Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n
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A15510
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A direction to be observed by N.N. if hee meane to proceede in answering the booke intituled Mercy and truth, or charity maintained by Catholiks &c.
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Knott, Edward, 1582-1656.
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1636
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STC 25777; ESTC S101801
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the_o book_n of_o holy_a scripture_n be_v write_v by_o such_o particular_a man_n as_o they_o believe_v the_o work_n of_o plato_n tully_n linie_n to_o be_v they_o but_o that_o those_o man_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o universal_a infallibility_n even_o in_o write_v scripture_n they_o neither_o do_v nor_o can_v affirm_v but_o rather_o reach_v the_o 5._o the_o volk_n l._n 5._o c._n 5._o contrary_n neither_o yet_o do_v their_o impiety_n stay_v here_o but_o one_o of_o they_o dare_v 24._o dare_v io._n crellius_n lib._n de_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o attributis_fw-la eius_fw-la c._n 24._o affirm_v that_o god_n can_v not_o know_v from_o eternity_n futura_fw-la contingentia_fw-la such_o thing_n as_o do_v proceed_v from_o freewill_n and_o election_n which_o be_v in_o effect_n to_o take_v away_o all_o infallible_a prediction_n prophecy_n of_o voluntary_a free_a action_n and_o out_o of_o this_o gross_a error_n some_o other_o more_o open_a socinian_n will_v proceed_v to_o the_o denial_n of_o god_n himself_o for_o how_o can_v god_n be_v and_o be_v god_n ans_fw-fr yet_n be_v ignorant_a of_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v possible_a past_a present_a or_o to_o come_v if_o you_o ask_v these_o man_n what_o they_o mean_v by_o the_o true_a church_n they_o must_v answer_v that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o true_a church_n but_o all_o mankind_n as_o it_o agree_v in_o the_o light_n of_o natural_a reason_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o authority_n to_o which_o a_o man_n be_v oblige_v to_o submit_v if_o again_o you_o inquire_v in_o what_o heresy_n do_v indeed_o consist_v they_o reply_v that_o it_o consist_v only_o in_o oppose_v the_o dictamen_fw-la or_o judgement_n of_o a_o man_n be_v own_o reason_n they_o may_v as_o well_o say_v in_o plain_a term_n there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o christian_n be_v wont_a to_o call_v heresy_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o a_o man_n judge_v contrary_a to_o that_o which_o he_o judge_v intellectus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la hypocrita_fw-la our_o understanding_n can_v play_v the_o hypocrite_n with_o itself_o a_o man_n hand_n look_n word_n or_o writing_n may_v belie_v his_o thought_n and_o make_v he_o deserve_v the_o name_n of_o dissembler_n falsifier_n hypocrite_n but_o it_o imply_v a_o manifest_a contradiction_n that_o our_o internal_a thought_n shall_v tell_v we_o at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o a_o thing_n be_v both_o so_o and_o not_o so_o and_o therefore_o according_a to_o their_o large_a definition_n there_o can_v be_v no_o heresy_n at_o all_o and_o their_o assertion_n tend_v to_o practice_n be_v agreeable_a to_o this_o their_o speculation_n for_o they_o teach_v that_o no_o man_n ought_v now_o to_o be_v punish_v either_o spiritual_o by_o fcclesia_n by_o iren._n philalethes_n lib._n cvi_fw-la titulus_fw-la dissertatio_n de_fw-fr pace_n fcclesia_n excommunication_n or_o 15._o or_o volkel_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 15._o temporal_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o good_n imprisonment_n or_o death_n as_o long_o as_o he_o follow_v the_o 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better_a reason_n they_o other_o do_v 14_o do_v si_fw-mi autem_fw-la christo_fw-la etiam_fw-la credendum_fw-la negant_fw-la nili_fw-la indubitata_fw-la ratio_fw-la reddita_fw-la suerit_fw-la christiani_n non_fw-la sunt_fw-la nam_fw-la id_fw-la adversus_fw-la