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A30587 Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and evils of them : with cautions that we may not be hurt by them, and endeavours to heal them / by Jeremiah Burroughes. Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646. 1653 (1653) Wing B6089; ESTC R36312 263,763 330

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cum_fw-la homines_fw-la fervent_a non_fw-la facile_fw-la cum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la frigus_fw-la obrepscrit_fw-fr admittetur_fw-la periculum_fw-la aiunt_fw-la imminere_fw-la ne_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la colore_fw-la ministri_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la occupent_fw-la excommunicent_fw-la pro_fw-la libidine_fw-la non_fw-la attendunt_fw-la two_o ●omines_fw-la nil_fw-la a_o ministrorum_fw-la tyrannide_fw-la posse_fw-la timeri_fw-la ubi_fw-la evangelli_fw-la regula_fw-la servatur_fw-la in_o excludendis_fw-la à_fw-la fratrum_fw-la societate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la consensu●_fw-la est_fw-la adhi●endus_fw-la cujus_fw-la autorita●e_fw-la si_fw-la agatur_fw-la nemo_fw-la de_fw-la unius_fw-la aut_fw-la paucorum_fw-la tyrannide_fw-la ●ure_fw-la poterit_fw-la conqueri_fw-la p._n mart._n ep_n 21._o statuerim_fw-la nihil_fw-la sine_fw-la con●ilio_fw-la vestro_fw-la &_o ●ine_o consensu_fw-la plebis_fw-la agere_fw-la cyp._n ep_n 6_o part_n 3._o cap._n 8._o digre_n 4._o l._n 181._o dispute_v against_o english_a popish_a ceremony_n iniquam_fw-la excercetis_fw-la dominationem_fw-la si_fw-la ideo_fw-la negatis_fw-la licere_fw-la quia_fw-la vultis_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la debuit_fw-la non_fw-la licere_fw-la tertul._n apol._n advers._fw-la gentes_fw-la answ_n dispute_v against_o english_a popish_a ceremony_n p._n 1._o cap._n 3._o pag._n 6_o 7._o answ_n the_o 4._o divide_v practice_n alioquin_fw-la christiani_n collecti_fw-la ex_fw-la judaeis_n &_o divulsi_fw-la ab_fw-la eorum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la antiquissima_fw-la &_o celeberrima_fw-la essent_fw-la schismatici_fw-la voet._n despera_fw-la a_o causa_fw-la papatus_fw-la l._n 3._o sect_n 8._o two_o cause_n for_o which_o a_o man_n may_v separate_v from_o a_o visible_a church_n answ_n answ_n 1._o answ_n object_n answ_n answ_n mald._n in_o lam._n 1_o 2._o answ_n answ_n the_o 5._o divide_v practice_n fortiter_fw-la calumniare_fw-la aliquid_fw-la haerebit_fw-la existimet_fw-la omnis_fw-la publica_fw-la calamitatis_fw-la omnis_fw-la popularis_fw-la in_o commodi_fw-la christianos_n esse_fw-la causam_fw-la si_fw-la tyberis_fw-la ascendit_fw-la in_o maenia_fw-la si_fw-la nilus_n non_fw-la ascendit_fw-la in_o arva_fw-la si_fw-la coelum_fw-la ●●etit_fw-la si_fw-la terra_fw-la movet_fw-la si_fw-la fames_fw-la si_fw-la lues_fw-la statim_fw-la ad_fw-la leones_n acclamatur_fw-la tertul._n apol._n advers._fw-la gentes_fw-la cap._n 39_o tam_fw-la magnus_fw-la apud_fw-la ami●os_fw-la ut_fw-la fere_n deus_fw-la factus_fw-la tam_fw-la vituperatus_fw-la ab_fw-la inimicis_fw-la ut_fw-la mirum_fw-la fuit_fw-la ne_fw-la cum_fw-la terra_fw-la devoraret_fw-la quia_fw-la more_fw-it tradito_fw-la nefas_fw-la esset_fw-la virgin_n strangulari_fw-la vitiatae_fw-la prius_fw-la à_fw-la carnifice_fw-la de_fw-la in_o strangulatae_fw-la suet._n tybe●●us_n num_fw-la 61._o the_o 6._o divide_v practice_n nullum_fw-la criminis_fw-la nomen_fw-la nisi_fw-la nominis_fw-la crimen_fw-la tertul._n apo._n answ_n schismatis_fw-la peocatum_fw-la