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but_o he_o offend_v that_o jezabel_n be_v not_o casten_z out_z chap._n xiiii_o the_o answer_n of_o mr._n hooker_n to_o the_o argument_n of_o mr._n rutherfurd_n be_v discuss_v and_o disapproven_v the_o place_n act_n 2._o 37_o 38._o etc._n etc._n and_o magus_n his_o admission_n act._n 8._o 15._o consider_v first_o argument_n in_o the_o first_o receive_v of_o member_n by_o the_o apostle_n there_o be_v but_o a_o profess_a willingness_n to_o receive_v the_o gospel_n howbeit_o seem_v receive_v it_o not_o from_o the_o heart_n m._n h._n answer_v there_o be_v not_o only_o a_o profess_a willingness_n but_o a_o practical_a reformation_n that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o charity_n give_v ground_n of_o hope_n that_o there_o be_v something_o real_a before_o the_o contrary_n appear_v therefore_o peter_n who_o receive_v magus_n upon_o his_o approbation_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o outward_a conformity_n thereunto_o in_o the_o course_n of_o his_o life_n reject_v he_o as_o one_o in_o the_o gall_n of_o 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with_o god_n act_v 2._o 38_o 39_o act._n 15._o 14_o 15._o gen._n 17._o 7._o 2_o cor._n 6._o 16_o 17_o 18._o etc._n etc._n 3_o and_o so_o redeem_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n and_o baptize_v into_o his_o body_n 1_o cor._n 12._o 13._o even_o unto_o christ_n gal._n 3._o 17._o act._n 2._o 38_o 39_o when_o they_o come_v to_o age_n be_v for_o no_o scandal_n unchurch_v and_o because_o they_o can_v give_v evidence_n of_o real_a conversion_n yet_o for_o 60._o or_o 80._o year_n and_o to_o their_o die_a day_n be_v no_o more_o church-member_n than_o pagan_n 2._o how_o can_v you_o baptize_v pagan_n they_o be_v so_o strait_v with_o this_o that_o many_o among_o they_o call_v for_o bishopping_n or_o confirmation_n again_o 3._o how_o be_v it_o that_o you_o once_o baptize_v they_o church-member_n and_o within_o the_o covenant_n and_o so_o baptize_v they_o but_o for_o the_o foresay_a want_n how_o be_v it_o now_o 1_o you_o teach_v exhort_v rebuke_n comfort_v they_o and_o you_o have_v no_o pastoral_n 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ergo_fw-la there_o be_v not_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o a_o synod_n for_o he_o persecute_v james_n peter_n and_o the_o elder_n and_o brethren_n member_n of_o the_o synod_n where_o he_o may_v find_v they_o now_o the_o apostle_n be_v not_o fix_v member_n of_o congregation_n and_o let_v mr._n h._n consider_v whether_o luke_n give_v not_o a_o better_a interpretat_fw-la on_o then_o he_o act._n 83._o saul_n make_v havoc_n of_o the_o church_n enter_v into_o every_o house_n and_o hale_v mâ—n_z and_o woman_n and_o commit_v they_o to_o pâ—ison_n so_o that_o saul_n destroy_v the_o scatter_a member_n that_o be_v nâ—t_o inchurch_v and_o where_o he_o find_v any_o of_o this_o way_n act._n 9_o 2._o whether_o member_n of_o a_o congregation_n or_o not_o even_o member_n of_o divers_a meeting_n under_o one_o presbytery_n as_o he_o grant_v he_o persecute_v they_o and_o by_o this_o the_o church_n at_o jerusalem_n act._n 11._o 22._o must_v be_v church_n congregational_a at_o jerusalem_n and_o act._n 2._o the_o lord_n add_v to_o the_o church_n such_o as_o shall_v be_v save_v that_o be_v the_o lord_n add_v to_o divers_a independent_a congregation_n such_o as_o shall_v be_v save_v good_a but_o this_o church_n and_o these_o common_a elder_n meet_v for_o act_n of_o government_n act._n 2._o 18._o and_o the_o day_n follow_v paul_n go_v in_o with_o we_o to_o jâ—…_n and_o all_o the_o elder_n verse_n 25._o be_v present_a sâ—re_n the_o place_n show_v they_o meet_v for_o act_n of_o government_n yea_o act._n 