to_o state_n the_o case_n and_o to_o that_o end_n will_v fain_o know_v what_o we_o mean_v when_o we_o say_v that_o christ_n be_v not_o corporeal_o present_v in_o this_o sacrament_n or_o how_o that_o which_o be_v not_o the_o thing_n itself_o be_v yet_o more_o than_o a_o mere_a figure_n of_o it_o in_o answer_n to_o which_o i_o shall_v need_v seek_v no_o far_o than_o those_o testimony_n i_o before_o allege_v out_o of_o the_o public_a act_n of_o our_o church_n to_o satisfy_v he_o catechism_n see_v the_o church_n catechism_n our_o catechism_n affirm_v that_o the_o inward_a part_n or_o thing_n signify_v in_o this_o holy_a supper_n be_v the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v very_o and_o indeed_o take_v and_o receive_v by_o the_o faithful_a in_o the_o lords-supper_n and_o the_o meaning_n of_o it_o our_o 28_o 28._o 28_o article_n 28._o article_n expound_v thus_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v give_v take_v and_o eat_v in_o the_o lord_n supper_n only_a after_o a_o spiritval_n and_o heavenly_a manner_n and_o the_o mean_n by_o which_o this_o be_v do_v be_v faith_n so_o that_o to_o such_o as_o right_o and_o worthy_o and_o with_o faith_n receive_v the_o same_o the_o bread_n which_o we_o break_v be_v as_o st._n paul_n declare_v it_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o cup_n of_o blessing_n which_o we_o bless_v the_o communion_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n in_o a_o word_n we_o say_v that_o the_o faithful_a do_v real_o partake_v of_o christ_n body_n after_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o those_o who_o be_v void_a of_o faith_n can_v though_o they_o may_v participate_v the_o outward_a element_n alike_o who_o therefore_o our_o church_n declare_v 29._o declare_v article_n 29._o to_o receive_v only_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n but_o to_o be_v no_o way_n partaker_n of_o christ_n but_o rather_o as_o st._n paul_n again_o say_v to_o eat_v and_o drink_v their_o own_o damnation_n not_o discern_v the_o lord_n body_n it_o body_n see_v the_o appendix_n n._n v._o in_o which_o st._n chrysostom_n give_v the_o very_a same_o account_n of_o it_o these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o our_o church_n and_o the_o meaning_n be_v clear_o this_o christ_n be_v real_o present_a in_o this_o sacrament_n inasmuch_o as_o they_o who_o worthy_o receive_v it_o have_v thereby_o real_o convey_v to_o they_o our_o saviour_n christ_n and_o all_o the_o benefit_n of_o that_o body_n and_o blood_n whereof_o the_o bread_n and_o wine_n be_v the_o outward_a sign_n this_o great_a effect_n plain_o show_v it_o to_o be_v more_o than_o a_o mere_a figure_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o his_o body_n after_o the_o manner_n that_o the_o papist_n imagine_v office_n imagine_v rubric_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o communion_n office_n christ_n body_n be_v in_o heaven_n and_o not_o on_o the_o holy_a table_n and_o it_o be_v against_o the_o truth_n of_o christ_n natural_a body_n to_o be_v at_o one_o time_n in_o more_o place_n than_o one_o the_o sacramental_a bread_n and_o wine_n then_o remain_v still_o in_o their_o very_a natural_a substance_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o corporal_a presence_n of_o christ_n natural_a flesh_n and_o blood_n at_o the_o holy_a altar_n the_o presence_n we_o allow_v be_v spiritual_a and_o that_o not_o only_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o existence_n 78._o existence_n vindicat._n p._n 77_o 78._o which_o the_o vindicator_n seem_v to_o insinuate_v for_o we_o suppose_v it_o to_o be_v a_o plain_a contradiction_n that_o a_o body_n shall_v have_v any_o existence_n but_o what_o alone_o be_v proper_a to_o a_o body_n etc._n that_o this_o exposition_n be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o