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A08335 Spiritus est vicarius Christi in terra. A breefe and pithie summe of the Christian faith made in fourme of a confession, vvith a confutation of the papistes obiections and argumentes in sundry pointes of religion, repugnaunt to the Christian faith: made by Iohn Northbrooke, minister and preacher of the worde of God. Seene and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queenes iniunctions.; Breefe and pithie summe of the Christian faith Northbrooke, John. 1571 (1571) STC 18663; ESTC S120959 288,552 342

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which_o so_o often_o s._n augustine_n repeat_v out_o of_o the_o apostle_n what_o have_v thou_o that_o thou_o do_v not_o receive_v 4._o and_o if_o thou_o have_v receive_v it_o why_o boast_v thou_o as_o though_o thou_o receiv_v it_o not_o so_o we_o may_v say_v true_o that_o the_o man_n regenerate_v be_v able_a to_o keep_v the_o law_n of_o god_n in_o jesus_n christ_n and_o by_o jesus_n christ_n but_o not_o of_o himself_o 19_o for_o as_o saint_n augustine_n say_v all_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n be_v fulfil_v when_o the_o sin_n &_o fault_n be_v not_o impute_v but_o pardon_v but_o if_o they_o will_v say_v that_o a_o man_n be_v separate_v from_o christ_n be_v able_a to_o do_v any_o good_a and_o keep_v the_o law_n of_o god_n they_o be_v in_o a_o great_a error_n and_o heresy_n for_o christ_n himself_o say_v that_o a_o tree_n can_v bring_v forth_o no_o good_a fruit_n 7._o except_o it_o be_v make_v good_a first_o but_o no_o man_n be_v good_a of_o his_o own_o self_n as_o it_o have_v be_v declare_v already_o ergo_fw-la he_o can_v not_o bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n again_o bide_v in_o i_o and_o i_o in_o you_o as_o the_o branch_n can_v not_o bear_v fruit_n of_o itself_o 15._o except_o it_o bide_v in_o the_o vine_n no_o more_o can_v you_o except_o you_o abide_v in_o i_o thus_o you_o see_v by_o christ_n our_o saviour_n own_o word_n that_o it_o lie_v not_o in_o man_n power_n to_o bring_v any_o good_a fruit_n of_o himself_o except_o he_o be_v graft_v in_o christ_n for_o saint_n augustine_n do_v show_v what_o we_o be_v without_o christ_n 49._o when_o he_o say_v let_v no_o man_n flatter_v himself_o for_o of_o his_o own_o he_o be_v a_o very_a satan_n he_o have_v that_o of_o god_n only_o wherewith_o he_o be_v bless_v for_o ▪_o what_o haste_n thou_o of_o thy_o but_o sin_n take_v away_o sin_n from_o thou_o which_o be_v thy_o own_o thy_o righteousness_n be_v of_o god_n again_o he_o say_v 70._o a_o te_fw-la habeo_fw-la quicquid_fw-la bom_fw-la habeo_fw-la quicquid_fw-la autem_fw-la 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à_fw-la graetia_fw-la iacta_fw-la merita_fw-la tua_fw-la if_o thou_o will_v be_v a_o stranger_n from_o grace_n boast_v of_o thy_o own_o merit_n or_o worthiness_n let_v we_o learn_v hereby_o to_o humble_v ourselves_o for_o that_o all_o we_o be_v nought_o and_o go_v out_o of_o the_o way_n we_o be_v all_o corrupt_a there_o be_v none_o that_o do_v good_a 14._o no_o not_o one_o howbeit_o no_o man_n deny_v but_o that_o man_n regenerate_v and_o not_o regenerate_v fide_fw-la have_v free_a will_n in_o outward_a thing_n for_o man_n have_v his_o constitution_n as_o other_o live_n creature_n have_v that_o he_o will_v do_v one_o thing_n and_o will_v not_o do_v another_o he_o may_v speak_v or_o
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the_o scripture_n some_o sentence_n whereto_o they_o add_v some_o reason_n non_fw-la illas_fw-la quidem_fw-la adamantinas_fw-la but_o not_o those_o reason_n say_v he_o verily_o most_o strong_a but_o such_o as_o be_v of_o no_o weight_n and_o after_o that_o he_o have_v recite_v up_o all_o the_o place_n that_o seem_v to_o make_v for_o christ_n soul_n to_o have_v descend_v into_o hell_n the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a he_o conclude_v say_v loco_fw-la verùm_fw-la horum_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la cogat_fw-la credere_fw-la christi_fw-la animam_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la decendisse_fw-la ad_fw-la tartarum_fw-la si●e_fw-la ut_fw-la illi_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la limbum_fw-la that_o be_v there_o be_v none_o of_o all_o those_o authority_n of_o scripture_n that_o may_v constrain_v any_o to_o believe_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o christ_n go_v down_o by_o himself_o personal_o to_o hell_n or_o as_o they_o call_v it_o to_o lymbum_fw-la hereunto_o agree_v one_o pampolitanus_fw-la that_o 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10.3.4_o and_o drink_v of_o one_o spiritual_a drink_n with_o we_o so_o say_v leo._n misteria_fw-la pro_fw-la temporum_fw-la ratione_fw-la variata_fw-la sunt_fw-la 3_n quum_fw-la fides_fw-la qua_fw-la vivimus_fw-la nulla_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aetate_fw-la