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in_o that_o fiery_a lake_n or_o river_n when_o we_o shall_v be_v guilty_a of_o the_o sin_n which_o we_o be_v addict_v to_o no_o doubt_n through_o the_o commandment_n of_o pharaoh_n but_o if_o we_o be_v israelite_n and_o redeem_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o 19_o lamb_n without_o spot_n if_o we_o carry_v not_o about_o we_o the_o 8._o leaven_n of_o malice_n and_o wickedness_n we_o also_o must_v enter_v into_o the_o fiery_a river_n but_o as_o the_o water_n be_v to_o the_o israelite_n 22._o a_o wall_n on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o on_o the_o left_a so_o shall_v the_o fire_n be_v as_o a_o wall_n if_o we_o do_v as_o it_o be_v report_v of_o they_o that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o they_o 31._o believe_v the_o lord_n and_o his_o servant_n moses_n that_o be_v to_o say_v his_o law_n and_o commandment_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n follow_v 21._o the_o pillar_n of_o fire_n and_o the_o pillar_n of_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o his_o fourteen_o homily_n upon_o saint_n luke_n i_o think_v that_o even_o 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revelation_n will_v declare_v manifest_o whether_o it_o be_v through_o a_o sound_a ratiocination_n that_o i_o please_v not_o as_o also_o the_o last_o fire_n by_o which_o all_o our_o work_n shall_v be_v judge_v and_o purge_v and_o in_o the_o thirty_o nine_o speak_v of_o those_o who_o think_v themselves_o so_o pure_a that_o they_o think_v they_o have_v reason_n to_o bid_v their_o brethren_n stand_v at_o a_o distance_n from_o they_o it_o may_v be_v that_o there_o to_o wit_v at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n they_o shall_v be_v baptize_v by_o fire_n with_o the_o final_a baptism_n which_o be_v the_o most_o grievous_a and_o most_o long_o which_o feed_v on_o the_o matter_n as_o on_o grass_n and_o consume_v the_o vanity_n of_o all_o wickedness_n and_o in_o the_o fourti_v where_o he_o bewail_v his_o own_o imperfection_n who_o will_v secure_v i_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v save_v at_o the_o end_n and_o that_o the_o judicial_a seat_n will_v not_o look_v upon_o i_o still_o as_o a_o debtor_n and_o one_o that_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o the_o consâ—agration_n which_o shall_v be_v then_o saint_n basil_n upon_o the_o 4_o of_o isaiah_n verse_n 4_o where_o the_o prophet_n treat_v of_o the_o cleanse_n of_o jerusalem_n have_v this_o consideration_n be_v there_o not_o three_o notion_n of_o baptism_n the_o purgation_n of_o the_o filth_n the_o regeneration_n by_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o examination_n by_o the_o fire_n of_o judgement_n and_o upon_o these_o word_n of_o the_o ten_o howl_v for_o the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v at_o hand_n by_o the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n he_o mean_v that_o of_o the_o last_o judgement_n then_o add_v if_o none_o be_v pure_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o work_n that_o be_v forbid_v let_v every_o one_o fear_v that_o day_n for_o say_v he_o to_o wit_n saint_n paul_n 1_o cor._n three_o 15._o if_o any_o man_n work_n shall_v be_v burn_v he_o shall_v suffer_v loss_n but_o he_o himself_z shall_v be_v save_v yet_o so_o as_o by_o fire_n and_o in_o the_o fifteen_o 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the_o spirit_n and_o in_o the_o forty_o first_o homily_n upon_o the_o first_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o prayer_n offering_n and_o alm_n for_o the_o dead_a and_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v by_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o what_o other_o judgement_n can_v he_o have_v make_v of_o a_o custom_n which_o he_o approve_v and_o admire_v the_o more_o he_o see_v it_o confirm_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o those_o who_o have_v precede_v he_o and_o for_o who_o he_o have_v a_o high_a esteem_n as_o person_n true_o teach_v of_o god_n with_o the_o same_o confidence_n do_v he_o allege_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o apostle_n write_v in_o the_o three_o homily_n upon_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o philippian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o