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A07190 The avthoritie of the Chvrch in making canons and constitutions concerning things indifferent and the obedience thereto required: with particular application to the present estate of the Church of England. Deliuered in a sermon preached in the Greene yard at Norwich the third Sunday after Trinitie. 1605. By Fran. Mason, Bacheler of Diuinitie, and sometime fellow of Merton College in Oxford. And now in sundrie points by him enlarged. Mason, Francis, 1566?-1621. 1607 (1607) STC 17595; ESTC S112385 61,269 101

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sparsim_fw-la disseruerat_fw-la de_fw-la ritibus_fw-la caluinus_n in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la see_v calvin_n and_o gualther_n upon_o this_o place_n uz._n verse_n 36._o the_o explication_n of_o the_o word_n v_o 34._o 34._o 1._o cor._n 10._o 31._o 31._o 1._o cor._n 14._o 16._o 16._o 1._o cor._n 10._o 32._o the_o general_a use_n of_o this_o text_n text_n regula_n est_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la externam_fw-la 〈…〉_z ibid._n the_o first_o observation_n heb._n 9_o 10._o levit._n 11._o 7._o 7._o cal._n inst_n lib._n 4._o 3._o 16._o 16._o exod._n 20._o 8_o isaiah_n 58._o 13._o 13._o colos._n 2._o 16._o 17._o 17._o reu._n 1._o 10._o 10._o act._n 20._o 7._o 1._o cor._n 16._o 1._o 2._o 2._o matth._n 28._o 19_o 20._o 20._o luke_n 22._o 19_o 19_o 1._o cor._n 11._o 26._o 26._o 1._o cor._n 9_o 16._o 16._o matth._n 26._o 27._o 29._o 29._o cal._n inst._n 4._o 17._o 43._o 43._o gal._n 1._o 8._o 8._o calvin_n in._n 4._o 10._o 30._o t._n c._n vide_fw-la d._n white_a archb._n tract_n 2._o pag._n 86._o 86._o haec_fw-la indifferentia_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la libertate_fw-la posita_fw-la cal._n inst._n 4._o 17._o 43._o the_o second_o observation_n observation_n admon_n &_o t._n c._n vide_fw-la arch._n whit._fw-la pag._n 596._o &_o deinceps_fw-la deinceps_fw-la eccles._n dis_fw-fr fol._n 100_o si_fw-mi de_fw-fr colore_fw-la agitur_fw-la mibi_fw-la quidem_fw-la magis_fw-la decorus_a niger_n colour_n videtur_fw-la videtur_fw-la s._n edw._n cook_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regis_fw-la eccl_n eccl_n rom._n 13._o 1._o 1._o pet._n 2._o 13._o 13._o the_o three_o observation_n rom._n 13._o 4._o compare_v with_o exod._n 22._o 20._o levit_n 24._o 16._o num._n 15._o 35._o deut._n 13._o 5._o 18._o 20._o 20._o non_fw-la permisit_fw-la nobis_fw-la vagam_fw-la effrenemque_fw-la licentiam_fw-la sed_fw-la cancello●_n ut_fw-la ita_fw-la loquar_fw-la circundedit_fw-la cal._n in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la locum_fw-la gal._n 5._o 2._o see_v calvin_n upon_o that_o place_n place_n tertul._n de_fw-fr coron_n militis_fw-la cap._n 3._o 3._o greg._n epist_n lib._n primo_fw-la 41._o in_o tribus_fw-la merfionibus_fw-la personarum_fw-la trinitas_fw-la &_o in_o una_fw-la potes_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la singularitas_fw-la demonstrari_fw-la demonstrari_fw-la insignum_fw-la honestatis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la zipp_n poli_fw-fr eccles_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 12._o symbolum_n innocentiae_fw-la &_o sanctitatis_fw-la zanch._n de_fw-fr open_fw-mi redemp_n cap._n 16._o 1._o thes._n 5._o 22._o 22._o jer._n 8._o 7._o 7._o cicero_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la dear_a lib._n secundo_fw-la secundo_fw-la pro._n 30._o 27._o 27._o cant._n 4._o 12._o 12._o 1._o tim._n 3._o 15._o 15._o cant._n 6._o 9_o the_o four_o observation_n observation_n tametsi_fw-la sint_fw-la obseruatu_fw-la necessariae_fw-la de_fw-la probis_fw-la &_o iust●s_fw-la loquor_fw-la etc._n etc._n ca●●_n just_a 4._o cap._n 10._o s._n 5._o 5._o 1._o johh_o 3._o 5._o 5._o colligere_fw-la promptum_fw-la est_fw-la have_v posteriores_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la habendas_fw-la pro_fw-la