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quanquam_fw-la scripta_fw-la non_fw-la reperiantur_fw-la the_o apostle_n indeed_o command_v nothing_o in_o this_o matter_n but_o that_o custom_n be_v to_o be_v believe_v to_o have_v take_v its_o beginning_n from_o their_o tradition_n as_o there_o be_v many_o thing_n which_o the_o universal_a church_n observe_v and_o for_o this_o cause_n be_v right_o believe_v to_o have_v be_v command_v by_o the_o apostle_n although_o they_o be_v not_o find_v write_v here_o you_o see_v command_v by_o they_o and_o not_o command_v by_o they_o in_o several_a sense_n therefore_o his_o otherwhere_o non_fw-la evidenter_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la be_v by_o himself_o reconcile_v here_o to_o himself_o in_o the_o many_o other_o testimony_n above_o produce_v upon_o these_o ground_n therefore_o 5._o therefore_o epist._n ad_fw-la januarium_fw-la 118._o cap._n 5._o s._n augustine_n elsewhere_o pronounce_v that_o to_o dispute_v against_o that_o which_o the_o universal_a church_n observe_v insolentissimae_fw-la est_fw-la insaniae_fw-la s._n basil_n perfect_o agree_v hereto_o l._n de_fw-fr sp._n sancto_n c._n 29._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o this_o also_o be_v apostolical_a hold_v fast_o the_o tradition_n which_o you_o have_v receive_v whether_o by_o word_n or_o by_o epistle_n 2_o thess._n 2._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 15._o upon_o this_o text_n s._n chry._n sostome_n also_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o especial_o this_o present_n be_v one_o which_o they_o who_o from_o the_o beginning_n do_v constitute_v or_o appoint_v it_o deliver_v to_o those_o that_o follow_v after_o the_o usage_n proceed_v on_o ever_o together_o with_o time_n and_o root_v firm_o by_o long_a custom_n in_o the_o church_n cap._n 27._o he_o tell_v we_o of_o certain_a thing_n receive_v in_o the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o a_o tacit_n and_o mystical_a tradition_n and_o give_v instance_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o baptism_n the_o explicit_a renounce_v or_o profession_n to_o forsake_v the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n or_o minister_n and_o so_o his_o work_n in_o express_a word_n at_o the_o place_n of_o baptism_n from_o what_o scripture_n be_v it_o add_v to_o these_o leo_n the_o great_a of_o near_a time_n to_o s._n augustine_n serm._n 2._o de_fw-fr jejunio_fw-la pen_v dubitandum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la dilectissimi_fw-la omnem_fw-la obseruantiam_fw-la christianam_fw-la eruditionis_fw-la esse_fw-la divinae_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la in_o consuetudine_fw-la est_fw-la devotionis_fw-la receptum_fw-la de_fw-fr traditione_n apostolicâ_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr sancti_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la prodire_fw-la doctrinâ_fw-la manifestissimè_fw-la paâ—…et_fw-la inter_fw-la caeâ—…era_fw-la dei_fw-la munera_fw-la jejuniorum_fw-la quoque_fw-la gratiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v o_o most_o belove_a but_o that_o each_o observance_n of_o christian_a people_n viz._n of_o the_o generality_n of_o christian_n have_v be_v teach_v from_o god_n and_o what_o ever_o have_v be_v so_o receive_v by_o the_o church_n into_o the_o practice_n of_o her_o devotion_n do_v derive_v itself_o from_o tradition_n apostolical_a and_o from_o the_o teach_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n it_o be_v most_o manifest_o evident_a among_o other_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n the_o gift_n also_o of_o the_o fast_n etc._n etc._n again_o in_o his_o epistle_n ad_fw-la dioscorum_n alexandrinum_fw-la his_o qui_fw-la consecrandi_fw-la sunt_fw-la jejuniis_fw-la &_o jejunantibus_fw-la sacra_fw-la benedictio_fw-la conferantur_fw-la nam_fw-la praeter_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la quam_fw-la exit_fw-la apostolica_fw-la novimus_fw-la venire_fw-la doctrina_fw-la etiam_fw-la sacra_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v the_o holy_a blessing_n be_v give_v to_o those_o which_o be_v consecrate_v fast_v for_o beside_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o churches_n custom_n which_o we_o know_v do_v come_v from_o apostolical_a teach_n the_o holy_a doctrine_n also_o etc._n etc._n