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〈◊〉_d i_o e._n 1590._o etc._n etc._n 2._o n._n testamentum_fw-la graecè_fw-la à _fw-la steph._n curcellaeo_n editum_fw-la amstelodamae_fw-la 1658._o octavo_fw-la it_o have_v the_o variae_fw-la lectiones_fw-la and_o the_o parallel_a place_n more_o exact_o than_o any_o other_o i_o have_v yet_o see_v and_o yet_o the_o forementioned_a edition_n of_o rob._n steph._n have_v the_o variae_fw-la lectiones_fw-la of_o 15._o msc_n 6._o when_o occasion_n be_v to_o consult_v the_o bible_n in_o more_o language_n and_o more_o edition_n we_o have_v 1._o biblia_fw-la complutensia_n compl_a 1515._o in_o three_o fol._n 2._o biblia_fw-la regius_fw-la regis_fw-la hispaniae_fw-la per_fw-la ariam_fw-la montanum_fw-la antwerp_n 1569._o 3._o biblia_fw-la per_fw-la mich._n le_fw-fr jaii_n 7_o linguis_fw-la vol._n 10._o par._n 1645._o 4._o biblia_fw-la polyglotta_n london_n 1657._o by_o collation_n of_o these_o we_o may_v see_v the_o difference_n and_o variety_n of_o read_v etc._n etc._n 7._o for_o better_a 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intention_n fallendi_fw-la first_o i_o say_v it_o be_v significatio_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la vocem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la notas_fw-la or_o nutus_fw-la still_o as_o grotius_n say_v it_o be_v significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la a_o lie_n may_v be_v not_o only_o in_o dictis_fw-la but_o in_o factis_fw-la as_o if_o titius_n be_v to_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o ask_v sempronius_n the_o way_n thither_o and_o sempronius_n say_v nothing_o but_o point_v he_o the_o wrong_a way_n with_o his_o finger_n on_o purpose_n he_o do_v digito_fw-la mentiri_fw-la and_o so_o a_o dumb_a man_n may_v be_v a_o liar_n if_o by_o any_o sign_n he_o do_v point_n out_o that_o which_o be_v false_a know_v it_o to_o be_v so_o second_o therefore_o mendacium_fw-la be_v significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la now_o a_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v false_a two_o way_n first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la rei_fw-la so_o gen._n 3._o satan_n tell_v a_o lie_n when_o he_o say_v you_o shall_v not_o sure_o die_v and_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o be_v not_o necessary_a that_o to_o make_v up_o a_o lie_v it_o shall_v be_v always_o significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la and_o second_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o that_o which_o seem_v false_a to_o we_o though_o it_o may_v be_v true_a in_o itself_o the_o signification_n of_o falseness_n in_o this_o sense_n be_v always_o necessary_a to_o make_v up_o a_o lie_n so_o that_o if_o caius_n signify_v the_o truth_n and_o think_v it_o to_o be_v false_a he_o lie_v and_o signify_v that_o which_o be_v false_a believe_v it_o to_o be_v true_a he_o do_v not_o lie_n thus_o necessary_a be_v it_o to_o make_v up_o a_o lie_n that_o he_o who_o lie_n shall_v know_v that_o to_o be_v false_a which_o he_o assert_n and_o that_o either_o first_o cognition_n actuali_fw-la when_o he_o at_o present_a know_v that_o to_o be_v false_a which_o he_o assert_n to_o another_o or_o second_o cognition_n potentiali_fw-la which_o knowledge_n though_o he_o have_v not_o at_o present_a yet_o he_o 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with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n and_o the_o devil_n be_v in_o scripture_n call_v a_o liar_n but_o to_o prove_v a_o lie_n to_o be_v sinful_a by_o nature_n it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o urge_v that_o every_o act_n moral_o defective_a be_v sinful_a but_o so_o be_v a_o lie_n it_o be_v defective_a in_o its_o end_n for_o the_o end_n of_o every_o lie_n be_v to_o deceive_v and_o to_o wish_v that_o any_o man_n may_v be_v deceive_v be_v to_o wish_v a_o thing_n against_o natural_a