speciale_a vitium_fw-la est_fw-la charitati_fw-la oppositum_fw-la aquin._n 2._o 2_o q._n 29._o art_n 1._o conclus_fw-la schismatici_fw-la discissionibus_fw-la iniquis_fw-la a_o fraterna_fw-la charitate_fw-la dissiliunt_fw-la aug._n lib_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o symbolo_fw-la cap._n 10._o answ_n culpam_fw-la schismatis_fw-la non_fw-la debere_fw-la conferri_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la qui_fw-la desertores_fw-la deserunt_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o ipsos_fw-la desertores_fw-la qui_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o antiquam_fw-la fidem_fw-la deserum_fw-la erant_fw-la voet._n desper_n causa_fw-la papatus_fw-la lib._n 3._o sect_n 3._o answ_n sicut_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la non_fw-la constituit_fw-la speciem_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la moralibus_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la intentum_fw-la quod_fw-la sequitur_fw-la praeter_fw-la intentionem_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la peccatum_fw-la schismatic_a proprie_fw-la est_fw-la speciale_a peccatum_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la intendit_fw-la se_fw-la ab_fw-la unitate_fw-la separare_fw-la quam_fw-la charitas_fw-la facit_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la proprie_fw-la schismatici_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la propria_fw-la sponte_fw-la &_o intention_n se_fw-la ab_fw-la unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la separant_fw-la aquinas_n 2da_fw-la 2dae_fw-la quest_n 39_o art_n 1._o c._n vide_fw-la stanis●●um_fw-la reschium_n in_o centur_fw-la evang_v sect_n jer._n 1._o 1._o ethnici_fw-la philosophi_fw-la hoc_fw-la ambierunt_fw-la ut_fw-la discipulos_fw-la quos_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la svo_fw-la cognomine_fw-la à_fw-la reliquis_fw-la distinguerent_fw-la ut_fw-la aliqui_fw-la platonici_fw-la aliqui_fw-la pythagorici_n alii_fw-la epicurci_n vocarentur_fw-la christiani_n esse_fw-la desierunt_fw-la qui_fw-la christi_fw-la nomine_fw-la omisso_fw-la humana_fw-la &_o externa_fw-la vocabula_fw-la indu●runt_fw-la lactant._n lib._n 4._o c_o 30._o attamen_fw-la socrates_n visus_fw-la est_fw-la modestior_fw-la caeleris_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la faceret_fw-la authorem_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la quam_fw-la docebat_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la diceret_fw-la se_fw-la fimilem_fw-la obstetricis_fw-la quae_fw-la parientibus_fw-la opem_fw-la ferret_n ita_fw-la be_v existimavit_fw-la suis_fw-la interrogationibus_fw-la juvenibus_fw-la adesse_fw-la ut_fw-la scientias_fw-la quas_fw-la babu_fw-la issent_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la in_fw-la lucem_fw-la exire_fw-la faceret_fw-la abhorret_fw-la à_fw-la charitate_fw-la im●_n à_fw-la recta_fw-la ratione_fw-la ut_fw-la quis_fw-la propter_fw-la consequentias_fw-la rec_fw-la intellectas_fw-la nec_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la co●●esas_fw-la putetur_fw-la fundamentale●_n articulum_fw-la negasse_n aut_fw-la regecisse_fw-la quem_fw-la s●●mit●_n credit_n explicit_a 〈…〉_z ejusdem_fw-la vel_fw-la sanguine_fw-la svo_fw-la obsigna●et_fw-la verio●_n &_o 〈…〉_z est_fw-la non_fw-la quid_fw-la ex_fw-la quou●s_fw-la sequata●_n 〈…〉_z daven_n fentintia_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la in●er_fw-la 〈…〉_z pag_n 6●_n hae●_n est_fw-la ultio_fw-la cum_fw-la reuben_n