ch._n of_o england_n the_o authority_n already_o cite_v show_v see_v also_o the_o homily_n concern_v the_o sacrament_n part_v 1._o p._n 283._o etc._n etc._n and_o the_o same_o be_v the_o explication_n which_o all_o the_o other_o protestant_a confession_n have_v give_v of_o it_o as_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o collation_n of_o they_o make_v by_o bishop_n cofin_n in_o his_o history_n of_o transubstantiation_n cap._n 2._o where_o he_o have_v set_v down_o their_o word_n at_o large_a p._n 6._o etc._n etc._n i._n e._n corporal_a but_o as_o to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o and_o yet_o it_o be_v real_a too_o the_o bread_n which_o we_o receive_v be_v a_o most_o real_a and_o effectual_a communion_n of_o christ_n body_n in_o that_o spiritual_a and_o heavenly_a manner_n which_o st._n paul_n speak_v of_o and_o in_o which_o the_o faithful_a by_o their_o faith_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o it_o thus_o do_v our_o church_n admit_v of_o a_o real_a presence_n and_o yet_o 80._o yet_o vindic._n p._n 80._o neither_o take_v the_o word_n of_o institution_n in_o their_o literal_a sense_n 79._o sense_n ibid._n p._n 79._o and_o avoid_v all_o those_o absurdity_n we_o so_o just_o charge_v they_o with_o as_o to_o the_o authority_n of_o their_o own_o writer_n which_o i_o allege_v to_o show_v that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n have_v no_o ground_n neither_o in_o scripture_n nor_o antiquity_n he_o be_v content_a to_o allow_v that_o the_o scripture_n be_v not_o so_o plain_a in_o this_o matter_n but_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o church_n to_o interpret_v they_o in_o order_n to_o our_o understanding_n of_o it_o 81._o vind._n p._n 80_o 81._o and_o for_o antiquity_n he_o desire_v we_o to_o observe_v one_a that_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n have_v in_o the_o first_o canon_n 82._o ibid._n p._n 82._o define_v the._n true_a real_a and_o substantial_a presence_n of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o jesus_n christ_n in_o the_o most_o holy_a sacrament_n bring_v this_o transubstantiation_n 2._o sess_n 13._o can._n 2._o or_o conversion_n of_o one_o substance_n into_o another_o as_o the_o natural_a consequence_n of_o it_o can._n 2._o if_o any_o one_o shall_v say_v that_o the_o substance_n of_o bread_n and_o wine_n remain_v in_o the_o most_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n together_o with_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o shall_v deny_v that_o wonderful_a and_o singular_a conversion_n of_o the_o whole_a substance_n of_o the_o bread_n into_o the_o body_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a substance_n of_o the_o wine_n into_o the_o blood_n the_o species_n of_o bread_n and_o wine_n only_o remain_v which_o conversion_n the_o catholic_n church_n do_v most_o apt_o call_v transubstantiation_n let_v he_o be_v anathema_n the_o design_n of_o the_o council_n in_o which_o canon_n be_v evident_o this_o to_o define_v not_o only_o the_o real_a and_o substantial_a presence_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o eucharist_n against_o the_o sacramentary_n which_o before_o be_v do_v 1._o do_v can._n 1._o but_o also_o the_o manner_n or_o mode_n of_o his_o presence_n against_o the_o lutheran_n in_o two_o particular_n one_a of_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o bread_n and_o wine_n 2_o of_o the_o conversion_n of_o their_o substance_n into_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n the_o species_n only_o remain_v but_o this_o the_o vindicator_n will_v not_o allow_v but_o advance_v a_o exposition_n so_o contrary_a to_o the_o design_n of_o the_o council_n and_o doctrine_n of_o his_o church_n that_o it_o be_v wonderful_a to_o imagine_v how_o he_o can_v be_v so_o far_o