11._o 30._o &_o 21._o 18._o they_o send_v alm_n to_o the_o elder_n of_o judea_n to_o be_v distribute_v to_o the_o distress_a in_o judea_n as_o also_o the_o elder_n of_o judea_n be_v member_n of_o the_o synod_n act._n 1â—_n and_o how_o can_v there_o be_v administrate_v of_o the_o seal_n without_o any_o jurisdiction_n at_o all_o to_o debar_v the_o unworthy_a chap._n ix_o the_o argument_n of_o mr._n r._n for_o a_o ministerial_a church_n from_o matth._n 18._o be_v vindicate_v from_o the_o exception_n 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the_o 2._o rock_n make_v up_o of_o brethren_n and_o no_o sister_n ah_o be_v woman_n servant_n age_a child_n nor_o redeem_v not_o build_v on_o the_o rock_n so_o be_v there_o a_o gospel-instituted_n church_n describe_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o stephanus_n tell_v we_o be_v only_o twice_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 17._o love_v the_o brotherhood_n that_o be_v the_o company_n of_o the_o brethren_n say_v mr._n leigh_n beza_n calvin_n english_a fratres_fw-la annotator_n the_o company_n of_o the_o brethren_n lorinus_n the_o church_n esthius_n the_o brethren_n by_o regeneration_n and_o new_a birth_n so_o piscator_fw-la the_o brethren_n that_o be_v regenerate_v as_o the_o nobility_n be_v put_v for_o the_o noble_n let_v any_o man_n judge_n if_o name_n or_o thing_n be_v so_o much_o as_o hint_v at_o when_o paul_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n export_v the_o brethren_n jam._n 5._o 12._o my_o brethren_n swear_v not_o do_v he_o not_o forbid_v woman_n 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hand_n cut_v off_o the_o contagious_a finger_n not_o from_o the_o right_a hand_n only_o but_o from_o the_o whole_a body_n it_o wrong_v christ_n to_o say_v he_o have_v give_v so_o selfie_v and_o narrow_a a_o power_n to_o liberate_v only_o a_o body_n of_o 10_o or_o 20_o independent_a member_n from_o the_o contagion_n of_o scandal_n but_o not_o to_o free_v five_o thousand_o and_o the_o associate_n body_n round_o about_o let_v they_o perish_v christ_n have_v give_v no_o organic_n or_o church-care_n to_o the_o congregation_n towards_o they_o all_o say_v mr._n h._n 2._o the_o comparison_n be_v not_o exact_a when_o the_o fraternity_n excommunicate_v all_o their_o officer_n where_o be_v the_o mind_n and_o will_v then_o for_o they_o excommunicate_v their_o own_o mind_n and_o will_n 3._o mr._n r._n never_o mean_v the_o comparison_n shall_v hold_v in_o this_o that_o the_o catholic_n church_n as_o mind_n and_o will_n shall_v put_v forth_o act_n of_o deliberate_a reason_n antecedent_o to_o cite_v accuse_v sentence_v every_o delinquent_n in_o a_o oecumenick_n council_n or_o some_o catholic_n judicature_n and_o to_o excommunicate_v all_o delinquent_n before_o ever_o the_o congregation_n cite_v they_o with_o divers_a argument_n he_o refute_v a_o antecedent_n excommunication_n as_o if_o i_o hold_v any_o such_o thing_n so_o mr._n h._n love_v to_o prove_v strong_o what_o mr._n r._n never_o deny_v but_o mr._n h._n speak_v nothing_o to_o my_o argument_n if_o the_o mâ—n_z be_v cast_v out_o and_o bind_v on_o earth_n he_o must_v be_v bind_v only_o on_o that_o tract_n of_o earth_n where_o twenty_o independent_o be_v but_o 1._o church_n bind_v in_o heaven_n and_o the_o guiltiness_n of_o the_o scandal_n be_v alike_o in_o all_o place_n and_o often_o more_o infectious_a to_o other_o if_o it_o be_v a_o take_a heresy_n then_o to_o their_o own_o congregation_n 2._o who_o shall_v persuade_v that_o our_o saviour_n sense_n be_v so_o hamper_v let_v he_o be_v to_o thou_o as_o a_o heathen_a mat._n 18._o 17._o as_o thou_o only_o who_o be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o congregation_n whereof_o he_o