Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
truth_n church_n religion_n true_a 7,548 5 5.1593 4 true
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A30977 The genuine remains of that learned prelate Dr. Thomas Barlow, late Lord Bishop of Lincoln containing divers discourses theological, philosophical, historical, &c., in letters to several persons of honour and quality : to which is added the resolution of many abstruse points published from Dr. Barlow's original papers. Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691. 1693 (1693) Wing B832; ESTC R3532 293,515 707

There are 14 snippets containing the selected quad. | View original text

suffer_v no_o hierarchical_a minister_n to_o come_v or_o pray_v with_o he_o but_o desire_v and_o have_v only_a presbyterian_o about_o he_o mr._n reynel_n signify_v this_o to_o mr._n roswel_o desire_v he_o to_o inquire_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o and_o signify_v it_o to_o he_o whereupon_o he_o consult_v mr._n pullen_n of_o magdalen_n hall_n who_o be_v my_o lord_n household_n chaplain_n with_o he_o in_o all_o his_o sickness_n and_o at_o his_o death_n and_o he_o assure_v he_o that_o the_o say_a bishop_n as_o he_o live_v so_o he_o die_v a_o true_a son_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n that_o no_o presbyterian_a come_v near_o he_o in_o all_o his_o sickness_n that_o beside_o his_o own_o prayer_n private_a to_o himself_o there_o be_v in_o his_o family_n no_o prayer_n save_o those_o of_o the_o church_n nor_o any_o but_o his_o own_o chaplain_n to_o read_v they_o beside_o mr._n pullen_n give_v he_o a_o part_n of_o the_o bishop_n last_o will_n wherein_o within_o less_o than_o a_o month_n before_o he_o die_v he_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o thought_n in_o opposition_n to_o papist_n and_o puritan_n and_o this_o sermon_n be_v the_o last_o which_o the_o bishop_n write_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n at_o the_o importunity_n of_o mr._n roswel_o dr._n sanderson_n permit_v it_o to_o be_v print_v to_o vindicate_v his_o father_n honour_n and_o judgement_n and_o to_o confute_v that_o lie_a report_n and_o so_o that_o lie_v occasion_v the_o publish_n this_o truth_n a●iquisque_fw-la malo_fw-la fuit_fw-la usus_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la ita_fw-la est_fw-la tho._n barlow_n collegii_fw-la reginalis_fw-la praeses_fw-la but_o partly_o because_o it_o may_v sufficient_o confound_v the_o before_o mention_v calumny_n against_o bishop_n sanderson_n and_o partly_o because_o his_o religionary_a profession_n in_o his_o last_o will_n and_o testament_n contain_v somewhat_o like_o prophetical_a matter_n in_o his_o mention_v his_o belief_n of_o the_o happy_a future_a state_n of_o our_o church_n in_o a_o conditional_a manner_n it_o be_v think_v fit_a to_o print_v that_o part_n of_o his_o will_n that_o concern_v the_o same_o as_o the_o same_o be_v late_o faithful_o transcribe_v out_o of_o his_o will_n now_o remain_v in_o the_o registry_n of_o the_o prerogative_n court_n in_o london_n viz._n and_o here_o i_o do_v profess_v that_o as_o i_o have_v live_v so_o i_o do_v desire_n and_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n resolve_v to_o die_v in_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n of_o christ_n and_o a_o true_a son_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n which_o as_o it_o stand_v by_o law_n establish_v to_o be_v both_o in_o doctrine_n and_o worship_n agreeable_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v in_o the_o most_o material_a point_n of_o both_o conformable_a to_o the_o faith_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o