Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	mortal_a	nature_n	venial_a	6,243	5	12.3225	5	true

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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

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

galatin_n de_fw-fr arcan_fw-fr cath._n verit_fw-la l._n 10._o c._n 3._o every_o one_o that_o in_o offend_v have_v offend_v necessary_o he_o must_v express_v the_o offence_n in_o a_o special_a manner_n by_o these_o master_n of_o the_o synagogue_n it_o may_v easy_o be_v guess_v how_o confession_n be_v order_v and_o practise_v by_o their_o disciple_n and_o proselyte_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o only_a pertinent_a place_n to_o prove_v confession_n unto_o man_n not_o circumstantiate_v with_o any_o office_n quality_n etc._n etc._n be_v in_o the_o epistle_n of_o saint_n james_n confess_v your_o fault_n one_o to_o another_o 5.17_o james_n 5.17_o and_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o that_o you_o may_v be_v heal_v where_o the_o disease_n be_v sin_n the_o remedy_n confession_n and_o prayer_n the_o physician_n and_o patient_n subalternal_a one_o another_o the_o end_n curation_n that_o you_o may_v be_v heal_v wherein_o mutual_a prayer_n be_v enjoin_v and_o mutual_a confession_n and_o as_o the_o precept_n be_v one_o to_o pray_v for_o another_o so_o be_v it_o also_o one_o to_o confess_v to_o another_o and_o as_o not_o only_o the_o order_n of_o priest_n may_v pray_v for_o other_o but_o other_o order_n of_o the_o faithful_a for_o they_o and_o other_o also_o so_o sin_n may_v be_v detect_v to_o man_n of_o another_o rank_n than_o priest_n only_o to_o priest_n i_o grant_v principal_o but_o not_o sole_o and_o little_o advantage_v rome_n clancular_a confession_n where_o the_o laity_n and_o clergy_n hold_v no_o correspondency_n 173._o il_fw-fr ne_fw-fr fait_fw-fr rien_fw-fr pour_fw-fr ceste_fw-fr confession_n à_fw-fr l'oreille_fw-fr d'un_fw-fr prestre_fw-fr car_fw-fr icy_a l'_fw-fr apostre_fw-fr recommande_fw-fr une_fw-fr confession_n mutuelle_fw-fr qui_fw-fr ne_fw-fr se_fw-fr fait_fw-fr in_o cette_fw-fr practic_a d._n buchan_n l'histoire_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr conscience_n p._n 173._o they_o confess_v to_o priest_n only_o and_o not_o priest_n to_o people_n whereas_o the_o apostle_n by_o say_v confess_v one_o to_o another_o prescribe_v confession_n no_o more_o to_o be_v make_v to_o the_o priest_n than_o to_o another_o man_n unic_n dicendo_fw-la confitemini_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la non_fw-la magìs_fw-la dicit_fw-la confessionem_fw-la faciendam_fw-la esse_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la quàm_fw-la alii_fw-la subdit_fw-la enim_fw-la orate_fw-la prose_n inuicem_fw-la scot._n l._n 4._o d._n 17._o q._n unic_n say_v scotus_n so_o that_o without_o force_v or_o rack_a of_o the_o word_n the_o sense_n will_v fall_v out_o to_o be_v this_o confess_v your_o sin_n one_o to_o another_o that_o be_v conscious_a of_o one_o another_o disease_n you_o may_v the_o better_o frame_v your_o request_n on_o one_o another_o behalf_n for_o your_o recovery_n confession_n of_o fault_n serve_v here_o for_o a_o instruction_n unto_o prayer_n which_o one_o interlin_fw-mi one_o alterutrum_fw-la i._o aequalibus_fw-la gloss_n interlin_fw-mi member_n of_o the_o church_n make_v for_o another_o then_o if_o none_o can_v receive_v confession_n of_o sin_n but_o a_o priest_n none_o but_o a_o priest_n can_v pray_v for_o another_o 6._o mutuam_fw-la confessionem_fw-la &_o mutuam_fw-la orationem_fw-la simul_fw-la injungit_fw-la si_fw-la solis_fw-la sacrificulis_fw-la confitendum_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la illis_fw-la solis_fw-la orandum_fw-la calvin_n instit_fw-la lib._n 3._o c._n 4._o sect._n 6._o but_o if_o a_o lay-christian_a may_v pray_v for_o another_o yea_o for_o a_o priest_n also_o then_o may_v confession_n be_v make_v to_o a_o lay-christian_a confiteri_fw-la reciprocâ_fw-la relatione_fw-la isti_fw-la pro_fw-la scinvicem_fw-la tenentur_fw-la orare_fw-la hug._n card._n in_o loc_n ergo_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la inuicem_fw-la reciproce_fw-la tenentur_fw-la confiteri_fw-la yea_o from_o a_o priest_n also_o again_o if_o priest_n be_v the_o only_a man_n to_o who_o confession_n in_o this_o place_n be_v address_v than_o priest_n only_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o for_o if_o none_o can_v confess_v one_o another_o but_o priest_n and_o priest_n they_o be_v the_o man_n than_o that_o can_v only_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o furthermore_o the_o confession_n saint_n james_n speak_v of_o pass_v to_o and_o fro_o from_o one_o to_o another_o now_o if_o none_o may_v hear_v confession_n but_o a_o priest_n 5._o hic_fw-la exigitur_fw-la reciproca_fw-la confessio-atqui_a hoc_fw-la soli_fw-la sacrifici_fw-la sibi_fw-la vendicant_a ergò_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la solos_fw-la ableganda_fw-la est_fw-la confessio_fw-la calvin_n in_o jac._n cap._n 5._o none_o may_v make_v confession_n but_o a_o priest_n for_o with_o the_o apostle_n those_o only_a must_v make_v confession_n that_o may_v receive_v confession_n and_o they_o only_o confess_v that_o may_v be_v confess_v unto_o this_o discourse_n be_v ground_v upon_o the_o mutual_a and_o reciprocal_a injunction_n of_o confession_n and_o intercession_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o other_o as_o duty_n of_o equal_a latitude_n and_o extent_n the_o reason_n stand_v thus_o bar._n all_o such_o as_o may_v make_v supplication_n for_o other_o may_v receive_v the_o confession_n of_o other_o ba._n but_o all_o christian_n may_v make_v their_o supplication_n for_o other_o ra._n therefore_o all_o christian_n may_v receive_v the_o confession_n of_o other_o 744._o sentit_fw-la de_fw-la quotidianis_fw-la offensis_fw-la christianorum_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsos_fw-la quot_fw-la continuò_fw-la vult_fw-la reconciliari_fw-la alioqui_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-fr confession_n sensisset_fw-la quam_fw-la dicimus_fw-la partem_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la non_fw-la addi_fw-la disset_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o