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doctrine_n be_v true_a 77._o and_o withal_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o every_o church_n must_v have_v a_o constitutive_a regent_n part_n as_o essential_a to_o it_o than_o it_o unavoidable_o follow_v that_o there_o must_v be_v a_o catholic_n visible_a head_n to_o a_o catholic_n visible_a church_n and_o so_o mr._n baxter_n '_o be_v constitutive_a regent_n part_n of_o a_o church_n have_v do_v the_o pope_n a_o wonderful_a kindness_n and_o make_v a_o very_a plausible_a plea_n for_o his_o universal_a pastourship_n but_o there_o be_v some_o man_n in_o the_o world_n who_o do_v not_o attend_v to_o the_o advantage_n they_o give_v to_o popery_n so_o they_o may_v vent_v their_o spleen_n against_o the_o church_n of_o england_n but_o do_v not_o mr._n baxter_n say_v that_o the_o universal_a church_n be_v head_v by_o christ_n himself_o i_o grant_v he_o do_v but_o this_o do_v not_o remove_v the_o difficulty_n for_o the_o question_n be_v
about_o that_o visible_a church_n whereof_o particular_a church_n be_v part_n and_o they_o be_v visible_a part_n do_v require_v a_o visible_a constitutive_a regent_n part_n as_o essential_a to_o they_o therefore_o the_o whole_a visible_a church_n must_v have_v likewise_o a_o visible_a constitutive_a regent_n part_n i._n e._n a_o visible_a head_n of_o the_o church_n as_o if_o a_o troop_n have_v a_o inferior_a officer_n a_o army_n must_v have_v a_o general_n if_o a_o city_n have_v a_o mayor_n a_o kingdom_n must_v have_v a_o king_n that_o be_v equal_o present_a and_o visible_a as_o the_o other_o be_v this_o be_v indeed_o to_o make_v a_o key_n for_o catholic_n by_o the_o help_n of_o which_o they_o may_v enter_v and_o take_v possession_n 2._o the_o plain_a resolution_n be_v that_o we_o deny_v any_o necessity_n of_o any_o such_o constitutive_a regent_n part_n or_o one_o formal_a ecclesiastical_a head_n as_o essential_a to_o a_o national_a church_n for_o a_o national_a consent_n be_v as_o sufficient_a to_o make_v a_o national_a church_n as_o a_o universal_a consent_n to_o make_v a_o catholic_n church_n but_o if_o the_o question_n be_v by_o what_o way_n this_o national_a consent_n be_v to_o be_v declare_v then_o we_o answer_v far_o that_o by_o the_o constitution_n of_o this_o church_n the_o archbishop_n bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v summon_v by_o the_o king_n be_v write_v be_v to_o advise_v and_o declare_v their_o judgement_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n which_o be_v receive_v allow_v and_o enact_v by_o the_o king_n and_o three_o estate_n of_o the_o kingdom_n there_o be_v as_o great_a a_o national_a consent_v as_o be_v require_v to_o any_o law_n and_o all_o bishop_n minister_n and_o people_n take_v together_o who_o profess_v the_o faith_n so_o establish_v and_o worship_n god_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n so_o appoint_v make_v up_o this_o national_a church_n of_o england_n which_o notion_n of_o a_o national_a church_n be_v thus_o explain_v i_o see_v no_o manner_n 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object_v by_o my_o more_o weighty_a adversary_n the_o weak_a assault_n of_o the_o rest_n in_o what_o they_o differ_v from_o these_o will_v admit_v of_o a_o quick_a dispatch_n mr._n a._n object_n 27._o 1._o that_o if_o national_a church_n have_v power_n to_o reform_v themselves_o than_o so_o have_v congregational_a and_o therefore_o i_o do_v amiss_o to_o charge_v they_o with_o separation_n i_o grant_v it_o if_o he_o prove_v that_o no_o congregational_a church_n have_v any_o more_o power_n over_o it_o than_o a_o national_a church_n have_v i._n e._n that_o there_o be_v as_o much_o evidence_n against_o both_o episcopal_a and_o presbyterial_a government_n as_o there_o be_v against_o the_o pope_n usurpation_n when_o he_o do_v prove_v that_o ibid._n he_o may_v have_v a_o far_a answer_n 2._o that_o national_a church_n destroy_v the_o be_v of_o other_o church_n under_o they_o this_o i_o utter_o deny_v and_o there_o want_v nothing_o but_o proof_n as_o erasmus_n say_v one_o andrelinus_n be_v a_o good_a poet_n only_o his_o verse_n want_v one_o syllable_n and_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 29._o 3._o by_o my_o description_n the_o parliament_n may_v be_v a_o national_a