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this_o purpose_n we_o may_v hear_v st._n john_n himself_o in_o the_o iii_o chapter_n of_o the_o same_o epistle_n where_o he_o express_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o who_o be_v bear_v of_o god_n do_v not_o commit_v sin_n that_o whoever_o sin_v be_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o that_o by_o this_o we_o may_v know_v the_o child_n of_o god_n and_o the_o child_n of_o the_o devil_n be_v not_o these_o word_n very_o plain_a who_o can_v have_v the_o confidence_n after_o this_o to_o excuse_v corruption_n by_o say_v we_o be_v all_o sinner_n but_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o only_o say_v that_o we_o be_v all_o sinner_n by_o these_o man_n but_o beside_o that_o we_o be_v all_o great_a wretched_a and_o abominable_a sinner_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o man_n who_o have_v such_o sentiment_n shall_v be_v so_o corrupt_a 4._o but_o to_o this_o there_o be_v a_o reply_n at_o hand_n to_o show_v that_o the_o just_a man_n be_v guilty_a of_o very_o frequent_a sin_n and_o it_o be_v take_v from_o these_o word_n the_o just_a 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when_o speak_v of_o the_o abuse_n which_o have_v be_v so_o long_o receive_v among_o the_o jew_n in_o reference_n to_o marriage_n he_o tell_v we_o xix_o place_v =_o foot_n n_o =_o *_o mat._n xix_o that_o from_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v not_o so_o this_o maxim_n be_v of_o great_a use_n and_o a_o lover_n of_o truth_n and_o virtue_n shall_v always_o have_v it_o before_o his_o eye_n it_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v that_o we_o shall_v still_o appeal_v to_o it_o and_o that_o instead_o of_o govern_v ourselves_o by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o present_a time_n we_o shall_v run_v up_o to_o the_o ancient_a constitution_n and_o compare_v what_o be_v do_v at_o this_o day_n with_o that_o which_o have_v be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v do_v this_o will_v be_v the_o true_a way_n to_o reform_v abuse_n and_o to_o draw_v near_o to_o perfection_n and_o to_o bring_v thing_n back_o into_o the_o natural_a and_o primitive_a channel_n cause_n ii_o the_o want_n of_o discipline_n it_o be_v not_o my_o design_n in_o this_o chapter_n to_o speak_v of_o church_n discipline_n in_o general_n i_o shall_v only_o insist_v upon_o that_o part_n of_o it_o the_o end_n of_o which_o be_v to_o regulate_v the_o manner_n of_o christian_n and_o this_o be_v a_o important_a matter_n the_o want_n of_o discipline_n be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a imperfection_n which_o have_v be_v observe_v in_o the_o present_a state_n of_o the_o church_n and_o one_o of_o the_o most_o evident_a and_o general_a cause_n of_o the_o corruption_n of_o christian_n but_o because_o some_o man_n have_v pretend_v that_o discipline_n such_o as_o i_o suppose_v it_o in_o this_o chapter_n be_v a_o humane_a and_o arbitrary_a institution_n the_o observation_n of_o which_o be_v not_o absolute_o necessary_a and_o may_v be_v dangerous_a i_o think_v it_o proper_a to_o say_v something_o here_o concern_v the_o original_a and_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o church_n it_o be_v certain_a in_o the_o first_o place_n that_o all_o society_n and_o body_n have_v a_o right_a to_o establish_v a_o order_n to_o regulate_v themselves_o by_o and_o to_o provide_v for_o their_o security_n and_o preservation_n when_o several_a man_n or_o people_n unite_z to_z form_n a_o body_n they_o have_v power_n to_o make_v law_n and_o regulation_n to_o which_o all_o the_o member_n of_o that_o body_n may_v be_v tie_v and_o to_o exclude_v those_o from_o their_o communion_n who_o will_v not_o submit_v to_o they_o but_o these_o law_n ought_v not_o to_o clash_v with_o other_o law_n already_o establish_v nor_o with_o just_a and_o acknowledge_v right_n i_o think_v this_o power_n which_o be_v grant_v to_o the_o mean_a of_o society_n can_v be_v deny_v to_o the_o church_n and_o this_o prove_v already_o that_o the_o church_n have_v a_o right_a to_o appoint_v a_o discipline_n to_o which_o all_o her_o member_n shall_v he_o subject_v provide_v that_o discipline_n do_v not_o on_o the_o one_o hand_n prejudice_v public_a tranquillity_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o magistrate_n nor_o any_o way_n contradict_v on_o the_o other_o hand_n the_o law_n of_o the_o gospel_n now_o as_o discipline_n be_v not_o liable_a