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church_n can_v be_v shut_v up_o in_o one_o province_n now_o whole_a church_n and_o so_o you_o likewise_o in_o travel_v with_o a_o pastor_n to_o be_v in_o one_o church_n at_o the_o length_n bring_v forth_o a_o pope_n but_o do_v you_o not_o know_v that_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n be_v disperse_v throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o can_v not_o now_o be_v shut_v up_o in_o one_o kingdom_n much_o less_o in_o one_o province_n except_o you_o will_v become_v donatist_n he_o that_o be_v not_o wilful_o blind_a may_v see_v into_o what_o straits_n you_o be_v drive_v when_o you_o be_v constrain_v to_o utter_v such_o impossibility_n for_o reason_n chap._n 6._o the._n 15._o division_n t._n c._n pag._n 101._o sect._n 2._o but_o he_o say_v that_o a_o archbishop_n have_v not_o the_o charge_n of_o government_n over_o the_o whole_a pro_fw-la ince_n general_o but_o in_o case_n exempt_v and_o so_o may_v do_v it_o more_o easy_o but_o he_o shall_v have_v remember_v that_o he_o assign_v before_o the_o 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ecclesiastical_a discipline_n io._n whitgifte_n in_o what_o word_n do_v m._n caluine_n confute_v it_o or_o by_o what_o reason_n you_o cut_v of_o the_o matter_n very_o short_a in_o that_o book_n and_o chap_a of_o his_o instit._n which_o you_o have_v quote_v in_o the_o margin_n there_o be_v no_o such_o reason_n either_o allege_v or_o confute_v only_o in_o the._n 9_o section_n he_o speak_v against_o the_o temporal_a dominion_n of_o the_o popish_a bishop_n which_o derive_v their_o excessive_a power_n not_o from_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n but_o fcon_n the_o pope_n cloak_v it_o with_o this_o pretence_n that_o it_o be_v a_o ornament_n and_o beauty_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v far_o from_o any_o thing_n allege_v by_o i_o why_o it_o be_v convenient_a that_o our_o bishop_n have_v civil_a authority_n commit_v unto_o they_o i_o will_v glad_o hear_v a_o reason_n either_o of_o the_o scripture_n or_o any_o other_o authentical_a punishment_n it_o be_v not_o so_o lawful_a for_o the_o prince_n to_o preach_v etc._n etc._n as_o for_o a_o minister_n to_o use_v corporal_a punishment_n writer_n why_o it_o shall_v be_v as_o lawful_a for_o a_o civil_a magistrate_n to_o preach_v minister_v the_o sacrament_n and_o excommunicate_a as_o for_o the_o ecclesiastical_a minister_n to_o use_v corporal_a punishment_n it_o be_v lawful_a for_o samuel_n to_o kill_v agag_n be_v the_o office_n of_o saul_n but_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o saul_n to_o offer_v up_o sacrifice_n that_o be_v the_o office_n of_o samuel_n the_o office_n and_o function_n of_o a_o minister_n be_v not_o in_o his_o own_o power_n to_o commit_v to_o who_o he_o listen_v but_o the_o office_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n may_v be_v commit_v to_o who_o soever_o it_o shall_v 15._o 1._o sam._n 15._o please_v he_o best_o to_o like_v of_o and_o to_o think_v most_o fit_n for_o government_n 3._o 1._o sam._n 3._o true_a it_o be_v that_o excommunication_n be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n which_o the_o minister_n gualther_n excommunication_n not_o the_o only_a punishment_n use_v in_o the_o church_n gualther_n may_v exercise_v if_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n will_v bear_v it_o for_o reprehension_n be_v a_o discipline_n lawful_a for_o every_o christian_n to_o use_v but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o only_a censure_n for_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n may_v appoint_v other_o as_o shall_v be_v to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n most_o convenient_a you_o know_v what_o m._n gualther_n say_v 1._o cor._n 5._o as_o the_o roman_a bishop_n upon_o this_o place_n and_o such_o like_a have_v ground_v their_o excommunication_n which_o be_v the_o most_o effectual_a instrument_n of_o their_o tyranny_n whereby_o they_o have_v cruel_o vex_v not_o only_o private_a man_n but_o also_o king_n and_o emperor_n and_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o civil_a war_n and_o sedition_n even_o so_o the_o anabaptist_n while_o they_o persuade_v themselves_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o discipline_n without_o excommunication_n they_o trouble_v the_o church_n every_o where_o and_o make_v themselves_o laugh_v stock_n to_o all_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n let_v every_o church_n follow_v that_o kind_n of_o discipline_n which_o be_v most_o meet_a for_o the_o country_n wherein_o they_o live_v and_o which_o may_v be_v most_o commodious_a in_o respect_n of_o time_n and_o place_n and_o let_v no_o man_n here_o rash_o prescribe_v unto_o a_o other_o or_o seek_v to_o bind_v all_o man_n to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o form_n of_o old_a time_n there_o have_v be_v other_o kind_n of_o punishment_n than_o either_o reprehension_n or_o excommunication_n as_o it_o may_v appear_v even_o in_o that_o canon_n attribute_v to_o the_o apostle_n which_o you_o have_v before_o rehearse_v where_o the_o punishment_n appoint_v be_v deprivation_n as_o it_o be_v also_o in_o the_o most_o of_o the_o other_o canon_n and_o in_o diverse_a other_o counsel_n you_o say_v that_o if_o it_o be_v a_o help_n to_o the_o minister_n office_n that_o he_o shall_v meddle_v with_o the_o civil_a punishment_n why_o shall_v it_o not_o be_v a_o help_n to_o the_o magistrate_n office_n that_o he_o shall_v excommunicate_v etc._n etc._n the_o answer_n be_v soon_o make_v the_o magistrate_n may_v do_v that_o by_o corporal_a punishment_n that_o the_o minister_n can_v not_o do_v by_o ecclesiastical_a discipline_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o man_n so_o desperate_a who_o the_o magistrate_n by_o his_o authority_n may_v not_o bridle_v but_o such_o be_v y_fw-fr e_o time_n now_o that_o few_o regard_n the_o great_a censure_n of_o the_o church_n chap._n 3._o the._n 3._o division_n t._n c._n pag._n 169._o sect._n 2._o and_o whereas_o m._n doctor_n say_v they_o may_v not_o be_v husband_n man_n craft_n man_n etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o may_v have_v civil_a office_n i_o think_v far_o otherwise_o that_o although_o neither_o be_v lawful_a yet_o the_o one_o be_v more_o tolerable_a than_o the_o other_o for_o see_v after_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n there_o 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and_o help_n to_o his_o office_n &_o function_n as_o i_o have_v say_v wherefore_o they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o break_v his_o back_n that_o they_o make_v the_o rest_n of_o his_o burden_n a_o great_a deal_n the_o easy_a chap._n 3._o the._n 4._o division_n t._n c._n pag._n 169._o sect._n 3_o and_o whereas_o in_o the_o policy_n of_o m._n doctor_n it_o seem_v a_o furtherance_n to_o the_o gospel_n to_o join_v these_o together_o which_o be_v also_o the_o policy_n of_o the_o idolater_n as_o i_o have_v before_o declare_v in_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n it_o have_v seem_v far_o otherwise_o which_o i_o doubt_v not_o do_v therefore_o separate_v the_o ministry_n from_o this_o pomp_n which_o be_v commendable_a in_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n lest_o the_o efficacy_n and_o power_n of_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o ministry_n shall_v be_v obscure_v while_o man_n will_v attribute_v the_o conversion_n of_o soul_n unto_o the_o gospel_n due_a unto_o the_o word_n and_o 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