claim_v succession_n and_o to_o have_v receive_v it_o from_o hand_n to_o hand_n the_o other_o the_o glory_n of_o great_a learning_n and_o to_o have_v come_v by_o great_a industry_n to_o discover_v the_o error_n of_o their_o forefather_n but_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o if_o what_o the_o apostle_n preach_v be_v the_o touchstone_n of_o what_o be_v true_a and_o what_o they_o preach_v to_o be_v see_v in_o what_o those_o believe_v who_o have_v hear_v they_o and_o they_o who_o receive_v it_o from_o they_o that_o hear_v they_o it_o be_v most_o evident_a i_o say_v that_o the_o one_o part_n who_o seek_v for_o christian_a truth_n in_o learned_a discourse_n must_v needs_o forgo_v the_o most_o certain_a and_o easy_a way_n of_o attain_v unto_o what_o they_o aim_v at_o and_o likewise_o evident_a that_o who_o keep_v themselves_o due_o and_o careful_o unto_o this_o principle_n can_v possible_o in_o any_o continuance_n of_o time_n swerve_v from_o the_o truth_n which_o christ_n have_v leave_v unto_o his_o church_n so_o that_o the_o whole_a difficulty_n be_v reduce_v unto_o this_o whether_o the_o church_n for_o so_o many_o age_n be_v perpetual_o preserve_v in_o this_o principle_n that_o what_o she_o receive_v from_o her_o forefather_n be_v that_o she_o must_v believe_v and_o deliver_v unto_o her_o posterity_n a_o thing_n so_o graft_v in_o nature_n which_o make_v we_o receive_v our_o be_v our_o breed_n our_o learning_n our_o good_n our_o estate_n our_o art_n and_o all_o thing_n we_o have_v from_o our_o father_n that_o it_o be_v a_o wonder_n of_o our_o mutability_n that_o without_o forcible_a engine_n we_o can_v be_v draw_v from_o it_o chap._n ii_o now_o let_v we_o turn_v our_o discourse_n and_o as_o we_o have_v see_v that_o if_o our_o saviour_n order_v his_o apostle_n in_o the_o manner_n explicate_v there_o be_v no_o way_n for_o his_o church_n to_o swerve_v from_o his_o truth_n but_o by_o swerve_v from_o the_o most_o plain_a the_o most_o natural_a and_o most_o evident_a and_o conclude_a rule_n of_o his_o doctrine_n and_o that_o but_o one_o and_o most_o easy_a so_o let_v we_o see_v whether_o from_o the_o present_a church_n we_o can_v draw_v the_o like_a forcible_a train_n which_o may_v lead_v we_o up_o to_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n be_v therefore_o suppose_v or_o imagine_v what_o no_o judicious_a man_n can_v deny_v to_o see_v with_o his_o eye_n if_o he_o have_v never_o so_o little_o cast_v they_o upon_o this_o present_a religion_n of_o christendom_n to_o wit_n that_o there_o be_v one_o congregation_n or_o church_n which_o lay_v claim_v to_o christ_n his_o doctrine_n as_o upon_o this_o title_n that_o she_o have_v receive_v it_o from_o his_o apostle_n without_o interruption_n deliver_v ever_o from_o father_n to_o son_n from_o master_n to_o scholar_n from_o time_n to_o time_n from_o hand_n to_o hand_n even_o unto_o this_o day_n and_o that_o she_o do_v not_o admit_v any_o other_o doctrine_n for_o good_a and_o legitimate_a which_o she_o do_v not_o receive_v in_o this_o manner_n again_o that_o whosoever_o pretend_v christ_n his_o truth_n against_o she_o say_v that_o true_a it_o be_v that_o once_o she_o have_v the_o true_a way_n but_o that_o by_o length_n of_o time_n she_o be_v fall_v into_o gross_a error_n which_o they_o will_v reform_v not_o by_o any_o truth_n they_o have_v receive_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n from_o those_o who_o by_o both_o part_n be_v acknowledge_v to_o have_v receive_v their_o lesson_n from_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n but_o by_o study_n and_o learned_a argument_n either_o out_o of_o ancient_a writer_n or_o out_o of_o the_o secret_n of_o nature_n and_o reason_n this_o be_v suppose_v either_o this_o principle_n have_v remain_v unto_o she_o since_o the_o beginning_n or_o she_o take_v it_o up_o in_o some_o one_o age_n of_o the_o 16_o she_o have_v endure_v if_o she_o take_v it_o up_o in_o some_o latter_a age_n she_o then_o think_v she_o have_v nothing_o in_o she_o what_o she_o have_v not_o receive_v from_o she_o before_o father_n in_o this_o sort_n and_o if_o she_o think_v so_o she_o know_v it_o for_o as_o it_o be_v impossible_a now_o any_o country_n shall_v think_v it_o be_v general_o teach_v such_o a_o thing_n if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o so_o also_o be_v there_o the_o like_a necessity_n and_o impossibility_n to_o be_v otherwise_o if_o all_o man_n be_v not_o run_v mad_a therefore_o clear_v it_o be_v she_o take_v it_o not_o up_o first_o then_o but_o be_v in_o former_a possession_n and_o so_o clear_v it_o be_v that_o she_o can_v not_o have_v it_o now_o if_o she_o have_v it_o not_o from_o the_o very_a beginning_n now_o if_o she_o have_v it_o and_o have_v conserve_v it_o from_o the_o beginning_n no_o new_a opinion_n can_v take_v root_n in_o she_o unless_o it_o come_v unto_o she_o under_o this_o maxim_n as_o receive_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n and_o to_o say_v that_o any_o opinion_n which_o be_v not_o true_o receive_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n shall_v by_o such_o a_o community_n be_v accept_v as_o receive_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n be_v to_o make_v it_o believe_v what_o it_o see_v clear_o to_o be_v false_a to_o lie_v unto_o its_o own_o soul_n against_o its_o own_o soul_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o its_o posterity_n let_v we_o add_v to_o this_o that_o the_o multitude_n of_o this_o church_n be_v so_o disperse_v through_o so_o many_o country_n and_o language_n of_o so_o divers_a government_n that_o it_o be_v total_o impossible_a they_o shall_v agree_v together_o or_o meet_v upon_o a_o false_a determination_n to_o affirm_v with_o one_o consent_n a_o falsity_n for_o truth_n no_o interest_n be_v able_a to_o be_v common_a unto_o they_o all_o to_o produce_v such_o a_o effect_n wherefore_o as_o a_o understand_a man_n can_v choose_v but_o laugh_v at_o the_o self-weening_a hampshire_n clown_n who_o think_v in_o his_o heart_n there_o be_v no_o such_o country_n as_o france_n and_o that_o all_o that_o be_v tell_v of_o it_o be_v but_o traveller_n tale_n because_o himself_o be_v upon_o the_o sea_n shore_n have_v see_v nothing_o but_o water_n beyond_o england_n so_o i_o think_v no_o wise_a man_n will_v account_v he_o less_o than_o frantic_a that_o understand_v so_o little_a in_o humane_a way_n as_o to_o think_v whole_a nation_n by_o design_n or_o by_o hazard_n can_v agree_v together_o to_o profess_v and_o protest_v a_o thing_n which_o they_o know_v of_o their_o own_o knowledge_n to_o be_v a_o mere_a lie_n and_o a_o well_o know_v falsehood_n to_o themselves_o and_o all_o their_o neighbour_n chap._n iii_o the_o force_n of_o the_o declare_a link_n of_o succession_n be_v so_o manifest_a to_o a_o capable_a understanding_n that_o be_v compare_v with_o any_o objection_n make_v against_o it_o it_o will_v of_o itself_o maintain_v its_o evidence_n and_o bear_v down_o the_o great_a oppositor_n and_o opposition_n if_o the_o understanding_n be_v leave_v unto_o itself_o and_o not_o wrest_v by_o the_o prejudice_n of_o a_o some_o way_n interest_v will_n nevertheless_o there_o be_v a_o deep_a root_n which_o great_o strengthen_v and_o reduce_v into_o action_n the_o former_a efficacity_n of_o the_o tradition_n and_o this_o be_v that_o christian_a doctrine_n be_v not_o a_o speculative_a knowledge_n institute_v for_o delight_n of_o man_n to_o entertain_v his_o understanding_n and_o have_v no_o further_a end_n than_o the_o delectation_n which_o arise_v out_o of_o contemplation_n but_o it_o be_v a_o art_n of_o live_v a_o rule_n of_o attain_v unto_o eternal_a bliss_n a_o practical_a doctrine_n who_o end_n be_v to_o inform_v our_o action_n that_o our_o life_n and_o action_n square_v by_o her_o direction_n may_v lead_v we_o to_o that_o great_a good_a the_o which_o god_n almighty_a esteem_v so_o high_o of_o that_o he_o think_v it_o reason_n enough_o for_o himto_o shade_v his_o divinity_n under_o the_o misery_n of_o man_n to_o make_v we_o partaker_n of_o so_o great_a a_o bliss_n hence_o it_o follow_v that_o no_o error_n can_v fall_v even_o in_o a_o point_n which_o seem_v whole_o speculative_a in_o christian_a faith_n but_o soon_o it_o breed_v a_o practical_a effect_n or_o rather_o defection_n in_o christian_a behaviour_n what_o can_v seem_v more_o speculative_a then_o whether_o the_o second_o or_o three_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v true_o or_o participate_o god_n yet_o no_o soon_o be_v a_o error_n broach_v in_o these_o question_n but_o there_o follow_v a_o great_a alteration_n in_o christian_a action_n in_o their_o baptism_n in_o their_o manner_n of_o prayer_n in_o the_o motive_n of_o love_n and_o charity_n towards_o almighty_a god_n the_o very_a groundwork_n and_o foundation_n of_o all_o christian_a life_n whether_o man_n have_v freewill_n or_o no_o seem_v a_o question_n belong_v to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n fit_a for_o a_o curious_a philosopher_n but_o upon_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o negative_a part_n
from_o the_o aposty_n nay_o he_o absolute_o affirm_v that_o before_o nazianzene_n no_o man_n ever_o teach_v any_o thing_n of_o her_o delivery_n without_o pain_n yet_o many_o think_v the_o contrary_n three_o and_o last_o 202._o pag._n 202._o for_o your_o absolute_a confutation_n he_o confess_v that_o we_o believe_v and_o hold_v in_o this_o age_n many_o thing_n for_o mystery_n of_o faith_n which_o in_o former_a age_n do_v waver_v under_o small_a or_o no_o probability_n and_o many_o thing_n be_v now_o define_v for_o article_n of_o faith_n which_o have_v endure_v a_o hard_a repulse_n among_o the_o most_o and_o the_o weighty_a of_o the_o ancient_a doctor_n and_o no_o light_a contradiction_n among_o the_o ancient_a father_n and_o have_v reckon_v up_o five_o particular_n the_o validity_n of_o heretic_n baptism_n the_o beatifical_a vision_n before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n the_o spirituallity_n of_o angel_n the_o soul_n be_v immediate_o create_v and_o not_o ex_fw-la traduce_n and_o the_o virgin_n be_v free_a from_o all_o actual_a sin_n he_o shut_v it_o up_o thus_o 203._o pag._n 203._o many_o of_o these_o kind_n of_o opinion_n there_o be_v which_o sometime_o decline_v to_o one_o part_n sometime_o to_o the_o other_o and_o contrary_a favourer_n according_a to_o several_a time_n until_o a_o diligent_a and_o long_a disquisition_n be_v praemit_v the_o truth_n be_v manifest_v either_o by_o pope_n or_o provincial_n or_o general_a counsel_n nay_o and_o say_v that_o the_o disquisition_n be_v make_v by_o confer_v of_o place_n of_o scripture_n and_o reason_n which_o be_v the_o way_n which_o you_o mislike_v these_o thing_n consider_v 204._o pag._n 204._o whosoever_o shall_v after_o say_v that_o your_o church_n claim_v all_o her_o doctrine_n to_o have_v come_v by_o a_o verbal_a and_o constant_a tradition_n to_o she_o from_o the_o apostle_n i_o will_v not_o say_v that_o he_o be_v very_o impudent_a but_o i_o can_v think_v that_o a_o small_a matter_n will_v put_v he_o out_o of_o countenance_n for_o your_o part_n i_o esteem_v you_o so_o much_o that_o i_o be_o confident_a you_o have_v not_o so_o little_a nose_n as_o not_o to_o find_v the_o contrary_a nor_o so_o little_a forehead_n as_o not_o to_o confess_v it_o have_v receive_v the_o affidavit_fw-la of_o such_o a_o cloud_n of_o witness_n object_n whosoever_o pretend_v christ_n his_o truth_n against_o she_o say_v that_o true_a it_o be_v she_o have_v once_o have_v the_o true_a way_n but_o by_o length_n of_o time_n she_o be_v fall_v into_o gross_a error_n which_o they_o will_v reform_v not_o by_o any_o truth_n which_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n from_o those_o who_o by_o both_o part_n be_v acknowledge_v to_o have_v receive_v their_o lesson_n from_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n but_o by_o argument_n either_o out_o of_o ancient_a writer_n or_o the_o secret_n of_o reason_n resp_n this_o be_v no_o far_a true_a then_o as_o it_o concern_v the_o protestant_n for_o the_o greek_a church_n will_v not_o suffer_v your_o proportion_n to_o be_v general_a but_o forbid_v the_o ba_n they_o pretend_v not_o to_o have_v make_v any_o reformation_n but_o to_o have_v keep_v ever_o since_o the_o apostle_n what_o from_o they_o be_v receive_v barlaam_n saier_n they_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d keep_v safe_a and_o whole_a the_o tradition_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n nay_o he_o prove_v he_o to_o be_v the_o find_v part_n because_o by_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nothing_o be_v ever_o more_o esteem_v than_o her_o tradition_n and_o he_o object_n it_o to_o your_o church_n that_o she_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d disannul_v the_o tradition_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n and_o set_v they_o at_o naught_o bring_v in_o strange_a and_o undenizon_v opinion_n and_o that_o greek_a who_o be_v join_v to_o nilus_n and_o barlaam_n in_o salmatius_n his_o edition_n dispute_v against_o a_o cardinal_n charge_v you_o that_o you_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sow_v tare_n among_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o father_n if_o when_o they_o make_v this_o claim_n they_o either_o say_v so_o and_o think_v not_o so_o or_o think_v so_o and_o err_v than_o this_o prove_v that_o though_o the_o roman_a church_n do_v make_v that_o claim_n which_o you_o say_v she_o do_v yet_o she_o too_o may_v either_o claim_v it_o against_o her_o conscience_n or_o against_o truth_n for_o this_o claim_n of_o the_o last_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o by_o he_o who_o will_v imitate_v that_o hamshire_n clown_n of_o who_o you_o give_v i_o warning_n and_o believe_v no_o more_o than_o he_o see_v himself_o especial_o since_o your_o own_o author_n when_o they_o dispute_v for_o tradition_n prove_v their_o authority_n from_o this_o profession_n of_o the_o greek_n but_o i_o can_v blame_v you_o to_o forget_v they_o if_o we_o will_v suffer_v you_o since_o they_o can_v be_v remember_v but_o by_o your_o religion_n disadvantage_n for_o i_o very_o believe_v that_o if_o they_o have_v but_o one_o addition_n which_o they_o want_v i_o mean_v riches_n not_o only_o most_o of_o they_o who_o leave_v the_o protestant_n will_v soon_o go_v to_o they_o then_o to_o you_o unless_o they_o will_v take_v their_o religion_n as_o we_o take_v boat_n for_o be_v the_o next_o but_o money_n among_o you_o who_o though_o they_o dislike_v your_o pretend_a infallibility_n that_o the_o pope_n usurpation_n upon_o the_o right_n of_o other_o bishop_n his_o not_o ancient_a claim_v of_o power_n to_o deliver_v soul_n out_o of_o purgatory_n &c_n &c_n and_o yet_o be_v fright_v from_o join_v with_o the_o protestant_n by_o want_n of_o succession_n vocation_n and_o such_o like_a bull-beggar_n will_v go_v over_o to_o they_o as_o i_o have_v hear_v spalleto_n mean_v to_o do_v if_o they_o be_v not_o keep_v by_o a_o unwillingness_n to_o change_v the_o spiritual_a tyranny_n of_o the_o pope_n for_o the_o temporal_a of_o the_o turk_n but_o although_o there_o be_v no_o such_o church_n or_o they_o make_v no_o such_o claim_n yet_o have_v show_v out_o of_o your_o own_o author_n that_o some_o opinion_n have_v not_o be_v constant_o deliver_v by_o tradition_n but_o have_v enter_v into_o the_o church_n upon_o the_o ground_n which_o may_v at_o least_o possible_o deceive_v they_o of_o scripture_n reason_n and_o revelation_n and_o other_o knock_v apace_o to_o be_v let_v in_o i_o hope_v we_o may_v be_v excuse_v for_o make_v a_o reveiw_n of_o all_o and_o examine_v what_o doctrine_n have_v be_v bring_v in_o if_o not_o by_o scripture_n which_o we_o think_v reasonable_a at_o least_o by_o compare_v what_o this_o age_n teach_v and_o require_v with_o what_o the_o first_o age_n do_v to_o which_o we_o be_v encourage_v by_o yourselves_o who_o make_v agreement_n with_o antiquity_n the_o chief_a mark_n of_o the_o church_n unless_o you_o mean_v yourselves_o to_o be_v only_a judge_n even_o of_o those_o thing_n by_o which_o you_o bid_v we_o to_o judge_v you_o for_o our_o examination_n by_o reason_n i_o can_v tell_v why_o you_o mislike_v it_o since_o those_o who_o trust_v their_o own_o reason_n least_o trust_v it_o yet_o to_o choose_v for_o they_o one_o who_o they_o may_v trust_v against_o which_o all_o argument_n draw_v from_o her_o fallibilitie_n without_o question_n lie_v your_o religion_n be_v build_v upon_o your_o church_n her_o authority_n upon_o reason_n which_o we_o think_v slight_a and_o fallacious_a and_o yourselves_o think_v but_o prudentiall_a and_o probable_a ought_v we_o not_o then_o nay_o must_v we_o not_o examine_v they_o by_o reason_n or_o receive_v they_o upon_o your_o word_n and_o allow_v they_o probable_a reason_n yet_o i_o have_v still_o cause_n to_o examine_v further_o whether_o your_o superstruction_n be_v not_o more_o unreasonable_a than_o your_o foundation_n be_v reasonable_a for_o than_o i_o can_v receive_v a_o more_o unprobable_a doctrine_n then_o that_o be_v probable_a which_o it_o be_v prove_v by_o yet_o in_o respect_n of_o thing_n appear_v divers_a at_o divers_a time_n i_o do_v not_o like_o my_o own_o way_n so_o well_o as_o to_o esteem_v it_o absolute_o infallible_a but_o though_o i_o keep_v it_o because_o i_o account_v it_o the_o best_a yet_o i_o will_v promise_v to_o leave_v it_o when_o you_o can_v show_v i_o a_o better_a which_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o do_v because_o you_o can_v prove_v it_o to_o be_v better_o but_o by_o reason_n against_o which_o proof_n and_o consequent_o against_o whatsoever_o it_o prove_v your_o own_o objection_n remain_v for_o to_o be_v persuade_v by_o reason_n that_o to_o such_o a_o authority_n i_o ought_v to_o submit_v it_o be_v still_o to_o follow_v reason_n and_o not_o to_o quit_v she_o and_o by_o what_o else_o be_v it_o that_o you_o examine_v what_o the_o apostle_n teach_v when_o you_o examine_v that_o by_o ancient_a tradition_n and_o ancient_a tradition_n by_o a_o present_a testimony_n yet_o when_o
