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A18305 The second part of the Defence of the Reformed Catholicke VVherein the religion established in our Church of England (for the points here handled) is apparently iustified by authoritie of Scripture, and testimonie of the auncient Church, against the vaine cauillations collected by Doctor Bishop seminary priest, as out of other popish writers, so especially out of Bellarmine, and published vnder the name of The marrow and pith of many large volumes, for the oppugning thereof. By Robert Abbot Doctor of Diuinitie.; Defence of the Reformed Catholicke of M. W. Perkins. Part 2 Abbot, Robert, 1560-1618. 1607 (1607) STC 49; ESTC S100532 1,359,700 1,255

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daniel_n say_v 9.7_o say_v dan._n 9.7_o to_o thou_o o_o lord_n belong_v righteousness_n but_o unto_o we_o reckon_v himself_o for_o one_o belong_v confusion_n of_o face_n david_n say_v 143.2_o say_v psal_n 143.2_o enter_v not_o into_o judgement_n with_o thy_o servant_n o_o lord_n for_o in_o thy_o sight_n no_o man_n live_a shall_v be_v justify_v 130.3_o justify_v 130.3_o if_o thou_o strait_o mark_v what_o be_v do_v amiss_o who_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o stand_v it_o be_v false_a then_o to_o say_v that_o a_o man_n know_v not_o whether_o he_o be_v worthy_a of_o love_n or_o of_o hatred_n for_o he_o know_v or_o shall_v know_v himself_o worthy_a to_o be_v hate_v but_o yet_o by_o faith_n a_o man_n believe_v himself_o in_o christ_n to_o be_v belove_v though_o he_o know_v that_o in_o himself_o he_o worthy_o deserve_v to_o be_v hate_v and_o so_o s._n bernard_n again_o say_v of_o the_o faithful_a 3_o faithful_a bernard_n epist_n 107._o supra_fw-la scit_fw-la 3_o a_o vile_a worm_n worthy_a of_o 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work_n as_o christ_n say_v 3_o apoc._n 3_o i_o know_v thy_o work_n and_o find_v they_o not_o full_a yet_o there_o be_v some_o among_o you_o who_o have_v not_o defile_v their_o garment_n but_o have_v their_o work_n full_a they_o shall_v walk_v with_o i_o in_o white_n because_o they_o be_v worthy_a 1._o 2._o thess_n 1._o and_o by_o sustain_a persecution_n they_o be_v make_v worthy_a of_o that_o kingdom_n and_o in_o the_o word_n follow_v the_o apostle_n signify_v that_o it_o be_v as_o just_a for_o god_n to_o requite_v good_a work_n with_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n as_o he_o do_v punish_v wicked_a with_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n r._n abbot_n m._n perkins_n for_o objection_n propose_v the_o place_n of_o the_o revelation_n 4._o revelation_n apoc._n 3_o 4._o they_o shall_v walk_v with_o i_o in_o white_a for_o they_o be_v worthy_a as_o whereby_o they_o will_v prove_v merit_n because_o a_o man_n can_v be_v worthy_a but_o he_o must_v merit_v &_o deserve_v m._n bishop_n out_o of_o his_o store_n 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that_o all_o those_o text_n of_o scripture_n which_o do_v thus_o speak_v of_o god_n repute_v or_o esteem_v or_o account_v worthy_a do_v import_n so_o much_o unto_o us._n for_o if_o our_o worthiness_n stand_v in_o god_n esteem_v and_o account_v of_o we_o we_o may_v not_o of_o the_o title_n of_o worthiness_n conclude_v that_o by_o perfection_n of_o real_a quality_n we_o be_v that_o for_o which_o he_o be_v content_a in_o mercy_n and_o favour_n to_o accept_v us._n we_o be_v according_o worthy_a as_o we_o be_v just_a we_o be_v just_a to_o speak_v of_o perfect_a justice_n not_o by_o righteousness_n of_o work_n but_o