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that_o s._n peter_n soul_n come_v by_o succession_n to_o dwell_v in_o they_o &_o that_o therefore_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v what_o so_o ever_o title_n or_o interest_n peter_n have_v and_o for_o that_o cause_n they_o say_v we_o be_v peter_n successor_n even_o as_o the_o phariseis_n sometime_o say_v we_o be_v the_o child_n of_o abraham_n but_o s._n john_n the_o baptist_n say_v unto_o they_o 21._o put_v not_o your_o affiance_n in_o such_o succession_n for_o god_n be_v able_a even_o of_o the_o stone_n to_o raise_v up_o child_n unto_o abraham_n and_o when_o the_o child_n of_o scaeva_fw-la be_v sorcerer_n 19_o and_o infidel_n begin_v to_o practice_v in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n and_o paul_n the_o man_n possess_v make_v they_o answer_n â–ª_o christ_n i_o know_v and_o paul_n i_o know_v but_o what_o be_v you_o sure_o peter_n be_v not_o the_o head_n of_o the_o apostle_n because_o he_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o he_o be_v so_o appoint_v by_o christ_n in_o consideration_n of_o age_n 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the_o head_n yet_o be_v he_o a_o member_n &_o not_o the_o head_n of_o christ_n body_n to_o conclude_v s._n gregory_n saithe_v cerâ—è_fw-la petrus_n apostolus_fw-la primum_fw-la membrum_fw-la sanctae_fw-la &_o vniversalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la est_fw-la paulus_n andreas_n johannes_n quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la quà m_fw-la singularium_fw-la sunt_fw-la plebium_fw-la capita_n et_fw-la tamen_fw-la sub_fw-la uno_fw-la capite_fw-la omnes_fw-la membra_fw-la sunt_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la atque_fw-la ut_fw-la cuncta_fw-la brevi_fw-la cingulo_fw-la locutionis_fw-la astringam_fw-la sancti_fw-la ante_fw-la legem_fw-la sancti_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la sancti_fw-la sub_fw-la gratia_n omnes_fw-la hi_o perficientes_fw-la corpus_fw-la domini_fw-la in_fw-la membris_fw-la sunt_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la constituti_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la se_fw-la unquam_fw-la vniversalem_fw-la vocari_fw-la voluit_fw-la in_o deed_n peter_n the_o apostle_n be_v the_o chief_a member_n of_o the_o holy_a universal_a church_n paul_n andrew_n 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yet_o some_o what_o be_v move_v with_o the_o lightness_n of_o the_o young_a father_n luther_n patriarch_n and_o founder_n of_o their_o new_a church_n lightness_n i_o may_v well_o call_v it_o for_o in_o this_o sayinge_v which_o i_o shall_v here_o rehearse_v he_o do_v not_o so_o sober_o allow_v the_o pope_n primacy_n as_o in_o sundry_a other_o treatise_n he_o do_v rash_o and_o furiouse_o inveigh_v against_o the_o same_o in_o a_o little_a treatise_n entitle_v resolutio_fw-la lutheriana_n super_fw-la propositione_n sva_fw-la 13._o de_fw-fr poâ—estate_fw-la papae_fw-la his_o word_n be_v these_o primum_fw-la quod_fw-la i_o movet_fw-la romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la esse_fw-la alijs_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quos_fw-la saltem_fw-la noverimus_fw-la se_fw-la pontifices_fw-la gerere_fw-la superiorem_fw-la est_fw-la ipsa_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la videmus_fw-la neque_fw-la n._n sine_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la in_fw-la hanc_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la unquam_fw-la venire_fw-la potnisset_fw-la rom._n pontifex_fw-la at_o voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la quoquo_fw-la modo_fw-la nota_fw-la fuerit_fw-la cum_fw-la reverentia_fw-la suscipienda_fw-la est_fw-la ideoque_fw-la non_fw-la licer_n temerâ—_n romano_n pontifici_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la primatu_fw-la resistere_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la ratio_fw-la tanta_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la etiam_fw-la nulla_fw-la scriptura_fw-la