dicit_fw-la ad_fw-la simeonem_fw-la dam_fw-la mihi_fw-la accomodatam_fw-la securim_fw-la tuam_fw-la respondet_fw-la non_fw-la accommodabo_fw-la in_fw-la posterum_fw-la sime●n_n dicit_fw-la dam_fw-la accommodatam_fw-la securim_fw-la tuam_fw-la &_o respondet_fw-la reuben_n nequaquam_fw-la siquidem_fw-la tu_fw-la mihi_fw-la non_fw-la accomodasti_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n hom._n 10._o de_fw-fr ira_fw-la plut●●ch_n aquavitae_fw-la ph●tion_n raleigh_n hist_o l._n 5._o c._n 4._o sect_n 10._o eus●b_n l_o ●_o de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d constantin_n eus●b_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la u●t_fw-la c●n●t_fw-la cupio_fw-la ex_fw-la hic_fw-la vit●_n migrarc_n propter_fw-la dvas_fw-la causas_fw-la ut_fw-la f●uir_n desiderat●_n conspectu_fw-la f●lii_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o coles●●●_n ecclesiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la liber●r●●ab_fw-la im●●a_fw-la nibus_fw-la &_o implacabilibus_fw-la od●is_fw-la theologorum_fw-la melchi●r_n adam_n in_o vita_fw-la strigehi_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n naz._n orat_fw-la 14._o 〈…〉_z pli●y_n nat._n hist_o l._n 9_o ●_o 35._o bidul●h_o in_o his_o travel_n to_o jerusalem_n p._n 98._o plutarch_n in_o regu●_n &_o i●p●rat_n apoth_o stob._n serm_v 82._o peccatum_fw-la poe●a_fw-la peecati_fw-la causa_fw-la peccatj_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc_n etc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc_n etc_n greg._n naz._n orat._n 14._o mallem_fw-la i_o solis_fw-la romanistarum_fw-la manibus_fw-la perire_fw-la ne_fw-la carolus_n in_o hanc_fw-la causam_fw-la involveretur_fw-la scio_fw-la quae_fw-la miseria_fw-la sigismundum_fw-la consecuta_fw-la est_fw-la etc_n etc_n melchior_n adam_n in_o vita_fw-la lutheri_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naz._n orat._n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n naz._n orat._n 14._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naz._n orat._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naz._n orat._n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naz._n orat._n 14._o bellum_fw-la erat_fw-la inter_fw-la lupos_fw-la &_o cane_n cumque_fw-la nunciatum_fw-la esset_fw-la lupis_fw-la venire_fw-la ingentem_fw-la exercitum_fw-la canum_fw-la ad_fw-la lacerandos_fw-la lupos_fw-la missus_fw-la est_fw-la speculator_n unus_fw-la ex_fw-la vetulis_fw-la lupis_fw-la renuntiat_fw-la esse_fw-la quidem_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la canum_fw-la longè_fw-la majorem_fw-la quam_fw-la luporum_fw-la sed_fw-la benê_fw-la sperandum_fw-la esse_fw-la quia_fw-la u●derit_fw-la multas_fw-la esse_fw-la dissimilitudines_fw-la col●rum_fw-la in_o canibus_fw-la hac_fw-la voce_fw-la confirmati_fw-la lupi_fw-la dissimiles_fw-la facile_fw-la pelli_fw-la posse_fw-la sperebant_fw-la melancthon_n epist_n 108._o t._n walsingham_n in_o eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o pelopidas_n livia_n hist_o l._n 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc_n etc_n chrystost_fw-fr in_o act._n c._n 15._o nova_fw-la atque_fw-la ina●dita_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la praedicatio_fw-la quae_fw-la verberibus_fw-la exigit_fw-la fidem_fw-la gr._n lib._n 2._o ep_n 52._o a_o verbo_fw-la ad_fw-la serrum_fw-la ab_fw-la atramento_fw-la ad_fw-la armamenta_fw-la à_fw-la pennis_fw-la ad_fw-la bipe●●nes_fw-la confugere_fw-la gerard._n nec_fw-la religionis_fw-la est_fw-la cogere_fw-la religionem_fw-la