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A57667 Pansebeia, or, A view of all religions in the world with the severall church-governments from the creation, to these times : also, a discovery of all known heresies in all ages and places, and choice observations and reflections throughout the whole / by Alexander Ross. Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654.; Haestens, Henrick van.; Davies, John, 1625-1693. 1655 (1655) Wing R1972_pt1; Wing R1944_pt2; ESTC R216906 502,923 690

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do_v not_o call_v he_o jesus_n and_o saviour_n but_o goal_n a_o redeemer_n he_o hold_v it_o unlawful_a to_o suffer_v martyrdom_n for_o christ_n he_o permit_v idolatry_n etc._n and_o teach_v that_o no_o voluntary_a sin_n be_v pardonable_a and_o that_o faith_n be_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n but_o of_o nature_n as_o also_o election_n the_o other_o error_n which_o this_o egyptian_a hold_v for_o he_o be_v of_o alexandria_n be_v the_o same_o that_o simon_n maintain_v q._n 7._o what_o be_v the_o religion_n of_o the_o nicholaitan_n and_o gnostic_n a._n the_o nicholaitan_n nicholatians_n so_o call_v from_o nicholas_n one_o of_o the_o seven_o deacon_n act._n 6._o and_o who_o work_v christ_n hate_v rev._n 2._o give_v themselves_o to_o all_o uncleanness_n and_o sflshly_a lust_n teach_v that_o man_n ought_v to_o have_v their_o wife_n in_o common_a they_o make_v no_o scruple_n of_o eat_v thing_n offer_v to_o idol_n at_o their_o meeting_n or_o love_n feast_n they_o use_v to_o put_v out_o the_o light_n and_o commit_v promiscuous_a adultery_n with_o each_o other_o wise_a they_o teach_v that_o the_o world_n be_v make_v by_o the_o copulation_n of_o light_n and_o darkness_n out_o of_o which_o angel_n daemon_n and_o man_n be_v procreate_v man_n seed_n and_o menstruous_a blood_n be_v with_o they_o sacred_a and_o use_v by_o the_o gnostic_n in_o their_o divine_a service_n gnostic_n whereby_o they_o bring_v a_o odium_fw-la upon_o christianity_n they_o will_v not_o have_v god_n but_o angel_n creator_n of_o this_o inferior_a world_n which_o angel_n they_o call_v by_o divers_a barbarous_a name_n nicholas_n the_o father_n of_o this_o sect_n be_v by_o birth_n a_o antiochian_a who_o doctrine_n begin_v to_o spread_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o domitian_n reign_n after_o christ_n 52_o year_n before_o s._n johns_n banishment_n into_o pathmos_n the_o professor_n of_o this_o
the_o circumcellion_n so_o call_v from_o their_o cell_n and_o cottage_n in_o which_o they_o live_v to_o show_v their_o austerity_n these_o make_v no_o bone_n to_o murder_v all_o they_o meet_v that_o be_v not_o of_o their_o religion_n so_o that_o they_o be_v more_o dangerous_a than_o highway_n robber_n the_o donatist_n be_v name_v also_o parmenianist_n from_o parmenianus_n one_o of_o donatus_n his_o disciple_n at_o rome_n they_o be_v name_v campate_n from_o the_o camp_n or_o field_n and_o montense_n from_o the_o hill_n where_o they_o use_v to_o hide_v themselves_o the_o priscillianist_n be_v so_o name_v from_o priscillianus_n priscillianift_n a_o spaniard_n who_o under_o gratian_n the_o emperor_n spread_v his_o heresy_n first_o in_o spain_n 348._o year_n after_o christ._n from_o thence_o like_o a_o canker_n it_o run_v through_o all_o the_o west_n his_o heresy_n be_v make_v up_o of_o former_a heresy_n for_o with_o the_o manicne_n he_o hold_v that_o the_o world_n be_v make_v by_o a_o evil_a god_n with_o the_o sabellian_o he_o confound_v the_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n with_o the_o origenist_n he_o teach_v that_o man_n soul_n be_v make_v before_o their_o body_n in_o some_o receptacle_n of_o heaven_n and_o with_o the_o manichee_n that_o they_o be_v parcel_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n with_o astrologer_n they_o hold_v that_o all_o humane_a event_n depend_v on_o the_o star_n and_o with_o the_o stoic_n that_o we_o sin_v necessary_o and_o coactive_o with_o the_o gnostic_n they_o condemn_v marriage_n with_o the_o encratites_n the_o eat_n of_o flesh_n with_o the_o audian_n they_o allow_v lie_v and_o perjury_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o with_o the_o gnostic_n they_o reject_v the_o ancient_a prophet_n as_o fanatical_a and_o ignorant_a of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n rhetorian_n the_o rhetorian_n so_o call_v from_o one_o rhetorius_n hold_v the_o same_o tenet_n which_o the_o mahometan_n do_v at_o this_o day_n namely_o that_o every_o man_n shall_v be_v save_v by_o the_o religion_n he_o profess_v and_o that_o therefore_o no_o religion_n shall_v be_v force_v feri_fw-la but_o man_n shall_v be_v leave_v to_o their_o own_o choice_n and_o will_n the_o feri_fw-la or_o wild_a heretic_n be_v such_o as_o hold_v it_o unlawful_a to_o eat_v or_o converse_v with_o man_n etc._n therefore_o they_o hold_v none_o shall_v be_v save_v but_o such_o as_o live_v alone_o they_o teach_v also_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v a_o creature_n q._n 33._o what_o be_v the_o theopaschitae_n trithei●ae_fw-la aquei●_n mel●●onii_n ophei_n tertullii_n liberatores_fw-la and_o nativitarii_n a._n the_o theopaschites_n theopaschitae_fw-la hold_v that_o the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n suffer_v as_o if_o there_o have_v be_v in_o he_o but_o one_o nature_n because_o one_o person_n tritheitae_fw-la the_o tritheits_fw-mi divide_v the_o essence_n of_o god_n into_o three_o part_n the_o one_o they_o call_v the_o father_n the_o other_o the_o son_n and_o the_o three_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o 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restore_v bishop_n or_o inferiors_n clerk_n to_o their_o dignity_n if_o they_o fall_v into_o heresy_n though_o they_o afterward_o repent_v this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o old_a nova●ians_n and_o meletian_o these_o luciferian_o be_v name_v also_o homonymians_n for_o use_v the_o word_n flesh_n ambiguous_o in_o their_o dispuration_n the_o jovinianist_n be_v so_o call_v from_o jovinian_a a_o roman_a jovinianists_n who_o live_v under_o jovinian_a the_o emperor_n 335._o year_n after_o christ._n these_o hold_v with_o the_o stoic_n that_o all_o sin_n be_v equal_a that_o after_o baptism_n we_o can_v not_o sin_n that_o fast_v be_v needless_a that_o virginity_n be_v not_o better_a than_o the_o marry_a life_n and_o that_o the_o bless_a virgin_n in_o bear_v christ_n lose_v her_o virginity_n arabiek_n the_o arabick_n be_v so_o name_v from_o arabia_n the_o country_n where_o this_o heresy_n be_v broach_v and_o maintain_v under_o philip_n the_o emperor_n 217._o year_n after_o christ_n they_o 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