vobis_fw-la inuicem_fw-la sed_fw-la saccrdotibus_fw-la erasm_n annot_v in_o jac._n 5._o pag._n 744._o there_o be_v that_o limit_n the_o apostle_n to_o speak_v only_o of_o that_o confession_n which_o tend_v to_o brotherly_a reconciliation_n whereby_o the_o offender_n humble_o submit_v ingenious_o acknowledge_v and_o thereby_o deprecate_v the_o offence_n and_o pacifi_v the_o party_n offend_v as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v the_o fault_n you_o commit_v one_o to_o another_o confess_v one_o to_o another_o and_o be_v reconcile_v for_o have_v he_o mean_v sacramental_a confession_n he_o will_v rather_o have_v say_v confess_v to_o the_o priest_n than_o one_o to_o another_o this_o note_n of_o erasmus_n have_v be_v worth_a the_o note_n if_o the_o word_n follow_v and_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o do_v not_o follow_v which_o argue_v the_o fellow-servant_n not_o to_o be_v the_o party_n grieve_v but_o the_o lord_n to_o who_o he_o be_v to_o intercede_v on_o his_o fellow_n behalf_n q.d._n confess_v one_o to_o another_o the_o sin_n commit_v against_o god_n and_o pray_v one_o for_o another_o to_o god_n for_o they_o other_o understand_v by_o sin_n the_o sin_n against_o god_n by_o the_o confessor_n not_o priest_n alone_o 5._o haec_fw-la omne_fw-la intelliguntur_fw-la de_fw-la confession_n secundùm_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la est_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la praecepta_fw-la quoad_fw-la confessionem_fw-la mortalium_fw-la consilium_fw-la verò_fw-la quoad_fw-la confessionem_fw-la venialium_fw-la hug._n card._n expos_n in_o jac._n cap._n 5._o but_o other_o also_o in_o some_o case_n and_o the_o confession_n as_o a_o duty_n to_o be_v perform_v by_o way_n of_o 1._o precept_n and_o of_o 2._o counsel_n if_o mortal_a sin_n be_v the_o subject_n than_o the_o confessor_n be_v to_o be_v a_o priest_n and_o the_o confession_n necessary_a and_o under_o command_n but_o if_o the_o sin_n be_v venial_a the_o confessor_n may_v be_v a_o layman_n and_o the_o confession_n free_a and_o under_o counsel_n only_o this_o late_a confession_n than_o be_v a_o evangelical_n counsel_n belong_v only_o to_o such_o perfect_a man_n as_o monk_n and_o friar_n and_o then_o a_o lay_v brother_n may_v serve_v at_o a_o turn_n to_o receive_v the_o confession_n of_o a_o cloister_n which_o rather_o than_o those_o religious_a 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mutant_fw-la speciem_fw-la ut_fw-la furtum_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la sacro_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la furtum_fw-la 100_o aureorum_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o specie_fw-la ac_fw-la furtum_fw-la 10._o aureorum_fw-la canus_n 1._o diminish_v and_o 2._o aggravate_v the_o offence_n and_o these_o latter_a be_v again_o twofold_a 1._o either_o which_o change_v the_o species_n of_o sin_n as_o to_o rob_v the_o church_n be_v not_o theft_n but_o sacrilege_n 2._o or_o else_o which_o aggravate_v only_o as_o to_o steal_v a_o 100_o l._n or_o a_o 100_o s._n be_v theft_n alike_o though_o not_o alike_o be_v steal_v and_o a_o example_n of_o 1._o diminish_v circumstance_n 2._o or_o change_v mortal_a sin_n into_o venial_a as_o to_o communicate_v ignorant_o with_o a_o person_n excommunicate_a that_o word_n ignorant_o show_v the_o offence_n to_o be_v but_o venial_a explicari_fw-la 1._o circumstantia_fw-la quae_fw-la ità_fw-la minuit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la mortali_fw-la faciat_fw-la veniale_a debeat_fw-la omninò_fw-la explicari_fw-la now_o their_o rule_n herein_o be_v these_o 1._o circumstance_n abate_v the_o sin_n from_o mortal_a to_o venial_a be_v to_o be_v express_v confiteri_fw-la 2._o si_fw-mi circumstantiae_fw-la minuant_fw-la peccati_fw-la malitiam_fw-la intra_fw-la tamen_fw-la latitudixem_fw-la peccati_fw-la mortalis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la nesessarium_fw-la illas_fw-la confiteri_fw-la 2._o circumstance_n diminish_v the_o sin_n yet_o leave_v the_o same_o to_o be_v mortal_a be_v not_o so_o much_o to_o be_v stand_v upon_o in_o confession_n 906._o 3._o circumstantiae_fw-la mutantes_fw-la speciem_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la nova_fw-la specie_fw-la novam_fw-la peccato_fw-la mortalem_fw-la malitiam_fw-la adjicientes_fw-la sunt_fw-la omninò_fw-la explicandae_fw-la ut_fw-la stuprum_fw-la cum_fw-la virgine_fw-la deo_fw-la sacra_fw-la can._n rel._n de_fw-fr poen_n part_n 6._o p._n 906._o 3._o circumstance_n add_v new_a malice_n and_o change_v the_o species_n of_o sin_n be_v precise_o requisite_a in_o confession_n as_o the_o rape_n of_o a_o nun_n or_o cloister_a virgin_n a_o friar-like_a sin_n now_o in_o good_a earnest_n what_o be_v such_o circumstantial_a distinction_n to_o the_o people_n but_o scruple_n to_o perplex_v their_o conscience_n or_o rock_n to_o grind_v they_o to_o powder_n and_o if_o their_o casuist_n always_o verse_v in_o these_o point_n be_v restless_a in_o their_o resolution_n how_o shall_v the_o vulgar_a but_o little_a or_o nothing_o at_o all_o study_v in_o such_o case_n discern_v what_o circumstance_n be_v fit_a to_o be_v put_v in_o and_o out_o in_o their_o confession_n this_o be_v the_o public_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o which_o her_o adherent_n and_o follower_n with_o no_o less_o superciliousness_n aver_v if_o any_o of_o the_o saint_n say_v bishop_n fisher_n have_v witting_o conceal_v the_o least_o mortal_a sin_n that_o come_v into_o their_o mind_n at_o the_o instant_n of_o confession_n 8._o si_fw-mi sancti_fw-la vel_fw-la minimum_fw-la mortale_fw-la quod_fw-la menti_fw-la occurrisset_fw-la tempore_fw-la confessionis_fw-la sponte_fw-la subticu●ssent_fw-la ausim_fw-la dicere_fw-la nec_fw-la sanctos_fw-la eos_fw-la esse_fw-la nec_fw-la justificatos_fw-la immò_fw-la si_fw-la quam_fw-la antè_fw-la justitiam_fw-la habuissent_fw-la jam_fw-la propter_fw-la h●pocrisin_n penitùs_fw-la amiserunt_fw-la roffens_n contr._n luther_n art_n 8._o i_o dare_v be_v bold_a to_o say_v they_o be_v neither_o saint_n nor_o justify_v yea_o if_o they_o have_v attain_v to_o any_o righteousness_n before_o to_o have_v whole_o lose_v it_o through_o their_o hypocrifie_n great_a grace_n be_v confer_v no_o doubt_n