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that_o hate_v they_o must_v thereby_o have_v profess_v that_o they_o hate_v innocence_n and_o christian_a 〈◊〉_d itself_o and_o so_o far_o from_o provoke_v he_o that_o they_o have_v no_o other_o commerce_n with_o mankind_n but_o only_o in_o pray_v for_o it_o but_o have_v not_o almighty_a god_n give_v a_o success_n answerable_a for_o what_o remain_v of_o that_o impious_a king_n after_o six_o marriage_n lawful_a &_o unlawful_a and_o innumerable_a 〈◊〉_d but_o only_o the_o issue_n of_o a_o wicked_a soul_n viz._n god_n know_v how_o many_o seditious_a murder_n sacrilege_n schism_n &_o beâ—â—sâ—â—râ—_n whereas_o on_o the_o other_o side_n those_o innorâ—â—â—_n martyr_n dâ—â—_n no_o doubt_n from_o heaven_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o joy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o a_o lawful_a seed_n propagate_v in_o a_o uninterrupted_a succession_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d way_n &_o continue_v in_o the_o same_o faith_n piety_n charity_n &_o devotion_n which_o theâ—â—â—â—â—â—lifâ—ed_v with_o their_o life_n and_o seal_v with_o their_o blood_n a_o blessing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o other_o religious_a english_a order_n of_o man_n only_o allow_v to_o you_o though_o contrary_a to_o all_o humane_a judgement_n and_o probability_n you_o be_v person_n whole_o uninteress_v in_o secular_a design_n unknown_a to_o the_o world_n and_o by_o reason_n of_o your_o solitude_n and_o never-discontinued_n devotion_n uncapable_a of_o solicit_v for_o the_o assistance_n of_o other_o be_v please_v therefore_o right_a rr._n ff_n with_o your_o natural_a benignity_n and_o charity_n to_o admit_v this_o discourse_n into_o your_o peaceful_a solitude_n a_o blessing_n which_o the_o author_n alas_o dare_v not_o promise_n to_o himself_o since_o by_o himself_o he_o be_v judge_v unworthy_a and_o by_o other_o uncapable_a of_o it_o he_o do_v notwithstanding_o with_o the_o great_a confidence_n expect_v this_o favour_n of_o your_o charity_n to_o his_o book_n because_o he_o may_v pretend_v in_o some_o degree_n to_o deserve_v it_o since_o by_o present_v this_o narration_n to_o your_o view_n he_o shall_v afford_v unto_o you_o who_o live_v the_o life_n of_o angel_n the_o pleasure_n of_o angel_n viz._n a_o occasion_n to_o rejoice_v at_o the_o conversion_n of_o a_o sinner_n and_o the_o exercise_n of_o angel_n too_o which_o be_v to_o procure_v at_o least_o by_o their_o prayer_n a_o continuance_n of_o divine_a mercy_n to_o he_o which_o if_o by_o be_v remem_fw-la breed_v in_o your_o devotion_n he_o shall_v obtain_v he_o will_v think_v that_o he_o have_v prudent_o choose_v to_o prefer_v your_o patronage_n before_o that_o of_o the_o great_a prince_n your_o rr._n fatherhood_n most_o humble_a and_o devote_a servant_n h._n p._n de_fw-fr cressy_n approbatio_fw-la noâ—_n fr._n placidus_n gascoigne_n benedictinorum_n â—ongregationis_fw-la anglicanae_n praeses_fw-la generalis_fw-la librum_fw-la hune_v inscriptum_fw-la exomologesis_fw-la or_o a_o narration_n etc._n etc._n à _fw-la duobus_fw-la congregationis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la theologis_fw-la à _fw-la capitulo_fw-la generali_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la deputatis_fw-la lectum_fw-la &_o approbatum_fw-la typis_fw-la excudi_fw-la permittimus_fw-la in_o quorum_fw-la fidem_fw-la nomen_fw-la nostrum_fw-la subscripsimus_fw-la datum_n in_o conventu_fw-la nostro_fw-la parisiensi_fw-la 10._o augusti_fw-la 1652._o fr._n placidus_n gascoigne_n praeses_fw-la qui_fw-la supra_fw-la approbatio_fw-la ego_fw-la subscriptus_fw-la in_o sacrâ_fw-la