deceive_v himself_o or_o think_v to_o impose_v upon_o other_o so_o vain_a and_o fond_a a_o illusion_n it_o be_v manifest_a 83._o vindic._n p._n 83._o say_v he_o that_o the_o church_n do_v not_o here_o intend_v to_o fix_v the_o manner_n of_o that_o conversion_n but_o only_o to_o declare_v the_o matter_n viz._n that_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o jesus_n christ_n become_v true_o real_o and_o substantial_o present_a the_o bread_n and_o wine_n cease_v to_o be_v there_o true_o real_o and_o substantial_o present_a though_o the_o appearance_n thereof_o remain_v now_o this_o be_v so_o evident_o false_a that_o suarez_n doubt_v not_o to_o say_v it_o be_v hear_v to_o affirm_v it_o forasmuch_o say_v he_o below_o see_v suarez_n cite_v below_o as_o the_o council_n not_o only_o determine_v the_o presence_n of_o christ_n body_n and_o absence_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o bread_n but_o also_o the_o true_a conversion_n of_o the_o one_o into_o the_o other_o thus_o establish_v not_o only_o the_o two_o former_a but_o this_o last_o also_o as_o a_o article_n of_o faith_n our_o dispute_n therefore_o be_v not_o only_o as_o this_o author_n pretend_v about_o the_o real_a presence_n of_o christ_n body_n 83._o vindic._n p._n 83._o and_o absence_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o bread_n which_o he_o call_v the_o thing_n itself_o but_o also_o about_o the_o manner_n how_o jesus_n christ_n be_v present_a viz._n whether_o it_o be_v by_o that_o wonderful_a and_o singular_a conversion_n which_o their_o church_n call_v so_o apt_o transubstantiation_n now_o
in_o his_o book_n for_o the_o great_a exactness_n of_o the_o method_n or_o neatness_n of_o style_n he_o must_v have_v be_v a_o very_a peevish_a adversary_n indeed_o that_o will_v have_v pretend_v to_o censure_v he_o for_o that_o but_o to_o change_v not_o only_o the_o word_n but_o doctrine_n too_o to_o give_v we_o one_o exposition_n of_o it_o in_o one_o edition_n and_o a_o quite_o contrary_a in_o another_o this_o i_o think_v may_v if_o not_o be_v represent_v as_o a_o heinous_a crime_n 21.22_o vindicat._n pag._n 21.22_o yet_o at_o least_o deserve_v a_o remark_n and_o let_v the_o vindicator_n do_v what_o he_o can_v will_v i_o doubt_v make_v the_o author_n pass_v with_o all_o indifferent_a person_n for_o such_o as_o yet_o i_o have_v never_o represent_v he_o have_v not_o he_o himself_o first_o make_v the_o dilemma_n viz._n 2._o m._n de_fw-fr m_n advert_v p._n 2._o one_o that_o either_o do_v not_o sufficient_o understand_v the_o doctrine_n of_o his_o church_n or_o that_o have_v not_o sincerity_n enough_o to_o expound_v it_o aright_o i_o shall_v now_o pass_v to_o the_o consideration_n of_o those_o exception_n that_o have_v be_v make_v against_o what_o i_o have_v advance_v in_o my_o book_n itself_o but_o before_o i_o do_v this_o it_o will_v be_v requisite_a that_o i_o take_v notice_n of_o those_o direction_n the_o vindicator_n have_v think_v fit_a to_o give_v i_o in_o his_o postscript_n in_o order_n thereunto_o and_o here_o not_o to_o deceive_v either_o he_o 12â—_n vindicat._n pag._n 12â—_n 12â—_n or_o the_o reader_n be_v expectation_n i_o must_v beg_v leave_n to_o excuse_v myself_o from_o enter_v any_o far_o into_o dispute_n with_o the_o bishop_n of_o condom_n than_o i_o have_v already_o do_v i_o never_o design_v a_o direct_a answer_n to_o his_o book_n and_o the_o reflection_n i_o have_v make_v upon_o it_o in_o my_o former_a treatise_n be_v more_o to_o clear_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n than_o to_o argue_v against_o what_o he_o offer_v in_o behalf_n of_o the_o romish_a faith_n this_o have_v be_v the_o undertake_n of_o another_o pen_n from_o who_o the_o vindicator_n i_o suppose_v may_v expect_v what_o be_v reasonable_o enough_o refuse_v by_o i_o but_o for_o the_o other_o part_n