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promiscuous_o challenge_v to_o itself_o and_o that_o rely_v on_o god_n holy_a visible_a church_n upon_o which_o he_o have_v 3._o have_v matt._n 18._o â—_o tim._n 3._o entail_v his_o spirit_n of_o truth_n i_o may_v interpose_v her_o infallible_a authority_n as_o a_o isthmos_n or_o firmeland_n to_o stop_v the_o intercourse_n of_o the_o two_o main_n ocean_n i_o mean_v the_o scripture_n abysmall_a profoundity_n and_o this_o private_a spirit_n float_v and_o boundless_a uncertainty_n but_o enough_o of_o this_o subject_n of_o which_o as_o potential_o involue_v all_o other_o controversye_n within_o itself_o i_o have_v draw_v i_o confess_v for_o my_o full_a satisfaction_n certain_a note_n in_o some_o few_o scatter_a paper_n the_o ii_o motive_n that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o scripture_n confirm_v the_o catholic_a religion_n and_o refute_v protestancy_n prophecy_n be_v divine_a and_o infallible_a prediction_n of_o thing_n future_a future_a in_o respect_n of_o we_o who_o measure_v all_o action_n 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continual_o open_a neither_o day_n nor_o night_n shall_v they_o be_v shut_v that_o man_n may_v bring_v to_o thou_o the_o riches_n of_o the_o gentile_n etc._n etc._n and_o again_o speak_v of_o and_o to_o the_o church_n he_o further_o thus_o say_v thou_o ibid._n thou_o ibid._n shall_v suck_v the_o milk_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o the_o breast_n of_o king_n king_n shall_v be_v thy_o nurse_v father_n and_o queen_n thy_o mother_n and_o further_o enlarge_v 54._o enlarge_v 54._o the_o place_n of_o thy_o tent_n spread_v out_o the_o curtain_n of_o thy_o habitation_n for_o thou_o shall_v increase_v on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o on_o the_o left_a thy_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o gentile_n and_o inhabit_v the_o desolate_a city_n to_o the_o truth_n of_o which_o conversion_n of_o heathen_a king_n and_o country_n to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n the_o kingly_a prophet_n speak_v in_o the_o person_n of_o god_n to_o the_o church_n thus_o accord_v i_o 2._o i_o psalm_n 2._o will_v give_v thou_o the_o heathen_n for_o thy_o inheritance_n and_o the_o end_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o thy_o pessession_n that_o these_o place_n beside_o diverse_a other_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o enlargement_n of_o christ_n church_n and_o the_o conversion_n of_o kingdom_n and_o nation_n unto_o it_o be_v warrant_v by_o the_o marginal_a annotation_n of_o our_o own_o english_a 1576._o english_a frinted_a in_o the_o year_n 1576._o bibles_n &_o no_o less_o agreeable_a to_o the_o particular_a judgment_n of_o jeremy_n of_o upon_o jeremy_n oecolampadius_n that_o learned_a protestant_n d._n whitguift_n 466._o whitguift_n in_o his_o defence_n p._n 466._o late_a archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n d._n reynolds_n d._n in_o his_o answer_n m._n william_n reynolds_n whitaker_n and_o all_o other_o grave_a writer_n the_o next_o point_n which_o here_o present_v itself_o to_o be_v weigh_v be_v to_o consider_v whether_o the_o foresay_a prediction_n of_o the_o dilatation_n of_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n and_o convert_n 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message_n of_o salvation_n or_o