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tradition_n if_o there_o be_v no_o example_n of_o other_o observation_n for_o a_o prejudice_n which_o without_o any_o instrument_n in_o writing_n the_o only_a title_n of_o tradition_n and_o plea_n of_o custom_n from_o it_o maintain_v in_o fine_a to_o begin_v with_o baptism_n go_v into_o the_o water_n not_o only_o there_o but_o somewhat_o afore_o in_o the_o church_n under_o the_o hand_n of_o our_o precedent_n we_o take_v witness_n that_o we_o renounce_v the_o devil_n his_o pomp_n and_o angel_n then_o we_o be_v drench_v thrice_o answer_v somewhat_o more_o than_o our_o lord_n in_o the_o gospel_n have_v limit_v be_v take_v up_o from_o thence_o we_o fore-taste_a a_o mixture_n of_o milk_n and_o honey_n and_o from_o that_o day_n we_o forbear_v our_o daily_a bathe_v all_o the_o week_n the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n which_o our_o lord_n command_v at_o the_o time_n of_o meat_n and_o all_o we_o take_v also_o at_o our_o assembly_n before_o day_n but_o at_o no_o man_n hand_n but_o our_o precedent_n we_o offer_v for_o those_o that_o die_v and_o again_o upon_o the_o anniversary_n of_o their_o birth_n we_o count_v it_o unlawful_a to_o fast_v or_o worship_n kneel_v upon_o the_o lord_n day_n the_o same_o privilege_n we_o enjoy_v from_o easter_n to_o whitsuntide_n we_o be_v trouble_v to_o have_v any_o thing_n even_o of_o our_o ordinary_a cup_n or_o bread_n scatter_v upon_o the_o earth_n at_o all_o go_n forth_o or_o advance_v at_o all_o come_n in_o and_o go_v out_o at_o put_v on_o clothes_n or_o shoe_n at_o watch_v at_o lie_v or_o sit_v down_o or_o to_o table_n at_o bring_v in_o light_n whatsoever_o conversation_n we_o exercise_v we_o rub_v our_o forehead_n with_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n i_o must_v here_o take_v notice_n of_o a_o exception_n to_o this_o authority_n of_o tertullian_n that_o he_o be_v a_o montanist_n or_o incline_v to_o the_o montanist_n when_o he_o write_v it_o and_o marvel_n that_o prejudice_n in_o religion_n shall_v transport_v learned_a christian_n 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thus_o s._n paul_n call_v gaius_n his_o host_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a church_n rom._n xvi_o 23._o signify_v that_o as_o he_o entertain_v he_o s._n paul_n so_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o entertain_v any_o christian_n as_o a_o christian_n and_o add_v to_o that_o epistle_n a_o recommendation_n whereby_o phoebe_n may_v be_v acknowledge_v and_o receive_v as_o a_o deaconesse_n of_o the_o church_n at_o cenchreae_n rom._n xvi_o 1._o whereas_o otherwise_o leterâ—_n be_v write_v express_a to_o that_o purpose_n which_o s._n paul_n himself_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o commendatory_a 2_o cor._n iii_o 1._o the_o term_n in_o which_o s._n paul_n recommend_v phabe_n be_v these_o that_o you_o receive_v she_o in_o the_o lord_n as_o it_o become_v the_o saint_n and_o stand_v by_o she_o in_o any_o business_n where_o she_o may_v stand_v in_o need_n for_o she_o also_o have_v stand_v by_o many_o and_o by_o i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v s._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o athens_n be_v stranger_n patron_n for_o at_o athens_n a_o strange_a that_o come_v to_o live_v there_o can_v not_o act_v for_o himself_o but_o by_o his_o patron_n the_o same_o s._n paul_n thus_o charge_v titus_n iii_o 22._o send_v away_o zenas_n the_o lawyer_n and_o apollo_n with_o care_n that_o they_o want_v nothing_o that_o be_v put_v money_n in_o their_o purse_n as_o their_o journey_n shall_v require_v as_o the_o egyptian_n send_v away_o the_o israelite_n with_o care_n when_o they_o furnish_v they_o with_o all_o that_o they_o demand_v wisdom_n xix_o 2._o but_o the_o passage_n of_o s._n john_n epistle_n iii_o 5-10_a