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A08326 An antidote or treatise of thirty controuersies vvith a large discourse of the Church. In which the soueraigne truth of Catholike doctrine, is faythfully deliuered: against the pestiferous writinges of all English sectaryes. And in particuler, against D. Whitaker, D. Fulke, D. Reynolds, D. Bilson, D. Robert Abbot, D. Sparkes, and D. Field, the chiefe vpholders, some of Protestancy, some of puritanisme, some of both. Deuided into three partes. By S.N. Doctour of Diuinity. The first part.; Antidote or soveraigne remedie against the pestiferous writings of all English sectaries S. N. (Sylvester Norris), 1572-1630. 1622 (1622) STC 18658; ESTC S113275 554,179 704

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charity_n good_a work_n or_o virtuous_a life_n agreeable_a to_o his_o faith_n therefore_o maldonate_fw-it have_v great_a reason_n to_o commend_v this_o as_o a_o excellent_a place_n against_o all_o they_o that_o hold_v faith_n alone_o to_o be_v sufficient_a for_o salvation_n 4._o the_o second_o argument_n be_v take_v out_o of_o s._n james_n his_o epistle_n which_o be_v as_o s._n augustine_n say_v special_o direct_v against_o the_o erroneous_a maintainer_n of_o only_a faith_n and_o contain_v many_o passage_n clean_o contrary_a to_o our_o adversaries_n assertion_n as_o if_o a_o man_n say_v he_o have_v faith_n but_o have_v not_o work_n shall_v faith_n be_v able_a to_o save_v he_o likewise_o faith_n also_o if_o it_o have_v not_o work_n be_v dead_a in_o itself_o and_o you_o see_v that_o by_o work_n a_o man_n be_v iustify_v not_o by_o faith_n only_o whitaker_n repli_v that_o s._n james_n treat_v of_o a_o idle_a &_o feigned_a faith_n but_o this_o be_v evident_o false_a for_o he_o treat_v of_o 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these_o three_o mean_n be_v 8._o aug._n l._n 2._o in_o julian_n c._n 8._o impart_v unto_o us._n first_o by_o the_o laver_n of_o regeneration_n in_o which_o all_o sin_n be_v remit_v then_o by_o wrestle_v with_o vice_n from_o who_o guilt_n we_o be_v absolve_v three_o when_o our_o prayer_n be_v hear_v by_o which_o we_o say_v forgive_v we_o our_o trespass_n final_o s._n james_n do_v you_o see_v that_o 24._o jac._n 2._o v._n 24._o by_o work_n a_o man_n be_v iustify_v and_o not_o by_o faith_n only_o which_o as_o i_o have_v declare_v above_o can_v be_v understand_v of_o outward_a 9_o gen._n 15._o v._n c._n rom._n 4._o v._n 9_o but_o of_o inward_a justification_n before_o the_o face_n of_o god_n of_o that_o wherein_o faith_n do_v justify_v yet_o not_o only_o not_o alone_o of_o that_o wherein_o abraham_n be_v iustify_v when_o it_o be_v say_v of_o he_o abraham_n beeleve_v and_o it_o be_v repute_v to_o he_o to_o justice_n the_o chief_a place_n which_o d._n whitaker_n m._n abbot_n and_o their_o confederacy_n so_o often_o allege_v for_o their_o true_a justify_n and_o internal_a adulterinan_n whitak_n l._n 8._o advers_a duraeum_n abbot_n in_o his_o defence_n c._n 4._o whitak_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o reprehend_v p._n 4._o cent._n 2._o c._n 4._o colum._n 71._o sciendum_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la eam_fw-la adulterinan_n faith_n in_o so_o much_o as_o many_o of_o the_o lutheran_n and_o zuinglian_n protestant_n either_o traduce_v that_o say_n of_o the_o apostle_n or_o discard_v the_o whole_a epistle_n out_o of_o the_o canon_n of_o holy_a scripture_n by_o reason_n he_o dispute_v here_o so_o mighty_o against_o they_o for_o this_o move_v luther_n to_o account_v it_o no_o better_o than_o a_o epistle_n of_o straw_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o epistle_n of_o peter_n and_o paul_n as_o whitaker_n after_o impudent_a denial_n be_v constrain_v to_o confess_v by_o find_v a_o old_a edition_n wherein_o luther_n disgorge_v that_o blasphemous_a parallel_n that_o poison_a speech_n which_o 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5._o c_o 4._o colum._n 505._o again_o justify_v gratis_o by_o his_o grace_n by_o grace_n you_o be_v save_v through_o faith_n i_o answer_v our_o first_o justification_n be_v free_a &_o gratis_o because_o faith_n which_o first_o begin_v and_o stir_v we_o up_o unto_o it_o be_v free_o give_v we_o &_o charity_n which_o after_o accomplish_v it_o be_v likewise_o free_o impart_v not_o due_a to_o nature_n or_o have_v any_o connexion_n or_o dependence_n with_o our_o natural_a action_n be_v they_o never_o so_o good_a or_o commendable_a in_o themselves_o which_o be_v not_o my_o exposition_n but_o the_o interpretation_n of_o s._n augustine_n confirm_v by_o the_o divine_a sentence_n of_o the_o thrice_o holy_a council_n of_o trent_n by_o grace_n man_n be_v iustify_v 2d_o similia_fw-la habet_fw-la aug._n in_o psal_n 18._o exp_n 2._o ep_v 106._o de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la sanctor_n c._n 15_o &_o praef_n in_o psal_n 31._o council_n try_v sess_v 6._o c._n 8._o joan._n 6._o v._n 2d_o that_o be_v no_o merit_n 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in_o hunc_fw-la loc_fw-la ambr._n ser_n 14._o de_fw-la na●ali_fw-la hieron_n gregor_n theoph._n &_o euthy_n in_o ●um_fw-la locum_fw-la maldon_n in_o cap._n 22._o matth._n jacob_n ep_n cap._n 2._o v._n 14._o 17._o &_o 14._o augu._n de_fw-fr ●●de_n &_o op●rib_n c._n 14._o whitak_n l._n 1._o advers_a duraeum_n &_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o 1._o reason_n of_o m._n ca_o apian_n witak_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la fulk_n in_o c._n 2._o joan._n sect_n 9_o abbot_n c._n 4._o f._n 476._o &_o 477._o not_o profit_v but_o another_o arrive_v to_o perfection_n that_o have_v fail_v last_o that_o he_o who_o want_v his_o wedding_n garment_n believe_v also_o aright_o be_v insinuate_v by_o tertullian_n origen_n s._n hierome_n s._n chrysostome_n s._n ambrose_n s._n gregory_n theophilact_n and_o euthymius_n who_o conformable_o teach_v that_o he_o be_v cast_v into_o outward_a darkness_n not_o for_o any_o defect_n of_o faith_n but_o for_o want_v of_o
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