fulgentius_n ferrandus_fw-la diaconus_fw-la of_o the_o next_o age_n in_o paraenetico_n ad_fw-la reginam_fw-la regulâ_fw-la quintâ_fw-la et_fw-la omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la legibus_fw-la vivat_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maximè_fw-la his_fw-la quas_fw-la antiquitas_fw-la roboravit_fw-la unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la sine_fw-la lege_fw-la quam_fw-la tamen_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la traditio_fw-la custodiendam_fw-la jugiter_fw-la posteris_fw-la tradidit_fw-la eâdem_fw-la reverentiâ_fw-la videtur_fw-la custodienda_fw-la &_o nullatenùs_fw-la amovenâ—…a_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la â—…idei_fw-la verae_fw-la contraria_fw-la and_o let_v every_o one_o who_o glori_v that_o he_o belong_v unto_o the_o church_n live_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n especial_o those_o which_o antiquity_n have_v confirm_v whence_o also_o custom_n without_o a_o law_n w_z ch_z yet_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o holy_a church_n universal_a have_v deliver_v to_o be_v observe_v by_o posterity_n for_o ever_o seem_v that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v observe_v with_o the_o same_o reverence_n and_o at_o no_o hand_n to_o be_v lay_v aside_o when_o it_o be_v not_o contrary_a to_o the_o true_a faith_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o add_v numerous_a testimony_n from_o s._n jerome_n epiphanius_n tertullian_n chrysostome_n and_o other_o but_o these_o be_v sufficient_a only_o be_v it_o here_o well_o note_v that_o neither_o s._n augustine_n s._n basil_n leo_n ferrandus_fw-la or_o other_o here_o do_v speak_v of_o matter_n of_o faith_n or_o of_o essential_a duty_n moral_a or_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o sacrament_n all_o which_o we_o be_v teach_v indeed_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o these_o same_o father_n to_o be_v contain_v express_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o so_o their_o testimony_n in_o that_o behalf_n be_v reconcileable_a with_o these_o but_o of_o ritual_a observance_n which_o be_v visible_a and_o as_o it_o be_v legible_a in_o the_o universal_a church_n constant_a practice_n need_v not_o to_o be_v set_v down_o in_o her_o write_a rule_n or_o those_o which_o be_v therein_o set_v down_o not_o necessary_o so_o evident_o but_o that_o they_o may_v need_v the_o interpretation_n of_o such_o the_o church_n practice_n the_o hypothesis_n here_o to_o be_v subsume_v that_o the_o paschal_n fast_o of_o lent_n be_v ever_o observe_v in_o the_o church_n universal_a i_o may_v here_o well_o assume_v to_o myself_o to_o have_v sufficient_o prove_v in_o the_o testimony_n already_o vouch_v throughout_o this_o whole_a discourse_n to_o all_o which_o it_o be_v yet_o much_o more_o easy_a to_o add_v numberless_a proof_n of_o that_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o practise_v ecclesiastical_a hierome_n ecclesiastical_a such_o as_o be_v these_o socrates_n l._n â—…_n c._n 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o the_o rest_n he_o particular_o recount_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sozomen_fw-fr l._n 7._o c._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d palladius_n historiâ_fw-la lausiacâ_fw-la cap._n 20._o concern_v macarius_n the_o contemporary_a â—…f_n pachomius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cassianus_n collat._n 21._o c._n 27._o ait_fw-fr diverso_fw-la more_fw-mi i_o e._n sex_n vel_fw-la septem_fw-la hebdomadibus_fw-la per_fw-la nonnullas_fw-la provincias_fw-la quadragefimam_fw-la celebrari_fw-la sed_fw-la unam_fw-la rationem_fw-la eundemque_fw-la modum_fw-la jeiuniorum_fw-la diversâ_fw-la hebdomadarum_fw-la observatione_fw-la concludi_fw-la by_o enim_fw-la inquit_fw-la sibi_fw-la 6._o hebdomadarum_fw-la obseruantiam_fw-la prasixerunt_fw-la qui_fw-la putant_fw-la die_fw-la quoque_fw-la sabbati_fw-la jejunandum_fw-la sex_n ergò_fw-la in_o hebdemada_n jejunia_fw-la persolvunt_fw-la quae_fw-la eosdem_fw-la 6_o &_o 30_o dies_fw-la sexies_fw-la revoluta_fw-la consummant_fw-la his_o tripartite_a history_n also_o l._n 2._o c._n 12._o epistola_fw-la synodica_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la pascha_fw-la custodientibus_fw-la but_o jejunium_fw-la domini_fw-la pascha_fw-la includit_fw-la