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many_o error_n and_o extenuate_v they_o excuse_v they_o and_o very_o oftentimes_o by_o devise_v some_o pretty_a shift_n we_o do_v deny_v they_o and_o do_v fain_o some_o commodious_a sense_n unto_o they_o when_o they_o be_v oppose_v against_o 11._o we_o this_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o university_n of_o douai_n in_o their_o own_o word_n approve_v by_o the_o censor_n according_a to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n and_o thus_o they_o mean_v to_o have_v file_v nay_o rather_o defile_v althe_n ancient_a writing_n where_o they_o seem_v to_o contradict_v they_o as_o it_o appear_v in_o their_o index_n expurgatorius_fw-la late_o print_v to_o their_o perpetual_a shame_n which_o they_o purpose_v to_o keep_v in_o secret_a he_o that_o will_v resort_v to_o that_o book_n shall_v not_o want_v proof_n of_o their_o popish_a falsify_v of_o writer_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v that_o they_o will_v have_v stay_v here_o though_o this_o be_v shameful_a enough_o only_o to_o have_v deface_v the_o write_n of_o man_n but_o when_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o correct_v and_o amend_v the_o sacred_a scripture_n which_o be_v the_o lord_n own_o writing_n who_o will_v not_o cry_v out_o against_o so_o great_a impiety_n as_o dan_n 11._o 37._o where_o the_o text_n according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n be_v he_o shall_v not_o regard_v the_o god_n of_o his_o father_n nor_o the_o desire_n of_o woman_n bellarm._n read_v clean_o contrary_a take_v upon_o he_o to_o correct_v the_o text_n erit_fw-la in_o concupiscentijs_fw-la mulierum_fw-la he_o be_v give_v to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o woman_n whereas_o s._n paul_n say_v tit._n 3._o 10._o reject_v he_o that_o be_v a_o heretic_n after_o once_o or_o twice_o admonition_n bellarm._n deni_v the_o text_n and_o say_v it_o shall_v rather_o be_v thus_o read_v after_o once_o admontion_n de_fw-fr laicis_fw-la cap._n 22._o likewise_o where_o the_o true_a read_n be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o original_n galath_n 2._o 9_o james_n cephas_n and_o john_n bellarmne_v not_o well_o content_a that_o james_n shall_v be_v name_v before_o peter_n say_v the_o more_o ancient_a read_n be_v thus_o peter_n james_n and_o john_n de_fw-fr roman_n pontiff_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 18._o judith_n cap._n 5._o ver_fw-la 18._o the_o text_n say_v that_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o jew_n have_v be_v cast_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n bellarmne_v to_o make_v his_o opinion_n stand_v that_o the_o story_n of_o judith_n fall_v out_o before_o the_o captivity_n say_v flat_o that_o these_o word_n be_v supposititia_fw-la be_v foist_v into_o the_o text_n and_o this_o book_n of_o judith_n though_o it_o be_v not_o with_o we_o yet_o be_v scripture_n with_o they_o bellar._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la 12._o levit._fw-la 18._o 16._o whereas_o the_o text_n be_v plain_a thou_o shall_v not_o discover_v the_o shame_n of_o thy_o brother_n wife_n there_o step_v i_o forth_o a_o bold_a &_o shameful_a papist_n and_o say_v plain_o illud_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la vitio_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la superadditum_fw-la that_o this_o precept_n be_v put_v into_o the_o text_n through_o the_o default_n or_o oversight_n of_o the_o writer_n johan._n maior_n in_o 4._o sentent_fw-fr distinct_a 40._o qu._n 3._o and_o as_o they_o be_v not_o ashamed_a thus_o bold_o and_o wicked_o to_o defaulke_v &_o clip_v from_o the_o scripture_n so_o a_o otherwhile_o they_o will_v be_v so_o saucy_a as_o to_o add_v thereunto_o and_o put_v to_o of_o their_o own_o thus_o pope_n sixtus_n the_o 4._o add_v this_o clause_n to_o the_o salutation_n of_o marie_n which_o be_v common_o call_v the_o aue_fw-la marie_n hail_n marie_n full_a of_o grace_n the_o lord_n be_v with_o thou_o bless_v be_v thou_o amongst_o woman_n then_o follow_v that_o blasphemous_a addition_n et_fw-la benedicta_fw-la sit_fw-la anna_n mater_fw-la tua_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la sine_fw-la macula_fw-la tua_fw-la pro_fw-la cessit_fw-la caro_fw-la virginea_fw-la and_o bless_v be_v anna_n thy_o mother_n of_o who_o thy_o virgin_n flesh_n have_v proceed_v without_o
