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A09869 Want of charitie iustly charged, on all such Romanists, as dare (without truth or modesty) affirme, that Protestancie destroyeth salvation in answer to a late popish pamphlet intituled Charity mistaken &c. / by Christopher Potter ... Potter, Christopher, 1591-1646. 1633 (1633) STC 20135.3; ESTC S4420 135,510 274

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12._o pag._n 480._o ex_fw-la edit_fw-la binn_n ann_n 1618._o colon_n gr._n &_o lat._n olim_fw-la quilibet_fw-la arcl_n ●episcopus_fw-la &_o patriarcha_fw-la literas_fw-la quae_fw-la synodicae_n appellantur_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la dabant_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la continentes_fw-la quàm_fw-la rectfidei_fw-la suique_fw-la sensus_fw-la confessionem_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o orientalibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la hodiéque_fw-la fit_a usque_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempus_fw-la patriarch_n immediate_o after_o his_o assumption_n to_o a_o place_n of_o so_o great_a trust_n and_o authority_n in_o the_o church_n shall_v render_v a_o account_n of_o his_o faith_n by_o his_o synodical_a or_o circular_a letter_n call_v otherwise_o concordat_fw-la otherwise_o optat._n milevit_fw-la lib._n 2._o siricius_n hodiè_fw-la episcopus_fw-la rom._n noster_fw-la est_fw-la socius_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la nobis_fw-la totus_fw-la orbis_fw-la commetcio_fw-la formatarum_fw-la in_fw-la una_fw-la communionis_fw-la 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the_o church_n but_o because_o he_o yield_v not_o to_o scripture_n sufficient_o '_o propound_v or_o clear_v unto_o he_o so_o say_v 222._o say_v august_n de_fw-fr gen._n ad_fw-la lit_fw-fr lib._n 7._o cap._n 9_o omnes_fw-la haeretici_fw-la scripturas_fw-la catholicas_n legunt_fw-la nec_fw-la ob_fw-la aliud_fw-la sunt_fw-la haeretioi_fw-la nisi_fw-la quòd_fw-la eas_fw-la non_fw-la rectè_fw-la intelligentes_fw-la svas_fw-la falsas_fw-la opiniones_fw-la contra_fw-la earum_fw-la veritatem_fw-la pervicaciter_fw-la asserunt_fw-la idem_fw-la habet_fw-la epist_n 222._o st_n austin_n and_o recesserit_fw-la and_o hier._n in_o galat._n cap._n 5._o haereticus_fw-la est_fw-la quicunque_fw-la aliter_fw-la scripturam_fw-la intelligit_fw-la quam_fw-la sensus_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la s_o flagitat_fw-la licèt_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la non_fw-la recesserit_fw-la st_n hierome_n express_o the_o best_a habenda_fw-la best_a divinae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la integra_fw-la &_o firma_fw-la regula_fw-la verita_fw-la 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but_o believe_v not_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a and_o therefore_o do_v not_o proceed_v rash_o and_o peremptory_o to_o censure_v other_o but_o leave_v they_o to_o their_o liberty_n and_o final_o he_o have_v a_o teachable_a and_o tractable_a mind_n willing_a to_o alter_v his_o opinion_n if_o he_o have_v see_v reason_n and_o to_o yield_v to_o truth_n if_o it_o have_v be_v clear_v unto_o he_o or_o if_o he_o have_v live_v to_o hear_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o nicene_n father_n and_o this_o good_a disposition_n keep_v he_o from_o fall_v further_o into_o such_o error_n as_o the_o pride_n and_o obstinacy_n of_o the_o donatist_n plunge_v they_o for_o contrary_o the_o donatist_n while_o they_o surious_o contend_v for_o one_o false_a opinion_n fall_v by_o degree_n into_o many_o more_o and_o worse_o such_o as_o be_v these_o doctrine_n of_o they_o that_o 21._o that_o aug._n ep._n 167._o de_fw-fr bap._n tismo_fw-la dicere_fw-la solent_fw-la tunc_fw-la esse_fw-la verum_fw-la baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la cum_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la justo_fw-la datur_fw-la vide_fw-la eund_n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cap._n 21._o the_o efficacy_n of_o sacrament_n depend_v on_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o minister_n that_o be_v no_o true_a baptism_n which_o be_v