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relat._n of_o the_o religion_n in_o the_o west_n sect_n 48._o to_o this_o point_n be_v that_o learned_a gentleman_n who_o propose_v his_o project_n of_o union_n by_o the_o distribution_n of_o unity_n whether_o poor_a christendom_n may_v hope_v for_o unity_n of_o verity_n or_o unity_n of_o charity_n or_o unity_n of_o persuasion_n or_o unity_n of_o authority_n or_o unity_n of_o necessity_n yet_o nunquam_fw-la magis_fw-la dubit_fw-la at_o be_o de_fw-fr finibus_fw-la quà m_fw-la quum_fw-la legebam_fw-la ciceronem_fw-la de_fw-la sinibus_fw-la his_o discourse_n have_v confirm_v i_o more_o that_o reconciliation_n be_v impossible_a for_o he_o himself_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n to_o be_v wish_v not_o to_o be_v effect_v to_o which_o i_o add_v that_o sentence_n of_o our_o divine_a seneca_n soon_o may_v god_n create_v a_o new_a rome_n than_o reform_v 22._o dr._n hall_n no_o peace_n with_o rome_n sect_n 22._o the_o old_a grant_v that_o which_o all_o the_o world_n be_v never_o able_a to_o prove_v suppose_v the_o pope_n be_v not_o antichrist_n notwithstanding_o we_o must_v suppose_v reconciliation_n unto_o popery_n to_o be_v impossible_a first_o these_o reconciler_n have_v be_v always_o fruitless_a in_o their_o endeavour_n and_o sometime_o fatal_a unto_o christendom_n as_o the_o learned_a insist_v in_o the_o 3._o trent_n hist_o lib._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o zeno_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o heraclius_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o constance_n and_o the_o interim_n of_o charles_n the_o five_o all_o which_o do_v not_o reunite_v but_o rend_v the_o division_n wide_o and_o what_o effect_v produce_v the_o laborious_a treatise_n of_o that_o learned_a papist_n set_v on_o work_n by_o two_o several_a emperor_n ferdinand_n and_o maximilian_n to_o compose_v the_o quarrel_n of_o the_o church_n only_o of_o cassander_n he_o become_v cassandra_n although_o he_o speak_v as_o a_o prophet_n yet_o no_o body_n will_v believe_v he_o hereupon_o politic_a pope_n paul_n the_o three_o do_v laugh_v at_o charles_n the_o five_o who_o attempt_v a_o reconciliation_n betwixt_o the_o papist_n and_o the_o protestant_n anno_fw-la 1548._o and_o it_o stand_v with_o great_a reason_n for_o the_o most_o cautelous_a phrase_n of_o the_o most_o câ—riâ—_n we_o reconciler_n when_o they_o come_v to_o the_o scan_n will_v be_v ambiguous_a superficial_o consider_v they_o may_v receive_v good_a sense_n but_o serious_o sift_v they_o contain_v the_o old_a error_n and_o the_o effect_n be_v as_o the_o pope_n presage_v the_o emperor_n indevor_v to_o reconcile_v two_o contrary_a opinion_n he_o make_v they_o both_o agree_v to_o impugn_v he_o and_o each_o more_o obstinate_o to_o defend_v his_o own_o then_o consider_v the_o party_n and_o reconciliation_n will_v appear_v on_o our_o side_n to_o be_v improbable_a on_o their_o side_n impossible_a god_n know_v some_o of_o our_o side_n be_v intractable_a and_o obstinate_a enough_o for_o i_o own_o part_n i_o profess_v i_o love_v peace_n next_o to_o truth_n and_o for_o the_o enjoy_v thereof_o i_o will_v submit_v myself_o to_o any_o thing_n that_o do_v not_o evident_o infringe_v a_o good_a conscience_n i_o can_v be_v content_v first_o that_o the_o pope_n shall_v enjoy_v those_o temporal_a dominion_n which_o the_o skill_n of_o his_o ancestor_n have_v leave_v unto_o he_o second_o with_o our_o king_n with_o god_n i_o will_v be_v content_a to_o acknowledge_v he_o the_o patriarch_n of_o the_o west_n and_o prime_a bishop_n of_o the_o world_n so_o that_o he_o keep_v he_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o his_o own_o diocese_n three_o that_o in_o deep_a dispute_n of_o election_n freewill_n real_a not_o carnal_a presence_n and_o such_o like_a vnusquisquis_fw-la abundet_fw-la sensu_fw-la svo_fw-la that_o every_o man_n may_v enjoy_v the_o freedom_n of_o his_o own_o judgement_n without_o any_o bitter_a invection_n or_o uncharitable_a censure_v four_o i_o can_v
