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several_a conjecture_n be_v offer_v we_o by_o interpreter_n 2._o so_o origen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n what_o be_v those_o many_o thing_n which_o christ_n have_v to_o say_v to_o his_o apostle_n which_o they_o can_v not_o bear_v he_o answer_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n it_o be_v the_o design_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n to_o teach_v his_o disciple_n the_o utter_a abolition_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o the_o mosaical_a ordinance_n so_o st._n chrysostom_n guess_v too_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n whether_o our_o saviour_n speak_v of_o the_o abrogation_n of_o the_o law_n etc._n etc._n and_o to_o this_o christ_n may_v well_o refer_v when_o he_o say_v i_o have_v yet_o many_o thing_n to_o say_v but_o you_o can_v bear_v they_o now_o consider_v how_o hard_o it_o be_v for_o they_o who_o be_v jew_n and_o the_o profess_a disciple_n of_o moses_n to_o embrace_v a_o new_a religion_n and_o quit_v the_o principle_n of_o that_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o a_o fit_a opportunity_n namely_o the_o time_n after_o his_o own_o passion_n and_o resurrection_n that_o these_o opinion_n of_o origen_n chrysostom_n and_o austin_n concern_v the_o matter_n of_o our_o saviour_n personal_a discourse_n with_o his_o apostle_n betwixt_o his_o resurrection_n and_o ascension_n which_o the_o romanist_n urge_v for_o their_o tradition_n be_v but_o conjectural_a we_o do_v acknowledge_v but_o withal_o we_o do_v avouch_v that_o they_o be_v ten_o time_n more_o probable_a than_o that_o of_o lorinus_n for_o that_o the_o many_o thing_n which_o the_o apostle_n can_v not_o yet_o bear_v and_o therefore_o christ_n do_v not_o deliver_v till_o after_o his_o resurrection_n shall_v be_v such_o as_o concern_v the_o abolition_n of_o the_o mosaical_a law_n or_o the_o disciple_n own_o suffering_n rather_o than_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n the_o invocation_n of_o saint_n and_o other_o superstitious_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n 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such_o and_o such_o tradition_n from_o the_o daughter_n of_o philip_n the_o evangelist_n at_o hierapolis_n 36._o be_v as_o eusebius_n tell_v we_o his_o own_o assertion_n and_o yet_o for_o all_o that_o the_o same_o historian_n inform_v we_o that_o this_o very_a man_n rely_v too_o much_o upon_o tradition_n be_v so_o far_o surprise_v as_o to_o vent_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strange_a doctrine_n and_o if_o so_o shall_v we_o think_v ourselves_o so_o far_o oblige_v to_o espouse_v and_o own_v all_o his_o opinion_n because_o they_o be_v old_a one_o as_o to_o become_v chiliast_n and_o to_o be_v impose_v upon_o as_o irenaeus_n himself_o and_o many_o more_o than_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o that_o respect_n and_o veneration_n which_o they_o have_v for_o his_o antiquity_n and_o as_o for_o origen_n who_o testimony_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n make_v exceed_v much_o of_o as_o a_o great_a patron_n of_o some_o tradition_n which_o be_v advantageous_a to_o they_o we_o do_v give_v he_o all_o that_o respect_n which_o become_v he_o to_o receive_v and_o we_o to_o show_v his_o learned_a disputation_n against_o celsus_n his_o confutation_n of_o the_o psycho-pannuchists_a his_o conviction_n and_o conversion_n of_o beryllus_n that_o arrian_n heretic_n his_o readiness_n to_o martyrdom_n his_o labour_n in_o preach_v catechise_v and_o write_v have_v make_v his_o name_n famous_a and_o his_o memory_n venerable_a in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n but_o withal_o have_v this_o excellent_a person_n nothing_o of_o error_n to_o allay_v and_o stain_v his_o glory_n do_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n indeed_o think_v we_o or_o themselves_o either_o oblige_v to_o embrace_v every_o opinion_n as_o a_o undoubted_a truth_n that_o have_v the_o patronage_n of_o origen_n name_n what_o if_o origen_n seem_v as_o our_o adversary_n contend_v to_o countenance_v their_o doctrine_n of_o purgatory_n which_o be_v doubtless_o the_o golden_a dream_n and_o invention_n of_o plato_n must_v we_o therefore_o 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the_o emperor_n in_o the_o year_n 551._o call_v the_o five_o ecumenical_a council_n at_o constantinople_n where_o this_o error_n of_o origen_n and_o his_o follower_n by_o the_o joint_a suffrage_n of_o one_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o