to_o either_o of_o these_o inconvenience_n but_o do_v rather_o perfect_o agree_v with_o the_o welfare_n of_o civil_a society_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n as_o will_v be_v prove_v hereafter_o so_o the_o establish_n of_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v equal_o lawful_a and_o necessary_a ii_o but_o further_o discipline_n be_v a_o order_n which_o have_v god_n for_o its_o author_n we_o find_v the_o institution_n of_o it_o in_o holy_a scripture_n and_o in_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o his_o apostle_n i_o shall_v recite_v the_o chief_a of_o these_o 1._o in_o st._n matthews_n gospel_n chap._n xviii_o 15_o 16_o 17._o we_o read_v these_o word_n if_o thy_o brother_n shall_v trespass_v against_o thou_o go_v and_o tell_v he_o of_o his_o fault_n between_o thou_o and_o he_o alone_o if_o he_o shall_v hear_v thou_o thou_o have_v gain_v thy_o brother_n but_o if_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v thou_o then_o take_v with_o thou_o one_o or_o two_o more_o that_o in_o the_o mouth_n of_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n every_o word_n may_v be_v establish_v and_o if_o he_o shall_v neglect_v to_o hear_v they_o tell_v it_o to_o the_o church_n but_o if_o he_o neglect_v to_o hear_v the_o church_n let_v he_o be_v unto_o thou_o as_o a_o heathen_a man_n and_o a_o publican_n for_o the_o right_a understanding_n of_o these_o word_n we_o must_v know_v that_o our_o saviour_n do_v not_o enact_v here_o a_o new_a law_n and_o that_o a_o order_n like_o that_o which_o be_v here_o prescribe_v be_v already_o observe_v among_o the_o jew_n but_o here_o as_o upon_o many_o occasion_n our_o saviour_n do_v comply_v with_o the_o custom_n and_o practice_n of_o that_o nation_n because_o he_o judge_v that_o those_o custom_n be_v good_a and_o fit_a for_o his_o view_n and_o purpose_n the_o first_o christian_n do_v the_o same_o in_o matter_n of_o order_n and_o government_n they_o do_v form_v the_o christian_a church_n upon_o the_o model_n of_o the_o jewish_a assembly_n and_o upon_o the_o method_n which_o be_v there_o observe_v this_o be_v the_o key_n of_o the_o place_n i_o have_v now_o quote_v our_o saviour_n approve_v the_o jewish_a practice_n and_o enjoin_v his_o disciple_n to_o observe_v the_o same_o order_n among_o they_o it_o can_v be_v doubt_v but_o that_o this_o be_v his_o mean_v for_o he_o speak_v to_o his_o disciple_n and_o it_o appear_v by_o all_o the_o circumstance_n of_o this_o passage_n and_o by_o the_o sequel_n of_o his_o discourse_n that_o he_o be_v give_v here_o a_o law_n which_o concern_v the_o christian_a church_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o he_o proper_o speak_v of_o private_a difference_n but_o what_o he_o say_v aught_o to_o apply_v to_o
law_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o first_o century_n have_v be_v abrogate_a by_o contrary_a law_n and_o canon_n this_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o all_o man_n of_o learning_n and_o sincerity_n let_v we_o see_v then_o whether_o this_o discipline_n be_v to_o be_v find_v any_o where_o else_o there_o be_v many_o church_n in_o the_o last_o age_n which_o do_v redress_v those_o abuse_n i_o now_o mention_v but_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v go_v further_o as_o these_o abuse_n have_v succeed_v in_o the_o room_n of_o apostolical_a discipline_n so_o that_o shall_v too_o have_v be_v restore_v when_o these_o be_v take_v away_o but_o this_o be_v not_o do_v as_o it_o may_v have_v be_v wish_v the_o disorder_n be_v remove_v but_o order_n be_v not_o reestablish_v and_o it_o be_v not_o hard_a to_o apprehend_v how_o this_o come_v to_o pass_v it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o those_o abuse_n shall_v be_v take_v away_o they_o be_v grow_v too_o intolerable_a and_o they_o can_v not_o hold_v out_o against_o the_o learning_n of_o a_o age_n more_o know_v than_o the_o former_a be_v thing_n be_v go_v so_o far_o that_o a_o turn_v and_o a_o revolution_n be_v necessary_a it_o be_v very_o probable_a beside_o that_o interest_n pride_n or_o ambition_n do_v move_v great_a number_n of_o person_n who_o after_o all_o have_v hot_a much_o piety_n to_o set_v themselves_o against_o those_o many_o and_o great_a disorder_n and_o to_o shake_v off_o a_o yoke_n under_o which_o the_o christian_a world_n then_o groan_v but_o the_o same_o principle_n hinder_v they_o to_o submit_v to_o the_o yoke_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o bind_v