in_o vain_a that_o the_o apostle_n have_v make_v law_n concern_v these_o thing_n for_o though_o he_o find_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o jota_n in_o their_o write_n that_o may_v invite_v he_o to_o that_o persuasion_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o prejudgment_n of_o st._n hierome_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o licinius_n 28._o unaquaeque_fw-la provincia_n abundet_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la sensu_fw-la &_o praecepta_fw-la majorum_fw-la leges_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la arbitretur_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v every_o province_n abound_v in_o its_o own_o sense_n and_o account_v the_o precept_n of_o our_o ancestor_n as_o apostolical_a law_n he_o presume_v that_o what_o â—ad_n be_v practise_v by_o man_n that_o have_v live_v near_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o be_v famous_a for_o their_o piety_n come_v from_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o conceive_v any_o thing_n more_o plausible_a then_o to_o attribute_v to_o the_o apostle_n the_o custom_n which_o man_n repute_v apostolical_a have_v introduce_v for_o who_o will_v have_v think_v upon_o the_o first_o start_n that_o papias_n that_o ancient_a bishop_n of_o hierapolis_n who_o st._n irenaeus_n in_o the_o thirty_o three_o chapter_n of_o his_o five_o book_n eusebius_n in_o the_o nine_o and_o thirty_o chapter_n of_o the_o three_o book_n st._n hierome_n in_o his_o catalogue_n and_o the_o martyrology_n upon_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o of_o february_n have_v with_o a_o excess_n of_o sincerity_n qualify_v apostle_n auditor_n of_o st._n john_n and_o companion_n of_o saint_n polycarp_n and_o who_o st._n hierome_n assure_v we_o to_o have_v give_v out_o the_o apostle_n for_o author_n of_o his_o relation_n be_v such_o as_o eusebius_n qualify_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o man_n of_o little_a understanding_n apt_a to_o circumvent_v and_o to_o scatter_v abroad_o under_o venerable_a name_n as_o of_o our_o saviour_n or_o his_o disciple_n or_o of_o aristion_n and_o john_n their_o auditor_n all_o the_o feign_a story_n he_o have_v either_o dream_v or_o hear_v of_o and_o who_o can_v have_v imagine_v that_o saint_n irenaeus_n of_o who_o st._n basil_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o nine_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n say_v that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o neighbour_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o st_n epiphanius_n in_o his_o twenty_o four_o heresy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o tertullian_n in_o the_o five_o chapter_n of_o his_o book_n against_o the_o valentinian_o omnium_fw-la doctrinarum_fw-la curiosissimus_fw-la explorator_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o most_o diligent_a inquisitor_n of_o all_o doctrine_n and_o st._n hierome_n in_o his_o twenty_o nine_o epistle_n vir_fw-la apostolicorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o man_n of_o the_o apostolical_a time_n and_o upon_o the_o sixty_o four_o chapter_n of_o isaiah_n virro_n apostolicus_n &c_n &c_n a_o apostolical_a man_n who_o write_v with_o great_a diligence_n and_o st._n augustine_n in_o his_o first_o book_n against_o julian_n antiquus_fw-la homo_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o ancient_a man_n of_o god_n who_o i_o say_v can_v have_v imagine_v that_o this_o great_a man_n shall_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v so_o far_o surprise_v by_o the_o fond_a conceit_n of_o papias_n as_o to_o have_v as_o we_o have_v already_o make_v appear_v by_o what_o be_v above_o allege_v out_o of_o the_o thirty_o five_o chapter_n of_o his_o five_o book_n embrace_v they_o and_o give_v occasion_n to_o st._n hierome_n to_o write_v that_o he_o be_v papiae_fw-la discipulus_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o disciple_n of_o papias_n etc._n etc._n from_o who_o hand_n he_o receive_v the_o principal_a hypothesis_n of_o the_o sibylline_a write_v concern_v the_o state_n of_o the_o depart_v yet_o have_v he_o do_v it_o with_o all_o those_o who_o be_v his_o contemporary_n of_o who_o we_o have_v any_o thing_n leave_v and_o though_o