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last_o part_n of_o my_o catholic_n theology_n and_o what_o censure_v i_o have_v suffer_v for_o it_o which_o never_o move_v i_o to_o comply_v with_o the_o censurer_n i_o think_v prove_v it_o i_o again_o and_o again_o profess_v that_o if_o the_o papist_n or_o such_o as_o i_o now_o deal_v with_o will_v but_o prove_v that_o god_n ever_o make_v or_o allow_v such_o a_o church_n as_o they_o plead_v for_o in_o the_o world_n that_o be_v a_o universal_a church_n constitute_v or_o unify_v by_o any_o one_o head_n or_o supreme_a govern_v pâ—râ—_n monarchical_a or_o aristocratical_a under_o christ_n the_o dispute_n whether_o it_o be_v pope_n or_o council_n or_o cardinal_n or_o college_n of_o bishop_n in_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v not_o hinder_v i_o from_o a_o cheerful_a and_o joyful_a declare_v myself_o a_o papist_n without_o partiality_n fear_n or_o shame_n in_o the_o sense_n that_o the_o word_n papist_n have_v still_o signify_v with_o such_o as_o i_o converse_v with_o these_o thing_n i_o have_v take_v the_o boldness_n to_o ask_v some_o of_o the_o great_a that_o on_o the_o fore_n mention_v term_n appropriate_v the_o name_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n to_o their_o sect_n or_o party_n and_o i_o can_v get_v no_o answer_n from_o they_o viz._n whether_o they_o take_v the_o council_n of_o constance_n and_o basil_n for_o papist_n and_o whether_o they_o now_o take_v the_o bishop_n and_o church_n of_o france_n for_o papist_n and_o whether_o they_o take_v gerson_n cusanus_fw-la cassander_n erasmus_n for_o papist_n or_o not_o 2._o if_o yea_o what_o be_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o say_a papist_n church-form_n and_o government_n and_o that_o which_o these_o call_v the_o church_n catholic_n and_o dispute_v for_o 3._o if_o not_o then_o be_v not_o the_o controversy_n de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la whether_o the_o french_a bishop_n and_o church_n and_o the_o say_a council_n be_v of_o the_o same_o form_n and_o religion_n with_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o call_v by_o these_o man_n ought_v to_o be_v call_v papist_n or_o not_o and_o for_o that_o i_o shall_v strive_v with_o none_o let_v every_o man_n call_v they_o as_o he_o see_v cause_n or_o if_o he_o will_v as_o they_o will_v call_v themselves_o let_v they_o be_v papist_n in_o france_n and_o protestant_n in_o england_n i_o contend_v not_o for_o name_n but_o i_o wonder_v not_o at_o these_o churchman_n if_o they_o unchurch_n the_o french_a protestant_n and_o condemn_v their_o ministry_n and_o sacrament_n as_o none_o how_o else_o can_v their_o persecution_n be_v justify_v and_o o_o that_o they_o will_v tell_v we_o what_o church_n they_o be_v that_o they_o live_v in_o communion_n with_o whether_o the_o french_a spanish_a italian_a greek_n nestorian_n jacobite_n copty_v abassine_n be_v in_o their_o communion_n or_o not_o if_o yea_o whether_o the_o reform_a church_n be_v not_o as_o worthy_a of_o their_o communion_n if_o not_o whether_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v all_o the_o catholic_n church_n in_o their_o account_n o_o that_o we_o can_v long_o more_o for_o god_n righteous_a final_a judgement_n to_o which_o we_o appeal_v though_o mr._n dodwell_n be_v against_o it_o and_o for_o the_o world_n of_o perfect_a light_n and_o love_n and_o union_n dated_n septemb_n 2._o 1681._o appoint_v a_o public_a fast_o for_o the_o burn_a of_o london_n i_o have_v not_o time_n to_o gather_v the_o errata_fw-la of_o the_o press_n i_o cast_v my_o eye_n on_o these_o pag._n 9_o l._n 19_o for_o nature_n r._n name_n p._n 10._o l._n antep_n deal_n and._n p._n 11._o l._n antep_n r._n be_v in_o p._n 17._o l._n 1._o for_o or_o r._n over_o p._n 5._o l._n 29._o after_o excommunicate_v r._n christ_n