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A02563 The olde religion a treatise, wherin is laid downe the true state of the difference betwixt the reformed, and Romane Church; and the blame of this schisme is cast vpon the true authors. Seruing for the vindication of our innocence, for the setling of wauering minds for a preseruatiue against Popish insinuations. By Ios. Hall, B. of Exon. Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. 1628 (1628) STC 12690; ESTC S117610 79,903 246

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against_o reason_n 122_o chap._n xiii_o the_o newness_n of_o a_o full_a force_v sacramental_a confession_n 124_o sect_n two_o not_o warrant_v by_o scripture_n 129_o sect_n iii_o against_o reason_n 132_o sect_n iv._o the_o novelty_n of_o absolution_n before_o satisfaction_n 134_o caap._n fourteen_o the_o newness_n of_o the_o romish_a invocation_n of_o saint_n 136_o sect_n two_o against_o scripture_n 140_o sect_n iii_o against_o reason_n 146_o chap._n xv._n the_o newness_n of_o seven_o sacrament_n 148_o sect_n two_o beside_o scripture_n 152_o sect_n iii_o against_o reason_n 154_o chap._n xvi_o the_o newness_n of_o the_o romish_a doctrine_n of_o tradition_n 156_o sect_n two_o against_o scripture_n 162_o sect_n iii_o against_o reason_n 66_o chap._n xvii_o the_o newness_n of_o the_o universal_a headship_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n 169_o sect_n two_o the_o newness_n of_o challenge_v infallibility_n 177_o sect_n iii_o the_o newness_n of_o the_o pope_n superiority_n to_o counsel_n 179_o sect_n iv._o the_o new_a presumption_n of_o papal_a dispensation_n 182_o sect_n v._o the_o new_a challenge_n of_o pope_n domineer_a over_o king_n and_o emperor_n 185_o chap._n xviii_o the_o epilogue_n both_o of_o exhortation_n and_o apology_n 190_o a_o advertisement_n courteous_a reader_n i_o shall_v entreat_v you_o where_o you_o find_v some_o few_o either_o literal_a or_o verbal_a fault_n to_o have_v recourse_n to_o this_o follow_a errata_fw-la commit_v by_o the_o printer_n which_o will_v be_v very_o unpleasing_a to_o the_o reverend_a author_n who_o be_v many_o mile_n distant_a from_o the_o press_n which_o error_n if_o you_o shall_v vouchsafe_v to_o pardon_v in_o this_o impression_n they_o shall_v be_v more_o careful_o amend_v in_o the_o next_o n._n b._n errata_fw-la pag._n 5._o in_o margin_n for_o probant_fw-la read_v prolaeus_n pag._n 9_o in_o marg_n for_o pierius_n read_v prierius_n p._n 10._o l._n 8._o for_o angry_a part_n read_v angry_a to_o part_v pag._n 11._o lin_v 7._o for_o 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foul_a if_o deadly_a disease_a as_o she_o be_v these_o quality_n can_v utter_o take_v of_o her_o essence_n or_o our_o relation_n our_o divine_n indeed_o call_v we_o out_o of_o babylon_n and_o we_o run_v so_o as_o here_o be_v a_o actual_a separation_n on_o our_o part_n true_a but_o from_o the_o corruption_n wherein_o there_o be_v a_o true_a confusion_n not_o from_o the_o church_n their_o very_a charge_n imply_v their_o limitation_n as_o it_o be_v babylon_n we_o must_v come_v out_o of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v a_o outward_a visible_a church_n ecclesia_fw-la we_o neither_o do_v nor_o will_v this_o dropsy_n that_o have_v so_o swell_v up_o the_o body_n do_v not_o make_v it_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o true_a body_n but_o a_o sound_a one_o the_o true_a principle_n of_o christianity_n which_o it_o maintain_v maintain_v life_n in_o
