Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	father_n	forgive_v	trespass_n	3,229	5	11.5590	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

consistory_n as_o the_o canonist_n say_v god_n and_o the_o pope_n have_v my_o god_n will_v i_o trust_v with_o my_o sin_n upon_o who_o i_o trust_v and_o if_o sin_n be_v my_o way_n to_o he_o will_v i_o commit_v it_o to_o the_o springhead_n will_v i_o have_v recourse_n for_o mercy_n where_o the_o stream_n flow_v the_o full_a and_o the_o clear_a he_o be_v my_o physician_n 9_o ille_fw-la medice_fw-la est_fw-la vulnera_fw-la igitur_fw-la illi_fw-la exponamus_fw-la ille_fw-la laesus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o offensus_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la pacem_fw-la petamus_fw-la ille_fw-la est_fw-la cordium_fw-la cognitor_fw-la coram_fw-la ipso_fw-la corda_fw-la nostra_fw-la effundere_fw-la properemus_fw-la ille_fw-la denique_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la peccatores_fw-la vocat_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la accederenè_fw-la moremur_fw-la calvin_n instit_fw-la l._n 13._o cap._n 4._o sect._n 9_o and_o to_o he_o will_v i_o open_v my_o wound_n he_o be_v the_o party_n wrong_v with_o he_o will_v i_o make_v my_o peace_n he_o know_v the_o very_a secret_n of_o my_o heart_n before_o he_o than_o i_o will_v pour_v forth_o i_o he_o it_o be_v that_o invite_v i_o a_o sinner_n unto_o he_o and_o to_o he_o will_v i_o hasten_v nor_o be_v slack_a at_o his_o call_n and_o this_o confession_n of_o sin_n unto_o god_n be_v insist_v upon_o by_o the_o rabbin_n in_o the_o book_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o day_n and_o in_o the_o chapter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o day_n of_o propitiation_n 8._o dixit_fw-la r._n isaac_n veni_fw-la &_o vide_fw-la quia_fw-la mos_fw-la saucti_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o benedicti_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la mos_fw-la carnis_fw-la &_o sanguinis_fw-la mos_fw-la namque_fw-la carnis_fw-la &_o sanguinis_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la homo_fw-la offendit_fw-la proximum_fw-la suum_fw-la quandóque_fw-la placet_fw-la eum_fw-la verbis_fw-la quandoque_fw-la nequeat_fw-la ipsum_fw-la verbis_fw-la tantùm_fw-la placare_fw-la mos_fw-la autem_fw-la dei_fw-la sancti_fw-la &_o benedicti_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la bomo_fw-la enim_fw-la transgreditur_fw-la transgressione_n &_o tamen_fw-la placat_fw-la ipsum_fw-la verbis_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o non_fw-la solùm_fw-la hoc_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la confert_fw-la et_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la sicut_fw-la consequentèr_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d forsitan_fw-la dices_fw-la vituló●n_fw-la culpae_fw-la docet_fw-la quid_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicendum_fw-la sit_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la sequitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d petrus_n galat._n de_fw-fr arcan_fw-fr ●ath_n verit_fw-la lib._n 8._o cap._n 8._o be_v extant_a this_o passage_n r._n isaac_n say_v come_v and_o see_v how_o the_o manner_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o lord_n holy_a and_o bless_a be_v not_o as_o the_o manner_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n for_o the_o manner_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n be_v that_o if_o a_o man_n have_v offend_v his_o neighbour_n sometime_o he_o may_v please_v he_o with_o word_n and_o sometime_o he_o can_v please_v he_o with_o word_n alone_o but_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o holy_a and_o bless_a god_n be_v not_o so_o for_o in_o transgress_a man_n transgress_v and_o yet_o pacifi_v he_o with_o word_n as_o it_o be_v say_v hosea_n 14_o 1._o o_o israel_n return_n unto_o the_o lord_n for_o thou_o have_v fall_v by_o thy_o iniquity_n take_v with_o you_o word_n and_o turn_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o not_o only_o this_o but_o he_o confer_v mercy_n upon_o he_o as_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o word_n follow_v say_v unto_o he_o take_v away_o all_o our_o iniquity_n and_o receive_v we_o gracious_o not_o only_o this_o but_o the_o scripture_n have_v it_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v offer_v calf_n in_o sacrifice_n as_o it_o be_v say_v afterward_o so_o will_v we_o render_v the_o calf_n of_o our_o lip_n peradventure_o thou_o will_v say_v the_o calf_n of_o sin_n that_o which_o follow_v teach_v what_o be_v to_o be_v say_v to_o this_o i_o will_v heal_v their_o backslide_n i_o will_v love_v they_o free_o in_o which_o testimony_n we_o see_v that_o the_o calf_n of_o our_o lip_n be_v the_o confession_n of_o our_o sin_n that_o in_o confession_n our_o wound_n be_v heal_v and_o we_o in_o god_n belove_v so_o in_o misdras_n tehillim_n that_o be_v exposition_n of_o the_o psalm_n on_o the_o title_n of_o the_o hundred_o psalm_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o psalm_n of_o confession_n this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v write_v he_o that_o hide_v his_o sin_n shall_v not_o prosper_v but_o he_o that_o confess_v and_o forsake_v they_o shall_v find_v mercy_n he_o that_o h●deth_v his_o sin_n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prov._n 28._o qui_fw-la abscondit_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la talis_fw-la suit_n saul_n cvi_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la 1_o reg._n 15._o quae_fw-la est_fw-la vox_fw-la harum_fw-la ovium_fw-la ipse_fw-la autem_fw-la respondit_fw-la de_fw-fr amalek_n adduxerunt_fw-la eas_fw-la qui_fw-la autem_fw-la confitetur_fw-la &_o relinquit_fw-la ea_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la confequetur_fw-la talis_fw-la suit_n david_n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la 2_o reg._n c._n 12._o et_fw-la dixit_fw-la david_n ad_fw-la nathan_n peccavi_fw-la domino_fw-la &_o dixit_fw-la nathan_n ad_fw-la david_n dominus_fw-la quoque_fw-la transtulit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la t●um_fw-la non_fw-la morieris_fw-la pet._n gal._n lib._n 10._o c._n 13._o such_o a_o one_o be_v saul_n to_o who_o it_o be_v say_v 1_o king_n 15._o what_o mean_v the_o bleat_a of_o these_o sheep_n but_o he_o answer_v they_o bring_v they_o away_o from_o amalek_n but_o he_o that_o confess_v and_o forsake_v they_o shall_v find_v mercy_n such_o a_o one_o be_v david_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v 2_o king_n 12._o and_o david_n say_v unto_o nathan_n i_o have_v sin_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o nathan_n say_v unto_o david_n the_o lord_n also_o have_v put_v away_o thy_o sin_n thou_o shall_v not_o die_v instance_v in_o two_o king_n of_o a_o diverse_a humour_n the_o one_o put_v off_o his_o sin_n by_o collusion_n have_v they_o charge_v upon_o he_o and_o the_o other_o charge_v himself_o by_o confession_n have_v they_o put_v away_o saul_n hide_v his_o sin_n it_o be_v but_o reason_n therefore_o he_o shall_v find_v they_o david_n discover_v he_o and_o therefore_o god_n so_o cover_v they_o in_o mercy_n as_o they_o be_v past_o find_v out_o this_o than_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n under_o the_o gospel_n the_o same_o custom_n have_v continue_v the_o prodigal_a son_n that_o express_a pledge_n and_o hostage_n for_o mercy_n do_v but_o resolve_v upon_o confession_n to_o his_o dear_a father_n who_o speed_n embracement_n and_o kiss_n prevent_v the_o vocal_a expression_n god_n who_o see_v he_o afar_o off_o hear_v he_o also_o what_o he_o say_v 15.18_o say_v luke_n 15.18_o within_o himself_o and_o what_o he_o say_v to_o 21._o to_o 21._o himself_o also_o the_o prodigal_a sin_v against_o god_n to_o who_o it_o be_v say_v against_o thou_o only_o have_v i_o sin_v 4._o prodigus_fw-la peccavit_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la cvi_fw-la soli_fw-la dicitur_fw-la tibi_fw-la soli_fw-la peccavi_fw-la etc._n etc._n tam_fw-la citò_fw-la veniam_fw-la m●retur_fw-la ut_fw-la venienti_fw-la adhuc_fw-la &_o longè_fw-la posito_fw-la occurrit_fw-la pater_fw-la ambr._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la poenit._fw-la cap._n 4._o and_o obtain_v so_o speedy_a a_o pardon_n that_o while_o he_o be_v yet_o afar_o off_o and_o but_o on_o the_o way_n the_o father_n meet_v he_o the_o poor_a publican_n upon_o his_o confession_n fare_v as_o well_o put_v up_o his_o supplication_n in_o the_o temple_n 14._o luke_n 18.13_o 14._o the_o content_n whereof_o be_v o_o god_n be_v merciful_a to_o i_o a_o sinner_n and_o go_v back_o to_o his_o house_n justify_v without_o make_v confession_n to_o any_o other_o ghostly_a father_n but_o only_o the_o father_n of_o spirit_n of_o who_o saint_n john_n give_v this_o assurance_n that_o if_o we_o confess_v our_o sin_n 1.9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o john_n 1.9_o he_o be_v faithful_a and_o just_a to_o forgive_v we_o our_o sin_n and_o to_o cleanse_v we_o from_o all_o unrighteousness_n why_o faithful_a and_o just_a rather_o than_o kind_a and_o merciful_a see_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n proceed_v from_o his_o bounty_n not_o our_o deserve_n indeed_o it_o be_v his_o mercy_n to_o annex_v forgiveness_n to_o confession_n and_o his_o justice_n to_o reward_v that_o which_o his_o mercy_n promise_v god_n be_v so_o gracious_a to_o promise_v pardon_n upon_o this_o condition_n that_o a_o sinner_n confess_v which_o condition_n perform_v god_n be_v faithful_a and_o just_a to_o make_v good_a his_o promise_n with_o actual_a forgiveness_n fail_v not_o thou_o he_o of_o confession_n and_o he_o will_v never_o fail_v thou_o of_o forgiveness_n upon_o these_o ground_n the_o father_n direct_v a_o penitent_a unto_o god_n esteem_v the_o confession_n make_v unto_o 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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 inherent_a in_o god_n without_o any_o touch_n in_o the_o penitent_a as_o paul_n be_v a_o choose_a vessel_n long_o before_o he_o be_v cleanse_v and_o know_v not_o so_o much_o till_o ananias_n give_v he_o some_o light_n thereof_o but_o be_v then_o transient_a and_o sensible_a when_o the_o minister_n bring_v news_n thereof_o to_o a_o sinner_n that_o repent_v god_n in_o christ_n have_v reconcile_v the_o world_n unto_o himself_o 19_o 1._o cor._n 5.18_o 19_o quantùm_fw-la ad_fw-la rei_fw-la veritatem_fw-la true_o and_o real_o and_o he_o have_v commit_v unto_o we_o the_o word_n of_o reconciliation_n quoad_fw-la veritatis_fw-la evidentiam_fw-la to_o evidence_n and_o make_v know_v the_o same_o by_o the_o due_a application_n thereof_o unto_o a_o contrite_a heart_n there_o can_v be_v a_o great_a thing_n commit_v to_o the_o priest_n charge_v and_o people_n comfort_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ministry_n of_o reconciliation_n from_o christ_n we_o come_v who_o ambassador_n we_o be_v and_o unto_o you_o sinner_n now_o in_o hostility_n with_o he_o and_o our_o instruction_n be_v to_o conclude_v a_o peace_n and_o reconcile_v you_o unto_o he_o good_a god_n how_o high_o do_v paul_n magnify_v his_o office_n for_o christ_n sake_n say_v he_o be_v we_o ambassador_n 639._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oecumen_fw-la in_o 2_o cor._n 5._o pag._n 639._o for_o we_o have_v take_v his_o business_n upon_o we_o in_o christ_n stead_n therefore_o be_v we_o send_v unto_o you_o as_o if_o the_o father_n by_o we_o do_v exhort_v you_o who_o not_o only_o exhort_v you_o by_o christ_n but_o he_o be_v crucify_v do_v by_o we_o still_o exhort_v as_o the_o g●eek_n scholia_fw-la paraphrase_n upon_o the_o place_n thus_o do_v priest_n forgive_v that_o be_v apply_v the_o gracious_a promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n unto_o the_o penitent_a luc._n quis_fw-la potest_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimittere_fw-la nisi_fw-la solus_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la eos_fw-la quoque_fw-la dimittit_fw-la quibus_fw-la dimittendi_fw-la exhibuit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ambros_n lib._n 5._o expos_fw-la in_o luc._n for_o who_o say_v ambrose_n can_v forgive_v sin_n but_o god_n alone_o yet_o do_v he_o forgive_v by_o they_o also_o to_o who_o he_o h●th_v give_v power_n to_o forgive_v 20._o quamvis_fw-la d●i_fw-la proprium_fw-la opus_fw-la sit_fw-la remittere_fw-la peccata_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la remittere_fw-la non_fw-la simplaciter_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la adbibent_fw-la media_fw-la per_fw-la quae_fw-la deus_fw-la remitt●t_fw-la peccata_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la media_fw-la sunt_fw-la verhum_fw-la d●i_fw-la &_o sacramenta_fw-la ferus_fw-la in_o joan._n 20._o and_o to_o this_o purpose_n ferus_fw-la although_o it_o be_v god_n proper_a work_n to_o forgive_v sin_n yet_o the_o apostle_n be_v say_v to_o remit_v also_o not_o simple_o but_o because_o they_o apply_v those_o mean_n whereby_o god_n remit_v sin_n wh●ch_o be_v his_o word_n and_o sacrament_n and_o this_o be_v the_o first_o 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perdere_fw-la nescit_fw-la contrary_n to_o otho_n tacit._n histor_n lib._n 1._o god_n know_v how_o to_o give_v not_o how_o to_o cast_v away_o his_o jewel_n the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n require_v some_o condition_n to_o be_v perform_v on_o our_o part_n for_o we_o read_v of_o two_o exception_n 1._o except_o you_o repent_v 2._o except_o you_o believe_v now_o unto_o both_o of_o these_o do_v a_o priest_n by_o the_o power_n of_o his_o ministry_n render_v a_o sinner_n well_o dispose_v 3.3_o luke_n 13.3_o john_n 3.3_o for_o the_o first_o peter_n sermon_n wrought_v so_o effectual_o upon_o the_o people_n heart_n that_o they_o be_v prick_v therewith_o and_o say_v unto_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n 38._o act_n 2.37_o 38._o man_n and_o brethren_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v then_o peter_n say_v unto_o they_o repent_v and_o be_v baptize_v every_o one_o of_o you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n where_o there_o be_v 1._o preach_v 2._o next_o 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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 which_o with_o earnest_a repentance_n and_o true_a faith_n turn_v unto_o he_o have_v mercy_fw-mi upon_o you_o pardon_n and_o forgive_v you_o all_o your_o sin_n strengthen_v and_o confirm_v you_o etc._n etc._n and_o at_o the_o visitation_n of_o the_o sick_a the_o sick_a party_n have_v confess_v any_o weighty_a matter_n wherewith_o his_o conscience_n be_v trouble_v the_o priest_n absolve_v he_o after_o this_o sort_n our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n who_o have_v leave_v power_n to_o his_o church_n to_o absolve_v all_o sinner_n which_o true_o repent_v and_o believe_v on_o he_o of_o his_o great_a mercy_n forgive_v thou_o thy_o offence_n and_o by_o his_o authority_n commit_v unto_o i_o i_o absolve_v thou_o from_o all_o thy_o sin_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n by_o all_o of_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a how_o much_o the_o church_n attribute_v to_o prayer_n and_o divine_a authority_n in_o this_o ministration_n a_o three_o ordinance_n whereby_o the_o minister_n remit_v sin_n 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 ministry_n suprà_fw-la nulla_fw-la in_o his_o hominis_fw-la potestas_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la divini_fw-la muneris_fw-la gratia_fw-la viget_fw-la ambr._n suprà_fw-la and_o another_o thing_n by_o the_o way_n of_o power_n say_v the_o oracle_n of_o hippo_n the_o power_n of_o baptise_v the_o lord_n retain_v to_o himself_o joan._n aliud_fw-la est_fw-la baptizare_fw-la per_fw-la ministerium_fw-la aliud_fw-la per_fw-la potestatem_fw-la sibi_fw-la tenuit_fw-la dominus_fw-la potestatem_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la seruis_fw-la ministerium_fw-la dedit_fw-la aug._n tract_n 5._o in_o joan._n the_o ministry_n he_o have_v give_v to_o his_o servant_n and_o that_o school-man_n argue_v not_o amiss_o that_o frame_v this_o conclusion_n thence_o to_o baptize_v inward_o and_o to_o absolve_v from_o mortal_a sin_n be_v of_o equal_a power_n 1._o paris_n potestatis_fw-la est_fw-la interiùs_fw-la baptizare_fw-la &_o à_fw-la culpa_fw-la mortali_fw-la absolvere_fw-la sed_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la debuit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la interiùs_fw-la communicare_fw-la ne_fw-la spes_fw-la poneretur_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la ergo_fw-la pari_fw-la ratione_fw-la nec_fw-la potestatem_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la ab_fw-la actuali_fw-la alex._n halens_n sum_fw-la part_n 4._o qu._n 21._o memb._n 1._o but_o god_n ought_v not_o to_o communicate_v the_o power_n of_o baptise_v inward_o lest_o any_o hope_n shall_v be_v place_v in_o man_n therefore_o by_o the_o like_a reason_n ought_v he_o not_o to_o commit_v the_o power_n of_o absolve_v from_o actual_a sin_n unto_o any_o to_o conclude_v this_o point_n touch_v the_o sacrament_n cyprian_n or_o the_o author_n of_o the_o xii_o treatise_n de_fw-fr cardinalibus_fw-la operibus_fw-la christi_fw-la write_v thus_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n chr._n remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la alia_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la daretur_fw-la propriè_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la soli_fw-la huius_fw-la 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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

