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bless_a priest_n bishop_n and_o martyr_n send_v hither_o from_o rome_n and_o continual_o carryinge_v a_o crucifix_n about_o with_o he_o in_o the_o most_o bitter_a persecution_n of_o dioclesian_n what_o be_v the_o worship_n he_o and_o other_o then_o do_v eodem_fw-la anonym_n brit._n in_o vit_fw-mi s._n albani_n manusc_fw-la of_o it_o io._n capgrau_n jagenuen_n &_o alij_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la unto_o it_o we_o can_v be_v better_o inform_v then_o by_o the_o precedent_n and_o example_n which_o s._n alban_n our_o first_o glorious_a martyr_n by_o common_a computation_n leave_v unto_o we_o pen_v by_o a_o britain_n then_o live_v as_o he_o testify_v in_o his_o life_n in_o the_o presence_n and_o with_o the_o allowance_n of_o s._n amphibalus_fw-la thus_o relate_v saepe_fw-la prosternitur_fw-la ante_fw-la crucem_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la pendentem_fw-la dominum_fw-la jesum_fw-la in_o cruse_n cerneret_fw-la veniam_fw-la precatur_fw-la sie_z pedes_fw-la sic_fw-la vulneris_fw-la loca_fw-la assidua_fw-la 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hereafter_o and_o therefore_o in_o this_o place_n i_o will_v only_o cite_v saint_n ignatius_n as_o a_o sufficient_a pawn_n or_o pledge_v
therefore_o i_o dare_v not_o say_v that_o the_o parliament_n protestant_n of_o england_n do_v or_o by_o their_o religion_n âould_v profess_v that_o condemn_a error_n which_o hold_v concupiscence_n without_o assent_n to_o be_v true_o ânne_v and_o all_o ancient_a expositor_n of_o holy_a scripâre_o both_o of_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a church_n do_v âpounde_v the_o apostle_n in_o the_o place_n insinuate_v in_o âis_n article_n to_o speak_v of_o sin_n only_o material_o &_o âot_n proper_o when_o he_o term_v concupiscence_n by_o âat_a name_n this_o be_v confess_v by_o the_o professor_n of_o this_o srour_n before_o and_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n be_v needless_a and_o too_o many_o to_o be_v cite_v in_o a_o confess_a cauâ_n and_o we_o have_v the_o catholic_a doctrine_n in_o tâ_n point_v deliver_v and_o teach_v by_o apostolic_a man_n â_o this_o age_n saint_n ignatius_n prove_v that_o concupcence_n without_o assent_n defile_v not_o cum_fw-la nulla_fw-la in_o uââ_n ephes_n ignat._n epist_n ad_fw-la ephes_n sit_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la quae_fw-la vos_fw-la inquinet_fw-la &_o supplicium_fw-la âferat_fw-la profectò_fw-la secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la vivitis_fw-la and_o rabâ_n moses_n hadarsan_n prove_v the_o same_o for_o the_o true_a bâ_n leeve_v jew_n &_o quod_fw-la iam_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la te_fw-la câcupi_fw-la scentia_fw-la gen._n rabbi_n mos_n hadar_n ad_fw-la ca._n 4._o gen._n peccati_fw-la scilicet_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la figmentum_fw-la malâ_n iugiter_fw-la concupiscens_fw-la &_o affectans_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la dominabeâ_n illius_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la volueris_fw-la praevalebis_fw-la adversus_fw-la eum_fw-la aâ_n all_o the_o holy_a writer_n of_o this_o time_n affirm_v the_o samâ_n when_o they_o teach_v that_o free_a will_n be_v in_o man_n &_o sinâ_n be_v not_o contradict_v without_o it_o nor_o can_v be_v where_o â_o when_o it_o do_v not_o consent_n which_o can_v possibâ_n be_v in_o the_o first_o motion_n of_o concupiscence_n by_o common_a experience_n judgement_n and_o agreement_n of_o aâ_n arisinge_v both_o without_o and_o against_o the_o will_n and_o â_o berty_n of_o man_n first_o saint_n ignatius_n who_o have_v so_o plain_o testify_v before_o that_o concupiscence_n not_o consent_v untâ_n do_v not_o defile_v and_o so_o can_v be_v sin_n prove_v alsâ_n abseruationi_fw-la proponitur_fw-la vita_fw-la mors_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la &_o siâguli_fw-la magnesian_n ignat._n epist_n âd_a magnesian_n qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la aut_fw-la illud_fw-la elegerint_fw-la in_o eius_fw-la quod_fw-la inuânerâ_n locum_fw-la abituri_fw-la sunt_fw-la fugiamus_fw-la mortem_fw-la &_o eligamus_fw-la uâtam_fw-la that_o to_o sin_n or_o not_o sin_n to_o have_v life_n â_o death_n be_v in_o the_o power_n and_o will_n of_o christian_n aâ_n again_o most_o plain_o that_o sin_n be_v not_o without_o freâ_n will_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la