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justin_n martyr_n irenaeus_n origen_n macarius_n athanasius_n etc._n etc._n yea_o be_v bold_a to_o conclude_v thes_n 1._o nec_fw-la secus_fw-la qui_fw-la senserit_fw-la quisquam_fw-la adduci_fw-la potest_fw-la to_o spare_v time_n in_o transcribe_v testimony_n that_o one_o of_o vineent_fw-mi lyrin_fw-mi in_o commonit_a cap._n 34._o may_v suffice_v for_o all_o quis_fw-la unquam_fw-la say_v he_o ante_fw-la profanum_fw-la pelagium_fw-la tantam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la liberi_fw-la praesumpsit_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la &_o adhuc_fw-la in_o bonis_fw-la rebus_fw-la per_fw-la actus_fw-la singulos_fw-la adjuvandum_fw-la necessariam_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la non_fw-la putaret_fw-la yet_o jesuit_n molina_n in_o concerd_a cap._n 14._o art_n 13._o disp_n 19_o memb_v 6._o say_v a_o man_n may_v love_v god_n above_o all_o and_o may_v overcome_v a_o grievous_a temptation_n without_o grace_n yea_o arriag_n in_o 1.2_o tom_fw-mi 2._o tract_n de_fw-fr div_o gr_n disp_n 41._o sect._n 2._o n._n 1._o say_v that_o 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assert_v freewill_n as_o it_o stand_v in_o opposition_n to_o a_o fatal_a or_o stoical_a or_o simple_o natural_a necessity_n which_o we_o likewise_o assert_v but_o not_o in_o opposition_n to_o the_o necessity_n and_o efficacy_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n else_o they_o shall_v have_v pelagianize_v only_o here_o i_o must_v remember_v he_o that_o his_o bastard_n religion_n must_v be_v support_v by_o bastard_n testimony_n of_o father_n may_v he_o not_o have_v learned_a that_o clement_n recognition_n be_v spurious_a from_o their_o own_o sixtus_n senensis_n lib._n 2._o clemens_n from_o bell._n lib._n 2._o the_o pontiff_a cap._n 2._o and_o from_o baron_n tom._n 2._o ad_fw-la ann_n 102._o num._n 22._o do_v not_o the_o world_n know_v how_o their_o jesuitical_a doctrine_n of_o freewill_n be_v oppugn_v by_o a_o famous_a party_n of_o their_o own_o church_n not_o only_o by_o the_o jansenist_n but_o also_o by_o dominican_n and_o thâ—miâ—s_n and_o dare_v the_o jesuited_a party_n call_v dominican_n and_o thomist_n heretic_n do_v we_o ascribe_v less_o liberty_n to_o the_o will_n of_o man_n than_o they_o have_v their_o pretend_a infallible_a judge_n dare_v to_o pass_v a_o sentence_n in_o this_o matter_n how_o then_o dare_v he_o charge_v any_o with_o heresy_n in_o this_o matter_n till_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o infallible_a judge_n be_v interpose_v or_o be_v it_o any_o wonder_n that_o innocent_a the_o ten_o who_o by_o the_o instigation_n of_o jesuit_n condemn_v the_o five_o jansenian_a proposition_n shall_v anathematise_v truth_n for_o heresy_n see_v he_o profess_v of_o himself_o jo_n non_fw-fr son_fw-fr theologo_fw-la i_o shut_v up_o this_o discourse_n of_o freewill_n with_o austin_n lib._n de_fw-la dono_fw-la persevere_v cap._n 6._o tutiores_fw-la vivimus_fw-la si_fw-la totum_fw-la deo_fw-la damus_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la not_z illi_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la &_o nobis_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la committimus_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la sensit_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la martyr_n cyprianus_n it_o be_v more_o safe_a to_o we_o to_o attribute_v no_o part_n to_o ourselves_o but_o to_o ascribe_v all_o unto_o grace_n which_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o bless_a martyr_n cyprian_n from_o this_o also_o a_o retortion_n may_v be_v deduce_v against_o jesuited_a popery_n see_v it_o manifest_o pelagianizes_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o freewill_n which_o be_v not_o
beget_v child_n he_o be_v a_o man_n though_o not_o a_o sound_n man_n in_o this_o case_n it_o be_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o sound_a principle_n of_o christianity_n retain_v in_o these_o church_n that_o they_o beget_v child_n unto_o god_n and_o not_o of_o their_o error_n nay_o their_o error_n do_v ofttimes_o deface_v the_o work_n for_o with_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n they_o transmit_v their_o error_n such_o be_v these_o conversion_n of_o nation_n wherein_o the_o roman_a church_n have_v a_o hand_n in_o the_o intermedial_a age_n as_o those_o of_o germany_n by_o boniface_n for_o sure_a it_o be_v that_o in_o germany_n the_o gospel_n have_v be_v preach_v long_o before_o the_o time_n of_o that_o boniface_n send_v thither_o