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A26149
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An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation lately printed at Oxford.
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Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732.
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1687
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Wing A4146; ESTC R4960
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church_n of_o rome_n for_o the_o catholic_a church_n and_o be_v too_o trite_a a_o subject_n to_o be_v here_o insist_v on_o but_o truth_n and_o holiness_n error_n and_o vice_n have_v a_o necessary_a connexion_n 59_o §._o 59_o what_o then_o luther_n we_o have_v prove_v a_o holy_a man_n and_o therefore_o this_o do_v not_o touch_v we_o in_o the_o sense_n he_o will_v have_v it_o yet_o truth_n and_o holiness_n error_n and_o vice_n be_v not_o it_o seem_v so_o necessary_o link_v together_o but_o that_o a_o teacher_n of_o something_o false_a may_v bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o a_o good_a life_n and_o contrary_a the_o teacher_n of_o truth_n the_o fruit_n of_o a_o bad_a for_o these_o be_v his_o word_n in_o this_o very_a paragraph_n so_o that_o necessary_a and_o contingent_a be_v the_o same_o in_o this_o man_n logic._n again_o he_o prove_v that_o where_o more_o corrupt_a doctrine_n be_v 60._o §._o 60._o believe_v and_o teach_v there_o for_o the_o general_n be_v more_o corrupt_a life_n agree_v but_o be_v luther_n doctrine_n of_o such_o a_o stamp_n indeed_o in_o his_o gross_a way_n of_o deliver_v they_o they_o may_v have_v such_o a_o appearance_n the_o 4_o main_a head_n be_v he_o say_v 1._o the_o 61._o §._o 61._o nullity_n and_o antichristianism_n of_o the_o former_a clergy_n and_o the_o non-obligation_n of_o their_o law_n but_o i_o have_v make_v out_o from_o the_o smalcald_a article_n that_o luther_n hold_v no_o nullity_n in_o this_o case_n &_o though_o in_o point_n fundamental_a he_o allow_v not_o the_o authority_n of_o council_n as_o depend_v mere_o on_o revelation_n for_o they_o yet_o in_o thing_n indifferent_a i_o have_v show_v that_o he_o be_v as_o willing_a to_o be_v conclude_v by_o their_o sanction_n as_o any_o man_n 2._o the_o inutility_n of_o work_n penance_n mortification_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v all_o a_o slander_n he_o decry_v not_o the_o use_n but_o the_o merit_n of_o they_o 3._o the_o servitude_n of_o man_n will_n and_o inability_n to_o do_v good_a even_o 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not_o so_o bad_a as_o they_o be_v represent_v since_o those_o three_o point_n when_o true_o state_v have_v a_o quite_o different_a air_n we_o see_v from_o what_o he_o have_v bestow_v upon_o '_o they_o the_o parragraph_n refer_v to_o i_o be_o sure_a prove_v no_o such_o thing_n 7._o §_o 7._o there_o be_v two_o or_o three_o expression_n from_o erasmus_n calvin_n and_o musculus_fw-la which_o represent_v some_o of_o the_o reform_a as_o worse_a than_o while_o they_o be_v papist_n and_o will_v he_o take_v the_o advantage_n of_o this_o so_o far_o as_o to_o say_v that_o the_o reformation_n do_v of_o itself_o make_v man_n worse_o if_o he_o will_v it_o be_v plain_a he_o be_v resolve_v to_o make_v all_o the_o spiteful_a inference_n he_o can_v without_o trouble_v himself_o whether_o they_o be_v just_a or_o no._n he_o proceed_v to_o reflect_v on_o the_o many_o sect_n that_o spring_v 62._o §_o 62._o up_o after_o the_o reformation_n but_o a_o late_a apologetical_a vindicator_n of_o the_o church_n of_o 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imbecillus_fw-la prandit_fw-la tamen_fw-la cum_fw-la reliquis_fw-la atque_fw-la coenavit_fw-la inter_fw-la coenandum_fw-la variis_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la locutus_fw-la hoc_fw-la etiam_fw-la inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la rogavit_fw-la num_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la sempiterna_fw-la vita_fw-la simus_fw-la alter_fw-la alterum_fw-la recognituri_fw-la cumque_fw-la illi_fw-la ex_fw-la ipso_fw-la averent_fw-la scire_fw-la quid_fw-la inquit_fw-la accidit_fw-la adamo_n etc._n etc._n a_o coena_fw-la quum_fw-la divertisset_fw-la precandi_fw-la causa_fw-la sicuti_fw-la consuevit_fw-la coepit_fw-la augeri_fw-la dolour_n pectoris_fw-la ibi_fw-la monitu_fw-la quorundam_fw-la usus_fw-la est_fw-la cornu_fw-la monocerotis_fw-la ex_fw-la vino_fw-la post_fw-la in_fw-la minori_fw-la lectulo_fw-la hypocausti_fw-la per_fw-la unam_fw-la &_o alteram_fw-la horam_fw-la suaviter_fw-la dormit_fw-la cum_fw-la evigilasset_fw-la in_fw-la cubiculum_fw-la ingreditur_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la quietem_fw-la iterum_fw-la se_fw-la 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zelo_fw-la moveri_fw-la planâ—…que_fw-la nihil_fw-la spectare_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la eccleâ—…_n refoâ—…matioonem_fw-la surius_n comment_fw-fr ad_fw-la ann._n 1517._o but_o the_o pope_n have_v now_o declare_v his_o judgement_n by_o a_o fresh_a bull_n and_o own_a the_o cause_n so_o he_o be_v force_a to_o deâ—…line_v his_o censure_n and_o appeal_v to_o a_o council_n thus_o be_v the_o early_a action_n of_o luther_n in_o no_o wise_a chargeable_a with_o contumacy_n and_o i_o believe_v that_o part_n of_o the_o first_o volume_n of_o his_o work_n which_o contain_v whatever_o he_o write_v in_o his_o two_o lead_a year_n will_n though_o sift_v by_o a_o enemy_n hardly_o afford_v throughout_o one_o single_a indecency_n i_o may_v here_o again_o very_o just_o drop_v this_o answer_n for_o since_o the_o drift_n of_o his_o book_n be_v already_o evacuate_v what_o 2._o consid._n p._n 2._o need_v i_o pursue_v he_o through_o all_o its_o particular_n he_o advise_v i_o to_o put_v myself_o in_o the_o 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