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A16835 The supremacie of Christian princes ouer all persons throughout theor dominions, in all causes so wel ecclesiastical as temporall, both against the Counterblast of Thomas Stapleton, replying on the reuerend father in Christe, Robert Bishop of VVinchester: and also against Nicolas Sanders his uisible monarchie of the Romaine Church, touching this controuersie of the princes supremacie. Ansvvered by Iohn Bridges. Bridges, John, d. 1618. 1573 (1573) STC 3737; ESTC S108192 937,353 1,244

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as_o without_o any_o warrant_n of_o y_fw-fr scripture_n you_o do_v salute_v she_o and_o with_o diverse_a other_o name_n invocate_v she_o yet_o sith_o by_o no_o mean_n you_o can_v call_v she_o our_o father_n you_o ought_v not_o therefore_o to_o invocate_v or_o pray_v unto_o she_o or_o to_o any_o angel_n saint_n or_o creature_n but_o only_o pray_v to_o god_n that_o only_o be_v our_o heavenly_a father_n saint_n saint_n augustine_n and_o all_o the_o doctor●…_n agree_v that_o the_o fountain_n of_o invocation_n be_v faith_n according_a to_o the_o scripture_n quomodo_n invocabun●…_n in_o quem_fw-la non_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la how_o can_v they_o make_v invocation_n to_o any_o upon_o who_o they_o have_v not_o believe_v by_o which_o rule_n if_o you_o admit_v invocation_n to_o saint_n we_o must_v then_o believe_v on_o saint_n but_o we_o must_v believe_v on_o none_o but_o god_n we_o must_v there●…ore_o invocate_v none_o but_o god._n neither_o here_o can_v you_o slip_v the_o collar_n with_o your_o 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solent_n miserable_fw-la uti_fw-la excusation●…_n etc_n etc_n they_o be_v wont_v say_v he_o to_o use_v a_o wretched_a excuse_n say_v that_o 5._o even_o as_o we_o come_v to_o a_o king_n by_o his_o noble_a man_n so_o through_o righteous_a man_n we_o may_v have_v access_n to_o god_n go_v to_o be_v there_o any_o so_o mad_a and_o so_o forgetful_a of_o his_o health_n that_o he_o will_v ascribe_v the_o honour_n of_o the_o king_n unto_o the_o noble_a man_n when_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v be_v find_v to_o have_v so_o much_o as_o meddle_v herein_o they_o have_v worthy_o be_v condemn_v amb._n for_o traitor_n and_o yet_o these_o man_n think_v not_o they_o guilty_a which_o give_v to_o a_o creature_n the_o honour_n of_o god_n name_n and_o forsake_v the_o lord_n worship_v their_o fellow_n servant_n as_o though_o the_o matter_n be_v the_o more_o because_o they_o serve_v god_n for_o we_o come_v to_o the_o king_n through_o his_o tribune_n and_o noble_a man_n for_o this_o cause_n even_o because_o the_o king_n be_v a_o man_n and_o he_o know_v not_o to_o who_o he_o ought_v to_o commit_v the_o rule_n of_o the_o common_a weal_n but_o to_o come_v unto_o god_n from_o who_o nothing_o be_v hide_v for_o he_o know_v the_o merit_n of_o all_o man_n we_o have_v no_o need_n to_o fee_v any_o entreater_n to_o speak_v for_o we_o but_o we_o have_v need_n of_o a_o devout_a mind_n for_o wheresoever_o any_o such_o entreater_n shall_v have_v speak_v for_o we_o god_n will_v give_v no_o answer_n at_o all_o what_o can_v be_v plain_a speak_v than_o this_o master_n stapleton_n against_o the_o invocation_n of_o saintes_n admit_v they_o no_o further_o than_o even_o as_o intercessor_n wherein_o he_o not_o only_o confute_v your_o distinction_n as_o a_o wretched_a shift_n of_o help_n and_o intercession_n take_v away_o your_o common_a similitude_n and_o show_v that_o intercession_n of_o any_o man_n be_v he_o never_o so_o just_a not_o only_o do_v we_o no_o good_a at_o all_o but_o also_o