godly_a church_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o primitive_a and_o pure_a time_n i_o do_v firm_o believe_v this_o lead_v so_o to_o do_v not_o so_o much_o from_o the_o force_n of_o custom_n and_o education_n to_o which_o the_o great_a part_n of_o mankind_n owe_v their_o particular_a different_a persuasion_n in_o point_n of_o religion_n as_o upon_o the_o clear_a evidence_n of_o truth_n and_o reason_n after_o a_o serious_a and_o impartial_a examination_n of_o the_o ground_n as_o well_o of_o popery_n as_o puritanism_n according_a to_o that_o measure_n of_o understanding_n and_o those_o opportunity_n which_o god_n have_v afford_v i_o and_o herein_o i_o be_o abundant_o satisfy_v that_o the_o schism_n which_o the_o papist_n on_o the_o one_o hand_n and_o the_o superstition_n which_o the_o puritan_n on_o the_o other_o hand_n lie_v to_o our_o charge_n be_v very_o just_o chargeable_a upon_o themselves_o respective_o wherefore_o i_o humble_o beseech_v almighty_a god_n the_o father_n of_o mercy_n to_o preserve_v this_o church_n by_o his_o power_n and_o providence_n in_o truth_n peace_n and_o godliness_n evermore_o unto_o the_o world_n end_n which_o doubtless_o he_o will_v do_v if_o the_o wickedness_n and_o security_n of_o a_o sinful_a people_n and_o particular_o those_o sin_n that_o be_v so_o rife_a and_o seem_v daily_a to_o increase_v among_o we_o of_o unthankfulness_n riot_n and_o sacrilege_n do_v not_o tempt_v his_o patience_n to_o the_o contrary_n and_o i_o also_o humble_o further_a beseech_v he_o that_o it_o will_v please_v he_o to_o give_v unto_o our_o gracious_a sovereign_n the_o reverend_a bishop_n and_o the_o parliament_n timely_o to_o consider_v the_o great_a danger_n that_o visible_o threaten_v this_o church_n in_o point_n of_o religion_n by_o the_o late_a great_a increase_n of_o popery_n and_o in_o point_n of_o revenue_n by_o sacrilegious_a enclosure_n and_o to_o provide_v such_o wholesome_a and_o effectual_a remedy_n as_o may_v prevent_v the_o same_o before_o it_o be_v too_o late_o the_o substance_n of_o a_o letter_n write_v by_o the_o same_o late_a pious_a and_o learned_a prelate_n bishop_n barlow_n to_o the_o clergy_n of_o his_o di●cess_n upon_o occasion_n of_o a_o order_n of_o the_o quarter_n session_n for_o the_o county_n of_o bedford_n hold_v at_o ampthill_n in_o the_o say_a county_n in_o the_o 36th_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o late_a king_n charles_n the_o second_o annoque_fw-la dom._n 1684._o for_o the_o prosecution_n of_o the_o law_n against_o dissenter_n all_o the_o compliance_n our_o moderate_a spirit_v prelate_n can_v be_v bring_v to_o in_o reference_n to_o that_o sharp_a order_n be_v only_o in_o this_o letter_n to_o represent_v to_o his_o clergy_n that_o since_o it_o be_v a_o evident_a truth_n that_o all_o subject_n both_o by_o the_o indispensable_a law_n of_o nature_n and_o scripture_n be_v oblige_v to_o obey_v the_o power_n establish_v over_o they_o by_o god_n and_o that_o most_o particular_o in_o thing_n more_o immediate_o relate_v to_o the_o great_a and_o important_a concern_v of_o god_n glory_n and_o the_o salvation_n of_o their_o own_o soul_n and_o that_o by_o the_o prudent_a and_o pious_a care_n of_o our_o government_n a_o godly_a form_n and_o liturgy_n of_o god_n public_a worship_n have_v be_v provide_v and_o establish_v both_o by_o our_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a law_n which_o according_o require_v all_o people_n to_o resort_v to_o their_o respective_a parish_n church_n and_o to_o communicate_v there_o with_o the_o congregation_n in_o prayer_n receive_v the_o sacrament_n and_o hear_v the_o word_n and_o since_o the_o say_a liturgy_n have_v