by_o this_o noble_a sacrament_n environ_v with_o so_o many_o scruple_n and_o difficulty_n that_o the_o penitent_n be_v in_o great_a danger_n to_o lose_v the_o good_a he_o have_v than_o in_o hope_n to_o augment_v it_o it_o be_v not_o certain_o without_o cause_n that_o luther_n who_o know_v the_o practice_n thereof_o cry_v out_o upon_o it_o as_o carnificina_fw-la cruentissima_fw-la 9_o ista_fw-la est_fw-la carnificina_fw-la cruentissima_fw-la quâ_fw-la bactenus_fw-la tot_fw-la miseras_fw-la conscientias_fw-la torserunt_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o singulorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la discussionibus_fw-la &_o confessionibus_fw-la cum_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la iota_fw-la habeant_fw-la ullius_fw-la scriptureae_fw-la tyrannide_fw-la propriâ_fw-la haec_fw-la oncra_fw-la importabilia_fw-la hominibus_fw-la imponentes_fw-la luther_n art_n 9_o wherewithal_o popish_a shaveling_n have_v torture_v so_o many_o conscience_n by_o the_o discussion_n and_o confession_n of_o all_o and_o singular_a offence_n impose_v importable_a burden_n upon_o man_n through_o their_o tyranny_n without_o any_o jod_a or_o particle_n of_o holy_a scripture_n 2._o summa_fw-la est_fw-la confessionem_fw-la auricularem_fw-la per_fw-la multiplices_fw-la pontificiorum_fw-la abusus_fw-la saepe_fw-la factam_fw-la jam_fw-la esse_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v &_o circumstantiarum_fw-la perplexitate_fw-la conscientiarum_fw-la carnificinam_fw-la ex_fw-la formulis_fw-la interrogationum_fw-la illecebram_fw-la &_o lenocinium_fw-la voluptatis_fw-la ex_fw-la istac_fw-la lege_fw-la non_fw-la prodendi_fw-la futurea_fw-la peccata_fw-la proditionum_fw-la flagitiosarum_fw-la latebram_fw-la atque_fw-la sigillum_fw-la reverend_a episc_n dunelm_n in_o caus_n regius_fw-la cap._n 7._o sect._n 2._o and_o a_o reverend_a prelate_n of_o our_o own_o these_o tyrannous_a abuse_n consider_v to_o censure_v romish-confession_n for_o the_o necessity_n and_o perplexity_n of_o circumstance_n the_o rack_n of_o the_o conscience_n for_o and●_n he_o form_n of_o interrogatory_n therein_o administer_v the_o bait_n bawd_n of_o voluptuousness_n and_o for_o silence_v of_o future_a sin_n the_o den_n and_o seal_n of_o prodigious_a treason_n thus_o he_o and_o how_o sharp_a soever_o this_o censure_n be_v sad_a experience_n justify_v the_o truth_n hereof_o and_o a_o no_o less_o reverend_a and_o learned_a personage_n to_o style_v this_o particular_a and_o circumstantial_a enumeration_n of_o sin_n that_o engine_n whereby_o the_o priest_n of_o rome_n have_v lift_v up_o themselves_o into_o that_o height_n of_o domineer_a 124._o bishop_n usher●s_o answer_n to_o the_o jesuit_n challenge_n p._n 124._o and_o tyrannize_v over_o man_n conscience●_n wherewith_o we_o see_v they_o now_o hold_v the_o poor_a people_n in_o most_o miserable_a awe_n and_o lest_o these_o man_n be_v think_v to_o be_v more_o rigid_a in_o their_o judgement_n than_o rome_n in_o her_o confession_n let_v a_o moderate_a man_n a_o angel_n that_o flee_v through_o the_o midst_n of_o heaven_n leave_v the_o reform_a church_n above_o he_o 2._o quod_fw-la subjiciunt_fw-la augustanae_n confessionis_fw-la authores_fw-la enumerationem_fw-la omnium_fw-la delictorum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la necessariam_fw-la quadam_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la rectè_fw-la habit_n viz._n si_fw-la intelligatur_fw-la de_fw-fr ignotis_fw-la &_o non_fw-la occurrentibus_fw-la peccatis_fw-la item_n si_fw-fr intelligatur_fw-la de_fw-fr nimis_fw-la anx_n a_o inquisitione_n omnium_fw-la circumstantiarum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la carnificinam_fw-la gignit_fw-la quam_fw-la nemo_fw-la moderatus_fw-la approbat_fw-la verù_fw-fr si_fw-la referatur_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la enumerationem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la quâ_fw-la graviora_fw-la omne_fw-la peccata_fw-la diligenter_n expenduntur_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la vulnera_fw-la spirituali_fw-la medico_n revelantur_fw-la de_fw-la ea_fw-la quoque_fw-la retinenda_fw-la dubitandum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la cassand_n consult_v art_n 11._o lugd._n 161_o 2._o and_o the_o roman_a below_o cassander_n speak_v whereas_o the_o author_n of_o the_o augustane_n confession_n add_v that_o a_o enumeration_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v not_o so_o necessary_a in_o some_o sense_n it_o be_v well_o namely_o if_o unknown_a sin_n and_o such_o as_o occur_v not_o be_v understand_v also_o if_o that_o same_o anxious_a inquisition_n into_o all_o circumstance_n be_v mean_v which_o in_o many_o beget_v a_o torture_n of_o conscience_n which_o no_o moderate_a man_n can_v approve_v of_o but_o if_o it_o be_v refer_v to_o that_o enumeration_n of_o sin_n wherein_o the_o more_o grievous_a offence_n be_v dil_n gentle_o weigh_v and_o be_v reveal_v as_o spiritual_a wound_n to_o a_o spiritual_a physician_n there_o can_v be_v no_o question_n but_o that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v retain_v hereunto_o may_v be_v add_v b._n rhenanus_fw-la poenit._n quam_fw-la confessionem_fw-la saluberrimam_fw-la esse_fw-la nemo_fw-la possit_fw-la inficiari_fw-la si_fw-la morositatem_fw-la &_o scrupulositatem_fw-la nimiam_fw-la ampute_v b._n rhen._n prefat_n ad_fw-la tert._n lib._n de_fw-fr poenit._n who_o can_v not_o away_o with_o this_o morosity_n and_o scrupulosity_n as_o he_o call_v it_o though_o otherwise_o the_o duty_n itself_o those_o abuse_n cut_v off_o be_v by_o he_o high_o exalt_v word_n 1._o en●meration_n of_o all_o sin_n before_o the_o priest_n a_o burden_n importable_a and_o beside_o god_n word_n our_o exception_n against_o the_o same_o follow_v and_o first_o we_o challenge_v they_o for_o shut_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n before_o man_n and_o impose_v hard_a condition_n than_o the_o most_o indulgent_a time_n under_o the_o gospel_n and_o grace_n approve_v of_o we_o live_v under_o a_o continual_a jubilee_n and_o may_v have_v access_n unto_o the_o mercy_n seat_n with_o confidence_n but_o by_o this_o doctrine_n the_o gospel_n be_v turn_v into_o the_o law_n and_o the_o light_a yoke_n become_v a_o heavy_a burden_n and_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o second_o

