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A20950 A learned treatise of traditions, lately set forth in French by Peter Du Moulin, and faithfully done into English by G.C.; Des traditions et de la perfection et suffisance de l'Escriture Saincte. English Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; G. C. 1631 (1631) STC 7329; ESTC S111075 138,687 440

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commandment_n of_o god_n speak_v 9_o exod._n 20._o 9_o six_o day_n shall_v thou_o labour_v or_o the_o power_n of_o the_o pope_n to_o set_v at_o liberty_n under_o ground_n and_o to_o give_v indulgence_n to_o the_o dead_a upon_o that_o which_o jesus_n christ_n say_v 18._o math._n 18._o 18._o whatsoever_o you_o shall_v bind_v and_o loose_v on_o earth_n etc._n etc._n or_o case_n reserve_v to_o the_o pope_n upon_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n utter_v to_o all_o the_o apostle_n who_o sin_n soever_o you_o shall_v pardon_v they_o shall_v 23_o john_n 20._o 23_o be_v pardon_v or_o image_n of_o the_o almighty_a upon_o that_o which_o god_n discourse_v to_o the_o people_n of_o isreal_n give_v the_o reason_n why_o in_o speak_v to_o they_o from_o heaven_n he_o suffer_v none_o to_o see_v any_o image_n or_o resemblance_n for_o 23._o deut._n 4._o 23._o fear_v say_v he_o lest_o you_o may_v forget_v the_o covenant_n which_o he_o make_v with_o you_o and_o make_v you_o a_o grave_a image_n or_o the_o 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shall_v meditate_v therein_o day_n and_o night_n sure_o god_n in_o this_o law_n of_o moses_n command_v to_o obey_v the_o sovereign_n sacrifice_a priest_n as_o also_o the_o levite_n and_o the_o judge_n not_o when_o they_o shall_v add_v to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o when_o they_o shall_v teach_v this_o law_n as_o it_o be_v say_v at_o the_o 17._o of_o deut._n 9_o and_o 11._o where_o also_o the_o king_n be_v command_v to_o have_v the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n always_o before_o their_o eye_n and_o to_o read_v therein_o all_o the_o day_n of_o their_o life_n verse_n the_o 18._o and_o the_o 19_o 7._o none_o of_o our_o adversary_n dare_v yet_o deny_v that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v sufficient_a to_o salvation_n or_o gaine-fay_n that_o the_o gospel_n be_v find_v whole_a and_o entire_a in_o the_o new_a testament_n otherwise_o the_o title_n be_v false_a and_o we_o shall_v be_v force_v to_o change_v the_o inscription_n and_o set_v it_o down_o part_n of_o the_o gospel_n until_o the_o pope_n do_v publish_v the_o second_o part_n or_o else_o be_v compel_v to_o seek_v the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o the_o unwritten_a word_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v for_o our_o adversary_n will_v never_o suffer_v it_o to_o be_v compile_v and_o reduce_v into_o one_o body_n nor_o do_v they_o divulge_v any_o book_n which_o be_v call_v the_o word_n of_o god_n except_o the_o holy_a scripture_n some_o answer_n that_o the_o book_n 308._o jehan_n jaubert_n p._n 308._o of_o the_o gospel_n which_o be_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n do_v contain_v all_o the_o gospel_n but_o implicit_o that_o be_v to_o say_v after_o a_o involued_a and_o imbroyl_v manner_n the_o force_n of_o conscience_n have_v extort_a those_o word_n from_o they_o for_o if_o the_o service_n of_o image_n adoration_n of_o relic_n pardon_n of_o one_o hundred_o thousand_o year_n single_a life_n of_o priest_n succession_n of_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o apostleship_n of_o saint_n peter_n restraint_n of_o read_v the_o scripture_n etc._n etc._n be_v contain_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n they_o must_v be_v lurk_v after_o a_o envelop_v and_o obscure_a manner_n for_o no_o man_n can_v ever_o descry_v they_o to_o be_v therein_o those_o that_o extract_v oil_n and_o salt_n out_o of_o the_o stone_n will_v idle_o employ_v their_o knowledge_n therein_o for_o to_o speak_v in_o general_a without_o any_o specification_n that_o the_o scripture_n approove_v tradition_n be_v but_o a_o mockery_n under_o this_o veil_n or_o shadow_n there_o be_v neither_o tyranny_n nor_o idolatry_n nor_o barter_v traffic_n but_o may_v abound_v and_o be_v practise_v in_o the_o church_n presuppose_v without_o proof_n that_o these_o be_v the_o tradition_n which_o the_o scripture_n mean_v for_o the_o pope_n so_o
communion_n under_o one_o kind_n or_o the_o romish_a indulgence_n no_o such_o matter_n it_o be_v the_o doctrine_n touch_v the_o creation_n and_o touch_v the_o nature_n and_o office_n of_o jesus_n christ_n contain_v most_o clear_o in_o the_o scripture_n which_o appear_v not_o only_o for_o that_o herein_o he_o skirmish_v and_o contend_v against_o the_o heretic_n err_v in_o these_o point_n but_o also_o in_o that_o he_o say_v that_o we_o ought_v to_o seek_v these_o thing_n by_o tradition_n if_o we_o have_v not_o the_o scripture_n acknowledge_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v teach_v by_o the_o scripture_n assure_o irenaeus_n by_o tradition_n intend_v not_o to_o speak_v of_o any_o addition_n to_o the_o scripture_n but_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o succession_n from_o hand_n to_o hand_n whereby_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v train_v on_o to_o his_o time_n and_o in_o this_o very_a place_n speak_v of_o certain_a barbarous_a people_n that_o have_v receive_v the_o gospel_n by_o tradition_n 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cap._n 