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excellent_a office_n touch_v his_o manhood_n will_v nothing_o help_v to_o restore_v the_o decay_a honour_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o popish_a priesthood_n except_o you_o can_v both_o prove_v your_o popish_a priest_n capable_a of_o such_o honour_n and_o power_n as_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v and_o also_o bring_v forth_o the_o record_n out_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n for_o that_o high_a call_n whereof_o you_o boast_v that_o any_o faithful_a christian_a who_o you_o to_o maintain_v a_o antichristian_a authority_n call_v miscreant_n have_v dishonour_v christ_n dignity_n touch_v his_o incarnation_n and_o office_n of_o his_o redemption_n it_o be_v a_o slander_n strong_o advouch_v but_o slenderlie_o prove_v for_o first_o caluine_n affirm_v christ_n to_o be_v a_o priest_n in_o his_o whole_a person_n god_n and_o man_n derogate_v nothing_o from_o that_o dignity_n neither_o be_v he_o injurious_a against_o the_o second_o person_n in_o trinity_n for_o christ_n be_v a_o high_a priest_n after_o the_o order_n of_o melchesidech_n and_o our_o redeemer_n not_o as_o a_o minister_n and_o servant_n only_o but_o as_o the_o son_n as_o the_o king_n os_fw-la peace_n and_o righteousness_n without_o father_n without_o mother_n without_o genealogy_n have_v neither_o beginning_n of_o his_o day_n nor_o end_n of_o his_o life_n all_o which_o thing_n can_v not_o be_v restrain_v to_o the_o humanity_n of_o christ_n but_o be_v proper_a to_o he_o as_o he_o be_v equal_a and_o eternal_a with_o his_o father_n that_o richerius_n shall_v deny_v that_o christ_n in_o his_o manhood_n shall_v judge_v the_o world_n it_o may_v well_o be_v a_o slander_n of_o that_o gross_a potheaded_a cyclops_n villegagnon_n which_o when_o he_o dare_v not_o abide_v the_o invasion_n of_o the_o barbarous_a people_n in_o gallia_n antarctica_fw-la where_o he_o have_v enterprise_v a_o conquest_n he_o quarrel_v with_o richerius_n and_o other_o godly_a person_n to_o have_v a_o colour_n of_o return_n and_o a_o welcome_n of_o the_o papist_n and_o as_o touch_v his_o slanderous_a libel_n that_o you_o send_v the_o reader_n unto_o i_o refer_v you_o &_o they_o to_o the_o answer_n &_o confutation_n of_o richerius_n thirdlie_o that_o christ_n do_v make_v prayer_n for_o we_o according_a to_o his_o manhood_n it_o be_v not_o sufficient_o prove_v by_o the_o text_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o heb._n 7._o because_o he_o may_v and_o do_v make_v continual_a intercession_n for_o we_o by_o the_o virtue_n and_o worthiness_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o his_o death_n although_o he_o conceive_v no_o prayer_n for_o we_o in_o form_n of_o word_n as_o man_n use_v upon_o earth_n and_o if_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o christ_n so_o pray_v for_o we_o yet_o it_o tend_v nothing_o towards_o the_o intercession_n of_o saint_n but_o rather_o against_o it_o because_o the_o interceffion_n of_o christ_n be_v sufficient_a without_o they_o yea_o if_o the_o intercession_n of_o saint_n be_v prove_v it_o draw_v not_o of_o necessity_n prayer_n unto_o 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otherwise_o but_o in_o his_o right_n &_o name_n whosoever_o shall_v control_v or_o conremne_v they_o not_o only_o irreverent_o touch_v god_n anoint_v but_o they_o sacrilegious_o lie_v hand_n on_o ipsum_fw-la christum_fw-la domini_fw-la even_o on_o he_o that_o be_v anoint_v above_o all_o his_o fellow_n well_o i_o conclude_v up_o this_o matter_n with_o these_o few_o word_n of_o saint_n ambrose_n vult_fw-la dominus_fw-la plurimum_fw-la posse_fw-la 7._o discipulos_fw-la suos_fw-la vult_fw-la á_fw-fr seruis_fw-la suis_fw-la e_fw-la a_o fieri_fw-la in_o nominesuo_fw-la quaefaciebat_fw-la ipse_fw-la positus_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la our_o lord_n pleasure_n be_v that_o his_o disciple_n shall_v have_v great_a prerogative_n he_o will_v have_v the_o same_o thing_n wrought_v by_o his_o servant_n in_o his_o name_n that_o himself_o do_v in_o his_o own_o person_n when_o he_o be_v in_o earth_n fulke_v he_o that_o see_v not_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o ministry_n of_o man_n from_o the_o power_n of_o god_n in_o those_o action_n wherein_o