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wheresoever_o such_o a_o one_o shall_v address_v to_o god_n he_o will_v answer_v he_o and_o this_o same_o father_n in_o his_o question_n out_o of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n insist_o upon_o the_o same_o argument_n tell_v the_o heathen_n that_o the_o christian_n 1616._o christian_n christiani_n autem_fw-la unum_n deum_fw-la colunt_fw-la in_o mysterio_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la conditum_fw-la est_fw-la venerantur_fw-la ipsum_fw-la enim_fw-la solum_fw-la sufficere_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o abundare_fw-la sciunt_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la non_fw-la ignorantes_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la gloriam_fw-la &_o nomen_fw-la ejus_fw-la aliis_fw-la deputaverint_fw-la offendant_fw-la eum_fw-la quia_fw-la nullus_fw-la imperator_fw-la permittit_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la nomine_fw-la ejus_fw-la tribuni_fw-la &_o comites_fw-la adorentur_fw-la idem_fw-la lib._n quaestionum_fw-la vet._n &_o nou._n testam_fw-la apud_fw-la augustini_fw-la opera_fw-la in_o appendice_fw-la ad_fw-la tom._n 4._o p._n 46._o edit_fw-la colon._n 1616._o worship_n one_o god_n in_o mystery_n from_o who_o be_v all_o thing_n and_o do_v not_o pay_v any_o veneration_n to_o any_o thing_n create_v by_o he_o here_o be_v no_o exception_n either_o for_o angel_n or_o saint_n much_o less_o for_o their_o relic_n or_o image_n for_o they_o know_v that_o he_o alone_o be_v abundant_o sufficient_a for_o their_o salvation_n and_o be_v not_o ignorant_a that_o if_o they_o give_v his_o glory_n and_o his_o name_n to_o other_o they_o offend_v he_o since_o no_o emperor_n do_v permit_v that_o his_o tribune_n and_o officer_n be_v adore_v together_o with_o himself_o s._n basil_n do_v look_v upon_o prayer_n to_o be_v so_o peculiar_a to_o god_n that_o he_o define_v prayer_n to_o be_v a_o request_n of_o some_o good_a which_o be_v make_v by_o pious_a man_n unto_o god_n 370._o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n homil._n in_o julitt_n t._n 1._o p._n 370._o and_o his_o brother_n gregory_n nyssen_n give_v the_o same_o definition_n of_o prayer_n which_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n have_v that_o it_o be_v a_o converse_v with_o god_n 715._o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n nyssen_n 1._o orat._n the_o oratione_fw-la p._n 715._o and_o in_o another_o place_n give_v we_o almost_o the_o same_o definition_n of_o prayer_n that_o s._n basil_n do_v that_o prayer_n be_v a_o request_n of_o some_o good_a thing_n 724._o thing_n idem_fw-la orat._n 2._o the_o oratione_fw-la dominica_n p._n 724._o which_o be_v offer_v with_o supplication_n to_o god._n now_o have_v prayer_n to_o angel_n or_o saint_n beeen_n either_o the_o practice_n or_o the_o doctrine_n of_o this_o age_n in_o which_o these_o father_n live_v both_o s._n basil_n and_o his_o brother_n definition_n of_o prayer_n have_v be_v ridiculous_a and_o false_a since_o they_o make_v prayer_n peculiar_a to_o god_n alone_o whereas_o it_o will_v have_v be_v common_a to_o god_n and_o the_o saint_n have_v these_o be_v pray_v to_o as_o well_o as_o god_n in_o those_o day_n i_o need_v not_o insist_v much_o upon_o what_o gregory_n nyssen_n say_v in_o his_o five_o oration_n against_o eunomius_n that_o we_o be_v command_v in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n not_o to_o worship_v any_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v create_v but_o that_o we_o be_v to_o worship_n and_o adore_v that_o nature_n only_o which_o be_v uncreate_v since_o we_o have_v clear_v this_o sufficient_o above_o from_o origen_n and_o other_o s._n ambrose_n be_v the_o last_o father_n that_o i_o will_v urge_v in_o this_o four_o century_n he_o agree_v with_o the_o precedent_n father_n about_o the_o nature_n of_o prayer_n and_o do_v deny_v to_o angel_n and_o saint_n the_o have_v any_o prayer_n put_v up_o to_o they_o in_o that_o short_a but_o comprehensive_a passage_n notwithstanding_o thou_o alone_o o_o lord_n be_v to_o be_v invocate_v thou_o be_v to_o be_v entreat_v that_o thou_o 59_o thou_o sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la tu_fw-la solus_fw-la domine_fw-la invocandus_fw-la tu_fw-la rogandus_fw-la ut_fw-la