nature_n breed_v the_o cause_n wherefore_o as_o the_o constancy_n of_o the_o effect_n show_v that_o it_o hold_v upon_o eternal_a principle_n that_o no_o one_o species_n of_o perfect_a creature_n can_v perish_v although_o we_o be_v not_o so_o skilful_a of_o nature_n as_o handsome_o to_o weave_v the_o demonstration_n so_o can_v it_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o if_o one_o have_v all_o the_o principle_n of_o man_n nature_n well_o digest_v he_o may_v demonstrative_o deduce_v the_o impossibility_n of_o that_o such_o multitude_n of_o man_n shall_v conspire_v to_o a_o lie_n the_o variety_n of_o particular_n ever_o hold_v their_o be_v from_o a_o constancy_n and_o uniformity_n in_o the_o universal_a add_v to_o this_o the_o notoriousnesse_n of_o the_o lie_n such_o as_o he_o be_v rare_o find_v that_o be_v so_o wicked_a as_o to_o venture_v upon_o beside_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o of_o the_o danger_n ensue_v upon_o himself_o and_o his_o dear_a pledge_n the_o ground_n therefore_o assume_v be_v a_o demonstrative_a principle_n and_o peradventure_o in_o a_o high_a degree_n than_o most_o physical_a principle_n be_v for_o who_o know_v not_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o be_v the_o high_a thing_n physics_n can_v reach_v unto_o who_o know_v not_o that_o immaterial_a thing_n be_v less_o subject_a to_o mutability_n then_o those_o which_o be_v ground_v in_o matter_n then_o as_o more_o noble_a and_o as_o more_o immaterial_a it_o have_v great_a exemption_n from_o mutability_n than_o any_o other_o natural_a cause_n whatsoever_o one_o addition_n more_o may_v chance_v to_o clear_v the_o whole_a business_n more_o full_o nothing_o more_o clear_a than_o that_o no_o natural_a cause_n fail_v of_o his_o effect_n without_o there_o be_v some_o impediment_n from_o a_o strong_a now_o the_o impediment_n which_o hinder_v a_o man_n from_o speak_a truth_n experience_n teach_v we_o to_o be_v no_o other_o than_o hope_n and_o fear_n the_o same_o experience_n give_v we_o to_o know_v that_o it_o be_v a_o rare_a thing_n that_o hope_n and_o fear_n shall_v comprehend_v so_o great_a multitude_n as_o be_v in_o the_o union_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n special_o during_o a_o age_n which_o be_v the_o least_o time_n necessary_a for_o the_o effect_n we_o speak_v of_o that_o what_o peradventure_o may_v at_o one_o time_n be_v ill_o admit_v shall_v not_o be_v reject_v at_o another_o but_o if_o there_o be_v can_v any_o man_n be_v so_o mad_a as_o to_o think_v it_o can_v be_v a_o secret_a hope_n or_o fear_n which_o shall_v not_o break_v our_o among_o the_o posterity_n and_o be_v know_v that_o what_o be_v do_v be_v not_o true_a but_o counterfeit_v upon_o fear_n or_o interest_n which_o if_o it_o be_v a_o whole_a age_n counterfeit_v will_v not_o be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v the_o posterity_n believe_v they_o have_v receive_v such_o a_o point_n of_o doctrine_n by_o tradition_n wherefore_o i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o this_o principle_n of_o tradition_n and_o the_o doctrine_n receive_v by_o it_o can_v be_v account_v of_o less_o certainty_n than_o any_o physical_a demonstration_n whatsoever_o or_o faith_n upon_o this_o ground_n not_o as_o sure_o as_o any_o natural_a cause_n as_o the_o course_n of_o sun_n and_o moon_n as_o the_o flow_a and_o ebb_v of_o the_o sea_n as_o the_o summer_n and_o winter_n sow_v and_o harvest_n and_o whatsoever_o we_o undoubted_o presume_v upon_o the_o like_a nature_n and_o kind_a the_o principle_n which_o be_v take_v in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n be_v of_o no_o less_o force_n if_o not_o of_o far_o better_o to_o who_o right_o understand_v the_o nature_n of_o god_n his_o work_n who_o course_n it_o be_v deeply_o to_o root_n and_o strengthen_v those_o thing_n which_o he_o will_v have_v most_o to_o flourish_v or_o whereof_o he_o have_v most_o care_n now_o christian_n well_o know_v that_o god_n almighty_n have_v make_v mankind_n for_o his_o elect_a as_o the_o world_n which_o be_v about_o we_o for_o mankind_n and_o therefore_o he_o have_v root_v those_o thing_n which_o more_o immediate_o belong_v to_o the_o elect_n as_o be_v his_o church_n his_o faith_n and_o holy_a spirit_n in_o it_o more_o strong_o than_o the_o principle_n either_o of_o man_n nature_n or_o of_o the_o world_n which_o be_v make_v for_o it_o himself_o assure_v we_o of_o it_o when_o he_o tell_v we_o one_o title_n shall_v not_o miss_v of_o the_o holy_a writ_n though_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v be_v dissolve_v and_o so_o see_v the_o latter_a principle_n rely_v upon_o the_o not_o fail_v of_o god_n holy_a spirit_n to_o his_o church_n which_o shall_v ever_o watch_v upon_o their_o action_n that_o nothing_o shall_v creep_v into_o christian_a life_n which_o persent_o the_o zeal_n of_o his_o faithful_a shall_v not_o startle_v at_o i_o think_v it_o needless_a to_o seek_v to_o further_o qualify_v the_o strength_n of_o that_o part_n which_o receive_v it_o from_o the_o quality_n of_o so_o good_a a_o workman_n as_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n chap._n v._n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o whosoever_o shall_v have_v receive_v satisfaction_n in_o the_o discourse_n pass_v will_v also_o have_v receive_v in_o that_o point_n we_o seek_v after_o that_o be_v in_o be_v assure_v both_o that_o christ_n have_v leave_v a_o director_n in_o the_o world_n and_o where_o to_o find_v he_o there_o be_v leave_v no_o doubt_n but_o it_o be_v his_o holy_a church_n upon_o earth_n nor_o can_v there_o be_v any_o question_n which_o be_v this_o church_n since_o there_o be_v but_o one_o that_o do_v and_o can_v lay_v claim_n to_o have_v receive_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n his_o holy_a doctrine_n in_o writing_n and_o heart_n other_o may_v cry_v loud_a they_o have_v find_v it_o but_o they_o must_v first_o confess_v it_o be_v lose_v and_o so_o if_o they_o have_v it_o be_v not_o receive_v by_o hand_n i_o mean_v as_o far_o as_o it_o disagree_v with_o catholic_a doctrine_n so_o that_o where_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o claim_v there_o can_v be_v no_o dispute_n and_o that_o this_o church_n be_v a_o lawful_a directress_n that_o be_v have_v the_o condition_n requisite_a i_o think_v can_v no_o way_n be_v doubt_v let_v we_o consider_v in_o she_o presence_n or_o visibility_n authority_n power_n as_o for_o the_o first_o her_o multitude_n and_o succession_n make_v the_o church_n if_o she_o be_v ever_o accessible_a ever_o know_v the_o arrian_n seem_v to_o chase_v she_o out_o of_o the_o world_n in_o their_o flourish_n but_o the_o persecution_n move_v against_o she_o make_v she_o even_o then_o well_o know_v and_o admire_v in_o our_o own_o country_n we_o have_v see_v no_o bishop_n no_o form_n of_o church_n for_o many_o year_n yet_o never_o so_o but_o that_o the_o course_n of_o justice_n do_v proclaim_v she_o through_o england_n and_o who_o be_v curious_a can_v never_o want_v mean_n to_o come_v to_o know_v her_o confession_n of_o faith_n what_o it_o be_v and_o upon_o what_o it_o be_v ground_v wheresoever_o she_o be_v if_o in_o peace_n her_o majesty_n and_o ceremony_n in_o all_o her_o action_n make_v she_o spectable_a and_o admire_a if_o in_o war_n she_o never_o want_v champion_n to_o maintain_v she_o and_o the_o very_a heat_n of_o her_o adversary_n make_v she_o know_v to_o such_o as_o be_v desirous_a to_o understand_v the_o truth_n of_o a_o matter_n so_o important_a as_o be_v the_o eternal_a welfare_n of_o our_o soul_n for_o authority_n her_o very_a claim_n of_o antiquity_n and_o succession_n to_o have_v be_v that_o church_n which_o receive_v her_o beginning_n from_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n and_o never_o forgo_v it_o but_o have_v ever_o maintain_v it_o give_v a_o great_a reverence_n unto_o she_o among_o those_o who_o believe_v she_o and_o among_o those_o who_o with_o indifferency_n and_o love_n of_o truth_n seek_v to_o inform_v themselves_o a_o great_a prejudice_n above_o other_o for_o it_o draw_v a_o great_a likelihood_n of_o truth_n than_o other_o have_v and_o if_o it_o be_v true_a it_o carry_v a_o infinite_a authority_n with_o it_o of_o bishop_n doctor_n martyr_n saint_n miracle_n learning_n wisdom_n venerable_a antiquity_n and_o the_o like_a that_o if_o a_o prudent_a man_n shall_v sit_v with_o himself_o and_o consider_v that_o if_o he_o be_v to_o choose_v what_o kind_n of_o one_o he_o will_v have_v it_o to_o carry_v away_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n towards_o the_o admiration_n and_o love_n of_o god_n almighty_n he_o can_v find_v nothing_o want_v in_o this_o that_o can_v be_v maintain_v with_o the_o fluxibility_n of_o nature_n for_o to_o say_v he_o will_v have_v no_o wicked_a man_n in_o it_o be_v to_o say_v he_o will_v have_v it_o make_v of_o angel_n and_o not_o of_o men._n there_o remain_v power_n the_o which_o no_o man_n can_v doubt_v but_o christ_n have_v give_v it_o most_o ample_a who_o consider_v his_o word_n so_o often_o repeat_v to_o
his_o apostle_n but_o abstract_v from_o that_o who_o do_v not_o see_v that_o the_o church_n have_v the_o nature_n and_o proportion_n of_o one_o country_n unto_o every_o one_o as_o in_o a_o man_n country_n he_o have_v father_n and_o mother_n brother_n sister_n kinsfolk_n ally_n neighbour_n and_o countryman_n which_o ancient_o be_v call_v cives_fw-la or_o concive_n and_o of_o these_o be_v make_v his_o country_n so_o in_o the_o church_n find_v he_o in_o way_n of_o spiritual_a instruction_n and_o education_n all_o these_o degree_n near_o and_o far_o off_o until_o he_o come_v unto_o that_o further_o most_o of_o be_v of_o all_o unite_a under_o the_o universal_a government_n of_o christ_n his_o vicar_n and_o as_o he_o in_o his_o country_n find_v bear_v breed_a settle_v in_o estate_n and_o fortune_n and_o last_o protection_n and_o security_n so_o likewise_o in_o the_o way_n of_o christianity_n do_v he_o find_v this_o more_o full_o in_o the_o church_n so_o that_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o a_o man_n owe_v more_o unto_o his_o master_n then_o unto_o his_o father_n because_o bene_fw-la esse_fw-la be_v better_a then_o esse_fw-la certain_o a_o man_n also_o as_o far_o as_o church_n and_o country_n can_v be_v separate_v must_v owe_v more_o to_o the_o church_n then_o to_o his_o very_a country_n wherefore_o likewise_o the_o power_n which_o the_o church_n have_v to_o command_v and_o instruct_v be_v great_a than_o the_o power_n of_o the_o temporal_a country_n and_o community_n whereof_o he_o be_v part_n again_o this_o church_n can_v satisfy_v learn_v and_o unlearned_a for_o in_o matter_n above_o the_o reach_n of_o reason_n who_o source_n and_o spring_n be_v from_o what_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n teach_v what_o learned_a man_n that_o understand_v the_o nature_n of_o science_n and_o method_n can_v refuse_v in_o his_o inmost_a soul_n to_o bow_v to_o that_o which_o be_v testify_v by_o so_o great_a a_o multitude_n to_o have_v come_v from_o christ_n and_o what_o unlearned_a man_n can_v require_v more_o for_o his_o faith_n then_o to_o be_v teach_v by_o a_o mistress_n of_o so_o many_o prerogative_n and_o advantage_n above_o all_o other_o or_o how_o can_v he_o think_v to_o be_v quiet_v in_o conscience_n if_o he_o be_v not_o content_a to_o fare_v as_o she_o do_v who_o have_v this_o prerogative_n evident_a that_o none_o be_v so_o likely_a by_o thousand_o of_o degree_n chap._n vi_o the_o stem_n and_o body_n of_o our_o position_n thus_o raise_v will_v of_o itself_o shoot_v out_o the_o branch_n of_o divers_a question_n or_o rather_o the_o solution_n thereof_o and_o first_o how_o it_o happen_v that_o diverse_a heretic_n have_v pretend_a tradition_n the_o millenarian_o carpocratian_o gnostiak_n and_o divers_a other_o yet_o they_o with_o their_o tradition_n have_v be_v reject_v and_o the_o holy_a church_n leave_v only_o in_o claim_n of_o tradition_n for_o if_o we_o look_v into_o what_o catholic_a tradition_n be_v and_o what_o the_o say_v heretic_n pretend_v under_o the_o name_n of_o tradition_n the_o question_n will_v remain_v void_v for_o the_o catholic_a church_n call_v tradition_n that_o doctrine_n which_o be_v public_o preach_v in_o the_o church_n order_v and_o plant_v in_o the_o manner_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n the_o heretic_n call_v tradition_n a_o kind_n of_o secret_a doctrine_n either_o gather_v out_o of_o private_a conversation_n with_o the_o apostle_n or_o rather_o they_o pretend_v that_o the_o apostle_n beside_o what_o they_o public_o teach_v the_o world_n have_v another_o private_a or_o mystical_a way_n proper_a to_o scholar_n more_o endear_v than_o the_o rest_n which_o come_v not_o to_o public_a view_n but_o be_v in_o huggermug_a deliver_v from_o those_o secret_a disciple_n unto_o other_o and_o so_o unto_o they_o where_o it_o be_v easy_o see_v what_o difference_n there_o be_v betwixt_o this_o catholic_a tradition_n and_o this_o pretend_a for_o the_o force_n and_o energy_n of_o tradition_n reside_v in_o the_o multitude_n of_o hearer_n and_o be_v plant_v in_o the_o perpetual_a action_n and_o life_n of_o christian_n so_o that_o it_o must_v have_v such_o a_o publicity_n that_o it_o can_v be_v unknown_a among_o they_o those_o the_o heretic_n pretend_v both_o manifest_o want_v the_o life_n and_o be_v of_o tradition_n and_o by_o the_o very_a great_a report_n of_o they_o lose_v all_o authority_n and_o name_n for_o suppose_v some_o privare_fw-la doctrine_n of_o a_o apostle_n to_o some_o disciple_n shall_v be_v publish_v and_o record_v by_o that_o disciple_n and_o some_o other_o this_o might_n well_o be_v a_o truth_n but_o will_v never_o obtain_v the_o force_n of_o a_o catholic_a position_n that_o be_v such_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v damnation_n to_o reject_v because_o the_o descent_n from_o the_o apostle_n be_v not_o notorious_a and_o fit_v to_o sway_v the_o body_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n the_o second_o question_n may_v be_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o something_o which_o at_o first_o bind_v not_o the_o church_n belief_n afterward_o come_v to_o bind_v it_o for_o if_o it_o be_v ever_o a_o tradition_n it_o must_v ever_o be_v public_a and_o bind_v the_o church_n and_o if_o once_o it_o be_v not_o it_o appear_v not_o how_o ever_o it_o can_v come_v to_o be_v for_o if_o this_o age_n for_o example_n have_v it_o not_o how_o can_v it_o deliver_v it_o over_o to_o the_o next_o age_n that_o follow_v but_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o the_o hope_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n be_v great_a and_o the_o apostle_n preach_v in_o so_o great_a variety_n of_o country_n it_o may_v happen_v some_o point_n in_o one_o country_n to_o have_v be_v less_o understand_v or_o peradventure_o not_o preach_v at_o all_o which_o in_o another_o be_v often_o preach_v and_o well_o both_o understand_v and_o retain_v we_o may_v easy_o free_v ourselves_o from_o these_o bramble_n for_o the_o spirit_n of_o tradition_n reside_v in_o this_o that_o the_o testimony_n of_o that_o the_o apostle_n deliver_v this_o doctrine_n be_v exceptione_n majus_fw-la and_o beyond_o all_o danger_n of_o deceit_n it_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o the_o efficaciousness_n of_o tradition_n that_o the_o whole_a universal_a church_n be_v witness_n to_o such_o a_o truth_n but_o so_o great_a a_o part_n as_o can_v be_v a_o warrant_n against_o mistake_v and_o deceit_n so_o that_o if_o all_o the_o church_n of_o asia_n or_o greece_n or_o aphrique_n or_o egypt_n shall_v constant_o affirm_v such_o a_o doctrine_n to_o have_v be_v deliver_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o apostle_n it_o be_v enough_o to_o make_v a_o doctrine_n exceptione_n majorem_fw-la whence_o it_o ensue_v that_o if_o in_o a_o meeting_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n it_o be_v find_v that_o such_o a_o part_n have_v such_o a_o tradition_n concern_v some_o matter_n whereof_o the_o rest_n either_o have_v no_o knowledge_n or_o no_o certainty_n such_o a_o doctrine_n will_v pass_v into_o a_o necessary_a bond_n in_o the_o whole_a church_n which_o before_o be_v either_o unknown_a or_o doubt_v of_o in_o some_o part_n thereof_o a_o likely_a example_n thereof_o may_v be_v in_o the_o canonical_a book_n the_o which_o be_v write_v some_o to_o one_o church_n and_o some_o to_o another_o by_o little_a and_o little_o be_v spread_v from_o those_o church_n unto_o other_o and_o so_o some_o soon_o some_o late_a receive_v into_o the_o constant_a belief_n of_o the_o catholic_a world_n the_o three_o question_n may_v be_v how_o christian_n religion_n consist_v in_o so_o many_o point_n it_o be_v possible_a to_o be_v keep_v incorrupt_v by_o tradition_n the_o which_o depend_v on_o memory_n and_o our_o memory_n be_v so_o frail_a and_o subject_a to_o variation_n it_o seem_v can_v without_o manifest_v miracle_n conserve_v so_o great_a diversity_n of_o point_n unchanged_a for_o so_o many_o age_n but_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o faith_n be_v a_o science_n and_o science_n a_o thing_n who_o part_n be_v so_o connex_v that_o if_o one_o be_v false_a all_o must_v needs_o be_v false_a we_o shall_v easy_o see_v that_o contrary_o the_o multitude_n of_o divers_a point_n be_v a_o conservation_n the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o for_o if_o one_o be_v certain_a it_o of_o itself_o be_v able_a to_o bring_v we_o to_o the_o right_n in_o another_o whereof_o we_o doubt_v and_o as_o in_o a_o man_n body_n if_o he_o want_v one_o member_n or_o the_o operation_n of_o it_o he_o must_v needs_o find_v the_o want_n of_o it_o in_o another_o and_o as_o a_o commonwealth_n that_o be_v well_o ordain_v can_v miss_v any_o office_n or_o part_n without_o the_o redound_v of_o the_o dessect_v upon_o the_o whole_a or_o some_o other_o part_n so_o a_o christian_a be_v a_o essence_n institute_v by_o god_n as_o special_o as_o any_o natural_a creature_n have_v not_o the_o part_n of_o his_o faith_n and_o action_n by_o accident_n and_o chance_n knit_v together_o but_o all_o part_n by_o a_o
