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tantum_fw-la missae_fw-la more_fw-it seruato_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la offerri_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la prima_fw-la diei_fw-la parte_fw-la convenit_fw-la lest_o some_o of_o the_o people_n be_v deprive_v of_o their_o devotion_n if_o the_o custom_n of_o one_o mass_n a_o day_n be_v observe_v and_o the_o sacrifice_n may_v not_o be_v offer_v but_o at_o their_o meeting_n that_o come_v first_o in_o the_o morning_n in_o those_o day_n when_o all_o man_n be_v so_o devout_a to_o hear_v mass_n that_o no_o body_n will_v willing_o omit_v to_o hear_v one_o mass_n at_o least_o every_o holy_a day_n there_o be_v i_o ween_v no_o hundred_o mark_n to_o be_v forfeit_v for_o every_o mass_n they_o hear_v and_o be_v they_o then_o true_a protestant_n think_v you_o who_o so_o zealous_o covet_v to_o be_v present_a at_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n moreover_o s._n leo_n be_v so_o well_o assure_v of_o the_o real_a presence_n of_o christ_n bless_a body_n in_o the_o sacrament_n and_o know_v it_o to_o be_v so_o clear_o acknowledge_v even_o of_o the_o vulgar_a and_o common_a sort_n in_o those_o day_n that_o he_o take_v it_o for_o a_o ground_n to_o confute_v the_o eutichian_a heresy_n for_o have_v first_o declare_v that_o those_o heretic_n by_o affirm_v our_o saviour_n not_o to_o have_v take_v the_o true_a flesh_n of_o man_n do_v destroy_v his_o passion_n and_o resurrection_n he_o adjoin_v clerum_fw-la epist_n 22._o ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la in_o what_o darkness_n of_o ignorance_n in_o what_o drowsiness_n of_o sloth_n have_v these_o eutichian_o i_o may_v as_o well_o say_v protestant_n lie_v that_o they_o can_v neither_o by_o hear_v learn_v nor_o by_o read_v understand_v that_o which_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v so_o uniform_o voice_v and_o speak_v off_o by_o every_o man_n that_o it_o be_v not_o withheld_a from_o the_o tongue_n of_o infant_n to_o wit_n the_o truth_n of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n among_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n etc._n etc._n the_o substance_n and_o sum_n of_o s._n leos_n reason_n be_v that_o our_o saviour_n give_v his_o true_a flesh_n in_o the_o holy_a sacrament_n to_o be_v eat_v of_o we_o therefore_o he_o take_v the_o true_a flesh_n of_o man_n otherwise_o he_o can_v not_o have_v give_v it_o we_o to_o eat_v ergo_fw-la eutiche_n be_v deceive_v who_o deny_v christ_n to_o have_v take_v the_o true_a flesh_n of_o man_n affirm_v he_o to_o have_v take_v only_o some_o shadow_n or_o similitude_n of_o it_o and_o because_o i_o be_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o sacrament_n i_o will_v join_v s._n leos_n testimony_n for_o the_o virtue_n of_o baptism_n in_o quo_fw-la say_v he_o foluitur_fw-la quicquid_fw-la peccati_fw-la est_fw-la episcopum_fw-la epist_n 84._o ad_fw-la aquileiensem_fw-la episcopum_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la nascitur_fw-la therefore_o be_v one_o baptize_v that_o whatsoever_o there_o be_v of_o sin_n in_o he_o it_o may_v be_v loose_v and_o after_o in_o the_o same_o epistle_n infant_n do_v die_v to_o original_a sin_n and_o elder_a folk_n to_o all_o manner_n of_o sin_n in_o baptism_n which_o confute_v the_o protestant_n opinion_n that_o original_a sin_n live_v and_o reign_v in_o all_o man_n after_o baptism_n now_o for_o the_o sacrament_n of_o confession_n and_o satisfaction_n he_o be_v so_o formal_a that_o he_o have_v leave_v no_o evasion_n to_o the_o most_o nimble-witted_n protestant_n public_a