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bestow_v bistoprick_n by_o his_o provision_n or_o commendae_n or_o that_o he_o dispose_v of_o ecclesiastical_a live_n robert_n parson_n will_v be_v desire_v to_o show_v this_o out_o of_o his_o read_n and_o what_o visible_a church_n it_o be_v that_o allow_v it_o 28._o in_o rome_n the_o pope_n rule_v not_o in_o temporalty_n until_o boniface_n the_o 9_o his_o time_n nor_o have_v he_o the_o patrimony_n of_o peter_n as_o it_o be_v call_v till_o after_o gregory_n the_o 7._o his_o papacy_n do_v it_o not_o then_o appear_v that_o the_o visible_a church_n of_o rome_n rule_v the_o temporalty_n and_o peter_n patrimony_n be_v invisible_a until_o their_o time_n 29._o the_o church_n do_v take_v his_o form_n partly_o of_o doctrine_n and_o partly_o of_o law_n but_o the_o school_n doctrine_n of_o aquinas_n and_o his_o follower_n be_v not_o much_o know_v before_o the_o year_n 1000_o and_o the_o decretal_n of_o pope_n have_v no_o force_n of_o law_n until_o gregory_n the_o 9_o his_o time_n do_v it_o not_o 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of_o sin_n commit_v after_o baptism_n 53._o in_o the_o conventicle_n of_o florence_n we_o read_v that_o it_o be_v first_o decree_v that_o such_o as_o depart_v this_o life_n without_o satisfaction_n for_o sin_n commit_v be_v purge_v with_o purgatory_n fire_n and_o that_o such_o may_v be_v ŕelieve_v by_o mass_n orison_n &_o alm_n bellarmine_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la purgat_fw-la ca._n 13._o tell_v we_o how_o by_o many_o revelation_n it_o have_v be_v declare_v that_o soul_n be_v torment_v there_o by_o devil_n it_o can_v therefore_o be_v a_o ancient_a church_n who_o faith_n be_v patch_v up_o by_o such_o fellow_n and_o consist_v of_o such_o strange_a novelty_n 54._o whether_o indulgence_n do_v profit_n soul_n in_o purgatory_n ex_fw-la condigno_fw-la or_o only_o ex_fw-la congruo_fw-la the_o matter_n seem_v not_o yet_o resolve_v as_o may_v appear_v by_o bellarmine_n dispute_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr purgator_n c._n 14._o in_o ancient_a time_n the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o 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then_o holy_a scripture_n pag._n 114._o he_o bear_v his_o reader_n in_o hand_n that_o real_o and_o substantial_o he_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v our_o doctrine_n to_o be_v hèresie_n and_o to_o show_v the_o beginning_n and_o author_n thereof_o but_o his_o show_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v shadow_n and_o the_o substance_n of_o his_o discourse_n be_v disprove_v as_o a_o pack_n of_o real_a and_o gross_a foolery_n soon_o shall_v he_o transubstantiate_v himself_o into_o a_o mess_n of_o mustard_n then_o either_o maintain_v the_o mass_n of_o popish_a heresy_n or_o disprove_v the_o substance_n of_o our_o doctrine_n neither_o do_v he_o more_o insolent_o boast_v of_o his_o own_o doughty_a deed_n then_o childish_o beg_v and_o take_v matter_n in_o question_n as_o grant_v in_o the_o epistle_n dedicatory_a and_o diverse_a other_o place_n papist_n be_v still_o call_v catholic_n and_o popish_a superstition_n cover_v and_o dignify_v by_o the_o name_n of_o catholic_a religion_n matter_n by_o all_o true_a christian_n utter_o deny_v and_o by_o infinite_a particular_n disprove_v and_o apparent_o false_a for_o how_o can_v they_o be_v true_o esteem_v catholic_n that_o embrace_v the_o particular_a