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A12484 Of the author and substance of the protestant church and religion two bookes. Written first in Latin by R.S. Doctour of Diuinity, and now reuiewed by the author, and translated into English by VV. Bas.; De auctore et essentia Protestanticae Ecclesiae et religionis libri duo. English Smith, Richard, 1566-1655.; Bas., W. 1621 (1621) STC 22812; ESTC S117611 239,031 514

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rehearse_v it_o be_v a_o error_n of_o suenckfeld_n that_o man_n may_v be_v save_v without_o the_o outward_a word_n of_o god_n and_o ministry_n and_o melancthon_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o bavarian_a article_n tom_n 3._o fol._n 372._o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o suenckfeld_n and_o the_o anabaptist_n that_o god_n communicate_v himself_o to_o man_n without_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n kemnice_n in_o the_o 2._o part_n of_o his_o examen_fw-la title_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o order_n pag._n 391_o just_o we_o disallow_v of_o enthusiast_n and_o anabaptist_n who_o imagine_v the_o exercise_n of_o the_o outward_a ministry_n not_o to_o be_v needful_a and_o title_n of_o penance_n pag._n 316_o the_o enthusiast_n be_v condemn_v who_o feign_v that_o god_n forgive_v sin_n immediate_o and_o without_o the_o use_n of_o the_o ministry_n d._n whitaker_n cont_n 2._o quaest_n 3._o c._n 11._o pag._n 328_o we_o whole_o reject_v revelation_n which_o be_v beside_o the_o word_n as_o fanatical_a anabaptisticall_a and_o altogether_o heretical_a and_o in_o his_o 1._o book_n of_o the_o scripture_n cap._n 3._o sect_n 1._o pag._n 44_o we_o must_v expect_v no_o more_o immediate_a revelation_n it_o be_v so_o and_o he_o add_v that_o protestant_n hiss_v out_o all_o those_o who_o pretend_v these_o kind_n of_o revelation_n and_o in_o the_o 2._o book_n cap._n 10._o sect_n 4_o why_o be_v the_o anabaptist_n hold_v for_o heretic_n if_o the_o church_n do_v know_v matter_n of_o faith_n without_o all_o external_a mean_n by_o the_o only_a instinct_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n pareus_n in_o his_o 3._o book_n de_fw-fr justificat_fw-la cap._n 3_o the_o exception_n which_o they_o make_v of_o special_a revelation_n be_v a_o mere_a jest_n for_o beside_o the_o prophet_n apostle_n &_o some_o few_o apostolical_a man_n god_n do_v not_o deal_v nor_o have_v deal_v with_o special_a revelation_n but_o with_o ordinary_a and_o will_v have_v the_o church_n to_o be_v content_a with_o the_o word_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n work_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o cap._n 8_o god_n will_v not_o have_v his_o church_n to_o be_v teach_v and_o confirm_v by_o enthusiasticall_a revelation_n but_o by_o bear_v of_o his_o word_n and_o ordinary_a use_n of_o the_o sacrament_n final_o beza_n in_o the_o conference_n of_o montbelgard_n pag._n 407._o say_v that_o we_o have_v no_o testimony_n in_o scripture_n of_o extraordinary_a mean_n of_o infuse_v faith_n beside_o it_o be_v the_o fashion_n of_o both_o old_a and_o new_a heretic_n to_o boast_v of_o special_a revelation_n of_o old_a heretic_n witness_v s._n augustin_n in_o his_o book_n of_o heresy_n and_o caluin_n in_o his_o book_n of_o true_a reformation_n pag._n 322._o of_o munster_n carolstade_n and_o the_o sacramentary_n luther_n testify_v the_o same_o upon_o the_o 22._o of_o esaiae_n tom_n 4._o fol._n 280._o of_o gentilis_fw-la caluin_n in_o his_o book_n against_o he_o of_o storcke_n manlius_n in_o his_o common_a place_n pag._n 482._o of_o peucer_n and_o bergius_n schusselburb_n lib._n 