they_o may_v all_o or_o most_o of_o they_o in_o some_o respect_n have_v attribute_v to_o they_o the_o name_n of_o apostolick_n light_n of_o the_o church_n and_o martyr_n of_o god_n yet_o have_v they_o cast_v shadow_n and_o 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212._o and_o last_o since_o that_o there_o be_v at_o this_o day_n some_o person_n who_o will_v needs_o ascend_v much_o high_a and_o derive_v as_o to_o this_o particular_a the_o christian_a liturgy_n from_o the_o custom_n they_o be_v please_v to_o attribute_v to_o the_o jew_n as_o if_o the_o shame_n they_o conceive_v it_o to_o acknowledge_v as_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o do_v tertullian_n a_o montanist_n a_o millenary_a and_o admirer_n of_o the_o pretend_a sibyl_n to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o certifier_n of_o one_o of_o their_o principal_a observation_n have_v reduce_v they_o to_o a_o necessity_n of_o appeal_n to_o the_o synagogue_n and_o take_v up_o its_o authority_n for_o a_o buckler_n against_o the_o protestant_n who_o do_v not_o think_v themselves_o any_o way_n oblige_v to_o the_o admission_n of_o any_o worship_n proceed_v from_o the_o will_n of_o man_n without_o the_o word_n of_o god_n we_o come_v now_o to_o see_v what_o probability_n there_o may_v be_v in_o their_o opinion_n 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maccabee_n which_o be_v hold_v to_o be_v canonical_a by_o the_o church_n but_o not_o by_o the_o jew_n
as_o domitian_n begin_v the_o persecution_n he_o be_v continuò_fw-la soon_o after_o kill_v kill_v this_o man_n be_v abbot_n of_o rome_n as_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o the_o greek_a menologie_n so_o that_o many_o without_o any_o ground_n not_o only_o confound_v he_o with_o that_o priest_n of_o tyrus_n who_o suffer_v martyrdom_n under_o julian_n the_o apostate_n on_o the_o five_o of_o june_n 362._o but_o also_o give_v he_o the_o title_n of_o archbishop_n not_o consider_v that_o no_o prelate_n of_o that_o name_n take_v the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n of_o tyrus_n before_o that_o dorotheus_n substitute_v about_o the_o year_n 457._o in_o the_o place_n of_o photius_n who_o have_v be_v present_a at_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n in_o the_o year_n 451._o 451._o advers._fw-la jovin_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 14._o adhuc_fw-la adolescens_fw-la ac_fw-la penc_n pver_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la joannem_fw-la tnnc_fw-la fuisse_fw-la pverum_fw-la pverum_fw-la haeres_fw-la 51._o cap._n 12._o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap_n 33._o 33._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vxorem_fw-la tuam_fw-la jezabel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mulierem_fw-la jezabel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr corona_n cap._n 11._o 11._o de_fw-fr monogamia_fw-la monogamia_fw-la de_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr de_fw-fr fuga_fw-la in_o persecutione_n persecutione_n de_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr cap._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr monog_n cap._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr cap._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr â—…lic_a cap._n 16_o 16_o de_fw-fr â—â—â—â—â—og_n cap_n cap_n jo._n 16._o 22._o 22._o hieron_n advers._fw-la jovin_n cap._n 14._o 14._o in_o mat._n 20._o 20._o stat._n felix_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la cui_fw-la totam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la cum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la svo_fw-la profuderunt_fw-la ubi_fw-la petrus_n passioni_fw-la dominicae_fw-la adaequatur_fw-la ubi_fw-la paulus_n johannis_n exitu_fw-la coronatur_fw-la ubi_fw-la apostolus_fw-la johannes_n posteaquam_fw-la in_o oleum_fw-la igneum_fw-la demersus_fw-la nihil_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la insulam_fw-la relegatur_fw-la relegatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr vitæ_fw-la constan_n in_fw-la cap._n 24_o 44_o 45._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 34_o 35_o 36._o 36._o lib._n 5._o 5._o lib._n 8._o 8._o cui_fw-la germine_fw-la frater_fw-la angel_n cousin_n pastor_n