no_o vow_n of_o chastity_n fox_n p._n 187._o artic_a 17._o likewise_o to_o let_v pass_v how_o the_o pope_n himself_o make_v a_o loud_a lie_n in_o his_o bull_n against_o luther_n say_v that_o he_o offer_v money_n to_o luther_n to_o come_v up_o to_o rome_n whereas_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o there_o be_v 300_o crown_n give_v to_o ruffian_n &_o catchpole_n to_o murder_n luther_n p._n 1287._o but_o i_o will_v not_o rub_v this_o sore_a too_o long_o that_o which_o i_o have_v already_o say_v may_v serve_v as_o a_o taste_n &_o trial_n of_o their_o lie_a spirit_n unto_o these_o untruth_n and_o lie_n may_v be_v add_v also_o the_o fable_n and_o devise_v tale_n which_o go_v for_o currant_n among_o papist_n which_o be_v not_o the_o least_o prop_n and_o stay_v of_o popish_a superstition_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v that_o fabulous_a story_n that_o the_o wise_a man_n which_o come_v from_o the_o east_n to_o worship_n christ_n be_v 3._o king_n of_o persia_n who_o name_n be_v as_o the_o tale_n go_v gaspar_n melâ—htor_n baltasar_n who_o body_n be_v translate_v to_o cullen_n and_o there_o remain_v here_o be_v many_o untruth_n and_o unlikelihoode_n in_o this_o short_a tale_n first_o there_o be_v never_o but_o one_o king_n of_o persia_n at_o once_o second_o though_o the_o magi_n or_o wise_a man_n be_v of_o great_a account_n with_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n yet_o be_v not_o the_o king_n call_v magi._n three_o they_o return_v eastward_o from_o whence_o they_o come_v how_o then_o can_v their_o body_n be_v transport_v so_o many_o hundred_o nay_o thousand_o mile_n four_o if_o their_o body_n lie_v bury_v at_o cullen_n how_o can_v they_o be_v at_o milan_n too_o for_o they_o also_o lie_v as_o good_a claim_n to_o they_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o the_o rhemiste_n tell_v we_o in_o good_a sooth_n that_o it_o be_v a_o true_a story_n annot._n math._n 2._o sect._n 4._o the_o like_a fiction_n they_o have_v of_o gregory_n thaumaturgus_n who_o remove_v a_o mountain_n to_o make_v room_n for_o the_o foundation_n of_o a_o church_n yet_o very_o sober_o avouch_v by_o the_o rhemiste_n math._n 17._o sect._n 6._o such_o another_o proper_a tale_n how_o christ_n come_v in_o a_o pilgrim_n weed_n to_o gregory_n ordinary_a table_n of_o poor_a man_n rhemist_n heb._n 13._o sect._n 2._o which_o fiction_n that_o christ_n in_o his_o humanity_n shall_v be_v see_v upon_o earth_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o scripture_n which_o testify_v that_o the_o heaven_n must_v contain_v he_o till_o his_o come_n again_o act._n 3._o 21._o many_o such_o fable_n go_v for_o good_a payment_n among_o the_o papist_n in_o time_n pass_v in_o the_o day_n of_o ignorance_n but_o since_o that_o by_o the_o spring_a of_o the_o gospel_n great_a light_n be_v come_v into_o the_o world_n they_o themselves_o begin_v to_o reject_v diverse_a of_o their_o legend_n story_n which_o be_v not_o call_v in_o question_n before_o bellarmine_n confess_v that_o the_o story_n which_o be_v report_v out_o of_o abdias_n &_o other_o ut_fw-la plurimùm_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la prorsus_fw-la indubitatae_fw-la for_o the_o most_o part_n may_v be_v doubt_v of_o the_o story_n also_o of_o s._n george_n s._n christopher_n and_o s._n katherine_n he_o judge_v to_o be_v apocryphal_a and_o worthy_a of_o small_a credit_n though_o he_o will_v have_v their_o person_n still_o keep_v in_o memory_n bellarmine_n li._n 1._o de_fw-fr sanctor_n beatitud_n 20._o the_o tale_n