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non_fw-la omnem_fw-la formidinem_fw-la pellat_fw-la tamen_fw-la tollit_fw-la omnem_fw-la anxietatem_fw-la &_o haesitationem_fw-la progrediuntur_fw-la alii_fw-la quidam_fw-la romani_fw-la ulterius_fw-la &_o certitudinem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la aliam_fw-la minorem_fw-la quidem_fw-la certitudine_fw-la fidei_fw-la divinae_fw-la conjecturali_fw-la tamen_fw-la majorem_fw-la quam_fw-la certitudinem_fw-la moralem_fw-la appellandam_fw-la censent_fw-la admittunt_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la nullam_fw-la habeant_fw-la de_fw-la sva_fw-la justificatione_n formidinem_fw-la deceptionis_fw-la the_o pharisee_n very_o confident_a luk._n 18.11_o go_v home_n unjustified_a the_o publican_n very_o fearful_a justify_v and_o so_o the_o leper_n believe_v christ_n power_n but_o doubt_v his_o good_a pleasure_n si_fw-la vis_fw-la potes_fw-la yet_o be_v cleanse_v matt._n 8.2_o head_n xvii_o concern_v sin_n venial_a and_o mortal_a mortal_a concern_v sin_n venial_a and_o mortal_a the_o catholic_n doctrine_n be_v 1._o that_o 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per_fw-la defectum_fw-la contritionis_fw-la est_fw-la valida_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la iteranda_fw-la &_o erit_fw-la eye_v fructuosa_fw-la quando_fw-la ascendent_a adcor_fw-la altum_fw-la ut_fw-la habeant_fw-la peccatum_fw-la pro_fw-la summo_fw-la odibili_fw-la &_o summo_fw-la vitabili_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v more_o in_o the_o author_n card._n lugo_n de_fw-fr sacramentis_fw-la disp_n 9_o §_o 6._o sicut_fw-la baptismus_fw-la ablato_fw-la obice_fw-la remittit_fw-la priora_fw-la peccata_fw-la sic_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la paenitentiae_fw-la remittit_fw-la sva_fw-la ablato_fw-la obice_fw-la nulla_fw-la certe_fw-la ratio_fw-la excogitari_fw-la potest_fw-la ad_fw-la negandum_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la sacramento_n panitentiae_fw-la si_fw-la concedatur_fw-la de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la &_o supponatur_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la paenitentiae_fw-la validum_fw-la &_o inform_v again_o licet_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la paenitentiae_fw-la sit_fw-la reiterabile_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la obligatio_fw-la reiterandi_fw-la illud_fw-la circa_fw-la eadem_fw-la peccata_fw-la semel_fw-la valide_fw-la subjecta_fw-la clavibus_fw-la unde_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la daret_fw-la postea_fw-la effectum_fw-la ablato_fw-la obice_fw-la illa_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la dimitterentur_fw-la directe_v per_fw-la clave_n ecclesiae_fw-la neque_fw-la esset_fw-la obligatio_fw-la ea_fw-la confitendi_fw-la ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la finem_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la vipraesentis_fw-la institutionis_fw-la videtur_fw-la absurdum_fw-la 4_o that_o therefore_o where_o no_o such_o worthy_a repentance_n and_o due_a contrition_n or_o godly_a sorrow_n precede_v such_o absolution_n these_o penance_n though_o do_v after_o absolution_n have_v the_o self_n same_o operation_n and_o concurrence_n to_o produce_v such_o contrition_n and_o to_o procure_v our_o justification_n and_o the_o forementioned_a remission_n of_o sin_n and_o eternal_a punishment_n and_o be_v as_o necessary_a for_o this_o effect_n as_o if_o do_v before_o and_o till_o this_o effect_v be_v for_o this_o very_a thing_n prescribe_v by_o the_o church_n or_o be_v to_o be_v voluntary_o undertake_v by_o sinner_n as_o the_o principal_a end_n to_o which_o they_o tend_v and_o for_o which_o they_o be_v impose_v or_o recommend_v to_o christian_a practice_n therefore_o the_o baptist_n call_v for_o these_o digni_fw-la fructus_fw-la paenitentiae_fw-la in_o order_n to_o escape_v ira_fw-la ventura_fw-la i._n e._n hell_n fire_n and_o the_o eternal_a punishment_n of_o sin_n see_v matt._n 3.7_o 8._o comp_n 10_o 11_o and_o as_o protestant_n much_o urge_v so_o catholic_n willing_o grant_v that_o the_o father_n do_v make_v frequent_a mention_n of_o the_o necessity_n and_o prevalency_n with_o god_n of_o our_o penance_n and_o satisfaction_n in_o relation_n to_o these_o effect_n χ._n χ._fw-la council_n trident._n sess_n 14.8_o cap._n debent_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la domini_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v η._n ne_o si_fw-fr forte_fw-fr peccatis_fw-la conniveant_fw-la &_o indulgentius_fw-la cum_fw-la paenitentibus_fw-la agant_fw-la levissima_fw-la