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sacrament_n 47._o in_o praedicatione_n verbi_fw-la &_o administratione_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la idipsum_fw-la fere_n usu_fw-la evenit_fw-la quodin_fw-fr usuvini_fw-la etenim_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la assueti_fw-la sunt_fw-la quotidiano_fw-la potu_fw-la vix_fw-la ejus_fw-la vim_o sentiunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la verò_fw-la rariùs_fw-la aliquanto_fw-la exhibetur_fw-la in_fw-la iis_fw-la ejus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la miram_fw-la quandam_fw-la efficacitatem_fw-la exerunt_fw-la cùm_fw-la ad_fw-la vires_fw-la corporis_fw-la recreandas_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la alacritatem_fw-la inusitatam_fw-la animus_fw-la ingenerandam_fw-la etc._n etc._n thes_n salmur_n p._n 3._o s._n 17._o p._n 35._o idem_fw-la hîc_fw-la fere_n usu_fw-la evenit_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o visu_fw-la quia_fw-la natura_fw-la duobus_fw-la oculis_fw-la objecta_fw-la visibilia_fw-la nos_fw-la perspicere_fw-la velit_fw-la nisi_fw-la aliquid_fw-la moliatur_fw-la extra_fw-la ordinem_fw-la visu_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la caremus_fw-la nec_fw-la quidquam_fw-la videmus_fw-la duobus_fw-la oculis_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la cernere_fw-la nequeamus_fw-la uno_fw-la tantum_fw-la at_o id_fw-la facimus_fw-la nimis_fw-la commodè_fw-la &_o fortasse_fw-la minus_fw-la acutum_fw-la ibid._n s._n 49._o pag._n 47._o as_o be_v even_o now_o allege_v out_o of_o chamier_n and_o though_o the_o same_o thing_n have_v be_v propound_v before_o in_o the_o word_n yet_o they_o may_v now_o take_v more_o impression_n be_v hold_v forth_o in_o the_o sacrament_n even_o as_o the_o same_o proposition_n make_v in_o the_o word_n do_v often_o acquire_v better_a and_o more_o happy_a effect_n at_o one_o time_n than_o another_o and_o much_o rather_o may_v it_o do_v so_o when_o it_o be_v tender_v as_o well_o in_o divers_a way_n as_o time_n whatsoever_o effect_n in_o the_o perfect_a of_o faith_n and_o attract_v and_o unite_n the_o love_n of_o the_o heart_n unto_o god_n in_o christ_n can_v be_v produce_v by_o the_o lively_a apprehension_n and_o serious_a meditation_n of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o love_n in_o die_v for_o the_o salvation_n of_o those_o that_o believe_v the_o sacrament_n may_v be_v productive_a of_o which_o by_o institution_n signify_v and_o by_o similitude_n represent_v and_o show_v forth_o his_o death_n and_o express_o tend_v and_o direct_o and_o apposite_o conduce_v to_o the_o remembrance_n of_o he_o and_o how_o frequent_o and_o urgent_o be_v the_o consideration_n of_o god_n love_v manifest_v in_o send_v his_o son_n to_o die_v and_o christ_n in_o die_v for_o we_o etc._n joh._n 15.12_o &_o 13._o rom._n 5.8_o ephes_n 5.2_o 2_o cor._n 5.14_o 15._o 1_o joh._n 3.16_o &_o 4.9_o &_o 11._o etc._n etc._n recommend_v as_o the_o most_o exciting_a and_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v constrain_a motive_n to_o the_o interchangable_a love_n of_o god_n and_o christ_n and_o also_o of_o our_o brethren_n as_o material_a object_n of_o our_o love_n whereof_o god_n be_v the_o formal_a and_o as_o participable_a of_o that_o blessedness_n which_o flow_v from_o god_n love_n in_o christ_n this_o be_v plain_o confess_v by_o the_o provincial_a assembly_n of_o london_n who_o pathetical_o say_v that_o the_o break_n of_o the_o bread_n understand_o look_v upon_o 104_o vindicat._n p._n 104_o be_v a_o forcible_a argument_n to_o break_v your_o heart_n and_o in_o the_o right_a use_n to_o effect_v that_o which_o it_o do_v move_v unto_o there_o be_v power_n in_o a_o applicative_a