rather_o which_o be_v the_o great_a seal_n of_o that_o most_o great_a god_n whereunto_o he_o have_v set_v his_o hand_n oblige_v himself_o by_o promise_n to_o give_v pardon_n to_o all_o true_o penitent_a every_o sentence_n thereof_o be_v indeed_o the_o lyse_v of_o our_o soul_n and_o soul_n of_o our_o life_n 6._o life_n joan._n cap._n 6._o verba_fw-la quae_fw-la ego_fw-la locutus_fw-la sum_fw-la vobis_fw-la spir_n tus_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la sâ—nt_fw-la but_o to_o conclude_v this_o chapter_n since_o the_o catholyk_n in_o respect_n of_o faith_n enjoy_v a_o perfect_a unity_n since_o the_o protestant_n maintain_v strange_a diversitye_n of_o doctrine_n attend_v on_o with_o intestine_a simultye_n and_o unchristian_a anathematizing_n and_o since_o i_o have_v but_o one_o poor_a indivisible_a soul_n not_o capable_a of_o several_a way_n therefore_o i_o be_o resolve_v that_o this_o one_o soul_n of_o i_o shall_v in_o her_o faith_n according_a to_o her_o own_o be_v and_o 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die_v a_o papist_n may_v be_v save_v but_o i_o do_v not_o find_v the_o like_a favourable_a censure_n of_o our_o learned_a adversary_n so_o unanimous_o to_o pass_v upon_o we_o die_v protestant_n thus_o the_o first_o point_n as_o be_v on_o all_o side_n approve_v i_o may_v secure_o believe_v the_o second_o as_o not_o grant_v i_o must_v apprehend_v at_o least_o as_o doubtful_a the_o consideration_n of_o our_o own_o brethren_n judgment_n here_o in_o the_o behalf_n of_o our_o adversary_n i_o grant_v have_v much_o sway_v i_o for_o as_o some_o of_o we_o do_v teach_v 319._o teach_v peter_n martyr_n in_o his_o comm._n place_n parâ—_n 2_o p._n 319._o among_o all_o testimony_n that_o testimony_n be_v of_o great_a respect_n which_o be_v witness_v by_o the_o enemy_n since_o such_o a_o author_n by_o disprove_v the_o truth_n most_o strong_o approve_v it_o and_o by_o impugn_v propugnes_fw-la it_o this_o point_n then_o to_o wit_n that_o the_o hope_n of_o salvation_n belong_v to_o papist_n die_v papist_n shall_v be_v demonstrate_v four_o several_a way_n even_o from_o the_o ingenuous_a and_o plain_a acknowledgement_n of_o those_o protestant_n who_o pen_n and_o write_n have_v most_o strong_o invade_v the_o judgement_n of_o their_o reader_n first_o by_o show_v that_o diverse_a of_o we_o do_v hold_v that_o the_o chief_a article_n of_o catholyke_a religion_n be_v but_o point_n of_o judifferency_n and_o compatible_a with_o salvation_n and_o which_o be_v more_o by_o prove_v that_o sundry_a learned_a protestant_n have_v actual_o and_o real_o believe_v the_o say_v catholic_a article_n as_o true_a second_o by_o manifest_v even_o from_o our_o own_o write_n that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v the_o true_a church_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o in_o that_o church_n salvation_n be_v to_o be_v obtain_v three_o from_o our_o doctrine_n &_o practice_n in_o baptise_v the_o child_n of_o catholyk_n four_o by_o insist_v in_o diverse_a example_n of_o particular_a man_n which_o have_v dye_v in_o the_o roman_a and_o catholic_a church_n and_o yet_o by_o we_o protestant_n be_v repute_v for_o glorious_a saint_n in_o heaven_n as_o touch_v the_o first_o i_o will_v rest_v for_o great_a expedition_n in_o some_o few_o of_o the_o chief_a articl_n of_o the_o roman_a faith_n the_o which_o be_v account_v by_o we_o as_o matter_n of_o