not_o give_v by_o a_o just_a man_n that_o passim_fw-la that_o aug._n count_v epist_n parmen_fw-la lib._n 3._o &_o passim_fw-la the_o church_n ought_v not_o to_o tolerate_v evil_a person_n in_o her_o communion_n that_o communion_n with_o such_o person_n pollute_v and_o profane_v the_o church_n and_o make_v it_o no_o church_n that_o therefore_o extincta_fw-la therefore_o aug._n de_fw-fr haer._n ad_fw-la quodvultd_v cap._n 69._o donatistae_n pertinaci_fw-la dissensione_n in_fw-la haeresin_fw-la schisma_fw-la verterunt_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la propter_fw-la crimina_fw-la caeciliani_n seu_fw-la vera_fw-la seu_fw-la quod_fw-la magis_fw-la judicibus_fw-la apparuit_fw-la falsa_fw-la de_fw-la toto_fw-la 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nos_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la remansimus_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la svam_fw-la paucitatem_fw-la commendare_fw-la conantur_fw-la &_o in_o sanctis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la diffusam_fw-la blasphemare_fw-la non_fw-la cessant_fw-la that_o the_o church_n remain_v only_o with_o they_o in_o the_o part_n of_o donatus_n and_o that_o themselves_o be_v the_o only_a christian_n now_o to_o omit_v the_o rest_n this_o last_o error_n be_v in_o the_o matter_n and_o nature_n of_o it_o proper_o heretical_a against_o that_o article_n of_o the_o creed_n wherein_o we_o profess_v to_o believe_v the_o holy_a catholic_a church_n for_o by_o limit_v the_o church_n only_o to_o such_o as_o be_v of_o their_o own_o communion_n in_o africa_n rome_n or_o elsewhere_o exclude_v all_o other_o they_o deny_v the_o church_n to_o be_v catholic_a and_o when_o they_o be_v press_v with_o this_o absurdity_n by_o the_o catholic_n for_o a_o shift_n they_o divise_v a_o new_a and_o vain_a interpretation_n of_o the_o word_n catholic_a say_v that_o the_o church_n be_v call_v catholic_n immaculatum_fw-la catholic_n aug._n ep._n 48._o ad_fw-la vincentium_fw-la acutum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la videris_fw-la dicere_fw-la cùm_fw-la catholicae_fw-la nomen_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la totius_fw-la orbis_fw-la communione_fw-la interpretaris_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la observatione_fw-la omnium_fw-la praeceptorum_fw-la divinorum_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la brevic._n collat._n cum_fw-la donatistis_fw-la die_v 3._o cap._n 2._o donatistae_fw-la responderunt_fw-la non_fw-la catholicum_fw-la nomen_fw-la ex_fw-la vniversitate_fw-la gentium_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la plenitudine_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la institutum_fw-la et_fw-la gaudentius_n donatista_n coll._n 3._o cap._n 102._o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la catholicum_fw-la nomen_fw-la quod_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la plenum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la perfectum_fw-la quod_fw-la immaculatum_fw-la not_o because_o it_o be_v spread_v over_o the_o whole_a world_n or_o to_o import_v the_o universality_n of_o nation_n but_o because_o their_o church_n retain_v all_o the_o sacrament_n and_o observe_v all_o god_n commandment_n and_o be_v perfect_a and_o unspotted_a this_o perverse_a confine_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n be_v the_o principal_a heresy_n of_o the_o donatist_n which_o the_o catholic_a writer_n optatus_n st_n austin_n and_o other_o do_v most_o of_o all_o detest_v and_o oppose_v in_o they_o and_o in_o their_o disputation_n of_o this_o point_n they_o convince_v their_o adversary_n not_o by_o any_o authority_n or_o definition_n of_o the_o church_n as_o our_o mistaker_n pretend_v but_o by_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n as_o have_v be_v observe_v before_o passim_fw-la before_o aug._n collatine_n carth_n 3._o cap._n 187._o sola_fw-la divina_fw-la testimonia_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la demonstrandam_fw-la sufficient_a &_o mox_fw-la sola_fw-la divina_fw-la loquatue_n authoritas_fw-la sola_fw-la dei_fw-la scriptura_fw-la 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