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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	doctrine_n	scripture_n	tradition_n	1,725	5	9.4842	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91719	The revoltex [sic]. A trage-comedy acted between the Hind and panther, and Religio laici, &c.; Revolter	Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Hind and panther. Selections.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Religio laici. Selections.	1687 (1687)	Wing R1207; ESTC R229936	13,091	40

She were too good to be a Beast of Prey Dii te Damasippe decaeq Donent Tonsore for these small Remainders of Pity The next was to shew ye that he could tame a Panther while you see the Hind and the Panther so lovingly discoursing together A miracle I le assure ye equal if not superior to the choicest in all Ribadenira if you consider how difficult a thing it is to domesticate that wild Animal In short the whole Poem if it may deserve that Name is a piece of Deformed arrogant Nonsence and self-contradiction drest up in fine Language like an ugly Brazen fac'd Whore peeping through the Costly Trappings of a Point de Venise Cornet I call it Nonsence because unseasonable and Arrogant because Impertinent For could Mr. Bayes have so little Wit to think himself a sufficient Champion to decide the High Mysteries of Faith and Transubstantiation and the nice disputes concerning Traditions and infallibility in a Discourse between the Hind and the Panther which undetermin'd hitherto have exercis'd all the Learning in the World. Or could he think the Grand Arcana of Divinity a Subject fit to be handled in flourishing Rhime by the Author of the Duke of Guise or the Conquest of Peru or the Spanish Fryar Doubts which Mr. Bayes is no more able to unfold then Saffold to resolve a Question in Astrology And all this only as a Tale to usher in his beloved Character and to shew the excellency of his Wit in abusing Honest Men. If these were his thoughts as we cannot rationally otherwise believe seeing that no man of understanding will undertake an enterprise wherein he does not think himself to have some advantage of his Predecessors then does this Romance I say of the Panther and the Hind fall under the most fatal Censure of unreasonable folly and sawcy Impertinence Nor can I think that the more Solid Prudent and Learned Persons of the Roman Church Con him any Thanks for laying the Prophane Fingers of a Turn-Coat upon the Altar of their Sacred Debates And so much for the Hind and Panther Now you shall hear Mr. D. disputing against Mr D. Mr. D. the Romanist against Mr. D. the Protestant As if he thought the controverted Points of Religion between differing Judgments were only Paradoxes for acute Ingenuities to play with and shew the Dexterity of Wit to manage the Cause of Plaintiff or Defendant Mr. D. the Romanist discoursing of Traditions thus begins Hind and Panther p. 41. But the Rule you lay Has lead whole Flocks and leads them still astray For did not Arrius first Socinus now The Sons Eternal Glory disavow And did not they by Gospel Texts alone Condemn our Doctrine and maintain their own Have not all Heretic's the same pretence To plead the Scriptures in their own defence How did the Nicene Council then decide That strong debate was it by Scripture try'd Page 42. No sure to those the Rebel would not yield Squadrons of Texts he Marshall'd in the Field The good old Bishops took a simpler way Each ask'd but what he heard his Father say Or how he was instructed in his Youth And by Traditions Force upheld the Truth To this after he has put a frivolous Answer of his own into the Panthers Mouth he goes on I see Tradition then is disallow'd When not evinc'd by Scripture to be true And Scripture as interpreted by you But here you tread upon unfaithful Ground Unless you could infallibly expound p. 44. Which you reject as odious Poperie And throw the Doctrine back with scorn on me Thus when you say Traditions must be try'd By Sacred Writ whose Sense your selves decide You said no more but that your selves must be The Judges of the Scripture Sense not we If not by Scripture how can we be sure Reply'd the Panther what Tradition's sure For you may Palm upon us now for old All as they say that Glitter is not Gold. How but by following her reply'd the Dame To whom deriv'd from Sire to Son they came Where every Age does one another move And trusts no farther than the next above Where all the Rounds like Jacob's Ladder rise The lowest in the Earth the Top-most in the Skies 46. You must evince Traditions to be forg'd Produce plain Proofs Unblemish'd Authors use As antient as those Authors they accuse Till when 't is not sufficient to defame And old possession stands till Elder quits the claim This was the Opinion of Mr. D. the Romanist upon the Case of Traditions now you shall hear the Judgment of Mr. D. the Protestant upon the same Subject Relig. Lai p. 20. We hold and say we prove from Scripture plain That Christ is God the bold Socinian From the same Scripture urges he 's but Man. Now what appeal can end th' impatient suite Both parts talk loudly but the Rule is mute Shall I speak plain and in a Nation Free Assume an honest Laymans Libertie I think according to my little skill To my own Mother Church submitting still That many have been sav'd and many may That never heard the Question brought in play For the Streight Gate would be made streighter yet Were none admitted there but Men of Wit. The Few by Nature form'd with learning fraught Born to instruct as others to be taught Must studdy well the sacred Page and see Which Doctrine this or that does best agree With the whole Tenour of the work Divine And plainliest points to Heavens reveal'd design Which Exposition flows from genuine sense And which is forc'd by Wit and Eloquence And then Traditions parts are useful here When general old disinterest and clear That antient Fathers thus expound the Page Give Truth the Reverend Majesty of Age For still the nearer to the Spring we go More limpid more unsoil'd the Waters flow Thus first Traditions were a Proof alone Could we be certain such they were so known But since some flaws in long descent may be They make not truth but probability Tradition written therefore more Commends Authority than what from Voice descends And this as perfect as its kind may be Rowls down to us the sacred Historie Which from the Universal Church receiv'd Is try'd and afterward believ'd And p. 16 If Scripture tho deriv'd from Heavenly Birth Has been but carelesly preserv'd on Earth If Gods own people Who did neither time nor studdy spare To keep this Book untainted unperplex'd Let in gross Errors to Corrupt the Text. Omitted Paragraphs embroil'd the sense With vain Traditions stopt the gaping Fence Which every common hand pull'd up with ease What sasety from such Brushwood helps as these If Written Words from time are not secur'd How can we think have Orall sounds endur'd Which thus transmitted if one Mouth has fail'd Immortal lies on Age are entail'd And that some such have been is prov'd too plin If we consider Interest Church and Gain In the Second place Mr. D. the Romanist is for proving the Infallibility of his New