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observe_v no_o measure_n bring_v to_o the_o tribunal_n of_o constantine_n 162._o august_n ep._n 162._o be_v most_o unjust_a as_o be_v frank_o acknowledge_v by_o that_o emperor_n who_o say_v that_o if_o he_o at_o length_n take_v cognizance_n of_o that_o cause_n to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o these_o heretic_n and_o arrest_v the_o course_n of_o their_o fury_n he_o humble_o beg_v pardon_v of_o the_o bishop_n who_o authority_n in_o what_o concern_v the_o spiritual_a he_o shall_v invade_v whereupon_o st._n austin_n answer_v the_o complaint_n that_o the_o donatist_n of_o his_o time_n always_o make_v of_o pope_n melchiade_n ibid._n quae_fw-la vox_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la malorum_fw-la litigatorum_fw-la cum_fw-la fuerint_fw-la etiam_fw-la manifestissimâ_fw-la veritate_fw-la superati_fw-la ibid._n as_o their_o ancestor_n have_v do_v jeer_v they_o pleasant_o say_v that_o they_o act_v like_o bad_a lawyer_n who_o have_v lose_v their_o cause_n blame_v their_o judge_n and_o complain_v to_o all_o 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convertantur_fw-la unico_fw-la &_o legitimo_fw-la baptismate_fw-la baptizentur_fw-la cypr._n epist_n ad_fw-la jubaian_a if_o you_o take_v they_o literal_o that_o of_o saint_n cyprian_n will_v have_v all_o heretic_n to_o be_v rebaptise_v from_o what_o heresy_n soever_o they_o return_v and_o all_o that_o be_v out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o lay_v hand_n upon_o they_o but_o the_o pope_n by_o he_o 14._o eo_fw-la quod_fw-la parum_fw-la sit_fw-la eye_n manum_fw-la imponere_fw-la stephanus_n baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o nullo_n iterandum_fw-la esse_fw-la censebat_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la facientibus_fw-la graviter_fw-la succensebat_fw-la august_n l._n the_o unic_n baptis_n c._n 14._o declare_v that_o it_o be_v sufficient_a and_o forbid_v any_o heretic_n to_o be_v re-baptised_n this_o st._n austin_n confirm_v when_o he_o express_o assure_v we_o that_o stephen_n will_v have_v no_o heretic_n to_o be_v rebaptise_v and_o that_o he_o be_v extreme_o offend_v 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nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la manus_fw-la ei_fw-la imponatur_fw-la in_o poenitentiam_fw-la it_o will_v seem_v at_o first_o sight_n that_o as_o st._n cyprian_n be_v for_o have_v all_o general_o who_o have_v be_v baptise_a by_o heretic_n to_o be_v rebaptise_v so_o that_o holy_a pope_n on_o the_o contrary_a forbid_v the_o rebaptising_a of_o any_o who_o have_v be_v baptise_a by_o heretic_n and_o that_o be_v also_o the_o error_n that_o some_o have_v attribute_v unto_o he_o upon_o these_o word_n si_fw-la quis_fw-la à _fw-la quacunque_fw-la haeresi_fw-la which_o they_o have_v take_v according_a to_o the_o strictness_n of_o the_o letter_n but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v ingenuous_o that_o as_o tradition_n have_v always_o reject_v the_o monstrous_a baptism_n of_o some_o heretic_n which_o may_v be_v see_v in_o epiphanius_n who_o baptise_a in_o a_o quite_o different_a manner_n from_o what_o jesus_n christ_n prescribe_v when_o he_o command_v his_o apostle_n to_o baptise_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o that_o holy_a pope_n who_o with_o st._n cyprian_n reject_v all_o these_o false_a baptism_n will_v only_o that_o the_o baptism_n administer_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n by_o any_o heretic_n whatsoever_o shall_v not_o be_v reiterated_a and_o certain_o without_o necessity_n of_o allege_v any_o other_o proof_n that_o in_o my_o opinion_n appear_v evident_o by_o that_o testimony_n of_o st._n augustine_n which_o i_o have_v just_a now_o cite_v stephanus_n baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o nullo_n iterandum_fw-la esse_fw-la censebat_fw-la pope_n stephen_n think_v that_o the_o baptism_n of_o jesus_n christ_n be_v to_o be_v reiterated_a in_o no_o heretic_n the_o question_n be_v only_o then_o about_o the_o baptism_n of_o jesus_n christ_n which_o ordain_v baptism_n to_o be_v administer_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o roman_n will_v have_v that_o to_o stand_v good_a by_o what_o heretic_n soever_o it_o have_v be_v confer_v and_o the_o african_n maintain_v that_o it_o be_v null_n if_o it_o be_v confer_v by_o heretic_n out_o of_o the_o church_n or_o by_o schismatic_n and_o this_o be_v the_o precise_a state_n of_o that_o great_a controversy_n betwixt_o the_o pope_n saint_n stephen_n and_o st._n cyprian_n though_o the_o decree_n of_o that_o pope_n be_v not_o altogether_o so_o clear_o word_v as_o that_o of_o st._n cyprian_n donat._n