say_v s._n hierome_n then_o to_o have_v allege_v such_o witness_n as_o have_v be_v do_v already_o throughout_o 7._o age_n which_o together_o with_o the_o practice_n universal_a have_v testify_v in_o the_o question_n of_o right_n as_o well_o as_o fact_n that_o this_o observance_n of_o the_o paschal_n fast_o have_v its_o institution_n from_o the_o apostle_n from_o christ_n from_o god_n and_o the_o gospel_n that_o it_o stand_v by_o tradition_n apostolical_a and_o evangelical_n if_o many_o among_o they_o have_v aver_v not_o only_o a_o institution_n and_o tradition_n apostolical_a and_o evangelical_n but_o also_o a_o precept_n from_o the_o apostle_n etc._n etc._n they_o have_v do_v that_o ex_fw-la abundante_fw-la by_o a_o overflow_a measure_n to_o what_o be_v the_o proposition_n by_o i_o undertake_v to_o be_v prove_v viz._n pag._n 24._o that_o the_o church_n have_v ever_o observe_v this_o paschal_n fast_o since_o the_o time_n of_o the_o take_v away_o of_o the_o lord_n the_o bridegroom_n and_o since_o the_o time_n of_o the_o child_n of_o the_o bride-chamber_n the_o apostle_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o 2_o dly_a the_o church_n have_v do_v this_o have_v observe_v this_o paschal_n fast_o as_o from_o the_o apostle_n ground_v their_o practice_n upon_o instruction_n evangelical_n tradition_n apostolical_a now_o how_o it_o be_v
consider_v we_o next_o as_o touch_v the_o main_a error_n itself_o of_o the_o novatian_o wherein_o as_o he_o do_v pronounce_v of_o novatus_n himself_o that_o he_o die_v a_o martyr_n l._n 4._o c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d novatus_n be_v socrates_n martyr_n and_o the_o miracle_n wrought_v by_o his_o follower_n as_o he_o say_v he_o be_v diligent_a in_o but_o s._n chrysostome_n even_o after_o his_o death_n he_o thus_o proceed_v to_o censure_v because_o he_o defend_v that_o repentance_n be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v to_o those_o that_o fall_v after_o baptism_n more_o than_o once_o allege_v against_o he_o a_o ancient_a more_o severe_a discipline_n of_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n as_o if_o the_o follow_a bishop_n have_v not_o power_n in_o their_o time_n see_v cause_n to_o relax_v such_o severity_n of_o discipline_n his_o word_n of_o chrysostome_n be_v l._n 6._o c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v matter_n of_o admiration_n to_o i_o how_o he_o john_n as_o above_o he_o call_v he_o show_v so_o great_a a_o zeal_n of_o temperance_n shall_v in_o his_o discourse_n teach_v man_n to_o despise_v temperance_n â—…or_a repentance_n be_v grant_v by_o a_o synod_n of_o bishop_n to_o such_o as_o have_v fall_v once_o after_o baptism_n he_o be_v bold_a to_o say_v if_o thou_o have_v repent_v a_o thousand_o time_n enter_v hither_o sure_o not_o far_o off_o from_o his_o lord_n merciful_a sense_n luk._n 17_o 3_o 4_o 5._o take_v heed_n to_o yourselves_o if_o thy_o brother_n trespass_n against_o thou_o rebuke_v he_o and_o if_o he_o repent_v forgive_v he_o and_o if_o he_o trespass_n against_o thou_o seven_o time_n in_o a_o day_n and_o seven_o time_n in_o a_o day_n turn_v again_o to_o thou_o say_v i_o repent_v thou_o shall_v forgive_v he_o and_o the_o apostle_n say_v unto_o the_o lord_n increase_v our_o faith_n they_o say_v not_o our_o charity_n only_o but_o our_o faith_n compare_v this_o also_o with_o mat._n 18._o 15_o 18._o surely_n this_o be_v no_o argument_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o bitterness_n of_o chrysostome_n whereof_o socrates_n have_v accuse_v he_o but_o be_v socrates_n more_o favourable_a to_o the_o more_o ancient_a bishop_n who_o oppose_v novatus_n that_o you_o may_v read_v in_o his_o 4_o the_o book_n c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o have_v relate_v novatus_n his_o letter_n he_o than_o speak_v of_o cornelius_n his_o contrary_a letter_n who_o be_v a_o holy_a bishop_n and_o martyr_n of_o rome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o say_v he_o confirm_v their_o opininion_n from_o the_o holy_a scripture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o as_o many_o as_o be_v lover_n of_o â—…in_n lay_v hold_v of_o that_o concession_n which_o be_v grant_v viz._n by_o cornelius_n the_o holy_a and_o true_a bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o so_o for_o time_n to_o come_v use_v that_o concession_n for_o all_o manner_n of_o sin_n