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A15082 A replie to Iesuit Fishers answere to certain questions propou[n]ded by his most gratious Matie: King Iames By Francis White D: of DivĀ· deane of Carlile, chaplaine to his Matie. Hereunto is annexed, a conference of the right: R:B: of St Dauids wth the same Iesuit* White, Francis, 1564?-1638.; Laud, William, 1573-1645.; Baylie, Richard, b. 1585 or 6, attributed name.; Cockson, Thomas, engraver.; Fisher, John, 1569-1641. 1624 (1624) STC 25382; ESTC S122241 841,497 706

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faith_n be_v the_o 87._o gift_n of_o god_n of_o god_n alone_o and_o a_o infased_a habit_n in_o respect_n whereof_o the_o soul_n be_v mere_o recipient_a and_o therefore_o the_o sole_a infuser_n the_o holy_a ghost_n must_v not_o be_v exclude_v from_o that_o work_n which_o none_o can_v do_v but_o he_o for_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o he_o first_o dictate_v the_o scripture_n to_o the_o apostle_n 3._o so_o do_v he_o not_o leave_v the_o church_n in_o general_a nor_o the_o true_a member_n of_o it_o in_o particular_a without_o grace_n to_o believe_v what_o himself_o have_v reveal_v and_o make_v credible_a so_o that_o faith_n as_o it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o virtue_n of_o faith_n whether_o it_o be_v of_o this_o or_o any_o other_o article_n 8._o though_o it_o receive_v a_o kind_n of_o preparation_n or_o occasion_n of_o beginning_n from_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o church_n as_o it_o propose_v and_o induce_v to_o the_o faith_n yet_o it_o end_v in_o god_n reveal_v within_o and_o teach_v within_o 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way_n and_o mean_n to_o which_o yet_o in_o great_a wisdom_n and_o providence_n he_o have_v tie_v and_o bind_v all_o mankind_n private_a revelation_n than_o have_v nothing_o ordinary_o to_o do_v to_o make_v the_o object_n credible_a in_o this_o that_o scripture_n be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n or_o in_o any_o other_o article_n for_o the_o question_n be_v of_o such_o outward_a and_o evident_a mean_n as_o other_o man_n may_v take_v notice_n of_o as_o well_o as_o ourselves_o by_o which_o if_o there_o arise_v any_o doubt_v or_o infirmity_n in_o the_o faith_n other_o may_v strengthen_v we_o or_o we_o afford_v mean_n to_o support_v they_o whereas_o the_o 25._o testimony_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o all_o private_a revelation_n be_v within_o nor_o feel_v nor_o see_v of_o any_o but_o he_o that_o have_v it_o so_o that_o hence_o can_v be_v draw_v no_o proof_n to_o other_o miracle_n be_v not_o sufficient_a alone_o to_o prove_v it_o 〈◊〉_d both_o they_o and_o the_o revelation_n too_o agree_v with_o the_o rule_n of_o scripture_n which_o be_v now_o a_o unalterable_a rule_n by_o 8._o man_n or_o angel_n 4._o the_o last_o which_o give_v reason_n leave_v to_o come_v in_o and_o prove_v what_o it_o can_v may_v not_o just_o be_v deny_v by_o any_o reasonable_a man_n for_o though_o reason_n without_o grace_n can_v see_v the_o way_n to_o heaven_n nor_o believe_v this_o book_n in_o which_o god_n have_v write_v the_o way_n yet_o grace_n be_v never_o place_v but_o in_o a_o reasonable_a creature_n and_o prove_v by_o the_o very_a seat_n which_o it_o have_v take_v up_o that_o the_o end_n it_o have_v be_v to_o be_v spiritual_a eye-water_n to_o make_v reason_n see_v what_o by_o 14._o nature_n only_o it_o can_v but_o never_o to_o blemish_v reason_n in_o that_o
