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name_n of_o st._n thomas_n and_o nicodemus_n so_o there_o have_v be_v false_a miracle_n wrought_v by_o satan_n and_o his_o minister_n do_v not_o the_o apostle_n say_v 2_o thes_n 2._o 9_o that_o antichrist_n shall_v come_v with_o lie_v sign_n and_o wonder_n josephus_n a_o costa_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la christo_fw-la revelato_fw-la cap._n 8._o as_o i_o find_v he_o cite_v by_o rivet_n on_o exod._n 7._o pag._n 178._o for_o i_o have_v not_o that_o piece_n of_o a_o costa_fw-la by_o i_o confess_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o antichrist_n magnae_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la rarique_fw-la divini_fw-la muneris_fw-la a_o rare_a gift_n of_o god_n to_o distinguish_v betwixt_o a_o true_a miracle_n and_o a_o wonder_v wrought_v by_o a_o imposter_n yea_o bell._n affirm_v lib._n the_o notis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cap._n 14._o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o infallible_a certainty_n whether_o such_o a_o thing_n be_v a_o true_a miracle_n or_o a_o illusion_n of_o the_o devil_n ante_fw-la 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the_o primitive_a church_n also_o yet_o all_o these_o be_v impertinent_o allege_v by_o romish_a author_n as_o to_o this_o present_a debate_n for_o certain_o none_o of_o the_o real_a miracle_n do_v by_o christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n or_o afterward_o in_o the_o day_n of_o irenaeus_n justin_n martyr_n cyprian_n gregory_n thaumaturg_n be_v wrought_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o roman_a church_n in_o these_o last_o day_n be_v the_o only_a catholic_n church_n or_o that_o the_o present_a system_n of_o romish_a faith_n as_o define_v in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n or_o express_v in_o pope_n pius_fw-la the_o four_o his_o creed_n be_v the_o only_a true_a christian_n faith_n have_v i_o not_o show_v popery_n as_o now_o it_o stand_v be_v not_o know_v in_o these_o day_n these_o miracle_n prove_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n in_o those_o day_n which_o i_o have_v show_v to_o differ_v in_o essential_o from_o the_o trent_n religion_n but_o to_o agree_v with_o the_o reform_a religion_n 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brother_n basil_n as_o a_o simple_a and_o credulous_a man_n but_o what_o do_v gregory_n thaumaturg_n work_v any_o miracle_n to_o prove_v the_o whole_a system_n of_o the_o present_a romish_a religion_n to_o be_v true_a no_o such_o thing_n can_v be_v allege_v only_o in_o some_o of_o his_o miracle_n he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v use_v the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n what_o then_o do_v not_o protestant_n particular_o hospinian_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la templis_fw-la cap._n 20._o acknowledge_v the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n as_o use_v by_o ancient_n to_o testify_v that_o they_o be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o a_o crucify_a saviour_n to_o have_v be_v lawful_a though_o now_o it_o be_v superstitious_o abuse_v romanist_n now_o give_v religious_a adoration_n yea_o that_o of_o latria_n to_o cross_n but_o no_o ancient_a author_n testify_v that_o ever_o greg._n thaumaturg_n do_v so_o what_o be_v cite_v from_o s._n cyprian_n serm._n de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la as_o relate_v miracle_n to_o prove_v the_o corporal_a 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his_o consideration_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n reform_v cap._n 4._o second_o according_a to_o the_o principle_n of_o both_o these_o not_o only_o of_o they_o who_o hold_v the_o pope_n to_o be_v a_o petit_fw-fr antichrist_n and_o a_o forerunner_n of_o the_o great_a one_o but_o also_o of_o they_o who_o affirm_v he_o to_o be_v the_o grand_fw-fr antichrist_n our_o lord_n under_o the_o papal_a tyranny_n preserve_v a_o church_n in_o these_o western_a part_n and_o consequent_o many_o great_a