aug._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr bapt._n contra_fw-la donat._n now_o this_o decree_n which_o the_o pope_n ground_v whole_o upon_o the_o ancient_a custom_n of_o the_o church_n al._n cypr._n ep._n 74._o &_o al._n and_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n have_v be_v bring_v into_o africa_n st._n cyprian_n and_o all_o those_o of_o his_o party_n which_o be_v very_o considerable_a oppose_v it_o with_o all_o their_o might_n for_o beside_o the_o african_a bishop_n assemble_v in_o three_o council_n after_o that_o of_o agrippinus_n 6._o firmil_n epist_n ap_fw-mi cypr._n epist_n 75._o diony_n alexand._n apud_fw-la euseb_n l._n 7._o hist_o c._n 4._o &_o 6._o firmilian_a bishop_n of_o cesanea_n in_o cappadocia_n and_o most_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n adhere_v unto_o he_o and_o have_v as_o well_o as_o those_o of_o africa_n decide_v against_o the_o baptism_n of_o heretic_n in_o the_o council_n of_o iconium_n and_o synnada_n and_o of_o many_o other_o city_n of_o asia_n where_o the_o bishop_n of_o cappadocia_n cilicia_n galatia_n phrygia_n and_o other_o province_n assemble_v for_o examine_v that_o question_n which_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o so_o great_a a_o difference_n denis_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n a_o man_n of_o extraordinary_a merit_n singular_a learning_n and_o great_a authority_n ibid._n ibid._n make_v it_o also_o evident_a enough_o by_o his_o write_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o offer_v to_o condemn_v that_o doctrine_n which_o his_o bishop_n of_o africa_n and_o of_o asia_n maintain_v to_o be_v exact_o conform_v to_o holy_a scripture_n affirm_v that_o as_o there_o be_v but_o one_o faith_n 76._o cypr._n epist_n 70_o 71_o 72_o 73_o 74_o 75_o &_o 76._o one_o church_n and_o one_o baptism_n this_o can_v be_v administer_v out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o as_o heretic_n can_v neither_o absolve_v from_o sin_n nor_o give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n by_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n so_o neither_o can_v they_o baptise_v and_o as_o to_o the_o custom_n that_o be_v object_v to_o they_o they_o absolute_o deny_v it_o to_o have_v be_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n nor_o a_o tradition_n derive_v from_o the_o apostle_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a say_v that_o they_o be_v apostolical_a and_o that_o their_o practice_n be_v the_o more_o ancient_a have_v be_v observe_v time_n out_o of_o mind_n in_o the_o church_n notwithstanding_o all_o these_o reason_n the_o pope_n continue_v steadfast_a in_o the_o resolution_n he_o have_v take_v of_o 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and_o convince_o that_o for_o that_o very_a reason_n they_o ought_v to_o condemn_v they_o because_o that_o vigorous_a resistance_n be_v a_o evident_a sign_n that_o the_o roman_n and_o other_o occidental_n yield_v not_o till_o at_o length_n they_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n which_o they_o have_v not_o know_v before_o and_o clear_o see_v that_o they_o have_v be_v mistake_v in_o approve_v and_o maintain_v write_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v condemn_v and_o he_o add_v that_o it_o be_v a_o very_a laudable_a change_n to_o turn_v from_o error_n to_o truth_n he_o moreover_o confirm_v that_o argument_n by_o the_o example_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n st._n paul_n sumpsit_fw-la quia_fw-la diu_fw-la veritati_fw-la restitit_fw-la unde_fw-la ad_fw-la confirmanda_fw-la corda_fw-la credentium_fw-la in_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la praedicatione_n veritatis_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la sumpsit_fw-la say_v he_o long_o resist_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o be_v the_o most_o zealous_a asserter_n of_o judaisme_n against_o the_o christian_n who_o he_o persecute_v by_o that_o he_o prove_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o embrace_v christianity_n because_o after_o so_o great_a resistance_n he_o will_v not_o have_v yield_v to_o jesus_n christ_n if_o he_o have_v not_o clear_o know_v the_o truth_n and_o that_o he_o have_v be_v in_o a_o error_n before_o st._n peter_n continues_z he_o etc._n diu_n quidem_fw-la restitit_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la gentes_fw-la sine_fw-la circumcisione_n etc._n etc._n diu_fw-la se_fw-la à _fw-la conversaram_fw-la gentium_fw-la communione_fw-la subtraxit_fw-la etc._n etc._n ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la paulo_n pestmodum_fw-la ratione_fw-la suscepta_fw-la cum_fw-la vidisset_fw-la quosdam_fw-la etc._n etc._n