little_a room_n and_o shut_v up_o your_o oration_n into_o the_o compass_n of_o some_o 3._o sillogisme_n thus_o you_o argue_v what_o company_n soever_o of_o christian_n alone_o pretend_v to_o teach_v nothing_o but_o what_o they_o have_v receive_v from_o their_o father_n as_o receive_v from_o they_o as_o so_o come_v down_o from_o the_o apostle_n that_o company_n alone_o must_v hold_v the_o truth_n but_o that_o company_n of_o christian_n which_o be_v in_o communion_n with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n only_o pretend_v this_o therefore_o they_o alone_o hold_v the_o truth_n and_o the_o church_n the_o major_n you_o prove_v thus_o if_o such_o a_o company_n of_o christian_n can_v teach_v falsehood_n than_o since_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o what_o be_v at_o first_o deliver_v be_v true_a some_o age_n must_v either_o have_v err_v in_o understand_v their_o ancestor_n or_o have_v join_v to_o deceive_v their_o posterity_n but_o neither_o of_o these_o be_v beleevable_a therefore_o neither_o be_v it_o beleevable_a that_o such_o a_o company_n of_o christian_n shall_v teach_v falsehood_n the_o minor_a you_o prove_v thus_o i_o mean_v that_o they_o alone_o pretend_v it_o for_o that_o they_o i_o mean_v all_o they_o pretend_v it_o you_o take_v for_o grant_v if_o it_o be_v incompatible_a with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v it_o that_o any_o else_o shall_v do_v it_o than_o she_o do_v it_o alone_o but_o it_o be_v incompatible_a which_o be_v deny_v and_o not_o yet_o prove_v therefore_o she_o do_v it_o alone_o the_o several_a part_n of_o this_o argument_n i_o mean_v first_o to_o answer_n and_o second_o whatsoever_o lie_v scatter_v in_o your_o discourse_n any_o thing_n to_o this_o purpose_n or_o any_o other_o unanswered_a in_o the_o first_o part_n and_o three_o i_o will_v reply_v to_o those_o answer_n which_o you_o have_v be_v please_v to_o make_v to_o part_v of_o that_o nothing_o which_o i_o write_v wish_v that_o this_o last_o work_n may_v have_v be_v long_o i_o mean_v that_o by_o answer_v it_o all_o and_o in_o order_n you_o have_v give_v i_o occasion_n to_o have_v dwell_v more_o upon_o my_o reply_n now_o if_o i_o do_v not_o show_v that_o all_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v not_o nor_o can_v pretend_v this_o that_o for_o two_o to_o pretend_v it_o be_v not_o incompatible_a as_o have_v be_v so_o heretofore_o that_o those_o who_o alone_o pretend_v this_o may_v pretend_v it_o false_o that_o some_o man_n and_o in_o time_n all_o may_v mistake_v their_o ancestor_n and_o have_v a_o mind_n in_o some_o case_n to_o deceive_v their_o posterity_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a for_o a_o whole_a age_n at_o once_o to_o join_v in_o do_v it_o though_o it_o be_v do_v if_o i_o say_v i_o show_v not_o this_o then_o let_v i_o not_o be_v believe_v and_o if_o you_o can_v show_v i_o that_o i_o have_v not_o show_v it_o i_o will_v promise_v to_o believe_v you_o first_o that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v not_o nor_o can_v pretend_v that_o all_o their_o doctrine_n be_v receive_v by_o they_o from_o their_o father_n as_o come_v down_o from_o the_o apostle_n it_o appear_v because_o when_o question_n have_v rise_v about_o such_o thing_n whereof_o there_o be_v before_o no_o speech_n yet_o if_o a_o council_n have_v determine_v they_o they_o be_v receive_v with_o the_o same_o assent_n as_o if_o they_o have_v come_v from_o the_o apostle_n and_o they_o profess_v now_o the_o same_o readiness_n to_o receive_v always_o any_o such_o definition_n though_o about_o a_o question_n now_o unknown_a and_o it_o be_v likely_a they_o have_v do_v what_o they_o profess_v they_o be_v ready_a to_o do_v at_o least_o they_o show_v that_o you_o be_v not_o the_o ground_n upon_o which_o they_o build_v and_o i_o pray_v ask_v yourself_o whether_o those_o that_o teach_v the_o common_a people_n who_o be_v the_o great_a part_n of_o your_o church_n use_v to_o be_v ask_v about_o it_o by_o they_o or_o use_v to_o tell_v they_o that_o this_o they_o receive_v from_o their_o father_n as_o descend_v from_o the_o apostle_n by_o a_o continual_a verbal_a tradition_n for_o suppose_v they_o tell_v they_o that_o this_o tradition_n tell_v we_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o distinguish_v between_o such_o as_o be_v but_o ecclesiastical_a and_o apostolical_a or_o whether_o this_o be_v know_v to_o they_o only_o by_o deduction_n or_o from_o ancient_a book_n and_o no_o such_o uncontinued_a line_n of_o teach_v and_o not_o rather_o persuade_v they_o in_o general_a to_o believe_v it_o what_o by_o argument_n draw_v from_o scripture_n what_o from_o reason_n what_o from_o father_n counsel_n or_o decretal_n i_o be_o not_o certain_a what_o be_v their_o course_n but_o i_o be_o sure_a the_o most_o ordinary_a among_o the_o ancient_n who_o they_o pretend_v to_o follow_v be_v that_o when_o they_o have_v tell_v the_o people_n that_o such_o a_o proposition_n be_v true_a they_o add_v neither_o be_v it_o i_o that_o say_v so_o but_o the_o apostle_n the_o prophet_n or_o the_o evangelist_n and_o mention_v the_o place_n where_o they_o think_v such_o a_o doctrine_n be_v include_v seldom_o speak_v of_o any_o verbal_a tradition_n less_o of_o such_o a_o one_o upon_o which_o you_o whole_o rely_v except_o urge_v to_o it_o when_o that_o be_v impudent_o claim_v by_o some_o heretic_n and_o when_o they_o do_v as_o the_o asian_a bishop_n about_o easter_n justin_n martyr_v about_o the_o age_n of_o christ_n saint_n austin_n about_o communicate_v infant_n papius_n and_o iraeneus_n about_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o chiliast_n then_o as_o lucian_n tell_v we_o that_o when_o that_o juggler_n alexander_n send_v to_o a_o city_n a_o verse_n to_o be_v set_v upon_o their_o door_n to_o keep_v away_o the_o plague_n those_o house_n which_o use_v the_o remedy_n be_v more_o visit_v than_o those_o that_o do_v not_o so_o those_o doctrine_n which_o the_o father_n do_v grace_n by_o write_v verbal_a tradition_n in_o their_o forehead_n be_v not_o less_o perhaps_o more_o apt_a to_o be_v after_o disbeleeved_a than_o the_o other_o which_o be_v not_o in_o that_o kind_n teach_v now_o if_o the_o ignorant_a be_v not_o express_o instruct_v that_o upon_o this_o ground_n they_o be_v to_o think_v that_o true_a which_o they_o be_v bid_v to_o believe_v especial_o where_o their_o religion_n be_v easy_o enough_o receive_v only_o for_o be_v that_o of_o their_o country_n you_o must_v allow_v that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o your_o church_n can_v nor_o do_v not_o pretend_v to_o have_v receive_v all_o they_o believe_v under_o that_o notion_n and_o to_o know_v they_o do_v you_o must_v have_v speak_v with_o they_o all_o or_o have_v hear_v they_o all_o instruct_v for_o what_o be_v in_o some_o place_n so_o teach_v may_v be_v deliver_v upon_o other_o ground_n in_o the_o very_a next_o parish_n from_o the_o ignorant_a let'us_o come_v to_o the_o learned_a and_o see_v whether_o they_o do_v not_o both_o believe_v more_o and_o require_v more_o to_o be_v believe_v then_o have_v have_v any_o such_o pedigree_n as_o you_o imagine_v first_o than_o the_o great_a eloquent_a and_o judicious_a cardinal_n perron_n who_o i_o prefer_v so_o much_o before_o all_o those_o of_o his_o side_n that_o have_v be_v author_n that_o if_o a_o pigmy_n may_v be_v allow_v to_o measure_v giant_n i_o shall_v think_v that_o the_o vast_a learning_n and_o industry_n of_o bellarmine_n and_o baronius_n may_v with_o most_o advantage_n to_o their_o party_n and_o no_o disgrace_n to_o they_o have_v be_v employ_v in_o seek_v quotation_n for_o his_o large_a and_o monstrous_a understanding_n to_o have_v employ_v they_o he_o i_o say_v tell_v we_o and_o not_o from_o himself_o but_o from_o saint_n austin_n that_o the_o trinity_n pennance_n freewill_n and_o the_o church_n be_v never_o exact_o dispute_v of_o before_o the_o arrian_n the_o novatian_o the_o pelagian_o and_o the_o donatist_n now_o since_o without_o doubt_v the_o former_a age_n dispute_v as_o well_o as_o they_o can_v and_o so_o can_v not_o instruct_v their_o proselyte_n better_a than_o they_o confute_v their_o adversary_n i_o think_v it_o evident_a that_o more_o have_v since_o be_v conclude_v then_o come_v from_o tradition_n and_o that_o the_o way_n you_o speak_v of_o appear_v not_o sufficient_a either_o to_o cardinal_n perron_n or_o saint_n austin_n but_o because_o bellarmine_n be_v write_v in_o a_o more_o general_a language_n be_v more_o general_o though_o i_o think_v unjust_o esteem_v then_o perron_n i_o will_v ask_v you_o a_o question_n of_o he_o when_o he_o excuse_v pope_n john_n the_o 22_o for_o deny_v that_o saint_n enjoy_v the_o beatifical_a vision_n before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n in_o which_o he_o be_v lead_v by_o a_o troop_n of_o father_n because_o the_o church_n have_v not_o then_o define_v the_o contrary_a do_v bellarmine_n believe_v that_o then_o christian_n have_v receive_v from_o
teach_v they_o if_o they_o be_v not_o then_o necessary_a how_o have_v they_o grow_v to_o be_v so_o since_o beside_o i_o appeal_v to_o your_o conscience_n whether_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o exchequer_n of_o superabundant_a merit_n of_o which_o the_o pope_n be_v lord_n treasurer_n and_o by_o virtue_n of_o which_o he_o dispense_v his_o pardon_n to_o all_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n appear_v to_o have_v be_v know_v even_o to_o any_o of_o the_o best_a christian_n and_o whether_o if_o it_o have_v be_v know_v to_o they_o as_o a_o tradition_n be_v a_o doctrine_n which_o necessitate_v at_o least_o wisdom_n and_o charity_n a_o continual_a practice_n of_o sue_v for_o they_o and_o of_o give_v they_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o of_o what_o they_o know_v such_o infinite_a volume_n of_o author_n shall_v make_v no_o mention_n object_n suppose_v some_o private_a doctrine_n of_o a_o apostle_n to_o some_o disciple_n shall_v be_v publish_v and_o record_v by_o that_o disciple_n and_o some_o other_o this_o might_n well_o be_v a_o truth_n but_o never_o obtain_v the_o force_n of_o a_o catholic_a position_n that_o be_v such_o as_o it_o will_v be_v a_o damnation_n to_o reject_v because_o the_o descent_n from_o the_o apostle_n be_v not_o notorious_a and_o fit_a to_o sway_v the_o body_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n resp_n i_o confess_v that_o to_o have_v be_v no_o more_o general_o deliver_v will_v prove_v that_o the_o apostle_n think_v not_o such_o a_o doctrine_n necessary_a else_o their_o charity_n will_v not_o have_v suffer_v they_o to_o have_v so_o much_o conceal_v it_o but_o yet_o to_o any_o such_o doctrine_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o any_o christian_n who_o believe_v the_o testimony_n that_o it_o come_v from_o the_o apostle_n shall_v deny_v his_o assent_n because_o it_o be_v to_o deny_v the_o authority_n upon_o which_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v ground_v for_o the_o church_n pretend_v to_o her_o authority_n from_o they_o and_o not_o they_o from_o she_o and_o howsoever_o such_o a_o doctrine_n although_o not_o necessary_a can_v not_o be_v damnable_a as_o you_o make_v this_o beside_o here_o will_v first_o arise_v a_o question_n not_o easy_a to_o be_v decide_v how_o great_a a_o multitude_n of_o witness_n will_v serve_v to_o be_v notorious_a and_o fit_a to_o sway_v the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n especial_o so_o many_o have_v not_o for_o a_o long_a while_o be_v think_v fit_a even_o by_o catholic_n though_o attest_v doctrine_n since_o receive_v by_o you_o all_o and_o consider_v that_o multitude_n of_o your_o church_n which_o believe_v the_o immaculate_a conception_n in_o as_o high_a a_o degree_n as_o it_o be_v possible_a without_o excommunicate_v the_o denier_n who_o either_o walk_v not_o by_o that_o which_o you_o count_v the_o only_a catholic_a rule_n or_o else_o claim_v such_o a_o tradition_n who_o yet_o be_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o sway_v the_o rest_n second_o i_o pray_v observe_v how_o easy_a it_o be_v for_o the_o two_o first_o age_n at_o least_o the_o chief_a of_o they_o and_o all_o that_o be_v extant_a to_o have_v give_v assent_n to_o tradition_n so_o unsufficient_o testify_v or_o to_o have_v mistake_v doctrine_n under_o that_o notion_n for_o so_o they_o do_v to_o this_o of_o the_o chiliast_n and_o then_o after_o for_o it_o to_o spread_v till_o it_o be_v general_a and_o last_o as_o long_o as_o man_n last_o upon_o their_o authority_n and_o when_o once_o it_o be_v so_o spread_v how_o shall_v we_o then_o discover_v how_o small_a a_o original_a it_o have_v when_o peradventure_o the_o head_n and_o spring_n of_o it_o will_v be_v as_o hard_a to_o find_v as_o that_o of_o nilus_n so_o that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o what_o you_o receive_v may_v possible_o appear_v to_o be_v no_o certain_a nor_o better_o build_v if_o we_o can_v dig_v to_o the_o foundation_n wherefore_o since_o the_o delivery_n of_o a_o tradition_n by_o subsequent_a age_n have_v its_o validity_n only_o from_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o first_o i_o think_v you_o shall_v either_o think_v that_o they_o receive_v none_o but_o upon_o better_a ground_n or_o else_o think_v these_o ground_n good_a three_o i_o know_v not_o why_o you_o resolve_v this_o opinion_n of_o the_o chiliast_n to_o have_v have_v only_o such_o a_o private_a tradition_n for_o though_o they_o name_n john_n the_o disciple_n and_o mention_v certain_a priest_n who_o hear_v it_o from_o he_o yet_o they_o deny_v not_o a_o more_o general_a delivery_n of_o it_o but_o peradventure_o least_o man_n may_v think_v that_o the_o general_a opinion_n that_o it_o come_v from_o the_o apostle_n may_v arise_v from_o place_n of_o scripture_n which_o fallacy_n their_o testimony_n when_v not_o so_o full_o express_v be_v still_o in_o danger_n of_o concern_v any_o point_n but_o that_o these_o book_n be_v write_v by_o these_o man_n they_o therefore_o think_v it_o fit_a to_o name_n to_o we_o their_o witness_n that_o it_o come_v from_o christ_n own_o mouth_n and_o in_o what_o word_n and_o if_o they_o have_v do_v so_o much_o on_o your_o side_n for_o the_o difference_n between_o we_o i_o believe_v you_o will_v now_o have_v few_o protestant_a adversary_n leave_v for_o you_o will_v have_v convert_v the_o great_a part_n and_o by_o that_o have_v be_v enable_v to_o burn_v the_o small_a object_n the_o second_o question_n may_v be_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o thing_n which_o at_o first_o bind_v not_o the_o church_n belief_n afterward_o come_v to_o bind_v it_o for_o if_o it_o be_v ever_o a_o tradition_n it_o ever_o must_v needs_o be_v public_a and_o ever_o bind_v the_o church_n and_o if_o once_o it_o be_v not_o it_o appear_v not_o how_o ever_o it_o can_v come_v to_o be_v for_o if_o this_o age_n for_o example_n have_v it_o not_o how_o can_v it_o deliver_v it_o to_o the_o next_o that_o follow_v but_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o the_o scope_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n be_v great_a and_o the_o apostle_n preach_v in_o so_o great_a variety_n of_o country_n it_o may_v happen_v some_o point_n in_o one_o country_n may_v be_v less_o understand_v or_o peradventure_o not_o preach_v which_o in_o another_o be_v often_o preach_v and_o well_o both_o understand_v and_o retain_v we_o may_v easy_o free_v ourselves_o from_o these_o bramble_n for_o the_o spirit_n of_o tradition_n reside_v in_o this_o that_o the_o testimony_n be_v exceptione_n majus_fw-la and_o beyond_o all_o danger_n of_o deceit_n it_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o the_o efficaciousnesse_n of_o tradition_n that_o the_o whole_a universal_a church_n shall_v be_v witness_n to_o such_o a_o truth_n but_o so_o great_a a_o part_n as_o can_v be_v a_o warrant_n against_o mistake_v so_o that_o if_o all_o the_o church_n of_o asia_n greece_n or_o africa_n or_o egypt_n shall_v constant_o affirm_v such_o a_o tradition_n to_o have_v be_v deliver_v they_o from_o the_o apostle_n it_o be_v enough_o to_o make_v a_o doctrine_n exceptione_n majorem_fw-la whence_o it_o ensue_v that_o if_o in_o a_o meeting_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n it_o be_v find_v that_o such_o a_o part_n have_v such_o a_o tradition_n concern_v some_o matter_n whereof_o the_o rest_n have_v either_o no_o understanding_n or_o not_o certain_o such_o a_o doctrine_n will_v pass_v into_o a_o necessary_a bond_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o whole_a church_n resp_n your_o sword_n be_v so_o sharp_a and_o your_o shield_n so_o weak_a that_o i_o can_v hardly_o believe_v they_o come_v out_o of_o the_o same_o forge_n but_o when_o i_o observe_v how_o much_o you_o have_v a_o better_a right_a hand_n then_o a_o left_a and_o that_o not_o only_o you_o have_v raise_v a_o objection_n which_o you_o can_v lay_v but_o your_o answer_n to_o it_o multiply_v more_o i_o can_v but_o compare_v you_o to_o he_o in_o lucian_n philos_fw-la philos_fw-la who_o travel_v with_o a_o magician_n that_o have_v no_o servant_n and_o instead_o of_o one_o be_v daily_o wont_v to_o say_v to_o a_o pestle_n pestle_n be_v thou_o a_o man_n and_o it_o will_v be_v so_o and_o when_o his_o occasion_n be_v serve_v will_v bid_v it_o return_v to_o be_v a_o pestle_n and_o be_v obey_v think_v one_o time_n to_o imitate_v the_o magician_n he_o be_v abroad_o and_o make_v indeed_o the_o pestle_n a_o man_n and_o draw_v water_n but_o can_v not_o make_v it_o return_v to_o the_o former_a state_n but_o it_o continue_v still_o to_o draw_v wherefore_o angry_a and_o afraid_a he_o take_v up_o a_o axe_n and_o clove_n the_o pestle-man_n in_o two_o whereupon_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o stead_n of_o one_o water-drawer_n there_o leap_v up_o two_o for_o first_o i_o pray_v consider_v what_o can_v you_o have_v find_v more_o certain_a to_o destroy_v all_o which_o you_o have_v before_o labour_v to_o settle_v about_o the_o infallibility_n of_o your_o tradition_n than_o this_o distincton_n of_o exceptione_n major_n
