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brother_n a_o impartial_a judge_n will_v soon_o determine_v that_o the_o double_a relation_n of_o brother_n and_o magistrate_n weigh_v down_o the_o single_a and_o naked_a relation_n of_o a_o brother_n etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la suprà _fw-la for_o answer_v unto_o this_o distinguish_v we_o of_o a_o twofold_a acception_n of_o scandal_n primary_n and_o secundary_a first_o primary_n and_o so_o it_o be_v a_o occasion_v culpable_o the_o fall_n of_o another_o into_o sin_n second_o secundary_a and_o so_o it_o be_v only_o the_o anger_n vex_v displease_v of_o another_o this_o distinction_n premise_v the_o comparison_n may_v be_v understand_v either_o of_o the_o scandal_n of_o a_o magistrate_n in_o a_o secundary_a acception_n with_o a_o scandal_n of_o one_o who_o be_v only_o a_o brother_n in_o a_o secundary_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n too_o or_o else_o of_o the_o scandal_n of_o a_o magistrate_n in_o a_o secundary_a acception_n with_o the_o scandal_n of_o a_o brother_n in_o a_o primary_n acception_n or_o 3._o of_o the_o scandal_n of_o a_o magistrate_n in_o a_o primary_n acception_n with_o the_o scandal_n of_o a_o brother_n in_o a_o primary_n acception_n also_o first_o if_o the_o comparison_n be_v on_o both_o side_n to_o be_v understand_v of_o scandal_n take_v in_o a_o secondary_a sense_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o the_o scandal_n of_o the_o magistrate_n be_v more_o dangerous_a than_o that_o of_o one_o who_o be_v only_o a_o brother_n for_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n be_v as_o the_o messenger_n of_o death_n prov._n 16._o 14._o as_o the_o roar_n of_o a_o lion_n prov._n 19_o 12._o in_o indifferent_a thing_n than_o it_o will_v be_v our_o safe_a course_n to_o anger_v a_o brother_n rather_o than_o to_o displease_v the_o magistrate_n but_o this_o acception_n of_o scandal_n be_v impertinent_a unto_o our_o purpose_n and_o
instruction_n or_o else_o some_o opinion_n or_o practice_v whereunto_o they_o have_v be_v long_o accustom_v may_v cast_v such_o a_o mist_n before_o their_o weak_a judgement_n as_o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v able_a present_o to_o apprehend_v the_o reason_n that_o be_v give_v of_o the_o action_n at_o which_o they_o stumble_v and_o we_o shall_v so_o far_o pity_v the_o simplicity_n of_o such_o poor_a soul_n as_o to_o abstain_v from_o that_o which_o scandalize_v they_o if_o by_o such_o abstinence_n there_o accrue_v not_o to_o we_o any_o great_a loss_n or_o inconvenience_n this_o be_v observe_v by_o cajetan_a upon_o aquinas_n 2._o 2_o dae_n q._n 43._o art_n 7._o ubi_fw-la dicitur_fw-la inquit_fw-la articulo_fw-la 7_o mo_z de_fw-fr scandalo_fw-la pusillorum_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d redditam_fw-la rationem_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la scandalum_fw-la duret_fw-la jam_fw-la videtur_fw-la ex_fw-la malitiâ_fw-la esse_fw-la adverto_o quod_fw-la author_n non_fw-la assertivo_fw-la verbo_fw-la utitur_fw-la sed_fw-la opinativo_fw-la dicendo_fw-la jam_fw-la videtur_fw-la ex_fw-la malitiâ_fw-la esse_fw-la potest_fw-la siquidem_fw-la contingere_fw-la quod_fw-la pusilli_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la capaces_fw-la rationis_fw-la redditae_fw-la vel_fw-la propter_fw-la pristinam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la quae_fw-la facit_fw-la apparere_fw-la dissonum_fw-la quod_fw-la veritati_fw-la consonat_fw-la vel_fw-la propter_fw-la rationem_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la magis_fw-la apparentem_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquod_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la quia_fw-la malitia_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la scandalum_fw-la sed_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la vel_fw-la infirmitas_fw-la quamvis_fw-la reddita_fw-la sit_fw-la ratio_fw-la cessandum_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la non_fw-la necessariis_fw-la cajetan_n in_o 2._o 2._o 0._o 43._o etc._n etc._n whereas_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o