pastor_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib_fw-la 3._o pag._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d antiq._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 4._o 4._o de_fw-fr praepar_fw-la lib._n 9_o in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o theophilus_n to_o autolycus_n it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o relic_n of_o the_o ark_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o mountain_n of_o arabia_n arabia_n lib._n 1._o p._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o king_n 2._o 11._o 11._o luke_n 23._o 43._o 43._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 7_o 8._o 8._o phil._n i_o 23._o 23._o thus_o st._n gregory_n nazianzen_n interpret_v st._n paul_n affirm_v of_o he_o that_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o our_o departure_n ought_v to_o be_v â—ith_o the_o lord_n â—at_a 10._o 10._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 24._o 24._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 39_o 39_o in_o the_o place_n before-cited_n and_o lib_n 4_o cap._n 56_o 66._o and_o lib._n 5._o cap._n 31._o 31._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 9_o 9_o matth._n 10._o 24._o 24._o ephes_n 4._o 9_o 9_o psal_n 23_o 4._o 44_o 19_o 88_o 7._o 7._o receptaculis_fw-la abditis_fw-la secretis_fw-la secretis_fw-la mal._n four_o 1._o 1._o 1_o pet._n i_o 19_o 19_o 1_o cor._n v_o 8._o 8._o exod._n fourteen_o 22._o 22._o ibid._n 31._o 31._o exod._n xiii_o 21._o 21._o luke_n two_o 35._o 35._o 〈◊〉_d john_n i._n 8._o 8._o lib._n 2._o 2._o chap._n 21._o 2_o 2_o verse_n 18_o 19_o 19_o verse_n 23._o 23._o chap._n 22._o verse_n 2._o 2._o pascentem_fw-la epulis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la john_n fourteen_o 2._o 2._o john_n xxi_o 2._o 2._o lib._n 7._o cap._n 23_o 24._o 24._o in_o catalago_n scriptorum_fw-la ecclesiastie_a corum_fw-la corum_fw-la in_o eliz._n lib._n 11._o cap._n 36._o 36._o apoc_fw-fr xxi_o 2._o 18_o 19_o 19_o lib._n 7._o 24_o 24_o in_o esai_n lib._n 8._o praefat_fw-la praefat_fw-la euseb_n lib_n 7._o cap._n 13._o 13._o cap._n 18._o 18._o homil._n 17._o 17._o cap._n 15._o gennad_n gennad_n in_o ezek._n lib._n 11._o cap._n 36._o 36._o in_o hierem._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 20._o 20._o psal_n xxii_o 21._o 21._o luke_n xxiiii_o 46._o 46._o may_v the_o four_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 389._o 389._o lib._n 9_o cap._n 13._o 13._o ruente_fw-la mundo_fw-la mundo_fw-la psal_n lxxvii_o 9_o 9_o joh._n three_o 36._o 36._o psal_n lxxvii_o 9_o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n v_o 1._o 1._o 2_o cor._n v_o 8._o 8._o 2_o cor._n v_o 8._o phil._n 1._o 23._o 23._o rom._n viij_o 33._o 33._o heb._n viij_o 12._o and_o x._o 17._o jer._n xxxi_o 33._o 33._o see_v also_o lib_n 2d_o sect_n 2._o cap_n 24_o 25_o 26_o 34_o 35._o 35._o de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la apost_n serm._n 27._o 27._o hierarch_n eccles._n cap._n 3._o 3._o sap._n v_o 16._o jo._n v_o 14._o 14._o 2_o tim._n two_o 19_o 19_o psal_n cxvi_o 19_o 19_o isai_n xxxv_o 10._o 10._o luke_n twelve_o 37._o 37._o apoc._n xx_o 6._o c_o de_n monog_n cap._n 10._o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr anima_fw-la cap._n 58._o novissimum_fw-la quadrantem_fw-la modicum_fw-la quodque_fw-la delictum_fw-la more_fw-it resurrectionis_fw-la illic_fw-la luendum_fw-la interpretamur_fw-la interpretamur_fw-la eccles_n xliii_o 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n xv_o 52._o 52._o verse_n 2._o 2._o verse_n 5._o 5._o verse_n 6._o 6._o 1_o cor._n xv_o 52._o 52._o de_fw-fr corona_n cap._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr monogamia_fw-la cap._n 10._o 10._o de_fw-fr exhortatione_n castitatis_fw-la cap._n 11._o 11._o de_fw-fr pallio_fw-la cap._n 2._o 2._o epist_n 28._o 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d papias_n in_o the_o word_n which_o eusebins_n cite_v of_o he_o acknowledge_v he_o have_v not_o see_v any_o of_o the_o apostle_n apostle_n 1_o thes_n v_o 21._o 21._o psal_n cxviii_o 8._o 8._o jer._n xuj_o 7._o 7._o verse_n 34._o 34._o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr cura_fw-la pro_fw-la mortuis_fw-la mortuis_fw-la de_fw-fr predict_v &_o promise_v par_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 40._o 40._o