4._o theol._n caluin_n art_n 1._o pag._n 172._o that_o i_o may_v say_v nothing_o of_o luther_n mean_n the_o protestant_a church_n not_o teach_v by_o ordinary_a mean_n zuinglius_fw-la and_o caluin_n 12._o other_o therefore_o teach_v that_o the_o protestant_a church_n before_o luther_n receive_v the_o faith_n not_o by_o any_o extraordinary_a way_n but_o by_o ordinary_a mean_n to_o wit_n by_o hear_v some_o true_a doctrine_n of_o popish_a preacher_n and_o some_o by_o read_v scripture_n thus_o d._n whitaker_n cont._n 2._o quest_n 3._o cap._n 2._o pag._n 424._o behold_v new_a fable_n and_o fiction_n for_o we_o be_v like_a to_o hear_v no_o other_o kind_n of_o stuff_n of_o protestant_n in_o these_o matter_n of_o fact_n not_o only_o less_o prove_v than_o the_o former_a but_o also_o less_o probable_a or_o possible_a for_o it_o be_v at_o least_o possible_a that_o god_n alone_o shall_v have_v teach_v his_o church_n but_o that_o before_o luther_n revolt_n either_o popish_a or_o protestanticall_a preacher_n or_o the_o scripture_n shall_v have_v teach_v protestancy_n have_v neither_o show_n of_o probability_n nor_o possibility_n not_o protestant_a preacher_n because_o before_o luther_n there_o be_v none_o at_o all_o as_o hereafter_o both_o d._n whitaker_n and_o other_o shall_v confess_v for_o the_o present_a it_o may_v suffice_v that_o luther_n upon_o the_o 22._o psalm_n tom_fw-mi 3._o fol._n 344._o write_v that_o there_o be_v lest_o only_o the_o scripture_n and_o that_o comprise_v not_o in_o voice_n but_o in_o letter_n by_o which_o we_o may_v restore_v ourselves_o to_o the_o faith_n and_o against_o catarine_n tom_n 2._o fol._n 140._o he_o say_v that_o the_o vocal_a gospel_n be_v choke_v and_o extinguish_v by_o papist_n be_v silent_a in_o all_o the_o world_n neither_o can_v the_o scripture_n teach_v protestancy_n not_o only_o because_o it_o teach_v no_o such_o doctrine_n but_o also_o because_o it_o plain_o profess_v 10._o rom._n 10._o that_o none_o can_v come_v to_o faith_n but_o by_o bear_v of_o preacher_n lawful_o send_v as_o hereafter_o we_o shall_v see_v protestant_n do_v confess_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o may_v suffice_v that_o danaeus_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n pag._n 1069._o write_v that_o s._n paul_n say_v that_o faith_n come_v by_o hear_v not_o by_o private_a read_n and_o that_o we_o open_v a_o gap_n to_o fanatical_a spirit_n for_o to_o contemn_v their_o pastor_n if_o we_o say_v that_o read_n alone_o will_v suffice_v to_o get_v faith_n which_o protestant_n have_v experience_v for_o thus_o write_v luther_n in_o the_o preface_n of_o his_o catechism_n tom_n 5._o fol._n 645_o there_o be_v find_v some_o this_o day_n even_o of_o the_o nobility_n who_o dare_v say_v we_o need_v no_o more_o pastor_n or_o preacher_n that_o book_n suffice_v out_o of_o which_o every_o one_o may_v learn_v the_o same_o thing_n by_o himself_o without_o any_o man_n teach_v and_o caluin_n upon_o the_o 2._o thess_n cap._n 4_o certain_a phanaticall_a fellow_n do_v brag_v that_o they_o need_v no_o more_o the_o help_n of_o teacher_n because_o read_v may_v abundant_o suffice_v 13._o neither_o can_v those_o imaginary_a protestant_n learn_v protestancy_n of_o popish_a preacher_n first_o because_o protestant_n as_o before_o his_o show_v complain_v that_o papist_n have_v extinguish_v all_o their_o faith_n again_o because_o now_o no_o man_n learn_v protestancy_n of_o popish_a preacher_n and_o beside_o because_o papistry_n and_o protestancy_n be_v direct_o opposite_a as_o luther_n say_v in_o cap._n 3._o micheae_n tom_n 4._o fol._n 446._o and_o tom_fw-mi 7._o epist_n ad_fw-la eslingenses_n and_o