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A66971 The Roman doctrine of repentance and of indulgences vindicated from Dr. Stillingfleet's misrepresentations. R. H., 1609-1678. 1672 (1672) Wing W3455; ESTC R25193 63,809 122

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bellarmin_n 12._o bellarmin_n de_fw-fr indul_fw-fr l_o 1._o c._n 12._o nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la ot_fw-mi osae_fw-la manes_fw-la &_o irritae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quas_fw-la quidam_fw-la ecclaesiarum_fw-la praelati_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la verentur_fw-la &_o clave_n ecclesiae_fw-la contemnuntur_fw-la &_o paenitentialis_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la enervatur_fw-la decerninus_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o innocentius_n 3._o long_a ago_o in_o the_o great_a lateran_n council_n 62._o council_n can._n 62._o and_o sixtus_n 4._o have_v be_v somewhat_o prodigal_a in_o this_o kind_n recall_v many_o indulgence_n former_o concede_v by_o he_o see_v extravag_n commun_n l._n 5._o tit_n 9_o c._n 5._o and_o so_o clement_a 8._o effusas_fw-la nimis_fw-la indulgentiarum_fw-la concessiones_fw-la restringere_fw-la aggressus_fw-la est_fw-la say_v baronius_n 147._o baronius_n a_o d._n 147._o and_o of_o the_o possibility_n of_o the_o fail_n of_o the_o pope_n himself_o sometime_o in_o this_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o cause_n 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again_o quamvis_fw-la pontifex_fw-la existimet_fw-la aut_fw-la declaret_fw-la talem_fw-la causam_fw-la subesse_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la decipi_fw-la potest_fw-la quia_fw-la quoad_fw-la hoc_fw-la prudentiâ_fw-la &_o existimatione_fw-la humanâ_fw-la gubernatur_fw-la possetque_fw-la etiam_fw-la humano_fw-la affectu_fw-la moveri_fw-la thus_o suarez_n compare_v the_o pope_n dispense_n in_o penance_n with_o that_o in_o vow_n and_o thus_o estius_n 9_o estius_n in._n 4._o sent._n dist_n 20._o §._o 9_o si_fw-la nullâ_fw-la rationabili_fw-la causâ_fw-la movente_fw-la p●ntifex_fw-la vel_fw-la episcopus_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la concederet_fw-la existimandum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la eam_fw-la alicujus_fw-la efficaciae_fw-la seu_fw-la valo●is_fw-la fore_fw-la what_o a_o many_o jest_n and_o sarcasme_n now_o have_v this_o unserious_a writer_n lose_v here_o in_o play_v upon_o the_o pope_n infallibility_n in_o this_o matter_n the_o chief_a common-place_n of_o protestant_n when_o seek_v quarrel_n 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