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A49714 A relation of the conference between William Laud, late Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury, and Mr. Fisher the Jesuite by the command of King James, of ever-blessed memory : with an answer to such exceptions as A.C. takes against it. Laud, William, 1573-1645.; Fisher, John, 1569-1641. 1673 (1673) Wing L594; ESTC R3539 402,023 294

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hanc_fw-la nulli_fw-la loco_fw-la affigit_fw-la b_o rhenanus_fw-la annot._fw-la in_o argumento_fw-la tert._n the_o prescript_n etc._n etc._n null●_n loco_fw-la therefore_o not_o at_o rome_n but_o these_o word_n hanc_fw-la nulli_fw-la loco_fw-la affi●it_fw-la deleant●r_n say_v the_o spanish_a inquisition_n upon_o r●en●●●s_n print_v at_o madrid_n an._n 1●84_n 1●84_n g●●g_v nazia●_n say_v the_o church_n of_o c●saria_n be_v mater_fw-la propè_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la epist._n 18._o 18._o pamel_n ●●_o tertul_n d●_n prescript_n adu●s_n haeres_fw-la c._n 21._o nu._n 129._o 129._o ut_fw-la quasi_fw-la radix_fw-la &_o fundamentum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la tolleretur_fw-la si_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d loc●_n idola_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_fw-la quibus_fw-la christus_fw-la ●atu●_n est_fw-la etc._n etc._n s._n paul●us_o ●us_z epist_n 11_o add_v seu●rum_n seu●rum_n harese_n omnis_fw-la de_fw-la illâ_fw-la exi●runt_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sar●●●ta_fw-la ●nutilia_fw-la de_fw-la vite_fw-la pr●cisa_fw-la ipsa_fw-la autem_fw-la ma●●t_fw-la in_o radic●_n shall_fw-mi etc._n etc._n s._n aug._n de_fw-fr symb._n ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d l._n 1._o ●_o 6._o 6._o pars_fw-la donati_n non_fw-la considerate_a se_fw-la praecisam_fw-la esse_fw-la à_fw-la radice_n orientalium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n §._o aug._n ep._n 170._o p●in_n p●in_n not_o as_o bellarmine_n will_v have_v it_o with_o a_o hinc_fw-la dicitur_fw-la apostolica_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la successio_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n deducta_fw-la est_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la bellar._n ●_o 4._o de_fw-la notis_fw-la eccl._n c._n 8._o §._o 1._o for_o by_o this_o reason_n neither_o jerusalem_n nor_o antioch_n be_v in_o their_o time_n apostolic_a church_n because_o succession_n of_o bishop_n have_v not_o succeed_v in_o they_o to_o this_o day_n de_fw-fr collegis_fw-la agebatur_fw-la qui_fw-la possent_fw-la etc._n etc._n judicio_fw-la apostolicarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la causam_fw-la svam_fw-la integram_fw-la reservare_fw-la s._n aug._n epist._n 162._o jo._n de_fw-fr turrecrem_fw-la enumerat_fw-la sex_n verbi_fw-la huius_fw-la significationes_fw-la quarum_fw-la prima_fw-la est_fw-la apostolica_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o apostolis_n etc._n etc._n initiata_fw-la est_fw-la hos_fw-la enim_fw-la instituit_fw-la qua●i_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n jo._n de_fw-fr turrecr_n ●_o 1_o summae_fw-la c._n 18._o et_fw-la quia_fw-la originem_fw-la sumpsit_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n ubi_fw-la dicit_fw-la etiam_fw-la s._n patres_fw-la appossuisse_fw-la hanc_fw-la vocem_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la in_o symbolo_fw-la svo_fw-la supra_fw-la symbolum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n ecclesiae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la ut_fw-la smyrnaeorum_n &_o reliquae_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n