have_v we_o to_o confess_v our_o daily_a and_o light_a sin_n one_o to_o another_o 5._o quotidianal_n viáque_fw-la peccata_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la coaequalibus_fw-la confiteamur_fw-la porrò_fw-la grau●oris_fw-la leprae_fw-la immunditiam_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la pand●mus_fw-la bed_n in_o jac._n 5._o but_o to_o open_v the_o uncleanness_n of_o the_o great_a leprosy_n unto_o the_o priest_n herein_o the_o case_n hold_v in_o the_o course_n of_o public_a penance_n will_v somewhat_o guide_v we_o for_o in_o the_o first_o and_o strict_a day_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v three_o sin_n hold_v incapable_a of_o mercy_n but_o to_o be_v peccata_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la of_o which_o saint_n john_n speak_v and_o direct_v not_o to_o pray_v for_o 1._o for_o ubi_fw-la nec_fw-la postulationis_fw-la ibi_fw-la aequè_fw-la nec_fw-la remissionis_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr put_fw-mi c._n 1._o now_o where_o there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o prayer_n there_o be_v no_o grace_n for_o pardon_n and_o these_o three_o be_v idolatry_n murder_n and_o adultery_n this_o cruel_a opinion_n last_v till_o tertullia_n day_n who_o either_o ironical_o or_o hasty_o thus_o write_v the_o high_a priest_n the_o bishop_n of_o bishop_n say_v 5._o pontisex_n scilicet_fw-la maximus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la dicit_fw-la ego_fw-la &_o moechiae_fw-la &_o fornicationis_fw-la delicta_fw-la poenitentiá_fw-la functis_fw-la dimitto_fw-la o_o edict_n m●ui_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la ascribi_fw-la bonum_fw-la factum●●_n de_fw-fr pudic._n c._n 5._o i_o absolve_v those_o that_o have_v do_v penance_n of_o fornication_n and_o adultery_n o_o edict_n which_o none_o can_v just_o commend_v tertullian_n now_o a_o montanist_n sharp_o take_v up_o the_o dispenser_n of_o that_o relaxation_n 298._o sunt_fw-la ista_fw-la ironica_fw-la ponti●ex_fw-la m._n christus_fw-la puta_fw-la edictum_fw-la istud_fw-la promulgaverit_fw-la notae_fw-la ●r_n jun._n ad_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr put_fw-mi pag._n 298._o by_o which_o bishop_n if_o christ_n be_v mean_v 198._o vixit_fw-la tertullian_n zeph●rin_n anno_fw-la 198._o as_o junius_n than_o the_o word_n be_v otherwise_o salve_v by_o that_o great_a critic_n or_o if_o the_o pope_n as_o petavius_n than_o the_o dispensation_n must_v come_v from_o zephyrine_n the_o next_o age_n wax_v mild_a not_o deny_v pardon_n and_o yet_o not_o confer_v absolution_n to_o the_o guilty_a of_o these_o crime_n be_v they_o never_o so_o penitent_a and_o zealous_a thereof_o no_o not_o at_o the_o last_o gasp_n and_o case_n of_o utmost_a extremity_n it_o be_v old_a serapion_n case_n lapse_v in_o persecution_n who_o can_v never_o though_o ever_o desirous_a 36._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n eccl._n hist_o l._n 6_o c._n 36._o and_o promise_v a_o myriad_o of_o time_n to_o wade_v through_o all_o the_o degree_n of_o the_o penitent_n be_v admit_v to_o communicate_v time_n be_v yet_o more_o gentle_a when_o cyprian_n be_v deny_v not_o but_o withal_o defer_v absolution_n till_o the_o point_n of_o death_n and_o then_o absolve_v the_o guilty_a of_o those_o offence_n this_o practice_n show_v that_o all_o sin_n be_v not_o equal_o capable_a of_o grace_n and_o pardon_v that_o in_o some_o the_o spot_n be_v fowler_n and_o the_o guilt_n heavy_a the_o justification_n be_v more_o difficult_a and_o the_o expiation_n more_o laborious_a which_o to_o assoil_v be_v at_o one_o time_n hold_v by_o the_o church_n to_o be_v impossible_a and_o ever_o difficult_a to_o be_v loose_v by_o the_o ministerial_a key_n beside_o those_o sin_n there_o be_v other_o