against_o king_n henry_n tom_n 2._o fol._n 497_o or_o as_o brentius_n speak_v in_o his_o apology_n of_o the_o confession_n of_o wittenberg_n pag._n 703_o they_o differ_v in_o the_o very_a principle_n or_o as_o beza_n write_v in_o his_o confession_n cap._n 7._o pag._n 56_o in_o the_o very_a sum_n of_o salvation_n and_o as_o d._n whitaker_n affirm_v in_o his_o oration_n that_o the_o pope_n be_v antichrist_n opposite_a protestancy_n &_o popery_n quit_v opposite_a papistry_n be_v more_o repugnant_a to_o protestantisme_n then_o hot_a to_o cold_a black_a to_o white_a how_o then_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o they_o shall_v have_v learn_v protestancy_n of_o papist_n who_o teach_v so_o contrary_a doctrine_n last_o because_o protestant_n themselves_n deny_v it_o for_o luther_n upon_o the_o gradual_a psalm_n tom_n 3._o fol._n 516._o thus_o write_v in_o popery_n there_o be_v never_o hear_v one_o pure_a word_n of_o sin_n of_o grace_n of_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n and_o fol._n 568_o under_o the_o pope_n all_o pulpit_n all_o church_n do_v sound_a out_o nothing_o but_o wicked_a doctrine_n and_o in_o cap._n 2._o ad_fw-la galat._n tom_n 5._o fol._n 297_o see_v papist_n know_v not_o what_o faith_n be_v it_o be_v impossible_a that_o they_o shall_v have_v faith_n and_o much_o less_o teach_v it_o to_o other_o and_o the_o apology_n of_o the_o confession_n of_o auspurg_n in_o the_o preface_n no_o man_n teach_v that_o sin_n be_v remit_v by_o say_v in_o christ_n caluin_n 4._o instit_fw-la cap._n 2._o §_o 2._o say_v that_o in_o popery_n the_o doctrine_n without_o which_o christianity_n can_v stand_v be_v all_o bury_v &_o cast_v out_o and_o in_o respon_n ad_fw-la versipellem_fw-la pag_n 360_o in_o popery_n there_o sound_v the_o bare_a and_o empty_a name_n of_o christ_n and_o upon_o the_o 2._o cap._n 2._o tim_n there_o be_v a_o horrible_a destruction_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o popery_n wherefore_o none_o learn_v the_o protestant_a gospel_n either_o in_o popery_n or_o of_o popish_a preacher_n beside_o although_o they_o can_v have_v learn_v the_o faith_n of_o popish_a preacher_n yet_o they_o shall_v be_v ashamed_a to_o say_v that_o they_o have_v learn_v it_o of_o they_o who_o they_o account_v the_o bondslave_n and_o minister_n of_o antichrist_n
of_o truth_n reason_n by_o reason_n and_o of_o the_o number_n of_o they_o who_o see_v good_a and_o follow_v bad_a he_o must_v needs_o embrace_v that_o truth_n which_o himself_o confess_v experience_n also_o show_v the_o same_o experience_n by_o experience_n for_o when_o our_o saviour_n can_v neither_o by_o infinite_a miracle_n nor_o evident_a scripture_n stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o jew_n he_o so_o convince_v they_o out_o of_o their_o own_o word_n that_o as_o the_o evangelist_n write_v they_o answer_v he_o not_o a_o word_n nor_o from_o that_o day_n any_o dare_v ask_v he_o a_o question_n and_o the_o donatist_n 22._o matt._n 22._o when_o they_o make_v answer_n to_o the_o catholic_n argument_n take_v out_o of_o scripture_n be_v so_o entangle_v in_o their_o own_o fact_n touch_v the_o maximinist_n as_o say_v s._n 11._o s._n in_o collat_n 3._o diei_fw-la c._n 11._o augustine_n they_o ever_o more_o stand_v dumb_a at_o thate_o and_o now_o we_o see_v that_o protestant_n be_v tongue-tied_a at_o no_o sort_n of_o book_n so_o much_o as_o at_o those_o which_o be_v compose_v of_o their_o own_o testimony_n this_o manner_n of_o deal_v use_v the_o holy_a father_n against_o the_o pagan_n as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o clement_n father_n by_o the_o father_n tertullian_n origen_n cyprian_n