faith_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n neither_o teach_v by_o the_o prophet_n nor_o apostle_n of_o christ_n nor_o know_v to_o y_z e_z ancient_a father_n of_o the_o church_n or_o how_o can_v a_o particular_a heretical_a superstitious_a &_o idolatrous_a religion_n be_v repute_v catholic_a there_o also_o he_o suppose_v the_o ancient_a monument_n of_o the_o church_n to_o be_v charter_n and_o evidence_n for_o the_o modern_a romish_a religion_n a_o matter_n always_o contradict_v by_o we_o and_o never_o prove_v by_o our_o adversary_n and_o yet_o bold_o affirm_v by_o this_o babble_a discourser_n let_v he_o therefore_o cease_v to_o beg_v this_o at_o our_o hand_n and_o orderly_o deduce_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o romish_a mass_n &_o pope_n tyrannical_a rule_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o unwritten_a 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s._n nectarius_n
s._n ambrose_n and_o s._n augustine_n he_o say_v it_o be_v presume_v and_o foretell_v that_o they_o will_v be_v such_o before_o they_o be_v christian_n indeed_o but_o in_o the_o legend_n of_o s._n martin_n it_o be_v say_v he_o be_v a_o christian_a at_o the_o age_n of_o twelve_o year_n and_o nothing_o do_v parson_n allege_v whereby_o we_o may_v understand_v that_o any_o pprophecy_n be_v make_v by_o any_o of_o the_o future_a christianity_n of_o nectarius_n ambrose_n and_o augustine_n in_o his_o preface_n speak_v of_o the_o church_n most_o ridiculous_o he_o compare_v it_o to_o a_o mansion_n house_n and_o the_o mark_n thereof_o to_o charter_n ridiculous_o i_o say_v for_o first_o there_o be_v great_a difference_n between_o a_o mystical_a body_n and_o a_o natural_a body_n the_o church_n be_v change_v albeit_o man_n continue_v and_o a_o mansion_n house_n not_o be_v move_v although_o the_o right_n be_v translate_v to_o other_o next_o charter_n do_v rather_o show_v which_o be_v the_o bound_n and_o mark_n of_o land_n then_o may_v be_v call_v the_o mark_n of_o they_o and_o be_v rather_o compare_v to_o scripture_n then_o to_o the_o mark_n assign_v by_o papist_n last_o this_o similitude_n of_o a_o mansion_n house_n do_v overthrow_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o synagogue_n of_o rome_n for_o the_o mansion_n house_n of_o the_o church_n be_v in_o no_o one_o particular_a place_n and_o the_o charter_n of_o the_o church_n be_v rather_o holy_a scripture_n then_o popish_a decretal_n in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o allege_v alexander_n halensis_n 3._o part_n q._n 79._o to_o prove_v that_o a_o man_n have_v two_o light_n whereby_o he_o may_v understand_v matter_n of_o faith_n but_o in_o that_o part_n he_o have_v only_o 69._o question_n and_o nothing_o of_o the_o two_o light_n durandus_fw-la also_o be_v there_o cite_v in_o nu_fw-la 39_o but_o neither_o book_n nor_o section_n note_v do_v it_o not_o seem_v therefore_o that_o parson_n as_o he_o have_v long_o since_o lose_v the_o light_n of_o faith_n so_o be_v now_o become_v destitute_a of_o the_o light_n of_o humane_a reason_n pag._n 9_o he_o allege_v tertullian_n de_fw-fr coena_fw-la domini_fw-la who_o never_o write_v any_o book_n de_fw-fr coena_fw-la domini_fw-la it_o may_v be_v he_o mistake_v tertullian_n for_o cyprian_n pag._n 14._o he_o say_v peter_n and_o paul_n be_v put_v to_o death_n the_o 14._o and_o last_o year_n of_o nero._n but_o baronius_n and_o diverse_a learned_a man_n say_v they_o die_v in_o