nos_fw-la pagani_n quidam_fw-la dicunt_fw-la stultè_fw-la quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la adversi_fw-la nec_fw-la repugnantes_fw-la hos_fw-la vero_fw-la quis_fw-la seratad_fw-es christum_fw-la se_fw-la pertinere_fw-la prositeri_fw-la qui_fw-la nisi_fw-la apertissimam_fw-la rationem_fw-la stultis_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la protulerint_fw-la nihil_fw-la credendum_fw-la esse_fw-la contendunt_fw-la s._n aug._n de_fw-fr util_fw-la cred._n cap._n 14_o what_o christian_a can_v hear_v these_o infidelity_n without_o detestation_n what_o church_n can_v tolerate_v they_o and_o yet_o pretend_v zeal_n in_o religion_n nevertheless_o this_o ungodlie_a sect_n spread_v itself_o be_v cunning_o obtrude_v by_o some_o and_o by_o the_o 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reader_n may_v well_o remain_v in_o wonder_n how_o so_o very_o absurd_a error_n can_v possible_o find_v entertainment_n among_o christian_n it_o will_v not_o by_o impertinent_a though_o beside_o my_o first_o intention_n to_o set_v down_o some_o reason_n thereof_o as_o they_o now_o present_v themselves_o to_o my_o mind_n and_o they_o may_v serve_v for_o the_o argument_n of_o the_o ensue_a chapter_n chap._n ii_o some_o reason_n why_o so_o many_o embrace_n socinianisme_n to_o omit_v that_o this_o heresy_n give_v full_a scope_n to_o every_o man_n understanding_n to_o believe_v as_o his_o fancy_n shall_v dictate_v and_o for_o his_o will_n to_o sin_n without_o fear_n of_o eternal_a punishment_n yea_o and_o not_o to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n if_o some_o licentious_a imp_n can_v object_v against_o the_o divine_a existence_n providence_n justiee_n mercie_n wisdom_n or_o other_o artribute_v a_o argument_n which_o he_o can_v solve_v and_o master_v the_o wit_n of_o whatsoever_o atheist_n i_o will_v for_o the_o present_a touch_v only_o four_o reason_n draw_v first_o from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o protestant_n second_o from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n join_v with_o the_o disposition_n of_o socinian_o three_o from_o the_o personal_a quality_n of_o protestant_a divine_n fourthly_a from_o some_o circumstance_n of_o person_n time_n and_o place_n first_o then_o i_o say_v that_o the_o very_a doctrine_n of_o protestant_n if_o it_o be_v follow_v close_o and_o with_o coherence_n to_o itself_o must_v of_o necessity_n induce_v socinianisme_n deum_fw-la s._n aug._n de_fw-fr util_fw-la cred._n c._n 16._o sola_fw-la est_fw-la authoritas_fw-la quae_fw-la commovet_fw-la stultos_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la festinent_fw-la quandiu_fw-la intelligere_fw-la syncera_fw-la non_fw-la possamus_fw-la authoritate_fw-la quidem_fw-la decipi_fw-la miserum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la certè_fw-la miserius_fw-la non_fw-la moveri_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la dei_fw-la providentis_fw-la non_fw-la praelidâ—â—_n rebus_fw-la humanis_fw-la nibil_n est_fw-fr de_fw-fr religione_fw-la satagendum_fw-la sin_n vero_fw-la &_o species_n rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la quam_fw-la profecto_fw-la est_fw-la aliquo_fw-la verissimae_fw-la pulchritudinis_fw-la fonte_fw-la manatire_n credendum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o interiori_fw-la nescio_fw-la quae_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la deum_fw-la quaerendum_fw-la deoque_fw-la seruiendum_fw-la meliores_fw-la quosque_fw-la animos_fw-la quasi_fw-la publicè_fw-la privatimque_fw-la hoteatur_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la desperandum_fw-la ab_fw-la codem_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la constitutam_fw-la qua_fw-la velut_fw-la gradu_fw-la certo_fw-la innitentes_fw-la attollamur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la this_o i_o say_v confident_o and_o evident_o prove_v by_o instance_v in_o one_o error_n which_o may_v well_o be_v term_v the_o capital_a and_o mother_n heresy_n from_o which_o all_o other_o must_v follow_v at_o ease_n i_o 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