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A42048 The grand presvmption of the Roman Church in equalling their own traditions to the written word of God by Francis Gregory. Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707. 1675 (1675) Wing G1894; ESTC R13146 76,854 132

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whole_a hierarchy_n of_o the_o church_n the_o form_n and_o rite_n of_o the_o sacrament_n and_o especial_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n invocation_n of_o saint_n the_o observation_n of_o holiday_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v well_o guess_v bold_a jesuit_n but_o be_v these_o indeed_o the_o doctrine_n which_o our_o bless_a saviour_n as_o bellarmine_n say_v promise_v to_o teach_v his_o apostle_n after_o his_o resurrection_n be_v these_o indeed_o the_o lesson_n of_o which_o christ_n say_v to_o his_o disciple_n you_o can_v bear_v they_o now_o the_o truth_n be_v neither_o christ_n himself_o nor_o any_o of_o his_o apostle_n can_v have_v bear_v such_o lesson_n at_o any_o time_n whatever_o but_o certain_a it_o be_v those_o doctrine_n which_o the_o apostle_n can_v not_o have_v well_o bear_v before_o christ_n passion_n and_o be_v therefore_o adjourn_v till_o after_o his_o resurrection_n be_v and_o must_v needs_o be_v of_o another_o nature_n indeed_o what_o they_o be_v in_o particular_a can_v certain_o be_v know_v locum_fw-la thus_o st._n austin_n quaenam_fw-la ista_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la ipse_fw
god_n to_o style_n himself_o by_o this_o humble_a title_n he_o take_v occasion_n from_o the_o pride_n and_o arrogance_n of_o john_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n which_o be_v at_o that_o time_n the_o imperial_a seat_n this_o john_n have_v take_v upon_o he_o the_o title_n of_o universal_a bishop_n whereof_o gregory_n thus_o complain_v 32._o o_o tempora_fw-la o_o mores_fw-la ecce_fw-la destructae_fw-la urbes_fw-la eversa_fw-la castra_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o tamen_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o pavimento_fw-la &_o cinere_fw-la flentes_fw-la jacere_fw-la debuerunt_fw-la vanitatis_fw-la sibi_fw-la nomen_fw-la expetunt_fw-la &_o novis_fw-la &_o prophanis_fw-la vocabulis_fw-la gloriantur_fw-la with_o this_o expression_n of_o gregory_n the_o great_a agree_v that_o of_o vspergensis_n phocam_n rogatu_fw-la bonifacii_n phocas_n constituit_fw-la sedem_fw-la romanae_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la caput_fw-la esse_fw-la omnium_fw-la 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o bring_v they_o under_o a_o righteous_a condemnation_n but_o will_v the_o roman_a church_n content_o suffer_v any_o bishop_n of_o they_o to_o be_v condemn_v brand_a and_o record_v for_o a_o arrant_a heretic_n and_o plead_v nothing_o in_o his_o behalf_n what_o will_v then_o become_v of_o their_o dear_a infallibility_n what_o will_v then_o become_v of_o pope_n agatho's_n letter_n to_o the_o six_o general_n council_n wherein_o he_o brag_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n never_o err_v in_o point_n of_o faith_n or_o will_v the_o roman_a church_n acknowledge_v that_o a_o general_n council_n may_v be_v mistake_v and_o that_o in_o a_o matter_n of_o so_o great_a concern_v to_o themselves_o as_o they_o take_v the_o infallibility_n of_o their_o bishop_n to_o be_v it_o be_v a_o shrewd_a dilemma_n that_o our_o adversary_n lie_v under_o in_o this_o case_n for_o if_o honorius_n be_v certain_o a_o heretic_n their_o infallibility_n cease_v but_o if_o honorius_n be_v no_o heretic_n then_o may_v general_a council_n err_v which_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v loath_a to_o grant_v well_o to_o secure_v the_o credit_n of_o honorius_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o that_o general_n council_n which_o condemn_v he_o too_o bellarmine_n invent_v this_o trick_n 11._o and_o tell_v we_o erat_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la graecorum_n ferè_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la corrumpendi_fw-la libros_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v even_o the_o familiar_a custom_n of_o the_o grecian_n to_o corrupt_v the_o copy_n of_o council_n and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o indeed_o in_o the_o case_n of_o honorius_n he_o take_v for_o grant_v sine_fw-la dubio_fw-la honorii_n nomen_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la damnantur_fw-la à_fw-la sexta_fw-la synodo_fw-la insertum_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la