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the_o external_a government_n of_o a_o church_n and_o yet_o salvation_n may_v be_v have_v there_o and_o that_o church_n may_v stand_v without_o it_o moreover_o although_o the_o constitution_n of_o man_n be_v not_o of_o force_n in_o themselves_o to_o bind_v the_o conscience_n yet_o do_v man_n sin_v in_o wilful_o disobey_v such_o law_n and_o constitution_n as_o be_v by_o lawful_a authority_n establish_v when_o they_o can_v show_v no_o other_o cause_n for_o their_o disobedience_n but_o their_o conscience_n neither_o bring_v any_o warrant_n out_o of_o god_n word_n in_o the_o suppose_v pure_a reform_v chuche_n there_o be_v some_o ceremony_n enjoin_v 29._o psalm_n 29._o and_o be_v not_o without_o punishment_n contemn_v and_o some_o must_v be_v if_o we_o will_v serve_v god_n in_o the_o beauty_n of_o holiness_n calvin_n allow_v such_o ceremony_n as_o tend_v to_o the_o perspicuity_n of_o doctrine_n as_o be_v prositable_a allusion_n and_o iliustration_n and_o have_v divine_a signification_n such_o ceremony_n say_v he_o as_o are_z paucae_fw-la numero_fw-la observatione_fw-la faciles_fw-la significatione_n praestantissimae_fw-la in_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o church_n there_o ever_o have_v be_v some_o ceremony_n ordain_v for_o order_n and_o decency_n and_o also_o for_o signification_n ceremony_n tend_v to_o edification_n signisie_n moral_a duty_n and_o work_n be_v signify_v such_o right_n and_o ceremony_n as_o be_v not_o repugnant_a to_o god_n word_n neither_o apt_a to_o lead_v man_n into_o superstition_n and_o to_o will-worship_n but_o serve_v to_o edification_n and_o decent_a service_n so_o as_o the_o church_n be_v not_o burden_a with_o the_o multitude_n of_o they_o nor_o the_o essence_n of_o religion_n place_v in_o they_o although_o some_o of_o they_o have_v be_v in_o part_n use_v by_o pagan_n or_o papist_n lest_o upon_o such_o restraint_n we_o press_v too_o much_o servitude_n upon_o the_o church_n we_o can_v take_v in_o too_o many_o help_n for_o our_o performance_n 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they_o be_v use_v in_o time_n of_o popery_n the_o reform_a church_n retain_v some_o thing_n use_v in_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o they_o use_v the_o church_n which_o not_o only_o the_o papist_n enjoy_v but_o some_o church_n which_o have_v be_v temple_n of_o the_o pagan_a god_n if_o they_o quarrel_v with_o our_o ceremony_n because_o they_o be_v use_v in_o the_o roman_a church_n without_o any_o other_o reason_n they_o be_v like_o those_o who_o hate_v man_n for_o other_o man_n sake_n or_o because_o of_o the_o company_n wherein_o they_o find_v they_o they_o will_v not_o consider_v that_o those_o thing_n which_o have_v be_v superstitious_o abuse_v may_v be_v make_v useful_a for_o the_o service_n of_o god_n 6._o judge_n 6._o who_o do_v command_v the_o wood_n of_o the_o grove_n dedicate_v to_o baal_n to_o serve_v for_o the_o use_n of_o his_o sacrifice_n and_o jericho_n a_o accurse_a city_n all_o in_o it_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v by_o fire_n 6._o joshua_n 6._o but_o the_o silver_n and_o gold_n the_o vessel_n of_o brass_n and_o iron_n be_v put_v into_o the_o house_n of_o god_n constantine_n and_o other_o christian_a emperor_n abolish_v paganism_n and_o make_v it_o death_n to_o worship_v their_o god_n yet_o they_o preserve_v their_o temple_n and_o other_o thing_n pagenis_n l._n 3._o &_o 1.4_o cod._n de_fw-fr pagenis_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o imperial_a law_n sacnisicia_fw-la templorum_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la publicorum_fw-la operum_fw-la ornamenta_fw-la seruari_fw-la jubemus_fw-la &_o festos_fw-la conventus_fw-la civium_fw-la communemque_fw-la omnium_fw-la laetitiam_fw-la non_fw-la patimur_fw-la submoveri_fw-la unde_fw-la absque_fw-la ullo_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la &_o superstitione_n damnabili_fw-la exhiberi_fw-la populorum_fw-la voluptales_fw-la secundum_fw-la veterem_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la ac_fw-la ministrarietiam_fw-la festa_fw-la convivia_fw-la quando_fw-la exigunt_fw-la publica_fw-la vota_fw-la decernimus_fw-la neither_o ought_v we_o to_o abolish_v our_o fellival_n in_o memory_n of_o our_o saviour_n nativity_n resurrection_n and_o of_o pentecost_n because_o they_o be_v vestigia_fw-la legis_fw-la antiquae_fw-la mosaicae_n and_o seem_v to_o be_v borrow_v from_o the_o