theologiâ_fw-la facultate_fw-la parisiensi_fw-la magister_fw-la perlegi_fw-la tractatum_fw-la hunc_fw-la cui_fw-la titulus_fw-la est_fw-la exomologesis_fw-la or_o a_o faithful_a narration_n of_o the_o occasion_n and_o motive_n of_o the_o conversion_n unto_o catholic_a unity_n of_o hugh-paulin_a de_fw-fr cressy_n etc._n etc._n quem_fw-la &_o catholicae_fw-la fidei_fw-la consonum_fw-la inveni_fw-la &_o veritati_fw-la revelatae_fw-la catholicè_fw-la credentes_fw-la certissimis_fw-la inniti_fw-la principiis_fw-la ad_fw-la summos_fw-la rationis_fw-la apices_fw-la ostendentem_fw-la hic_fw-la etenim_fw-la libellus_fw-la evidentissimè_fw-la demonstrat_fw-la exotica_fw-la &_o petulantissima_fw-la socinianorum_n posita_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la soli_fw-la eorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la desciuêre_fw-la videntur_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la ratiocinari_fw-la ipsiusmet_fw-la religionis_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la subvertere_fw-la quos_fw-la verò_fw-la haud_fw-la jam_fw-la diu_fw-la protestantium_fw-la nomine_fw-la notatos_fw-la habuimus_fw-la anglos_n nominatim_fw-la quantúmvis_fw-la veterem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o antiquos_fw-la patres_fw-la crepent_fw-la novitatis_fw-la schismatis_fw-la &_o erroris_fw-la manifestissimè_fw-la evinxit_fw-la quapropter_fw-la typis_fw-la utiliter_fw-la mandari_fw-la posle_n judicavi_fw-la datum_n parisiis_fw-la 15._o junii_fw-la 1647._o h._n holden_n permission_n veu_n i'approbation_n de_fw-fr mounseur_fw-fr henry_n holden_n docteur_fw-fr en_fw-fr theologie_n permis_fw-fr d'imprimer_n le_fw-fr premier_fw-fr de_fw-fr juillet_n 1647._o signè_fw-la daubray_n approbatio_fw-la hvnc_fw-la quem_fw-la jam_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquot_fw-la annis_fw-la diligenter_fw-la perlegi_fw-la &_o approbavi_fw-la librum_fw-la cujus_fw-la titulus_fw-la est_fw-la exomologesis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la suprà _fw-la iterum_fw-la libenter_fw-la approbo_fw-la ea_fw-la vero_fw-la loca_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la inscitia_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la pravo_fw-la affectu_fw-la malè_fw-la intellecta_fw-la audiverit_fw-la author_n clariori_fw-la modo_fw-la aliÃsque_fw-la verbis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la secunda_fw-la editione_n explicuit_fw-la qui_fw-la nedum_fw-la infirmis_fw-la voluit_fw-la scandalum_fw-la praebere_fw-la appendiculam_fw-la etiam_fw-la adjunxit_fw-la quâ_fw-la heterodoxi_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la anonymi_fw-la leviores_fw-la quasdam_fw-la in_o doctrinam_fw-la sâ—â—am_fw-la &_o catholicam_fw-la objectiunculas_fw-la dissolvit_fw-la ac_fw-la pessundedit_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la testor_fw-la esse_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o pietati_fw-la congrua_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la librum_fw-la hunc_fw-la dignissimum_fw-la judico_fw-la qui_fw-la denuò_fw-la typis_fw-la promulgetur_fw-la datum_n parisiis_fw-la 12._o octobris_fw-la 1652._o h._n holden_n approbatio_fw-la librum_fw-la cuititulus_fw-la exomologesis_fw-la etc._n etc._n unà _fw-la cum_fw-la appendice_fw-la legi_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la nihil_fw-la orthodoxiae_fw-la aut_fw-la christianae_n pietati_fw-la dissonum_fw-la deprehendi_fw-la imò_fw-la methodo_fw-la facili_fw-la compendio_fw-la sa_fw-fr vincéque_fw-la secura_fw-la veritas_fw-la verè_fw-la catholica_fw-la catholicis_fw-la fundamentis_fw-la stabilitur_fw-la omnésque_fw-la simul_fw-la