fundatae_fw-la tertul._n the_o praescrip_n advers._fw-la haeret._n c_o 32._o percurrae_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la etc._n etc._n habes_fw-la corinthum_n philippos_n thessalonicenses_n ephesum_fw-la roman_n ibid._n c._n 32_o et_fw-la pamelius_n inumerat_fw-la hierosolymitanam_fw-la anti●ebenam_fw-la corinthiam_fw-la philippensem_fw-la ephesinam_fw-la romanam_fw-la pamel_n ib._n c._n 21._o num._n 129._o and_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o so_o long_o ago_o tertullian_n and_o so_o late_o pamelius_n shall_v shall_v reckon_v rome_n last_o quin_n &_o aliae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la etiam_fw-la deputantur_fw-la at_o soboles_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la apostolicarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n tertul._n ib._n c._n 20._o a._n c._n p._n 73._o ●_o c._n p._n ●3_n ●3_n quintò_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la a●_n ubi_fw-la catholici_fw-la un●_n cum_fw-la haereticis_fw-la versantur_fw-la liti●um_fw-la sit_fw-la catholico_fw-la adire_fw-la templa_fw-la ad_fw-la qu●_n heretici_fw-la 〈…〉_z eorum_fw-la interest_n conventibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n respondeo_fw-la si_fw-la r●i_fw-la naturam_fw-la spectemus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la malum_fw-la sed_fw-la suâ_fw-la nature_n â_fw-la indifferens_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la postea_fw-la si_fw-mi princeps_fw-la b●res●_n labor●t_fw-la &_o ●ubeat_fw-la subditos_fw-la catholicos_fw-la sub_fw-la p●n●_n mortis_fw-la vel_fw-la con●●scationis_fw-la bo●●rum_fw-la frequentare_fw-la templa_fw-la haeretic●rum_fw-la quid_fw-la tum_fw-la faciendum_fw-la p_o responde●_n ●●●●be●t_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la mandato_n svo_fw-la obedient_a li●●tum_fw-la est_fw-la catholicis_fw-la facere_fw-la qui●_n pr●stant_fw-fr solum_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la officium_fw-la sin_n jub●at_a ut_fw-mi ●o_z symbolo_fw-la simul_fw-la religion●m_fw-la h●reticam_fw-la profiteantur_fw-la par●r●_n non_fw-la debent_fw-la qu●res_fw-la it●rum_fw-la an_fw-mi li●tat_fw-la catholico_fw-la ob●dire_fw-la ●●d●_n public_a ●sseveret_n s●_n id_fw-la ●●●●cere_fw-la sol●●_n ut_fw-la principi_fw-la svo_fw-la obediat_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la sectam_fw-la ●●●●ticam_fw-la pro●●●●atur_fw-la respondeo_fw-la quidam_fw-la id_fw-la li●●r●_n arbitrantur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d bon●_n ejus_fw-la public●●tur_fw-la vel_fw-la vita_fw-la ●ripiatur_fw-la quod_fw-la san●_n pro●abiliter_fw-la dici_fw-la videtur_fw-la azorius_fw-la instit._fw-la moral_n p._n 1._o l._n 8._o c._n 27._o p._n 1299._o ●●it_fw-la paris_n 1616._o a._n c._n p._n 73._o rom._n 10._o 10._o psal._n 58._o 4._o a._n c._n p._n 73._o 73._o i_o will_v a._n c._n will_v call_v it_o the_o roman_a perswasi●on_n as_o some_o understanding_n romanist_n do_v do_v for_o though_o i_o spare_v their_o name_n yet_o can_v i_o not_o agree_v in_o judgement_n with_o he_o that_o say_v in_o print_n god_n be_v praise_v for_o the_o 〈…〉_z isagreement_n in_o religion_n nor_o in_o devotion_n with_o he_o that_o pray_v in_o the_o pulpit_n that_o god_n will_v tear_v the_o rent_n of_o religion_n wide_o but_o of_o s._n greg._n n●●_n opinion_n i_o be_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n non_fw-la st●d●mu●_n paci_fw-la in_o detrimentum_fw-la vir●_n doctrine_n ut_fw-la facilit●●●s_fw-la &_o mansuetudinis_fw-la famam_fw-la colligamus_fw-la et_fw-la rursum_fw-la pa●●m_fw-la colimus_fw-la legitime_a pugnantes_fw-la etc._n etc._n orat._n 32._o a._n c._n