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 exemplify_v their_o nature_n the_o author_n purpose_n heb._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v repentance_n and_o consolation_n which_o be_v various_o render_v by_o the_o septuagint_n heb._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d confession_n or_o a_o cast_n off_o by_o the_o same_o interpreter_n be_v translate_v to_o give_v thanks_o and_o to_o praise_v exagreusis_n a_o forinsecal_v word_n a_o indictment_n exhomologesis_n metanoea_n and_o metameleia_n usual_a in_o the_o new_a testament_n resipiscence_n and_o penitude_n their_o difference_n and_o several_a use_n pag._n 1._o chap._n ii_o repentance_n a_o conversion_n and_o wherein_o it_o consist_v the_o father_n define_v it_o from_o the_o sensible_a effect_n and_o fign_n thereof_o the_o schoolmen_n error_n in_o place_v it_o in_o bodily_a correction_n rather_o than_o in_o mental_a change_n the_o reform_a divine_n seat_v it_o in_o the_o humiliation_n of_o the_o heart_n require_v also_o outward_a expression_n of_o sorrow_n conversion_n be_v 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

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confession_n be_v only_o bring_v in_o by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n and_o in_o truth_n the_o gloss_n of_o semeca_n upon_o gratian'ss_n decree_n and_o the_o handle_n of_o that_o gloss_n by_o the_o late_a roman_a corrector_n clear_o show_v the_o wind_n to_o be_v in_o another_o corner_n with_o they_o than_o at_o rome_n poenitentia_fw-la gloss_n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la initio_fw-la do_v 5._o in_o poenitentia_fw-la for_o john_n s●meca_n a_o glossator_fw-la upon_o gratian_n approve_v that_o opinion_n which_o settle_a confession_n upon_o church-tradition_n be_v check_v by_o one_o friar_n maurick_n appoint_v by_o pius_n v._o to_o oversee_v such_o gloss_n with_o this_o marginal_a note_n nay_o confession_n be_v ordain_v by_o our_o lord_n margin_n imò_fw-la conf●ssio_fw-la est_fw-la instituta_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la &_o est_fw-la omaibus_fw-la post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la lapsis_fw-la in_o mortale_fw-la peccatum_fw-la tam_fw-la graecis_fw-la quàm_fw-la latinis_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la necessaria_fw-la rom._n correct_v ib._n in_o margin_n and_o by_o god_n law_n be_v necessary_a to_o all_o that_o fall_v into_o mortal_a sin_n after_o baptism_n as_o well_o greek_o as_o latin_n the_o council_n of_o trent_n have_v say_v amen_n to_o this_o and_o anathema_n to_o that_o opinion_n therefore_o all_o gloss_n decree_n and_o determination_n theological_a must_v be_v calculate_v according_a to_o that_o latitude_n then_o be_v the_o canonist_n put_v to_o silence_n but_o the_o divine_n keep_v a_o mutter_n still_o peresius_n aiala_n derive_v the_o lively_a expression_n thereof_o from_o tradition_n for_o however_o say_v he_o this_o confession_n may_v be_v shadow_v forth_o in_o the_o old_a law_n confess_v quamvis_fw-la auricularis_fw-la haec_fw-la confessio_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la veteri_fw-la fuit_fw-la adumbrata_fw-la per_fw-la praecursorem_fw-la christi_fw-la inter_fw-la part_n poenitentiae_fw-la commendata_fw-la &_o tempore_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la etiam_fw-la usitata_fw-la &_o tandem_fw-la ab_fw-la jesus_n christo_fw-la redemptore_fw-la videatur_fw-la esse_fw-la instituta_fw-la tamen_fw-la nuda_fw-la &_o clara_fw-la huius_fw-la sacramentalis_fw-la instituti_fw-la ratio_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la substantiam_fw-la &_o circumstantias_fw-la ejus_fw-la divinâ_fw-la traditione_n solùm_fw-la constat_fw-la peres_n consid_fw-la 3._o de_fw-la tradit_fw-la auric_n confess_v may_v be_v commend_v by_o the_o forerunner_n of_o christ_n among_o the_o part_n of_o repentarce_o may_v be_v use_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o at_o last_o seem_v to_o be_v institute_v by_o jesus_n christ_n our_o redeemer_n yet_o the_o naked_a and_o evident_a reason_n of_o this_o sacramental_a institution_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o substance_n and_o circumstance_n thereof_o be_v only_o manifest_a from_o divine_a tradition_n his_o countryman_n canus_n a_o divine_a of_o some_o judgement_n but_o more_o freedom_n than_o usual_o be_v among_o man_n detain_v in_o servitude_n have_v sift_v those_o text_n vulgar_o recite_v for_o this_o purpose_n conclude_v of_o that_o in_o saint_n james_n 900._o alia_fw-la quae_fw-la solent_fw-la afferri_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la illud_fw-la jacobi_n 5._o confitemini_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o illud_fw-la luc._n 17._o non_fw-la adeò_fw-la firma_fw-la videntur_fw-la adversùs_fw-la paeretico_v testimonia_fw-la tametsi_fw-la dici_fw-la etiam_fw-la facilè_fw-la poterat_fw-la quòd_fw-la lic●t_fw-la ex_fw-la sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la non_fw-la haberetur_fw-la habetur_fw-la tamen_fw-la ex_fw-la traditione_n christi_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la alia_fw-la pleraque_fw-la naturae_fw-la fidei_fw-la documenta_fw-la canus_n part_n 5._o relect._n de_fw-fr poenit._n pag._n 900._o confess_v one_o to_o another_o etc._n etc._n &_o that_o other_o of_o christ_n show_v yourselves_o to_o the_o priest_n as_o of_o testimony_n too_o weak_a to_o encounter_v heretic_n and_o betake_v himself_o to_o this_o last_o refuge_n although_o it_o may_v be_v easy_o say_v that_o let_v it_o be_v grant_v there_o be_v not_o extant_a any_o such_o command_n in_o holy_a scripture_n notwithstanding_o it_o be_v receive_v from_o the_o tradition_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n as_o many_o other_o doctrine_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o faith_n be_v add_v hereunto_o a_o provincial_a synod_n assemble_v at_o perterovia_n in_o poland_n where_o the_o father_n conclude_v thus_o from_o hence_o it_o may_v be_v collect_v that_o auricular_a confession_n be_v without_o doubt_n deliver_v from_o christ_n by_o word_n of_o mouth_n 15.57_o exit_fw-la quo_fw-la colligere_fw-la