continent_n fidem_fw-la moresque_fw-la vivendi_fw-la idem_fw-la d._n pecc_n mer._n &_o remiss_a l._n 2._o c._n 35._o illud_fw-la tamen_fw-la credo_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la hinc_fw-la divinorum_fw-la eloquiorum_fw-la clarissima_fw-la authoritas_fw-la esset_fw-la si_fw-la homo_fw-la illud_fw-la sine_fw-la dispendio_fw-la promissae_fw-la salutis_fw-la ignorare_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n posset_n id_fw-la d._n unit_fw-la eccles._n c._n 12._o si_fw-mi non_fw-la ea_fw-la de_fw-fr scripture_n sanctis_fw-la legunt_fw-la sed_fw-la suis_fw-la contentionibus_fw-la persuadere_fw-la conantur_fw-la credo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quae_fw-la in_o scripture_n sanctis_fw-la leguntur_fw-la non_fw-la credo_fw-la ista_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la vanis_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ib._n c._n 3._o auferantur_fw-la illa_fw-la de_fw-la medio_fw-la quae_fw-la adversus_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o vicem_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la divinis_fw-la canonicis_fw-la libris_fw-la sed_fw-la aliunde_fw-la recitamus_fw-la recitamus_fw-la aug._n d._n ciu._n dei_fw-la l._n 18._o c._n 51._o qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la morbidum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la prawmque_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la si_fw-la correpti_fw-la utsanum_fw-la rectumque_fw-la sapiant_fw-la resistunt_fw-la contumaciter_fw-la suaque_fw-la pestifera_fw-la &_o mortifera_fw-la dogmata_fw-la emendare_fw-la nolunt_fw-la sed_fw-la defensare_fw-la persistunt_fw-la haeretici_fw-la fiunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n council_n carthag_n apud_fw-la cyprian_n cyprian_n aug._n d._n unit_fw-la eccles._n c._n 6._o legite_fw-la nobis_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la lege_fw-la de_fw-la prophetis_fw-la de_fw-fr psalmis_fw-la de_fw-fr ipso_fw-la euangelio_fw-la de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v legite_fw-la &_o credimus_fw-la ibid._n c._n 15._o legant_fw-la nobis_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la &_o credimus_fw-la hoc_fw-la inquam_fw-la ex_fw-la canone_o divinorum_fw-la librorum_fw-la legant_fw-la etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d nobis_fw-la hoc_fw-la ex_fw-la divinis_fw-la oraculis_fw-la oraculis_fw-la chrys._n 〈◊〉_d 2._o thes._n hom._n 3._o in_o divinis_fw-la scripture_n quae_fw-la cunque_fw-la necessaria_fw-la sunt_fw-la manifesta_fw-la sunt_fw-la d_o chrys._n imperf_n sup_v mat._n hom._n 6._o 6._o aug._n d._n unit_fw-la eccles_n c._n 16._o 16._o dist._n 40._o c._n si_fw-mi papa_n papa_n aug._n epist._n 112._o c._n 1._o si_fw-mi divinarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la earum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la quae_fw-la canonicae_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la nominantur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d firmatur_fw-la authoritate_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la dubitatione_n credendum_fw-la est_fw-la alijs_fw-la vero_fw-la testibus_fw-la veltestimonijs_fw-la quibus_fw-la aliquid_fw-la credendum_fw-la esse_fw-la suadetur_fw-la tibi_fw-la credere_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la credere_fw-la liceat_fw-la quantum_fw-la meriti_fw-la ea_fw-la admonentem_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la fidem_fw-la vel_fw-la habere_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la perpenderis_fw-la perpenderis_fw-la chrys._n sup_v gen._n hom._n 62._o malitia_fw-la semper_fw-la contra_fw-la virtutem_fw-la pugnat_fw-la &_o ei_fw-la sua_fw-la peccata_fw-la affricare_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d vult_fw-la vult_fw-la cyprian_a epist._n 55._o omnes_fw-la quorum_fw-la pectora_fw-la &_o mentes_fw-la diabolus_fw-la obsedit_fw-la venenatam_fw-la rabiem_fw-la svam_fw-la furiosa_fw-la voce_fw-la testantur_fw-la testantur_fw-la aug._n d._n nupt._n &_o concupisc_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 2._o quae_fw-la verba_fw-la tam_fw-la recta_fw-la &_o tanta_fw-la luce_fw-fr fulgentia_fw-la tenebrosis_fw-la &_o tortuosis_fw-la expositionibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n depravare_fw-la moliuntur_fw-la moliuntur_fw-la greg._n sup_v reg._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d antichristi_fw-la est_fw-la amor_fw-la perfidiei_fw-la quo_fw-la fidei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d redemptoris_fw-la idem_fw-la moral_a l._n 13._o c._n 6._o sicut_fw-la incarnata_fw-la veritas_fw-la in_o praedicatione_n