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A10345 The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundrie points, of the sufficiencie and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministerie of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the masse, with other controuerises of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-gouernment ... Penned by Iohn Rainoldes, according to the notes set downe in writing by them both: perused by Iohn Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithfull report of that which past in conference betwene them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise intitled, Six conclusions touching the Holie Scripture and the Church, writen by Iohn Rainoldes. With a defence of such thinges as Thomas Stapleton and Gregorie Martin haue carped at therein. Rainolds, John, 1549-1607.; Hart, John, d. 1586. aut; Rainolds, John, 1549-1607. Sex theses de Sacra Scriptura, et Ecclesia. English. aut 1584 (1584) STC 20626; ESTC S115546 763,703 768

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and_o scotland_n have_v escape_v eke_o the_o papal_a deadly_a bane_n o_o that_o the_o remnant_n of_o the_o world_n by_o faith_n to_o christ_n be_v knit_v and_o prince_n to_o the_o prince_n of_o all_o their_o sceptre_n will_v submit_v build_v up_o o_o lord_n o_o father_n dear_a the_o church_n and_o zion_n for_o it_o that_o unto_o thou_o from_o babylon_n thy_o people_n may_v resort_v among_o many_o singular_a benefit_n of_o god_n bestow_v upon_o our_o university_n father_n and_o brethren_n which_o may_v be_v very_o fruitful_a to_o the_o advance_v of_o god_n glory_n and_o salvation_n of_o the_o church_n if_o they_o be_v well_o husband_v there_o be_v scarce_o any_o more_o excellent_a in_o my_o judgement_n then_o that_o it_o be_v order_v that_o the_o truth_n give_v by_o inspiration_n of_o god_n and_o register_v in_o the_o scripture_n shall_v be_v not_o expound_v only_o by_o public_a lecture_n but_o also_o prove_v by_o disputation_n a_o worthy_a and_o profitable_a ordinance_n no_o doubt_n and_o must_v meet_v for_o school_n which_o serve_v to_o train_n up_o christian_n that_o be_v for_o school_n of_o god_n for_o what_o can_v there_o be_v more_o precious_a than_o the_o truth_n which_o teach_v we_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n the_o way_n to_o life_n and_o what_o more_o convenient_a to_o strengthen_v the_o truth_n then_o to_o have_v it_o prove_v by_o discuss_v the_o reason_n bring_v of_o both_o part_n for_o as_o gold_n be_v dig_v out_o of_o the_o vein_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v sever_v from_o earthy_a substance_n mix_v therewith_o by_o the_o mettall-workeman_n knock_v it_o together_o and_o as_o husbandman_n be_v wont_a to_o sift_v wheat_n from_o the_o chaff_n by_o winow_v that_o it_o may_v be_v fit_a to_o nourish_v the_o body_n
