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and_o therefore_o must_v be_v wary_o read_v as_o to_o that_o point_n de_fw-fr casibus_fw-la conscien_fw-fr witterbergae_n 1628._o 5._o casp._n eras._n brochmanni_n systema_fw-la universae_fw-la theologiae_n in_o quo_fw-la singuli_fw-la religionis_fw-la christianoe_n articuli_fw-la controversiae_fw-la priscae_fw-la &_o recentes_fw-la polemicae_fw-la expediuntur_fw-la &_o praecipui_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la casus_fw-la è_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la practicè_fw-la deciduntur_fw-la in_o 3._o vol._n 4_o lipsiae_fw-la 1638._o there_o be_v former_a but_o worse_a edition_n popish_a casuist_n be_v many_o and_o voluminous_a for_o ant._n dieina_n consist_v of_o 12_o part_n and_o 6_o or_o 7_o vol._n in_o casuist_n folio_n but_o these_o that_o i_o shall_v here_o mention_v be_v of_o great_a note_n and_o authority_n 1._o manuale_fw-la confessariorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n per_fw-la mart._n azpilivetam_fw-la navar._n par._n 1620._o 8o._o 2._o franc._n toleti_n cardinal_n de_fw-fr instructione_n sacerdotis_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n 8._o rothomagi_n 1630._o in_o octavo_n 3._o vincent_n filliucii_n quaestiones_fw-la morales_n etc._n etc._n colon._n agrip._n 1629._o fol._n he_o write_v as_o full_o and_o learned_o as_o any_o among_o the_o jesuit_n of_o which_o sort_n of_o casuist_n among_o those_o who_o do_v not_o as_o some_o do_v with_o ambiguous_a word_n and_o soft_a expression_n disguise_n and_o mollify_v their_o harsh_a and_o horrid_a opinion_n i_o shall_v name_v a_o few_o who_o write_v plain_a popery_n and_o open_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v their_o most_o desperate_a opinion_n 1._o ant._n de_fw-fr escobar_n theologia_n moralis_n etc._n etc._n lugd._n 1646._o 8o._o this_o be_v a_o good_a edition_n but_o there_o be_v two_o something_o better_a after_o it_o one_o at_o lion_n and_o another_o at_o brussels_n 1651._o 2._o thomae_fw-la tamburini_fw-la è_fw-la societate_fw-la jesus_n explicatio_fw-la decalogi_fw-la etc._n etc._n lugd._n 1659._o fol._n 3._o and_o that_o we_o may_v know_v what_o his_o erroneous_a opinion_n be_v and_o where_o to_o be_v find_v we_o have_v a_o catalogue_n of_o no_o less_o than_o 103_o pernicious_a error_n find_v in_o his_o work_n and_o the_o place_n where_o signify_v in_o a_o book_n with_o this_o title_n extraict_n de_fw-fr plusieurs_fw-fr erreur_n &_o maxim_n pernicieuse_n contenue_n dans_fw-fr un_fw-fr volume_n du_fw-fr pere_fw-fr tambourin_n jesuit_n etc._n etc._n imprimé_fw-fr à _fw-fr lion_n en_fw-fr la_fw-fr present_a annee_n 1659._o in_o quarto_n 4._o if_o you_o desire_v to_o see_v more_o of_o the_o jesuit_n casuistical_a divinity_n you_o may_v consult_v pauli_n lymanni_n jesuitae_n theologiam_fw-la moralem_fw-la lugduni_n 1654._o and_o fr_n bordoni_n propugnaculum_fw-la opinionis_fw-la probabilis_fw-la in_o concursu_fw-la probationis_fw-la operum_fw-la bordoni_n tom._n 6._o lugd._n 1668._o in_o folio_n 5._o and_o last_o vid._n amadaei_n guimenii_fw-la opusculum_fw-la singularia_fw-la universae_fw-la ferè_fw-la theologiae_n 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