can_v know_v but_o the_o judge_n if_o i_o say_v they_o confess_v it_o to_o be_v his_o opinion_n they_o must_v also_o confess_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n to_o differ_v from_o that_o of_o salvian_o time_n because_o he_o be_v allow_v a_o member_n of_o that_o for_o all_o this_o say_n whereas_o he_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n that_o shall_v now_o say_v so_o of_o we_o will_v be_v count_v sesqui-heareticus_a a_o heretic_n and_o half_a or_o else_o they_o must_v say_v which_o they_o can_v only_o say_v and_o hot_a prove_v that_o he_o be_v so_o earnest_a against_o ill_a man_n that_o for_o the_o aggravation_n of_o their_o crime_n he_o lessen_v that_o of_o the_o heretic_n and_o say_v what_o at_o another_o time_n he_o will_v not_o have_v say_v which_o if_o they_o do_v will_v it_o not_o overthrow_v whole_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o father_n since_o we_o can_v never_o infallible_o know_v what_o they_o think_v at_o all_o time_n from_o what_o they_o be_v move_v to_o say_v at_o some_o one_o time_n by_o some_o collatericall_a consideration_n next_o to_o this_o certain_a and_o undoubted_a damn_v of_o all_o out_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o avert_v i_o from_o it_o come_v their_o put_v all_o to_o death_n that_o be_v so_o where_o they_o have_v power_n which_o be_v a_o effect_n though_o not_o a_o necessary_a one_o of_o the_o first-opinion_n and_o that_o avert_v i_o yet_o more_o for_o i_o do_v not_o believe_v all_o to_o be_v damn_v that_o they_o damn_v but_o i_o conceive_v all_o to_o be_v kill_v that_o they_o kill_v i_o be_o sure_a if_o you_o look_v upon_o constantine_n epistle_n write_v to_o persuade_v concord_n upon_o their_o first_o disagreement_n between_o alexander_n and_o arrius_n you_o will_v find_v that_o he_o think_v and_o if_o the_o bishop_n about_o he_o have_v then_o think_v otherwise_o he_o will_v have_v be_v sure_o better_o inform_v that_o neither_o side_n deserve_v either_o death_n or_o damnation_n and_o yet_o sure_o you_o will_v say_v this_o question_n be_v as_o great_a as_o ever_o rise_v since_o for_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o opinion_n as_o thing_n so_o indifferent_a that_o the_o reader_n may_v almost_o think_v that_o they_o have_v be_v fall_v out_o at_o spurn-point_n or_o kittlepin_n he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_a be_v one_o thing_n that_o all_o agree_v and_o keep_v the_o same_o faith_n about_o divine_a providence_n i_o be_o sure_a in_o the_o same_o author_n moses_n a_o man_n praise_v by_o he_o refuse_v to_o be_v make_v bishop_n by_o lucius_n because_o he_o be_v a_o arrian_n and_o he_o answer_v that_o he_o do_v ill_a to_o refuse_v it_o because_o he_o know_v not_o what_o his_o faith_n be_v answer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o banish_n of_o bishop_n show_v enough_o thy_o faith_n so_o that_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o he_o think_v punish_v for_o opinion_n to_o be_v a_o mark_n which_o may_v serve_v to_o know_v false_a opinion_n by_o and_o i_o believe_v throughout_o antiquity_n you_o will_v find_v no_o put_v any_o to_o death_n unless_o it_o be_v such_o as_o begin_v to_o kill_v first_o as_o the_o circumcellian_o or_o such_o like_a i_o be_o sure_a christian_a religion_n chief_a glory_n be_v that_o it_o increase_v by_o be_v persecute_v and_o have_v that_o advantage_n of_o the_o mahometan_a which_o come_v in_o by_o force_n i_o think_v especial_o since_o synesius_n have_v tell_v we_o and_o reason_n tell_v man_n so_o before_o synesius_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d every_o thing_n be_v destroy_v by_o the_o contrary_a to_o what_o settle_a and_o compose_v it_o it_o shall_v be_v to_o take_v ill_a care_n of_o christianity_n to_o hold_v it_o up_o by_o turkish_a mean_n at_o least_o it_o must_v breed_v doubt_n that_o if_o the_o religion_n have_v always_o remain_v the_o same_o it_o will_v not_o be_v now_o defend_v by_o way_n so_o contrary_a to_o those_o by_o which_o at_o first_o it_o be_v propagate_v i_o desire_v recrimination_n may_v not_o be_v use_v for_o though_o it_o be_v true_a that_o calvin_n have_v do_v it_o and_o the_o church_n of_o england_n a_o little_a which_o be_v a_o little_a too_o much_o for_o negare_fw-la manifesta_fw-la non_fw-la audeo_fw-la &_o excusare_fw-la immodica_fw-la non_fw-la possum_fw-la yet_o she_o confess_v she_o may_v err_v be_v not_o so_o chargeable_a with_o any_o fault_n as_o those_o which_o pretend_v they_o can_v and_o so_o will_v be_v sure_a never_o to_o mend_v it_o and_o beside_o i_o will_v be_v bind_v to_o defend_v no_o more_o than_o i_o have_v undertake_v which_o be_v to_o give_v reason_n why_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v infallible_a i_o confess_v this_o opinion_n of_o damn_v so_o many_o and_o this_o custom_n of_o burn_v so_o many_o this_o breed_n up_o those_o who_o know_v nothing_o else_o in_o any_o point_n of_o religion_n yet_o to_o be_v in_o a_o readiness_n to_o cry_v to_o the_o fire_n with_o he_o to_o hell_n with_o he_o as_o polybius_n say_v in_o a_o certain_a furious_a faction_n of_o a_o army_n of_o several_a nation_n and_o consequent_o of_o several_a language_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o all_o join_v only_o in_o understand_v this_o word_n throw_v at_o he_o these_o i_o say_v in_o my_o opinion_n be_v chief_o the_o cause_n which_o make_v so_o many_o so_o sudden_o leave_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n that_o indeed_o to_o borrow_v the_o same_o author_n phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o need_v no_o persuasion_n to_o do_v it_o but_o only_a news_n that_o other_o have_v do_v it_o for_o as_o this_o alone_a if_o believe_v make_v all_o the_o rest_n to_o be_v so_o too_o so_o one_o thing_n alone_o dislike_v where_o infallibility_n be_v claim_v overthrow_v all_o the_o rest_n if_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o it_o agree_v not_o with_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n to_o let_v man_n want_v a_o infallible_a guide_n and_o therefore_o there_o must_v be_v one_o and_o that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v it_o yet_o if_o that_o teach_v any_o thing_n to_o my_o understanding_n contrary_a to_o god_n goodness_n i_o be_o not_o to_o receive_v her_o doctrine_n for_o the_o same_o cause_n for_o which_o they_o will_v have_v i_o receive_v it_o it_o be_v as_o good_a a_o argument_n this_o guide_n teach_v thing_n contrary_a to_o god_n goodness_n therefore_o this_o be_v not_o appoint_v by_o god_n as_o to_o say_v it_o be_v agreeable_a to_o his_o goodness_n there_o shall_v be_v one_o therefore_o there_o be_v one_o and_o sure_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o examine_v particular_a doctrine_n whether_o they_o agree_v with_o that_o principle_n which_o be_v their_o foundation_n and_o for_o that_o i_o think_v to_o damn_v he_o that_o neither_o with_o negligence_n nor_o prejudication_n search_v what_o be_v god_n will_n though_o he_o miss_v of_o it_o be_v as_o contrary_n as_o the_o first_o can_v be_v suppose_v next_o i_o will_v know_v whether_o he_o that_o have_v never_o hear_v of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n shall_v yet_o be_v damn_v for_o not_o believe_v her_o infallible_a i_o have_v so_o good_a a_o opinion_n of_o they_o as_o to_o assure_v myself_o they_o will_v answer_v he_o shall_v not_o i_o will_v then_o ask_v whether_o he_o that_o have_v search_v what_o religion_n there_o be_v and_o find_v she_o to_o be_v one_o and_o her_o infallibility_n to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o it_o if_o his_o reason_n will_v not_o assent_v to_o that_o shall_v be_v damn_v for_o be_v inquisitive_a after_o truth_n for_o he_o have_v commit_v no_o other_o fault_n great_a than_o the_o other_o and_o whether_o such_o a_o ignorance_n i_o mean_v after_o impartial_a search_n be_v not_o of_o all_o other_o the_o most_o invincible_a nay_o grant_v the_o church_n to_o be_v infallible_a yet_o i_o think_v he_o that_o deny_v it_o and_o imploy_n his_o reason_n to_o seek_v if_o it_o be_v true_a shall_v be_v in_o as_o good_a case_n as_o he_o that_o believe_v it_o and_o search_v not_o at_o all_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o proposition_n he_o receive_v for_o i_o can_v see_v why_o he_o shall_v be_v save_v because_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o parent_n belief_n or_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o country_n or_o some_o such_o accident_n the_o truth_n be_v offer_v to_o his_o understanding_n when_o have_v the_o contrary_n be_v offer_v he_o will_v have_v receive_v that_o and_o the_o other_o damn_a that_o believe_v falsehood_n upon_o as_o good_a ground_n as_o the_o other_o do_v truth_n unless_o the_o church_n be_v like_o a_o conjurer_n circle_n that_o will_v keep_v a_o man_n from_o the_o devil_n though_o he_o come_v unto_o it_o by_o chance_n they_o grant_v no_o man_n be_v a_o heretic_n that_o believe_v not_o his_o heresy_n obstinate_o and_o if_o he_o be_v no_o heretic_n he_o may_v sure_o be_v save_v it_o be_v not_o then_o certain_a
natural_a order_n and_o will_v of_o the_o maker_n order_v for_o the_o conservation_n of_o the_o most_o inward_a essence_n which_o be_v the_o charity_n we_o owe_v to_o god_n and_o our_o neighbour_n wherefore_o christian_a life_n and_o action_n consist_v but_o upon_o one_o main_a tradition_n who_o part_n be_v those_o particular_n which_o man_n specify_v either_o in_o matter_n of_o belief_n or_o action_n so_o that_o this_o connextion_n of_o its_o part_n among_o themselves_o add_v to_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n ever_o conserve_n zeal_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o his_o church_n with_o those_o help_n also_o of_o nature_n wherewith_o we_o see_v wonder_n in_o this_o kind_n do_v will_v show_v this_o conservation_n to_o be_v so_o far_o from_o impossibility_n that_o it_o will_v appear_v a_o most_o con-naturall_a and_o fit_a thing_n let_v we_o but_o consider_v it_o constant_a nation_n their_o language_n their_o habit_n their_o manner_n of_o sacrifice_a eat_a general_o live_v how_o long_o it_o do_v continue_v among_o they_o see_v that_o forlorn_a nation_n of_o jew_n how_o constant_o it_o maintain_v the_o scripture_n how_o obstinate_o their_o error_n the_o arabian_n of_o the_o desert_n from_o ishmael_n his_o time_n unto_o this_o day_n live_v in_o family_n wander_v about_o the_o desert_n where_o christian_n labour_n to_o convert_v idolater_n they_o find_v the_o main_a and_o only_a argument_n for_o their_o error_n that_o they_o receive_v they_o from_o their_o forefather_n and_o will_v not_o quit_v they_o the_o king_n of_o socotora_n think_v to_o please_v the_o portugal_n by_o reduce_v a_o nation_n that_o have_v the_o name_n of_o christian_n to_o true_a christianity_n he_o find_v they_o obstinate_o protest_v unto_o he_o that_o they_o will_v soon_o lose_v their_o life_n than_o part_n with_o the_o religion_n their_o ancestor_n have_v leave_v they_o the_o maronites_n a_o small_a handful_n of_o people_n among_o turk_n and_o heretic_n to_o this_o day_n have_v maintain_v their_o religion_n in_o syria_n and_o certain_o thousand_o of_o example_n of_o this_o kind_n may_v be_v collect_v in_o all_o nation_n and_o country_n especial_o if_o they_o be_v either_o rude_a and_o such_o as_o mingle_v not_o with_o other_o or_o such_o as_o be_v wise_a and_o out_o of_o wisdom_n seek_v to_o maintain_v their_o ancient_a belief_n and_o catholic_n be_v of_o both_o nature_n for_o they_o have_v strict_a command_n not_o to_o come_v to_o the_o ceremony_n and_o rite_n of_o other_o religion_n and_o in_o their_o own_o they_o have_v all_o mean_n imaginable_a to_o affect_v they_o to_o it_o and_o conserve_v a_o reverence_n and_o zeal_n towards_o it_o chap._n vii_o to_o come_v at_o length_n to_o the_o principal_a aim_n of_o this_o treatise_n that_o be_v to_o give_v a_o answer_n to_o he_o that_o demand_v a_o guide_n at_o my_o hand_n i_o remit_v he_o to_o the_o modern_a present_a visible_a church_n of_o rome_n that_o be_v her_z who_o be_v in_o a_o extern_a sensible_a communion_n with_o the_o extern_a sensible_a clergy_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o extern_a sensible_a head_n and_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n if_o he_o ask_v i_o now_o how_o he_o shall_v know_v she_o i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v how_o he_o shall_v know_v she_o to_o be_v the_o true_a i_o must_v contreinterrogate_v he_o who_o he_o be_v that_o be_v in_o who_o name_n he_o speak_v be_v he_o a_o ignorant_a man_n be_v he_o unlearned_a yet_o of_o good_a understanding_n in_o the_o world_n be_v he_o a_o scholar_n and_o what_o scholar_n a_o grammarian_n who_o understanding_n have_v no_o other_o help_n then_o of_o language_n be_v he_o a_o philosopher_n be_v he_o a_o divine_a i_o mean_v a_o academical_a one_o for_o a_o true_a divine_a be_v to_o teach_v not_o to_o ask_v this_o question_n be_v he_o a_o statesman_n for_o he_o who_o can_v think_v one_o answer_n can_v or_o ought_v be_v make_v to_o all_o these_o may_v likewise_o expect_v that_o a_o round_a bowl_n may_v stop_v a_o square_a hole_n or_o one_o cause_n produce_v all_o effect_n and_o hang_v lead_v at_o his_o heel_n to_o fly_v withal_o yet_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o all_o these_o must_v have_v the_o same_o guide_n though_o they_o be_v to_o be_v assure_v of_o that_o in_o divers_a sort_n and_o manner_n if_o therefore_o the_o ignorant_a man_n speak_v i_o will_v show_v he_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n a_o excellency_n in_o decency_n majesty_n of_o ceremony_n above_o all_o other_o sect_n and_o religion_n whereby_o dull_a capacity_n be_v sweet_o ensnare_v to_o believe_v the_o truth_n they_o hear_v from_o who_o they_o see_v to_o have_v the_o outward_a sign_n of_o virtue_n and_o devotion_n if_o the_o unlearned_a ask_v i_o show_v he_o the_o claim_n of_o antiquity_n the_o multitude_n the_o advantage_n of_o sanctity_n and_o learning_n the_o justifiableness_n of_o the_o cause_n how_o the_o world_n be_v once_o in_o this_o accord_n and_o those_o who_o oppose_v when_o they_o first_o part_v first_o begin_v the_o schism_n how_o the_o point_n of_o difference_n be_v such_o as_o on_o the_o catholic_a side_n help_v devotion_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_n diminish_v the_o same_o and_o such_o like_a sensible_a difference_n which_o will_v clear_o show_v a_o main_a advantage_n on_o the_o catholic_a side_n which_o be_v the_o proportional_a motive_n to_o his_o understanding_n to_o the_o grammarian_n i_o will_v give_v two_o memorandum_n first_o that_o see_v catholic_n be_v first_o in_o possession_n both_o of_o the_o scripture_n and_o the_o interpretation_n the_o adverse_a part_n be_v bind_v to_o bring_v such_o place_n as_o can_v receive_v no_o probable_a exposition_n by_o the_o catholic_n it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a that_o their_o exposition_n seem_v good_a or_o better_a that_o be_v more_o conformable_a unto_o the_o text_n but_o they_o must_v be_v evincent_n to_o which_o not_o so_o sound_a answer_n even_o with_o some_o impropriety_n can_v be_v give_v for_o who_o know_v not_o that_o be_v conversant_a in_o critic_n how_o many_o obscure_a and_o difficult_a place_n occur_v in_o most_o plain_a author_n and_o the_o scripture_n of_o all_o book_n the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o man_n who_o write_v they_o special_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v not_o eloquent_a and_o write_v not_o in_o their_o native_a tongue_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v subject_a to_o many_o impropriety_n the_o other_o memorandum_n be_v that_o to_o prove_v a_o catholic_a point_n by_o scripture_n it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o the_o place_n bring_v do_v bear_v the_o explication_n the_o catholic_a bear_v and_o if_o it_o be_v more_o probable_a by_o the_o very_a letter_n it_o be_v a_o evincent_a place_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o question_n be_v about_o a_o christian_a law_n the_o axiom_n of_o the_o jurist_n take_v place_n that_o consuetudo_fw-la optima_fw-la interpres_fw-la legis_fw-la so_o that_o if_o it_o be_v manifest_v that_o christian_a practice_n which_o be_v before_o the_o controversy_n be_v for_o the_o one_o sense_n and_o the_o word_n be_v tolerable_a no_o force_n of_o grammar_n can_v prevail_v to_o equalise_v this_o advantage_n the_o grammarian_n therefore_o who_o will_v observe_v these_o rule_n i_o turn_v he_o loose_v to_o the_o scripture_n and_o father_n to_o seek_v in_o they_o what_o be_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n and_o property_n of_o his_o church_n to_o know_v she_o by_o of_o the_o the_o philosopher_n i_o exact_v to_o go_v like_o a_o philosopher_n and_o to_o search_v out_o the_o pecificall_a difference_n of_o every_o sect_n and_o when_o he_o have_v find_v they_o if_o any_o one_o but_o the_o catholic_a have_v any_o rule_n of_o faith_n and_o good_a life_n which_o i_o remit_v to_o he_o to_o inquire_v but_o at_o least_o when_o he_o have_v find_v the_o catholic_n to_o be_v this_o claim_n of_o tradition_n before_o declare_v then_o if_o this_o do_v not_o bring_v he_o as_o demonstrative_o as_o he_o know_v any_o conclusion_n in_o philosophy_n and_o mathematics_n to_o the_o notice_n that_o this_o be_v the_o only_a true_a church_n of_o christ_n for_o my_o part_n i_o shall_v quit_v he_o before_o god_n and_o man_n the_o divine_a if_o he_o have_v true_o understand_v the_o principle_n of_o his_o faith_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o divine_a i_o mean_v trinity_n incarnation_n redemption_n eucharist_n beatitude_n the_o creation_n and_o dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n and_o have_v see_v the_o exact_a conformity_n with_o the_o deep_a principle_n of_o nature_n with_o a_o unspeakable_a wisdom_n of_o the_o contriver_n if_o he_o do_v not_o plain_o confess_v it_o be_v above_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n to_o frame_v the_o catholike-religion_n and_o see_v not_o that_o only_a that_o be_v conformable_a to_o nature_n and_o itself_o i_o say_v he_o have_v no_o ground_n sufficient_a to_o be_v of_o it_o at_o last_o the_o statesman_n who_o be_v true_o inform_v of_o the_o church_n how_o far_o it_o be_v real_o of_o christ_n institution_n and_o what_o