how_o through_o the_o prayer_n of_o s._n gregory_n the_o soul_n of_o trajan_n the_o emperor_n be_v deliver_v out_o of_o hell_n be_v reject_v by_o bellarmine_n the_o purgator_n lib._n 2._o 8._o yet_o our_o countryman_n master_n harding_n be_v somewhat_o straight_o lace_v in_o justify_v all_o the_o legend_n story_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v read_v in_o their_o church_n and_o say_v that_o we_o belie_v they_o pag._n 571._o yet_o polidore_n virgil_n say_v multorum_fw-la divorum_fw-la vitas_fw-la recitant_fw-la licet_fw-la parum_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la scriptas_fw-la they_o read_v many_o saint_n life_n though_o not_o write_v according_a to_o the_o truth_n and_o lodovicus_n vives_z legenda_fw-la aurea_fw-la plenissima_fw-la est_fw-la impudentissimis_fw-la mendacijs_fw-la their_o golden_a legend_n as_o they_o call_v it_o be_v full_a of_o most_o impudent_a lie_n consul_n juell_n defence_n apolog._n pag._n 571._o thus_o much_o of_o our_o adversary_n shameless_a reject_v of_o truth_n and_o of_o their_o bold_a bolster_n out_o of_o untruth_n as_o also_o of_o their_o fable_n &_o lie_v which_o thing_n if_o they_o shall_v persist_v still_o to_o avouch_v i_o will_v say_v with_o bernard_n justius_fw-la oâ—_n loquens_fw-la talia_fw-la fustibus_fw-la tunderetur_fw-la quà m_fw-la rationib_fw-la refelleretur_fw-la he_o that_o speak_v such_o vain_a thing_n deserve_v rather_o to_o be_v beat_v with_o club_n than_o to_o be_v confute_v by_o argument_n epist._n 191._o and_o as_o augustine_n say_v write_v against_o petilian_n the_o donatist_n quemadmodum_fw-la si_fw-la mihi_fw-la diceres_fw-la quod_fw-la ego_fw-la petilianus_n sum_fw-la non_fw-la invenirem_fw-la quomodo_fw-la te_fw-la refellerem_fw-la nisi_fw-la aut_fw-la iocantem_fw-la riderem_fw-la aut_fw-la insanientem_fw-la dolerem_fw-la hoc_fw-la mihi_fw-la nunc_fw-la faciendum_fw-la esse_fw-la video_fw-la even_o as_o if_o thou_o shall_v say_v unto_o i_o that_o i_o be_o petilian_n i_o can_v not_o tell_v how_o to_o refel_v thou_o but_o either_o in_o laugh_v at_o thy_o folly_n or_o mourn_v for_o thy_o madness_n so_o must_v i_o be_v fain_o to_o do_v now_o contra_fw-la petilian_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 38._o and_o so_o must_v we_o be_v fain_o to_o do_v when_o we_o see_v our_o adversary_n to_o pass_v the_o bound_n of_o modesty_n and_o to_o violate_v the_o law_n of_o reason_n in_o make_v true_a false_a and_o false_a true_a in_o call_v white_a black_a and_o black_a white_a we_o must_v needs_o do_v one_o of_o these_o two_o either_o to_o scorn_v their_o folly_n or_o to_o bewail_v their_o blindness_n and_o ignorance_n and_o hardness_n of_o heart_n and_o thus_o have_v we_o the_o first_o pillar_n of_o popery_n consist_v of_o rail_v slander_n forgery_n untruth_n and_o fable_n the_o second_o pillar_n of_o papistry_n consist_v of_o blasphemy_n opinion_n contrary_a to_o scripture_n heresy_n ridiculous_a &_o absurd_a position_n the_o first_o part_n of_o popish_a blasphemy_n the_o rhemiste_n do_v lay_v great_a blasphemy_n to_o our_o charge_n write_v in_o these_o word_n no_o heretic_n ever_o like_a antichrist_n than_o these_o in_o our_o day_n special_o in_o blasphemy_n against_o god_n church_n sacrament_n saint_n &_o all_o sacred_a thing_n apocal._n 1â—_n sect._n 2._o but_o i_o trust_v in_o god_n for_o all_o their_o great_a word_n that_o they_o shall_v never_o prove_v one_o blasphemy_n against_o us._n no_o be_v it_o know_v unto_o they_o that_o we_o maintain_v no_o blasphemy_n they_o mistake_v the_o matter_n they_o be_v themselves_o blasphemer_n which_o do_v belch_v out_o blasphemy_n against_o god_n &_o his_o church_n the_o scripture_n and_o against_o all_o holy_a thing_n this_o than_o must_v be_v the_o issue_n whether_o of_o we_o be_v these_o notorious_a blasphemer_n they_o or_o we_o thus_o therefore_o begin_v our_o plea._n first_o we_o will_v set_v down_o their_o beadrol_n of_o blasphemy_n which_o they_o have_v utter_v concern_v