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of_o late_a so_o grievous_o shake_v feed_v my_o lamb_n feed_v my_o sheep_n yea_o see_v thou_o thrice_o deny_v the_o shepherd_n of_o thy_o soul_n i_o say_v unto_o thou_o the_o three_o time_n feed_v my_o sheep_n let_v the_o memory_n of_o thy_o forepast_a threefold_a sin_n also_o let_v this_o my_o present_a threefold_a admonition_n excite_v thou_o unto_o triple_a diligence_n in_o thy_o charge_n to_o show_v such_o pity_n and_o compassion_n as_o i_o have_v show_v to_o thou_o unto_o that_o lose_a and_o scatter_a block_n which_o have_v deny_v i_o or_o consent_v to_o my_o crucify_a let_v thy_o faithful_a performance_n of_o what_o i_o request_v thou_o at_o my_o farewell_n be_v the_o first_o testimony_n of_o thy_o love_n to_o i_o to_o be_v last_o testify_v by_o the_o loss_n of_o thy_o life_n which_o thou_o do_v promise_v i_o when_o i_o give_v i_o for_o my_o sheep_n but_o shall_v not_o pay_v until_o thou_o have_v fulfil_v this_o my_o request_n very_o very_o i_o say_v unto_o thou_o when_o thou_o be_v young_a thou_o gird_v thyself_o and_o walkedst_a whither_o thou_o will_v death_n but_o when_o thou_o shall_v be_v old_a thou_o shall_v stretch_v forth_o thy_o hand_n and_o another_o shall_v gird_v thou_o and_o lead_v thou_o whither_o thou_o will_v not_o john_n 21._o 18._o 9_o but_o here_o bellarmin_n always_o exceed_v witty_a either_o to_o elude_v scripture_n who_o natural_a meaning_n be_v evident_o against_o he_o or_o to_o collect_v a_o gull_a sense_n from_o such_o as_o nothing_o at_o all_o make_v for_o he_o will_v infer_v that_o the_o possessive_a death_n mâ—_n necessary_o refer_v peter_n charge_n or_o jurisdiction_n unto_o all_o the_o flock_n that_o call_v christ_n their_o lord_n owner_n for_o see_v after_o his_o resurrection_n there_o be_v but_o one_o fold_n for_o this_o great_a shepherd_n to_o say_v my_o sâ—…_n can_v not_o distinguish_v one_o sort_n from_o another_o and_o therefore_o none_o to_o be_v exempt_v from_o peter_n oversight_n but_o the_o flock_n though_o one_o in_o 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oversight_n and_o thus_o as_o we_o have_v say_v before_o the_o jew_n be_v commit_v peculiar_o to_o saint_n peter_n care_n albeit_o consonant_o to_o the_o former_a exposition_n of_o both_o place_n allege_v our_o saviour_n by_o my_o sheep_n may_v only_o intimate_v his_o tender_a care_n over_o his_o flock_n without_o distinction_n that_o peter_n may_v more_o careful_o feed_v as_o many_o as_o he_o can_v personal_o look_v to_o see_v the_o proof_n of_o his_o love_n to_o his_o lord_n and_o master_n and_o of_o his_o fidelity_n which_o have_v fail_v do_v consist_v herein_o as_o for_o 16._o bellarmine_n other_o collection_n that_o our_o saviour_n by_o mention_v his_o sheep_n shall_v mean_v prelate_n or_o superior_n by_o his_o little_a sheep_n so_o their_o vulgar_a distinguish_v inferior_a pastor_n by_o his_o lamb_n mere_a laic_n such_o as_o have_v father_n but_o
he_o heal_v they_o then_o say_v i_o lord_n how_o long_o and_o he_o answer_v until_o the_o city_n be_v waste_v without_o inhabitant_n and_o the_o house_n without_o man_n and_o the_o land_n be_v utter_o desolate_a and_o the_o lord_n have_v remove_v man_n far_o away_o and_o there_o be_v a_o great_a desolation_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o land_n the_o truth_n of_o our_o assertion_n be_v so_o pregnant_a that_o time_n maldonat_a the_o most_o judicious_a expositor_n among_o the_o jesuit_n take_v it_o as_o grant_v the_o word_n late_o cite_v be_v literal_o mean_v only_o of_o that_o generation_n with_o who_o the_o prophet_n live_v and_o bring_v this_o very_a text_n as_o one_o of_o the_o apt_a instance_n to_o illustrate_v the_o three_o kind_n as_o he_o make_v it_o of_o fulfil_a prophecy_n to_o wit_n when_o that_o which_o be_v true_o and_o literal_o mean_v of_o one_o be_v fit_o apply_v unto_o another_o matter_n or_o sort_n of_o people_n for_o the_o similitude_n of_o their_o nature_n or_o disposition_n although_o to_o speak_v the_o truth_n he_o may_v have_v refer_v it_o more_o