that_o church_n the_o error_n which_o it_o hold_v 23._o together_o with_o those_o principle_n struggle_v with_o that_o life_n and_o threaten_v a_o extinction_n as_o it_o be_v a_o visible_a church_n then_o we_o have_v not_o detrect_v to_o hold_v communion_n with_o it_o though_o the_o contemptuous_a repulse_n of_o so_o many_o admonition_n have_v deserve_v our_o alienation_n as_o babylon_n we_o can_v have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o it_o like_o as_o in_o the_o course_n of_o our_o life_n we_o free_o converse_v with_o those_o man_n in_o civil_a affair_n with_o who_o we_o hate_v to_o partake_v in_o wickedness_n but_o will_v not_o this_o seem_v to_o savour_n of_o too_o much_o indifferency_n what_o need_v we_o so_o vehement_o labour_v to_o draw_v from_o either_o part_n and_o triumph_v in_o win_a proselyte_n and_o give_v they_o for_o lose_v on_o either_o side_n and_o brand_v they_o for_o apostate_n that_o be_v win_v away_o if_o which_o way_n so_o ever_o we_o fall_v we_o can_v light_v out_o of_o a_o true_a visible_a church_n of_o christ_n what_o such_o necessity_n be_v there_o of_o martyrdom_n what_o such_o danger_n of_o relapse_n if_o the_o church_n be_v with_o both_o let_v these_o sophister_n know_v that_o true_a charity_n need_v not_o abate_v any_o thing_n of_o zeal_n if_o they_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o just_a value_n of_o truth_n they_o shall_v not_o inquire_v so_o much_o into_o the_o person_n as_o into_o the_o cause_n what_o ever_o the_o church_n be_v if_o the_o error_n be_v damnable_a our_o blood_n be_v happy_o spend_v in_o their_o impugnation_n and_o we_o must_v rather_o choose_v to_o undergo_v a_o thousand_o death_n then_o offend_v the_o majesty_n of_o god_n in_o yield_v to_o a_o know_a falsehood_n in_o religion_n neither_o do_v the_o outward_a visibilitie_n of_o the_o church_n abate_v aught_o of_o the_o heinousness_n of_o mis-opinion_n or_o the_o vehemence_n of_o our_o opposition_n be_v it_o saint_n peter_n himself_o if_o he_o halt_v in_o judaize_v saint_n paul_n must_v resist_v he_o to_o his_o face_n neither_o be_v his_o fault_n less_o because_o a_o apostle_n yea_o let_v i_o say_v more_o be_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o we_o lay_v upon_o several_a foundation_n these_o error_n shall_v not_o be_v altogether_o so_o detestable_a since_o the_o symbolise_n in_o many_o truth_n make_v gross_a error_n more_o intolerable_a as_o the_o samaritan_n idolatry_n be_v more_o odious_a to_o the_o jew_n then_o mere_o paganish_v joan._n if_o the_o dear_a daughter_n of_o god_n upon_o earth_n shall_v commit_v spiritual_a whoredom_n her_o uncleanness_n be_v so_o much_o more_o to_o be_v hate_v as_o her_o obligation_n be_v great_a oh_o the_o glorious_a crown_n therefore_o of_o those_o bless_a martyr_n of_o we_o who_o rather_o give_v their_o body_n to_o be_v burn_v to_o ash_n than_o they_o will_v betray_v any_o parcel_n of_o divine_a truth_n oh_o the_o woeful_a and_o dangerous_a condition_n of_o those_o soul_n which_o shut_v their_o eye_n against_o so_o clear_a a_o light_n either_o willing_o sit_v down_o in_o palpable_a darkness_n or_o fall_v back_o from_o the_o sincerity_n of_o the_o gospel_n into_o these_o miserable_a enormity_n both_o of_o practice_n and_o doctrine_n it_o be_v not_o for_o i_o to_o judge_v they_o that_o