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they_o to_o be_v retain_v in_o the_o church_n and_o condemn_v all_o they_o with_o a_o curse_n which_o either_o term_v they_o unprofitable_a or_o deny_v the_o church_n authority_n to_o grant_v they_o a_o reason_n no_o doubt_n sufficient_a for_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o grant_v they_o and_o to_o lay_v anathema_n upon_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v deny_v they_o since_o christ_n do_v first_o ordain_v they_o and_o the_o ancient_a father_n do_v exercise_v that_o power_n commit_v to_o they_o by_o christ_n but_o when_o we_o come_v to_o examination_n of_o witness_n notwithstanding_o the_o pope_n creed_n and_o the_o counsel_n decree_n it_o will_v be_v find_v that_o neither_o christ_n nor_o the_o primitive_a father_n ever_o know_v much_o less_o exercise_v such_o pardon_n and_o indulgence_n as_o be_v now_o daily_o practise_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n when_o the_o christian_n have_v commit_v any_o capital_a and_o heinous_a offence_n for_o fear_n of_o persecution_n either_o in_o denial_n of_o their_o faith_n or_o in_o sacrifice_v unto_o idol_n the_o party_n be_v enjoin_v a_o severe_a and_o long_a penance_n the_o rigour_n of_o this_o punishment_n the_o bishop_n and_o pastor_n of_o their_o several_a congregation_n have_v power_n if_o they_o see_v cause_n to_o mitigate_v at_o their_o discretion_n which_o mitigation_n or_o relaxation_n of_o punishment_n be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o pardon_n or_o indulgence_n this_o doctrine_n be_v derive_v from_o saint_n paul_n who_o release_v the_o incestuous_a corinthian_a from_o the_o bond_n of_o excommunication_n upon_o his_o humiliation_n and_o serious_a repentance_n and_o write_v unto_o the_o corinthian_n that_o they_o shall_v do_v the_o like_a and_o receive_v he_o again_o to_o their_o communion_n lest_o he_o shall_v be_v swallow_v up_o with_o immoderate_a grief_n and_o this_o manner_n of_o indulgence_n be_v ancient_a and_o continue_a long_o in_o the_o church_n and_o of_o this_o there_o be_v no_o question_n 5._o indulgentia_fw-la propriè_fw-la est_fw-la absolutio_fw-la judiciaria_fw-la annexam_fw-la habens_fw-la solutionem_fw-la ex_fw-la thesauro_fw-la bellâ—â—de_n jndulg_n lib._n 1._o cap_n 5._o the_o indulgence_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v a_o absolution_n from_o the_o guilt_n of_o temporal_a punishment_n by_o the_o application_n of_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o saint_n which_o merit_n be_v term_v thesaurus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la the_o treasury_n of_o the_o church_n and_o this_o common_a treasury_n of_o satisfaction_n be_v apply_v to_o dead_a soul_n burn_v in_o purgatory_n thus_o indulgence_n which_o be_v first_o use_v for_o mirigation_n of_o punishment_n be_v now_o reduce_v to_o private_a satisfaction_n and_o that_o which_o be_v former_o leave_v to_o the_o discretion_n of_o every_o bishop_n in_o his_o own_o dyoces_n to_o dispense_v with_o summum_fw-la ius_n the_o extremity_n of_o the_o law_n be_v now_o transfer_v whole_o to_o the_o power_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o pope_n nor_o that_o only_a for_o some_o few_o year_n imprisonment_n in_o this_o life_n but_o for_o thousand_o of_o year_n in_o purgatory_n after_o death_n insomuch_o that_o whosoever_o in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n shall_v say_v seven_o prayer_n before_o the_o crucifix_n sacrum_fw-la horae_n beatae_fw-la maria_n virg_n secundum_fw-la usum_fw-la sacrum_fw-la and_o seven_o paternosters_a and_o seven_o aue-maries_n shall_v attain_v six_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o year_n of_o pardon_n fourteen_o thousand_o grant_v by_o saint_n gregory_n fourteen_o thousand_o by_o nicholas_n the_o first_o and_o eight_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o by_o sixtus_n the_o four_o these_o and_o the_o like_a indulgence_n be_v train_v up_o in_o the_o school_n of_o demetrius_n which_o bring_v no_o small_a benefit_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o clergy_n and_o therefore_o their_o own_o schoolman_n 2._o greg._n de_fw-fr valent_n cap._n 2._o gregory_n de_fw-fr valentia_n term_v they_o but_o a_o kind_n of_o godly_a deceit_n wherewith_o the_o church_n do_v draw_v man_n unto_o some_o kind_n of_o action_n of_o devotion_n even_o as_o a_o father_n when_o he_o move_v a_o little_a child_n to_o run_v promise_v he_o a_o apple_n which_o notwithstanding_o he_o do_v not_o give_v he_o but_o i_o will_v proceed_v to_o the_o publication_n of_o witness_n whereby_o it_o shall_v appear_v by_o the_o evidence_n of_o their_o own_o learned_a man_n that_o this_o point_n of_o faith_n have_v no_o more_o antiquity_n and_o consent_n of_o father_n and_o