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A59243
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Schism dis-arm'd of the defensive weapons, lent it by Doctor Hammond, and the Bishop of Derry by S.W.
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Sergeant, John, 1622-1707.
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Wing S2589; ESTC R6168
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against_o all_o authority_n disobey_v and_o disbelieved_a she_o have_v the_o better_a title_n to_o that_o eminent_a virtue_n and_o he_o will_v also_o wonder_v why_o the_o doctor_n shall_v face_v his_o book_n with_o the_o encomium_n of_o that_o virtue_n the_o bare_a explication_n whereof_o apply_v to_o the_o carriage_n of_o the_o first_o reformer_n must_v manifest_o condemn_v they_o and_o quite_o confute_v and_o disgrace_v all_o doctor_n hammonds_n laborious_a endeavour_n but_o a_o pretence_n to_o a_o virtue_n if_o confident_o carry_v on_o seem_v to_o the_o vulgar_a a_o argument_n of_o a_o just_a claim_n and_o high_a commendation_n of_o it_o make_v the_o pretence_n more_o credible_a for_o who_o willing_o praise_n but_o what_o be_v either_o his_o own_o or_o his_o friend_n or_o dispraise_v but_o what_o be_v his_o enemy_n which_o make_v he_o in_o the_o next_o three_o paragraph_n proceed_v in_o the_o same_o tenor_n of_o rhetoric_n and_o from_o scripture_n and_o father_n paint_v â—ut_v the_o 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the_o dirt_n will_v remain_v stick_v upon_o his_o own_o finger_n he_o proceed_v or_o rather_o infer_v from_o the_o former_a 9_o premise_n a_o irrefragable_a conclusion_n as_o he_o calâ—_n it_o that_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o occasion_n cause_n or_o motive_n of_o any_o man_n schism_n be_v not_o worth_a the_o produce_v or_o hee_v in_o this_o matter_n this_o beside_o the_o manifest_a advantage_n it_o give_v we_o of_o which_o hereafter_o be_v the_o preâ—tiest_a fetch_v to_o wave_v the_o whole_a question_n and_o whatsoever_o be_v material_a in_o it_o that_o i_o ever_o meet_v with_o that_o you_o be_v excommunicate_v or_o separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o our_o church_n whence_o as_o you_o say_v the_o schism_n spring_v all_o the_o world_n see_v and_o acknowledge_v what_o remain_v then_o to_o justify_v or_o condemn_v you_o or_o we_o but_o that_o there_o be_v or_o be_v not_o sufficient_a cause_n to_o cast_v you_o out_o and_o deny_v you_o communion_n for_o that_o our_o church_n 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the_o question_n force_v you_o though_o unwilling_a to_o touch_v the_o occasion_n or_o cause_n of_o schism_n at_o least_o such_o as_o you_o think_v fit_a and_o seem_v most_o plausible_o answerable_a by_o the_o note_n you_o have_v glean_v up_o and_o down_o to_o that_o purpose_n sect_n 2_o concern_v his_o notion_n of_o schism_n and_o the_o excommunication_n of_o the_o church_n his_o second_o chapter_n begin_v with_o the_o distinction_n of_o heresy_n and_o schism_n concern_v which_o what_o he_o have_v say_v be_v true_a but_o yet_o he_o have_v omit_v some_o part_n of_o the_o truth_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v tell_v wherefore_o let_v he_o but_o take_v along_o with_o he_o that_o not_o only_a schism_n be_v a_o dissent_v from_o authority_n and_o heresy_n a_o introduce_v a_o false_a doctrine_n into_o the_o church_n but_o also_o 1._o that_o all_o heresy_n which_o it_o concern_v his_o cause_n to_o be_v willing_a to_o pretermit_v must_v necessary_o include_v
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tedious_a nor_o over_o large_a either_o in_o citation_n or_o reason_n which_o tend_v direct_o to_o the_o thing_n in_o controversy_n as_o have_v heretofore_o in_o part_n be_v declare_v and_o shall_v more_o particular_o be_v manifest_v hereafter_o in_o the_o seven_o paragraph_n to_o omit_v what_o have_v be_v answer_v already_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o st._n paul_n have_v no_o commission_n receive_v from_o nor_o dependence_n on_o st._n peter_n cite_v for_o it_o gal._n 1._o 12_o 17._o which_o word_n may_v import_v a_o double_a sense_n either_o that_o the_o manner_n of_o confer_v upon_o he_o the_o power_n of_o a_o apostle_n be_v not_o by_o mean_n or_o dependence_n on_o st._n peter_n and_o so_o far_o indeed_o the_o scripture_n be_v clear_a and_o we_o acknowledge_v it_o or_o else_o that_o this_o power_n give_v he_o be_v not_o dependent_a on_o or_o subject_n to_o st._n peter_n as_o the_o chief_n of_o the_o apostle_n which_o be_v the_o question_n here_o treat_v deny_v by_o we_o nor_o contradict_v at_o all_o by_o the_o place_n allege_v but_o he_o proceed_v in_o his_o fundamental_a absurdity_n that_o those_o two_o great_a apostle_n wherever_o they_o come_v the_o one_o constant_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o jew_n the_o other_o to_o the_o gentile_n where_o if_o by_o constant_o he_o mean_v most_o