and_o fiducial_a remembrance_n of_o christ_n at_o the_o sacrament_n to_o heal_v all_o the_o sinful_a issue_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o if_o you_o practical_o remember_v the_o sacrament_n of_o his_o death_n you_o will_v find_v virtue_n come_v out_o thereof_o to_o make_v you_o dead_a to_o the_o world_n can_v any_o tell_v i_o 40._o baxter_n praefestinantis_fw-la morator_fw-la p._n 393._o exit_fw-la instituto_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la ad_fw-la eadem_fw-la illa_fw-la objecta_fw-la quae_fw-la verbo_fw-la continentur_fw-la cum_fw-la repraesentanda_fw-la tum_fw-la praesertim_fw-la obsignanda_fw-la referuntur_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o christum_fw-la testantur_fw-la mortuum_fw-la esse_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ac_fw-la suscitatum_fw-la à _fw-la mortuis_fw-la pro_fw-la justificatione_n nostra_fw-la &_o in_o eo_fw-la nobis_fw-la exhibent_fw-la quicquid_fw-la boni_fw-la specie_fw-la &_o jucundi_fw-la &_o honesti_fw-la &_o utilis_fw-la animos_fw-la nostros_fw-la movere_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la studium_fw-la pietatis_fw-la &_o verae_fw-la sanctimoniae_fw-la excitare_fw-la potest_fw-la thes_n salmur_n part_n 3._o s._n 11._o pag._n 33._o mundatio_fw-la animae_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la infusam_fw-la accedit_fw-la ad_fw-la rationem_fw-la creationis_fw-la altisiodor_n objecti_fw-la illa_fw-la repraesentatio_fw-la in_o sacramentis_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la pleniùs_fw-la expressa_fw-la fuit_fw-la ideoque_fw-la movet_fw-la efficacius_fw-la thes_n salmur_n s._n 46._o part_n 3._o p._n 46._o vide_fw-la s._n 31._o &_o 38._o p._n 38_o &_o 40._o say_v a_o learned_a man_n in_o what_o kind_n of_o causality_n the_o word_n work_v which_o the_o sacrament_n do_v not_o also_o work_v in_o though_o in_o conversion_n the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n concur_v with_o the_o word_n either_o by_o infuse_v a_o principle_n of_o new_a life_n and_o inspire_v
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in_o sound_v city_n have_v turn_v up_o this_o furrow_n and_o draw_v this_o line_n where_o to_o make_v a_o wall_n to_o retrench_v and_o keep_v out_o from_o the_o communion_n and_o perhaps_o also_o the_o papist_n put_v their_o private_a mass_n upon_o the_o score_n of_o the_o people_n indevotion_n have_v prompt_v the_o apologist_n and_o their_o fellow_n to_o lay_v their_o comparative_o private_a communion_n and_o the_o exclude_v of_o so_o many_o on_o the_o account_n of_o their_o unwillingness_n to_o come_v and_o on_o their_o irreverence_n and_o hereupon_o to_o put_v the_o blame_n for_o the_o with_o hold_v both_o kind_n from_o so_o many_o as_o among_o the_o papist_n they_o do_v for_o withdraw_v one_o species_n from_o all_o except_z priests_z and_o king_n save_v that_o late_o the_o consecrate_a wine_n be_v give_v the_o laity_n in_o some_o country_n pour_v out_o into_o a_o glass_n which_o by_o no_o mean_n be_v to_o be_v drink_v out_o of_o the_o chalice_n that_o the_o priest_n may_v have_v 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he_o which_o eat_v and_o drink_v unto_o damnation_n be_v mean_v only_o of_o a_o contrary_a not_o privative_a unworthiness_n and_o alone_o of_o such_o as_o come_v with_o a_o presumptuous_a irreverence_n and_o wilful_a contempt_n of_o the_o ordinance_n and_o not_o of_o those_o that_o approach_n with_o some_o sense_n of_o their_o duty_n reverential_a esteem_n of_o the_o mystery_n and_o moral_a conformity_n i_o shall_v first_o propound_v it_o to_o be_v consider_v whether_o these_o be_v not_o some_o of_o the_o weapon_n or_o form_v by_o their_o pattern_n wherewith_o fresh_a sophister_n use_v