be_v very_o remarkable_a you_o see_v how_o in_o his_o second_o epistle_n he_o forbid_v they_o so_o much_o as_o to_o salute_v heretic_n much_o less_o to_o entertain_v they_o or_o any_o that_o shall_v not_o bring_v with_o he_o the_o true_a faith_n that_o be_v a_o cognisance_n that_o they_o profess_v it_o here_o he_o commend_v gaius_n for_o assist_v some_o christian_a 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that_o be_v of_o the_o church_n from_o whence_o he_o date_n and_o also_o of_o particular_a person_n eminent_a there_o to_o the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n he_o write_v to_o what_o ground_n have_v there_o be_v for_o this_o intercourse_n have_v not_o the_o apostle_n teach_v they_o that_o they_o be_v all_o of_o one_o body_n and_o so_o ought_v to_o preserve_v themselves_o how_o often_o do_v they_o charge_v they_o to_o salute_v one_o another_o with_o a_o holy_a kiss_n or_o the_o kiss_n of_o love_n rom._n xvi_o 16._o 2_o cor._n xiii_o 12._o 1_o thess_n v._o 14._o 1_o pet._n v._o 14._o which_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o apostle_n show_n be_v do_v before_o the_o consecration_n of_o the_o eucharist_n to_o signify_v the_o love_n of_o one_o another_o in_o christ_n and_o for_o christ_n wherewith_o they_o profess_v to_o rceive_v the_o same_o though_o origen_n upon_o rom._n xvi_o say_v it_o come_v after_o prayer_n and_o tertullian_n therefore_o call_v it_o signaculum_fw-la orationis_fw-la de_fw-la orat._n fourteen_o the_o seal_n of_o prayer_n to_o wit_n of_o that_o prayer_n which_o the_o eucharist_n be_v celebrate_v with_o therefore_o choose_v salutation_n join_v with_o the_o charge_n of_o salute_v one_o another_o in_o token_n of_o this_o love_n signify_v no_o less_o than_o the_o expression_n of_o the_o same_o love_n from_o foreign_a church_n which_o they_o profess_v among_o themselves_o in_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o same_o mystery_n that_o be_v that_o they_o who_o absent_a thus_o salute_v they_o do_v no_o less_o communicate_v with_o they_o in_o the_o same_o sacrament_n than_o they_o do_v with_o one_o another_o who_o see_v one_o another_o communicate_v with_o one_o another_o face_n to_o face_n this_o be_v then_o that_o communication_n of_o peace_n that_o title_n of_o brotherhood_n that_o recognizance_n of_o the_o mark_n of_o hospitality_n which_o tertullian_n allege_v for_o the_o mean_n whereby_o all_o church_n make_v one_o church_n the_o same_o with_o that_o primitive_a and_o original_a church_n which_o be_v first_o found_v by_o the_o apostle_n the_o unity_n whereof_o be_v ground_v upon_o the_o same_o faith_n deliver_v and_o receive_v at_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n be_v able_a to_o make_v evidence_n of_o the_o same_o faith_n do_v not_o all_o the_o record_n of_o the_o church_n from_o the_o apostle_n time_n justify_v the_o same_o visible_a communion_n in_o christianity_n by_o the_o same_o intercourse_n and_o communion_n of_o counsel_n and_o business_n which_o be_v trouble_v to_o no_o purpose_n be_v not_o the_o intent_n of_o it_o to_o maintain_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n look_v upon_o the_o epistle_n of_o ignatius_n and_o observe_v in_o they_o two_o thing_n for_o the_o present_a purpose_n the_o first_o that_o ignatius_n be_v carry_v in_o band_n from_o rome_n to_o antiochia_n the_o church_n by_o which_o he_o pass_v not_o only_o those_o he_o write_v his_o epistle_n to_o but_z divers_z other_o send_v deputation_n of_o the_o principal_a person_n among_o they_o to_o confer_v with_o he_o about_o their_o present_a estate_n which_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o leter_n he_o direct_v to_o they_o the_o second_o that_o he_o desire_v they_o to_o depute_v and_o ordain_v certain_a person_n to_o go_v to_o antiochia_n to_o his_o church_n there_o to_o congratulate_v