common_o or_o even_o always_o yet_o so_o as_o they_o retain_v jurisdiction_n over_o the_o other_o province_n than_o to_o omit_v that_o it_o have_v be_v show_v contrary_a to_o scripture_n it_o make_v nothing_o against_o we_o but_o if_o it_o signify_v exclusive_o or_o so_o that_o neither_o have_v any_o authority_n over_o the_o other_o province_n in_o which_o sense_n only_o it_o can_v limit_v st._n peter_n universal_a authority_n which_o as_o he_o express_v section_n six_o be_v his_o aim_n than_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o my_o eight_o section_n of_o this_o chapter_n where_o he_o shall_v see_v the_o contrary_n manifest_v to_o the_o eye_n by_o nine_o or_o ten_o most_o express_a place_n of_o scripture_n yet_o the_o doctor_n go_v on_o to_o evidence_n it_o by_o testimony_n which_o oblige_v we_o to_o address_v ourselves_o with_o new_a vigour_n to_o bear_v the_o shock_n of_o so_o terrible_a a_o encounter_n his_o first_o testimony_n be_v his_o own_o knowledge_n 8._o thus_o we_o know_v say_v he_o it_o be_v at_o antioch_n where_o st._n peter_n convert_v the_o jew_n and_o st._n paul_n the_o gentile_n but_o put_v down_o no_o testimony_n at_o all_o to_o confirm_v the_o weak_a one_o of_o his_o own_o we_o know_v which_o yet_o have_v be_v requisite_a that_o we_o may_v have_v know_v it_o too_o but_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o certain_o st._n paul_n be_v no_o way_n subordinate_a to_o st._n peter_n as_o appear_v by_o his_o behaviour_n towards_o he_o avow_v gal._n 2._o 11._o that_o be_v from_o his_o withstand_v he_o to_o the_o face_n yet_o wise_a man_n then_o mr._n hammond_n to_o wit_n st._n cyprian_n and_o st._n austin_n think_v otherwise_o who_o interpret_v st._n peter_n bearing_n it_o so_o patient_o not_o as_o a_o argument_n of_o his_o less_o or_o equal_a authority_n but_o of_o his_o great_a humility_n that_o be_v high_a in_o dignity_n he_o shall_v suffer_v so_o mild_o the_o reprehension_n of_o a_o inferior_a quem_fw-la say_v st._n cyprian_n quamvis_fw-la primum_fw-la dominus_fw-la donatistas_n elegerit_fw-la &_o super_fw-la eum_fw-la aedificaverit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la svam_fw-la tamen_fw-la cum_fw-la secum_fw-la paulus_n disceptavit_fw-la non_fw-la vindicavit_fw-la â—ibi_fw-la aliquid_fw-la insolent_a aut_fw-la arroganter_fw-la assumpsit_fw-la ut_fw-la diceret_fw-la se_fw-la primatum_fw-la tenere_fw-la &_o obtemperari_fw-la à _fw-la novellis_fw-la &_o posteris_fw-la sibi_fw-la potiùs_fw-la oportere_fw-la nec_fw-la despexit_fw-la paulum_fw-la quod_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la priùs_fw-la persecutor_n fuisset_fw-la sed_fw-la consilium_fw-la veritatis_fw-la admisit_fw-la etc._n etc._n who_o though_o our_o lord_n choose_v to_o be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o apostle_n and_o upon_o he_o build_v his_o church_n yet_o when_o paul_n contend_v with_o he_o be_v do_v not_o challenge_v and_o assume_v to_o himself_o any_o thing_n in_o a_o insolent_a and_o proud_a manner_n as_o to_o say_v that_o he_o have_v the_o primacy_n and_o so_o shall_v rather_o be_v obey_v by_o new_a and_o late_a apostle_n neither_o do_v he_o despise_v paul_n because_o he_o have_v former_o be_v a_o persecutor_n of_o the_o church_n but_o admit_v the_o council_n of_o truth_n thus_o that_o ancient_a learned_a and_o holy_a father_n st._n cyprian_n yet_o mr._n hammond_n have_v certainty_n of_o the_o contrary_n sect_n 10._o the_o examination_n of_o ten_o dumb_a testimony_n which_o dr._n hammond_n bring_v to_o plead_v for_o he_o the_o next_o testimony_n begin_v thus_o according_o 8._o that_o be_v to_o the_o doctor_n own_o we_o know_v in_o ignatius_n his_o epistle_n to_o the_o magnesian_o we_o read_v that_o the_o church_n of_o antioch_n be_v found_v by_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n after_o which_o follow_v another_o of_o the_o same_o author_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o antiochian_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o have_v be_v the_o disciple_n of_o peter_n and_o paul_n what_o then_o these_o testimony_n be_v stark_o dumb_a in_o what_o concern_v the_o doctor_n purpose_n for_o the_o sound_n the_o antiochian_o church_n and_o teach_v they_o may_v have_v be_v do_v by_o the_o promiscuous_a endeavour_n of_o those_o apostle_n here_o be_v not_o the_o least_o news_n of_o distinction_n much_o less_o exclusion_n of_o authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n true_n indeed_o the_o testimony_n be_v defective_a and_o to_o blame_v but_o the_o doctor_n know_v how_o to_o mend_v they_o by_o his_o interpretation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o have_v be_v the_o disciple_n of_o peter_n and_o paul_n id_fw-la est_fw-la say_v the_o doctor_n convert_v and_o rule_v by_o they_o the_o jewish_a part_n by_o one_o and_o the_o gentile_a by_o the_o other_o be_v ever_o such_o a_o 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