just_o at_o least_o more_o artificial_o to_o the_o four_o kind_n there_o mention_v by_o he_o for_o as_o shall_v appear_v hereafter_o this_o pprophecy_n be_v alike_o literal_o proper_o and_o direct_o mean_v of_o both_o but_o verify_v of_o the_o former_a time_n more_o immediate_o as_o first_o in_o order_n because_o that_o part_n of_o its_o object_n have_v precedency_n in_o actual_a existence_n of_o the_o late_a more_o complete_o as_o principal_o intend_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 4_o the_o blindness_n there_o speak_v of_o be_v even_o then_o begin_v but_o do_v increase_v from_o that_o age_n until_o the_o captivity_n and_o continue_v until_o christ_n come_v in_o whole_a day_n it_o be_v augment_v and_o the_o pprophecy_n full_o accomplish_v as_o the_o desolation_n which_o follow_v their_o blindness_n in_o put_v he_o to_o death_n be_v great_a than_o that_o which_o nabuchadnezzar_n bring_v upon_o the_o city_n and_o land_n for_o the_o provocation_n wherewith_o manasseh_n jehoiachim_n and_o other_o wicked_a ruler_n as_o well_o priest_n as_o laic_n have_v provoke_v the_o lord_n by_o cruel_a persecution_n of_o his_o messenger_n send_v unto_o they_o this_o be_v a_o disease_n in_o their_o prelate_n and_o 〈◊〉_d lineal_o desâ—â—nding_v to_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n who_o take_v time_n themselves_o for_o infallible_a teacher_n and_o free_a from_o oppugn_v such_o doctrine_n as_o therefore-fathers_n have_v persecute_v unto_o the_o death_n the_o sin_n of_o these_o late_a in_o crucifyiag_n christ_n be_v in_o degree_n more_o grievous_a because_o his_o personal_a worth_n be_v much_o great_a than_o the_o prophet_n but_o the_o ignorance_n be_v of_o the_o same_o kind_n in_o both_o for_o as_o our_o saviour_n say_v mat._n 23._o 32._o the_o late_a do_v but_o fulfil_v the_o measurâ—…_n their_o father_n iniquity_n in_o murder_a god_n messenger_n and_o as_o afterward_o shall_v be_v declare_v such_o as_o the_o romanist_n account_v the_o church_n representative_a most_o infallible_a do_v continual_o cause_n or_o countenance_v these_o persecution_n time_n the_o original_n likewise_o of_o this_o cruelty_n continue_v from_o former_a to_o late_a generation_n be_v the_o very_a same_o in_o both_o the_o one_o distaste_a god_n word_n while_o the_o prophet_n speak_v they_o the_o other_o understand_v they_o not_o while_o they_o be_v read_v every_o sabbath_n day_n unto_o they_o both_o 27._o fulfil_v they_o in_o condemn_v god_n messenger_n and_o th_v innocent_a blood_n upon_o such_o gross_a and_o palpable_a blindness_n as_o isaiah_n describe_v 5_o it_o will_v recreate_v the_o attentive_a reader_n to_o observe_v how_o the_o lord_n have_v confound_v the_o 27._o language_n of_o these_o cunning_a builder_n â—_z they_o seek_v to_o raise_v up_o new_a babylon_n from_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o old_a synagogue_n bellarmin_n will_v seem_v to_o make_v a_o conscience_n of_o blaspheme_v and_o therefore_o have_v rather_o adventure_v to_o be_v repute_v ridiculous_a in_o avouch_v as_o you_o hear_v before_o without_o all_o ground_n or_o show_v of_o reason_n that_o the_o infallible_a authority_n former_o establish_v in_o the_o synagogue_n do_v expire_v upon_o our_o saviour_n entrance_n into_o his_o ministerial_a function_n many_o of_o his_o fellow_n know_v how_o necessary_a it_o be_v for_o they_o to_o defend_v the_o public_a spirit_n of_o the_o synagogue_n and_o conscious_a withal_o how_o frivolous_a it_o will_v be_v to_o say_v it_o shall_v vanish_v by_o our_o saviour_n presence_n who_o come_v rather_o by_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n to_o establish_v then_o overthrow_v any_o ordinance_n of_o the_o law_n resolve_v though_o by_o open_a blasphemy_n to_o maintain_v the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n infallibility_n until_o the_o aboâ—…ing_n of_o aaron_n priesthood_n that_o they_o condemn_v our_o saviour_n be_v in_o these_o man_n judgement_n a_o prior_n only_o in_o matter_n of_o fact_n not_o of_o â—…th_n or_o â—…rine_n and_o in_o such_o case_n