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A06199 Cum bono Deo Raine from the clouds, vpon a choicke angel: or, A returned answere, to that common quæritur of our adversaries, VVhere was your church before Luther? Digested into several meditations, according to the difference of points. Extorted off the author, for stilling the vncessant, and no lesse clamorous coassation of some patmicke frogges, against the lawfulness of our calling. Logie, Andrew. 1624 (1624) STC 16694; ESTC S108810 39,602 80

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service_n fall_v away_o to_o idolatry_n and_o follow_v after_o the_o same_o ezech._n 7._o vers_fw-la ultino_fw-it but_o because_o that_o general_n can_v bind_v nor_o work_v with_o our_o adversary_n let_v we_o instance_n the_o matter_n more_o particular_o whereas_o king_n ahaz_n set_v up_o a_o strange_a altar_n after_o the_o fashion_n of_o that_o of_o damascus_n in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n nay_o the_o priest_n himself_o vriiah_n make_v it_o and_o set_v it_o up_o at_o the_o wicked_a king_n commandment_n and_o sacrifice_v thereupon_o unto_o the_o god_n of_o the_o damasconians_n yea_o last_o whereas_o this_o wicked_a king_n gather_v together_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n break_v they_o and_o shut_v up_o the_o door_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n make_v he_o altar_n in_o every_o corner_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o in_o every_o city_n of_o judah_n make_v high_a place_n to_o burn_v incense_n unto_o other_o god_n 2._o king_n 16._o item_n 2._o chron._n 28._o vers_fw-la 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temple_n nay_o fill_v every_o corner_n and_o every_o high_a place_n and_o because_o una_fw-la birundo_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la ver_fw-la i_o will_v inquire_v yet_o far_o where_o be_v the_o visible_a church_n of_o judah_n whereas_o manasseh_n restore_v idolatry_n as_o likewise_o under_o amon_n if_o our_o adversary_n will_v except_v here_o that_o there_o remain_v still_o a_o church_n throughout_o all_o those_o day_n and_o time_n to_o wit_n in_o some_o certain_a person_n as_o prophet_n and_o other_o of_o the_o same_o note_n the_o answer_n shall_v prove_v easy_a the_o quaestion_n be_v not_o of_o the_o church_n simple_o for_o there_o remain_v still_o a_o church_n while_o there_o remain_v any_o two_o or_o three_o qui_fw-la patrem_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la invocent_fw-la but_o of_o the_o church_n as_o to_o her_o external_a policy_n if_o she_o remain_v always_o so_o visible_a as_o to_o her_o external_a form_n as_o that_o she_o may_v be_v straight_o discern_v or_o 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continue_v a_o church_n bewray_v a_o inexpiable_a anistoresie_n or_o ignorance_n of_o the_o sacred_a history_n read_v you_o not_o in_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o genesis_n of_o the_o fall_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n and_o at_o the_o closure_n of_o the_o four_o chapter_n how_o man_n begin_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o enoch_n be_v bear_v to_o seth_n which_o import_v a_o prior_n suppression_n of_o religion_n how_o long_o continue_v the_o true_a religion_n unviolated_a etiam_fw-la in_o sanctâ_fw-la illâ_fw-la gente_fw-la even_o in_o that_o holy_a posterity_n of_o shem_n be_v not_o abraham_n father_n idolater_n and_o himself_o call_v out_o of_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldaean_n be_v a_o idolater_n again_o do_v not_o the_o people_n follow_v idolatry_n the_o space_n of_o two_o hundred_o year_n in_o egypt_n without_o so_o much_o as_o any_o open_a opposite_a ezechiel_n 23._o verse_n 3._o and_o 19_o here_o both_o the_o daughter_n judah_n as_o israel_n or_o samaria_n idolatre_v and_o commit_v fornication_n as_o be_v clear_a from_o the_o allege_v place_n what_o will_v our_o adversary_n say_v here_o where_o the_o whole_a people_n idolatre_v and_o worship_v the_o golden_a calf_n etiam_fw-la araone_fw-la deuce_fw-la exod._n 32._o for_o as_o to_o that_o that_o moses_n be_v free_a here_o it_o be_v nothing_o for_o he_o be_v ecclesiae_fw-la but_o non_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la bellarmine_n here_o