licet_fw-la quòd_fw-la viva_fw-la voce_fw-la procul_fw-la dubio_fw-la fuit_fw-la à_fw-la christo_fw-la tradita_fw-la cujus_fw-la midtò_fw-la maxima_fw-la dictorum_fw-la &_o factorum_fw-la pars_fw-la mandata_fw-la scripture_n non_fw-la est_fw-la confess_v syn._n prov._n pert_a habit_n 1551._o c._n 47._o de_fw-mi confel_fw-mi p._n 253._o 2._o edit_n dilingae_fw-la 15.57_o the_o great_a part_n by_o far_o of_o who_o saying_n and_o do_n be_v never_o commit_v unto_o any_o writing_n in_o the_o opinion_n then_o of_o this_o conventicle_n christ_n institute_v the_o same_o but_o where_o and_o when_o tradition_n can_v best_o inform_v this_o want_n of_o proof_n in_o scripture_n and_o resolution_n in_o divine_n occasion_v some_o in_o those_o time_n to_o be_v otherwise_o mind_v the_o waldenses_n of_o provence_n and_o dauphin_n anno_fw-la 1535._o among_o sundry_a other_o article_n of_o their_o belief_n as_o have_v be_v teach_v unto_o they_o from_o father_n to_o son_n for_o many_o hundred_o year_n send_v to_o oecolampadius_n and_o bucer_n this_o seven_o auricular_a confession_n be_v not_o command_v by_o god_n 1624._o history_n of_o waldenses_n collect_v by_o i.p.p.l._n p._n 59_o 60._o edit_n london_n 1624._o and_o it_o be_v conclude_v according_a to_o the_o holy_a scripture_n that_o the_o true_a confession_n of_o a_o christian_a consist_v in_o the_o confess_v of_o himself_o to_o one_o only_a true_a god_n to_o who_o belong_v honour_n and_o glory_n there_o be_v another_o kind_n of_o confession_n when_o a_o man_n reconcile_v himself_o unto_o his_o neighbour_n whereof_o mention_n be_v make_v in_o the_o five_o of_o saint_n matthew_n the_o three_o manner_n of_o confession_n be_v when_o a_o man_n have_v sin_v public_o and_o all_o man_n take_v notice_n of_o it_o so_o he_o confess_v and_o acknowledge_v his_o fault_n public_o our_o countryman_n john_n wickliff_n begin_v open_o oppose_v sacramental_a confession_n 135._o cepit_fw-la confessionem_fw-la sacramentalem_fw-la apertè_fw-la oppugnare_fw-la asserens_fw-la eam_fw-la non_fw-la in_o scripture_n fundari_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la sola_fw-la institutione_n papali_fw-la introductam_fw-la suisse_fw-la tho._n walden_n tom._n 1._o de_fw-fr sacr._n cap._n 135._o affirm_v the_o same_o not_o to_o found_v upon_o the_o scripture_n but_o to_o have_v be_v bring_v in_o only_o by_o papal_a institution_n say_v his_o antagonist_n tho._n walden_n and_o not_o unlikely_a for_o in_o that_o ridiculous_a pack_n of_o heresy_n amass_v by_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n and_o lay_v unto_o his_o charge_n this_o we_o find_v for_o one_o if_o a_o man_n be_v due_o contrite_a damanat_n si_fw-mi homo_fw-la fuerit_fw-la debitè_fw-fr contritus_fw-la omnis_fw-la confessio_fw-la exterior_a est_fw-la sibi_fw-la superflua_fw-la &_o inutilis_fw-la conc._n const_n sess_n 45._o error_n jo._n wickl_n à_fw-fr martino_n 5._o damanat_n all_o external_a confession_n be_v

superfluous_a and_o unprofitable_a and_o in_o a_o declaration_n of_o walter_n bruit_n contain_v divere_fw-la position_n by_o he_o assert_v anno_fw-la dom._n 1393._o this_o be_v one_o 1624._o archb_a abbot_n of_o visibility_n of_o the_o church_n p._n 72._o edit_n lond._n 1624._o that_o auricular_a confession_n be_v not_o prescribe_v in_o the_o scripture_n add_v unto_o these_o how_o in_o the_o province_n of_o tholouse_n a_o certain_a people_n call_v boni_fw-la homines_fw-la a_o branch_n of_o the_o waldenses_n 1175_o an._n dom._n 1175_o if_o not_o the_o tree_n itself_o be_v question_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o lion_n london_n interrogavit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la si_fw-la deberet_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la consiteri_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la &_o ministris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vel_fw-la cuilibet_fw-la laico_fw-la vel_fw-la illis_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la dixit_fw-la jac._n confitemini_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la respondentes_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la 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volebant_fw-la meliores_fw-la esse_fw-la apostolo_n ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la adjungerent_fw-la sicut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la faciunt_fw-la rog._n hovedon_n annal._n pars_fw-la post_fw-la henrici_fw-la secundl_v r._n p._n 319._o edit_n london_n if_o every_o man_n ought_v to_o confess_v his_o sin_n unto_o the_o priest_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n or_o else_o to_o a_o layman_n or_o to_o those_o of_o who_o saint_n james_n say_v confess_v your_o sin_n one_o to_o another_o they_o answer_v say_v for_o they_o that_o be_v sick_a they_o may_v confess_v to_o who_o they_o please_v of_o other_o they_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v because_o saint_n james_n speak_v only_o of_o infirm_a person_n the_o bishop_n further_o demand_v of_o they_o if_o contrition_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o confession_n of_o the_o mouth_n be_v sufficient_a or_o if_o satisfaction_n after_o penance_n enjoin_v be_v necessary_a in_o bewail_v their_o sin_n in_o fast_v affliction_n and_o almsdeed_n if_o they_o be_v able_a they_o answer_v say_v saint_n james_n say_v confess_v your_o sin_n one_o to_o another_o that_o you_o may_v be_v save_v and_o by_o this_o they_o perceive_v that_o the_o apostle_n command_v nothing_o else_o but_o that_o they_o shall_v confess_v and_o be_v save_v neither_o will_v they_o be_v better_o than_o the_o apostle_n as_o to_o add_v any_o thing_n of_o their_o own_o head_n as_o bishop_n do_v so_o have_v roger_n hovedon_n relate_v their_o tenet_n in_o the_o process_n of_o their_o condemnation_n afterward_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1479._o there_o issue_v a_o commission_n from_o rome_n to_o alphonsus_n carillus_n archbishop_n of_o toledo_n authorise_v he_o to_o assemble_v a_o synod_n at_o salamanca_n and_o convent_v the_o professor_n there_o petrus_n oxoniensis_n for_o teach_v these_o conclusion_n 1._o that_o mortal_a sin_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o offence_n 899._o conclus_fw-la 1._o peccata_fw-la