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 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 p._n 113._o sect_n ii_o 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'ss_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 i._o the_o fact_n of_o n●●tarius_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 p._n 144._o sect_n iii_o 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_a 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 ●ars_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

the_o sacrifice_n destine_v to_o expiate_v the_o sin_n reveal_v to_o the_o priest_n of_o which_o there_o be_v frequent_a mention_n in_o the_o old_a law_n where_o the_o guilty_a person_n be_v to_o confess_v the_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v sin_v and_o to_o present_v his_o offering_n and_o the_o priest_n be_v to_o make_v his_o 〈◊〉_d his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d atonement_n expiation_n or_o redemption_n the_o quality_n of_o which_o confession_n and_o the_o reserve_a case_n therein_o will_v come_v under_o our_o hand_n hereafter_o so_o in_o the_o inquiry_n after_o the_o iniquity_n of_o achan_n which_o put_v israel_n to_o flight_v more_o than_o all_o their_o enemy_n can_v do_v the_o offender_n attach_v by_o a_o divine_a lot_n joshuah_n advise_v he_o at_o no_o hand_n to_o conceal_v the_o sin_n gallicè_fw-la josh_n 7.19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lui_o fai_o confession_n gallicè_fw-la but_o to_o make_v confession_n thereof_o to_o god_n or_o as_o the_o septuagint_n according_a to_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o hebrew_n give_v confession_n unto_o he_o and_o the_o same_o interpreter_n where_o sin_n be_v the_o subject_n thereof_o render_v it_o confession_n but_o where_o god_n and_o his_o mercy_n be_v the_o content_n b._n psal_n 27.7_o pour_v esclater_n en_fw-fr voice_n d'action_n de_fw-fr grace_n fr._n b._n praise_n and_o thanksgiving_n as_o for_o example_n that_o i_o may_v publish_v with_o the_o voice_n of_o thanksgiving_n and_o tell_v of_o all_o thy_o wondrous_a work_n or_o as_o the_o french_a bibles_n for_o to_o illustrate_v with_o the_o voice_n of_o thanksgiving_n after_o the_o hebrew_n that_o i_o may_v cause_v to_o be_v hear_v or_o sound_v forth_o in_o the_o voice_n of_o confession_n which_o the_o septuagint_n read_v thus_o 10.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la audire_fw-la faciam_fw-la sonum_fw-la in_o hiphil_n psal_n 26.7_o sec._n lxxii_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d forum_n ezra_n 10.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o i_o may_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o thy_o praise_n but_o when_o sin_n bear_v the_o burden_n of_o confession_n than_o the_o word_n use_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o run_v along_o all_o their_o translation_n and_o be_v of_o much_o use_n with_o the_o greek_a father_n also_o sometime_o they_o express_v it_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o forinsecal_v word_n as_o in_o that_o former_a place_n of_o leviticus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o shall_v confess_v his_o sin_n after_o that_o solemn_a and_o heavy_a denunciation_n of_o the_o people_n sin_n unto_o god_n by_o the_o lip_n of_o ezra_n chap._n 9_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o next_o the_o septuagint_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o he_o have_v confess_v weep_v and_o pray_v that_o priest_n and_o people_n confession_n can_v not_o but_o fly_v up_o to_o heaven_n wing_v with_o prayer_n and_o tear_n and_o david_n purpose_n to_o accuse_v and_o indict_v himself_o for_o his_o offence_n be_v according_a to_o that_o tenor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hebraeos_fw-la ps_n 31._o vel_fw-la 32._o sec_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la i_o say_v i_o will_v confess_v my_o sin_n against_o myself_o where_o he_o never_o take_v his_o own_o part_n more_o than_o by_o set_v himself_o in_o such_o a_o confession_n against_o himself_o wherein_o those_o translator_n will_v show_v that_o in_o confession_n there_o must_v be_v a_o concurrency_n both_o in_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o both_o must_v arraign_v we_o at_o the_o bar_n give_v in_o of_o evidence_n or_o rather_o find_v of_o the_o bill_n of_o indictment_n by_o ourselves_o put_v in_o and_o sign_v to_o be_v true_a if_o it_o be_v only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o evidence_n of_o the_o tongue_n be_v enough_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d import_v that_o there_o be_v a_o inward_a sense_n of_o the_o outward_a evidence_n and_o as_o evil_a spring_v from_o the_o heart_n cyprian_a 1._o exhomologesis_n conscientiae_fw-la cyprian_a so_o from_o that_o root_n must_v oral_a confession_n issue_n forth_o and_o hence_o be_v it_o that_o one_o of_o the_o father_n call_v it_o 1._o the_o confession_n of_o the_o conscience_n 2._o another_o the_o expose_v of_o the_o burden_n of_o the_o soul_n 3._o aug._n 2._o pondus_fw-la animi_fw-la proffer_v aug._n and_o a_o three_o a_o sigh_v forth_o of_o sin_n rather_o than_o speak_v and_o with_o grief_n of_o heart_n more_o than_o word_n of_o the_o lip_n thus_o far_o the_o old_a testament_n have_v lead_v i_o by_o the_o hand_n along_o the_o several_a denomination_n of_o repentance_n and_o confession_n ambr._n 3._o ingemit_fw-la culpae_fw-la dolore_fw-la ambr._n and_o now_o for_o to_o come_v unto_o that_o other_o part_n of_o god_n treasure_n for_o so_o clemens_n alexand._n honour_v the_o scripture_n let_v we_o see_v what_o a_o good_a scribe_n may_v bring_v forth_o of_o the_o new_a also_o we_o shall_v there_o find_v for_o repentance_n two_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o former_a have_v respect_n unto_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o change_n thereof_o rather_o than_o any_o corporal_a affliction_n when_o after_o a_o lapse_n the_o party_n peccant_a shall_v find_v his_o error_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mutatam_fw-la mentem_fw-la sonat_fw-la non_fw-la afflictionem_fw-la corporis_fw-la erasm_n annot_v in_o mat._n cap._n 3._o and_o so_o serious_o to_o lament_v that_o former_a error_n as_o to_o correct_v and_o amend_v the_o same_o 2._o de_fw-fr errore_fw-la admisso_fw-la ità_fw-la dolere_fw-la ut_fw-la corrigas_fw-la latinè_n resipiscere_fw-la beza_n annot._fw-la ad_fw-la matth._n 3._o vers_fw-la 2._o consider_v what_o he_o be_v with_o grief_n and_o endeavour_v to_o be_v what_o he_o be_v not_o but_o aught_o to_o have_v be_v with_o grace_n 〈◊〉_d semper_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d convenit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o his_o repentance_n be_v a_o departure_n from_o evil_a unto_o goodness_n therefore_o herein_o be_v wisdom_n in_o the_o end_n and_o in_o latin_a be_v term_v resipiscentia_fw-la for_o to_o commit_v sin_n be_v folly_n but_o to_o repent_v thereof_o and_o amend_v be_v wisdom_n therefore_o it_o have_v reference_n to_o the_o inward_a man_n 4._o no_o &_o in_fw-la graeco_fw-la s●no_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la nomen_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la delicti_fw-la confession_n sed_fw-la ex_fw-la animi_fw-la demutatione_fw-la composita_fw-la est_fw-la terrul_a lib._n 2._o contr_n martion_n cap._n 4._o and_o import_v not_o so_o much_o the_o confession_n of_o sin_n as_o the_o commutation_n of_o the_o mind_n whereby_o the_o sinner_n be_v alter_v rather_o than_o the_o sin_n utter_v as_o tertullian_n elegant_o express_v the_o force_n of_o the_o greek_a word_n 3.19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matth._n 3.8_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matth._n 9.13_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luc._n 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matth._n 11.21_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 3.19_o and_o in_o that_o name_n be_v comprise_v repentance_n with_o its_o property_n and_o virtue_n so_o you_o have_v the_o fruit_n of_o repentance_n mat._n 3.8_o and_o the_o call_n of_o sinner_n to_o repentance_n mat._n 9.13_o and_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n annex_v to_o repentance_n luke_n 24.27_o so_o you_o have_v the_o habit_n and_o dress_v thereof_o they_o have_v repent_v in_o sackcloth_n and_o in_o ash_n the_o virtue_n and_o effect_n together_o with_o the_o manner_n and_o efficacy_n thereof_o repent_v and_o be_v convert_v that_o your_o sin_n may_v be_v blot_v out_o hesiod_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesiod_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v all_o in_o all_o with_o repentance_n the_o other_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o of_o such_o virtue_n and_o be_v use_v of_o such_o as_o have_v be_v remiss_a and_o supine_n in_o manage_v of_o their_o affair_n who_o smart_v for_o their_o solly_n and_o negligence_n erasm_n dicta_fw-la est_fw-la cùm_fw-la socordes_fw-la in_o peragendo_fw-la serò_fw-la incipimus_fw-la esse_fw-la attenti_fw-la erasm_n at_o the_o last_o show_v more_o diligence_n such_o after-wit_n be_v usual_o anxious_a beza_n declarat_fw-la post_fw-la rem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la factam_fw-la sollicitum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o anxium_fw-la latinè_n poenitere_fw-la atque_fw-la usurpari_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o vitio_fw-la beza_n and_o disquiet_v with_o their_o do_n this_o kind_n of_o pensiveness_n do_v not_o always_o imply_v a_o change_n either_o in_o life_n or_o purpose_n for_o the_o better_a but_o sometime_o for_o the_o worse_a also_o betoken_v rather_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o displeasure_n whereby_o we_o can_v wish_v with_o all_o our_o heart_n thing_n do_v undo_v hap_v what_o will_v be_v they_o good_a or_o evil_n the_o gift_n and_o calling_n of_o god_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o repentance_n that_o be_v of_o that_o sort_n as_o the_o donation_n thereof_o i●_n at_o no_o time_n displease_v to_o god_n who_o therewith_o be_v

verse_n 35._o because_o they_o have_v sin_v against_o thou_o and_o shall_v turn_v again_o unto_o thou_o and_o confess_v thy_o name_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o turn_n to_o which_o imply_v also_o a_o turn_n from_o and_o that_o follow_v in_o the_o verse_n follow_v if_o they_o confess_v thy_o name_n and_o turn_v from_o their_o sin_n the_o term_n then_o in_o this_o conversion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v from_o sin_n and_o thence_o there_o be_v a_o departure_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o god_n and_o thither_o there_o must_v be_v a_o adventure_n upon_o good_a advice_n than_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o turn_v be_v by_o interpreter_n turn_v to_o repent_v especial_o where_o the_o same_o be_v double_v in_o the_o original_a as_o in_o ezekiel_n 13.23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d restournez_n vouz_n &_o vounz_fw-fr destournez_fw-fr fr._n bible_n jerem._n 13.23_o repent_v and_o turn_v from_o all_o your_o transgression_n chap._n 18.30_o and_o chap._n 14.6_o return_v and_o turn_v you_o from_o as_o the_o french_a read_v it_o i_o can_v be_v infinite_a if_o occasion_n be_v in_o such_o particular_n can_v the_o ethiopian_a change_n his_o skin_n or_o the_o leopard_n his_o spot_n then_o may_v you_o also_o do_v good_a that_o be_v accustom_v to_o do_v evil_a inimate_v that_o repentance_n be_v no_o natural_a work_n that_o sin_n set_v on_o by_o custom_n adhere_v as_o close_v unto_o the_o soul_n as_o blackness_n to_o the_o skin_n of_o the_o ethiopian_a or_o spot_n unto_o the_o leopard_n that_o the_o blackness_n and_o those_o spot_n be_v change_v by_o do_v good_a instead_o of_o evil_a and_o that_o change_v to_o be_v wrought_v upon_o repentance_n 17.30_o act_n 17.30_o the_o same_o scripture_n seat_v this_o conversion_n in_o the_o heart_n show_v that_o it_o arise_v from_o a_o sense_n of_o god_n judgement_n and_o a_o detestation_n of_o sin_n 7.10_o 2_o cor._n 7.10_o accompany_v with_o a_o godly_a sorrow_n for_o the_o same_o ground_v upon_o a_o 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repentance_n be_v a_o harsh_a kind_n of_o discipline_n and_o austerity_n carry_v a_o rigid_a hand_n upon_o the_o fleshly_a part_n of_o man_n his_o body_n thereby_o to_o tame_v the_o same_o to_o subjection_n or_o to_o chastise_v it_o for_o former_a insurrection_n a_o discipline_n not_o amiss_o if_o the_o mind_n and_o inward_a man_n may_v be_v renew_v also_o which_o ever_o impli_v a_o due_a correction_n and_o amendment_n of_o life_n but_o of_o this_o inward_a reformation_n ne_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quidem_fw-la there_o be_v a_o strange_a silence_n 1_o in_o externis_fw-la exercitiis_fw-la mordicùs_fw-la infixi_fw-la de_fw-la interiori_fw-la mentis_fw-la reformatione_fw-la mirum_fw-la silentium_fw-la calv._n instit_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 4._o sect._n 1_o you_o shall_v not_o light_o meet_v with_o a_o syllable_n thereof_o in_o all_o their_o voluminous_a tractate_v it_o be_v not_o a_o shirt_n of_o hair_n a_o lenten_a suit_n a_o deject_a countenance_n that_o can_v please_v god_n 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peccator_fw-la restituendo_fw-la sibi_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la institutam_fw-la exomologesin_n sc●ens_fw-la tert._n de_fw-fr poen_fw-mi c._n 12._o &_o rhenanus_fw-la note_n tradit_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la institutum_fw-la istum_fw-la poeni●entiae_fw-la actum_fw-la &_o poenitentiae_fw-la ministerium_fw-la a._n have_v no_o mean_a a_o author_n than_o god_n himself_o whereof_o his_o learned_a refiner_n have_v take_v special_a notice_n he_o then_o must_v be_v hear_v next_o of_o this_o matter_n a_o man_n of_o great_a spirit_n and_o part_n tertul._n tertul._n sharpen_v by_o nature_n or_o the_o age_n he_o live_v in_o unto_o much_o severity_n with_o who_o the_o administration_n of_o this_o public_a penance_n be_v express_v by_o the_o greek_n exomologesis_fw-la which_o he_o call_v the_o very_a act_n or_o deed_n do_v thereof_o as_o a_o probation_n and_o approbation_n of_o cordial_a sorrow_n there●n_o open_a confession_n be_v make_v of_o the_o sin_n to_o god_n ib._n probatio_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la now_o solùm_fw-la conscientia_fw-la praeferatur_fw-la sed_fw-la aliquo_fw-la etiam_fw-la actu_fw-la adimpletur_fw-la cap._n 9_o quatenus_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la confession_n disponitur_fw-la confession_n poenitentia_fw-la nascitur_fw-la poenitentiâ_fw-la deus_fw-la mitigatur_fw-la ib._n not_o as_o to_o one_o ignorant_a thereof_o but_o to_o prepare_v the_o penitent_a so_o as_o to_o satisfy_v the_o church_n who_o profession_n he_o have_v wrong_v and_o by_o that_o confession_n may_v be_v bring_v forth_o such_o repentance_n as_o god_n may_v be_v appease_v the_o drift_n and_o end_n of_o that_o abject_a humiliation_n in_o the_o penitent_a be_v to_o incline_v god_n to_o mercy_n the_o manner_n of_o that_o deject_a carriage_n be_v punctual_o describe_v the_o habit_n sackcloth_n and_o ash_n dejicere_fw-la sacco_n &_o cineri_fw-la incubare_fw-la corpus_fw-la sordibus_fw-la obscurare_fw-la animum_fw-la maeroribus_fw-la dejicere_fw-la join_v with_o a_o neglect_n or_o rather_o a_o careless_a debase_v and_o slubber_v of_o the_o body_n carrying_z a_o strict_a hand_n thereupon_o as_o the_o organ_n and_o vessel_n of_o sin_n although_o there_o be_v require_v a_o heavy_a soul_n also_o the_o food_n and_o diet_n thin_a bread_n and_o water_n without_o any_o other_o mixture_n injungere_fw-la pastum_fw-la &_o potum_fw-la pura_fw-la nosse_fw-la non_fw-la ventris_fw-la scilicet_fw-la sed_fw-la anime_fw-mi causâ_fw-la ●ejuniis_fw-la preces_fw-la alere_fw-la ingemiscere_fw-la lacrimari_fw-la mugire_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la advolvi_fw-la &_o charis_fw-la dei_fw-la adgeniculari_fw-la omnibus_fw-la fratribus_fw-la legationes_fw-la deprecationis_fw-la suae_fw-la injungere_fw-la or_o composition_n to_o preserve_v the_o soul_n alive_a in_o the_o body_n only_o add_v unto_o fast_v prayer_n to_o prayer_n tear_n to_o tear_n sigh_n and_o groan_a to_o fall_v down_o at_o the_o priest_n sit_fw-mi to_o kneel_v before_o god_n dear_a so_o the_o best_a critic_n read_v and_o maintain_v the_o read_n that_o all_o the_o brethren_n may_v join_v with_o they_o in_o prayer_n to_o mediate_v on_o th●ir_a behalf_n all_o this_o be_v do_v to_o set_v forth_o repentance_n to_o judge_v ourselves_o that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v judge_v to_o be_v thus_o severe_a that_o god_n may_v be_v remiss_a absolvit_fw-la cùm_fw-la provolvit_fw-la hominem_fw-la magìs_fw-la relevat_fw-la cùm_fw-la jqualidum_fw-la facit_fw-la magìs_fw-la mundatum_fw-la reddit_fw-la cùm_fw-la accusat_fw-la excusat_fw-la cùm_fw-la condemnat_fw-la absolvit_fw-la and_o the_o property_n of_o this_o discipline_n be_v by_o cast_v down_o to_o extol_v by_o sully_v to_o purge_v by_o accuse_v to_o excuse_v by_o condemn_v to_o absolve_v and_o by_o not_o spare_v to_o procure_v god_n to_o spare_v we_o this_o publication_n of_o ourselves_o contrary_a to_o the_o ingenit_fw-la pride_n of_o nature_n keep_v back_o many_o even_o in_o his_o day_n when_o worldly_a respect_n be_v less_o set_v by_o and_o the_o ensue_a shame_n from_o the_o performance_n of_o this_o duty_n of_o who_o he_o complain_v that_o they_o preserve_v worldly_a credit_n before_o heavenly_a safety_n pereunt_fw-la pudoris_fw-la magìs_fw-la memores_fw-la quàm_fw-la salutis_fw-la velut_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o partibus_fw-la verecundioribus_fw-la corporis_fw-la contracta_fw-la vexatione_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la medentium_fw-la vitant_fw-la &_o ità_fw-la cum_fw-la erubescentia_fw-la sva_fw-la pereunt_fw-la not_o unlike_a to_o such_o that_o be_v disease_v in_o those_o member_n the_o very_a name_n whereof_o modesty_n have_v lock_v up_o in_o silence_n choose_v rather_o bashful_o to_o perish_v than_o to_o present_v they_o to_o be_v cure_v to_o the_o surgeon_n hand_n est_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la corpus_fw-la de_fw-la unius_fw-la membri_fw-la vexatione_fw-la laetum_fw-la agere_fw-la condoleat_fw-la universum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la remedium_fw-la conlaboret_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la the_o father_n remove_v this_o unseasonable_a shame_n which_o be_v better_o place_v before_o sin_n than_o after_o add_v that_o the_o spectator_n in_o this_o act_n be_v his_o fellow_n member_n of_o the_o same_o body_n and_o what_o member_n will_v triumph_v to_o see_v another_o grieve_a and_o in_o misery_n especial_o in_o such_o a_o body_n where_o christ_n be_v the_o head_n who_o feel_v in_o heaven_n and_o cry_v out_o when_o his_o member_n be_v kick_v at_o by_o persecutor_n below_o therefore_o when_o hold_n be_v lay_v by_o doleful_a sinner_n of_o the_o brothren_n knee_n 5._o knee_n haec_fw-la supplices_fw-la attingunt_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la manus_fw-la tendunt_fw-la haec_fw-la ut_fw-la arras_n adorant_a plin._n hist_o l._n 11._o c._n 45._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d homer_n iliad_a l._n 5._o and_o knee_n be_v the_o altar_n where_o suppliant_n offer_v up_o their_o request_n for_o grace_n and_o pity_n christ_n be_v take_v hold_v of_o patitur_fw-la cùm_fw-la te_fw-la ad_fw-la fratrum_fw-la genua_fw-la protendas_fw-la christum_fw-la contrectas_fw-la christum_fw-la exoras_fw-la christus_fw-la patitur_fw-la christ_n be_v entreat_v christ_n be_v a_o patient_a on_o the_o penitent_n behalf_n bemoan_v his_o sorrow_n put_v his_o tear_n into_o his_o bottle_n record_v all_o his_o sigh_n in_o his_o book_n bind_v up_o his_o wound_n and_o pour_v the_o oil_n and_o wine_n of_o consolation_n into_o they_o tread_v in_o this_o case_n all_o

