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A43716 Patro-scholastiko-dikaiƍsis, or, A justification of the fathers and the schoolmen shewing, that they are not self-condemned for denying the positivity of sin. Being an answer to so much of Mr. Tho. Pierce's book, called Autokatakrisis, as doth relate to the foresaid opinion. By Hen: Hickman, fellow of Magdalene Colledge, Oxon. Hickman, Henry, d. 1692. 1659 (1659) Wing H1911A; ESTC R217506 59,554 166

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but_o then_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v offend_v if_o we_o take_v the_o same_o liberty_n pag._n 158._o he_o say_v god_n make_v idolater_n man_n and_o 159._o man_n themselves_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n only_o which_o be_v to_o grant_v more_o than_o with_o truth_n can_v be_v grant_v but_o thus_o i_o argue_v if_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o man_n than_o of_o david_n child_n beget_v by_o the_o action_n of_o adultery_n for_o scripture_n will_v allow_v i_o to_o call_v that_o child_n so_o soon_o as_o bear_v a_o man_n john_n 16.21_o if_o the_o cause_n of_o that_o child_n undoubted_o then_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o action_n of_o generation_n by_o which_o as_o by_o a_o causality_n that_o child_n be_v produce_v yet_o be_v he_o not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o adulterious_a pravity_n cleave_v unto_o that_o action_n quid_fw-la mirum_fw-la si_fw-la dicaemus_fw-la deum_fw-la facere_fw-la singulas_fw-la actiones_fw-la quae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la malâ_fw-la voluntate_fw-la cum_fw-la fate_n amur_fw-la 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