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first_o and_o thereby_o you_o defend_v a_o sentence_n which_o molina_n do_v accurse_v unto_o hell_n de_fw-fr concor_fw-fr in_o q._n 14._o art_n 13._o disp_n 40._o nostra_fw-la itaque_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o ten_o and_o last_o say_v man_n be_v prevent_v by_o grace_n he_o put_v to_o his_o hand_n to_o procure_v augmentation_n of_o grace_n i_o answer_v to_o procure_v may_v signify_v the_o act_n of_o a_o efficient_a either_o moral_a by_o the_o way_n of_o merit_n or_o physical_a by_o the_o way_n of_o real_a influence_n into_o the_o effect_n in_o both_o these_o sense_n this_o ten_o proposition_n be_v false_a and_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v decree_v sess_v 6._o cap._n 8._o the_o grace_n of_o justification_n can_v be_v merit_v much_o less_o will_v any_o be_v so_o void_a of_o piety_n as_o to_o say_v man_n can_v compel_v god_n to_o give_v he_o grace_n but_o what_o ever_o his_o meaning_n be_v here_o it_o must_v be_v observe_v man_n hand_n be_v the_o next_o cause_n of_o a_o supernatural_a 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say_v to_o the_o point_n itself_o will_v come_v afterward_o when_o the_o nature_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n come_v to_o be_v show_v no._n 31._o §_o but_o how_o only_o thus_o much_o suffice_v to_o set_v down_o the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o question_n between_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o this_o point_n which_o he_o harp_v so_o much_o upon_o which_o do_v also_o evident_o show_v that_o this_o point_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o faith_n unto_o justification_n neither_o can_v it_o have_v lengthen_v out_o his_o foggy_a and_o misty_a pretence_n bring_v to_o excuse_v himself_o from_o agree_v with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o disagree_v from_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o this_o point_n wherefore_o i_o leave_v it_o and_o proceed_v so_o confident_a be_v he_o in_o this_o fancy_a victory_n that_o from_o thence_o he_o infer_v in_o the_o same_o page_n 183._o a_o disputation_n in_o these_o word_n if_o they_o mean_v no_o otherwise_o then_o 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shed_v upon_o the_o cross_n this_o answer_n of_o bishop_n jewel_n be_v full_a to_o the_o purpose_n and_o of_o no_o less_o authority_n than_o the_o catechism_n allege_v which_o be_v take_v in_o this_o sense_n we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o our_o church_n be_v no_o friend_n to_o the_o real_a presence_n in_o those_o word_n of_o the_o catechism_n a_o three_o thing_n also_o be_v in_o his_o appeal_v pag._n 291._o thus_o set_v down_o both_o we_o and_o the_o papist_n confess_v this_o be_v my_o body_n and_o that_o be_v enough_o and_o contend_v mere_o about_o the_o manner_n how_o it_o be_v my_o body_n that_o be_v how_o the_o sacrament_n be_v make_v the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n gag_n page_n 256._o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n decree_v transubstantiation_n and_o we_o deny_v the_o same_o gag_n page_n 252._o which_o sentence_n by_o the_o course_n of_o the_o place_n where_o it_o be_v must_v be_v apply_v to_o the_o present_a purpose_n in_o this_o form_n they_o that_o agree_v in_o this_o 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they_o say_v be_v by_o transubstantiation_n the_o bishop_n say_v we_o dissent_v about_o the_o real_a presence_n m._n mountagu_n say_v no_o for_o say_v he_o our_o dissent_n be_v mere_o about_o transubstantiation_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v m._n mountagu_n his_o argument_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v answer_v long_o before_o he_o be_v bear_v it_o may_v be_v he_o will_v reply_v to_o this_o answer_n of_o the_o bishop_n that_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a and_o give_v the_o reason_n for_o it_o which_o he_o allege_v in_o the_o like_a case_n in_o his_o appeal_v pag._n 291._o viz._n the_o devil_n breed_v he_o up_o in_o a_o faction_n and_o send_v he_o abroad_o to_o do_v he_o service_n in_o maintain_v a_o faction_n and_o thus_o he_o must_v reply_v or_o blot_v out_o of_o both_o his_o book_n that_o bitter_a sentence_n which_o be_v write_v against_o all_o such_o as_o make_v any_o difference_n between_o the_o romish_a church_n and_o we_o in_o the_o point_n of_o real_a presence_n i_o rejoine_v to_o it_o in_o the_o bishop_n word_n p._n 237._o if_o he_o be_v of_o god_n he_o know_v well_o he_o shall_v not_o thus_o bestow_v his_o tongue_n and_o hand_n moreover_o if_o he_o have_v the_o understanding_n of_o a_o man_n he_o know_v it_o be_v evidence_n of_o truth_n not_o bitterness_n of_o rail_v that_o carry_v credit_n in_o a_o divinity_n question_n let_v he_o first_o take_v away_o the_o bishop_n proof_n and_o show_v wherein_o he_o be_v a_o liar_n or_o a_o ignorant_a man_n and_o then_o there_o may_v be_v some_o excuse_n for_o this_o rail_n till_o then_o it_o will_v be_v hold_v a_o rule_v case_n his_o will_n be_v good_a but_o his_o cause_n nought_o he_o must_v rail_v because_o he_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o say_v and_o with_o this_o i_o conclude_v all_o the_o pretence_n that_o he_o have_v for_o his_o agreement_n in_o the_o point_n of_o real_a presence_n with_o the_o church_n of_o england_n i_o will_v now_o deliver_v some_o reason_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o 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and_o a_o essence_n real_o subsist_v when_o he_o do_v administer_v the_o sacrament_n to_o his_o disciple_n and_o say_v this_o be_v my_o body_n etc._n etc._n then_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v real_o and_o substantial_o present_a in_o the_o sacrament_n but_o christ_n give_v substance_n and_o a_o essence_n real_o subsist_v etc._n etc._n therefore_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v real_o present_a i_o answer_v the_o word_n substance_n etc._n etc._n in_o this_o place_n may_v be_v take_v for_o the_o substance_n of_o bread_n and_o wine_n or_o for_o the_o substance_n of_o christ_n body_n that_o christ_n give_v the_o substance_n of_o bread_n and_o wine_n i_o grant_v and_o so_o the_o assumption_n be_v true_a and_o he_o must_v grant_v it_o likewise_o or_o else_o say_v with_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n sess_n 13._o can_n 2._o that_o it_o do_v not_o remain_v but_o be_v change_v etc._n etc._n which_o i_o presume_v he_o will_v not_o do_v but_o the_o word_n substance_n be_v thus_o understand_v 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