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A47432 An answer to the considerations which obliged Peter Manby, late Dean of London-Derry in Ireland, as he pretends, to embrace what he calls, the Catholick religion by William King ... King, William, 1650-1729. 1687 (1687) Wing K523; ESTC R966 76,003 113

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to_o confession_n yet_o it_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n at_o least_o it_o can_v be_v no_o reasonable_a motive_n to_o go_v from_o we_o to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n since_o her_o private_a doctor_n differ_v as_o much_o about_o it_o some_o of_o which_o say_v that_o the_o priest_n ought_v to_o take_v the_o penitent_n word_n and_o grant_v he_o absolution_n although_o he_o do_v not_o believe_v his_o profession_n of_o repentance_n to_o be_v sincere_a other_o hold_v that_o the_o confessor_n ought_v to_o be_v satisfy_v of_o the_o penitent_n sincerity_n before_o he_o absolve_v he_o some_o say_v attrition_n with_o absolution_n be_v sufficient_a ●o_o obtain_v remission_n of_o sin_n other_o say_v contrition_n be_v necessary_a which_o be_v as_o material_a a_o difference_n as_o almost_o can_v be_v many_o such_o difference_n there_o be_v among_o they_o and_o the_o one_o party_n accuse_v the_o other_o of_o heresy_n for_o their_o dissering_a opinion_n and_o yet_o it_o seem_v this_o want_n 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may_v be_v in_o other_o case_n but_o a_o pick-lock_n of_o secret_n and_o matter_n of_o ill_a consequence_n where_o be_v the_o disagreement_n or_o contradiction_n between_o these_o two_o to_o give_v mr._n m._n back_o one_o of_o his_o own_o argument_n for_o my_o part_n i_o do_v not_o understand_v it_o it_o 2._o i_o have_v read_v a_o great_a many_o protestant_a book_n and_o consult_v both_o divine_n and_o bishop_n and_o do_v profess_v that_o i_o have_v find_v they_o very_o well_o agree_v in_o these_o thing_n first_o that_o every_o sinner_n ought_v to_o be_v hearty_o sensible_a of_o every_o sin_n he_o have_v commit_v and_o acknowledge_v it_o before_o god_n with_o shame_n and_o sorrow_n and_o that_o he_o can_v expect_v no_o pardon_n from_o god_n till_o he_o actual_o abhor_v and_o forsake_v the_o sin._n wherever_o