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grant_v they_o licence_n and_o authority_n it_o be_v treason_n in_o such_o only_a as_o presume_v to_o do_v it_o without_o licence_n and_o because_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n prohibit_v by_o law_n and_o royal_a authority_n and_o so_o it_o fare_v with_o the_o governor_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n if_o they_o presume_v to_o appoint_v any_o thing_n which_o god_n have_v prohibit_v they_o be_v delinquent_n but_o if_o in_o their_o ecclesiastical_a precept_n they_o exceed_v not_o the_o power_n give_v they_o by_o christ_n they_o do_v well_o and_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v obey_v 4_o this_o mangy_a objection_n which_o the_o dialogue-dropper_n hug_v in_o his_o bosom_n and_o when_o he_o blatter_v it_o out_o of_o his_o wooden_a desk_n he_o be_v applaud_v with_o the_o loud_a hempskirke_n of_o his_o seduce_a auditory_a be_v borrow_v from_o old_a thomas_n cartwright_n who_o in_o his_o day_n poison_a many_o credulous_a people_n with_o such_o scabby_a similitude_n and_o with_o some_o other_o such_o 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to_o his_o service_n then_o the_o not_o allow_v of_o he_o a_o set_a time_n or_o day_n be_v no_o sin_n at_o all_o for_o what_o god_n law_n command_v not_o therein_o man_n be_v not_o bind_v and_o where_o no_o set_a law_n be_v of_o a_o set_a time_n or_o day_n there_o be_v no_o transgression_n if_o a_o set_a time_n or_o day_n be_v not_o observe_v so_o as_o by_o this_o reason_n if_o the_o law_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n prescribe_v not_o set_v sacred_a time_n or_o day_n for_o rest_n and_o sanctification_n it_o be_v a_o mere_a nullity_n for_o to_o say_v there_o be_v a_o natural_a equity_n in_o it_o for_o some_o sufficient_a and_o convenient_a time_n and_o yet_o no_o man_n can_v define_v what_o this_o sufficient_a and_o convenient_a time_n be_v nay_o all_o the_o head_n and_o wit_n in_o the_o world_n put_v together_o be_v not_o able_a to_o determine_v it_o it_o be_v as_o
cap._n 37._o de_fw-fr nullo_n ante_fw-la ipsius_fw-la finem_fw-la pronunciari_fw-la potest_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o electorum_fw-la gloria_fw-la sit_fw-la futurus_fw-la ut_fw-la perseverantem_fw-la humilitatem_fw-la utilis_fw-la metus_fw-la servet_fw-la &_o qui_fw-fr star_n videat_fw-la ne_fw-la cadat_fw-la conclus_fw-la it_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o former_a position_n of_o s._n augustine_n that_o his_o constant_a and_o express_a tenet_n in_o his_o confutation_n of_o the_o pelagian_o be_v that_o some_o person_n real_o justify_v may_v afterward_o be_v overcome_v by_o temptation_n and_o fall_v away_o from_o save_v and_o justificant_fw-la grace_n and_o therefore_o h._n b._n be_v mendacious_a in_o accuse_v the_o appealer_n of_o popery_n and_o pelagian_a heresy_n for_o we_o trust_v he_o will_v not_o honour_v the_o papal_o so_o much_o as_o to_o make_v s._n augustine_n one_o of_o they_o and_o that_o can_v in_o any_o charitable_a construction_n be_v a_o pelagian_a heresy_n which_o s._n augustine_n the_o grand_a adversary_n of_o those_o heretic_n in_o his_o answer_n and_o confutation_n constant_o maintain_v against_o they_o b._n yea_o instead_o of_o recantation_n i_o myself_o have_v hear_v he_o in_o open_a court_n speak_v against_o both_o justification_n that_o a_o man_n may_v be_v justify_v to_o day_n and_o damn_v to_o morrow_n and_o against_o election_n of_o some_o to_o eternal_a life_n and_o against_o the_o sanctification_n of_o the_o sabbath_n say_v i_o say_v there_o be_v no_o sanctification_n of_o the_o sabbath_n but_o rest_v rest_v only_o and_o therefore_o cease_v to_o wonder_v that_o this_o man_n shall_v be_v so_o fearless_a either_o privy_o to_o undermine_v or_o apert_o to_o oppugn_v the_o express_a doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n answ_n 1._o it_o be_v the_o tenet_n of_o s._n augustine_n 14._o augustine_n aug._n d._n prad_n sanct._n cap._n 14._o and_o of_o the_o faithful_a in_o his_o day_n that_o if_o a_o just_a person_n forsake_v his_o righteousness_n in_o