nulla_fw-la alia_fw-la causa_fw-la esset_fw-la haec_fw-la tamen_fw-la satis_fw-la esset_fw-la ad_fw-la compescendam_fw-la temeritatem_fw-la resistentium_fw-la et_fw-la hac_fw-la sola_fw-la ratione_fw-la gloriosissimus_fw-la martyr_n cyprianus_n per_fw-la multas_fw-la epistolas_fw-la confidentissimè_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la contra_fw-la omnes_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quorumcunque_fw-la adversarios_fw-la sicut_fw-la 3._o regum_fw-la legimus_fw-la quâ—d_fw-la decem_fw-la tribus_fw-la israel_n discesserunt_fw-la à _fw-la roboam_n filio_fw-la salomonis_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la 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both_o both_o who_o ever_o will_v warrant_v this_o doctrine_n but_o that_o old_a heretic_n abbate_n eutyches_n uery_o s._n augustine_n say_v omnis_fw-la substantia_fw-la quae_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la creatura_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la creatura_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la deo_fw-la minus_fw-la est_fw-la prosperi_n deus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la every_o substance_n that_o be_v not_o god_n be_v a_o creature_n and_o that_o be_v not_o a_o creature_n be_v god_n and_o what_o so_o ever_o be_v less_o than_o god_n be_v not_o god_n here_o s._n augustine_n know_v a_o creator_n and_o a_o creature_n but_o m._n hardinge_n mean_a bytweene_n both_o he_o know_v not_o leo_fw-la write_n against_o eutyches_n of_o who_o m._n hardinge_n seem_v to_o have_v receive_v this_o learning_n write_v thus_o august_n emergunt_fw-la alij_fw-la qui_fw-la carnem_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o diviniâ—atem_fw-la dicunt_fw-la unius_fw-la esse_fw-la naturae_fw-la quae_fw-la tantum_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la inferna_fw-la vomuere_fw-la tolerabiliores_fw-la sunt_fw-la ariani_n etc._n etc._n up_o there_o start_v other_o that_o say_v the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o divinity_n be_v both_o of_o one_o nature_n what_o helle_n have_v pour_v we_o out_o such_o wicked_a sacrilege_n the_o very_a arianes_n be_v more_o to_o be_v bear_v withal_o than_o these_o man_n s._n augustine_n say_v 57_o quod_fw-la ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la attinet_fw-la creatura_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la christ_n as_o concern_v his_o manhood_n be_v not_o a_o mean_a bitweene_n both_o but_o a_o creature_n again_o he_o saithe_v dvas_fw-la substantias_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la naturas_fw-la esse_fw-la fatemur_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la scilicet_fw-la &_o humanitatis_fw-la 58._o creatricis_fw-la &_o creatae_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la substantiae_fw-la non_fw-la confusae_fw-la sed_fw-la unitae_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o una_fw-la eademque_fw-la persona_fw-la inseparabiles_fw-la &_o in_o sva_fw-la 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leonem_fw-la corpus_fw-la domini_fw-la humanum_fw-la quidem_fw-la vocat_fw-la tamen_fw-la negate_fw-la esse_fw-la nobis_fw-la consubstantiale_fw-la he_o call_v the_o body_n of_o our_o lord_n a_o man_n body_n but_o yet_o he_o say_v it_o be_v not_o one_o in_o substance_n with_o our_o body_n but_o m._n hardinge_n repli_v christ_n body_n be_v now_o become_v immortal_a and_o glorious_a this_o be_v most_o true_a and_o without_o all_o question_n how_o be_v it_o it_o may_v please_v he_o to_o remember_v that_o when_o christ_n minister_v the_o holy_a communion_n to_o his_o disciple_n his_o body_n be_v then_o mortal_a and_o subject_v to_o death_n and_o other_o injury_n and_o not_o glorious_a therefore_o if_o christ_n body_n in_o the_o sacrament_n be_v immortal_a and_o glorious_a it_o must_v follow_v that_o for_o that_o present_a christ_n have_v two_o manner_n body_n the_o one_o mortal_a the_o other_o immortal_a the_o one_o glorious_a the_o other_o not_o glorious_a thus_o