be_v a_o member_n yea_o as_o touch_v church_n bind_v neither_o be_v he_o a_o know_v guiltless_a visible_a saint_n to_o all_o church_n on_o earth_n it_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o naked_a evasion_n to_o say_v he_o be_v consequent_o cut_v off_o from_o right_a to_o ordinance_n in_o all_o other_o congregation_n for_o because_o one_o species_n of_o corporation_n have_v condemn_v a_o man_n say_v mr._n h._n page_n 236._o it_o follow_v not_o that_o therefore_o all_o have_v condemn_v he_o to_o imprisonment_n perpetual_a or_o the_o like_a ans._n yea_o what_o one_o city_n do_v in_o punish_v a_o malefactor_n by_o law_n power_n common_a to_o all_o england_n that_o same_o all_o england_n all_o do_v in_o law_n for_o twenty_o son_n have_v by_o the_o same_o law_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o father_n right_a of_o twenty_o table_n of_o twenty_o family_n of_o the_o father_n one_o be_v for_o sedition_n against_o his_o father_n cast_v out_o of_o one_o family_n whereof_o he_o be_v a_o fix_a member_n the_o other_o nineteen_o though_o they_o know_v nothing_o of_o the_o fact_n and_o do_v never_o actual_o cite_v he_o yet_o do_v legal_o and_o by_o the_o law_n and_o the_o same_o very_a will_n of_o the_o father_n that_o rule_v they_o all_o cast_v he_o antecedent_o out_o or_o concomitant_a or_o then_o another_o law_n must_v appoint_v the_o other_o nineteen_o family_n to_o cast_v he_o out_o so_o the_o same_o right_a idem_fw-la numero_fw-la that_o peter_n have_v to_o christ_n and_o ordinance_n in_o one_o church_n he_o have_v it_o in_o all_o and_o that_o same_o act_n of_o the_o key_n administer_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o word_n in_o one_o church_n remove_v that_o right_a removes_z it_o from_o he_o all_o the_o world_n over_o 3._o visible_a saint_n by_o this_o
the_o church_n of_o christ_n in_o n._n e._n ch_n 6._o sect_n 1._o p._n 203._o and_o sect_n 203._o mr._n cotton_n key_n ch_z 4._o pag._n 17._o it_o be_v unpossible_a that_o the_o whole_a church_n can_v be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o church-hearing_a of_o every_o stranger_n visible_a saint_n who_o come_v to_o join_v from_o the_o neighbour-churche_n see_v jam._n 2._o 2._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 23_o 24._o luke_n 4._o 16._o act._n 13._o 14_o 15._o pag._n 54_o 55._o mr._n h._n survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o ch_n 19_o p._n 55._o mr._n h._n without_o any_o ground_n ascribe_v to_o mr._n r._n that_o he_o make_v baptism_n the_o formal_a cause_n of_o visible_a membership_n due_a right_n of_o presbyt_fw-la par_fw-fr 2._o q._n 2._o pag._n 210._o &_o 211._o &_o 218._o synod_n at_o westminst_n of_o great_a brit._n conf._n c._n â—8_o p._n 58._o ib._n catech._n large_a p._n 137._o calvin_n advers._fw-la anabaptist_n art_n 2._o homo_fw-la in_o communionem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la cooptatur_fw-la calv._n instit._n lib._n 4._o c._n 15._o sect_n 15._o est_fw-la confessionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la symbolum_fw-la â—otestamur_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la dei_fw-la ingredi_fw-la 1_o cor._n 12._o 12._o bucan_n loc_n 47._o q._n 53._o in_o unum_fw-la corpus_fw-la â—o_o baptizati_fw-la sumus_fw-la 1_o cor._n 12._o tilen_v syntag._n disp_n 59_o the_o 4._o in_o familiam_fw-la patris_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la cooptati_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la synops._fw-la purior_fw-la theol._n disp_n 44._o the_o 34._o in_o ecclesiam_fw-la visibilem_fw-la &_o particularem_fw-la insertio_fw-la beza_n lib._n quest_n p._n 150._o christianos_n tum_fw-la à _fw-la reliquis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la