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A17591 An aunsvvere to the Treatise of the crosse wherin ye shal see by the plaine and vndoubted word of God, the vanities of men disproued: by the true and godly fathers of the Church, the dreames and dotages of other controlled: and by lavvfull counsels, conspiracies ouerthrowen. Reade and regarde. Calfhill, James, 1530?-1570. 1565 (1565) STC 4368; ESTC S107406 291,777 414

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thing_n on_o the_o earth_n and_o further_o he_o say_v that_o whosoever_o will_v retain_v the_o nature_n and_o condition_n of_o a_o man_n must_v seek_v god_n aloft_o in_o heaven_n not_o in_o earth_n in_o hart_n not_o in_o workmanship_n of_o hand_n his_o argument_n be_v this_o si_fw-mi religio_fw-la ex_fw-la divinis_fw-la rebus_fw-la est_fw-la divini_fw-la auten_fw-mi nihil_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o celestibus_fw-la rebui_fw-la carent_fw-la ergo_fw-la religione_fw-la simulachra_fw-la quia_fw-la nihil_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la caeleste_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la re_fw-mi quae_fw-la fit_a ex_fw-la terra_fw-la if_o religion_n consist_v of_o holy_a thing_n and_o there_o be_v nothing_o holy_a but_o in_o heavenly_a thing_n than_o image_n be_v void_a of_o religion_n because_o in_o that_o thing_n which_o be_v make_v of_o the_o earth_n there_o can_v be_v nothing_o heavenly_a you_o will_v grant_v i_o now_o that_o a_o rood_n be_v make_v of_o some_o earthly_a matter_n of_o stone_n or_o timber_n then_o do_v lactantiꝰ_n repute_v it_o unholy_a &_o to_o have_v no_o religion_n