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heart_n be_v want_v in_o he_o 〈◊〉_d otherwise_o will_v be_v requisite_a and_o ground_n upon_o this_o imposture_n his_o bring_v many_o ancient_a father_n to_o prove_v against_o papist_n that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o priest_n to_o absolve_v a_o sinner_n who_o have_v not_o true_a faith_n and_o repentance_n in_o his_o soul_n as_o if_o this_o be_v not_o the_o express_a doctrine_n of_o all_o roman_a catholic_n and_o upon_o this_o same_o imposture_n he_o ground_v also_o his_o foolish_a expression_n that_o our_o high_a priest_n fit_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n 128._o as_o god_n and_o all_o his_o creature_n as_o so_o many_o demigod_n under_o he_o if_o what_o he_o lay_v to_o our_o charge_n be_v true_a he_o may_v have_v raise_v we_o a_o degree_n high_o for_o that_o god_n himself_o do_v not_o absolve_v man_n from_o their_o sin_n if_o they_o do_v not_o repent_v or_o if_o sound_a conversion_n of_o heart_n be_v want_v pag._n 125._o &_o seq_n he_o will_v fain_o persuade_v 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and_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d be_v tempora_o punish_v in_o the_o other_o life_n but_o whether_o 〈◊〉_d be_v punish_v by_o material_a fire_n or_o whether_o the_o place_n of_o 〈◊〉_d punishment_n be_v a_o part_n of_o hell_n whereas_o all_o the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d we_o leave_v these_o thing_n to_o be_v dispute_v in_o school_n and_o 〈◊〉_d not_o determine_v by_o the_o church_n whereas_o pag._n 176._o of_o his_o answer_n mr._n usher_n say_v neither_o 〈◊〉_d it_o to_o be_v pass_v over_o that_o in_o those_o apparition_n and_o revelation_n relate_v by_o gregory_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o any_o 〈◊〉_d lodge_n in_o hell_n appoint_v for_o purgatory_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v that_o which_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n now_o strive_v 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o by_o this_o imposture_n of_o he_o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o otto_n 〈◊〉_d frisingensis_n and_o other_o modern_a author_n who_o dispute_n whether_o 〈◊〉_d purgatory_n be_v a_o place_n or_o part_n of_o hell_n will_v fain_o make_v protestant's_n 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the_o example_n of_o other_o protestant_a church_n whence_o follow_v continual_a discontent_n and_o design_n of_o the_o generality_n of_o these_o protestant_a nation_n against_o their_o prelatic_a clergy_n and_o the_o little_a esteem_n and_o affection_n there_o be_v for_o the_o same_o clergy_n among_o the_o reform_a church_n abroad_o how_o unsafe_a it_o be_v for_o the_o prince_n and_o government_n to_o establish_v by_o law_n a_o religion_n and_o clergy_n so_o genera_o hate_v and_o that_o acknowledge_v itself_o to_o be_v fallible_a in_o doctrine_n and_o therefore_o for_o all_o they_o know_v lead_v their_o flock_n to_o eternal_a damnation_n law_n enact_v to_o favour_n religion_n aught_o to_o suppose_v not_o pretend_v to_o make_v the_o religion_n reasonable_a reason_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o human_a law_n but_o human_a law_n can_v not_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o religion_n how_o dangerous_a it_o be_v to_o press_v too_o much_o the_o act_n of_o uniformity_n against_o so_o great_a and_o 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not_o do_v as_o much_o now_o for_o keep_v his_o royalty_n and_o revenue_n of_o the_o county_n palatin_n of_o duresm_n as_o he_o do_v then_o to_o be_v a_o petty_a pastor_n of_o a_o private_a chapel_n in_o paris_n will_v any_o learned_a protestant_a minister_n stick_v to_o imitate_v such_o a_o example_n know_v it_o be_v the_o only_a way_n for_o such_o person_n as_o they_o be_v to_o thrive_v and_o become_v great_a in_o the_o english_a church_n and_o state_n your_o honour_n charity_n may_v be_v so_o great_a as_o to_o suspend_v your_o judgement_n concern_v their_o sincerity_n but_o