affirm_v yet_o far_o that_o the_o whole_a levite_n remain_v pure_a and_o free_a from_o this_o contagion_n because_o that_o the_o whole_a son_n of_o levi_n be_v say_v to_o have_v gather_v themselves_o unto_o he_o vbi_fw-la ultionem_fw-la pararet_fw-la poenas_fw-la exigeret_fw-la idolomanias_fw-la illius_fw-la for_o answer_v bellarmine_n play_v the_o sophist_n here_o for_o the_o text_n serve_v to_o show_v indeed_o who_o they_o be_v that_o adjoin_v themselves_o to_o moses_n that_o they_o be_v levites_n but_o it_o say_v not_o that_o the_o levite_n be_v all_o to_o one_o pure_a and_o free_a from_o this_o contagion_n nay_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o all_o the_o son_n of_o levi_n gather_v themselves_o to_o moses_n for_o so_o if_o omnes_fw-la sese_fw-la ad_fw-la ultionem_fw-la accinxissent_fw-la majorem_fw-la indubiè_fw-la edidissent_fw-la stragem_fw-la for_o a_o little_a after_o habito_fw-la eorum_fw-la censu_fw-la they_o be_v reckon_v forth_o about_o nine_o thousand_o always_o the_o first_o answer_n serve_v the_o turn_n what_o can_v our_o adversary_n say_v to_o their_o manifold_a and_o most_o frequent_a revolt_n under_o the_o judge_n nay_o what_o can_v they_o possible_a except_o here_o whereas_o we_o read_v judg._n cap._n 8._o verse_n 27.33.34_o of_o the_o general_a revolt_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o people_n in_o common_a whilst_o even_o gideon_n one_o of_o the_o judge_n of_o no_o slender_a note_n make_v a_o ephod_n and_o put_v it_o in_o ephrath_n his_o city_n where_o all_o israel_n go_v awhoring_a after_o it_o yea_o and_o not_o stay_v here_o 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time_n to_o the_o wilderness_n ubi_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la mirabiliter_fw-la pascitur_fw-la rationibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la saepe_fw-la occultis_fw-la sibi_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la notissimis_fw-la ita_fw-la facillimis_fw-la but_o to_o come_v a_o little_a near_o i_o will_v learn_v of_o our_o adversary_n where_o the_o visible_a face_n of_o the_o church_n be_v whereas_o christ_n come_v into_o the_o world_n if_o this_o be_v to_o be_v measure_v ex_fw-la visibili_fw-la illa_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la successione_n from_o that_o visible_a succession_n of_o the_o priest_n again_o i_o will_v understand_v here_o what_o shall_v be_v the_o visible_a or_o external_a form_n or_o face_n of_o the_o church_n whereas_o christ_n shall_v come_v to_o judgement_n while_o he_o have_v foreprophesied_n himself_o he_o shall_v scarce_o find_v faith_n on_o the_o earth_n this_o i_o urge_v only_o ad_fw-la sensum_fw-la currentem_fw-la i_o grant_v indeed_o that_o there_o may_v be_v such_o a_o visible_a church_n as_o 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or_o yet_o madness_n be_v it_o then_o so_o pertinaciouslie_o to_o pretend_v here_o that_o a_o church_n can_v suffer_v such_o eclipse_n as_o to_o her_o external_a form_n as_o that_o she_o may_v not_o be_v espy_v wherefore_o to_o deal_v a_o little_a more_o presslie_o here_o i_o will_v understand_v if_o what_o have_v behappen_v to_o any_o one_o part_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n that_o be_v to_o this_o or_o that_o particular_a church_n may_v not_o befall_v another_o or_o else_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o difference_n here_o but_o so_o it_o be_v this_o or_o that_o particular_a church_n may_v suffer_v this_o eclipse_n yea_o admit_v this_o translation_n as_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n to_o mention_v it_o exemplarlie_o for_o nun_n christus_n hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la interminatur_fw-la in_o epistolis_fw-la ad_fw-la asiaticas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la tollam_fw-la candelabrum_fw-la do_v he_o not_o thus_o menace_v the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n revel_v cap._n 2._o vers_fw-la 5._o that_o he_o will_v come_v against_o she_o short_o and_o remove_v her_o candlestick_a out_o of_o his_o place_n except_o she_o amend_v then_o it_o remain_v