very_o many_o shall_v run_v to_o jerusalem_n leave_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o think_v that_o a_o marvellous_a kind_n of_o godliness_n be_v therein_o that_o we_o shall_v think_v all_o the_o constitution_n of_o man_n to_o bind_v we_o on_o pain_n of_o hell_n fire_n that_o we_o shall_v put_v the_o chief_a part_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o meat_n that_o in_o the_o church_n no_o deck_v shall_v seem_v to_o much_o but_o even_o excess_n also_o shall_v pertain_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n that_o to_o what_o ceremony_n you_o lust_n very_o much_o shall_v be_v attribute_v that_o boy_n and_o wench_n for_o trifle_n cause_n so_o soon_o as_o ever_o they_o repent_v they_o of_o their_o estate_n despise_v their_o parent_n shall_v run_v to_o monk_n or_o nonnes_n that_o no_o man_n but_o a_o divine_a shall_v talk_v of_o christ_n or_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n that_o in_o saint_n we_o shall_v put_v very_o much_o confidence_n that_o we_o shall_v know_v evil_a man_n not_o to_o 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the_o doctrine_n and_o example_n of_o he_o &_o after_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o scripture_n fron_n the_o which_o whosoever_o call_v we_o away_o by_o any_o manner_n of_o mean_n they_o do_v rather_o lead_v we_o into_o the_o danger_n of_o paganism_n thus_o much_o erasmus_n so_o far_o as_o he_o dare_v &_o so_o true_o that_o you_o nor_o all_o the_o world_n can_v deny_v they_o escry_v the_o wickedness_n of_o your_o popish_a ceremony_n which_o because_o we_o refuse_v on_o these_o so_o good_a consideration_n you_o call_v we_o heretic_n but_o whether_o we_o in_o not_o admit_v they_o or_o you_o in_o urge_v &_o maintain_v they_o be_v rather_o heretic_n let_v the_o reader_n discern_v &_o judge_n you_o ask_v we_o next_o what_o we_o say_v to_o the_o messalian_n and_o other_o baptism_n heretic_n say_v concupiscence_n as_o a_o sin_n remain_v in_o we_o after_o holy_a baptism_n to_o your_o other_o nameless_a heretic_n when_o you_o name_v the_o child_n we_o shall_v tell_v you_o what_o we_o say_v unto_o they_o to_o the_o messalian_n say_v sin_n remain_v in_o we_o after_o messalians_n holy_a baptism_n i_o answer_v that_o even_o yourself_o do_v show_v by_o your_o continual_a lust_n of_o lie_v that_o concupiscence_n after_o holy_a baptism_n be_v yet_o a_o foul_a sin_n in_o you_o otherwise_o you_o will_v not_o still_o so_o lust_n to_o lie_v both_o on_o we_o the_o father_n and_o the_o heretic_n also_o you_o cite_v s._n augustine_n to_o declare_v the_o messalian_n error_n and_o so_o he_o true_o do_v tell_v how_o they_o say_v that_o bonif._n in_o baptism_n our_o sin_n be_v take_v away_o as_o a_o ra●…er_n take_v hear_v away_o leave_v the_o stump_n untaken_a away_o if_o you_o object_v this_o unto_o we_o yourself_o bear_v witness_v against_o you_o that_o you_o s●…ander_v we_o for_o we_o free_o coufesse_v that_o by_o baptism_n the_o confession_n forgiveness_n of_o all_o our_o sin_n stoomp_n &_o all_o past_a or_o to_o come_v be_v seal_v up_o unto_o we_o so_o that_o they_o be_v all_o wash_v away_o but_o as_o s._n augustine_n say_v of_o original_a sin_n himself_o non_fw-la ut_fw-la away_o non_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la imputetur_fw-la not_o that_o it_o be_v not_o but_o that_o be_v nor_o impute_v so_o that_o hereby_o you_o will_v make_v s._n augustine_n himself_o a_o messalian_a that_o write_v against_o the_o messalian_n and_o i_o may_v say_v to_o you_o your_o jolly_a porkling_n pigghius_n make_v 1._o of_o s._n augustine_n little_a better_a account_n deinde_fw-la hoc_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la e●…identer_fw-la falsum_fw-la etc_n etc_n furthermore_o say_v he_o this_o seem_v to_o i_o evident_o false_a in_o that_o he_o say_v carnal_a concupiscence_n the_o which_o be_v in_o our_o flesh_n sight_v against_o the_o law_n of_o our_o mind_n to_o be_v proper_o and_o true_o sin_n in_o those_o which_o be_v not_o baptise_a the_o which_o shall_v be_v forgive_v in_o baptism_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v sin_n no_o more_o and_o yet_o not_o withstand_v shall_v remain_v the_o gilt_n of_o it_o be_v take_v away_o for_o the_o which_o cause_n he_o be_v so_o offend_v with_o s._n augustine_n that_o very_o groynish_o he_o say_v ut_fw-la autem_fw-la haec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la vis_fw-la concupiscibilis_fw-la etc_n etc_n ibidem_fw-la but_o that_o this_o very_a force_n of_o concupiscence_n shall_v proper_o be_v sin_n a_o fault_n iniquity_n odious_a of_o itself_o to_o god_n and_o execrable_a and_o place_v in_o his_o wrath_n indignation_n or_o displeasure_n it_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v speak_v most_o absurd_o ▪_o nor_o no_o less_o absurd_o that_o the_o self_n same_o shall_v remain_v and_o not_o be_v also_o abominable_a