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tradition_n concern_v the_o discipline_n order_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n six_o that_o it_o be_v free_a and_o lawful_a for_o every_o church_n to_o appoint_v ordain_v and_o constitute_v that_o kind_n of_o policy_n discipline_n &_o government_n which_o be_v most_o sit_v &_o profitable_a for_o the_o same_o and_o the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v yield_v to_o be_v this_o because_o our_o lord_n jesus_n have_v prescribe_v no_o settle_a law_n therein_o but_o have_v leave_v all_o indifferent_a thing_n to_o the_o liberty_n of_o his_o church_n seven_o that_o there_o can_v no_o great_a plague_n come_v to_o the_o church_n then_o to_o tie_v all_o church_n to_o one_o kind_n of_o external_a government_n zanchius_n teach_v the_o self_n same_o doctrine_n even_o in_o suprà _fw-la the_o same_o word_n petrus_n martyr_n after_o he_o have_v distribute_v tradition_n into_o three_o order_n show_v one_o kind_n to_o be_v express_v in_o the_o scripture_n a_o other_o plain_a repugnant_a to_o the_o same_o the_o three_o neither_o contrary_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n neither_o necessary_o affix_v unto_o it_o add_v these_o express_a word_n 10._o sunt_fw-la nonnullae_fw-la traditiones_fw-la quas_fw-la neutras_fw-la appellare_fw-la libuit_fw-la quod_fw-la verbo_fw-la deinec_fw-la adversentur_fw-la nec_fw-la illinecessariò_fw-la cohaereant_fw-la inquibus_fw-la mos_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la gerendus_fw-la est_fw-la tribus_fw-la interposit_a be_v cautionibus_fw-la primùm_fw-la videndum_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la obtrudantur_fw-la quasidei_fw-la cultus_fw-la &_o deculiar_a be_v quaedam_fw-la sanctimonia_fw-la quandcquidem_fw-la potius_fw-la recipiendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la adordinum_fw-la conservandum_fw-la &_o civilem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la commoditatem_fw-la totum_fw-la atque_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la actionum_fw-la decorum_n alioquin_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la luculentèr_fw-la habemus_fw-la descripta_fw-la quaead_n sanctitatem_fw-la &_o cullum_fw-la dei_fw-la conducunt_fw-la praeterea_fw-la cavere_fw-la oportet_fw-la ne_fw-la quaesic_n traduntur_fw-la it_o a_o putemus_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la amoveri_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la servetur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la suum_fw-la ius_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la medijs_fw-la ut_fw-la quoadilla_fw-la statuat_fw-la quicquid_fw-la viderit_fw-la magis_fw-la adificationem_fw-la credentium_fw-la promovere_fw-la consideretur_fw-la demùm_fw-la saepiùs_fw-la nimijs_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la &_o ceremonijs_fw-la in_o immensum_fw-la auct_n be_v populum_fw-la christi_fw-la sic_fw-la gravari_fw-la ut_fw-la tantum_fw-la non_fw-la obruatur_fw-la there_o be_v some_o tradition_n which_o may_v be_v term_v ventrall_a or_o indifferent_a for_o that_o they_o neither_o be_v against_o god_n word_n neither_o do_v they_o necessary_o cohere_v with_o it_o in_o which_o ceremony_n the_o church_n constitution_n must_v be_v obey_v if_o three_o caution_n do_v concur_v first_o that_o they_o be_v not_o obtrude_v as_o god_n worship_n or_o peculiar_a holiness_n but_o as_o pertain_v to_o order_n and_o the_o civil_a commodity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o comeliness_n in_o divine_a action_n otherwise_o all_o thing_n be_v sufficient_o comprise_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o pertain_v to_o holiness_n and_o god_n worship_n second_o we_o must_v beware_v that_o they_o be_v not_o repute_v so_o necessary_a that_o they_o can_v be_v change_v as_o the_o time_n require_v let_v the_o church_n keep_v her_o interest_n and_o liberty_n in_o these_o indifferent_a thing_n to_o appoint_v what_o shall_v be_v think_v most_o