the_o 13._o year_n of_o his_o reign_n other_o deny_v that_o they_o die_v both_o in_o one_o year_n pag._n 43._o he_o cit_v a_o epistle_n of_o basill_n admetus_n innocentium_n but_o in_o basils_n work_n no_o such_o epistle_n be_v to_o be_v find_v and_o certes_o strange_a it_o be_v if_o basill_n shall_v write_v to_o innocentius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n see_v he_o die_v twenty_o year_n at_o the_o least_o before_o innocentius_n come_v to_o be_v bishop_n there_o as_o canisius_n in_o his_o chronology_n and_o baronius_n in_o his_o annal_n to_o go_v nofurth_o may_v have_v teach_v he_o pag._n 54._o he_o allege_v eusebius_n lib._n 7._o hist._n c._n 29._o where_o there_o be_v but_o 26._o chapter_n of_o that_o book_n in_o christophersons_n version_n and_o pag._n 55._o he_o mention_v two_o book_n of_o s._n augustine_n ad_fw-la quaest_n januarij_fw-la which_o be_v more_o than_o he_o ever_o see_v or_o we_o can_v find_v in_o the_o work_n of_o s._n augustine_n percase_o he_o mean_v s._n augustine_n 118._o epistle_n ad_fw-la januar._n but_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o such_o mystery_n concern_v immovable_a or_o movable_a feast_n as_o our_o dream_a adversary_n fanci_v pag._n 67._o he_o allege_v theodoret_n lib._n 6._o c._n 9_o whereas_o his_o history_n contain_v only_o five_o book_n pag._n 77._o he_o name_v one_o photinus_n a_o bishop_n of_o france_n and_o ado_n bishop_n of_o treve_n whereas_o he_o can_v find_v any_o photinus_n bishop_n in_o the_o time_n of_o irenaeus_n and_o may_v well_o know_v that_o 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sacramentis_fw-la and_o these_o word_n sermo_n christi_fw-la qui_fw-la potuit_fw-la de_fw-fr nihilo_fw-la facere_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o be_v in_o the_o same_o book_n whereas_o these_o word_n be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o book_n de_fw-fr ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la initiantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o the_o former_a be_v only_o find_v in_o one_o book_n of_o ambrose_n and_o neither_o make_v for_o his_o purpose_n pag._n 119._o there_o can_v be_v no_o doubt_n thereof_o say_v he_o speak_v of_o the_o popish_a doctrine_n of_o sacrament_n and_o why_o trow_v you_o forsooth_o because_o the_o conventicle_n of_o trent_n the_o master_n of_o sentence_n and_o thomas_n of_o aquine_n have_v teach_v it_o i_o will_v therefore_o pray_v all_o moderate_a man_n attentive_o to_o consider_v this_o fellow_n either_o madness_n or_o ignorance_n we_o do_v by_o argument_n out_o of_o scripture_n and_o father_n refute_v the_o impious_a doctrine_n of_o the_o conventicle_n of_o trent_n lombard_n and_o aquinas_n and_o yet_o he_o think_v it_o sufficient_a by_o the_o testimony_n of_o his_o own_o fellow_n most_o partial_o depose_v in_o their_o own_o cause_n to_o refute_v our_o argument_n ground_v upon_o scripture_n father_n and_o other_o authentical_a witness_n pag._n 120._o he_o say_v popish_a auricular_a confession_n be_v in_o itself_o repugnant_a to_o man_n sensual_a nature_n as_o if_o it_o be_v not_o as_o natural_a to_o confess_v a_o truth_n as_o to_o deny_v it_o this_o we_o find_v that_o nothing_o be_v more_o beneficial_a to_o massepriest_n or_o more_o please_v to_o man_n then_o to_o have_v absolution_n after_o confession_n and_o by_o this_o engine_n the_o pope_n do_v work_v many_o wonder_n to_o maintain_v his_o state_n pag._n 123._o he_o signify_v