moysaicall_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n the_o verse_n and_o say_n of_o the_o heathen_a poet_n dedicate_v to_o the_o muse_n and_o to_o their_o god_n not_o only_o holy_a man_n but_o also_o the_o apostle_n use_v not_o so_o that_o our_o faith_n faith_n the_o apostle_n 2._o 1_o corinth_n 2._o shall_v stand_v in_o the_o wisdom_n of_o man_n but_o in_o the_o power_n of_o god_n the_o use_n of_o humane_a learning_n be_v not_o to_o be_v contemn_v by_o those_o who_o will_v be_v repute_v learn_v in_o divinity_n qui_fw-la liberales_fw-la illas_fw-la art_n imbiberunt_fw-la carum_fw-la subsidio_fw-la adjuti_fw-la longè_fw-la altiùs_fw-la provehuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la imrospicienda_fw-la divinae_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la arcana_fw-la vives_z arcana_fw-la calvin_n inslit_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n 5._o n._n 2._o ad_fw-la intelligentiam_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la secularium_fw-la peritia_fw-la &_o liberaltum_fw-la artium_fw-la est_fw-la necessaria_fw-la distinclio_n 37._o quicquid_fw-la de_fw-la ordine_fw-la temperum_fw-la transactorum_fw-la indicat_fw-la historia_fw-la gentiumplutimum_fw-la nos_fw-la adjuvat_fw-la ad_fw-la sanctos_fw-la libros_fw-la intelligendos_fw-la &_o quaecunque_fw-la de_fw-la locorum_fw-la situ_fw-la naturaque_fw-la animalium_fw-la lignorum_fw-la herbatum_fw-la â—liorumve_fw-la corporum_fw-la scripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la sendimque_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la valere_fw-la ad_fw-la aenigmata_fw-la soripturarum_fw-la solvenda_fw-la docuimn_v august_n de_fw-fr doctâ—ina_n christiana_n lib._n 2._o jalianus_n apostata_fw-la interdixit_fw-la christianis_fw-la usu_fw-la poeticae_fw-la rhetoricésque_fw-la ac_fw-la philosophicarum_fw-la artium_fw-la nempropriis_fw-la inquit_fw-la ut_fw-la inproverbio_fw-it est_fw-la pennis_fw-la configimur_fw-la ex_fw-la nost_fw-la be_v enim_fw-la libris_fw-la aima_fw-la copiunt_fw-la quis_fw-la but_o in_fw-la bello_fw-la adversus_fw-la nos_fw-la utantur_fw-la theodoreti_n ecclos_n hist_o l._n 4._o c._n 8._o an_fw-mi ipse_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la persecutus_fw-la qui_fw-la christianos_n liberales_fw-la art_n dosere_fw-la &_o discere_fw-la ve_fw-la â—uit_fw-la august_n lib._n 18._o c._n 52._o de_fw-la civit._fw-la dei_fw-la licet_fw-la à _fw-la civore_fw-la abstinuit_fw-la &_o non_fw-la christianorum_fw-la corpora_fw-la occidere_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la corum_fw-la animus_fw-la christum_fw-la revellere_fw-la miris_fw-la artibus_fw-la technisque_fw-la attentabas_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la genus_fw-la persequendi_fw-la omnjum_fw-la efficacissimum_fw-la &_o porniciocissimum_fw-la ita_fw-la effecium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la plures_fw-la hac_fw-la calamitate_fw-la abcesseriot_n ab_fw-la ecclefia_fw-la quem_fw-la ulla_fw-la alia_fw-la superiore_fw-la lud._n vives_z we_o ought_v to_o take_v heed_n of_o those_o who_o under_o colour_n of_o incorformity_n with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o of_o their_o desire_n of_o the_o utter_a extirpation_n of_o all_o relic_n of_o popery_n seek_v to_o set_v dissension_n in_o the_o church_n and_o to_o root_v up_o some_o of_o the_o most_o effectual_a mean_n which_o bear_v up_o the_o state_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o pillar_n thereof_o and_o so_o make_v way_n to_o profanation_n and_o to_o atheism_n to_o enter_v and_o build_v upon_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o church_n our_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n by_o law_n establish_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v not_o such_o as_o do_v peculiar_o belong_v to_o this_o or_o that_o sect_n but_o be_v the_o ancient_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o we_o have_v still_o the_o same_o reason_n for_o the_o use_n of_o they_o and_o the_o same_o interest_n in_o they_o that_o our_o forefather_n have_v that_o our_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n which_o we_o have_v common_a with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v scandalous_a in_o their_o nature_n and_o institution_n they_o can_v make_v appear_v neither_o do_v they_o endeavour_v it_o more_o than_o by_o their_o general_a clamour_n which_o impli_v nothing_o that_o some_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n we_o retain_v which_o have_v be_v pollute_v yea_o and_o some_o peradventure_o institute_v at_o first_o for_o and_o unto_o that_o thing_n which_o be_v evil_a although_o they_o can_v prove_v yet_o in_o tract_n of_o time_n and_o by_o prudent_a qualification_n
