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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05347	A treatise of the authority of the church The summe wherof was delivered in a sermon preached at Belfast, at the visitation of the diocese of Downe and Conner the tenth day of August 1636. By Henrie Leslie bishop of the diocese. Intended for the satisfaction of them who in those places oppose the orders of our church, and since published upon occasion of a libell sent abroad in writing, wherin this sermon, and all his proceedings are most falsely traduced. Together with an answer to certaine objections made against the orders of our church, especially kneeling at the communion.	Leslie, Henry, 1580-1661.	1637 (1637)	STC 15499; ESTC S114016	124,588	210

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our_o disobedience_n final_o among_o the_o roman_n some_o be_v offend_v at_o the_o eat_n of_o those_o meat_n but_o i_o do_v not_o read_v that_o any_o be_v offend_v at_o the_o not_o eat_v of_o they_o it_o be_v otherways_o with_o we_o where_o one_o be_v offend_v at_o our_o ceremony_n ten_o wise_a than_o they_o will_v be_v offend_v if_o we_o do_v not_o use_v they_o and_o far_o more_o if_o we_o do_v follow_v their_o fashion_n in_o the_o manner_n of_o god_n worship_n the_o case_n be_v clear_a that_o the_o order_n which_o our_o church_n enjoin_v be_v neither_o contrary_n to_o christian_a liberty_n nor_o to_o that_o care_n we_o shall_v have_v for_o to_o avoid_v offence_n in_o the_o next_o place_n i_o will_v labour_v to_o find_v out_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o gross_a mistake_n in_o the_o brethren_n which_o certain_o be_v this_o that_o they_o do_v not_o right_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o christian_a liberty_n whilst_o they_o set_v it_o upon_o tenterhooks_n and_o stretch_v it_o further_o 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est_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la confusio_fw-la ibid._n §_o 23._o that_o yet_o these_o rite_n must_v not_o be_v leave_v free_a for_o every_o man_n to_o use_v what_o fashion_n he_o please_v but_o must_v be_v establish_v by_o law_n otherwise_o for_o asmuch_o as_o the_o same_o order_n will_v never_o please_v all_o man_n there_o will_v follow_v great_a confusion_n in_o the_o church_n iii_o 30._o iii_o prout_n ecclesiae_fw-la utilitas_fw-la requirit_fw-la tam_fw-la usitatas_fw-la mutare_fw-la &_o abrogare_fw-la quam_fw-la novas_fw-la instituere_fw-la conveniet_fw-la ibid._n §._o 30._o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o church_n when_o she_o find_v it_o convenient_a to_o change_v and_o abrogate_v old_a ceremony_n and_o to_o institute_v new_a in_o their_o room_n iv_o 31._o iv_o christiani_n populi_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la secundum_fw-la hunc_fw-la canonem_fw-la fuerint_fw-la instituta_fw-la liberâ_fw-la quidem_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la nullâque_fw-la superstitione_n piâ_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o facili_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequium_fw-la propensione_n seruare_fw-la non_fw-la contemptim_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la supinâ_fw-la negli_fw-la entiâ_fw-la praeterire_fw-la tantum_fw-la abest_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la fastum_fw-la &_o contumaciam_fw-la violare_fw-la apertè_fw-la debeat_fw-la quód_fw-la siquis_fw-la obstrepat_fw-la &_o plus_fw-la sapere_fw-la hic_fw-la velit_fw-la quàm_fw-la oportet_fw-la videat_fw-la ipse_fw-la quâ_fw-la morositatem_fw-la svam_fw-la ratione_fw-la domino_fw-la approbet_fw-la nobis_fw-la tamen_fw-la illud_fw-la pauli_n satisfacere_fw-la debet_fw-la nos_fw-la contendi_fw-la morem_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la neque_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la dei_fw-la §._o 31._o that_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o every_o christian_a not_o to_o contemn_v or_o neglect_v such_o constitution_n but_o to_o keep_v they_o without_o superstition_n with_o a_o free_a conscience_n and_o with_o a_o pious_a and_o facile_a propension_n to_o obedience_n and_o if_o any_o will_v oppose_v they_o and_o be_v more_o wise_a than_o be_v needful_a let_v he_o look_v to_o it_o which_o way_n he_o will_v approve_v his_o morosity_n unto_o god_n for_o that_o of_o s._n paul_n shall_v satisfy_v we_o that_o we_o have_v no_o custom_n to_o contend_v namely_o about_o such_o matter_n nor_o the_o church_n of_o god_n v._o 10._o v._o neque_fw-la tamen_fw-la permisit_fw-la dominus_fw-la vagam_fw-la effraenamque_fw-la licentiam_fw-la sed_fw-la cancellos_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la loquar_fw-la circumdidit_fw-la and_o a●gaine_o confugere_fw-la hic_fw-la oportet_fw-la ad_fw-la generales_fw-la quas_fw-la dedit_fw-la regulas_fw-la see_n §._o 10._o that_o god_n have_v not_o give_v his_o church_n unlimited_a power_n to_o establish_v what_o ceremony_n she_o list_v but_o have_v bound_v she_o within_o certain_a rule_n so_o that_o here_o we_o must_v have_v recourse_n unto_o the_o general_n rule_v lay_v down_o in_o the_o scripture_n now_o the_o general_a rule_n be_v especial_o these_o let_v all_o thing_n be_v do_v decent_o and_o in_o order_n i._o cor._n fourteen_o 40._o do_v all_o thing_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n i._n cor._n x._o 31._o let_v all_o thing_n be_v do_v to_o edify_v i._o cor._n fourteen_o 26._o follow_v those_o thing_n which_o concern_v peace_n rom._n fourteen_o 19_o of_o which_o kind_n many_o more_o may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o scripture_n which_o be_v the_o very_a rule_n and_o canon_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n write_v in_o all_o man_n heart_n which_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o observe_v though_o the_o apostle_n have_v not_o mention_v they_o for_o they_o be_v not_o deliver_v in_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o yet_o the_o jew_n observe_v they_o unwritten_a as_o be_v edict_n of_o nature_n and_o thereby_o frame_v such_o church-order_n as_o in_o their_o law_n be_v not_o prescribe_v so_o the_o christian_a church_n in_o all_o age_n have_v respect_n unto_o those_o general_a rule_n have_v establish_v law_n for_o the_o outward_a form_n and_o administration_n of_o god_n worship_n irenicum_fw-la see_v harmony_n of_o the_o confess_v sect._n 17._o zarich_n in_o 4._o ptaecept_n martyr_n epist_n ad_fw-la hooperum_fw-la and_o a_o cloud_n of_o witness_n allege_v by_o archdishop_n whitg_n ft_o in_o the_o defence_n of_o his_o answer_n and_o o●_n forbesse_n in_o he_o irenicum_fw-la as_o i_o will_v show_v in_o the_o next_o place_n i_o will_v not_o trouble_v you_o any_o more_o with_o quotation_n but_o refer_v you_o to_o the_o confession_n of_o all_o the_o reform_a church_n and_o to_o the_o book_n of_o all_o learned_a protestant_n who_o have_v write_v of_o tradition_n rite_n and_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n three_o this_o have_v be_v the_o practice_n of_o all_o church_n to_o make_v law_n of_o thing_n indifferent_a and_o to_o appoint_v certain_a rite_n in_o the_o administration_n of_o god_n worship_n the_o apostle_n do_v it_o they_o appoint_v some_o which_o we_o read_v of_o and_o yet_o hold_v not_o ourselves_o bind_v to_o observe_v as_o abstinence_n 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