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be_v not_o subject_a to_o the_o sin_n and_o passion_n of_o other_o man_n and_o if_o the_o succession_n of_o pope_n which_o they_o brag_v of_o be_v to_o be_v try_v by_o fame_n celebrity_n antiquity_n consent_n it_o be_v most_o evident_a to_o all_o that_o be_v acquaint_v with_o pure_a antiquity_n and_o impartial_a history_n 393._o that_o the_o supremacy_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o papacy_n will_v be_v sufficient_o condemn_v but_o if_o the_o pope_n infallible_a supremacy_n come_v to_o be_v try_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n speak_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n the_o pope_n and_o papacy_n will_v be_v infallible_o condemn_v by_o the_o supreme_a judge_n the_o learned_a 5._o papist_n do_v not_o agree_v concern_v the_o infallible_a propounder_n of_o fundamental_a point_n for_o 1._o some_o say_v that_o the_o pope_n proposal_n ex_fw-la cathedrâ_fw-la be_v sufficient_a but_o gal._n 1._o 8._o 2._o other_o
graviter_fw-la vincentius_n lirinensis_n fundamentum_fw-la theologiae_n unicum_fw-la sacram_fw-la scripturam_fw-la statuimus_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la fidei_fw-la controversiis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n judicium_fw-la suum_fw-la absolutum_fw-la supremum_fw-la universale_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la authenticum_fw-la in_o cripturis_fw-la consignatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ecclesiae_fw-la promulgavit_fw-la omnesque_fw-la errores_fw-la infallibiliter_fw-la condemnavit_fw-la de_fw-fr papâ_fw-la itaque_fw-la &_o papismo_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la conclamatum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o actum_fw-la 5._o cum_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la nullam_fw-la poterit_fw-la reperiri_fw-la judicium_fw-la de_fw-la coelo_fw-la quaerendus_fw-la est_fw-la judex_n sed_fw-la ut_fw-la quid_fw-la pulsamus_fw-la ad_fw-la coelum_fw-la cum_fw-la habemus_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o evangelio_n frustra_fw-la etiam_fw-la pontificii_fw-la justitiam_fw-la svam_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la imò_fw-la ostentant_fw-la injusti_fw-la omnis_fw-la enim_fw-la humana_fw-la justitia_fw-la injustitia_fw-la esse_fw-la deprehenditur_fw-la si_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la districtè_fw-la judicetur_fw-la si_fw-la gregorio_n fidem_fw-la adhibeant_fw-la moral_a l._n 21._o cap._n 15._o part_n theologiae_n sunt_fw-la agnitio_fw-la cultusque_fw-la patris_fw-la aeterri_fw-la filii_fw-la naturalis_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la coessentialis_fw-la dei_fw-la very_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la trinnici_fw-la deum_fw-la enim_fw-la rectè_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la ut_fw-la sincerè_fw-la colamus_fw-la tractatio_fw-la theologiae_n est_fw-la vel_fw-la didactica_fw-la vel_fw-la practisa_n vel_fw-la problematica_fw-la vel_fw-la mixta_fw-la didactica_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la facit_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d practica_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatis_fw-la justitiae_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la charitatis_fw-la officia_fw-la conducit_fw-la theologia_n autem_fw-la problematica_fw-la sive_fw-la elenctica_fw-la problemata_fw-la selectiora_fw-la proponit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d damnat_fw-la oportet_fw-la enim_fw-la episcopum_fw-la esse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la possit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tit._n 1._o 9_o theologia_n autem_fw-la mixta_fw-la est_fw-la catechetica_fw-la scholastica_fw-la moralis_n sive_fw-la practica_fw-la theologia_n haec_fw-la mixta_fw-la 1._o locos_fw-la commune_v sive_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d uti_fw-la theodorus_n apud_fw-la quintilianum_fw-la colligit_fw-la 2._o controversias_fw-la emergentes_fw-la feliciter_fw-la dirimit_fw-la ne_fw-la quid_fw-la aut_fw-la vafrè_fw-la dissimulatum_fw-la aut_fw-la callidè_fw-la delumbatum_fw-la aut_fw-la perfidè_fw-la inversum_fw-la sit_fw-la aut_fw-la esse_fw-la videatur_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la principiis_fw-la falli_fw-la absurdum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o prudentis_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la principiis_fw-la deducuntur_fw-la perspecta_fw-la habere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 