apply_v that_o pollution_n and_o impiety_n may_v be_v wear_v or_o wrought_v out_o and_o a_o good_a use_n may_v be_v find_v without_o offence_n and_o although_o divers_a constitution_n and_o ordinance_n in_o use_n in_o our_o church_n be_v make_v at_o first_o under_o the_o papal_a authority_n yet_o they_o be_v such_o as_o be_v not_o repugnant_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n nor_o the_o law_n and_o statute_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o some_o other_o of_o those_o canon_n and_o constitution_n have_v be_v purge_v from_o superstition_n they_o appear_v full_a of_o sincerity_n and_o equity_n and_o so_o be_v endenize_v and_o make_v english_a by_o our_o church_n and_o state_n in_o parliament_n and_o be_v now_o in_o that_o regard_n no_o more_o to_o be_v abandon_v than_o wheat_n because_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v invent_v by_o the_o goddess_n ceres_n or_o many_o excellent_a law_n of_o the_o roman_n set_v out_o at_o first_o by_o paynim_n and_o by_o cruel_a persecutor_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n and_o be_v since_o make_v of_o excellent_a use_n over_o all_o christendom_n 14._o christendom_n philosophi_fw-la &_o meximi_fw-la platonici_fw-la siqua_fw-la fortè_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la accommoda_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la formidan_n de_fw-fr non_fw-fr sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la ils_fw-fr etiam_fw-la tenquam_fw-la injuflis_fw-la possessoribus_fw-la in_o usum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la vendicanda_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr doctrina_fw-la christiana_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi &_o necessario_fw-la usu_fw-la dectrinae_fw-la &_o alierum_fw-la rerum_fw-la paganorum_fw-la &_o gemilium_fw-la socrates_n eccl._n bist_fw-ge lib._n 3._o c._n 14._o but_o let_v the_o lawgiver_n or_o magistrate_n be_v never_o so_o careful_a to_o satisfy_v erroneous_a or_o tender_a conscience_n he_o shall_v never_o cut_v out_o his_o work_n to_o fit_v every_o man_n conscience_n or_o humour_n yet_o when_o as_o thing_n enjoin_v by_o lawful_a authority_n be_v in_o themselves_o indifferent_a and_o without_o just_a exception_n or_o that_o the_o matter_n hang_v even_o or_o doubtful_a the_o weight_n of_o authority_n must_v turn_v the_o scale_n between_o the_o magistrate_n and_o the_o man_n of_o a_o weak_a conscience_n lest_o the_o magistrate_n by_o neglect_v his_o duty_n bring_v a_o scorn_n upon_o his_o authority_n and_o suffer_v a_o scandal_n to_o be_v give_v unto_o all_o other_o for_o although_o the_o tender_a conscience_n have_v cast_v judgement_n on_o the_o thing_n as_o simple_o unlawful_a and_o just_a cause_n may_v be_v for_o a_o time_n to_o give_v he_o respite_n to_o rectify_v his_o conscience_n yet_o still_o do_v his_o tender_a conscience_n draw_v he_o upon_o the_o rock_n of_o disobedience_n and_o contempt_n of_o authority_n and_o give_v ill_a example_n and_o scandal_n from_o all_o which_o the_o follow_a of_o his_o tender_a conscience_n can_v excuse_v he_o especial_o if_o he_o be_v in_o a_o error_n neither_o any_o other_o pretence_n if_o he_o may_v find_v the_o mean_n to_o rectify_v his_o conscience_n for_o he_o be_v not_o then_o lead_v by_o invincible_a ignorance_n which_o as_o the_o schoolman_n say_v be_v purae_fw-la negationis_fw-la but_o rather_o by_o a_o supine_n negligence_n or_o a_o affect_a ignorance_n which_o be_v term_v prauae_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la through_o ignorance_n 4.18_o eph._n 4.18_o say_v the_o apostle_n which_o be_v in_o they_o because_o of_o the_o blindness_n of_o their_o heart_n have_v their_o understanding_n darken_v distinguendum_fw-la est_fw-la a_o pro_fw-la certo_fw-la sciat_fw-la homo_fw-la a_o conscientia_fw-la pulsat_fw-la animum_fw-la ex_fw-la credulitate_fw-la probabili_fw-la &_o discreta_fw-la a_o ex_fw-la credulitate_fw-la levi_fw-la &_o temeraria_fw-la excom_n cap._n 44._o decretal_a de_fw-fr sentent_fw-fr excom_n ne_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la vel_fw-la contra_fw-la judicium_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la committat_fw-la offensam_fw-la alii_fw-la