their_o father_n as_o from_o the_o apostle_n a_o direct_a contrary_a tradition_n to_o his_o doctrine_n if_o he_o do_v how_o can_v he_o think_v the_o pope_n either_o possible_o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o or_o excusable_a it_o he_o stand_v against_o it_o if_o not_o than_o he_o think_v our_o age_n behold_v to_o our_o father_n for_o find_v out_o some_o truth_n which_o have_v no_o such_o line_n to_o come_v down_o by_o nay_o which_o the_o apostle_n either_o teach_v not_o or_o but_o obscure_o and_o so_o as_o needs_o argument_n to_o deduce_v it_o out_o of_o their_o writing_n at_o least_o not_o so_o general_o but_o that_o a_o pope_n and_o many_o more_o chief_a doctor_n of_o the_o church_n know_v not_o they_o have_v do_v so_o although_o you_o often_o put_v we_o in_o mind_n that_o tertullian_n tell_v we_o how_o in_o that_o church_n which_o he_o govern_v the_o apostle_n pour_v out_o all_o their_o doctrine_n with_o their_o blood_n and_o in_o his_o time_n father_n teach_v not_o their_o child_n so_o and_o this_o objection_n lie_v against_o you_o as_o often_o as_o any_o of_o your_o side_n confess_v any_o of_o the_o ancient_n account_v orthodox_n to_o have_v deliver_v any_o doctrine_n contrary_a to_o that_o of_o the_o now_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o many_o of_o they_o often_o confess_v and_o yourself_o do_v not_o deny_v for_o that_o they_o can_v not_o have_v do_v if_o a_o uninterrupted_a verbal_a tradition_n have_v be_v then_o the_o only_a rule_n of_o true_a doctrine_n and_o they_o have_v know_v it_o to_o be_v so_o for_o then_o they_o have_v a_o way_n of_o information_n which_o you_o must_v confess_v easy_a since_o they_o may_v soon_o have_v know_v whether_o general_o christian_n have_v be_v teach_v the_o contrary_a under_o such_o a_o notion_n and_o in_o such_o a_o degree_n as_o you_o speak_v of_o or_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v not_o since_o either_o deviate_v from_o the_o tradition_n of_o one_o part_n or_o introduce_v on_o the_o other_o but_o because_o you_o know_v that_o the_o claim_n of_o tradition_n can_v not_o serve_v your_o church_n turn_v if_o any_o other_o different_a from_o you_o make_v the_o same_o you_o therefore_o affirm_v that_o none_o do_v and_o prove_v it_o because_o two_o can_v do_v it_o and_o in_o this_o you_o must_v give_v i_o leave_v to_o say_v that_o you_o imitate_v the_o philosopher_n who_o make_v argument_n against_o motion_n though_o one_o walk_v before_o he_o for_o though_o we_o see_v that_o the_o greek_a church_n do_v it_o as_o much_o as_o the_o roman_a though_o apt_a to_o be_v deceive_v in_o the_o do_v it_o by_o the_o same_o way_n yet_o you_o hope_v to_o persuade_v we_o beyond_o our_o eye_n by_o a_o reason_n which_o indeed_o end_v in_o a_o assertion_n for_o i_o pray_v why_o may_v not_o two_o company_n of_o christian_n both_o pretend_v to_o such_o a_o tradition_n though_o oppose_v each_o other_o as_o well_o as_o the_o asian_a church_n and_o the_o roman_a do_v long_o together_o about_o the_o celebration_n of_o easter_n but_o not_o only_o that_o it_o may_v be_v so_o but_o that_o it_o be_v so_o you_o may_v find_v by_o hieremy_n nilus_n and_o barlaam_n who_o profess_v to_o stand_v to_o the_o scripture_n the_o ancient_a tradition_n of_o their_o father_n and_o the_o seven_o first_o general_a counsel_n and_o they_o can_v be_v disprove_v no_o way_n but_o by_o the_o same_o you_o may_v be_v so_o too_o over_o and_o above_o the_o confession_n of_o your_o own_o man_n but_o suppose_v you_o do_v pretend_v and_o alone_o pretend_v to_o such_o a_o tradition_n yet_o you_o may_v false_o do_v it_o for_o i_o desire_v you_o to_o remember_v that_o the_o apostle_n deliver_v as_o well_o write_n as_o verbal_a doctrine_n and_o whatsoever_o the_o first_o age_n think_v to_o be_v contain_v there_o that_o they_o may_v as_o well_o deliver_v to_o their_o posterity_n as_o teach_v they_o by_o the_o apostle_n as_o what_o they_o receive_v by_o word_n of_o mouth_n since_o we_o use_v to_o say_v i_o learn_v this_o of_o such_o a_o man_n when_o we_o mean_v from_o his_o book_n and_o though_o you_o strive_v to_o join_v verbal_a tradition_n in_o commission_n with_o scripture_n yet_o sure_o none_o of_o you_o can_v desire_v to_o thrust_v scripture_n out_o quite_o from_o be_v at_o least_o a_o part_n of_o the_o rule_n now_o that_o they_o may_v err_v in_o interpret_n their_o writing_n and_o a_o error_n in_o the_o chief_a then_o may_v easy_o cause_v a_o general_a one_o since_o i_o think_v you_o will_v not_o deny_v especial_o since_o to_o say_v that_o they_o leave_v by_o tradition_n every_o place_n of_o scripture_n interpret_v will_v be_v a_o evident_o false_a assertion_n for_o how_o can_v the_o father_n than_o have_v write_v upon_o it_o such_o differently-expounding_a comment_n second_o how_o shall_v it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v not_o once_o two_o contrary_a tradition_n claim_v by_o two_o part_n as_o the_o asian_a church_n and_o the_o roman_a whereof_z both_o it_o seem_v claim_v a_o direct_a verbal_a tradition_n because_o one_o pretend_v to_o have_v receive_v they_o from_o saint_n john_n and_o the_o other_o from_o saint_n peter_n whereof_o there_o be_v no_o word_n in_o their_o work_n and_o that_o the_o err_a part_n do_v not_o prevail_v we_o know_v out_o of_o the_o five_o of_o eusebius_n history_n that_o the_o forerunner_n lay_v claim_v to_o tradition_n and_o name_v the_o very_a pope_n that_o have_v change_v the_o doctrine_n at_o rome_n which_o claim_n how_o impudent_o soever_o yet_o show_v that_o man_n may_v join_v to_o deceive_v their_o posterity_n as_o pretend_v to_o a_o tradition_n when_o there_o be_v no_o such_o for_o if_o you_o say_v those_o be_v but_o few_o i_o answer_v both_o that_o you_o be_v not_o certain_a of_o their_o number_n and_o since_o so_o many_o may_v join_v i_o pray_v what_o number_n be_v it_o can_v three_o since_o you_o must_v and_o do_v confess_v that_o some_o doctrine_n which_o be_v not_o once_o general_o witness_v to_o have_v be_v deliver_v by_o the_o apostle_n be_v now_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n as_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n be_v reject_v by_o the_o roman_a church_n in_o saint_n hierom_n time_n though_o to_o she_o you_o use_v to_o say_v that_o iraeneus_n will_v have_v every_o church_n agree_v and_o though_o saint_n hierom_n who_o you_o will_v prove_v to_o have_v think_v damasus_n infallible_a when_o it_o be_v know_v that_o he_o think_v libertius_fw-la a_o heretic_n receive_v it_o for_o all_o that_o because_o you_o say_v that_o these_o doctrine_n have_v so_o much_o tradition_n as_o be_v exceptione_n major_a beyond_o exception_n though_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n think_v not_o so_o then_o do_v not_o this_o rest_n upon_o the_o logic_n of_o those_o age_n to_o conclude_v what_o testimony_n be_v so_o which_o may_v easy_o deceive_v they_o especial_o since_o you_o confess_v also_o that_o particular_a tradition_n may_v be_v false_a as_o you_o instance_n in_o the_o chiliast_n and_o yet_o the_o same_o reason_n which_o persuade_v some_o to_o receive_v they_o may_v persuade_v more_o and_o more_o in_o several_a time_n and_o so_o no_o age_n need_v to_o join_v as_o you_o suppose_v and_o so_o a_o false_a tradition_n may_v grow_v a_o general_a one_o as_o it_o seem_v that_o of_o the_o chiliast_n if_o it_o be_v one_o do_v so_o general_a that_o justin_n martyr_n say_v in_o his_o time_n all_o orthodox_n christian_n hold_v it_o beside_o in_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v believe_v very_o convenient_a and_o which_o yet_o it_o be_v fear_v that_o unless_o man_n think_v they_o necessary_a they_o will_v be_v backward_o to_o practice_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o contrariety_n of_o they_o to_o their_o disposition_n as_o confession_n how_o easy_a be_v it_o for_o they_o to_o be_v after_o teach_v under_o pain_n of_o more_o danger_n then_o at_o first_o they_o be_v deliver_v with_o as_o physician_n often_o tell_v their_o patient_n unless_o they_o take_v such_o a_o potion_n from_o which_o they_o be_v very_o averse_a they_o must_v unavoidable_o die_v though_o the_o not_o take_v of_o it_o even_o in_o their_o own_o opinion_n will_v but_o make_v they_o less_o likely_a to_o recover_v some_o of_o great_a authority_n move_v by_o a_o good_a meaning_n may_v thus_o deceive_v other_o these_o thus_o deceive_v may_v deceive_v other_o till_o be_v general_o spread_v other_o good_a man_n be_v loath_a to_o oppose_v they_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n for_o which_o other_o desire_v to_o spread_v they_o as_o we_o see_v erasmus_n who_o believe_v your_o confession_n not_o to_o have_v be_v institute_v by_o the_o apostle_n yet_o will_v not_o reprehend_v they_o that_o say_v so_o think_v it_o a_o error_n that_o will_v increase_v piety_n they_o be_v at_o last_o take_v to_o have_v be_v command_v by_o the_o apostle_n without_o contradiction_n indeed_o all_o the_o way_n
which_o saint_n hierome_n give_v as_o saint_n austin_n to_o the_o pelagian_o that_o before_o arrius_n arise_v the_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n speak_v minùs_fw-la cautè_fw-la with_o less_o circumspection_n though_o it_o bring_v some_o salve_n to_o the_o present_a objection_n yet_o it_o be_v a_o weapon_n against_o tradition_n in_o general_a for_o if_o through_o want_n of_o care_n the_o best_a and_o wise_a man_n use_v to_o contradict_v tradition_n as_o you_o must_v grant_v they_o do_v then_o sure_a much_o more_o likely_a when_o they_o teach_v by_o word_n of_o mouth_n when_o less_o care_n be_v always_o use_v then_o in_o book_n and_o how_o then_o can_v any_o age_n be_v sure_a that_o by_o this_o reason_n of_o minùs_fw-la cautè_fw-la locuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la their_o ancestor_n have_v not_o mistake_v their_o father_n and_o mislead_v their_o posterity_n look_v but_o into_o athanasius_n and_o see_v but_o what_o he_o answer_v to_o what_o be_v bring_v against_o he_o out_o of_o dionysius_n alexandrinus_n true_o in_o my_o opinion_n when_o he_o strive_v to_o make_v it_o catholic_a doctrine_n he_o do_v it_o with_o no_o less_o pull_v and_o haul_v then_o sancta_fw-la clara_n use_v to_o agree_v the_o article_n of_o the_o english_a church_n with_o the_o tenet_n of_o the_o roman_a consider_v what_o eighty_o bishop_n and_o those_o orthodox_n decree_v against_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la and_o if_o you_o make_v it_o consent_v with_o athanasius_n his_o creed_n i_o shall_v believe_v that_o you_o have_v discover_v a_o way_n how_o to_o reconcile_v both_o part_n of_o a_o contradiction_n this_o i_o say_v not_o as_o intend_v by_o it_o to_o prove_v the_o arrian_n opinion_n to_o be_v true_a but_o that_o the_o contrary_a party_n insist_v not_o upon_o your_o ground_n but_o draw_v their_o belief_n out_o of_o scripture_n for_o if_o there_o have_v be_v such_o a_o common_a and_o constant_a verbal_a tradition_n the_o chief_a christian_n will_v not_o through_o want_n of_o caution_n have_v contradict_v it_o neither_o can_v constantine_n if_o it_o have_v be_v then_o as_o know_v a_o part_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n as_o christ_n resurrection_n have_v ever_o so_o slight_o esteem_v the_o question_n when_o it_o first_o arise_v neither_o will_v alexander_n the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n have_v remain_v any_o while_n in_o suspense_n as_o zozoman_n say_v he_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o this_o be_v then_o a_o question_n new_o start_v and_o speak_v of_o before_o but_o by_o accident_n and_o so_o peradventure_o minùs_fw-la cautè_fw-la for_o the_o same_o author_n say_v that_o they_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v therefore_o fain_o to_o try_v it_o by_o scripture_n esteem_v write_a tradition_n as_o sufficient_a a_o rule_n as_o verbal_a as_o you_o may_v see_v by_o constantine_n own_o word_n at_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodoret._n theodoret._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o book_n of_o the_o evangelist_n and_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o oracle_n of_o the_o ancient_a prophet_n teach_v we_o clear_o what_o we_o be_v to_o think_v of_o the_o divinity_n let_v we_o therefore_o cut_v of_o these_o divinity-inspired_a discourse_n seek_v the_o solution_n of_o our_o question_n which_o be_v the_o emperor_n proposition_n and_o pass_v uncontradict_v which_o the_o bishop_n will_v not_o have_v suffer_v it_o to_o do_v if_o they_o have_v know_v you_o to_o be_v so_o much_o the_o best_a and_o most_o certain_a way_n and_o this_o so_o hazardous_a as_o you_o suppose_v we_o have_v reason_n to_o believe_v that_o they_o for_o want_n of_o your_o direction_n make_v the_o scripture_n their_o rule_n and_o seek_v out_o for_o truth_n by_o the_o same_o way_n that_o we_o damnable_a heretic_n do_v and_o by_o that_o condemn_v the_o arrian_n as_o not_o have_v such_o a_o tradition_n as_o you_o speak_v of_o or_o if_o they_o have_v which_o be_v very_o unlikely_a count_v it_o so_o insufficient_a as_o that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o conclude_v by_o that_o neither_o do_v only_o that_o ancient_a and_o not_o you_o council_n but_o even_o your_o own_o modern_a one_o show_v that_o they_o go_v upon_o other_o ground_n since_o to_o have_v have_v every_o bishop_n ask_v what_o he_o receive_v from_o his_o teacher_n as_o receive_v from_o they_o as_o come_v down_o from_o the_o apostle_n will_v sure_o have_v be_v the_o short_a way_n to_o find_v truth_n and_o if_o they_o have_v think_v it_o the_o best_a too_o it_o will_v have_v save_v the_o friar_n at_o trent_n many_o a_o long_a dispute_n out_o of_o scripture_n father_n and_o reason_n and_o the_o bishop_n many_o a_o weary_a session_n before_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v determine_v or_o the_o party_n bring_v to_o agree_v beside_o there_o be_v another_o reason_n if_o i_o may_v be_v pardon_v a_o little_a insist_v upon_o my_o digression_n which_o persuade_v i_o that_o your_o own_o counsel_n define_v not_o upon_o your_o ground_n that_o be_v because_o suppose_v a_o thousand_o catholic_a bishop_n meet_v and_o define_v any_o thing_n yet_o we_o know_v it_o be_v not_o among_o you_o believe_v de_fw-fr fide_fw-la without_o it_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o pope_n which_o show_v plain_o enough_o that_o you_o think_v not_o they_o go_v by_o such_o a_o tradition_n since_o of_o that_o eighty_o so_o many_o person_n from_o so_o many_o several_a part_n be_v witness_n beyond_o exception_n according_a to_o your_o own_o ground_n and_o that_o their_o infallibility_n be_v not_o think_v to_o depend_v upon_o a_o impossibility_n that_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n what_o have_v be_v teach_v under_o that_o notion_n they_o shall_v either_o deceive_v or_o be_v deceive_v but_o upon_o a_o infallible_a assistance_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o may_v be_v want_v to_o any_o company_n whereof_o the_o pope_n be_v no_o part_n or_o of_o who_o decree_n he_o be_v no_o confirmer_n now_o to_o return_v to_o my_o proof_n that_o against_o the_o arrian_n there_o be_v no_o such_o tradition_n as_o you_o speak_v of_o at_o least_o that_o be_v the_o ground_n upon_o which_o they_o be_v condemn_v consider_v if_o you_o please_v that_o in_o that_o epistle_n which_o eusebius_n of_o caesarea_n write_v to_o some_o arrian_n after_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a he_o say_v first_o that_o they_o assent_v to_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d consubstantial_a because_o also_o they_o know_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o eloquent_a and_o illustrious_a bishop_n and_o writer_n have_v use_v the_o term_n in_o which_o i_o note_v that_o neither_o claim_v he_o any_o such_o verbal_a tradition_n for_o this_o as_o you_o speak_v of_o and_o of_o that_o sort_n which_o he_o claim_v he_o name_v only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o as_o know_v too_o many_o have_v write_v otherwise_o to_o give_v such_o a_o tradition_n leave_v to_o be_v general_a second_o he_o say_v they_o consent_v to_o anathematise_v the_o contradictor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o hinder_v man_n from_o use_v unwritten_a word_n by_o which_o he_o say_v and_o that_o true_o that_o all_o confusion_n have_v come_v upon_o the_o church_n and_o if_o it_o be_v ask_v why_o the_o same_o reason_n make_v they_o not_o keep_v out_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o answer_v that_o i_o believe_v or_o else_o he_o be_v not_o constant_a to_o his_o own_o reason_n that_o he_o mean_v only_o those_o word_n to_o be_v unwritten_a which_o be_v in_o scripture_n neither_o themselves_o nor_o equivalent_o whereas_o he_o take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v in_o the_o scripture_n in_o the_o latter_a sense_n and_o that_o by_o write_v he_o mean_v in_o the_o scripture_n only_o appear_v by_o what_o follow_v that_o no_o divinely-inspired_n write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v the_o arrian_n phrase_n it_o be_v neither_o fit_v to_o say_v nor_o teach_v they_o neither_o can_v you_o say_v that_o eusebius_n be_v himself_o a_o secret_a arrian_n prevaricate_v herein_o for_o theodoret_n make_v this_o epistle_n a_o argument_n against_o than_o which_o he_o will_v not_o have_v do_v if_o either_o it_o have_v seem_v to_o he_o to_o say_v any_o thing_n contrary_a to_o the_o catholic_a doctrine_n or_o not_o to_o have_v oppose_v the_o contrary_a by_o a_o catholic_a way_n at_o least_o without_o give_v his_o leader_n some_o caution_n concern_v it_o all_o which_o reason_n move_v i_o to_o think_v that_o the_o generality_n of_o christian_n have_v not_o be_v always_o teach_v the_o contrary_a to_o arrius_n doctrine_n but_o some_o one_o way_n other_o the_o other_z most_o neither_o as_o have_v be_v only_o speak_v of_o upon_o occasion_n and_o therefore_o i_o think_v you_o have_v better_o either_o say_v with_o the_o protestant_n that_o the_o truth_n be_v conclude_v as_o constantine_n say_v it_o shall_v be_v by_o argument_n from_o scripture_n or_o as_o some_o of_o your_o own_o say_v of_o