not_o only_o be_v for_o many_o year_n receive_v by_o our_o church_n with_o little_a or_o no_o opposition_n till_o the_o late_a unfortunate_a time_n of_o rebellion_n and_o confusion_n but_o have_v be_v likewise_o approve_v and_o commend_v by_o the_o most_o learned_a and_o pious_a divine_n in_o foreign_a protestant_a church_n and_o so_o religious_o prize_v and_o esteem_v by_o the_o renown_a protestant_a martyr_n in_o queen_n mary_n day_n that_o one_o of_o their_o great_a complaint_n be_v that_o they_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o benefit_n of_o that_o liturgy-book_n and_o that_o since_o the_o rejection_n of_o it_o and_o the_o disobey_v the_o law_n that_o enjoin_v it_o make_v our_o dissenter_n evident_o schismatical_a in_o their_o separation_n from_o our_o church-communion_n as_o shall_v say_v he_o if_o god_n please_v be_v in_o convenient_a time_n make_v further_a to_o appear_v and_o that_o for_o those_o reason_n it_o be_v not_o only_o convenient_a but_o necessary_a that_o our_o good_a law_n shall_v be_v execute_v both_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o public_a peace_n and_o unity_n and_o the_o benefit_n even_o of_o the_o dissenter_n themselves_o for_o that_o afflictio_fw-la that_fw-mi intellectum_fw-la and_o it_o be_v probable_a their_o suffering_n by_o the_o execution_n of_o our_o just_a law_n and_o the_o bl●ssing_n of_o god_n upon_o they_o may_v bring_v they_o to_o a_o sense_n of_o their_o duty_n and_o a_o desire_n to_o perform_v it_o therefore_o for_o the_o attain_n of_o those_o good_a end_n he_o require_v all_o his_o say_a clergy_n of_o his_o diocese_n within_o the_o abovesaid_a county_n to_o publish_v the_o above_o mention_v order_n the_o next_o sunday_n after_o it_o shall_v be_v tender_v they_o and_o diligent_o to_o advance_v the_o design_n of_o it_o according_a to_o the_o several_a particular_a direction_n in_o the_o say_a order_n prescribe_v and_o both_o by_o preach_v and_o catechise_v to_o take_v away_o all_o excuse_n for_o their_o ignorance_n to_o instruct_v their_o people_n in_o their_o duty_n to_o god_n and_o their_o king_n with_o his_o prayer_n for_o a_o blessing_n upon_o their_o endeavour_n in_o which_o he_o conclude_v this_o letter_n sign_v himself_o their_o affectionate_a friend_n brother_n and_o diocesan_n thomas_n lincoln_n finis_fw-la book_n new_o publish_v print_v for_o john_n dunton_n at_o the_o raven_n in_o the_o poultry_n the_o history_n of_o the_o famous_a edist_n of_o nantes_n contain_v a_o account_n of_o all_o the_o persecution_n which_o in_o france_n have_v befall_v those_o protestant_n who_o
art_n octavo_fw-la creed_n wherein_o we_o say_v and_o shall_v believe_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o eternal_a and_o if_o we_o have_v no_o scripture_n yet_o nature_n and_o the_o undoubted_a principle_n of_o our_o natural_a reason_n tell_v we_o and_o efficacious_o demonstrate_v that_o there_o can_v be_v but_o one_o eternal_a for_o whatever_o be_v eternal_a of_o itself_o and_o without_o all_o beginning_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v infinite_a for_o nothing_o can_v give_v finitude_n or_o bound_n to_o itself_o and_o whatever_o be_v eternal_a can_v possible_o have_v any_o thing_n before_o it_o to_o give_v it_o bound_n and_o it_o be_v more_o impossible_a that_o what_o be_v after_o it_o and_o temporal_a shall_v give_v bound_n to_o a_o eternal_a be_v so_o that_o if_o those_o atom_n be_v eternal_a and_o infinite_a as_o they_o must_v be_v if_o they_o be_v eternal_a than_o they_o must_v be_v so_o many_o deity_n or_o god_n for_o nothing_o but_o god_n can_v be_v eternal_a and_o infinite_a and_o then_o consider_v how_o many_o god_n we_o shall_v