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est_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la sive_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la sive_fw-la non_fw-la he_o make_v a_o plain_a division_n of_o sin_n as_o it_o be_v from_o the_o general_a and_o say_v all_o inquitie_n be_v sin_n that_o be_v whether_o it_o be_v unto_o death_n or_o not_o and_o upon_o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 3._o he_o say_v sciendum_fw-la autem_fw-la quòd_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n we_o must_v know_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o fall_n from_o that_o which_o be_v good_a 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o offence_n against_o the_o law_n and_o both_o of_o they_o have_v this_o beginning_n namely_o sin_n the_o 〈◊〉_d from_o that_o which_o be_v good_a iniquity_n to_o do_v against_o the_o law_n that_o 〈◊〉_d and_o they_o agree_v the_o one_o with_o the_o other_o and_o be_v about_o the_o same_o thing_n for_o he_o which_o sin_v err_v from_o the_o mark_n which_o be_v according_a to_o nature_n and_o in_o nature_n be_v self_n for_o the_o scope_n or_o mark_n 〈◊〉_d nature_n be_v to_o live_v according_a to_o reason_n far_o from_o unreasonableness_n likewise_o he_o that_o do_v 〈◊〉_d offend_v about_o the_o law_n give_v in_o nature_n be_v affect_v intemperatelie_o rectè_fw-la ergo_fw-la discipulus_fw-la domini_fw-la 〈◊〉_d inidem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d therefore_o the_o disciple_n of_o our_o lord_n have_v right_o use_v the_o one_o for_o the_o other_o here_o iniquity_n be_v as_o large_a as_o sin_n against_o this_o what_o have_v you_o to_o say_v aristotell_n in_o praedicam_fw-la qual_a for_o which_o i_o send_v you_o to_o aristotell_n eth._n lib._n 5._o c._n 1._o but_o 〈◊〉_d every_o iniquity_n be_v not_o sin_n you_o have_v saint_n augustine_n lib._n 2._o cont_n julian_n cap._n 5._o when_o you_o can_v set_v down_o his_o word_n you_o shall_v receive_v a_o answer_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n as_o you_o say_v master_n charke_n reserve_v a_o sure_a card_n for_o the_o end_n i_o may_v
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that_o he_o do_v give_v power_n to_o the_o governor_n of_o his_o church_n and_o houshodle_n to_o pardon_v and_o give_v penance_n to_o judge_v and_o rule_v the_o people_n in_o the_o right_n of_o our_o say_a saviour_n to_o the_o edify_a of_o his_o body_n and_o make_v perfect_a of_o his_o saint_n fulke_v we_o do_v christianly_o confess_v according_a to_o the_o scripture_n and_o with_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n that_o our_o saviour_n christ_n not_o only_o by_o power_n equal_a to_o his_o father_n concern_v his_o divine_a nature_n but_o also_o by_o grant_n of_o god_n his_o father_n in_o his_o humane_a nature_n which_o be_v far_o inferior_a to_o his_o father_n do_v remit_v sin_n absolute_o and_o of_o sovereign_a authority_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o divinity_n as_o the_o mediator_n god_n and_o man_n and_o that_o he_o do_v the_o same_o upon_o earth_n also_o as_o a_o minister_n and_o preacher_n of_o repentance_n and_o reconciliation_n according_a to_o his_o humanity_n but_o hereupon_o it_o 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god_n forgive_v no_o sin_n but_o that_o for_o which_o his_o justice_n be_v thorouglie_a satisfy_v in_o the_o obedience_n and_o justice_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o redeemer_n jesus_n christ._n therefore_o as_o no_o other_o man_n have_v the_o dispensation_n of_o his_o satisfaction_n but_o himself_o so_o no_o other_o man_n can_v give_v absolute_a forgiveness_n of_o sin_n but_o himself_o but_o as_o all_o his_o minister_n have_v power_n to_o pronounce_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n to_o the_o penitent_a which_o be_v no_o more_o but_o to_o express_v his_o will_n and_o pleasure_n concern_v the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o in_o what_o sort_n and_o condition_n he_o bestow_v the_o same_o so_o have_v they_o power_n to_o teteine_v sin_n not_o of_o they_o who_o he_o will_v pardon_v but_o of_o such_o as_o do_v not_o repent_v and_o therefore_o by_o his_o word_n be_v deny_v of_o forgiveness_n so_o that_o man_n in_o this_o case_n follow_v the_o judgement_n and_o authority_n of_o god_n not_o god_n the_o 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for_o if_o you_o mean_v thereby_o that_o god_n in_o respect_n of_o or_o according_a to_o this_o assumpt_v humane_a nature_n do_v communicate_v to_o our_o saviout_n christ_n none_o other_o but_o such_o power_n as_o he_o may_v without_o derogation_n to_o his_o deity_n have_v communicate_v unto_o moses_n samuel_n or_o any_o other_o which_o be_v a_o mere_a mortal_a man_n for_o the_o redemption_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o forgiveness_n of_o our_o sin_n i_o do_v utterlie_o abhor_v your_o nestorian_a and_o worse_o than_o nestorian_a blasphemy_n but_o if_o you_o mean_v that_o such_o pow_o er_fw-mi as_o may_v without_o the_o derogation_n of_o