indifferencye_n may_v stand_v by_o our_o own_o censure_n with_o salvation_n from_o whence_o we_o may_v infer_v that_o then_o much_o more_o many_o other_o article_n of_o the_o say_a religion_n be_v repute_v by_o we_o to_o be_v of_o the_o like_a indifferency_n and_o first_o concern_v the_o primacy_n of_o the_o church_n luther_n 36._o luther_n in_o assert_v art_n 36._o himself_o thus_o say_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n be_v among_o those_o unnecessary_a trifle_n wherein_o the_o pope_n levity_n and_o foolery_n be_v to_o be_v bear_v withal_o melancthon_n 74._o melancthon_n in_o his_o epist_n extant_a in_o the_o book_n style_v centuria_fw-la epist_n theolog._n epist_n 74._o proceed_v more_o plain_o say_v a_o agreement_n may_v easy_o be_v establish_v in_o the_o article_n of_o the_o pope_n primacy_n if_o other_o article_n can_v be_v agree_v upon_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o primacy_n to_o wit_n that_o one_o must_v be_v chief_a in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v teach_v by_o supra_fw-la by_o vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la melancton_n 389._o melancton_n so_o relate_v by_o hospinian_n hiss_v p._n 389._o jacobus_n andreas_n 37_o andreas_n luth._o in_o loc_n come_v class_n c._n 37_o luther_n and_o d._n 106._o d._n d._n covell_n in_o his_o exam_n fol._n 106._o covell_n who_o give_v this_o reason_n thereof_o say_v if_o there_o be_v not_o one_o supreme_a head_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n the_o church_n shall_v be_v worse_o than_o the_o mean_a commonwealth_n yea_o then_o any_o den_n of_o thief_n touch_v the_o real_a presence_n d._n reynolds_n 722._o reynolds_n in_o his_o conclus_n annex_v to_o his_o conference_n pag._n 722._o so_o depress_v the_o weight_n thereof_o that_o he_o 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the_o bishop_n of_o london_n his_o legacy_n or_o certain_a motive_n of_o d._n king_n late_a bishop_n of_o london_n for_o his_o change_n of_o religion_n and_o die_v in_o the_o catholic_a and_o roman_a church_n with_o a_o conclusion_n to_o his_o brethren_n the_o ll._n bishop_n of_o england_n cum_fw-la dederit_fw-la dilectis_fw-la suis_fw-la somnum_fw-la ecce_fw-la hereditas_fw-la domini_fw-la psal_n 126_o beati_fw-la qui_fw-la ix_o dominâ—_n moriuntur_fw-la apoc._n 14._o permissu_fw-la superiorum_fw-la m.dc.xxiii_o a_o advertisement_n of_o the_o publisher_n of_o this_o treatise_n to_o the_o reader_n good_a reader_n it_o be_v a_o approve_a method_n both_o of_o ancient_a &_o modern_a writer_n after_o they_o have_v make_v choice_n of_o the_o subject_n by_o they_o to_o be_v entreat_v off_o sometime_o by_o a_o poetical_a conceit_n particular_o to_o tie_v and_o apply_v the_o say_a subject_n to_o some_o one_o peculiar_a person_n or_o other_o circumstance_n as_o if_o the_o truth_n and_o verity_n thereof_o do_v real_o exist_v only_o in_o the_o same_o person_n or_o circumstance_n thus_o for_o example_n xenephon_n fashion_v in_o his_o kypoâ—anaeia_n or_o institution_n of_o cyrus_n what_o a_o prince_n ought_v to_o be_v do_v personâ—â—e_v all_o his_o precept_n therein_o in_o cyrus_n not_o that_o cyrus_n be_v such_o a_o prince_n as_o he_o be_v there_o describe_v but_o that_o according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o xenophon_n be_v prince_n or_o king_n be_v wish_v to_o be_v so_o instruct_v and_o inform_v as_o he_o feygn_v