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in_o late_a time_n launoius_n a_o sorbon_n doctor_n in_o many_o place_n of_o his_o epistle_n not_o only_o declare_v his_o own_o sense_n against_o the_o personal_a infallibility_n of_o the_o pope_n but_o likewise_o the_o sense_n or_o judgement_n of_o the_o gallican_n church_n he_o reproach_n one_o baro_n his_o adversary_n for_o hold_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v incapable_a of_o err_v and_o count_v baro_n to_o be_v a_o traitor_n to_o the_o gallican_n church_n and_o nation_n for_o it_o i_o shall_v produce_v one_o passage_n out_o of_o launoius_n to_o this_o purpose_n thus_o he_o inveigh_v against_o baro_n 93._o in_o gallicanam_fw-la grassatur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quae_fw-la romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la submittit_fw-la concilio_n &_o ei_fw-la non_fw-la errandi_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la &_o moribus_fw-la privilegium_fw-la abjudicat_fw-la sed_fw-la soli_fw-la adjudicat_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o ecclesiam_fw-la figuranti_fw-la concilio_n launoius_n epistolarum_fw-la parte_fw-la 5ta_fw-la epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la fortinum_fw-la pag._n 43._o vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la pag._n 93._o he_o pernicious_o destroy_v the_o church_n of_o
image-worship_n invocation_n of_o saint_n etc._n etc._n neither_o yet_o be_v nor_o indeed_o ever_o can_v be_v decree_v infallible_o or_o else_o they_o must_v own_v the_o doctrine_n of_o depose_v prince_n to_o be_v infallible_o decree_v which_o be_v the_o thing_n they_o endeavour_v to_o avoid_v the_o latter_a case_n make_v their_o guide_n mischievous_a and_o dangerous_a and_o the_o former_a make_v he_o in_o a_o manner_n unserviceable_a thus_o we_o see_v what_o a_o miserable_a confusion_n these_o poor_a people_n have_v bring_v themselves_o to_o by_o pretend_v to_o find_v a_o visible_a judge_n of_o controversy_n incapable_a of_o error_n among_o mortal_a man_n they_o have_v make_v the_o great_a part_n of_o christianity_n a_o uncertain_a thing_n as_o far_o as_o in_o they_o lay_v by_o remove_v it_o as_o far_o as_o their_o opinion_n can_v remove_v it_o from_o its_o proper_a and_o natural_a basis_n that_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o by_o ground_v it_o upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o a_o 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a_o account_n to_o the_o emperor_n of_o the_o method_n and_o manner_n of_o divine_a service_n among_o the_o christian_n and_o come_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n he_o do_v it_o thus_o they_o that_o be_v call_v deacon_n among_o we_o do_v distribute_v to_o every_o one_o present_a 2._o qai_fw-fr apud_fw-la nos_fw-la vocantur_fw-la diaconi_fw-la distribuunt_fw-la unicuique_fw-la priesentium_fw-la ut_fw-la participent_fw-la de_fw-la pane_n &_o vino_fw-la &_o aquâ_fw-la benedictis_fw-la justin_n apol_n 2._o that_o they_o may_v partake_v of_o the_o consecrate_a bread_n and_o wine_n and_o water_n it_o be_v remarkable_a that_o he_o say_v the_o deacon_n give_v both_o kind_n to_o every_o one_o present_a and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o tell_v we_o they_o do_v so_o because_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o gospel_n command_v they_o to_o do_v so_o for_o say_v he_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o book_n write_v by_o they_o supra_fw-la nam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la in_o commentariis_fw-la à 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who_o flourish_v principal_o about_o the_o yeat_a 250._o and_o not_o many_o year_n after_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o his_o religion_n this_o holy_a martyr_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o caecilius_n reprehend_v the_o aquarian_o that_o be_v heretic_n so_o call_v because_o in_o the_o