themselves_o to_o the_o observation_n of_o evangelical_n discipline_n we_o be_v to_o consider_v further_o that_o the_o rule_n of_o discipline_n and_o penance_n have_v be_v disuse_v for_o several_a hundred_o year_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o bring_v the_o world_n to_o submit_v to_o a_o order_n of_o which_o the_o notion_n be_v lose_v policy_n have_v perhaps_o a_o large_a share_n likewise_o in_o this_o revolution_n prince_n and_o great_a man_n be_v easy_o determine_v to_o pull_v down_o the_o excessive_a and_o usurp_a authority_n of_o the_o clergy_n but_o they_o do_v not_o all_o express_v the_o same_o zeal_n to_o restore_v to_o the_o church_n her_o lawful_a authority_n in_o fine_a among_o divine_v themselves_o there_o be_v many_o who_o can_v not_o endure_v that_o discipline_n shall_v be_v name_v and_o who_o dispute_v and_o write_v against_o those_o who_o be_v for_o exclude_v scandalous_a person_n from_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n and_o for_o make_v use_n of_o excommuication_n and_o public_a penance_n in_o such_o circumstance_n the_o restore_n of_o discipline_n be_v a_o hard_a task_n it_o will_v not_o be_v improper_a to_o relate_v here_o concern_v this_o matter_n the_o opinion_n and_o the_o very_a word_n of_o those_o who_o be_v then_o employ_v about_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o church_n they_o look_v upon_o discipline_n as_o a_o capital_a point_n to_o restore_v religion_n to_o its_o purity_n they_o write_v prodit_fw-la write_v calvini_n epist_n &_o responsa_fw-la pag._n 337._o disciplinam_fw-la jure_fw-la vocare_fw-la possumus_fw-la optimum_fw-la atque_fw-la adeò_fw-la unicum_fw-la retinendae_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la vinculum_fw-la et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la itaque_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la nostras_fw-la tum_fw-la demum_fw-la ritè_fw-la suffultas_fw-la arbitrabor_fw-la ubi_fw-la isto_fw-la nervo_fw-la colligatae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la et_fw-fr pag._n 336._o caeterùm_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la consister_n ecclesiae_fw-la incolumitas_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la purgandam_fw-la fraenandas_fw-la libidines_fw-la tollenda_fw-la flagitia_fw-la corrigendos_fw-la perversos_fw-la mores_fw-la vigeat_fw-la excommunicatio_fw-la cujus_fw-la moderatum_fw-la usum_fw-la quisquis_fw-la recusat_fw-la praesertim_fw-la admonitus_fw-la se_fw-la ex_fw-la christi_fw-la ovibus_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la prodit_fw-la that_o discipline_n be_v the_o best_a nay_o the_o only_a mean_a to_o keep_v the_o people_n in_o obedience_n that_o the_o church_n will_v never_o stand_v upon_o a_o firm_a and_o solid_a foundation_n till_o discipline_n and_o excommunication_n be_v use_v to_o purge_v it_o to_o give_v a_o stop_n to_o licentiousness_n to_o banish_v vice_n and_o to_o mend_v manner_n and_o that_o whosoever_o do_v reject_v the_o lawful_a and_o moderate_a use_n of_o excommunication_n show_v himself_o by_o that_o to_o be_v none_o of_o christ_n sheep_n but_o we_o do_v likewise_o observe_v in_o their_o write_n that_o they_o have_v the_o ill_a fortune_n of_o not_o be_v able_a to_o succeed_v in_o their_o design_n they_o say_v open_o own_o that_o they_o meet_v on_o all_o hand_n with_o insuperable_a obstacle_n etc._n obstacle_n capito_n in_o calv._n epist_n p._n 7._o periciores_fw-la rerum_fw-la ecclesiasticarum_fw-la cernunt_fw-la in_o causâ_fw-la ejectionis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la fuisse_fw-la totam_fw-la cohortem_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la evangelium_fw-la docentium_fw-la sine_fw-la disciplinâ_fw-la imò_fw-la ne_fw-la scientium_fw-la a_o disciplina_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la revocanda_fw-la otiosam_fw-la enim_fw-la functionem_fw-la quidam_fw-la tueri_fw-la malunt_fw-la quam_fw-la fructuosam_fw-la quidam_fw-la licentiam_fw-la pro_fw-la christi_fw-la libertate_fw-la induxerunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la ab_fw-la evangelio_n stint_v qui_fw-la jugum_fw-la pontificium_fw-la abjecerint_fw-la aliqui_fw-la verò_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la plerique_fw-la omnes_fw-la animadvertentes_fw-la rem_fw-la christi_fw-la indy_n abire_fw-la in_fw-la pejus_fw-la optarent_fw-la quidem_fw-la restirutam_fw-la auctoritatem_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la