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valent._n theodos_fw-la &_o arcad._n augustos_fw-la pro_fw-la veteri_fw-la
sacramental_a practice_n for_o in_o religion_n and_o even_o the_o agendis_fw-la of_o it_o the_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v faith_n and_o practice_n be_v interweave_v with_o each_o other_o the_o former_a must_v guide_v the_o latter_a the_o understanding_n must_v be_v right_a in_o its_o belief_n before_o the_o action_n can_v be_v regular_a now_o that_o christ_n do_v ordain_v the_o sacrament_n and_o command_v the_o administration_n of_o it_o in_o after_o age_n in_o such_o a_o way_n as_o he_o himself_o have_v ordain_v and_o administer_v it_o be_v credenda_fw-la thing_n to_o be_v believe_v though_o the_o execution_n of_o or_o obedience_n to_o the_o command_n be_v a_o practical_a so_o then_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n deny_v the_o cup_n to_o the_o people_n and_o avow_v it_o disobey_v a_o divine_a command_n and_o maintain_v that_o disobedience_n do_v offend_v in_o a_o matter_n of_o practice_n and_o faith_n both_o for_o they_o do_v not_o bare_o omit_v a_o practice_n or_o duty_n but_o also_o oppose_v and_o evacuate_v a_o divine_a command_n and_o the_o obligation_n from_o it_o which_o be_v object_n of_o faith_n and_o that_o faith_n have_v to_o do_v in_o this_o affair_n be_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n whenas_o they_o denounce_v ibid._n council_n constant_n ibid._n that_o a_o assertion_n of_o the_o unlawfulness_n or_o sacrilege_n in_o administer_a in_o one_o kind_n only_o shall_v be_v sufficient_a for_o a_o man_n conviction_n of_o heresy_n after_o all_o which_o have_v be_v discourse_v in_o this_o section_n it_o must_v be_v conclude_v that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v in_o their_o half-communion_n and_o peremptory_a defence_n of_o it_o depart_v from_o primitive_a institution_n divine_a command_n and_o the_o church_n ancient_a general_a usage_n that_o posterity_n have_v desert_v forefather_n and_o therefore_o that_o oral_a tradition_n have_v not_o do_v its_o duty_n sect_n vii_o second_o let_v we_o examine_v what_o the_o agreement_n be_v of_o the_o romanist_n among_o themselves_o and_o if_o we_o find_v they_o at_o difference_n than_o tradition_n have_v not_o be_v so_o faithful_a as_o to_o bring_v truth_n whole_a and_o sincere_a to_o they_o for_o if_o tradition_n be_v full_a and_o uniform_a it_o will_v keep_v they_o at_o unity_n with_o one_o another_o but_o even_o among_o they_o there_o may_v be_v observe_v party_n who_o though_o in_o compliment_n they_o acknowledge_v one_o first_o mover_n yet_o have_v each_o their_o counter-motion_n though_o that_o church_n boast_v of_o their_o harmony_n yet_o they_o have_v their_o discord_n only_o they_o be_v not_o so_o loud_o perhaps_o as_o those_o be_v among_o their_o adversary_n let_v account_n be_v take_v of_o some_o of_o their_o civil_a war_n the_o contest_v between_o the_o jesuit_n and_o dominican_n concern_v grace_n and_o freewill_n predetermination_n and_o contingency_n as_o also_o between_o the_o molinist_n and_o jansenist_n be_v well_o know_v the_o 92._o the_o les_fw-fr provinciales_fw-la or_o the_o mystery_n of_o jesuitism_n pag._n 92._o doctrine_n of_o probable_a opinion_n and_o many_o practical_a doctrine_n of_o the_o jesuit_n questionless_a please_v themselves_o and_o likewise_o the_o 194._o the_o pag._n 194._o polite_a saint_n and_o courtier-like_a puritan_n yet_o other_o mislike_v they_o and_o believe_v they_o never_o descend_v from_o jesus_n nor_o from_o his_o apostle_n st._n peter_n the_o difference_n between_o the_o cassandrian_o and_o the_o church_n in_o communion_n whereof_o they_o live_v be_v so_o great_a as_o that_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v one_o state_n within_o another_o state_n and_o one_o church_n within_o another_o church_n as_o 11._o as_o mr._n daille_n of_o the_o right_a use_n of_o the_o father_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 11._o one_o report_v who_o have_v reason_n to_o know_v some_o will_v have_v the_o 14._o the_o bellarm._n de_fw-fr council_n auctor_fw-la lib_fw-la 2._o cap._n 14._o pope_n to_o be_v above_o a_o council_n other_o a_o council_n to_o be_v above_o the_o pope_n some_o affirm_v that_o the_o pope_n 2._o pope_n bellar._n de_fw-fr romano_n pontif._n l._n 4._o c._n 2._o can_v err_v other_o that_o he_o may_v some_o be_v for_o the_o pope_n plenary_a power_n over_o the_o whole_a world_n both_o in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n and_o also_o political_a but_o other_o allow_v he_o 1._o he_o idem_fw-la de_fw-la pont._n rom._n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o only_o a_o spiritual_a power_n direct_o and_o immediate_o