in_o the_o next_o rank_n which_o they_o call_v capital_a offence_n not_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o school_n divine_v 238._o capitalia_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la intelligere_fw-la vulgò_fw-la solemus_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la dei_fw-la nos_fw-la gratia_fw-la &_o spiritualibus_fw-la charitatis_fw-la ornamentis_fw-la spoliant_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la cùm_fw-la graviora_fw-la caeteris_fw-la esseat_v tum_fw-la canonibus_fw-la &_o synodorum_n decretis_fw-la nominatim_fw-la expressa_fw-la quibus_fw-la poenae_fw-la à_fw-la canonibus_fw-la singillatim_fw-la propositae_fw-la alia_fw-la verò_fw-la leviora_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la nulla_fw-la extat_fw-la in_o

conciliorum_fw-la decretis_fw-la mentio_fw-la d._n petav_n animadvers_fw-la ad_fw-la epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 49._o pag._n 238._o who_o make_v capital_a and_o mortal_a of_o equal_a latitude_n and_o both_o which_o despoyl_v the_o sinner_n of_o the_o ornament_n of_o charity_n but_o some_o more_o heinous_a than_o ordinary_a and_o which_o by_o name_n be_v express_v in_o the_o canon_n and_o decree_n of_o council_n and_o to_o which_o several_a and_o distinct_a penance_n be_v allot_v and_o belong_v other_o sin_n also_o there_o be_v of_o a_o inferi_fw-la ur_fw-la alloy_n and_o burden_n and_o of_o they_o the_o penitential_a canon_n take_v no_o notice_n say_v their_o great_a antiquary_n petavius_n so_o then_o as_o of_o old_a not_o all_o sin_n but_o select_a one_o be_v assign_v for_o public_a exomologesis_fw-la the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o reveal_v all_o but_o some_o offence_n which_o press_v deep_a upon_o the_o conscience_n to_o the_o minister_n of_o reconciliation_n moreover_o we_o may_v learn_v by_o the_o church-censure_n what_o sin_n proper_o appertain_v to_o confession_n 1590._o absit_fw-la ut_fw-la quoties_fw-la peccatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la toties_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la exhibendam_fw-la esse_fw-la aut_fw-la publicum_fw-la resipi_fw-la scentiae_fw-la testimon●nm_fw-la à_fw-la singulis_fw-la personis_fw-la efflagitari_fw-la quàm_fw-la enim_fw-la multa_fw-la nobis_fw-la solis_fw-la consciis_fw-la in_fw-la dies_fw-la &_o horas_fw-la admittimus_fw-la quae_fw-la privata_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la conf●ssione_n adjunctis_fw-la precibus_fw-la condonantur_fw-la quorsùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la erant_fw-la quotidianae_fw-la preces_fw-la cum_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la matutinis_fw-la &_o vespertinis_fw-la inst●tutae_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la quorsùm_fw-la nunc_fw-la quoque_fw-la sacros_fw-la conventus_fw-la à_fw-la reatus_fw-la nostri_fw-la consessione_n auspicamur_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la quotidian●_n peccata_fw-la absque_fw-la ulla_fw-la alia_fw-la cognition_n nobis_fw-la condon●ntur_fw-la de_fw-fr solis_fw-la igitur_fw-la &_o gravioribus_fw-la peccatis_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la offendiculo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la conjunctis_fw-la publicae_fw-la satisfactiones_fw-la intelligendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la beza_n de_fw-fr presbyr_n &_o excom_n pag._n 42._o edit_n genev._n 1590._o god_n forbid_v say_v beza_n that_o the_o church_n shall_v fulminate_v her_o excommunication_n for_o every_o sin_n or_o that_o public_a testimony_n or_o repentance_n shall_v from_o all_o person_n be_v exact_v though_o in_o extremity_n every_o sin_n incur_v god_n displeasure_n the_o sinner_n be_v exile_v his_o presence_n and_o