de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 18._o cap._n 36._o 36._o hist_o del_fw-it concilio_n lib._n 2._o pagg._n 148_o 149_o 150._o 150._o quibus_fw-la potissimum_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la ac_fw-la praesidiis_fw-la in_o confirmandis_fw-la dogmatibus_fw-la &_o instaurandis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la moribus_fw-la usura_fw-la sit_fw-la sit_fw-la prov._n i._n 8._o 8._o macc._n twelve_o â—8_o etc._n etc._n etc._n josh_n 7._o 11_o 12._o 12._o 2_o sam._n 21._o 1._o 1._o 2_o sam._n 24._o 15._o 15._o 2_o sam._n 24._o 17._o 17._o levit._fw-la 4._o 13_o etc._n etc._n etc._n deut._n 21._o 1._o etc._n etc._n etc._n the_o latin_a version_n say_v 12000._o amount_v to_o 250._o mark_n a_o vast_a sum_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o time_n and_o the_o ability_n of_o the_o people_n reduce_v to_o beggary_n by_o the_o war._n war._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proâ—…_n page_n 50._o 50._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 25._o 25._o hierom._n in_o catalogo_fw-la catalogo_fw-la euseh_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 28._o 28._o s._n john_n say_v express_o that_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n show_v he_o the_o mystical_a jerusalem_n apoc._n xxi_o 10._o apoc._n xxi_o 1._o apoc._n xxii_o 1._o 1._o apoc._n xx_o 4._o 4._o apoc._n nineteeen_o 7_o 9_o 9_o haeres_fw-la 10._o 10._o council_n laodic_n ca._n ca._n nazianz._n carm_n 33._o 33._o amphiloâ—_n carm_n ad_fw-la seleucum_n seleucum_n epist_n 129._o nec_fw-la graecorum_n ecclesiae_fw-la apocalypsim_fw-la joannis_n eadem_fw-la libertate_fw-la suscipiunt_fw-la suscipiunt_fw-la rome_n v._n 14._o 14._o hebr._n ix_o 12._o 12._o gal._n iii._o 13._o 13._o 2_o cor._n three_o 7._o 7._o crateres_fw-la crateres_fw-la gregor_n dial._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 30_o et_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la frecâ—…phus_fw-la &_o armonius_a armonius_a cap._n 35._o 35._o tormentorum_fw-la ollae_fw-la patuerunt_fw-la patuerunt_fw-la council_n gall._n tom._n 3._o p._n 122._o 122._o hist_o sancti_fw-la dionys._n a._n i._o doublet_n scripta_fw-la pag_n 696._o 696._o tom._n 2._o council_n gall._n p._n 630._o 630._o chron._n august_n august_n rodolph_n of_o suâ—wbe_v herman_n of_o psalm_n in_o arduenna_n arduenna_n greg._n dial._n lib._n 4._o c._n 40._o 40._o in_o vita_fw-la dagoberti_fw-la dagoberti_fw-la cap._n 32._o 32._o st._n james_n behead_v at_o jerusalem_n and_o afterward_o as_o the_o spaniard_n pretend_v carry_v into_o galicia_n galicia_n chron._n hincmar_n epist_n 50._o and_o flodoard_v lib._n 3._o c._n 18._o say_v that_o a_o certain_a native_a of_o rheims_n name_v bernold_n see_v charles_n the_o bald_a gnaw_v by_o worm_n and_o wallow_v in_o putrefaction_n and_o william_n of_o malmsbury_n lib._n 2._o suppose_n that_o charles_n the_o fat_a see_v lewis_n the_o debonnaire_a in_o a_o tun_n of_o seethe_a water_n which_o
whereby_o it_o clear_o appear_v that_o he_o and_o no_o doubt_n with_o he_o the_o counsel_n of_o rome_n and_o carthage_n and_o pope_n innocent_a admit_v two_o canon_n or_o catalogue_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n one_o more_o strict_a viz._n that_o of_o the_o jew_n whereto_o all_o the_o greek_n and_o some_o of_o the_o latin_n confine_v themselves_o and_o to_o which_o he_o think_v himself_o oblige_v particular_o to_o submit_v hold_v for_o a_o rule_n of_o faith_n and_o canonical_a the_o book_n contain_v therein_o and_o another_o large_a propose_v as_o well_o by_o he_o and_o pope_n innocent_a as_o by_o the_o counsel_n of_o carthage_n and_o rome_n as_o comprehend_v the_o book_n which_o in_o some_o certain_a respect_n viz._n the_o public_a read_n thereof_o in_o the_o church_n and_o the_o common_a edification_n arise_v from_o they_o though_o they_o be_v not_o esteem_v to_o appertain_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n be_v call_v canonical_a sacred_a and_o ecclesiastical_a by_o the_o latin_n and_o indeed_o to_o make_v his_o meaning_n more_o obvious_a to_o the_o mean_a capacity_n he_o say_v that_o the_o church_n hold_v the_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n to_o be_v canonical_a not_o as_o absolute_o and_o proper_o as_o those_o comprehend_v in_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o