sejungit_fw-la tum_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la quasi_fw-la unum_fw-la sub_fw-la eodem_fw-la capite_fw-la corpus_fw-la consociat_fw-la ut_fw-la apost_n 1_o cor._n 12._o 12._o pareus_n in_o catech_n q._n 69._o be_v 2._o pag._n 387._o tertius_fw-la finis_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la symbolum_fw-la ingressus_fw-la &_o receptionis_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la suae_fw-la cives_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la recipi_fw-la pet._n mart._n come_v in_o rom._n 6._o inferi_n autem_fw-la nos_fw-la visibili_fw-la sacramento_n baptismi_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la &_o ecclesiam_fw-la declaratur_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la the_o ministry_n must_v be_v before_o the_o church_n of_o believer_n par._n 1._o p._n 55_o 56_o mr._n h._n his_o call_n of_o a_o christian_a scholar_n to_o be_v a_o unbaptised_a minister_n by_o unbaptised_a pagan_n conveâ—ted_n a_o supposition_n that_o prove_v nothing_o answer_v to_o 32_o question_n q._n 20._o p._n 67._o pag_n 56._o suruâ—y_v part_n 1._o c_o 7._o pag._n 74._o how_o baptism_n be_v hurt_v in_o the_o excommunicate_a of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 3._o arg._n pag._n 59_o junius_n lib._n de_fw-la eccles._n c._n 17._o calvin_n instit._fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 2._o sect_n 1._o baptismum_fw-la deus_fw-la primò_fw-la illic_fw-la conservavit_fw-la faederis_fw-la testimonium_fw-la sect._n 12._o cum_fw-la ergo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la titulum_fw-la non_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la volumus_fw-la concedere_fw-la papistis_fw-la non_fw-la ideo_fw-la ecclesâ—a_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la esse_fw-la inficiamur_fw-la whitaker_n controv_n 2._o q._n 3._o c._n 2._o rivetus_n to_o 3._o tract_n 2._o q._n 7._o in_o corpore_fw-la agro_fw-la peste_fw-la insecto_fw-la adhuc_fw-la aliqua_fw-la obscura_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vestigia_fw-la observamus_fw-la scriptural_a cet_fw-fr sulummodo_fw-la occultata_fw-la ibi_fw-la rem_fw-la insit_fw-la itemque_fw-la baptismus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la variis_fw-la additionibus_fw-la corruptus_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ibi_fw-la residuum_fw-la sit_fw-la id_fw-la fiat_fw-la ideo_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la notis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ibi_fw-la supersit_fw-la supersit_fw-la survey_n par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 2._o pag._n 29_o 30._o 30._o par._n 3._o c._n 3._o pag._n 11_o 12._o mr._n h._n make_v sacrament_n mere_a and_o naked_a sign_n arg._n 5._o answ._n to_o 32._o quest._n q._n 4._o pag._n 12_o 13_o 14._o baptism_n be_v a_o seal_n of_o grace_n and_o privilege_n which_o be_v before_o baptism_n be_v a_o necessary_a discourse_n how_o profession_n give_v right_a to_o membership_n how_o not_o profession_n as_o profession_n give_v no_o proâ—…_n right_a to_o 〈◊〉_d &_o memâ—…_n profession_n in_o order_n to_o the_o ruler_n give_v a_o sort_n of_o right_n in_o professor_n to_o membership_n and_o ordinance_n without_o sin_n which_o professor_n can_v receive_v without_o sin_n except_o they_o believe_v three_o acception_n of_o the_o word_n profession_n scarce_o warrant_v by_o the_o word_n be_v bring_v by_o mr._n h._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d par._n c._n 2._o p._n 20._o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n about_o visible_a member_n be_v pervert_v by_o mr._n h._n page_n 61._o page_n 92._o mr._n h._n his_o argument_n be_v a_o erroneous_a profession_n