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A17018 The iudgement of the Apostles and of those of the first age, in all points of doctrine questioned betweene the Catholikes and Protestants of England, as they are set downe in the 39. Articles of their religion. By an old student in Diuinitie. Broughton, Richard. 1632 (1632) STC 3898; ESTC S114820 265,017 428

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serm._n 7._o in_o ps_n 9_o marc._n michal_n carnoten_n lib._n de_fw-fr vir_fw-la illustr_n dion_n carth._n ad_fw-la l._n areop_n de_fw-mi divin_v nom_fw-fr sint_fw-la sin_n lib._n 2._o ignat._n ep_v ad_fw-la s._n joh._n 1._o 2._o ad_fw-la b._n mar._n virg._n b._n mar._n epist_n ad_fw-la ignat._n s._n ignat._n epist_n ad_fw-la smyrnen_n euseb_n hist_o l._n 3._o ca._n 33._o ●_o chrisost_n orat_fw-la de_fw-fr transl_fw-fr s._n ignatij_n foelix_fw-la rom._n ep_v ad_fw-la zenon_n imperat_fw-la synod_n s._n constant_a theodoret._n immutabil_n dialog_n 1._o evident_a that_o in_o every_o article_n in_o this_o protestant_a religion_n contain_v in_o their_o book_n of_o the_o article_n thereof_o they_o dissent_v from_o these_o protestant_n and_o they_o and_o the_o apostolic_a church_n then_o universal_o agree_v in_o and_o profess_v the_o same_o doctrine_n which_o the_o present_a roman_a church_n do_v at_o this_o day_n in_o all_o point_n this_o will_v plain_o appear_v in_o every_o article_n 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 ●ould_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 ●nne_v and_o all_o ancient_a expositor_n of_o holy_a scrip●re_o both_o of_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a church_n do_v ●pounde_v the_o apostle_n in_o the_o place_n insinuate_v in_o ●is_n article_n to_o speak_v of_o sin_n only_o material_o &_o ●ot_n proper_o when_o he_o term_v concupiscence_n by_o ●at_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 cau●_n and_o we_o have_v the_o catholic_a doctrine_n in_o t●_n point_v deliver_v and_o teach_v by_o apostolic_a man_n ●_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 u●●_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 ●ferat_fw-la profectò_fw-la secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la vivitis_fw-la and_o rab●_n moses_n hadarsan_n prove_v the_o same_o for_o the_o true_a b●_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 c●cupi_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 mal●_n iugiter_fw-la concupiscens_fw-la &_o affectans_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la dominabe●_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 a●_n all_o the_o holy_a writer_n of_o this_o time_n affirm_v the_o sam●_n when_o they_o teach_v that_o free_a will_n be_v in_o man_n &_o sin●_n be_v not_o contradict_v without_o it_o nor_o can_v be_v where_o ●_o when_o it_o do_v not_o consent_n which_o can_v possib●_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 a●_n arisinge_v both_o without_o and_o against_o the_o will_n and_o ●_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 unt●_n do_v not_o defile_v and_o so_o can_v be_v sin_n prove_v als●_n abseruationi_fw-la proponitur_fw-la vita_fw-la mors_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la &_o si●guli_fw-la magnesian_n ignat._n epist_n ●d_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 inu●ner●_n locum_fw-la abituri_fw-la sunt_fw-la fugiamus_fw-la mortem_fw-la &_o eligamus_fw-la u●tam_fw-la that_o to_o sin_n or_o not_o sin_n to_o have_v life_n ●_o death_n be_v in_o the_o power_n and_o will_n of_o christian_n a●_n again_o most_o plain_o that_o sin_n be_v not_o without_o fre●_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 ag●_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 arb●trium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d saint_n clement_n disciple_n and_o successor_n to_o saint_n ●eter_v the_o apostle_n speak_v as_o plain_o or_o rather_o ●ore_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 ●uia_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 ●dicium_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la probaverit_fw-la eligere_fw-la viam_fw-la con●at_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 ●inge_n term_v sin_n all_o civil_a court_n law_n and_o ●ustice_n shall_v cease_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o goodness_n ●o_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 unum●uemque_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 ●on_n habuit_fw-la hoc_fw-la siteneatur_fw-la convulsa_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la fru●ra_fw-la ●rit_fw-la studium_fw-la sectandi_fw-la meliora_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o judices_fw-la saeculi_fw-la ●ustra_fw-la legibus_fw-la praesunt_fw-la &_o puniunt_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la malè_fw-la agunt_fw-la ●on_v enim_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la potestate_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la peccarent_fw-la ●_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 ●atuunt_fw-la miseri_fw-la erunt_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la servant_n cum_fw-la labour_v iusti●am_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 ●celere_fw-la viventes_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la tenent_fw-la secundum_fw-la haec_fw-la er●o_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 ●vis_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 ●beri_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 ●d_a vitam_fw-la a_o daemonibus_fw-la ad_fw-la interitum_fw-la and_o define_v free●ill_o to_o be_v a_o essential_a and_o unseparable_a power_n of_o ●he_n soul_n of_o man_n to_o yield_v to_o whatsoever_o act_n it_o ●ill_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 ●irtutem_fw-la quam_fw-la