servant_n for_o not_o forsake_v their_o faithful_a pastor_n p._n 10._o l._n ult_n for_o of_o r._n by_o p._n 16._o l._n 32._o for_o our_o r._n one_o p._n 90._o l._n 12_o r._n temerity_n p._n 139._o l._n 17._o for_o by_o r._n to_o pag._n 151._o l._n 4._o for_o by_o r._n my_o etc._n etc._n the_o content_n a_o late_a letter_n of_o mr._n dodwell_n with_o the_o answer_n write_v since_o the_o rest_n be_v print_v chap._n 1._o of_o mr._n dodwell_n displeasure_n against_o i_o as_o if_o i_o accuse_v he_o to_o be_v a_o papist_n and_o wrong_v the_o council_n of_o bishop_n p._n 1._o chap._n 2._o his_o schismatical_a church-destroying_a scheme_n the_o sum_n of_o his_o great_a schismatical_a book_n confute_v p._n 7_o chap._n 3._o the_o consequent_n of_o mr._n dodwell_n foresay_a doctrine_n p._n 21_o chap._n 4._o my_o word_n of_o god_n collation_n of_o ministerial_a authority_n vindicate_v from_o the_o forgery_n and_o fallacy_n of_o mr._n dodwell_n p._n 27_o what_o my_o assertion_n be_v of_o the_o cause_n of_o church_n power_n p._n 29._o the_o contrary_a p._n 32._o the_o truth_n prove_v p_o 33_o etc._n etc._n his_o objection_n answer_v p._n 36._o etc._n etc._n bishop_n be_v of_o god_n p._n 46._o etc._n etc._n his_o sad_a qualification_n of_o minister_n p._n 48._o prefer_v god_n be_v no_o wrong_n to_o government_n p._n 54._o what_o succession_n we_o have_v p._n 54._o of_o aidan_n and_o finans_n episcopacy_n p._n 57_o his_o assertion_n of_o supreme_a church-power_n from_o who_o there_o be_v no_o appeal_n to_o scripture_n to_o god_n or_o the_o life_n to_o come_v and_o who_o intention_n be_v the_o measure_n of_o the_o power_n of_o all_o ordain_v by_o they_o examine_v p._n 57_o etc._n etc._n whether_o the_o church_n on_o earth_n be_v one_o visible_a society_n under_o one_o visible_a humane_a government_n p._n 59_o whether_o divine_a authority_n may_v not_o be_v pretend_v for_o practise_v contrary_a to_o some_o superior_n p._n 60_o chap._n 5._o wherein_o mr_n dodwell_n deceit_n and_o their_o danger_n lie_v p._n 63._o whether_o there_o be_v but_o one_o sense_n of_o all_o term_n which_o cause_v oblige_v man_n to_o mean_v all_o that_o have_v skill_n in_o cause_n be_v to_o understand_v p._n 63._o twelve_o great_a doctrinal_a article_n in_o which_o we_o differ_v from_o mr._n dodwell_n p._n 65._o some_o question_n put_v to_o he_o p._n 68_o his_o second_o letter_n to_o i_o from_o ireland_n p._n 70._o my_o answer_n to_o it_o p._n 75._o prove_v the_o impossibtlity_n of_o just_a discipline_n in_o the_o diocesan_n way_n which_o i_o dissent_v from_o the_o short_a answer_n to_o mr._n dodwell_n long_a letter_n which_o dr_n sherlock_n and_o mr._n morrice_n extol_v which_o be_v full_o answer_v in_o my_o treatise_n of_o episcopacy_n p._n 90._o a_o letter_n send_v to_o mr._n dodwell_n mar._n 12_o 1681._o a_o letter_n to_o mr._n dodwell_n nou._n 15._o 1680._o another_o to_o he_o of_o july_n 9_o 1677._o open_v many_o of_o our_o chief_a difference_n p._n 100_o another_o after_o a_o personal_a conference_n send_v to_o he_o but_o return_v because_o he_o be_v go_v into_o the_o country_n debate_v with_o he_o eleven_o of_o our_o great_a difference_n in_o which_o mr._n dodwell_n may_v be_v know_v p._n 118._o a_o account_n of_o my_o dissent_n from_o dr._n sherlock_n his_o doctrine_n accusation_n and_o argumentation_n special_o about_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o universal_a a_o national_a and_o single_a church_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o schism_n etc._n etc._n chap._n 1._o the_o historical_a proem_n chap._n 2._o my_o â—etter_n and_o counsel_n to_o mr._n sherlock_n many_o year_n ago_o advise_v he_o to_o expound_v or_o retract_v his_o word_n which_o seem_v to_o deny_v the_o three_o article_n of_o our_o baptismal_a covenant_n our_o belief_n in_o god_n the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n p._n 162_o his_o answer_n p._n 173_o chap._n 3._o of_o the_o ill_a manner_n of_o these_o man_n confutation_n p._n 174_o chap._n 4._o the_o main_a part_n of_o our_o difference_n viz._n what_o be_v the_o essential_a form_n of_o the_o catholic_n national_a and_o single_a church_n p._n 182_o chap._n 5._o what_o be_v the_o