the_o scripture_n lodovicus_n a_o canon_n of_o laterane_n in_o rome_n pronounce_v in_o the_o late_a chapter_n of_o trent_n scriptura_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la mortuum_fw-la atramentum_fw-la the_o scripture_n be_v as_o it_o be_v dead_a ink_n the_o bishop_n of_o poiteer_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n scriptura_fw-la est_fw-la res_fw-la inanimis_fw-la &_o muta_n the_o scripture_n be_v a_o dead_a and_o dumb_a thing_n juell_n pag._n 521._o defence_n apol._n albertus_n pigghius_n sunt_fw-la scripturae_fw-la muti_fw-la judices_fw-la the_o scripture_n be_v dumb_a judge_n controu_fw-fr 3._o de_fw-fr eccles._n eckius_fw-la call_v the_o scripture_n euangelium_fw-la nigrum_fw-la &_o theologiam_fw-la atramentariam_fw-la the_o black_a gospel_n and_o inken_fw-mi divinity_n pigghius_n again_o say_v they_o be_v as_o a_o nose_n of_o wax_n nasus_n cereus_fw-la to_o be_v draw_v every_o way_n hierarch_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o hosius_n speak_v of_o david_n psalm_n when_o it_o be_v object_v that_o david_n the_o author_n thereof_o be_v no_o bishop_n but_o a_o temporal_a prince_n he_o make_v this_o heathenish_a &_o scornful_a answer_n quidni_fw-la scriberet_fw-la scribimus_fw-la indocti_fw-la doctique_fw-la poemata_fw-la passim_fw-la no_o great_a matter_n if_o he_o write_v they_o for_o as_o horace_n say_v we_o write_v ballad_n every_o body_n both_o learned_a and_o unlearned_a tagg_n and_o rag_n hosius_n li._n 2._o cont_n brentium_n thus_o he_o make_v the_o holy_a prophet_n david_n but_o a_o writer_n of_o ballad_n silvester_n prierias_fw-la contr_n luther_n thus_o write_v indulgentiae_fw-la authoritate_fw-la scripturae_fw-la non_fw-la innotuere_fw-la nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la authoritate_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanorumque_fw-la pontificum_fw-la quae_fw-la maior_fw-la est_fw-la
itaque_fw-la regis_fw-la david_n legimus_fw-la peccata_fw-la sed_fw-la legimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la rectè_fw-la facta_fw-la cont_n faust._n lib._n 22._o cap._n 66._o as_o we_o read_v of_o david_n sin_n so_o we_o also_o read_v of_o his_o well_o do_v and_o again_o nos_fw-la scripturas_fw-la sanctas_fw-la non_fw-la hominum_fw-la peccata_fw-la defendimus_fw-la we_o maintain_v and_o defend_v the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o not_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n count_n faust._n lib._n 22._o cap._n 45._o we_o answer_v they_o further_o as_o augustine_n do_v the_o manichee_n be_v it_o say_v he_o that_o the_o patriarch_n &_o prophet_n be_v such_o evil_a man_n as_o the_o manichee_n slander_v they_o to_o be_v etiam_fw-la sic_fw-la non_fw-la dico_fw-la electis_fw-la eorum_fw-la sed_fw-la ipso_fw-la etiam_fw-la deo_fw-la illorum_fw-la demonstrarentur_fw-la meliores_fw-la yet_o in_o that_o case_n be_v we_o can_v easy_o show_v that_o they_o be_v much_o better_a not_o only_o they_o their_o chief_a doctor_n &_o 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person_n and_o to_o discern_v their_o leprosy_n levitic_n 13._o 14._o therefore_o christian_n be_v now_o also_o bind_v to_o make_v particular_a confession_n and_o enumeration_n of_o their_o sin_n in_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o priest_n bellarm._n the_o penitent_a lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o yet_o the_o priest_n be_v not_o to_o take_v knowledge_n of_o every_o infirmity_n or_o disease_n but_o of_o this_o contagious_a and_o infectious_a kind_n how_o then_o can_v they_o hence_o conclude_v that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o all_o sin_n both_o great_a and_o small_a belong_v to_o the_o priest_n and_o who_o know_v not_o that_o herein_o the_o priesthood_n of_o the_o law_n do_v decipher_v the_o priesthood_n of_o christ_n by_o who_o our_o spiritual_a leprosy_n be_v discern_v and_o cure_v nay_o they_o do_v not_o content_v themselves_o with_o a_o