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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 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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 a_o high_a degree_n and_o my_o state_n of_o the_o question_n draw_v from_o thence_o as_o unsincere_a i_o tell_v they_o he_o say_v of_o adore_v man_n and_o woman_n cross_n image_n and_o relic_n of_o set_v up_o their_o own_o merit_n and_o make_v other_o propitiatory_a sacrifice_n for_o sin_n than_o that_o of_o the_o cross_n and_o that_o these_o be_v all_o contrary_a to_o their_o pretend_a principle_n that_o religious_a worship_n be_v due_a to_o god_n only_o that_o we_o be_v to_o be_v save_v only_o by_o christ_n merit_n and_o that_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o perfect_a sacrifice_n the_o logic_n of_o which_o he_o be_v content_a to_o own_o that_o the_o consequence_n be_v good_a but_o the_o accusation_n he_o say_v be_v false_a and_o the_o charge_n calumniatory_a but_o if_o in_o the_o follow_a article_n it_o be_v
good_a reason_n to_o believe_v by_o the_o weakness_n of_o their_o attempt_n that_o there_o be_v not_o any_o article_n vii_o §._o 2._o of_o indulgence_n for_o indulgence_n 58._o vindicat._n p._n 58._o the_o vindicator_n think_v it_o sufficient_a to_o answer_v all_o the_o difficulty_n i_o propose_v to_o confess_v that_o some_o abuse_n have_v creep_v in_o that_o there_o be_v indeed_o many_o practice_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n different_a from_o that_o of_o the_o primitive_a church_n but_o these_o be_v neither_o necessary_a nor_o universal_o receive_v he_o will_v not_o quarrel_v with_o we_o about_o they_o but_o be_v not_o these_o abuse_v still_o cherish_v in_o his_o church_n do_v not_o the_o pope_n still_o dispatch_v they_o abroad_o and_o his_o missionary_n preach_v they_o now_o as_o shameful_o almost_o as_o when_o luther_n first_o rise_v against_o they_o be_v it_o not_o necessary_a nor_o universal_o receive_v to_o believe_v that_o these_o indulgence_n satisfy_v for_o the_o temporal_a pain_n of_o sin_n do_v they_o not_o put_v up_o bill_n over_o their_o church_n door_n and_o altar_n almost_o every_o sunday_n to_o vend_fw-mi they_o on_o this_o account_n be_v not_o his_o holiness_n still_o esteem_v the_o church_n treasurer_n and_o have_v he_o not_o but_o very_o late_o send_v a_o l'archeveque_fw-la †_o this_o bull_n be_v date_v august_n 11._o 1683._o and_o it_o run_v thus_o we_o give_v and_o grant_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o present_n a_o plenary_a indulgence_n and_o entire_a remission_n of_o all_o sin_n and_o that_o the_o confessor_n absolve_v they_o in_o the_o court_n of_o conscience_n of_o all_o sin_n excess_n crime_n and_o fault_n how_o grievous_a or_o enormous_a soever_o they_o have_v be_v and_o in_o what_o fashion_n soever_o they_o be_v reserve_v and_o for_o all_o this_o the_o condition_n propose_v be_v to_o visit_v some_o one_o of_o the_o church_n appoint_v by_o the_o ordinary_a to_o fast_v the_o wednesday_n friday_n and_o saturday_n to_o confess_v their_o sin_n and_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n and_o give_v somewhat_o to_o the_o poor_a and_o this_o the_o a._n b._n of_o paris_n promise_v the_o people_n in_o his_o instruction_n for_o the_o jubilee_n shall_v restore_v they_o to_o the_o same_o state_n they_o be_v first_o put_v into_o by_o baptism_n instruction_n pour_fw-fr gagner_n le_fw-fr jubilé_fw-fr pag._n 11._o paris_n 1683._o par_fw-fr order_fw-fr de_fw-fr monseigneur_n l'archeveque_fw-la universal_a indulgence_n throughout_o their_o whole_a church_n when_o these_o thing_n be_v consider_v i_o doubt_v it_o will_v little_o avail_v the_o vindicator_n