constitute_v not_o membership_n etc._n etc._n a_o right_a profession_n do_v not_o constitute_v membership_n arg._n 2._o survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 4._o p._n 45_o 46._o page_n 92_o 93._o existentia_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la individuorum_fw-la mr._n h._n mistake_o all_o along_o make_v the_o cath_z lick_v integral_n visible_a church_n to_o be_v genus_fw-la par._n 1._o p._n 63â—_n profession_n as_o such_o do_v not_o make_v one_o a_o member_n marry_v to_o one_o congregation_n only_o it_o be_v not_o proper_o of_o divine_a institution_n that_o a_o man_n be_v a_o fix_a member_n of_o this_o rather_o than_o of_o this_o congregation_n a_o man_n be_v not_o one_o and_o the_o same_o way_n a_o member_n of_o the_o catholic_n integral_n visible_a church_n and_o of_o a_o single_a congregation_n par._n 1._o p_o 63._o page_n 64._o we_o may_v be_v member_n of_o all_o congregation_n on_o earth_n though_o we_o can_v discharge_v all_o sort_n of_o duty_n to_o all_o these_o congregation_n there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o duty_n common_a and_o personal_a which_o we_o owe_v to_o member_n of_o other_o church_n mr._n h._n arg._n 2._o par_fw-fr 1_o p._n 64_o 65._o way_n of_o the_o church_n of_o n._n e._n c_o 6._o sect_n 6._o p._n 103_o ibid._n sect_n 7._o m._n cotton_n key_n c._n 4._o p._n 17._o how_o he_o that_o be_v a_o member_n of_o one_o congregation_n have_v church-power_n 〈◊〉_d habitu_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d primâ—_n in_o all_o congregation_n and_o how_o not_o christ_n have_v give_v no_o power_n to_o unjust_a appeal_n that_o be_v physical_o impossible_a paâ—_n 1_o pag._n 65â—_n mr._n h._n prove_v not_o that_o ephesus_n be_v smyrna_n or_o smyrna_n be_v ephesus_n because_o the_o same_o individual_a person_n be_v common_a member_n to_o they_o both_o &_o to_o all_o the_o church_n on_o earth_n except_o he_o conclude_v that_o the_o little_a finger_n be_v the_o thumb_n by_o the_o same_o reason_n for_o the_o thumb_n and_o the_o little_a finger_n be_v both_o near_a member_n of_o the_o hand_n and_o common_a and_o remote_a member_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n congregation_n and_o all_o church_n differ_v not_o in_o their_o essence_n &_o last_v specific_a nature_n as_o mr._n h._n wouâ—d_n make_v we_o believe_v but_o only_o in_o mere_a accident_n rage_n 65_o 66._o 〈◊〉_d pag._n 66._o because_o congregation_n differ_v ut_fw-la res_fw-la &_o res_fw-la they_o do_v not_o differ_v in_o nature_n for_o member_n of_o the_o same_o congregation_n differ_v ut_fw-la res_fw-la &_o res_fw-la and_o the_o faith_n profession_n and_o baptism_n of_o peter_n differ_v from_o the_o faith_n profession_n and_o baptism_n of_o john_n his_o fellow-member_n of_o the_o same_o congregation_n ut_fw-la res_fw-la &_o res_fw-la then_o there_o must_v be_v ten_o thousand_o species_n and_o kind_n of_o member_n and_o faith_n in_o the_o one_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n pag._n 66_o 67._o the_o covenant_n of_o master_n and_o servant_n and_o marriage_n covenant_n be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n and_o differ_v only_o in_o number_n it_o follow_v not_o that_o a_o master_n may_v claim_v all_o man_n on_o earth_n to_o be_v his_o servant_n or_o that_o a_o husband_n may_v claim_v all_o woman_n on_o earth_n to_o be_v his_o wife_n but_o the_o contrary_n the_o necessity_n of_o a_o church-covenant_n be_v scriptureless_a and_o dark_a par._n 1._o p._n 68_o 69_o child_n be_v not_o under_o the_o tie_n of_o the_o church-covenant_n pag._n 69._o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v so_o necessary_a the_o church-covenant_n be_v needless_a brother_n be_v large_a than_o a_o