apish_a imitation_n of_o jewish_a ceremony_n but_o they_o also_o belie_v they_o and_o father_n upon_o they_o such_o thing_n as_o they_o never_o use_v as_o that_o 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which_o i_o think_v they_o will_v not_o grant_v but_o this_o be_v contrary_n to_o the_o scripture_n which_o say_v that_o god_n only_o know_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n 1._o kin._n 8._o 39_o it_o be_v not_o say_v he_o chief_o or_o proper_o know_v they_o but_o he_o only_o and_o a_o reason_n be_v there_o give_v reward_v every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o way_n as_o thou_o know_v his_o heart_n god_n therefore_o only_o know_v the_o hart_n because_o he_o only_o reward_v man_n after_o their_o way_n distinct._n 27._o the_o papist_n divide_v hell_n into_o 4._o part_n or_o member_n according_a to_o the_o measure_n and_o continuance_n of_o the_o punishment_n for_o the_o pain_n be_v either_o temporal_a or_o eternal_a and_o there_o be_v duplex_fw-la poena_fw-la damni_fw-la &_o sensus_fw-la a_o double_a punishment_n beside_o either_o of_o loss_n without_o smart_n or_o of_o loss_n and_o damage_n with_o smart_n and_o punishment_n together_o the_o place_n of_o temporal_a loss_n only_o be_v limbus_n 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all_o these_o infernal_a region_n to_o be_v place_n of_o darkness_n but_o the_o scripture_n make_v no_o other_o place_n of_o darkness_n but_o hell_n into_o the_o which_o the_o devil_n be_v throw_v down_o so_o s._n peter_n take_v that_o hell_n &_o the_o chain_n of_o darkness_n for_o all_o one_o and_o what_o place_n else_o be_v that_o which_o the_o same_o apostle_n call_v a_o prison_n 4._o 1._o pet._n 3._o 19_o which_o the_o papist_n notwithstanding_o understand_v of_o their_o limbus_n patrum_fw-la but_o where_o the_o chain_n of_o darkness_n be_v for_o chain_n and_o a_o prison_n house_n have_v a_o mutual_a reference_n one_o to_o the_o other_o 2_o in_o hell_n there_o be_v not_o neither_o can_v be_v a_o punishment_n of_o loss_n or_o damage_n only_o without_o sense_n &_o smart_v of_o torment_n
for_o they_o which_o be_v in_o darkness_n exclude_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n do_v not_o only_o sustain_v the_o loss_n of_o that_o benefit_n but_o they_o must_v needs_o also_o be_v in_o pain_n &_o sorrow_n for_o as_o the_o psalm_n pronoâ—ceth_v of_o other_o creature_n if_o thou_o hide_v thy_o face_n they_o be_v trouble_v psal._n 104_o 29._o so_o be_v it_o also_o true_a of_o man_n that_o the_o hide_v of_o god_n face_n the_o absence_n of_o his_o spirit_n bring_v sorrow_n &_o trouble_n withal_o so_o our_o saviour_n say_v they_o be_v cast_v into_o vit_a or_o exterior_a darkness_n there_o be_v weep_a &_o gnash_v of_o tooth_n math._n 8._o 12._o darkness_n then_o be_v accompany_v with_o weep_v and_o extreme_a horror_n it_o be_v call_v the_o utter_a or_o exterior_a darkness_n because_o without_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o darkness_n but_o if_o they_o will_v have_v it_o so_o call_v in_o respect_n of_o hell_n itself_o as_o though_o some_o darkness_n be_v exterior_a or_o outward_a some_o interior_a or_o inward_a the_o darkness_n of_o limbus_n patrum_fw-la which_o they_o say_v be_v in_o the_o brim_n of_o hell_n must_v be_v this_o exterior_a darkness_n because_o hell_n the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a be_v low_a and_o more_o inward_a and_o that_o must_v be_v the_o interior_n darkness_n thus_o we_o see_v how_o easy_o their_o vanity_n be_v blow_v away_o distinct._n 28._o the_o jesuite_n make_v two_o kind_n of_o voluntary_a worship_n that_o be_v proper_o call_v cultus_fw-la voluntarius_fw-la voluntary_a worship_n qui_fw-la sine_fw-la ratione_fw-la suscipitur_fw-la which_o be_v take_v in_o hand_n without_o any_o reason_n or_o ground_n there_o be_v a_o other_o kind_n of_o worship_n or_o service_n qui_fw-la exhibetur_fw-la deo_fw-la per_fw-la actus_fw-la virtutum_fw-la which_o be_v perform_v