haereses_fw-la solidè_fw-la modestè_fw-la &_o eruditè_fw-fr refelluntur_fw-la ideóque_fw-la dignum_fw-la judico_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o communem_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la saepiùs_fw-la imprimatur_fw-la datum_n parisiis_fw-la 20._o octob._n 1652._o fr._n paulus_n dei_fw-la custodiens_fw-la s._n theologiae_n doctor_n &_o diffinitor_fw-la congregationis_fw-la anglo_n ben._n ad_fw-la dignissimum_fw-la authorem_fw-la legi_fw-la &_o perlegi_fw-la exomologesim_fw-la tuam_fw-la o_o verè_fw-la serenâ—_n &_o magnopere_fw-la delectatus_fw-la cum_fw-la orationis_fw-la facilitate_v &_o methodi_fw-la luce_n tum_fw-la multò_fw-la magis_fw-la &_o animi_fw-la candore_fw-la &_o sulco_fw-la luminis_fw-la quo_fw-la viam_fw-la è_fw-la periculosissimo_fw-la errore_fw-la ad_fw-la constantissimam_fw-la veritatem_fw-la penitus_fw-la instravisti_fw-la neque_fw-la quin_fw-la tibi_fw-la gratularer_fw-la &_o editionem_fw-la commendarem_fw-la neque_fw-la si_fw-la quos_fw-la mei_fw-la nominis_fw-la quam_fw-la desideras_fw-la ad_fw-la scriptio_fw-la movere_fw-la potest_fw-la iis_fw-la illam_fw-la nè_fw-la acceptissimam_fw-la facerem_fw-la i_o potui_fw-la continere_fw-la datum_n è_fw-la tuguriolo_fw-la meo_fw-la pridie_fw-la kalendas_fw-la octobris_fw-la anno_fw-la salutis_fw-la suprà _fw-la millesimum_fw-la sexcentesimum_fw-la quingagesimo_fw-la secundo_fw-la thomas_n albius_n s._n theologiae_n professor_n approbatio_fw-la accepto_fw-la theologi_fw-la viri_fw-la docti_fw-la ac_fw-la side_n digni_fw-la testimonio_fw-la cui_fw-la librum_fw-la hunc_fw-la inscriptum_fw-la exomologesis_fw-la or_o a_o faithful_a narration_n etc._n etc._n perlegendum_fw-la commisi_fw-la nihil_fw-la ho_o in_fw-la opere_fw-la contra_fw-la fidem_fw-la ac_fw-la bonos_fw-es more_o be_v quinimò_fw-la plurimum_fw-la utilitatis_fw-la ad_fw-la reducendas_fw-la intra_fw-la gremium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la oves_fw-la perditas_fw-la eásque_fw-la veritati_fw-la pristinae_fw-la vindicandas_fw-la contineri_fw-la librum_fw-la istum_fw-la meritò_fw-la imprimendum_fw-la ac_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la summè_fw-la commendandum_fw-la censeo_fw-la datum_n è_fw-fr musaeo_n nostro_fw-la 1._o octobr._n 1652._o h._n metham_n e._n c._n v._o g._n &_o olim_fw-la s_o theol._n professor_n approbatio_fw-la exomologêsim_fw-la hanc_fw-la antiquae_fw-la fidei_fw-la vindicem_fw-la ab_fw-la eruditissimo_fw-la domino_fw-la d._n sereno_n cressy_n viro_fw-la novatoribus_fw-la invidendo_fw-la conscriptam_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la oculis_fw-la hominum_fw-la orthodoxè_fw-la sapientium_fw-la quam_fw-la animus_fw-la imprimendam_fw-la judico_fw-la dignum_fw-la siquidem_fw-la ut_fw-la sphaeram_fw-la planè_fw-la candidam_fw-la inveniat_fw-la silius_fw-la lucis_fw-la emancipatus_fw-la ex_fw-la regno_fw-la tenebrarum_fw-la prodeat_fw-la igitur_fw-la è_fw-la coelo_fw-la svo_fw-la sidus_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la palà m_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la radios_fw-la videant_fw-la ultro-coecutientes_a opus_fw-la typis_fw-la evulgetur_fw-la dat._v 3_o kalend._n octob._n 1652._o t._n i._o sacrae_fw-la theologia_n professor_n s._n augustin_n ep._n ad_fw-la fund_z c._n 4._o omit_v therefore_o that_o wisdom_n which_o you_o deny_v to_o be_v in_o the_o catholic_a church_n there_o be_v many_o 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same_o author_n l._n 5._o c._n 19_o teach_v his_o disciple_n many_o tradition_n not_o write_v again_o s._n dyony_n arcop_n hier._n eccl._n c._n 1._o at_o least_o even_a