qua_fw-la diu_fw-la vixit_fw-la wherein_o he_o have_v live_v long_o and_o shall_v depart_v this_o life_n in_o wickedness_n in_o qua_fw-la non_fw-la unum_fw-la annum_fw-la sed_fw-la unum_fw-la diem_fw-la duxerit_fw-la wherein_o he_o continue_v not_o one_o year_n but_o one_o day_n in_o poenas_fw-la iniquis_fw-la debitas_fw-la hinc_fw-la iturum_fw-la he_o shall_v pass_v from_o hence_o into_o eternal_a punishment_n due_a to_o the_o wicked_a huic_fw-la perspicuae_fw-la veritati_fw-la say_v saint_n augustine_n quis_fw-la fidelium_fw-la contradicit_fw-la what_o faithful_a christian_a contradict_v this_o evident_a or_o perspicuous_a verity_n now_o if_o the_o former_a doctrine_n be_v maintain_v for_o catholic_a and_o orthodoxal_a in_o saint_n augustine_n day_n than_o he_o who_o say_v a_o man_n may_v be_v justify_v to_o day_n and_o be_v in_o peril_n of_o damnation_n the_o next_o day_n repentance_n day_n d._n overall_n confer_v hampt_v court_n p_o 41._o whosoever_o though_o before_o justify_v do_v commit_v any_o grievous_a sin_n as_o adultery_n murder_n treason_n and_o the_o like_a do_v become_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la subject_n to_o god_n wrath_n &_o guilty_a of_o damnation_n or_o be_v in_o state_n of_o damnation_n quo_fw-la ad_fw-la praesentem_fw-la justitiam_fw-la until_o they_o do_v repent_v against_o which_o doctrine_n he_o say_v some_o have_v oppose_v teach_v that_o all_o such_o person_n as_o be_v once_o true_o justify_v although_o after_o they_o fall_v into_o never_o so_o grievous_a sin_n yet_o remain_v still_o just_a ãâã_d in_o the_o state_n of_o justification_n before_o they_o actual_o repent_v of_o these_o sin_n yea_o and_o although_o they_o never_o repent_v of_o they_o through_o forgetfulness_n or_o sudden_a death_n yet_o the_o y_o shall_v be_v save_v w_o will_v repentance_n have_v deliver_v nothing_o savour_v of_o pelagianism_n or_o repugnant_a to_o sound_v doctrine_n in_o the_o article_n of_o justification_n 2_o br._n b._n be_v false_a in_o say_v he_o have_v hear_v his_o adversary_n in_o open_a court_n speak_v against_o god_n election_n for_o the_o bishop_n firm_o believe_v that_o god_n have_v free_o without_o any_o merit_n of_o their_o own_o in_o his_o mere_a bounty_n and_o love_n for_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n elect_v all_o those_o to_o eternal_a life_n which_o shall_v be_v glorify_v in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v 3_o the_o bishop_n true_o affirm_v pag._n 143._o that_o the_o four_o commandment_n of_o the_o decalogue_n according_a to_o the_o literal_a sense_n thereof_o enjoin_v not_o such_o spiritual_a and_o evangelicall_n duty_n as_o theop._n br._n mention_v in_o his_o objection_n to_o wit_n preach_v of_o christ_n crucify_v and_o raise_v from_o the_o dead_a prayer_n to_o god_n the_o father_n in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n receive_v baptism_n and_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n but_o he_o maintain_v that_o the_o equity_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n together_o with_o the_o evangelicall_n law_n require_v not_o only_a rest_n from_o secular_a labour_n and_o negotiation_n but_o also_o the_o performance_n of_o spiritual_a and_o evangelical_a duty_n upon_o the_o lord's-day_n and_o upon_o other_o holy_a day_n and_o time_n devote_v by_o the_o church_n to_o the_o service_n of_o christ_n pag._n 143._o a._n the_o adversary_n in_o his_o book_n do_v much_o except_o against_o and_o can_v endure_v that_o the_o lord's-day_n shall_v be_v call_v the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o i_o remember_v one_o passage_n in_o it_o wherein_o he_o bequarrel_v h._n b._n for_o say_v that_o the_o ancient_a father_n do_v ever_o and_o usual_o call_v it_o the_o sabbath_n day_n b._n concern_v that_o i_o have_v speak_v with_o h._n b._n and_o he_o say_v he_o will_v answer_v and_o make_v good_a what_o he_o have_v say_v against_o his_o adversary_n and_o howsoever_o those_o word_n indeed_o ever_o and_o usual_o may_v give_v advantage_n to_o the_o adversary_n to_o carp_v yet_o be_v right_o understand_v they_o may_v pass_v currant_n enough_o for_o by_o