sua_fw-la pauperes_fw-la idiotas_fw-la &_o simplices_fw-la eligit_fw-la sic_fw-la contrario_fw-la damnatus_fw-la ille_fw-la homo_fw-la antichristus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la predicandas_fw-la falsitaté_fw-fr svam_fw-la astutos_fw-la &_o duplices_fw-la 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la est_fw-la chem._n exam._n council_n trid._n p._n 1._o d._n trad._n pa._n 68_o apostoli_fw-la multa_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la viva_fw-la voce_fw-la apostolici_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n ex_fw-la traditione_n vivae_fw-la vocis_fw-la multa_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la quae_fw-la suis_fw-la postea_fw-la discipulis_fw-la rursus_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la sed_fw-la ireneus_fw-la inquit_fw-la omne_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fuisse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d consona_fw-la scripture_n et_fw-la nos_fw-la eorum_fw-la nihil_fw-la reijcimus_fw-la sed_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la consentanea_fw-la sunt_fw-la suscipimus_fw-la &_o veneramur_fw-la veneramur_fw-la calvin_n c._n pighium_n d._n libero_fw-la arb._n non_fw-la difficulter_fw-la posset_n inter_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o pighium_n convenire_fw-la si_fw-la modo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la traditionem_fw-la ex_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o perpetuo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la ex_fw-la testimonijs_fw-la hinc_fw-la inde_fw-la male_a 〈◊〉_d demonstraret_fw-la gesner_n l._n sup_v loc_n paul_n 2._o tim._n 3._o 16._o c._n 7._o si_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d traditiones_fw-la eadem_fw-la via_fw-la per_fw-la testificationem_fw-la antiquissimae_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nostra_fw-la usque_fw-la tempora_fw-la deduxerint_fw-la 〈◊〉_d eas_fw-la reza_n ad_fw-la repet_n saint_n resp._n pa._n 13._o 13._o chem._n ibid._n pa._n 69._o et_fw-la hanc_fw-la traditionem_fw-la qua_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la dantur_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la libri_fw-la reverenter_fw-la accipimus_fw-la aug._n d._n civit_n dei_fw-la li._n 15._o c._n 23._o &_o d._n doctrina_fw-la christ._n h._n 2._o c._n 8._o etc._n etc._n faust._n manich._n li._n 11._o c._n 2._o d._n fulke_n c._n rhem._n 2._o thess._n 2._o num_fw-la 19_o the_o book_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v give_v by_o tradition_n but_o the_o matter_n write_v in_o the_o book_n do_v justify_v the_o tradition_n to_o be_v true_a true_a aug._n d._n dogm_n eccles_n c._n 69._o 69._o aug._n d._n gen._n ad_fw-la lit._n li._n 10._o c._n 23._o 23._o chem._n exam._n p._n 74._o quartum_fw-la genus_fw-la traditionun_n est_fw-fr de_fw-fr expositione_n vero_fw-la sensu_fw-la seu_fw-la nativa_fw-la sententia_fw-la scriptutae_fw-la tertul._n d._n prescript_n ca._n 20._o &_o 21._o &_o 37._o etc._n etc._n martion_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 5._o 5._o chem._n ibid._n pa._n 70._o etc._n etc._n tertium_fw-la genus_fw-la traditionum_fw-la etc._n etc._n pa._n 74._o descripsi_fw-la haec_fw-la symbola_fw-la ut_fw-la ostenderem_fw-la nos_fw-la non_fw-la reprobare_fw-la quas_fw-la certò_fw-la constat_fw-la veras_fw-la &_o antiquas_fw-la esse_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la traditiones_fw-la aug._n d._n fid._n &_o smbo_n c._n 1._o &_o serm._n 115._o de_fw-fr temp._n ruff._n expos._n symb._n hier._n epist_n 61._o ad_fw-la pammach_n c._n 9_o cassand_n def._n lib._n d._n offic._n bon_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d pa._n 820._o intelligentia_fw-la scripturae_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la traditione_n percipitur_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la scriptura_fw-la seperanda_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la contineatur_fw-la vel_fw-la tanquam_fw-la definitio_fw-la in_o definito_fw-la vel_fw-la tanquam_fw-la