your_o conscience_n be_v so_o tender_a that_o you_o will_v not_o keep_v these_o action_n in_o suspense_n of_o a_o matter_n wherein_o they_o be_v so_o much_o concern_v the_o only_a way_n to_o satisfy_v they_o and_o yourselves_o as_o i_o say_v before_o be_v that_o you_o be_v mediator_n to_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n for_o a_o public_a trial_n either_o of_o the_o protestant_a clergys_n cheat_n or_o of_o the_o 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design_n of_o your_o honour_n most_o obedient_a and_o most_o humble_a servant_n j._n w._n see_v herfter_o â—ar_o 3._o sect_n 9_o thomas_n bonart_n in_o concordia_n scientiae_fw-la cum_fw-la fide_fw-la how_o fallacious_a be_v our_o philosophical_a definition_n and_o demonstration_n concern_v the_o nature_n and_o essence_n of_o any_o thing_n jnstanced_a in_o the_o nature_n or_o essence_n of_o a_o body_n pag_n 259_o bonart_n in_o concordia_fw-la pag_n 301._o &_o 304._o &_o passim_fw-la pag._n 297._o bonart_n lib_n 5._o passim_fw-la wherein_o consist_v the_o reasonableness_n of_o religion_n the_o ground_n of_o peace_n piety_n and_o policy_n policy_n ¶_o doctor_n philip_n nicolai_n in_o comment_n de_fw-fr regno_fw-la christi_fw-la charge_v the_o apostle_n and_o the_o first_o next_o succeed_a bishop_n of_o rome_n with_o affectation_n of_o the_o roman_a supremacy_n and_o s._n victor_n pope_n and_o martyr_n who_o live_v in_o the_o next_o age_n to_o the_o apostle_n be_v reprehend_v by_o nutton_n polanus_fw-la spark_n and_o other_o protestant_n for_o have_v exceed_v his_o
noâ—is_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cap_n 9_o apparatus_fw-la ad_fw-la tom._n 1._o pag._n 49._o sutcliff_n pag._n 199._o sutcliff_n pag._n 279._o instit._fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 20._o luther_n de_fw-fr captivit_fw-la babylon_n &_o in_o cap._n 15_o joan._n &_o in_o 6._o art_n against_o the_o execrable_a bull_n etc._n etc._n melancton_n disp_n de_fw-fr paenitentia_fw-la prop._n 7._o council_n trid._n sess._n 6._o c._n 8._o catech._n ad_fw-la paroch_n de_fw-fr paen_fw-la sacram_fw-la pag._n 290._o luther_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la natura_fw-la hominis_fw-la art_n 4._o luther_n lib._n contra_fw-la ambr._n catarrh_n luther_n in_o council_n germ._n cap._n the_o antichristo_a calvin_n lib._n 3._o instit._fw-la c._n 20._o â—_o 21._o calvin_n instit._n lib._n 3._o c_o 4._o §._o 1._o see_v part_n 2._o 3._o cor._n 7._o cyprian_a servant_n de_fw-fr caena_fw-la domini_fw-la see_v st._n cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n cateche_n missagog_n 4._o s._n ambros_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr sacram._n c._n 4._o &_o de_fw-la ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la mysterijs_fw-la initiantur_fw-la c._n 6._o st._n august_n vide_fw-la canonean_a do_v consec_n do_v 2._o answer_v 85._o st._n basil._n in_o regulis_fw-la brevioribus_fw-la interrogatione_fw-la 288._o st._n ambrose_n l._n de_fw-la paenit_fw-la cap._n 6._o st._n austin_n hom_n 49._o c._n 3._o aug._n lib._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la &_o falsa_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la cap._n 10._o &_o cap._n 14._o st._n gregory_n nyssen_n orat_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la qui_fw-la durius_fw-la alios_fw-la judicant_fw-la petro_n francisco_n zeno._n interpret_v pag._n 128._o st._n ambrose_n l._n 1._o de_fw-la paenit_fw-la cap._n 2._o &_o ser._n 10._o in_o psal_n 128._o st._n hierom._n in_o proverb_n cap._n 11._o say_v it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o although_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o pardon_n after_o death_n yet_o be_v there_o soâ—e_a who_o may_v be_v absolve_v after_o death_n from_o such_o light_a sin_n as_o they_o carry_v with_o they_o out_o of_o this_o life_n they_o may_v be_v absolve_v i_o say_v either_o by_o suffer_v punishment_n or_o else_o by_o the_o prayer_n alm_n and_o mass_n of_o their_o live_a friend_n but_o to_o who_o soever_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v