church_n for_o they_o be_v a_o society_n of_o man_n unite_v together_o for_o their_o order_n and_o government_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n but_o do_v i_o not_o immediate_o before_o say_v that_o national_a church_n be_v national_a society_n of_o christian_n under_o the_o same_o law_n of_o government_n and_o rule_n of_o worship_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o in_o the_o next_o word_n when_o i_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v national_a church_n to_o be_v true_a church_n i_o use_v such_o a_o general_a description_n as_o be_v common_a to_o any_o kind_n of_o church_n and_o not_o proper_a to_o a_o national_a church_n 30._o 4._o he_o give_v this_o reason_n why_o consent_n shall_v not_o make_v national_a church_n as_o well_o as_o congregational_a because_o it_o must_v be_v such_o a_o agreement_n as_o the_o gospel_n warrant_v and_o that_o be_v only_o for_o worship_n and_o not_o to_o destroy_v their_o own_o be_v this_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o a_o horse_n in_o a_o mill_n still_o round_o about_o the_o same_o thing_n and_o therefore_o the_o same_o answer_n may_v serve_v 31._o 5._o out_o come_v mr._n b.'s_n objection_n against_o a_o visible_a head_n of_o this_o national_a church_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o union_n and_o the_o difference_n among_o ourselves_o as_o though_o mr._n b._n can_v not_o manage_v his_o own_o argument_n and_o therefore_o he_o take_v they_o and_o strip_v they_o of_o their_o heavy_a and_o rusty_a armour_n and_o make_v they_o appear_v again_o in_o the_o field_n in_o another_o dress_n and_o if_o they_o can_v not_o stand_v the_o field_n in_o the_o former_a habit_n they_o can_v much_o less_o do_v it_o in_o this_o the_o author_n of_o the_o letter_n say_v 24._o i_o only_o prove_v a_o national_a church_n a_o possible_a thing_n he_o clear_o 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then_o can_v justify_v this_o separation_n but_o a_o difference_n of_o opinion_n as_o to_o some_o circumstantial_o in_o worship_n hold_v say_v he_o the_o consequence_n be_v not_o good_a for_o there_o be_v certain_a middle_a thing_n between_o substantial_a part_n of_o worship_n and_o bare_a circumstance_n about_o which_o it_o will_v be_v lawful_a to_o divide_v though_o otherwise_o we_o agree_v in_o doctrine_n and_o the_o substantial_a part_n of_o worship_n so_o that_o here_o a_o separation_n be_v justify_v 1_o on_o the_o account_n of_o such_o thing_n which_o be_v confess_v to_o be_v neither_o substantial_a nor_o circumstantial_a part_n of_o worship_n 2._o although_o there_o be_v a_o agreement_n in_o the_o substantial_a part_n of_o worship_n and_o consequent_o although_o these_o middle_a kind_n of_o thing_n be_v not_o make_v substantial_a part_n of_o worship_n for_o that_o he_o charge_v we_o with_o in_o the_o antecedent_n and_o now_o allow_v the_o antecedent_n and_o deny_v the_o 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answer_v that_o the_o excommunication_n denounce_v be_v not_o against_o such_o as_o modest_o scruple_n the_o lawfulness_n of_o thing_n impose_v but_o against_o those_o who_o obstinate_o affirm_v it_o the_o word_n of_o the_o canon_n be_v not_o as_o mr._n b._n quote_v they_o if_o any_o one_o do_v but_o affirm_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o liturgy_n ceremony_n etc._n etc._n to_o be_v unlawful_a be_v excommunicate_a ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la 6._o but_o whosoever_o shall_v affirm_v the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n establish_v by_o law_n to_o be_v impious_a antichristian_a or_o superstitious_a let_v he_o be_v excommunicate_a ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la mr._n b.'s_n word_n bear_v quite_o another_o sense_n from_o those_o of_o the_o canon_n for_o to_o say_v if_o any_o man_n do_v but_o affirm_v etc._n etc._n it_o imply_v that_o a_o bare_a single_a affirmation_n incur_v excommunication_n ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la but_o when_o the_o canon_n say_v if_o any_o shall_v affirm_v &c_n &c_n it_o imply_v these_o circumstance_n which_o according_a to_o the_o common_a sense_n of_o mankind_n do_v deserve_v excommunication_n viz._n that_o it_o be_v do_v public_o and_o obstinate_o both_o