of_o his_o desire_n that_o i_o will_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o peruse_v myself_o the_o author_n cite_v by_o i_o 121._o vindicat._n pag._n 121._o and_o not_o transcribe_v quotation_n nor_o take_v up_o thing_n by_o half_n i_o have_v be_v so_o scrupulous_a in_o observe_v it_o that_o i_o doubt_v i_o shall_v receive_v but_o little_a thanks_o from_o himself_o for_o it_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o there_o have_v be_v fault_n enough_o commit_v on_o both_o side_n for_o want_n of_o this_o care_n and_o i_o do_v not_o desire_v to_o add_v to_o the_o number_n i_o have_v do_v my_o best_a to_o take_v nothing_o of_o they_o without_o a_o serious_a examination_n of_o their_o sense_n ibid._n ibid._n and_o a_o sincere_a application_n of_o it_o to_o the_o point_n in_o question_n how_o far_o i_o have_v attain_v this_o i_o must_v leave_v it_o to_o other_o to_o judge_v but_o for_o the_o rest_n the_o truth_n of_o my_o citation_n i_o have_v be_v so_o cautious_a in_o they_o that_o allow_v only_o for_o the_o errata_n of_o the_o press_n i_o desire_v no_o favour_n if_o i_o be_o find_v faulty_a in_o that_o i_o shall_v indeed_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o a_o large_a apology_n to_o those_o into_o who_o hand_n these_o paper_n may_v chance_v to_o fall_v that_o i_o have_v in_o many_o place_n run_v they_o out_o into_o so_o great_a a_o length_n but_o the_o accusation_n that_o have_v be_v bring_v against_o i_o for_o want_v of_o do_v this_o before_o how_o unjust_a soever_o it_o be_v have_v oblige_v i_o to_o this_o caution_n now_o and_o they_o be_v so_o order_v as_o to_o be_v no_o hindrance_n to_o those_o that_o be_v mind_v to_o pass_v they_o by_o this_o benefit_n at_o least_o i_o shall_v attain_v by_o they_o with_o those_o who_o please_v to_o compare_v they_o with_o what_o the_o vindicator_n allege_v that_o they_o will_v find_v he_o may_v have_v spare_v himself_o the_o troublesome_a 122._o vindicat._n pag._n 122._o and_o ungentile_a office_n indeed_o of_o undertake_v what_o he_o can_v not_o effect_v to_o demonstrate_v to_o the_o world_n the_o unsincerity_n which_o i_o have_v show_v in_o my_o quotation_n and_o the_o falsification_n of_o they_o his_o endeavour_n wherein_o have_v be_v so_o very_o unsuccessful_a that_o i_o know_v not_o whether_o himself_o or_o his_o religion_n will_v suffer_v more_o by_o the_o weakness_n of_o his_o attempt_n a_o table_n of_o the_o article_n contain_v in_o the_o follow_a treatise_n part_n i._n i._o introduction_n page_n 1_o ii_o that_o religious_a worship_n be_v terminate_v only_o in_o god_n page_n 6_o iii_o invocation_n of_o saint_n ibid._n iu_o image_n and_o relic_n page_n 14_o v._o justification_n page_n 25_o vi_o merit_n page_n 28_o vii_o 1._o satisfaction_n page_n 32_o 2._o indulgence_n page_n 35_o 3._o purgatory_n page_n 36_o part_n ii_o viii_o sacrament_n in_o general_n page_n 37_o ix_o baptism_n ibid._n x._o confirmation_n page_n 39_o xi_o penance_n page_n 41_o xii_o extreme_a unction_n page_n 42_o xiii_o marriage_n page_n 52_o fourteen_o holy_a order_n page_n 53_o xv._o etc._n etc._n eucharist_n page_n 54_o xix_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n page_n 67_o xx._n epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n page_n 69_o xxi_o reflection_n on_o the_o forego_n doctrine_n page_n 70_o xxii_o communion_n under_o both_o kind_n page_n 71_o part_n iii_o xxiii_o of_o the_o write_a and_o unwritten_a word_n 75_o xxiv_o etc._n etc._n authority_n of_o the_o church_n 77_o xxvi_o authority_n of_o the_o holy_a see_n 82_o xxvii_o the_o close_a 83_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n vindicated_n etc._n etc._n article_n i._o introduction_n he_o that_o accuse_v another_o of_o great_a and_o heinous_a crime_n aught_o to_o take_v all_o prudent_a care_v not_o to_o be_v