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though_o i_o expect_v not_o the_o concurrence_n of_o many_o man_n no_o not_o of_o my_o brethren_n and_o companion_n to_o second_v i_o in_o my_o desire_n of_o that_o reformation_n which_o i_o have_v no_o great_a cause_n to_o hope_n i_o shall_v ever_o see_v in_o this_o land_n yet_o can_v i_o not_o deem_v it_o a_o fruitless_a labour_n to_o pour_v forth_o my_o wish_n in_o the_o world_n sight_n before_o he_o who_o alone_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n and_o what_o be_v thy_o servant_n o_o lord_n can_v most_o desire_v to_o see_v or_o hear_v before_o he_o go_v hence_o and_o be_v no_o more_o see_v or_o hear_v among_o the_o son_n of_o mortal_a man_n that_o thy_o temple_n throughout_o this_o land_n may_v be_v more_o secluse_n and_o the_o life_n of_o thy_o minister_n more_o retire_v that_o no_o action_n speech_n or_o gesture_n which_o bear_v the_o character_n of_o conversation_n secular_a or_o mere_o civil_a shall_v once_o so_o much_o as_o present_v itself_o to_o our_o sense_n while_o we_o approach_v thy_o dwelling_n that_o in_o these_o short_a passage_n from_o our_o private_a lodging_n to_o thy_o secluse_n and_o silent_a court_n we_o may_v perceive_v as_o great_a a_o alteration_n in_o our_o behaviour_n and_o affection_n as_o if_o we_o have_v go_v out_o of_o a_o old_a world_n into_o a_o new_a or_o travel_v from_o one_o kingdom_n to_o another_o people_n 11._o have_v not_o those_o privilege_n of_o retire_a life_n wherewith_o superstition_n have_v blessed_v her_o child_n be_v hold_v too_o glorious_a by_o reformer_n of_o religion_n for_o reform_a devotion_n to_o enjoy_v the_o ingenuous_a poverty_n of_o the_o english_a clergy_n may_v have_v make_v the_o whole_a world_n rich_a in_o all_o manner_n of_o spiritual_a knowledge_n the_o loss_n of_o monasteriall_a possession_n have_v be_v light_n if_o as_o in_o temporal_a state_n the_o honour_n with_o some_o competent_a portion_n of_o ancient_a inheritance_n remain_v entire_a unto_o the_o next_o heir_n male_a while_o the_o great_a part_n of_o 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invest_v our_o soul_n with_o title_n of_o dignity_n
as_o much_o in_o ordinary_a construction_n as_o to_o be_v deliver_v from_o they_o for_o their_o merit_n and_o this_o be_v to_o share_v or_o divide_v the_o mediation_n of_o christ_n betwixt_o he_o and_o such_o saint_n by_o even_a portion_n for_o of_o the_o two_o principal_a part_n of_o christ_n mediatorship_n which_o the_o ancient_a and_o orthodoxal_a church_n do_v exact_o distinguish_v in_o the_o form_n of_o their_o prayer_n the_o first_o be_v our_o hope_n or_o belief_n to_o be_v hear_v propter_fw-la christum_fw-la for_o christ_n sake_n for_o who_o sake_n alone_a god_n grant_n whatsoever_o he_o grant_v unto_o mankind_n the_o second_o be_v our_o belief_n or_o acknowledgement_n that_o those_o blessing_n which_o god_n do_v grant_v for_o christ_n sake_n be_v not_o convey_v or_o impart_v unto_o we_o but_o through_o christ_n or_o by_o christ_n he_o be_v not_o only_o our_o orator_n to_o god_n but_o god_n hand_n to_o us._n now_o the_o romish_a church_n in_o their_o solemn_a liturgy_n express_o give_v the_o first_o part_n of_o this_o mediation_n unto_o saint_n and_o leave_v the_o latter_a only_o unto_o christ_n the_o hymn_n sing_v or_o say_v unto_o the_o cross_n upon_o the_o same_o day_n conceive_v in_o the_o character_n of_o magic_a spell_n fall_v under_o the_o same_o censure_n that_o worship_v of_o saint_n image_n or_o worship_a god_n in_o every_o visible_a creature_n do_v of_o which_o chap._n 35_o 36._o the_o hymn_n be_v thus_o o_o crux_fw-la splendidior_fw-la cunctis_fw-la astris_fw-la mundo_fw-la celebris_fw-la hominibus_fw-la multùm_fw-la amabilis_fw-la sanction_n universis_fw-la quae_fw-la sola_fw-la fuisti_fw-la digna_fw-la portare_fw-la talentum_fw-la mundi_fw-la dulcia_fw-la ferens_fw-la pondera_fw-la salua_fw-la praesentem_fw-la cateruam_fw-la in_o tuis_fw-la hodie_fw-la laudibus_fw-la congregatam_fw-la halleluia_o halleluia_o ibidem_fw-la o_o cross_n more_o splendent_a than_o all_o the_o star_n famous_a throughout_o