to_o play_v at_o foil_n such_o as_o those_o either_o a_o man_n die_v while_o he_o be_v alive_a or_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a either_o the_o light_n first_o enter_v into_o a_o room_n when_o it_o be_v dark_a or_o when_o it_o be_v lightsome_a either_o the_o soul_n have_v a_o existence_n before_o it_o be_v infuse_v into_o the_o body_n or_o after_o and_o with_o either_o of_o the_o horn_n of_o this_o argument_n 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till_o the_o work_n of_o grace_n be_v manifest_a in_o they_o be_v to_o shut_v up_o the_o mean_n from_o they_o till_o they_o have_v acquire_v the_o end_n to_o restrain_v they_o from_o physic_n till_o they_o have_v recover_v into_o health_n to_o forbid_v they_o to_o wash_v their_o hand_n with_o water_n till_o they_o be_v clean_o and_o to_o keep_v they_o from_o the_o fire_n till_o they_o be_v warm_a a_o great_a master_n of_o the_o school_n set_v it_o down_o as_o one_o difference_n between_o infuse_a and_o acquisite_a habit_n christian_a and_o philosophical_a virtue_n 384._o estius_n in_o 2._o do_v 27._o sect_n 4._o p._n 384._o that_o virtus_n christiana_n non_fw-la requirit_fw-la praeviam_fw-la actuum_fw-la frequentiam_fw-la sicut_fw-la virtus_fw-la philosophica_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la uno_fw-la actu_fw-la acquiratur_fw-la aut_fw-la sine_fw-la actu_fw-la praevio_fw-la infundatur_fw-la but_o if_o infuse_a habit_n be_v wrought_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o acquisite_a as_o some_o 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exod._n 24.8_o where_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o covenant_n be_v sprinkle_v on_o all_o the_o people_n or_o refer_v it_o general_o to_o all_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v seal_n of_o god_n covenant_n and_o correspondent_o the_o rabbin_n say_v that_o israel_n do_v not_o enter_v into_o covenant_n but_o by_o these_o three_o thing_n circumcision_n baptism_n and_o sacrifice_n so_o that_o then_o though_o only_o clean_a bird_n may_v be_v bring_v to_o be_v sacrifice_v yet_o they_o be_v not_o all_o clean_a that_o come_v to_o the_o altar_n to_o sacrifice_v neither_o have_v all_o those_o that_o sacrifice_v a_o house_n and_o a_o nest_n where_o to_o lay_v their_o young_a in_o the_o altar_n that_o be_v as_o the_o father_n allegorise_v it_o have_v not_o faith_n to_o breed_v and_o bring_v forth_o their_o good_a work_n though_o their_o sacrifice_n be_v not_o sweet_a jer._n 6.20_o but_o be_v as_o the_o bread_n of_o mourning_n hos_fw-la 9.4_o and_o pollute_a bread_n mal._n 1.7_o yet_o their_o offering_n be_v 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sed_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la simulatione_fw-la atque_fw-la umbrà _fw-la aliquid_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la malum_fw-la removere_fw-la studet_fw-la sanè_fw-la quem_fw-la verè_fw-la poenitet_fw-la neque_fw-la de_fw-la honore_fw-la retinendo_fw-la satagit_fw-la quem_fw-la peccando_fw-la videtur_fw-la jure_fw-la perdidisse_fw-la neque_fw-la umbram_fw-la quaerit_fw-la quam_fw-la praetendat_fw-la culpae_fw-la as_o sanctius_n in_o concurrency_n with_o gregory_n lira_n cajetan_n etc._n etc._n yet_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o holy_a samuel_n be_v induce_v to_o afford_v he_o his_o presence_n communion_n and_o assistance_n in_o the_o sacrifice_n as_o josephus_n note_v graviter_fw-la eum_fw-la corripuit_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la eo_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la offerendum_fw-la deo_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la sine_fw-la excusatione_fw-la perrexit_fw-la say_v augustine_n cum_fw-la eo_fw-la