the_o pope_n himself_o may_v err_v while_o he_o speak_v ex_fw-la caâ—…_n that_o the_o high_a priest_n do_v not_o err_v in_o faith_n they_o take_v it_o as_o prove_v because_o the_o evangelist_n say_v he_o prophesy_v it_o be_v good_a one_o shall_v die_v for_o the_o people_n john_n 11._o 50._o 6_o such_o infallibility_n as_o this_o i_o never_o shall_v envy_v the_o pope_n and_o i_o desite_fw-la no_o more_o then_o that_o he_o will_v confirm_v this_o last_o cite_v doctrine_n ex_fw-la cathedra_fw-la for_o no_o question_n but_o all_o such_o throughout_o the_o christian_a world_n as_o bear_v any_o love_n to_o christ_n at_o all_o any_o beside_o the_o jesuit_n who_o make_v no_o conscience_n of_o vilisy_v their_o redeemer_n for_o advance_v the_o pope_n dignity_n by_o descend_v his_o insallibilin_n will_v renounce_v his_o decree_n and_o take_v he_o for_o antichrist_n ever_o after_o for_o this_o be_v no_o error_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la upon_o false_a information_n or_o privy_a suggestion_n even_o the_o high_a priest_n themselves_o for_o the_o inveterate_a hate_n which_o they_o have_v bear_v unto_o our_o saviour_n person_n and_o doctrine_n such_o as_o the_o romish_a church_n do_v unto_o hus_n and_o jerom_n of_o prage_n hold_v a_o council_n how_o they_o may_v put_v he_o to_o death_n and_o so_o far_o be_v they_o from_o be_v miss_v with_o false_a information_n that_o they_o suborn_v false_a witness_n against_o he_o and_o fail_v in_o this_o seek_v to_o ensnare_v he_o in_o his_o own_o confession_n and_o final_o condemn_v he_o with_o joint_a consent_n for_o avouch_v one_o of_o the_o main_a point_n of_o christian_a belief_n the_o article_n of_o his_o come_n to_o judgement_n i_o think_v might_n satan_n himself_o speak_v his_o mind_n in_o this_o case_n he_o will_v condemn_v gretzer_n and_o his_o fellow_n if_o not_o for_o their_o villainy_n yet_o for_o their_o intolerable_a folly_n in_o question_v whether_o it_o be_v a_o error_n in_o faith_n or_o no_o to_o pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n with_o such_o solemnity_n against_o the_o judge_n of_o quick_a and_o dead_a for_o profess_v and_o teach_v the_o main_a point_n and_o ground_n of_o faith_n this_o villainy_n be_v too_o open_a and_o evident_a to_o maintain_v the_o policy_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n and_o if_o neither_o fear_n of_o god_n nor_o shame_n of_o the_o world_n can_v bridle_v the_o jesuit_n mouth_n or_o stop_v the_o pen_n from_o vent_v such_o doctrine_n yet_o certain_o this_o prince_n of_o darkness_n their_o lord_n and_o master_n for_o fear_v of_o some_o great_a revolt_n will_v lay_v his_o command_n upon_o they_o and_o make_v they_o in_o this_o discourse_a age_n speak_v more_o wary_o though_o they_o niean_v still_o no_o less_o wicked_o 7_o because_o this_o be_v a_o point_n worth_a the_o press_n let_v we_o overthrow_v not_o only_o faith_n their_o answer_n already_o give_v or_o argument_n hence_o draw_v for_o their_o church_n authority_n but_o in_o brief_a prevent_v all_o possible_a evasion_n if_o any_o papist_n shall_v here_o reply_v that_o these_o high_a priest_n and_o their_o assistant_n do_v not_o speak_v ex_fw-la cathedra_fw-la when_o they_o so_o far_o miss_v the_o cushion_n this_o answer_n as_o it_o may_v perhaps_o drop_v from_o some_o ignorant_a jesuit_n mouth_n or_o pen_n who_o be_v bind_v by_o oath_n to_o say_v something_o and_o therefore_o must_v oftentimes_o say_v he_o know_v not_o what_o for_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o church_n so_o we_o may_v well_o assure_v ourselves_o that_o the_o pope_n himself_o dare_v not_o for_o his_o triple_a crown_n deliver_v it_o ex_fw-la cathedra_fw-la nor_o will_v the_o learned_a papist_n hold_v this_o point_n if_o it_o be_v well_o urge_v for_o as_o these_o high_a priest_n error_n be_v most_o gross_a and_o grievous_a so_o be_v it_o receive_v upon_o long_a and_o mature_a deliberation_n their_o manner_n of_o proceed_v be_v public_a and_o solemn_a they_o take_v jesus_n say_v the_o 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