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A17308 Truth's triumph ouer Trent: or, the great gulfe betweene Sion and Babylon That is, the vnreconcileable opposition betweene the Apostolicke Church of Christ, and the apostate synagogue of Antichrist, in the maine and fundamentall doctrine of iustification, for which the Church of England Christs spouse, hath iustly, through Gods mercie, for these manie yeares, according to Christs voyce, separated her selfe from Babylon, with whom from henceforth she must hold no communion. By H.B. rector of S. Mathews Friday-Street. Burton, Henry, 1578-1648. 1629 (1629) STC 4156; ESTC S107077 312,928 398

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super_fw-la forma_fw-la iuramenti_fw-la profes●●nis_fw-la fidei_fw-la fidei_fw-la luke_n 2d_o ●1_n amb._n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 8._o hier._n ad_fw-la ctesiph_n de_fw-fr libero_fw-la arbitr_n contra_fw-la pelag._n ep._n 3._o council_n trid._n ses._n 6._o cap._n 5._o ibid._n cap._n 6._o freewill_n the_o mother_n of_o rome_n preparatory_a work_n vega_n lib._n 6._o de_fw-la preparatione_fw-la adultorum_fw-la ad_fw-la justif._n cap._n 12._o 12._o per_fw-la ●am_fw-la paenitentiam_fw-la which_o i_o translate_v penance_n according_a to_o the_o usual_a and_o vulgar_a language_n of_o their_o rheims_n testament_n nor_o have_v they_o any_o other_o repentance_n but_o penance_n can._n 1._o biel_n do_v 14._o lib._n 3._o ●u●st_n 2._o aqu._n 72._o qu._n 114_o art_n 3._o c._n &_o 6._o c._n aqu._n 12_o qu._n 114_o a._n 6._o c._n quian_a homo_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o vanity_n and_o incongruitie_n of_o popish_a preparation_n council_n trid._n ses._n 6._o cap._n 6._o aqu._n 12._o quaest_n 114._o art_n 7._o c._n c._n this_o council_n speak_v of_o a_o former_a and_o late_a grace_n but_o name_v they_o not_o ses._n 4._o cap._n 5._o council_n trin._n ses._n 6._o can._n 5._o 5._o hoctè_fw-la richardus_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la inter_fw-la hom_n cap._n 12._o cum_fw-la audis_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la esse_fw-la captiwm_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la intellige_fw-la quam_fw-la infirmum_fw-la &_o nativae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la virtute_fw-la privatum_fw-la andr._n vega_n lib._n 15._o de_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o ficta_fw-la iustif_a cap._n 4._o council_n trin._n ses._n 6._o cap._n 5._o prima_fw-la gratia_fw-la seu_fw-la gratia_fw-la gr●tis_fw-la data_fw-la secunda_fw-la gratia_fw-la seu_fw-la gratia_fw-la gratum_fw-la faciens_fw-la rome_n first_o and_o second_o grace_n aqu._n 12._o qu._n 114_o art_n 3._o 6._o aqu._n 12._o qu._n 114_o art_n 5._o ad_fw-la 2._o aqu._n 12._o qu._n 114_o art_n 3._o c._n vega_n de_fw-fr meritis_fw-la ex_fw-la congruo_fw-la iustif_a cap._n 7._o ibid._n propos_fw-fr 3._o a_o notable_a pontifician_n shift_v ibid_fw-la propos_fw-fr 4._o fides_n &_o alia_fw-la bona_fw-la opera_fw-la quibus_fw-la disponimur_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la gratum_fw-la facientem_fw-la qua_fw-la formaliter_fw-la iustificamur_fw-la &_o fimus_fw-la accepti_fw-la deo_fw-la meritoria_fw-la suntex_fw-la congruo_fw-la eiusmodi_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o nostrae_fw-la iustificationis_fw-la soto_n de_fw-fr nat_n &_o great_a lib._n 2._o cap._n ●_o de_fw-fr merito_fw-la ex_fw-la congruo_fw-la what_o the_o ancient_a father_n understand_v by_o the_o word_n merit_n august_n aug_n de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la ●er_n 35._o 35._o greg._n in_o euang_n hom_n 34._o 34._o see_v histor._n council_n trid._n lib._n 2._o pontifician_n can_v with_o facility_n