guilty_a himself_o of_o those_o fault_n which_o he_o condemn_v in_o other_o have_v the_o author_n of_o the_o vindication_n think_v fit_a to_o govern_v himself_o by_o this_o rule_n he_o will_v have_v spare_v a_o great_a part_n of_o that_o odious_a character_n he_o have_v be_v please_v to_o draw_v of_o i_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o article_n but_o it_o be_v not_o my_o business_n to_o recriminate_a nor_o need_v i_o fly_v to_o such_o art_n for_o my_o justification_n only_o as_o to_o the_o advantage_n he_o propose_v to_o himself_o from_o these_o endeavour_n 22._o vindicat._n pag._n 22._o viz._n to_o show_v that_o all_o those_o book_n to_o which_o a_o imprimatur_fw-la be_v prefix_v will_v not_o hereafter_o be_v conclude_v free_a from_o error_n he_o need_v not_o sure_o have_v take_v such_o pain_n for_o that_o for_o i_o believe_v no_o one_o before_o he_o ever_o imagine_v that_o a_o permission_n to_o print_v a_o book_n be_v a_o mark_n of_o its_o infallibility_n nor_o that_o every_o nameless_a author_n 22._o vindicat._n pag._n 22._o who_o profess_v to_o be_v sincere_a shall_v pass_v for_o a_o oracle_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o fault_n there_o may_v have_v be_v in_o my_o book_n for_o all_o that_o privilege_n though_o the_o vindicator_n have_v have_v the_o ill_a fortune_n to_o miss_v the_o most_o of_o they_o and_o for_o aught_o he_o have_v prove_v to_o the_o contrary_a i_o believe_v it_o will_v in_o the_o end_n appear_v that_o a_o imprimatur_fw-la car._n alston_n be_v at_o least_o as_o good_a a_o mark_n of_o infallibility_n as_o a_o permissu_fw-la superiorum_fw-la and_o a_o church_n of_o england_n expositor_n as_o fit_a to_o pass_v for_o a_o oracle_n as_o a_o popish_a vindicator_n but_o calumny_n and_o vnsincerity_n be_v now_o the_o catholic_n cry_n and_o to_o make_v it_o good_a against_o i_o i_o be_o charge_v in_o this_o one_o article_n to_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o both_o 23._o vindicat._n pag._n 23._o my_o introduction_n be_v calumny_n in_o 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may_v be_v dispense_v with_o and_o whilst_o there_o be_v no_o neglect_n or_o contempt_n of_o it_o prove_v neither_o damnable_a nor_o dangerous_a part_n iii_o article_n xxiii_o of_o the_o write_a and_o unwritten_a word_n as_o to_o this_o article_n 100_o vindic._n p._n 100_o there_o be_v indeed_o a_o agreement_n between_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr meaux_n and_o i_o so_o far_o as_o we_o handle_v the_o question_n and_o keep_v to_o those_o general_a term_n of_o the_o tradition_n be_v universal_o receive_v by_o all_o church_n and_o in_o all_o age_n for_o in_o this_o case_n we_o of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v perfect_o of_o the_o same_o opinion_n with_o they_o and_o ready_a to_o receive_v whatever_o we_o be_v thus_o assure_v to_o have_v come_v from_o the_o apostle_n with_o a_o like_a veneration_n to_o that_o we_o pay_v to_o the_o write_a word_n itself_o but_o after_o all_o this_o there_o be_v as_o the_o vindicator_n observe_v a_o very_a material_a difference_n betwixt_o we_o viz._n 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de_fw-fr meaux_n have_v faithful_o propose_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o church_n declare_v in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n and_o thereupon_o ask_v i_o what_o it_o do_v avail_v i_o to_o tell_v they_o that_o i_o will_v in_o the_o follow_a article_n endeavour_v to_o give_v a_o clear_a and_o free_a account_n of_o what_o we_o can_v approve_v and_o what_o we_o dislike_v in_o their_o doctrine_n to_o which_o i_o reply_v that_o it_o avail_v very_o much_o to_o the_o end_n i_o propound_v in_o my_o book_n viz._n to_o give_v a_o true_a exposition_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o several_a