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from_o the_o woman_n fly_v into_o the_o wilderness_n the_o two_o witness_n or_o waldenses_n it_o have_v be_v all_o one_o to_o i_o and_o my_o party_n for_o they_o have_v not_o their_o ordination_n from_o the_o people_n except_o some_o extraordinary_a case_n but_o from_o a_o presbytery_n according_a to_o the_o institution_n of_o christ_n so_o then_o ordination_n by_o a_o presbytery_n be_v it_o seem_v oppose_v by_o i_o and_o my_o party_n but_o i_o pray_v sir_n who_o tell_v you_o so_o when_o wherein_o by_o what_o mean_n have_v i_o oppose_v it_o i_o acknowledge_v myself_o of_o no_o party_n i_o be_o sorry_a so_o grave_a a_o minister_n shall_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v thus_o transport_v that_o every_o answer_n every_o reply_n must_v be_v a_o reflection_n and_o that_o without_o due_a observation_n of_o truth_n and_o love_n that-those_n first_o reformer_n have_v their_o ordination_n from_o the_o people_n be_v acknowledge_v i_o have_v former_o evince_v it_o by_o undeniable_a testimony_n so_o that_o the_o proper_a succession_n of_o a_o ministry_n among_o the_o church_n that_o be_v their_o offspring_n run_v up_o no_o high_a than_o that_o rise_n now_o the_o good_a lord_n bless_v they_o in_o their_o ministry_n and_o the_o successive_a ordination_n they_o enjoy_v to_o bring_v forth_o more_o fruit_n in_o the_o earth_n to_o the_o praise_n of_o his_o glorious_a grace_n but_o upon_o my_o disclaim_v all_o thought_n of_o reject_v the_o ministry_n of_o all_o those_o who_o yet_o hold_v their_o ordination_n on_o the_o account_n of_o its_o successive_a derivation_n from_o rome_n he_o cry_v out_o egregiam_fw-la verò_fw-la laudem_fw-la and_o say_v that_o yet_o i_o secret_o derive_v their_o pedigree_n from_o rome_n well_o than_o he_o do_v not_o so_o why_o then_o what_o need_v these_o exclamation_n we_o be_v as_o to_o this_o matter_n whole_o agree_v nor_o shall_v i_o at_o present_v far_o pursue_v his_o discourse_n in_o that_o place_n it_o be_v almost_o total_o compose_v and_o make_v up_o 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call_v they_o i_o be_o now_o necessitate_v to_o tell_v he_o that_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v false_a and_o utter_o in_o part_n and_o in_o whole_a untrue_a and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o prove_v any_o one_o of_o they_o and_o whether_o this_o kind_n of_o deal_n become_v a_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n a_o person_n profess_v godliness_n i_o leave_v it_o to_o himself_o to_o judge_v for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o must_v confess_v that_o as_o yet_o i_o be_v never_o so_o deal_v withal_o by_o any_o man_n of_o what_o party_n soever_o although_o it_o have_v be_v my_o unhappiness_n to_o provoke_v many_o of_o they_o i_o do_v not_o doubt_v but_o that_o he_o will_v be_v both_o trouble_v and_o ashamed_a when_o he_o shall_v review_v these_o thing_n that_o whole_a chapter_n which_o he_o entitle_v independentism_n be_v donatism_n as_o to_o his_o application_n of_o it_o unto_o i_o or_o any_o of_o my_o persuasion_n be_v of_o the_o same_o importance_n as_o i_o have_v sufficient_o already_o evince_v i_o may_v instance_n in_o sundry_a other_o particular_n wherein_o he_o venture_v without_o the_o least_o check_n or_o supposition_n to_o charge_v i_o with_o what_o he_o please_v that_o may_v serve_v the_o turn_n in_o hand_n so_o that_o it_o may_v serve_v to_o bring_v in_o he_o and_o his_o party_n be_v schismatic_n be_v sectary_n have_v separate_v from_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o our_o evil_n and_o trouble_n with_o the_o like_a term_n of_o reproach_n and_o hard_a censure_n lie_v in_o a_o fair_a subserviency_n to_o a_o design_n of_o widen_v the_o difference_n between_o we_o and_o mutual_o exasperate_v the_o spirit_n of_o man_n profess_v the_o gospel_n of_o jesus_n christ_n one_o against_o another_o nothing_o almost_o come_v amiss_o his_o stick_n upon_o by_o matter_n divert_v from_o the_o main_a