consecration_n and_o administration_n of_o this_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o our_o lord_n supper_n they_o make_v no_o use_n of_o wine_n but_o use_v water_n in_o stead_n of_o it_o now_o sr._n gyprian_a reprove_v these_o aquarian_o upon_o two_o account_n first_o in_o that_o they_o offer_v to_o consecrate_v without_o wine_n and_o second_o in_o that_o they_o give_v no_o wine_n to_o the_o people_n and_o in_o both_o respect_v he_o tax_v they_o with_o a_o very_a great_a tranfgression_n of_o the_o command_n and_o appointment_n of_o our_o saviour_n the_o former_a miscarriage_n and_o irrogularity_n of_o the_o aquarian_o do_v not_o concern_v the_o roman_a catholic_n because_o they_o use_v wine_n when_o they_o consecrate_v but_o in_o the_o second_o point_n they_o be_v like_o the_o aquarian_o and_o therefore_o do_v fall_v under_o the_o same_o censure_n with_o they_o let_v we_o hear_v what_o st._n cyprian_n say_v concern_v this_o whole_a affair_n he_o begin_v the_o epistle_n by_o tell_v caecilius_n that_o although_o many_o reverend_a bishop_n do_v exact_o observe_v our_o lord_n tradition_n for_o so_o call_v he_o the_o command_n or_o institution_n of_o christ_n yet_o say_v he_o because_o some_o out_o of_o ignorance_n or_o simplicity_n in_o consecrate_v the_o cup_n of_o our_o lord_n editionis_fw-la tamen_fw-la quoniam_fw-la quidam_fw-la vel_fw-la ignoranter_fw-la vel_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la in_o calais_n dominico_n sanctificando_fw-la &_o plebi_fw-la ministrando_fw-la non_fw-la faciunt_fw-la quod_fw-la jesus_n christas_n dominus_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la noster_fw-la huius_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la auctor_fw-la &_o doctor_n fecit_fw-la &_o docuit_fw-la religiosum_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la necessarium_fw-la duxi_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la literas_fw-la facere_fw-la at_o siquis_fw-la in_o isto_fw-la errore_fw-la adhuc_fw-la teneatur_fw-la veritatis_fw-la luce_fw-fr perspectâ_fw-la ad_fw-la radicem_fw-la &_o
originem_fw-la dominicae_fw-la traditionis_fw-la revertaturâ—_n cypr._n epist_n 63._o pamilianae_n editionis_fw-la and_o in_o administer_a it_o to_o the_o people_n do_v not_o do_v that_o which_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n god_n the_o teacher_n and_o author_n of_o this_o sacrifice_n do_v and_o teach_v i_o judge_v it_o to_o be_v agreeable_a to_o good_a conscience_n and_o necessary_a to_o write_v to_o you_o about_o this_o matter_n that_o if_o any_o one_o be_v yet_o possess_v with_o this_o error_n he_o may_v by_o see_v the_o light_n of_o truth_n return_v to_o the_o root_n and_o original_n of_o our_o lord_n tradition_n and_o thus_o have_v establish_v his_o foundation_n namely_o that_o nothing_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v contrary_a to_o the_o institution_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o epistle_n he_o prove_v the_o necessity_n of_o use_v wine_n in_o the_o consecration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o in_o the_o late_a part_n he_o come_v to_o consider_v the_o great_a inconvenience_n and_o mischief_n to_o the_o people_n that_o ensue_v from_o their_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o cup._n and_o that_o which_o he_o chief_o take_v notice_n of_o be_v a_o great_a decay_n and_o failure_n of_o christian_a courage_n occasion_v as_o st._n cyprian_n suppose_v by_o this_o depravation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n for_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n some_o learned_a from_o the_o aquarian_o to_o abstain_v from_o drink_v the_o consecrate_a wine_n lest_o the_o smell_n of_o it_o shall_v discover_v that_o they_o have_v be_v at_o the_o christian_a meeting_n in_o the_o morning_n st._n cyprian_n word_n be_v these_o supra_fw-la caeterum_fw-la omnis_fw-la religionis_fw-la et_fw-la ve_fw-la ritatis_fw-la disciplina_fw-la