unto_o god_n by_o some_o act_n of_o virtue_n and_o this_o be_v not_o proper_o a_o voluntary_a worship_n or_o religion_n though_o it_o be_v not_o command_v of_o this_o sort_n they_o say_v their_o pilgrimage_n be_v and_o such_o like_a bellar._n the_o sanct_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o contra._n 1._o saint_n paul_n forbid_v all_o voluntary_a worship_n coloss._n 2._o 23._o the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherefore_o all_o thing_n bring_v into_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n without_o his_o commandment_n by_o the_o will_n of_o man_n what_o reason_n or_o cause_n soever_o be_v pretend_v be_v but_o will-worship_n 2._o the_o apostle_n speak_v not_o of_o such_o a_o will-worship_n as_o be_v fond_o enterprise_v without_o any_o cause_n as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v vow_v not_o to_o sit_v down_o at_o the_o table_n till_o he_o have_v twice_o wash_v as_o the_o jesuite_n put_v the_o example_n but_o even_o of_o such_o worship_n as_o be_v commend_v by_o the_o jesuite_n which_o be_v not_o rash_o begin_v but_o with_o advice_n and_o perform_v by_o some_o virtuous_a act_n for_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o even_o will-worship_n have_v a_o show_n of_o wisdom_n it_o be_v not_o sine_fw-la ratione_fw-la but_o habet_fw-la rationem_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la again_o there_o be_v submission_n and_o humbleness_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o not_o spare_v or_o not_o satisfy_v the_o flesh_n all_o these_o our_o adversary_n can_v deny_v to_o be_v virtuous_a act_n for_o such_o be_v their_o fasting_n and_o other_o work_n of_o penance_n wherefore_o even_o such_o thing_n do_v make_v but_o a_o will-worshippe_n the_o jesuite_n then_o have_v say_v just_a nothing_o distinct._n 29._o bellarmine_n grant_v that_o vow_n may_v be_v make_v proper_o unto_o saint_n as_o unto_o god_n but_o with_o this_o distinction_n we_o do_v promise_n and_o make_v a_o vow_n to_o god_n in_o sign_n of_o our_o thankfulness_n to_o he_o as_o unto_o the_o author_n of_o all_o good_a thing_n but_o unto_o saint_n we_o vow_v to_o betoken_v our_o thankfulness_n unto_o they_o as_o our_o mediator_n and_o intercessor_n by_o who_o mean_n we_o do_v receive_v these_o good_a thing_n of_o god_n bellarm_n lib._n 3._o the_o sanct_n cap._n 9_o contra._n thus_o they_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o rob_v god_n of_o his_o honour_n the_o scripture_n reach_v we_o that_o vow_v only_o be_v to_o be_v make_v to_o god_n esay_n 19_o 21._o in_o that_o day_n the_o egyptian_n shall_v know_v the_o lord_n and_o shall_v do_v sacrifice_n and_o vow_v vow_n unto_o god_n here_o vow_n and_o sacrifice_n be_v join_v together_o but_o sacrifice_n no_o manner_n of_o way_n be_v due_a to_o saint_n therefore_o neither_o vow_n again_o the_o scripture_n make_v this_o a_o reason_n why_o we_o shall_v vow_v unto_o god_n and_o pay_v our_o vow_n for_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n will_v sure_o require_v it_o of_o thou_o deut._n 23._o 21._o but_o god_n only_o be_v able_a to_o require_v and_o exact_v a_o vow_n at_o our_o hand_n and_o to_o call_v we_o to_o account_v for_o it_o ergo_fw-la we_o must_v vow_v only_o unto_o he_o distinct._n 30._o day_n among_o christian_n be_v partly_o equal_a partly_o unequal_a unequal_a they_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o precept_n and_o determination_n of_o the_o church_n and_o for_o the_o mystical_a signification_n which_o they_o have_v equal_a they_o be_v quoad_fw-la essentialia_fw-la festi_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o the_o essential_a matter_n of_o a_o holy_a day_n as_o a_o man_n private_o by_o himself_o may_v upon_o any_o day_n receive_v the_o communion_n hear_v the_o word_n and_o keep_v the_o memory_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n bellarm._n the_o câ—lt_n sanctor_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o