diversa_fw-la that_o be_v their_o sacrament_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o time_n be_v diverse_a when_o as_o the_o faith_n by_o the_o which_o we_o all_o live_v in_o no_o age_n be_v diverse_a 26._o so_o say_v saint_n augustine_n likewise_o sacramenta_fw-la illa_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la in_o signis_fw-la diversa_fw-la in_fw-la rebus_fw-la quae_fw-la significabantur_fw-la pariae_fw-la that_o be_v their_o sacrament_n in_o outward_a sign_n be_v diverse_a from_o we_o but_o as_o concern_v the_o thing_n which_o they_o do_v signify_v 1._o be_v equal_a and_o one_o with_o we_o tunc_fw-la christus_fw-la venturus_fw-la modo_fw-la christus_fw-la venit_fw-la venturus_fw-la &_o venit_fw-la diversa_fw-la verba_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la idem_fw-la christus_fw-la that_o be_v then_o be_v christ_n shall_v come_v now_o be_v christ_n be_v come_v shall_v come_v and_o be_v come_v be_v sundry_a word_n but_o christ_n be_v all_o one_o whereupon_o i_o may_v well_o conclude_v that_o all_o the_o faithful_a in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o the_o faithful_a in_o the_o new_a have_v have_v and_o have_v now_o but_o one_o place_n of_o rest_n and_o joy_n to_o be_v receive_v in_o after_o their_o life_n 15._o chrisostome_n herein_o say_v that_o the_o bosom_n of_o abraham_n be_v unto_o the_o poor_a lazarus_n paradise_n or_o heaven_n some_o will_v reply_v say_v he_o in_o paradise_n but_o i_o confess_v also_o the_o holy_a paradise_n etc_n etc_n now_o gentle_a reader_n understand_v that_o the_o promise_n be_v make_v unto_o adam_n 3.15_o touch_v the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n that_o shall_v break_v the_o serpent_n head_n and_o that_o have_v be_v confirm_v again_o and_o more_o plain_o set_v forth_o unto_o the_o other_o patriarch_n and_o especial_o unto_o abraham_n and_o david_n all_o they_o i_o say_v that_o do_v give_v credit_n
of_o they_o howbeit_o i_o think_v that_o he_o do_v understand_v origene_n jerome_n and_o tertullian_n but_o now_o we_o will_v see_v how_o well_o this_o do_v agree_v with_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n our_o saviour_n objection_n first_o and_o foremost_a if_o they_o will_v have_v the_o punishment_n pain_n and_o torment_n that_o christ_n suffer_v to_o be_v in_o all_o point_n corespondent_a unto_o those_o sinner_n for_o who_o christ_n die_v have_v deserve_v it_o have_v not_o be_v only_o necessary_a that_o he_o shall_v have_v suffer_v here_o in_o the_o body_n upon_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o the_o soul_n shall_v also_o have_v suffer_v in_o hell_n for_o a_o while_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v suffer_v both_o in_o body_n and_o soul_n everlasting_a punishment_n with_o the_o damn_a 5.19_o but_o god_n his_o father_n do_v content_v himself_o with_o the_o pain_n and_o torment_n that_o he_o be_v in_o for_o a_o while_n have_v a_o respect_n not_o only_o unto_o the_o pain_n that_o he_o do_v 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seed_n to_o come_v so_o say_v saint_n paul_n 1._o god_n speak_v in_o old_a time_n many_o way_n and_o in_o sundry_a sort_n unto_o the_o father_n 2._o and_o saint_n chrisostome_n say_v god_n the_o creator_n of_o mankind_n from_o the_o beginning_n speak_v unto_o man_n by_o himself_o in_o his_o own_o person_n we_o speak_v not_o so_o precise_o and_o nice_o of_o god_n word_n write_v in_o paper_n for_o so_o it_o be_v a_o creature_n corruptible_fw-fr and_o shall_v consume_v and_o perish_v as_o other_o corruptible_a creature_n do_v but_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o we_o speak_v of_o endure_v for_o ever_o 27._o saint_n hierome_n thereto_o agree_v say_v these_o word_n quomodo_fw-la aeternae_fw-la erunt_fw-la scripturae_fw-la divinae_fw-la si_fw-la mundus_fw-la certo_fw-la sine_fw-la est_fw-la terminandus_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la quidem_fw-la quod_fw-la librorum_fw-la pelliculae_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la literis_fw-la abolandae_fw-la sunt_fw-la sod_v quià_fw-la subiungit_fw-la 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participem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o truth_n i_o know_v the_o church_n that_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o again_o he_o say_v 1._o i_o will_v the_o church_n shall_v be_v show_v not_o by_o the_o decree_n of_o man_n but_o by_o the_o heavenly_a oracle_n or_o word_n of_o god_n we_o must_v seek_v the_o church_n in_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n 16._o which_o be_v the_o truth_n and_o best_a know_v his_o own_o body_n the_o holy_a scripture_n show_v we_o the_o church_n without_o doubt_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n the_o church_n be_v plain_o know_v we_o must_v know_v the_o church_n by_o the_o holy_a canonical_a scripture_n as_o we_o