the_o world_n most_o amiable_a among_o man_n more_o holy_a than_o the_o universe_n or_o all_o thing_n beside_o which_o alone_o be_v worthy_a to_o carry_v the_o talon_n or_o price_n of_o the_o world_n save_o this_o present_a congregation_n this_o day_n assemble_v to_o set_v forth_o thy_o praise_n praise_v the_o lord_n praise_v the_o lord_n they_o that_o can_v be_v thus_o familiar_a with_o god_n as_o to_o indent_v with_o he_o at_o who_o intercession_n their_o request_n shall_v be_v grant_v do_v they_o in_o modesty_n need_v mediator_n unto_o christ_n 5._o be_v there_o any_o hope_n of_o full_a or_o direct_a satisfaction_n i_o will_v press_v this_o demand_n to_o any_o learned_a papist_n what_o order_n those_o three_o party_n who_o bellarmine_n make_v joint_a commissioner_n in_o the_o audience_n of_o prayer_n observe_v in_o prayer_n of_o this_o form_n whether_o they_o expect_v that_o god_n the_o father_n shall_v first_o take_v their_o petition_n and_o acquaint_v christ_n with_o they_o and_o christ_n the_o saint_n or_o that_o the_o saint_n shall_v take_v they_o immediate_o and_o deliver_v they_o unto_o christ_n that_o he_o may_v acquaint_v his_o father_n with_o they_o they_o grant_v the_o saint_n can_v hear_v no_o prayer_n immediate_o from_o our_o mouth_n much_o less_o discern_v their_o conception_n in_o our_o heart_n they_o understand_v they_o only_o by_o see_v god_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n happy_o prayer_n of_o this_o form_n be_v in_o the_o first_o place_n direct_v to_o god_n the_o father_n or_o to_o the_o trinity_n be_v god_n then_o as_o the_o book_n wherein_o they_o be_v write_v altogether_o senseless_a of_o their_o meaning_n until_o the_o saint_n who_o intercession_n they_o crave_v read_v they_o unto_o he_o or_o hear_v they_o be_v he_o unwilling_a to_o grant_v they_o until_o the_o saint_n have_v expound_v they_o but_o what_o be_v christ_n office_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n to_o request_v his_o father_n that_o he_o will_v hear_v the_o saint_n for_o his_o sake_n or_o contrariwise_o do_v he_o and_o the_o saint_n mediate_v for_o sinful_a man_n both_o together_o as_o joint_a advocate_n or_o do_v he_o first_o open_v the_o case_n and_o leave_v the_o saint_n to_o prosecute_v it_o or_o do_v the_o saint_n only_o sue_v in_o his_o name_n that_o god_n will_v communicate_v his_o merit_n unto_o they_o as_o sometime_o in_o earthly_a court_n one_o of_o principal_a note_n bear_v the_o name_n while_o another_o manage_v the_o business_n the_o supplicant_n shall_v methinks_v in_o good_a manner_n frame_v some_o petition_n to_o christ_n or_o ask_v his_o leave_n to_o use_v his_o name_n in_o such_o suit_n as_o they_o will_v have_v manage_v by_o this_o or_o that_o particular_a saint_n in_o honour_n of_o his_o birthday_n 6._o perhaps_o this_o form_n of_o prayer_n be_v first_o invent_v by_o such_o for_o such_o in_o the_o 72._o romish_a church_n there_o be_v and_o ancient_o have_v be_v as_o deny_v christ_n any_o kind_n of_o intercession_n with_o his_o father_n beside_o the_o representation_n of_o his_o humanity_n and_o man_n heart_n once_o wrought_v to_o this_o persuasion_n will_v forthwith_o take_v the_o impression_n of_o artificial_a beg_n as_o the_o best_a form_n of_o tender_v their_o devout_a supplication_n unto_o god_n now_o among_o beggar_n common_o one_o show_v his_o maim_a limb_n or_o other_o rueful_a spectacle_n to_o move_v pity_n and_o other_o read_v the_o lecture_n upon_o they_o and_o thus_o do_v these_o sacrilegious_a supplicant_n upon_o great_a festival_n make_v christ_n and_o their_o peculiar_a saint_n such_o sharer_n in_o the_o office_n of_o intercession_n as_o the_o cripple_n and_o the_o gabler_n be_v in_o man_n benevolence_n at_o fair_n or_o market_n the_o one_o must_v move_v god_n eye_n and_o the_o other_o fill_v his_o ear_n 7._o if_o it_o shall_v please_v the_o reader_n to_o compare_v bellarmine_n pretend_a detection_n of_o fraudulent_a deal_n in_o our_o writer_n chap._n 16._o with_o the_o declaration_n of_o his_o second_o proposition_n hitherto_o discuss_v he_o 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