arnobius_n ●actantius_fw-la augustin_n and_o other_o and_o against_o heretic_n also_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o say_v s._n augustin_n s._n hierome_n and_o other_o most_o often_o and_o the_o same_o they_o most_o high_o commend_v for_o thus_o write_v 6._o write_v in_o euseb_n l._n 7._o c._n 6._o s._n denis_n of_o alexandria_n it_o help_v i_o much_o that_o i_o can_v disprove_v they_o out_o of_o their_o own_o word_n s._n basil_n s._n orat._n de_fw-fr s._n basil_n gregory_n nazianzen_n it_o be_v the_o great_a cunning_a and_o wisdom_n of_o speech_n to_o bind_v the_o adversary_n with_o his_o own_o word_n and_o 130_o and_o de_fw-fr trini_z c._n 130_o tertullian_n of_o novatian_n it_o be_v a_o strong_a kind_n of_o proof_n which_o be_v take_v of_o the_o adversary_n that_o truth_n may_v be_v prove_v even_o by_o the_o enemy_n of_o truth_n s._n 53._o s._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 53._o ireneus_fw-la we_o often_o disgrace_v they_o by_o their_o own_o doctrine_n and_o 3._o and_o lib._n count_v secund_a c._n 3._o s._n augustine_n neither_o will_v i_o bring_v against_o thou_o any_o other_o sentence_n for_o to_o show_v the_o error_n of_o manichee_n then_o out_o of_o thy_o own_o epistle_n which_o work_n of_o his_o he_o 10._o he_o lib._n 2._o retract_v c._n 10._o prefer_v before_o all_o the_o other_o which_o he_o write_v against_o that_o heresy_n nay_o the_o same_o holy_a father_n account_n this_o manner_n of_o deal_n with_o heretic_n necessary_a and_o prefer_v it_o before_o all_o other_o for_o thus_o say_v s._n ireneus_fw-la 35._o ireneus_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 35._o it_o be_v needful_a to_o disprove_v the_o valentinian_o by_o their_o mother_n father_n and_o ancestor_n and_o in_o another_o 14._o another_o lib._n 4._o c._n 14._o place_n that_o be_v a_o true_a and_o unanswerable_a proof_n which_o bring_v attestation_n from_o the_o adversaries_n themselves_n and_o 3._o and_o lib._n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la c._n 3._o tertullian_n the_o adversaries_n testimony_n be_v eftsoon_o necessary_a again_o i_o must_v strike_v they_o with_o their_o own_o weapon_n and_o christi_fw-la and_o atha_n l._n de_fw-fr carne_fw-la christi_fw-la s._n athanasius_n who_o be_v most_o try_v in_o combat_n with_o heretic_n against_o wrangler_n we_o must_v oppose_v their_o own_o argument_n in_o which_o say_v he_o i_o have_v the_o great_a hope_n of_o victory_n s_o chrysostome_n tit._n chrysostome_n hom._n 3._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la tit._n also_o we_o must_v convince_v they_o by_o this_o when_o we_o turn_v their_o own_o ill_a say_n against_o themselves_o as_o often_o as_o we_o make_v those_o who_o be_v the_o famous_a among_o they_o their_o accuser_n and_o last_o 27._o last_o lib._n 1._o cont_n petil._n c._n 27._o s._n augustine_n the_o most_o fortunate_a champion_n of_o the_o church_n against_o heretic_n see_v that_o the_o donatist_n can_v be_v evident_o convince_v by_o their_o own_o deal_n with_o the_o maximinist_n exhort_v catholic_n to_o let_v alone_o all_o other_o kind_n of_o argument_n and_o still_o to_o urge_v this_o only_a remember_v say_v he_o this_o only_a fact_n of_o the_o max_n minist_n cast_v this_o in_o their_o face_n answer_v to_o all_o objection_n by_o the_o maximinist_n alone_o and_o 18._o and_o ibid._n cap._n 18._o again_o i_o will_v not_o leave_v this_o only_a fact_n which_o god_n have_v put_v before_o their_o eye_n to_o stop_v their_o mouth_n and_o to_o amend_v they_o if_o they_o be_v wise_a or_o to_o confound_v they_o if_o they_o remain_v obstinate_a and_o in_o like_a manner_n when_o he_o see_v