m._n hardinge_n rule_n 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labijs_fw-la iniquis_fw-la &_o a_o lingua_fw-la dolosa_fw-la when_o the_o manichee_n or_o any_o other_o like_o the_o manichee_n say_v the_o lord_n arise_v not_o again_o in_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o body_n and_o for_o proufe_v thereof_o say_v thus_o he_o enter_v in_o when_o the_o door_n be_v shut_v what_o then_o shall_v we_o say_v even_o thus_o o_o lord_n deliver_v my_o soul_n from_o wicked_a lip_n and_o deceiteful_a tongue_n here_o we_o see_v m._n hardinge_n be_v drive_v to_o seek_v upon_o old_a condemn_a heretic_n and_o to_o borrow_v their_o weapon_n wherefore_o it_o shall_v be_v good_a to_o follow_v s._n hieromes_n counsel_n and_o to_o say_v o_o lord_n deliver_v my_o soul_n from_o wicked_a lip_n and_o deceiteful_a tongue_n likewise_o s._n ambrose_n saithe_v the_o apostle_n of_o christ_n 24._o by_o the_o same_o manner_n of_o reasoninge_v be_v deceive_v for_o upon_o that_o christ_n enter_v the_o gate_n be_v shut_v he_o write_v thus_o denique_fw-la conturbati_fw-la discipuli_fw-la 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humilitatem_fw-la svam_fw-la commendavit_fw-la in_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la historia_fw-la scriptum_n est_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la quasi_fw-la furore_fw-la davidis_fw-la 2._o when_o christ_n recommend_v unto_o we_o his_o body_n and_o blood_n he_o recommend_v unto_o we_o his_o humility_n in_o that_o thing_n that_o be_v write_v in_o the_o very_a story_n touch_v that_o madness_n of_o david_n this_o be_v it_o that_o s._n augustine_n mean_v by_o these_o word_n secundum_fw-la literam_fw-la now_o yâ—_z this_o word_n litera_fw-la be_v often_o take_v for_o yâ—_z story_n it_o do_v many_o way_n appear_v 35._o s._n augustine_n say_v thus_o ambrose_n cum_fw-la tractaret_fw-la hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la ait_fw-fr nec_fw-la historia_fw-la nec_fw-la litera_fw-la â—ocet_fw-la mariam_n gladio_fw-la finivisse_fw-la vitam_fw-la ambrose_n write_n hereof_o say_v thus_o neither_o the_o story_n nor_o the_o letter_n do_v teach_v we_o that_o marie_n be_v slay_v with_o a_o swearde_n so_o s._n hierome_n escam_fw-la dedit_fw-la timentibus_fw-la se._n he_o give_v food_n to_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o in_o the_o time_n of_o hunger_n he_o feadde_v elias_n in_o the_o wilderness_n he_o rain_v manna_n unto_o the_o jew_n mysteriâ—_n he_o add_v et_fw-la hoc_fw-la secundam_fw-la literan_n and_o this_o accord_v to_o the_o letter_n 6._o which_o be_v accord_v to_o the_o story_n so_o likewise_o s._n gregory_n subditur_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la minimè_fw-la scriptum_fw-la legitur_fw-la effudit_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la vice_n era_fw-la mea_fw-la exit_fw-la qua_fw-la re_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la dum_fw-la haeâ—_n juxta_fw-la literam_fw-la invenire_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o verbis_fw-la eius_fw-la secundum_fw-la historiam_fw-la sonant_fw-la iuxta_fw-la spiritum_fw-la inquiramus_fw-la thus_o s._n augustine_n use_v these_o word_n secundum_fw-la literam_fw-la not_o for_o the_o literal_a sense_n as_o these_o man_n will_v fain_o have_v it_o but_o for_o 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mystery_n be_v not_o to_o be_v comprehend_v in_o a_o place_n but_o by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n to_o be_v make_v present_a in_o sort_n and_o manner_n as_o he_o himself_o know_v very_o so_o as_o no_o reason_n of_o man_n can_v attain_v it_o and_o so_o as_o it_o may_v be_v show_v by_o no_o example_n in_o nature_n whereof_o that_o notable_a saieinge_n of_o s._n augustine_n may_v very_o well_o be_v report_v o_o homo_fw-la si_fw-la rationem_fw-la à _fw-la i_o poscis_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la mirabile_fw-la exemplum_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la singular_a tempore_fw-la that_o be_v o_o man_n if_o 