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B12489
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A persvvasion to the English recusants, to reconcile themselues to the Church of England Written for the better satisfaction of those which be ignorant. By Iohn Doue Doctor of Diuinitie.
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Dove, John, 1560 or 61-1618.
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STC 7085; ESTC S110110
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countryman_n and_o my_o hearty_a desire_n and_o prayer_n for_o they_o to_o god_n be_v that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v for_o i_o bear_v they_o record_n that_o they_o have_v the_o zeal_n of_o god_n though_o not_o according_a to_o knowledge_n which_o be_v the_o only_a cause_n that_o move_v i_o to_o write_v this_o short_a treatise_n and_o because_o god_n of_o his_o great_a goodness_n have_v vouchsafe_v your_o tender_a year_n the_o education_n of_o timothy_n and_o endue_v your_o highness_n since_o your_o happy_a government_n with_o princely_a gift_n knowledge_n to_o discern_v truth_n and_o zeal_n to_o maintain_v truth_n i_o humble_o present_a unto_o your_o majesty_n these_o few_o line_n contain_v a_o subject_n of_o so_o great_a importance_n the_o common_a voice_n and_o hope_v of_o your_o best_a affect_a people_n be_v that_o your_o highness_n have_v a_o religious_a intent_n to_o make_v god_n yet_o better_o know_v in_o juda_n and_o his_o name_n yet_o great_a in_o jerusalem_n to_o bring_v 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but_o it_o be_v also_o require_v that_o they_o join_v in_o prayer_n with_o the_o congregation_n although_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o faithful_a be_v hear_v if_o they_o be_v faithful_o make_v in_o what_o place_n soever_o because_o our_o saviour_n say_v 7_o matthew_z 7_o whosoever_o ask_v he_o shall_v receive_v and_o therefore_o not_o the_o publican_n only_o be_v 20_o luke_n 18_o 2._o reg._n 20_o hear_v in_o the_o temple_n but_o also_o king_n ezekias_n in_o his_o chamber_n elias_n under_o the_o juniper_n tree_n jonas_n in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n manasses_n in_o the_o prison_n yet_o the_o church_n be_v a_o place_n more_o especial_o 21._o jona_n 2_o oratio_fw-la manassis_fw-la matth_n 21._o appoint_v for_o prayer_n it_o be_v call_v the_o house_n of_o prayer_n and_o god_n be_v more_o peculiarly_a present_a in_o that_o house_n than_o in_o all_o other_o house_n of_o the_o temple_n we_o read_v that_o god_n eye_n be_v open_a towards_o that_o house_n night_n and_o day_n his_o name_n 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the_o hebrew_n and_o the_o new_a in_o greek_a far_o before_o it_o forasmuch_o as_o they_o be_v write_v by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o can_v err_v and_o bellarmine_n condescend_v to_o our_o opinion_n as_o more_o sound_a than_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n show_v that_o wheresoever_o the_o latin_a book_n do_v descent_n one_o from_o another_o that_o it_o may_v be_v discern_v which_o be_v the_o true_a each_o of_o they_o to_o be_v examine_v by_o the_o original_n which_o be_v of_o great_a authority_n and_o the_o latin_a book_n to_o be_v correct_v by_o they_o that_o only_o to_o be_v sound_n which_o agree_v with_o they_o and_o that_o to_o be_v reject_v which_o discent_v from_o they_o his_o word_n be_v these_o ad_fw-la aliud_fw-la de_fw-la emendatione_fw-la latinorum_n codicum_fw-la ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la 11_o de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 11_o &_o graecos_n respondeo_fw-la quatuor_fw-la temporibus_fw-la licere_fw-la 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quidam_fw-la codices_fw-la habent_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la civitas_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la se_fw-la traderet_fw-la quidam_fw-la habent_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la civitas_fw-la quae_fw-la se_fw-la traderet_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la verius_fw-la quià _fw-la conform_v est_fw-la hebraeo_fw-la &_o verba_fw-la sequentia_fw-la id_fw-la requirunt_fw-la sic_fw-la lucae_n 1_o quidem_fw-la codices_fw-la habent_fw-la redemptionem_fw-la plebisuae_fw-la quidam_fw-la plebi_fw-la suae_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la videtur_fw-la verior_fw-la cùm_fw-la in_o graeco_fw-la sit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o three_o question_n concern_v the_o bible_n be_v whether_o all_o ground_n of_o salvation_n all_o thing_n which_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a for_o a_o christian_a man_n to_o know_v be_v contain_v in_o the_o corpse_n and_o body_n of_o the_o bible_n they_o have_v hold_v in_o time_n past_a that_o the_o bible_n be_v insufficient_a trident._n vide_fw-la council_n trident._n and_o therefore_o they_o add_v unto_o it_o tradition_n which_o they_o call_v unwritten_a verity_n and_o will_v have_v they_o to_o be_v of_o as_o great_a authority_n as_o the_o scripture_n as_o necessary_a to_o be_v believe_v and_o obey_v but_o now_o bellarmine_n as_o if_o he_o be_v ashamed_a of_o that_o ascertion_n do_v relinquish_v it_o and_o after_o he_o have_v speak_v in_o the_o defence_n of_o tradition_n what_o he_o can_v conclude_v that_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v necessary_a be_v contain_v in_o the_o apostle_n his_o word_n be_v these_o primum_fw-la 10_o de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 10_o est_fw-la quaedam_fw-la in_o doctrinâ_fw-la christianâ_fw-la tam_fw-la fides_fw-la quam_fw-la morum_fw-la esse_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la omnibus_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la qualis_fw-la est_fw-la notitia_fw-la articulorum_fw-la symboli_fw-la apostolici_fw-la item_n congnitio_fw-la decem_fw-la praeceptorum_fw-la &_o nonnullorum_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la ceterus_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la necessaria_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la eorum_fw-la explicatâ_fw-la notitiâ_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la &_o professione_n saluari_fw-la homo_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la modo_fw-la promptam_fw-la habeat_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ea_fw-la suscipiendi_fw-la &_o credendi_fw-la quando_fw-la sibi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la legitimè_fw-la per_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la proposita_fw-la &c_n &c_n