five_o bishop_n be_v explode_v condemn_a and_o anathematise_v as_o be_v what_o photius_n right_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o encouragement_n to_o all_o manner_n of_o villainy_n even_o the_o chief_a of_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wicked_a opinion_n which_o be_v broach_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o by_o origen_n when_o he_o be_v out_o of_o his_o wit_n as_o nilus_n do_v inform_v we_o and_o certain_o that_o doctrine_n of_o purgatory_n for_o which_o the_o testimony_n of_o origen_n be_v so_o much_o urge_v by_o the_o roman_a church_n deserve_v the_o same_o censure_n too_o as_o be_v a_o considerable_a provocation_n to_o the_o commission_n of_o those_o please_a sin_n the_o punishment_n whereof_o how_o long_o or_o how_o short_a it_o shall_v be_v be_v according_a to_o their_o doctrine_n
that_o sometime_o he_o drop_v from_o his_o pen_n some_o thing_n that_o do_v not_o well_o consist_v with_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n the_o scripture_n tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v one_o baptism_n according_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n thus_o define_v can._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d baptism_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v administer_v the_o second_o time_n no_o not_o to_o heretic_n so_o arsenius_n 38._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d person_n baptize_v by_o heretic_n must_v not_o be_v baptize_v again_o such_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o father_n and_o council_n and_o yet_o st._n cyprian_n be_v of_o his_o mind_n who_o say_v 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o baptism_n be_v at_o first_o administer_v by_o such_o heretic_n as_o deny_v the_o great_a article_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n as_o they_o in_o nazianzen_n do_v the_o divinity_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n then_o give_v i_o a_o second_o wash_v and_o although_o bellarmine_n tell_v we_o 3._o that_o st._n austin_n excuse_v cyprian_a from_o be_v a_o heretic_n yet_o sure_o we_o be_v he_o do_v not_o excuse_v he_o from_o be_v in_o a_o error_n for_o thus_o he_o say_v 48._o cyprianum_n aliter_fw-la sensisse_fw-la de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la quam_fw-la forma_fw-la &_o consuetudo_fw-la habet_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o in_fw-la concilii_fw-la literis_fw-la invenitur_fw-la that_o cyprian_n do_v not_o think_v of_o baptism_n as_o the_o church_n do_v it_o be_v clear_a both_o from_o the_o council_n letter_n and_o his_o own_o too_o and_o if_o st._n cyprian_n may_v err_v about_o baptism_n why_o not_o about_o the_o eucharist_n too_o when_o he_o say_v debet_fw-la aqua_fw-la vino_fw-la misceri_fw-la water_n must_v be_v mingle_v with_o the_o sacramental_a wine_n if_o cyprian_n be_v mistake_v about_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n when_o he_o say_v 68_o ipsa_fw-la plebs_fw-la maximè_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la vel_fw-la eligendi_fw-la dignos_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la vel_fw-la indignos_fw-la recusandi_fw-la the_o very_a common_a people_n have_v the_o chief_a power_n to_o choose_v good_a bishop_n or_o refuse_v bad_a one_o why_o may_v he_o not_o be_v mistake_v about_o the_o ceremony_n of_o baptism_n when_o he_o say_v 12._o vngi_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la sit_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o every_o person_n who_o be_v baptise_a shall_v be_v anoint_v too_o if_o st._n cyprian_n may_v be_v and_o certain_o be_v in_o a_o error_n in_o one_o case_n what_o security_n have_v we_o but_o that_o he_o may_v be_v mistake_v in_o some_o other_o matter_n too_o we_o can_v never_o admit_v all_o the_o doctrine_n and_o usage_n receive_v in_o the_o roman_a church_n to_o be_v of_o apostolical_a authority_n though_o countenance_v by_o st._n cyprian_n testimony_n except_o we_o shall_v first_o forget_v that_o even_o donatus_n and_o his_o follower_n do_v shelter_v themselves_o and_o their_o erroneous_a opinion_n under_o the_o name_n and_o patronage_n of_o the_o same_o st._n cyprian_n too_o and_o true_o we_o can_v wonder_v that_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n origen_n tertullian_n cyprian_n and_o other_o good_a man_n before_o and_o after_o they_o be_v oversee_v in_o some_o particular_n since_o out_o of_o that_o great_a respect_n and_o deserve_a veneration_n which_o they_o have_v for_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o