aemulis_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n without_o doubt_v the_o name_n of_o honorius_n be_v insert_v among_o those_o heretic_n who_o the_o six_o council_n condemn_v by_o some_o person_n 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canon_n of_o they_o we_o can_v think_v that_o they_o have_v so_o great_a a_o veneration_n for_o any_o other_o council_n beside_o but_o that_o they_o will_v corrupt_v and_o forge_v they_o even_o as_o oft_o as_o their_o interest_n do_v so_o require_v and_o since_o it_o be_v thus_o since_o by_o the_o confession_n of_o our_o adversary_n themselves_o such_o and_o such_o particular_a father_n have_v strange_o err_v since_o the_o most_o learned_a man_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n have_v acknowledge_v that_o even_a pope_n and_o council_n have_v be_v if_o not_o mistake_v in_o themselves_o yet_o base_o corrupt_v by_o other_o we_o can_v think_v ourselves_o oblige_v to_o accept_v the_o authority_n and_o testimony_n of_o such_o father_n pope_n and_o council_n as_o sure_a and_o infallible_a proof_n of_o those_o tradition_n which_o be_v now_o receive_v in_o and_o recommend_v by_o the_o roman_a church_n though_o neither_o attest_v by_o the_o universal_a church_n nor_o warrant_v by_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n and_o upon_o this_o score_n we_o can_v do_v no_o less_o than_o wonder_n at_o the_o strange_a confidence_n and_o unparalleled_a presumption_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n and_o their_o abettor_n who_o dare_v at_o least_o equal_a their_o own_o tradition_n which_o stand_v upon_o such_o uncertain_a and_o slippery_a ground_n even_o to_o those_o holy_a scripture_n which_o be_v universal_o own_v and_o infallible_o prove_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sure_a and_o undoubted_a word_n of_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d finis_fw-la chrysost_n ad_fw-la col._n c._n 1._o v._n 1._o theophyl_n in_o argum._n epist_n ad_fw-la col._n oecum_fw-la in_o argum._n epist_n ad_fw-la col._n chrys_n ad_fw-la col._n c._n 1._o v._n 1._o chrys_n ad_fw-la col._n c._n 1._o v._n 2._o theophyl_n in_o locum_fw-la eundem_fw-la oecum_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la eundem_fw-la theoph._n in_o argum._n epist_n ad_fw-la col._n theodoret._n in_o argum._n ep._n ad_fw-la col._n the●_n col._n 1.2_o joh._n 1.17_o origen_n in_o joannem_fw-la erasm_n in_o joann_n c._n 1.17_o cast_n in_o joann_n c._n 1.16_o act_n 7.38_o chrys_n in_o joan_n 1.17_o theophylact._n in_o locum_fw-la chrys_n in_o locum_fw-la galat._n 3.19_o act._n 7.38_o grot._n in_o heb._n 2.2_o exod._n 20.1_o deut._n 5.24_o gregorius_n naz._n orat._n 49._o chrysostomus_n in_o act._n 7.30_o diony_n areop_n coelest_n hierarchiae_n c._n 4._o diony_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la joseph_n l._n 1.5_o august_n contra_fw-la adimantum_fw-la c._n 9_o cael._n rhodig_n l._n 18._o c._n 19_o seneca_n epist_n 9_o deut._n 33.1_o 2_o pet._n 1.20_o heb._n 1.1_o 2_o pet._n 1.21_o ezek._n 11.5_o pearson_n on_o the_o creed_n epiphanius_n in_o anchor_n gal._n 4.6_o rom._n 8.9_o 1_o pet._n 1.11_o rom._n 1.9_o heb._n 1.2_o ephes_n 4.11_o rom._n 1.5_o 1_o pet._n 1.1_o 1_o cor._n 11.23_o gal._n 3.24_o psalm_n 40.7_o joh._n 5.46_o luk._n 24.27_o act._n 13.27_o matt._n 1.22_o luk._n 24.44_o matt._n 26.54_o act._n 3.18_o act._n 1.1_o act._n 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be_v never_o merry_a but_o only_o then_o when_o you_o see_v your_o brother_n in_o charity_n these_o and_o some_o few_o more_o sentence_n not_o find_v in_o sacred_a writ_n be_v impute_v to_o our_o bless_a saviour_n and_o so_o be_v that_o too_o by_o some_o to_o christ_n by_o other_o to_o some_o apostle_n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v skilful_a exchanger_n which_o word_n be_v style_v in_o eusebius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o apostolical_a expression_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o the_o apostle_n may_v receive_v from_o christ_n betwixt_o his_o resurrection_n and_o ascension_n direction_n to_o ordain_v rite_n and_o ceremony_n that_o concern_v the_o administration_n of_o god_n public_a worship_n and_o the_o exterior_a discipline_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o these_o order_n and_o determination_n of_o his_o touch_v the_o circumstance_n of_o god_n service_n be_v deliver_v to_o their_o successor_n by_o word_n of_o mouth_n and_o be_v not_o present_o register_v we_o be_v 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