know_v the_o head_n 49._o saint_n chrisostome_n also_o say_v nullo_n modo_fw-la cognoscitunr_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la vera_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nisi_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la per_fw-la scripturas_fw-la it_o be_v not_o any_o way_n know_v which_o be_v the_o true_a church_n of_o christ_n but_o only_o by_o the_o scripture_n 3._o 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great_a authority_n for_o these_o be_v their_o own_o word_n set_v out_o in_o their_o own_o book_n a_o doctrina_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o romani_fw-la pontificis_fw-la sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la robur_fw-la trahit_fw-la &_o authoritatem_fw-la the_o holy_a scripture_n take_v strength_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n again_o lutherum_n in_o the_o same_o book_n he_o say_v i_o mean_v silvester_n prierias_fw-la master_n of_o the_o pope_n palace_n indulgentiae_fw-la authoritatae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la non_fw-la innotuere_fw-la nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la authoritate_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romano●umque_fw-la pontificum_fw-la quae_fw-la maior_fw-la est_fw-la pardon_n be_v not_o know_v to_o we_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n but_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n which_o be_v great_a than_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n 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the_o inner_a man_n that_o christ_n may_v dwell_v in_o your_o heart_n by_o faith_n again_o he_o say_v 4._o grieve_v not_o the_o holy_a spirit_n of_o god_n by_o who_o you_o be_v seal_v unto_o redemption_n but_o that_o thing_n that_o he_o require_v there_o he_o desire_v god_n to_o grant_n it_o to_o the_o thessalonian_n say_v 1._o wherefore_o we_o pray_v always_o for_o you_o that_o our_o god_o make_v you_o worthy_a of_o your_o call_n and_o fulfil_v all_o good_a purpose_n of_o his_o goodness_n and_o the_o work_n of_o faith_n with_o power_n that_o the_o name_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n may_v be_v glorify_v in_o you_o and_o you_o in_o he_o through_o the_o grace_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ._n again_o ●_o i_o plant_v and_o apollo_n have_v water_v but_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n that_o give_v the_o increase_n for_o in_o the_o lord_n we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v 17._o as_o we_o may_v easy_o see_v in_o that_o christ_n do_v say_v unto_o the_o man_n that_o be_v sick_a of_o the_o palsy_n 9_o arise_v take_v up_o thy_o bed_n and_o go_v home_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o he_o have_v strength_n to_o arise_v except_o christ_n our_o saviour_n have_v give_v it_o he_o but_o when_o christ_n do_v say_v unto_o he_o arise_v he_o do_v straight_o with_o it_o give_v he_o strength_n to_o arise_v even_o so_o when_o god_n do_v by_o his_o preacher_n speak_v unto_o they_o who_o he_o have_v choose_v already_o and_o do_v bid_v and_o exhort_v they_o to_o arise_v out_o of_o the_o bed_n of_o sin_n straight_o therewith_o he_o give_v they_o strength_n to_o do_v it_o saint_n augustine_n agree_v herewith_o 89._o say_v jubet_fw-la ergo_fw-la deus_fw-la continentiam_fw-la &_o da●continentiam_fw-la jubet_fw-la per_fw-la legem_fw-la that_fw-mi per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la jubet_fw-la per_fw-la literam_fw-la that_fw-mi per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la god_n do_v command_v continency_n and_o he_o do_v give_v continency_n he_o command_v it_o by_o the_o law_n he_o do_v give_v it_o by_o 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that_o be_v within_o us._n mihi_fw-la again_o saint_n hierome_n say_v non_fw-la dixit_fw-la dedi_fw-la ●is_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la se_fw-la svo_fw-la labour_v saluarent_fw-la sed_fw-la ego_fw-la custodivi_fw-la eos_fw-la ego_fw-la seruavi_fw-la christ_n say_v not_o i_o have_v give_v to_o they_o the_o power_n of_o free_a will_n that_o they_o by_o their_o own_o labour_n shall_v be_v save_v but_o i_o have_v keep_v they_o i_o have_v reserve_v they_o these_o testimony_n both_o of_o scripture_n and_o father_n do_v sufficient_o declare_v that_o whatsoever_o god_n do_v requre_a of_o we_o the_o same_o he_o must_v work_v in_o we_o by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n for_o of_o ourselves_o we_o be_v able_a to_o do_v no_o manner_n of_o thing_n that_o good_a be_v therefore_o say_v saint_n augustine_n 98._o homo_fw-la sibi_fw-la sufficit_fw-la ad_fw-la peccandum_fw-la ut_fw-la iustificetur_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la sufficit_fw-la nisi_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la 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