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the_o church_n the_o master_n of_o the_o sentence_n can_v say_v nothing_o for_o it_o but_o allege_v diverse_a authority_n to_o and_o fro_o and_o in_o the_o end_n have_v no_o certain_a argument_n to_o persuade_v we_o that_o it_o be_v of_o christ_n institution_n gratian_n likewise_o in_o his_o decree_n after_o diverse_a testimony_n producted_v on_o both_o side_n whether_o it_o be_v necessary_a or_o no_o conclude_v in_o these_o word_n quib_n authoritatibus_fw-la vel_fw-la quibuslibetrationum_fw-la firmamentis_fw-la utroque_fw-la sententia_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la &_o confessionis_fw-la innitatur_fw-la in_o medium_n breviter_fw-la exposuimus_fw-la cvi_fw-la autem_fw-la harum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d adhaerendum_fw-la sit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d be_v iudicio_fw-la referatur_fw-la viraque_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d habet_fw-la sarientes_fw-la &_o religi_fw-la osor_fw-la viros_fw-la upon_o what_o authorite_n and_o what_o fundation_n of_o reason_n both_o the_o judgement_n of_o satisfaction_n and_o confession_n do_v 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that_o confession_n be_v of_o christ_n institution_n and_o not_o upon_o any_o positive_a law_n in_o hac_fw-la distinctione_n &_o in_o aliis_fw-la duabus_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la agitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d de_fw-la illa_fw-la parte_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la que_fw-la dicitur_fw-la oris_fw-la confessio_fw-la &_o operis_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la quà m_fw-la de_fw-la aliis_fw-la &_o ider_v videndum_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d oris_fw-la confessio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la instituta_fw-la virum_fw-la necessaria_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la 〈◊〉_d voluntaria_fw-la qualiter_fw-la sit_fw-la facienda_fw-la &_o cvi_fw-la et_fw-la quando_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quidam_fw-la institutam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la in_o paradiso_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d peccatum_fw-la dicente_fw-la donino_n ad_fw-la adam_n adam_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la ipso_fw-la conficente_fw-la peccatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sorma_fw-la aliis_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la confitendi_fw-la sed_fw-la quoniam_fw-la in_o ille_fw-la interrogatione_fw-la dominus_fw-la minùs_fw-la expressè_fw-la videbatur_fw-la adconfirendum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d idro_fw-la post_fw-la exquisivit_fw-la á_fw-fr cain_n fratricida_fw-la expressiâ—s_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la abel_n frater_fw-la tuus_fw-la alij_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quód_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la primò_fw-la instituta_fw-la quando_fw-la josua_n percepit_fw-la aâ—hor_fw-la â—rimen_fw-la sâ—um_fw-la confiteri_fw-la â—â—_o lapidatus_fw-la est_fw-la 45._o do_v secundum_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la alij_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quód_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la testamento_fw-la á_fw-fr jacobo_fw-la dicente_fw-la consitemini_fw-la alterâ—â—â—um_fw-la peccata_fw-la vestra_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la melius_fw-la dicitur_fw-la eam_fw-la institutam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la a_o quâ—dâ—m_fw-la universale_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la traditione_n potius_fw-la quám_fw-la ex_fw-la novo_fw-la vel_fw-la veteri_fw-la testamento_fw-la authoritâ—s_fw-la &_o traditio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la obligatoria_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la preceptum_fw-la ait_fw-la 1.1_o di_fw-it 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to_o who_o &_o when_o some_o say_v it_o be_v institute_v in_o paradise_n immediate_o after_o sin_n commit_v when_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o adam_n adam_n where_o be_v thou_o for_o therefore_o he_o inquire_v that_o he_o confess_v his_o sin_n a_o form_n of_o confess_v shall_v be_v give_v to_o other_o afterward_o but_o because_o in_o that_o confession_n the_o lord_n secm_v not_o so_o expresselie_o to_o have_v warn_v he_o to_o confession_n therefore_o he_o inquire_v afterward_o of_o cain_n the_o murderer_n of_o his_o brother_n more_o expresselie_o where_o be_v abel_n thy_o brother_n other_o say_v it_o be_v first_o institute_v under_o the_o law_n where_o josua_n command_v achar_n to_o confess_v his_o fault_n and_o he_o be_v stone_v 45._o di_o sed_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la other_o say_v that_o it_o be_v institute_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o saint_n james_n say_v confess_v your_o sin_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v better_a to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v institutad_v by_o a_o certain_a 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