seven_o article_n touch_v the_o scandal_n of_o the_o weak_a if_o after_o a_o reason_n give_v the_o scandal_n do_v still_o remain_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o malice_n you_o must_v note_v the_o author_n do_v not_o use_v verbo_fw-la assertivo_fw-la sed_fw-la opinativo_fw-la say_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o malice_n for_o it_o may_v fall_v out_o that_o the_o weak_a be_v not_o capable_a of_o the_o reason_n that_o be_v render_v either_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o former_a custom_n which_o make_v that_o to_o appear_v discordant_a with_o the_o truth_n or_o for_o some_o reason_n which_o in_o his_o eye_n be_v more_o apparent_a or_o by_o reason_n of_o some_o such_o like_a cause_n and_o then_o it_o be_v not_o out_o of_o malice_n that_o he_o be_v offend_v but_o out_o of_o ignorance_n and_o infirmity_n after_o cajetan_n petrus_n de_fw-fr lorica_fw-la do_v roundly_o and_o full_o express_v the_o matter_n verum_fw-la est_fw-la say_v he_o quoth_v cajetanus_n advertit_fw-la scandalum_fw-la pusillorum_fw-la perseverare_fw-la posse_fw-la adhuc_fw-la postquam_fw-la reddita_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la facti_fw-la vel_fw-la quia_fw-la rationem_fw-la non_fw-la capiunt_fw-la ob_fw-la mentis_fw-la tarditatem_fw-la vel_fw-la ob_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la diu_fw-la firmatam_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la casu_fw-la docet_fw-la cajetanus_n 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la actionem_fw-la ex_fw-la quâ_fw-la scandalum_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la vel_fw-la differendam_fw-la donec_fw-la ad_fw-la saniorem_fw-la mentem_fw-la venerint_fw-la quòd_fw-la solùm_fw-la verum_fw-la si_fw-la actio_fw-la omitti_fw-la potest_fw-la 〈◊〉_d jacturâ_fw-la nostrae_fw-la utilitatis_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la magna_fw-la utilitas_fw-la temporalis_fw-la vel_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la interveniat_fw-la contemni_fw-la potest_fw-la scandalum_fw-la pusillorum_fw-la postquam_fw-la sufficienter_fw-la admoniti_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o the_o next_o place_n i_o will_v recite_v a_o limitation_n of_o gregory_n de_fw-fr valentia_n that_o come_v under_o this_o head_n and_o be_v very_o remarkable_a have_v lay_v down_o a_o rule_n that_o for_o avoid_v the_o scandal_n of_o our_o neighbour_n which_o spring_v either_o from_o his_o ignorance_n or_o weakness_n it_o behoove_v we_o by_o the_o obligation_n of_o charity_n to_o do_v or_o omit_v that_o which_o may_v be_v do_v or_o leave_v undo_v without_o sin_n he_o afterward_o put_v this_o exception_n est_fw-la autem_fw-la animadvertendum_fw-la hanc_fw-la regulam_fw-la intelligi_fw-la debere_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la fieri_fw-la aut_fw-la omitti_fw-la possit_fw-la non_fw-la quom_fw-la docunque_fw-la sed_fw-la moralitèr_fw-la attentâ_fw-la svavitate_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o jugo_fw-la legum_fw-la divinarum_fw-la idest_fw-la quod_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la fieri_fw-la aut_fw-la omitti_fw-la possit_fw-la sine_fw-la maxima_fw-la etiam_fw-la aliqua_fw-la &_o penè_fw-la intolerabili_fw-la 〈◊〉_d spectata_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la conditione_n 〈◊〉_d &c_n &c_n and_o indeed_o i_o think_v he_o speak_v reasonable_o for_o improbable_a seem_v it_o that_o the_o sweet_a moderation_n which_o be_v in_o the_o yoke_n of_o divine_a law_n shall_v consist_v with_o so_o great_a a_o rigour_n as_o in_o all_o matter_n whatsoever_o not_o simple_o unlawful_a to_o exact_v not_o only_o a_o brotherly_a but_o also_o a_o servile_a compliancy_n with_o every_o suppose_a weak_a one_o who_o weakness_n may_v be_v but_o pretend_v by_o those_o that_o be_v willing_a to_o speak_v favourable_o of_o they_o for_o the_o humour_v and_o content_v of_o every_o suppose_a weakling_n in_o all_o matter_n at_o which_o he_o take_v offence_n i_o conceive_v not_o myself_o bind_v to_o endanger_v my_o life_n to_o hazard_v my_o estate_n