dixit_fw-la cur_n tentatis_fw-la deum_fw-la imponentes_fw-la jugum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hold_v long_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o legal_a observation_n compel_v the_o gentile_n to_o judaize_v he_o yield_v afterward_o to_o reason_n and_o truth_n by_o the_o reproof_n that_o st._n paul_n give_v he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o walk_v not_o upright_o according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n after_o that_o change_v his_o conduct_n he_o powerful_o withstand_v those_o who_o in_o the_o council_n of_o jerusalem_n will_v have_v subject_v christian_n to_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o ancient_n law_n will_v they_o have_v have_v reason_n then_o to_o have_v say_v to_o he_o praedicasti_fw-la haec_fw-la quae_fw-la dicis_fw-la audire_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la quia_fw-la aliud_fw-la ante_fw-la praedicasti_fw-la when_o they_o see_v he_o teach_v the_o quite_o contrary_a to_o what_o he_o have_v preach_v before_o we_o will_v not_o hear_v what_o you_o tell_v we_o at_o present_a because_o you_o former_o preach_v to_o we_o quite_o another_o thing_n not_o at_o all_o because_o these_o two_o apostle_n have_v long_o resist_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n each_o in_o his_o way_n and_o at_o length_n 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may_v be_v clear_o see_v in_o a_o hundred_o passage_n of_o the_o book_n of_o st._n austin_n which_o he_o write_v concern_v baptism_n against_o the_o donatist_n i_o know_v that_o st._n jerome_n say_v in_o the_o dialogue_n against_o the_o luciferian_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o africa_n return_v to_o the_o ancient_a custom_n say_v what_o do_v we_o do_v and_o that_o abandon_v st._n cyprian_n they_o make_v a_o new_a decree_n conform_v to_o that_o of_o saint_n stephen_n but_o all_o the_o learned_a agree_v that_o that_o holy_a doctor_n who_o write_v that_o dialogue_n before_o the_o most_o part_n of_o his_o other_o work_n have_v take_v that_o out_o of_o some_o apocryphal_a write_n such_o as_o that_o which_o bear_v for_o title_n the_o repentance_n of_o st._n cyprian_n and_o be_v declare_v false_a and_o supposititious_a in_o a_o synod_n hold_v at_o rome_n threescore_o and_o fourteen_o year_n before_o the_o death_n of_o st._n jerome_n for_o to_o be_v short_a the_o quite_o contrary_a be_v to_o 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haereticis_fw-la rebaptizandis_a ad_fw-la diversos_fw-la plurimas_fw-la mifit_n epistolas_fw-la quae_fw-la usque_fw-la hodie_fw-la extant_a hieron_n de_fw-fr script_n ecclesias_fw-la in_o diony_n and_o st._n jerome_n himself_o in_o his_o treatise_n of_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n which_o he_o make_v long_o after_o his_o dialogue_n against_o the_o luciferian_o assure_v we_o that_o that_o great_a man_n declare_v open_o for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o saint_n cyprian_n and_o african_a bishop_n and_o that_o he_o thereupon_o write_v many_o letter_n which_o be_v still_o extant_a in_o his_o time_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o the_o successor_n of_o sixtus_n entertain_v peace_n with_o the_o african_a and_o asiatic_a bishop_n every_o one_o free_o follow_v their_o custom_n and_o opinion_n as_o to_o that_o point_n without_o be_v blame_v for_o it_o until_o that_o a_o general_n council_n have_v pronounce_v supreme_o in_o the_o matter_n this_o we_o learn_v from_o st._n austin_n in_o his_o book_n of_o 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and_o for_o all_o who_o have_v succeed_v they_o to_o doubt_v of_o that_o point_n which_o be_v then_o in_o controversy_n and_o to_o dispute_v about_o it_o as_o indeed_o there_o be_v many_o conference_n great_a dispute_n and_o debate_n on_o church_n decide_v that_o difference_n and_o all_o submit_v to_o that_o sovereign_a authority_n 4.89_o cui_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la cederet_fw-la si_fw-la jam_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la quaestionis_fw-la huius_fw-la veritas_fw-la eliquata_fw-la &_o declarata_fw-la per_fw-la plenarium_fw-la concilium_fw-la solidaretur_fw-la ibid._n c._n 4.89_o as_o st._n cyprian_a will_v have_v do_v without_o doubt_n say_v st._n austin_n if_o the_o whole_a church_n in_o a_o full_a and_o general_a council_n have_v in_o his_o time_n pronounce_v concern_v that_o point_n and_o because_o the_o donatist_n will_v not_o submit_v to_o the_o decree_n of_o that_o council_n in_o that_o they_o add_v heresy_n to_o their_o schism_n now_o before_o we_o come_v to_o show_v what_o that_o 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