153_o sacrament_n herein_o thou_o require_v reason_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v marvellous_a seek_v for_o the_o like_a example_n and_o then_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v singular_a if_o god_n work_v be_v comprehend_v by_o reason_n saithe_v holy_a gregory_n it_o be_v not_o wonderouse_a neither_o faith_n have_v meed_n whereto_o man_n reason_n geve_v proufe_v the_o b._n of_o sarisburie_n be_v in_o a_o mystery_n as_o it_o be_v before_o answer_v like_a as_o it_o require_v no_o circumstance_n or_o necessity_n of_o place_n so_o it_o require_v no_o bodily_a or_o real_a presence_n contrariwise_o if_o christ_n body_n be_v present_a in_o deed_n &_o that_o in_o such_o gross_a &_o fleash_o sort_n as_o be_v here_o conceive_a then_o be_v it_o no_o mystery_n for_o to_o be_v present_a in_o a_o mystery_n and_o to_o be_v bodily_a and_o fleash_o present_a be_v take_v for_o contrary_n and_o therefore_o the_o gloze_v saithe_n as_o be_v before_o allege_v sacramentum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la rei_fw-la veritate_fw-la sed_fw-la significante_fw-la mysterio_fw-la glosa_n the_o sacrament_n of_o christ_n body_n be_v call_v christ_n body_n not_o in_o truth_n of_o the_o matter_n but_o by_o a_o mystery_n signifiâ—inge_fw-mi but_o where_o as_o it_o be_v further_o say_v that_o this_o mystical_a presence_n be_v know_v only_o unto_o god_n and_o i_o trow_v to_o m._n hardinge_n and_o to_o noman_n biside_n all_o this_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o religious_a folly_n imagine_v only_o to_o astonne_n and_o amaze_v the_o simple_a for_o the_o scripture_n and_o holy_a father_n be_v acquaint_v with_o no_o such_o mystery_n the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n be_v a_o mystery_n even_o as_o be_v the_o sacrament_n of_o christ_n body_n and_o as_o christ_n be_v present_a in_o the_o one_o so_o be_v he_o also_o present_a in_o the_o other_o that_o be_v to_o say_v true_o uery_o effectual_o and_o in_o deed_n how_o be_v it_o not_o in_o this_o gross_a manner_n of_o m._n hardinge_n fleash_o presence_n the_o place_n of_o s._n augustine_n and_o s._n gregory_n concern_v only_o christ_n incarnation_n the_o union_n of_o the_o divinity_n &_o the_o humanity_n and_o other_o such_o article_n and_o ground_n of_o christian_a religion_n wherein_o nature_n &_o reason_n utter_o have_v no_o place_n and_o therefore_o be_v speak_v of_o one_o thing_n be_v apply_v by_o m._n hardinge_n unto_o a_o 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the_o world_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o their_o own_o witness_n of_o good_a record_v for_o besides_o other_o who_o in_o this_o treatise_n i_o have_v touch_v upon_o occasion_n by_o the_o way_n s._n augustine_n write_v purposely_o hereof_o unto_o dardanus_n in_o this_o wise_a noli_fw-la dubitare_fw-la ibi_fw-la nunc_fw-la esse_fw-la hominem_fw-la christum_n jesum_fw-la â—â—_o unde_fw-la venturus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n doubt_v thou_o not_o but_o christ_n jesus_n as_o man_n be_v there_o from_o whence_o he_o shall_v come_v and_o have_v thou_o in_o remembrance_n and_o faithful_o hold_v the_o christian_a confession_n that_o he_o be_v rise_v from_o the_o dead_a that_o he_o be_v ascend_v into_o heaven_n that_o he_o sit_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o his_o father_n and_o that_o from_o thence_o and_o from_o no_o where_n else_o he_o shall_v come_v to_o judge_v the_o quick_a and_o the_o dead_a even_o as_o he_o be_v see_v goinge_v into_o heaven_n that_o be_v 60._o in_o the_o same_o form_n and_o substance_n of_o his_o body_n to_o which_o body_n undoubted_o he_o have_v give_v immortality_n but_o have_v not_o take_v from_o the_o same_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o body_n accord_v to_o this_o form_n of_o man_n we_o may_v not_o think_v that_o christ_n be_v pour_v abroad_o into_o all_o place_n for_o we_o must_v beware_v we_o do_v not_o so_o defend_v the_o godhead_n of_o the_o man_n that_o we_o destroy_v the_o