and_o tyranny_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n or_o in_o the_o roman_a church_n whereas_o the_o ground_n itself_o or_o the_o secession_n be_v just_o denyable_a now_o non_fw-la entis_fw-la nulla_fw-la sunt_fw-la accidentia_fw-la xiiii_o meletema_fw-la whereas_o our_o adversary_n suffer_v not_o that_o to_o be_v call_v rebaptisation_n whilst_o they_o superadde_v de_fw-fr svo_fw-la their_o toyish_a assumente_n to_o that_o baptism_n confer_v by_o our_o man_n as_o hereby_o acknowledge_v the_o baptism_n in_o itself_o to_o be_v valide_fw-la and_o lawful_a quòd_fw-la viz._n simus_fw-la in_o ministerio_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ministri_fw-la as_o the_o matter_n and_o quaestion_n be_v clear_v and_o decide_v about_o barbarius_fw-la philippus_n his_o act_n of_o praetorship_n that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v hold_v rata_fw-la &_o grata_fw-la and_o not_o to_o be_v rescind_v quòd_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o praetura_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la praetor_n nay_o and_o as_o the_o case_n i_o hope_n hold_v de_fw-fr joanna_n papista_n who_o be_v in_o papatu_n though_o not_o papa_n and_o semblablie_o whilst_o it_o fall_v out_o that_o a_o heretic_n nay_o a_o magician_n or_o necromancier_n possess_v the_o chair_n which_o case_n have_v prove_v possible_a as_o the_o counsel_n can_v bear_v we_o here_o record_v now_o that_o i_o may_v reason_v hence_o by_o way_n of_o analogy_n use_v the_o like_a liberty_n why_o may_v they_o not_o suffer_v the_o vocation_n and_o ordination_n obtain_v with_o we_o go_v for_o current_n cum_fw-la nostri_fw-la ordinatores_fw-la fuerint_fw-la saltem_fw-la in_o ministerio_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ministri_fw-la or_o i_o pray_v you_o be_v ordination_n of_o great_a weight_n and_o importance_n than_o baptism_n or_o may_v baptism_n be_v confer_v and_o administer_v by_o any_o not_o instruct_v with_o commission_n may_v these_o but_o suffer_v the_o least_o divorce_n which_o christ_n himself_o have_v thus_o couple_v matthew_n the_o last_o item_fw-la do●●te_fw-la baptizate_n certes_o i_o 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adversariis_fw-la nobis_fw-la suffragantibus_fw-la astipulantibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n xv._o meletema_n in_o that_o vocation_n or_o call_v obtain_v with_o our_o adversary_n and_o which_o our_o man_n bring_v from_o thence_o with_o they_o give_v we_o have_v our_o call_v of_o they_o these_o three_o act_n be_v distinctlie_o to_o be_v consider_v god_n own_o act_n penes_fw-la quem_fw-la summum_fw-la vocandi_fw-la jus_o ac_fw-la mittendi_fw-la imperium_fw-la and_o from_o who_o be_v that_o inward_a call_v next_o the_o church_n her_o act_n from_o which_o as_o god_n instrument_n in_o this_o work_n be_v that_o external_a or_o outward_a call_v the_o three_o be_v of_o the_o church_n popish_o affect_v or_o of_o the_o pope_n his_o act_n and_o of_o his_o bondslave_n from_o whence_o be_v vitium_fw-la vocationis_fw-la or_o that_o faultinesse_n and_o vitiositie_n in_o the_o call_v now_o this_o last_o can_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o make_v devoyde_v and_o of_o nats_n effect_n and_o force_v the_o 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to_o those_o holy_a father_n gather_v at_o that_o council_n thirdlie_o give_v here_o liberal_o for_o the_o time_n that_o a_o constant_a and_o uninterrupt_a succession_n of_o bishop_n be_v a_o infallible_a note_n of_o a_o true_a church_n wherefore_o shall_v not_o this_o militate_v aswell_o for_o the_o three_o other_o seage_n of_o alexandria_n antiochia_n jerusalem_n as_o for_o the_o sea_n of_o rome_n see_v as_o eusebius_n witness_v in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a history_n lib._n 3._o that_o they_o have_v this_o succession_n why_o then_o shall_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v more_o instyle_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o true_a sole_a catholic_a and_o apostolic_a church_n than_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n antioch_n &_o c_o what_o can_v this_o succession_n to_o peter_n in_o sedem_fw-la romanam_fw-la import_n and_o rapport_v beyond_o the_o succession_n to_o any_o apostle_n else_o into_o any_o other_o siege_n or_o seat_n i_o will_v be_v glad_a to_o be_v instruct_v here_o where_o i_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o see_v in_o greece_n