he_o will_v yet_o proceed_v and_o sec._n 13._o inform_v his_o reader_n that_o in_o that_o treatise_n i_o aver_v that_o two_o thing_n be_v require_v in_o a_o teacher_n as_o to_o formal_a ministerial_a teach_n 1._o gift_n from_o god_n 2_o authority_n from_o the_o church_n well_o what_o then_o i_o be_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n still_o but_o now_o i_o cry_v down_o ordination_n by_o presbytery_n what_o and_o be_v not_o this_o a_o great_a alteration_n and_o sign_n of_o inconstancy_n true_o sir_n there_o be_v more_o need_n of_o humiliation_n in_o yourself_o then_o triumph_v against_o i_o for_o the_o assertion_n be_v most_o untrue_a and_o your_o charge_n altogether_o groundless_a which_o i_o desire_v you_o will_v be_v satisfy_v in_o and_o not_o to_o be_v lead_v any_o more_o by_o evil_a surmise_n to_o wrong_v i_o and_o your_o own_o soul_n he_o add_v sect._n 14._o two_o caution_n which_o in_o that_o treatise_n i_o give_v to_o private_a christian_n in_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o gift_n and_o close_v the_o last_o of_o they_o with_o a_o juvenile_a epiphenomenon_n divine_o speak_v and_o like_o a_o true_a presbyterian_a and_o yet_o there_o be_v not_o one_o word_n in_o either_o of_o these_o caution_n that_o i_o do_v not_o still_o own_o and_o allow_v which_o confirm_v the_o unhappiness_n of_o the_o charge_n of_o all_o that_o be_v substantial_a in_o any_o thing_n that_o follow_v i_o affirm_v the_o same_o as_o to_o all_o that_o which_o be_v go_v before_o only_o as_o to_o the_o liberty_n to_o be_v allow_v unto_o they_o which_o meet_v in_o private_a who_o can_v in_o conscience_n join_v in_o the_o celebration_n of_o public_a ordinance_n as_o they_o be_v perform_v among_o we_o i_o confess_v myself_o to_o be_v otherwise_o mind_v at_o present_a than_o the_o word_n there_o quote_v by_o this_o author_n do_v express_v but_o this_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o difference_n between_o presbytery_n and_o independency_n and_o he_o that_o can_v glory_v that_o in_o 14._o year_n he_o have_v not_o 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please_v to_o make_v use_n of_o but_o meliora_fw-la speramus_fw-la some_o particular_n that_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o any_o importance_n to_o our_o business_n in_o hand_n may_v be_v remark_v as_o we_o pass_v through_o it_o pag._n 1._o he_o tell_v we_o the_o donatist_n have_v two_o principle_n 1._o that_o they_o be_v the_o only_a church_n of_o christ_n in_o a_o corner_n of_o africa_n and_o leave_v no_o church_n in_o the_o world_n but_o their_o own_o 2._o that_o none_o be_v true_o baptise_v or_o enter_v member_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n but_o by_o some_o minister_n of_o their_o party_n these_o principle_n he_o say_v be_v again_o improve_v by_o man_n of_o another_o party_n who_o though_o yet_o he_o name_v not_o yet_o it_o be_v evident_a who_o he_o intend_v and_o pag_n 3._o he_o require_v my_o judgement_n of_o those_o principle_n because_o i_o will_v not_o willing_o be_v want_v in_o any_o thing_n that_o may_v tend_v to_o his_o satisfaction_n though_o i_o have_v some_o reason_n to_o 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guilty_a of_o schism_n concern_v not_o the_o business_n under_o debate_n himself_o i_o hope_v be_v satisfy_v chap._n 7._o our_o progress_n in_o the_o next_o place_n be_v to_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n visible_a who_o be_v the_o member_n of_o this_o church_n whereof_o it_o be_v constitute_v what_o be_v require_v to_o make_v they_o so_o on_o what_o account_n man_n visible_o profess_v the_o gospel_n may_v be_v esteem_v just_o devest_v of_o the_o privilege_n of_o be_v member_n of_o this_o church_n with_o sundry_a respect_n of_o the_o church_n in_o that_o sense_n be_v in_o my_o treatise_n discuss_v the_o union_n of_o this_o church_n that_o be_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a unto_o it_o as_o such_o i_o declare_v to_o be_v the_o profession_n of_o the_o save_a doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n not_o evert_v by_o any_o of_o the_o miscarriage_n error_n or_o opposition_n to_o it_o that_o be_v there_o recount_v the_o breach_n of_o this_o union_n i_o manifest_a to_o consist_v 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schism_n beside_o that_o in_o a_o particular_a church_n his_o first_o be_v this_o schism_n be_v a_o breach_n of_o union_n but_o there_o may_v be_v a_o breach_n of_o union_n in_o the_o catholic_n visible_a church_n his_o second_o this_o where_o there_o be_v differencc_n raise_v in_o matter_n of_o faith_n profess_v wherein_o the_o union_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n consist_v there_o may_v be_v a_o breach_n of_o union_n but_o there_o may_v be_v difference_n in_o the_o catholic_n or_o among_o the_o member_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n profess_v ergo_o have_v thus_o lay_v down_o his_o argument_n he_o fall_v to_o conjecture_v what_o i_o will_v answer_v and_o