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A43554 Theologia veterum, or, The summe of Christian theologie, positive, polemical, and philological, contained in the Apostles creed, or reducible to it according to the tendries of the antients both Greeks and Latines : in three books / by Peter Heylyn. Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. 1654 (1654) Wing H1738; ESTC R2191 813,321 541

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and_o pain_n have_v be_v take_v about_o it_o and_o so_o st._n augustine_n have_v resolve_v it_o say_v oleae_fw-la semina_fw-la non_fw-la oleas_fw-la generare_fw-la sed_fw-la oledstros_fw-la 40._o that_o the_o wild_a olive_n spring_v from_o the_o true_a olive_n tree_n what_o then_o may_v any_o man_n complain_v as_o it_o seem_v too_o many_o do_v in_o the_o time_n of_o chrysostom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 17._o what_o reason_n be_v it_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v punish_v and_o afflict_v it_o be_v for_o he_o we_o suffer_v for_o adam_n fault_n and_o not_o our_o own_o that_o we_o be_v thus_o scourge_v assure_o there_o be_v no_o such_o matter_n and_o we_o may_v say_v to_o such_o complainer_n as_o that_o father_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o so_o say_v he_o it_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n we_o suffer_v not_o for_o his_o but_o our_o own_o transgression_n the_o best_a man_n have_v too_o many_o sin_n which_o he_o be_v to_o answer_v for_o beside_o that_o of_o adam_n and_o 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till_o they_o come_v to_o adam_n in_o the_o way_n of_o propagation_n and_o make_v their_o actual_a sin_n our_o own_o in_o the_o way_n of_o imitation_n nor_o need_v we_o press_v this_o further_a than_o with_o that_o of_o origen_n parent_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la generant_fw-la filium_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o imbuunt_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la filis_fw-la parentibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o discipuli_fw-la 5._o in_o reference_n unto_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n we_o be_v the_o scholar_n of_o our_o parent_n not_o their_o child_n only_o but_o whether_o it_o be_v by_o propagation_n or_o by_o imitation_n or_o by_o transcend_v all_o example_n which_o have_v be_v before_o we_o most_o sure_a it_o be_v that_o we_o be_v all_o corrupt_a and_o become_v abominable_a that_o there_o be_v none_o that_o do_v good_a no_o not_o one_o 14.2_o be_v fill_v with_o all_o unrighteousness_n fornication_n wickedness_n covetousness_n maliciousness_n full_a of_o envy_n murder_n debate_n malignity_n 1.29_o insomuch_o as_o from_o the_o crown_n of_o the_o head_n to_o the_o sole_a of_o the_o foot_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o swell_n and_o soar_v and_o putrefaction_n 1.6_o more_o sure_a it_o be_v that_o even_o our_o righteousness_n be_v but_o like_a to_o a_o menstruous_a cloth_n and_o that_o our_o just_a action_n be_v not_o able_a to_o endure_v the_o trial_n if_o they_o shall_v come_v to_o be_v weigh_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n by_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o exact_a balance_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n vae_fw-la enim_fw-la laudabili_fw-la hominum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la si_fw-la remotâ_fw-la misericordiâ_fw-la discutias_fw-la eam_fw-la 9.13_o woe_n say_v augustine_n to_o the_o most_o commendable_a part_n of_o all_o our_o life_n shall_v not_o god_n look_v upon_o we_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o mercy_n and_o through_o the_o spectacle_n of_o the_o merit_n of_o our_o lord_n christ_n jesus_n not_o to_o insist_v long_o on_o those_o curiosity_n which_o be_v and_o may_v be_v make_v by_o unquiet_a man_n about_o the_o introduction_n propagation_n and_o universal_a overspreading_a of_o the_o body_n of_o sin_n we_o must_v resolve_v as_o he_o that_o fall_v into_o a_o pit_n do_v resolve_v the_o passenger_n who_o be_v inquisitive_a to_o know_v how_o he_o come_v into_o it_o at_o ille_fw-la obsecro_fw-la inquit_fw-la tecum_fw-la cogita_fw-la quomodo_fw-la hinc_fw-la i_o liberes_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n my_o friend_n say_v the_o poor_a fellow_n take_v no_o care_n to_o learn_v how_o i_o fall_v into_o it_o but_o do_v the_o best_a you_o can_v to_o help_v i_o out_o of_o it_o that_o we_o be_v fall_v into_o the_o pit_n not_o only_o of_o original_a but_o of_o actual_a filthiness_n we_o all_o know_v too_o well_o and_o we_o know_v too_o that_o we_o first_o fall_v into_o it_o by_o the_o fault_n of_o our_o father_n adam_n but_o have_v since_o plunge_v ourselves_o more_o deep_o in_o the_o mire_n of_o sin_n than_o adam_n by_o his_o personal_a error_n can_v have_v bring_v upon_o we_o if_o we_o be_v yet_o unsatisfied_a with_o the_o manner_n how_o notwithstanding_o all_o that_o have_v be_v former_o here_o deliver_v and_o may_v be_v elsewhere_o find_v in_o the_o ancient_a writer_n we_o may_v do_v well_o to_o take_v as_o much_o care_n as_o we_o can_v for_o our_o get_n out_o and_o not_o molest_v ourselves_o and_o other_o with_o those_o needless_a question_n which_o have_v be_v make_v about_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o fall_n in_o and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o we_o be_v next_o to_o go_v in_o hand_n with_o for_o if_o there_o be_v no_o way_n to_o get_v out_o of_o this_o pit_n the_o knowledge_n which_o we_o have_v of_o our_o fall_n in_o and_o of_o the_o condition_n we_o lie_v under_o till_o we_o be_v deliver_v will_v so_o perplex_v we_o and_o afflict_v we_o that_o christian_n of_o all_o man_n will_v be_v most_o miserable_a but_o so_o
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party_n wrong_v have_v satisfaction_n either_o in_o fact_n or_o in_o the_o reality_n of_o our_o intention_n be_v a_o good_a piece_n of_o protestant_a doctrine_n for_o aught_o i_o can_v tell_v and_o as_o for_o satisfaction_n to_o the_o church_n in_o the_o case_n of_o scandal_n st._n augustine_n do_v require_v it_o in_o his_o encheiridion_n ut_fw-la fuit_fw-la etiam_fw-la satis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la remittuntur_fw-la peccata_fw-la 65._o that_o the_o church_n have_v also_o satisfaction_n in_o which_o sin_n be_v pardon_v he_o must_v be_v very_o ignorant_a in_o all_o ancient_a writer_n who_o make_v doubt_n of_o this_o and_o not_o much_o conversant_a in_o the_o write_n of_o the_o late_a divine_n who_o know_v not_o how_o this_o satisfaction_n be_v insist_v on_o by_o the_o strict_a of_o our_o reformator_n nay_o i_o will_v go_v a_o little_a further_o and_o say_v according_a to_o the_o scripture_n and_o the_o primitive_a father_n that_o satisfaction_n also_o must_v be_v give_v 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