yet_o in_o virtue_n of_o that_o spiritual_a power_n to_o have_v likewise_o a_o power_n indirect_o and_o that_o the_o high_a even_o in_o temporal_a matter_n of_o this_o latter_a opinion_n bellarmin_n himself_o be_v yet_o it_o seem_v the_o french_a deny_v the_o pope_n power_n in_o temporal_n whether_o direct_o or_o but_o indirect_o when_o as_o bellarmin_n 11._o bellarmin_n gold_n in_o repl._n pro._n imp._n cite_v by_o dr._n crakanthorp_n of_o the_o pope_n tempor_n monarchy_n chap._n 11._o book_n against_o barclay_n in_o which_o bellarmin_n defend_v the_o pope_n power_n over_o prince_n be_v so_o detest_v by_o that_o state_n that_o in_o their_o public_a assembly_n they_o do_v prohibit_v and_o forbid_v any_o and_o that_o under_o the_o pain_n of_o high_a treason_n either_o to_o keep_v or_o receive_v or_o print_n or_o sell_v that_o book_n 40._o book_n exomolog_fw-la c._n 40._o h._n p._n de_fw-fr cressy_n call_v infallibility_n to_o he_o a_o unfortunate_a word_n confess_v that_o chillingworth_n have_v combat_v it_o with_o too_o too_o great_a success_n will_v have_v it_o that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n maintain_v no_o more_o than_o a_o authority_n and_o say_v he_o have_v reason_n move_v he_o to_o wish_v that_o the_o protestant_n may_v never_o be_v invite_v to_o combat_n the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o infallibility_n and_o to_o show_v that_o he_o be_v not_o alone_o in_o this_o he_o make_v very_o bold_a with_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n ibid._n ibid._n and_o pope_n pius_n four_o if_o they_o be_v not_o on_o his_o side_n for_o he_o shelter_n his_o opinion_n under_o a_o decision_n of_o the_o former_a and_o a_o bull_n of_o the_o latter_a concern_v the_o oath_n of_o the_o profession_n of_o faith_n and_o likewise_o dr._n holden_n in_o his_o etc._n his_o quem_fw-la &_o cathel_n come_v fidei_fw-la consonum_fw-la inveni_fw-la &_o etc._n etc._n approbation_n of_o cressy_n book_n without_o any_o censure_n of_o this_o passage_n say_v he_o find_v it_o consonant_n to_o the_o catholic_a faith_n if_o this_o be_v so_o as_o cressy_n will_v say_v have_v it_o to_o be_v than_o the_o romanist_n and_o we_o be_v not_o at_o so_o much_o distance_n as_o we_o think_v we_o have_v be_v for_o of_o a_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v no_o dispute_n between_o we_o and_o they_o but_o sure_a there_o be_v more_o in_o the_o case_n than_o so_o for_o the_o roman_a catechism_n set_v forth_o by_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n and_o by_o the_o command_n of_o pope_n pius_n 5_o 15._o 5_o quemadmodum_fw-la haec_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la errare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o fidei_fw-la ac_fw-la morum_fw-la disciplinâ_fw-la tradendâ_fw-la cùm_fw-la a_o spiritu_fw-la s._n gubernetur_fw-la ita_fw-la etc._n etc._n catech_v rom._n cap._n 15._o quest_n 15._o say_v that_o the_o church_n can_v err_v in_o deliver_v faith_n and_o manner_n forasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n can_v err_v i._n e._n be_v infallible_a and_o this_o church_n thus_o inerrable_a be_v that_o of_o the_o roman_a communion_n for_o the_o same_o catechism_n 11._o catechism_n quid_fw-la de_fw-la romano_n pontifice_fw-la visibili_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la capite_fw-la sentiendum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr eo_fw-la fuit_fw-la illo_fw-la omnium_fw-la patrum_fw-la ratio_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n quest_n 11._o say_v a_o little_a before_o that_o the_o roman_a pontife_n be_v the_o visible_a head_n of_o christ_n church_n and_o the_o great_a defender_n of_o the_o romish_a faith_n card._n bellarmin_n affirm_v that_o initium_fw-la that_o catholici_fw-la verò_fw-la omnes_fw-la constant_a dâ—cent_fw-la concilia_fw-la generalia_fw-la a_o summo_fw-la pontifice_fw-la confirmata_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la errare_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la explicandâ_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o tradendis_fw-la morum_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la toti_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la communibus_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr conciliorum_fw-la autoritate_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 2._o circa_fw-la initium_fw-la all_o catholic_n do_v constant_o teach_v that_o general_a council_n confirm_v by_o the_o pope_n can_v err_v in_o faith_n or_o manner_n in_o explicate_v the_o one_o or_o in_o deliver_v precept_n about_o the_o other_o and_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n he_o add_v that_o colligitur_fw-la that_o tota_n autoritas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fermaliter_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o praelatis_fw-la ergo_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la errare_fw-la in_o definiendis_fw-la rebus_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o episcopos_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la errare_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n sect._n ex_fw-la he_o enim_fw-la locis_fw-la manifest_a colligitur_fw-la the_o whole_a