greek_n which_o contain_v the_o rule_n of_o faith_n but_o improper_o and_o take_v the_o word_n canonical_a in_o a_o large_a signification_n which_o the_o better_a to_o insinuate_v he_o say_v they_o be_v hold_v to_o be_v canonical_a propter_fw-la quorundam_fw-la martyrum_fw-la passiones_fw-la vehemente_n atque_fw-la mirabiles_fw-la &c_n &c_n because_o of_o the_o grievous_a and_o miraculous_a suffering_n of_o some_o martyr_n and_o in_o the_o three_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n of_o his_o second_o book_n against_o gaudentius_n that_o the_o write_n of_o the_o maccabee_n recepta_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la inutiliter_fw-la si_fw-la sobriè_fw-la legatur_fw-la vel_fw-la audiatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v receive_v by_o the_o church_n not_o without_o profit_n if_o it_o be_v read_v or_o hear_v sober_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v in_o terminis_fw-la that_o she_o account_v it_o among_o the_o canonical_a in_o a_o certain_a respect_n only_o not_o through_o a_o obedience_n of_o faith_n but_o out_o of_o a_o desire_n of_o edification_n and_o upon_o that_o account_n be_v it_o to_o to_o be_v read_v and_o understand_v sober_o without_o which_o caution_n the_o admission_n of_o it_o into_o the_o canon_n or_o catalogue_n of_o ecclesiastical_a book_n will_v not_o have_v be_v profitable_a consonant_o to_o this_o sense_n ruffinus_n after_o he_o have_v propose_v secundùm_fw-la traditionem_fw-la majorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n according_a to_o the_o tradition_n of_o our_o ancestor_n the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o book_n true_o and_o proper_o divine_a and_o canonical_a conclude_v it_o in_o these_o term_n haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la patres_fw-la inter_fw-la canonem_fw-la concluserunt_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la fidei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la assertiones_fw-la constare_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la these_o be_v the_o book_n which_o the_o father_n have_v comprehend_v in_o the_o canon_n out_o of_o which_o they_o will_v have_v the_o assertion_n of_o our_o faith_n to_o be_v make_v manifest_a to_o which_o he_o immediate_o add_v sciendum_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la libri_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la canonici_fw-la sed_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la à _fw-la majoribus_fw-la appellati_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la omne_fw-la legi_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la proferri_fw-la ad_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la fidei_fw-la confirmandam_fw-la etc._n etc._n yet_o be_v it_o to_o be_v know_v that_o there_o be_v also_o other_o book_n which_o be_v call_v by_o our_o ancestor_n not_o canonical_a but_o ecclesiastical_a etc._n etc._n all_o which_o they_o be_v will_v shall_v be_v read_v in_o the_o church_n but_o not_o cite_v to_o confirm_v the_o authority_n of_o faith_n upon_o which_o it_o may_v be_v note_v that_o this_o sentiment_n be_v revive_v by_o cardinal_n cajetan_n be_v so_o stiff_o maintain_v in_o the_o 150._o council_n of_o trent_n that_o from_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o of_o february_n 1546._o to_o the_o nine_o of_o march_n the_o assembly_n continue_v divide_v into_o three_o opinion_n some_o desire_v that_o the_o scripture_n may_v be_v distinguish_v into_o three_o class_n of_o different_a authority_n other_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v dispose_v into_o two_o and_o the_o three_o party_n which_o prevail_v on_o the_o fifteen_o of_o march_n require_v that_o a_o catalogue_n shall_v be_v draw_v up_o without_o any_o distinction_n apparent_a in_o the_o decree_n by_o which_o decree_n the_o council_n intend_v to_o thunderstrike_v at_o least_o in_o appearance_n the_o sentiment_n of_o the_o protestant_n though_o they_o see_v it_o strong_o maintain_v by_o many_o of_o their_o own_o body_n declare_v that_o they_o comprehend_v in_o the_o index_n of_o sacred_a book_n those_o which_o the_o protestant_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o greek_n and_o most_o of_o the_o latin_a father_n admit_v not_o into_o