36._o justin_n hist_o l._n 36._o which_o galene_n never_o dream_v of_o mention_v by_o saint_n paul_n 1_o corinth_n 7_o 9_o and_o experience_v by_o saint_n hierome_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o eustochium_fw-la it_o be_v better_a to_o marry_v then_o to_o burn_v say_v saint_n paul_n and_o saint_n hierome_n say_v that_o he_o know_v some_o who_o can_v not_o drive_v out_o the_o devil_n by_o eust_fw-fr hieron_n ad_fw-la eust_fw-fr fast_v and_o prayer_n pallebant_fw-la ora_fw-la jejuniis_fw-la &_o mens_fw-la desiderijs_fw-la aestuabant_fw-la in_o frigido_fw-la corpore_fw-la their_o countenance_n be_v win_v with_o fast_v and_o yet_o their_o thought_n burn_v through_o concupiscence_n in_o a_o cold_a body_n the_o disease_n than_o be_v burn_v and_o the_o medicine_n marry_v now_o for_o one_o infect_v with_o that_o disease_n to_o vow_v not_o to_o marry_v be_v as_o if_o a_o sick_a man_n shall_v swear_v to_o take_v no_o physic_n which_o it_o may_v be_v in_o some_o will_v be_v censure_v for_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o shall_v not_o persuade_v they_o although_o you_o do_v persuade_v they_o and_o according_a to_o job_n 21._o 14._o recede_v a_o nobis_fw-la viam_fw-la scientiarum_fw-la tuarum_fw-la nolumus_fw-la depart_v from_o we_o for_o we_o will_v not_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thy_o way_n in_o a_o word_n man_n shall_v be_v so_o persuade_v by_o antichrist_n that_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v never_o persuade_v they_o from_o antichrist_n that_o they_o will_v remain_v confident_a obstinate_a and_o immovable_a in_o their_o error_n this_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o strong_a delusion_n these_o be_v strong_a delusion_n of_o antichristian_o that_o they_o may_v not_o seem_v strange_a delusion_n to_o christian_n impossible_a incredible_a i_o may_v allege_v many_o precedent_n to_o avouch_v they_o take_v a_o taste_n of_o a_o few_o only_o among_o the_o hebrew_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n 2_o chron._n 30._o 5._o a_o decree_n be_v make_v and_o proclaim_v from_o dan_n to_o 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themselves_o know_v that_o he_o do_v more_o than_o come_v down_o from_o the_o cross_n he_o come_v up_o from_o the_o grave_a and_o yet_o they_o lay_v bury_v in_o their_o obstinatenesse_n and_o give_v money_n to_o disgrace_v he_o and_o to_o damn_v themselves_o this_o i_o think_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o i_o take_v it_o a_o strong_a delusion_n among_o the_o grecian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o ignatius_n ep_v 5._o that_o be_v they_o be_v possess_v with_o ignorance_n because_o of_o their_o affect_a madness_n say_v ignatius_n and_o clemens_n complain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d protrept_v clem_n alex._n protrept_v that_o ignorance_n and_o obstinatenesse_n have_v transform_v some_o into_o stone_n so_o hard_o be_v they_o against_o the_o impression_n of_o the_o truth_n among_o the_o latin_n saint_n ambrose_n accuse_v some_o perverse_a ephes_n ambr._n in_o 4._o ad_fw-la ephes_n people_n who_o be_v wont_a mala_fw-la quae_fw-la noverint_fw-la defendere_fw-la ne_fw-la viderentur_fw-la cedere_fw-la to_o defend_v point_n which_o they_o know_v to_o be_v false_a lest_o they_o shall_v appear_v to_o be_v put_v to_o the_o worst_a cyprian_n tell_v 1_o cypr._n ad_fw-la demet._n sect._n 1_o damn_v demetrianus_n to_o his_o tooth_n facilius_fw-la est_fw-la turbidi_fw-la maris_fw-la concitos_fw-la fluctus_fw-la clamoribus_fw-la retundere_fw-la quam_fw-la tuam_fw-la rabiem_fw-la tractatibus_fw-la coercere_fw-la that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o hallow_v to_o the_o tempestuous_a sea_n than_o to_o appease_v his_o siercenesse_n with_o write_v book_n lactantius_n have_v the_o like_a si_fw-mi solemn_a quidem_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la gestemus_fw-la sidem_fw-la non_fw-la commodabunt_fw-la 1._o lactant._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o ei_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la in_o we_o can_v carry_v the_o sun_n in_o our_o hand_n yet_o will_v they_o not_o vouchsase_a credence_n to_o the_o apparent_a truth_n to_o proceed_v further_o among_o the_o african_n saint_n augustine_n administer_v a_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o a_o practiser_n and_o a_o causer_n of_o sin_n the_o son_n of_o perdition_n filius_fw-la perditionis_fw-la by_o a_o hebraisme_n as_o much_o as_o perditissimus_fw-la that_o be_v one_o prepare_v to_o destruction_n both_o active_o &_o passive_o whence_o he_o be_v term_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v destroy_v and_o destroy_v and_o he_o be_v term_v a_o adversary_n which_o be_v the_o title_n of_o the_o devil_n imply_v that_o antichrist_n be_v a_o devilish_a adversary_n but_o per_fw-la amici_fw-la fallere_fw-la nomen_fw-la a_o secret_a adversary_n and_o so_o a_o adversary_n both_o fundamental_o and_o universal_o his_o place_n the_o temple_n take_v two_o way_n either_o material_o for_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o jew_n or_o formal_o for_o the_o church_n of_o the_o christian_n the_o text_n can_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o first_o because_o the_o material_a temple_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v ruinate_v never_o to_o 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