revertitur_fw-la say_v serrarius_n out_o of_o gregory_n 125._o contr._n donatist_n post_fw-la col_fw-fr c._n 20._o tom_n 7._o p._n 125._o quia_fw-la potentibus_fw-la huius_fw-la seculi_fw-la sic_fw-la est_fw-la damnanda_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la ut_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la habent_fw-la exasperati_fw-la non_fw-la perdant_fw-la if_o the_o priest_n have_v know_v or_o will_v have_v make_v use_n of_o those_o catoptric_n which_o be_v now_o in_o so_o much_o request_n whereby_o a_o shadow_n seem_v a_o substance_n and_o a_o mere_a species_n appear_v a_o body_n they_o may_v have_v here_o have_v a_o subject_n will_v have_v afford_v as_o many_o umbrage_n and_o as_o much_o specious_a pretence_n for_o build_v castle_n in_o the_o air_n wherein_o to_o have_v secure_v the_o sacrifice_n from_o be_v touch_v or_o lay_v hold_n of_o as_o the_o apologist_n have_v do_v for_o shut_v up_o the_o sacrament_n from_o be_v take_v but_o at_o their_o will_n and_o pleasure_n they_o may_v have_v urge_v that_o unless_o man_n have_v show_v forth_o their_o hand_n and_o approve_v they_o to_o be_v wash_v in_o innocency_n they_o may_v not_o come_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o altar_n and_o plead_v that_o whatsoever_o touch_v the_o altar_n shall_v be_v holy_a exod._n 29.37_o that_o there_o must_v be_v a_o sanctify_a of_o themselves_o to_o come_v to_o the_o sacrifice_n 2_o sam._n 16.5_o that_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v abominable_a prov._n 21.27_o and_o as_o if_o they_o have_v cut_v off_o a_o dog_n neck_n isa_n 66.3_o whereby_o the_o sacrifice_n as_o well_o as_o the_o holy_a thing_n be_v pollute_v hos_fw-la 9.4_o and_o see_v the_o sacrifice_n be_v munera_fw-la federalâ—a_fw-la sign_n of_o their_o incorporation_n into_o christ_n where_o the_o offer_v be_v a_o recognition_n of_o be_v god_n vassal_n or_o homager_n the_o acceptance_n be_v a_o testimonial_a of_o be_v reconcile_v and_o interest_v in_o god_n covenant_n by_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o admission_n to_o eat_v at_o god_n table_n a_o argument_n that_o he_o be_v of_o his_o household_n unless_o then_o the_o sacrificer_n have_v by_o evident_a sign_n convince_v the_o priest_n of_o his_o real_a holiness_n there_o be_v danger_n of_o give_v false_a testimony_n and_o put_v seal_n to_o blank_n and_o prostitute_v the_o privilege_n of_o the_o godly_a but_o as_o angustine_n to_o gaudentius_n o_o dolour_n fraudata_fw-la sunt_fw-la tali_fw-la magisterio_fw-la tempora_fw-la antiqua_fw-la quonâ—am_fw-la nondum_fw-la natus_fw-la eras_fw-la and_o sure_o my_o infirm_a eye_n can_v discern_v little_a difference_n between_o what_o the_o apologist_n now_o allege_v and_o practice_v and_o what_o the_o priest_n may_v then_o with_o as_o much_o reason_n have_v urge_v and_o do_v save_v that_o perhaps_o some_o may_v suppose_v it_o be_v of_o more_o advantage_n to_o the_o priest_n to_o admit_v many_o to_o the_o altar_n who_o have_v there_o great_a share_n of_o their_o offering_n but_o to_o give_v access_n unto_o the_o table_n to_o a_o few_o may_v for_o aught_o we_o know_v be_v more_o of_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o apologist_n who_o offering_n may_v increase_v by_o their_o admission_n of_o such_o only_a as_o they_o shall_v approve_v of_o and_o elect_v but_o sure_o have_v the_o priest_n admit_v but_o one_o of_o a_o hundred_o to_o have_v sacrifice_v as_o they_o do_v not_o above_o that_o proportion_n to_o communicate_v i_o doubt_v they_o that_o serve_v at_o the_o altar_n will_v hardly_o have_v live_v of_o the_o altar_n that_o which_o some_o may_v interpose_v of_o shut_v out_o unclean_a person_n under_o the_o law_n we_o shall_v put_v under_o suspension_n until_o a_o