schoolman_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n than_o the_o article_n before_o confess_v 3._o de_fw-fr jndulgentijs_fw-la pauca_fw-la dici_fw-la possunt_fw-la per_fw-la certitudinem_fw-la quia_fw-la nec_fw-la scriptura_fw-la express_v de_fw-fr ijs_fw-la loquor_fw-la sancti_fw-la etiam_fw-la ambrose_n hilarius_n etc._n etc._n minime_fw-la locutur_fw-la de_fw-la indulgentijs_fw-la durand_n 49._o sentent_fw-fr do_v 20._o q._n 3._o indulgentiae_fw-la authoritate_fw-la scripturae_fw-la no_o innoture_n nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la &_o romanorum_fw-la pontificum_fw-la quae_fw-la maior_fw-la est_fw-la authoritas_fw-la prior_n contr_n luth._o pro_fw-la indulg_n difficile_fw-la est_fw-la modum_fw-la jndulgentiarum_fw-la fundare_fw-la authenticè_fw-la in_o scriptura_fw-la sacra_fw-la etc._n etc._n mayor_n 4._o d._n 2._o q_o 3._o durand_n little_a can_v be_v say_v of_o any_o certainty_n or_o as_o undoubted_o true_a of_o indulgence_n and_o pardon_n see_v the_o scripture_n speak_v not_o express_o of_o they_o neither_o the_o father_n as_o augustine_n hilary_n ambrose_n hierome_n etc._n etc._n silvester_n prierias_fw-la pardon_n be_v be_v not_o know_v to_o we_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n but_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o pope_n which_o be_v great_a than_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n maior_fw-la it_o be_v hard_o to_o ground_v the_o manner_n of_o indulgence_n authentical_o in_o scripture_n in_o token_n of_o which_o the_o three_o first_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n have_v speak_v but_o little_a roffensis_n bishop_n of_o rochester_n it_o be_v not_o sufficient_o manifest_v from_o who_o indulgâ—nces_n have_v their_o original_a lutherum_n roffens_n quamdiis_fw-la nulla_fw-la fuerat_fw-la de_fw-la purgatorio_fw-la cura_fw-la nemo_fw-la quaesiuâ—_n indulgentias_fw-la nam_fw-la ex_fw-la illo_fw-la pendet_fw-la omnit_fw-la indulgentiarum_fw-la aesti_fw-la matio_fw-la caeperunt_fw-la igitur_fw-la indulgentiae_fw-la postquam_fw-la ad_fw-la purgatorij_fw-la cruciatus_fw-la aliquando_fw-la trepidatum_fw-la erat_fw-la roffens_n art_n 18._o contrà _fw-la lutherum_n of_o purgatory_n there_o be_v very_o little_a or_o no_o mention_n among_o the_o ancient_a father_n but_o after_o purgatory_n begin_v to_o terrify_v the_o world_n and_o after_o a_o while_n man_n have_v tremble_v at_o the_o torment_n thereof_o indulgence_n begin_v to_o be_v in_o request_n as_o long_o as_o purgatory_n be_v not_o care_v for_o there_o be_v no_o man_n seek_v for_o pardon_n for_o the_o whole_a price_n of_o pardon_n hang_v on_o purgatory_n take_v away_o purgatory_n and_o what_o shall_v we_o need_v of_o pardon_n jndulgentia_fw-la harum_fw-la usus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la serò_fw-la receptus_fw-la alph._n contr_n heres_fw-la 8._o verbo_fw-la jndulgentia_fw-la alphonsus_n a_o castro_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o scripture_n less_o open_v or_o whereof_o the_o ancient_a father_n have_v less_o write_v then_o of_o indulgence_n and_o it_o seem_v the_o use_n of_o they_o come_v but_o late_o into_o the_o church_n antoninus_n there_o be_v not_o any_o express_a testimony_n for_o proof_n of_o indulgence_n 17._o de_fw-fr indulgentijs_fw-la nâ—l_fw-la expressè_fw-la habemus_fw-la in_o sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la nec_fw-la etiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n anton._n part_n 1._o ut_fw-la 10_o cap._n 3._o in_o principio_fw-la de_fw-fr ortu_fw-la jndulgentiarun_n si_fw-la certitudo_fw-la habere_fw-la possit_fw-la veritatis_fw-la indagandae_fw-la open_a ferret_n verum_fw-la quia_fw-la nullâ—e_fw-la scripturae_fw-la sacra_fw-la nulla_fw-la priscorum_fw-la doctorum_fw-la graecorum_n aut_fw-la latinorun_n authoritas_fw-la scripta_fw-la haec_fw-la ad_fw-la nostram_fw-la de_fw-la duxit_fw-la notiâ—iam_fw-la caiet_fw-mi opus_fw-la 15._o c._n 1._o neque_fw-la mirum_fw-la videri_fw-la debet_fw-la si_fw-la authores_fw-la anti_fw-la quiores_fw-la non_fw-la multos_fw-la habemur_fw-la qui_fw-la
prayer_n in_o a_o unknown_a tongue_n they_o confess_v it_o be_v not_o use_v in_o the_o primitive_a &_o ancient_a church_n but_o say_v they_o the_o prayer_n and_o service_n be_v usual_o teach_v in_o the_o vulgar_a and_o know_a tongue_n in_o this_o confession_n they_o intimate_v the_o novelty_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o their_o own_o doctrine_n and_o in_o this_o acknowledgement_n they_o witness_v the_o antiquity_n and_o visibilitie_n of_o our_o church_n long_o before_o luther_n day_n touch_v adoration_n of_o image_n they_o confess_v that_o there_o be_v no_o express_a place_n of_o scripture_n that_o command_v their_o worship_n they_o confess_v there_o be_v no_o example_n among_o the_o father_n for_o their_o