quaedam_fw-la opera_fw-la pro_fw-la gravissimis_fw-la delictis_fw-la injungendo_fw-la alienorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la participes_fw-la efficiantur_fw-la now_o how_o can_v the_o priest_n be_v so_o if_o due_a penance_n not_o require_v i_o mean_v as_o necessary_a predisposition_n and_o as_o concur_v to_o effect_v a_o due_a contrition_n to_o absolution_n from_o the_o sin_n estius_n 4._o sent._n disp_n 15._o §_o 10._o quod_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la etiam_fw-la subsequens_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la respicere_fw-la debeat_fw-la paenam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la patet_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la est_fw-la pars_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la paenitentiae_fw-la instituti_fw-la ad_fw-la solvenda_fw-la vincula_fw-la mortis_fw-la aeternae_fw-la &_o absolutio_fw-la datur_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la intuitu_fw-la contritionis_fw-la &_o confessionis_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la factae_fw-la vel_fw-la faciendae_fw-la cum_fw-la igitur_fw-la paenitentem_fw-la absolvat_fw-la sacerdos_n a_o paena_fw-la aeterna_fw-la consequens_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la genere_fw-la atque_fw-la ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la effectum_fw-la valere_fw-la sicut_fw-la contritionem_fw-la &_o confessionem_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la omnino_fw-la aequaliter_fw-la and_o so_o bellarm._n de_fw-fr paenit_fw-la 1._o l._n 5._o c._n at_o quae_fw-la contumelia_fw-la christo_fw-la esse_fw-la potest_fw-la si_fw-la dicamus_fw-la meritum_fw-la passionis_fw-la ejus_fw-la esse_fw-la veram_fw-la atque_fw-la unicam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la medicinam_fw-la eamque_fw-la applicari_fw-la per_fw-la verbum_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la contritionem_fw-la &_o confessionem_fw-la ac_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la propositam_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la medicinam_fw-la recipiendam_fw-la rite_n praeparantur_fw-la here_o be_v praeparatio_fw-la per_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la ad_fw-la applicandum_fw-la meritum_fw-la passionis_fw-la medicinam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la estius_n ibid._n satisfactio_fw-la christi_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la sufficientissima_fw-la ad_fw-la tollendam_fw-la omnem_fw-la paenam_fw-la sed_fw-la divinitus_fw-la sic_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la ut_fw-la ista_fw-la nobis_fw-la non_fw-la applicetur_fw-la ne_fw-la quidem_fw-la ad_fw-la solutionem_fw-la paenae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la nisi_fw-la &_o ipsipe_a opera_fw-la quaedam_fw-la paenalia_fw-la christo_fw-la compatiamur_fw-la again_o sunt_fw-la conditione_n quaedam_fw-la paenales_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la nostra_fw-la requisitae_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la passio_fw-la &_o mors_fw-la christi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la plenissima_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la tollendum_fw-la reatum_fw-la paenae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la applicetur_fw-la ibid._n §_o 14._o quarta_fw-la utilitas_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la propriae_fw-la est_fw-la placatio_fw-la irae_fw-la divinae_fw-la super_fw-la peccatis_fw-la commissis_fw-la sive_fw-la relaxatio_fw-la paenarum_fw-la temporalium_fw-la adhuc_fw-la debitarum_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la paenae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la juxta_fw-la sensum_fw-la in_o superioribus_fw-la explicatum_fw-la i._n e._n per_fw-la modum_fw-la conditionis_fw-la etc._n etc._n apply_v to_o this_o the_o apostle_n word_n 2._o cor._n 7._o quae_fw-la secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la tristitia_fw-la est_fw-la paenitentiam_fw-la in_o salutem_fw-la stabilem_fw-la operatur_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr paenit_fw-la 4._o l._n 12._o c._n concurrunt_fw-la &_o prosunt_fw-la nostra_fw-la opera_fw-la paenalia_fw-la ad_fw-la culpae_fw-la remissionem_fw-la &_o mortis_fw-la aeternoe_n liberationem_fw-la ut_fw-la dispositiones_fw-la etc._n etc._n sicut_fw-la actus_fw-la fidei_fw-la see_v ibid._n c._n 14._o §_o ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la 2._o l._n 12._o c._n de_fw-fr bonis_fw-la operibus_fw-la 3._o l._n 3._o c._n vere_n