far_a and_o more_o proper_a opportunity_n when_o we_o shall_v hope_v to_o shut_v out_o that_o instance_n because_o it_o be_v clean_o beside_o the_o purpose_n but_o whatever_o judgement_n may_v be_v give_v of_o the_o sacrifice_n yet_o circumcision_n and_o the_o passover_n be_v univocal_a sacrament_n and_o sign_n and_o figure_n of_o the_o same_o thing_n which_o we_o represent_v and_o signify_v and_o antitype_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o rivet_n call_v they_o to_o we_o and_o upon_o this_o analogy_n of_o circumcision_n to_o baptism_n we_o draw_v a_o argument_n for_o baptise_v infant_n now_o which_o be_v then_o circumcise_v and_o the_o like_a reason_n may_v carry_v it_o far_o to_o argue_v for_o such_o admission_n to_o the_o lord_n supper_n as_o be_v then_o practise_v by_o rule_n for_o admit_v to_o the_o passover_n and_o so_o also_o during_o that_o policy_n in_o relation_n to_o person_n adult_v at_o least_o i_o think_v there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n for_o admission_n to_o circumcision_n as_o to_o the_o passover_n and_o no_o disproportion_n in_o the_o qualification_n and_o disposition_n requisite_a to_o the_o one_o and_o other_o and_o i_o suppose_v the_o same_o may_v be_v verify_v of_o baptism_n 45._o aug._n contra_fw-la crescon_n l._n 4._o c._n 45._o and_o the_o eucharist_n but_o notwithstanding_o the_o many_o and_o great_a corruption_n of_o that_o people_n those_o who_o do_v not_o communicate_v in_o the_o sin_n yet_o hold_v communion_n in_o the_o sacrament_n sicut_fw-la prophetae_fw-la sancti_fw-la &_o septem_fw-la millia_fw-la virorum_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la curvaverunt_fw-la genua_fw-la ante_fw-la baal_n à _fw-la populo_fw-la tamen_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o à _fw-la communibus_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la non_fw-la se_fw-la diviserunt_fw-la 259._o sunt_fw-la alia_fw-la quae_fw-la
aut_fw-la aquila_n aut_fw-la serpens_fw-la epidaurius_n shall_v discern_v or_o be_v convince_v thereof_o second_o whereas_o they_o disclaim_v to_o act_v in_o a_o sole_a jutisdiction_n we_o know_v indeed_o that_o they_o have_v such_o as_o they_o call_v elder_n also_o but_o we_o have_v as_o certain_a knowledge_n that_o they_o be_v not_o hold_v so_o necessary_a to_o the_o conduct_n and_o management_n of_o their_o church_n affair_n as_o good_a work_n be_v determine_v to_o be_v to_o justification_n wherein_o they_o have_v their_o presence_n but_o no_o efficiency_n but_o these_o be_v not_o always_o so_o much_o as_o present_v at_o their_o counsel_n or_o of_o the_o qaorum_n at_o trial_n and_o hereof_o we_o can_v render_v particular_a instance_n and_o however_o they_o may_v set_v off_o those_o elder_n to_o those_o at_o distance_n ignote_n reverentia_fw-la major_n and_o as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o athenian_n that_o by_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o feather_n or_o quill_n of_o their_o countryman_n they_o fly_v high_a in_o fame_n than_o truth_n and_o however_o they_o be_v behold_v with_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o basis_n they_o be_v set_v upon_o and_o conjecture_v to_o hold_v out_o the_o weight_n that_o some_o other_o carry_v of_o that_o like_a notion_n yet_o the_o truth_n be_v those_o elder_n be_v so_o inconsiderable_a for_o number_n and_o weight_n too_o in_o respect_n of_o part_n and_o influence_n be_v but_o as_o image_n which_o seem_v to_o bear_v up_o the_o roose_n of_o church_n but_o be_v only_o for_o show_v and_o serve_v not_o for_o support_v or_o like_o the_o character_n which_o magician_n and_o charmer_n make_v use_v of_o that_o have_v no_o real_a influence_n into_o effect_n but_o serve_v to_o amuse_v &_o delude_v