truth_n such_o as_o the_o trinity_n and_o incarnation_n and_o the_o substantial_o of_o many_o ordinance_n particular_o of_o baptism_n and_o of_o ordination_n albeit_o both_o of_o they_o be_v clog_v with_o additional_a corruption_n yet_o in_o evidence_n that_o the_o reform_a church_n hold_v their_o baptism_n and_o ordination_n valid_a they_o do_v not_o rebaptize_v or_o reordain_v those_o who_o have_v be_v baptize_v or_o ordain_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n neither_o need_v any_o think_v 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ordination_n be_v authorize_v and_o oblige_v to_o endeavour_v the_o reformation_n of_o the_o church_n four_o that_o our_o reformer_n do_v not_o set_v up_o a_o new_a church_n but_o do_v reform_v the_o old_a apostatise_v church_n so_o that_o there_o need_v no_o new_a ordination_n or_o immediate_a call_n but_o only_o faithful_o to_o improve_v the_o power_n give_v they_o in_o their_o ordination_n to_o shake_v off_o and_o witness_v against_o the_o corruption_n of_o that_o lapse_v church_n and_o five_o and_o last_o this_o must_v be_v add_v though_o ordination_n be_v clog_v with_o corruption_n at_o the_o time_n when_o our_o reformer_n receive_v ordination_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n yet_o be_v not_o ordination_n in_o the_o romish_a church_n by_o far_o so_o corrupt_a as_o now_o it_o be_v for_o then_o pope_n pius_n the_o four_o his_o impious_a oath_n which_o he_o impose_v upon_o all_o person_n to_o be_v ordain_v be_v not_o contrive_v by_o all_o this_o i_o hope_v it_o may_v appear_v that_o our_o reformer_n ordination_n be_v valid_a though_o receive_v by_o romish_a minister_n and_o yet_o the_o romish_a party_n not_o vindicate_v from_o antichristianism_n it_o be_v further_o object_v that_o protestant_n look_v upon_o romanist_n as_o heretic_n and_o consequent_o aught_o to_o look_v upon_o ordination_n from_o they_o as_o diminish_n answ_n that_o sequel_n be_v null_a do_v not_o romanist_n maintain_v that_o order_n imprint_v a_o indelible_a character_n on_o the_o soul_n which_o neither_o schism_n nor_o heresy_n can_v extinguish_v and_o that_o sacrament_n confer_v by_o heretic_n be_v valid_a and_o particular_o of_o this_o sacrament_n of_o order_n jesuit_n connick_n tom._n 2._o de_fw-fr sacram._n disp_n 20._o dub_v 9_o num._n 84._o conclude_v certum_fw-la omnino_fw-la est_fw-la episcopum_fw-la excommunicatum_fw-la haereticum_fw-la &_o degradatum_fw-la validè_fw-la confer_v ordines_fw-la i._n e._n it_o be_v altogether_o certain_a that_o order_n confer_v by_o a_o bishop_n excommunicate_v heretical_a and_o degrade_v be_v valid_a and_o though_o protestant_n acknowledge_v no_o such_o sacramental_a character_n impress_v on_o the_o soul_n yet_o they_o affirm_v that_o by_o ordination_n a_o power_n be_v confer_v which_o be_v not_o utter_o make_v void_a by_o every_o schism_n or_o heresy_n so_o that_o though_o schismatic_n or_o heretic_n act_n irregular_o in_o ordain_v yet_o order_v confer_v by_o they_o be_v not_o null_a and_o void_a neither_o be_v they_o who_o schismatic_n or_o heretic_n ordain_v bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o propagate_v the_o schism_n or_o heresy_n of_o those_o who_o ordain_v they_o yea_o by_o relinquish_a the_o schism_n and_o heresy_n of_o their_o ordainer_n what_o irregularity_n be_v in_o their_o ordination_n be_v supply_v and_o they_o come_v into_o a_o capacity_n of_o confer_v order_n regular_o which_o their_o ordainer_n abide_v in_o schism_n or_o heresy_n can_v not_o do_v hence_o it_o apparent_o follow_v that_o though_o romanist_n be_v both_o schismatical_a and_o heretical_a and_o act_v irregular_o in_o confer_v order_n yet_o the_o order_n confer_v by_o they_o to_o our_o reformer_n be_v not_o only_o valid_a but_o also_o the_o reformer_n by_o relinquish_a the_o heretical_a doctrine_n and_o schismatical_a principle_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o by_o own_v the_o catholic_n truth_n oppugn_v by_o romanist_n have_v the_o defect_n and_o irregularity_n of_o their_o ordination_n supply_v thus_o romanist_n themselves_o