law_n together_o with_o inward_a and_o outward_a admonition_n both_o by_o threat_n also_o and_o promise_n nor_o do_v he_o suffer_v the_o effect_n of_o wickedness_n to_o spread_v so_o far_o as_o they_o may_v have_v do_v whence_o it_o be_v that_o all_o kind_n of_o government_n can_v never_o yet_o be_v subvert_v nor_o the_o knowledge_n of_o divine_a law_n utter_o extinguish_v or_o abolish_v neither_o may_v those_o delinquence_n which_o be_v permit_v to_o be_v do_v among_o man_n be_v think_v altogether_o unprofitable_a since_o that_o as_o before_o we_o have_v touch_v they_o may_v be_v use_v either_o for_o the_o punishment_n of_o other_o no_o less_o lewd_a transgressor_n or_o for_o the_o chastisement_n of_o such_o as_o sometime_o wander_v from_o the_o way_n of_o virtue_n or_o last_o to_o exact_v some_o worthy_a pattern_n of_o patience_n and_o constancy_n from_o such_o as_o have_v make_v good_a proficiency_n in_o the_o school_n of_o piety_n and_o virtue_n last_o even_o they_o who_o 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but_o rather_o as_o the_o wise_a sort_n of_o man_n have_v think_v we_o shall_v conclude_v and_o argue_v thus_o sect_n xx._n the_o same_o argument_n be_v retort_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o soul_n survive_v the_o body_n forasmuch_o as_o god_n have_v a_o eye_n unto_o all_o man_n action_n and_o in_o himself_o be_v most_o just_a suffer_v such_o thing_n to_o come_v to_o pass_v as_o we_o see_v they_o do_v therefore_o we_o must_v expect_v that_o there_o will_v be_v some_o future_a judgement_n after_o this_o life_n to_o the_o end_n such_o notorious_a transgression_n may_v not_o remain_v unpunished_a nor_o well_o deserve_a virtue_n be_v unrecompensed_a with_o due_a comfort_n and_o reward_n sect_n xxi_o which_o be_v prove_v by_o tradition_n further_o to_o confirm_v this_o truth_n it_o must_v necessary_o be_v admit_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n do_v survive_v their_o body_n which_o most_o ancient_a tradition_n be_v derive_v from_o our_o very_a first_o parent_n for_o from_o whence_o else_o can_v it_o proceed_v unto_o almost_o all_o civilise_a people_n as_o be_v plain_a by_o homer_n verse_n and_o by_o philosopher_n not_o only_o of_o the_o grecian_n but_o likewise_o the_o druid_n in_o france_n and_o brahmin_n in_o india_n and_o by_o those_o relation_n also_o which_o many_o writer_n have_v publish_v concern_v the_o egyptian_n and_o thracian_n and_o german_n in_o like_a manner_n touch_v god_n judgement_n to_o come_v after_o this_o life_n many_o thing_n we_o see_v be_v extant_a as_o well_o among_o the_o grecian_n as_o also_o among_o the_o egyptian_n and_o indian_n as_o we_o learn_v out_o of_o strabo_n diogenes_n laertius_n and_o plutarch_n whereunto_o may_v be_v add_v that_o old_a tradition_n of_o the_o consumption_n of_o the_o world_n by_o fire_n which_o be_v ancient_o find_v in_o hystaspis_n and_o the_o sibyl_n and_o now_o also_o in_o ovid_n and_o lucan_n and_o the_o indian_n of_o siam_n of_o which_o thing_n the_o astrologer_n have_v note_v this_o to_o be_v a_o sign_n that_o the_o sun_n draw_v near_a and_o near_o to_o the_o earth_n yea_o when_o the_o canary_n america_n and_o other_o foreign_a place_n be_v first_o discover_v this_o same_o opinion_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o man_n soul_n and_o the_o last_o judgement_n be_v find_v among_o the_o inhabitant_n there_o sect_n xxii_o against_o which_o no_o contrary_a reason_n can_v be_v bring_v neither_o can_v there_o any_o reason_n in_o nature_n be_v give_v to_o disprove_v so_o ancient_a and_o common_a receive_v tradition_n for_o every_o thing_n that_o in_o this_o world_n come_v to_o a_o end_n perish_v either_o through_o the_o opposition_n of_o some_o more_o forcible_a contrary_a agent_n as_o coldness_n in_o any_o subject_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o more_o prevalent_a power_n and_o intention_n of_o heat_n or_o through_o the_o substraction_n of_o that_o subject_n whereupon_o it_o depend_v as_o the_o quantity_n of_o the_o glass_n when_o the_o glass_n be_v break_v or_o through_o the_o defect_n and_o want_n of_o 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the_o body_n be_v impair_v and_o weaken_v by_o the_o redundancy_n or_o excess_n of_o the_o object_n as_o the_o sense_n of_o see_v by_o the_o full_a splendour_n and_o bright_a face_n of_o the_o sun_n but_o the_o more_o excellent_a object_n that_o the_o soul_n be_v conversant_a about_o as_o about_z universals_z and_o figure_n abstract_v from_o sensible_a matter_n it_o receive_v thereby_o the_o more_o perfection_n