need_v to_o be_v reconcile_v by_o repentance_n for_o how_o many_o sin_n do_v we_o daily_a and_o hourly_o commit_v which_o be_v pardon_v upon_o private_a confession_n before_o god_n with_o prayer_n annex_v to_o what_o end_n serve_v the_o daily_a prayer_n the_o morning_n and_o evening_n sacrifice_n under_o the_o law_n to_o what_o purpose_n do_v we_o in_o our_o sacred_a assembly_n begin_v and_o enter_v into_o our_o solemn_a prayer_n with_o confession_n of_o our_o guiltiness_n but_o that_o our_o daily_a sin_n may_v be_v forgive_v without_o any_o further_a acknowledgement_n public_a satisfaction_n therefore_o must_v be_v understand_v of_o such_o sin_n as_o be_v heinous_a and_o scandalous_a to_o the_o congregation_n hitherto_o beza_n the_o objection_n of_o erastus_n be_v all_o sin_n deserve_v excommunication_n therefore_o the_o censure_n be_v to_o be_v serve_v either_o upon_o all_o or_o none_o beza_n deny_v the_o consequent_a and_o show_v good_a reason_n why_o all_o sin_n be_v not_o subject_a to_o the_o censure_n and_o which_o serve_v also_o to_o show_v why_o all_o sin_n be_v not_o to_o be_v stand_v upon_o in_o confession_n because_o sin_n of_o a_o lesser_a magnitude_n may_v be_v otherwise_o blot_v out_o by_o private_a confession_n and_o tear_n or_o by_o the_o general_a and_o public_a acknowledgement_n of_o the_o church_n and_o as_o notorious_a and_o scandalous_a be_v only_o liable_a to_o the_o church_n censure_n and_o penance_n so_o not_o all_o sin_n but_o such_o as_o afflict_v the_o conscience_n and_o suffer_v the_o sinner_n to_o take_v no_o rest_n be_v necessary_a to_o be_v confess_v and_o this_o doctrine_n our_o church_n maintain_v and_o wish_v all_o her_o child_n to_o take_v it_o to_o heart_n careful_o distinguish_v the_o same_o from_o the_o so_o much_o abuse_v popish_a auricular_a confession_n which_o they_o thrust_v upon_o the_o soul_n of_o christian_n as_o a_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n and_o meritorious_a satisfaction_n for_o sin_n rack_a their_o conscience_n to_o confess_v when_o they_o ●eel_v no_o distress_n and_o to_o enumerate_v all_o their_o sin_n which_o be_v impossible_a that_o by_o this_o mean_v they_o may_v dive_v into_o the_o secret_n of_o all_o heart_n which_o ofttimes_o have_v prove_v pernicious_a not_o only_o to_o private_a person_n but_o also_o to_o public_a state_n to_o conclude_v then_o gravioris_fw-la leprae_fw-la immunditia_fw-la with_o bede_n the_o unclean_a and_o more_o grievous_a leprosy_n 339._o bed_n in_o jac._n 5._o bernard_n hom_n 16._o in_o cantic_a calvin_n instit_fw-la p._n 339._o omne_fw-la quod_fw-la remordet_fw-la consci●ntiam_fw-la with_o saint_n bernard_n every_o sin_n that_o bit_v the_o conscience_n quando_fw-la quis_fw-la ità_fw-la angitur_fw-la &_o afflictatur_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la sensu_fw-la ut_fw-la se_fw-la explicare_fw-la nisi_fw-la alieno_fw-la adjutorio_fw-la nequeat_fw-la with_o calvin_n the_o sin_n that_o gore_n or_o prick_v the_o conscience_n and_o out_o of_o which_o without_o and_o from_o without_o the_o sinner_n can_v wind_v himself_o when_o a_o man_n can_v quiet_v his_o own_o conscience_n as_o the_o church_n prescribe_v 299._o rubric_n at_o the_o communion_n bishop_n morton_n appeal_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 14._o bishop_n montagu_n appeal_n pag._n 299._o or_o be_v burden_v with_o sin_n so_o the_o bishop_n of_o duresme_fw-fr or_o in_o the_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 as_o the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n in_o all_o of_o which_o we_o be_v enjoin_v to_o show_v ourselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n and_o to_o seek_v at_o his_o hand_n both_o the_o counsel_n of_o instruction_n and_o hope_v of_o god_n pardon_n as_o bishop_n morton_n