only_o by_o god_n imputation_n of_o righteousness_n without_o work_n as_o we_o have_v see_v before_o in_o like_a sort_n therefore_o we_o be_v worthy_a nostrae_fw-la worthy_a bernard_n in_o dedicat._n eccles_n ser_fw-mi 5_o nos_fw-la sumus_fw-la sed_fw-la ipsius_fw-la dignatione_fw-la non_fw-la dignitate_fw-la nostrae_fw-la by_o god_n vouchsafe_v acceptance_n not_o by_o our_o worthiness_n as_o s._n bernard_n say_v and_o hereto_o agree_v the_o confession_n of_o the_o faithful_a jacob_n say_v 32.10_o say_v gen._n 32.10_o i_o be_o less_o than_o all_o thy_o mercy_n and_o all_o the_o truth_n which_o thou_o have_v show_v unto_o thy_o servant_n that_o be_v as_o we_o read_v it_o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a thereof_o according_a to_o that_o which_o chrysostome_n say_v percepimus_fw-la say_v chrysostom_n de_fw-fr compunct_a cordis_fw-la etsi_fw-la millies_fw-la moriamur_fw-la etsi_fw-la omnes_fw-la animae_fw-la virtutes_fw-la expleamus_fw-la nihil_fw-la tamen_fw-la dignum_fw-la gerimus_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la ipsi_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la percepimus_fw-la though_o we_o die_v a_o thousand_o death_n though_o we_o fulfil_v all_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o soul_n yet_o do_v we_o nothing_o worthy_a in_o comparison_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o ourselves_o have_v receive_v of_o god_n john_n baptist_n 11.11_o baptist_n mat._n 11.11_o than_o who_o there_o arise_v not_o a_o great_a among_o woman_n child_n yet_o say_v of_o himself_o in_o respect_n of_o christ_n 3.11_o christ_n mat._n 3.11_o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a to_o bear_v his_o shoe_n 1.7_o shoe_n mar._n 1.7_o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a to_o untie_v the_o latchet_n of_o his_o shoe_n the_o centurion_n of_o who_o faith_n our_o saviour_n testify_v that_o 8.10_o that_o mat._n 8.10_o he_o have_v not_o find_v so_o great_a faith_n no_o not_o in_o israel_n yet_o say_v of_o himself_o 8_o himself_o ver_fw-la 8_o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a that_o thou_o shall_v come_v under_o my_o roof_n indignum_fw-la roof_n bernard_n in_o dedicat._n eccles_n ser._n 5._o lege_fw-la o_o homo_fw-la in_o cord_n tuo_fw-la lege_fw-la intra_fw-la te_fw-la ipsum_fw-la de_fw-fr teipso_fw-la testimonia_fw-la veritatis_fw-la &_o hac_fw-la communi_fw-la luce_fw-fr iudicabis_fw-la te_fw-la indignum_fw-la read_v o_o man_n say_v s._n bernard_n in_o thy_o own_o heart_n read_v within_o thyself_o concern_v thyself_o the_o witness_n of_o truth_n and_o thou_o will_v judge_v thyself_o unworthy_a of_o this_o common_a light_n thus_o holy_a man_n have_v speak_v thus_o they_o have_v think_v and_o if_o our_o unworthiness_n be_v such_o to_o these_o thing_n shall_v we_o dream_v of_o a_o worthiness_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o heaven_n 31.16_o heaven_n psal_n 31.16_o save_v i_o say_v david_n for_o thy_o mercy_n sake_n that_o be_v say_v s._n austin_n misericors_fw-la austin_n aug._n in_o psal_n 30._o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la in_o mea_fw-la iustitia_fw-la non_fw-la in_o meis_fw-la meritis_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o tu●_n misericordia_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la dignus_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la tu_fw-la misericors_fw-la not_o in_o my_o righteousness_n not_o in_o my_o merit_n but_o in_o thy_o mercy_n not_o because_o i_o be_o worthy_a but_o because_o thou_o be_v merciful_a