have_v even_o as_o many_o as_o there_o be_v of_o those_o atom_n now_o he_o tell_v we_o p._n 124._o that_o perhaps_o a_o 1660._o a_o in_o minimus_fw-la corpusculo_fw-la continentur_fw-la multae_fw-la atomorum_fw-la myriad_o vid._n philosophiam_fw-la epicuri_fw-la per_fw-la gassendum_fw-la cap._n 6._o p._n 39_o edit_fw-la londini_fw-la anno._n 1660._o million_o of_o those_o atom_n do_v not_o make_v one_o corpusculum_fw-la or_o visible_a body_n and_o then_o how_o many_o million_o must_v go_v to_o make_v up_o all_o the_o corpuscula_fw-la and_o corpora_fw-la in_o the_o world_n will_v be_v a_o hard_a work_n for_o he_o or_o any_o body_n else_o to_o number_v he_o then_o who_o say_v those_o atom_n be_v eternal_a bring_v in_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o multiplicity_n of_o god_n and_o so_o deny_v the_o only_a true_a god_n for_o more_o than_o one_o true_a god_n there_o can_v be_v 2._o he_o say_v those_o atom_n have_v magnitude_n and_o motion_n pag._n 17_o 18._o which_o no_o eternal_a and_o infinite_a thing_n be_v capable_a of_o as_o 15._o as_o aristotle_n metaphysicorum_n lib._n 14._o cap._n 6._o &_o natural_a auscult_a lib._n 8._o cap._n 15._o aristotle_n from_o natural_a principle_n have_v evident_o prove_v but_o if_o he_o say_v and_o nothing_o else_o can_v be_v say_v that_o these_o atom_n be_v temporary_a and_o have_v a_o beginning_n i_o ask_v when_o and_o by_o who_o do_v they_o begin_v 1._o it_o be_v say_v by_o he_o p._n 17._o that_o they_o be_v the_o first_o matter_n of_o the_o world_n ergo_fw-la they_o must_v be_v before_o the_o world_n as_o the_o matter_n of_o a_o house_n must_v be_v before_o a_o house_n can_v be_v make_v of_o it_o but_o if_o moses_n say_v true_a gen._n 1.1_o in_o the_o beginning_n god_n create_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n &c_n &c_n no_o mention_n of_o atom_n heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v create_v say_v moses_n and_o all_o jew_n and_o christian_n say_v that_o be_v ex_fw-la nihilo_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la atomis_fw-la aut_fw-la materià_fw-la ullâ_fw-la praexistenti_fw-la sed_fw-la apage_fw-la nugas_fw-la quae_fw-la christianum_fw-la philosophum_fw-la non_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la sed_fw-la atheum_n aut_fw-la epicurum_n qui_fw-la creationem_fw-la ne_fw-la virtute_fw-la quidam_fw-la divinâ_fw-la citat_fw-la divinâ_fw-la vid._n notam_fw-la gassendi_n ad_fw-la calcem_fw-la cap._n 5._o syntagmatis_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la epicuri_fw-la pag._n 37._o supra_fw-la citat_fw-la possibilem_fw-la esse_fw-la negabat_fw-la sunt_fw-la apinae_fw-la tricaeque_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quid_fw-la vilius_fw-la istis_fw-la quas_fw-la refer_v pudet_fw-la &_o piget_fw-la refellere_fw-la i_o be_o trouble_v nor_o can_v i_o without_o some_o sorrow_n and_o impatience_n speak_v or_o think_v of_o it_o to_o see_v the_o scepticism_n to_o say_v no_o worse_o which_o now_o secure_o reign_v in_o our_o miserable_a nation_n while_o some_o dare_v profess_v and_o publish_v irrational_a and_o wild_a notion_n in_o philosophy_n and_o divinity_n too_o to_o the_o great_a prejudice_n of_o our_o church_n and_o truth_n and_o gratification_n of_o our_o adversary_n especial_o those_o of_o the_o roman_a faction_n who_o work_n we_o foolish_o do_v for_o they_o quoth_v ithacus_n velit_fw-la and_o without_o hope_n of_o reward_n or_o thanks_o ruin_v ourselves_o gratis_o whilst_o other_o by_o authority_n and_o duty_n oblige_v to_o suppress_v such_o opinion_n and_o punish_v their_o author_n betray_v their_o trust_n and_o truth_n and_o either_o know_o licence_n which_o i_o be_o