7._o 3._o casus_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la perplexos_fw-la fideliter_fw-la enucleat_fw-la sapiens_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o singula_fw-la ad_fw-la normam_fw-la religionis_fw-la aptare_fw-la novit_fw-la theologia_n autem_fw-la ista_fw-la questionaria_fw-la à _fw-la scholasticis_fw-la sententiariis_fw-la summistis_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la quodlibetariis_fw-la venditata_fw-la parum_fw-la theologica_fw-la est_fw-la imô_o mataeologia_n est_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la lanfrancianae_fw-la consentanea_fw-la decretis_fw-la pontificum_fw-la munita_fw-la que_fw-la ad_fw-la lombardi_n dictata_fw-la thomae_fw-la placita_fw-la vel_fw-la scoti_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d subtiliter_fw-la absolvitur_fw-la patrum_fw-la scripta_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la aristotelis_fw-la axiomata_fw-la passim_fw-la detorquent_fw-la scripturas_fw-la contemnunt_fw-la et_fw-la proinde_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la eorum_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la totam_fw-la contemno_fw-la lutherum_n nec_fw-la prudentiam_fw-la eorum_fw-la valde_fw-la praedico_fw-la sophistas_fw-la esse_fw-la nullus_fw-la dubito_fw-la philosophos_fw-la autem_fw-la bene_fw-la christianos_n fuisse_fw-la pertinaciter_fw-la nego_fw-la apud_fw-la cautos_fw-la enim_fw-la obtinet_fw-la illud_fw-la maximi_fw-la tyrii_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-fr si_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d istiusmodi_fw-la scholasticae_fw-la theologiae_n patroni_fw-la aliquem_fw-la humanioris_fw-la musae_fw-la sensum_fw-la habeant_fw-la fateantur_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la magnis_fw-la istis_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la melius_fw-la fuisse_fw-la studia_fw-la theologica_fw-la nunquam_fw-la attigisse_fw-la quam_fw-la adeo_fw-la infaeliciter_fw-la tractasse_fw-la dubitare_fw-la soleo_fw-la debeamne_fw-la illa_fw-la saecula_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nominare_fw-la valete_fw-la domini_fw-la fratresque_fw-la observandi_fw-la academiam_fw-la laborantem_fw-la precibus_fw-la vestris_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la trinunicum_fw-la adjuvate_v professori_fw-la vestro_fw-la nondum_fw-la praelectori_fw-la ignoscite_fw-la qui_fw-la silentii_fw-la culpam_fw-la hâc_fw-la justâ_fw-la nimis_fw-la apologiâ_fw-la deleturus_fw-la est_fw-la professor_n vester_fw-ge vixit_fw-la &_o proinde_fw-la praelector_n non_fw-la est_fw-la professor_n autem_fw-la vester_fw-ge well_fw-mi mortuus_fw-la &_o adhuc_fw-la loquor_fw-la frustra_fw-la gratisque_fw-la olim_fw-la dictum_fw-la fuit_fw-la cura_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pastorum_fw-la professorum_fw-la doctorum_fw-la cura_fw-la haud_fw-la cura_fw-la secura_fw-la est_fw-la sudoribus_fw-la certè_fw-la maximis_fw-la terram_fw-la subigimus_fw-la agricolae_fw-la fructûs_fw-la autem_fw-la quam_fw-la nil_fw-la percipimus_fw-la vixisse_fw-la nimio_fw-la satius_fw-la est_fw-la quâm_fw-la vivere_fw-la obtrectatoribus_fw-la respondebo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d obtrectatio_fw-la stultorum_fw-la thesaurus_fw-la est_fw-la quem_fw-la in_o linguis_fw-la gerunt_fw-la invidia_n the_o saurum_fw-la nutrit_fw-la malevolentia_fw-la effundit_fw-la quae_fw-la quidem_fw-la vitia_fw-la domicilium_fw-la non_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la quam_fw-la jejuno_fw-it animo_fw-la collocarunt_fw-la profesor_n vester_fw-ge vix_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la invidiam_fw-la faelix_fw-la sine_fw-la invidiâ_fw-la vel_fw-la malevolentiâ_fw-la jejunus_fw-la exit_fw-la wigorniensi_fw-la studiorum_fw-la selatio_fw-la denudatus_fw-la majoris_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d auctoramentum_fw-la culpaeque_fw-la suadelam_fw-la nimis_fw-la efficacem_fw-la pertimescens_fw-la malletque_fw-la insuper_fw-la cum_fw-la atticum_fw-la timore_fw-la domi_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la sine_fw-la timore_fw-la athenis_fw-la scissae_fw-la in_o part_n academiae_fw-la valedixit_fw-la magnus_fw-la camero_n vale_fw-la reverend_a procancellarie_n praestabilis_fw-la eruditionis_fw-la respub_fw-la dei_fw-la munus_fw-la academiae_fw-la decus_fw-la floreat_n theologorum_fw-la senatus_n pereat_fw-la sciolorum_fw-la impudentia_fw-la ne_fw-la politioris_fw-la literaturae_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la divinae_fw-la cognitionis_fw-la pars_fw-la