again_o the_o power_n that_o depend_v upon_o the_o body_n be_v only_o busy_v about_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v limit_v to_o particular_a time_n and_o place_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n and_o property_n of_o the_o body_n itself_o but_o the_o mind_n have_v a_o more_o noble_a object_n and_o ascend_v to_o the_o contemplation_n of_o that_o which_o be_v infinite_a and_o eternal_a wherefore_o then_o see_v that_o the_o soul_n depend_v not_o upon_o the_o body_n in_o its_o operation_n neither_o do_v it_o in_o its_o essence_n for_o we_o can_v discern_v the_o nature_n of_o invisible_a thing_n otherwise_o than_o by_o their_o operation_n neither_o be_v the_o three_o way_n of_o corruption_n incident_a to_o the_o soul_n there_o be_v no_o efficient_a cause_n from_o which_o the_o soul_n proceed_v by_o a_o continual_a emanation_n for_o we_o can_v say_v our_o parent_n be_v such_o a_o cause_n since_o when_o they_o be_v dead_a their_o child_n be_v wont_a to_o live_v but_o if_o we_o will_v needs_o make_v some_o cause_n from_o which_o the_o soul_n proceed_v than_o we_o can_v imagine_v no_o other_o save_o the_o first_o and_o universal_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o as_o in_o respect_n of_o its_o power_n be_v never_o deficient_a so_o in_o respect_n of_o its_o will_n to_o be_v defective_a that_o be_v for_o the_o almighty_a to_o will_v the_o extinction_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o soul_n no_o man_n can_v ever_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v sect_n xxiii_o many_o reason_n may_v be_v allege_v for_o it_o nay_o there_o be_v many_o strong_a argument_n for_o the_o contrary_a as_o namely_o the_o dominion_n give_v unto_o man_n over_o his_o own_o action_n the_o natural_a desire_n that_o be_v in_o he_o to_o be_v immortal_a the_o force_n of_o conscience_n comfort_v the_o mind_n for_o well_o do_v action_n though_o very_o troublesome_a and_o support_v it_o with_o a_o certain_a hope_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o sting_n of_o a_o gnaw_a conscience_n at_o the_o remembrance_n of_o ungodly_a and_o wicked_a action_n especial_o when_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n approach_v as_o if_o it_o have_v a_o sense_n of_o a_o imminent_a judgement_n and_o this_o gnaw_a worm_n of_o conscience_n the_o most_o profane_a wretch_n and_o wicked_a tyrant_n have_v not_o be_v able_a oftentimes_o to_o extinguish_v in_o they_o no_o not_o then_o when_o they_o most_o of_o all_o desire_v it_o as_o divers_a example_n do_v testify_v sect_n xxiv_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o end_n of_o
pagan_n among_o who_o as_o grotius_n observe_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o poet_n to_o sing_v what_o they_o please_v though_o never_o so_o lewd_a concern_v the_o god_n and_o for_o the_o epicure_n to_o take_v providence_n out_o of_o the_o world_n while_o the_o jew_n be_v make_v ridiculous_a and_o the_o christian_n most_o barbarous_o use_v as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v the_o vile_a of_o mankind_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o sect_n xii_o the_o romanist_n themselves_o overthrow_v their_o own_o religion_n that_o argument_n also_o which_o he_o urge_v for_o christianity_n against_o the_o pagan_n that_o the_o chief_a point_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n be_v acknowledge_v by_o some_o or_o other_o of_o the_o best_a and_o great_a among_o they_o may_v be_v use_v by_o we_o also_o for_o the_o faith_n to_o which_o we_o now_o hold_v there_o be_v several_a learned_a writer_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n who_o have_v acknowledge_v our_o belief_n to_o be_v sufficient_a to_o salvation_n and_o the_o point_n which_o they_o have_v superad_v have_v be_v look_v upon_o by_o the_o most_o excellent_a person_n among_o they_o only_o as_o mere_a scholastical_a opinion_n and_o not_o certain_a truth_n of_o which_o we_o can_v have_v a_o full_a assurance_n here_o i_o may_v show_v how_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o scripture_n have_v be_v own_v and_o the_o apostle_n creed_n likewise_o confess_v to_o contain_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o be_v believe_v to_o salvation_n but_o because_o i_o will_v not_o have_v this_o book_n swell_v above_o the_o bigness_n of_o the_o forego_n i_o shall_v let_v they_o alone_o and_o instance_n only_o in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n which_o be_v now_o press_v with_o so_o much_o violence_n upon_o the_o christian_a world_n but_o