adoration_n but_o rather_o against_o they_o and_o in_o these_o confession_n they_o intimate_v the_o novelty_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o their_o own_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n and_o in_o our_o worship_v of_o god_n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n they_o acknowledge_v the_o antiquity_n of_o 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infallible_a certainty_n of_o the_o protestant_a faith_n and_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o romish_a of_o what_o strength_n and_o force_n be_v truth_n it_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o she_o extort_v a_o full_a and_o ample_a testimony_n of_o her_o doctrine_n from_o her_o swear_a enemy_n and_o yet_o for_o further_a proof_n of_o our_o cause_n i_o will_v give_v another_o summons_n to_o the_o prime_a man_n even_o of_o their_o grand_a inquest_n who_o without_o partiality_n will_v testify_v in_o our_o behalf_n that_o our_o church_n be_v build_v upon_o a_o more_o stable_n and_o sure_a foundation_n then_o the_o papacy_n and_o that_o our_o doctrine_n be_v more_o fruitful_a and_o profitable_a and_o every_o way_n more_o safe_a and_o comfortable_a for_o the_o belief_n of_o every_o christian_a and_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o believer_n touch_v the_o certainty_n of_o faith_n it_o be_v bellarmine_n confession_n 8._o bellar._n de_fw-fr jnstit_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 8._o none_o can_v be_v certain_a of_o the_o certainty_n of_o faith_n that_o he_o do_v receive_v a_o true_a sacrament_n for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o sacrament_n can_v be_v make_v without_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o none_o can_v see_v another_o man_n intention_n this_o confession_n be_v lay_v for_o a_o positive_a ground_n of_o their_o religion_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v over_o throw_v in_o one_o tenet_n all_o certainty_n of_o true_a faith_n to_o begin_v with_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n if_o the_o priest_n intention_n fail_v by_o their_o doctrine_n the_o insant_n be_v not_o baptize_v he_o be_v but_o as_o a_o heathen_a out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o consequent_o in_o the_o state_n of_o damnation_n look_v upon_o their_o sacrament_n of_o order_n it_o be_v the_o confession_n of_o learned_a bellar_n i_o secundum_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr milit_fw-la eccles_n ca._n 10._o ad_fw-la secundum_fw-la if_o we_o consider_v in_o bishop_n their_o power_n of_o ordination_n and_o jurisdiction_n we_o have_v no_o more_o than_o a_o moral_a certainty_n that_o they_o be_v true_a bishop_n and_o there_o he_o give_v the_o reason_n for_o it_o because_o the_o sacrament_n of_o order_n depend_v upon_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o ordeiner_n look_v upon_o the_o sacrament_n of_o matrimony_n and_o of_o this_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n because_o it_o do_v depend_v upon_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o if_o he_o fail_v in_o his_o intention_n at_o the_o time_n of_o solemnisation_n the_o marry_a people_n live_v all_o their_o day_n in_o adultery_n so_o that_o by_o their_o own_o confession_n there_o be_v no_o certainty_n of_o christianity_n by_o baptism_n no_o certainty_n of_o their_o sacrament_n of_o order_n and_o consequent_o no_o certainty_n of_o succession_n in_o person_n which_o they_o so_o much_o magnify_v in_o their_o church_n beside_o if_o in_o the_o whole_a succession_n of_o pope_n and_o pastor_n the_o intention_n of_o any_o one_o priest_n do_v fail_v 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câ—n._n missae_fw-la lect._n 28._o pet._n lomb._n senten_n lib._n 4._o do_v 45._o it_o be_v not_o certain_a say_v biel_n but_o it_o may_v seem_v probable_a that_o god_n reveal_v unto_o saint_n all_o those_o suit_n which_o man_n present_v unto_o they_o and_o say_v peter_n lombard_n it_o be_v not_o incredible_a that_o the_o soul_n of_o saint_n hear_v the_o prayer_n of_o the_o suppliant_n here_o be_v nothing_o but_o probability_n and_o uncertainty_n and_o yet_o admit_v it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o they_o do_v hear_v our_o prayer_n yet_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n that_o all_o such_o be_v saint_n which_o be_v canonize_v by_o the_o roman_a church_n ibid._n accedit_fw-la quod_fw-la miracula_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la suscipiuntur_fw-la in_o canonizationibus_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la maximè_fw-la authentica_fw-la sunt_fw-la cum_fw-la humano_fw-la testimonio_fw-la innitantur_fw-la non_fw-la omnino_fw-la certa_fw-la sunt_fw-la quoniam_fw-la 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