point_n propose_v by_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr meaux_n so_o that_o in_o reality_n the_o question_n between_o we_o be_v this_o not_o whether_o monsieur_n de_fw-fr meaux_n have_v give_v a_o true_a exposition_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o it_o have_v be_v the_o business_n of_o other_o to_o examine_v but_o whether_o i_o have_v give_v a_o just_a 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of_o saint_n i_o may_v well_o have_v pass_v over_o this_o point_n altogether_o which_o have_v be_v so_o learned_o and_o full_o manage_v but_o very_o late_o in_o a_o particular_a age._n particular_a discourse_n concern_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o b._n virgin_n and_o the_o saint_n in_o answer_n to_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr meaux_n appeal_v to_o the_o four_o age._n discourse_n on_o this_o subject_a yet_o since_o the_o vindicator_n desire_v to_o know_v what_o authority_n i_o have_v for_o my_o assertion_n that_o the_o address_n which_o monsieur_n daillé_n allow_v to_o have_v be_v use_v by_o the_o father_n of_o the_o four_o century_n be_v rather_o innocent_a wish_n and_o rhetorical_a flight_n than_o direct_a prayer_n but_o especial_o for_o that_o accusation_n which_o he_o say_v i_o bring_v against_o they_o viz._n that_o they_o do_v herein_o begin_v to_o depart_v from_o the_o practice_n and_o
we_o may_v die_v well_o nor_o be_v it_o the_o bless_a virgin_n only_o to_o who_o they_o thus_o address_v the_o prayer_n to_o st._n john_n be_v in_o the_o same_o strain_n johannes_n strain_n ut_fw-la queant_fw-la laxis_fw-la resonare_fw-la fibris_fw-la mira_n gestorum_fw-la famuli_fw-la tuorum_fw-la solve_n pollati_fw-la labii_fw-la reatwn_n sancte_fw-la johannes_n that_o he_o will_v loose_v the_o gild_n of_o their_o pollute_a lip_n that_o the_o tongue_n of_o his_o servant_n may_v sound_v out_o his_o praise_n and_o in_o general_a thus_o they_o address_v to_o the_o apostle_n and_o evangelist_n 497._o evangelist_n vos_fw-fr saecli_fw-la justi_fw-la judices_fw-la &_o vera_fw-la mundi_fw-la lumina_fw-la votis_fw-la precamur_fw-la cordium_fw-la audite_fw-la preces_fw-la supplicum_fw-la qui_fw-la coelum_fw-la verbo_fw-la clauditis_fw-la serasque_fw-la ejus_fw-la solvitis_fw-la nos_fw-la à _fw-la peccatis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la solvite_fw-la jussu_fw-la quaesumus_fw-la quorum_fw-la praecepto_fw-la subditur_fw-la salus_fw-la &_o languor_n omnium_fw-la sanate_n aegros_fw-la moribus_fw-la nos_fw-la reddentes_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la judex_fw-la advenerit_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o sine_fw-la saeculi_fw-la nos_fw-la sempiterni_fw-la gaudii_fw-la faciat_fw-la esse_fw-la compotes_fw-la ibid._n p._n 497._o o_o you_o just_a judge_n and_o true_a light_n of_o the_o world_n we_o pray_v unto_o you_o with_o the_o request_n of_o our_o heart_n that_o you_o will_v hear_v the_o prayer_n of_o your_o suppliant_n you_o that_o by_o your_o word_n shut_v and_o open_a heaven_n we_o beseech_v you_o deliver_v we_o by_o your_o command_n from_o all_o our_o sin_n you_o to_o who_o command_n be_v subject_v the_o health_n and_o sickness_n of_o all_o man_n heal_n we_o who_o be_v sick_a in_o our_o manner_n and_o restore_v we_o to_o virtue_n that_o so_o when_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n christ_n the_o judge_n shall_v come_v he_o may_v make_v we_o partaker_n of_o everlasting_a joy_n for_o the_o next_o point_n the_o merit_n of_o their_o saint_n it_o be_v infinite_a to_o repeat_v the_o prayer_n they_o make_v of_o this_o kind_n i_o will_v subjoin_v two_o or_o three_o in_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n nicholas_n dec._n 6_o liberemur_fw-la 6_o deus_fw-la qui_fw-la b._n nicolaum_n pontificem_fw-la innumeris_fw-la