contra._n the_o difference_n and_o distinction_n of_o day_n for_o signification_n and_o in_o respect_n of_o more_o holiness_n be_v mere_a judaical_a as_o the_o apostle_n testify_v this_o man_n esteem_v one_o day_n above_o another_o day_n another_o man_n count_v every_o day_n alike_o rom._n 14._o 5._o wherefore_o day_n be_v all_o equal_a and_o alike_o unto_o christian_n not_o in_o respect_n only_o of_o those_o essential_o for_o so_o be_v they_o also_o equal_a to_o the_o jew_n they_o 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epistle_n to_o the_o ephesian_n word_n for_o word_n and_o how_o be_v it_o like_o that_o marcellinus_n which_o die_v in_o the_o 20._o year_n of_o dioclesian_n can_v write_v of_o consubstantiality_n of_o the_o divine_a person_n when_o that_o controversy_n and_o term_n of_o consubstantiality_n be_v not_o hear_v of_o in_o the_o church_n before_o the_o nicene_n council_n which_o be_v 23._o year_n after_o he_o fox_n ibid._n eusebius_n in_o his_o decretal_a epistle_n write_v thus_o in_o sede_fw-la apostolica_fw-la extra_fw-la maculam_fw-la semper_fw-la catholica_fw-la seruata_fw-la est_fw-la religio_fw-la that_o be_v in_o the_o apostolic_a sea_n always_o the_o catholic_a religion_n have_v be_v preserve_v without_o any_o spot_n or_o blemish_n and_o yet_o his_o late_a predecessor_n marcellinus_n within_o his_o time_n and_o remembrance_n do_v fall_v grievous_o in_o sacrifice_v to_o idol_n though_o afterward_o he_o repent_v thereof_o and_o be_v condemn_v for_o the_o same_o and_o expulse_v the_o 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athens_n but_o of_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr hierarch_n he_o have_v not_o one_o word_n euseb._n li._n 4._o ca._n 23._o gulielmus_fw-la gracinus_fw-la do_v read_v in_o his_o open_a lecture_n in_o the_o church_n of_o s._n paul_n this_o book_n the_o eccl_n hierarch_n who_o at_o the_o first_o entrance_n vehement_o inveigh_v against_o those_o that_o hold_v opinion_n that_o dionysius_n areopag_n be_v not_o author_n of_o that_o book_n but_o after_o a_o few_o week_n be_v better_o advise_v he_o alter_v his_o mind_n and_o protest_v open_o that_o in_o his_o judgement_n dionysius_n areopag_n mention_v in_o the_o act_n be_v not_o author_n of_o that_o book_n exit_fw-la erasm._n ad_fw-la parisiens_n historia_fw-la passionis_fw-la of_o s._n andrew_n &_o s._n martialis_n epist_n ad_fw-la burdegalens_n 25_o be_v but_o counterfeit_a fable_n fulk_n hebr._n 10._o sect_n 9_o no_o better_o be_v that_o pamphlet_n which_o go_v under_o linus_n name_n entitle_v de_n petripassione_n which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o be_v there_o report_v peter_n be_v most_o just_o condemn_v for_o entice_v and_o lead_v away_o woman_n from_o their_o husband_n beza_n annot_fw-mi john_n 21._o v._o 19_o against_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n the_o liturgy_n of_o s._n james_n be_v but_o a_o late_o devise_v toy_n for_o balsamon_n patriarch_n of_o antioch_n say_v that_o the_o liturgy_n of_o s._n james_n be_v not_o extant_a in_o his_o time_n but_o utter_o wear_v away_o fulke_n annot_v 1._o corinth_n 11._o sect_n 10._o no_o marvel_n then_o if_o these_o good_a fellow_n make_v it_o not_o dainty_a to_o belie_v the_o ancient_a bishop_n and_o martyr_n with_o fantastical_a and_o forge_a pamphlet_n see_v that_o they_o presume_v without_o blush_v to_o utter_v their_o forgery_n both_o of_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o and_o under_o their_o name_n not_o much_o unlike_a to_o the_o old_a heretic_n the_o manichee_n and_o other_o that_o scatter_v abroad_o heretical_a devise_n under_o the_o apostle_n name_n as_o the_o apocalypse_n of_o s._n paul_n whereof_o s._n augustine_n make_v mention_v tract_n in_o johann_n 98._o another_o book_n of_o s._n thomas_n the_o apostle_n augustine_n epist_n 38._o certain_a epistle_n father_v upon_o the_o apostle_n august_n in_o psalm_n 47._o yea_o they_o contain_v not_o themselves_o here_o but_o in_o