man_n and_o fortify_v imagination_n and_o as_o charles_n of_o burgundy_n be_v say_v to_o carry_v all_o his_o council_n behind_o he_o on_o horseback_n so_o all_o the_o power_n sit_v in_o the_o same_o chair_n with_o the_o minister_n i_o be_o not_o so_o insensible_a or_o inconsiderate_a to_o strike_v at_o or_o move_v against_o the_o stand_n of_o rule_v elder_n in_o the_o church_n rebus_fw-la sic_fw-la stantibus_fw-la which_o be_v a_o excellent_a composition_n for_o the_o attempering_a and_o restrain_v the_o power_n of_o the_o minister_n which_o else_o may_v become_v arbitrary_a and_o unlimited_a and_o who_o may_v perchance_o serve_v they_o in_o like_a stead_n as_o gracchus_n his_o servant_n do_v to_o his_o master_n cui_fw-la orami_fw-la à _fw-la tergo_fw-la adstabat_fw-la fistuid_fw-la concinnatâ_fw-la tonúâ—que_fw-la cohibenda_fw-la plutarch_n de_fw-fr ira_fw-la cohibenda_fw-la suggerebat_fw-la quo_fw-la heri_fw-la asperitatem_fw-la &_o iracundiam_fw-la vocis_fw-la delinitam_fw-la auferebat_fw-la prudence_n will_v prompt_v we_o that_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a to_o entrust_v so_o great_a power_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o single_a person_n and_o it_o not_o only_a lesson_n we_o in_o the_o word_n of_o plutarch_n nimis_fw-la periculosum_fw-la est_fw-la velle_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la decet_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la quae_fw-la vult_fw-la facere_fw-la potest_fw-la but_o it_o also_o caution_n we_o by_o the_o voice_n of_o cyprian_a nemo_fw-la divautus_fw-la est_fw-la periculo_fw-la proximus_fw-la and_o divine_a wisdom_n have_v prescribe_v in_o censure_n tell_v the_o church_n and_o if_o he_o hear_v not_o the_o church_n locum_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la dom._n serm_n 16._o in_o locum_fw-la &_o and_o i_o hope_v the_o minister_n will_v not_o assume_v to_o be_v as_o the_o pope_n the_o church_n virtual_o augustine_n will_v check_v such_o presumption_n who_o tell_v we_o this_o correption_n be_v to_o be_v coram_fw-la omnibus_fw-la and_o paschasius_fw-la coram_fw-la omni_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la inspectante_fw-la or_o tota_n ecclesia_fw-la as_o eucherius_n and_o the_o gloss_n and_o dic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la being_n in_o the_o sense_n of_o hierom_n multis_fw-la dicendum_fw-la est_fw-la and_o aquinas_n interpret_n dic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la i_o totae_fw-la multudini_fw-la 62._o cypr._n ep_v 27_o p._n 62._o and_o cyprian_a state_v the_o church_n to_o be_v in_o episcopo_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la &_o in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la astantibus_fw-la constituta_fw-la and_o when_o the_o incestuous_a person_n at_o corinth_n be_v to_o be_v cast_v out_o the_o church_n be_v to_o be_v gather_v together_o and_o they_o be_v to_o put_v he_o away_o they_o to_o who_o he_o write_v which_o be_v not_o the_o minister_n only_o but_o the_o church_n collective_o 167._o chrysostom_n in_o 2_o cor._n c._n 2._o hom_n 4._o tom_n 4._o p._n 167._o universis_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la congregatis_fw-la say_v theodoret_n and_o chrysostome_n very_o sully_v assumpsit_fw-la illos_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la sententiae_fw-la consortium_fw-la dicens_fw-la congregatis_fw-la vobis_fw-la tradere_fw-la illum_fw-la dvas_fw-la res_fw-la maximas_fw-la accurans_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o proferretur_fw-la sententia_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la ne_fw-la id_fw-la fieret_fw-la absque_fw-la illis_fw-la ne_fw-la videretur_fw-la hoc_fw-la illos_fw-la facto_fw-la laedere_fw-la