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A61802
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A discourse concerning the necessity of reformation with respect to the errors and corruptions of the Church of Rome : the first part.
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Stratford, Nicholas, 1633-1707.
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1685
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Wing S5930; ESTC R10160
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of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o gospel_n let_v he_o be_v accurse_v 6._o accurse_v proinde_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la â—ive_a de_fw-fr ejus_fw-la ecclesâ—s_fw-la â—ive_a de_fw-fr â—uacunque_fw-la alia_fw-la re_fw-la quae_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la vitaâ—que_fw-la nostram_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n contra_fw-la liâ—eras_fw-la petil._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o it_o be_v true_a the_o father_n in_o their_o contest_v with_o heretic_n do_v frequent_o press_v they_o with_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n but_o than_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o the_o heretic_n against_o who_o they_o dispute_v be_v either_o such_o as_o deny_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o whole_a or_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o scripture_n or_o such_o as_o insist_v upon_o tradition_n and_o plead_v that_o in_o defence_n of_o their_o error_n that_o therefore_o they_o may_v beat_v they_o at_o their_o own_o weapon_n the_o father_n confute_v they_o by_o tradition_n too_o but_o they_o 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which_o be_v more_o than_o any_o king_n ever_o assume_v 3._o assume_v nec_fw-la pro_fw-la quocunque_fw-la praelato_fw-la etiam_fw-la prono_fw-la adorante_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la ponerent_fw-la manum_fw-la ad_fw-la capellum_fw-la ut_fw-la salutarent_fw-la eum_fw-la quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la aliquis_fw-la rex_fw-la aut_fw-la princeps_fw-la fecit_fw-la neque_fw-la hodie_fw-la permitteret_fw-la responsio_fw-la apologet._n gallicanae_n nationis_fw-la de_fw-fr annat_n non_fw-it solvend_fw-mi apud_fw-la rich_a l._n 2._o c._n 3._o one_o of_o themselves_o more_o modest_a than_o the_o rest_n when_o he_o return_v home_o lade_v with_o the_o spoil_n of_o germany_n be_v ask_v in_o consistory_n what_o the_o barbarian_n so_o they_o call_v the_o german_n think_v of_o rome_n which_o be_v so_o kind_a as_o to_o send_v they_o those_o choice_a ware_n of_o indulgence_n answer_v that_o the_o whole_a world_n complain_v of_o the_o pride_n and_o luxury_n of_o the_o cardinal_n 203._o cardinal_n totum_fw-la orbem_fw-la conqueri_fw-la de_fw-la luxu_fw-la fastuque_fw-la cardinalium_fw-la fascic_fw-la rerum_fw-la expetend_v ac_fw-la fugiend_n fol._n 203._o and_o can_v any_o man_n think_v there_o be_v not_o just_a cause_n for_o this_o complaint_n who_o will_v but_o consider_v what_o vast_a revenue_n be_v spend_v upon_o their_o lust_n for_o not_o two_o or_o three_o or_o ten_o or_o twenty_o benefice_n will_v suffice_v but_o a_o hundred_o or_o two_o hundred_o yea_o sometime_o four_o or_o five_o hundred_o or_o more_o be_v usurp_v by_o one_o cardinal_n and_o those_o not_o of_o the_o poor_a sort_n but_o the_o fat_a and_o rich_a of_o all_o and_o well_o have_v it_o be_v say_v our_o author_n for_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n have_v they_o be_v content_a with_o that_o prodigious_a number_n but_o the_o great_a mischief_n be_v that_o nothing_o will_v satisfy_v they_o but_o how_o great_a a_o number_n soever_o they_o have_v they_o still_o more_o vehement_o covet_v more_o 11._o more_o non_fw-la quidem_fw-la duo_fw-la vel_fw-la tria_fw-la decem_fw-la vel_fw-la viginti_fw-la sed_fw-la centena_fw-la &_o ducentena_fw-la &_o interdum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la quadringenta_fw-la vel_fw-la quingenta_fw-la aut_fw-la amplius_fw-la nec_fw-la parva_fw-la &_o tenuia_fw-la sed_fw-la omnium_fw-la pinguissima_fw-la &_o optima_fw-la quibus_fw-la si_fw-la contenti_fw-la essent_fw-la postquam_fw-la ad_fw-la summam_fw-la illam_fw-la numerosam_fw-la perventum_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la ultra_fw-la quaererent_fw-la prosper_v cum_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la clericis_fw-la qui_fw-la reliquias_fw-la earum_fw-la expectant_a ageretur_fw-la sed_fw-la quantumcunqâ—â—_n ad_fw-la numerum_fw-la aut_fw-la summam_fw-la venerint_fw-la ad_fw-la â—mptiorem_fw-la festinant_fw-la &_o assidue_fw-la festinant_fw-la &_o ardentius_fw-la festinant_fw-la de_fw-fr cor._n statu_fw-la eccles_n c._n 11._o nor_o shall_v we_o think_v it_o strange_a to_o hear_v of_o such_o cardinal_n when_o we_o consider_v what_o manner_n of_o man_n the_o pope_n themselves_o common_o be_v we_o need_v not_o look_v back_o to_o forego_v age_n in_o which_o their_o own_o historian_n tell_v we_o they_o be_v monster_n and_o prodigy_n iv_o prodigy_n hâ—c_fw-la monstra_fw-la haec_fw-la portenta_fw-la plat._n in_o vita_fw-la benedicti_fw-la iv_o such_o tragical_a example_n and_o so_o devoid_a of_o all_o piety_n as_o neither_o to_o regard_v the_o person_n they_o sustain_v nor_o the_o place_n they_o be_v in_o 1._o in_o non_fw-la possum_fw-la non_fw-la multum_fw-la mirari_fw-la unde_fw-la tragica_fw-la haec_fw-la pontificum_fw-la fluxerint_fw-la exempla_fw-la quam_fw-la dira_fw-la pietatis_fw-la oblivio_fw-la eorum_fw-la mentes_fw-la irrepserit_fw-la ut_fw-la neque_fw-la personae_fw-la quam_fw-la sustinebant_fw-la ratio_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la ulla_fw-la haberetur_fw-la neque_fw-la loci_fw-la quem_fw-la tenebant_fw-la sabellic_n ennead_n 9_o l._n 1._o that_o about_o fifty_o pope_n together_o do_v utter_o degenerate_a from_o the_o 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