reconcile_v flat_a contradiction_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la hominem_fw-la suis_fw-la operibus_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la humanae_fw-la naturae_fw-la vires_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la legis_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la fiant_fw-la absque_fw-la divina_fw-la per_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la gratia_fw-la posse_fw-la iustificari_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la anathema_n sit_v can._n 1._o jo●_a sarisbur_fw-la in_o polychron_n lib._n 6_o cap._n 4._o greg._n past._n curae_fw-la pars_fw-la 3._o admon_a 33._o qui_fw-la morbum_fw-la suum_fw-la nescit_fw-la quomodo_fw-la medicum_fw-la quaerit_fw-la maior_fw-la enim_fw-la quò_fw-la citiùs_fw-la quia_fw-la sit_fw-la culpa_fw-la agnoscitur_fw-la eo_fw-la etiam_fw-la celeriùs_fw-la emendatur_fw-la minor_fw-la verò_fw-la dum_fw-la quasi_fw-la nulla_fw-la creditur_fw-la eo_fw-la peiùs_fw-la &_o securiùs_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la retinetur_fw-la retinetur_fw-la rom._n 7._o 18._o 18._o gen._n 6._o 6._o rom._n 7._o 13._o ses._n 6._o can._n 7._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la opera_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ante_fw-la iustificationem_fw-la fiunt_fw-la quac_fw-la unque_fw-la ratione_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la verè_fw-la esse_fw-la peccata_fw-la vel_fw-la ●dium_fw-la dei_fw-la mereri_fw-la etc._n etc._n anathema_n sit_v sit_v pelagian_n &_o pontifician_n compare_v together_o together_o aug._n contra_fw-la pelagianos_fw-la lib._n 3._o in_o fine_a tom_fw-mi 7._o aug._n contra_fw-la jul._n pelag._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 3._o tom_n 7._o objection_n answer_n why_o rome_n doctrine_n of_o preparation_n be_v heretical_a &_o antichristian_a to_o receive_v christ_n be_v to_o believe_v in_o
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apostle_n say_v as_o he_o be_v not_o a_o jew_n that_o be_v one_o outward_o nor_o that_o circumcision_n 29._o which_o be_v outward_a in_o the_o flesh_n but_o he_o be_v a_o jew_n that_o be_v one_o within_o and_o circumcision_n that_o of_o the_o heart_n in_o the_o spirit_n not_o in_o the_o letter_n who_o praise_n be_v not_o of_o man_n but_o of_o god_n so_o he_o be_v not_o a_o christian_a that_o be_v one_o outward_o neither_o be_v that_o baptism_n which_o be_v outward_a on_o the_o flesh_n but_o he_o be_v a_o christian_n that_o be_v one_o inward_o and_o baptism_n that_o of_o the_o heart_n in_o the_o spirit_n not_o in_o the_o letter_n who_o praise_n be_v not_o of_o man_n but_o of_o god_n but_o the_o romane-catholicke_a christian_a believer_n be_v they_o that_o have_v receive_v their_o outward_a form_n of_o baptism_n and_o profess_v themselves_o member_n of_o the_o romane-catholicke_a church_n be_v they_o otherwise_o never_o so_o damnable_a in_o their_o life_n what_o say_v bernard_n pastor_n 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a_o true_a catholic_a it_n can_v make_v st._n augustine_n also_o put_v a_o main_a difference_n say_v cum_fw-la dilectione_n fides_fw-la christiani_n sine_fw-la dilectione_n 10._o fides_fw-la daemonum_n the_o faith_n of_o a_o christian_a be_v join_v with_o love_n the_o faith_n of_o devil_n be_v without_o love_n he_o be_v therefore_o a_o christian_a that_o have_v such_o a_o faith_n as_o have_v love_n join_v with_o it_o and_o consequent_o they_o be_v no_o christian_n but_o rather_o of_o the_o number_n of_o devil_n as_o be_v member_n of_o the_o devil_n who_o faith_n be_v without_o love_n and_o the_o same_o austin_n elsewhere_o plain_o declare_v who_o be_v the_o faithful_a say_v corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la 56._o non_fw-la ista_fw-la aut_fw-la illa_fw-la sed_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la diffusa_fw-la tota_n autem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la constans_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la quia_fw-la fideles_fw-la omnes_fw-la membra_fw-la sunt_fw-la christi_fw-la habet_fw-la illud_fw-la caput_fw-la positum_fw-la in_o coelestibus_fw-la quod_fw-la gubernat_fw-la corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la etsi_fw-la separatum_fw-la est_fw-la à_fw-la visione_n sed_fw-la annectitur_fw-la charitate_fw-la totus_fw-la christus_fw-la caput_fw-la est_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la eius_fw-la the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v the_o church_n not_o this_o or_o that_o church_n but_o diffuse_v over_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o the_o whole_a church_n consist_v of_o all_o the_o faithful_a in_o as_o much_o as_o all_o the_o faithful_a be_v member_n of_o christ_n have_v that_o head_n now_o set_v in_o the_o heavenly_a place_n which_o govern_v his_o body_n and_o although_o it_o be_v separate_v from_o vision_n or_o sight_n yet_o it_o be_v knit_v unto_o he_o by_o love_n for_o whole_a christ_n be_v the_o head_n and_o his_o body_n so_o we_o see_v st._n augustine_n confess_v none_o to_o be_v faithful_a but_o such_o as_o be_v the_o member_n of_o christ_n nor_o any_o his_o member_n but_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o import_v a_o subsist_v signify_v also_o animum_fw-la praesentem_fw-la a_o confidence_n or_o full_a assurance_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o it_o be_v sometime_o use_v in_o authorsfora_n fasten_v or_o a_o close_o join_v together_o as_o a_o joint_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o fast_a juncture_n and_o such_o be_v faith_n which_o plantarum_fw-la join_v the_o object_n &_o the_o subject_n together_o make_v the_o thing_n hope_v for_o to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v in_o our_o present_a possession_n it_o be_v also_o the_o evidence_n of_o thing_n not_o see_v present_v they_o visible_o and_o sensible_o before_o we_o like_o a_o most_o clear_a perspective_n glass_n which_o present_v and_o attract_v as_o it_o be_v the_o most_o remote_a object_n near_o to_o the_o eye_n for_o the_o clear_a view_n of_o it_o thus_o abraham_n and_o those_o other_o saint_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n see_v these_o invisible_a thing_n afar_o off_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o faith_n heb._n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perceive_v not_o receive_v not_o this_o gift_n it_o be_v far_o above_o out_o of_o his_o reach_n he_o may_v say_v who_o shall_v fetch_v christ_n from_o above_o that_o i_o may_v have_v he_o within_o my_o reach_n what_o reach_n the_o devil_n have_v he_o within_o his_o reach_n when_o he_o carry_v he_o up_o to_o a_o high_a mountain_n but_o thou_o will_v say_v god_n reach_v out_o christ_n unto_o thou_o in_o his_o word_n the_o word_n be_v near_o thou_o true_a but_o where_o be_v thy_o hand_n to_o put_v forth_o to_o receive_v he_o thy_o hand_n must_v be_v a_o lively_a faith_n for_o to_o believe_v in_o christ_n be_v to_o receive_v he_o as_o god_n gift_n but_o faith_n also_o be_v the_o special_a gift_n of_o god_n therefore_o say_v the_o apostle_n by_o grace_n be_v you_o save_v through_o faith_n and_o not_o of_o yourselves_o it_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n now_o herein_o do_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n grace_n shine_v forth_o and_o glorious_o display_v itself_o that_o 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