life_n and_o light_n and_o love_n and_o that_o the_o destroy_n of_o these_o by_o hide_v the_o scripture_n unintelligible_a worship_n imagery_n dead_a hypocrisy_n silence_v and_o persecute_v and_o kill_a god_n servant_n make_v divide_v engine_n to_o tear_v and_o canon_n to_o batter_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n and_o this_o by_o a_o ignorant_a ungodly_a worldly_a ministry_n seek_v not_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n but_o of_o man_n all_o this_o be_v the_o devil_n work_v and_o to_o do_v the_o devil_n work_v against_o christ_n be_v not_o a_o sign_n of_o christ_n servant_n he_o bid_v we_o judge_n of_o ourselves_o and_o other_o by_o the_o fruit_n his_o servant_n we_o be_v who_o we_o obey_v if_o a_o peter_n once_o give_v christ_n such_o worldly_a fleshly_a counsel_n he_o shall_v hear_v worse_o than_o i_o say_v of_o church-tyrant_n get_v thou_o behind_o i_o satan_n thou_o be_v a_o offence_n unto_o i_o for_o thou_o savory_a not_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v of_o god_n but_o those_o that_o be_v of_o man_n mat._n 16.22_o hate_v the_o good_a silence_v thousand_o of_o faithful_a minister_n excommunicate_v and_o sin_v against_o god_n in_o obedience_n to_o prelate_n and_o for_o use_v the_o needful_a mean_n of_o their_o own_o salvation_n and_o serve_v god_n but_o as_o peter_n and_o paul_n do_v this_o be_v the_o devil_n work_v if_o he_o have_v any_o in_o the_o world_n and_o mr._n dodwell_n must_v trust_v more_o to_o sword_n than_o word_n to_o keep_v it_o up_o for_o there_o be_v a_o spirit_n in_o true_a christian_n that_o will_v never_o suffer_v they_o to_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v please_v to_o god_n what_o name_n soever_o be_v pretend_v for_o it_o §_o 7._o i_o will_v reverence_v the_o jew_n visible_a church_n to_o who_o be_v commit_v the_o oracle_n of_o god_n but_o will_v not_o say_v that_o they_o sin_v not_o in_o persecute_v christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n nor_o say_v that_o they_o be_v not_o now_o under_o their_o own_o curse_n and_o cut_v off_o from_o the_o church_n who_o once_o cast_v out_o christian_n from_o their_o synagogue_n i_o will_v give_v due_a honour_n to_o primogeniture_n and_o yet_o not_o equal_a cain_n and_o abel_n ishmael_n and_o isaac_n esau_n and_o jacob_n etc._n etc._n but_o expect_v that_o as_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v after_o the_o flesh_n do_v persecute_v he_o that_o be_v bear_v after_o the_o spirit_n even_o so_o it_o will_v be_v now_o and_o the_o world_n be_v the_o world_n still_o when_o it_o be_v take_v into_o the_o church_n the_o heathen_a roman_n be_v less_o persecutor_n than_o the_o jew_n and_o so_o be_v the_o turk_n than_o the_o papist_n §_o 8._o i_o shall_v in_o due_a place_n take_v notice_n of_o mr._n d_n confine_v the_o essence_n of_o the_o ministry_n to_o transact_v between_o god_n and_o man_n in_o covenant_v require_v essential_o no_o more_o skill_n than_o any_o man_n be_v capable_a of_o who_o be_v but_o capable_a of_o understand_v the_o common_a deal_n of_o the_o world_n p._n 73_o 74._o and_o that_o immorality_n of_o such_o man_n life_n excuse_v we_o not_o from_o schism_n for_o turn_v from_o such_o to_o better_a teacher_n p._n 72._o contrary_a to_o the_o epistle_n of_o the_o carthage_n council_n in_o the_o case_n of_o martial_a and_o basilides_n and_o even_o of_o pope_n and_o council_n that_o forbid_v hear_v mass_n from_o a_o fornicator_n and_o his_o deny_v the_o scripture_n