their_o foolish_a conceit_n devise_v fable_n more_o ancient_a than_o the_o flood_n as_o the_o book_n of_o henoch_n whereof_o augustine_n speak_v de_fw-la civitat_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 18._o cap._n 38._o and_o yet_o be_v more_o impudent_a for_o they_o allege_v a_o epistle_n which_o they_o say_v be_v of_o christ_n own_o writing_n august_n count_n faust._n lib._n 28._o cap._n 4._o i_o will_v now_o our_o adversary_n do_v not_o give_v we_o occasion_n by_o these_o imaginary_a and_o decoytfull_a writing_n of_o they_o which_o they_o will_v notwithstanding_o to_o be_v repute_v as_o sound_v and_o substantial_a to_o compare_v they_o in_o this_o respect_n to_o those_o heretic_n of_o elder_a time_n let_v we_o now_o see_v what_o other_o fantasy_n they_o have_v which_o do_v mask_n under_o the_o name_n of_o late_a writer_n in_o the_o liturgy_n that_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o chrysostome_n which_o the_o papist_n call_v chrysostom_n mass_n as_o it_o be_v set_v forth_o by_o claâ—dius_n du_fw-ge sanctis_fw-la there_o be_v a_o prayer_n for_o pope_n nicholas_n and_o the_o emperor_n alexius_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v near_o 500_o year_n the_o other_o 700_o year_n after_o chrysostome_n judge_n therefore_o christian_n reader_n whether_o it_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v chrysostom_n the_o liturgy_n bear_v the_o name_n of_o basill_n show_v itself_o to_o be_v none_o of_o he_o because_o it_o observe_v not_o that_o form_n of_o doxology_n that_o be_v praise_v to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n with_o the_o preposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o basil_n do_v so_o earnest_o maintain_v to_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o apostle_n tradition_n the_o spirit_n sanct_n cap._n 27._o 28._o there_o be_v 4._o book_n intersert_v among_o ciril_n commentary_n upon_o john_n which_o be_v compose_v by_o jodocus_n clictovaeus_n to_o supply_v so_o many_o book_n of_o ciril_n want_v yet_o be_v they_o common_o allege_v by_o our_o adversary_n in_o ciril_n name_n paulinus_n bishop_n of_o nola_n his_o epistle_n forge_v for_o epistle_n 1â—_n he_o write_v thus_o of_o the_o wood_n of_o the_o cross_n that_o it_o have_v such_o a_o incorruptible_a virtue_n that_o it_o susteyn_v no_o diminish_n but_o continue_v as_o though_o it_o have_v never_o be_v touch_v man_n daily_o take_v part_n of_o it_o which_o be_v so_o gross_a a_o fable_n that_o the_o censor_n appoint_v according_a to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n in_o their_o ind._n expurgat_fw-la command_v it_o to_o be_v put_v out_o how_o many_o book_n be_v foist_v into_o augustine_n work_n it_o be_v to_o long_o to_o rehearse_v for_o as_o he_o in_o number_n of_o his_o work_n exceed_v any_o one_o of_o the_o ancient_a doctor_n of_o the_o
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agree_v with_o itself_o nor_o with_o other_o plura_fw-la apud_fw-la fox_n pag._n 105._o all_o this_o notwithstanding_o which_o we_o have_v not_o bare_o and_o nakedlie_o affirm_v but_o i_o trust_v sufficient_o prove_v and_o to_o the_o indifferent_a reader_n by_o more_o than_o probable_a argument_n demonstrate_v that_o our_o adversary_n have_v use_v much_o deceit_n in_o convey_v false_a and_o forge_a write_n under_o ancient_a author_n name_n yet_o they_o will_v needs_o bear_v the_o world_n in_o hand_n that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o matter_n but_o that_o they_o be_v those_o author_n proper_a and_o peculiar_a work_n whereupon_o they_o be_v bold_o in_o every_o controversy_n as_o they_o have_v occasion_n to_o press_v we_o with_o their_o light_n and_o vain_a authority_n as_o the_o constitut_o of_o clemens_n allege_v by_o the_o rhom_n annot_v luk._n 4._o sec._n 1._o ignatius_n math._n 4._o sec._n 2._o &_o 1_o peter_n 2._o sect_n 6._o hippolytus_n math._n 24._o sec._n 5._o policarpus_fw-la 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