eum_fw-la in_o filiis_fw-la repraesentes_fw-la d._n ambros_n orat._n in_o obitu_fw-la theodosii_fw-la tom._n 3._o p._n 59_o will_v represent_v he_o to_o wit_v the_o dead_a emperor_n theodosius_n in_o his_o son_n century_n v_o i_o be_o now_o arrive_v at_o the_o five_o century_n of_o the_o church_n and_o must_v inquire_v whether_o in_o this_o age_n the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n be_v alter_v from_o what_o we_o have_v show_v it_o to_o in_o the_o four_o precedent_a century_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o worship_n and_o invocation_n of_o saint_n s._n epiphanius_n do_v make_v the_o invocation_n of_o angel_n to_o be_v the_o heresy_n of_o the_o angelick_n but_o those_o people_n have_v very_o hard_a measure_n from_o that_o father_n if_o invocation_n of_o saint_n be_v not_o as_o much_o a_o heresy_n since_o if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o invocate_v the_o one_o of_o these_o two_o the_o angel_n ought_v to_o have_v have_v the_o preference_n since_o as_o they_o be_v god_n minister_a spirit_n they_o see_v and_o hear_v we_o whereas_o the_o depart_a saint_n do_v neither_o see_v nor_o hear_v we_o the_o same_o father_n in_o his_o confutation_n of_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o collyridians_n conclude_v full_o against_o the_o worship_n of_o any_o creature_n for_o neither_o be_v elias_n to_o be_v worship_v though_o he_o be_v reckon_v 1062._o reckon_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ἡμαÏια_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d á½_n κυÏιος_n Ï€Ïοσκυνεισθω_fw-gr epiphan_n haer._n 79._o p._n 1062._o among_o the_o live_n nor_o john_n nor_o any_o other_o of_o the_o saint_n that_o ancient_a error_n shall_v not_o prevail_v over_o you_o to_o forsake_v the_o live_a god_n and_o to_o worship_v the_o thing_n which_o be_v make_v by_o him._n for_o they_o serve_v and_o worship_v the_o creature_n more_o than_o the_o creator_n and_o become_v fool_n for_o if_o god_n will_v not_o have_v we_o to_o worship_v the_o angel_n how_o much_o more_o will_v he_o not_o have_v we_o to_o worship_v she_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o anna._n let_v mary_n be_v have_v in_o honour_n but_o let_v the_o lord_n be_v worship_v and_o in_o his_o confutation_n of_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o arian_n he_o do_v prove_v the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n from_o his_o be_v worship_v for_o if_o say_v he_o 759._o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiphan_n haer._n 69._o p._n 755_o 759._o he_o be_v not_o true_a god_n neither_o be_v he_o to_o be_v worship_v and_o if_o he_o be_v a_o creature_n he_o be_v no_o god_n and_o if_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v worship_v how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o he_o be_v call_v god_n for_o it_o be_v a_o foolish_a thing_n to_o make_v a_o creature_n god_n and_o to_o reject_v the_o first_o commandment_n which_o say_v thou_o shall_v worship_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o he_o only_o shall_v thou_o serve_v whereupon_o the_o holy_a church_n of_o god_n do_v not_o worship_v a_o creature_n but_o the_o beget_v son_n the_o father_n in_o 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expense_n and_o servile_a flattery_n and_o much_o hurry_v hither_o and_o thither_o savil._n thither_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d d._n chrysost_o in_o matthaeum_n citat_fw-la à _fw-fr theodoro_n daphnopato_n in_o eclogis_n in_o tom._n 7._o operum_fw-la chrysost_n p_o 768._o edit_fw-la savil._n and_o much_o contrivance_n for_o it_o happen_v often_o that_o we_o can_v get_v straight_o unto_o the_o lord_n themselves_o to_o present_v our_o gift_n and_o speak_v with_o they_o but_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o we_o first_o to_o procure_v a_o interest_n in_o their_o servant_n and_o steward_n both_o by_o gift_n and_o by_o entreaty_n entreaty_n and_o by_o all_o other_o mean_v possible_a and_o then_o by_o their_o mediation_n we_o may_v obtain_v our_o request_n but_o it_o be_v not_o thus_o with_o god_n for_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o intercessor_n for_o the_o petitioner_n nor_o be_v god_n so_o ready_a to_o gratify_v our_o petition_n when_o entreat_v by_o other_o