libel_n sinodicar_n constit_fw-la lat_fw-la lat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epist._n 29_o tom_n 4._o oper_n cyrill_n cyrill_n in_o chronico_fw-la chronico_fw-la ●os_v 24._o ver_fw-la 1._o 1._o ver_fw-la 15._o 15._o 1._o tim._n 3.15_o 3.15_o mal._n 2.7_o 2.7_o act_n 20_o ●8_o ●8_o epist._n 70._o 70._o gal._n 2._o v._n 1._o &_o 2_o 2_o ver_fw-la ●_o ●_o v._o 6._o &_o 9_o 9_o ver_fw-la 31._o 31._o act._n 16._o ver_fw-la 4._o 4._o ver_fw-la ●_o ●_o athanas._o in_o apolog._n 2._o theodoret_n hist_o eccles_n l._n 2._o cap._n 8._o 8._o epist._n 90._o inter_fw-la epist_n august_n august_n defence_n fid_fw-we trident_n lib._n 1._o 1._o doctissimi_fw-la viri_fw-la s●pientissimè_fw-la existimant_fw-la existimant_fw-la alfonsu●_n a_o castro_n de_fw-fr iusta_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la pu●itione_n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o 6._o johan_n ruriecrem_fw-la de_fw-fr pont._n max._n gener_fw-la que_fw-fr council_n autoritate_fw-la ad_fw-la basil●ensium_fw-la oratorem_fw-la respon_n nu_fw-la 67._o &_o 6●_n 6●_n non_fw-la potestate_fw-la iurisdictionis_fw-la iurisdictionis_fw-la sed_fw-la autoritate_fw-la discretivi_fw-la iudicij_fw-la or_o maioritate_fw-la as_o turrecremata_fw-la call_v it_o in_o summ._n de_fw-fr eccles_n l._n 3._o c._n 64._o 64._o hist._n tripart_v l._n 4._o c._n 15._o socrat_n l._n 2._o c._n 15._o sozomen_n l._n 3._o c._n 8._o 8._o d._n stapleton_n princip_n doctr_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 19_o 19_o lib._n 7._o c._n 10._o 10._o apologia_fw-la 2._o 2._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la antiochiae_fw-la congregatos_fw-la apud_fw-la athan_n apol_n 2._o 2._o rescript_n julij_fw-la papae_fw-la c●●tra_fw-la orientales_fw-la conc._n tom._n 1._o 1._o in_o the_o 3._o division_n of_o this_o chapter_n chapter_n hist._n eccle_n l._n 2._o cap._n 17._o 17._o lib._n 3_o cap._n 10._o 10._o conci_fw-la nicaen_fw-la ca●_n 5._o 5._o princ._n doctr_n lib._n 7._o ca._n 10._o 10._o julius_n in_o epi._n ad_fw-la episcopos_fw-la an●io●h_n congregat_fw-la apud_fw-la athan_n apolog_fw-la 2._o 2._o ut_fw-la p●imum_fw-la nobis_fw-la scribatur_fw-la scribatur_fw-la oportuit_fw-la scribere_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la nobis_fw-la epist._n ad_fw-la theodosiam_fw-la theodosiam_fw-la epist._n ad_fw-la leonem_fw-la leonem_fw-la epist._n 13._o 13._o flavianus_n 〈◊〉_d appellavit_fw-la appellavit_fw-la epist._n gallae_fw-la placidiae_fw-la ad_fw-la theodosium_n theodosium_n 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la episcapos_fw-la haiú_fw-it partium_fw-la partium_fw-la council_n chalc._o act_n 1._o 1._o act_n 8._o 8._o theodoret._n epist_n ad_fw-la leon._n leon._n ●elat_fw-la synod_n chalce●on_n ad_fw-la leon._n act_n 3._o 3._o athan._n in_o ep_n ad_fw-la solitar_n vitam_fw-la agent_n apolog._n de_fw-fr ●uga_fw-la ●ua_fw-la &_o apolog._n 2._o 2._o as_o it_o appear_v by_o their_o epistle_n to_o damasus_n in_o theodo●et_n hist._n eccles_n lib._n 5._o c._n 9_o 9_o h●●tor_n eccle_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o 4._o valentinian_n &_o martian_a ep_v ad_fw-la pallad_n council_n chalcedon_n act_n 3._o &_o episcopi_fw-la variarum_fw-la p●o●●nciarun_n act_n 4._o 4._o acta_fw-la ephes._n synod_n 2._o in_o council_n chalc._o act_n 1._o 1._o summa_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 23._o 23._o praesidentiae_fw-la honoraria_fw-la honoraria_fw-la autoritativa_fw-la as_o turrecrema_n to_o call_v it_o but_o he_o use_v that_o word_n to_o note_n potestatem_fw-la and_o not_o 〈◊〉_d reputationis_fw-la as_o