cyrus_n and_o thus_o his_o majesty_n who_o god_n long_o preserve_v follow_v in_o part_n the_o like_a method_n do_v delineate_v and_o draw_v with_o his_o learned_a pencil_n the_o true_a portraiture_n of_o a_o good_a prince_n in_o his_o basilicon_fw-la doron_n a_o work_n of_o eternal_a memory_n and_o worthy_a to_o be_v write_v in_o letter_n not_o of_o gold_n too_o base_a a_o mettle_n but_o even_o in_o letter_n of_o diamond_n if_o so_o they_o can_v be_v melt_v and_o resolve_v thus_o also_o do_v homer_n in_o his_o odyssee_n as_o it_o be_v incorporate_v all_o his_o instruction_n and_o document_n of_o a_o subtle_a and_o wise_a traveller_n in_o the_o person_n of_o ulysses_n the_o like_a may_v improportionable_o be_v aver_v of_o plato_n touch_v his_o commonwealth_n of_o aristotle_n touch_v his_o felicity_n and_o last_o of_o that_o most_o glorious_a martyr_n sr._n thomas_n more_o in_o his_o utopia_n all_o or_o most_o of_o which_o author_n for_o their_o better_a warrant_n do_v challenge_n to_o themselves_o a_o poetical_a liberty_n in_o feygue_v that_o real_o to_o be_v which_o indeed_o be_v not_o now_o to_o apply_v this_o to_o our_o present_a matter_n in_o have_v â—â—â—hing_v the_o decease_a bishop_n of_o london_n d._n king_n that_o he_o alter_v his_o religion_n before_o his_o death_n and_o die_v catholic_a be_v most_o certain_a howsoever_o his_o fâ—â—â—ries_n labour_n to_o suppress_v the_o truth_n see_v if_o liberty_n be_v give_v it_o will_v infallible_o be_v make_v evident_a by_o many_o unanswerable_a reason_n that_o he_o do_v write_v in_o time_n of_o his_o sickness_n &_o deliver_v to_o other_o before_o his_o death_n any_o reason_n or_o motyves_n of_o such_o his_o change_n in_o religion_n i_o will_v be_v spare_v peremptory_o to_o affirm_v for_o i_o will_v not_o exasperate_v his_o friend_n aâ—d_v other_o great_a protestant_a personage_n more_o than_o necessity_n enforce_v for_o see_v they_o can_v not_o endure_v to_o hear_v that_o he_o die_v catholic_a what_o tragedy_n &_o trouble_n will_v they_o attempt_v to_o raise_v if_o it_o shall_v be_v aver_v that_o the_o bishop_n do_v write_v any_o motive_n of_o such_o his_o alteration_n in_o faith_n and_o religion_n only_o i_o say_v see_v it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o he_o die_v catholic_a and_o see_v no_o learned_a man_n change_v his_o religion_n but_o upon_o some_o inducement_n and_o motive_n and_o last_o see_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o publisher_n hereof_o no_o motyves_n be_v more_o forcible_a for_o a_o protestant_n &_o perhaps_o particular_o for_o the_o bishop_n to_o change_v his_o religion_n and_o embrace_v the_o catholic_a faith_n than_o these_o set_v down_o in_o this_o treatise_n therefore_o the_o publisher_n as_o be_v warrant_v by_o the_o former_a example_n of_o xenophon_n and_o other_o above_o mention_v wish_v that_o himself_o may_v be_v here_o take_v to_o have_v write_v these_o motive_n as_o a_o precedent_n or_o pattern_n warrant_v any_o protestant_n in_o the_o change_n of_o his_o religion_n though_o by_o a_o poetical_a freedom_n peculiar_o apply_v to_o the_o bishop_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o like_a change_n of_o faith_n and_o so_o according_o the_o treatise_n be_v style_v his_o legacy_n and_o therefore_o to_o keep_v the_o better_a decorum_n where_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o epistle_n dedicatory_a assume_v the_o