ever_o usual_o he_o mean_v that_o all_o the_o ancient_a father_n although_o they_o distinguish_v between_o the_o lord's-day_n and_o the_o jew_n sabbath_n day_n yet_o they_o ever_o take_v and_o observe_v the_o lord's-day_n instead_o of_o the_o old_a sabbath_n and_o ever_o use_v it_o for_o the_o rest_n day_n or_o sabbath_n of_o christian_n answ_n 1._o the_o bishop_n word_n pag._n 201._o be_v i_o have_v diligent_o search_v into_o antiquity_n and_o observe_v in_o the_o father_n their_o form_n of_o speech_n when_o they_o treat_v of_o the_o lord's-day_n and_o i_o find_v it_o far_o differ_v from_o the_o usual_a language_n of_o the_o father_n to_o style_v the_o lord's-day_n the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o they_o by_o the_o name_n sabbath_n either_o understand_v the_o old_a legal_a sabbath_n take_v away_o by_o christ_n or_o the_o mystical_a and_o spiritual_a sabbath_n which_o be_v tipe_v and_o represent_v by_o the_o sabbath_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n 2_o in_o the_o former_a passage_n the_o bishop_n speak_v not_o of_o modern_a writer_n neither_o have_v he_o deny_v that_o any_o of_o these_o especial_o here_o in_o england_n have_v style_v the_o lord's-day_n by_o the_o name_n of_o sabbath_n or_o christian_a sabbath_n for_o his_o assertion_n be_v only_o concern_v the_o ancient_a father_n 9_o father_n igna._n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la post_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la omnis_fw-la christi_fw-la amator_fw-la dominicam_fw-la celebret_fw-la diem_fw-la etc._n etc._n orig._n in_o exod_n hom_n 7._o in_o nostra_fw-la dominica_fw-la semper_fw-la pluit_fw-la manna_n in_o sabbato_fw-la non_fw-la pluit_fw-la clemens_n apost_n constit_fw-la li._n 7._o ca._n 24._o sabbatum_fw-la &_o dominicum_fw-la festos_fw-la dies_fw-la agite_fw-la quod_fw-la ille_fw-la quidem_fw-la dies_fw-la recordatio_fw-la sit_fw-la fabricationis_fw-la mundi_fw-la hic_fw-la vero_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la athanas_n epist_n ad_fw-la marcel_n si_fw-mi psallere_fw-la vis_fw-la in_o sabbato_fw-la habes_fw-la psalm_n 91._o vis_fw-fr gratias_fw-la agere_fw-la in_o dominico_fw-la habes_fw-la psal_n 23._o ambros_n d._n sacram_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 6._o greg_n nyssen_n orat_fw-la d._n castigat_fw-la august_n epist_n 86._o hilar._n prologue_n in_o psalm_n socrat._v hist_o eccl._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 8._o tripertit_n hist_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 9_o and_o therefore_o br._n b._n fight_v with_o his_o own_o shadow_n when_o he_o produce_v modern_a authority_n to_o confirm_v that_o which_o concern_v not_o the_o point_n in_o question_n 3_o the_o bishop_n pag._n 205._o make_v clear_a ostension_n that_o h._n b._n have_v falsify_v three_o place_n of_o saint_n augustine_n and_o to_o prove_v himself_o a_o impudent_a prevaricator_n he_o have_v foist_v in_o these_o word_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la dominicum_fw-la into_o saint_n augustine_n very_a text_n contra_fw-la adimant_n manich._n cap._n 15._o 4_o this_o br._n b._n for_o his_o last_o refuge_n propound_v a_o miserable_a and_o ridiculous_a argument_n to_o wit_n the_o father_n observe_v the_o lord's-day_n in_o stead_n of_o the_o old_a sabbath_n ergo_fw-la they_o ever_o and_o usual_o call_v the_o same_o the_o sabbath_n day_n this_o argument_n may_v be_v parallel_v with_o one_o like_a unto_o it_o the_o ancient_a father_n observe_v
the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n instead_o of_o circumcision_n ergo_fw-la the_o ancient_a father_n do_v ever_o usual_o style_v the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n by_o the_o name_n of_o circumcision_n b._n saint_n augustine_n d._n temp_n ser._n 251._o affirm_v that_o the_o holy_a doctor_n of_o the_o church_n have_v decree_v to_o transfer_v all_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o judaical_a sabbath_n or_o sabbatisme_n unto_o the_o lord's-day_n etc._n etc._n we_o must_v observe_v the_o same_o from_o evening_n to_o evening_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v