h●_n dis●inguisheth_v it_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 18._o 18._o ●s_n the_o clementines_n show_v &_o johan._n andr._n in_o p●inc●p_n clementin_n clementin_n summa_fw-la de_fw-la eccles_n lib._n 3._o ca._n 22.23_o &_o 25._o 25._o canus_n jocor_fw-la theolog._n l._n 5._o c._n 5._o saunder_n de_fw-fr visib_n monarc_n eccles_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o &_o 〈◊〉_d passim_fw-la passim_fw-la conc._n chalc._o act_n 3._o &_o 8._o 8._o act_n 3._o 3._o cyprian_n lib._n ●_o epist_n 11._o 11._o optatus_n lib._n 2._o 2._o victor_n de_fw-fr persecut_n va●●dal_n lib._n 2._o 2._o chrysos_fw-la hom_n 87._o in_o johan._n johan._n in_o anchorat_n anchorat_n hom._n 87._o in_o johan._n johan._n ambros._n come_v in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o 3._o august_n quaest_a ex_fw-la now_o testam_fw-la quaest_a 75._o 75._o chrysost._n hom_n 59_o in_o mat._n mat._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o ad_fw-la bonifacium_fw-la bonifacium_fw-la epistola_fw-la dedicato●ia_fw-la pontifici_fw-la optimo_fw-la maximo_fw-la gregorio_n decimo_fw-la tertio_fw-la ad_fw-la hum●llima_fw-la pedum_fw-la oscula_fw-la oscula_fw-la martianus_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la leon._n leon._n which_o be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o great_a be_v diana_n of_o the_o ephesian_n act._n 19.28_o 19.28_o so_o alfonsus_n prove_v he_o advers._n haeres_fw-la lib._n 10._o in_o melchisedec_n and_o the_o divine_n of_o lovam_fw-la censura_fw-la in_o lib._n quaest_n ver_fw-la &_o now_o test._n in_o append_v tom._n 4._o oper_n augustin_n augustin_n council_n chalc_n act_n 3._o 3._o council_n lateran_n sub_fw-la leone_n decim_fw-la sess_v 10._o 10._o stephan_n archiepisc_fw-la patrac_n &_o episc_n torcellan_n torcellan_n tibi_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la omnis_fw-la potestas_fw-la in_o c●elo_fw-la &_o in_fw-la terra_fw-la speak_v to_o pope_n leo_n the_o ten_o ten_o in_o quo_fw-la erat_fw-la omnis_fw-la potestas_fw-la supra_fw-la omnes_fw-la potestates_fw-la tam_fw-la coeli_fw-la quam_fw-la terrae_fw-la speak_v of_o pope_n eugeniu●_n the_o three_o three_o registr_n lib._n 4._o epist_n 32._o &_o 36._o 36._o epist_n 32._o 32._o epist_n 38._o 38._o epist_n 39_o 39_o l._n 6._o ep_n 24._o 24._o l._n 4._o ep_n 32._o &_o 38._o 38._o regist._n lib._n 7._o ind_z 2._o ep_n 63._o as_o i_o have_v show_v in_o the_o former_a division_n division_n lib._n 7._o ind_z 1._o epist_n 30._o 30._o council_n chalce_v ●an_v 9_o &_o 17._o &_o ●8_o and_o in_o the_o session_n throughout_o throughout_o adrian_z the_o 〈◊〉_d synod_n 〈◊〉_d 2._o act_n 2._o 2._o epist._n arsen._n athanas._o apol_n 2_o 2_o epist._n concile_v nicaeni_n socrat._n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o &_o concilii_fw-la sardicensis_n theodoret._n li._n 2._o ca._n 8._o quint._n council_n constantinop_n confess_v 8._o in_o subscript_n subscript_n lib._n 3._o ep_v 11._o epist._n 46._o edit_n pam._n corneliu●_n cypriano_n cypriano_n epist._n ad_fw-la fabium_fw-la antioch_n e●piscopum_fw-la e●piscopum_fw-la euseb._n hist._n eccles_n lib._n 6._o c._n 42._o 42._o as_o it_o be_v show_v before_o ch●pt_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 