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that_o such_o consent_n be_v not_o so_o firm_a and_o sure_o a_o ground_n as_o you_o take_v it_o to_o be_v doubtless_o you_o will_v unless_o you_o be_v too_o too_o wilful_a and_o obstinate_a in_o your_o opinion_n let_v we_o therefore_o a_o little_a examine_v this_o point_n that_o christ_n after_o the_o first_o resurrection_n shall_v live_v with_o his_o elect_a hereupon_o earth_n for_o a_o thousand_o year_n in_o all_o peace_n and_o happiness_n until_o the_o second_o resurrection_n be_v the_o error_n of_o the_o millenaries_n and_o just_o condemn_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n yet_o papias_n saint_n john_n the_o apostle_n auditor_n 347._o sixt._n senens_fw-la l._n 5._o ann_n 233._o &_o 6._o ann_n 347._o apollinarius_n irenaus_n tertullianus_n victorinus_n pitabionensis_n lactantius_n severus_n sulpitius_n justin_n martyr_n and_o a_o great_a multitude_n of_o other_o catholic_a man_n be_v of_o the_o â—â—me_n opinion_n all_o be_v deceive_v by_o misunderstanding_n that_o in_o the_o revelation_n and_o they_o shall_v reign_v with_o he_o a_o thousand_o year_n s._n augustin_n speak_v very_o tender_o of_o it_o 4._o de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la l._n 20._o c._n 7._o in_o jer._n l._n 4._o calling_z it_o neither_o error_n not_o heresy_n himself_o have_v sometime_o hold_v it_o and_o hierome_n dare_v not_o condemn_v it_o because_o so_o many_o churchman_n and_o martyr_n have_v say_v it_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o just_a man_n after_o their_o dissolution_n see_v not_o the_o face_n of_o god_n until_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n be_v a_o error_n and_o condemn_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n yet_o the_o liturgy_n father_v upon_o saint_n james_n irenaeus_n justin_n tertullian_n clemens_n romanus_n origen_n lactantius_n victorinus_n martyr_n prudentius_n ambrose_n chrysostome_n the_o author_n of_o the_o unperfect_a work_n on_o matthew_n augustin_n theodoret_n arethas_n oecumenius_n theophylact_fw-mi eâ—thymius_n pope_n john_n the_o two_o and_o twenty_o and_o bernard_n hold_v the_o same_o who_o particular_a word_n sixtus_n senensis_n record_v in_o his_o library_n â—_o lib._n 6._o annot_v 345._o stapl._n de_fw-fr auth_v sc._n l._n 1._o c._n â—_o i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a how_o sixtus_n there_o labour_v to_o excuse_v they_o but_o other_o of_o his_o pewfellow_n find_v their_o word_n so_o pregnant_a that_o they_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n salve_v they_o that_o the_o thrice_o bless_a virgin_n mary_n be_v conceive_v in_o original_a sin_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n hold_v to_o be_v a_o error_n 148._o 3._o d._n 117._o n._n 148._o for_o not_o only_o the_o unskilful_a vulgar_a but_o the_o doctor_n and_o divine_n and_o all_o catholics_n with_o one_o consent_n fight_v for_o the_o immaculate_a conception_n say_v vasques_n and_o why_o have_v your_o church_n by_o her_o authority_n command_v the_o feast_n of_o â—â—r_a conception_n to_o be_v celebrate_v unless_o she_o be_v conceive_v without_o sin_n 11._o de_fw-fr consecr_n d._n 4._o firmissime_fw-la n._n 11._o yet_o cardinal_n turrâ—cremata_fw-la affirm_v that_o all_o the_o doctor_n in_o a_o manner_n maintain_v the_o contrary_a and_o that_o he_o have_v gather_v together_o the_o testimony_n of_o three_o hundred_o to_o that_o effect_n note_v the_o very_a place_n and_o word_n wherein_o they_o affirm_v it_o 5._o part._n 1._o q._n 1._o d._n 5._o and_o dominicus_n bannes_n say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o general_a consent_n of_o the_o holy_a doctor_n that_o she_o be_v conceive_v in_o sin_n and_o yet_o the_o contrary_n be_v hold_v in_o the_o church_n to_o be_v not_o only_o probable_a but_o very_o godly_a that_o angel_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v bodily_a 5._o actione_n 5._o visible_a and_o circumscriptible_a be_v a_o error_n and_o condemn_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n yet_o three_o hundred_o father_n such_o as_o they_o be_v and_o fifty_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o they_o in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o nice_a avouch_v it_o and_o allege_v the_o