congregational_a brother_n par._n 1._o 72_o 73â—_n the_o people_n choose_n make_v not_o a_o minister_n the_o people_n choice_n of_o a._n b._n make_v he_o not_o a_o pastor_n but_o determine_v the_o exercise_n of_o his_o labour_n which_o be_v latter_a than_o the_o essence_n of_o a_o pastor_n to_o they_o only_o fix_o no_o church-covenant_n in_o the_o first_o plant_v church_n there_o be_v no_o ground_n in_o scripture_n for_o a_o church-covenant_n par._n p._n 75._o the_o act_n require_v by_o m._n h._n in_o gather_v of_o church_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o apostolic_a church_n their_o persevere_v or_o resolution_n to_o persevere_v covenant-wise_a as_o be_v say_v can_v neither_o of_o they_o be_v
dono_fw-la &_o vocatione_n 1_o cor._n 14_o 32._o see_v 〈◊〉_d theolog._n christian._n 〈◊〉_d 1._o c._n 28._o piscat_fw-la loc_n 23._o the_o 29._o on_o the_o contrary_n be_v the_o rhemist_n on_o 1_o tim._n 5._o sect_n 13._o bellarm._n de_fw-fr council_n lib._n 1._o c._n 19_o cornel._n à _fw-fr lap._n lorinus_n act._n 15._o mr._n cotton_n key_n two_o sort_n of_o representative_n not_o consider_v by_o mr._n h._n commissioner_n neither_o carry_v the_o people_n conscience_n to_o the_o synod_n not_o do_v their_o commission_n give_v they_o a_o new_a office_n par._n 1._o p._n 231_o 232._o due_a right_n of_o presb._n key_n of_o the_o king_n d._n c._n 7._o p._n 47_o 48._o the_o whole_a body_n of_o all_o church_n guide_v be_v the_o first_o subject_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n in_o its_o latitude_n of_o that_o power_n and_o the_o first_o subject_n of_o such_o a_o special_a power_n be_v a_o synod_n a_o power_n synodical_a be_v but_o a_o part_n of_o the_o key_n and_o be_v not_o before_o a_o synod_n have_v be_v inferior_a church_n confer_v not_o proper_o a_o superior_a power_n to_o the_o church_n â—…y_v have_v a_o synodical_a power_n by_o the_o institution_n of_o god_n act._n 15._o to_o define_v in_o counsel_n be_v a_o act_n of_o officer_n mr._n dickson_n expos._n mat._n 28._o v._n 19_o doct_n 6._o par._n i._o p._n 232_o 233._o ames_n bellar._n eâ—â—rvat_fw-la to._n 2._o c._n 2._o an_fw-mi soli_fw-la praelati_fw-la majores_fw-la i._n e._n episcopi_fw-la habent_fw-la jus_o suffragii_fw-la ordinariè_fw-la ex_fw-la privilegio_fw-la &_o consuetudine_fw-la etiam_fw-la cardinal_n abbates_n bellar._n affirmat_fw-la nos_fw-la negamus_fw-la ames_n to._n 2._o c._n 〈◊〉_d th._n 1._o p._n 4._o si_fw-mi esset_fw-la proprium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o pastorum_fw-la nihil_fw-la prohibet_fw-la quin_fw-la possit_fw-la cum_fw-la alii_fw-la theologis_fw-la praesertim_fw-la ministris_fw-la 〈◊〉_d deo_fw-la institutis_fw-la communicaâ—i_fw-la calv._n act._n 15_o 6._o guâ—lth_n act._n 15._o 22._o calv._n sic_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la dicit_fw-la lucas_n totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la congregataâ—_n sed_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la &_o judicio_fw-la pollebant_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la ex_fw-la â—atione_fw-la officii_fw-la huius_fw-la causae_fw-la legitimi_fw-la eâ—â—nt_fw-la judices_fw-la fieri_fw-la quidem_fw-la oâ—est_fw-la ut_fw-la coram_fw-la plebe_fw-la habita_fw-la suâ—riâ—_n disputatio_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la tractandam_fw-la causam_fw-la vulgus_fw-la promiscuè_fw-fr fuisse_fw-la admissum_fw-la putemus_fw-la lucas_n disertè_fw-fr apostol_n os_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la nominat_fw-la gualther_n ibid._n homil_n 103._o non_fw-la ita_fw-la dominium_fw-la &_o imperium_fw-la sibi_fw-la vindicarunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la ut_fw-la populum_fw-la ab_fw-la