write_n thereof_o to_o himself_o where_o also_o in_o the_o book_n itself_o there_o be_v some_o interchange_n of_o speech_n between_o the_o bishop_n and_o other_o and_o last_o where_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o end_n thereof_o write_v to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n his_o brethren_n all_o these_o passage_n the_o reader_n may_v if_o it_o please_v he_o with_o my_o full_a consent_n and_o allowance_n suppose_v to_o be_v fictiones_fw-la personarum_fw-la and_o warrant_v by_o the_o figure_n prospopcia_n and_o that_o the_o publisher_n hereof_o perform_v no_o more_o if_o so_o much_o than_o plutarch_n do_v in_o his_o parallel_n of_o the_o roman_n with_o the_o grecian_n that_o be_v to_o appropriate_v certain_a speech_n or_o oration_n to_o certain_a man_n and_o such_o speech_n only_o as_o be_v most_o fit_v to_o proceed_v with_o due_a consideration_n of_o circumstance_n from_o the_o same_o party_n to_o who_o they_o be_v by_o supposal_n so_o ascribe_v thus_o good_a reader_n see_v matter_n must_v be_v cautelous_o carry_v in_o these_o day_n thou_o see_v i_o will_v thou_o not_o to_o take_v this_o treatise_n as_o write_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o deliver_v over_o to_o other_o in_o his_o life_n time_n but_o in_o god_n name_n repute_v it_o as_o i_o for_o i_o be_o not_o desirous_a to_o father_n any_o thing_n upon_o the_o dead_a nor_o do_v the_o catholic_a cause_n need_v any_o such_o pretence_n but_o what_o be_v acknowledge_v for_o such_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o man_n &_o i_o know_v well_o the_o b_o â—_o friend_n be_v far_o from_o any_o such_o acknowledgement_n but_o howsoever_o if_o thou_o reap_v profit_n hereby_o i_o shall_v be_v glad_a but_o if_o neither_o the_o bishop_n change_n in_o religion_n nor_o these_o present_a motyves_n by_o whosoever_o write_v can_v withdraw_v thou_o from_o the_o heresy_n of_o these_o time_n i_o can_v but_o commiserate_v the_o poor_a and_o dangerous_a estate_n of_o thy_o soul_n if_o any_o of_o the_o bishop_n near_a friend_n shall_v by_o answer_n impugn_v this_o treatise_n let_v he_o take_v heed_n that_o the_o birth_n of_o such_o a_o future_a work_n become_v not_o viperous_a as_o not_o regard_v who_o side_n it_o laâ—ceth_v before_o it_o can_v take_v be_v be_v but_o above_o all_o forbearing_z to_z cavil_v at_o the_o method_n let_v he_o be_v careful_a to_o answer_v the_o motyves_n in_o particular_a &_o this_o direct_o and_o plain_o and_o to_o all_o the_o authoritye_n as_o here_o they_o do_v lie_v without_o affect_v any_o obscurity_n in_o method_n or_o long_o and_o tedious_a discourse_n thereby_o to_o divert_v the_o reader_n mind_n from_o the_o point_n here_o handle_v and_o to_o turn_v it_o to_o other_o by-matter_n thus_o much_o be_v expect_v at_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o rather_o see_v aforehand_o he_o be_v premonish_v hereof_o only_o for_o the_o better_a manifestation_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o thus_o good_a reader_n wish_v thou_o to_o take_v at_o least_o in_o good_a part_n the_o publish_n of_o this_o legacy_n which_o indeed_o have_v be_v send_v to_o the_o press_n instant_o upon_o the_o bishop_n death_n and_o so_o have_v then_o immediate_o come_v forth_o be_v it_o not_o that_o it_o have_v be_v stay_v till_o now_o upon_o some_o just_a and_o urgent_a reason_n i_o bid_v thou_o hearty_o farewell_n