that_o the_o donatist_n cause_n be_v quite_o overthrow_v by_o that_o say_n of_o they_o neither_o one_o cause_n do_v prejudice_n another_o nor_o one_o person_n another_o he_o thus_o 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will_v and_o ought_v to_o divide_v themselves_o from_o the_o roman_a church_n behold_v how_o their_o conscience_n be_v toss_v as_o with_o a_o storm_n for_o that_o they_o have_v forsake_v the_o roman_a church_n lobechius_n also_o disput_fw-la 10._o pag._n 224._o say_v our_o ancestor_n do_v well_o that_o they_o go_v out_o of_o the_o roman_a babylon_n general_n sacramentarye_n in_o general_n 8._o of_o sacramentarye_n also_o in_o general_a thus_o write_v zuinglius_fw-la in_o praefat._n lib._n de_fw-la ver_fw-la &_o tal_o relig_n fol._n 159._o we_o be_v alas_o long_a time_n so_o besiege_v with_o the_o juggling_n of_o man_n and_o caluin_n in_o confess_v fidel_n pag._n 111._o we_o dissemble_v not_o that_o we_o also_o be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o they_o who_o honour_n mass_n until_o the_o abuse_n of_o mass_n be_v discover_v and_o 4._o instit_fw-la cap._n 6._o §_o 6._o we_o depart_v from_o the_o roman_a church_n cap._n 15._o §_o 16._o we_o be_v christen_v in_o the_o pope_n kingdom_n respon_n 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liar_n they_o gainesayd_a themselves_o may_v a_o man_n accuse_v of_o crime_n expound_v figurative_o his_o open_a confession_n of_o that_o crime_n because_o at_o other_o time_n he_o deny_v it_o again_o protestant_n themselves_n reject_v this_o kind_n of_o proof_n for_o as_o we_o do_v see_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o prince_n electour_n do_v reprehend_v those_o of_o the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n because_o they_o avoid_v luther_n testimony_n by_o oppose_v other_o place_n of_o he_o and_o the_o minister_n of_o saxony_n pag._n 303._o say_v it_o be_v a_o frivolous_a kind_n of_o argument_n he_o say_v well_o sometime_o therefore_o here_o beside_o it_o will_v be_v as_o equal_v for_o i_o to_o infer_v that_o protestant_n in_o those_o testimony_n which_o he_o produce_v do_v speak_v figurative_o because_o in_o those_o which_o i_o allege_v they_o manifest_o say_v the_o contrary_n for_o to_o use_v luther_n word_n 220._o tom._n 2._o fol._n 220._o by_o this_o rashness_n and_o licence_n you_o give_v your_o 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let_v their_o testimony_n be_v of_o no_o credit_n either_o for_o themselves_o or_o for_o other_o or_o against_o other_o undoubted_o it_o be_v of_o great_a force_n against_o themselves_o as_o the_o latin_a orator_n say_v thy_o testimony_n which_o in_o another_o man_n matter_n will_v be_v light_n be_v in_o thy_o own_o matter_n because_o it_o be_v against_o thg_a self_n most_o weighty_a beside_o protestant_n cric_n that_o it_o be_v find_v to_o produce_v the_o criminel_n as_o witness_n in_o their_o own_o cause_n and_o that_o any_o witness_n in_o his_o own_o cause_n be_v to_o be_v reject_v 2._o vorstius_n antibel_n pag._n 44●_n 456._o ju●●_n def._n part_n 2._o c._n 3._o d._n 5._o whitak_n count_v 4._o q._n 6._o c._n 2._o &_o q._n 4._o c._n 2._o whereupon_o in_o the_o question_n of_o supremacy_n they_o refuse_v the_o testimony_n of_o all_o pope_n though_o never_o so_o ancient_a never_o so_o learned_a never_o so_o holy_a how_o much_o better_a may_v we_o reject_v the_o testimony_n of_o 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it_o not_o needful_a for_o those_o that_o read_v this_o english_a copy_n i_o have_v omit_v it_o the_o reader_n if_o he_o please_v may_v see_v it_o in_o the_o author_n latin_a copy_n the_o index_n or_o