to_o receive_v ghostly_a comfort_n advice_n and_o counsel_n and_o the_o benefit_n of_o absolution_n to_o the_o quiet_v of_o his_o conscience_n as_o our_o sacred_a liturgy_n admonish_v remember_v good_a people_n this_o medicine_n be_v for_o your_o disease_n this_o balm_n for_o your_o grief_n advance_v your_o safety_n more_o than_o show_v forth_o the_o minister_n power_n the_o treasure_n of_o absolution_n be_v you_o he_o keep_v but_o the_o key_n to_o open_v the_o same_o for_o you_o upon_o a_o penitential_a knock_n a_o pious_a priest_n delight_v not_o in_o the_o sad_a story_n of_o your_o infirmity_n 11._o condolere_fw-la norimus_fw-la peccantes_fw-la aff●ctu_fw-la intimo_fw-la quoties●unque_fw-la alicujus_fw-la lapsi_fw-la peccatum_fw-la exponitur_fw-la compatia●_n nec_fw-la supe●bè_fw-la increpem_fw-la sed_fw-la lugeam_fw-la &_o desteam_n ambr._n l._n 2._o the_o poen_n cap._n 11._o nor_o blame_v you_o with_o reproachful_a word_n but_o embalme_v you_o with_o many_o tear_n weep_v with_o such_o as_o weep_v and_o sigh_v with_o those_o that_o be_v in_o distress_n his_o crown_n and_o rejoice_v be_v like_o the_o good_a samaritan_n to_o pour_v oil_n and_o wine_n into_o your_o gape_a wound_n despise_v not_o god_n ordinance_n it_o be_v powerful_a and_o to_o those_o that_o use_v it_o right_n efficacious_a neglect_v not_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o key_n for_o the_o priest_n bear_v they_o not_o in_o vain_a slight_v not_o his_o ministry_n it_o be_v the_o word_n of_o reconciliation_n keep_v thy_o conscience_n wake_v and_o the_o eye_n thereof_o open_a the_o case_n be_v fearful_a where_o the_o conscience_n slumber_v and_o the_o soul_n be_v dark_a where_o that_o light_n be_v extinguish_v oh_o preserve_v the_o voice_n of_o this_o turtle_n bern._n vox_fw-la turturis_fw-la vox_fw-la gementis_fw-la bern._n stop_v not_o thy_o ear_n at_o this_o charmer_n it_o be_v god_n deputy_n and_o watchman_n thou_o have_v just_a reason_n to_o fear_n he_o have_v yield_v up_o thy_o fort_n unto_o the_o enemy_n when_o it_o no_o long_o keep_v centinel_n keep_v this_o jewel_n alive_a preserve_v it_o with_o a_o meditation_n of_o god_n judgement_n and_o thy_o desert_n feed_v it_o with_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o yet_o it_o will_v inform_v thou_o when_o this_o physic_n must_v be_v use_v it_o will_v send_v thou_o to_o the_o minister_n as_o the_o voice_n in_o the_o vision_n do_v paul_n to_o ananias_n 9_o act._n 9_o it_o will_v open_v thy_o cause_n without_o flattery_n spur_v thou_o on_o to_o seek_v comfort_n without_o delay_n and_o comfort_v thou_o more_o in_o the_o remission_n and_o pardon_n than_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o sin_n can_v afflict_v thou_o make_v the_o conscience_n thy_o examiner_n and_o thou_o shall_v the_o better_o discern_v in_o what_o case_n the_o priest_n must_v be_v thy_o judge_n and_o his_o ministry_n thy_o relief_n and_o comfort_n chap._n viii_o the_o content_n of_o the_o confessary_a or_o priest_n that_o receive_v confession_n and_o

they_o may_v be_v coheir_n with_o he_o as_o learned_a b●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 pro●●●●●●●catum_fw-la vi●●●●_n 1_o pec●●●_n 2_o pro●●●●●●●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 d●us_fw-la ipse_fw-la so●●●t_fw-la à_fw-la p●●●ati_fw-la m●●u●a_fw-la in_fw-la ●tis_fw-la caligi●●_n &_o 〈…〉_o bi●●_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 suppli●●●_n 〈◊〉_d nil_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d suis_fw-la ipse_fw-la 〈…〉_o ●●●tringatur_fw-la quò_fw-la minus_fw-la poenam_fw-la ess●●●at_fw-la me●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 facilit●r_fw-la op●rari_fw-la b●●●_n pro●●●_n habitum_fw-la vi●●●sum_fw-la inclinant●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 