express_v her_o opinion_n that_o the_o pope_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n they_o know_v but_o whether_o tradition_n teach_v he_o to_o be_v so_o of_o divine_a or_o humane_a right_n from_o god_n of_o counsel_n or_o tacit_a consent_n and_o what_o power_n be_v include_v in_o that_o headship_n a_o mahometan_a as_o much_o instruct_v as_o most_o of_o they_o and_o even_o his_o head-ship_n be_v ordinary_o prove_v to_o they_o but_o out_o of_o some_o place_n of_o scripture_n our_o of_o which_o they_o hear_v his_o infallibility_n conclude_v too_o without_o be_v tell_v the_o different_a degree_n in_o which_o those_o two_o doctrine_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v second_o for_o the_o learned_a neither_o be_v they_o teach_v so_o well_o some_o of_o these_o thing_n but_o that_o they_o differ_v concern_v they_o and_o yourself_o fly_v whole_o speak_v of_o they_o leave_v they_o to_o agree_v among_o themselves_o opusc_n his_o opusc_n and_o as_o cardinal_n perron_n say_v in_o one_o place_n he_o will_v do_v we_o protestant_n when_o we_o differ_v suffer_v the_o dead_a to_o bury_v the_o dead_a if_o then_o neither_o be_v you_o all_o agree_v by_o what_o to_o know_v your_o church_n nor_o when_o she_o have_v define_v so_o that_o even_o what_o be_v of_o faith_n be_v undermine_v among_o you_o i_o find_v cause_n to_o believe_v that_o tradition_n be_v no_o excellent_a director_n of_o you_o even_o in_o your_o ground_n no_o not_o to_o teach_v you_o to_o know_v that_o which_o shall_v teach_v you_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o if_o you_o be_v yet_o at_o the_o same_o wicket_n and_o by_o the_o same_o degree_n by_o which_o i_o have_v show_v that_o other_o error_n both_o may_v and_o have_v not_o only_o enter_v into_o your_o church_n but_o ascend_v also_o to_o high_a place_n there_o this_o doctrine_n concern_v your_o director_n may_v have_v do_v the_o same_o true_a it_o be_v that_o very_o little_a be_v general_o and_o constant_o teach_v in_o all_o age_n to_o the_o people_n and_o that_o which_o be_v seldom_o be_v tell_v they_o to_o have_v be_v so_o receive_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n by_o the_o verbal_a tradition_n you_o speak_v of_o and_o if_o they_o be_v at_o any_o time_n teach_v so_o and_o remember_v it_o yet_o they_o know_v not_o whether_o the_o next_o curate_n teach_v the_o same_o at_o least_o if_o under_o the_o same_o notion_n and_o degree_n of_o necessity_n indeed_o it_o will_v not_o be_v so_o intricate_a a_o work_n as_o now_o adays_o it_o be_v to_o be_v a_o christian_n if_o your_o way_n have_v be_v only_o follow_v but_o it_o be_v not_o this_o tradition_n but_o the_o writing_n of_o past_a age_n which_o transmit_v to_o posterity_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o doctor_n of_o past_a time_n many_o of_o they_o be_v erroneous_a and_o more_o unnecessary_a out_o of_o these_o work_v the_o learned_a learn_fw-mi and_o teach_v again_o in_o their_o work_n what_o the_o great_a part_n the_o unlearned_a scarce_o ever_o hear_v of_o out_o of_o these_o they_o settle_v the_o degree_n your_o doctrine_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v in_o some_o as_o probable_a some_o true_a some_o almost_o necessary_a some_o altogether_o and_o teach_v concern_v other_o that_o some_o be_v false_a some_o dangerous_a some_o damnable_a whereas_o the_o vulgar_a have_v seldom_o their_o meat_n so_o curious_o joint_v to_o they_o but_o be_v tell_v in_o general_a for_o the_o most_o part_n unless_o some_o public_a opposition_n or_o other_o occasion_n persuade_v they_o at_o some_o time_n to_o descend_v to_o teach_v they_o more_o parcicularlie_o that_o this_o be_v so_o good_a and_o this_o be_v not_o so_o and_o indeed_o the_o degree_n in_o which_o the_o last_o age_n hold_v such_o a_o opnion_n be_v both_o most_o hard_a to_o know_v not_o only_o because_o the_o ignorant_a be_v seldom_o teach_v it_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n and_o the_o learned_a have_v seldom_o occasion_n without_o some_o opposition_n to_o explain_v themselves_o so_o far_o in_o their_o writing_n but_o because_o also_o as_o many_o and_o as_o considerable_a person_n not_o writing_n as_o do_v write_v we_o can_v know_v by_o the_o author_n what_o the_o whole_a age_n think_v true_a except_o the_o acceptation_n of_o that_o doctrine_n be_v a_o condition_n of_o the_o communion_n and_o most_o necessary_a to_o be_v know_v because_o most_o of_o our_o controversy_n with_o your_o church_n be_v as_o much_o if_o not_o more_o about_o the_o necessity_n of_o her_o opinion_n as_o about_o the_o truth_n of_o they_o for_o we_o see_v plain_o that_o in_o the_o pure_a age_n many_o of_o the_o chief_a doctor_n have_v contradict_v some_o of_o her_o tenet_n without_o suspicion_n of_o heresy_n be_v not_o able_a to_o conceive_v how_o a_o doctrine_n shall_v from_o be_v indifferent_a in_o one_o age_n become_v necessary_a in_o another_o and_o the_o contrary_a from_o only_a false_a heretical_a as_o time_n make_v botch_n pox_n and_o plod_v on_o will_v make_v a_o calf_n a_o ox_n d._n dr._n d._n especial_o if_o that_o way_n have_v always_o be_v walk_v in_o which_o you_o now_o speak_v of_o object_n no_o judicious_a man_n can_v deny_v to_o see_v with_o his_o eye_n if_o he_o have_v cast_v they_o never_o so_o little_a upon_o the_o present_a state_n of_o christendom_n that_o there_o be_v one_o congregation_n of_o man_n which_o lay_v claim_v to_o christ_n his_o doctrine_n as_o upon_o this_o title_n that_o she_o have_v receive_v it_o from_o his_o apostle_n without_o interruption_n deliver_v from_o father_n to_o son_n until_o this_o day_n and_o admit_v not_o any_o doctrine_n for_o good_a and_o legitimate_a which_o he_o do_v not_o receive_v in_o this_o manner_n resp_n what_o the_o judicious_a of_o who_o i_o be_o no_o member_n can_v do_v i_o know_v not_o but_o i_o not_o only_o can_v but_o do_v deny_v it_o you_o meaning_n by_o that_o congregation_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n for_o by_o see_v that_o not_o upon_o this_o but_o other_o kind_n of_o claim_n certain_a doctrine_n have_v arrive_v to_o the_o very_a brink_n of_o be_v define_v i_o have_v cause_n to_o think_v that_o if_o they_o receive_v none_o in_o upon_o on_o other_o ground_n these_o will_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o stand_v so_o near_o the_o door_n and_o indeed_o there_o be_v between_o yourself_o such_o difference_n that_o erasmus_n tell_v we_o hillar_n praefat._n in_o hillar_n that_o he_o who_o be_v a_o heretic_n among_o the_o dominican_n be_v orthodox_n to_o the_o scotist_n sure_o one_o side_n have_v admit_v of_o a_o doctrine_n for_o legitimate_a which_o have_v not_o be_v so_o receive_v and_o then_o i_o think_v this_o be_v easy_o endable_a which_o it_o be_v by_o see_v which_o claim_v such_o a_o delivery_n for_o if_o both_o do_v it_o than_o two_o part_n may_v which_o you_o deny_v if_o neither_o do_v than_o your_o whole_a church_n go_v by_o some_o other_o rule_n that_o which_o do_v upon_o that_o which_o you_o call_v the_o catholic_a ground_n i_o think_v shall_v have_v obtain_v a_o definition_n for_o she_o and_o the_o other_o which_o refist_n that_o principle_n upon_o which_o they_o ought_v only_o to_o build_v shall_v have_v be_v sudden_o and_o absolute_o condemn_v this_o will_v appear_v plain_a if_o we_o consider_v the_o opinion_n of_o your_o church_n by_o the_o action_n of_o her_o head_n in_o a_o notable_a and_o late_a example_n a_o great_a controversy_n be_v rise_v between_o the_o dominican_n and_o the_o jesuit_n it_o be_v hear_v before_o pope_n clement_n let_v we_o see_v then_o what_o course_n he_o take_v to_o find_v which_o part_n hold_v the_o truth_n since_o he_o be_v not_o likely_a especial_o in_o a_o time_n wherein_o by_o be_v more_o oppose_v then_o usual_o he_o have_v reason_n to_o be_v consequent_o more_o cautious_a to_o choose_v a_o new_a way_n by_o which_o truth_n be_v not_o wont_a to_o be_v find_v out_o by_o your_o side_n upon_o like_a occasion_n do_v he_o send_v for_o the_o wise_a and_o best_a man_n from_o all_o nay_o from_o adjoin_a part_n to_o inquire_v of_o they_o what_o they_o have_v be_v teach_v by_o their_o father_n to_o have_v be_v receive_v by_o they_o uninterrupted_o from_o the_o apostle_n do_v he_o examine_v with_o which_o of_o they_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a age_n side_v do_v he_o consider_v which_o opinion_n will_v make_v we_o have_v the_o more_o excellent_a conceit_n of_o god_n and_o work_v most_o towards_o the_o expelling_a of_o vice_n none_o of_o all_o these_o be_v he_o course_n but_o he_o appoint_v both_o side_n to_o prove_v which_o of_o they_o follow_v saint_n austin_n and_o according_a to_o they_o he_o intend_v to_o give_v sentence_n if_o the_o advice_n of_o cardinal_n perron_n have_v not_o prevail_v to_o the_o contrary_a but_o many_o day_n they_o spend_v in_o examine_v what_o he_o think_v who_o think_v so_o various_o concern_v it_o that_o he_o scarce_o know_v himself_o which_o whereas_o before_o he_o
so_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o expect_v as_o high_a a_o degree_n of_o assent_n to_o the_o first_o as_o to_o the_o second_o of_o my_o objection_n be_v intend_v against_o those_o who_o will_v be_v infallibl_o believe_v to_o be_v infallible_a upon_o probable_a ground_n for_o they_o themselves_o give_v they_o no_o high_o a_o title_n and_o indeed_o that_o itself_o in_o my_o opinion_n be_v more_o than_o they_o deserve_v object_n what_o shall_v we_o expect_v then_o in_o religion_n to_o see_v a_o main_a advantage_n on_o the_o one_o party_n we_o cast_v ourselves_o upon_o resp_n true_o such_o advantage_n on_o your_o part_n i_o can_v see_v neither_o if_o i_o do_v can_v i_o in_o reason_n join_v with_o you_o a_o main_a advantage_n it_o be_v to_o have_v more_o truth_n than_o any_o other_o society_n of_o christian_n but_o suppose_v you_o have_v so_o which_o be_v but_o a_o supposition_n for_o i_o very_o believe_v if_o the_o question_n be_v but_o who_o have_v most_o title_n to_o so_o much_o you_o will_v appear_v to_o a_o dispassionate_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neither_o three_o nor_o four_o according_a to_o the_o answer_n of_o the_o ancient_a oracle_n yet_o you_o withal_o require_v not_o only_o that_o i_o shall_v believe_v you_o err_v in_o nothing_o but_o that_o you_o never_o can_v and_o then_o i_o have_v rather_o remain_v in_o their_o communion_n i_o say_v not_o who_o themselves_o err_v not_o but_o who_o condition_n of_o communion_n be_v less_o rigorous_a and_o exact_v not_o of_o i_o to_o profess_v they_o can_v not_o err_v when_o i_o believe_v they_o do_v and_o if_o you_o answer_v that_o it_o will_v necessary_o follow_v that_o if_o they_o have_v few_o error_n they_o must_v have_v none_o because_o some_o society_n of_o christian_n must_v be_v always_o free_a from_o all_o this_o i_o shall_v absolute_o deny_v and_o the_o more_o earnest_o because_o i_o know_v this_o be_v a_o trap_n wherein_o many_o have_v be_v catch_v who_o take_v this_o for_o grant_v have_v examine_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o most_o know_a church_n of_o protestant_n and_o find_v as_o they_o think_v and_o peradventure_o true_o some_o error_n in_o they_o some_o doctrine_n no_o way_n to_o be_v prove_v but_o upon_o popish_a ground_n and_o by_o that_o justify_v those_o and_o some_o imputation_n impose_v upon_o their_o adversary_n wherein_o their_o tenet_n or_o the_o consequence_n from_o they_o be_v mistake_v they_o then_o by_o the_o dog_n logic_n have_v run_v over_o without_o smell_v to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o know_v no_o other_o society_n but_o these_o and_o be_v praeposse_v that_o one_o of_o necessity_n must_v be_v free_a from_o all_o error_n whereas_o for_o my_o part_n as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o who_o bind_v not_o themselves_o to_o believe_v absolute_o the_o whole_a doctrine_n of_o any_o sect_n but_o pick_v out_o what_o they_o think_v accord_v with_o reason_n out_o of_o they_o all_o be_v a_o wise_a sort_n of_o philosopher_n so_o they_o seem_v to_o i_o reasonable_a divine_n who_o speak_v god_n will_v as_o they_o do_v truth_n for_o it_o be_v not_o to_o choose_v by_o reason_n and_o scripture_n or_o tradition_n receive_v by_o reason_n which_o make_v a_o heretic_n but_o to_o choose_v a_o opinion_n which_o will_v make_v most_o either_o for_o the_o chooser_n lust_n or_o power_n and_o fame_n and_o then_o seek_v way_n how_o to_o entitle_v god_n to_o it_o for_o since_o it_o will_v be_v a_o miracle_n if_o the_o error_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v long_o gather_v can_v have_v be_v all_o discover_v in_o a_o day_n or_o if_o it_o have_v be_v possible_a for_o the_o first_o reformer_n who_o have_v their_o eye_n but_o new_o open_a it_o be_v not_o strange_a if_o like_o the_o man_n in_o the_o gospel_n they_o see_v at_o first_o man_n walk_v like_o tree_n and_o have_v but_o a_o imperfect_a apprehension_n of_o truth_n especial_o be_v in_o tully_n state_n quem_fw-la fugio_fw-la habeo_fw-la quem_fw-la sequar_fw-la non_fw-la habeo_fw-la i_o see_v who_o to_o fly_v but_o not_o who_o to_o follow_v not_o to_o have_v leave_v some_o opinion_n untaxt_v which_o yet_o be_v error_n nor_o to_o have_v expurged_a other_o which_o yet_o be_v none_o i_o can_v see_v why_o we_o may_v not_o in_o some_o point_n join_v with_o the_o one_o and_o with_o other_o in_o other_o and_o beside_o find_v some_o truth_n which_o lie_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_o in_o the_o midway_n between_o the_o party_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nay_o in_o some_o point_n differ_v whole_o from_o both_o which_o liberty_n if_o it_o be_v general_o allow_v and_o general_o practise_v if_o particular_a interest_n be_v tread_v whole_o under_o foot_n especial_o by_o the_o great_a and_o if_o such_o spirit_n as_o those_o of_o cassander_n and_o melancton_n be_v more_o common_a no_o considerable_a thing_n will_v in_o a_o short_a time_n be_v leave_v but_o all_o will_v flow_v again_o in_o the_o same_o channel_n whereas_o this_o opinion_n that_o always_o one_o part_n err_v not_o be_v both_o prejudicial_a to_o truth_n and_o the_o best_a unity_n which_o be_v that_o of_o charity_n for_o it_o persuade_v they_o who_o have_v few_o error_n to_o believe_v those_o to_o be_v none_o and_o to_o hate_v all_o opposer_n as_o heretic_n and_o of_o this_o your_o church_n be_v most_o guilty_a which_o not_o only_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o one_o but_o that_o she_o be_v it_o and_o prophecy_n as_o much_o of_o herself_o always_o for_o the_o future_a as_o she_o promise_v for_o the_o present_a and_o upon_o this_o ground_n like_o he_o who_o have_v win_v nineteen_o game_n at_o table_n throw_v the_o dice_n in_o the_o fire_n for_o not_o win_v he_o the_o twenty_o though_o we_o shall_v yield_v to_o she_o in_o all_o point_v but_o one_o and_o that_o the_o least_o considerable_a she_o will_v yet_o throw_v we_o into_o the_o fire_n as_o heretic_n for_o dissent_v from_o she_o in_o that_o object_n you_o be_v bid_v to_o put_v what_o year_n or_o age_n such_o a_o error_n enter_v and_o it_o be_v evident_o true_a that_o then_o that_o year_n or_o age_n the_o church_n conspire_v to_o tell_v a_o lie_n and_o deceive_v their_o posterity_n resp_n you_o will_v never_o be_v love_v if_o you_o be_v a_o poser_n and_o use_v to_o ask_v such_o hard_a question_n for_o either_o you_o must_v mean_v by_o a_o opinion_n enter_v when_o first_o any_o man_n pofess_v it_o or_o when_o first_o by_o all_o in_o communion_n with_o your_o church_n it_o be_v assent_v unto_o if_o you_o mean_v the_o first_o it_o be_v impossiible_a to_o be_v answer_v for_o if_o one_o shall_v ask_v who_o teach_v first_o that_o christ_n be_v not_o beget_v by_o god_n before_o he_o be_v conceive_v by_o the_o virgin_n mary_n through_o his_o power_n and_o the_o over-shadowing_a of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n one_o who_o know_v little_a of_o antiquity_n will_v answer_v socinus_n a_o more_o learned_a person_n will_v say_v photinus_n another_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la another_o may_v find_v before_o he_o artemon_n and_o another_o yet_o before_o he_o theodorus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o who_o curious_a logician_n and_o great_a reader_n of_o euclid_n aristotle_n galen_n and_o theophrastus_n be_v join_v and_o yet_o that_o he_o be_v the_o first_o we_o have_v no_o certainty_n for_o if_o a_o little_a of_o eusebius_n have_v be_v lose_v theodorus_n and_o artemon_n have_v not_o be_v now_o hear_v of_o which_o may_v as_o well_o have_v happen_v to_o other_o before_o they_o either_o by_o want_n of_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o a_o historian_n or_o by_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o history_n and_o not_o only_o be_v this_o so_o in_o this_o but_o in_o all_o other_o point_n if_o you_o mean_v the_o second_o for_o so_o you_o must_v by_o your_o inference_n though_o the_o word_n of_o the_o question_n will_v bear_v both_o sense_n it_o be_v as_o impossible_a for_o you_o to_o receive_v a_o answer_n for_o how_o shall_v i_o know_v when_o all_o it_o be_v grant_v for_o suppose_v no_o author_n to_o have_v be_v lose_v and_o i_o to_o have_v read_v and_o remember_v they_o all_o yet_o as_o in_o england_n when_o the_o calvinist_n opinion_n prevail_v most_o as_o wise_a and_o learned_a man_n as_o those_o who_o write_v though_o differ_v in_o opinion_n from_o the_o author_n yet_o oppose_v they_o not_o so_o public_o but_o that_o many_o may_v believe_v the_o more_o general_a tenet_n to_o be_v receive_v by_o all_o how_o shall_v i_o know_v that_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o author_n of_o several_a age_n do_v agree_v with_o that_o of_o all_o equal_o wise_a and_o learned_a in_o the_o same_o time_n for_o if_o there_o be_v no_o great_a certainty_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o all_o of_o one_o kingdom_n in_o our_o own_o age_n think_v what_o infallibility_n can_v