that_o irenaeus_n lib._n 5._o advers._n haeres_fw-la speak_v for_o the_o supremacy_n of_o the_o pope_n whereas_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o once_o mention_v in_o that_o place_n unless_o it_o be_v where_o he_o foretell_v that_o antichrist_n tyrannical_o shall_v take_v upon_o he_o as_o god_n ipse_fw-la se_fw-la tyrannico_fw-la more_fw-it say_v he_o conabitur_fw-la ostendere_fw-la deum_fw-la pag._n 133._o and_o otherwhere_o he_o suppose_v that_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o defend_v all_o the_o singular_a opinion_n of_o the_o magdeburgian_o but_o if_o we_o allege_v to_o papist_n the_o opinion_n of_o bellarmine_n baronius_n suarez_n stapleton_n or_o other_o popish_a proctor_n they_o think_v themselves_o not_o tie_v to_o their_o particular_a doctrine_n again_o he_o imagine_v because_o the_o magdeburgian_o mislike_v some_o of_o the_o father_n in_o some_o thing_n y_z t_o therefore_o we_o mislike_v they_o but_o neither_o do_v we_o in_o all_o thing_n hold_v w_o t_o the_o magd._n nor_o do_v they_o condemn_v y_z e_o father_n y_z t_o in_o some_o singular_a point_n dissentfrom_o they_o pag._n 146._o a_o treatise_n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi pudicitiae_fw-la and_o a_o sermon_n de_fw-fr nativitate_fw-la christi_fw-la be_v allege_v under_o the_o name_n of_o cyprian_a and_o yet_o it_o be_v mere_a simplicity_n to_o suppose_v they_o to_o be_v cyprian_n pag._n 165._o for_o the_o title_n de_fw-fr regularibus_fw-la in_o sexto_fw-la he_o allege_v de_n reg._n iuris_fw-la lib._n 6._o mistake_a chalk_n for_o cheese_n and_o for_o the_o 25._o session_n of_o the_o conventicle_n of_o trent_n he_o cit_v 28._o whereas_o there_o be_v not_o so_o many_o in_o all_o pag._n 181._o he_o allege_v a_o oration_n of_o chrysostome_n contra_fw-la gentes_fw-la with_o this_o title_n quòd_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la whereas_o the_o true_a argument_n be_v quòd_fw-la christus_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la pag._n 239._o he_o talk_v of_o the_o burn_a of_o william_n tracie_n and_o yet_o by_o the_o act_n that_o concern_v he_o it_o appear_v he_o die_v quiet_o in_o his_o bed_n and_o that_o his_o religion_n be_v not_o discover_v but_o by_o his_o testament_n after_o his_o death_n pag._n 268._o he_o mention_v the_o bishop_n of_o cardiff_n whereas_o every_o
man_n know_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o bishop_n in_o england_n the_o record_n of_o the_o story_n may_v also_o direct_v his_o judgement_n in_o this_o matter_n but_o that_o he_o use_v to_o look_v upon_o no_o record_n pag._n 269._o he_o name_v a_o certain_a sect_n of_o heretic_n massilian_n as_o if_o they_o of_o massilia_n be_v heretic_n but_o he_o shall_v say_v if_o he_o be_v not_o gross_o ignorant_a messalian_o pag._n 282._o hierome_n be_v cite_v dial._n ult._n contr_n lucifer_n whereas_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o he_o write_v only_o one_o dialogue_n against_o the_o luciferian_o he_o be_v also_o allege_a for_o proof_n of_o succession_n of_o bishop_n albeit_o he_o speak_v only_o of_o the_o foundation_n and_o succession_n of_o the_o church_n pag._n 387._o he_o tax_v m._n fox_n word_n against_o pope_n joane_n as_o blasphemous_a yet_o it_o be_v very_o absurd_a to_o account_v all_o to_o be_v blasphemy_n that_o be_v utter_v against_o the_o pope_n pag._n 444._o and_o 445._o in_o a_o 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