truth_n of_o his_o body_n again_o vnus_fw-la christus_fw-la jesus_n ubique_fw-la per_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la coelo_fw-la autem_fw-la per_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la homo_fw-la christ_n jesus_n be_v one_o personne_n and_o the_o same_o everywhere_o in_o that_o he_o be_v god_n but_o he_o be_v in_o heaven_n in_o that_o he_o be_v man._n again_o he_o say_v semper_fw-la quidem_fw-la divinitate_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la est_fw-la say_fw-la nisi_fw-la corporaliter_fw-la abiret_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la semper_fw-la eius_fw-la corpus_fw-la carnaliter_fw-la 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efficeremur_fw-la participes_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la eius_fw-la 118._o nisi_fw-la ipse_fw-la factus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la particeps_fw-la mortalitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la we_o can_v not_o be_v partaker_n of_o his_o godheade_n onlesse_a he_o have_v be_v partaker_n of_o our_o mortality_n all_o these_o word_n be_v true_a as_o conteininge_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o exposition_n of_o these_o word_n of_o christ_n he_o that_o eat_v my_o flesh_n and_o drink_v my_o blood_n shall_v live_v for_o ever_o but_o m._n hardinge_n to_o make_v these_o word_n of_o cyrillus_n to_o serve_v his_o turn_n have_v imagine_v two_o great_a error_n the_o one_o be_v that_o christ_n body_n can_v be_v eat_v but_o only_o in_o the_o sacrament_n the_o other_o be_v that_o onlesse_a we_o receive_v christ_n body_n with_o our_o mouth_n and_o swallow_v it_o down_o into_o our_o belly_n we_o eat_v it_o not_o as_o though_o either_o christ_n or_o these_o holy_a father_n have_v mean_v a_o carnal_a or_o fleash_o eatinge_v this_o whole_a doctrine_n be_v horrible_a and_o full_a of_o desperation_n for_o m._n hardinge_n position_n be_v true_a that_o noman_n shall_v be_v partaker_n of_o that_o blissed_a resurrection_n but_o only_o such_o as_o have_v eat_v christ_n body_n in_o the_o sacrament_n what_o then_o shall_v become_v of_o christian_a child_n that_o have_v depart_v this_o life_n never_o have_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n who_o shall_v raise_v they_o up_o again_o at_o the_o last_o day_n or_o do_v m._n hardinge_n believe_v that_o such_o little_a one_o be_v baptize_v and_o so_o the_o member_n of_o christ_n shall_v never_o rise_v again_o but_o lie_v damn_v for_o ever_o only_o because_o they_o have_v not_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n uery_o christ_n in_o these_o word_n as_o it_o be_v witness_v by_o all_o the_o holy_a father_n speak_v not_o of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o of_o the_o spiritual_n eat_v with_o our_o faith_n and_o in_o this_o behalf_n utter_o exclude_v the_o corporal_a office_n of_o our_o body_n therefore_o s._n augustine_n say_v johannis_fw-la crede_fw-la &_o manducasti_fw-la believe_v and_o thou_o have_v eat_v and_o again_o illud_fw-la manducare_fw-la refici_fw-la est_fw-la illud_fw-la bibere_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la vivere_fw-la that_o eatinge_v eatinge_v be_v to_o be_v refreash_v and_o that_o drink_v what_o be_v it_o else_o but_o to_o live_v 2._o likewise_o s._n basile_n saithe_v est_fw-la spiritual_fw-la os_fw-la interni_fw-la hominis_fw-la quo_fw-la recipitur_fw-la verbum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la panis_n qui_fw-fr de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la descendit_fw-la there_o be_v a_o spiritual_a mouth_n of_o the_o inner_a man_n wherewith_o be_v receive_v the_o word_n of_o life_n 33._o which_o be_v that_o bread_n that_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n and_o touchinge_v our_o rise_n again_o from_o the_o dead_a beda_n he_o saithe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o baptism_n be_v a_o strengthe_n or_o power_n to_o resurrection_n so_o s._n augustine_n 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