necessary_a to_o the_o edify_n of_o the_o faithful_a last_o let_v it_o be_v well_o remember_v that_o the_o multitude_n of_o ceremony_n do_v often_o so_o annoy_v the_o people_n that_o they_o be_v almost_o undo_v therewith_o m._n beza_n have_v these_o word_n quoniam_fw-la multitudo_fw-la plerumque_fw-la &_o impirita_fw-la est_fw-la &_o intractabilis_fw-la &_o maior_fw-la pars_fw-la saepè_fw-la meliorem_fw-la 35._o vincit_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o democratia_fw-la quidem_fw-la leguimè_fw-la constituta_fw-la omne_fw-la permissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la â—ffraeni_fw-la vulgo_fw-la sed_fw-la constituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la populi_fw-la consensu_fw-la certi_fw-la magistratus_fw-la qui_fw-la plebi_fw-la praeâ—ant_fw-la &_o inconditam_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la regant_fw-la quod_fw-la sihaec_fw-la prudentia_fw-la in_o negotijâ—_n humanis_fw-la requiritur_fw-la multò_fw-la sanè_fw-la magis_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la certa_fw-la moderatione_n in_fw-la ijs_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la homines_fw-la prorsus_fw-la caecutiunt_fw-la neque_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n quisquam_fw-la sani_fw-la iudiâ—ij_fw-la homo_fw-la clamitet_fw-la nullum_fw-la hic_fw-la esse_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la locum_fw-la nisi_fw-la hanc_fw-la prudentiam_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la loquor_fw-la ostendat_fw-la cum_fw-la deiverbo_fw-la pugnare_fw-la quod_fw-la sanè_fw-la non_fw-la arbitror_fw-la neque_fw-la n._n simplicitèr_fw-la spectandum_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n factum_fw-la in_o politia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la quum_fw-la diversissimae_fw-la sint_fw-la circumstantiae_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la absque_fw-la cacozelia_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la omne_fw-la omnibus_fw-la locis_fw-la ac_fw-la temporibus_fw-la ad_fw-la unam_fw-la candenque_fw-la formam_fw-la revocari_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la spectandus_fw-la est_fw-la eorum_fw-la finis_fw-la &_o scopus_fw-la invariabilis_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la deligenda_fw-la forma_fw-la ac_fw-la ratio_fw-la rerum_fw-la agendarum_fw-la quae_fw-la rectè_fw-la eo_fw-la à educat_fw-la because_o the_o multitude_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n ignorant_a and_o intractable_a and_o the_o great_a part_n do_v often_o time_n prevail_v against_o the_o better_a all_o thing_n be_v not_o even_o in_o a_o popular_a state_n lawful_o appoint_v commit_v to_o the_o unbridled_a multitude_n but_o certain_a magistrate_n be_v appoint_v by_o the_o people_n consent_n to_o guide_v rule_n and_o govern_v they_o if_o this_o wisdom_n be_v require_v in_o worldly_a affair_n much_o more_o be_v a_o moderation_n to_o be_v have_v in_o those_o matter_n in_o which_o man_n be_v altogether_o blind_v neither_o be_v there_o any_o cause_n why_o any_o man_n of_o sound_a judgement_n shall_v exclaim_v that_o in_o such_o matter_n there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o policy_n except_o he_o can_v show_v this_o policy_n whereof_o i_o speak_v to_o be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o i_o be_o persuade_v he_o can_v never_o do_v for_o we_o must_v not_o simple_o look_v what_o the_o apostle_n do_v in_o ecclesiastical_a policy_n and_o church-government_n see_v there_o be_v so_o great_a variety_n of_o circumstance_n that_o a_o man_n can_v without_o preposterous_a zeal_n reduce_v all_o thing_n in_o all_o place_n and_o time_n to_o one_o 17._o and_o the_o same_o form_n in_o do_v thing_n which_o lead_v the_o right_a way_n to_o the_o same_o thus_o write_v master_n beza_n who_o have_v many_o like_a period_n to_o the_o like_a effect_n which_o i_o omit_v in_o regard_n of_o brevity_n out_o of_o these_o word_n i_o note_v first_o that_o the_o church_n be_v