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begin_v or_o multiply_v its_o first_o beginning_n throughout_o these_o part_n of_o the_o world_n with_o the_o inundation_n of_o barbarian_n as_o the_o reader_n may_v gather_v out_o of_o gregory_n of_o tower_n and_o beda_n etc._n etc._n nor_o will_v i_o deny_v that_o many_o of_o these_o late_o convert_v paynim_n prayer_n to_o god_n though_o conceive_v out_o of_o a_o opinion_n of_o the_o saint_n mediation_n be_v often_o hear_v as_o the_o ancient_a roman_n though_o their_o devotion_n be_v clad_v with_o idolatry_n as_o bone_n with_o flesh_n be_v often_o reward_v with_o such_o temporal_a blessing_n as_o god_n in_o justice_n deny_v to_o other_o idolater_n less_o devout_a in_o their_o kind_n the_o carthaginian_n may_v have_v sacrifice_v unto_o fortune_n for_o victory_n or_o unto_o storm_n and_o tempest_n in_o their_o distress_n with_o worse_a success_n than_o some_o roman_a general_n do_v because_o their_o respect_n or_o esteem_v of_o divine_a power_n &_o providence_n indefinite_o consider_v be_v not_o so_o good_a so_o may_v those_o prayer_n of_o the_o french_a king_n tender_v unto_o st_n martin_n be_v sometime_o better_o hear_v than_o the_o prayer_n which_o their_o enemy_n make_v unto_o their_o go_n all_o this_o notwithstanding_o be_v grant_v the_o decree_n of_o solemn_a honour_n to_o their_o image_n may_v be_v as_o idolatrous_a as_o rome-heathen_n erection_n of_o temple_n unto_o fortune_n or_o storm_n in_o opposition_n to_o atheism_n or_o irreligion_n god_n usual_o accept_v devotion_n though_o taint_v with_o superstition_n and_o unto_o this_o case_n i_o will_v reduce_v those_o prayer_n which_o that_o devout_a virgin_n who_o chastity_n cypriano_n cyprian_n before_o he_o be_v a_o saint_n seek_v to_o expugne_v by_o help_n of_o magic_n present_v to_o the_o virgin_n marie_n in_o extremity_n of_o conflict_n with_o foul_a lust_n that_o prayer_n thus_o make_v out_o of_o ignorance_n whether_o to_o saint_n or_o false_a god_n have_v sometime_o find_v success_n be_v to_o be_v
restraint_n that_o none_o after_o their_o time_n shall_v be_v enroll_v in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o saint_n or_o worship_v though_o in_o some_o particular_a country_n or_o province_n only_o without_o the_o approbation_n of_o their_o successor_n so_o approve_v it_o be_v a_o point_n of_o sacrilege_n to_o deny_v they_o solemn_a worship_n or_o doubt_v of_o their_o admission_n into_o the_o church_n triumphant_a to_o invest_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n decease_v with_o robe_n of_o glory_n be_v by_o this_o reckon_n but_o a_o exercise_n of_o the_o same_o authority_n which_o give_v bishop_n their_o pall_v we_o will_v suppose_v so_o but_o do_v basil_n ambrose_n hierom_n austin_n gregory_n the_o great_a or_o other_o adore_v for_o saint_n by_o the_o catholic_a church_n roman_a attain_v to_o this_o dignity_n by_o any_o pope_n donation_n be_v they_o as_o solemn_o canonize_v as_o s._n bernard_n s._n thomas_n becket_n s._n francis_n s._n dominick_n s._n thomas_n of_o aquine_n or_o some_o other_o that_o 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that_o as_o custom_n in_o other_o case_n have_v the_o force_n of_o law_n from_o the_o tacit_a consent_n of_o the_o prince_n without_o which_o they_o have_v no_o force_n at_o all_o but_o rather_o antiquity_n of_o error_n and_o continuance_n of_o corruption_n so_o the_o worship_n of_o saint_n though_o bring_v in_o by_o the_o general_a custom_n of_o particular_a church_n have_v just_a force_n and_o authority_n either_o from_o the_o express_a or_o racite_n approbation_n of_o the_o pope_n he_o be_v the_o sole_a spiritual_a monarch_n ibid._n i_o have_v often_o read_v it_o though_o i_o never_o believe_v it_o that_o the_o visible_a head_n of_o the_o church_n speak_v ex_fw-la cathedrâ_fw-la can_v err_v in_o matter_n of_o faith_n but_o i_o never_o suspect_v it_o have_v be_v any_o where_o write_v what_o now_o i_o read_v in_o bellarmine_n that_o the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n can_v err_v in_o matter_n of_o fact_n make_v public_a only_o by_o example_n and_o custom_n who_o original_a be_v more_o hard_a to_o be_v find_v out_o than_o the_o head_n of_o nilus_n if_o it_o shall_v please_v the_o pope_n to_o be_v silent_a or_o not_o to_o pronounce_v against_o they_o ex_fw-la cathedrâ_fw-la but_o we_o must_v cease_v to_o be_v man_n before_o we_o can_v believe_v his_o holiness_n to_o be_v such_o a_o omnipotent_a god_n as_o can_v make_v all_o they_o saint_n who_o the_o people_n throughout_o most_o church_n have_v make_v choice_n of_o for_o their_o patron_n such_o abuse_n as_o