and_o their_o immediate_a successor_n they_o become_v too_o prone_a without_o any_o strict_a examination_n to_o give_v credit_n to_o such_o tradition_n which_o be_v either_o deliver_v to_o they_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n or_o contain_v in_o any_o such_o write_n as_o bore_v the_o apostle_n name_n or_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v derive_v from_o apostolical_a man_n that_o there_o be_v such_o forge_a write_n send_v abroad_o into_o the_o world_n and_o that_o very_o early_o too_o several_a author_n have_v inform_v we_o 48._o thus_o st._n austin_n non_fw-la defuerunt_fw-la qui_fw-la sub_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la nominibus_fw-la multa_fw-la confingerent_fw-la etc._n etc._n some_o there_o be_v who_o forge_v many_o thing_n in_o the_o apostle_n name_n so_o he_o and_o in_o that_o edition_n of_o the_o septuagint_n print_v at_o basil_n by_o john_n hervagius_n i_o find_v the_o life_n of_o the_o evangelist_n and_o apostle_n write_v by_o sophronius_n prefix_v before_o their_o respective_a gospel_n and_o epistle_n where_o in_o the_o life_n of_o st._n peter_n there_o be_v mention_v make_v of_o several_a write_n wherein_o st._n peter_n be_v concern_v either_o as_o the_o author_n or_o at_o least_o as_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o they_o and_o thus_o they_o be_v name_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o be_v inscribe_v the_o act_n of_o st._n peter_n the_o second_o be_v name_v the_o gospel_n of_o st._n peter_n etc._n etc._n of_o all_o these_o the_o writer_n of_o his_o life_n pass_v this_o judgement_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v all_o reject_v as_o apocryphal_a write_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o life_n of_o st._n james_n there_o be_v mention_n of_o a_o book_n entitle_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gospel_n according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n a_o book_n say_v the_o author_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o origen_n often_o use_v and_o certain_o if_o origen_n and_o other_o father_n do_v read_v and_o believe_v such_o apocryphal_a book_n we_o can_v wonder_v that_o they_o fall_v into_o some_o absurd_a opinion_n and_o have_v transmit_v to_o posterity_n such_o fond_a tradition_n as_o be_v far_o from_o be_v apostolical_a i_o remember_v st._n paul_n tell_v we_o that_o christ_n after_o his_o resurrection_n be_v see_v of_o james_n and_o upon_o what_o occasion_n christ_n be_v please_v to_o appear_v single_o to_o st._n james_n alone_o that_o forename_a counterfeit_a gospel_n thus_o inform_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d st._n james_n have_v swear_v that_o he_o will_v not_o taste_v one_o morsel_n of_o bread_n from_o that_o hour_n wherein_o christ_n die_v till_o he_o shall_v see_v he_o rise_v from_o the_o dead_a again_o upon_o this_o score_n say_v the_o author_n of_o that_o book_n christ_n appear_v to_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o take_v bread_n and_o have_v give_v thanks_o he_o break_v it_o and_o give_v it_o to_o st._n james_n the_o just_a say_v my_o brother_n eat_v thy_o bread_n for_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v rise_v from_o the_o dead_a etc._n etc._n so_o inconsistent_a be_v this_o tradition_n in_o its_o several_a circumstance_n with_o the_o write_a word_n 15.7_o that_o estius_n himself_o style_v it_o narrationem_fw-la fabulosam_fw-la a_o fabulous_a narration_n and_o lorinus_n confess_v 1.13_o hanc_fw-la historiam_fw-la non_fw-la admittit_fw-la augustinus_n st._n austin_n do_v not_o admit_v this_o story_n and_o yet_o estius_n observe_v that_o st._n hierom_n do_v use_v some_o other_o passage_n of_o that_o false_a gospel_n wherein_o this_o tale_n be_v record_v and_o what_o need_v i_o mention_v those_o other_o counterfeit_a gospel_n of_o st._n thomas_n st._n bartholomew_n and_o nicodemus_n what_o need_v i_o mention_v the_o forge_a act_n of_o st._n andrew_n and_o that_o pretend_a epistle_n of_o st._n paul_n to_o the_o laodicean_n the_o true_a one_o if_o yet_o there_o be_v ever_o any_o such_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o bellarmine_n to_o be_v lose_v what_o shall_v i_o mention_v that_o protevangelium_fw-la father_v upon_o st._n james_n and_o yet_o full_a of_o such_o tradition_n as_o be_v no_o way_n reconcilable_a with_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n st._n luke_n tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d many_o have_v take_v in_o hand_n to_o set_v forth_o in_o order_n a_o declaration_n