and_o fortune_n or_o to_o incur_v any_o other_o great_a or_o notable_a inconvenience_n for_o that_o will_v true_o be_v durus_fw-la sermo_fw-la a_o hard_a say_n who_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v it_o but_o now_o against_o this_o may_v be_v object_v the_o resolution_n of_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 8._o 13._o if_o meat_n make_v my_o brother_n to_o offend_v i_o will_v eat_v no_o flesh_n while_o the_o world_n stand_v lest_o i_o make_v my_o brother_n to_o offend_v flesh_n be_v of_o great_a expediency_n for_o the_o nourishment_n of_o man_n life_n and_o yet_o paul_n resolve_v upon_o a_o perpetual_a abstinence_n therefrom_o in_o case_n of_o scandal_n consequent_a and_o this_o example_n of_o paul_n be_v obligatory_a unto_o all_o christian_n for_o answer_v first_o this_o flesh_n may_v be_v understand_v only_o of_o such_o as_o be_v sacrifice_v unto_o idol_n for_o word_n in_o scripture_n usual_o be_v to_o be_v restrain_v unto_o the_o subject_a matter_n speak_v of_o and_o the_o meat_n and_o flesh_n here_o speak_v of_o in_o the_o context_n be_v such_o as_o have_v be_v offer_v unto_o a_o idol_n second_o calvin_n resolve_v that_o it_o be_v a_o hyperbole_n est_fw-la inquit_fw-la hyperbolica_fw-la locutio_fw-la quia_fw-la vix_fw-la possibile_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quis_fw-la à _fw-la carnibus_fw-la totâ_fw-la vitâ_fw-la abstineat_fw-la siremaneat_a in_o communi_fw-la vitâ_fw-la significat_fw-la tamen_fw-la se_fw-la 〈◊〉_d usurum_fw-la potius_fw-la suâ_fw-la libertate_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la fit_a insirmis_fw-la offendiculo_fw-la nunquam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d licitus_fw-la est_fw-la usus_fw-la nisi_fw-la moderatus_fw-la ad_fw-la charitatis_fw-la regulam_fw-la this_o hyperbole_n of_o paul_n you_n may_v parallel_v with_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n 〈◊〉_d 5._o 39_o 40_o 41._o whosoever_o shall_v smite_v thou_o on_o thy_o right_a 〈◊〉_d turn_v to_o he_o the_o other_o also_o and_o if_o any_o man_n will_v sue_v 〈◊〉_d at_o the_o law_n and_o take_v away_o thy_o coat_n let_v he_o have_v thy_o cloak_n also_o and_o 〈◊〉_d shall_v compel_v thou_o to_o go_v a_o mile_n go_v with_o he_o twain_o three_o paul_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v only_o upon_o supposition_n that_o the_o gospel_n shall_v not_o be_v full_o promulgate_v and_o brethren_n shall_v remain_v uninstruct_v concern_v the_o nature_n of_o christian_a liberty_n for_o usual_o it_o be_v in_o this_o case_n only_o that_o to_o eat_v flesh_n involve_v in_o the_o guilt_n of_o a_o active_a scandal_n make_v a_o brother_n to_o offend_v hence_o the_o apostle_n exhort_v the_o strong_a among_o the_o roman_n to_o abstain_v from_o meat_n forbid_v by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n for_o prevention_n of_o the_o scandal_n of_o the_o weak_a but_o among_o the_o galatian_n and_o colossian_n he_o dislike_v such_o a_o abstinence_n and_o dehort_n from_o it_o &_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o his_o 〈◊〉_d carriage_n be_v because_o the_o weak_a among_o the_o roman_n be_v not_o full_o teach_v the_o doctrine_n of_o christian_a liberty_n &_o the_o galatian_n &_o colossian_n be_v julian_n mistake_v the_o apostle_n doctrine_n of_o scâdall_n think_v to_o make_v use_n of_o it_o for_o the_o starve_a of_o the_o christias_n and_o therefore_o in_o antiochia_n and_o in_o the_o region_n round_o about_o he_o dedicate_v all_o the_o sountaine_n to_o the_o goddess_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o cause_v all_o the_o victual_n that_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v in_o market_n place_n to_o be_v sprinkle_v with_o ethnic_a holy_a water_n think_v that_o some_o will_v be_v scandalize_v at_o the_o drink_n of_o the_o water_n of_o such_o fountain_n and_o at_o the_o eat_n of_o such_o victual_n and_o that_o the_o apostle_n doctrine_n oblige_v all_o to_o forbear_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o scandal_n nevertheless_a christian_n without_o scruple_n of_o conscience_n drink_v of_o the_o water_n that_o be_v in_o the_o