many_o flourish_a city_n wherein_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o least_o trace_n of_o any_o church_n nor_o vestige_v of_o any_o christian_a doctrine_n omne_fw-la quip_n occupaverat_fw-la mahumetica_fw-la colluvy_n but_o lest_o i_o may_v seem_v here_o vel_fw-la è_fw-la sinu_fw-la proffer_v testem_fw-la as_o be_v ordinary_a with_o our_o adversary_n i_o stick_v not_o to_o defer_v this_o to_o their_o own_o testimony_n or_o the_o testimony_n to_o themselves_o i_o pray_v you_o then_o what_o let_v i_o to_o reason_n here_o by_o way_n of_o analogy_n and_o so_o conclude_v that_o what_o have_v behappen_v this_o or_o these_o particular_a church_n may_v befall_v other_o their_o sister_n nothing_o more_o here_o privilege_v against_o the_o same_o danger_n that_o we_o may_v come_v yet_o near_o and_o strike_v home_o let_v i_o demand_n of_o our_o adversary_n whether_o or_o not_o the_o church_n under_o grace_n shall_v have_v her_o flight_n to_o 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such_o only_o be_v we_o and_o not_o they_o according_a to_o their_o own_o confession_n and_o concession_n whereas_o they_o stand_v to_o the_o constant_a visibilitie_n thereof_o ergo_fw-la with_o we_o still_o be_v the_o true_a church_n thus_o who_o see_v not_o except_o a_o borne-blinde_a that_o our_o adversary_n wrong_v their_o cause_n mighty_o through_o imprudencie_n or_o impudency_n whereas_o they_o contend_v that_o their_o church_n be_v not_o only_o visible_a but_o still_o actuallie_o see_v for_o differunt_fw-la haec_fw-la duo_fw-la quantum_fw-la actus_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la adeoque_fw-la non_fw-la statim_fw-la desinit_fw-la esse_fw-la visibile_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la actu_fw-la videtur_fw-la it_o cease_v not_o straight_o to_o be_v visible_a which_o be_v not_o actuallie_o see_v which_o our_o adversary_n still_o confound_v in_o this_o argument_n as_o who_o deny_v straight_o the_o visibilitie_n of_o a_o church_n except_o she_o may_v be_v still_o actuallie_o point_v at_o by_o the_o finger_n as_o if_o the_o sun_n cease_v to_o be_v visible_a while_o the_o sight_n thereof_o be_v intercept_v from_o we_o by_o the_o interjection_n of_o a_o cloud_n or_o through_o the_o weakness_n of_o our_o see_a faculty_n unseen_a of_o us._n thus_o you_o see_v how_o variable_a a_o church_n be_v and_o may_v be_v we_o to_o her_o outward_a policy_n so_o that_o our_o adversary_n have_v here_o no_o just_a matter_n offer_v they_o of_o offence_n whereas_o trace_v herein_o the_o father_n in_o who_o word_n else_o they_o swear_v yea_o their_o faith_n resolve_v we_o liken_v the_o church_n to_o the_o moon_n propter_fw-la varios_fw-la labores_fw-la defectus_fw-la eclipse_n deliquia_fw-la hitherto_o saint_n augustine_n ipsa_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la aliquando_fw-la obscuratur_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la obnubilatur_fw-la multitudine_fw-la scandalorum_fw-la aliquando_fw-la tranquillitate_fw-la temporis_fw-la quieta_fw-la &_o libera_fw-la apparet_fw-la aliquando_fw-la tribulationum_fw-la &_o tentationum_fw-la fluctibus_fw-la operitur_fw-la atque_fw-la turbatur_fw-la but_o let_v we_o hear_v the_o church_n of_o herself_o and_o for_o herself_o micab_n chap._n 7.8_o rejoice_v not_o against_o i_o o_o my_o enemy_n though_o i_o fall_v i_o shall_v arise_v when_o i_o shall_v sit_v in_o darkness_n the_o lord_n shall_v be_v a_o light_n unto_o i_o etc._n etc._n here_o this_o be_v speak_v in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o church_n which_o call_v the_o malignant_a church_n her_o enemy_n now_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praesupponeth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o est_z of_o the_o three_o adjacent_a est_fw-la of_o the_o second_o then_o the_o true_a church_n may_v fall_v and_o sit_v in_o darkness_n hitherto_o read_v we_o isaiah_n chap._n 1._o vers_fw-la 8_o where_o the_o daughter_n of_o zion_n be_v liken_v to_o a_o cottage_n in_o a_o vineyard_n to_o a_o lodge_n in_o a_o garden_n of_o cucumber_n and_o to_o a_o besieged_a city_n etc._n etc._n which_o if_o commit_v with_o these_o other_o place_n import_v at_o least_o point_v at_o her_o conspicuitie_n and_o visibilitie_n serve_v to_o show_v forth_o her_o