enim_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la eleemosynae_fw-la now_o it_o be_v the_o same_o of_o other_o penal_a work_n fast_v &c_n &c_n partim_fw-la ut_fw-la dispositiones_fw-la ad_fw-la justificationem_fw-la peccatum_fw-la etiam_fw-la quoad_fw-la culpam_fw-la svo_fw-la modo_fw-la delent_fw-la dum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la impetrant_fw-la justificationis_fw-la partim_fw-la post_fw-la acceptam_fw-la remissionem_fw-la culpae_fw-la satisfaciunt_fw-la pro_fw-la poena_fw-la temporali_fw-la and_o cap._n 4._o eleemosyna_fw-la dispositio_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la justificationis_fw-la si_fw-la fiat_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la paenitentiam_fw-la agere_fw-la incipit_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la dei_fw-la motione_fw-la &_o auxilio_fw-la speciali_fw-la de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la fructu_fw-la loquor_fw-la solomon_n prov._n 16.6_o luk._n 11.41_o 19.8_o comp_n 9_o act._n 10_o 4._o neither_o since_o the_o regain_v amity_n of_o god_n and_o remission_n of_o eternal_a torment_n be_v infinite_o more_o valuable_a than_o the_o remission_n of_o the_o temporal_a can_v it_o be_v imagine_v but_o that_o god_n require_v these_o our_o humiliation_n and_o mortification_n as_o well_o for_o obtain_v of_o the_o first_o as_o of_o the_o second_o or_o that_o the_o ancient_a discipline_n in_o require_v the_o performance_n of_o these_o penance_n from_o lapse_v sinner_n in_o order_n to_o procure_v god_n favour_n pardon_v of_o their_o sin_n and_o freedom_n from_o hell_n before_o the_o absolve_v they_o from_o such_o sin_n and_o restore_v they_o to_o the_o church_n communion_n herein_o mis-applied_n they_o though_o that_o must_v be_v always_o remember_v which_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n have_v declare_v sess_n 6._o c._n 14._o that_o in_o respect_n of_o these_o they_o be_v not_o satisfaction_n since_o they_o have_v no_o proportionable_a worth_n at_o all_o to_o they_o nor_o yet_o be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o person_n by_o grace_n inhabitant_n render_v acceptable_a to_o god_n but_o be_v only_a condition_n and_o predisposition_n in_o we_o for_o obtain_v the_o application_n of_o christ_n all-sufficient_a satisfaction_n 5_o that_o therefore_o though_o now_o in_o late_a time_n wherein_o all_o the_o faithful_a those_o also_o persist_v in_o the_o state_n of_o justification_n yet_o do_v frequent_o and_o beneficial_o repair_v to_o confession_n not_o without_o good_a cause_n move_v thereto_o the_o performance_n of_o such_o penance_n from_o great_a sinner_n be_v not_o usual_o exact_v as_o ancient_o before_o sacerdotal_a absolution_n and_o admission_n to_o communion_n yet_o still_o where_o there_o be_v great_a doubt_n of_o some_o defect_n in_o the_o penitent_n contrition_n for_o the_o perfect_a thereof_o absolution_n and_o approach_v to_o the_o eucharist_n be_v by_o prudent_a confessor_n for_o some_o time_n suspend_v and_o the_o performance_n of_o such_o penance_n discreet_o premise_v λ._n λ._fw-la layman_n 5._o l._n 6._o tract_n 4._o c._n si_fw-mi paenitens_fw-la post_fw-la dvas_fw-la aut_fw-la tres_fw-la confessiones_fw-la eandem_fw-la peccati_fw-la speciem_fw-la eodem_fw-la vel_fw-la majori_fw-la numero_fw-la adferat_fw-la &_o nullus_fw-la emendationis_fw-la conatus_fw-la ante_fw-la cessisse_fw-la videatur_fw-la hoc_fw-la casu_fw-la differenda_fw-la erit_fw-la
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of_o the_o temporal_a sword_n the_o church_n can_v never_o in_o any_o difference_n that_o happen_v be_v the_o invade_v but_o only_o the_o suffer_a party_n §_o 2_o 2._o therefore_o two_o in_o consequence_n hereof_o they_o hold_v that_o the_o subordination_n of_o ecclesiastical_a government_n such_o as_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o exclusion_n of_o heresy_n and_o schism_n and_o conservation_n of_o the_o church_n unity_n uniformity_n and_o peace_n throughout_o several_a nation_n and_o these_o which_o be_v institute_v by_o christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n or_o be_v afterward_o establish_v in_o the_o church_n catholic_n by_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n make_v by_o the_o chief_a representative_a thereof_o i_o mean_v such_o canon_n as_o can_v no_o way_n be_v just_o pretend_v to_o do_v any_o wrong_n to_o the_o civil_a government_n they_o hold_v that_o such_o subordination_n of_o church-government_n can_v just_o be_v change_v nor_o the_o observance_n of_o such_o constitution_n be_v abrogate_a or_o 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