ac_fw-la neque_fw-la solus_fw-la pronunciat_fw-la ne_fw-la videretur_fw-la apostolus_fw-la esse_fw-la praefractus_fw-la ipsosque_fw-la contemuere_fw-la and_o certain_o it_o appear_v very_o liquid_o that_o in_o ecclesiastical_a concernment_n and_o agitation_n the_o whole_a church_n be_v consult_v and_o consentient_a in_o the_o deliberation_n and_o resolution_n for_o when_o judas_n be_v go_v home_o to_o his_o place_n who_o demrit_n have_v make_v the_o place_n of_o damnation_n to_o be_v his_o and_o another_o to_o be_v choose_v in_o his_o which_o he_o have_v unworthy_o occupy_v the_o election_n be_v carry_v on_o by_o common_a consent_n of_o the_o church_n 3._o idem_fw-la in_o act._n c._n 1._o homil_n 3._o p._n 138._o tom_n 3._o erat_fw-la turba_fw-la nominum_fw-la say_v chrysostom_n simul_fw-la ferè_fw-la centum_fw-la &_o viginti_fw-la considera_fw-la quà m_fw-la petrus_n 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when_o they_o have_v gather_v the_o multitude_n together_o deliver_v the_o epistle_n v._o 30._o from_o whence_o calvin_n conclude_v cum_fw-la tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la communicare_fw-la debent_fw-la ipsi_fw-la doctores_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la statuerint_fw-la the_o like_a course_n may_v be_v trace_v down_o the_o succeed_a age_n the_o footstep_n whereof_o appear_v not_o more_o conspicuous_o then_o in_o cyprian_a who_o as_o it_o be_v his_o resolution_n nihil_fw-la sine_fw-la consilio_fw-la vestro_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la plebis_fw-la meae_fw-la privatâ_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la gerere_fw-la 70._o cyprian_n epist._n 6_o p._n 17_o cp_n 14._o p._n 41._o exit_fw-la editio_fw-la le_fw-fr preux_fw-fr secundum_fw-la pamel_n &_o goulart_n epist_n 12._o pag._n 37_o epist_n 31._o p._n 70._o out_o of_o the_o sense_n he_o have_v that_o hoc_fw-la verecundiae_fw-la &_o disciplinae_fw-la &_o vitâ—_n ipsi_fw-la omnium_fw-la nostrae_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la 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respect_v remission_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o implicit_a and_o interpretative_a confession_n of_o sin_n yet_o beside_o there_o be_v none_o also_o at_o any_o time_n admit_v without_o join_v with_o all_o the_o congregation_n together_o in_o the_o express_a and_o explicit_a confession_n thereof_o but_o a_o confession_n of_o sin_n satisfi_v not_o those_o censor_n without_o examination_n and_o trial_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o seriousness_n thereof_o 191._o pag._n 191._o and_o however_o they_o frivolous_o suppose_v that_o john_n baptize_v not_o those_o pharisee_n which_o he_o call_v a_o generation_n of_o viper_n because_o it_o be_v say_v luke_n 7.30_o but_o the_o pharisee_n and_o lawyer_n reject_v the_o counsel_n of_o god_n be_v not_o baptize_v of_o he_o and_o that_o therefore_o those_o of_o they_o that_o come_v do_v come_v to_o see_v or_o as_o send_v joh._n 1.24_o yet_o first_o it_o be_v so_o evident_o beam_a from_o the_o text_n that_o some_o of_o the_o pharisee_n be_v baptize_v that_o i_o know_v not_o one_o interpreter_n that_o do_v not_o see_v and_o acknowledge_v it_o and_o to_o that_o of_o luke_n 7.30_o they_o say_v he_o speak_v not_o of_o all_o the_o pharisee_n but_o of_o many_o and_o those_o that_o be_v then_o present_a at_o that_o discourse_n of_o our_o saviour_n quia_fw-la say_v maldonat_a de_fw-la universo_fw-it loquebatur_fw-la genere_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la neminem_fw-la excepit_fw-la alioqui_fw-la nec_fw-la omnis_fw-la populus_fw-la nec_fw-la omnes_fw-la publicani_fw-la à _fw-la johanne_n baptizati_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la