mortalia_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la culpam_fw-la &_o poenam_fw-la 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evil_a thought_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v confess_v and_o be_v blot_v out_o by_o a_o dislike_n and_o displeasure_n thereof_o without_o reference_n unto_o the_o key_n 4._o that_o confession_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v hold_v in_o secret_a all_o of_o which_o be_v condemn_v at_o the_o meeting_n and_o that_o condemnation_n ratify_v at_o rome_n and_o that_o ratification_n insert_v for_o the_o worth_n thereof_o into_o the_o extravagant_n by_o sixtus_n iu._n this_o opinion_n than_o can_v no_o soon_o peep_v out_o but_o it_o be_v cut_v off_o by_o such_o as_o in_o those_o age_n strike_v the_o stroke_n it_o remain_v now_o that_o we_o examine_v the_o ground_n of_o such_o censure_n and_o condemnation_n some_o of_o the_o theologue_n that_o stand_v for_o divine_a institution_n allege_v christ_n direction_n to_o the_o leper_n 17.14_o luke_n 17.14_o go_v show_v yourselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n i_o say_v some_o not_o all_o for_o the_o more_o judicious_a have_v lay_v aside_o this_o leaden_a weapon_n but_o that_o some_o which_o gape_v more_o after_o the_o froth_n of_o allegory_n that_o the_o clear_a stream_n of_o the_o literal_a and_o genuinous_a sense_n have_v somewhat_o esteem_v thereof_o as_o haymo_n for_o that_o not_o only_a sin_n must_v be_v confess_v to_o the_o priest_n 401._o quia_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la confiteri_fw-la debent_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la corum_fw-la consilium_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la &_o satisfactionem_fw-la veniae_fw-la suscipere_fw-la recte_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ire_fw-la ostendite_fw-la &_o vice_fw-la enim_fw-la dei_fw-la peccata_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la pandenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o inxta_fw-la ill●um_fw-la consilium_fw-la poententia_fw-la ageada_fw-la qui_fw-la ergo_fw-la babet_fw-la lepram_fw-la p●ccati_fw-la in_o anima_fw-la debet_fw-la ●enir●●ad_n sacerdotem_fw-la &_o ci_fw-fr humil●ter_fw-la peccata_fw-la consiteri_fw-la haym_n domin_n 14._o post_n perteco_v p._n 401._o but_o moreover_o that_o by_o their_o advice_n penance_n and_o satisfaction_n of_o pardon_n must_v be_v obtain_v it_o be_v well_o say_v go_v show_v yourselves_o unto_o the_o priest_n for_o unto_o the_o priest_n instead_o of_o god_n be_v sin_n to_o be_v open_v and_o penance_n at_o their_o discretion_n to_o be_v impose_v and_o a_o little_a after_o the_o man_n that_o have_v the_o leprosy_n of_o sin_n in_o his_o soul_n aught_o to_o resort_v unto_o the_o priest_n and_o humble_o make_v confession_n of_o his_o sin_n thus_o haymo_n have_v lay_v a_o weak_a load_n upon_o a_o weak_a back_n yet_o such_o be_v the_o weakness_n of_o our_o rhemist_n 17.14_o rhemist_n annot_n in_o luke_n 17.14_o judgement_n that_o they_o think_v it_o worthy_a to_o furnish_v a_o annotation_n and_o in_o good_a sadness_n tell_v we_o that_o by_o leprosy_n be_v mean_v sin_n to_o be_v heal_v by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o by_o show_v confession_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n quote_v a_o book_n of_o saint_n augustine_n as_n true_o 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nos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la missos_fw-la leprosos●à_fw-la christo_fw-la ad_fw-la sacer_n lote_v ut_fw-la illis_fw-la peccata_fw-la sva_fw-la confitere●tur_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la veteri_fw-la cogaitio_fw-la lep●ae_fw-la corporalis_fw-la ità_fw-la in_o nova_fw-la cogaitio_fw-la lep●e_fw-la sp●ritualis_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la pertinet_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la poen_fw-mi c._n 3._o to_o confess_v their_o sin_n unto_o they_o but_o as_o in_o the_o old_a law_n the_o leprosy_n of_o the_o body_n be_v of_o priestly_a cognizance_n so_o in_o the_o new_a spiritual-leprosie_n be_v to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o

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

sentio_fw-la roffens_n contr_n luth._o art_n 32._o p._n 317._o but_o profess_v his_o consent_n herein_o with_o luther_n that_o venial_a sin_n be_v only_o venial_a from_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n and_o in_o that_o respect_n may_v all_o ot●er_a sin_n be_v venial_a too_o as_o capable_a of_o divine_a mercy_n so_o venial_a sin_n have_v no_o prerogative_n that_o way_n nor_o may_v for_o that_o cause_n be_v just_o exempt_v from_o auricular_a confession_n for_o reserve_v case_n wherein_o sin_n of_o the_o great_a magnitude_n be_v make_v over_o to_o the_o pope_n and_o whereby_o they_o shut_v up_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n before_o man_n without_o be_v open_v by_o a_o golden_a key_n we_o have_v little_a to_o say_v save_o consider_v the_o great_a expense_n tedious_a journey_n continual_a delay_n whereby_o much_o treasure_n be_v exhaust_v forth_o of_o this_o land_n and_o many_o of_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n make_v slave_n we_o be_v to_o bless_v our_o god_n that_o this_o antichristian_a yoke_n be_v cast_v off_o the_o tyranny_n overthrow_v and_o ourselves_o deliver_v from_o a_o more_o than_o egyptian_a servitude_n and_o while_o the_o matter_n be_v propose_v and_o scan_v at_o trent_n 283._o rem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la perspicuae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la à_fw-la nullo_n patrum_fw-la mentionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la fact●m_fw-la ●amò_fw-la durandum_fw-la gersonem_fw-la &_o cajetanum_n magni_fw-la nominis_fw-la viros_fw-la affirmare_fw-la non_fw-la peccata_fw-la sed_fw-la censuras_fw-la modò_fw-la pontificis_fw-la judicio_fw-la reservatas_fw-la colonienses_fw-la theologi_fw-la affirmantes_fw-la neminem_fw-la ex_fw-la antiquis_fw-la scriptoribus_fw-la reservationis_fw-la m●minisse_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o casu_fw-la publicorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la certè_fw-la haereticos_fw-la choose_fw-la accusare_fw-la