eorum_fw-la cognition_n excluderent_fw-la â—ive_a arcerent_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la aequo_fw-la ad_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la pertinebant_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la modestia_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la veritati_fw-la omnes_fw-la libenter_fw-la cederent_fw-la haec_fw-la gualther_n bullinger_n act._n 15._o 6._o convenerunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la palam_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la admonemur_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolicos_fw-la viros_fw-la pertinere_fw-la rerum_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la bezâ—_n act._n 15._o 1â—_n multitudin_n be_v autem_fw-la nomine_fw-la intellige_fw-la non_fw-la totam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la utpote_fw-la quaenâ—ndum_fw-la esset_fw-la tota_fw-la advocate_n sed_fw-la totum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la &_o sensorum_fw-la coetum_fw-la ut_fw-la v._n 6._o unde_fw-la apparet_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la yera_fw-la legitimae_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la synodi_fw-la ratio_fw-la etc._n etc._n how_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o apostle_n evangelist_n pastor_n doctor_n elder_n be_v the_o first_o immediate_a subject_n of_o the_o whole_a power_n of_o the_o key_n m._n h._n survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 11._o p._n 186._o way_n of_o the_o church_n c._n 1._o sect_n 1._o pro._n 3._o m._n cotton_n key_n c._n 7._o p._n 31._o inferior_a court_n may_v use_v the_o key_n without_o any_o influence_n of_o a_o command_n from_o a_o general_a council_n though_o a_o general_a council_n exi_v not_o yet_o â—he_v use_n of_o the_o key_n cease_v not_o in_o inferior_a court_n hardly_o can_v a_o general_a council_n excommunicate_v a_o national_a church_n non-communion_n of_o church_n as_o our_o brethren_n use_v it_o be_v not_o warrantable_a see_v the_o paper_n of_o accommodation_n at_o the_o synod_n at_o westminster_n anno_fw-la 1644._o sept._n 13._o par._n 1._o c._n 13._o p._n 234_o 235._o excommunication_n attain_v not_o its_o end_n always_o ergo_fw-la be_v not_o lawful_a m._n h._n so_o nor_o do_v the_o gospel_n ever_o attain_v its_o save_a end_n ergo_fw-la it_o be_v not_o the_o gospel_n mr._n h._n sorcer_n upon_o mr._n r._n a_o proposition_n as_o a_o principle_n in_o terminis_fw-la beyond_o gainsay_v which_o be_v never_o in_o m._n r._n his_o mind_n nor_o book_n simpson_n cent._n 1._o c._n 1._o the_o want_n of_o gen_n counsel_n through_o providential_a impediment_n prove_v not_o that_o they_o aâ—e_v not_o ordinance_n english_a divin_n on_o hos._n 3._o 4._o diod._n hos._n 3._o 4._o jun._n hos._n 3._o 4._o nam_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la israelitae_n in_o assyrian_n fuerunt_fw-la deportati_fw-la per_fw-la shalmanasarem_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la anno_fw-la sexto_fw-la ezekiae_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_n incarnatum_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la anni_fw-la quasi_fw-la sexcenti_fw-la octoginta_fw-la partus_fw-la come_v ib._n zanch_n come_v ib._n dissent_v brethren_n in_o their_o reason_n against_o synod_n 2_o arg_n p._n 120._o the_o same_o god_n that_o suit_v his_o providence_n to_o his_o institution_n will_v not_o have_v fail_v in_o what_o be_v the_o most_o sovereign_a remedy_n of_o all_o other_o that_o it_o may_v have_v be_v existent_a in_o all_o age_n as_o we_o see_v his_o promise_n be_v to_o the_o jew_n to_o keep_v their_o land_n when_o the_o male_n thrice_o a_o year_n go_v up_o to_o the_o general_n assembly_n