thy_o be_v do_v to_o they_o before_o the_o last_o judgement_n and_o for_o light_a fault_n de_fw-fr hac_fw-la quaestione_fw-la nihil_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la definivit_fw-la sunt_fw-la autem_fw-la multae_fw-la opiniones_fw-la belarm_n lib._n 12._o de_fw-la purgat_fw-la cap._n 6._o initio_fw-la pag._n 178._o &_o passim_fw-la st._n bernard_n ser._n 66._o in_o cant._n st._n gregory_n nyssen_n orat_fw-la de_fw-fr mortuis_fw-la purge_v i_o o_o lord_n in_o this_o life_n etc._n etc._n that_o i_o may_v not_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o that_o amend_v fire_n which_o be_v for_o those_o who_o shall_v be_v save_v but_o so_o as_o by_o fire_n aug._n in_o psal_n 37._o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o they_o aged_a person_n die_v in_o small_a sin_n be_v purge_v before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n by_o temporary_a pain_n which_o their_o soul_n do_v suffer_v they_o shall_v not_o be_v deliver_v to_o the_o punishment_n of_o eternal_a fire_n aug._n l._n 20._o the_o civit_n cap._n 13._o vsher_n answer_n pag._n 179._o answer_n pag._n 182._o see_v sir_n edward_n sands_n in_o his_o relation_n cap._n 53.54_o hieremias_n constantinopol_n resp._n 1._o c._n 12._o &_o 13._o gabriel_n alexand_n ep_n ad_fw-la clem._n 8_o hypathius_fw-la ruthenorum_fw-la legatus_fw-la in_o professione_n fidei_fw-la graeci_fw-la venetiad_n card._n guisianum_n q_o 10_o zaga_n zabâ—_n ethiop_n in_o confession_n fidei_fw-la aethiop_n gennadius_n scholarius_n etc._n etc._n purgatorio_fw-la sec._n 1._o &_o 5._o answer_n pag._n 420_o reply_v against_o harding_n p._n 379._o st._n austin_n contra_fw-la faust._n manichaeum_fw-la lib._n 20._o c._n 21._o answer_n pag._n 377._o matthew_n 4._o v_o 10_o st._n epiphan_n haeres_fw-la 79._o parag_v 6._o &_o 7_o ibid_fw-la parag_n 2._o usher_n translate_v but_o thou_o o_o lord_n and_o add_v interrogation_n to_o help_v his_o fraud_n adjuvent_fw-fr nos_fw-la eorum_fw-la merita_fw-la quos_fw-la propria_fw-la impediunt_fw-la scelera_fw-la excuset_fw-la intercessio_fw-la accusat_fw-la quos_fw-la actio_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la eye_v tribuisti_fw-la caelestis_fw-la palmam_fw-la triumphi_fw-la nobis_fw-la veniam_fw-la non_fw-la deneges_fw-la peccati_fw-la pag._n 24._o against_o fisher_n aug._n serm_n 14_o the_o verbâ—_n apostoli_fw-la in_o fine_a laud_n pag._n 33_o ibid._n pag._n 34._o b._n laud._n e._n quae_fw-la quidê_fw-la si_fw-la tam_fw-la manifesta_fw-la monâ—ratur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o dubium_fw-la venire_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la praeponenda_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la illis_fw-la rebus_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o catholicateneor_fw-la ita_fw-la si_fw-la aliquid_fw-la apertissimum_fw-la in_o evangelis_n st._n aug._n contra_fw-la fund_z c._n 4._o pag._n 38._o vincent_n lirin_fw-mi cap._n 23.24_o he_o say_v the_o pelagian_n err_v in_o dogmate_n fidei_fw-la and_o yet_o they_o err_v not_o in_o a_o prime_a maxim_n but_o in_o a_o superstructure_n vin._n lirin_fw-mi cont_n haer_fw-mi c._n 31._o impiorum_fw-la &_o turpiumerrorum_fw-la lupanar_fw-la ubi_fw-la erat_fw-la ante_fw-la castae_fw-la &_o incorruptae_fw-la sacrarium_fw-la veritatis_fw-la bp._n laud_n pag._n 38._o pag._n 39_o christi_fw-la vero_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sedula_fw-la &_o cauta_fw-la depositorum_fw-la custos_fw-la nihil_fw-la in_o ijs_fw-la unquam_fw-la permutat_fw-la nihil_fw-la minuit_fw-la nihil_fw-la addit_fw-la non_fw-la amputat_fw-la necessaria_fw-la non_fw-la apponit_fw-la superflua_fw-la non_fw-la amittit_fw-la sua_fw-la non_fw-la usurpat_fw-la allena_fw-la vincent_n lirin_fw-mi cap._n 22._o see_v heretofore_o part_n 2._o ego_fw-la vero_fw-la evangelio_n non_fw-la crederem_fw-la nisi_fw-la i_o ecclesiae_fw-la commoveret_fw-la authoritas_fw-la aug._n lib._n 1._o contra_fw-la epist._n fund_z c._n 5._o bishop_n laud_n pag._n 81._o edit_n 1639._o