thy_o love_a friend_n a._n b._n the_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n good_a christian_a reader_n whether_o catholyke_a or_o protestant_n hear_v before_o my_o death_n i_o bequeath_v to_o thou_o as_o my_o legacy_n these_o few_o leaf_n though_o the_o weak_a and_o feminyne_a issue_n of_o my_o sick_a and_o distemper_a age_n contain_v not_o doubt_n with_o amazement_n to_o thyself_o certain_a ground_n of_o my_o alienation_n of_o mind_n from_o the_o protestant_n religion_n true_a it_o be_v that_o for_o some_o year_n past_a though_o i_o be_v far_o otherwise_o affect_v when_o i_o do_v write_v my_o lecture_n upon_o jonas_n i_o have_v preach_v and_o teach_v the_o protestant_a faith_n with_o a_o certain_a hesitation_n &_o doubtfulness_n of_o judgement_n in_o regard_n of_o some_o time_n more_o serious_o spend_v
prayer_n to_o saint_n s._n 8._o s._n lib._n the_o civet_n dei_fw-la 22._o cap._n 8._o augustin_n relate_v of_o a_o holy_a woman_n call_v palladia_n be_v disease_v and_o pray_v to_o s._n steven_n before_o his_o tomb_n or_o monument_n thus_o write_v adsanctum_fw-la martyrem_fw-la orare_fw-la perexerat_fw-la quae_fw-la mox_fw-la ut_fw-la cancellos_fw-la attigit_fw-la collapsa_fw-la velut_fw-la ad_fw-la somnum_fw-la sana_fw-la surrexit_fw-la that_o be_v she_o come_v to_o pray_v to_o the_o holy_a martyr_n and_o touch_v the_o cancel_v or_o border_n of_o his_o monument_n fall_v as_o it_o be_v into_o a_o sleep_n or_o slumber_n but_o wake_v she_o find_v herself_o cure_v of_o her_o sickness_n thus_o augustine_n who_o report_v this_o miracle_n to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o himself_o and_o diverse_a other_o touch_v the_o honour_v the_o relic_n of_o saint_n body_n s._n augustine_n relate_v how_o at_o the_o dead_a body_n of_o geruasius_n and_o protasius_n which_o be_v many_o year_n after_o find_v incorrupt_v a_o blind_a man_n receive_v his_o sight_n a_o miracle_n say_v augustine_n do_v at_o milan_n 8._o milan_n lib._n 9_o confess_v c._n 7._o &_o 8._o when_o i_o be_v there_o many_o people_n be_v witness_n thereof_o s_o augustine_n also_o 8_o also_o lib._n the_o civet_n dei_fw-la 22._o c._n 8_o mention_v how_o ten_o infirm_a people_n be_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o himself_o and_o many_o hundred_o more_o be_v eyewitness_n thereof_o miraculous_o cure_v at_o the_o monument_n of_o s._n steven_n to_o be_v short_a the_o work_n of_o miracle_n at_o the_o monument_n of_o saint_n be_v so_o frequent_a in_o s._n austin_n day_n that_o thus_o he_o supra_fw-la he_o aug._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la write_v it_o will_v require_v many_o book_n to_o set_v down_o the_o miracle_n of_o healing_n &_o curing_n do_v only_o at_o the_o monument_n or_o tomb_n of_o s._n steven_n a_o verity_n so_o irrefragable_a and_o acknowledge_v by_o all_o man_n of_o those_o time_n that_o d._n 8â—6_n d._n contra_fw-la duraeum_n l._n 10._o pag._n 8â—6_n whitaker_n thus_o confess_v of_o this_o point_n say_v i_o do_v not_o think_v those_o miracle_n vain_a which_o be_v report_v to_o have_v be_v do_v at_o the_o monument_n of_o saint_n touch_v the_o many_o miracle_n perform_v by_o monk_n who_o confess_o be_v catholics_n in_o religion_n can_v not_o work_v any_o one_o true_a miracle_n if_o their_o religion_n be_v false_a read_v 6.28_o read_v histo_n l._n 4._o c._n 13._o &_o lib._n 6.28_o zozomene_n hilarion_n zozomene_n in_o