answer_v concern_v the_o bishop_n who_o they_o own_o who_o have_v be_v ordain_v by_o cranmer_n in_o the_o time_n of_o schism_n as_o they_o call_v it_o say_v they_o attain_v the_o regular_a use_n of_o their_o order_n by_o return_v from_o schism_n and_o heresy_n in_o queen_n mary_n time_n when_o they_o be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n they_o ought_v not_o then_o offend_v at_o we_o for_o make_v use_n of_o the_o same_o reply_n to_o they_o i_o shut_v up_o this_o answer_n to_o this_o objection_n with_o that_o say_n of_o s._n austin_n epist_n 165._o et_fw-la si_fw-la quisquam_fw-la traditor_fw-la subrepsisset_fw-la albeit_o some_o traitor_n have_v creep_v into_o the_o church_n he_o mean_v the_o roman_a in_o which_o too_o too_o many_o judasses_n have_v be_v see_v since_o that_o time_n nihil_fw-la praejudicaret_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aut_fw-la innocentibus_fw-la christianis_fw-la it_o shall_v nothing_o prejudice_v the_o church_n or_o innocent_a christian_n from_o pag._n 203._o to_o 207._o he_o break_v forth_o into_o a_o flood_n of_o thrasonick_a clamour_n as_o void_a of_o truth_n as_o of_o sobriety_n as_o if_o protestant_n acknowledge_v the_o popish_a church_n to_o be_v the_o most_o ancient_a church_n and_o ever_o to_o have_v possess_v the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n convert_v nation_n work_v miracle_n and_o that_o the_o church_n before_o luther_n shall_v have_v be_v destitute_a of_o the_o true_a letter_n and_o sense_n of_o scripture_n and_o thereupon_o vain_o misapply_v to_o the_o romish_a church_n that_o word_n of_o tertull._n olim_fw-la possideo_fw-la prio_fw-la possideo_fw-la the_o falsehood_n of_o all_o these_o have_v be_v already_o as_o copious_o demonstrate_v as_o the_o nature_n of_o this_o tractate_n will_v permit_v and_o particular_o it_o have_v be_v show_v that_o one_o of_o our_o great_a exception_n against_o the_o popish_a church_n be_v her_o novelty_n under_o a_o mask_n of_o false_o pretend_a antiquity_n that_o the_o complex_fw-la of_o their_o trent_n religion_n be_v latter_a than_o luther_n and_o that_o the_o true_o catholic_n church_n continue_v in_o all_o age_n have_v both_o the_o letter_n and_o sense_n of_o holy_a scripture_n and_o substantial_o of_o faith_n maintain_v the_o same_o religion_n which_o the_o reform_a church_n do_v to_o this_o day_n consequent_o the_o reform_a church_n be_v true_o a_o part_n of_o that_o catholic_n church_n from_o which_o romanist_n do_v schismatical_o separate_v themselves_o though_o romanist_n have_v more_o antiquity_n than_o they_o have_v yet_o that_o of_o tertull._n lib._n de_fw-la veland_n virg._n cap._n 1._o may_v stop_v their_o mouth_n nec_fw-la veritati_fw-la praescribere_fw-la potest_fw-la spatium_fw-la temporum_fw-la vel_fw-la patrocinia_fw-la personarum_fw-la vel_fw-la privilegia_fw-la regionum_fw-la neither_o length_n of_o time_n nor_o patrociny_n of_o person_n nor_o privilege_n of_o country_n can_v prescribe_v against_o truth_n sect_n v._o a_o brief_a reparty_n to_o his_o conclusory_a knack_n the_o vain_a knack_n where_o with_o he_o shut_v up_o his_o treatise_n pag._n 207_o 208._o be_v solid_o confute_v to_o my_o hand_n by_o learned_a and_o judicious_a mr._n rait_n in_o his_o vindication_n of_o the_o protestant_a religion_n pag._n 268._o for_o with_o the_o same_o frothy_a talk_n his_o adversary_n also_o have_v conclude_v his_o scribble_n it_o shall_v be_v enough_o therefore_o to_o i_o to_o make_v this_o retorsion_n on_o romanist_n they_o have_v faith_n without_o verity_n unity_n of_o interest_n without_o unity_n of_o judgement_n a_o catholic_n church_n without_o catholicism_n exclude_v the_o great_a part_n of_o