subvertitur_fw-la nisi_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la spiritualiter_fw-la praecipitur_fw-la fideliter_fw-la observetur_fw-la nisi_fw-la si_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la matutinis_fw-la hoc_fw-la quis_fw-la ve_fw-la retur_fw-la ne_fw-la per_fw-la saporem_fw-la vini_fw-la redoleat_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la sic_fw-la ergoincipit_fw-la in_o persecutionibus_fw-la a_o passione_n christi_fw-la fraternitas_fw-la retardari_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o oblationibus_fw-la discit_fw-la de_fw-la sanguine_fw-la ejus_fw-la et_fw-la cruore_fw-la confundi_fw-la cyp._n ep._n 63._o ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la but_o the_o discipline_n and_o good_a order_n of_o all_o religion_n and_o truth_n be_v overthrow_v unless_o what_o be_v spiritual_o command_v be_v faithful_o observe_v but_o perhaps_o the_o case_n be_v that_o some_o person_n in_o the_o morning_n sacrifice_n or_o sacrament_n be_v afraid_a least_o by_o the_o savour_n of_o wine_n they_o shall_v smell_v of_o christ_n blood_n and_o so_o by_o this_o mean_v our_o christian_a brethren_n in_o time_n of_o persecution_n begin_v to_o be_v slack_a or_o backward_o in_o suffer_v for_o christ_n while_o at_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n they_o learn_v to_o be_v ashamed_a of_o christ_n blood._n and_o a_o little_a after_o the_o same_o author_n say_v bibere_fw-la quomodo_fw-la autem_fw-la possumus_fw-la propter_fw-la christem_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la fundere_fw-la qui_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la erubescimus_fw-la bibere_fw-la how_o can_v we_o be_v ashamed_a to_o drink_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n spill_v our_o blood_n for_o christ_n sake_n beside_o in_o another_o epistle_n the_o same_o s._n cyp._n write_v to_o cornelius_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n concern_v the_o restore_n of_o certain_a delinquent_a brethren_n who_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n have_v fall_v into_o idolatry_n but_o by_o repentance_n deserve_v to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o church_n urge_v the_o necessity_n of_o their_o be_v admit_v into_o communion_n because_o that_o since_o new_a trouble_n and_o persecution_n be_v come_v on_o it_o will_v be_v necessary_a to_o arm_v and_o fortify_v all_o believer_n with_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o he_o insist_o particular_o upon_o the_o necessiy_a of_o give_v they_o the_o sacramental_a cup._n his_o expression_n be_v these_o that_o follow_v for_o after_o what_o a_o strange_a manner_n do_v we_o teach_v and_o excite_v they_o to_o lose_v their_o blood_n in_o confess_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n pamel_n nam_fw-la quomodo_fw-la docemus_fw-la aut_fw-la provocamus_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o confession_n nominis_fw-la christi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la suum_fw-la fundere_fw-la si_fw-la eye_n militaturis_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la denegamus_fw-la aut_fw-la quomodo_fw-la ad_fw-la martyrii_fw-la poculum_fw-la idoneos_fw-la facimus_fw-la si_fw-la eos_fw-la priùs_fw-la ad_fw-la bibendum_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la poculum_fw-la domini_fw-la jure_fw-la communicationit_fw-la non_fw-la admittimus_fw-la cyp._n ep_v 54._o edit_fw-la pamel_n if_o we_o deny_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n to_o they_o that_o be_v ready_a to_o undergo_v such_o a_o warfare_n and_o how_o do_v we_o make_v they_o fit_a for_o the_o cup_n of_o martyrdom_n if_o we_o do_v not_o admit_v they_o first_o by_o the_o right_n of_o communion_n to_o drink_v our_o lord_n cup_n in_o the_o church_n it_o be_v observable_a that_o s._n cyprian_n here_o plead_v for_o the_o people_n receive_v the_o cup_n from_o the_o right_n of_o communion_n that_o be_v from_o the_o