decorasti_fw-la miraculis_fw-la tribue_fw-la quaesumus_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la meritis_fw-la &_o precibus_fw-la à _fw-la gehennae_fw-la incendiis_fw-la liberemur_fw-la o_o god_n who_o have_v adorn_v thy_o bishop_n st._n nicholas_n with_o innumerable_a miracle_n grant_v we_o beseech_v thou_o that_o by_o his_o merit_n and_o prayer_n we_o may_v be_v deliver_v from_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n offic._n b._n virg._n p._n 561._o and_o many_o there_o be_v of_o this_o nature_n all_o along_o their_o office_n but_o since_o the_o main_a question_n be_v about_o their_o recommend_v to_o god_n their_o offering_n and_o sacrament_n by_o the_o merit_n of_o their_o saint_n we_o will_v see_v that_o too_o and_o for_o a_o instance_n of_o these_o we_o need_v go_v no_o far_o than_o their_o very_a first_o saint_n 513._o saint_n sacrificium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la tibi_fw-la domine_fw-la quaesumus_fw-la b._n andraei_fw-la apostoli_fw-la precatio_fw-la sancta_fw-la conciliet_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la honore_fw-la solemniter_fw-la exhibetur_fw-la ejus_fw-la meritis_fw-la efficiatur_fw-la acceptum_fw-la per._n missale_n rom._n fest_n nou._n p._n 513._o st._n andrew_n to_o who_o in_o their_o secretum_fw-la they_o thus_o address_v we_o beseech_v thou_o o_o lord_n that_o the_o holy_a prayer_n of_o the_o bless_a apostle_n st._n andrew_n may_v procure_v thy_o favour_n to_o our_o sacrifice_n that_o as_o it_o be_v solemn_o offer_v in_o his_o honour_n so_o it_o may_v be_v render_v acceptable_a by_o his_o merit_n through_o our_o lord_n he_o that_o shall_v survey_v the_o follow_a festival_n will_v find_v either_o the_o secretum_fw-la or_o postcommunio_a to_o run_v in_o the_o same_o strain_n i_o shall_v instance_n only_o in_o the_o saint_n i_o former_o mention_v exhibuit_fw-la mention_v ut_fw-la haec_fw-la munera_fw-la tibi_fw-la domine_fw-la accepta_fw-la sint_fw-la s._n bathildis_n obtineant_fw-la merita_fw-la quae_fw-la seipsam_fw-la tibi_fw-la hostiam_fw-la vivam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la &_o beneplacentem_fw-la exhibuit_fw-la let_v the_o merit_n of_o st._n bathildis_n o_o lord_n prevail_v that_o our_o gift_n may_v be_v accept_v by_o thou_o nou._n thou_o praestent_fw-la nobis_fw-la quaesumus_fw-la sumpta_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la praesidium_fw-la salutare_fw-la &_o intervenientibus_fw-la b._n martini_n confessoris_fw-la tui_fw-la atque_fw-la pontificis_fw-la meritis_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nos_fw-la absolvant_fw-la peccatis_fw-la see_v missale_n in_o usum_fw-la sarum_n fol._n 9_o &_o 68_o in_o fest_n nou._n let_v the_o sacrament_n which_o we_o have_v receive_v we_o beseech_v thou_o be_v our_o save_a defence_n and_o through_o the_o merit_n of_o thy_o bless_a martyr_n st._n martin_n interpose_v absolve_v we_o from_o all_o sin_n such_o be_v their_o service_n of_o the_o saint_n how_o agreeable_a to_o that_o duty_n we_o owe_v to_o god_n or_o to_o the_o very_a pretence_n of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr meaux_n and_o the_o vindicator_n let_v the_o world_n judge_v article_n iu_o image_n and_o relic_n in_o this_o article_n the_o vindicator_n take_v notice_n 31._o vindicat._n p._n 31._o and_o that_o true_o of_o my_o complain_n that_o the_o approve_a doctrine_n of_o their_o most_o repute_a writer_n shall_v so_o much_o contradict_v what_o monsieur_n de_fw-fr meaux_n will_v have_v we_o think_v be_v their_o only_a design_n in_o that_o service_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o proper_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o bishop_n of_o meaux_n sense_n and_o that_o of_o the_o council_n the_o image_n of_o the_o cross_n be_v to_o be_v look_v upon_o only_a as_o