loath_a to_o think_v or_o negligent_o permit_v such_o apocryphal_a and_o erroneous_a position_n to_o be_v publish_v in_o veritatis_fw-la damnum_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n scandalum_fw-la god_n almighty_n be_v merciful_a to_o this_o bleed_a church_n and_o nation_n and_o to_o every_o true_a member_n of_o either_o of_o they_o to_o yourself_o and_o sir_n your_o faithful_a servant_n t._n b_o another_o letter_n to_o sir_n j._n b._n sir_n i_o receive_v you_o and_o return_v a_o thousand_o thanks_o i_o be_o glad_a that_o neither_o you_o nor_o that_o excellent_a person_n to_o who_o you_o do_v innocent_o and_o prudent_o communicate_v what_o sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la i_o communicate_v to_o you_o do_v condemn_v my_o censure_n of_o the_o book_n i_o mention_v i_o confess_v i_o be_o and_o a_o long_a time_n have_v be_v not_o a_o little_a trouble_v to_o see_v protestant_n nay_o clergyman_n and_o bishop_n approve_v and_o propagate_v that_o which_o they_o miscall_v new-philosophy_n so_o that_o our_o university_n begin_v to_o be_v infect_v with_o it_o little_o consider_v the_o cause_n or_o consequence_n of_o it_o or_o how_o it_o tend_v evident_o to_o the_o advantage_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o ruin_n of_o our_o religion_n 1._o it_o be_v certain_a this_o new-philosophy_n as_o they_o call_v it_o be_v set_v on_o foot_n and_o have_v be_v carry_v on_o by_o the_o art_n of_o rome_n and_o those_o 12._o those_o vid._n juramentum_fw-la professionis_fw-la fidei_fw-la which_o all_o her_o ecclesiastic_n take_v in_o concilio_n trident_n sess_n 24._o de_fw-fr reformatione_fw-la in_fw-la calce_fw-la cap._n 12._o who_o oath_n and_o interest_n it_o be_v to_o maintain_v all_o her_o superstition_n campanella_n de_fw-fr monarchia_fw-la hispaniae_fw-la i_o have_v lend_v out_o my_o book_n and_o can_v cite_v you_o the_o page_n give_v this_o advice_n to_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n to_o give_v large_a stipend_n to_o some_o person_n of_o great_a part_n and_o wit_n who_o may_v in_o flanders_n propagate_v some_o new_a opinion_n in_o philosophy_n tell_v he_o that_o the_o heretic_n such_o as_o you_o and_o i_o he_o mean_v be_v greedy_a of_o novelty_n and_o will_v be_v apt_a to_o receive_v such_o new_a opinion_n in_o philosophy_n whence_o division_n and_o new_a opinion_n in_o divinity_n will_v arise_v by_o which_o division_n so_o set_v on_o foot_n and_o well_o manage_v the_o heretic_n may_v with_o much_o more_o ease_n be_v root_v out_o and_o ruin_v since_o which_o time_n papist_n especial_o the_o jesuit_n have_v promote_v this_o new-philosophy_n and_o their_o new_a design_n to_o ruin_v we_o by_o it_o for_o the_o great_a writer_n and_o promoter_n of_o it_o be_v of_o the_o roman_a religion_n such_o as_o des_fw-mi cartes_n gassendus_fw-la du_n hamel_n maurus_n mersennus_n de_fw-fr mellos_n etc._n etc._n and_o what_o division_n this_o new_a philosophy_n have_v cause_v among_o protestant_n in_o holland_n and_o england_n can_v be_v unknown_a to_o any_o consider_a person_n when_o i_o be_v though_o unworthy_a library-keeper_n and_o see_v the_o jesuit_n and_o popish_a party_n cry_v up_o their_o new-philosophy_n i_o do_v by_o friend_n send_v to_o paris_n venice_n florence_n rome_n alcala_n de_fw-fr henares_n academia_n complutensis_n in_o spain_n etc._n etc._n to_o inquire_v whether_o the_o jesuit_n in_o their_o college_n train_v up_o their_o young_a man_n in_o the_o new-philosophy_n or_o whether_o in_o all_o their_o disputation_n they_o keep_v they_o to_o strict_a form_n and_o aristotle_n way_n of_o ratiocination_n and_o the_o return_n i_o have_v from_o all_o place_n be_v that_o none_o