this_o you_o speak_v of_o be_v now_o it_o for_o you_o will_v not_o say_v she_o always_o be_v and_o not_o to_o quarrel_v with_o you_o for_o give_v i_o a_o accidental_a and_o mutable_a guide_n that_o be_v a_o thing_n which_o you_o suppose_v so_o necessary_a to_o be_v always_o know_v i_o will_v join_v issue_n upon_o this_o with_o you_o whether_o she_o be_v to_o be_v know_v to_o be_v a_o guide_n by_o any_o infallible_a note_n for_o such_o be_v require_v by_o reason_n to_o beget_v such_o a_o assent_n as_o be_v require_v by_o you_o all_o other_o be_v term_v by_o yourselves_o not_o faith_n but_o opinion_n to_o your_o contra-interrogation_a therefore_o who_o i_o be_o that_o be_v in_o who_o name_n i_o speak_v i_o answer_v and_o profess_v myself_o one_o of_o the_o notable_o ignorant_a but_o though_o i_o act_v my_o own_o part_n only_o when_o i_o speak_v in_o his_o person_n yet_o for_o once_o i_o will_v adventure_v to_o answer_v you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o several_a person_n you_o speak_v of_o and_o will_v show_v that_o none_o of_o they_o have_v sufficient_a cause_n to_o receive_v the_o guide_n which_o you_o propose_v upon_o the_o reason_n which_o you_o allege_v object_n if_o the_o ignorant_a man_n speak_v i_o will_v show_v he_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n decency_n and_o majesty_n of_o ceremony_n above_o all_o other_o sect_n and_o religion_n whereby_o dull_a capacity_n be_v sweet_o ensnare_v to_o believe_v the_o truth_n they_o hear_v from_o those_o who_o they_o see_v to_o have_v the_o outward_a sign_n of_o virtue_n and_o devotion_n resp_n to_o this_o i_o answer_v in_o the_o ignorant_a man_n person_n that_o be_v in_o my_o own_o thus_o i_o for_o my_o part_n neither_o see_v what_o you_o say_v you_o show_v i_o for_o in_o all_o decency_n and_o majesty_n of_o ceremony_n the_o king_n chapel_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o equal_v the_o queen_n and_o our_o cathedral_n church_n much_o to_o surpass_v your_o cock-lofts_a and_o if_o i_o do_v yet_o the_o decency_n of_o they_o will_v not_o prove_v your_o church_n to_o be_v a_o good_a guide_n so_o well_o as_o a_o good_a mistress_n of_o ceremony_n and_o if_o by_o their_o majesty_n you_o mean_v their_o magnificence_n then_o that_o will_v only_o prove_v her_o rich_a and_o not_o orthodox_n since_o this_o be_v such_o a_o note_n that_o her_o doctrine_n remain_v as_o true_a as_o it_o be_v one_o persecution_n will_v serve_v to_o destroy_v it_o and_o with_o it_o all_o that_o mean_n which_o you_o allow_v the_o ignorant_a to_o find_v his_o guide_n by_o and_o whereas_o you_o say_v that_o dull_a capacity_n be_v by_o this_o sweet_o ensnare_v to_o believe_v the_o truth_n i_o answer_v that_o by_o the_o same_o mean_n they_o may_v be_v as_o sweet_o and_o as_o easy_o ensnare_v to_o believe_v falsehood_n unless_o you_o can_v show_v that_o majesty_n and_o truth_n be_v inseparable_a companion_n object_n if_o the_o unlearned_a ask_v i_o show_v he_o the_o claim_n of_o antiquity_n the_o multitude_n the_o advantage_n of_o sanctity_n and_o learning_n how_o the_o world_n be_v once_o of_o this_o accord_n and_o those_o who_o oppose_v when_o they_o first_o part_v first_o begin_v the_o contrary_a sect_n how_o the_o point_n of_o difference_n be_v such_o as_o on_o the_o catholic_a side_n help_v devotion_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n diminish_v the_o same_o and_o such_o like_a sensible_a difference_n which_o will_v clear_o show_v a_o advantage_n on_o the_o catholic_n side_n which_o be_v the_o proportional_a motive_n to_o his_o understanding_n resp_n i_o see_v indeed_o you_o claim_v antiquity_n but_o do_v you_o think_v it_o reasonable_a that_o i_o shall_v take_v your_o word_n our_o divine_n who_o because_o i_o know_v more_o i_o have_v more_o cause_n to_o trust_v than_o you_o in_o a_o case_n of_o which_o i_o myself_o can_v take_v no_o cognizance_n absolute_o deny_v it_o and_o to_o i_o you_o can_v disprove_v they_o unless_o i_o have_v at_o least_o some_o learning_n to_o enable_v i_o to_o judge_v who_o quote_v that_o true_o which_o now_o i_o can_v construe_v for_o multitude_n i_o find_v not_o what_o that_o prove_v it_o may_v work_v upon_o my_o fear_n rather_o than_o upon_o my_o assent_n yet_o i_o be_o tell_v that_o many_o more_o christian_n disagree_v from_o your_o church_n in_o this_o main_a question_n of_o she_o be_v a_o guide_n than_o she_o consist_v of_o that_o the_o turk_n be_v more_o then_o both_o and_o the_o pagan_n more_o than_o all_o three_o so_o that_o if_o they_o relate_v the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n aright_o multitude_n must_v rather_o seem_v a_o argument_n against_o truth_n then_o for_o it_o and_o forasmuch_o as_o i_o can_v see_v myself_o your_o religion_n be_v the_o least_o in_o this_o kingdom_n and_o i_o know_v no_o other_o for_o the_o advantage_n of_o sanctity_n and_o learning_n to_o the_o first_o i_o answer_v that_o since_o in_o a_o country_n where_o the_o state_n be_v their_o adversary_n and_o where_o for_o fear_v of_o scandal_n and_o hope_v of_o gain_v number_n to_o their_o church_n to_o help_n both_o to_o the_o surety_n and_o ornament_n of_o it_o by_o commend_v their_o doctrine_n by_o their_o life_n in_o likelihood_n they_o be_v more_o vigilant_a against_o vice_n then_o where_o they_o have_v no_o such_o thorn_n against_o their_o breast_n to_o keep_v they_o awak_v even_o here_o i_o can_v find_v no_o such_o advantage_n as_o you_o pretend_v i_o have_v no_o cause_n to_o guess_v that_o i_o shall_v find_v it_o where_o the_o incitement_n of_o emulation_n and_o such_o like_a be_v absent_a and_o the_o charm_n of_o greatness_n wealth_n power_n and_o by_o consequence_n likelihood_n of_o impunity_n be_v present_a for_o the_o advantage_n of_o learning_n i_o answer_v that_o speak_v to_o i_o with_o the_o foreknowledge_n of_o my_o be_v unlearned_a i_o wonder_v you_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o such_o a_o motive_n which_o how_o true_a soever_o it_o be_v in_o itself_o i_o be_o not_o capable_a of_o discern_v to_o be_v so_o any_o more_o than_o a_o blind_a man_n be_v likely_a to_o assent_v to_o a_o argument_n draw_v from_o colour_n of_o which_o he_o can_v have_v no_o possible_a notion_n now_o whereas_o you_o say_v that_o the_o world_n be_v once_o of_o this_o accord_n it_o be_v more_o than_o i_o know_v we_o be_v tell_v that_o whole_a church_n in_o the_o east_n have_v long_o deny_v this_o when_o luther_n first_o leave_v you_o and_o howsoever_o that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v bring_v in_o time_n by_o art_n prop_v by_o power_n to_o accord_v in_o a_o error_n be_v more_o than_o you_o have_v prove_v whereas_o you_o say_v that_o those_o who_o oppose_v this_o when_o they_o first_o part_v first_o begin_v the_o contrary_a sect_n i_o answer_v that_o our_o man_n pretend_v that_o they_o begin_v no_o new_a doctrine_n but_o only_o scour_v off_o the_o rust_n which_o time_n and_o worldly_a end_n in_o some_o and_o negligence_n in_o other_o have_v suffer_v to_o grow_v on_o which_o question_n again_o remain_v to_o be_v try_v if_o you_o refuse_v scripture_n as_o your_o side_n use_v to_o do_v by_o a_o jury_n of_o such_o who_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n untranslate_v or_o those_o which_o be_v by_o party_n and_o who_o language_n i_o can_v spell_v nor_o consequent_o determine_v by_o their_o evidence_n now_o whereas_o you_o say_v that_o the_o point_n in_o controversy_n on_o your_o side_n help_v devotion_n and_o on_o we_o diminish_v it_o i_o wish_v you_o have_v instance_a which_o and_o wherein_o for_o i_o for_o the_o most_o part_n see_v nothing_o towards_o it_o they_o be_v mere_a speculative_a opinion_n and_o not_o reduceable_a to_o life_n as_o especial_o this_o whereof_z we_o most_o differ_v which_o be_v your_o church_n be_v a_o general_a guide_n those_o which_o most_o may_v seem_v such_o be_v either_o confession_n which_o yet_o we_o deny_v only_o to_o be_v necessary_a not_o profitable_a if_o well_o use_v which_o be_v practise_v by_o some_o of_o we_o and_o recommend_v to_o all_o and_o which_o as_o you_o have_v temper_v it_o make_v contrition_n sufficient_a for_o his_o salvation_n who_o have_v till_o his_o hour_n of_o death_n live_v in_o all_o sin_n and_o make_v attrition_n with_o absolution_n of_o the_o same_o force_n as_o contrition_n and_o require_v to_o attrition_n as_o i_o be_o tell_v you_o do_v only_a sorrow_n for_o sin_n though_o arise_v from_o the_o fear_n of_o hell_n so_o some_o love_n of_o god_n be_v join_v to_o it_o which_o none_o can_v want_v but_o a_o infidel_n will_v not_o help_v devotion_n much_o but_o rather_o diminish_v it_o or_o monastic_a life_n which_o be_v grow_v into_o great_a excess_n and_o disorder_n which_o yet_o many_o wise_a and_o modern_a protestant_n think_v might_n as_o well_o have_v be_v reform_v as_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o church_n without_o total_a obolition_n and_o so_o
than_o many_o text_n as_o cajetane_v salmeron_n and_o maldonate_fw-it shall_v bear_v i_o witness_n unless_o like_o samson_n you_o may_v break_v those_o rope_n by_o which_o other_o must_v be_v bind_v and_o add_v to_o all_o this_o that_o our_o custom_n may_v serve_v to_o show_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o law_n when_o ourselves_o be_v author_n of_o it_o though_o not_o when_o god_n be_v and_o that_o our_o general_a custom_n argue_v our_o unite_a consent_n which_o only_o give_v force_n to_o our_o law_n may_v be_v as_o fit_a to_o bind_v as_o a_o law_n in_o civil_a case_n and_o yet_o not_o in_o divine_a where_o the_o law_n proceed_v from_o a_o high_a fountain_n that_o such_o a_o rule_n may_v be_v good_a in_o civil_a resolution_n which_o require_v but_o probable_a proof_n and_o yet_o not_o in_o divine_a one_o where_o according_a to_o the_o ground_n of_o your_o party_n which_o require_v a_o undoubting_a assent_n to_o her_o doctrine_n as_o infallible_a infallible_a proof_n be_v necessary_a especial_o this_o like_o other_o topycall_a argument_n have_v only_a force_n caeteris_fw-la paribus_fw-la and_o again_o good_a where_o it_o be_v not_o so_o necessary_a that_o the_o will_n of_o the_o legislator_n be_v follow_v as_o that_o peace_n and_o quiet_a be_v preserve_v to_o which_o all_o alteration_n even_o to_o the_o better_a be_v enemy_n and_o yet_o not_o in_o these_o case_n where_o we_o be_v to_o prefer_v the_o will_n of_o our_o lawmaker_n before_o any_o humane_a convenience_n or_o good_a if_o the_o custom_n past_o unquestioned_a when_o the_o law_n be_v first_o promulgate_v but_o not_o if_o creep_v in_o after_o by_o negligence_n or_o plain_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v bring_v in-by_a power_n all_o this_o persuade_v i_o not_o to_o be_v so_o far_o sway_v by_o your_o rule_n as_o you_o will_v have_v i_o i_o suppose_v you_o have_v small_a hope_n that_o not_o be_v so_o i_o shall_v find_v either_o in_o scripture_n or_o the_o first_o antiquity_n either_o that_o faith_n which_o your_o church_n propose_v or_o these_o property_n of_o christ_n church_n by_o which_o your_o church_n prove_v or_o rather_o strive_v to_o prove_v that_o she_o it_o be_v give_v i_o leave_v beside_o to_o ask_v you_o one_o question_n and_o that_o be_v what_o we_o shall_v conclude_v when_o the_o christian_a practice_n of_o several_a place_n have_v ever_o differ_v as_o that_o of_o greece_n from_o that_o of_o rome_n which_o it_o may_v also_o do_v in_o more_o place_n than_o we_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o extent_n of_o christianity_n be_v unknown_a to_o we_o as_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o some_o remote_a christian_a country_n which_o we_o know_v object_n of_o the_o philosopher_n i_o exact_v to_o go_v like_o a_o philosopher_n and_o to_o search_v out_o the_o specifical_a difference_n of_o every_o sect_n and_o when_o he_o have_v find_v they_o if_o any_o one_o but_o the_o catholic_n have_v any_o rule_n of_o faith_n and_o good_a life_n which_o i_o remit_v to_o he_o to_o inquire_v but_o at_o least_o when_o he_o have_v find_v the_o catholic_n to_o be_v this_o claim_n of_o tradition_n before_o declare_v then_o if_o this_o do_v not_o bring_v he_o as_o demonstrative_o as_o he_o know_v any_o conclusion_n in_o philosophy_n and_o mathematics_n to_o the_o notice_n of_o this_o be_v the_o only_a true_a church_n of_o christ_n for_o my_o part_n i_o shall_v quit_v he_o before_o god_n and_o man._n resp_n i_o have_v examine_v the_o difference_n between_o all_o part_n as_o you_o bid_v i_o and_o find_v the_o protestant_n to_o have_v a_o sufficient_a rule_n of_o faith_n and_o good_a life_n yea_o such_o a_o one_o as_o by_o master_n knot_n confession_n quem_fw-la honoris_fw-la causa_fw-la nomino_fw-la be_v as_o perfect_a as_o a_o writing_n can_v be_v and_o since_o a_o writing_n may_v contain_v all_o doctrine_n and_o only_o can_v give_v testimony_n to_o itself_o nor_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o think_v it_o inferior_a to_o that_o of_o their_o adversary_n your_o claim_n of_o tradition_n i_o see_v plain_o enough_o and_o as_o plain_o that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o claim_n many_o of_o your_o side_n overthrow_v it_o and_z other_o not_o of_o your_o own_o pretend_v to_o it_o bishop_n fisher_n confess_v that_o scripture_n and_o miracle_n bring_v in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o purgatory_n and_o that_o again_o the_o doctrine_n of_o indulgence_n erasmus_n who_o though_o himself_o no_o martyr_n yet_o one_o who_o may_v pass_v for_o a_o confessor_n have_v suffer_v and_o long_o by_o the_o bigott_n of_o both_o party_n and_o a_o dear_a friend_n both_o to_o fisher_n and_o his_o colleague_n in_o martyrdom_n sir_n thomas_n moor_n who_o be_v the_o deucalion_n of_o learning_n in_o this_o our_o country_n make_v yet_o a_o large_a confession_n non_fw-la obscurum_fw-la est_fw-la quot_fw-la opiniones_fw-la invectae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o orbem_fw-la per_fw-la homines_fw-la ad_fw-la suum_fw-la quaestum_fw-la callidos_fw-la conflictorum_fw-la miraculorum_fw-la praesidio_fw-la these_o reason_n alone_o allow_v for_o brevity_n sake_n that_o i_o have_v no_o more_o will_v make_v i_o believe_v not_o only_o that_o what_o you_o say_v conclude_v not_o geometrical_o but_o persuade_v not_o probable_o and_o consequent_o you_o by_o your_o promise_n have_v quit_v i_o which_o without_o it_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o god_n will_v have_v do_v object_n the_o divine_a if_o he_o have_v true_o understand_v the_o principle_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o divine_a i_o mean_v trinity_n incarnation_n redemption_n eucharist_n beatitude_n the_o creation_n and_o dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n and_o have_v see_v the_o exact_a conformity_n of_o the_o deep_a principle_n of_o nature_n with_o a_o unspeakable_a wisdom_n of_o the_o contriver_n if_o he_o do_v not_o plain_o confess_v it_o be_v above_o the_o naure_n of_o man_n to_o frame_v the_o catholic_a religion_n and_o see_v not_o that_o only_a that_o be_v conformable_a to_o nature_n and_o itself_o i_o say_v he_o have_v no_o ground_n sufficient_a to_o be_v of_o it_o resp_n suppose_v the_o great_a part_n of_o what_o you_o say_v to_o be_v true_a for_o i_o see_v not_o how_o a_o bare_a consideration_n even_o of_o these_o doctrine_n will_v serve_v to_o prove_v they_o to_o come_v from_o god_n revelation_n it_o may_v prove_v the_o christian_a religion_n against_o pagan_n but_o for_o you_o against_o protestant_n i_o can_v draw_v out_o of_o it_o no_o argument_n which_o if_o upon_o your_o explanation_n it_o appear_v not_o to_o be_v through_o the_o default_n of_o the_o lymbeck_n which_o i_o expect_v then_o the_o better_a i_o think_v of_o you_o the_o worse_o i_o shall_v think_v of_o your_o cause_n which_o will_v have_v minister_v to_o so_o sharp_a a_o inquirer_n better_a proof_n but_o that_o the_o old_a axiom_n hinder_v it_o of_o nihil_fw-la that_fw-mi quod_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la these_o principle_n of_o faith_n you_o speak_v of_o be_v agree_v on_o by_o both_o part_n so_o out_o of_o their_o truth_n and_o the_o impossibility_n of_o their_o be_v forge_v all_o the_o other_o point_n can_v be_v prove_v which_o have_v upon_o they_o no_o necessary_a dependence_n and_o that_o your_o religion_n be_v conformable_a to_o the_o deep_a principle_n of_o nature_n i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o see_v that_o i_o conceive_v your_o own_o opinion_n of_o transubstantiation_n contradict_v they_o almost_o all_o neither_o see_v i_o any_o such_o unspeakablenesse_n in_o the_o contrive_n but_o that_o ordinary_a understanding_n by_o several_a degree_n in_o a_o long_a tract_n of_o many_o ignorant_a negligent_a age_n egg_v on_o by_o ambition_n cloak_v over_o by_o hypocrisy_n assist_v by_o false_a miracle_n and_o maintain_v by_o tyranny_n may_v easy_o both_o induce_v and_o establish_v they_o so_o that_o though_o we_o have_v hitherto_o differ_v in_o our_o premise_n yet_o we_o meet_v in_o the_o conclusion_n which_o be_v that_o i_o have_v no_o sufficient_a ground_n to_o be_v of_o your_o religion_n object_n the_o statesman_n who_o be_v true_o inform_v of_o the_o church_n how_o far_o be_v real_o of_o christ_n institution_n and_o what_o either_o pious_a man_n have_v add_v or_o peradventure_o ambitious_a man_n encroacht_v if_o he_o do_v not_o find_v a_o government_n of_o so_o high_a and_o exotic_a strain_n that_o neither_o man_n wit_n dare_v to_o have_v attempt_v it_o neither_o man_n power_n will_v possible_o have_v effect_v it_o if_o he_o find_v no_o eminent_a help_n and_o no_o disadvantage_n to_o the_o temporal_a government_n i_o shall_v think_v there_o want_v one_o star_n in_o the_o heaven_n of_o the_o church_n to_o direct_v these_o sage_n to_o bethlehem_n resp_n i_o answer_v now_o in_o the_o person_n of_o a_o statesman_n a_o part_n which_o but_o for_o this_o occasion_n i_o be_o sure_a never_o to_o have_v act_v thus_o i_o find_v so_o much_o policy_n in_o your_o church_n for_o most_o part_n real_o and_o always_o in_o voto_fw-la