a_o representative_a 32._o ibid._n p._n 32._o or_o memorative_a sign_n which_o be_v therefore_o apt_a to_o put_v we_o in_o mind_n of_o jesus_n christ_n who_o suffer_v upon_o the_o cross_n for_o we_o and_o the_o honour_n which_o we_o there_o show_v precise_o speak_v and_o according_a to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a style_n be_v not_o proper_o to_o the_o cross_n but_o to_o jesus_n christ_n represent_v by_o that_o cross_n to_o this_o i_o oppose_v the_o doctrine_n of_o st._n thomas_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o their_o own_o ritual_n to_o show_v that_o they_o express_o adore_v the_o cross_n of_o christ_n and_o not_o only_a jesus_n christ_n represent_v by_o that_o cross_n in_o answer_n to_o the_o former_a of_o which_o 38._o vindicat._n p._n 38._o the_o doctrine_n of_o st._n thomas_n he_o tell_v i_o that_o he_o be_v not_o to_o maintain_v every_o opinion_n hold_v by_o the_o school_n that_o have_v i_o be_v sincere_a i_o ought_v to_o have_v take_v notice_n of_o the_o reason_n bring_v by_o st._n thomas_n and_o his_o follower_n which_o show_v that_o it_o be_v pure_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o jesus_n christ_n represent_v and_o not_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o cross_n itself_o that_o he_o allow_v adoration_n to_o it_o in_o short_a he_o conclude_v the_o doctrine_n of_o st._n thomas_n to_o be_v in_o effect_n the_o same_o with_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr meaux_n be_v exposition_n that_o it_o be_v a_o adoration_n of_o jesus_n christ_n represent_v by_o the_o crucifix_n but_o not_o a_o adoration_n of_o the_o crucifix_n itself_o and_o the_o same_o be_v the_o account_n he_o give_v of_o the_o pontifical_a which_o he_o confess_v admit_v of_o a_o adoration_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n for_o the_o business_n of_o the_o pontifical_a we_o shall_v see_v more_o particular_o hereafter_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n this_o short_a instance_n may_v serve_v to_o show_v that_o his_o distinction_n be_v pure_o arbitrary_a sinistris_fw-la arbitrary_a pontific_n ord._n ad_fw-la recip_n processionaliter_fw-la imperat_fw-la p._n 205._o col_fw-fr 2_o si_fw-la verò_fw-la legatus_fw-la apostolicus_n imperatorem_fw-la reciperet_fw-la aut_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la urbem_fw-la intraret_fw-la vel_fw-la alius_fw-la secum_fw-la iret_fw-la vel_fw-la equitaret_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la gladium_fw-la imperatori_fw-la praefert_fw-la &_o alius_fw-la crucem_fw-la legati_fw-la portans_fw-la simul_fw-la ire_n debent_fw-la crux_fw-la legati_fw-la quia_fw-la debetur_fw-la ei_fw-la laerla_fw-fr erit_fw-la à _fw-la dextris_fw-la &_o gladius_n imperatoris_fw-la à _fw-la sinistris_fw-la in_o the_o order_n of_o receive_v a_o emperor_n it_o be_v appoint_v that_o if_o there_o be_v a_o legate_n present_a his_o cross_n shall_v take_v the_o upper_a hand_n of_o the_o emperor_n sword_n because_o a_o divine_a worship_n be_v due_a to_o it_o latria_n it_o thomas_n 3._o p._n q._n 25._o art_n 4._o utrum_fw-la crux_fw-la christi_fw-la sit_fw-la adoranda_fw-la adorationi_fw-la latrlae_n conclus_fw-la crux_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o quà _fw-la christus_fw-la crucifixus_fw-la est_fw-la tum_fw-la propter_fw-la repraesentationem_fw-la tum_fw-la propter_fw-la membrorum_fw-la christi_fw-la contactum_fw-la latria_n adoranda_fw-la est_fw-la crucis_fw-la verò_fw-la effigy_n in_fw-la aliâ_fw-la quâvis_fw-la materià _fw-la priori_fw-la tantùm_fw-la ratione_fw-la latria_n adoranda_fw-la est._n and_o in_o the_o body_n unde_fw-la utroque_fw-la modo_fw-la adoratur_fw-la eâdem_fw-la adoratione_n cum_fw-la christo_fw-la scil_n adoratione_n latria_n as_o to_o st._n thomas_n he_o tell_v we_o only_o this_o that_o