illique_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la generaliter_fw-la dicit_fw-la omnem_fw-la populum_fw-la &_o publicanos_n fulsse_n baptizatos_fw-la and_o say_v estius_n and_o jansenius_n correspond_v potest_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la exponi_fw-la quòd_fw-la dicit_fw-la lucas_n pharisaei_n &_o legisperiti_n qui_fw-fr à _fw-fr johanne_n baptizati_fw-la non_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la spreverunt_fw-la consilium_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o semetipsos_fw-la quâ_fw-la expositione_n non_fw-la dicit_fw-la multi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la a_o pauci_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la significat_fw-la aliquos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n second_o those_o mention_v joh._n 1.24_o as_o they_o be_v call_v priest_n and_o levite_n though_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o notwithstanding_o they_o may_v be_v pharisees_n yet_o they_o may_v be_v send_v at_o another_o time_n and_o other_o than_o they_o that_o be_v here_o mention_v those_o come_v only_o to_o be_v baptize_v venientes_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la baptizarentur_fw-la say_v barradius_fw-la why_o else_o do_v john_n wonder_v who_o have_v forewarn_v they_o to_o fly_v from_o the_o wrath_n to_o come_v to_o come_v as_o spy_n be_v no_o way_n to_o escape_v but_o to_o procure_v wrath_n loc_fw-la chrysost_n in_o mat._n 3._o homil._n 11._o p._n 28._o estius_fw-la annot._n in_o loc_fw-la and_o origen_n suppose_v they_o come_v to_o be_v baptize_v thereby_o to_o ingratiate_v with_o the_o people_n who_o hold_v john_n in_o so_o great_a esteem_n and_o this_o occasion_v john_n to_o excite_v and_o quicken_v they_o to_o verify_v it_o that_o they_o come_v right_o by_o their_o after-work_n and_o fruit_n as_o chrysostome_n and_o estius_n but_o he_o do_v not_o suspend_v their_o baptism_n until_o they_o have_v give_v satisfactory_a sign_n thereof_o three_o they_o forget_v that_o luke_n relate_v this_o increpation_n o_o generation_n of_o viper_n to_o be_v speak_v to_o the_o multitude_n that_o come_v forth_o to_o be_v baptize_v of_o he_o not_o only_o to_o the_o pharisee_n and_o yet_o that_o multitude_n upon_o their_o confession_n of_o sin_n in_o such_o manner_n as_o be_v say_v without_o far_a probation_n be_v baptize_v at_o one_o of_o the_o great_a draught_n that_o ever_o be_v make_v by_o the_o fisher_n of_o man_n when_o three_o thousand_o be_v take_v in_o the_o net_n of_o the_o gospel_n they_o be_v all_o put_v into_o the_o water_n of_o baptism_n the_o 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observe_v but_o they_o suppose_v this_o argument_n will_v sorsake_v our_o army_n to_o fight_v under_o their_o colour_n 193_o pag._n 192_o 193_o and_o militate_v for_o they_o for_o they_o say_v what_o more_o can_v be_v say_v of_o the_o true_a saint_n than_o be_v say_v of_o those_o act._n 2._o 1._o they_o be_v prick_v in_o heart_n 2._o be_v desirous_a of_o the_o way_n of_o salvation_n 3._o they_o be_v steadfast_a in_o the_o communion_n with_o the_o apostle_n and_o practice_v of_o holy_a duty_n whereas_o many_o of_o their_o people_n and_o those_o many_o must_v be_v all_o those_o which_o they_o reject_v from_o the_o sacrament_n or_o they_o talk_v impertinent_o be_v as_o void_a of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o religion_n as_o heathen_n and_o in_o practice_n worse_o than_o pagan_n but_o for_o answer_v we_o may_v first_o observe_v what_o oblige_v and_o endear_n way_n they_o have_v to_o work_v upon_o and_o win_v their_o people_n and_o they_o may_v consider_v that_o it_o asmuch_o derogate_v from_o 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