piet_fw-la ati_fw-la studet_fw-la dei_fw-la homo_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-fr impiè_fw-fr agâ_n diaboli_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la td_n factus_fw-la per_fw-la naturam_fw-la sed_fw-la animi_fw-la arbâtrium_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d saint_n clement_n disciple_n and_o successor_n to_o saint_n âeter_v the_o apostle_n speak_v as_o plain_o or_o rather_o âore_o both_o in_o saint_n peter_n and_o his_o own_o word_n &_o opinion_n and_o all_o true_a believer_n liberi_fw-la sumus_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la 3._o clem._n rom._n epist_n 3._o âuia_fw-la liberum_fw-la est_fw-la animo_fw-la in_fw-la quani_fw-la velit_fw-la partem_fw-la declinare_fw-la âdicium_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la probaverit_fw-la eligere_fw-la viam_fw-la conâat_fw-la evidenter_fw-la inesse_fw-la hominibus_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la libertatem_fw-la and_o 3._o recognit_fw-la l._n 3._o affirm_v plain_o that_o they_o which_o shall_v deny_v freewill_a in_o man_n consequent_o shall_v say_v that_o god_n can_v not_o judge_v and_o condemn_v man_n for_o any_o âinge_n term_v sin_n all_o civil_a court_n law_n and_o âustice_n shall_v cease_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o goodness_n âo_o wickedness_n no_o sin_n no_o virtue_n nor_o god_n at_o all_o quomodo_fw-la deus_fw-la iudicat_fw-la secundum_fw-la veritatem_fw-la unumâuemque_fw-la pro_fw-la actibus_fw-la suis_fw-la si_fw-la agere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la âon_n habuit_fw-la hoc_fw-la siteneatur_fw-la convulsa_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la fruâra_fw-la ârit_fw-la studium_fw-la sectandi_fw-la meliora_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o judices_fw-la saeculi_fw-la âustra_fw-la legibus_fw-la praesunt_fw-la &_o puniunt_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la malè_fw-la agunt_fw-la âon_v enim_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la potestate_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la peccarent_fw-la â_o ana_fw-it erunt_fw-la &_o jura_n populorum_fw-la quae_fw-la malis_fw-la actibus_fw-la poenas_fw-la âatuunt_fw-la miseri_fw-la erunt_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la servant_n cum_fw-la labour_v iustiâam_n beati_fw-la verò_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o delicijs_fw-la positi_fw-la cum_fw-la luxuria_fw-la &_o âcelere_fw-la viventes_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la tenent_fw-la secundum_fw-la haec_fw-la erâo_fw-la nec_fw-la iustitia_fw-la erit_fw-la nec_fw-la bonitas_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la virtus_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la âvis_fw-fr nec_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la uniuscuiusque_fw-la quia_fw-la 4._o lib._n 4._o âberi_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la utrum_fw-la nobis_fw-la velit_fw-la audire_fw-la âd_a vitam_fw-la a_o daemonibus_fw-la ad_fw-la interitum_fw-la and_o define_v freeâill_o to_o be_v a_o essential_a and_o unseparable_a power_n of_o âhe_n soul_n of_o man_n to_o yield_v to_o whatsoever_o act_n it_o âill_v arbitrij_fw-la potestas_fw-la est_fw-la sensus_fw-la animae_fw-la habens_fw-la 4._o lib._n 3._o dionis_fw-la areopag_n eccles_n hierar_fw-it cap._n 2._o l._n de_fw-fr diu_fw-la nom_fw-fr cap._n 4._o âirtutem_fw-la quam_fw-la possit_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la velit_fw-la actus_fw-la incliâari_fw-la saint_n denis_n the_o arepagite_n be_v plain_a of_o the_o same_o opinion_n and_o call_v that_o which_o we_o common_o term_v freewill_n electivalibertas_fw-la elective_a liberty_n aâ_n that_o man_n have_v such_o power_n in_o himself_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d fân_n rab._n moses_n hadar_n ad_fw-la c._n 4._o gen._n rab._n akiba_n in_o capitul_a patrum_fw-la philo._n l._n quod_fw-la deus_fw-la sit_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la rab._n moses_n fil._n maim_v epistola_fw-la adu_fw-la astrologos_fw-la joseph_n alb._n fund_z tract_n 1._o c._n 9_o rab._n judas_n in_o capitul_n pa._n clem._n rom._n l._n 3._o recognit_fw-la los_fw-es lib._n 13._o antiq._n c._n 4._o epiph._n l._n 1._o tom._n 1._o cont_n haer_fw-mi c._n 16._o the_o pharisaeis_n plutarch_n l._n 1._o de_fw-la placitis_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la