have_v go_v before_o i_o to_o wit_n that_o i_o shall_v be_v to_o seek_v all_o my_o life_n time_n as_o i_o see_v they_o be_v and_o how_o great_o they_o magnify_v very_o weak_a piece_n on_o the_o other_o side_n i_o see_v every_o man_n who_o follow_v as_o far_o as_o he_o follow_v it_o be_v at_o quiet_a repl._n i_o see_v not_o but_o the_o great_a part_n of_o those_o who_o take_v the_o ground_n which_o you_o mislike_v be_v yet_o settle_v and_o confident_a enough_o in_o their_o opinion_n and_o if_o they_o continue_v always_o seek_v truth_n for_o the_o love_n of_o it_o i_o know_v not_o why_o they_o shall_v be_v the_o less_o likely_a to_o find_v heaven_n neither_o think_v i_o that_o you_o will_v say_v nay_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o your_o own_o word_n that_o you_o will_v not_o say_v that_o saint_n austin_n have_v be_v damn_v if_o he_o have_v die_v in_o his_o search_n nor_o consequent_o any_o other_o in_o his_o case_n and_o whereas_o you_o say_v that_o all_o who_o follow_v the_o other_o be_v at_o quiet_a as_o far_o as_o they_o follow_v it_o i_o answer_v so_o be_v all_o who_o fix_o believe_v themselves_o to_o follow_v a_o infallible_a although_o indeed_o a_o false_a guide_v as_o the_o mahometans_n be_v lead_v by_o their_o mufty_n which_o prove_v quiet_a no_o sufficient_a caution_n for_o truth_n nor_o security_n for_o safety_n and_o that_o suppose_v you_o the_o more_o easy_a and_o satisfy_a way_n it_o follow_v not_o that_o it_o be_v the_o more_o reasonable_a and_o for_o what_o you_o say_v of_o a_o man_n duty_n to_o judge_v himself_o rigorous_o whether_o he_o seek_v as_o he_o ought_v i_o subscribe_v to_o that_o opinion_n and_o approve_v of_o your_o council_n resp_n beside_o this_o he_o must_v have_v this_o care_n that_o he_o seek_v what_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o subject_n can_v yield_v and_o not_o as_o these_o physician_n who_o when_o they_o have_v promise_v no_o less_o than_o immortality_n can_v at_o last_o only_a reach_n to_o some_o conservation_n of_o health_n or_o youth_n in_o some_o small_a degree_n so_o i_o can_v wish_v the_o author_n well_o to_o assure_v himself_o first_o that_o there_o be_v possible_a a_o infallibility_n before_o he_o be_v to_o earnest_a to_o be_v content_v with_o nothing_o less_o for_o what_o if_o humane_a nature_n shall_v not_o be_v capable_a of_o so_o great_a a_o good_a will_v he_o therefore_o think_v fit_v to_o live_v without_o any_o religion_n because_o he_o can_v not_o get_v such_o a_o one_o as_o himself_o desire_v though_o with_o more_o than_o a_o man_n wish_n repl._n what_o you_o now_o say_v i_o confess_v be_v very_o rational_a as_o indeed_o all_o you_o say_v be_v as_o much_o as_o your_o cause_n will_v suffer_v and_o i_o require_v you_o not_o therefore_o to_o prove_v your_o opinion_n to_o be_v infallible_a by_o infallible_a argument_n as_o necessary_a to_o be_v do_v in_o itself_o but_o as_o necessary_a to_o be_v do_v by_o they_o of_o who_o opinion_n their_o church_n infallibility_n be_v not_o only_o a_o part_n but_o a_o ground_n and_o that_o the_o chief_a if_o not_o the_o only_a one_o and_o of_o which_o a_o infallible_a certainty_n be_v the_o first_o and_o main_a condition_n of_o their_o communion_n and_o our_o want_n of_o it_o one_o of_o their_o main_a objection_n against_o we_o resp_n he_o that_o will_v make_v a_o judgement_n in_o a_o art_n he_o be_v not_o master_n in_o if_o he_o be_v deceive_v it_o be_v to_o be_v impute_v to_o himself_o the_o phrase_n command_v we_o to_o believe_v every_o man_n in_o his_o art_n he_o who_o know_v and_o understand_v himself_o believe_v not_o therefore_o when_o we_o see_v master_n in_o a_o art_n we_o be_v not_o skill_v in_o oppose_v we_o we_o may_v believe_v we_o be_v in_o the_o wrong_n which_o will_v breed_v this_o resolution_n in_o the_o author_n of_o the_o discourse_n that_o if_o himself_o be_v not_o skill_v in_o all_o those_o way_n in_o which_o he_o pursue_v his_o search_n he_o must_v find_v himself_o obleige_v to_o seek_v master_n who_o be_v both_o well_o skill_v and_o the_o matter_n be_v subject_a to_o faction_n also_o very_o honest_a and_o upright_a man_n or_o else_o he_o do_v not_o quit_v himself_o fore_o god_n repl._n true_o i_o be_o far_o from_o be_v master_n either_o in_o this_o or_o any_o other_o art_n but_o if_o for_o this_o cause_n i_o ought_v to_o doubt_v and_o because_o much_o learnede_a person_n oppose_v i_o i_o ought_v to_o believe_v myself_o in_o the_o wrong_n then_o so_o ought_v those_o of_o your_o part_n to_o do_v who_o be_v as_o ignorant_a as_o i_o we_o have_v many_o much_o more_o learned_a than_o they_o who_o oppose_v they_o and_o take_v our_o part_n though_o therefore_o i_o think_v not_o of_o myself_o what_o tully_n in_o a_o compliment_n will_v persuade_v one_o of_o his_o friend_n that_o nemo_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la sapientùs_fw-la mihi_fw-la possit_fw-la suadere_fw-la meipso_fw-la yet_o i_o dare_v not_o choose_v as_o you_o will_v have_v i_o some_o master_n to_o search_v for_o i_o and_o believe_v he_o blindfold_o though_o if_o i_o will_v i_o see_v no_o cause_n why_o to_o choose_v any_o from_o among_o you_o who_o have_v so_o many_o able_a teacher_n at_o home_n for_o you_o confess_v that_o the_o matter_n be_v subject_a to_o faction_n and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o not_o only_o who_o be_v honest_a be_v impossible_a to_o be_v know_v but_o that_o eagerness_n and_o desire_n to_o have_v what_o they_o think_v truth_n prevail_v make_v even_o the_o honest_a man_n sometime_o deviate_v from_o the_o line_n of_o exact_a honesty_n and_o lie_v for_o god_n which_o he_o not_o only_o need_v not_o but_o forbid_v as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v too_o frequent_o in_o the_o quotation_n of_o both_o side_n i_o conceive_v it_o the_o best_a way_n to_o follow_v my_o own_o reason_n since_o i_o know_v i_o have_v no_o will_n to_o cozen_v myself_o as_o they_o may_v have_v to_o cozen_v i_o especial_o since_o neither_o can_v i_o build_v upon_o such_o a_o way_n a_o assent_n of_o such_o a_o degree_n as_o your_o church_n require_v since_o such_o master_n although_o learned_a which_o i_o be_v unlearned_a may_v be_v deceive_v in_o and_o honest_a which_o all_o man_n may_v be_v deceive_v in_o yet_o not_o infallible_a can_v not_o in_o reason_n make_v i_o infallible_o certain_a of_o the_o orthodoxnesse_n of_o that_o side_n which_o they_o shall_v choose_v for_o i_o so_o that_o what_o be_v say_v by_o the_o pagan_a solomon_n socrates_n who_o yet_o be_v no_o confident_a man_n of_o his_o knowledge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v my_o resolution_n too_o and_o indeed_o in_o effect_n if_o not_o whole_o yet_o almost_o every_o man_n for_o those_o who_o trust_v their_o reason_n least_o yet_o trust_v it_o in_o this_o that_o some_o other_o instead_o of_o it_o be_v to_o be_v trust_v and_o so_o choose_v who_o they_o be_v to_o trust_v against_o which_o the_o argument_n either_o from_o the_o fallibilitie_n of_o reason_n in_o general_a or_o in_o this_o particular_a remain_n equal_o a_o ignorant_a man_n be_v as_o likely_a to_o be_v deceive_v in_o the_o choice_n of_o his_o guide_n as_o in_o that_o of_o his_o way_n and_o that_o course_n be_v rather_o the_o short_a than_o the_o better_a as_o venture_v in_o the_o same_o and_o no_o strong_a a_o bark_n only_o venture_v all_o his_o wealth_n at_o once_o resp_n it_o be_v not_o all_o one_o not_o to_o incur_v damnation_n for_o infidelity_n and_o to_o be_v in_o state_n of_o damnation_n for_o the_o man_n to_o who_o infidelity_n be_v not_o impute_v may_v be_v in_o state_n of_o damnation_n for_o other_o fault_n as_o those_o be_v who_o have_v know_v god_n by_o his_o work_n do_v not_o glorify_v he_o as_o they_o ought_v repl._n that_o man_n may_v be_v damn_v for_o other_o fault_n concern_v not_o our_o question_n nor_o indeed_o be_v any_o resp_n nay_o they_o may_v be_v damn_v for_o want_n of_o faith_n and_o yet_o not_o be_v damn_v for_o incredulity_n as_o for_o example_n sake_n if_o when_o they_o have_v sin_v they_o know_v not_o what_o mean_v to_o have_v they_o forgive_v though_o they_o be_v without_o fault_n in_o not_o believe_v nevertheless_o die_v without_o remission_n of_o sin_n they_o be_v not_o in_o sate_a to_o come_v to_o life_n everlasting_a repl._n this_o concern_v no_o christian_n none_o of_o which_o that_o i_o know_v differ_v from_o you_o in_o the_o necessary_a mean_n of_o obtain_v forgiveness_n for_o sin_n for_o though_o you_o require_v confession_n yet_o you_o allow_v that_o contrition_n will_v save_v without_o it_o neither_o do_v i_o believe_v but_o a_o imperfect_a repentance_n cause_v through_o faultless_a ignorance_n of_o what_o it_o be_v for_o it_o to_o be_v perfect_a will_v still_o be_v accept_v by_o he_o who_o regard_v the_o heart_n more_o than_o the_o action_n indeed_o
i_o speak_v thus_o of_o find_v the_o truth_n by_o reason_n i_o intend_v not_o to_o exclude_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n which_o i_o doubt_v not_o for_o as_o much_o as_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n be_v ready_a to_o concur_v to_o our_o instruction_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v to_o our_o sight_n if_o we_o by_o a_o wilful_a wink_n choose_v not_o to_o make_v not_o it_o but_o ourselves_o guilty_a of_o our_o blindness_n indeed_o if_o we_o love_v darkness_n better_o than_o light_n and_o instead_o of_o esteem_v it_o shut_v it_o out_o it_o be_v but_o just_a in_o god_n if_o we_o so_o continue_v long_o harden_v not_o to_o suffer_v it_o to_o see_v after_o when_o we_o will_v since_o so_o obstinate_o we_o will_v not_o when_o we_o may_v like_v to_o that_o which_o happen_v to_o those_o englishman_n of_o who_o froissard_n speak_v who_o have_v long_o bind_v up_o a_o eye_n and_o make_v a_o foolish_a vow_n never_o to_o see_v with_o that_o till_o they_o can_v see_v their_o mistress_n when_o they_o return_v and_o unbind_v they_o they_o see_v nothing_o but_o that_o they_o can_v not_o see_v yet_o when_o i_o speak_v of_o god_n grace_n i_o mean_v not_o that_o it_o infuse_v a_o knowledge_n without_o reason_n but_o work_v by_o it_o as_o by_o its_o minister_n and_o dispel_v those_o mist_n of_o passion_n which_o do_v wrap_v up_o truth_n from_o our_o understanding_n for_o if_o you_o speak_v of_o its_o instruct_v any_o other_o way_n though_o i_o confess_v it_o be_v possible_a as_o god_n may_v give_v we_o a_o six_o sense_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o ordinary_a and_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v bring_v to_o dispute_v because_o so_o we_o leave_v visible_a argument_n to_o fly_v to_o invisible_a and_o your_o adversary_n when_o he_o have_v find_v your_o play_n will_v be_v soon_o at_o the_o same_o lock_n and_o i_o believe_v in_o this_o sense_n infuse_v faith_n be_v but_o the_o same_o thing_n otherwise_o apparel_v which_o you_o have_v so_o often_o laugh_v at_o in_o the_o puritan_n under_o the_o title_n of_o private_a spirit_n object_n this_o be_v suppose_v either_o this_o principle_n have_v remain_v unto_o she_o ever_o since_o her_o beginning_n or_o she_o take_v it_o up_o in_o some_o one_o age_n of_o the_o sixteen_o if_o she_o take_v it_o up_o she_o then_o think_v she_o have_v nothing_o in_o she_o but_o what_o she_o have_v receive_v a_o from_o her_o forefather_n and_o if_o she_o think_v so_o she_o know_v it_o resp_n this_o principle_n be_v not_o yet_o take_v up_o by_o she_o and_o suppose_v it_o be_v yet_o since_o some_o other_o opinion_n be_v confess_v to_o have_v be_v receive_v by_o she_o not_o from_o a_o constant_a tradition_n but_o scripture_n and_o revelation_n and_o not_o at_o once_o but_o by_o little_a and_o little_a this_o very_a principle_n of_o receive_v nothing_o but_o from_o tradition_n may_v itself_o have_v be_v receive_v not_o from_o tradition_n nor_o need_v it_o have_v be_v in_o any_o one_o age_n of_o the_o sixteen_o but_o some_o may_v have_v teach_v it_o in_o one_o age_n more_o in_o another_o and_o all_o at_o last_o and_o this_o so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o impossibility_n that_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n object_n let_v we_o add_v that_o the_o multitude_n of_o this_o church_n be_v so_o disperse_v through_o so_o many_o country_n and_o language_n that_o it_o be_v impossible_a they_o shall_v agree_v together_o upon_o a_o false_a determination_n to_o affirm_v with_o one_o consent_n a_o falsity_n for_o truth_n no_o interest_n be_v able_a to_o be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o to_o produce_v such_o a_o effect_n resp_n although_o so_o many_o country_n can_v not_o so_o well_o agree_v upon_o it_o at_o once_o yet_o some_o might_n so_o persuade_v other_o that_o in_o time_n and_o by_o degree_n the_o disease_n may_v be_v grow_v epidemical_a and_o true_o consider_v in_o every_o country_n how_o few_o there_o be_v who_o think_v of_o religion_n at_o all_o or_o of_o they_o again_o who_o walk_v in_o it_o by_o the_o direction_n of_o their_o own_o eye_n even_o of_o they_o who_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o show_v that_o way_n to_o other_o but_o for_o the_o most_o part_n which_o they_o do_v much_o more_o in_o more_o ignorant_a time_n when_o scriptura_fw-la sacra_fw-la cum_fw-la vetust_n be_v authoribus_fw-la frigebat_fw-la be_v lead_v by_o some_o few_o who_o they_o reverence_v for_o their_o piety_n and_o learning_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o word_n be_v account_v law_n theodoret._n theodoret._n and_o they_o again_o by_o a_o thomas_n or_o a_o scot_n or_o at_o best_o by_o austin_n or_o hierome_n and_o think_v it_o tradition_n enough_o to_o have_v it_o from_o they_o for_o else_o why_o think_v they_o to_o bear_v we_o down_o with_o the_o authority_n of_o one_o or_o two_o father_n if_o they_o think_v that_o not_o ground_n enough_o to_o go_v upon_o themselves_o it_o seem_v little_a stranger_n to_o i_o what_o whole_a country_n shall_v let_v in_o not_o ancient_a opinion_n then_o that_o a_o few_o shall_v since_o a_o few_o in_o all_o place_n have_v ever_o govern_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o this_o i_o will_v bring_v two_o very_o know_v example_n out_o of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n the_o first_o be_v of_o valens_n the_o emperor_n who_o be_v himself_o a_o arrian_n and_o make_v peace_n with_o a_o nation_n which_o be_v not_o so_o and_o suppose_v that_o they_o will_v never_o have_v firm_a concord_n with_o he_o to_o who_o in_o faith_n he_o be_v so_o opposite_a be_v advise_v to_o persuade_v their_o bishop_n to_o change_v his_o belief_n for_o which_o end_n have_v employ_v both_o word_n and_o money_n and_o effect_v it_o the_o bishop_n 4._o theodoret_n lib_n 4._o direct_o contrary_a to_o saint_n peter_n be_v himself_o weaken_v weaken_a his_o brethren_n who_o yield_v to_o communicate_v with_o the_o arrian_n which_o before_o they_o abhor_v from_o and_o to_o esteem_v the_o father_n great_a than_o the_o son_n the_o second_o be_v of_o that_o macedonian_a bishop_n who_o be_v persecute_v by_o the_o catholic_a bishop_n of_o the_o same_o place_n who_o be_v then_o go_v to_o constantinople_n to_o fetch_v soldier_n by_o who_o assistance_n he_o may_v afflict_v the_o heretic_n the_o more_o resolve_v to_o turn_v catholic_a and_o persuade_v all_o his_o follower_n to_o join_v with_o he_o in_o that_o act_n and_o this_o in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n that_o when_o the_o other_o return_v he_o find_v he_o choose_v bishop_n unanimouslie_o by_o both_o party_n and_o himself_o for_o his_o crulelty_n not_o undeservedlie_o exclude_v there_o be_v beside_o another_o thing_n which_o help_v to_o let_v in_o great_a error_n which_o be_v that_o man_n natural_o neglect_v small_a thing_n and_o small_a thing_n in_o time_n natural_o beget_v great_a for_o which_o cause_n aristotle_n show_v to_o we_o several_a cause_n of_o the_o change_n of_o government_n one_o of_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d add_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d often_o a_o great_a change_n come_v steal_o in_o when_o what_o be_v little_a be_v not_o consider_v yet_o beside_o the_o general_a carelessnesse_n the_o authority_n of_o the_o teacher_n the_o flexibility_n of_o the_o teach_v and_o the_o smallnesse_n of_o the_o thing_n themselves_o at_o the_o beginning_n even_o interest_n itself_o which_o consist_v of_o two_o part_n fear_n and_o hope_n be_v able_a to_o produce_v great_a effect_n of_o this_o i_o think_v yourselves_o may_v be_v witness_n who_o use_v to_o call_v we_o a_o parliamentary_a religion_n as_o think_v that_o the_o will_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o both_o house_n only_o make_v it_o to_o be_v receive_v whereas_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n reign_n of_o many_o thousand_o live_n which_o be_v in_o england_n the_o incumbent_n of_o not_o a_o hundred_o choose_v rather_o to_o lose_v their_o benefice_n for_o your_o opinion_n then_o to_o keep_v they_o by_o subscribe_v to_o we_o all_o who_o for_o the_o great_a part_n of_o necessity_n must_v be_v suppose_v for_o private_a interest_n to_o have_v dissemble_v their_o religion_n either_o then_o or_o immediate_o before_o second_o in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o evagrius_n we_o find_v that_o above_o five_o hundred_o bishop_n subscribe_v against_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n which_o we_o have_v reason_n to_o think_v most_o do_v unwilling_o especial_o if_o the_o infallibility_n of_o a_o general_a council_n be_v so_o famous_a a_o doctrine_n for_o catholic_n as_o now_o it_o be_v because_o we_o know_v it_o be_v upon_o basiliscus_n his_o command_n and_o that_o a_o considerable_a part_n of_o they_o the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n profess_v after_o they_o be_v force_v to_o it_o though_o before_o they_o have_v be_v very_o angry_a in_o another_o epistle_n with_o those_o who_o say_v that_o they_o have_v do_v by_o force_n rather_o than_o freewill_n and_o over_o and_o above_o all_o