but_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o phrygian_n appear_v to_o be_v more_o sober_a than_o other_o nation_n for_o they_o indeed_o seldom_o swear_v with_o they_o there_o be_v no_o run_v after_o horse-race_n nor_o theatre_n wherefore_o it_o be_v as_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o these_o and_o those_o which_o be_v so_o affect_v incline_v rather_o to_o the_o thing_n then_o write_v by_o novatus_n for_o fornication_n be_v count_v with_o they_o as_o a_o detestable_a abomination_n for_o why_o you_o may_v find_v the_o phrygian_n and_o paphlagonian_o live_v more_o sober_o than_o any_o other_o sect_n whatsoever_o and_o there_o be_v the_o same_o reason_n i_o suppose_v of_o they_o also_o who_o live_v about_o the_o western_a part_n and_o hearken_v unto_o or_o obey_v novatus_n whoever_o have_v read_v in_o story_n the_o sound_n and_o catholic_n faith_n and_o holy_a life_n and_o martyrdom_n of_o cornelius_n s._n cyprian_n dear_a friend_n and_o have_v read_v in_o s._n cyprian_n the_o lewd_a and_o wicked_a life_n of_o novatus_n and_o his_o factious_a schism_n and_o heretical_a teach_n let_v he_o judge_v of_o these_o word_n of_o socrates_n which_o he_o will_v leave_v behind_o he_o in_o his_o history_n to_o the_o world_n last_o when_o s._n chrysostome_n be_v drive_v in_o banishment_n he_o say_v thus_o other_o have_v say_v that_o john_n suffer_v in_o his_o deposition_n just_o because_o he_o have_v take_v away_o many_o church_n from_o the_o novatian_o &_o the_o quartadecimani_fw-la and_o certain_a other_o but_o whether_o that_o abdication_n of_o john_n be_v just_a according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o those_o that_o have_v be_v grieve_v by_o he_o god_n who_o know_v the_o secret_n and_o the_o truth_n itself_o in_o that_o matter_n be_v a_o just_a judge_n these_o thing_n have_v i_o let_v you_o hear_v socrates_n speak_v from_o himself_o not_o to_o withdraw_v any_o due_a regard_n to_o his_o labour_n and_o history_n except_o only_o where_o in_o thing_n regard_v some_o part_n or_o other_o of_o the_o novatian_o singularity_n and_o his_o thence_o detract_n from_o the_o holy_a catholic_n bishop_n such_z as_o cornelius_z the_o martyr_n and_o s._n chrysostome_n and_o from_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o church_n holy_a fast_n and_o feast_n wherein_o i_o deem_v that_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v hear_v against_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o catholic_n doctor_n and_o father_n of_o all_o age_n without_o great_a injustice_n to_o the_o church_n i_o conclude_v this_o chapter_n with_o this_o double_a item_n 1._o that_o allow_v all_o that_o which_o our_o brethren_n the_o presbyterian_o bring_v out_o of_o socrates_n for_o themselves_o it_o have_v be_v show_v above_o that_o it_o profit_v not_o their_o cause_n at_o all_o nor_o hurt_n we_o 2._o that_o all_o other_o loose_a say_n of_o socrates_n remove_v from_o the_o apostle_n all_o care_n of_o any_o such_o thing_n as_o the_o feast_n of_o easter_n or_o the_o fast_o precede_v or_o other_o holy_a day_n be_v but_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o novatian_a infection_n a_o pursuance_n of_o that_o canon_n of_o indifferency_n socrat._v l_o 5._o c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o his_o friend_n the_o novatian_o assemble_v in_o council_n have_v decree_v at_o angar_fw-la in_o bythinia_n chap._n 8._o a_o answer_n to_o the_o other_o objection_n of_o the_o presbyterian_o and_o to_o their_o pretence_n from_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n the_o 5_o proposal_n of_o our_o brethren_n the_o presbyterian_o as_o they_o have_v publish_v it_o now_o themselves_o in_o their_o grand_a debate_n page_n 44._o be_v this_o that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o liturgy_n which_o so_o much_o as_o seem_v to_o countenance_v the_o observation_n of_o lent_n as_o a_o religious_a fast._n this_o by_o they_o propund_v and_o desire_v of_o the_o king_n and_o bishop_n and_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v that_o nothing_o may_v be_v leave_v even_o of_o that_o which_o be_v extant_a in_o our_o public_a liturgy_n wherein_o be_v no_o one_o word_n of_o the_o choice_n of_o meat_n but_o only_o 1._o of_o prayer_n and_o service_n to_o almighty_a god_n at_o that_o 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