confession_n by_o reason_n of_o some_o inconvenience_n that_o thereupon_o ensue_v he_o prohibit_v but_o private_a and_o that_o which_o the_o protestant_n call_v auricular_a confession_n he_o allow_v and_o commend_v campaniae_fw-la epist_n 78._o nu_fw-la 2._o ad_fw-la universos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la campaniae_fw-la these_o be_v his_o word_n i_o decree_v that_o this_o manner_n of_o penance_n which_o be_v so_o exact_v of_o the_o faithful_a that_o a_o prefession_n of_o every_o kind_n of_o sin_n be_v write_v in_o a_o role_n and_o rehearse_v public_o be_v whole_o abrogate_a when_o as_o it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o the_o guilt_n of_o conscience_n be_v in_o secret_a confession_n declare_v to_o priest_n alone_o for_o albeit_o that_o fullness_n of_o faith_n seem_v laudable_a which_o for_o fear_n of_o god_n do_v not_o stagger_v to_o blush_v before_o man_n nevertheless_o see_v that_o some_o man_n sin_n be_v such_o that_o it_o be_v not_o expedient_a they_o shall_v be_v publish_v lest_o their_o enemy_n shall_v take_v hold_n on_o they_o and_o prosecute_v they_o in_o law_n let_v that_o custom_n be_v abolish_v lest_o many_o be_v thereby_o fright_v from_o the_o remedy_n of_o penance_n for_o that_o confession_n be_v sufficient_a which_o be_v tender_v first_o to_o god_n then_o also_o to_o the_o priest_n etc._n etc._n again_o in_o another_o place_n 89._o epistola_fw-la 89._o the_o manifold_a mercy_n of_o god_n do_v so_o succour_v man_n frailty_n that_o not_o only_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o baptism_n but_o by_o the_o medicine_n of_o penance_n also_o
in_o another_o place_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o we_o may_v keep_v god_n commandment_n if_o we_o wil._n again_o grace_n be_v give_v we_o not_o because_o we_o do_v good_a work_n before_o but_o that_o we_o may_v be_v able_a to_o do_v they_o 10._o de_fw-fr spirit_n &_o litter_n ca._n 10._o that_o be_v as_o he_o expound_v himself_o non_fw-la quia_fw-la legem_fw-la implevimus_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la legem_fw-la implere_fw-la possimus_fw-la not_o because_o we_o do_v before_o we_o receive_v grace_n fulfil_v the_o law_n but_o that_o we_o may_v be_v able_a afterward_o to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n can_v any_o thing_n be_v more_o manifest_a then_o that_o according_a unto_o s._n augustine_n opinion_n a_o man_n endue_v with_o god_n grace_n may_v keep_v all_o his_o commandment_n and_o fulfil_v the_o law_n the_o very_a same_o do_v s._n hierome_n confess_v in_o that_o very_a treatise_n cite_v by_o m._n abbot_n add_v this_o reason_n we_o confess_v that_o god_n give_v we_o commandment_n possible_a to_o 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cap._n 21._o by_o the_o best_a historiographer_n and_o other_o approve_a author_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n for_o deny_v priest_n to_o have_v power_n to_o forgive_v some_o sort_n of_o the_o more_o heinous_a crime_n our_o protestant_n exceed_v the_o novatians_n therein_o for_o they_o hold_v that_o priest_n have_v no_o power_n to_o pardon_v any_o sin_n at_o all_o either_o little_a or_o great_a but_o only_o to_o pronounce_v they_o absolve_v for_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o congregation_n and_o m._n abbot_n do_v upon_o mere_a surmise_n go_v about_o very_o ignorant_o to_o colour_v their_o deceit_n 187._o page_n 187._o in_o say_v that_o the_o novatians_n deny_v absolution_n not_o from_o any_o sin_n but_o only_o from_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la for_o both_o