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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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mori_fw-la c._n 1._o ibid._n c._n 2._o whitak_n l._n 1._o &_o 8._o advers_a duraeum_n august_n l._n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o oper_n c._n 14._o &_o in_o psal_n 31._o s._n thom._n in_o gal._n 3._o lect_n 4._o ambr._n in_o cap._n 8._o ad_fw-la rom._n beda_n in_o c._n ●_o ep_v lac_fw-la temperate_a &_o by_o the_o like_a daily_o go_v forward_o &_o increase_v in_o temperance_n for_o say_v aristotle_n as_o by_o building_n bvilder_n by_o sing_v to_o the_o harp_n man_n arrive_v to_o be_v cunning_a harper_n or_o musician_n so_o by_o do_v good_a thing_n man_n become_v just_a by_o temperate_a thing_n temperate_a by_o valiant_a exploit_n valiant_a likewise_o by_o accustom_v ourselves_o to_o contemn_v and_o endure_v thing_n fearful_a and_o to_o be_v dread_v fortes_fw-la efficimur_fw-la we_o grow_v stout_a &_o courageous_a therefore_o although_o the_o tree_n which_o be_v a_o natural_a cause_n of_o bud_a fruit_n receave_v not_o from_o they_o any_o spark_n of_o life_n or_o increase_v of_o goodness_n yet_o the_o just_a man_n who_o be_v a_o moral_a cause_n in_o acheive_v good_a work_n be_v more_o quicken_v in_o spiritual_a life_n and_o perfect_v in_o justice_n by_o achieve_v of_o they_o 21._o then_o they_o urge_v out_o of_o s._n augustine_n that_o good_a work_n go_v not_o before_o the_o iustify_v but_o follow_v he_o that_o be_v just_a out_o of_o s._n thomas_n work_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n that_o any_o one_o be_v just_a before_o god_n but_o rather_o the_o execution_n and_o manifestation_n of_o justice._n the_o like_a out_o of_o s._n ambrose_n venerable_n bede_n &_o other_o i_o answer_v they_o be_v manifestation_n and_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o first_o justice_n of_o the_o first_o infusion_n of_o grace_n as_o s._n thomas_n expound_v himself_o and_o so_o they_o follow_v and_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n gal._n s._n thom._n in_o c._n 2._o ad_fw-la gal._n that_o any_o one_o be_v just_a in_o that_o kind_n yet_o this_o withstand_v not_o but_o that_o they_o perfect_a and_o increase_v the_o infuse_a justice_n as_o true_a meritorious_a and_o moral_a cause_n thereof_o which_o be_v all_o that_o we_o require_v all_o that_o the_o ecumenical_a &_o holy_a council_n of_o trent_n have_v enact_v touch_v the_o justice_n of_o our_o work_n quicken_v with_o the_o seed_n or_o water_v with_o the_o due_a of_o god_n celestial_a grace_n the_o end_n of_o the_o four_o book_n the_o five_o book_n the_o xxii_o controversy_n disprove_v the_o protestant_n certainty_n of_o salvation_n against_o d._n whitaker_n and_o d._n abbot_n chap._n i._n so_o deep_a and_o unsearchable_a be_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n so_o close_o and_o inscrutable_a the_o involution_n of_o man_n hart_n his_o fold_n so_o secret_a so_o many_o his_o retrayte_n his_o search_n so_o weak_a in_o matter_n of_o spirit_n so_o hide_a and_o unknown_a the_o operation_n of_o grace_n the_o fear_n the_o doubt_n the_o anxiety_n so_o innumerable_a which_o the_o best_a believe_v protestant_n and_o minister_n themselves_o feel_v in_o their_o conscience_n as_o i_o be_o wonderful_o astonish_v at_o this_o arrogant_a speech_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v all_o infallible_o assure_v and_o undoubted_o certain_a of_o their_o salvation_n and_o my_o astonishment_n be_v the_o great_a when_o i_o read_v the_o sentence_n of_o god_n and_o 2._o e●●●●●_n 9_o v._n 1._o &_o 2._o verdict_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n pass_v against_o they_o in_o these_o term_n uncontrollable_a there_o be_v just_a man_n and_o wise_a and_o their_o work_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o man_n know_v not_o whether_o he_o be_v worthy_a of_o love_n or_o hatred_n but_o all_o thing_n be_v reserve_v uncertain_a 9_o prou._n c._n 20_o v._n 9_o for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v and_o who_o can_v say_v my_o hart_n be_v clean_o i_o be_o pure_a from_o sin_n where_o solomon_n do_v not_o affirm_v as_o venerable_a bede_n note_v upon_o that_o place_n that_o a_o man_n can_v be_v but_o that_o he_o can_v certain_o say_v or_o know_v himself_o to_o be_v pure_a from_o 38._o bed_n in_o eum_fw-la locum_fw-la eccles_n 5._o v._n whitak_n l._n 8._o advers_a duraeum_n abbot_n in_o his_o defence_n c._n 4._o f._n 330._o &_o 331._o etc._n etc._n calu._n l._n 3._o instit_fw-la c._n 2._o §._o 38._o sin_n likewise_o of_o sin_n forgive_v be_v not_o without_o fear_n or_o as_o whitaker_n read_v out_o of_o the_o greek_a of_o expiation_n or_o pardon_n be_v not_o secure_a to_o the_o first_o of_o these_o three_o testimony_n m._n abbot_n repli_v with_o caluin_n his_o master_n that_o by_o outward_a thing_n by_o thing_n that_o be_v before_o our_o face_n a_o man_n know_v not_o whether_o he_o be_v belove_v or_o hate_v of_o god_n howbeit_o he_o may_v otherwise_o infallible_o know_v it_o but_o this_o answer_n can_v be_v shape_v to_o the_o latter_a clause_n of_o that_o sentence_n all_o thing_n be_v