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A07770 The Catholique triumph conteyning, a reply to the pretensed answere of B.C. (a masked Iesuite,) lately published against the Tryall of the New Religion. Wherein is euidently prooued, that Poperie and the doctrine now professed in the Romish church, is the new religion: and that the fayth which the Church of England now mayntaineth, is the ancient Romane religion. Bell, Thomas, fl. 1593-1610. 1610 (1610) STC 1815; ESTC S113733 309,464 452

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word_n 1._o ostenditur_fw-la quale_fw-la ieiunium_fw-la placet_fw-la deo_fw-la scilicet_fw-la spiritual_fw-la non_fw-la carnale_a vnde_fw-la epistola_fw-la agit_fw-fr de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la clama_fw-la ne_fw-la cesses_fw-la esa._n 58._o et_fw-la post_fw-la quare_fw-la ieiunavimus_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la aspexisti_fw-la et_fw-la dominus_fw-la respondet_fw-la nunquid_fw-la tale_n est_fw-la ieiunium_fw-la quod_fw-la elegi_fw-la contorquere_fw-la quasi_fw-la circulum_fw-la caput_fw-la etc._n etc._n quasi_fw-la diceret_fw-la non_fw-la placet_fw-la mihi_fw-la tale_n ieiunium_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquis_fw-la se_fw-la cruciet_fw-la tantum_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la dissoluat_fw-la faciculos_fw-la impietatis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la peccato_fw-la abstineat_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a per_fw-la charitatem_fw-la there_o be_v declare_v what_o a_o fast_a please_v god_n to_o weet_v a_o spiritual_a not_o a_o carnal_a fast_o whereupon_o the_o epistle_n intreat_v of_o this_o cry_v and_o cease_v not_o 58.5_o wherefore_o do_v we_o fast_a and_o thou_o have_v not_o regard_v we_o and_o our_o lord_n answer_v be_v it_o such_o a_o fast_a which_o i_o have_v choose_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v afflict_v his_o soul_n for_o a_o day_n and_o wryth_v his_o head_n about_o &_o c_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v i_o be_o not_o please_v with_o such_o a_o fast_a that_o a_o man_n shall_v so_o afflict_v himself_o but_o that_o he_o lose_v the_o band_n of_o wickedness_n and_o impiety_n that_o be_v that_o he_o abstain_v from_o all_o manner_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v do_v through_o charity_n thus_o write_v bishop_n durand_n and_o a_o other_o learned_a papist_n johannes_n belethus_n by_o name_n a_o famous_a doctor_n of_o paris_n do_v confirm_v his_o doctrine_n in_o these_o word_n 8._o vnde_fw-la plenius_fw-la profecto_fw-la augustinus_n super_fw-la johannem_fw-la ieiunium_fw-la definit_a hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la 2.12_o magnum_fw-la et_fw-la generale_fw-mi est_fw-la ieiunium_fw-la ab_fw-la iniquitatibus_fw-la et_fw-la a_o carnalibus_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la abstinere_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la ieiunium_fw-la omnibus_fw-la numeris_fw-la est_fw-la perfestum_fw-la et_fw-la absolutum_fw-la cui_fw-la non_fw-la absimile_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la paulus_n ait_fw-la sobriè_fw-fr et_fw-fr piè_fw-fr et_fw-la iustè_fw-la vivamus_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la ut_fw-la sobriè_fw-la vivamus_fw-la inquit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la planè_fw-la pertinet_fw-la quod_fw-la pie_n ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la quod_fw-la iustè_fw-la ad_fw-la proximum_fw-la hinc_fw-la pietas_fw-la est_fw-la cultus_fw-la deo_fw-la exhibitus_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la velut_fw-la ex_fw-la adverso_fw-la pugnat_fw-la impietas_fw-la sive_fw-la idololatria_fw-la wherefore_o austen_n upon_o john_n define_v fast_v more_o full_o in_o this_o manner_n the_o great_a and_o general_a fast_o be_v this_o to_o abstain_v from_o iniquity_n and_o carnal_a pleasure_n for_o this_o fast_a be_v every_o way_n perfect_a and_o absolute_a to_o which_o that_o be_v not_o unlike_a which_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o we_o may_v live_v godly_a sober_o &_o just_o in_o this_o world_n for_o in_o that_o he_o say_v that_o we_o live_v sober_o it_o pertain_v to_o ourselves_o that_o we_o live_v godly_a to_o our_o lord_n that_o we_o live_v just_o to_o our_o neighbour_n hence_o piety_n be_v that_o worship_n which_o we_o give_v to_o god_n exhibitus_fw-la to_o which_o impiety_n or_o idolatry_n be_v whole_o opposite_a but_o that_o which_o i_o find_v in_o the_o pope_n own_o decree_n be_v most_o excellent_a and_o far_o surpass_v all_o the_o rest_n these_o word_n i_o find_v in_o one_o place_n take_v out_o of_o s._n hierome_n dico_fw-la non_fw-la dico_fw-la hebdomadas_fw-la non_fw-la dico_fw-la ieiunia_fw-la duplicata_fw-la sed_fw-la saltem_fw-la singulos_fw-la dies_fw-la absque_fw-la ciborum_fw-la luxuria_fw-la transigamus_fw-la sint_fw-la tibi_fw-la quotidiana_fw-la ieiunia_fw-la et_fw-la refectio_fw-la satietatem_fw-la fugiens_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la prodest_fw-la tibi_fw-la biduo_fw-la vel_fw-la triduo_fw-la transmisso_fw-la vacuum_fw-la portare_fw-la ventrem_fw-la si_fw-la post_fw-la pariter_fw-la obstruatur_fw-la i_o bid_v not_o to_o fast_a week_n nor_o to_o double_a fast_n but_o at_o the_o least_o let_v we_o keep_v every_o day_n without_o