socrates_n and_o sozomene_n do_v affirm_v in_o plain_a term_n the_o novatians_n to_o have_v teach_v that_o it_o lay_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o a_o priest_n but_o in_o god_n alone_o illud_fw-la genus_fw-la peccati_fw-la ignoscere_fw-la to_o pardon_v and_o forgive_v that_o kind_n of_o sin_n and_o again_o that_o hope_v of_o pardon_n be_v not_o to_o be_v expect_v of_o the_o priest_n but_o of_o god_n who_o can_v remit_v sin_n and_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n pronounce_v against_o they_o but_o that_o the_o offender_n through_o the_o enormity_n of_o their_o sin_n have_v deprive_v themselves_o of_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o priest_n absolution_n and_o because_o m._n abbot_n say_v yet_o further_o that_o novatus_fw-la deny_v absolution_n to_o one_o only_a kind_n of_o sin_n let_v we_o hear_v how_o formal_o that_o most_o grave_a doctor_n s._n ambrose_n have_v 1200._o year_n before_o confute_v he_o these_o be_v his_o word_n the_o novatians_n say_v 2._o ambros_n de_fw-fr penitent_a cap._n 2._o that_o except_v some_o of_o the_o grievous_a sin_n they_o do_v give_v pardon_n unto_o the_o light_a offence_n but_o s._n ambrose_n repli_v thus_o so_o do_v not_o novatianus_n the_o author_n of_o your_o error_n for_o he_o hold_v that_o penance_n be_v not_o to_o be_v enjoin_v to_o any_o sin_n at_o all_o upon_o this_o consideration_n that_o he_o will_v not_o bind_v that_o which_o afterwards_o he_o can_v not_o loose_v least_o by_o bind_v he_o may_v put_v they_o in_o hope_n of_o lose_v therefore_o do_v you_o condemn_v the_o sentence_n of_o your_o own_o master_n because_o you_o put_v that_o difference_n between_o sin_n that_o some_o of_o they_o may_v be_v forgive_v and_o other_o some_o you_o think_v remediless_a but_o god_n make_v no_o such_o distinction_n who_o have_v promise_v his_o mercy_n unto_o all_o and_o have_v give_v licence_n unto_o priest_n to_o pardon_v without_o any_o exception_n observe_v how_o direct_o that_o ancient_a father_n do_v cross_v our_o new_a master_n in_o witness_v that_o both_o novatianus_n himself_o deny_v priest_n to_o have_v power_n to_o pardon_v not_o only_o the_o great_a but_o any_o sin_n at_o all_o and_o on_o the_o other_o part_n that_o god_n give_v unto_o priest_n authority_n to_o pardon_v all_o sort_n of_o sin_n without_o any_o exception_n of_o the_o most_o grievous_a 2._o hieron_n 〈◊〉_d epist_n de_fw-fr errorivus_fw-la montan_n niceph._n lib._n 18._o cap._n 43._o math._n paris_n in_o henrico_n 3_o guido_n de_fw-fr lacobis_fw-la cap._n 2._o the_o montanist_n also_o as_o i_o rehearse_v before_o out_o of_o s._n hierome_n do_v jump_v with_o the_o novatians_n in_o this_o point_n afterwards_o as_o heresy_n in_o tract_n of_o time_n grow_v more_o formal_a about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 600._o there_o spring_v out_o of_o that_o corrupt_a root_n certain_a lewd_a imp_n call_v jacobite_n who_o do_v teach_v in_o terminis_fw-la that_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o confess_v our_o sin_n to_o a_o priest_n but_o it_o will_v serve_v to_o confess_v they_o only_o to_o god_n do_v our_o protestant_n differ_v from_o they_o any_o one_o jote_n therein_o that_o the_o manichee_n among_o many_o other_o error_n do_v deny_v freewill_a all_o antiquity_n do_v confess_v the_o same_o do_v the_o protestant_n though_o not_o altogether_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n nor_o upon_o the_o same_o ground_n for_o the_o manichee_n deny_v freewill_n aswell_o to_o sin_n as_o to_o do_v well_o manich._n aug._n 1._o retract_v 15._o &_o de_fw-la duobus_fw-la