tanquam_fw-la pecuniarum_fw-la aucupes_fw-la hist_o council_n trid._n l._n 4._o p._n 283._o the_o divine_n of_o louvain_n object_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o 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s●creta_fw-la &_o arcana_fw-la expiscanda_fw-la artificiosè_fw-la contextam_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la aegris_fw-la medicina_fw-la vulneratis_fw-la conscientiis_fw-la opobalsamum_n contritis_fw-la solatium_fw-la solidum_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la prossit_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la au●um_fw-la &_o argentum_fw-la indè_fw-la conflentur_fw-la omniaque_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la lucrum_fw-la coavertantur_fw-la mason_n the_o minister_n anglic._n lib._n 5._o c._n 12._o but_o upon_o far_o more_o likely_a and_o better_a reason_n i_o shall_v conclude_v these_o exception_n with_o the_o say_n of_o a_o able_a divine_a at_o home_n auricular_a confession_n as_o it_o be_v use_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v almost_o nothing_o else_o but_o a_o net_n artificial_o weave_v to_o fish_v after_o and_o comprehend_v the_o secret_a and_o hide_a thing_n of_o man_n nor_o be_v it_o so_o use_v as_o to_o afford_v physic_n to_o the_o disease_a or_o precious_a balm_n for_o wound_a 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gemitu_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la suis_fw-la culpis_fw-la b._n confessor_n domini_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la exoraret_fw-la hist_o lib._n 4._o sect._n 21._o and_o become_v a_o earnest_a suitor_n to_o that_o confessor_n to_o become_v a_o mean_a for_o mercy_n for_o he_o but_o whether_o saint_n martin_n take_v that_o course_n

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

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 efficientiae_fw-la privilegium_fw-la manet_fw-la cypr._n tract_n de_fw-mi bapt_v chr._n whether_o it_o be_v give_v by_o baptism_n or_o by_o other_o sacrament_n be_v proper_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o privilege_n of_o effect_v this_o remain_v unto_o he_o alone_o so_o much_o for_o the_o three_o mean_v wherein_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v exercise_v viz._n in_o the_o due_a administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n censure_n 4._o by_o excommunication_n &_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n the_o four_o and_o last_o thing_n wherein_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n be_v discern_v consist_v in_o the_o interdiction_n and_o relaxation_n of_o public_a censure_n therefore_o divine_v refer_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o key_n make_v unto_o peter_n matth._n 16._o to_o the_o ministry_n and_o preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n 2._o illa_fw-la deligando_fw-la &_o solvendo_fw-la petro_n facta_fw-la promissio_fw-la non_fw-la aliò_fw-la debet_fw-la r●s●●●i_fw-la qu●m_fw-la ad_fw-la u●●bi_fw-la ministerium_fw-la locus_fw-la matth._n 18._o ad_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la excommunicatiom_n p●rtinet_fw-la quae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la promissa_fw-la est_fw-la calvin_n instit_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 11._o sect._n 1_o 2._o and_o the_o mention_n of_o the_o key_n to_o be_v grant_v again_o matth._n 18._o to_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n and_o excommunication_n the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n be_v

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 his_o reign_n a._n d._n m._n xix_o 2._o cnat_fw-la rex_fw-la cùm_fw-la viginti_fw-la annos_fw-la regnass●t_fw-la vivere_fw-la destitit_fw-la apud_fw-la scaftesbirch_n hen._n hunt_n p._n 208._o 2._o or_o two_o year_n soon_o according_o to_o florentius_n wigorniensis_n and_o reign_v xx_o year_n in_o great_a power_n and_o justice_n he_o die_v at_o shaftsbury_n and_o lie_v bury_v in_o the_o old_a monastery_n at_o winchester_n among_o the_o law_n of_o this_o king_n canutus_n or_o knute_n or_o rather_o of_o king_n edgar_n law_n by_o he_o confirm_v and_o to_o be_v observe_v by_o all_o the_o english_a and_o danes_n his_o subject_n these_o be_v find_v 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d §._o 23._o we_o advise_v that_o for_o all_o mortal_a sin_n commit_v through_o diabolicat_a suggestion_n 550._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prostat_fw-la etiam_fw-la apud_fw-la d._n h._n spelman_n pag._n 550._o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o ghostly_a father_n be_v diligent_o observe_v another_o provision_n there_o be_v also_o make_v for_o guilty_a person_n adjudge_v to_o die_v let_v liberty_n be_v grant_v to_o they_o to_o confess_v their_o sin_n to_o the_o p●iest_n arceat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lamb._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d foe_fw-mi ●14_n 2_o §._o 41._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la rei_fw-la capitalis_fw-la damnatus_fw-la confessionem_fw-la anxiè_fw-la cupiverit_fw-la nemo_fw-la illum_fw-la unquam_fw-la arceat_fw-la they_o much_o desire_v the_o same_o and_o a_o pecuniary_a mulct_n impose_v on_o such_o as_o shall_v cross_v or_o hinder_v they_o the_o opportunity_n purget_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la latro_n aut_fw-la alius_fw-la condemnatus_fw-la ad_fw-la mort●m_fw-la quaerit_fw-la confessionem_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la ei_fw-la denegetur_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la fecerit_fw-la regi_fw-la emendet_fw-la aut_fw-la se_fw-la purget_fw-la if_o a_o thief_n or_o any_o other_o person_n condemn_v unto_o death_n desire_v to_o confess_v and_o shrive_v himself_o by_o no_o mean_n let_v it_o be_v deny_v he_o which_o whosoever_o shall_v hinder_v let_v he_o make_v satisfaction_n to_o the_o king_n poenitentialem_fw-la qui_fw-la fornicatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la cum_fw-la alia_fw-la foemina_fw-la vel_fw-la quod_fw-la pejus_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la alia_fw-la conjugata_fw-la faciat_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la librum_fw-la poenitentialem_fw-la or_o purge_v