i_o leave_v unto_o that_o high_a and_o awful_a tribunal_n before_o which_o i_o shall_v once_o appear_v with_o they_o but_o this_o i_o dare_v say_v that_o if_o that_o righteous_a judge_n shall_v punish_v either_o their_o obstinacy_n or_o relapse_n with_o eternal_a damnation_n he_o can_v but_o be_v justify_v in_o his_o judgement_n while_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o torment_n they_o shall_v be_v force_v to_o say_v thou_o 33·_v o_o god_n be_v just_a in_o all_o that_o be_v befall_v we_o for_o thou_o have_v do_v right_a but_o we_o have_v do_v wicked_o for_o we_o as_o we_o will_v save_v our_o soul_n let_v we_o careful_o preserve_v they_o from_o the_o contagion_n of_o romish_a superstition_n let_v we_o never_o fear_v that_o our_o discretion_n can_v hate_v error_n too_o much_o let_v we_o awaken_v our_o holy_a zeal_n to_o a_o serious_a and_o fervent_a opposition_n join_v with_o a_o charitable_a endeavour_n of_o reclamation_n short_o let_v we_o hate_v their_o opinion_n strive_v against_o their_o practice_n pity_v their_o misguide_n neglect_v their_o censure_n labour_v their_o recovery_n pray_v for_o their_o salvation_n finis_fw-la joh._n 14.27_o adrichoni_fw-fr descr_n hiero_n fol._n fig._n 19●_n faciunt_fw-la fau●_n &_o u●s●e_o faciunt_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o marcionitae_n ter_n tull_n adver_v martion_n l._n 4._o c_o 5._o ecclesiae_fw-la nomen_fw-la consensus_fw-la concordiaeque_fw-la est_fw-la chrysost_fw-la come_v in_o ep._n ad_fw-la gal._n sit_fw-la inter_fw-la nes_z una_fw-la fides_fw-la &_o illico_fw-la pax_fw-la sequetur_fw-la hier._n advers_a ruff._n erasm_n epist_n l._n 20._o paulo_n decimario_n 1._o cor._n 11._o cantic_a 2._o ult._n victor_n perser_n afric_n l._n 5._o spalat_n de_fw-fr hist_o eccles_n tom_fw-mi ult._n lib._n 7._o melanct._n postill_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la chri._n diog_n laert._n hooker_n eccles_n pol._n l_o 4._o §._o 3._o comment_fw-fr in_o euang._n saepe_fw-la patres_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o saluberrimam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la tenuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la divinum_fw-la ac_fw-la legitimum_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug-neque_a propter_fw-la paleam_fw-la relinquimus_fw-la aream_fw-la domini_fw-la neque_fw-la propter_fw-la pisee_n malos_fw-la rumpimus_fw-la retia_fw-la domini_fw-la aug_n epist_n 48_o sic_fw-la anabaptistae_fw-la accusant_fw-la paedobaptismum_fw-la papismi_fw-la cliston_n contr_n smith_n sic_fw-la neariani_n trinitatem_fw-la arguunt_fw-la &_o articulum_fw-la papae_fw-la probant·_n fascic·_n c._n 1._o nos_fw-la fatemur_fw-la sub_fw-la papatu_fw-la plurimum_fw-la esse_fw-la boni_fw-la christiani_n imo_fw-la omne_fw-la bonum_fw-la christianum_fw-la dico_fw-la insuper_fw-la &_o imo_fw-la vero_fw-la verum_fw-la nucleum_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la luther_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la 2._o pleb_n de_fw-fr anabapt_n cit●a_o cromero_n de_fw-fr falsa_fw-la relig_n lutheran_n aliud_fw-la est_fw-la credere_fw-la quod_fw-la papa_n credit_n aliud_fw-la credere_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la papae_fw-la prolaeus_n ibid._n ubi_fw-la supr_n euseb_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constantini_n l._n 3._o c._n 25._o justin_n tit._n 1._o §._o 4._o