variableness_n and_o shadow_v by_o turn_v i_o know_v that_o our_o adversary_n except_v against_o the_o former_a part_n of_o my_o discourse_n where_o i_o conclude_v from_o the_o jewish_a church_n to_o the_o christian_a because_o of_o the_o great_a odds_n here_o and_o diverse_a privilege_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n above_o the_o jewish_a wherefore_o it_o stand_v we_o upon_o to_o eye_n a_o little_a into_o these_o allege_v privilege_n as_o we_o will_v have_v my_o prior_n discourse_n to_o remain_v in_o its_o full_a vigour_n the_o privilege_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n above_o the_o jewish_a at_o least_o allege_v unto_o in_o this_o argument_n i_o find_v in_o special_a to_o be_v these_o two_o the_o first_o the_o universality_n of_o the_o one_o above_o the_o other_o and_o this_o to_o this_o sense_n as_o that_o there_o be_v no_o salvation_n without_o the_o 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salvation_n for_o proof_n hereof_o beside_o diverse_a other_o passage_n make_v hereunto_o let_v we_o advise_v the_o apostle_n ephes_n
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be_v expect_v if_o from_o god_n here_o extra_fw-la ordinem_fw-la by_o stir_v up_o man_n for_o his_o own_o work_n or_o if_o ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la deformatoribus_fw-la and_o if_o even_o those_o praebuerunt_fw-la seize_v instaurandae_fw-la religionis_fw-la administros_fw-la and_o so_o reparation_n be_v make_v even_o by_o those_o who_o in_o common_a have_v miscarry_v which_o case_n who_o dare_v sustain_v to_o deny_v to_o have_v behappen_v whether_o or_o not_o god_n hand_n be_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v here_o singular_o thus_o there_o be_v no_o danger_n here_o if_o we_o shall_v be_v please_v to_o recourse_n to_o this_o help_n of_o extraordinary_a vocation_n for_o the_o lord_n have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o right_n still_o and_o may_v always_o dispose_v of_o his_o church_n as_o please_v he_o best_o under_o grace_n as_o under_o or_o yet_o before_o the_o law_n but_o this_o be_v but_o frustra_fw-la or_o in_o vain_a on_o our_o part_n ubi_fw-la nulla_fw-la cogit_fw-la necessitas_fw-la etc._n etc._n xi_o meletema_fw-la the_o call_v even_o of_o those_o our_o man_n which_o our_o adversary_n singular_o aim_v at_o at_o least_o produce_v exemplarlie_o as_o of_o luther_n be_v ordinary_a quoad_fw-la ortum_fw-la as_o to_o his_o separation_n to_o the_o work_n or_o to_o the_o gospel_n though_o extraordinary_a in_o some_o regard_n as_o of_o those_o heroical_a motion_n whereby_o he_o be_v stir_v up_o matter_n so_o stand_v to_o attempt_v a_o reformation_n so_o here_o we_o may_v distinguish_v betwixt_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d respectu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o call_v be_v ordinary_a but_o respectu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v extraordinary_a not_o so_o much_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o call_v in_o itself_o but_o relatè_fw-la ad_fw-la subjectum_fw-la in_o relation_n to_o the_o person_n call_v for_o as_o the_o apostle_n saint_n paul_n say_v 1._o cor._n cap._n 4._o verse_n 7._o quis_fw-la te_fw-la discernit_fw-la so_o 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to_o be_v heavilie_o affect_v and_o disease_v it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v call_v in_o common_a with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o patriarch_n by_o the_o name_n of_o occumenicall_a bishop_n as_o which_o all_o joyntlie_o and_o common_o repraesent_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nay_o we_o deny_v not_o here_o yet_o far_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n obtain_v at_o last_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o certain_a procathedrie_n or_o preseance_n and_o this_o perhaps_o not_o only_o because_o that_o rome_n be_v sedes_fw-la or_o caput_fw-la imperii_fw-la the_o imperial_a seat_n or_o siege_n or_o yet_o because_o it_o prove_v a_o zoar_n or_o place_n of_o refuge_n to_o they_o of_o the_o eastern_a church_n during_o the_o arrian_n persecution_n but_o even_o because_o of_o the_o faith_n as_o which_o keep_v then_o the_o truth_n in_o sincerity_n whereas_o other_o church_n be_v