to_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o my_o promise_n that_o whenever_o the_o penance_n shall_v be_v reduce_v to_o their_o primitive_a practice_n we_o shall_v be_v ready_a to_o give_v or_o receive_v such_o a_o indulgence_n as_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr meaux_n have_v describe_v and_o as_o those_o first_o age_n of_o the_o church_n allow_v of_o purgatory_n §._o 3._o what_o i_o have_v say_v as_o to_o the_o design_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n in_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a 59_o vindicat._n p._n 59_o will_v have_v deserve_v either_o a_o ingenuous_a acknowledgement_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o it_o or_o some_o reasonable_a proof_n of_o its_o falseness_n or_o impertinence_n we_o can_v but_o suspect_v that_o he_o be_v hard_o put_v to_o it_o for_o argument_n when_o all_o the_o reason_n he_o bring_v we_o for_o the_o belief_n of_o purgatory_n be_v build_v upon_o the_o authority_n of_o two_o council_n neither_o of_o which_o be_v very_o much_o esteem_v by_o we_o and_o the_o elder_a of_o they_o 1400_o year_n after_o christ_n if_o the_o vindicator_n have_v any_o thing_n of_o moment_n to_o offer_v for_o it_o he_o shall_v not_o fail_v of_o a_o just_a consideration_n otherwise_o it_o will_v be_v as_o foolish_a as_o it_o be_v false_a to_o pretend_v to_o tell_v the_o world_n that_o we_o make_v a_o breach_n in_o the_o church_n and_o condemn_v antiquity_n upon_o no_o other_o ground_n than_o a_o bare_a supposition_n that_o it_o be_v injurious_a to_o the_o merit_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o which_o have_v no_o other_o proof_n than_o our_o own_o presumption_n part_n ii_o article_n viii_o of_o the_o sacrament_n in_o general_n as_o to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o sacrament_n 59_o vindicat._n p._n 59_o the_o vindicator_n confess_v that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v either_o in_o scripture_n or_o antiquity_n he_o think_v it_o sufficient_a that_o the_o scripture_n mention_n a_o exterior_a ceremony_n and_o a_o interior_a grace_n annex_v thereunto_o he_o shall_v then_o have_v show_v we_o that_o all_o those_o seven_o which_o they_o receive_v have_v at_o least_o such_o a_o outward_a sign_n as_o he_o pretend_v and_o a_o inward_a grace_n by_o christ_n institution_n annex_v to_o it_o and_o this_o so_o much_o the_o rather_o for_o that_o no_o one_o of_o his_o church_n have_v yet_o be_v able_a to_o do_v it_o though_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n damn_v all_o those_o that_o dare_v to_o deny_v it_o article_n ix_o of_o baptism_n we_o do_v not_o complain_v of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 61._o vindicat._n p._n 61._o for_o not_o believe_v that_o infant_n die_v unbaptise_v be_v certain_o save_v but_o we_o must_v and_o do_v complain_v of_o monsiur_fw-fr de_fw-fr meaux_n for_o declare_v so_o positive_o what_o we_o judge_v to_o be_v at_o least_o as_o uncertain_a as_o it_o be_v uncharitable_a that_o they_o have_v not_o any_o part_n in_o christ_n if_o i_o argue_v for_o the_o more_o favourable_a side_n i_o confess_v at_o least_o that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n have_v determine_v nothing_o concern_v it_o but_o that_o i_o go_v about_o to_o justify_v a_o breach_n with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n on_o this_o account_n be_v a_o calumny_n as_o great_a as_o the_o little_a reflection_n of_o huguenot_n or_o puritan_n before_o be_v ridiculous_a that_o he_o shall_v be_v astonish_v to_o hear_v a_o church_n of_o england_n man_n argue_v for_o this_o point_n show_v how_o 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