vbi_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o populos_fw-la à _fw-la tempore_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o hodiâ—rnum_fw-la diem_fw-la sibimet_fw-la succedentium_fw-la importat_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la accipit_fw-la nomen_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la augustinus_n cum_fw-la asserit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la crederet_fw-la evangelio_n niâ—â—_n eum_fw-la authoritas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n ocham_n dial._n part_n 1._o lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o hos._n 4.15_o a.c._n pag._n 58._o guilielm_n malmesbur_fw-la in_o prolog_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr gâ—stâ—s_fw-fr pontif._n angl._n p._n 195._o st_n bed_n lib._n 5._o eccl._n hist._n cap._n 20._o bede_n lib._n 1._o eccl._n histor._n cap._n 29._o see_v this_o treatise_n par_fw-fr 1._o sec·_fw-la 1._o council_n africa_n can._n 101._o ut_fw-la romam_fw-la liceat_fw-la episcopis_fw-la provocare_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la clericorum_fw-la causae_fw-la apud_fw-la suarum_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la episcopos_fw-la finiantur_fw-la etiam_fw-la litteris_fw-la nostris_fw-la ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la memoriae_fw-la zozimum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la datis_fw-la insinuari_fw-la curâ—_n vimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n council_n african_n ep_n ad_fw-la bonifac_o pap_n to_o which_o st._n austin_n subscribe_v st._n irenaeus_n l._n 3._o cap._n 3._o gregor_n nazian_n in_o car_n de_fw-la vita_fw-la sua_fw-la see_v d_o laud_n labyrinth_n p._n 135._o &_o 136_o hierom._n ep_n ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la auferibilis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la consummationem_fw-la saeculi_fw-la vicarius_fw-la sponsus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la â—_o quin_fw-la aliquis_fw-la certus_fw-la ei_fw-la praeficiatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n gerson_n consid_n 20._o a_o fair_a offer_n to_o protestant_n see_v the_o petition_n and_o instrument_n of_o the_o catholic_n clergye_n resignation_n in_o doctor_n heylin_n ecclesia_fw-la restaurata_fw-la pag._n 43._o and_o the_o stat._n 1._o mar._n and_o in_o this_o treatise_n part_n 1._o no_o sacrilege_n to_o apply_v the_o church_n revenue_n to_o the_o crown_n in_o some_o case_n see_v the_o sentence_n of_o pope_n julius_n 3._o send_v to_o queen_n mary_n a_o 1554._o and_o the_o reason_n thereof_o set_v down_o by_o dr._n burges_n in_o his_o book_n no_o sacrilege_n nor_o sin_n etc._n etc._n 52._o &_o 53._o whereof_o the_o last_o reason_n be_v see_v the_o good_n and_o possession_n of_o the_o church_n even_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o canon_n law_n may_v be_v alien_v for_o the_o redemption_n of_o captive_n and_o that_o the_o same_o may_v be_v do_v by_o that_o church_n only_o to_o who_o such_o possession_n do_v belong_v it_o be_v fit_a and_o reasonable_a that_o such_o dispensation_n shall_v be_v grant_v for_o continue_v of_o possession_n already_o get_v for_o so_o great_a a_o good_a of_o public_a concord_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n and_o preservation_n of_o the_o state_n as_o well_o in_o body_n as_o in_o soul_n pag._n 54._o edit_n 1660._o a_o public_a trial_n and_o conference_n desire_v by_o catholic_n see_v doctor_n allen_n in_o his_o apol._n for_o the_o seminary_n and_o person_n in_o his_o defence_n of_o the_o censure_n arch._n laud_n reason_n confute_v see_v the_o nullity_n of_o the_o protestant_a church_n and_o clergy_n see_v also_o my_o erasus_fw-la junior_a and_o a_o other_o book_n of_o i_o call_v erastus_n seni_fw-la see_v the_o late_a or_o last_o edition_n of_o the_o common_a prayer_n book_n since_o his_o maj._n happy_a restauration_n and_o there_o you_o shall_v find_v the_o word_n priest_n and_o bishop_n put_v into_o this_o their_o new_a form_n which_o be_v not_o