to_o god_n if_o at_o any_o time_n it_o be_v so_o fin_n thus_o hoggish_o some_z pigghius_n against_o s._n augustine_n for_o make_v concupiscence_n and_o original_a sin_n to_o be_v very_o sin_n even_o before_o baptism_n &_o misconstrue_v s._n augustine_n in_o say_v it_o be_v not_o sin_n after_o baptism_n where_o s._n august_n expound_v himself_o that_o it_o be_v not_o sin_n then_o in_o that_o respect_n that_o it_o be_v not_o impute_v but_o forgive_v where_o before_o it_o be_v sin_n in_o itself_o and_o in_o imputation_n also_o be_v not_o yet_o forgive_v now_o where_o he_o say_v this_o be_v most_o absurd_a to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v sin_n before_o and_o it_o still_o remain_v after_o baptism_n the_o same_o that_o it_o be_v before_o baptism_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o abominable_a &_o sin_n after_o baptism_n if_o it_o be_v so_o before_o put_v the_o case_n it_o be_v so_o before_o it_o follow_v then_o that_o either_o incur_v you_o confess_v master_n stap._n with_o saint_n august_n that_o it_o be_v still_o in_o itself_o sin_n after_o baptism_n though_o not_o sin_n by_o imputation_n or_o else_o that_o you_o say_v with_o pi●…hius_n that_o it_o be_v neither_o sin_n in_o itself_o nor_o by_o imputation_n neither_o after_a nor_o before_o if_o you_o say_v with_o saint_n augustine_n you_o incur_v that_o which_o pigghius_n call_v the_o most_o absurdity_n and_o yet_o incur_v you_o a_o great_a make_v saint_n augustine_n a_o messalian_a to_o that_o purposely_o write_v against_o they_o yea_o and_o yourself_o a_o messalian_a with_o we_o also_o agree_v with_o we_o therein_o and_o yet_o therein_o write_v against_o us._n if_o you_o say_v with_o pigghius_n think_v to_o escape_v absurdity_n in_o be_v against_o saint_n augustine_n which_o notwithstanding_o be_v absurdity_n enough_o to_o be_v against_o he_o who_o you_o pretend_v to_o follow_v you_o incur_v manifest_a falsehood_n in_o be_v against_o the_o truth_n yea_o and_o more_o absurdity_n to_o than_o any_o yet_o rehearse_v for_o whether_o be_v it_o more_o absurd_a to_o impute_v sin_n to_o he_o none_o that_o have_v none_o or_o to_o forgive_v he_o his_o sin_n that_o yet_o in_o deed_n have_v sin_n and_o of_o mercy_n not_o to_o impute_v it_o to_o he_o as_o though_o he_o have_v not_o that_o he_o have_v which_o be_v no_o absurdity_n at_o all_o ▪_o for_o although_o where_o sin_n be_v it_o may_v be_v not_o impute_v yea_o as_o david_n say_v this_o be_v blessedness_n beatu●…_n vir_fw-la cu●…_n dominus_fw-la non_fw-la imputavit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la bless_a be_v the_o man_n who_o sin_n the_o lord_n have_v not_o impute_v to_o he_o yet_o can_v there_o not_o be_v imputation_n of_o sin_n where_o there_o be_v in_o deed_n no_o sin_n at_o all_o as_o pigghius_n most_o absurd_o say_v groin_n you_o now_o with_o pigghius_n that_o it_o be_v neither_o sin_n after_o nor_o before_o and_o we_o will_v take_v saint_n augustine_n great_a absurdity_n on_o we_o to_o defend_v that_o it_o be_v in_o itself_o very_a sin_n and_o damnable_a sin_n before_o baptism_n and_o remain_v still_o in_o his_o nature_n very_a sin_n but_o not_o damnable_a because_o it_o be_v not_o impute_v after_o baptism_n and_o now_o let_v we_o
all_o in_o you_o that_o he_o confess_v to_o be_v so_o great_a and_o grievous_a a_o sin_n in_o he_o now_o and_o there_o be_v no_o other_o place_n in_o the_o scripture_n to_o prove_v it_o sin_n but_o even_o this_o be_v not_o this_o plain_a enough_o deed_n that_o the_o apostle_n say_v nescteban_n concupiscentiam_fw-la esse_fw-la peccati●…_n nisi_fw-la lex_fw-la dixisset_fw-la non_fw-la concupisces_fw-la i_o have_v not_o know_v concupiscence_n to_o be_v sin_n but_o that_o the_o law_n say_v thou_o shall_v not_o lust_n wherein_o he_o name_v it_o not_o only_a sin_n for_o that_o you_o count_v no_o sufficient_a argument_n but_o say_v it_o be_v so_o name_v for_o that_o it_o come_v of_o sin_n and_o dispose_v and_o incline_v to_o sin_n &_o therefore_o be_v call_v improper_o by_o the_o name_n of_o sin_n but_o the_o apostle_n add_v a_o strong_a reason_n to_o prove_v it_o sin_n in_o very_a deed_n because_o by_o the_o flat_a commandment_n of_o god_n it_o be_v forbid_v therefore_o it_o be_v a_o 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