by_o greg._n 2._o in_o the_o eigth_n century_n as_o baronius_n ad_fw-la annum_fw-la 690._o do_v acknowledge_v and_o boxbornias_n in_o hist_n vniversali_fw-la pag._n 198._o do_v prove_v from_o irenaeus_n and_o tertullian_n that_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n be_v sow_o in_o germany_n in_o the_o second_o century_n and_o therefore_o pag._n 101._o he_o exhibit_v ancient_a version_n of_o the_o apostolic_a creed_n both_o in_o the_o aleman_n and_o saxon_a language_n i_o shall_v not_o say_v but_o by_o boniface_n the_o gospel_n have_v be_v propagate_v in_o germany_n yet_o sure_o with_o many_o corruption_n wherewith_o at_o that_o time_n the_o roman_a church_n be_v taint_v and_o therefore_o he_o be_v zealous_o oppose_v by_o holy_a man_n particular_o by_o adelberius_n clemens_n samson_n sydonius_n virgilius_n as_o be_v show_v by_o the_o author_n of_o catal._n test_n verit_fw-la lib._n 8._o pag._n 755._o and_o hottinger_n saec._n 8._o pag._n 527._o the_o like_a be_v the_o case_n of_o austin_n his_o conversion_n of_o england_n the_o gospel_n be_v in_o england_n long_o before_o he_o come_v over_o and_o more_o pure_a than_o he_o preach_v it_o yet_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o he_o be_v instrumental_a to_o convert_v many_o who_o till_o that_o 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proselyte_n mat._n 23.15_o though_o they_o make_v they_o the_o child_n of_o the_o devil_n more_o than_o themselves_o how_o many_o nation_n have_v be_v leaven_v by_o mahumetanism_n neither_o be_v that_o do_v only_o by_o force_n of_o arm_n as_o bell._n allege_v but_o also_o by_o corrupt_v the_o judgement_n of_o man_n mahumetan_n believe_v their_o alcoran_n as_o firm_o as_o papist_n do_v their_o tridentine_a article_n be_v it_o not_o tell_v that_o antichrist_n shall_v come_v with_o strong_a delusion_n 2_o thes_n 2.10_o 11._o yea_o and_o with_o such_o success_n that_o the_o world_n shall_v wonder_v after_o the_o beast_n revel_v 13.3_o how_o many_o nation_n be_v corrupt_v by_o arrianism_n do_v we_o not_o find_v the_o leaven_n of_o socinianism_n quakerism_n etc._n etc._n prevail_v with_o many_o so_o that_o the_o argument_n from_o bring_v multitude_n to_o the_o same_o persuasion_n be_v very_o fallacious_a unless_o the_o faith_n to_o which_o person_n be_v bring_v be_v sound_a and_o if_o it_o 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ascribe_v the_o conversion_n of_o germany_n to_o boniface_n of_o england_n to_o austin_n the_o monk_n and_o of_o scotland_n to_o pope_n victor_n because_o by_o they_o the_o gospel_n be_v propagate_v in_o these_o country_n though_o not_o first_o plant_v how_o can_v they_o deny_v but_o on_o the_o like_a account_n the_o conversion_n of_o the_o goth_n ought_v to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o arrian_n be_v not_o the_o russian_n or_o muscovian_o convert_v to_o the_o christian_a religion_n by_o the_o grecian_n as_o testify_v barron_n ad_fw-la annum_fw-la 867._o n._n 10._o when_o photius_n be_v patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n who_o romanist_n hold_v for_o a_o grievous_a schismatic_a five_o it_o be_v a_o falsehood_n that_o no_o nation_n have_v be_v convert_v by_o protestant_n how_o many_o nation_n have_v embrace_v the_o truth_n and_o forsake_v the_o idolatry_n of_o popery_n as_o scotland_n england_n ireland_n the_o unite_a province_n in_o the_o netherlands_o denmark_n norway_n swedeland_n many_o people_n in_o germany_n france_n poland_n hungary_n transylvania_n etc._n etc._n neither_o aught_o this_o to_o be_v despise_v though_o these_o country_n do_v former_o profess_v christianity_n see_v the_o power_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v no_o jest_n resplendent_a in_o the_o conversion_n of_o heretic_n than_o of_o infidel_n but_o beside_o gerard_n de_fw-fr eccles_n cap._n 10._o sect._n 9_o §_o 258._o testify_v that_o by_o protestant_n many_z thousand_o have_v be_v convert_v from_o heathenism_n in_o island_n greenland_n lapland_n livonia_n etc._n etc._n not_o to_o mention_v the_o many_o indian_n convert_v in_o new-england_n and_o other_o part_n of_o america_n but_o though_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o heathen_a nation_n have_v not_o be_v convert_v by_o they_o this_o will_v only_o charge_v protestant_n of_o a_o sinful_a negligence_n but_o not_o prove_v their_o religion_n to_o be_v false_a methinks_v this_o clamour_n of_o romanist_n against_o our_o church_n for_o not_o bestirring_a 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romish_a church_n how_o bloody_a have_v many_o of_o they_o