his_o godhead_n be_v communicate_v to_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v by_o he_o deliver_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o his_o church_n which_o execute_v the_o office_n of_o shepherd_n and_o teacher_n in_o his_o place_n i_o do_v glad_o confess_v that_o without_o all_o unseemliness_n and_o derogation_n to_o his_o eternal_a honour_n the_o minister_n of_o the_o 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in_o express_a word_n absolve_v many_o of_o their_o sin_n conceive_v in_o their_o heart_n as_o it_o be_v record_v by_o saint_n matthew_n in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o heal_n of_o the_o man_n that_o have_v the_o palsy_n that_o christ_n do_v injury_n to_o god_n and_o 9_o commit_v blasphemy_n in_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o remit_v man_n offence_n who_o malicious_a mind_n and_o cogitation_n christ_n do_v so_o reprehend_v that_o they_o may_v well_o perceive_v by_o his_o sight_n of_o their_o inward_a secret_n that_o he_o be_v very_a god_n who_o only_o by_o nature_n look_v into_o man_n heart_n and_o therefore_o do_v thereby_o well_o insinuate_v that_o they_o can_v not_o justly_o reprehend_v his_o do_n see_v he_o be_v god_n in_o deed_n and_o may_v as_o god_n pardon_v man_n offence_n yet_o that_o notwithstanding_o he_o stand_v not_o with_o they_o then_o upon_o the_o right_n of_o his_o godhead_n for_o the_o do_v of_o this_o excellent_a function_n which_o in_o deed_n by_o nature_n and_o 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absolute_a power_n to_o forgive_v sin_n which_o none_o can_v proper_o and_o absolute_o forgive_v but_o he_o against_o who_o they_o be_v commit_v therefore_o there_o be_v a_o broad_a difference_n between_o the_o power_n of_o god_n and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o man_n in_o forgive_a of_o sin_n god_n do_v absolute_o and_o proper_o forgive_v sin_n commit_v against_o his_o law_n and_o majesty_n man_n by_o his_o appointment_n do_v assure_v the_o penitent_a sinner_n of_o his_o sin_n forgive_v by_o god_n and_o therefore_o in_o some_o phrase_n of_o 〈◊〉_d be_v say_v to_o forgive_v sin_n as_o he_o be_v say_v to_o save_v man_n soul_n to_o who_o he_o preach_v the_o salvation_n by_o jesus_n christ._n the_o scribe_n do_v right_o affirm_v that_o none_o can_v forgive_v sin_n but_o god_n only_o but_o they_o err_v in_o that_o they_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v christ_n to_o be_v god_n who_o in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o mediator_n even_o in_o that_o state_n of_o humility_n in_o which_o he_o be_v conversant_a 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act._n 20._o to_o feed_v the_o church_n of_o god_n which_o he_o have_v redeem_v with_o his_o own_o blood_n where_o redemption_n by_o his_o blood_n be_v affirm_v of_o god_n which_o be_v proper_a and_o true_a in_o respect_n of_o christ_n humanity_n your_o modesty_n be_v commendable_a that_o you_o do_v submit_v yourself_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o other_o in_o that_o your_o conceit_n of_o christ_n meaning_n thereby_o to_o institute_v a_o order_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o order_n that_o he_o have_v institute_v and_o the_o power_n that_o he_o have_v give_v of_o bind_v and_o lose_v in_o earth_n be_v else_o where_o plain_o and_o purposedlie_o set_v forth_o that_o we_o need_v not_o such_o unnecessary_a &_o unlikelie_a conjecture_n to_o ground_n it_o upon_o and_o whereas_o you_o affirm_v that_o the_o interpretation_n of_o saint_n hilary_n do_v not_o any_o whit_n hinder_v your_o meaning_n because_o one_o work_n may_v be_v wrought_v by_o the_o principal_a cause_n and_o yet_o by_o the_o office_n 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the_o church_n the_o master_n of_o the_o sentence_n can_v say_v nothing_o for_o it_o but_o allege_v diverse_a authority_n to_o and_o fro_o and_o in_o the_o end_n have_v no_o certain_a argument_n to_o persuade_v we_o that_o it_o be_v of_o christ_n institution_n gratian_n likewise_o in_o his_o decree_n after_o diverse_a testimony_n producted_v on_o both_o side_n whether_o it_o be_v necessary_a or_o no_o conclude_v in_o these_o word_n quib_n authoritatibus_fw-la vel_fw-la quibuslibetrationum_fw-la firmamentis_fw-la utroque_fw-la sententia_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la &_o confessionis_fw-la innitatur_fw-la in_o medium_n breviter_fw-la exposuimus_fw-la cvi_fw-la autem_fw-la harum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d adhaerendum_fw-la sit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d be_v iudicio_fw-la referatur_fw-la viraque_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d habet_fw-la sarientes_fw-la &_o religi_fw-la osor_fw-la viros_fw-la upon_o what_o authorite_n and_o what_o fundation_n of_o reason_n both_o the_o judgement_n of_o satisfaction_n and_o confession_n do_v 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that_o confession_n be_v of_o christ_n institution_n and_o not_o upon_o any_o positive_a law_n in_o hac_fw-la