with_o they_o that_o since_o he_o be_v take_v from_o they_o they_o be_v return_v from_o persecution_n into_o their_o wont_a body_n the_o preservation_n whereof_o i_o suppose_v every_o man_n will_v imagine_v this_o conference_n advice_n and_o comfort_n of_o so_o many_o church_n be_v the_o mean_n to_o advance_v the_o same_o be_v to_o be_v see_v by_o that_o of_o clemens_n or_o rather_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o who_o name_n he_o write_v it_o to_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n divide_v within_o itself_o into_o faction_n to_o reduce_v they_o to_o peace_n and_o unity_n for_o i_o suppose_v the_o premise_n will_v show_v the_o reason_n that_o must_v oblige_v the_o party_n to_o respect_v the_o advice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o wit_n the_o obligation_n of_o communicate_v with_o the_o whole_a church_n see_v reason_n require_v that_o the_o party_n which_o shall_v refuse_v to_o return_v to_o unity_n must_v be_v refuse_v the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o those_o church_n by_o consequence_n that_o shall_v adhere_v to_o it_o look_v now_o upon_o s._n cyprian_n leter_n look_v upon_o the_o leter_n of_o dionysius_n of_o alexandria_n out_o of_o which_o for_o the_o great_a part_n eusebius_n have_v compile_v the_o seven_o book_n of_o his_o ecclesiastical_a history_n look_v upon_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o intercourse_n by_o which_o the_o unity_n and_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n be_v maintain_v distinct_a from_o all_o heresy_n and_o schism_n from_o the_o apostle_n time_n till_o constantine_n and_o let_v i_o know_v what_o probable_a reason_n can_v be_v assign_v to_o move_v foreign_a church_n to_o give_v that_o respect_n to_o strafiger_n which_o be_v effectual_a to_o the_o purpose_n intend_v have_v not_o all_o side_n be_v persuade_v that_o this_o be_v the_o end_n with_o the_o apostle_n after_o our_o lord_n have_v ordain_v this_o the_o mean_n to_o procure_v it_o take_v for_o a_o instance_n the_o letter_n of_o tha_z synod_n at_o antiochia_n about_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la in_o the_o place_n afore_o quote_v there_o show_v that_o have_v depose_v he_o they_o have_v make_v a_o new_a bishop_n in_o his_o stead_n they_o write_v further_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o we_o have_v give_v you_o notice_n of_o that_o you_o may_v write_v to_o he_o and_o receive_v from_o he_o communicatory_a leter_n but_o let_v he_o that_o be_v depose_v write_v to_o artemon_n and_o let_v they_o of_o artemons_n sect_n communicate_v with_o he_o these_o leter_n than_o be_v a_o mark_n and_o cognisance_n that_o they_o acknowledge_v he_o
xxii_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o father_n be_v not_o ground_v upon_o any_o presumption_n of_o their_o learning_n or_o holiness_n how_o far_o they_o challenge_v the_o credit_n of_o historical_a truth_n the_o pre-eminenee_a of_o the_o primitive_a the_o presumption_n that_o be_v ground_v upon_o their_o rank_n and_o quality_n in_o the_o church_n of_o arnobius_n lactantius_n tertullian_n origen_n clemens_n and_o the_o approbation_n of_o posterity_n these_o thing_n be_v say_v we_o have_v get_v ground_n for_o a_o resolution_n in_o the_o dispute_n concern_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o father_n in_o matter_n questionable_a concern_v christianity_n and_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o scripture_n for_o true_o do_v the_o credit_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o affirm_v consist_v in_o the_o reputation_n of_o their_o holiness_n or_o learning_n whether_o or_o no_o the_o premise_n be_v true_a the_o consequence_n will_v be_v lame_a he_o that_o can_v make_v a_o question_n of_o the_o 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