vita_fw-la hilarion_n jereme_n theoph._n jereme_n in_o his_o theoph._n theodoret_n and_o 22._o and_o viz._n socrates_n hist._n lib._n 4._o c._n 18._o euagrius_n hist_o lib._n 6._o cap._n 22._o other_o besides_o our_o own_o centurist_n by_o diverse_a of_o which_o miracle_n man_n be_v raise_v from_o death_n to_o life_n other_o be_v cure_v of_o disease_n by_o prayer_n the_o rage_a and_o inundation_n of_o the_o sea_n be_v sudden_o stay_v and_o the_o like_a but_o to_o omit_v for_o brevity_n other_o infinite_a miracle_n record_v by_o the_o father_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n many_o of_o they_o be_v exhibit_v in_o proof_n of_o the_o catholyke_a faith_n and_o all_o of_o they_o perform_v by_o man_n that_o profess_v the_o catholyke_a faith_n we_o will_v descend_v to_o these_o late_a age_n 493_o age_n cent._n 4._o col_fw-fr 493_o by_o degree_n even_o to_o our_o day_n and_o first_o for_o the_o space_n of_o thirteen_o hundred_o year_n next_o after_o christ_n we_o will_v content_v ourselves_o in_o that_o behalf_n besides_o that_o which_o be_v already_o deliver_v with_o the_o testimony_n and_o acknoledgment_n of_o the_o magdeburgenses_n our_o brethren_n who_o out_o of_o the_o most_o approve_a and_o authorize_v chronicle_n and_o writer_n do_v record_v the_o miracle_n of_o every_o age_n successive_o make_v the_o thirteen_o chapter_n of_o every_o century_n the_o subject_n thereof_o to_o who_o write_n concern_v so_o many_o age_n for_o great_a expedition_n they_o be_v earnest_a protestant_n and_o enemy_n to_o the_o roman_a religion_n i_o refer_v the_o reader_n as_o to_o so_o many_o impartial_a witness_n in_o the_o fourteen_o age_n many_o be_v eminent_a for_o work_v of_o miracle_n but_o especial_o s._n nicolaus_n tolentinas_fw-la s._n catharine_n of_o sienna_n and_o s._n bernardinus_fw-la as_o antoninus_n 24._o antoninus_n in_o 〈◊〉_d part_n histo_fw-la do_fw-mi 23._o &_o 24._o relate_v in_o the_o fyfteenth_fw-mi age_n s._n vincentius_n be_v celebrious_a for_o miracle_n as_o also_o s._n antonius_n who_o life_n may_v be_v read_v in_o surius_n and_o last_o to_o arryve_v to_o this_o our_o own_o age_n it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o s._n franciscus_n surium_n franciscus_n vide_fw-la surium_n de_fw-fr paula_n wrought_v diverse_a most_o stupendous_a miracle_n also_o that_o xaverius_n that_o see_v the_o book_n of_o the_o life_n of_o xaverius_n xaucrius_n the_o jesuite_n in_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o east_n indian_n do_v work_v the_o like_a for_o the_o more_o precise_a examination_n of_o who_o miracle_n by_o oath_n canterbury_n oath_n see_v abraham_n hart_n well_o his_o book_n hereof_o servant_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n the_o king_n of_o portugal_n do_v send_v forth_o a_o commission_n to_o his_o viceroy_n there_o date_v in_o april_n 1556._o the_o which_o be_v so_o evident_o true_a that_o d._n whitaker_n 353._o whitaker_n lib._n de_fw-fr eccles_n count_v bellar._n p._n 353._o acknowledge_v they_o call_v they_o antichristian_a miracle_n again_o the_o miracle_n do_v in_o congo_n in_o africa_n upon_o it_o conversion_n to_o the_o present_a roman_a religion_n be_v diwlge_v by_o protestant_n g_o writer_n but_o we_o will_v come_v near_o at_o home_o and_o will_v somewhat_o insist_v in_o the_o many_o astonish_a miracle_n wrought_v these_o late_a year_n in_o the_o low_a country_n at_o sichem_n