at_o jerusalem_n euseb._n eccles._n hist._n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o bucolc_n index_n euseb._n l._n 2._o c._n 25._o epiphan_n cont_n haer_fw-mi tertul._n de_fw-fr cor._n milit_fw-la in_o apolo_n cairo_n l._n 3._o monar_n 4._o how_o lose_v that_o be_v that_o providence_n must_v suit_v with_o institution_n the_o catholic_n church_n excommunicate_v antecedent_o when_o a_o particular_a church_n excommunicate_v but_o the_o catholic_n church_n have_v not_o nor_o put_v forth_o a_o deliberate_a act_n of_o cite_v accuse_v condemn_v before_o the_o particular_a church_n act_v any_o the_o comparison_n of_o cut_v off_o a_o infectious_a member_n from_o the_o whole_a catholic_n visible_a church_n be_v strain_v by_o m._n h._n he_o who_o be_v excommunicate_a in_o one_o church_n be_v antecedent_o excommunicate_a in_o all_o 1_o cor._n 10._o 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d excommunication_n by_o consequence_n be_v no_o excommunication_n at_o all_o a_o strange_a exposition_n of_o that_o he_o that_o hear_v you_o hear_v i_o which_o follow_v from_o mr._n h._n his_o way_n mr._n h._n allow_v of_o private_a communion_n page_n 240._o page_n 241_o 242._o survey_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 14._o p._n 243._o aim_n medul_a l._n 1._o c._n 32._o thes._n 5._o ecclesia_fw-la igitur_fw-la particularis_fw-la respectu_fw-la commanis_fw-la illius_fw-la naturae_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la particularibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la reperitu_fw-la est_fw-la species_n ecclesiae_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la sed_fw-la respectu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la quae_fw-la habet_fw-la rationem_fw-la integri_fw-la est_fw-la totum_fw-la ex_fw-la aggregatione_fw-la variorum_fw-la membroruâ—â—ingularium_fw-la compositum_fw-la at_o que_fw-la adeo_fw-la respectu_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la est_fw-la integrum_fw-la that_o there_o be_v a_o catholic_n integral_n militant_a church_n arg._n 2._o arg._n 3._o arg._n 4._o arg._n 5._o pag._n 244_o 245._o arg._n 6._o way_n of_o 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therefore_o a_o pastor_n can_v act_v as_o a_o pastor_n in_o divers_a church_n god_n have_v not_o every_o way_n seat_v officer_n in_o his_o church_n as_o the_o king_n have_v place_v underjudge_n in_o the_o state_n let_v m._n h._n answer_v whether_o the_o major_a of_o norwich_n may_v lawful_o do_v justice_n upon_o one_o of_o york_n who_o be_v oppress_v by_o his_o fellow-citizen_n of_o york_n as_o the_o pastor_n of_o boston_n may_v tender_v the_o l._n supper_n
it_o destroy_v the_o ministry_n &_o faithful_a apostle_n and_o 217._o pastor_n call_v who_o be_v send_v to_o gather_v into_o christ_n all_o the_o invisible_a member_n of_o christ_n mystical_a body_n and_o to_o make_v they_o visible_a professor_n and_o whereas_o he_o say_v that_o this_o direction_n of_o paul_n to_o timothy_n be_v to_o continue_v to_o all_o succeed_a officer_n to_o the_o end_n and_o that_o in_o all_o particular_a charge_n give_v to_o they_o be_v truth_n see_v through_o a_o cloud_n 1._o this_o direction_n in_o these_o epistle_n be_v to_o continue_v to_o all_o succeed_a officer_n ergo_fw-la the_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n and_o ordain_v world_n watchman_n and_o bishop_n and_o this_o direction_n appoint_v elder_n faithful_a man_n able_a to_o teach_v and_o the_o rest_n belong_v to_o the_o key_n must_v bâ—_n give_v to_o officer_n not_o to_o the_o male_a church_n 2._o here_o be_v some_o succession_n of_o godly_a pastor_n to_o the_o end_n to_o all_o pastor_n and_o elder_n with_o 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