how_o i_o will_v evade_v but_o it_o will_v quick_o appear_v that_o he_o be_v no_o less_o unhappy_a in_o argue_v and_o conjecture_v than_o he_o be_v and_o be_v in_o accuse_v for_o to_o consider_v his_o first_o argument_n if_o he_o will_v undertake_v to_o make_v it_o good_a as_o to_o its_o form_n i_o will_v by_o the_o same_o way_n of_o argue_v engage_v myself_o to_o prove_v what_o he_o will_v be_v unwilling_a to_o find_v in_o a_o regular_a conclusion_n but_o as_o to_o the_o matter_n of_o it_o 1._o be_v schism_n every_o breach_n of_o union_n or_o be_v every_o breach_n of_o union_n schism_n schism_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a notion_n be_v grant_v to_o be_v in_o the_o present_a dispute_n the_o breach_n of_o the_o union_n of_o a_o church_n which_o it_o have_v by_o the_o institution_n of_o christ_n and_o this_o not_o of_o any_o union_n of_o christ_n institution_n but_o of_o one_o certain_a kind_n of_o union_n for_o as_o be_v prove_v there_o be_v a_o union_n who_o breach_n can_v neither_o in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o scripture_n nor_o in_o reason_n nor_o common_a sense_n be_v call_v or_o account_v schism_n nor_o ever_o be_v by_o any_o man_n in_o the_o world_n nor_o can_v be_v without_o destroy_v the_o particular_a nature_n of_o schism_n and_o allow_v only_o the_o general_a notion_n of_o any_o separation_n good_a or_o bad_a in_o what_o kind_n soever_o so_o that_o second_o it_o be_v grant_v not_o only_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o breach_n of_o union_n in_o the_o catholic_n church_n but_o also_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o breach_n of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n by_o a_o denial_n or_o relinquishment_n of_o the_o profession_n wherein_o it_o consist_v but_o that_o this_o breach_n of_o union_n be_v schism_n because_o schism_n be_v a_o breach_n of_o union_n be_v as_o true_a as_o that_o every_o man_n who_o have_v two_o eye_n be_v every_o thing_n that_o have_v two_o eye_n for_o his_o second_o it_o be_v of_o the_o same_o importance_n with_o the_o first_o there_o may_v be_v difference_n in_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o breach_n of_o union_n among_o the_o member_n of_o it_o which_o be_v far_o enough_o from_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o union_n of_o that_o church_n as_o such_o two_o professor_n may_v fall_v out_o and_o differ_v and_o yet_o i_o think_v continue_v both_o of_o they_o professor_n still_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n do_v so_o chrysostome_n and_o epiphanius_n do_v so_o cyrill_n and_o theodoret_n do_v so_o that_o which_o i_o deny_v be_v that_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n as_o such_o be_v schism_n he_o prove_v the_o contrary_a by_o affirm_v there_o may_v be_v difference_n among_o the_o member_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n that_o do_v not_o break_v the_o union_n of_o it_o as_o such_o but_o he_o say_v though_o there_o be_v apostasy_n or_o heresy_n yet_o there_o may_v be_v schism_n also_o but_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o same_o union_n which_o only_o he_o be_v to_o prove_v beside_o evil_a surmise_n reproach_n false_a crimination_n and_o undue_a suggestion_n i_o find_v nothing_o wherein_o my_o discourse_n be_v concern_v to_o the_o end_n of_o this_o chap._n pag._n 109._o upon_o the_o passage_n of_o i_o we_o be_v thus_o come_v off_o from_o this_o part_n of_o schism_n for_o the_o relinquishment_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n which_o we_o have_v not_o do_v and_o so_o to_o do_v be_v not_o schism_n but_o a_o sin_n of_o another_o nature_n and_o importance_n he_o add_v that_o the_o ground_n i_o go_v upon_o why_o separation_n from_o a_o true_a church_n he_o must_v mean_v the_o catholic_a church_n or_o he_o speak_v nothing_o at_o all_o the_o business_n in_o hand_n be_v no_o schism_n be_v that_o afore_o mention_v that_o a_o schism_n in_o the_o scripture_n notion_n be_v only_o a_o division_n of_o jugment_n in_o a_o particular_a assembly_n but_o who_o so_o blind_a as_o they_o that_o will_v not_o see_v the_o ground_n i_o proceed_v on_o evident_o open_o sole_o be_v take_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n its_o union_n and_o the_o breach_n of_o that_o union_n and_o if_o obiter_fw-la i_o once_o mention_v that_o notion_n i_o do_v it_o upon_o my_o confidence_n of_o its_o truth_n which_o i_o here_o again_o tender_a myself_o in_o a_o 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