alberic_n gentil_n &_o alii_fw-la insipida_n est_fw-la consciemia_fw-la quae_fw-la rationis_fw-la &_o scientiae_fw-la salem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la quis_fw-la sibi_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la facere_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la explicare_fw-la secundum_fw-la rationem_fw-la very_fw-la &_o constantis_fw-la judicii_fw-la nec_fw-la conscientia_fw-la dubia_fw-la est_fw-la conscientia_fw-la alias_o come_v dubitare_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la possit_fw-la ctiam_fw-la de_fw-la indubitatis_fw-la ae_z etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la ratione_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la dici_fw-la dubium_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la into_o these_o perplexity_n do_v man_n fall_v and_o often_o draw_v other_o by_o foster_a and_o cherish_v of_o a_o error_n whereby_o they_o seem_v to_o take_v as_o fast_o hold_v of_o the_o error_n as_o the_o error_n do_v of_o they_o and_o so_o they_o fall_v into_o the_o number_n of_o those_o who_o do_v err_v in_o their_o heart_n and_o not_o only_o in_o their_o head_n if_o our_o 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the_o boldness_n to_o punish_v as_o the_o fouldier_n do_v to_o offend_v voluntary_a obedience_n make_v the_o command_n and_o power_n weak_a as_o be_v that_o power_n which_o can_v subsist_v by_o its_o own_o streng_n before_o luther_n be_v in_o his_o grave_n and_o when_o his_o reformation_n be_v but_o in_o the_o infancy_n some_o who_o seem_v or_o be_v repute_v his_o disciple_n break_v out_o of_o their_o pretend_a integrity_n through_o a_o over_o zealous_a and_o irregular_a desire_n of_o reformation_n into_o abominable_a opinion_n and_o fury_n tend_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o all_o government_n in_o church_n and_o commonwealth_n and_o luther_n doctrine_n also_o meet_v with_o divers_a of_o weak_a and_o turbulent_a spirit_n over_o greedy_a of_o reformation_n and_o abound_v with_o wild_a zeal_n or_o spiritual_a pride_n all_o the_o precious_a liquor_n they_o receive_v turn_v into_o gall_n and_o vinegar_n and_o from_o these_o do_v seed_n soon_o spring_v up_o which_o raise_v a_o swarm_n of_o monument_n of_o these_o anabaptist_n than_o start_v up_o and_o declare_v that_o they_o have_v speech_n with_o god_n who_o command_v they_o to_o destroy_v all_o the_o wicked_a and_o to_o taise_v a_o new_a world_n in_o which_o the_o godly_a only_o shall_v live_v and_o reign_v sleidans_fw-la comment_n lib._n 3._o fox_n act_n and_o monument_n anabapâ—iâ—ts_n and_o other_o fanatic_a sectary_n which_o make_v themselves_o a_o new_a gospel_n of_o licentiousness_n and_o rebellion_n and_o scorn_v luther_n and_o his_o doctrine_n at_o last_o and_o although_o after_o they_o have_v do_v much_o mischief_n they_o be_v suppress_v yet_o they_o scatter_v such_o seed_n as_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o do_v now_o exceed_o afflict_v the_o church_n and_o cause_v great_a disturbance_n which_o to_o ploughs_n man_n be_v the_o great_a persecution_n 51._o august_n de_fw-fr civet_fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 18._o c._n 51._o for_o this_o afflict_v their_o heart_n and_o soul_n qui_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la hanc_fw-la persecutionem_fw-la non_fw-la in_o corporibus_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la &_o est_fw-la persecutio_fw-la intrinseca_fw-la &_o extrinseca_v 48._o caus_n 7._o quast_o 1._o cap._n 48._o by_o this_o we_o may_v see_v what_o have_v move_v prince_n and_o commonwealth_n not_o to_o tolerate_v divers_a religion_n or_o any_o thing_n different_a from_o the_o religion_n establish_v platina_n platina_n mahometanaem_n sectam_fw-la latè_fw-la sparsisse_fw-la se_fw-la dum_fw-la religionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la capita_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la diffident_a &_o sic_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la mahometano_n partìm_fw-la vi_fw-la partim_fw-la spome_fw-la deficerent_fw-la populi_fw-la hinc_fw-la amissam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la antiochenam_fw-la alexandrinam_fw-la hierosolymitanam_fw-la 51._o august_n de_fw-fr civ_o dei_fw-la lib._n 18._o cap._n 51._o multi_fw-la volentes_fw-la esse_fw-la christiani_n propter_fw-la eorum_fw-la diffentiones_fw-la haesitare_fw-la coguntur_fw-la &_o 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