adam_n ubi_fw-la es_fw-la peccato_fw-la transgressionis_fw-la primi_fw-la parent_n corrupti_fw-la à_fw-la domine_fw-la sunt_fw-la requisiti_fw-la de_fw-la culpa_fw-la ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quod_fw-la transgrediendo_fw-la commiserant_fw-la confitendo_fw-la delerent_fw-la greg._n to_o wash_v out_o that_o sin_n by_o confess_v which_o they_o have_v commit_v by_o transgress_v the_o like_a interrogatory_n be_v make_v to_o cain_n where_o be_v thy_o brother_n abel_n but_o his_o impudence_n be_v to_o outface_v the_o murder_n and_o plead_v not_o guilty_a till_o god_n convict_v he_o the_o sin_n smother_v brake_n forth_o into_o a_o great_a flame_n the_o sore_o skin_v over_o with_o a_o denial_n fester_v he_o that_o say_v at_o first_o nulla_fw-la est_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la there_o be_v no_o iniquity_n in_o my_o hand_n and_o refuse_v to_o unlade_v his_o soul_n by_o confession_n sink_v under_o the_o burden_n and_o cry_v out_o major_a est_fw-la iniquit_fw-la as_o my_o sin_n be_v great_a than_o i_o be_o able_a to_o bear_v saint_n chrysostome_n collect_v no_o less_o god_n mercy_n appear_v in_o the_o question_n where_o be_v thy_o brother_n 130._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n in_o gen._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 130._o to_o give_v he_o the_o bint_n and_o opportunity_n to_o bethink_v himself_o that_o by_o confession_n of_o the_o fault_n the_o guilt_n may_v be_v wash_v away_o for_o this_o be_v god_n ●●n●_n even_o from_o the_o beginning_n to_o exact_v from_o we_o a_o confession_n of_o our_o sin_n that_o upon_o the_o same_o he_o may_v show_v mercy_n he_o conelude_v it_o be_v good_a to_o confess_v the_o fact_n to_o disclose_v the_o wound_n to_o the_o physician_n and_o to_o receive_v medicine_n from_o he_o god_n people_n in_o process_n of_o time_n his_o good_a pleasure_n be_v know_v how_o propense_a he_o be_v to_o give_v a_o sinner_n audience_n have_v not_o fail_v in_o this_o point_n to_o confess_v nor_o he_o they_o to_o pardon_v and_o because_o confession_n of_o fin_n from_o the_o delinquent_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n from_o god_n common_o go_v together_o my_o discourse_n shall_v not_o separate_v they_o we_o be_v now_o upon_o the_o sinner_n plea_n and_o must_v instance_n in_o those_o that_o have_v have_v the_o will_n to_o sin_n the_o grace_n to_o see_v it_o the_o humility_n to_o confess_v it_o and_o the_o happiness_n to_o be_v deliver_v from_o it_o david_n be_v famous_a for_o his_o transgression_n his_o confession_n and_o his_o lamentation_n i_o acknowledge_v my_o sin_n unto_o thou_o 32.5_o psal_n 32.5_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 transgression_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o thou_o forgave_v the_o iniquity_n of_o my_o sin_n where_o we_o see_v confession_n have_v not_o only_o the_o promise_n but_o performance_n of_o forgiveness_n annex_v thereunto_o and_o that_o from_o he_o who_o be_v most_o bountiful_a in_o his_o promise_n and_o most_o faithful_a in_o his_o performance_n &_o tu_fw-la remisisti_fw-la who_o absolution_n be_v ever_o of_o force_n for_o he_o never_o turn_v a_o wrong_a key_n 2._o note_v also_o the_o manner_n thereof_o david_n have_v not_o yet_o make_v his_o confession_n it_o be_v only_o in_o vote_n in_o purpose_n and_o conception_n not_o in_o re_z a_o actual_a performance_n yet_o his_o success_n be_v crown_v with_o performance_n and_o that_o will_v accept_v for_o the_o deed_n so_o much_o be_v god_n mercy_n more_o forward_o than_o man_n duty_n as_o to_o grant_v the_o pardon_n before_o it_o be_v ask_v the_o word_n be_v not_o at_o my_o mouth_n and_o god_n ear_n be_v at_o my_o heart_n 31._o vox_fw-la m●a_fw-la in_o ore_fw-la nondum_fw-la erat_fw-la sed_fw-la auris_fw-la dei_fw-la jam_fw-la in_o cord_n crat_fw-mi aug._n in_o psal_n 31._o say_v aug._n in_o the_o person_n of_o david_n and_o much_o to_o the_o same_o sense_n a_o late_a expositor_n 31._o vide_fw-la quam_fw-la velox_fw-la sit_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordia_fw-la erga_fw-la peccatorem_fw-la non_fw-la dum_fw-la confitetur_fw-la ut_fw-la audiat_fw-la homo_fw-la sed_fw-la confiteri_fw-la promittit_fw-la quod_fw-la audit_n deus_fw-la ludolph_n in_o psal_n 31._o behold_v with_o what_o speed_n the_o mercy_n of_o god_n make_v towards_o a_o sinner_n he_o have_v not_o confess_v so_o that_o man_n may_v hear_v 31._o dixi_fw-la deliberavi_fw-la apud_fw-la i_o quod_fw-la confitebor_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la remisisti_fw-la magna_fw-la pietas_fw-la dei_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la solam_fw-la promissionem_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimisit_fw-la votum_fw-la enim_fw-la pro_fw-la operatione_n judicatur_fw-la cassiodor_n in_o psal_n 31._o but_o promise_v to_o confess_v which_o god_n hear_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n cassiodore_n i_o say_v that_o be_v i_o deliberate_v with_o myself_o how_o i_o will_v confess_v and_o thou_o forgave_v o_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n forgive_a sin_n upon_o promise_n only_o for_o with_o he_o the_o will_n be_v of_o equal_a acceptation_n with_o the_o deed_n and_o lest_o we_o shall_v think_v that_o this_o be_v some_o peculiar_a privilege_n vouchsafe_v unto_o the_o man_n after_o god_n own_o heart_n the_o same_o sweet_a singer_n of_o israel_n do_v present_o enlarge_v his_o note_n and_o infer_v this_o general_a conclusion_n thereupon_o for_o this_o shall_v every_o one_o that_o be_v godly_a prey_n unto_o thou_o in_o a_o time_n when_o thou_o may_v be_v find_v verse_n 6._o the_o godly_a in_o this_o world_n be_v not_o so_o godly_a but_o there_o be_v time_n also_o when_o they_o must_v go_v to_o this_o confession_n and_o comfort_v themselves_o with_o this_o hope_n for_o we_o be_v not_o angel_n but_o man_n basilea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n h●m_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 245._o g●●s_n basilea_n we_o fall_v and_o be_v raise_v and_o that_o often_o and_o in_o a_o little_a space_n basil_n thus_o david_n make_v a_o good_a confession_n let_v we_o pass_v from_o the_o father_n to_o the_o son_n solomon_n solomon_n in_o who_o all_o age_n have_v and_o shall_v admire_v how_o so_o fair_a a_o star_n can_v fall_v in_o so_o foul_a a_o eclipse_n yet_o he_o recover_v his_o loft_n light_n and_o of_o a_o great_a finner_n prove_v a_o great_a convert_n and_o as_o chronicle_n mention_v the_o folly_n of_o this_o king_n so_o ecclesiastes_n relate_v the_o repentance_n of_o this_o preacher_n he_o deliver_v a_o general_a rule_n 28.13_o prov._n 28.13_o he_o that_o hide_v his_o sin_n shall_v not_o prosper_v but_o he_o that_o confess_v and_o forsake_v they_o shall_v find_v mercy_n wherein_o observe_v a_o necessary_a adjunct_n to_o confession_n viz._n forsake_v of_o sin_n it_o be_v not_o then_o a_o naked_a verbal_a confession_n that_o have_v this_o efficacy_n or_o such_o a_o compendious_a way_n of_o heal_a and_o no_o more_o but_o go_v show_v thyself_o and_o thy_o sin_n to_o the_o priest_n and_o thy_o attrition_n shall_v become_v contrition_n and_o thy_o sin_n shall_v be_v forgive_v though_o not_o clean_o forsake_v this_o roman_a device_n solomon_n for_o all_o his_o knowledge_n and_o that_o extend_v from_o the_o cedar_n to_o the_o thistle_n be_v yet_o to_o seek_v of_o for_o with_o tiburine_a impostor_n though_o a_o man_n bring_v not_o so_o much_o as_o that_o drop_n of_o sorrow_n for_o sin_n by_o they_o term_v attrition_n but_o only_o a_o will_n to_o confess_v and_o utter_v the_o story_n of_o his_o lewd_a life_n to_o a_o priest_n with_o a_o intent_n to_o be_v absolve_v by_o he_o 14._o non_fw-la solùm_fw-la attritus_fw-la recipit_fw-la gratiam_fw-la delentem_fw-la peccatum_fw-la tanquam_fw-la per_fw-la virtutem_fw-la meriti_fw-la de_fw-la congruo_fw-la se●●on_fw-la habens_fw-la talem_fw-la actum_fw-la qui_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la ad_fw-la meritum_fw-la de_fw-la congruo_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la habens_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la suscipiendi_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la obice_fw-la peccati_fw-la actualiter_fw-la in_o facto_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o voluntate_fw-la inhaerentis_fw-la suscipit_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la merito_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la pacto_fw-la divino_fw-la effectum_fw-la istius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la scotus_n lib._n 4._o do_v 14._o there_o be_v require_v no_o more_o to_o be_v set_v free_a from_o sin_n the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n will_v supply_v all_o other_o defect_n and_o confer_v this_o benefit_n mero_fw-la motu_fw-la of_o its_o own_o accord_n without_o any_o good_a disposition_n or_o desert_n of_o the_o receiver_n insomuch_o that_o he_o need_v to_o put_v his_o ghostly_a father_n to_o no_o far_a trouble_n than_o this_o speak_v the_o word_n only_o and_o i_o shall_v be_v heal_v by_o this_o new_a fetch_n the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n be_v available_a without_o repentance_n confession_n without_o contrition_n and_o sin_n forgive_v which_o be_v not_o forsake_v a_o opinion_n say_v gabriel_n much_o to_o be_v esteem_v if_o it_o be_v lay_v upon_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o holy_a father_n 2._o ista_fw-la opinio_fw-la esset_fw-la valde_fw-la acceptanda_fw-la si_fw-la haberce_fw-la firmamentum_fw-la scriptura_fw-la &_o sanctorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la biel._n lib._n 4._o do_v 14._o qu._n 2._o not_o 2._o and_o no_o gallant_a