not_o so_o strict_o bind_v to_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o she_o must_v always_o follow_v the_o same_o in_o these_o adiaphorôis_fw-la second_o that_o the_o church_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a have_v great_a power_n to_o make_v any_o law_n which_o be_v not_o repugnant_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o point_n i_o will_v have_v the_o reader_n to_o ponder_v serious_o because_o it_o be_v very_o emphatical_a and_o of_o great_a moment_n three_o that_o all_o church_n can_v have_v one_o and_o and_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o government_n because_o the_o circumstance_n of_o time_n place_n and_o person_n will_v not_o suffer_v it_o four_o that_o the_o church_n in_o all_o the_o law_n and_o constitution_n must_v chief_o respect_v the_o peaceable_a government_n of_o the_o people_n hieronymus_n zanchius_n be_v consonant_a to_o the_o other_o doctor_n while_o he_o write_v in_o this_o manner_n de_fw-fr ritibus_fw-la &_o ceremonijs_fw-la in_o 183._o ecclesia_fw-la servandis_fw-la eadem_fw-la pietas_fw-la &_o eccle_fw-la siarum_fw-la aedificatio_fw-la flagitat_fw-la ne_fw-la nimis_fw-la acritér_fw-la quasi_fw-la pro_fw-la aris_fw-la &_o focis_fw-la ut_fw-la dici_fw-la solet_fw-la sit_fw-la aimicatiâ—_n disceptetur_fw-la sed_fw-la singulis_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la lâ—beri_fw-la relinquantur_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la ettam_fw-la in_o veteri_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la factum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la apud_fw-la socratem_n &_o alios_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la scriptoreâ—_n legimus_fw-la quibus_fw-la ae_z rebus_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la probamus_fw-la atque_fw-la amplectimur_fw-la utramque_fw-la epistolam_fw-la augustini_fw-la ad_fw-la januarium_fw-la haec_fw-la n._n faciunt_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la touch_v rite_n and_o ceremony_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o church_n the_o same_o piety_n and_o edify_n of_o the_o church_n require_v that_o we_o contend_v not_o too_o biter_o as_o if_o it_o be_v for_o matter_n of_o great_a moment_n but_o that_o every_o church_n have_v her_o liberty_n therein_o as_o we_o read_v in_o socrates_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n that_o it_o be_v the_o old_a custom_n of_o the_o church_n of_o which_o thing_n in_o general_a we_o allow_v and_o embrace_v both_o the_o epistle_n which_o austin_n write_v to_o januarius_n for_o these_o thing_n tend_v to_o the_o edification_n of_o the_o church_n the_o same_o zanchius_n in_o a_o other_o place_n have_v these_o word_n 169._o interea_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la improbamus_fw-la patres_fw-la quodiuxta_fw-la variam_fw-la tum_fw-la verbi_fw-la dispensandi_fw-la tum_fw-la
we_o say_v be_v give_v in_o true_a baptism_n learn_v this_o observation_n to_o descend_v of_o that_o authority_n because_o after_o our_o lord_n ascension_n the_o holy_a ghost_n come_v down_o upon_o the_o apostle_n and_o we_o find_v the_o same_o observe_v in_o many_o place_n rather_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o priesthood_n then_o for_o necessity_n of_o the_o law_n m._n bucer_n that_o great_a learned_a doctor_n be_v very_o consonant_a ephes._n to_o the_o ancient_a father_n herein_o these_o be_v his_o express_a word_n signum_fw-la impositionis_fw-la manuum_fw-la etiam_fw-la episcopi_fw-la soli_fw-la praebebant_fw-la &_o non_fw-la absque_fw-la ratione_fw-la sive_fw-la n._n sit_fw-la foedus_fw-la domini_fw-la baptizatis_fw-la confirmandum_fw-la sive_fw-la reconciliandiij_fw-la qui_fw-la gravius_fw-la peccarunt_fw-la sive_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la ministri_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la ministeria_fw-la maximè_fw-la decent_a eos_fw-la quibus_fw-la summa_fw-la ecelesiarum_fw-la 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