naturis_fw-la cont_n manich._n for_o they_o dream_v that_o there_o be_v in_o a_o man_n both_o a_o good_a soul_n which_o they_o suppose_v to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o good_a god_n and_o a_o evil_a soul_n descend_v of_o the_o nation_n of_o darkness_n out_o of_o the_o forcible_a operation_n of_o the_o one_o of_o these_o two_o soul_n they_o imagine_v all_o good_a and_o bad_a deed_n of_o man_n to_o proceed_v without_o the_o free_a choice_n or_o consent_n of_o his_o own_o wil._n m._n abbot_n crafty_o to_o clear_v their_o party_n from_o the_o infamy_n of_o the_o one_o branch_n of_o the_o manichean_a heresy_n do_v deny_v that_o they_o do_v agree_v with_o they_o in_o the_o other_o true_a it_o be_v that_o the_o protestant_n do_v not_o deny_v we_o freewill_a to_o do_v evil_a as_o the_o manichee_n do_v yet_o do_v they_o agree_v with_o they_o in_o the_o other_o part_n attribute_v the_o whole_a work_v of_o good_a unto_o grace_n as_o the_o manichee_n do_v to_o the_o good_a soul_n without_o any_o free_a choice_n or_o consent_n of_o we_o and_o albeit_o s._n augustine_n in_o refute_v they_o do_v most_o common_o insist_v upon_o their_o denial_n of_o liberty_n to_o do_v evil_a 12._o in_o disput_fw-la count_v fortunatum_fw-la in_o act_n cum_fw-la foeliâ—e_n cap_n 12._o as_o be_v the_o more_o evident_a &_o eminent_a absurdity_n yet_o do_v he_o in_o sundry_a place_n intimate_v that_o the_o manichee_n hold_v it_o absurd_a to_o affirm_v that_o we_o have_v free_a will_n to_o do_v good_a the_o donatist_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o visible_a church_n of_o christ_n be_v perish_v in_o all_o other_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o only_o 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superstitious_a proceed_n another_o rot_a twig_n of_o the_o same_o pelagian_o heresy_n it_o be_v 9_o aug._n de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la &_o merit_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 9_o to_o deny_v child_n to_o be_v purge_v from_o original_a sin_n by_o baptism_n attribute_v that_o rather_o to_o a_o covenant_n make_v long_o since_o to_o old_a father_n abraham_n most_o learned_a protestant_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n and_o all_o of_o they_o agree_v with_o proclus_n the_o condemn_a originist_n 64._o epiph._n haeres_fw-la 64._o who_o teach_v original_a sin_n to_o be_v so_o in_o seperable_o join_v with_o our_o mortal_a body_n that_o till_o death_n it_o be_v not_o clear_o purge_v of_o it_o the_o antidicomarianitae_n that_o be_v 78._o epiph._n haeres_fw-la 78._o enemy_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n mary_n be_v score_v up_o for_o heretic_n for_o deny_v that_o most_o holy_a mother_n of_o god_n to_o be_v worship_v and_o honour_v yet_o do_v the_o protestant_n
christ_n our_o lord_n but_o you_o m._n bishop_n tell_v we_o that_o all_o who_o be_v of_o year_n must_v either_o by_o their_o good_a carriage_n deserve_v eternal_a life_n or_o else_o for_o their_o bad_a behaviour_n be_v disinherit_v william_n bishop_n in_o the_o same_o place_n you_o have_v a_o large_a solution_n of_o this_o objection_n but_o he_o that_o have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o hell_n will_v not_o look_v upon_o that_o which_o may_v help_v he_o to_o heaven_n we_o teach_v with_o the_o apostle_n and_o with_o his_o faithful_a interpreter_n s._n augustine_n that_o eternal_a life_n be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n both_o original_o because_o we_o must_v receive_v grace_n by_o the_o free_a gift_n of_o god_n before_o we_o can_v do_v any_o thing_n that_o