i_o think_v but_o will_v embrace_v it_o to_o come_v off_o from_o sin_n at_o so_o easy_a a_o hand_n but_o see_v the_o ill_a luck_n of_o a_o thing_n it_o want_v both_o scripture_n and_o father_n to_o support_v it_o for_o in_o the_o scripture_n it_o be_v he_o that_o confess_v and_o forsake_v his_o sin_n 28._o observa_fw-la quod_fw-la addit_fw-la qui_fw-la confitetur_fw-la &_o deserit_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la satìs_fw-la est_fw-la confiteri_fw-la menoch_n in_o prov._n 28._o which_o will_v not_o stand_v with_o scotus_n learning_n without_o the_o help_n of_o a_o index_n expurgatorius_fw-la to_o expunge_v the_o late_a clause_n the_o josuis_n will_v fain_o interpret_v solomon_n of_o confession_n make_v unto_o man_n and_o not_o unto_o god_n and_o his_o reason_n for_o it_o be_v 1._o the_o word_n he_o that_o hide_v his_o sin_n because_o sin_n unconfess_v be_v not_o hide_v from_o god_n but_o man_n for_o none_o can_v be_v of_o so_o mad_a a_o belief_n 1387._o quia_fw-la nullus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la scelera_fw-la sva_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la se_fw-la abscondere_fw-la posse_fw-la credit_n let_fw-mi nisi_fw-la fortè_fw-la insaniat_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la vel_fw-la ob_fw-la pudorem_fw-la vel_fw-la alia_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la multi_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la abscondita_fw-la esse_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la erubescentia_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la locum_fw-la habet_fw-la non_fw-la deum_fw-la bel._n lib._n de_fw-fr poen_fw-mi c._n 11._o p._n 1387._o as_o to_o think_v god_n see_v they_o not_o 2._o shame_n or_o some_o other_o cause_n may_v hold_v they_o in_o from_o disclose_v sin_n to_o man_n but_o none_o be_v ashamed_a to_o make_v god_n privy_a to_o their_o lewdness_n but_o how_o untrue_a the_o former_a reason_n be_v may_v appear_v in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o two_o first_o sinner_n adam_n who_o hide_v himself_o from_o god_n and_o cain_n who_o deny_v his_o sin_n to_o god_n madman_n indeed_o they_o be_v to_o do_v so_o but_o so_o they_o do_v and_o on_o ancient_a bishop_n be_v of_o the_o mind_n that_o many_o beside_o they_o in_o the_o world_n be_v strike_v with_o that_o frenzy_n that_o god_n do_v not_o regard_v earthly_a affair_n and_o see_v not_o the_o action_n of_o sinful_a man_n hesi●d_n ●adè_fw-la puto_fw-la quòd_fw-la haec_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la cain_n jam_fw-la tùm_fw-la opinio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la qua_fw-la nunc_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la terrestria_fw-la non_fw-la respicere_fw-la &_o actus_fw-la sceleratorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la non_fw-la videre_fw-la salvian_n de_fw-fr gubernat_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 1._o pag._n 21._o paris_n 1617._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesi●d_n they_o hide_v they_o in_o their_o own_o opinion_n and_o sancie_n whereas_o in_o truth_n they_o do_v not_o no_o more_o than_o when_o the_o fool_n wink_v and_o think_v no_o man_n see_v he_o for_o all_o thing_n be_v open_a to_o his_o sight_n and_o with_o kim_n there_o be_v no_o darkness_n at_o all_o and_o how_o frivolous_a and_o false_a the_o late_a part_n of_o the_o cardinal_n argument_n be_v viz._n that_o in_o confession_n before_o god_n there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o shame_n and_o sinner_n shameless_a therein_o another_o ancient_a bishop_n shall_v witness_v let_v we_o not_o be_v ashamed_a say_v ambrose_n to_o confess_v our_o sin_n unto_o god_n 1._o non_fw-la erubescamus_fw-la fateri_fw-la domino_fw-la peccata_fw-la no●tra_fw-la pudor_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la crimina_fw-la sva_fw-la prodat_fw-la sedille_n pudor_fw-la agrum_fw-la suum_fw-la arat_fw-la spinas_fw-la told_v perpetuas_fw-la sentes_fw-la amputat_fw-la etc._n etc._n ambrof_o dc_o poenit_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 1._o it_o be_v a_o shame_n indeed_o for_o any_o man_n to_o lay_v open_a his_o offence_n but_o such_o a_o shame_n that_o break_v up_o the_o fallow_a ground_n of_o his_o heart_n pull_v up_o the_o though_o we_o and_o pare_v away_o the_o brier_n etc._n etc._n a_o shame_n then_o there_o be_v in_o confession_n and_o that_o before_o god_n but_o such_o a_o shame_n as_o consider_v what_o good_a come_v thereof_o we_o shall_v not_o be_v ashamed_a of_o yea_o the_o same_o father_n suppose_v to_o be_v in_o many_o offender_n a_o great_a shame_n to_o confess_v before_o god_n than_o man_n for_o thus_o he_o write_v can_v it_o be_v well_o take_v that_o thou_o shall_v blush_v to_o entreat_v god_n 10._o an_fw-mi quisquam_fw-la ferat_fw-la ut_fw-la erubescas_fw-la deum_fw-la rogare_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la erubescis_fw-la rogare_fw-la hominem_fw-la &_o pudeat_fw-la te_fw-la deo_fw-la supplicare_fw-la quem_fw-la non_fw-la late_n cum_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la pudeat_fw-la peccata_fw-la tua_fw-la homini_fw-la quem_fw-la lateas_fw-la confiteri_fw-la id._n ib._n c._n 10._o that_o do_v not_o blush_v to_o entreat_v man_n and_o that_o thou_o shall_v be_v ashamed_a to_o make_v thy_o supplication_n to_o god_n from_o who_o thou_o lie_v not_o hide_v whereas_o thou_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o confess_v thy_o sin_n unto_o a_o man_n from_o who_o they_o be_v conceal_v and_o the_o same_o holy_a prelate_n in_o another_o place_n enervate_v both_o the_o cardinal_n pretence_n his_o word_n be_v remarkable_a why_o be_v thou_o afraid_a to_o confess_v thy_o iniquity_n to_o so_o good_a a_o lord_n declare_v say_v he_o thy_o sin_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v justify_v 7._o quid_fw-la vereris_fw-la apud_fw-la bonum_fw-la dominum_fw-la tuas_fw-la iniq●itates_fw-la fateri_fw-la dic_fw-la inquit_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la tuas_fw-la ut_fw-la justificeris_fw-la idhuc_fw-la reo_fw-la culpae_fw-la justificationis_fw-la praemia_fw-la proponuntur_fw-la ille_fw-la enim_fw-la justificatur_fw-la qui_fw-la proprium_fw-la crimen_fw-la sponte_fw-la agnoverit_fw-la denique_fw-la iustùs_fw-la in_o exordio_fw-la sermonis_fw-la accusator_fw-la est_fw-la svi_fw-la novit_n omaia_fw-la dominus_fw-la sed_fw-la expectat_fw-la vocem_fw-la tuam_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la puniat_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ignoscat_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la ut_fw-la insultet_fw-la tibi_fw-la diabolus_fw-la &_o celantem_fw-la peccata_fw-la tua_fw-la arguat_fw-la praevenies_fw-la accusatorem_fw-la tuum_fw-la si_fw-la te_fw-la ipse_fw-la accusaveris_fw-la accusatorem_fw-la nullum_fw-la timebis_fw-la si_fw-la te_fw-la detuleris_fw-la ipse_fw-la amb._n li._n 2._o de_fw-la poeni●c_fw-la 7._o to_o the_o person_n as_o yet_o guilty_a of_o sin_n justification_n be_v promise_v for_o a_o reward_n for_o he_o be_v justify_v that_o of_o his_o own_o mind_n acknowledge_v his_o offence_n and_o a_o just_a man_n at_o the_o entrance_n of_o his_o speech_n be_v his_o own_o accuser_n the_o lord_n know_v all_o but_o expect_v thy_o voice_n not_o with_o a_o intent_n to_o punish_v but_o to_o pardon_v it_o be_v not_o his_o will_n that_o the_o devil_n shall_v insult_v over_o thou_o conceal_v thy_o sin_n be_v therefore_o thy_o accuser_n by_o thy_o own_o accusation_n and_o fear_v not_o any_o accuser_n if_o thou_o shall_v arraign_v thyself_o wherein_o we_o may_v observe_v that_o in_o confession_n unto_o god_n there_o be_v dread_a which_o this_o holy_a man_n dissuade_v from_o and_o concealment_n of_o sin_n as_o some_o fond_o imagine_v and_o a_o expectance_n of_o vocal_a evidence_n though_o god_n be_v ignorant_a of_o nothing_o to_o he_o than_o do_v solomon_n direct_v our_o confession_n for_o all_o the_o cardinal_n have_v yet_o say_v to_o the_o contrary_n and_o he_o have_v hereof_o a_o live_a example_n in_o his_o father_n david_n who_o penitential_a psalm_n what_o be_v they_o but_o prescript_n form_n of_o confession_n where_o there_o be_v as_o many_o sigh_n as_o word_n mingle_v his_o cry_n with_o weep_v all_o the_o verse_n stand_v chief_o upon_o two_o foot_n contrition_n and_o confession_n some_o whereof_o be_v compose_v for_o his_o remembrance_n by_o name_n psal_n 37._o which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o instruction_n for_o confession_n as_o s._n basil_n 97._o basil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n in_o psal_n 36._o p._n 97._o entitle_v it_o that_o have_v this_o psalm_n always_o before_o his_o eye_n he_o may_v pacify_v so_o good_a a_o lord_n with_o the_o word_n of_o a_o transcendent_a confession_n this_o be_v his_o direction_n to_o other_o reveal_v thy_o way_n or_o roll_v it_o up_o unto_o the_o lord_n and_o hope_v in_o he_o he_o will_v do_v it_o 36.5_o revela_fw-la domino_fw-la peccatatua_n i._o confiteado_n &_o spera_fw-la in_o e●_n &_o none_o in_o alio_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la qui_fw-la potest_fw-la faciet_fw-la quod_fw-la petis_fw-la vel_fw-la desideras_fw-la sp●m_fw-la eni●n_fw-la prom●t●it_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la &_o indulgentiam_fw-la facit_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la ●gentibus_fw-la ludolph_n in_o psal_n 36.5_o reveal_v by_o confession_n thy_o way_n that_o be_v thy_o sin_n and_o hope_v in_o he_o and_o no_o other_o and_o he_o that_o can_v will_v do_v what_o thou_o desire_v god_n promise_v hope_n to_o sinner_n and_o pardon_v to_o penitent_n poenit._n revela_fw-la domino_fw-la viam_fw-la tuam_fw-la i.e._n sacerdoti_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la loco_fw-la d●i_fw-la jo._n raulins_n serm._n 10._o de_fw-fr poenit._n a_o better_a gloss_n that_o than_o another_o friar_n reveal_v thy_o way_n unto_o god_n that_o be_v unto_o the_o priest_n who_o be_v in_o god_n stead_n which_o harp_v not_o in_o david_n tune_n except_o god_n and_o the_o priest_n have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o

prayer_n 6._o subjiciamus_fw-la nos_fw-la deo_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la subditi_fw-la simus_fw-la peccato_fw-la &_o delictorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la memoriam_fw-la recensentes_fw-la tanquam_fw-la opprobrium_fw-la erubescamus_fw-la non_fw-la velut_fw-la quidam_fw-la gloriam_fw-la praedicemus_fw-la bonum_fw-la dominum_fw-la habemus_fw-la qui_fw-la velit_fw-la donare_fw-la omnibus_fw-la si_fw-la vis_fw-la justificari_fw-la fatere_fw-la delictum_fw-la tuum_fw-la solvit_fw-la enim_fw-la criminum_fw-la nexus_fw-la verecunda_fw-la confessio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la vides_fw-la quid_fw-la à_fw-la te_fw-la exigat_fw-la deus_fw-la tuus_fw-la vides_fw-la quà_fw-la remissionis_fw-la pollicitatione_n te_fw-la provocat_n ad_fw-la confitendum_fw-la ambr._n l._n 2._o the_o poen_n c._n 6._o which_o tear_n never_o do_v for_o the_o tongue_n do_v not_o always_o open_v our_o case_n full_o but_o tear_n ever_o disclose_v our_o affection_n to_o the_o full_a to_o god_n then_o do_v the_o same_o doctor_n exhort_v we_o to_o disclose_v our_o sin_n let_v we_o be_v subject_a unto_o god_n that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v subject_a unto_o sin_n let_v we_o call_v our_o offence_n unto_o remembrance_n and_o be_v ashamed_a of_o they_o as_o a_o disgrace_n and_o not_o boast_v thereof_o as_o the_o manner_n of_o some_o be_v we_o have_v a_o good_a lord_n that_o will_v pardon_v all_o if_o therefore_o thou_o will_v be_v justify_v confess_v thy_o sin_n for_o a_o modest_a and_o shameful_a confession_n of_o sin_n lose_v the_o band_n thereof_o thou_o see_v what_o thy_o god_n exact_v of_o thou_o and_o with_o what_o a_o promise_n of_o forgiveness_n he_o provoke_v thou_o unto_o confession_n lead_v with_o this_o promise_n and_o invite_v with_o this_o call_n the_o golden-mouthed_n dr_n john_n chrysostome_n exhort_v the_o people_n to_o resort_v to_o god_n only_o in_o confession_n little_o regard_v that_o which_o be_v make_v to_o man_n and_o leave_v it_o as_o a_o thing_n indifferent_a as_o a_o thing_n to_o be_v use_v or_o not_o at_o the_o penitent_n discretion_n which_o the_o most_o rigid_a of_o the_o reform_a side_n stick_v not_o at_o yea_o he_o seem_v at_o least_o in_o word_n to_o disavow_v it_o which_o be_v more_o than_o the_o moderate_a sort_n of_o they_o expect_v or_o can_v well_o away_o with_o and_o a_o great_a scholar_n but_o of_o the_o other_o side_n free_o acknowledge_v that_o chrysostome_n in_o divers_a place_n and_o by_o name_n in_o his_o 5._o 224._o quae_fw-la à_fw-la chrysostomo_fw-la tum_fw-la aliis_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la tum_fw-la hom._n 5._o de_fw-fr incomprehens_n dei_fw-la nat_n parùm_fw-la commode_v dicta_fw-la vid●antur_fw-la ubi_fw-la peccatores_fw-la câ_fw-la se_fw-la lege_fw-la negate_fw-la obstringere_fw-la ut_fw-la hominibus_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la uni_fw-la deo_fw-la peccata_fw-la fateantur_fw-la d._n petavius_n animadv_o in_o epiph._n haer_fw-mi 59_o p._n 224._o homily_n of_o the_o incomprehensible_a nature_n of_o god_n have_v some_o unsound_a passage_n deny_v sinner_n to_o be_v tie_v by_o any_o law_n to_o confess_v their_o sin_n unto_o man_n but_o unto_o god_n only_o well_o let_v we_o see_v what_o it_o may_v be_v that_o be_v so_o great_a a_o eyesore_n to_o he_o and_o man_n of_o his_o rank_n the_o first_o mention_n that_o occur_v unto_o i_o be_v in_o lamech_v his_o case_n confess_v the_o murder_n he_o commit_v unto_o his_o wife_n hear_v o_o you_o wife_n of_o lamech_v etc._n etc._n where_o express_v elegant_o the_o torture_n of_o a_o rage_a conscience_n the_o father_n show_v there_o be_v no_o way_n but_o one_o to_o quiet_a the_o same_o he_o that_o be_v guilty_a of_o cry_v sin_n and_o will_v make_v good_a use_n and_o be_v aid_v by_o his_o conscience_n 139._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 139._o and_o be_v drawa_o to_o confess_v what_o he_o have_v commit_v and_o open_v his_o wound_n to_o such_o a_o physician_n that_o will_v heal_v and_o not_o upbraid_v he_o and_o receive_v salve_v plaster_n from_o he_o and_o will_v o●_n for_o with_o he_o no_o one_o behold_v and_o declare_v all_o thing_n diligent_o unto_o he_o shall_v easy_o rectify_v what_o be_v amiss_o for_o the_o confession_n of_o a_o sinner_n be_v the_o abolish_n and_o do_v away_o of_o his_o transgression_n now_o who_o be_v mean_v by_o this_o physician_n these_o word_n follow_v he_o that_o distinct_o know_v all_o th●ngs_n and_o again_o he_o require_v our_o confession_n not_o as_o ignorant_a but_o know_v all_o thing_n before_o a_o they_o be_v sufficient_o show_v and_o from_o a_o homily_n which_o bear_v his_o name_n and_o title_n of_o repentance_n extant_a in_o the_o latin_n edition_n of_o his_o work_n it_o be_v thus_o cite_v by_o 189._o by_o chemnit_fw-la exam_fw-la council_n trid._n part_n 2._o the_o confess_v pag._n 189._o chemnitius_n it_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o confess_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o witness_n let_v there_o be_v a_o inquisition_n make_v after_o offence_n in_o the_o thought_n let_v this_o judgement_n be_v without_o a_o witness_n let_v god_n only_a se●_n thou_o confess_v but_o let_v we_o view_v the_o father_n in_o his_o own_o colour_n who_o take_v his_o theme_n from_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o publican_n say_v thus_o i_o beseech_v you_o always_o to_o make_v confession_n 263._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tom_fw-mi 5._o pag._n 262_o 263._o for_o i_o do_v not_o bring_v thou_o upon_o the_o theatre_n of_o thy_o fellow-servant_n nor_o do_v i_o compel_v thou_o to_o uncover_v thy_o sin_n unto_o man_n unclasp_v thy_o conscience_n before_o god_n show_v forth_o unto_o he_o thy_o action_n and_o thy_o wound_n and_o entreat_v a_o medicine_n from_o he_o set_v they_o forth_o to_o he_o who_o will_v not_o set_v at_o naught_o but_o cure_v thou_o for_o albeit_o thou_o do_v say_v nothing_o be_v know_v all_o thing_n the_o same_o word_n be_v repeat_v again_o for_o fail_v tom_fw-mi 6._o pag._n 444._o which_o we_o rather_o point_v at_o than_o produce_v for_o where_o the_o father_n be_v copious_a repetition_n be_v tedious_a who_o further_o say_v but_o thou_o be_v ashamed_a to_o say_v thou_o have_v sin_v 708._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tom_fw-mi 2._o p._n 708._o utter_v thy_o sin_n in_o thy_o daily_a devotion_n what_o then_o i_o do_v not_o say_v confess_v they_o to_o thy_o fellow-servant_n for_o to_o cast_v they_o into_o thy_o tooth_n confess_v they_o to_o god_n that_o heal_v they_o for_o god_n be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o they_o though_o thou_o keep_v they_o secret_a so_o upon_o mention_n of_o those_o word_n in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o esay_n which_o in_o the_o lxxii_o 43.26_o esay_n 43.26_o interpreter_n be_v thus_o read_v declare_v thy_o sin_n first_o that_o thou_o may_v be_v justify_v he_o write_v thus_o tell_v i_o of_o what_o be_v thou_o ashamed_a 258._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dom._n 5._o p._n 258._o and_o blush_v at_o to_o confess_v thy_o sin_n do_v thou_o relate_v they_o unto_o man_n to_o reproach_n thou_o or_o do_v thou_o confess_v they_o to_o thy_o fellow-servant_n to_o publish_v they_o upon_o the_o stage_n to_o thy_o lord_n to_o he_o that_o care_v for_o thou_o to_o he_o that_o be_v kind_a to_o mankind_n and_o to_o thy_o physician_n thou_o do_v unfold_v thy_o grief_n and_o not_o many_o line_n after_o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n ib._n pag._n 258._o lin_v 15._o i_o compel_v thou_o not_o say_v god_n to_o come_v forth_o upon_o the_o open_a stage_n and_o to_o make_v many_o witness_n tell_v i_o thy_o sin_n alone_o in_o private_a so_o i_o will_v heal_v thy_o wound_n and_o free_v thou_o from_o pain_n also_o the_o same_o father_n upon_o the_o same_o subject_n in_o another_o place_n advise_v not_o to_o call_v ourselves_o sinner_n only_a but_o to_o call_v to_o mind_v our_o sin_n and_o rehearse_v every_o one_o in_o particular_a 589._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tom_fw-mi 4._o pag._n 589._o i_o say_v not_o proclaim_v thyself_o upon_o the_o theatre_n nor_o accuse_v thyself_o in_o the_o audience_n of_o other_o but_o i_o counsel_v thou_o to_o be_v persuade_v by_o the_o prophet_n say_v reveal_v thy_o way_n unto_o the_o lord_n confess_v thy_o sin_n unto_o god_n confess_v they_o before_o the_o judge_n pray_v if_o not_o in_o thy_o tongue_n yet_o in_o thy_o memory_n and_o to_o say_v no_o more_o this_o be_v his_o pulpit-discourse_n to_o the_o people_n of_o antioch_n and_o this_o not_o only_o to_o be_v marvel_v at_o say_v he_o that_o he_o forgive_v we_o our_o sin_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tom_fw-mi 6._o pag._n 608._o lin_v 10._o but_o that_o he_o neither_o disclose_v they_o nor_o lay_v they_o open_a or_o make_v they_o manifest_a nor_o force_v we_o to_o come_v forth_o in_o open_a view_n to_o speak_v out_o our_o offence_n but_o command_v we_o to_o be_v answerable_a for_o they_o to_o he_o alone_o and_o to_o he_o to_o make_v our_o confession_n these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d several_a flower_n and_o far_o more_o than_o these_o be_v gather_v from_o this_o