himself_o again_o he_o that_o shall_v commit_v fornication_n with_o a_o woman_n or_o which_o be_v worse_o with_o a_o marry_a wife_n ms._n a_o pascha_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la pentecosten_n nullus_fw-la jejunet_n nisi_fw-la sit_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la pro_fw-la publica_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la r._n cnuti_n leges_fw-la ms._n let_v he_o do_v penance_n according_a to_o the_o penitential_a book_n again_o from_o easter_n unto_o whitsuntide_n let_v no_o man_n fast_o except_o it_o be_v enjoin_v he_o for_o public_a penance_n wherein_o be_v mention_v public_a penance_n and_o the_o penitential_a book_n no_o question_n the_o same_o with_o theodore_n a_o great_a argument_n that_o if_o public_a confession_n sure_a public_a penance_n be_v not_o then_o discontinue_v yea_o so_o precious_a in_o their_o eye_n be_v this_o christian_a practice_n that_o with_o the_o ancient_n english_a no_o religious_a or_o solemn_a act_n be_v undertake_v except_o the_o party_n be_v auspicate_v and_o dedicate_v by_o confession_n ingulphus_n relate_v of_o one_o heward_n a_o saxon_a lord_n groan_v under_o the_o bleed_a tyranny_n of_o the_o norman_a conquest_n for_o redress_v whereof_o have_v raise_v some_o force_n and_o to_o gain_v the_o more_o power_n over_o they_o he_o repair_v to_o a_o religious_a man_n one_o brandon_z then_z abbot_z of_o bury_n supplicavit_n se_fw-la fieri_fw-la legitimum_fw-la militem_fw-la praemissâ_fw-la primitùs_fw-la omnium_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la conf●ssione_n &_o corum_fw-la perceptâ_fw-la absolutione_n supplicavit_n and_o desire_v at_o his_o hand_n to_o be_v admit_v knight_n first_o premise_v confession_n of_o all_o his_o sin_n lond._n anglorum_fw-la erat_fw-la consuctudo_fw-la quòd_fw-la qui_fw-la militiae_fw-la legitimè_fw-la consecrandus_fw-la esset_fw-la vespere_fw-la praecedente_fw-la diem_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la suae_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la vel_fw-la abbatem_fw-la vel_fw-la monachus_fw-la vel_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la aliquem_fw-la contritus_fw-la &_o compunctus_fw-la de_fw-la omaibus_fw-la suis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la confessionem_fw-la saceret_fw-la &_o absolutus_fw-la orationibus_fw-la &_o devotionibus_fw-la &_o afflictionibus_fw-la d●ditus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la pernoctaret_fw-la in_fw-la crastino_fw-la quoque_fw-la missam_fw-la auditurus_fw-la gladium_fw-la superaltare_fw-la osserret_fw-la &_o post_n eu●ngelium_n sacerdos_n benedictum_fw-la gladium_fw-la collo_fw-la militis_fw-la cum_fw-la benedictione_n imponeret_fw-la &_o communicatus_fw-la ad_fw-la eanden_fw-mi missam_fw-la sacris_fw-la christi_fw-la mysteriis_fw-la denuò_fw-la miles_n permaneret_fw-la ingulph_n 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

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etc._n for_o such_o as_o be_v of_o great_a place_n and_o set_v they_o by_o as_o reserve_v case_n for_o the_o pope_n not_o to_o grant_v absolution_n therein_o but_o at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n and_o that_o upon_o condition_n of_o their_o recovery_n they_o present_v themselves_o at_o rome_n with_o letter_n testimonial_a from_o their_o own_o confessor_n of_o the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o the_o offence_n the_o pope_n it_o seem_v have_v then_o seize_v upon_o fat_a sin_n as_o well_o as_o the_o fat_a of_o the_o land_n this_o constitution_n be_v make_v about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1240._o but_o richard_n surname_v the_o great_a his_o predecessor_n magnus_fw-la a._n d._n 1229._o richardus_fw-la magnus_fw-la and_o one_o that_o shall_v have_v take_v place_n of_o he_o however_o the_o compiler_n of_o the_o constitution_n have_v set_v he_o behind_o for_o he_o be_v sacred_a archbishop_n in_o the_o year_n of_o grace_n mcgxxix_n he_o make_v a_o very_a pious_a and_o necessary_a law_n that_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o soul_n far_o excel_v the_o body_n physician_n be_v strict_o charge_v anima_fw-la cum_fw-la anima_fw-la longè_fw-la pretiosior_fw-la sit_fw-la corpore_fw-la sub_fw-la i●terminatione_fw-la anathematis_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la ne_fw-la quic_fw-la medicorun_n pro_fw-la salute_v corporali_fw-la aliquid_fw-la suadeat_fw-la aegroto_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o periculum_fw-la animae_fw-la convertatur_fw-la ut_fw-la aegrum_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la admoneat_fw-la &_o inducat_fw-la ut_fw-la medicos_fw-la invocet_fw-la animarum_fw-la ut_fw-la postquam_fw-la fuerit_fw-la infirmo_fw-la de_fw-la spirituali_fw-la provisum_fw-la medicamine_fw-la ad_fw-la corporalis_fw-la medicinae_fw-la remedium_fw-la salubrius_fw-la procedatur_fw-la linwood_n lib._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remiss_a cap._n cum_fw-la anima_fw-la sub_fw-la interminatione_fw-la anathematis_fw-la under_o pain_n of_o the_o church_n ban_n &_o curse_n to_o recommend_v no_o such_o thing_n unto_o their_o patient_n for_o the_o recovery_n of_o their_o bodily_a health_n which_o may_v not_o be_v undertake_v without_o danger_n to_o the_o soul_n but_o before_o all_o thing_n to_o exhort_v they_o to_o send_v for_o the_o soul-physician_n and_o after_o spiritual_a physic_n have_v be_v prescribe_v and_o provide_v and_o administer_v to_o the_o soul_n then_o to_o proceed_v in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n to_o give_v physic_n to_o the_o body_n a_o canon_n which_o if_o due_o observe_v by_o our_o physician_n i_o be_o persuade_v their_o physic_n will_v work_v much_o better_a than_o it_o do_v but_o now_o the_o spiritual_a physician_n be_v hardly_o think_v of_o and_o his_o visit_n account_v ominous_a as_o if_o sin_n be_v not_o worth_a the_o heal_n or_o he_o want_v the_o power_n and_o cunning_a for_o after_o luke_n the_o physician_n and_o zeno_n the_o lawyer_n we_o send_v for_o barnabas_n the_o son_n of_o consolation_n when_o the_o soul_n be_v senseless_a of_o his_o help_n and_o ghostly_a comfort_n bonifacius_n uncle_n to_o 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