more_o corrupt_v but_o all_o this_o be_v we_o for_o as_o pompey_z say_v well_o non_fw-la est_fw-la in_o parietibus_fw-la respuplica_fw-la so_o no_o more_o be_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n within_o her_o wall_n again_o it_o be_v a_o evil_a collection_n to_o gather_v or_o conclude_v straight_o a_o universal_a prostasie_n from_o a_o particular_a procathedrie_n nay_o and_o albeit_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v allege_v unto_o exemplarlie_n whilst_o she_o keep_v the_o faith_n in_o purity_n and_o sincerity_n follow_v it_o from_o hence_o that_o she_o be_v either_o the_o mother-church_n or_o the_o catholic_a church_n which_o be_v orbem_fw-la urbi_fw-la includere_fw-la the_o ancient_n indeed_o adducebant_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la romanam_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la exemplum_fw-la particular_a scilicet_fw-la during_o that_o space_n of_o her_o purity_n sed_fw-la ne_fw-la vel_fw-la tum_fw-la quidem_fw-la ut_fw-la attributum_fw-la universale_fw-la which_o our_o papist_n do_v to_o day_n you_o know_v that_o this_o be_v ordinary_a with_o we_o whilst_o any_o differ_v arise_v to_o 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begin_v to_o quarrel_v authoritatem_fw-la faciendi_fw-la and_o so_o to_o quaestion_v he_o by_o what_o authority_n he_o do_v these_o thing_n and_o who_o give_v he_o this_o authority_n mat._n 21.23_o thus_o it_o fare_v with_o our_o adversary_n or_o these_o our_o new_a pharisee_n to_o day_n since_o they_o can_v not_o except_v against_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o doctrine_n which_o we_o teach_v lest_o else_o they_o shall_v have_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o hold_v their_o poor_a bewitched_a people_n in_o hand_n they_o must_v needs_o except_v here_o and_o quarrel_n authoritatem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o squabble_v about_o our_o authority_n in_o teach_v if_o not_o authority_n of_o doctrine_n wherefore_o let_v we_o give_v this_o to_o their_o so_o great_a and_o press_a necessity_n there_o be_v one_o of_o our_o man_n no_o less_o true_o in_o dignation_n than_o place_n who_o have_v late_o write_v most_o learned_o in_o defence_n of_o our_o call_v where-at_a i_o can_v not_o hear_v of_o any_o among_o our_o adversary_n who_o have_v so_o much_o as_o snatch_v as_o yet_o but_o like_o a_o dog_n leap_v at_o nilus_n so_o that_o i_o grant_v this_o to_o be_v but_o a_o superfluous_a labour_n on_o my_o part_n wherein_a but_o benè_fw-la actum_fw-la malè_fw-la ago_o yet_o i_o can_v not_o but_o look_v for_o a_o charitable_a construction_n voluntas_fw-la quum_fw-la sit_fw-la actionum_fw-la mensura_fw-la and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v permit_v to_o those_o qui_fw-la prae_fw-la tenui_fw-la peculio_fw-la vitulum_fw-la vivum_fw-la divis_fw-la minus_fw-la elustrare_fw-la possunt_fw-la vel_fw-la taurum_fw-la è_fw-la farina_fw-la fingere_fw-la yea_o and_o as_o who_o can_v not_o be_v altogether_o here_o muet_n be_v so_o deicticallie_o point_v at_o and_o press_v by_o the_o great_a part_n in_o common_a but_o at_o least_o some_o advantage_n take_v by_o the_o adversary_n upon_o my_o silence_n against_o myself_o though_o not_o to_o the_o least_o praejudice_n to_o the_o errand_n or_o common_a cause_n or_o yet_o derogation_n to_o the_o credit_n of_o the_o ministry_n with_o we_o through_o my_o weak_a side_n wherefore_o gentle_a reader_n give_v to_o necessity_n whatsoever_o thou_o find_v here_o do_v and_o vouchsafe_v at_o least_o thy_o best_a countenance_n which_o be_v grace_n enough_o against_o all_o disgrace_n i_o fear_v these_o whatsoever_o my_o pain_n shall_v incur_v with_o the_o enemy_n yea_o or_o be_v liable_a unto_o for_o if_o thou_o pardon_v my_o presumption_n and_o accept_v of_o this_o my_o mean_a endeavour_n thou_o shall_v perhaps_o encourage_v i_o to_o some_o great_a attempt_n what_o well_o do_v give_v god_n the_o praise_n and_o where_o i_o have_v take_v the_o pain_n reap_v thou_o the_o profit_n what_o thou_o find_v amiss_o corrigi_fw-la ac_fw-la sanari_fw-la posse_fw-la ne_fw-la despera_fw-la as_o who_o aliis_fw-la ut_fw-la prosim_fw-la veritatis_fw-la discipulus_fw-la esse_fw-la malim_fw-la quam_fw-la aliis_fw-la dùm_fw-la praesim_fw-la erroris_fw-la