that_o you_o think_v not_o strange_a of_o this_o epiphanius_n credulity_n be_v censure_v by_o melchior_n canus_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o pag._n 477._o and_o in_o many_o place_n by_o barronius_n as_o rivet_v have_v observe_v in_o crit._n sac._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 28._o but_o make_v all_o real_a that_o epiphanius_n there_o report_v yet_o the_o design_n of_o that_o miracle_n be_v not_o to_o confirm_v any_o point_n of_o popery_n far_o less_o all_o but_o only_o the_o christian_a religion_n it_o be_v true_a epiphanius_n report_v that_o josephus_n who_o former_o have_v be_v a_o jew_n make_v use_v of_o water_n in_o work_v that_o miracle_n but_o not_o any_o of_o the_o four_o kind_n of_o popish_a holy-water_n mention_v by_o durand_n in_o rationali_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 4._o and_o though_o he_o use_v the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n yet_o he_o be_v far_o from_o the_o adoration_n of_o the_o cross_n that_o from_o nazianzen_n orat._n 11._o of_o a_o virgin_n invocate_a the_o virgin_n mary_n to_o 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give_v to_o greg._n turonensis_n may_v be_v learn_v from_o barronius_n tom._n 2._o ad_fw-la an._n 109._o where_o he_o call_v he_o a_o simple_a man_n relate_v many_o thing_n otherwise_o then_o they_o be_v so_o that_o in_o these_o other_o three_o century_n i_o can_v see_v nothing_o save_v only_o that_o miracle_n be_v wrought_v at_o the_o memory_n of_o martyr_n and_o perhaps_o divers_a of_o these_o relation_n also_o be_v fabulous_a but_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o body_n of_o popish_a error_n and_o superstition_n no_o better_o be_v the_o pamphleteer_n insinuation_n pag._n 192._o of_o the_o miracle_n wrought_v by_o our_o scottish_a saint_n saint_n mungo_n and_o saint_n fiaker_n add_v that_o a_o miracle_n make_v the_o arm_n of_o one_o of_o our_o city_n i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v glasgow_n which_o have_v in_o her_o coat_n of_o arm_n a_o fish_n with_o a_o ring_n in_o its_o mouth_n but_o of_o st._n mungoe_n miracle_n hear_v bishop_n spotswood_n hist_o pag._n 11._o of_o which_o you_o may_v judge_v of_o the_o rest_n many_o lie_a miracle_n say_v he_o have_v be_v ascribe_v to_o he_o but_o certain_o he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o rare_a piety_n and_o worthy_a to_o have_v be_v make_v a_o subject_a of_o truth_n to_o posterity_n not_o of_o fable_n and_o fiction_n as_o the_o legend_n of_o monk_n have_v make_v he_o as_o for_o that_o suppose_a miracle_n to_o which_o the_o arm_n of_o glasgow_n seem_v to_o allude_v it_o be_v not_o wrought_v to_o confirm_v any_o point_n of_o religion_n far_o less_o of_o popery_n but_o to_o vindicate_v the_o chastity_n of_o a_o lady_n who_o be_v unjust_o jealouse_v by_o her_o husband_n as_o bishop_n spotswood_n give_v a_o account_n pag._n 112._o but_o if_o popish_a missionary_n muster_v up_o legend_n to_o a_o credulous_a people_n they_o stand_v not_o whether_o they_o be_v to_o purpose_n or_o not_o the_o real_a ancient_a miracle_n than_o be_v altogether_o impertinent_o allege_v by_o the_o pamphleter_n i_o add_v three_o that_o the_o legendary_a paltry_a of_o 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more_o beneficial_a to_o their_o order_n at_o her_o funeral_n see_v sleidan_n lib._n 9_o anno_fw-la 1534._o and_o lavat_fw-la ibid._n cap._n 8._o or_o of_o mary_n of_o lisbon_n much_o renown_v for_o miracle_n who_o predict_v a_o triumphant_a victory_n to_o to_o the_o spanish_a armado_n anno_fw-la 1588._o yet_o that_o year_n she_o be_v detect_v to_o be_v a_o cheat_n or_o of_o that_o egregious_a impostor_n joannes_n à _fw-fr vincentia_fw-la a_o franciscan_a likewise_o who_o cure_v all_o manner_n of_o disease_n expel_v devil_n and_o pretend_v to_o raise_v eighteen_o from_o the_o dead_a yet_o be_v find_v also_o to_o be_v a_o impostor_n as_o crakanthrop_n relate_v out_o of_o vigner_n but_o not_o till_o he_o have_v draw_v to_o the_o monastery_n a_o vast_a revenue_n who_o have_v not_o hear_v of_o magdelena_n the_o cruse_n a_o nun_n of_o corduba_n to_o be_v a_o sorceress_n and_o one_o who_o have_v converse_v familiar_o with_o the_o devil_n lavat_fw-la lib._n cit_fw-la cap._n 9_o report_n that_o a_o jesuit_n at_o augusta_n in_o germany_n anno_fw-la 1564._o counterfeit_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o devil_n to_o affright_v some_o that_o have_v not_o a_o kindness_n for_o