distinctione_n &_o in_o aliis_fw-la duabus_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la agitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d de_fw-la illa_fw-la parte_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la que_fw-la dicitur_fw-la oris_fw-la confessio_fw-la &_o operis_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la quà m_fw-la de_fw-la aliis_fw-la &_o ider_v videndum_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d oris_fw-la confessio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la instituta_fw-la virum_fw-la necessaria_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la 〈◊〉_d voluntaria_fw-la qualiter_fw-la sit_fw-la facienda_fw-la &_o cvi_fw-la et_fw-la quando_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quidam_fw-la institutam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la in_o paradiso_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d peccatum_fw-la dicente_fw-la donino_n ad_fw-la adam_n adam_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la ipso_fw-la conficente_fw-la peccatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sorma_fw-la aliis_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la confitendi_fw-la sed_fw-la quoniam_fw-la in_o ille_fw-la interrogatione_fw-la dominus_fw-la minùs_fw-la expressè_fw-la videbatur_fw-la adconfirendum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d idro_fw-la post_fw-la exquisivit_fw-la á_fw-fr cain_n fratricida_fw-la expressiâ—s_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la abel_n frater_fw-la tuus_fw-la alij_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quód_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la primò_fw-la instituta_fw-la quando_fw-la josua_n percepit_fw-la aâ—hor_fw-la â—rimen_fw-la sâ—um_fw-la confiteri_fw-la â—â—_o lapidatus_fw-la est_fw-la 45._o do_v secundum_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la alij_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quód_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la testamento_fw-la á_fw-fr jacobo_fw-la dicente_fw-la consitemini_fw-la alterâ—â—â—um_fw-la peccata_fw-la vestra_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la melius_fw-la dicitur_fw-la eam_fw-la institutam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la a_o quâ—dâ—m_fw-la universale_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la traditione_n potius_fw-la quám_fw-la ex_fw-la novo_fw-la vel_fw-la veteri_fw-la testamento_fw-la authoritâ—s_fw-la &_o traditio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la obligatoria_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la preceptum_fw-la ait_fw-la 1.1_o di_fw-it in_o his_o rebus_fw-la ergo_fw-la necessaria_fw-la est_fw-la confessio_fw-la in_o mortalib_a apud_fw-la nos_fw-la apud_fw-la graecos_fw-la non_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la emanavit_fw-la apud_fw-la illos_fw-la traditio_fw-la talis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nec_fw-la confisiunt_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d say_v in_o firmentatis_fw-la 5._o di_o cap._n 1._o si_fw-la illud_fw-la ergo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alteruâ—rum_fw-la peccata_fw-la vestra_fw-la 〈◊〉_d consilium_fw-la primó_n aliâ—â—uin_fw-la liâ—oret_fw-la et_fw-la grecos_n non_fw-la obstanto_fw-la eorâ—â—_n consuetudine_fw-la in_o this_o distinction_n and_o the_o other_o two_o that_o follow_v it_o be_v entreat_v as_o well_o of_o that_o part_n of_o penance_n that_o be_v call_v confession_n of_o the_o mouth_n and_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o work_n as_o of_o other_o part_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v to_o be_v see_v when_o confession_n of_o the_o mouth_n be_v institute_v whether_o it_o be_v necessary_a or_o only_o voluntary_a how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v make_v and_o to_o who_o &_o when_o some_o say_v it_o be_v institute_v in_o paradise_n immediate_o after_o sin_n commit_v when_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o adam_n adam_n where_o be_v thou_o for_o therefore_o he_o inquire_v that_o he_o confess_v his_o sin_n a_o form_n of_o confess_v shall_v be_v give_v to_o other_o afterward_o but_o because_o in_o that_o confession_n the_o lord_n secm_v not_o so_o expresselie_o to_o have_v warn_v he_o to_o confession_n therefore_o he_o inquire_v afterward_o of_o cain_n the_o murderer_n of_o his_o brother_n more_o expresselie_o where_o be_v abel_n thy_o brother_n other_o say_v it_o be_v first_o institute_v under_o the_o law_n where_o josua_n command_v achar_n to_o confess_v his_o fault_n and_o he_o be_v stone_v 45._o di_o sed_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la other_o say_v that_o it_o be_v institute_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o saint_n james_n say_v confess_v your_o sin_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v better_a to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v institutad_v by_o a_o certain_a 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