p._n 73._o 73._o §_o 33._o §._o 26._o nu._n 1._o &_o 11._o 11._o praep●nitur_fw-la scripturae_fw-la etc._n etc._n s._n aug._n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr bapt._n cont_n donat_n c._n 3._o 3._o §._o 32._o nu._n ●_o a._n c._n p._n 63._o a._n c._n p._n ●3_n ●3_n s._n aug._n ep●●●_n 118._o c._n 5._o 5._o §._o 33._o nu._n 6._o a._n c._n p._n 73._o 73._o §._o 37._o n._n 3._o 4._o 4._o §._o 2d_o nu._n ●_o a._n c._n p._n 73._o 73._o ephes_n 4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pontificatus_fw-la summus_n disert●_fw-la positus_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolo_n in_fw-la illis_fw-la verbis_fw-la eph._n 4._o 11._o &_o in_o illis_fw-la clarioribus_fw-la 1_o cor._n 12._o 28._o ipse_fw-la posuit_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la primùm_fw-la apostolos_fw-la etc._n etc._n bellar._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n c._n 1._o §_o respondeo_fw-la pontificatum_fw-la and_o he_o give_v a_o excellent_a reason_n for_o it_o siquidem_fw-la jumma_fw-la potestas_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la petro_n sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la aliis_fw-la apostolis_n ibid._n so_o belike_o by_o this_o reason_n the_o apostle_n do_v clear_o express_v the_o popt●●●●_n because_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n have_v as_o much_o ecclesiastio●l_n powe●_n as_o s._n peter_n have_v but_o then_o bellarmine_n will_v salve_v it_o up_o with_o this_o that_o ●●●s_v power_n be_v give_v petro_n 〈◊〉_d ordinario_fw-la pastori_fw-la cui_fw-la succederetur_fw-la aliis_fw-la verò_fw-la tanquam_fw-la delegatis_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la succederetur_fw-la ibid._n but_o this_o si_fw-mi mere_a beg_v of_o the_o question_n and_o will_v never_o be_v grant_v unto_o he_o and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n we_o have_v his_o absolute_a confession_n for_o the_o other_o that_o the_o supreme_a ecclesiastical_a power_n be_v not_o in_o s._n peter_n al●ae_fw-la but_o in_o all_o the_o apostle_n apostle_n ephes._n 4._o 13._o a._n c._n p._n 73._o 73._o and_o so_o also_o bellarm._n sexta._fw-la nota_fw-la est_fw-la conspiratio_fw-la in_o doctrinâ_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la antiqua_fw-la l._n 4._o de_fw-la noti_fw-la 〈…〉_z eccles._n c._n 9_o §._o 1_o 1_o vin._n lir._n cont_n haer._n c._n 4._o 4._o hâc_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la &_o successione_n ea_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n in_fw-la ecclesiá_fw-la traditio_fw-la &_o veritatis_fw-la praeconiatio_fw-la pervenit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la et_fw-la est_fw-la plenissima_fw-la haec_fw-la ostensio_fw-la unam_fw-la &_o tandem_fw-la vivificatricem_fw-la fidem_fw-la esse_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ecclesià_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n usque_fw-la nuac_fw-la fit_a conservata_fw-la &_o tradita_fw-la in_o veritate_fw-la iren_n l._n 3._o advers._fw-la haer._n c._n 3._o 3._o per_fw-la hanc_fw-la successionem_fw-la confundi_fw-la omnes_fw-la haereticos_fw-la bellar_n l._n ●_o de_fw-fr notis_n eccles._n c._n 8._o §_o 1._o there_o be_v no_o such_o word_n find_v in_o irenaeus_n as_o per_fw-la hanc_fw-la successionem_fw-la or_o hâc_fw-la successione_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n only_o which_o be_v bellarmine_n sense_n but_o by_o succession_n in_o general_n in_o other_o church_n as_o well_o as_o in_o rome_n rome_n testimonium_fw-la his_fw-la perhibent_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o asiâ_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la usque_fw-la adhuc_fw-la successerunt_fw-la polycarpo_fw-it iren._n l._n 3._o advers._fw-la haeres_fw-la c._n 3._o constat_fw-la omnem_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la matricibus_fw-la originalibus_fw-la fidei_fw-la conspiret_fw-la veritati_fw-la deputandam_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr prescript_n advers._fw-la heretic_n c._n 21._o ecclesia_fw-la posteriores_fw-la non_fw-la minùs_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la deputantur_fw-la pro_fw-la