31._o iren._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 30._o iren._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 33._o &_o 34_o &_o 35._o foot_n and_o hand_n and_o a_o corporal_a figure_n he_o hold_v that_o the_o soul_n issue_v out_o of_o the_o body_n m●uut_n not_o up_o to_o celestial_a glory_n but_o into_o a_o terrestrial_a paradise_n and_o that_o before_o the_o publication_n of_o the_o law_n no_o law_n be_v give_v to_o the_o father_n because_o they_o be_v just_a and_o the_o law_n be_v not_o ordain_v for_o the_o just_a who_o have_v no_o need_n to_o be_v admonish_v by_o write_a letter_n but_o when_o justice_n be_v lose_v in_o egypt_n than_o god_n give_v his_o law_n unto_o the_o people_n the_o same_o father_n teach_v that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o jesus_n christ_n ought_v to_o endure_v no_o long_o than_o one_o thousand_o year_n which_o be_v a_o error_n of_o the_o chiliast_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v then_o feast_v themselves_o with_o delicate_a wine_n and_o exqusite_a viand_n so_o little_a certainty_n there_o be_v in_o man_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o start_v aside_o from_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n with_o what_o conscience_n can_v our_o adversary_n etc._n iren._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 57_o ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la invocationibus_fw-la angelict_n faciens_fw-la aliquid_fw-la sed_fw-la ●●undè_fw-la purè_fw-la &_o manifestè_fw-la ●rationes_fw-la dirigens_fw-la ad_fw-la deminum_fw-la etc._n etc._n allege_v irenaeus_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o tradition_n see_v his_o be_v so_o distasteful_a to_o they_o he_o also_o condemn_v invocation_n of_o angel_n and_o the_o haughtiness_n of_o victor_n bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o eusebius_n record_v it_o in_o the_o 5._o book_n of_o his_o history_n chap._n 25._o they_o serve_v also_o their_o turn_n upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o clemens_n alex_n to_o back_o their_o tradition_n euseb_n in_o the_o 6._o book_n of_o his_o ecclesiastical_a history_n chap._n 11._o remember_v on●_n passage_n of_o he_o where_o he_o reportet●_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o his_o brother_n 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habent_fw-la lib._n 1._o strom._n pag._n 121._o &_o seq_fw-la eait_fw-fr comeli_fw-la mana_fw-la et_fw-fr li._n 6_o idem_fw-la lib._n 2._o stron_fw-la pa._n 173._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib._n 3._o pag._n 193._o strom._n lib._n 4._o pag._n 217._o strom._n lib._n 5._o pag._n 252._o strom._n lib._n 6._o pag._n 270._o do_v in_o like_a manner_n listen_v then_o to_o his_o tradition_n he_o hold_v that_o the_o greek_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o pagan_n be_v justify_v and_o save_v by_o philosophy_n that_o there_o be_v four_o person_n in_o god_n that_o the_o angel_n be_v fall_v from_o their_o purity_n by_o their_o cohabitation_n with_o woman_n that_o the_o death_n of_o jesus_n christ_n do_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o affliction_n do_v not_o seize_v upon_o we_o through_o god_n will_v and_o command_v but_o that_o he_o no_o way_n hinder_v it_o and_o by_o his_o simple_a permission_n that_o god_n be_v a_o body_n that_o the_o apostle_n saint_n paul_n exhort_v the_o christian_n to_o read_v the_o book_n of_o the_o grecian_n of_o the_o sibyl_n and_o of_o hystaspes_n that_o christ_n have_v foretell_v to_o the_o jew_n which_o shall_v be_v convert_v that_o their_o sin_n shall_v be_v pardon_v they_o within_o two_o year_n that_o christ_n have_v preach_v to_o the_o jew_n which_o be_v in_o hell_n and_o that_o the_o apostle_n also_o descend_v into_o hell_n to_o preach_v to_o the_o gentile_n to_o work_v their_o conversion_n and_o in_o the_o same_o sixth_o book_n of_o his_o stromata_n speak_v of_o a_o sage_a or_o wise_a man_n in_o this_o present_a life_n say_v he_o be_v not_o subject_a to_o any_o passion_n or_o alteration_n and_o that_o he_o be_v without_o 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib_n 6._o pag._n 276._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joy_n or_o fear_v or_o confidence_n to_o be_v short_a he_o make_v he_o a_o god_n in_o the_o shape_n of_o man_n and_o call_v such_o a_o man_n a_o gnosticke_n and_o will_v have_v he_o to_o be_v skill_v in_o music_n and_o in_o the_o mathematics_n in_o logic_n and_o astronomy_n he_o affirm_v that_o god_n 284_o strem._n lib._n 6._o pag._n 284_o have_v give_v the_o sun_n and_o moon_n to_o the_o pagan_n to_o worship_v they_o to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v not_o be_v without_o a_o religion_n and_o speak_v of_o god_n in_o the_o plural_a as_o if_o there_o be_v many_o of_o they_o be_v these_o the_o tradition_n which_o our_o adversary_n obtrude_v upon_o we_o to_o prove_v the_o insufficiency_n of_o the_o scripture_n or_o if_o these_o displease_v they_o why_o do_v they_o rely_v upon_o the_o authority_n of_o one_o that_o rely_v coyn_v tradition_n whereof_o the_o memory_n shall_v be_v bury_v for_o everlasting_a at_o the_o same_o time_n tertullian_n write_v his_o book_n de_fw-fr militis_fw-la corona_n in_o the_o 2._o chap._n of_o the_o same_o book_n he_o file_v up_o a_o long_a list_n of_o unwritten_a tradition_n which_o be_v that_o in_o baptism_n the_o christian_n of_o his_o time_n renounce_v the_o devil_n and_o 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