b●und_v with_o the_o bond_n of_o captivity_n 3._o ●st_a obligation_n per_fw-la quam_fw-la h●●o_fw-la obligatur_fw-la ad_fw-la cul●●m_fw-la &_o 〈…〉_o ●●●am_o in_fw-la uno_fw-la 〈◊〉_d u●●culo_fw-la captivi●●t●●_n 〈◊〉_d alt●●●_n debito_fw-la damna●●●_n 〈…〉_o potest_fw-la qui_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ●●●ipotens_fw-la &_o ●●●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 o●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 fre●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 politi●ae_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la judic●ri_fw-la &_o poenis_fw-la publicis_fw-la puniri_fw-la ●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 chr●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 d●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 sub●ecto_fw-la action_n always_o 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infallible_a in_o pardon_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v then_o in_o force_n when_o ground_v upon_o god_n word_n and_o tread_v the_o footstep_n of_o the_o judge_n eternal_a whatsoever_o sin_n you_o remit_v that_o be_v after_o the_o form_n of_o the_o church_n 1609._o quorum_fw-la remiseritis_fw-la peccata_fw-la scilicet_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o cleave_v non_fw-la errante_fw-la remittuntur_fw-la bonav_n in_o joan._n 29._o p._n 20._o tom._n 1._o p._n 417._o mogunt_fw-la 1609._o and_o not_o with_o a_o err_a key_n be_v remit_v say_v their_o seraphical_a b●naventure_n and_o lyra_n limit_n the_o confirmation_n to_o just_a proceed_n on_o earth_n ●0_n hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la judicium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la divino_fw-la judicio_fw-la conformatur_fw-la lyra_n in_o joan_n ●0_n sin_n be_v remit_v and_o retain_v in_o heaven_n when_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n be_v conformable_a to_o divine_a judgement_n 16._o supposito_fw-la hîc_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la debito_fw-la usu_fw-la clavis_fw-la deus_fw-la illud_fw-la approbat_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la aliter_fw-la non_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o matth._n cap._n 16._o and_o again_o upon_o supposition_n of_o the_o true_a use_n of_o the_o key_n god_n approve_v thereof_o in_o heaven_n otherwise_o not_o and_o these_o caveat_n need_v not_o be_v enter_v if_o the_o priest_n can_v not_o mistake_v herein_o and_o richard●●_n observe_v the_o word_n that_o they_o be_v not_o whatsoever_o thou_o have_v a_o will_n to_o bind_v on_o earth_n 11._o non_fw-la dicit_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la volueris_fw-la ligare_fw-la sed_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la ligaveris_fw-la ligat_fw-la itaque_fw-la &_o absolvit_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la sententia_fw-la justa_fw-la neutrum_fw-la verò_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la sententia_fw-la injusta_fw-la rich._n de_fw-fr clavibus_fw-la cap._n 11._o but_o whatsoever_o thou_o shall_v bind_v deduce_v from_o thence_o that_o it_o lie_v not_o in_o the_o priest_n 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not_o in_o bind_v or_o in_o lose_v autem_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la tantù●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 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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 d●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 th●_n si●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 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itaque_fw-la apostolus_fw-la votum_fw-la precatione_n detulit_fw-la non_fw-la ●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 spi●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