possit_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la velit_fw-la actus_fw-la incli●ari_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 a●_n that_o man_n have_v such_o power_n in_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d f●n_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 f●n_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v the_o constant_a and_o receive_v opinion_n ●_o doctrine_n both_o of_o jew_n and_o gentile_n also_o for_o t●_n first_o their_o rabbin_n rabbi_n moses_n hadarsa●_n rabbi_n akiba_n philo_n rabbi_n moses_n ben-maimo●_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 ●stimony_n of_o simon_n magus_n professor_n of_o the_o adver●_n error_n confess_v it_o be_v the_o receive_v doctrine_n ●_o the_o jew_n though_o he_o singular_o deny_v it_o sim●_n magus_n inquit_fw-la ad_fw-la p●trum_fw-la quoniam_fw-la hebraeis_n ista_fw-la ma●dantur_fw-la velut_fw-la rectè_fw-la scientibus_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o opinantib●_n quod_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la habeat_fw-la agere_fw-la ●_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 discrep●_n sententia_fw-la josephus_n saint_n epiphanius_n and_o other_o pro●_n the_o same_o and_o put_v such_o jew_n as_o hold_v otherwise_o i●_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 invincibl●_n the_o truth_n of_o the_o christian_a catholic_a doctrine_n i●_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 par●_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 deu●_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 o●_n free_a will_n be_v receive_v and_o profess_v in_o this_o first_o ag●_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o the_o present_a roman_a church_n ●w_o do_v approve_v and_o require_v also_o the_o neces●y_n of_o grace_n and_o not_o exclude_v it_o as_o the_o pelagian_a ●retiks_n first_o do_v some_o hundred_o of_o year_n after_o and_z ●t_z make_v man_n action_n meritorious_a but_o as_o they_o ●ere_z assist_v by_o grace_n nihil_fw-la meritis_fw-la vestris_fw-la ascriba●_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 po●tis_fw-la facere_fw-la and_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o protestant_a article_n of_o free●ill_n receave_v this_o doctrine_n &_o their_o writer_n admit_v ●in_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 pr●_n apostolorum_fw-la petro_n tue_fw-la petrus_n &_o super_fw-la hanc_fw-la p●_n aedificabo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la meam_fw-la saint_n papias_n also_o ●_o protestant_n confess_v to_o speak_v in_o their_o ●_o word_n teach_v peter_n primacy_n and_o romish_a e●pality_n saint_n martial_a a_o disciple_n of_o saint_n pete●●sent_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 r●_n church_n and_o a_o member_n thereof_o teach_v th●_n church_n of_o christ_n be_v firm_a and_o can_v never_o be_v ●_o throw_v or_o dissolve_v firma_n ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o ●_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 th●_n roman_a martyrologe_n and_o other_o scholar_n polycarpus_n and_o papias_n and_o near_o the_o ap●_n time_n apostolorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la vicimus_fw-la must_v nee●_n and_o be_v learn_v in_o this_o age_n and_o both_o know_v ●_o follow_v the_o approve_a doctrine_n thereof_o be●_n most_o catholic_a holy_a learn_v saint_n marty●_n doctor_n yet_o he_o witness_v of_o the_o roman_a c●_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 ●_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 tru●_n christian_n religion_n which_o the_o apostle_n deli●_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 conu●nire_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la e●_n sunt_fw-la undique_fw-la fidel●s_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la semper_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la s●●_n dique_fw-la conseruata_fw-la est_fw-la ca_fw-mi quae_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n tr●_n ●e_n say_v this_o church_n be_v the_o great_a most_o ancient_a ●owne_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 invi●●le_a the_o faith_n they_o teach_v and_o confound_v all_o ●t_a err_v maximae_fw-la &_o antiquissimae_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la co●itae_fw-la à_fw-la gloriosissimis_fw-la duobus_fw-la apostolis_n petro_n &_o paulo_n ●maefundatae_fw-la &_o constitutae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la eam_fw-la quam_fw-la ha●_n ab_fw-la apostolis_n traditionem_fw-la &_o annunciatam_fw-la homini●_n fidem_fw-la per_fw-la successiones_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la pervenientem_fw-la ●que_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la indicantes_fw-la confundimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la ●quo_fw-la modo_fw-la velper_n svi_fw-la placentiam_fw-la malam_fw-la vel_fw-la va●_n gloriam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la caecitatem_fw-la &_o malam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la ●terquam_fw-la oportet_fw-la colligunt_fw-la where_o this_o church_n of_o ●me_n be_v ever_o pure_a and_o unspotted_a free_a from_o error_n ●_o judge_n and_o confounder_n of_o all_o wheresoever_o or_o ●wsoever_o err_v and_o fall_v from_o the_o true_a apo●like_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 ●s_v ever_o adjudge_v here_o we_o receive_v our_o first_o ●h_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 ●y_a found_v here_o church_n ordain_v bishop_n ●ists_n and_o deacon_n venit_fw-la in_o britanniam_fw-la quo_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la ●o_o temporefuit_fw-la moratus_fw-la verbo_fw-la gratiae_fw-la multos_fw-la illumi●it_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la 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