bene_fw-la magna_fw-la pulsa_fw-la heu_fw-la pulsa_fw-la tandem_fw-la exulet_fw-la valete_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la musas_fw-la colitis_fw-la honestiores_fw-la &_o istiusmodi_fw-la faeces_fw-la sub_fw-la acumen_fw-la calami_fw-la congerere_fw-la sapienter_fw-la timetis_fw-la quae_fw-la aegri_fw-la animi_fw-la fastidia_fw-la adaugent_fw-la potiùs_fw-la quam_fw-la detergunt_fw-la deus_fw-la veritatis_fw-la &_o pacis_fw-la dirigat_fw-la vos_fw-la spiritu_fw-la svo_fw-la sancto_fw-la ut_fw-la academiae_fw-la patriae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la diu_fw-la multumque_fw-la prodesse_fw-la valeatis_fw-la propter_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la via_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la gratia_n domini_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la charitas_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o communicatio_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la sit_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la vobis_fw-la amen_n datum_n oxon_n martii_fw-la vicessimo_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 1649_o 50_o vestris_n d_o d._n devotus_fw-la fr._n cheynell_n to_o the_o worshipful_a francis_n rous_a esq_n the_o learned_a provost_n of_o eton_n college_n sir_n it_o be_v the_o sad_a complaint_n of_o hilary_n in_o his_o time_n that_o there_o be_v as_o many_o creed_n as_o will_n hilarius_n and_o every_o one_o presume_v to_o alter_v the_o wholesome_a form_n of_o sound_a word_n or_o else_o wrest_v it_o to_o a_o corrupt_a sense_n and_o you_o know_v the_o sense_n of_o a_o creed_n be_v the_o creed_n in_o these_o day_n of_o libertinism_n man_n account_v it_o a_o kind_n of_o bondage_n to_o confine_v themselves_o to_o a_o wholesome_a form_n of_o sound_a word_n though_o they_o be_v quintil._n consecrate_a word_n and_o therefore_o such_o as_o can_v be_v condemn_v the_o devil_n have_v set_v good_a man_n at_o variance_n about_o saeculal_a affair_n private_a interest_n and_o public_a right_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n rob_v or_o cheat_v we_o of_o what_o be_v spiritual_a and_o glorious_a the_o purity_n of_o truth_n the_o power_n and_o beauty_n of_o holiness_n we_o live_v in_o sad_a time_n in_o which_o atheism_n plead_v for_o protection_n and_o intolerable_a error_n contend_v for_o a_o toleration_n they_o who_o blaspheme_v christ_n and_o his_o gospel_n in_o jest_n atheist_n be_v atheist_n in_o good_a earnest_n as_o lucian_n and_o rabelais_n be_v but_o god_n will_v plead_v his_o own_o cause_n if_o we_o will_v not_o lucian_n as_o suidas_n relate_v be_v tear_v to_o piece_n with_o dog_n and_o rabelais_n die_v drink_v with_o wine_n and_o atheism_n we_o have_v good_a cause_n to_o suppress_v and_o bewail_v the_o very_a first_o rise_n of_o natural_a atheism_n we_o must_v not_o suffer_v any_o black_a suggestion_n or_o hover_a thought_n which_o relish_v of_o atheism_n to_o roost_v and_o nestle_v in_o our_o heart_n 38._o these_o extemporary_a thought_n be_v sin_n which_o do_v proceed_v from_o we_o but_o o_o let_v they_o not_o be_v familiar_n and_o inmate_n which_o lodge_v and_o dwell_v within_o we_o i_o fear_v that_o atheism_n may_v soon_o become_v a_o national_n sin_n in_o england_n if_o there_o be_v a_o indulgence_n worse_a than_o any_o at_o rome_n vouchsafe_v to_o irregular_a fantasy_n and_o appetite_n under_o pious_a pretence_n they_o who_o deny_v the_o god_n head_n of_o jesus_n christ_n
show_v that_o the_o title_n of_o lord_n so_o often_o give_v to_o christ_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n do_v answer_n to_o the_o title_n of_o jehovah_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o as_o some_o reverend_n divine_n conceive_v the_o apostle_n do_v purposely_o use_v the_o title_n of_o lord_n that_o they_o may_v not_o offend_v the_o jew_n with_o the_o frequent_a pronounce_v of_o the_o word_n jehovah_n thou_o shall_v fear_v jehovah_n thy_o god_n deut._n 6._o 13._o deut._n 10._o 20._o be_v render_v by_o the_o apostle_n thou_o shall_v worship_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n mat._n 4._o 10._o and_o so_o deut._n 6._o 5._o thou_o shall_v love_v jehovah_n thy_o god_n be_v render_v matth._n 22._o 37._o thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n i_o hope_v no_o saint_n will_v presume_v to_o arrogate_v the_o title_n of_o jehovah_n to_o himself_o for_o he_o who_o name_n alone_o be_v jehovah_n be_v the_o mighty_a god_n the_o most_o high_a over_o all_o the_o earth_n jesus_n christ_n be_v immanuel_n 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