sacrifice_n and_o the_o exta_fw-la that_o be_v present_v at_o the_o altar_n and_o upon_o that_o inspection_n make_v their_o prediction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n flyle_v they_o or_o else_o shepherd_n inquire_v into_o the_o disease_n of_o their_o flock_n in_o particular_a intimate_v thereby_o that_o the_o priest_n under_o the_o gospel_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o a_o previous_a examination_n view_v the_o bowel_n &_o conscience_n of_o those_o that_o approach_v to_o the_o table_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o our_o church_n instruct_v that_o if_o upon_o this_o examination_n where_o god_n and_o the_o party_n about_o to_o receive_v be_v only_o present_a the_o conscience_n remain_v unquiet_a but_o further_a comfort_n and_o counsel_n be_v require_v then_o let_v he_o make_v the_o minister_n of_o his_o privy_a counsel_n also_o his_o presence_n may_v do_v thou_o good_a it_o can_v hurt_v thou_o in_o my_o opinion_n then_o in_o case_n where_o the_o conscience_n wring_v and_o that_o there_o may_v be_v great_a reason_n to_o fear_v the_o judge_n may_v be_v prejudicate_v and_o bribe_v with_o self-love_n in_o his_o own_o cause_n the_o approbation_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v always_o convenient_a and_o sometime_o necessary_a as_o the_o communicant_a find_v himself_o in_o case_n and_o thus_o much_o brief_o for_o the_o time_n of_o confession_n chap._n xi_o the_o content_n all_o convenient_a secrecy_n apprimely_a requisite_a in_o the_o confessary_a suspicion_n of_o discovery_n a_o great_a enemy_n to_o confession_n sin_n already_o commit_v with_o expression_n of_o grief_n to_o be_v conceal_v the_o schoolman_n bring_v sin_n de_fw-mi futuro_fw-la to_o be_v commit_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o seal_n the_o damnable_a doctrine_n of_o the_o jesuit_n that_o treason_n and_o conspiracy_n yet_o plot_v against_o church_n or_o state_n and_o confess_v to_o the_o priest_n aught_o to_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o privacy_n the_o odious_a consectary_n and_o inconvenience_n thereof_o example_n of_o sundry_a confessor_n reveal_v treason_n detect_v in_o confession_n the_o preservation_n of_o prince_n church_n or_o state_n to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o secrecy_n of_o the_o seal_n sin_n open_v in_o confession_n the_o concealment_n whereof_o compli_v not_o with_o the_o priest_n fidelity_n to_o his_o prince_n and_o country_n to_o be_v discover_v marriage_n in_o the_o clergy_n no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o lawful_a secrecy_n of_o the_o seal_n especial_o if_o the_o penalty_n of_o the_o old_a canon_n against_o the_o violater_n thereof_o shall_v be_v revive_v that_o which_o come_v next_o under_o our_o consideration_n be_v a_o necessary_a adjunct_n and_o condition_n wherein_o the_o discretion_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v much_o desire_v that_o be_v that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o that_o can_v lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o his_o mouth_n seal_v up_o in_o all_o convenient_a secrecy_n the_o sin_n that_o be_v muster_v up_o in_o confession_n that_o they_o may_v never_o once_o see_v the_o light_n but_o lie_v bury_v in_o eternal_a silence_n and_o true_o this_o condition_n must_v be_v observe_v else_o few_o will_v come_v to_o confession_n upon_o the_o least_o hint_n of_o publication_n no_o man_n in_o his_o right_a sense_n will_v lie_v naked_a in_o his_o tent_n and_o expose_v himself_o to_o the_o scorn_v of_o a_o scoff_a canaan_n therefore_o the_o priest_n may_v shut_v his_o ear_n except_o his_o lip_n be_v close_v for_o few_o man_n will_v have_v their_o