the_o canon_n which_o may_v be_v understand_v in_o the_o sense_n propose_v by_o ruffinus_n and_o without_o any_o derogation_n from_o those_o which_o the_o church_n ever_o hold_v proper_o and_o absolute_o canonical_a in_o the_o next_o place_n the_o council_n anathematise_v those_o who_o will_v not_o receive_v they_o for_o sacred_a and_o canonical_a which_o may_v also_o very_o well_o be_v observe_v the_o distinction_n of_o ruffinus_n and_o cajetan_a which_o make_v nothing_o against_o the_o protestant_n and_o at_o last_o they_o declare_v their_o anathema_n be_v discharge_v to_o let_v the_o world_n know_v sit_fw-la what_o testimony_n and_o argument_n principal_o they_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o to_o confirm_v tenant_n and_o regulate_v morality_n in_o the_o church_n insinuate_v further_o in_o favour_n of_o the_o partisan_n of_o cardinal_n cajetan_n who_o as_o to_o the_o main_a ground_n agree_v with_o the_o protestant_n the_o distinction_n which_o they_o have_v make_v after_o ruffinus_n of_o the_o book_n proper_o canonical_a subservient_fw-fr as_o well_o to_o the_o confirmation_n of_o faith_n as_o restauration_n of_o manner_n and_o the_o improper_o and_o in_o a_o certain_a respect_n canonical_a appoint_v only_o for_o the_o restauration_n of_o manner_n this_o presuppose_a it_o clear_o appear_v that_o the_o father_n who_o have_v any_o knowledge_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n upon_o this_o very_a account_n that_o they_o either_o absolute_o deny_v it_o or_o only_a half-granted_n it_o and_o upon_o great_a qualification_n the_o title_n of_o canonical_a can_v not_o any_o way_n ground_n upon_o the_o report_n of_o it_o the_o right_a which_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n pretend_v to_o at_o this_o day_n for_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a and_o that_o that_o report_n can_v not_o be_v urge_v any_o further_a then_o to_o a_o attestation_n that_o it_o have_v real_o be_v in_o use_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o maccabee_n and_o indeed_o st._n augustine_n the_o first_o who_o cite_v it_o to_o that_o purpose_n and_o at_o the_o very_a place_n where_o he_o allege_v it_o pretend_v not_o to_o go_v any_o further_o for_o his_o discouse_n cite_v by_o julian_n of_o toledo_n run_v thus_o in_o maccabeorum_fw-la libris_fw-la legimus_fw-la oblatum_n pro_fw-la mortuis_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la sed_fw-la etsi_fw-la nusquam_fw-la in_o scripture_n veteribus_fw-la omnino_fw-la legeretur_fw-la non_fw-la parva_fw-la est_fw-la universae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o hâc_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la claret_n authoritas_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o read_v in_o the_o book_n of_o maccabee_n that_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v for_o the_o dead_a but_o though_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o such_o thing_n any_o where_o in_o the_o ancient_a scripture_n yet_o be_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n which_o shine_v in_o that_o custom_n not_o of_o little_a weight_n four_o beside_o the_o precedent_a reason_n which_o demonstrate_v the_o impossibility_n of_o derive_v the_o original_a of_o oblation_n and_o prayer_n for_o depart_a christian_n from_o the_o pretend_a example_n of_o judas_n maccabaeus_n and_o the_o application_n which_o the_o abridger_n of_o jason_n the_o cyrenian_a conceive_v he_o ought_v to_o make_v of_o it_o this_o no_o less_o considerable_a than_o the_o rest_n be_v to_o be_v add_v viz._n that_o the_o first_o who_o undertake_v the_o patronage_n of_o such_o a_o custom_n build_v very_o much_o upon_o the_o not-written_a tradition_n only_o and_o by_o that_o mean_n acknowledge_v and_o profess_v that_o neither_o they_o nor_o in_o their_o judgement_n their_o predecessor_n have_v any_o ground_n to_o recur_n to_o the_o authority_n of_o any_o scripture_n either_o proper_o or_o improper_o say_v to_o be_v canonical_a and_o consequent_o that_o their_o imagination_n be_v absolute_o erroneous_a who_o believe_v that_o the_o ancient_n ground_v their_o custom_n on_o the_o four_o of_o tobit_n or_o on_o the_o seven_o of_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la or_o last_o on_o the_o twelve_o of_o the_o second_o of_o