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church_n	according_a	law_n	word_n	3,459	5	3.8595	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19707	Trueth triumphant, or The late conversion of a learned doctor of Sorbon, D. Francis Cupif, Doctor of Diuinite; from poperie, to the profession of the true religion With the degradation of the fore-named doctor, for the cause fore-sayd, by the Facultie of Divinitie at Paris, in Iulie last, 1637. And the sayd D. Francis his answere to the decree thereof, most learnedlie and succinctlie set downe. Faythfullie translated into English, out of the Latine print copie, by William Guild, D.D. minister at Aberdene, and chaplaine to his Majestie.	Guild, William, 1586-1657.	1637 (1637)	STC 6124; ESTC S118473	10,168	18

themselues and leaders of the blinde and this Doctor CUPIF hath done hitherto beeing obedient vnto Christ therein 8 Such also as are truelie the enemies of the Crosse of Christ according to the Apostle are these whose god is their bellie and whose glorie is their shame caring for earthlie thinges And who these bee the thing it selfe speaketh for surelie that cannot bee ascrybed to him who that hee might follow Christ hath denyed himselfe and hath cast away from him the Revenewes of these Benefices which hee enjoyed that hee might giue vp his name to Him who when Hee was rich became poore for our sake that by His povertie wee might bee enriched and who choosed rather to bee an abject in the house of GOD than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners 9 Whereas it is called an vnhappie chance or lot that hee was receaved into the bosome of that sacred Facultie and at last promoted to bee one of the Doctors therein Surelie it had truelie beene an vnhappie lot or chance to him except by the grace of GOD hee had departed from them who in the Apostolicall businesse haue neyther part nor lot that so hee might giue thankes to GOD the Father who make him fit for the participation of the lot of the Saynct● in light 10 If by that excellent Mother yee vnderstand eyther the Romane Church or your Sorbon Schoole it was his duetie to reject those lawes wherewith agaynst Gods word hee was intrapped and according to the Prophets commandement Contende with his mother that she is not the wife of God nor that God is her husband til the remoue away her whoredomes from before his sight and her adulteries from the midst of her breasts And if by his excellent Mother yee vnderstand her that is his mother according to the flesh hee knoweth that they were praysed in the cause of God who sayde of their Father and of their mother I haue no regard to them and who did not know their brethren hee did know also that Ass king of Iudah was praysed who removed his mother Maacha that she should not bee chiefe in the worship of Priapus and in the groue which shee had consecrated and who overthrew her caue or lurking place as the vulgar edition hath it 3 King 15. 13 or as Arias M●●ta●us translateth it out of the Hebrew Hee removed her from that hou●e that shee had made that terrible thing that is the Idole 1 King 15. 13 according to the Hebr●w Neyther was he ignorant of that speach of our LORD Hee that loveth father or mother better nor mee hee is not worthie of mee 11 Neyther is Doctor CUPIF vnmyndfull of that Oath in the words whereof yee made him to sweare and whereof now hee heartilie repenteth and beseecheth GOD that Hee call not the same to His remembrance which hee not onlie hopeth for but trusteth assuredlie in the LORD that it will not bee imputed to him because as the Apostle sayeth hee did it ignorantlie Also hee hath read in your owne decretalls in these promises that are evill breake thy sayth and in vowing that which is filthie change thy decree and that which thou hast vnadvysedlie vowed d●e not p●rforms for it is as v●godlie promise which is kept by committing of sinne Out of 〈◊〉 as also out of Beda If it hath befallen vs perhaps to haue swo●ne anie thing rashlie which being observed tendeth to some evill ●nd● wee are to know that by a more wholesome counsell freelie wee may change the same And agayne The e●ill sayeth hee which by an Oath one hath bound himselfe to performe let him not doest at all For it is great wisedome for a man to retreate that which hee hath spoken wickedlie as Augustine holdeth the opinion Let the Doctours of Sorbon reade this In their owne Grat●an Causa 22. q. 4. 12 As for his condemning the sect of the Calvinists hee did indeede condemne before that which yee call that perverse sect of the Calvinists at what tyme he conversed amongst you who lyke brute beasts destitute of reason and carried by the force of nature speaketh evill of these thinges sayeth the Apostle which they vnderstand not but since that tyme hee doeth now acknowledge true Christianitie to bee with them who altho they follow none other except Christ as their guyde nor were they baptized in the name of Calvin yet they are defamed by the reproachfull name of the p●rverse sect of Calvinists heerein then he greatlie rejoyceth that according to that way which ye● call a se●● hee so serveth the God of his fathers believing all thinges ●hich are written in the law and the prophets And vnto these hee addeth that hee believeth all thinges which were committed to the Church in writ by the ●●angelists and Apostles of Christ. 13 As for that disgrace amongst men which hee hath drawne vpon himselfe hee counteth that his honour and willinglie 〈◊〉 beare the reproach of Christ neyther refuseth hee with S. Paul the Apostle to professe His Name amongst those who being defamed doe pray being made the filth of the world and th● off 〈◊〉 of all thinges 〈◊〉 to this day 14 Your cursing hee seareth not who turneth himselfe vnto God saying with David Let them curse but blesse thou And they who haue risen vp against mee let them bee ashamed but let thy servant rejoyce Hither are all your speaches to be referred which ye say of a foolish sonne of perfidious prevarication of his beeing vpon the hereticall syde and which vnjustlie yee mutter foorth of wickednesse and lies which ye impute to him And as for the Romane Church he acknowledgeth the same to bee neyther Catholicke nor Apostolicke but a particular Apostaticke and disorderlie church Which which Epithets your owne Genebrard hath adorned manie of your Romane bishops before in his Chronologie lib. 4. ad ann 901. 15 And if anie imbred pryde as yee say or vnbrydled lust had made him bent vnto anie such headlong destruction then he ought to haue remayned still amongst your selues who rejoyce in the prowde titles to bee called Magister ●●ster and despyse all others in comparison of your selues Neyther surelie was it needfull to a Doctor of So●●on and a parson to renounce your societie that hee might satisfie his lust seeing yee account the whoredomes of the Clergie but amongst light offences For hee had read in the glosse of your Decre●all on the canon lator caus 2 quest 7 that simple fornication is no cause worth●e of deposition he had read an other glosse on the canon Maximianus dist 81 saying Commonlie it is said that for simple fornication one ought not to bee deposed becaus● there are ver●● few to bes ●●und that are ●●ee of that vice Seeing then that such indulgence of that good mother the church of Rome was not vnknowne vnto him wherefore should hee haue left her if hee would haue walked according to his lusts Lykewyse