to_o be_v intend_v or_o design_v to_o be_v a_o charter_n to_o appeal_v to_o for_o all_o future_a generation_n and_o for_o the_o extent_n of_o office_n and_o prevent_v litigious_a dispute_n about_o government_n and_o subjection_n p._n 80_o 81._o but_o that_o recourse_n ought_v now_o to_o be_v have_v to_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o ordainer_n for_o these_o and_o what_o he_o say_v p._n 81._o against_o appeal_n to_o write_n as_o he_o call_v they_o against_o the_o sense_n of_o all_o the_o visible_a authority_n of_o this_o life_n as_o unreconcilable_a to_o the_o practice_n of_o any_o visible_a government_n on_o earth_n p._n 81._o and_o that_o subject_n can_v preserve_v their_o subordination_n to_o their_o superior_n if_o they_o practise_v different_o and_o defend_v their_o practice_n and_o pretend_v divine_a authority_n for_o they_o where_o he_o speak_v indefinite_o and_o except_v no_o practice_n and_o if_o we_o may_v not_o appeal_v from_o man_n to_o god_n and_o scripture_n we_o may_v appeal_v from_o scripture_n to_o man_n and_o if_o man_n law_n be_v above_o god_n it_o be_v not_o from_o he_o for_o the_o inferior_a make_v not_o his_o superior_a and_o the_o root_n of_o all_o this_o iâ—_n p_o 82_o that_o god_n have_v make_v his_o church_n and_o not_o only_o particular_a church_n that_o be_v part_n of_o his_o church_n a_o visible_a society_n and_o constitute_v a_o visible_a government_n in_o it_o do_v i_o know_v what_o mr._n d._n take_v this_o one_o visible_a government_n to_o be_v whether_o general_a council_n or_o pope_n or_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o world_n by_o a_o major_a vote_n or_o all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n or_o what_o i_o shall_v know_v what_o to_o say_v to_o he_o but_o for_o this_o i_o must_v not_o hope_v §_o 9_o but_o i_o shall_v after_o speak_v to_o his_o secure_n subterfuge_n p._n 90._o that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o sense_n of_o all_o term_n which_o cause_n oblige_v man_n to_o mean_v and_o that_o every_o one_o ought_v to_o know_v who_o pretend_v to_o skill_n in_o cause_n which_o i_o be_o so_o defective_a in_o that_o i_o know_v not_o at_o all_o what_o his_o cause_n be_v till_o he_o tell_v i_o nor_o know_v i_o among_o many_o sense_n of_o most_o of_o his_o chief_a term_n which_o it_o be_v that_o he_o mean_v i_o know_v not_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o a_o papist_n and_o whether_o he_o take_v those_o for_o papist_n that_o be_v as_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n and_o basil_n and_o the_o french_a for_o the_o supremacy_n of_o a_o council_n the_o pope_n be_v precedent_n or_o principium_fw-la vnitatis_fw-la and_o patriarch_n of_o we_o in_o the_o west_n i_o know_v not_o who_o he_o mean_v by_o the_o supreme_a church-power_n in_o the_o visible_a universal_a church_n i_o know_v not_o by_o what_o he_o essentiate_v the_o very_a episcopacy_n which_o he_o so_o much_o plead_v for_o no_o nor_o their_o ordination_n i_o know_v not_o what_o he_o take_v to_o be_v the_o supreme_a church-power_n over_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o how_o can_v i_o know_v by_o the_o bare_a general_a name_n when_o dr._n stillingfleet_n deny_v any_o such_o thing_n chap._n ii_o his_o schiswatical_a church_n destroy_v scheme_n confute_v §_o 1._o because_o he_o deal_v so_o false_o with_o my_o doctrine_n by_o pretence_n of_o put_v it_o into_o his_o word_n and_o order_n i_o will_v deal_v better_o with_o he_o and_o deal_v with_o his_o scheme_n word_n by_o word_n as_o he_o have_v lay_v it_o down_o as_o for_o his_o exception_n thâ—t_o i_o refel_v not_o his_o charge_n of_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n etc._n etc._n i_o be_o not_o yet_o so_o idle_a have_v former_o write_v a_o 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