of_o those_o thing_n etc._n etc._n theophylact_fw-mi here_o put_v the_o question_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o be_v these_o many_o that_o thus_o undertake_v to_o write_v the_o gospel_n he_o answer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v false_a apostle_n and_o he_o tell_v we_o far_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d many_o even_o then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o the_o grace_n and_o spirit_n of_o god_n write_v several_a counterfeit_a gospel_n as_o the_o gospel_n according_a to_o the_o egyptian_n the_o gospel_n of_o the_o twelve_o etc._n etc._n and_o certain_o albeit_o those_o good_a man_n the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n out_o of_o too_o much_o credulity_n and_o veneration_n show_v towards_o their_o predecessor_n be_v please_v to_o give_v so_o much_o credit_n to_o those_o spurious_a write_n which_o deserve_v rather_o to_o be_v expunge_v then_o believe_v as_o to_o transcribe_v something_o of_o they_o into_o their_o own_o work_n and_o thereby_o transmit_v they_o to_o posterity_n yet_o all_o such_o passage_n derive_v from_o uncertain_a and_o deservedly-suspected_n author_n can_v be_v no_o more_o authentic_a nor_o claim_v any_o great_a authority_n than_o the_o original_n from_o which_o they_o be_v borrow_v and_o as_o for_o some_o other_o thing_n which_o the_o father_n write_v upon_o their_o
own_o judgement_n deliver_v the_o sense_n of_o their_o own_o understanding_n they_o have_v sufficient_o evidence_v themselves_o to_o be_v too_o fallible_a as_o our_o adversary_n themselves_o do_v acknowledge_v it_o be_v true_a where_o the_o father_n do_v but_o seem_v to_o countenance_v the_o fond_a and_o superstitious_a doctrine_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n if_o there_o be_v find_v any_o passage_n in_o they_o that_o can_v possible_o be_v pretend_v to_o favour_v that_o absurd_a and_o incredible_a assertion_n of_o transubstantiation_n or_o those_o advantageous_a doctrine_n of_o purgatory_n indulgency_n auricular_a confession_n or_o the_o like_a every_o such_o passage_n how_o ambiguous_a soever_o must_v pass_v for_o a_o certain_a truth_n as_o if_o it_o proceed_v ex_fw-la tripod_n even_o from_o a_o oracle_n but_o in_o common_a case_n and_o especial_o in_o those_o controversy_n wherein_o the_o father_n contradict_v the_o opinion_n and_o practice_n of_o that_o church_n they_o be_v esteem_v no_o more_o than_o other_o man_n and_o how_o clear_a and_o plain_a soever_o their_o expression_n be_v they_o be_v count_v doubtful_a and_o fallible_a enough_o thus_o lorinus_n 13._o gentiles_n ignorantiâ_fw-la linguae_fw-la hebraeae_fw-la lapsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ac_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la etiam_fw-la patres_fw-la the_o gentile_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n do_v err_v and_o so_o do_v some_o of_o the_o father_n too_o and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o speak_v thus_o of_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n longè_n abest_fw-la à _fw-la vero_fw-la quod_fw-la arbitratur_fw-la clemens_n alexandrinus_n the_o opinion_n of_o this_o clemens_n be_v far_o from_o be_v a_o truth_n and_o as_o for_o st._n basil_n he_o give_v we_o this_o caution_n too_o tanti_fw-la patris_fw-la doctrina_fw-la cum_fw-la cautione_n intelligenda_fw-la est_fw-la the_o doctrine_n of_o so_o great_a a_o father_n must_v be_v understand_v with_o caution_n and_o why_o pray_v with_o so_o much_o caution_n certain_o some_o nice_a and_o tender_a point_n lie_v at_o stake_n and_o that_o be_v this_o nè_fw-la justissimis_fw-la pontificum_fw-la decreâ—is_fw-la adversetur_fw-la lest_o st._n basil_n shall_v perhaps_o contradict_v the_o pope_n well_o since_o it_o be_v grant_v on_o all_o side_n that_o the_o very_o best_a of_o the_o father_n be_v subject_a to_o mistake_n we_o have_v reason_n to_o believe_v that_o they_o may_v more_o probable_o err_v in_o the_o case_n of_o tradition_n soon_o than_o in_o any_o other_o point_n whatever_o and_o upon_o that_o score_n such_o tradition_n as_o have_v no_o countenance_n from_o the_o write_a word_n nor_o the_o general_a testimony_n of_o antiquity_n we_o can_v receive_v as_o apostolical_a though_o such_o and_o such_o a_o particular_a father_n may_v seem_v to_o recommend_v they_o but_o 2._o the_o second_o reason_n why_o we_o can_v comply_v with_o every_o thing_n which_o we_o find_v record_v in_o the_o work_v of_o such_o and_o such_o ancient_a father_n be_v because_o the_o 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