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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

if_o any_o deviation_n it_o be_v in_o they_o they_o be_v out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o will_v needs_o spare_v the_o best_a of_o the_o cattle_n to_o pleasure_n god_n with_o a_o sacrifice_n proud_a heart_n that_o all_o this_o while_n will_v take_v no_o notice_n of_o his_o sin_n till_o he_o hear_v his_o doom_n deprivation_n from_o his_o crown_n and_o dignity_n then_o saul_n say_v unto_o samuel_n i_o have_v sin_v 15._o 1_o sam._n 15._o but_o samuel_n say_v not_o unto_o saul_n as_o nathan_n unto_o david_n the_o lord_n have_v also_o put_v away_o thy_o sin_n saul_n be_v a_o confession_n upon_o the_o rack_n but_o david_n have_v no_o soon_o a_o sense_n of_o sin_n but_o he_o open_v it_o in_o humble_a confession_n the_o wound_n no_o soon_o perceive_v than_o he_o hasten_v for_o a_o medicine_n 243._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 243._o than_o he_o flee_v to_o the_o physician_n say_v i_o have_v sin_v and_o forthwith_o be_v heal_v the_o lord_n also_o have_v put_v away_o thy_o sin_n grave_a be_v the_o wise_a man_n advice_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o confess_v thy_o sin_n and_o force_v not_o the_o course_n of_o the_o river_n 4.26_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la 4.26_o that_o be_v turn_v not_o the_o stream_n or_o course_n thereof_o backward_o by_o denial_n or_o on_o the_o one_o side_n by_o excuse_v but_o be_v thy_o own_o accuser_n to_o obtain_v a_o pardon_n confession_n then_o of_o sin_n and_o that_o unto_o man_n among_o the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v extant_a upon_o sacred_a record_n practise_v before_o the_o law_n command_v by_o the_o law_n portrait_v in_o their_o sacrifice_n and_o perform_v by_o the_o man_n after_o god_n own_o heart_n and_o have_v continue_v among_o that_o disperse_a nation_n even_o till_o our_o time_n if_o thomas_n walden_n and_o antoninus_n may_v be_v credit_v the_o one_o learn_v so_o much_o from_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o jew_n themselves_o at_o his_o be_v in_o austria_n and_o the_o other_o affirm_v that_o the_o learnede_a sort_n be_v wont_a to_o confess_v all_o their_o sin_n to_o a_o levite_n 40._o solent_n doctiores_fw-la judaei_n ante_fw-la mortem_fw-la confiteri_fw-la omne_fw-la peccata_fw-la levitae_fw-la alicui_fw-la si_fw-la quem_fw-la fortè_fw-la nacti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ant._n part_n 3._o tit_n 14._o c._n 6._o sect._n 1_o habent_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la cuthaei_n ex_fw-la posteritate_fw-la aharon_n sacerdotis_fw-la in_o pace_fw-la quiescentis_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la nullis_fw-la alit_v connubia_fw-la jungunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la aut_fw-la familiae_fw-la suae_fw-la foeminis_fw-la aut_fw-la viris_fw-la ut_fw-la genus_fw-la impermixtum_fw-la conservent_fw-la benjam_fw-la itiner_n pag._n 39_o 40._o a_o little_a before_o their_o death_n if_o he_o may_v be_v have_v and_o i_o think_v so_o too_o when_o they_o chance_v upon_o a_o levite_n of_o the_o full_a blood_n which_o to_o preserve_v without_o mixture_n the_o jew_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v not_o so_o careful_a as_o the_o samaritan_n who_o boast_v their_o priest_n to_o be_v not_o only_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n but_o family_n of_o aaron_n and_o therefore_o call_v they_o aharonitae_n some_o testimony_n of_o the_o rabbin_n which_o i_o find_v in_o petrus_n galatinus_n may_v not_o be_v neglect_v in_o a_o treatise_n call_v b●rashith_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o lesser_a exposition_n upon_o the_o book_n of_o genesis_n 49.8_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gen._n 49.8_o and_o upon_o those_o word_n judah_n thy_o brethren_n shall_v praise_v or_o confess_v thou_o be_v a_o elegant_a allusion_n of_o old_a jacob_n to_o his_o name_n derive_v from_o confession_n it_o be_v thus_o write_v this_o be_v that_o confession_n which_o be_v speak_v of_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o job_n est_fw-la illa_fw-la est_fw-la confessio_fw-la de_fw-fr qua_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la à_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it per_fw-la manus_fw-la job_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n 15._o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la sapientes_fw-la sunt_fw-la confitentur_fw-la &_o indicant_fw-la &_o non_fw-la abscondunt_fw-la à_fw-la patribus_fw-la suis_fw-la peccata_fw-la s●_n sva_fw-la de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-fr justis_fw-la qui_fw-la vincunt_fw-la &_o subjugant_fw-la fomitem_fw-la seu_fw-la sensualitatem_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o confitentur_fw-la actus_fw-la suos_fw-la patribus_fw-la suis_fw-la omnis_fw-la enim_fw-la qui_fw-la confitetur_fw-la actus_fw-la suos_fw-la dignus_fw-la est_fw-la seculo_fw-la futuro_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la psal_n 50._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la ità_fw-la inuenies_fw-la in_o juda_n in_o hora_fw-la qua_fw-la pervenit_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la factum_fw-la tamar_n confessus_fw-la est_fw-la quema●medum_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la gen._n 38._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d moxigitur_fw-la vicit_fw-la sensualitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la affectum_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o confessus_fw-la est_fw-la such_o as_o be_v wise_a confess_v or_o show_v forth_o &_o hide_v not_o from_o their_o father_n that_o be_v their_o sin_n of_o who_o be_v this_o speak_v of_o the_o just_a who_o subdue_v their_o lust_n and_o sensuality_n and_o confess_v their_o do_n to_o their_o father_n for_o he_o that_o confess_v his_o act_n be_v worthy_a of_o the_o world_n to_o come_v at_o it_o be_v say_v in_o psal_n 50.23_o he_o that_o offer_v confession_n honour_v i_o and_o he_o that_o order_v his_o way_n to_o he_o will_v i_o show_v the_o salvation_n of_o god_n according_o you_o find_v in_o juda_n that_o at_o what_o time_n his_o deal_n be_v perceive_v by_o he_o with_o thamar_n he_o confess_v it_o gen._n 38._o acknowledge_v thy_o creator_n and_o be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n that_o be_v of_o man_n present_o he_o overcome_v his_o sensuality_n and_o affection_n and_o confess_v and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o place_n god_n holy_a and_o bless_a curse_v every_o one_o that_o do_v not_o confess_v his_o deed_n tu_fw-la omais_fw-fr qui_fw-fr non_fw-fr confitetur_fw-la op●●a_fw-la sva_fw-la deus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la &_o benedictus_n maledicit_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la invenimus_fw-la in_o cain_n qui_fw-la negavit_fw-la &_o dixit_fw-la gen._n c._n 4._o nunquid_fw-la custos_fw-la fratris_fw-la mei_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la maledictus_fw-la ergo_fw-la sit_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la ibidem_fw-la et_fw-la nunc_fw-la maledictus_fw-la es_fw-la tu_fw-la for_o so_o we_o find_v in_o cain_n who_o deny_v and_o say_v be_o i_o my_o brother_n keeper_n therefore_o he_o be_v accurse_v as_o it_o be_v there_o say_v now_o then_o curse_v be_v thou_o such_o another_o testimony_n be_v extant_a in_o the_o hierosolymitan_a sanbedrim_n in_o the_o chapter_n that_o begin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o judgement_n be_v define_v fu●u●o_fw-la omnis_fw-la confitens_fw-la habet_fw-la partem_fw-la in_o seculo_fw-la futuro_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o achan_n reperimus_fw-la quod_fw-la dixit_fw-la ei_fw-la ichoshuah_n fili_fw-la mi_fw-mi dam_fw-la obsecro_fw-la honorem_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la israel_n &_o da_fw-la confessionem_fw-la &_o indica_fw-la mihi_fw-la quaeso_fw-la quid_fw-la feceris_fw-la ne_o celes_a à_fw-la me_fw-it &_o ait_fw-la verè_fw-la ego_fw-la peccavi_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la israel_n &_o ita_fw-la hoc_fw-la sicut_fw-la hoc_fw-la feci_fw-la et_fw-la undè_fw-la habetur_fw-la quòd_fw-la remissum_fw-la fuit_fw-la ei_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ex_fw-la co_fw-la quod_fw-la dictum_fw-la ●st_fw-la ibidem_fw-la jehosuae_fw-la sc_fw-la cap._n 7._o &_o ait_fw-la jehosuas_fw-la sicut_fw-la turbasti_fw-la nos_fw-la turbat_fw-la te_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o die_fw-la isto_fw-la in_o die_v isto_fw-la inquit_fw-la tu_fw-la turbatus_fw-la eris_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la ●ris_fw-la turbatus_fw-la in_o fu●u●o_fw-la where_o it_o be_v thus_o write_v all_o such_o as_o confess_v have_v their_o share_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v for_o so_o we_o find_v in_o achan_n how_o jehosuas_n say_v unto_o he_o my_o son_n give_v glory_n unto_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n and_o make_v thy_o confession_n and_o show_v unto_o i_o what_o thou_o have_v do_v and_o conceal_v it_o not_o from_o i_o and_o achan_n answer_v and_o say_v unto_o jehosuas_n of_o a_o truth_n i_o have_v sin_v before_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n and_o have_v do_v thus_o and_o thus_o but_o from_o whence_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o his_o sin_n be_v forgive_v from_o that_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o same_o place_n viz_o josh_n 7._o and_o jehosua_n say_v as_o thou_o have_v trouble_v we_o the_o lord_n trouble_v thou_o in_o that_o day_n in_o that_o day_n say_v he_o thou_o be_v trouble_v but_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v trouble_v in_o the_o day_n to_o come_v and_o that_o this_o confession_n be_v make_v distinct_o be_v evident_a by_o what_o be_v record_v in_o the_o book_n entitle_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v of_o day_n and_o in_o the_o chap._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sc_n the_o day_n of_o propitiation_n rabbi_n hunna_n say_v 3._o dixit_fw-la rabbi_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hunna_n omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la transgressione_n transgressius_fw-la est_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la singulatim_fw-la exprimat_fw-la peccatum_fw-la pet._n

it_o for_o now_o how_o remote_a origen_n meaning_n be_v from_o the_o present_a roman_a practice_n will_v better_o appear_v hereafter_o saint_n cyprian_n thus_o i_o beseech_v every_o one_o of_o you_o brethren_n to_o confess_v his_o sin_n while_o life_n remain_v lap_n consiteamur_fw-la singuli_fw-la quaeso_fw-la vos_fw-la fratres_fw-la delictum_fw-la suum_fw-la dum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la qui_fw-la deliquit_fw-la in_o seculo_fw-la est_fw-la dum_fw-la admitti_fw-la ejus_fw-la confessio_fw-la potest_fw-la dum_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la &_o remissio_fw-la facta_fw-la per_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la apud_fw-la dominum_fw-la grata_fw-la est_fw-la convertamu●_n ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la ment_fw-la totâ_fw-la &_o poenitentiam_fw-la criminis_fw-la veris_fw-la doloribus_fw-la exprimentes_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la deprecemur_fw-la cypr._n the_o lap_n and_o your_o confession_n may_v be_v admit_v while_o satisfaction_n and_o remission_n make_v by_o the_o priest_n may_v be_v accept_v with_o the_o lord_n let_v we_o be_v convert_v unto_o the_o lord_n with_o all_o our_o mind_n and_o express_v the_o repentance_n of_o our_o sin_n with_o unfeigned_a sorrow_n pray_v unto_o god_n for_o mercy_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o exhortation_n be_v to_o make_v confession_n unto_o the_o priest_n for_o he_o be_v to_o make_v the_o atonement_n and_o procure_v a_o pardon_n and_o for_o that_o a_o little_a before_o the_o father_n commend_v their_o zeal_n ib._n hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la apud_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la dei_fw-la dolenter_fw-la &_o simpliciter_fw-la confitentes_fw-la etc._n etc._n cypr._n ib._n that_o lay_v open_v their_o cabinet_n sin_n the_o very_a thought_n of_o their_o heart_n full_a sad_o and_o sincere_o unto_o god_n priest_n and_o my_o reader_n will_v remember_v what_o b._n rhenanus_fw-la a_o man_n much_o verse_v in_o antiquity_n and_o of_o a_o discern_a spirit_n collect_v from_o these_o and_o such_o like_a passage_n from_o saint_n cyprian_n gregory_n nyssen_n address_v himself_o unto_o a_o sinner_n in_o these_o word_n be_v sensible_a of_o thy_o present_a disease_n afflict_v thyself_o all_o thou_o can_v 176._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n ness_n append_v operum_fw-la de_fw-la poenit_fw-la paris_n p._n 175_o 176._o seek_v also_o the_o mourning_n of_o such_o brethren_n as_o be_v after_o thy_o own_o heart_n to_o help_v thou_o to_o liberty_n show_v forth_o thy_o bitter_a and_o excessive_a tear_n that_o i_o may_v mingle_v i_o take_v also_o the_o priest_n unto_o thou_o to_o associate_v as_o a_o father_n and_o participate_v of_o thy_o affliction_n for_o what_o man_n can_v so_o false_o wear_v the_o title_n of_o a_o father_n and_o be_v endow_v with_o so_o hard_a and_o adamantine_a a_o breast_n as_o not_o to_o condole_v with_o his_o sorrow_a child_n then_o after_o some_o passage_n how_o a_o good_a priest_n bewail_v their_o sin_n as_o jacob_n do_v at_o the_o sight_n of_o joseph_n coat_n and_o david_n upon_o the_o news_n of_o absalon_n death_n eli_n his_o graceless_a son_n and_o moses_n the_o rebellious_a people_n and_o that_o spiritual_a child_n be_v near_o to_o they_o that_o have_v beget_v they_o in_o the_o lord_n than_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o body_n can_v be_v to_o fleshly_a parent_n the_o way_n thus_o make_v he_o exhort_v show_v unto_o he_o the_o priest_n bold_o without_o blush_v such_o thing_n as_o have_v be_v hide_v display_v the_o secret_n of_o thy_o soul_n open_v they_o conceal_v grief_n as_o to_o a_o physician_n he_o will_v have_v a_o care_n and_o be_v tender_a of_o thy_o reputation_n and_o safety_n paulinus_n write_v the_o life_n of_o saint_n ambrose_n make_v relation_n of_o his_o behaviour_n in_o receive_v penitent_n after_o this_o manner_n whensoever_o any_o come_v unto_o he_o confess_v their_o fault_n ambrosii_fw-la quotiescunqueilli_n aliquis_fw-la ad_fw-la percipiendam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la lapsus_fw-la suos_fw-la confessus_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la flebat_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o illum_fw-la slere_fw-la compelleret_fw-la videbatur_fw-la ●tiam_fw-la sibi_fw-la cum_fw-la jacente_fw-la jacere_fw-la causas_fw-la autem_fw-la crimnum_fw-la quas_fw-la illi_fw-la confitchantur_fw-la nulli_fw-la nisi_fw-la damino_fw-la soli_fw-la apud_fw-la quem_fw-la intercedebat_fw-la loqu_fw-la batur_fw-la paulin._n in_o vita_fw-la ambrosii_fw-la to_o undergo_v their_o penance_n be_v will_v shed_v tear_n in_o such_o abundance_n as_o to_o force_v the_o sinner_n to_o weep_v seem_v as_o if_o he_o have_v fall●n_v with_o he_o into_o the_o same_o offence_n the_o cause_n of_o their_o sin_n which_o they_o confess_v unto_o he_o he_o never_o open_v his_o lip_n of_o save_v unto_o the_o lord_n only_o unto_o who_o he_o intercede_v on_o their_o behalf_n bless_a father_n be_v our_o ghostly_a father_n thus_o compassionate_a and_o reserve_v they_o can_v not_o want_v penitent_n thy_o discreet_a and_o zealous_a manage_n of_o the_o key_n in_o the_o case_n of_o theodosius_n have_v and_o shall_v make_v thou_o famous_a to_o all_o posterity_n saint_n basil_n set_v down_o the_o pious_a intention_n and_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n for_o a_o sinner_n conversion_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o that_o conversion_n to_o consist_v in_o repentance_n and_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o conclude_v thus_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o confess_v our_o sin_n to_o they_o who_o be_v trust_v 542._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 542._o and_o credit_v with_o the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o god_n so_o the_o penitent_n of_o old_a be_v find_v to_o have_v do_v before_o holy_a man_n for_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o gospel_n that_o they_o confess_v their_o sin_n to_o john_n the_o baptist_n and_o in_o the_o act_n all_o of_o they_o to_o the_o apostle_n of_o who_o they_o be_v baptize_v pacianus_n in_o his_o paraenesis_n or_o exhortation_n to_o repentance_n thus_o i_o appeal_v unto_o you_o brethren_n who_o have_v commit_v sin_n refuse_v repentance_n poenit._n vos_fw-fr appello_fw-la sratres_fw-la qui_fw-la criminibus_fw-la admissis_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la recusatis_fw-la vos_fw-la inquam_fw-la post_fw-la impudentiam_fw-la timidos_fw-la post_fw-la peccata_fw-la verecundos_fw-la qui_fw-la peccare_fw-la non_fw-la erubescitis_fw-la &_o erubescitis_fw-la confiteri_fw-la ecce_fw-la iterùm_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la manus_fw-la citò_fw-la nulli_fw-la imponas_fw-la nec_fw-la communices_fw-la peccaris_fw-la alienis_fw-la quid_fw-la facies_fw-la tu_fw-la qui_fw-la decipis_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la qui_fw-fr aut_fw-la ignorantem_fw-la fallis_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la plenum_fw-la scientem_fw-la probandi_fw-la difficultate_fw-la confundis_fw-la parian_a in_o paraen_fw-la sive_fw-la libel_n de_fw-fr poenit._n to_o you_o i_o say_v that_o after_o impudence_n be_v afraid_a and_o after_o sin_v shamefaced_a which_o blush_v not_o to_o sin_n but_o blush_v to_o confess_v and_o a_o little_a after_o behold_v what_o the_o apostle_n say_v to_o the_o priest_n lay_v hand_n sudden_o on_o none_o leave_v thou_o participate_v of_o their_o sin_n what_o will_v thou_o do_v deceive_v the_o priest_n who_o either_o deceive_v he_o as_o ignorant_a or_o confound_a he_o as_o not_o full_o instruct_v with_o difficulty_n of_o prove_v 16_o legimus_fw-la in_o levitico_fw-la de_fw-la leprosis_fw-la ubi_fw-la jubentur_fw-la ut_fw-la ostendant_fw-la se_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o si_fw-la lepram_fw-la habuerint_fw-la tunc_fw-la à_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la immundi_fw-la siant_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o hîc_fw-la solvit_fw-la &_o ligat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la &_o presbyter_n non_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la insontes_fw-la sunt_fw-la vel_fw-la nox●i_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la officio_fw-la svo_fw-la cum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la audicrit_fw-fr varietates_fw-la s●it_fw-la qui_fw-la ligandus_fw-la sit_fw-la quive_fw-mi solvendus_fw-la h●eron_n comment_fw-fr in_o matth._n 16_o saint_n hierom_n comment_v thus_o we_o read_v in_o levitious_a of_o the_o leper_n where_o they_o be_v command_v to_o show_v themselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n and_o if_o they_o be_v find_v to_o be_v leper_n the_o priest_n be_v to_o denounce_v they_o unclean_a so_o do_v the_o bishop_n and_o priest_n bind_v and_o loose_v not_o such_o as_o be_v infect_v and_o guilty_a but_o when_o by_o virtue_n of_o their_o office_n have_v hear_v the_o diversity_n of_o sin_n they_o may_v know_v who_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v bind_v and_o who_o to_o be_v loose_v these_o word_n will_v come_v under_o our_o band_n again_o in_o the_o point_n of_o absolution_n here_o they_o stand_v to_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o priest_n be_v make_v acquaint_v with_o the_o variety_n of_o sin_n the_o thing_n intend_v saint_n ambrose_n mention_v divers_a sin_n which_o among_o other_o be_v to_o be_v repent_v of_o and_o abstain_v from_o after_o repentance_n have_v these_o word_n poenit_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la post_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la abistis_fw-la intùs_fw-la homo_fw-la se_fw-la observare_fw-la debet_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la dum_fw-la sanus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la nescit_fw-la si_fw-la possit_fw-la ipsam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la accipere_fw-la &_o confiteri_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o sacerdoti_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la ambr._n exhort_v ad_fw-la poenit_fw-la a_o man_n not_o only_o after_o repentance_n ought_v to_o preserve_v himself_o inward_o from_o these_o sin_n but_o before_o repentance_n while_o he_o be_v yet_o whole_a for_o he_o know_v not_o certain_o if_o he_o shall_v be_v able_a

nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la sublevandun_v privatâ_fw-la confession_n apud_fw-la suum_fw-la pastorem_fw-la utatur_fw-la ac_fw-la ad_fw-la solatia_fw-la sibi_fw-la adbibenda_fw-la privatam_fw-la ejus_fw-la operam_fw-la imploret_fw-la cujus_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la &_o publicè_fw-la &_o privatim_fw-la populum_fw-la dei_fw-la evangelicâ_fw-la doctrinâ_fw-la consolari_fw-la calvin_n instit_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o sect._n 12._o leave_v the_o choice_n free_a of_o any_o we_o shall_v think_v meet_a within_o the_o fold_n of_o the_o church_n yet_o because_o the_o pastor_n usual_o be_v deem_v more_o fit_a than_o other_o therefore_o be_v they_o to_o be_v choose_v above_o other_o i_o say_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o other_o because_o they_o be_v design_v by_o the_o lord_n to_o the_o call_n of_o the_o ministry_n from_o who_o lip_n we_o receive_v instruction_n to_o subdue_v and_o correct_v our_o fault_n and_o consolation_n upon_o assurance_n of_o pardon_n let_v every_o believer_n then_o remember_v that_o it_o be_v his_o duty_n that_o if_o he_o stand_v so_o inward_o prick_v and_o afflict_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o sin_n that_o he_o can_v deliver_v himself_o without_o help_n from_o without_o not_o to_o neglect_v that_o remedy_n which_o be_v offer_v by_o god_n unto_o he_o namely_o for_o to_o ease_v himself_o that_o he_o make_v use_v of_o private_a confession_n to_o his_o pastor_n and_o implore_v his_o assistance_n that_o he_o may_v take_v some_o comfort_n who_o office_n it_o be_v both_o private_o and_o public_o to_o comfort_v the_o people_n of_o god_n with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n zanchy_a beat_v the_o same_o path_n with_o calvin_n for_o after_o he_o have_v show_v what_o confession_n of_o sin_n be_v and_o to_o what_o end_v it_o be_v make_v unto_o the_o minister_n reflect_v upon_o those_o word_n of_o saint_n james_n write_v thus_o although_o in_o a_o proper_a sense_n it_o seem_v our_o infirmity_n may_v be_v detect_v to_o any_o person_n whatsoever_o be_v he_o priest_n or_o not_o thereby_o to_o relieve_v ourselves_o with_o mutual_a help_n and_o comfort_n 460._o licèt_fw-la propriè_fw-la sentire_fw-la videatur_fw-la ul_fw-la nostras_fw-la infirmitates_fw-la alter_fw-la alteri_fw-la communicantes_fw-la quicunque_fw-la ille_fw-la sit_fw-la sacerdos_n vel_fw-la non_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o consolation_n mutua_fw-la nos_fw-la juvemus_fw-la tamen_fw-la quia_fw-la pastor_n ecclesiae_fw-la prae_fw-la aliis_fw-la idonei_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la plurimùm_fw-la &_o praeter_fw-la hoc_fw-la habent_fw-la etiam_fw-la ministerium_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la ideò_fw-la hos_fw-la potissimùm_fw-la nobis_fw-la deligendos_fw-la jubet_fw-la apostolus_fw-la immò_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la nobis_fw-la à_fw-la patre_fw-la nostro_fw-la deo_fw-la ordinati_fw-la &_o instituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ministri_fw-la verbi_fw-la &_o sacramentorum_fw-la ut_fw-la quotiescunque_fw-la conscientia_fw-la nostra_fw-la peccatis_fw-la afflictatur_fw-la permitur_fw-la consolationéque_fw-la &_o peccatorum_fw-la remissione_n indiget_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsos_fw-la tanquam_fw-la praesentes_fw-la christi_fw-la legatos_fw-la mandato_fw-la reconciliationis_fw-la praeditos_fw-la recurramus_fw-la cis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la christo_fw-la ipsi_fw-la corda_fw-la nostra_fw-la aperiamus_fw-la peccata_fw-la confiteamur_fw-la infirmitates_fw-la nostras_fw-la detegamus_fw-la petamusque_fw-la tanquam_fw-la à_fw-la christo_fw-la ipso_fw-la consolationem_fw-la consilium_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la christi_fw-la illis_fw-la enim_fw-la dixit_fw-la christus_fw-la potestatem_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la tradens_fw-la joan._n 20._o accipite_fw-la s._n spiritum_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o matth._n 18._o quaecunque_fw-la ligaveritis_fw-la etc._n etc._n zanch._n compend_v loc_fw-la theolog_fw-la neustadii_fw-la 1598._o pag._n 459_o 460._o yet_o because_o the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n the_o fit_a man_n and_o moreover_o have_v the_o ministry_n of_o absolution_n therefore_o the_o apostle_n command_v we_o to_o make_v choice_n of_o they_o especial_o yea_o to_o this_o end_n be_v they_o ordain_v and_o institute_v by_o god_n our_o father_n minister_n of_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n that_o so_o often_o as_o our_o conscience_n shall_v be_v trouble_v over-pressed_n with_o sin_n or_o need_v comfort_n and_o forgiveness_n we_o may_v have_v recourse_n unto_o they_o as_o ambassador_n of_o christ_n and_o have_v the_o mandat_fw-la of_o reconciliation_n to_o they_o let_v we_o open_v our_o heart_n as_o unto_o christ_n himself_o let_v we_o confess_v our_o sin_n let_v we_o detect_v our_o infirmity_n and_o let_v we_o crave_v from_o they_o as_o from_o christ_n himself_o consolation_n and_o counsel_n and_o in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n absolution_n for_o to_o they_o have_v christ_n say_v john_n 20._o receive_v the_o holy_a ghost_n etc._n etc._n and_o matth._n 18._o whatsoever_o you_o shall_v bind_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o thou_o see_v good_a reader_n this_o assertion_n compass_v about_o with_o a_o great_a cloud_n of_o witness_n 12.1_o heb._n 12.1_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 hitherto_o have_v we_o clear_v certain_a positive_a truth_n concern_v confession_n of_o sin_n approve_v by_o the_o suffrage_n and_o general_a vote_n of_o all_o or_o the_o most_o principal_a of_o all_o divine_n viz._n 1._o that_o sin_n ought_v to_o be_v confess_v and_o ever_o acknowledge_v unto_o god_n because_o he_o ever_o be_v offend_v and_o always_o able_a and_o ready_a to_o pardon_v 2._o next_o unto_o man_n also_o by_o way_n of_o reconciliation_n when_o he_o be_v wrong_v and_o by_o way_n of_o recognition_n when_o he_o be_v able_a and_o willing_a with_o discreet_a word_n like_o apple_n of_o gold_n to_o counsel_n and_o comfort_v wound_v spirit_n 3._o and_o among_o man_n to_o the_o 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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 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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 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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 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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

to_o be_v lay_v at_o the_o priest_n foot_n and_o whether_o such_o a_o institution_n of_o such_o a_o confession_n comprise_v all_o sin_n together_o with_o their_o remarkable_a circumstance_n to_o be_v spread_v before_o the_o priest_n upon_o necessity_n of_o salvation_n be_v not_o certa_fw-la crux_fw-la a_o torture_n and_o snare_n unto_o the_o conscience_n and_o the_o practice_n hereof_o render_v the_o conscience_n more_o perplex_v than_o the_o sin_n itself_o we_o shall_v do_v well_o herein_o to_o see_v what_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n hold_v and_o what_o load_n she_o lay_v upon_o her_o proselyte_n and_o under_o what_o pretence_n the_o lateran_n council_n where_o their_o confession_n first_o come_v abroad_o 21._o omn●a_fw-la sva_fw-la solus_fw-la peccata_fw-la confiteatur_fw-la fideliter_fw-la saltem_fw-la semel_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la proprio_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la conc._n lat._n sub_fw-la innocent_n 3._o can_v 21._o decree_v all_o sin_n to_o be_v confess_v faithful_o at_o least_o once_o a_o year_n unto_o their_o own_o priest_n the_o florentine_a council_n prescribe_v a_o sinner_n to_o confess_v whole_o all_o such_o sin_n as_o he_o remember_v to_o his_o priest_n sacram._n ad_fw-la oris_fw-la confessionem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ut_fw-la peccator_fw-la omaia_fw-la peccata_fw-la quorum_fw-la memoriam_fw-la habeat_fw-la svo_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la consit●atur_fw-la integraliter_fw-la etc._n etc._n council_n florent_fw-la in_o doctrine_n de_fw-fr sacram._n as_o loath_a to_o charge_v he_o with_o more_o than_o he_o bear_v in_o mind_n and_o if_o such_o time_n be_v give_v as_o once_o a_o year_n and_o of_o such_o sin_n as_o occur_v to_o the_o memory_n it_o may_v well_o be_v doubt_v that_o with_o many_o sinner_n but_o few_o remain_n upon_o the_o memory_n at_o the_o year_n end_n to_o be_v rehearse_v before_o the_o priest_n and_o if_o all_o sin_n be_v so_o much_o to_o be_v stand_v upon_o in_o confession_n it_o be_v much_o to_o be_v marvel_v that_o these_o council_n shall_v trust_v so_o frail_a a_o memory_n as_o a_o finner_n be_v especial_o with_o such_o record_n as_o he_o take_v no_o pleasure_n to_o preserve_v and_o that_o for_o so_o long_a a_o space_n and_o be_v so_o strict_a for_o the_o account_n and_o so_o loose_a for_o the_o time_n where_o many_o a_o particular_a may_v be_v obliterated_a and_o deface_v the_o father_n at_o trent_n decree_v no_o less_o viz._n that_o all_o and_o every_o sin_n must_v be_v repeat_v in_o confession_n proponunt_fw-la oportere_fw-la à_fw-la poenitentibus_fw-la omne_fw-la peccata_fw-la mortalia_fw-la quorum_fw-la p●st_fw-la diligentem_fw-la svi_fw-la discussionem_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o confession_n recenseri_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la occultissima_fw-la illa_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o tantùm_fw-la adversus_fw-la duo_fw-la ultima_fw-la docalogi_fw-la praeoepta_fw-la commissa_fw-la quae_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la animum_fw-la gravius_fw-la sauciant_fw-la &_o periculosiora_fw-la sunt_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o manifesto_fw-la admittuntur_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la occurrunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la confiteri_fw-la student_fw-la qui_fw-la secùs_fw-la faciunt_fw-la &_o scienter_fw-la aliqua_fw-la retinent_fw-la nihil_fw-la divinae_fw-la bo●itati_fw-la per_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la remittendum_fw-la proponunt_fw-la that_o diligent_a and_o narrow_a search_n must_v be_v make_v into_o the_o conscience_n especial_o after_o those_o secret_a sin_n that_o be_v against_o the_o two_o last_o commandment_n they_o mean_v the_o last_o itself_o of_o the_o decalogue_n as_o wound_v the_o soul_n oft-times_o more_o dangerous_o than_o such_o that_o be_v open_o commit_v that_o all_o person_n be_v studious_a in_o make_v confession_n of_o those_o sin_n which_o occur_v unto_o their_o memory_n assure_v all_o those_o that_o do_v otherwise_o and_o scient_o keep_v in_o any_o sin_n to_o look_v for_o no_o remission_n from_o god_n goodness_n at_o the_o priest_n hand_n here_o the_o memory_n must_v be_v help_v with_o diligent_a disquisition_n and_o study_n to_o sift_v after_o not_o actual_a sin_n alone_o but_o the_o most_o retire_a offence_n of_o the_o heart_n as_o many_o time_n imply_v great_a danger_n or_o else_o no_o pardon_n may_v be_v expect_v either_o from_o god_n or_o from_o the_o priest_n what_o breast_n will_v not_o be_v disquiet_v with_o this_o scrupulous_a command_n and_o not_o terrify_v at_o this_o fearful_a penalty_n i_o have_v search_v but_o fear_v i_o not_o narrow_o enough_o have_v be_v studious_a to_o remember_v but_o not_o so_o careful_a as_o i_o ought_v have_v look_v into_o my_o heart_n but_o perceive_v that_o be_v a_o depth_n not_o to_o be_v fathom_v will_v glad_o know_v what_o secret_a sin_n lurk_v there_o but_o find_v it_o so_o deceitful_a above_o all_o thing_n that_o who_o can_v know_v it_o thus_o the_o conscientious_a penitent_n distrust_v his_o confession_n not_o to_o be_v complete_o make_v and_o can_v never_o thereby_o assure_v himself_o of_o priestly_a absolution_n that_o council_n yet_o proceed_v and_o command_v all_o circumstance_n alter_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o sin_n to_o be_v unfold_v also_o 5._o colligitur_fw-la praetereà_fw-la etiam_fw-la circumstantias_fw-la ea●_n in_o confession_n explicandas_fw-la esse_fw-la quae_fw-la speciem_fw-la peccati_fw-la mutant_fw-la conc._n trid._n sess_n 14._o c._n 5._o nor_o do_v their_o catechism_n set_v out_o by_o papal_a authority_n differ_v from_o their_o council_n which_o teach_v 157._o mortifera_fw-la peccata_fw-la singula_fw-la enumeranda_fw-la sunt_fw-la quamvis_fw-la etiam_fw-la occultissimè_fw-la l●teant_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la generis_fw-la sint_fw-la quae_fw-la duobus_fw-la tantùm_fw-la extremis_fw-la d●calogi_fw-la capitibus_fw-la interdicuntur_fw-la saepè_fw-la enim_fw-la evenit_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la graviùs_fw-la animum_fw-la vulnerent_fw-la quàm_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la apertè_fw-la &_o palàm_fw-la peccare_fw-la homines_fw-la solent_fw-la catech._n rom._n pag._n 157._o all_o and_o singular_a deadly_a sin_n to_o be_v number_v up_o although_o they_o lie_v hide_v never_o so_o close_o of_o which_o kind_n be_v those_o that_o be_v forbid_v in_o the_o two_o last_o commandment_n of_o the_o law_n for_o it_o often_o happen_v that_o such_o as_o they_o wound_v the_o soul_n more_o than_o those_o which_o man_n be_v wont_a to_o commit_v in_o the_o open_a view_n and_o not_o sin_n alone_o but_o the_o circumstance_n thereof_o must_v be_v bring_v within_o confession_n not_o only_o sin_n of_o weight_n themselves_o ●_o neque_fw-la solùm_fw-la peccata_fw-la gravia_fw-la narrando_fw-la explicare_fw-la oportet_fw-la verùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la peccatum_fw-la circumstant_a prav_fw-mi tatom_n valdè_fw-la augent_fw-la vel_fw-la minuunt_fw-la quaedam_fw-la enim_fw-la circumstantiae_fw-la adeò_fw-la grave_n sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la peccati_fw-la mortiferi_fw-la ratio_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la totum_fw-la const●t_fw-la p._n 157._o ●_o but_o such_o thing_n also_o which_o several_o bes●t_v they_o and_o great_o increase_v or_o diminish_v the_o iniquity_n thereof_o for_o some_o circumstance_n be_v so_o material_a that_o from_o they_o alone_o be_v collect_v the_o deadliness_n of_o the_o offence_n and_o the_o sharp_a and_o severe_a penalty_n for_o the_o omit_v thereof_o be_v lay_v down_o in_o that_o chatechisme_n thus_o 1567._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la deditâ_fw-la operâ_fw-la alia_fw-la quidem_fw-la es_fw-la iis_fw-la qua_fw-la explicari_fw-la debeant_fw-la praetermittat_fw-la alia_fw-la verò_fw-la tantummodò_fw-la confiteatur_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la confession_n be_v commodum_fw-la nullum_fw-la consequatur_fw-la sed_fw-la et●am_fw-la scelere_fw-la novo_fw-la se_fw-la obstringat_fw-la catech._n ad_fw-la paroch_n pii_fw-la v._o jussu_fw-la edit_fw-la paris_n 1567._o if_o any_o willing_o pretermit_v and_o pass_v over_o to_o confess_v any_o of_o the_o sin_n or_o circumstance_n thereunto_o belong_v as_o he_o ought_v &_o so_o confess_v but_o a_o part_n and_o parcel_n thereof_o he_o shall_v be_v so_o far_o from_o reap_v any_o benefit_n under_o colour_n of_o such_o confession_n as_o to_o engage_v himself_o to_o a_o further_a sin_n here_o come_v in_o that_o intolerable_a burden_n and_o hard_a yoke_n the_o remembrance_n whereof_o make_v tender_a and_o bleed_a conscience_n to_o tremble_v that_o upon_o the_o omission_n of_o any_o sin_n or_o circumstantial_a rag_n thereof_o and_o tender_a conscience_n will_v ever_o suspect_v they_o have_v do_v it_o witting_o after_o all_o their_o pain_n in_o remember_v grief_n in_o recite_v and_o shame_n in_o discover_v their_o other_o fault_n be_v so_o far_o from_o land_v in_o the_o quiet_a haven_n of_o absolution_n after_o many_o tempest_n sustain_v as_o they_o be_v embark_v to_o a_o further_a danger_n and_o depart_v worse_a sinner_n than_o they_o come_v beside_o the_o discomfort_n in_o draw_v a_o particular_a catalogue_n of_o all_o sin_n when_o we_o have_v work_n enough_o to_o be_v ease_v of_o those_o which_o lie_v heavy_a at_o the_o heart_n i_o say_v how_o the_o master_n at_o trent_n decree_v such_o circumstance_n of_o sin_n to_o be_v unfold_v which_o change_v the_o kind_n and_o their_o meaning_n be_v further_a to_o be_v unfold_v that_o their_o cutthroat_n doctrine_n may_v be_v more_o manifest_a there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o circumstance_n canus_n circumstantiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o duplici_fw-la differentia_fw-la aliae_fw-la minuentes_fw-la aliae_fw-la verò_fw-la aggravante_v rursum_fw-la vel_fw-la