which_o the_o word_n affirm_v will_v bear_v for_o as_o s._n augustin_n very_o well_o say_v â—_o every_o man_n error_n be_v bear_v with_o until_o he_o either_o find_v a_o accuser_n or_o he_o obstinate_o defend_v his_o opinion_n tam_fw-la diu_fw-la sustinetur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la aut_fw-la error_n cujusâ—ibet_fw-la donec_fw-la aut_fw-la accusatorem_fw-la inveniat_fw-la aut_fw-la pravam_fw-la opinionem_fw-la pertinaci_fw-la animositate_fw-la defendat_fw-la all_o excommunication_n do_v suppose_v precedent_a admonition_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n if_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v the_o church_n let_v he_o be_v as_o a_o heathen_a or_o a_o publican_n therefore_o general_a excommunication_n although_o they_o be_v latae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la as_o the_o canonist_n speak_v do_v not_o affect_v particular_a person_n until_o the_o evidence_n be_v notorious_a not_o only_o of_o the_o bare_a fact_n but_o of_o the_o contumacy_n join_v with_o it_o beside_o such_o excommunication_n which_o be_v de_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o latae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la be_v rather_o to_o be_v look_v on_o as_o commination_n than_o as_o formal_a excommunication_n 〈…〉_z for_o gerson_n put_v the_o question_n what_o the_o effect_n of_o such_o excommunication_n be_v he_o answer_n that_o it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o that_o there_o need_v no_o new_a judicial_a process_n but_o upon_o proof_n or_o confession_n the_o judge_n may_v pronounce_v the_o sentence_n which_o he_o say_v he_o learn_v from_o his_o master_n who_o be_v pet._n de_fw-mi alliaco_fw-it the_o famous_a cardinal_n of_o cambray_n and_o if_o it_o require_v a_o new_a sentence_n 〈…〉_z than_o it_o do_v not_o actual_o excommunicate_v but_o of_o this_o the_o learned_a archbishop_n of_o spalleto_n have_v discourse_v course_v at_o large_a to_o who_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n as_o to_o the_o practice_n of_o canon_n law_n in_o england_n facto_fw-la lyndwood_n say_v that_o a_o declaratory_a sentence_n of_o the_o judge_n be_v necessary_a notwithstanding_o the_o excommunication_n ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la and_o it_o be_v a_o rule_n in_o our_o church_n 65._o that_o person_n excommunicate_a be_v to_o be_v public_o denounce_v excommunicate_a in_o a_o cathedral_n or_o parochial_a church_n every_o six_o month_n that_o other_o may_v have_v notice_n of_o they_o and_o until_o the_o sentence_n be_v thus_o declare_v i_o do_v not_o know_v how_o far_o particular_a person_n can_v think_v themselves_o oblige_v to_o forbear_v communion_n on_o the_o account_n of_o a_o general_a sentence_n of_o excommunication_n though_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la for_o although_o the_o sentence_n seem_v peremptory_a yet_o ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la do_v suppose_v a_o fact_n and_o such_o as_o deserve_v excommunication_n in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o church_n of_o which_o there_o must_v be_v evident_a proof_n bring_v before_o the_o sentence_n can_v take_v hold_n of_o the_o person_n and_o to_o make_v the_o sentence_n valid_a as_o to_o the_o person_n there_o must_v be_v due_a execution_n of_o it_o and_o the_o question_n in_o this_o case_n than_o be_v whether_o any_o person_n know_v himself_o to_o be_v under_o such_o qualification_n which_o incur_v a_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n be_v bind_v to_o execute_v this_o sentence_n upon_o himself_o which_o he_o must_v do_v if_o he_o think_v himself_o bind_v to_o separate_v from_o our_o church_n on_o the_o account_n of_o this_o general_a excommunication_n 2â—â—_n and_o so_o mr._n b._n himself_o seem_v to_o resolve_v this_o point_n although_o say_v he_o we_o be_v excommunicate_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la yet_o we_o be_v not_o bind_v ourselves_o to_o execute_v their_o sentence_n but_o may_v stay_v in_o communion_n till_o they_o prove_v the_o fact_n and_o do_v the_o execution_n on_o we_o themselves_o by_o refuse_v we_o and_o so_o he_o have_v full_o answer_v his_o own_o objection_n but_o can_v those_o be_v call_v schismatic_n for_o not_o communicate_v