of_o which_o forty_o or_o above_o be_v record_v by_o the_o learned_a and_o eminent_a man_n protestant_n man_n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v diva_fw-mi sichemiensis_n sive_fw-la aspricollis_n then_o be_v a_o protestant_n justus_n lipsius_n then_o live_v in_o those_o country_n one_o of_o too_o great_a judgement_n to_o give_v credit_n much_o less_o to_o diwlge_v in_o print_n every_o fabulous_a wonder_n which_o may_v come_v to_o his_o ear_n and_o a_o man_n with_o who_o in_o my_o young_a ear_n i_o have_v have_v intercourse_n by_o letter_n therefore_o we_o may_v moral_o assure_v ourselves_o that_o he_o will_v not_o record_v any_o one_o for_o miracle_n but_o such_o and_o so_o himself_o affirm_v as_o either_o by_o his_o own_o knowledge_n be_v warrant_v for_o true_a himself_o see_v and_o speak_v with_o the_o party_n upon_o who_o the_o miracle_n be_v wrought_v or_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o many_o oath_n take_v before_o the_o magistrate_n in_o those_o place_n the_o consideration_n of_o which_o miracle_n fortify_v with_o all_o probabiltye_n of_o truth_n whatsoever_o especial_o either_o all_o or_o most_o of_o they_o consist_v in_o supernatural_o cure_v without_o any_o physic_n incurable_a disease_n have_v and_o do_v still_o much_o prevail_v with_o i_o and_o the_o more_o in_o regard_n of_o that_o great_a confidence_n of_o truth_n which_o the_o foresaid_a justus_n lipsius_n show_v in_o his_o relation_n of_o they_o for_o thus_o he_o write_v 5._o write_v vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la p._n 1._o &_o 5._o ecce_fw-la in_o oculis_fw-la &_o auribus_fw-la omnium_fw-la gesta_fw-la ecce_fw-la concursu_fw-la plausu_fw-la fructu_fw-la gentium_fw-la celebrata_fw-la quae_fw-la side_n potest_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la humanis_fw-la si_fw-la hac_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la and_o again_o miracula_fw-la sichemiensi_fw-la in_o agro_fw-la evenere_fw-la itemque_fw-la eveniunt_fw-la a_o bitris_n his_o sensibus_fw-la nos_fw-la â—idemus_fw-la nos_fw-la audimus_fw-la quis_fw-la profestus_fw-la abnuet_fw-la in_o so_o much_o that_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o own_o reverence_n give_v to_o the_o place_n of_o sichem_n where_o these_o miracle_n be_v wrought_v he_o â—6_n he_o vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la p_o â—6_n mention_v that_o himself_o make_v a_o pilgrimage_n to_o it_o but_o enough_o of_o sichem_n and_o thus_o far_o concern_v the_o glorious_a guyft_n of_o work_a miracle_n promise_v by_o our_o saviour_n ever_o to_o be_v in_o his_o church_n never_o practise_v as_o yet_o by_o any_o one_o protestant_a but_o in_o all_o age_n peculiar_a to_o the_o catholyke_a church_n and_o all_o this_o by_o the_o plain_a confession_n of_o we_o protestant_n now_o what_o can_v we_o just_o reply_v or_o oppose_v against_o the_o miracle_n wrought_v by_o the_o member_n of_o the_o catholyke_a church_n to_o deny_v the_o work_n of_o all_o such_o miracle_n be_v to_o deny_v all_o ecclesiastical_a record_n &_o testimony_n and_o indeed_o to_o take_v away_o by_o the_o same_o ground_n all_o authority_n of_o history_n either_o ecclesiastical_a or_o profane_a therefore_o if_o we_o will_v but_o ascry_v be_v as_o much_o credit_n to_o the_o write_n of_o zozomene_n augustin_n jerome_n chrysostom_n theodoret_n eusebius_n &_o other_o of_o those_o primitive_a