by_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o most_o learned_a protestant_n a_o author_n of_o the_o second_o or_o three_o age_n those_o prime_a captain_n and_o head_n of_o our_o hierarchy_n think_v it_o necessary_a to_o deliver_v unto_o we_o those_o sublime_a and_o supersubstantiall_a mystery_n both_o in_o write_v &_o unwritten_a instruction_n again_o s._n fab._n pope_n â—â—_o martyr_n ep._n 1._o ad_fw-la episc._n orientis_fw-la speak_v of_o holy_a chrism_n to_o be_v renew_v every_o year_n of_o which_o no_o mention_n be_v in_o scripture_n add_v these_o thing_n we_o receive_v from_o the_o holy_a apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n which_o we_o require_v you_o to_o observe_v again_o tertullian_n de_fw-la cor._n mil._n cap._n 4._o discourse_v as_o he_o often_o do_v of_o several_a rite_n and_o practice_n not_o mention_v in_o scripture_n conclude_v in_o one_o place_n thus_o of_o all_o these_o and_o other_o discipline_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n if_o thou_o shall_v require_v a_o law_n out_o of_o scripture_n thou_o shall_v find_v none_o tradition_n shall_v be_v allege_v to_o thou_o for_o the_o author_n custom_n the_o confirmer_n and_o faith_n the_o observer_n again_o s._n irenaeus_n cont._n haer._n lib._n 3._o c._n 4._o what_o if_o the_o apostle_n have_v not_o leave_v we_o scripture_n ought_v we_o not_o to_o have_v follow_v the_o order_n of_o tradition_n which_o they_o deliver_v to_o those_o to_o who_o they_o commit_v the_o church_n to_o which_o ordination_n give_v proof_n many_o nation_n of_o those_o barbarous_a people_n who_o believe_v in_o christ_n have_v salvation_n write_v in_o their_o heart_n by_o the_o spirit_n without_o character_n or_o ink_n and_o diligent_o observe_v the_o ancient_a tradition_n again_o the_o father_n assemble_v in_o that_o ancient_a council_n of_o gangre_n can._n 21._o we_o desire_v that_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o have_v be_v deliver_v in_o divine_a scripture_n and_o by_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n shall_v be_v observe_v in_o the_o church_n again_o s._n basil_n the_o spir._n sanc._n to_o cap._n 27._o 29._o of_o the_o dogme_n and_o instruction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d preserve_v in_o the_o church_n some_o we_o have_v by_o write_v institution_n other_o we_o have_v deliver_v by_o the_o secret_a tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n both_o which_o sort_n have_v the_o same_o authority_n for_o as_o much_o as_o concern_v piety_n and_o there_o be_v no_o man_n will_v contradict_v this_o that_o be_v never_o so_o little_o experience_v in_o the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n the_o same_o father_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n the_o day_n will_v fail_v i_o if_o i_o shall_v produce_v all_o the_o mystery_n which_o the_o church_n observe_v without_o writing_n and_o a_o little_a after_o i_o account_v in_o a_o apostolic_a thing_n to_o persist_v constant_o in_o observe_v tradition_n not_o write_v again_o eusebius_n caesariensis_n de_o they_o evang._n lib._n 1._o who_o have_v say_v that_o christ_n do_v not_o as_o moses_n leave_v his_o law_n write_v in_o table_n or_o paper_n but_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o his_o apostle_n who_o likewise_o follow_v the_o example_n and_o intention_n of_o their_o master_n have_v consign_v their_o doctrine_n some_o indeed_o in_o writing_n and_o other_o they_o have_v deliver_v to_o be_v observe_v by_o law_n unwritten_a again_o s._n chrysostome_n two_o thes._n cap._n 2._o from_o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o apostle_n have_v not_o deliver_v all_o thing_n