humanis_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la fundaetae_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la generali_fw-la mandat●_n &_o liquidam_fw-la approbationem_fw-la babent_fw-la quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la ore_fw-la christi_fw-la cal._n in_o 1._o cor._n 14._o &_o inst_n 4._o 10._o 30._o zanch._n in_o compendio_fw-la loco_fw-la 16._o bez_n ep_n 24._o 24._o rom._n 13._o 1._o 1._o treatise_n of_o ceremony_n ceremony_n act_n for_o uniformity_n uniformity_n where_o it_o be_v destitute_a of_o a_o commandment_n it_o may_v not_o presume_v by_o any_o decree_n to_o restrain_v that_o liberty_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v give_v t._n c._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 152._o 152._o non_fw-la enim_fw-la iura_fw-la dicenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la putanda_fw-la iniqua_fw-la hominum_fw-la constituta_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr ciu._n d._n l._n 19_o cap._n 21._o justum_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la iustum_fw-la est_fw-la grat._n do_v 1._o cap._n 2._o the_o five_o observation_n the_o application_n application_n sir_n edw._n cook_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la reg._n eccles_n folio_fw-la 8._o b._n b._n ibid._n ibid._n act_n for_o uniformity_n uniformity_n anno_fw-la 25._o h._n 8._o 8._o in_o the_o ratification_n of_o the_o canon_n canon_n 1._o timot._fw-la 5._o 22._o 22._o titus_n 1._o 5._o 5._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 3_o 3_o titus_n 15_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o tim._n 5._o 19_o 19_o 1._o tim._n 5._o 22._o 22._o homil._n 2._o in_o ep_n 2._o ad_fw-la timoth._n timoth._n amb._n de_fw-fr dignitate_fw-la sacerdot_n cap._n 3._o 3._o can._n 31._o 31._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la can._n 34._o 34._o t._n c._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 40._o vide_fw-la arch._n pag._n 140._o 140._o can._n 34._o 34._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 21._o 21._o can._n 36._o 36._o we_o agree_v of_o a_o prescript_n form_n of_o prayer_n to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o church_n t._n c._n see_v whitg_n t._n 9_o pag._n 489._o 489._o we_o also_o desire_v a_o uniform_a order_n but_o such_o and_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o we_o have_v before_o declare_v t._n c._n see_v whitg_n pag._n 709._o 709._o quod_fw-la ad_fw-la formulam_fw-la precum_fw-la &_o rituum_fw-la ecclesiast_n valde_fw-la probo_fw-la ut_fw-la certa_fw-la illa_fw-la extet_fw-la à_fw-la qua_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la discedere_fw-la in_o functione_n sua_fw-la non_fw-la liceat_fw-la cal._n add_v protect_v angl._n ep_n 87._o 87._o cal._n ep_n 200._o in_o anglicana_n liturgia_fw-la qualem_fw-la describitis_fw-la multas_fw-la esse_fw-la video_fw-la tolerabiles_fw-la ineptias_fw-la jul._n apol._n lond._n 1591._o pag._n 46._o &_o 170._o procl_n regis_fw-la pro_fw-la uniformitate_fw-la 4._o jac._n 5._o mart._n mart._n calvin_n ad_fw-la protect_v ang._n anno_fw-la 1548._o octobr._n 22._o claudenda_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la janua_fw-la curiosis_fw-la doctrinis_fw-la ratio_fw-la autem_fw-la expedita_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la rem_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la extet_fw-la nen_fw-mi pe_fw-es summa_fw-la quaedam_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la recepta_fw-la quaminter_n pradicandum_fw-la sequantur_fw-la omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la etiam_fw-la obseruandam_fw-la omnes_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o parochi_fw-la iureiurando_fw-la adstririgantur_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la ad_fw-la munus_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la admittatur_fw-la nisi_fw-la spondeat_fw-la illum_fw-la