the_o order_n and_o that_o a_o dare_a fellow_n stob_v that_o hobgoblin_n jesuit_n to_o death_n do_v not_o erasmus_n tell_v how_o a_o priest_n fill_v a_o churchyard_n in_o the_o night_n time_n with_o live_a crab_n and_o burn_a taper_n to_o make_v the_o people_n apprehend_v it_o be_v depart_v soul_n call_v for_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o live_n for_o their_o liberation_n out_o of_o purgatory_n who_o know_v not_o how_o pope_n boniface_n 8._o get_v the_o papacy_n by_o a_o counterfeit_a miracle_n as_o if_o by_o the_o voice_n of_o a_o angel_n pope_n celestine_n his_o predecessor_n have_v be_v advise_v to_o lay_v down_o the_o papacy_n celestine_n cede_fw-la si_fw-la salvus_fw-la esse_fw-la cupis_fw-la such_o be_v these_o instance_n of_o latter_a time_n cite_v by_o the_o pamphleter_n pag._n 188_o 189._o as_o may_v 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leo_n be_v so_o beat_v that_o for_o a_o time_n he_o lose_v the_o use_n of_o eye_n and_o tongue_n and_o thereupon_o some_o flatterer_n rumour_v that_o a_o miracle_n be_v wrought_v to_o recover_v the_o pope_n but_o grant_v that_o all_o be_v true_a what_o point_n of_o religion_n be_v confirm_v by_o that_o miracle_n that_o tumult_n be_v raise_v against_o he_o not_o by_o pagan_n as_o this_o pamphlete_a allege_v but_o by_o the_o friend_n of_o the_o last_o pope_n not_o for_o any_o point_n of_o religion_n but_o because_o he_o be_v betray_v the_o roman_a liberty_n to_o charles_n the_o great_a and_o do_v god_n work_v miracle_n to_o confirm_v seditious_a practice_n or_o must_v the_o prodigy_n of_o seditious_a person_n be_v hold_v for_o miracle_n to_o confirm_v the_o popish_a religion_n if_o famous_a miracle_n be_v wrought_v by_o those_o three_o pope_n stephanus_n the_o five_o paschalis_n the_o first_o and_o formosus_fw-la as_o this_o pamphleter_n affirm_v how_o be_v platina_n so_o deficient_a 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there_o be_v a_o reality_n therein_o how_o be_v not_o pope_n sergius_n the_o three_o strike_v with_o remorse_n for_o the_o injury_n do_v to_o formosus_fw-la the_o image_n of_o s._n peter_n church_n give_v such_o a_o signal_n testimony_n against_o he_o as_o for_o s._n dunstan_n thom._n fuller_n in_o his_o ch._n hist_o cent_n 10._o lib._n 2._o pag._n 128._o sect._n 12_o 13._o tell_v that_o he_o be_v banish_v the_o court_n of_o england_n as_o a_o magician_n the_o reader_n may_v judge_v of_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o miracle_n by_o that_o romance_n of_o his_o hold_v the_o devil_n by_o the_o nose_n with_o a_o pair_n of_o fiery_a pincer_n but_o the_o legerdemain_n trick_n which_o he_o be_v say_v to_o use_v against_o the_o poor_a secular_a priest_n at_o calne_n in_o wiltshire_n be_v most_o pernicious_a they_o be_v at_o a_o great_a debate_n with_o the_o monk_n who_o dunstan_n own_v against_o the_o secular_o it_o be_v report_v he_o have_v so_o order_v that_o the_o timber_n shall_v fall_v on_o 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john_n and_o paul_n the_o apostle_n at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n shall_v have_v betroth_v katherine_n of_o sienna_n to_o himself_o by_o a_o ring_n david_n with_o his_o harp_n make_v music_n to_o the_o solemnity_n what_o christian_a ear_n can_v endure_v such_o impious_a fable_n this_o pamphleter_n here_o can_v omit_v the_o miraculous_a translation_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n be_v house_n to_o loretto_n i_o doubt_v if_o there_o be_v any_o more_o ridiculous_a fiction_n either_o in_o ovid_n metamorphosis_n or_o in_o aesop_n fable_n it_o will_v be_v perhaps_o a_o divertisement_n to_o the_o reader_n to_o hear_v the_o narration_n but_o see_v these_o paper_n be_v swell_v to_o a_o nimious_a bigness_n i_o must_v remit_v the_o reader_n to_o hospin_n de_fw-fr templis_fw-la pag._n 394._o excellent_o do_v crakanthorp_n defence_n eccles_n anglic._n cap._n 66._o sect._n 14._o compare_n it_o to_o that_o mahometan_a romance_n that_o when_o the_o temple_n of_o meccha_n where_o 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