bad_a custom_n have_v bring_v into_o some_o place_n about_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n the_o three_o might_n for_o aught_o we_o know_v have_v overspread_v many_o church_n in_o time_n before_o 2._o but_o if_o the_o pope_n approbation_n be_v sufficient_a to_o warrant_v the_o public_a adoration_n of_o saint_n alexander_n the_o three_o be_v two_o way_n too_o blame_v first_o in_o seek_v to_o reform_v the_o abuse_n or_o bad_a custom_n of_o most_o particular_a church_n see_v these_o by_o his_o connivance_n will_v have_v be_v no_o abuse_n or_o by_o his_o approbation_n lawful_a service_n second_o in_o so_o apply_v his_o medicine_n as_o there_o be_v no_o likelihood_n but_o it_o shall_v rather_o exasperate_v than_o assuage_v the_o present_a disease_n or_o prevent_v future_a contagion_n for_o how_o far_o do_v he_o restrain_v the_o people_n from_o wont_a superstition_n do_v he_o prohibit_v all_o man_n to_o present_v their_o devotion_n upon_o their_o knee_n or_o to_o vow_v pilgrimage_n to_o any_o that_o be_v not_o canonize_v by_o he_o or_o his_o successor_n no_o in_o that_o the_o word_n of_o the_o decree_n express_o forbid_v all_o public_a worship_n of_o saint_n not_o canonize_v the_o interpreter_n gather_v it_o be_v his_o purpose_n to_o allow_v they_o private_a worship_n they_o may_v yet_o have_v household_n saint_n of_o their_o own_o choose_n to_o who_o they_o may_v tender_v all_o the_o point_n of_o religious_a obsequy_n hitherto_o mention_v not_o in_o secret_a only_o but_o as_o many_o look_v on_o as_o lift_v so_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o open_a church_n or_o in_o solemn_a service_n for_o public_a worship_n such_o as_o in_o that_o decree_n be_v only_o forbid_v be_v not_o oppose_v to_o secret_a or_o private_a worship_n where_o none_o beside_o god_n and_o good_a friend_n be_v present_a the_o prohibition_n of_o it_o unless_o the_o penalty_n be_v great_a and_o the_o enquiry_n strict_a licence_v any_o worship_n that_o be_v not_o tender_v in_o the_o name_n &_o as_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n now_o as_o printer_n sometime_o gain_v more_o by_o forbid_a book_n then_o by_o such_o as_o be_v authorize_v for_o public_a sale_n so_o have_v the_o devil_n find_v opportunity_n to_o enlarge_v his_o service_n by_o this_o unseasonable_a restraint_n of_o it_o the_o universal_a prohibition_n to_o worship_v any_o for_o saint_n in_o public_a liturgy_n that_o be_v not_o canonize_v have_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o antiperistasis_n intend_v the_o people_n superstitious_a bent_n to_o worship_v more_o private_a saint_n than_o otherwise_o will_v have_v be_v think_v on_o with_o great_a devotion_n in_o their_o chamber_n or_o private_a chapel_n than_o if_o their_o open_a service_n have_v be_v authorize_v in_o church_n a_o man_n may_v take_v a_o deadly_a surfeit_n as_o well_o at_o home_n as_o at_o a_o public_a feast_n and_o spiritual_a surfeit_v or_o drunkenness_n be_v the_o disease_n which_o pope_n alexander_n seek_v to_o cure_v his_o prescript_n be_v no_o better_o than_o if_o a_o physician_n shall_v strict_o charge_v a_o intemperate_a glutton_n or_o drunkard_n to_o be_v abstemious_a at_o great_a feast_n abroad_o leave_v he_o to_o his_o belly_n discretion_n at_o his_o own_o table_n or_o among_o his_o companion_n in_o private_a meeting_n 3._o this_o our_o judgement_n by_o these_o analogy_n upon_o pope_n alexander_n successelesse_a medicine_n want_v not_o approve_v experiment_n for_o the_o intolerable_a abuse_n of_o submissive_a servitude_n to_o a_o numberless_a rout_n of_o base_a &_o obscure_a private_a saint_n be_v never_o great_a never_o more_o rise_v than_o in_o the_o age_n between_o the_o reformation_n pretend_v by_o pope_n alexander_n and_o luther_n and_o it_o seem_v the_o invocatione_n trent_n council_n be_v partly_o of_o this_o mind_n in_o that_o to_o bishop_n within_o their_o diocese_n it_o leave_v more_o authority_n in_o judge_v of_o miracle_n in_o admission_n of_o new_a relic_n in_o set_v up_o new_a fashion_a image_n than_o the_o former_a decree_n by_o bellarmine_n interpretation_n do_v yet_o if_o any_o doubtful_a case_n or_o questionable_a abuse_n of_o great_a moment_n shall_v any_o where_o happen_v the_o consent_n and_o advise_v of_o the_o metropolitan_a and_o other_o neighbour_n bishop_n must_v be_v demand_v in_o a_o provincial_a synod_n before_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n take_v upon_o he_o precise_o to_o determine_v one_o way_n or_o other_o always_o provide_v that_o no_o novelty_n or_o rite_n before_o unusual_a in_o the_o 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