by_o epistle_n but_o likewise_o many_o thing_n without_o writing_n now_o both_o those_o and_o these_o deserve_v to_o be_v equal_o believe_v again_o s._n epiphanius_n haer_fw-mi 61._o we_o must_v likewise_o make_v use_n of_o tradition_n for_o all_o thing_n can_v be_v take_v out_o of_o scripture_n and_o therefore_o the_o holy_a apostle_n 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point_n of_o reputation_n which_o be_v the_o utmost_a danger_n of_o eternal_a perdition_n in_o renounce_v one_o main_a doctrinal_a foundation_n of_o christian_a faith_n which_o be_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o one_o holy_a catholic_a church_n of_o christ_n which_o authority_n consist_v not_o only_o in_o deliver_v book_n of_o scripture_n or_o traditionary_a doctrine_n but_o in_o oblige_v all_o man_n to_o unity_n both_o in_o fâ—ith_n and_o love_n which_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v have_v except_o all_o man_n be_v oblige_v to_o the_o sense_n and_o interpretation_n which_o she_o propose_v as_o receive_v from_o she_o by_o the_o same_o authority_n from_o which_o she_o receive_v the_o book_n or_o doctrine_n themselves_o 5._o a_o doctrine_n this_o be_v the_o most_o express_a in_o scripture_n the_o most_o constant_o assert_v by_o father_n the_o only_a business_n of_o all_o counsel_n the_o most_o free_o without_o any_o contradiction_n embrace_v by_o all_o christian_n before_o these_o time_n 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thou_o shall_v no_o more_o be_v call_v forsake_v psa._n 86._o cant._n 4._o ezech._n 37._o 7._o proof_n out_o of_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v behold_v i_o be_o with_o you_o always_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n mat._n 8._o upon_o which_o s._n augustine_n in_o psa._n 70._o &_o 10._o thus_o infer_v the_o church_n shall_v be_v here_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n for_o if_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v here_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n to_o who_o be_v it_o that_o our_o lord_n say_v behold_v i_o be_o with_o you_o always_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v such_o speech_n in_o the_o scripture_n because_o there_o will_v in_o time_n to_o come_v arise_v enemy_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n which_o will_v say_v christian_n will_v continue_v for_o a_o certain_a space_n after_o that_o they_o will_v vanish_v and_o idol_n shall_v
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the_o universal_a christian_a world_n ibid._n again_o the_o letter_n of_o bishop_n may_v be_v correct_v by_o national_n counsel_n and_o national_n counsel_n by_o plenary_a one_o and_o former_a plenary_a counsel_n may_v be_v correct_v by_o other_o that_o succeed_v and_o again_o we_o shall_v not_o have_v the_o boldness_n to_o affirm_v any_o such_o thing_n be_v it_o not_o that_o we_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o most_o unanimous_a authority_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n now_o i_o suppose_v their_o intention_n be_v not_o to_o refund_v all_o authority_n final_o upon_o the_o ignorant_a people_n but_o upon_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o prelate_n admit_v and_o attest_v what_o be_v decree_v by_o a_o few_o in_o counsel_n by_o which_o mean_v the_o universal_a government_n of_o the_o church_n set_v their_o seal_n to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n and_o virtual_o or_o by_o consequence_n in_o and_o with_o they_o all_o christian_n universal_o in_o their_o communion_n and_o under_o their_o 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