covenant_n of_o grace_n more_o precise_a than_o the_o first_o of_o work_n it_o be_v possible_a alike_o to_o perform_v all_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n and_o circumstance_n thereof_o as_o distinct_o to_o confess_v all_o our_o sin_n and_o the_o circumstance_n moreover_o who_o can_v well_o endure_v such_o hard_a load_n to_o be_v lay_v upon_o the_o conscience_n and_o so_o sore_o press_v without_o special_a warranty_n from_o god_n word_n luther_n charge_v the_o pope_n with_o this_o tyrannical_a imposition_n without_o any_o shadow_n of_o authority_n from_o holy_a writ_n 146._o si_fw-mi res_fw-la haec_fw-la fuisset_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la pontifice_fw-la nuper_fw-la inuenta_fw-la potuiss_n illam_fw-la &_o multò_fw-la quidem_fw-la inculpatiùs_fw-la ejus_fw-la imputasse_fw-la tyrannidi_fw-la verùm_fw-la cùm_fw-la à_fw-la vetustissimis_fw-la &_o eisdem_fw-la eruditissimis_fw-la atque_fw-la sanctissim'_v authoribus_fw-la nec_fw-la sine_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la apertissimè_fw-la traditum_fw-la sit_fw-la frustrà_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la ejus_fw-la accusas_fw-la pag._n 146._o bishop_n fisher_n confess_v the_o charge_n in_o part_n to_o be_v true_a if_o leo_n x._o then_o pope_n have_v be_v the_o first_o bringer_n in_o thereof_o but_o he_o discharge_v he_o and_o lay_v it_o upon_o the_o most_o ancient_a learned_a and_o holy_a author_n and_o that_o not_o without_o testimony_n from_o the_o scripture_n that_o prelate_n say_v it_o but_o he_o or_o some_o for_o he_o must_v show_v it_o else_o his_o assertion_n will_v prove_v a_o scandal_n to_o those_o ancient_a and_o learned_a worthy_n tam_fw-la apertissime_fw-la tradita_fw-la a_o thing_n so_o evident_a and_o we_o so_o blind_a that_o can_v see_v it_o sure_o too_o much_o transparency_n of_o light_n have_v dazzle_v we_o we_o will_v glad_o know_v for_o our_o reverence_n to_o ancient_a learning_n where_o not_o only_o any_o but_o any_o one_o of_o those_o ancient_n have_v deliver_v that_o all_o sin_n with_o their_o circumstance_n be_v upon_o pain_n of_o salvation_n to_o be_v distinct_o confess_v to_o a_o priest_n and_o that_o by_o express_a order_n from_o the_o word_n of_o god_n this_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v sans_o parallel_n to_o any_o passage_n of_o scripture_n or_o testimony_n of_o any_o father_n bellarmine_n its_o a_o chance_n else_o will_v have_v light_v upon_o those_o ancient_a record_n if_o any_o such_o have_v be_v extant_a who_o of_o the_o old_a council_n say_v thus_o the_o testimory_n of_o the_o council_n which_o we_o all_o age_n 5._o testimonia_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la quae_fw-la adferemus_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la non_fw-la apertè_fw-la contineant_fw-la confessionem_fw-la esse_fw-la juris_fw-la divini_fw-la continent_n tamen_fw-la antiquam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la &_o saepè_fw-la etiam_fw-la indicant_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la confitendi_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la bell._n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr poen_n cap._n 5._o although_o they_o do_v not_o clear_o contain_v confession_n to_o be_v of_o divine_a right_n nevertheless_o they_o contain_v a_o ancient_a custom_n and_o ofttimes_o show_v the_o necessity_n of_o confess_v unto_o a_o priest_n the_o content_n of_o this_o testimony_n can_v afford_v but_o small_a comfort_n and_o for_o the_o father_n the_o same_o man_n say_v thus_o although_o the_o father_n say_v not_o in_o express_a word_n confession_n of_o all_o sin_n to_o be_v necessary_a by_o divine_a right_n 11._o tametsi_fw-la patres_fw-la quos_fw-la citat_fw-la chemnitius_n non_fw-la dicant_fw-la disertis_fw-la verbis_fw-la confessionem_fw-la omnium_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la necessariam_fw-la esse_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la tamen_fw-la neque_fw-la disertis_fw-la verbis_fw-la dicunt_fw-la confessionem_fw-la omnium_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la necessariam_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la id._n ib._n cap._n 11._o so_o neither_o do_v they_o say_v in_o express_a word_n that_o confession_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v not_o necessary_a by_o divine_a right_n it_o be_v true_a he_o say_v these_o word_n of_o such_o father_n as_o be_v produce_v by_o chemnitius_n which_o be_v in_o effect_n all_o that_o be_v allege_v by_o himself_o as_o by_o collation_n may_v appear_v and_o a_o negative_a proof_n from_o authority_n will_v be_v think_v too_o slack_a to_o prove_v a_o positive_a doctrine_n and_o in_o school_n too_o weak_a a_o argument_n confession_n be_v necessary_a by_o divine_a law_n because_o the_o father_n say_v not_o to_o the_o contrary_n affirmative_a conclusion_n urge_v de_fw-la fide_fw-la and_o upon_o the_o extreme_a penalty_n must_v be_v deduce_v from_o positive_a and_o clear_a testimony_n else_o their_o credit_n may_v be_v worthy_o suspect_v and_o how_o defective_a this_o particular_a be_v in_o proof_n i_o appeal_v to_o all_o pontificious_a writer_n and_o indifferent_a reader_n yea_o canus_n confess_v that_o this_o conclusion_n 902._o contlusionem_fw-la mathematicâ_fw-la demonstratione_fw-la planè_fw-la exploratam_fw-la haberi_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la afferuntur_fw-la argumenta_fw-la quae_fw-la probant_fw-la consentanum_fw-la esse_fw-la ità_fw-la fieri_fw-la oportere_fw-la canus_n relect._n de_fw-mi poen_fw-mi part_n 6._o pag._n 902._o viz._n for_o the_o confess_v of_o every_o particular_a sin_n can_v be_v find_v out_o by_o any_o mathematical_a demonstration_n but_o faith_n be_v suppose_v such_o argument_n must_v be_v trust_v unto_o which_o prove_v it_o convenient_a so_o to_o be_v how_o come_v it_o then_o to_o pass_v that_o this_o point_n be_v conclude_v to_o be_v necessary_a where_o the_o argument_n it_o stand_v upon_o prove_v it_o only_o convenient_a and_o why_o shall_v that_o be_v expose_v to_o be_v perform_v upon_o utmost_a peril_n which_o be_v at_o the_o most_o but_o probable_o confirm_v precise_a conclusion_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la must_v rest_v upon_o sure_a foundation_n and_o where_o salvation_n and_o damnation_n be_v set_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o any_o precept_n the_o same_o must_v be_v evidence_v with_o a_o constat_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la demonstrandum_fw-la as_o certain_o as_o any_o mathematical_a demonstration_n 19.3_o 2._o enumeration_n of_o every_o sin_n a_o matter_n of_o impossibility_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n hom_n 19.3_o our_o second_o exception_n be_v the_o impossibility_n in_o render_v so_o exact_a a_o account_n of_o every_o sin_n with_o the_o appendix_n of_o several_a circumstance_n that_o law_n be_v reject_v as_o tyrannical_a or_o foolish_a that_o injoyn_v impossibility_n it_o be_v impiety_n to_o affirm_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n to_o be_v impossible_a say_v great_a basil_n to_o confess_v always_o before_o we_o come_v to_o the_o communion_n 301._o bishop_n montagu_n appeal_v pag._n 301._o be_v ofttimes_o say_v the_o learned_a bishop_n now_o of_o norwich_n a_o matter_n of_o impossibility_n to_o do_v even_o impossible_a to_o do_v with_o particular_a enumeration_n of_o each_o sin_n and_o special_a circumstance_n in_o each_o sin_n aquinas_n and_o scotus_n say_v beatus_fw-la rhenanus_fw-la two_o poenit._n aquinas_n &_o scotus_n homines_fw-la nimiùm_fw-la a●guti_fw-la confessionem_fw-la hodiè_fw-la talem_fw-la reddiderunt_fw-la ut_fw-la joan_n geillerius_n gravis_fw-la &_o sanctus_n theologus_fw-la apud_fw-la su●s_fw-la saepe_fw-la testatus_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la secundum_fw-la illorum_fw-la d●uteroseis_fw-mi impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la confiteri_fw-la argin_n tert._n de_fw-fr poenit._n and_o too_o subtle_a disputant_n have_v bring_v confession_n to_o such_o a_o pass_n at_o this_o day_n that_o john_n geiller_n a_o grave_n and_o holy_a divine_a often_o testify_v unto_o his_o friend_n that_o according_a to_o their_o rigid_a observance_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o make_v confession_n so_o by_o these_o man_n invention_n and_o curious_a injunction_n to_o say_v no_o more_o that_o which_o be_v at_o first_o a_o ease_n to_o relieve_v be_v now_o become_v a_o snare_n to_o entrap_v the_o conscience_n ignorant_n and_o importunate_a physician_n say_v cassander_n cast_v snare_n upon_o the_o people_n conscience_n 11._o ignari_fw-la &_o importuni_fw-la medici_n conscientiis_fw-la hominum_fw-la quas_fw-la extricare_fw-la &_o levare_fw-la debeant_fw-la laqueos_fw-la injiciunt_fw-la cassand_n con._n art_n 11._o which_o they_o ought_v to_o unwrap_v and_o set_v at_o liberty_n and_o so_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v for_o our_o sin_n be_v as_o numberless_a as_o the_o sand_n and_o though_o we_o shall_v be_v as_o exact_a computist_n as_o clavius_n be_v who_o have_v cast_v up_o into_o one_o sum_n how_o many_o grain_n of_o sand_n will_v fill_v up_o the_o vast_a concave_n betwixt_o earth_n and_o heaven_n we_o may_v be_v out_o in_o our_o account_n of_o sin_n we_o must_v not_o say_v canus_n put_v they_o that_o sin_n often_o to_o their_o arithmetic_n suprà_fw-la non_fw-la oportere_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la saepe_fw-la peccant_a ad_fw-la mathematicos_fw-la numeros_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la exactè_fw-la redigere_fw-la difficilis_fw-la sanè_fw-la propositio_fw-la sed_fw-la vera_fw-la quia_fw-la vix_fw-la possibile_fw-la est_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la semel_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la confitentur_fw-la certum_fw-la numerum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la recensere_fw-la canus_n suprà_fw-la to_o bring_v in_o a_o exact_a number_n of_o their_o offence_n it_o be_v a_o harsh_a but_o true_a proposition_n that_o it_o be_v scarce_o possible_a for_o those_o which_o confess_v but_o once_o a_o year_n to_o recount_v the_o true_a number_n of_o their_o

be_v but_o lose_v and_o cast_v away_o to_o what_o pupose_v serve_v it_o then_o 1624._o remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la impendi_fw-la potest_fw-la sine_fw-la praevia_fw-la illa_fw-la conf●ssione_n speciali_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la etiam_fw-la nudam_fw-la &_o apertam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la confessionem_fw-la ad_fw-la act_n onem_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la quam_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la vocamus_fw-la exigendam_fw-la quae_fw-la particularis_fw-la confessio_fw-la satifactionis_fw-la magna_fw-la pars_fw-la est_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la qua_fw-la act●●_n poenitentiae_fw-la rectè_fw-la praescribi_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la jansen_n concord_n cap._n 147._o pag._n 298._o moguntin_n 1624._o jansenius_n yield_v a_o reason_n that_o such_o a_o particular_a draught_n of_o confession_n be_v not_o necessary_o previous_a to_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o pardon_n may_v be_v afford_v without_o it_o to_o what_o end_n drive_v it_o then_o marry_o there_o be_v a_o business_n call_v satisfaction_n which_o the_o priest_n look_v after_o and_o the_o penitent_n must_v undergo_v as_o the_o masterpiece_n in_o popish_a penance_n and_o that_o can_v right_o be_v prescribe_v 6._o confessor_n institutus_fw-la est_fw-la loco_fw-la dei_fw-la ad_fw-la compensandas_fw-la injurias_fw-la contra_fw-la deum_fw-la sactas_fw-la &_o taxandas_fw-la poenas_fw-la pro_fw-la offensis_fw-la debitas_fw-la can._n relect._n de_fw-fr poen_n part_n 6._o except_o the_o sinner_n be_v particular_a it_o be_v exact_v then_o according_a to_o canus_n also_o that_o the_o priest_n may_v be_v make_v acquaint_v with_o each_o sin_n to_o measure_v out_o condign_a satisfaction_n in_o the_o lord_n stead_n such_o a_o end_n may_v be_v make_v betwixt_o man_n and_o man_n but_o neither_o man_n nor_o angel_n be_v able_a to_o allot_v or_o be_v allot_v to_o make_v condign_a satisfaction_n for_o the_o least_o offence_n against_o god_n except_o his_o dear_a son_n who_o merit_n be_v of_o infinite_a value_n which_o god_n have_v accept_v therefore_o at_o our_o hand_n look_v for_o no_o such_o matter_n none_o so_o poor_a but_o he_o may_v pay_v what_o he_o owe_v unto_o god_n ambros_n n●mo_fw-la pauper_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la deo_fw-la debet_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la seipsum_fw-la pauperem_fw-la secerit_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la quod_fw-la vendat_fw-la habet_fw-la quod_fw-la solvat_fw-la oratio_fw-la lacrimae_fw-la jejunia_fw-la debitoris_fw-la boni_fw-la census_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la p●cuniam_fw-la deus_fw-la sed_fw-la sidem_fw-la quaerit_fw-la ambros_n unless_o he_o wilful_o impoverish_v himself_o although_o he_o have_v not_o what_o to_o sell_v he_o have_v wherewith_o to_o pay_v prayer_n tear_n fast_v be_v the_o riches_n of_o god_n debtor_n for_o the_o lord_n exact_v not_o wealth_n but_o faith_n say_v ambrose_n such_o be_v the_o debt_n heaven_n require_v to_o be_v pay_v and_o with_o the_o lord_n thereof_o repentance_n itself_o be_v the_o best_a restitution_n let_v we_o render_v ourselves_o unto_o god_n that_o heal_v we_o give_v he_o a_o reward_n corinth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clemens_n rom._n epist_n 2._o ad_fw-la corinth_n but_o what_o to_o repent_v with_o a_o sincere_a heart_n say_v clemens_n of_o rome_n but_o to_o proceed_v let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o man_n can_v pacify_v and_o right_o a_o wrong_a deity_n and_o that_o the_o priest_n be_v to_o deal_v satisfaction_n to_o every_o sin_n as_o he_o shall_v think_v fit_a it_o will_v trouble_v all_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o world_n to_o make_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o contrition_n answerable_a to_o the_o sin_n to_o make_v the_o sorrow_n and_o the_o offence_n to_o meet_v and_o weigh_v equal_o with_o satisfaction_n in_o the_o scale_n of_o justice_n all_o which_o do_n can_v never_o satisfy_v a_o wound_a conscience_n canus_n therefore_o bethink_v with_o himself_o to_o how_o small_a purpose_n sinner_n be_v require_v to_o be_v so_o particular_a 905._o haec_fw-la notitia_fw-la sufficit_fw-la confesso●●_n ut_fw-la sin●m_fw-la confessionis_fw-la praestet_fw-la sive_fw-la consilium_fw-la sive_fw-la remedium_fw-la seu_fw-la vindictam_fw-la salutarem_fw-la canus_n relect._n de_fw-fr poenit._n part_n 6._o pag._n 905._o lay_v down_o this_o for_o a_o maxim_n that_o such_o and_o so_o much_o notice_n of_o sin_n suffice_v to_o a_o ghostly_a father_n as_o may_v attain_v unto_o the_o end_n of_o confession_n be_v it_o counsel_n remedy_n or_o wholesome_a revenge_n now_o in_o all_o and_o every_o sin_n he_o need_v not_o be_v consult_v withal_o as_o a_o advocate_n or_o prescribe_v the_o remedy_n as_o a_o physician_n or_o enjoin_v the_o mulct_n as_o a_o judge_n and_o according_o frame_v his_o conclusion_n viz._n no_o man_n be_v tie_v to_o use_v his_o utmost_a skill_n to_o preserve_v in_o memory_n the_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v do_v intermittatur_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la quis_fw-la omnem_fw-la operam_fw-la quam_fw-la potest_fw-la dare_v ut_fw-la omne_fw-la peccata_fw-la quae_fw-la fecerit_fw-la in_o 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debet_fw-la confessor_n u●xare_fw-la poenitentes_fw-la punctìm_fw-la interrogando_fw-la de_fw-la numero_fw-la per_fw-la anxiam_fw-la &_o puerilem_fw-la superstitionem_fw-la faciens_fw-la eos_fw-la u●l_fw-la mentiri_fw-la vel_fw-la certè_fw-la salsum_fw-la dicere_fw-la canus_n suprà_fw-la about_o the_o number_n of_o their_o offence_n with_o such_o anxious_a and_o childish_a superstition_n cause_v they_o to_o lie_v or_o at_o least_o to_o tell_v a_o untruth_n this_o friar_n will_v never_o have_v connive_v so_o far_o if_o the_o performance_n of_o this_o romish_a practice_n have_v be_v so_o precise_o necessary_a or_o if_o he_o have_v not_o espy_v extreme_a difficulty_n or_o rather_o impossibility_n to_o perform_v the_o same_o and_o by_o consequence_n the_o restless_a torture_n that_o gnaw_v upon_o the_o conscience_n for_o fail_v therein_o and_o all_o this_o for_o good_a purpose_n superfluous_a and_o for_o indirect_a end_n only_o necessary_a obscene_a 5._o the_o process_n in_o examine_v of_o 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in_o vase_n debito_fw-la si_fw-la cum_fw-la tali_fw-la quaesivit_fw-la vitare_fw-la generationem_fw-la si_fw-la habuit_fw-la pollutionem_fw-la dormiendo_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la leg●t_fw-la qui_fw-la plura_fw-la cupit_fw-la summulas_fw-la nos_fw-la hac●à_fw-la scabie_n tenemus_fw-la ungue_fw-la confession_n itself_o become_v a_o stew_n and_o the_o priest_n a_o pander_n to_o fleshly_a lust_n let_v their_o interrogatory_n be_v peruse_v which_o refer_v to_o the_o vii_o commandment_n of_o uncleanness_n nocturnal_a pollution_n incest_n sodomy_n whereby_o their_o confessor_n grope_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 graviora_fw-la crimina_fw-la non_fw-la à_fw-la quibusvis_fw-la sell_v à_fw-la summis_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la sacer_n lotibus_fw-la absolveretur_fw-la conc._n trid._n de_fw-fr casuum_fw-la reservatione_fw-la cap._n 7._o therefore_o reserve_v for_o physician_n of_o high_a place_n and_o power_n and_o in_o such_o case_n every_o simple_a priest_n be_v inhibit_v to_o proceed_v but_o to_o send_v corpus_fw-la cum_fw-la causa_fw-la to_o such_o penitentiaries_n to_o who_o jurisdiction_n they_o be_v immediate_o subject_a now_o if_o all_o sin_n that_o come_v into_o a_o sinner_n mind_n must_v upon_o pain_n of_o the_o second_o death_n and_o that_o by_o god_n law_n be_v open_v to_o a_o priest_n by_o what_o law_n be_v some_o exempt_v and_o more_o reserve_v from_o his_o audience_n than_o other_o again_o if_o papal_a reservation_n and_o dispensation_n be_v in_o these_o sin_n and_o case_n of_o validity_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o precise_a enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v but_o a_o church_n 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 remit_v this_o way_n neither_o engage_v so_o deep_o to_o hell_n nor_o make_v so_o great_a a_o breach_n betwixt_o god_n and_o man_n as_o to_o require_v the_o priest_n to_o stand_v in_o the_o gap_n and_o to_o make_v the_o atonement_n to_o the_o contrary_a although_o we_o acknowledge_v great_a distinction_n betwixt_o sin_n and_o sin_n and_o punishment_n proport_v onable_a yet_o we_o affirm_v no_o sin_n so_o little_a but_o it_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n mortal_a and_o no_o sin_n so_o great_a but_o from_o the_o event_n may_v be_v venial_a the_o least_o sin_n make_v a_o breach_n upon_o god_n law_n and_o make_v the_o delinquent_n accessary_a to_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o whole_a law_n be_v a_o offence_n against_o a_o infinite_a deity_n therefore_o may_v be_v punish_v in_o the_o strictness_n of_o his_o righteous_a judgement_n 32._o doctor_n field_n of_o the_o church_n book_n 3._o c._n 32._o yea_o with_o utter_a annihilation_n for_o that_o say_v a_o profound_a divine_a there_o be_v no_o 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