four_o proof_n all_o internal_a to_o the_o scripture_n first_o the_o miracle_n second_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o carnal_a in_o the_o doctrine_n three_o that_o there_o have_v be_v such_o performance_n of_o it_o four_o that_o by_o such_o a_o doctrine_n of_o humility_n the_o whole_a world_n almost_o have_v be_v convert_v and_o whereas_o àd_v muniendam_fw-la fidem_fw-la for_o the_o defend_v of_o the_o faith_n and_o keep_v it_o entire_a there_o be_v two_o thing_n requisite_a scripture_n and_o church-tradition_n 1._o vincent_n lirinens_fw-la place_n authority_n of_o scripture_n first_o and_o then_o tradition_n and_o since_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o tradition_n be_v first_o in_o order_n of_o time_n it_o must_v necessary_o follow_v that_o scripture_n be_v first_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n that_o be_v the_o chief_a upon_o which_o faith_n rest_v and_o resolve_v itself_o and_o your_o own_o school_n confess_v this_o be_v the_o way_n ever_o the_o woman_n of_o 4._o samaria_n be_v a_o know_a resemblance_n but_o allow_v by_o yourselves_o for_o 4._o quotidiè_fw-la daily_o with_o they_o that_o be_v without_o christ_n enter_v by_o the_o woman_n that_o be_v the_o church_n and_o they_o believe_v by_o that_o fame_n which_o she_o give_v etc._n etc._n but_o when_o they_o come_v to_o hear_v christ_n himself_o they_o believe_v his_o word_n before_o the_o word_n of_o the_o woman_n for_o when_o they_o have_v once_o find_v christ_n 9_o they_o do_v more_o believe_v his_o word_n in_o scripture_n than_o they_o do_v the_o church_n which_o testify_v of_o he_o because_o than_o propter_fw-la illam_fw-la for_o the_o scripture_n they_o believe_v the_o church_n and_o if_o the_o church_n shall_v speak_v contrary_a to_o the_o scripture_n they_o will_v not_o believe_v it_o thus_o the_o school_n teach_v then_o and_o thus_o the_o gloss_n comment_v then_o and_o when_o man_n have_v tire_v themselves_o hither_o they_o must_v come_v the_o key_n that_o let_v man_n in_o to_o the_o scripture_n even_o to_o this_o knowledge_n of_o they_o that_o they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v the_o tradition_n of_o the_o church_n but_o when_o they_o be_v in_o ibid._n they_o hear_v christ_n himself_o immediate_o speak_v in_o scripture_n to_o the_o faithful_a 4._o and_o his_o sheep_n do_v not_o only_o hear_v but_o know_v his_o voice_n and_o then_o here_o be_v no_o vicious_a circle_n indeed_o of_o prove_v the_o scripture_n by_o the_o church_n and_o then_o round_o about_o the_o church_n by_o the_o scripture_n only_o distinguish_v the_o time_n and_o the_o condition_n of_o man_n and_o all_o be_v safe_a for_o a_o beginner_n in_o the_o faith_n or_o a_o weakling_n or_o a_o doubter_n about_o it_o begin_v at_o tradition_n and_o prove_v scripture_n by_o the_o church_n but_o a_o man_n strong_a and_o grow_v up_o in_o the_o faith_n and_o understand_o conversant_a in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n prove_v the_o church_n by_o the_o scripture_n and_o then_o upon_o the_o matter_n we_o have_v a_o double_a divine_a 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