table_n of_o the_o chapter_n contain_v in_o these_o book_n the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o essence_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o protestant_a church_n and_o religion_n chapter_n 1._o that_o sometime_o protestant_n admit_v very_o few_o into_o the_o ch●rch_n and_o ●equire_v very_o many_o thing_n to_o the_o make_n of_o a_o member_n thereof_o chap._n 2._o that_o at_o sometime_o protestant's_n account_v papists_n to_o be_v of_o the_o church_n chap._n 3._o th●t_v sometime_o protestant_n acknowledge_v all_o that_o deny_v either_o fundamental_a or_o other_o article_n of_o faith_n heretic_n schismatic_n and_o their_o profess_a enemy_n to_o be_v member_n of_o their_o church_n chap._n 4._o that_o sometime_o they_o do_v grant_v idolater_n infidel_n atheist_n and_o antichrist_n himself_o to_o be_v member_n of_o their_o church_n chap._n 5._o that_o protestant_n sometime_o account_v all_o their_o brethren_n who_o under_o the_o name_n of_o christian_n oppose_v themselves_o against_o the_o pope_n chap._n 6._o that_o it_o be_v necessary_o require_v to_o a_o protestant_n that_o he_o believe_v justification_n by_o only_a special_a faith_n chap._n 7._o that_o it_o be_v also_o necessary_a to_o a_o protestant_n to_o believe_v all_o the_o fundamental_a point_n of_o protestancy_n chap._n 8._o which_o be_v the_o fundamental_a point_n of_o protestancy_n and_o what_o a_o protsteant_n be_v the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o author_n or_o beginner_n of_o the_o protestant_a church_n and_o religion_n chap._n 1._o that_o protestant_n confess_v that_o their_o church_n and_o religion_n be_v substantial_o perish_v when_o luther_n begin_v chap._n 2._o the_o shift_n wherewith_o protestant_n will_v delude_v their_o confession_n of_o the_o substantial_a destruction_n of_o their_o church_n and_o religion_n refute_v chap._n 3._o that_o protestant_n confess_v that_o all_o and_o every_o one_o follow_v a_o different_a church_n and_o religion_n from_o ●_z before_o luther_n begin_v to_o preach_v chap._n 4._o that_o protestant_n grant_v that_o their_o church_n and_o religion_n be_v quite_o invisible_a b_o before_o luther_n appear_v chap._n 5._o those_o which_o say_v there_o be_v any_o visible_a protestant_n before_o luther_n refell_v chap._n 6_o that_o the_o church_n can_v be_v so_o invisible_a as_o protestant_n confess_v they_o to_o have_v be_v before_o lut_n e_o s_o tyme._n chap._n 7._o that_o protestant_n acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v no_o protestant_a pastor_n before_o luther_n chap._n 8._o that_o the_o church_n can_v be_v without_o pastor_n chap_n 9_o that_o the_o protestant_a church_n be_v no_o where_n before_o luther_n arise_v chap._n 10._o the_o sophistries_n wherewith_o some_o protestant_n will_v seem_v to_o prove_v that_o in_o time_n past_o the_o protestant_n church_n be_v in_o popery_n refute_v chap._n 11._o that_o all_o the_o first_o know_v protestant_n have_v be_v papist_n before_o time_n chap._n 12._o that_o no_o auncient_a protestant_a then_o luther_n step_v forth_o and_o adjoin_v himself_o to_o luther_n company_n when_o he_o preach_v secure_o chap._n 13._o that_o the_o protestant_a church_n &_o religion_n be_v new_a chap._n 14._o that_o protestant_n do_v in_o plain_a term_n confess_v that_o luther_n be_v the_o author_n and_o beginner_n of_o their_o church_n and_o religion_n chap._n 15._o that_o protestant_n can_v prove_v by_o any_o sufficient_a witness_n or_o any_o probable_a argument_n that_o their_o church_n be_v before_o luther_n chap._n 16._o what_o he_o must_v observe_v who_o will_v undertake_v to_o answer_n this_o worke._n finis_fw-la