again_o the_o same_o s._n austin_n say_v in_o another_o place_n promeruimus_fw-la place_n idem_fw-la in_o psal_n 41._o nobis_fw-la deus_fw-la omne_fw-la bona_fw-la praestat_fw-la quia_fw-la bone_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la nos_fw-la digni_fw-la sumus_fw-la quia_fw-la ille_fw-la misericors_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la quiae_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la promeruimus_fw-la god_n yield_v unto_o we_o all_o good_a thing_n because_o he_o be_v good_a not_o because_o we_o be_v worthy_a because_o he_o be_v merciful_a not_o because_o we_o have_v meririt_v in_o any_o thing_n the_o prophet_n acknowledge_v god_n give_v deliverance_n 44.26_o deliverance_n psal_n 44.26_o for_o his_o mercy_n sake_n or_o as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a read_v for_o his_o name_n sake_n saint_n austin_n again_o expound_v it_o facias_fw-la it_o aug_n in_o psal_n 43._o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la gratis_o propter_fw-la nomen_fw-la tuum_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la meritum_fw-la meum_fw-la quia_fw-la tu_fw-la digna_fw-la turus_fw-la es_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la ego_fw-la dig●us_fw-la sum_fw-la cvi_fw-la facias_fw-la that_o be_v free_o for_o thy_o name_n sake_n not_o for_o my_o merit_n because_o thou_o shall_v vouchsafe_v to_o do_v it_o not_o because_o i_o be_o worthy_a to_o who_o thou_o shall_v do_v it_o thus_o do_v s._n austin_n oftentimes_o give_v check_n to_o m._n bishop_n conceit_n of_o worthiness_n by_o occasion_n of_o those_o phrase_n so_o often_o use_v for_o thy_o name_n sake_n for_o thy_o mercy_n sake_n for_o thy_o righteousness_n sake_n so_o basil_n expound_v the_o same_o phrase_n 143.12_o phrase_n psal_n 143.12_o for_o thy_o mercy_n sake_n tuam_fw-la sake_n basil_n in_o psal_n 142._o non_fw-la quòd_fw-la ego_fw-la dignus_fw-la sim_fw-la sed_fw-la propter_fw-la benignitatem_fw-la tuam_fw-la not_o because_o i_o be_o worthy_a but_o because_o of_o thy_o own_o goodness_n now_o if_o m._n bishop_n will_v have_v no_o salvation_n but_o that_o he_o will_v be_v worthy_a of_o it_o let_v he_o hear_v what_o s._n bernard_n say_v dignitatis_fw-la say_v bernard_n in_o dedicat._n eccles_n ser._n 5_o quòd_fw-la si_fw-la nos_fw-la puerili_fw-la animositate_fw-la gratis_o saluari_fw-la nolumus_fw-la merito_fw-la non_fw-la saluamur_fw-la excludit_fw-la miseriae_fw-la dissimulatio_fw-la
bishop_n affirm_v that_o the_o faithful_a man_n know_v himself_o worthy_a to_o be_v hate_v and_o yet_o by_o faith_n confident_o presume_v that_o he_o be_v belove_v of_o god_n as_o yet_o therefore_o we_o have_v no_o proof_n that_o the_o faithful_a man_n ought_v to_o stand_v in_o fear_n of_o his_o own_o salvation_n 12._o w._n bishop_n another_o plain_a testimony_n be_v take_v out_o of_o s._n paul_n where_o he_o show_v that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o we_o to_o judge_v of_o our_o own_o justice_n 4._o 1._o cor._n 4._o but_o we_o must_v leave_v to_o god_n the_o judgement_n of_o it_o these_o be_v the_o word_n i_o be_o not_o guilty_a in_o conscience_n of_o any_o thing_n but_o i_o be_o not_o justify_v herein_o but_o he_o that_o judge_v i_o be_v our_o lord_n therefore_o judge_v not_o before_o the_o time_n until_o our_o lord_n do_v come_v who_o also_o will_v lighten_v the_o hide_a thing_n of_o darkness_n and_o will_v manifest_v the_o counsel_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o then_o the_o praise_n shall_v 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