cap._n 27._o clem._n alex._n l._n 5_o stromat_fw-la part_n ante_fw-la fân_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d this_o be_v the_o constant_a and_o receive_v opinion_n â_o doctrine_n both_o of_o jew_n and_o gentile_n also_o for_o tâ_n first_o their_o rabbin_n rabbi_n moses_n hadarsaâ_n rabbi_n akiba_n philo_n rabbi_n moses_n ben-maimoâ_a josephus_n rabbi_n judas_n with_o other_o do_v abundant_o prove_v it_o so_o do_v saint_n clement_n recite_v the_o âstimony_n of_o simon_n magus_n professor_n of_o the_o adverâ_n error_n confess_v it_o be_v the_o receive_v doctrine_n â_o the_o jew_n though_o he_o singular_o deny_v it_o simâ_n magus_n inquit_fw-la ad_fw-la pâtrum_fw-la quoniam_fw-la hebraeis_n ista_fw-la maâdantur_fw-la velut_fw-la rectè_fw-la scientibus_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o opinantibâ_n quod_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la habeat_fw-la agere_fw-la â_o de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la iudicandus_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la autem_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la discrepâ_n sententia_fw-la josephus_n saint_n epiphanius_n and_o other_o proâ_n the_o same_o and_o put_v such_o jew_n as_o hold_v otherwise_o iâ_n the_o number_n of_o heretic_n so_o plutarch_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o other_o prove_v of_o the_o gentile_n testify_v how_o heraclitus_n be_v singular_a among_o they_o for_o the_o contrary_a error_n &_o plato_n prove_v invinciblâ_n the_o truth_n of_o the_o christian_a catholic_a doctrine_n iâ_n this_o point_n otherwise_o god_n shall_v because_v of_o sin_n which_o he_o possible_o can_v not_o be_v liberum_fw-la autem_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la plato_n per_fw-la haec_fw-la ostendit_fw-la virtus_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la parâ_n alterius_fw-la dominio_fw-la quam_fw-la prout_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la vel_fw-la honoraverit_fw-la vel_fw-la despexerit_fw-la erit_fw-la eius_fw-la particeps_fw-la eius_fw-la qui_fw-la elegerit_fw-la culpae_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la causa_fw-la conferri_fw-la deuâ_n enim_fw-la nunquam_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la malorum_fw-la thus_o general_o and_o confident_o the_o doctrine_n oâ_n free_a will_n be_v receive_v and_o profess_v in_o this_o first_o agâ_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o the_o present_a roman_a church_n âw_o do_v approve_v and_o require_v also_o the_o necesây_n of_o grace_n and_o not_o exclude_v it_o as_o the_o pelagian_a âretiks_n first_o do_v some_o hundred_o of_o year_n after_o and_z ât_z make_v man_n action_n meritorious_a but_o as_o they_o âere_z assist_v by_o grace_n nihil_fw-la meritis_fw-la vestris_fw-la ascribaâ_n 22._o martial_a epis_fw-la ad_fw-la tolosan_n cap._n 22._o quasi_fw-la non_fw-la egentes_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la quia_fw-la sine_fw-la deo_fw-la nihil_fw-la poâtis_fw-la facere_fw-la and_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o protestant_a article_n of_o freeâill_n receave_v this_o doctrine_n &_o their_o writer_n admit_v âin_v these_o term_n we_o deny_v not_o that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n 35._o wotton_n
ad_fw-la caput_fw-la ipso_fw-la dicente_fw-la prâ_n apostolorum_fw-la petro_n tue_fw-la petrus_n &_o super_fw-la hanc_fw-la pâ_n aedificabo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la meam_fw-la saint_n papias_n also_o â_o protestant_n confess_v to_o speak_v in_o their_o â_o word_n teach_v peter_n primacy_n and_o romish_a eâpality_n saint_n martial_a a_o disciple_n of_o saint_n peteââsent_a junij_fw-la martial_a ep_v ad_fw-la burdegal_n cap._n 11._o hier._n l._n de_fw-fr vir_fw-la illust_n in_o iren._n epist_n 29._o ad_fw-la theod._n tert._n l._n contra_fw-la valent_n martyrol_n rom._n die_v 28._o junij_fw-la into_o france_n by_o the_o apostolic_a râ_n church_n and_o a_o member_n thereof_o teach_v thâ_n church_n of_o christ_n be_v firm_a and_o can_v never_o be_v â_o throw_v or_o dissolve_v firma_n ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o â_o nec_fw-la cadere_fw-la nec_fw-la disrumpi_fw-la poterit_fw-la unquam_fw-la saint_n ireneus_fw-la be_v by_o saint_n hierome_n thâ_n roman_a martyrologe_n and_o other_o scholar_n polycarpus_n and_o papias_n and_o near_o the_o apâ_n time_n apostolorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la vicimus_fw-la must_v neeâ_n and_o be_v learn_v in_o this_o age_n and_o both_o know_v â_o follow_v the_o approve_a doctrine_n thereof_o beâ_n most_o catholic_a holy_a learn_v saint_n martyâ_n doctor_n yet_o he_o witness_v of_o the_o roman_a câ_n 3._o iren._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o that_o it_o have_v principality_n over_o all_o other_o and_z â_o fore_o every_o church_n &_o all_o true_a believer_n must_v concordance_n with_o it_o ever_o keep_v the_o truâ_n christian_n religion_n which_o the_o apostle_n deliâ_n ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la propter_fw-la potentiorem_fw-la principality_n necesse_fw-la est_fw-la omnem_fw-la conuânire_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la eâ_n sunt_fw-la undique_fw-la fidelâs_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la semper_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la sââ_n dique_fw-la conseruata_fw-la est_fw-la ca_fw-mi quae_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n trâ_n âe_n say_v this_o church_n be_v the_o great_a most_o ancient_a âowne_n to_o all_o found_v by_o the_o two_o most_o glorious_a postle_n saint_n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n keep_v inviââle_a the_o faith_n they_o teach_v and_o confound_v all_o ât_a err_v maximae_fw-la &_o antiquissimae_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la coâitae_fw-la à _fw-la gloriosissimis_fw-la duobus_fw-la apostolis_n petro_n &_o paulo_n âmaefundatae_fw-la &_o constitutae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la eam_fw-la quam_fw-la haâ_n ab_fw-la apostolis_n traditionem_fw-la &_o annunciatam_fw-la hominiâ_n fidem_fw-la per_fw-la successiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la pervenientem_fw-la âque_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la indicantes_fw-la confundimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la âquo_fw-la modo_fw-la velper_n svi_fw-la placentiam_fw-la malam_fw-la vel_fw-la vaâ_n gloriam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la caecitatem_fw-la &_o malam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la âterquam_fw-la oportet_fw-la colligunt_fw-la where_o this_o church_n of_o âme_n be_v ever_o pure_a and_o unspotted_a free_a from_o error_n â_o judge_n and_o confounder_n of_o all_o wheresoever_o or_o âwsoever_o err_v and_o fall_v from_o the_o true_a apoâlike_a doctrine_n brit._n s._n simeon_n metaphrastes_n die_v 29._o junij_fw-la leland_n in_o arthurio_n harrison_n descr_n of_o britain_n stow_n hiss_v of_o engl._n hollinsh_fw-mi he_o of_o engl._n theatre_n of_o great_a brit._n l._n 6._o caius_n antiquit_fw-la cautab_v godwin_n convers_n of_o brit._n and_o catal._n of_o bish._n io._n goscelin_n hist_o manuscript_n mat._n parker_n antiquit_fw-la brit._n and_o particular_o concern_v britain_n so_o it_o âs_v ever_o adjudge_v here_o we_o receive_v our_o first_o âh_a from_o saint_n peter_n and_o the_o roman_a church_n unct_a peter_n stay_v long_o in_o britain_n convert_v ây_a found_v here_o church_n ordain_v bishop_n âists_n and_o deacon_n venit_fw-la in_o britanniam_fw-la quo_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la âo_o temporefuit_fw-la moratus_fw-la verbo_fw-la gratiae_fw-la multos_fw-la illumiâit_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la constituit_fw-la episcoposque_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la âiaconos_fw-la ordinavit_fw-la ând_v all_o our_o protestant_a antiquary_n confess_v that_o â_o receive_v this_o holy_a apostolic_a faith_n and_o âat_a this_o time_n and_o in_o every_o age_n have_v bishop_n and_o âchers_n send_v hither_o from_o rome_n as_o saint_n daânus_n and_o faganus_fw-la with_o other_o from_o pope_n eleuâius_n in_o the_o second_o age_n from_o pope_n victor_n we_o â_o many_o in_o the_o three_o age_n and_o saint_n mellonius_n or_o mello_n from_o pope_n stephen_n and_o s._n amphibalus_fw-la with_o other_o from_o the_o same_o rome_n authority_n in_o the_o same_o age_n in_o the_o four_o age_n one_o holy_a empress_n &_o emperor_n queen_n and_o king_n s._n helen_n with_o our_o whole_a clergy_n agree_v with_o saint_n sylvester_n and_o other_o pope_n there_o and_o saint_n ninian_n with_o other_o of_o we_o which_o where_o there_o consecrate_v and_o send_v hither_o by_o that_o power_n apostolic_a and_o many_o of_o 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