god_n work_v by_o man_n grope_v in_o the_o dark_a &_o see_v nothing_o as_o he_o ought_v to_o see_v therefore_o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o light_n of_o your_o logic_n and_o thereby_o consider_v if_o we_o can_v the_o distinction_n of_o the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o if_o the_o mayor_n or_o first_o proposition_n of_o your_o former_a syllogism_n be_v understand_v of_o a_o power_n or_o commission_n grant_v to_o the_o manhood_n of_o christ_n such_o as_o may_v have_v be_v grant_v by_o god_n to_o any_o other_o mere_a man_n than_o your_o minor_n be_v not_o true_a that_o christ_n by_o such_o a_o power_n and_o commission_n only_o set_v his_o godhead_n aside_o though_o true_o and_o effectual_o yet_o not_o in_o proper_a form_n ofspeach_n by_o his_o father_n send_v and_o commission_n remit_v sin_n for_o then_o can_v he_o not_o be_v the_o author_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n but_o only_o a_o minister_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o in_o proper_a form_n 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principal_a authority_n with_o the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o to_o do_v the_o conclusion_n of_o your_o second_o syllogism_n i_o grant_v that_o the_o apostle_n be_v send_v to_o forgive_v sin_n but_o retain_v the_o former_a distinction_n of_o the_o authority_n of_o god_n and_o the_o ministry_n of_o man_n for_o as_o christ_n be_v send_v of_o his_o father_n to_o preach_v the_o remission_n of_o sin_n so_o be_v the_o apostle_n send_v by_o christ_n to_o preach_v remission_n of_o sin_n therefore_o such_o power_n as_o he_o have_v by_o preach_v only_o of_o remission_n of_o sin_n to_o forgive_v sin_n such_o power_n be_v grant_v to_o his_o apostle_n who_o he_o ordain_v preacher_n in_o his_o place_n but_o the_o proper_a pow_o er_fw-mi of_o his_o deity_n he_o grant_v not_o nor_o any_o power_n which_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o mediator_n god_n and_o man_n theresore_n these_o word_n of_o christ_n as_o the_o father_n send_v i_o so_o send_v i_o you_o must_v not_o be_v extend_v further_a than_o our_o saviour_n christ_n in_o that_o place_n mean_v for_o else_o infinite_a absurdity_n may_v be_v conclude_v thereof_o as_o that_o he_o send_v his_o apostle_n to_o redeem_v the_o world_n to_o die_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n to_o be_v saviour_n of_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n or_o that_o he_o send_v all_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n to_o who_o this_o commission_n extend_v to_o cleanse_v leper_n to_o raise_v the_o dead_a to_o give_v sight_n to_o the_o blind_a and_o to_o do_v all_o other_o miracle_n that_o he_o be_v send_v to_o do_v according_a to_o this_o distinction_n that_o rhetorical_a amplification_n of_o chrysostom_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v and_o doubtless_o wonderful_a great_a be_v the_o authority_n that_o man_n do_v exercise_v in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n although_o that_o which_o be_v peculiar_a to_o god_n be_v not_o attribute_v to_o man_n the_o similitude_n that_o chrysostome_n use_v in_o the_o same_o chapter_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 5._o of_o a_o king_n grant_v power_n to_o one_o of_o his_o subject_n to_o imprison_v man_n and_o to_o release_v they_o show_v that_o he_o know_v the_o difference_n of_o the_o lord_n from_o the_o servant_n who_o if_o he_o abuse_v the_o authority_n commit_v unto_o he_o deserve_v sharp_a punishment_n and_o therefore_o have_v not_o absolute_a authority_n to_o do_v all_o thing_n as_o his_o lord_n and_o can_v not_o transgress_v in_o do_v and_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n he_o show_v that_o priest_n do_v exercise_v this_o power_n of_o forgive_a sin_n by_o teach_v admonition_n and_o by_o prayer_n not_o only_o by_o teach_v and_o admonish_v but_o also_o by_o the_o help_n of_o prayer_n and_o a_o manifest_a difference_n show_v saint_n ambrose_n when_o he_o say_v christ_n will_v have_v his_o disciple_n to_o do_v in_o his_o name_n the_o same_o thing_n which_o he_o do_v on_o earth_n partly_o in_o his_o father_n name_n and_o partly_o in_o his_o own_o name_n the_o power_n of_o priesthood_n touch_v 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