do_v deserve_v the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n and_o also_o principal_o the_o whole_a virtue_n and_o value_n of_o our_o merit_n do_v proceed_v of_o the_o dignity_n of_o god_n grace_n in_o we_o which_o do_v elevate_v and_o give_v such_o worth_n to_o our_o work_n that_o they_o thereby_o deserve_v life_n everlasting_a notwithstanding_o if_o we_o take_v not_o hold_v on_o god_n grace_n when_o it_o be_v free_o offer_v we_o and_o do_v not_o concur_v with_o it_o to_o the_o effect_n of_o good_a work_n we_o shall_v never_o be_v save_v and_o this_o our_o work_n with_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n deserve_v heaven_n both_o which_o be_v prove_v by_o this_o sentence_n of_o the_o same_o apostle_n 8._o rom._n 2._o vers_fw-la 6.7_o &_o 8._o god_n will_v render_v to_o every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n to_o they_o true_o that_o according_a to_o patience_n in_o good_a work_n seek_v glory_n and_o honour_n and_o incorruption_n life_n eternal_a to_o they_o that_o be_v of_o contention_n and_o that_o obey_v not_o the_o truth_n but_o give_v credit_n to_o iniquity_n wrath_n and_o indignation_n where_o you_o may_v see_v in_o express_a term_n eternal_a life_n to_o be_v render_v and_o repay_v for_o good_a work_n to_o such_o man_n as_o diligent_o 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call_v not_o unapt_o both_o because_o it_o be_v the_o effect_n and_o remnant_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o do_v also_o prick_v we_o forward_o to_o actual_a sin_n but_o if_o by_o help_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n we_o repress_v it_o we_o be_v deliver_v from_o the_o infection_n and_o guilt_n of_o it_o which_o s._n paul_n in_o the_o very_a same_o chapter_n declare_v when_o he_o demand_v 23._o lib._n 1._o cont_n dvas_fw-la epistol_n pelag_n c._n 10._o &_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr nupt._n &_o concupis_fw-la cap._n 23._o 25._o 23._o ibid._n v._o 25._o who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o this_o body_n of_o death_n he_o answer_v present_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n by_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n and_o again_o that_o profound_a doctor_n s._n augustine_n argue_v very_o sound_o out_o of_o the_o same_o sentence_n where_o concupiscence_n be_v call_v sin_n but_o now_o not_o i_o work_v it_o any_o more_o but_o the_o sin_n that_o be_v in_o i_o that_o the_o apostle_n can_v not_o mean_a sin_n proper_o which_o can_v say_v he_o be_v commit_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o our_o mind_n 23._o lib._n 6._o cont_n julian._n c._n 23._o but_o that_o have_v no_o consent_n of_o the_o mind_n to_o it_o because_o it_o be_v not_o the_o apostle_n that_o do_v work_v it_o now_o how_o can_v that_o be_v the_o evil_a work_n of_o a_o man_n if_o the_o man_n himself_o do_v not_o work_v it_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v express_o not_o i_o do_v work_v it_o last_o the_o same_o apostle_n teach_v that_o sin_n have_v no_o dominion_n over_o they_o that_o be_v under_o grace_n which_o be_v false_a if_o concupiscence_n be_v proper_o sin_n for_o that_o have_v such_o dominion_n over_o every_o good_a body_n that_o they_o can_v avoid_v the_o motion_n and_o sting_n of_o it_o no_o not_o s._n paul_n can_v be_v 8._o 2._o cor._n 12._o vers_fw-la 8._o clear_o deliver_v from_o that_o prick_n of_o thâ—_n flesh_n though_o he_o pray_v most_o earnest_o for_o it_o wherefore_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o s._n paul_n himself_o 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