Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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A46795
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The blind obedience of an humble penitent the best cure for scruples
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Jenks, Sylvester, 1656?-1714.
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Wing J629; ESTC R26825
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be_v bind_v to_o observe_v it_o but_o nevertheless_o the_o submission_n which_o be_v due_a from_o all_o penitent_n to_o their_o confessor_n be_v a_o case_n exact_o parallel_v to_o it_o &_o be_v direct_o comprehend_v under_o the_o general_a notion_n of_o it_o and_o beside_o it_o be_v obvious_a to_o every_o body_n be_v common_a sense_n that_o those_o practice_n which_o be_v universal_o repute_v virtuous_a in_o a_o cloister_n can_v never_o be_v just_o censure_v as_o unlawful_a in_o the_o world_n but_o whatsoever_o the_o religious_a must_v do_v the_o secular_o may_v lawful_o do_v it_o if_o they_o please_v max._n i._n we_o ought_v to_o look_v upon_o our_o confessor_n as_o a_o vicegerent_n of_o god_n without_o consider_v his_o fault_n whether_o 9_o whether_o sive_fw-la deus_fw-la sive_fw-la homo_fw-la vicarius_fw-la dei_fw-la mandatum_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la tradiderit_fw-la pari_fw-la profecto_fw-la obsequendum_fw-la est_fw-la curâ_fw-la pari_fw-la reverentiâ_fw-la deferendum_fw-la s._n bern._n lib._n the_o precept_n &_o dispen_a cap._n 9_o it_o be_v god_n or_o man_n his_o vicegerent_n who_o impose_v a_o obligation_n upon_o we_o we_o be_v to_o obey_v with_o the_o same_o care_n and_o submit_v with_o the_o same_o respect_n ibid._n respect_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la interest_n utrum_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la a_o per_fw-la suos_fw-la ministros_fw-la sive_fw-la homines_fw-la sive_fw-la angelos_n hominibus_fw-la innotescat_fw-la suum_fw-la placitum_fw-la deus_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la quicquid_fw-la vice_fw-la dei_fw-la praecipit_fw-la homo_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la certum_fw-la displicere_fw-la deo_fw-la haud_fw-la secus_fw-la omnino_fw-la accipiendum_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la deus_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la teneas_fw-la de_fw-fr scripture_n quia_fw-la labia_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la custodiunt_fw-la scientiam_fw-la &_o legem_fw-la de_fw-la ore_fw-la ejus_fw-la requirunt_fw-la quia_fw-la angelus_n domini_fw-la exercituum_fw-la est_fw-la requirunt_fw-la dixerim_fw-la legem_fw-la non_fw-la quam_fw-la ratio_fw-la manifesta_fw-la probaverit_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la ita_fw-la latere_fw-la aut_fw-la obscurum_fw-la esse_fw-la cognoscitur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o dubium_fw-la venire_fw-la possit_fw-la utrumne_n deus_fw-la sic_fw-la a_o aliter_fw-la fortè_fw-la velit_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-fr labiis_fw-la custodientibus_fw-la scientiam_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la ore_fw-la angeli_fw-la domini_fw-la exercituum_fw-la certum_fw-la reddatur_fw-la ibid._n what_o matter_n be_v it_o whether_o god_n impart_v his_o will_n &_o pleasure_n to_o we_o by_o himself_o or_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o man_n or_o angel_n whatsoever_o it_o be_v that_o man_n prescribe_v as_o vicegerent_n of_o god_n unless_o it_o be_v certain_o displease_v to_o he_o we_o ought_v to_o accept_v it_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o if_o god_n himself_o have_v ordain_v it_o especial_o since_o we_o read_v in_o scripture_n that_o the_o lip_n of_o the_o priest_n keep_v 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dare_v not_o venture_v to_o trust_v he_o to_o this_o objection_n a_o learned_a divine_a return_n this_o answer_n that_o penitent_n do_v not_o rely_v upon_o their_o confessor_n 8._o confessor_n dicet_fw-la fortasse_fw-la quispiam_fw-la si_fw-la talis_fw-la mihi_fw-la esset_fw-la praelatus_fw-la qualis_fw-la erat_fw-la s._n bernardus_n facilè_fw-la acquiescerem_fw-la nunc_fw-la verò_fw-la dum_fw-la superioris_fw-la mei_fw-la parvam_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la aspicio_fw-la non_fw-la audeo_fw-la ei_fw-la acquiescere_fw-la r._n inferiores_fw-la non_fw-la obediunt_fw-la praelato_fw-la quia_fw-la sit_fw-la doctus_fw-la quia_fw-la prudens_fw-la quia_fw-la sanctus_n sed_fw-la quia_fw-la vicem_fw-la dei_fw-la gerit_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la quo_fw-la est_fw-la legitimus_fw-la superior_a silvius_n in_o 1.2_o q._n 19_o a._n 5._o d._n 12._o c._n 8._o because_o he_o be_v learned_a prudent_a or_o virtuous_a but_o bare_o because_o he_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o god_n who_o have_v appoint_v he_o to_o 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