do_n bring_v upon_o the_o stage_n and_o if_o a_o course_n may_v be_v think_v on_o to_o preserve_v man_n reputation_n and_o yet_o this_o part_n of_o the_o priestly_a function_n may_v be_v execute_v i_o see_v no_o reason_n but_o the_o same_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v preserve_v in_o the_o reprehension_n of_o one_o brother_n that_o have_v trespass_v upon_o another_o christ_n enjoin_v in_o the_o first_o place_n private_a monition_n of_o his_o fault_n between_o they_o two_o alone_a 18.15_o matth._n 18.15_o and_o so_o thou_o have_v gain_v thy_o brother_n and_o he_o have_v not_o forfeit_v his_o reputation_n christ_n will_n be_v sinner_n to_o be_v reprove_v in_o private_a say_v theophylact_v lest_o be_v open_o rebuke_v 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theoph._n in_o mat._n 18._o they_o may_v grow_v past_a shame_n the_o reprehension_n than_o must_v be_v private_o carry_v to_o preserve_v the_o offender_n credit_n open_v reproof_n for_o the_o most_o part_n beget_v either_o despair_n or_o impudence_n if_o such_o care_n must_v be_v have_v upon_o the_o redargution_n of_o a_o sinner_n than_o great_a must_v be_v the_o respect_n of_o his_o good_a name_n when_o he_o come_v in_o as_o a_o volunteer_n upon_o his_o own_o confession_n accuse_v himself_o upon_o hope_n of_o pardon_n and_o it_o be_v very_o fit_a where_o god_n cover_v the_o sin_n in_o mercy_n the_o priest_n shall_v cover_v they_o in_o secrecy_n for_o beside_o the_o prescript_n and_o light_n of_o nature_n which_o will_v we_o to_o do_v as_o we_o will_v be_v do_v by_o unica_fw-la celare_fw-la peccatum_fw-la de_fw-la lege_fw-la naturae_fw-la eleganter_fw-la probat_fw-la scotus_n quatuor_fw-la rationibus_fw-la 1._o ex_fw-la ratione_fw-la charitatis_fw-la 2._o ex_fw-la ratione_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la 3._o ex_fw-la ratione_fw-la veritatis_fw-la &_o veracitatis_fw-la 4._o ex_fw-la ratione_fw-la unitatis_fw-la &_o mutuae_fw-la utilitatis_fw-la biel_n l._n 4._o do_v 21._o qu._n unica_fw-la and_o we_o will_v be_v loath_a any_o secret_a of_o we_o shall_v be_v divulge_v whereby_o our_o credit_n may_v be_v question_v and_o good_a name_n which_o to_o all_o man_n be_v a_o precious_a odour_n shall_v be_v defame_v beside_o we_o repute_v the_o betrayer_n and_o publisher_n of_o secret_n no_o better_a than_o betrayer_n of_o trust_n and_o faithless_a person_n and_o not_o so_o only_o but_o false_a in_o their_o promise_n and_o word_n whereby_o they_o engage_v themselves_o to_o privacy_n now_o if_o these_o reason_n have_v force_n for_o keep_v secret_a a_o matter_n of_o importance_n which_o as_o a_o secret_a have_v be_v commend_v unto_o we_o and_o we_o pass_v our_o word_n for_o the_o concealment_n thereof_o all_o these_o condition_n shall_v swear_v the_o priest_n to_o convenient_a privacy_n for_o the_o penitent_n come_v to_o he_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n acquaint_v he_o with_o the_o state_n of_o his_o soul_n turn_v the_o inside_n of_o his_o conscience_n outward_a and_o resort_v to_o he_o as_o god_n deputy_n for_o comfort_n for_o absolution_n and_o the_o priest_n herein_o shall_v resemble_v god_n who_o he_o represent_v among_o the_o miracle_n of_o who_o mercy_n saint_n chrysostome_n place_v the_o concealment_n of_o sin_n confess_v unto_o he_o and_o the_o not_o upbraid_v of_o a_o sinner_n for_o the_o same_o as_o well_o as_o the_o forgiveness_n itself_o his_o word_n be_v 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o 6._o pag._n 608._o lin_v 10._o this_o be_v not_o only_o wonderful_a that_o god_n forgive_v sin_n but_o that_o he_o do_v not_o reveal_v they_o nor_o lay_v they_o open_a or_o make_v they_o manifest_v and_o how_o reserve_v saint_n ambrose_n be_v herein_o appear_v in_o his_o life_n write_v by_o