magister_fw-la etc._n etc._n vive_fw-fr vale_fw-la finis_fw-la errata_fw-la pag._n lin_v for_o read_v 6_o margin_n insignari_fw-la insigniri_fw-la ibid._n ibidem_fw-la meletemata_fw-la qui_fw-la meletemata_fw-la ibid._n 7_o periet_fw-la pereat_fw-la 9_o 17_o appear_v appear_v 11_o 21_o quod_fw-la quos_fw-la 20_o 24_o estate_n estate_n 22_o 25_o while_n while_o as_o 23_o 27_o videri●_n videsis_n 43_o 13_o papista_n papissa_n 49_o 3_o sole_o sol_o ibid._n 6_o saint_n saint_n 50_o 1_o chrysostomo_n quarto_fw-la 51_o 15_o ao_o to_o 52_o 10_o word_n word_n ibid._n 19_o thing_n thing_n 54_o 32_o sole_o sol_o 59_o 3_o absolute_o absolutae_fw-la 65_o 6_o defuerant_fw-la defuerunt_fw-la 69_o 27_o not_o note_n 71_o 4_o certain_o certainty_n ibid._n 23_o boguintinus_n boguntinus_n item_n in_o some_o place_n of_o this_o treatise_n for_o pretend_v read_v pertend_v
joyntlie_o consider_v serve_v to_o prove_v that_o peter_n be_v not_o at_o rome_n now_o with_o paul_n except_o we_o will_v brand_v he_o with_o this_o foul_a not_o of_o apostasy_n or_o desert_v of_o paul_n in_o the_o common_a cause_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o gospel_n again_o i_o think_v it_o strange_a how_o peter_n write_v two_o epistle_n to_o the_o disperse_a jew_n in_o diverse_a country_n can_v so_o deep_o forget_v those_o at_o rome_n as_o not_o the_o least_o to_o mention_v they_o if_o so_o be_v they_o be_v his_o chief_a charge_n and_o rome_n itself_o the_o seat_n of_o his_o popedom_n last_o be_v not_o this_o flat_a against_o that_o compact_n betwixt_o he_o and_o saint_n paul_n that_o he_o shall_v go_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o paul_n to_o the_o gentile_n which_o the_o father_n be_v acknowledge_v as_o singular_o administer_v by_o god_n as_o you_o may_v see_v out_o of_o saint_n hierome_n on_o the_o second_o chapter_n to_o the_o galatian_n and_o which_o we_o see_v do_v with_o uniform_a consent_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n how_o can_v we_o free_a saint_n peter_n here_o of_o faedifragie_n if_o contrary_a to_o that_o covenant_n thus_o solemn_o make_v he_o shall_v not_o only_o have_v preach_v upon_o occasion_n to_o the_o gentile_n and_o as_o it_o be_v extraordinarlie_o or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o by_o the_o way_n but_o turn_v their_o ordinary_a apostle_n yea_o not_o apostle_n but_o bishop_n to_o the_o great_a praejudice_n of_o his_o apostolical_a authority_n as_o who_o be_v reckon_v with_o they_o apostolorum_fw-la primus_fw-la as_o who_o perhaps_o be_v first_o call_v to_o the_o apostleship_n though_o andrew_n be_v call_v prior_n to_o the_o discipleship_n but_o to_o wind_v up_o this_o point_n lest_o i_o may_v seem_v forgetful_a of_o my_o promise_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o treatise_n and_o so_o seem_v too_o deep_o drown_v in_o this_o meditation_n let_v i_o thus_o argue_v for_o the_o general_a that_o religion_n who_o foundation_n and_o main_a 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adversary_n even_o unto_o this_o day_n be_v not_o this_o the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o their_o suffragant_fw-la bishop_n as_o that_o their_o ordination_n be_v absolute_a absolutae_fw-la or_o solutae_fw-la fort_n &_o dissolutae_fw-la those_o who_o understand_v but_o the_o least_o into_o this_o matter_n know_v that_o here_o for_o common_a both_o these_o succession_n be_v find_v want_v personal_a and_o local_a for_o ex_fw-la trivio_fw-la nomen_fw-la arripitur_fw-la &_o inditur_fw-la non_fw-la scrupulosè_fw-la inquiritur_fw-la in_o statum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la from_o whence_o my_o l._n receive_v his_o name_n true_o the_o institution_n of_o these_o be_v but_o a_o mere_a histrionical_a and_o dramatical_a action_n always_o lest_o i_o shall_v seem_v to_o father_n a_o untrueth_n upon_o they_o i_o must_v entreat_v your_o patience_n here_o a_o little_a that_o i_o may_v snow_v the_o form_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o creation_n of_o these_o suffragant_fw-la bishop_n wherefore_o thus_o take_v 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bishop_n of_o athens_n forsooth_o the_o suffragant_fw-la be_v thus_o create_v lest_o he_o shall_v seem_v a_o non_fw-fr resident_a that_o see_v in_o viam_fw-la he_o