sequester_v from_o rural_a work_n and_o from_o all_o business_n we_o may_v be_v vacant_a only_o for_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n thus_o we_o due_o sanctify_v the_o sabbath_n of_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n you_o see_v he_o speak_v this_o not_o as_o his_o own_o particular_a opinion_n but_o as_o it_o be_v the_o tenet_n of_o the_o whole_a catholic_a church_n so_o as_o the_o whole_a ancient_a catholic_a church_n do_v not_o only_o observe_v but_o call_v the_o lord's-day_n the_o sabbath_n etc._n etc._n answ_n 1_o this_o sermon_n seem_v to_o be_v none_o of_o saint_n augustine_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o stile_n nolite_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la verbosari_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la garriunt_fw-la &_o verbosantur_fw-la cogunt_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la ut_fw-la abbreviat_fw-la missam_fw-la 2_o the_o author_n of_o this_o sermon_n require_v the_o same_o vacancy_n and_o sanctity_n upon_o the_o birth_n day_n of_o saânts_n as_o he_o do_v upon_o the_o lord's-day_n cultui_fw-la lord's-day_n idcirco_fw-la fratres_fw-la mei_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la vobis_fw-la molestum_fw-la in_fw-la dominicis_fw-la diebus_fw-la &_o in_o natalitiis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la divino_fw-la studere_fw-la cultui_fw-la 3_o he_o affirm_v that_o the_o holy_a doctor_n of_o the_o church_n translate_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o judaical_a sabbath_n upon_o the_o lord's-day_n etc._n lord's-day_n ideo_fw-la sancti_fw-la doctores_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la decreverunt_fw-la omnem_fw-la gloriam_fw-la judaici_n sabbatismi_fw-la in_o illam_fw-la transfer_v etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o he_o can_v not_o without_o contradiction_n ground_n the_o observation_n of_o the_o lord's-day_n upon_o the_o letter_n or_o express_a word_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n 4_o he_o make_v the_o sabbath_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n and_o the_o lord's-day_n two_o distinct_a and_o diverse_a day_n of_o the_o week_n and_o when_o he_o say_v sic_fw-la quoque_fw-la rite_n sanctificamus_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la domini_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o use_v the_o word_n sabbath_n in_o a_o mystical_a and_o analogical_a sense_n and_o not_o in_o a_o legal_a or_o literal_a signification_n 5_o it_o be_v a_o untruth_n that_o saint_n augustine_n scientia_fw-la augustine_n aug._n ad_fw-la ascllic_fw-la epist._n 200._o cum_fw-la cuique_fw-la isto_fw-la modo_fw-la fuerit_fw-la verus_fw-la germanusque_fw-la christianus_n utrum_fw-la etiam_fw-la judaeus_fw-la aut_fw-la israelita_fw-la dicendus_fw-la sit_fw-la merito_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la in_o carne_fw-la sed_fw-la spiritu_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la ipsum_fw-la nomen_fw-la sibi_fw-la imponere_fw-la sed_fw-la spiritali_fw-la intelligentia_fw-la retinere_fw-la ne_fw-la propter_fw-la ambiguitatem_fw-la vocabuli_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la discernit_fw-la quotidiana_fw-la locutio_fw-la illud_fw-la profiteri_fw-la videatur_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la inimicum_fw-la nomini_fw-la christiano_n non_fw-la debemus_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la sermonis_fw-la humani_fw-la inepta_fw-la loquacitate_fw-la confundere_fw-la etc._n etc._n inepta_fw-la insolentia_fw-la &_o si_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la imperita_fw-la scientia_fw-la make_v it_o the_o common_a stile_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n to_o call_v the_o lord's-day_n the_o sabbath_n for_o he_o be_v so_o far_o either_o himself_o from_o still_v the_o lord's-day_n the_o sabbath_n in_o a_o proper_a or_o ordinary_a course_n of_o speak_v 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committunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la aeterna_fw-la morte_fw-la mulctari_fw-la id._n