right_n which_o accrue_v to_o every_o one_o by_o his_o be_v make_v a_o member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n by_o this_o passage_n and_o the_o rest_n before_o cite_v it_o appear_v abundant_o what_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o holy_a martyr_n be_v that_o he_o think_v all_o christian_n oblige_v to_o receive_v the_o consecrate_a wine_n and_o that_o the_o omission_n of_o it_o be_v a_o transgression_n of_o our_o lord_n commandment_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o several_a christian_a virtue_n especial_o of_o that_o courage_n and_o resolution_n wherewith_o all_o believer_n ought_v open_o to_o profess_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n i_o may_v produce_v many_o more_o ancient_a witness_n of_o great_a credit_n to_o make_v good_a what_o be_v here_o by_o i_o affirm_v but_o i_o shall_v content_v myself_o for_o brevity_n sake_n with_o two_o other_o who_o authority_n doubtless_o aught_o to_o be_v past_o all_o exception_n with_o the_o roman_a catholic_n because_o they_o be_v pope_n or_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o ancient_o the_o title_n of_o pope_n be_v give_v to_o any_o eminent_a bishop_n the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v leo_n the_o first_o of_o that_o name_n that_o be_v bishop_n in_o rome_n but_o before_o i_o produce_v his_o testimony_n it_o be_v necessary_a to_o observe_v that_o although_o his_o word_n be_v level_v against_o the_o manichee_n who_o superstitious_o abhor_a wine_n and_o therefore_o avoid_v receive_v the_o sacramental_a cup_n yet_o leo_n word_n do_v abundant_o show_v what_o his_o judgement_n be_v concern_v that_o necessity_n which_o as_o he_o think_v do_v lie_v indispensible_o upon_o all_o communicants_a to_o partake_v of_o the_o mystical_a blood_n of_o christ_n consequently_n say_v he_o when_o they_o venture_v to_o be_v present_a at_o our_o mystery_n quadrage_n cumque_fw-la ad_fw-la tegendam_fw-la infidelitatem_fw-la svam_fw-la nostris_fw-la audeant_fw-la interest_n mysteriis_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o sacramentorum_fw-la communione_fw-la se_fw-la temperant_fw-la ut_fw-la interdum_fw-la tutius_fw-la lateant_fw-la ore_fw-la indigno_fw-la christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la autem_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la haurire_fw-la omninò_fw-la declinant_fw-la quod_fw-la ideò_fw-la vestram_fw-la scire_fw-la volumus_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la nobis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la homines_fw-la his_fw-la manifestentur_fw-la indiciis_fw-la &_o quorum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la deprehensa_fw-la sacrilegia_fw-la simulatio_fw-la notati_fw-la &_o proditi_fw-la à _fw-la sanctorum_fw-la societate_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la authoritate_fw-la pellantur_fw-la serm._n 4._o in_o quadrage_n they_o after_o such_o manner_n do_v comport_v themselves_o in_o partake_v of_o the_o sacrament_n that_o sometime_o 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their_o external_a comportment_n in_o avoid_v the_o consecrate_a wine_n moreover_o if_o receive_v the_o cup_n have_v be_v a_o indifferent_a thing_n and_o esteem_v so_o in_o leo_n age_n than_o the_o omission_n or_o decline_v of_o it_o will_v have_v be_v no_o distinctive_a mark_n to_o discover_v the_o manichee_n from_o the_o orthodox_n or_o regular_a communicant_n for_o both_o may_v have_v do_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o so_o
