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to_o be_v use_v before_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o trinity_n sunday_n have_v not_o that_o school-divinity_n enough_o in_o it_o all_o address_v to_o god_n by_o way_n of_o direct_a adoration_n however_o because_o he_o have_v pitch_v upon_o the_o other_o i_o be_o content_a to_o stick_v by_o it_o and_o shall_v only_o give_v he_o touch_v it_o the_o sense_n of_o two_o of_o the_o first_o reformer_n i_o confess_v not_o we_o in_o england_n for_o i_o express_v my_o sorrow_n that_o they_o observe_v not_o such_o caution_n but_o two_o the_o most_o eminent_a who_o lead_v the_o way_n to_o they_o luther_n lest_o that_o petition_n o_o holy_a bless_a and_o glorious_a trinity_n etc._n etc._n out_o of_o the_o liturgy_n as_o not_o only_o his_o enemy_n bellarmine_n and_o other_o accuse_v he_o to_o have_v do_v but_o the_o german_a office_n to_o this_o day_n evidence_v and_o gerard_n brochmand_n and_o other_o learned_a lutheran_n not_o only_o confess_v but_o defend_v he_o for_o it_o say_v the_o german_a word_n which_o they_o use_v for_o the_o trinity_n signify_v triplicity_n rather_o than_o trinity_n but_o if_o that_o have_v be_v all_o why_o can_v not_o trinity_n have_v be_v adopt_v into_o high_a dutch_a as_o well_o as_o into_o english_a there_o be_v another_o reason_n for_o it_o which_o i_o be_o loath_a to_o speak_v calvin_n not_o only_o omit_v it_o but_o thus_o censure_v it_o it_o be_v good_a say_v he_o to_o forbear_v such_o form_n of_o speak_v which_o be_v either_o too_o rough_a or_o remote_a from_o the_o use_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n the_o prayer_n so_o 687._o utile_fw-la est_fw-la supersedere_fw-la à _fw-la formulis_fw-la loquendi_fw-la nimiùm_fw-la asperis_fw-la vel_fw-la à _fw-la scripturae_fw-la usu_fw-la remotis_fw-la precatio_fw-la vulgo_fw-la trita_fw-la sancta_fw-la trinitas_fw-la unus_fw-la deus_fw-la miserere_fw-la nostri_fw-la mihi_fw-la non_fw-la placet_fw-la ac_fw-la omnino_fw-la barbariem_fw-la sapit_fw-la epist_n quâ_fw-la fidem_fw-la admonitionis_fw-la confirmat_fw-la ad_fw-la polonos_n tom._n ult_n p._n 687._o common_a with_o the_o people_n o_o holy_a trinity_n one_o god_n have_v mercy_n upon_o we_o do_v not_o please_v i_o and_o altogether_o savour_v of_o barbarity_n have_v the_o socinian_o be_v the_o only_a person_n who_o except_o against_o it_o more_o may_v be_v say_v for_o the_o retain_v it_o but_o as_o to_o its_o original_a it_o be_v certain_o never_o in_o the_o public_a prayer_n till_o introduce_v by_o pope_n gregory_n the_o great_a the_o compiler_n of_o the_o litany_n for_o the_o main_a part_n or_o the_o body_n of_o it_o though_o not_o perfect_o in_o the_o form_n it_o now_o stand_v in_o and_o casaub_n ethnici_fw-la in_o summâ_fw-la rerum_fw-la ignorantiâ_fw-la quem_fw-la potissimum_fw-la deûm_fw-la aut_fw-la dearun_n orarent_fw-la nesciebant_fw-la omnes_fw-la igitur_fw-la precabantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n casaub_n what_o other_o innovation_n come_v in_o with_o it_o be_v sufficient_o know_v no_o less_o a_o man_n than_o casaubon_n will_v tell_v we_o who_o the_o church_n imitate_v or_o what_o precedent_n she_o have_v in_o such_o accumulate_v repeat_v invocation_n exercitat_fw-la p._n 327._o edit_fw-la londin_n a._n d._n 1614_o or_o ad_fw-la an._n d._n xxxii_o n._n 14._o and_o not_o only_o in_o a_o manner_n all_o our_o nonconformist_a countryman_n elder_a or_o late_a but_o foreigner_n of_o great_a learning_n have_v strong_a exception_n against_o this_o part_n of_o the_o litany_n if_o any_o will_v answer_v those_o which_o among_o other_o the_o learned_a johannes_n forbesius_n in_o his_o instructiones_fw-la historico-theologicae_a part._n 1._o qu._n 31._o a._n 1._o bring_v i_o will_v acknowledge_v to_o owe_v great_a satisfaction_n to_o such_o a_o person_n for_o however_o forbes_n hâc_fw-la formulâ_fw-la periculosè_fw-la disperguntur_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la &_o conceptiones_fw-la precantis_fw-la veluti_fw-la ad_fw-la diversa_fw-la objecta_fw-la quas_fw-la recolligere_fw-la conatur_fw-la collectione_n objectorum_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la nullo_n nititur_fw-la praecepto_fw-la vel_fw-la exemplo_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la vel_fw-la catholicae_fw-la antiquitatis_fw-la imo_fw-la ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la &_o à _fw-la doctrinâ_fw-la saniorum_fw-la scholasticorum_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la theologicâ_fw-la discrepat_fw-la etc._n etc._n forbes_n i_o acknowledge_v some_o man_n may_v use_v the_o prescribe_a form_n without_o sin_n yet_o i_o can_v but_o judge_v it_o much_o safe_o not_o to_o go_v so_o near_o divide_v the_o deity_n and_o so_o far_o to_o distract_v devotion_n much_o more_o than_o this_o can_v i_o say_v which_o i_o can_v answer_v so_o well_o as_o i_o will_v on_o this_o subject_a but_o this_o may_v suffice_v to_o show_v the_o glance_n i_o give_v be_v not_o without_o cause_n and_o the_o reduce_v divers_a of_o our_o prayer_n to_o more_o scriptural_a form_n will_v much_o recommend_v our_o reformation_n to_o foreign_a divine_n as_o well_o as_o to_o 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