most_o plain_o condemn_v by_o gratian_n in_o their_o canon_n law_n and_o by_o the_o author_n or_o author_n of_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o mass_n itself_o about_o the_o former_a we_o may_v be_v satisfy_v out_o of_o the_o decretum_fw-la if_o we_o look_v into_o the_o three_o part_n and_o the_o second_o distinction_n concern_v consecration_n where_o in_o the_o xl_o viii_o chapter_n out_o of_o st._n austin_n and_o prosper_n he_o say_v the_o heavenly_a bread_n which_o be_v true_o christ_n flesh_n svo_fw-la modo_fw-la after_o a_o sort_n or_o manner_n be_v call_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n whereas_o revera_fw-la in_o truth_n it_o be_v the_o sacrament_n of_o his_o body_n which_o be_v hang_v upon_o the_o cross_n and_o the_o sacrifice_a of_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v call_v his_o death_n and_o passion_n and_o crucifixion_n not_o in_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o thing_n but_o in_o a_o signify_v mystery_n which_o word_n be_v so_o direct_o against_o the_o present_a sense_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n that_o no_o protestant_n can_v speak_v more_o express_o and_o clear_o against_o it_o nor_o desire_v a_o plain_a confutation_n of_o it_o unless_o it_o be_v that_o of_o the_o gloss_n upon_o those_o word_n which_o be_v this_o the_o celestial_a sacrament_n which_o true_o represent_v the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n but_o improper_o whence_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v so_o svo_fw-la modo_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la rei_fw-la veritate_fw-la after_o a_o manner_n but_o not_o in_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o thing_n so_o the_o sense_n be_v it_o be_v call_v christ_n body_n that_o be_v it_o be_v signify_v thereby_o and_o if_o we_o look_v further_o into_o the_o lii_o chapter_n we_o find_v he_o say_v christ_n be_v sacrifice_v but_o once_o in_o semet_fw-la ipso_fw-la in_o himself_o when_o he_o hang_v upon_o the_o cross_n etc._n etc._n yet_o be_v offer_v daily_o in_o sacramento_n in_o the_o sacrament_n which_o the_o church_n frequent_v in_o memory_n of_o that_o thing_n which_o sacrifice_n in_o the_o next_o chapter_n he_o call_v exemplum_fw-la the_o example_n or_o resemblance_n of_o that_o upon_o the_o cross_n offer_v in_o remembrance_n of_o his_o death_n which_o be_v sufficient_a to_o convince_v we_o that_o they_o believe_v in_o those_o day_n as_o we_o do_v now_o and_o not_o as_o the_o roman_a church_n do_v else_o he_o will_v not_o have_v call_v that_o which_o he_o say_v be_v true_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n the_o heavenly_a bread_n but_o to_o put_v all_o out_o of_o doubt_n let_v we_o turn_v to_o the_o lxxii_o chapter_n and_o there_o we_o find_v these_o remarkable_a word_n out_o of_o st._n austin_n which_o full_o explain_v the_o business_n because_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o christ_n to_o be_v devour_v by_o our_o tooth_n therefore_o our_o lord_n will_v have_v this_o bread_n and_o this_o wine_n in_o a_o mystery_n by_o consecration_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n to_o be_v potential_o create_v his_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o to_o be_v daily_o mystical_o offer_v for_o the_o life_n of_o the_o world_n they_o be_v potential_o then_o or_o virtual_o make_v his_o body_n and_o blood_n though_o but_o bread_n and_o wine_n in_o themselves_o and_o of_o this_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v thus_o wonderful_o make_v in_o commemoration_n of_o christ_n as_o he_o add_v out_o of_o st._n hierom_n chap._n lxxvi_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o eat_v but_o of_o that_o which_o christ_n offer_v on_o the_o cross_n secundum_fw-la se_fw-la according_a to_o itself_o none_o can_v eat_v but_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o mass_n will_v more_o abundant_o convince_v we_o that_o he_o or_o they_o that_o make_v it_o do_v not_o believe_v any_o thing_n of_o transubstantiation_n for_o first_o after_o the_o consecration_n of_o the_o bread_n and_o wine_n the_o priest_n sign_v they_o ten_o time_n at_o least_o with_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n which_o can_v have_v no_o excuse_n make_v for_o it_o but_o be_v the_o great_a impudence_n if_o it_o be_v indeed_o christ_n himself_o who_o lie_v before_o the_o priest_n who_o he_o thus_o cross_n for_o sure_o he_o do_v not_o intend_v to_o bless_v christ_n or_o to_o drive_v away_o 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