the_o manichee_n will_v have_v go_v undiscovered_a hence_o i_o can_v not_o but_o conclude_v that_o leo_n and_o all_o orthodox_n believer_n of_o his_o time_n be_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n in_o this_o point_n with_o the_o reform_a church_n of_o england_n since_o that_o reverend_a bishop_n look_v upon_o receive_v the_o cup_n as_o a_o certain_a sign_n of_o a_o orthodox_n and_o true_a christian_a and_o esteem_v the_o contrary_a practice_n a_o infallible_a mark_n of_o a_o detestable_a and_o sacrilegious_a heretic_n and_o i_o be_o exceed_o confirm_v in_o this_o opinion_n because_o i_o find_v that_o pope_n gelasius_n one_o who_o sit_v in_o the_o episcopal_a chair_n of_o rome_n about_o thirty_o year_n after_o leo_n death_n have_v in_o a_o most_o public_a solemn_a and_o authentic_a manner_n declare_v the_o necessity_n of_o receive_v in_o both_o kind_n and_o the_o contrary_a practice_n to_o be_v sacrilegious_a for_o he_o make_v a_o canon_n against_o the_o corrupt_a custom_n of_o receive_v 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i_o know_v not_o what_o superstition_n either_o receive_v the_o whole_a sacrament_n or_o abstain_v from_o the_o whole_a for_o a_o division_n or_o part_n of_o the_o one_o and_o the_o same_o mystery_n can_v come_v to_o pass_v without_o very_o great_a sacrilege_n this_o ancient_a canon_n i_o find_v have_v give_v very_o strange_a disturbance_n to_o the_o modern_a church_n of_o rome_n great_a stir_n have_v be_v to_o avoid_v the_o force_n of_o it_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o be_v do_v and_o because_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o this_o canon_n or_o decree_n be_v make_v by_o gelasius_n almost_o 1200_o year_n ago_o therefore_o many_o interpretation_n have_v be_v devise_v to_o make_v it_o reconcilable_a and_o consistent_a with_o their_o present_a practice_n of_o detain_v the_o cup_n from_o the_o people_n the_o first_o device_n be_v to_o imagine_v and_o suppose_v without_o any_o manner_n of_o ground_n in_o the_o world_n that_o this_o decree_n only_o respect_v the_o priest_n consecrate_v 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be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o late_a constitution_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o these_o evasion_n invent_v in_o order_n to_o make_v it_o seem_v reconciliable_a have_v not_o any_o plausible_a colour_n of_o reason_n therefore_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o judicious_a and_o impartial_a reader_n will_v be_v satisfy_v that_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o all_o christian_n that_o come_v to_o the_o lord_n supper_n to_o partake_v of_o it_o in_o both_o kind_n and_o that_o this_o necessity_n arise_v from_o the_o command_n of_o our_o saviour_n enjoin_v all_o to_o drink_v of_o the_o cup._n the_o ancient_a father_n do_v so_o believe_v and_o teach_v as_o the_o authority_n already_o cite_v do_v clear_o and_o satisfactory_o manifest_a herein_o i_o have_v lindanus_n agree_v with_o i_o though_o he_o be_v a_o great_a defender_n of_o popery_n in_o these_o word_n when_o he_o have_v first_o show_v what_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o old_a writer_n be_v say_v after_o this_o manner_n the_o ancient_a 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jerusalem_n and_o to_o the_o several_a bed_n whereon_o he_o lay_v and_o ship_n wherein_o he_o waft_v from_o region_n to_o region_n because_o his_o attingency_n in_o and_o with_o they_o be_v voluntary_a with_o the_o cross_n coactive_a nay_o they_o ought_v upon_o the_o same_o ground_n to_o adore_v judas_n his_o lip_n the_o officer_n hand_n that_o apprehend_v and_o bind_v christ_n the_o scourge_v whereby_o he_o be_v whip_v for_o they_o be_v instrument_n of_o his_o passion_n as_o well_o as_o the_o cross_n if_o they_o adore_v all_o other_o cross_n for_o their_o resemblance_n of_o the_o original_a cross_n so_o they_o ought_v to_o adore_v all_o manger_n all_o lance_n all_o nail_n thorn_n spital_n etc._n etc._n for_o these_o have_v the_o same_o resemblance_n to_o our_o saviour_n manger_n and_o to_o those_o nail_n thorn_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v the_o instrument_n of_o his_o passion_n they_o attribute_v more_o honour_n unto_o christ_n cross_n than_o to_o his_o resurrection_n by_o these_o 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