betake_v he_o to_o his_o journey_n to_o his_o station_n forsooth_o but_o ad_fw-la tertium_fw-la aut_fw-la quartum_fw-la ab_fw-la urbe_fw-la lapidem_fw-la some_o three_o or_o four_o mile_n off_o of_o the_o town_n one_o be_v summit_v and_o so_o per_fw-la lucida_fw-la intervalla_fw-la another_o to_o show_v he_o of_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o journey_n of_o the_o great_a loss_n and_o pert_a the_o church_n shall_v sustain_v through_o his_o departure_n in_o a_o word_n and_o in_o effect_n to_o recall_v he_o to_o my_o l._n where-upon_a he_o return_v and_o upon_o his_o return_n be_v praefected_a over_o some_o of_o his_o church_n as_o his_o vicar_n and_o suffragant_fw-la where_o he_o attend_v my_o l._n mandement_n now_o who_o see_v not_o except_o a_o borne-blinde_a that_o there_o be_v neither_o personal_a nor_o local_a succession_n here_o and_o yet_o these_o be_v the_o father_n of_o all_o those_o other_o bishop_n with_o our_o adversary_n to_o day_n these_o be_v they_o qui_fw-la generant_fw-la tot_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la examina_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o i_o hope_v nisi_fw-la mea_fw-la i_o hic_fw-la destituat_fw-la spes_fw-la i_o have_v show_v to_o the_o full_a that_o this_o so_o much_o noise_v succession_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v with_o our_o adversary_n now_o i_o come_v to_o the_o last_o thing_n i_o promise_v to_o prove_v to_o wit_n that_o we_o have_v such_o succession_n as_o be_v necessary_a and_o requisite_a here_o for_o the_o clear_n of_o this_o point_n you_o must_v here_o headilie_o distinguish_v betwixt_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v essential_a in_o and_o to_o succession_n and_o so_o be_v altogether_o or_o simple_o necessary_a and_o these_o which_o be_v but_o accidentarie_a and_o so_o may_v be_v present_a or_o absent_a without_o destruction_n of_o the_o subject_n now_o there_o be_v two_o of_o each_o sort_n of_o the_o first_o be_v successio_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la and_o successio_fw-la vocationis_fw-la for_o it_o be_v here_o simple_o and_o altogether_o necessary_a ut_fw-la succedatur_fw-la in_o doctrinam_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la and_o the_o second_o be_v no_o less_o necessary_a successio_fw-la vocationis_fw-la for_o quomodo_fw-la praedicabunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la mittantur_fw-la nemo_fw-la sibi_fw-la hunc_fw-la honorem_fw-la assumit_n etc._n etc._n it_o have_v still_o prove_v a_o matter_n full_a of_o danger_n to_o usurp_v sacred_a function_n but_o as_o to_o those_o other_o two_o personal_a and_o local_a succession_n that_o be_v that_o a_o person_n succeed_v to_o a_o person_n in_o and_o to_o a_o certain_a place_n these_o be_v not_o essential_a and_o simple_o necessary_a as_o without_o which_o a_o church_n and_o ministry_n may_v be_v yea_o and_o be_v de_fw-fr facto_fw-la among_o themselves_o as_o their_o new_a build_v and_o institute_v church_n among_o the_o indian_n may_v instruct_v to_o the_o full_a and_o as_o i_o have_v prove_v already_o at_o large_a yea_o and_o beside_o other_o probation_n from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n where_o fiebat_fw-la vocati●_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d last_o give_v that_o there_o be_v such_o personal_a and_o local_a succession_n with_o our_o adversary_n it_o be_v no_o less_o we_o commune_v enim_fw-la fuimus_fw-la possessores_fw-la licet_fw-la deturbarint_fw-la nos_fw-la de_fw-la communi_fw-la possessione_n adeoque_fw-la non_fw-la excidimus_fw-la jure_fw-la ad_fw-la rem_fw-la licet_fw-la soli_fw-la usurpare_fw-la velint_fw-la jus_o in_fw-la rem_fw-la siquidem_fw-la non_fw-la magis_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la papae_fw-la quam_fw-la templum_fw-la dei_fw-la illius_fw-la idoli_fw-la fuisse_fw-la censendum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la collocârat_fw-la antiochus_n epiphanes_n rectius_fw-la epimanes_n xix_o meletema_fw-la jerusalem_n which_o be_v above_o be_v mother_n of_o we_o all_o gal._n chap._n 4._o verse_n 26_o as_o to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n she_o be_v for_o the_o best_a but_o a_o sister-church_n and_o collateral_a but_o now_o we_o affirm_v she_o