a_fw-la enquiry_n whether_o oral_a tradition_n or_o the_o sacred_a write_n be_v the_o safe_a conservatory_n and_o conveyance_n of_o divine_a truth_n down_o from_o their_o original_a delivery_n through_o all_o succeed_v age_n in_o two_o part_n london_n print_v for_o robert_n clavel_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o peacock_n in_o st._n paul_n church_n yard_n 1685._o the_o preface_n doubtless_o it_o will_v more_o conduce_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o christ_n the_o peace_n of_o christendom_n and_o the_o welfare_n of_o soul_n if_o christian_n will_v agree_v at_o the_o least_o in_o this_o rather_o to_o live_v as_o become_v the_o gospel_n we_o all_o believe_v than_o curious_o dispute_v why_o we_o believe_v for_o nice_a tampering_n with_o and_o eager_a contest_v about_o the_o foundation_n of_o religion_n be_v apt_a rather_o to_o shake_v than_o to_o strengthen_v the_o superstructure_n it_o may_v prove_v a_o snare_n to_o the_o profane_a or_o unstable_a who_o when_o they_o shall_v see_v the_o 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rule_n of_o faith_n p._n 54._o virtue_n they_o say_v be_v ground_v on_o a_o far_o strong_a basis_n than_o all_o material_a nature_n such_o they_o affirm_v the_o virtue_n to_o be_v by_o which_o tradition_n regulate_v her_o follower_n to_o bring_v down_o faith_n uner_o and_o whereas_o as_o seem_v by_o cardinal_n secundò_fw-la cardinal_n de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la scripto_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 3._o in_o initio_fw-la 1._o they_fw-mi ibid._n c._n 12._o sect._n dico_fw-la secundò_fw-la bellarmine_n they_o former_o divide_v the_o honour_n of_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o faith_n between_o holy_a scripture_n and_o tradition_n of_o late_a year_n oral_a tradition_n have_v quite_o carry_v away_o the_o credit_n and_o have_v be_v by_o some_o zealous_a asserter_n cry_v up_o for_o the_o infallible_a conveyance_n 41_o conveyance_n sure_o foot_v p._n 98._o 41_o and_o only_a rule_n of_o faith_n that_o from_o which_o we_o be_v to_o receive_v the_o 117._o the_o ibid._n p._n 117._o sense_n of_o scripture_n which_o without_o this_o will_v be_v 38._o be_v ibid._n p._n 38._o quite_o lose_v to_o all_o in_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o letter_n that_o which_o be_v undertake_v in_o the_o ensue_a paper_n be_v a_o enquiry_n after_o the_o nature_n of_o oral_a tradition_n and_o its_o best_a strength_n especial_o in_o religious_a affair_n as_o also_o the_o full_a force_n of_o write_n especial_o of_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n in_o point_n of_o conservation_n and_o conveyance_n of_o what_o be_v commit_v to_o they_o upon_o which_o enquiry_n it_o will_v appear_v which_o of_o they_o be_v the_o most_o sufficient_a and_o sure_a for_o that_o purpose_n and_o that_o of_o the_o 52._o the_o there_o be_v only_o two_o ground_n or_o rule_n of_o faith_n own_a viz._n delivery_n of_o it_o down_o by_o write_v or_o by_o word_n and_o practice_n ibid._n p._n 52._o two_o which_o after_o examination_n shall_v be_v find_v to_o be_v so_o preserve_v to_o we_o and_o material_o consider_v be_v the_o rule_n of_o christian_a faith_n forasmuch_o as_o bring_v down_o to_o succeed_a time_n the_o christian_a faith_n unvaried_a and_o entire_a which_o be_v primitive_o commit_v to_o the_o church_n by_o the_o divine_o inspire_v planter_n of_o it_o it_o may_v satisfy_v and_o command_v our_o belief_n secure_v we_o from_o assent_v to_o any_o thing_n but_o what_o be_v true_a whereas_o that_o which_o approve_v not_o it_o self_n to_o be_v such_o a_o faithful_a depository_n and_o convoy_n provide_v we_o not_o with_o a_o rule_n of_o faith_n deserve_v not_o that_o authority_n over_o our_o soul_n may_v betray_v we_o to_o believe_v a_o lie_n hence_o therefore_o oral_a tradition_n errability_n and_o defectiveness_n in_o conveyance_n which_o shall_v be_v prove_v disable_v it_o for_o be_v the_o overrule_a standard_n of_o christian_n belief_n and_o practice_n in_o all_o age_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o sureness_n and_o safety_n of_o conservation_n and_o transmission_n of_o divine_a truth_n by_o the_o 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