paulinus_n who_o report_v thus_o of_o he_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n which_o the_o penitent_n confess_v ambr._n causas_fw-la criminum_fw-la quas_fw-la poenitentes_fw-la confitebantur_fw-la nulli_fw-la nisi_fw-la domino_fw-la soli_fw-la apud_fw-la quem_fw-la intercedebat_fw-la loquebatur_fw-la paulin._n in_o vit_fw-mi ambr._n he_o speak_v of_o to_o none_o but_o unto_o the_o lord_n to_o who_o he_o intercede_v for_o they_o he_o be_v unworthy_a sure_a of_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o key_n so_o to_o wrong_v that_o grieve_a party_n as_o to_o be_v unto_o he_o a_o further_a occasion_n of_o sorrow_n he_o come_v to_o find_v grace_n in_o god●_n eye_n and_o not_o to_o lose_v his_o reputation_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n and_o to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o ministerial_a key_n to_o unloose_v the_o bond_n of_o sin_n and_o not_o to_o unlock_v the_o secret_n of_o his_o heart_n in_o the_o open_a view_n let_v that_o priest_n be_v brand_v for_o a_o doeg_n a_o judas_n and_o what_o not_o that_o shall_v not_o keep_v this_o trust_n that_o be_v commit_v unto_o he_o that_o through_o his_o folly_n break_v off_o that_o spiritual_a commerce_n betwixt_o himself_o the_o pastor_n and_o the_o sheep_n of_o his_o pasture_n in_o the_o case_n of_o sin_n absolution_n direction_n and_o consolation_n for_o take_v away_o the_o opinion_n of_o trust_n and_o secrecy_n and_o confession_n will_v grow_v weak_a and_o languish_a the_o priest_n than_o be_v conjure_v to_o secrecy_n but_o whether_o in_o all_o case_n and_o sin_n as_o may_v be_v bring_v before_o he_o be_v a_o great_a question_n the_o canonist_n restrain_v and_o confine_v this_o secrecy_n to_o such_o sin_n only_o as_o be_v detect_v in_o foro_fw-la poenitentiali_fw-la that_o be_v to_o such_o sin_n as_o have_v already_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 ●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 conclud●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 d●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 deteg●_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 o●_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 sam●_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 qu●_n potest_fw-la prodesse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la obesse_fw-la ut_fw-la m●lo_fw-la obvi●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 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how_o other_o time_n be_v appoint_v for_o confession_n as_o well_o as_o easter_n but_o then_o chief_o require_v for_o four_o cause_n and_o at_o those_o time_n be_v confession_n require_v supra_fw-la 1._o ratione_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la sc_fw-la si_fw-la vult_fw-la celebrare_fw-la vel_fw-la communicare_fw-la vel_fw-la sacrum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la suscipere_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o ratione_fw-la periculi_fw-la si_fw-la est_fw-la in_o periculo_fw-la mortis_fw-la 3._o ratione_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la dictet_fw-la sibi_fw-la conscientia_fw-la quod_fw-la statim_fw-la teneatur_fw-la confiteri_fw-la 4._o ratione_fw-la dubii_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la nunc_fw-la habeat_fw-la confessoris_fw-la copiam_fw-la caeterùm_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la annum_fw-la non_fw-la habiturum_fw-la lindwood_n supra_fw-la say_v lindwood_n 1._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o sacrament_n whensoever_o the_o same_o shall_v be_v celebrate_v and_o receive_v so_o upon_o admission_n into_o holy_a order_n 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 to_o be_v 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