conclusio_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la praemissis_fw-la thom._n wald._a doctr._n fid_fw-we li._n 2._o be_v 2._o c._n 27._o n._n 7._o videtis_fw-la sequendum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la gradatim_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la multiplicem_fw-la doctorum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la cotholicorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sanctorum_fw-la magis_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la apostolicarum_fw-la potiùs_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la eye_v ampliùs_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o abundantius_fw-la his_fw-la omnibus_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la concilij_fw-la generalis_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la alicni_fw-la iàm_fw-la dictae_fw-la ita_fw-la obediendum_fw-la censea_n &_o tàm_fw-la prona_fw-la fide_fw-la ficut_fw-la primae_fw-la fidei_fw-la scripturae_fw-la ibid._n 〈◊〉_d omnis_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la authoritas_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la testificandum_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d eius_fw-la vilior_fw-la est_fw-la christi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o scripture_n sanctis_fw-la necessariò_fw-la post_fw-la ponenda_fw-la ibid._n longè_n distat_fw-la authoritas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o eminet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d cunctorum_fw-la doctorum_fw-la etiàm_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la quamuis_fw-la super_fw-la cius_fw-la authoritate_fw-la catholica_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ecclesia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la casland_n def._n lib._n d._n offic._n pij_fw-la viri_fw-la nemo_fw-la tam_fw-la insanus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la dicat_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la salutis_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la divinis_fw-la literis_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la taditione_fw-la 〈◊〉_d maiorum_fw-la hauriendam_fw-la idem_fw-la pa._n 841._o non_fw-la quià_fw-la canon_n solus_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la ad_fw-la universa_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la etc._n etc._n jdem_fw-la pa._n 827._o non_fw-la negamus_fw-la ex_fw-la sola_fw-la scriptura_fw-la peti_fw-la ceitam_fw-la definitionem_fw-la etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la pag._n 832._o illud_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la convenit_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la non_fw-la scriptarum_fw-la traditionum_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la cum_fw-la eye_v quae_fw-la scripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la atquè_fw-fr adeò_fw-la in_o his_o quae_fw-la scripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la comprehen_fw-ge duntur_fw-la duntur_fw-la meisner_n consult_v c._n lesseum_fw-la p._n 590._o neque_fw-la tamèn_fw-fr traditiones_fw-la simplicitèr_fw-la omnes_fw-la reijcimus_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la quae_fw-la probatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o à_fw-la pat_o ibus_fw-la constantèr_fw-la traditae_fw-la illas_fw-la recipimus_fw-la non_fw-la utfidei_fw-la mensuram_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d stem_n temporis_fw-la &_o argumentum_fw-la historicum_fw-la historicum_fw-la hosiand_n c._n val._n analys_n fid_fw-we pa._n 126._o si_fw-mi ea_fw-la traditiones_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quae_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fuerunt_fw-la quaequè_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d admittimus_fw-la admittimus_fw-la council_n trid._n sess_v 4._o sixt._n senens_fw-la bibl._n li._n 2._o pa._n 123._o 123._o pigh_a contr_n ratisb_n lo._n 3._o baron_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d tom_fw-mi 1._o anno_fw-la 57_o n._n