annot._n in_o leg_n 12._o tan._n magistris_fw-la utentes_fw-la ambitione_n &_o auaritiá_n bern_n ad_fw-la henric_fw-la senonensem_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la vitia_fw-la mores_fw-la fiunt_fw-la ger●_n de_fw-fr negligentia_fw-la prae●atorum_fw-la exit_fw-la sevet_n gravam_fw-la germ._n matth._n 13.25_o per_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la &_o ●e●um_fw-la nun_n ●u_n imsponia_fw-la ●en_n corrigenda_fw-la &_o ●eformanda_fw-fr est_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la disciplina_fw-la quae_fw-la iam_fw-la diu_fw-la depravata_fw-la atque_fw-la corrup_n etc._n etc._n orat._n praesid_v conc_fw-fr try_v say_v 11_o prim_n or_o dia_z cuncta_fw-la pavida_fw-la sunt_fw-la cassiod_n luther_n offer_v 95._o conclus_fw-la to_o be_v dispute_v at_o wittenb_n io._n tecelius_n offer_v the_o contrary_a propos_fw-fr at_o francfort_n vid._n hist_o conc._n trid._n lib._n 1._o lutherus_n etc._n etc._n ita_fw-la venio_fw-la beatissime_fw-la pater_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la adhuc_fw-la prostratus_fw-la rogo_fw-la etc._n etc._n epi._n ad_fw-la leonem_fw-la 10_o ibid._n lut._n 1_o eckius_fw-la &_o silvester_n pieríus_o write_v ag_fw-mi luth._o vid._n histor_n conc_fw-fr trid._n saepe_fw-la solutisue_n repestifera_fw-la ser_n james_n hogo_n strata_fw-la dominican_n inquisitor_n stir_v up_o pope_n leo_n to_o capital_a punishment_n of_o luther_n and_o his_o follower_n ibid_fw-la hist_o council_n a_o primordio_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la vim_o patitur_fw-la statim_fw-la ut_fw-la coli_fw-la deus_fw-la coepit_fw-la invidiam_fw-la religio_fw-la sortita_fw-la est_fw-la tert._n scorpiac_n advers_a gnostic_n c._n 8._o bapt._n porta_n leonis_fw-la bulla_n anno_fw-la 1518._o punitis_fw-la ingenijs_fw-la gliscit_fw-la authoritas_fw-la erasm_n godesch_n rosemund_n non_fw-la defuisse_fw-la magnos_fw-la theologos_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la verebantur_fw-la affirmare_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o luthero_n quin_fw-la per_fw-la probatos_fw-la authores_fw-la defendi_fw-la possit_fw-la eras_n lib._n epist_n 15._o godeschalco_n rosemund_n etc._n etc._n theod._n bez_n contr_n andrean_n etc._n etc._n vid._n histor_n conc_fw-fr trid._n l._n 1._o hulr_n zu●ng●●us_o in_o eccl._n zurich_n opon●●_n se_fw-la tratij_n sampsoni_fw-la mediolan_n francis_n hugo_n constantiens_fw-la episco●us_fw-la opponit_fw-la se_fw-la zuin_fw-la glio_fw-it ibid._n bullasecunda_fw-la leonis_fw-la papae_fw-la an._n 1520._o anna._n 1518._o vid._n histor._n council_n trid._n l._n 1._o tres_fw-fr saluiconductus_a concessi_fw-la protestantibus_fw-la sed_fw-la quam_fw-la frustra_fw-la vid._n junij_fw-la animaduersiones_fw-la in_o bellar._n bellar._n with_fw-mi epist_n epi._n q●inque_fw-fr eccles_n in_o histor_n council_n trid._n judicandi_fw-la potestas_fw-la apud_fw-la accusatores_fw-la erat_fw-la ruffin_n hist_o l_o 1._o cap._n 17._o ●_o q._n mu●t●_n etc._n etc._n 3._o q._n 7._o nullus_fw-la debet_fw-la sententia_fw-la non_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la partibus_fw-la dicta_fw-la nullius_fw-la moment●_n est_fw-la cassiod_n de_fw-fr amicit_fw-la c_o 5._o nullus_fw-la ante_fw-la rectam_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la causae_fw-la debet_fw-la privari_fw-la svo_fw-la jure_fw-la rodriguez_n case_n con_fw-la c._n 241._o cum_fw-la