charity_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o malum_fw-la ex_fw-la quolibet_fw-la defectu_fw-la be_v obvious_a now_o for_o the_o particular_a kind_n of_o a_o lie_n all_o do_v agree_v that_o mendacium_fw-la perniciosum_fw-la be_v sinful_a and_o likewise_o that_o mendacium_fw-la jocosum_fw-la be_v sinful_a though_o some_o deny_v the_o mendacium_fw-la officiosum_fw-la to_o be_v so_o volkelius_n who_o allow_v of_o this_o yet_o condemn_v that_o the_o apostle_n condemn_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v without_o this_o jest_n lie_v and_o therefore_o the_o lie_v mix_v with_o it_o be_v the_o more_o condemn_v the_o great_a controversy_n be_v about_o a_o officious_a lie_n and_o some_o will_v say_v that_o it_o be_v sinful_a to_o fright_v child_n with_o fancy_n and_o to_o cheat_v melancholy_a people_n by_o fantastic_a affirmation_n into_o the_o take_n of_o physic_n etc._n etc._n but_o in_o such_o case_n the_o mendacium_fw-la officiosum_fw-la be_v allowable_a but_o not_o in_o serious_a case_n vim_fw-la institutionum_fw-la divinarum_fw-la non_fw-la tollit_fw-la malitia_fw-la neque_fw-la non_fw-la intentio_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la the_o romanist_n never_o determine_v for_o the_o validity_n of_o the_o sacrament_n depend_v on_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o priest_n till_o it_o be_v do_v by_o the_o florentine_a synod_n anno_fw-la 1439._o as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o caranz_n p._n 867_o 868_o and_o afterward_o by_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n in_o the_o year_n 1545._o council_n trident._n sess_n 7._o can._n 4._o now_o this_o question_n contain_v in_o it_o a_o double_a assertion_n first_o that_o the_o malitia_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o sin_n of_o commission_n do_v not_o make_v the_o sacrament_n invalid_a and_o second_o that_o the_o omission_n of_o the_o priest_n or_o their_o not_o intend_v thing_n aright_o do_v not_o render_v the_o sacrament_n invalid_a now_o as_o institution_n may_v be_v take_v for_o a_o law_n it_o may_v be_v two_o way_n consider_v first_o in_o ratione_fw-la legis_fw-la prout_fw-la obligat_fw-la and_o the_o law_n of_o god_n bind_v immutable_o no_o impiety_n of_o man_n can_v take_v away_o the_o obligatory_a power_n of_o it_o second_o in_o ratione_fw-la regulae_fw-la prout_fw-la dirigit_fw-la and_o so_o the_o force_n of_o the_o institution_n be_v intrinsical_a in_o ratione_fw-la regulae_fw-la no_o impiety_n of_o man_n can_v take_v away_o the_o directive_n power_n of_o it_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o minister_n do_v hinder_v himself_o from_o receive_v benefit_n by_o the_o sacrament_n but_o not_o the_o person_n to_o who_o it_o be_v give_v and_o the_o papist_n themselves_o say_v that_o a_o sin_n of_o commission_n do_v not_o invalidate_v the_o sacrament_n as_o appear_v out_o of_o a_o synodical_a decree_n à _fw-fr petro_n archiepiscopo_fw-la moguntino_fw-it edito_fw-la in_o concilio_n provinciali_fw-la ashaffemburgâ—nsi_fw-la apud_fw-la petrum_fw-la crabb_n to._n 3._o p._n 825._o statuimus_fw-la say_v he_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la doceat_fw-la teneatve_n quod_fw-la sacerdos_n in_o peccato_fw-la mortali_fw-la existens_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la conficere_fw-la subditos_fw-la ligare_fw-la &_o à _fw-la peccato_fw-la solvere_fw-la pro_fw-la haeretico_fw-la habeatur_fw-la cum_fw-la constat_fw-la scripturae_fw-la sacrae_fw-la authoritate_fw-la quod_fw-la sive_fw-la bone_fw-la sive_fw-la malus_fw-la sit_fw-la minister_n per_fw-la utrumque_fw-la deus_fw-la effectum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la confert_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la quae_fw-la sancta_fw-la sunt_fw-la coinquinari_fw-la possunt_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la potest_fw-la hominum_fw-la malitia_fw-la