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 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college_n s._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 607._o de_fw-fr loco●_n &_o tempore_fw-la quibus_fw-la tribuenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la capitula_fw-la nihil_fw-la ●dfero_fw-la h._n s._n as_o the_o same_o worthy_a person_n affirm_v though_o be_v can_v give_v no_o certain_a account_n when_o they_o be_v establish_v the_o next_o item_n for_o confession_n be_v contain_v among_o the_o law_n of_o king_n canutus_n 9●_n a._n d._n 1020._o k._n canutus_n canut_n regnare_fw-la coepit_fw-la a_o shall_fw-mi humh_o 1016._o canut_n regnare_fw-la desiit_fw-la a_o shall_fw-mi humh_o 1035._o guilford_n lambard_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_n 9●_n who_o begin_v his_o reign_n a._n d._n 1016._o and_o die_v 1035._o as_o mr_n lambard_n write_v or_o one_o year_n late_a according_o to_o the_o savilian_a fasti_fw-la 319._o anno_fw-la 1017._o r●x_fw-la canutus_n totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la suscepit_fw-la imperium_fw-la flor._n chron._n p._n 319._o or_o as_o fabian_n will_v have_v it_o he_o begin_v 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hist_o p._n 512._o 2._o lond._n and_o thereof_o procure_v absolution_n and_o to_o boot_v the_o same_o historian_n tell_v we_o what_o the_o custom_n in_o england_n then_o be_v in_o confer_v that_o military_a honour_n of_o knighthood_n the_o candidate_n upon_o the_o eve_n before_o the_o day_n of_o that_o solemnity_n be_v with_o much_o compunction_n to_o make_v confession_n before_o the_o bishop_n abbot_z or_o priest_n of_o all_o his_o sin_n and_o receive_v absolution_n to_o watch_v all_o night_n in_o the_o church_n at_o his_o prayer_n on_o the_o morn_n to_o resort_v to_o mass_n there_o to_o offer_v his_o sword_n upon_o the_o altar_n which_o after_o the_o gospel_n say_v the_o priest_n be_v to_o hallow_v and_o to_o put_v the_o same_o upon_o the_o knight_n neck_n with_o a_o blessing_n where_o he_o be_v to_o communicate_v the_o sacred_a mystery_n of_o christ_n and_o thence_o to_o remain_v lawful_o knight_v many_o year_n after_o in_o a_o synod_n hold_v at_o westminster_n against_o the_o prohibition_n of_o the_o then_o chief_a justice_n of_o england_n by_z hubert_z arch_a bishop_n of_o canturbury_n a._n d._n mcci_o and_o in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o king_n john_n among_o other_o constitution_n then_o compose_v there_o be_v one_o that_o bear_v the_o title_n de_fw-fr poenitentia_fw-la wherein_o priest_n that_o hear_v confession_n be_v thus_o enjoin_v 458._o praecipimus_fw-la ut_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la in_o poenitentia_fw-la diligenter_n attendant_z circumstantias_fw-la qualitatem_fw-la sc_fw-la personae_fw-la &_o quantitatem_fw-la delicti_fw-la tempus_fw-la locum_fw-la causam_fw-la moram_fw-la in_o peccato_fw-la fact●m_fw-la devotionem_fw-la animi_fw-la poenitentis_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la talis_fw-la injungatur_fw-la uxori_fw-la unde_fw-la non_fw-la reddatur_fw-la marito_fw-la svo_fw-la suspecta_fw-la de_fw-la aliquo_fw-la occulto_fw-la &_o enormi_fw-la peccato_fw-la id●m_fw-la de_fw-la marito_fw-la conservetur_fw-la nullus_fw-la ettam_fw-la sacerdos_n post_fw-la lapsum_fw-la antequ●m_fw-la confitcatur_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n praesumat_fw-la accedere_fw-la celebraturus_fw-la id_fw-la adjicimus_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdo●um_fw-la cupiditatem_fw-la resecandam_fw-la ut_fw-la missae_fw-la non_fw-la injungantur_fw-la his_fw-la in_o poenitentia_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la fue●iat_fw-la sacerdot●s_fw-la roger._n hoveden_n annal_n pars_fw-la poster_n p._n 458._o we_o command_v that_o priest_n in_o penance_n diligent_o weigh_v the_o circumstance_n viz._n the_o condition_n of_o the_o person_n and_o of_o the_o offence_n the_o time_n place_n cause_n and_o continuance_n in_o the_o sin_n and_o devout_a mind_n of_o the_o penitent_a th●t_v no_o such_o penance_n be_v enjoin_v upon_o the_o husband_n or_o wife_n as_o to_o raise_v a_o suspicion_n of_o the_o offence_n to_o either_o party_n that_o no_o priest_n after_o his_o fall_n into_o sin_n presume_v to_o celebrate_v at_o the_o altar_n before_o he_o make_v his_o confession_n and_o to_o cut_v off_o all_o occasion_n of_o covetousness_n in_o priest_n we_o add_v that_o no_o penitent_n shall_v be_v enjoin_v to_o provide_v mass_n to_o be_v say_v except_v priest_n only_o stephan_n langton_n langton_n a._n d._n 1●05_n stephan_n langton_n the_o same_o that_o be_v obtrude_v upon_o king_n john_n and_o put_v into_o the_o chair_n at_o canturbury_n by_o the_o pope_n against_o the_o will_n of_o his_o sovereign_a lord_n ordain_v in_o a_o council_n at_o oxford_n ann._n m._n ccv_o quoniam_fw-la linwood_n de_fw-fr officio_fw-la vicarii_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n statuimus_fw-la &_o lib._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remiss_a c._n quoniam_fw-la that_o bishop_n

voice_n o_o you_o wife_n of_o lamech_v harken_v unto_o my_o speech_n for_o i_o have_v slay_v a_o man_n in_o my_o wound_n and_o a_o young_a man_n to_o my_o hurt_n i_o must_v confess_v i_o hold_v not_o this_o worthy_a of_o a_o instance_n though_o it_o be_v the_o detection_n of_o a_o secret_a sin_n because_o it_o be_v address_v unto_o woman_n unfit_a creature_n to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o a_o man_n cabinet_n and_o to_o look_v into_o the_o privy_a chamber_n of_o his_o heart_n and_o conceive_v of_o this_o passage_n to_o be_v as_o much_o for_o my_o purpose_n as_o the_o fabulous_a conjecture_n of_o the_o rabbin_n who_o the_o man_n be_v he_o slay_v and_o the_o manner_n thereof_o to_o the_o mind_n and_o meaning_n of_o lamech_v pass_v over_o it_o have_v be_v for_o i_o have_v not_o chrysostome_n ground_v upon_o the_o same_o so_o many_o and_o those_o notable_a observation_n of_o confession_n 1._o as_o the_o power_n and_o torture_v of_o a_o indict_v conscience_n not_o suffer_v the_o sinner_n to_o be_v at_o quiet_a till_o his_o sin_n be_v bring_v to_o light_v 2._o the_o good_a that_o come_v to_o some_o by_o the_o example_n of_o justice_n in_o other_o cain_n punishment_n in_o deny_v his_o sin_n serve_v as_o a_o inducement_n to_o lamech_v to_o confess_v he_o chrysos●_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysos●_n no_o man_n therefore_o constrain_a he_o no_o man_n convince_a he_o he_o set_v up_o a_o judgment-seat_n call_v upon_o his_o wife_n to_o be_v his_o judge_n accuse_v himself_o confess_v the_o fact_n and_o allot_v the_o punishment_n wherein_o no_o dislike_n can_v be_v take_v to_o the_o proceed_n be_v it_o not_o for_o his_o mistake_n in_o the_o judge_n the_o next_o act_n of_o confession_n be_v more_o solemn_a and_o religious_a make_v to_o the_o priest_n before_o the_o altar_n for_o beside_o that_o general_a confession_n of_o the_o whole_a people_n 2._o nec_fw-la publica_fw-la tantùm_fw-la confessio_fw-la pro_fw-la totius_fw-la populi_fw-la d●lictis_fw-la fiebat_fw-la in_o die_fw-la expiationis_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o p●●vata_fw-la &_o particularis_fw-la specialium_fw-la quorundam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la ageb●●●r_fw-la qui_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la agentes_fw-la sibi_fw-la deum_fw-la propitium_fw-la reddere_fw-la volebant_fw-la beauxan_n harm_n tom_fw-mi 1._o pag._n 134._o col_fw-fr 2._o pour_v out_o annual_o upon_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n there_o be_v a_o private_a and_o particular_a confession_n of_o some_o special_a sin_n in_o use_n among_o they_o for_o which_o by_o repentance_n they_o sue_v unto_o god_n for_o mercy_n say_v a_o sorbonist_n the_o sinner_n that_o will_v be_v particular_a repair_v unto_o the_o altar_n and_o there_o present_v the_o priest_n with_o a_o offering_n to_o make_v the_o atonement_n for_o sin_n hide_v from_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o assembly_n and_o afterward_o come_v to_o light_n a_o young_a bullock_n with_o imposition_n of_o hand_n from_o the_o elder_n be_v destine_v for_o a_o sacrifice_n the_o ceremony_n whereof_o be_v contain_v levit._n 4._o but_o for_o some_o sort_n of_o secret_a sin_n which_o have_v not_o yet_o see_v the_o light_n of_o fame_n the_o sin-offering_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v a_o lamb_n or_o a_o kid_n 5.6_o levit._fw-la 5.6_o and_o the_o guilty_a person_n be_v to_o confess_v the_o sin_n and_o the_o priest_n to_o make_v the_o atonement_n josephus_n mention_v the_o secret_a sin_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 3._o c._n 10._o which_o he_o say_v be_v a_o ram_n but_o not_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o sin_n as_o needless_a perhaps_o because_o the_o offence_n be_v imprint_v upon_o the_o sacrifice_n as_o a_o hieroglyphic_n thereof_o of_o which_o see_v levit._fw-la 5._o for_o how_o can_v a_o particular_a offering_n appertain_v to_o particular_a fin_n be_v lay_v upon_o the_o altar_n by_o the_o guilty_a person_n erastum_fw-la qui_fw-la potuit_fw-la quispiam_fw-la offer_n oblationem_fw-la pro_fw-la peccato_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la peccasse_fw-la pal●m_fw-la non_fw-la fateretur_fw-la choose_fw-la qui_fw-la peculiaritèr_fw-la offerebant_fw-la pro_fw-la peccato_fw-la peculiariter_fw-la quó●●_n ejus_fw-la peccati_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la agebatur_fw-la sese_fw-la reos_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la necesse_fw-la suis_fw-la beza_n de_fw-fr excom_n contra_fw-la erastum_fw-la without_o disclose_v of_o his_o offence_n do_v they_o not_o by_o that_o act_n pronounce_v themselves_o guilty_a of_o that_o sin_n for_o which_o they_o bring_v the_o offering_n and_o desire_v the_o atonement_n that_o very_a act_n of_o the_o party_n peccant_a viz._n the_o present_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n be_v a_o real_a conviction_n scotus_n then_o fall_v short_a of_o the_o truth_n in_o affirm_v that_o under_o moses_n law_n unica_fw-la in_o league_n mosaica_n de_fw-la peccatis_fw-la occultis_fw-la tantùm_fw-la deo_fw-la fiebat_fw-la confessio_fw-la de_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la tamen_fw-la defectibus_fw-la publicis_fw-la &_o de_fw-la non_fw-la observantia_fw-la legalium_fw-la fiebat_fw-la confessio_fw-la generalis_fw-la confessio_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la erat_fw-la quaedam_fw-la dispositio_fw-la ad_fw-la miseri_fw-la cordiam_fw-la petendam_fw-la pro_fw-la populo_fw-la sicut_fw-la erat_fw-la ista_fw-la injustè_fw-fr egimus_fw-la peccavimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n scot._n l._n 4._o d._n 17._o q._n unica_fw-la sin_n do_v in_o secret_a be_v confess_v to_o god_n alone_o and_o that_o the_o confession_n to_o man_n be_v but_o of_o some_o public_a defect_n and_o not_o observe_v of_o legal_a rite_n and_o that_o the_o general_a confession_n of_o the_o priest_n serve_v to_o dispose_v god_n to_o be_v merciful_a unto_o the_o people_n like_v unto_o those_o supplication_n in_o the_o church-liturgy_n we_o have_v sin_v we_o have_v do_v unjust_o etc._n etc._n and_o bellarmine_n have_v overshoot_v the_o truth_n in_o stretch_v this_o confession_n to_o a_o distinct_a haec_fw-la illud_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rectè_fw-la verti_fw-la possit_fw-la distinctè_fw-la &_o expressè_fw-la confitebuntur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praeceptum_fw-la hoc_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la confession_n distincta_fw-la &_o in_o specie_fw-la ejus_fw-la peccati_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la expiando_fw-la sacrificandum_fw-la erat_fw-la bell._n l._n 3._o de_fw-la poen_fw-mi c._n 3._o sect._n ad_fw-la haec_fw-la and_o specifique_a enumeration_n of_o each_o several_a sin_n and_o though_o it_o be_v grant_v the_o hebrew_n word_n to_o signify_v a_o express_a and_o distinct_a confession_n it_o conclude_v not_o his_o purpose_n for_o a_o distinct_a confession_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o a_o confession_n of_o all_o distinct_a sin_n another_o the_o truth_n be_v all_o the_o sin_n they_o thus_o sacrifice_v for_o be_v distinct_o confess_v but_o not_o all_o the_o sin_n they_o commit_v be_v so_o sacrifice_v for_o and_o to_o such_o kind_n of_o sin_n as_o be_v expiate_v by_o sacrifice_n do_v the_o cardinal_n himself_o limit_v this_o distinct_a confession_n aquinas_n allow_v not_o so_o much_o to_o confession_n under_o the_o law_n as_o a_o clear_a and_o evident_a expression_n of_o sin_n but_o rather_o a_o confuse_a intimation_n thereof_o reserve_v that_o distinct_a demonstration_n to_o the_o clear_a time_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o thus_o he_o say_v 2._o in_o lege_fw-la naturae_fw-la sufficiebat_fw-la recognitio_fw-la peccati_fw-la interior_a apud_fw-la deum_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la mosaica_n oportebat_fw-la aliquo_fw-la signo_fw-la exteriori_fw-la peccatum_fw-la protestari_fw-la sicut_fw-la per_fw-la oblationem_fw-la hostiae_fw-la pro_fw-la peccato_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o homini_fw-la innotescere_fw-la poterat_fw-la eum_fw-la peocasse_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la oportebat_fw-la ut_fw-la speciale_a peccatum_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la commissum_fw-la manifestaret_fw-la aut_fw-la peccati_fw-la circumstantias_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o nova_fw-la lege_fw-la aq._n supplem_n qu._n 6._o art_n 2._o in_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n a_o inward_a 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