2._o 2._o cyprian_a epist_n 52._o ad_fw-la an●on_n an●on_n epist._n 5●_n ad_fw-la corneliu●_n corneliu●_n e●ist_o 46._o cornelij_fw-la ad_fw-la cyp●_n cyp●_n in_o the_o third_o division_n of_o this_o chapter_n chapter_n can._n 8._o 8._o socrat_n hist._n eccl_n l._n 6._o c._n 20._o 20._o epist._n 55._o ad_fw-la cornelium_n cornelium_n sacerdotum_fw-la host_n &_o contra_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholicam_fw-la rebel_n rebel_n sacerdotes_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la dispensatores_fw-la dei_fw-la dei_fw-la episcopus_fw-la plebi_fw-la suae_fw-la in_o episcopatu_fw-la quadriennio_fw-la iam_fw-la probatus_fw-la eusebius_n in_o chron_n damasus_n in_o pontificali_fw-la platin._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr pontificum_fw-la ge●●brard_n cronogr_n lib._n 3._o o●uphr_n in_o chron_n pont._n rom._n rom._n epist._n 69._o ad_fw-la florentium_fw-la florentium_fw-la annotat._n in_o luk._n 12.31_o 12.31_o polus_n ca●d_n pro_fw-la eccles_n unitat_fw-la defence_n lib._n 2._o remundus_n rufus_n duplicat_fw-la in_o patronum_fw-la molin●i_fw-la propont_o maximo_fw-la canisius_n catechism_n de_fw-fr praeceptis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tit_n 9_o lindanus_n panopliae_fw-la euangelicae_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 86._o pamelius_n annotat._n in_o cyprian_n epi._n 55._o copus_n dialog_n 1_o cap._n 18._o &_o 21._o ha●ding_v and_o dorman_n against_o bishop_n jewel_n though_o dor●man_n be_v teach_v the_o truth_n by_o m._n nowell_n acknowledge_v that_o s._n cyprian_n mean_v it_o of_o all_o bishop_n as_o stapleton_n in_o hardings_n behalf_n confess_v also_o who_o example_n shall_v have_v move_v the_o rhemist_n to_o have_v spare_v s._n cyprian_n in_o that_o point_n point_n in_o his_o return_n of_o untruth_n on_o m._n jewel_n repli●_n artic._n 4._o 4._o princip_n doct_v lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o 1._o in_o conclusione_n totius_fw-la operis_fw-la &_o admonit_fw-la ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la lectorem_fw-la depersecut_n vandal_n lib._n 2._o 2._o in_o the_o five_o division_n of_o this_o chapter_n chapter_n praefat._n in_o biblia_fw-la excusa_fw-la antuerp_n a_o plantino_n &_o censur_n in_o lib._n quaest_n vet_z &_o now_o test._n tom._n 4._o in_o append_v operum_fw-la august_n august_n commentaria_fw-la quae_fw-la ambrosij_n titulum_fw-la ferunt_fw-la in_o 1._o tim._n 3._o 3._o damaso_n siriciu_o ●odie_fw-mi ●odie_fw-mi lib●_n ●_z as_o bald●●n●_n show_v annot._n in_o 〈◊〉_d lib._n 1._o &_o 2._o 2._o cen●●r_n in_o lib._n 〈…〉_o 4._o 4._o 〈…〉_o pope_n until_o about_o 370._o hieron_n in_o chron._n chron._n lib._n quaest_n vet_z &_o now_o testam_fw-la quaest_a 115._o 115._o the_o rhemist_n in_o the●r_n annot._n 〈◊〉_d 1._o tim._n 3.15_o 3.15_o 1._o tim._n 1.3_o 1.3_o roman_z ecclesiae_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la epist._n ad_fw-la valenti●ian_n impetat_v contra_fw-la symmachum_fw-la symmachum_fw-la contra_fw-la d●as_fw-la ep●st_fw-la pelag_n an●t_n ad_fw-la bonifa●●u●_n li●_n 1._o c._n ●_o ●_o can._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o ●he_v coun●●l_a o●_n chalced●_n i●●erpreteth_v their_o fact_n c●n_n 2d_o