sed_fw-la aut_fw-la veram_fw-la ejus_fw-la reparandae_fw-la rationem_fw-la ignorant_a aut_fw-la eam_fw-la videntes_fw-la desperant_fw-la prorsus_fw-la et_fw-la paulo_fw-la post_fw-la auditis_fw-la enim_fw-la tyranni_fw-la esse_fw-la voluistis_fw-la in_o liberam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la voluistis_fw-la novum_fw-la pontificaâ—um_fw-la revocare_fw-la atque_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la contumeliarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la paulo_fw-la post_fw-la nam_fw-la fraenum_fw-la prorsus_fw-la excussit_fw-la multitudo_fw-la quae_fw-la assuera_fw-la est_fw-la &_o educata_fw-la propemodum_fw-la ad_fw-la licentiam_fw-la quasi_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la pontificiorum_fw-la frangendo_fw-la vim_o verbi_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la evangelii_n evacuaremus_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o there_o be_v a_o company_n of_o minister_n who_o preach_v a_o gospel_n without_o discipline_n and_o who_o even_o question_v whether_o the_o use_n of_o discipline_n be_v to_o be_v bring_v back_o into_o the_o church_n that_o some_o introduce_v licentiousness_n instead_o of_o christian_a liberty_n and_o think_v that_o to_o reject_v the_o pope_n be_v enough_o in_o order_n to_o be_v true_o evangelical_n that_o other_o observe_v the_o daily_a decay_n of_o christianity_n wish_v that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o ministry_n may_v be_v restore_v but_o that_o either_o they_o do_v not_o see_v the_o true_a way_n of_o bring_v this_o about_o or_o that_o if_o they_o see_v it_o they_o despair_v of_o success_n that_o those_o who_o endeavour_v to_o revive_v discipline_n be_v call_v tyrant_n who_o will_v have_v usurp_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n that_o the_o people_n have_v shake_v off_o all_o restraint_n and_o be_v accustom_v to_o licentiousness_n as_o if_o by_o take_v away_o the_o pope_n authority_n the_o ministry_n have_v be_v destroy_v and_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o the_o sacrament_n have_v lose_v their_o efficacy_n they_o have_v say_v that_o the_o want_n of_o discipline_n do_v produce_v corruption_n 371._o corruption_n bucerus_n de_fw-fr animarum_fw-la cura_fw-la p._n 171._o et_fw-la quis_fw-la negare_fw-la potest_fw-la cùm_fw-la omnium_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la quà m_fw-la atrocia_fw-la etiam_fw-la illa_fw-la sint_fw-la adeò_fw-la nulla_fw-la increpatio_fw-la castigatio_fw-la aut_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la hinc_fw-la fieri_fw-la ut_fw-la juventus_fw-la &_o plebs_fw-la eo_fw-la leviores_fw-la reddantur_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la malum_fw-la pudor_fw-la &_o dedecus_fw-la abeunt_fw-la homines_fw-la efferuntur_fw-la redduntur_fw-la ut_fw-la paulus_n conqueritur_fw-la omnino_fw-la impenitents_n dedunt_fw-la se_fw-la libidini_fw-la omnique_fw-la vanitati_fw-la denique_fw-la vitâ_fw-la istâ_fw-la petulanti_fw-la atque_fw-la perdita_fw-la satiari_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la possunt_fw-la idem_fw-la p._n 189._o si_fw-mi crassiora_fw-la delicta_fw-la severiore_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la compensarentur_fw-la ut_fw-la sanctus_fw-la docet_fw-la apostolus_fw-la utque_fw-la in_o sancto_fw-la atque_fw-la salutari_fw-la usu_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la veteribus_fw-la bene_fw-la constitutis_fw-la major_a inde_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la dei_fw-la filios_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la fuga_fw-la &_o detestatio_fw-la majorque_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la christian_n zelus_n existeret_fw-la quam_fw-la proh_o dolour_n hodie_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la deprehendimus_fw-la vide_fw-la &_o buceri_fw-la epistolam_fw-la ad_fw-la calvinum_fw-la in_fw-la epistola_fw-la calvini_n pag._n 370_o &_o 371._o that_o because_o there_o be_v neither_o censure_n nor_o correction_n nor_o penance_n nor_o excommunication_n in_o the_o church_n even_o for_o the_o great_a crime_n the_o people_n and_o youth_n do_v commit_v all_o manner_n of_o sin_n that_o no_o person_n be_v restrain_v by_o shame_n and_o that_o man_n become_v proud_a and_o altogether_o impenitent_a that_o if_o the_o more_o odious_a sin_n be_v expiate_v by_o penance_n and_o a_o reasonable_a severity_n as_o st._n paul_n enjoin_v and_o as_o it_o be_v ancient_o