be_v more_o strict_a than_o they_o in_o keep_v all_o their_o young_a man_n to_o the_o old_a principle_n and_o form_n of_o disputation_n for_o they_o well_o know_v that_o all_o their_o schoolman_n casuist_n and_o controversy-writer_n have_v so_o mix_v aristotle_n philosophy_n with_o their_o divinity_n that_o he_o who_o have_v not_o a_o comprehension_n of_o aristotle_n principle_n and_o the_o use_n of_o they_o in_o all_o scholastic_a dispute_n and_o controversy_n of_o religion_n will_v never_o be_v able_a rational_o to_o defend_v or_o confute_v any_o controvert_v position_n in_o the_o roman_a or_o reform_a religion_n now_o while_o they_o keep_v close_o to_o the_o old_a way_n of_o dispute_v on_o the_o old_a receive_v principle_n if_o they_o can_v persuade_v we_o to_o spend_v our_o time_n about_o novel_a whimsy_n and_o not_o well_o understand_v experiment_n and_o neglect_v the_o severe_a study_n of_o the_o old_a philosophy_n and_o scholastical_a
detestabliis_fw-la est_fw-la in_o regibus_fw-la injustitia_fw-la regum_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la suum_fw-la cuiqu_fw-la tribuere_fw-la peccant_a reges_fw-la si_fw-la tributa_fw-la iniquae_fw-la subditis_fw-la imponant_fw-la vel_fw-la antiqua_fw-la augeant_fw-la sine_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la necessitate_v i_o be_o sir_n you_o t._n l._n a_o letter_n concern_v historical_a passage_n in_o the_o papacy_n and_o of_o the_o question_n whether_o the_o turk_n or_o pope_n be_v the_o great_a antichrist_n sir_n whither_o pope_n innocent_a the_o viii_o have_v such_o a_o pension_n as_o 40_o or_o 60000_o crown_n from_o the_o turk_n i_o know_v not_o though_o i_o do_v believe_v have_v the_o turk_n offer_v it_o his_o holiness_n will_v scarce_o have_v refuse_v it_o for_o both_o innocent_a the_o viii_o who_o die_v anno_fw-la 1491._o and_o alexander_n the_o vi_o who_o succeed_v he_o be_v prodigious_o impious_a and_o beyond_o all_o measure_n covetous_a innocent_n the_o viii_o have_v no_o less_o than_o 26_o son_n and_o daughter_n yet_o no_o wife_n for_o of_o he_o it_o be_v 130._o be_v see_v cyprian_n valera_n of_o the_o life_n of_o the_o pope_n write_v in_o spanish_a and_o translate_v into_o english_a by_o john_n golburne_n and_o print_v at_o london_n 1600._o p._n 130._o say_v by_o the_o poet._n octo_fw-la recens_fw-la pueros_fw-la genuit_fw-la totidemque_fw-la puellas_fw-la hunc_fw-la merito_fw-la poterit_fw-la dicere_fw-la roma_fw-la patrem_fw-la spurcity_n gula_fw-la avaritia_fw-la atque_fw-la ignavia_fw-la deses_fw-la hoc_fw-la octave_n jacent_fw-la quo_fw-la tegeris_fw-la tumulo_fw-la in_o his_o time_n bajazet_n the_o turkish_a emperor_n have_v a_o brother_n zizimus_n or_o as_o some_o call_v he_o geme_n who_o rebel_v against_o he_o and_o send_v to_o pope_n 33._o pope_n cyprian_a valera_n ibid._n p._n 131._o out_o of_o friar_n john_n de_fw-fr pineda_n lib._n 26._o cap._n 33._o innocent_a to_o secure_v that_o brother_n who_o be_v retire_v to_o rhodes_n and_o be_v afterward_o bring_v to_o the_o pope_n bajazet_n send_v a_o present_a to_o the_o pope_n to_o wit_n the_o title_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n cross_n in_o hebrew_n greek_a and_o latin_a this_o the_o turk_n send_v to_o the_o pope_n that_o he_o may_v detain_v his_o brother_n zizimus_n or_o geme_n that_o so_o he_o may_v not_o be_v at_o liberty_n to_o make_v war_n against_o he_o pope_n innocent_a be_v dead_a the_o turk_n brother_n geme_n be_v prisoner_n to_o his_o successor_n alexander_n vi_o to_o who_o the_o turk_n pay_v a_o pension_n of_o 40000_o duckat_n annual_o 136._o annual_o cyprian_a valera_n or_o de_n valera_n ibid_fw-la p._n 136._o for_o keep_v his_o brother_n prisoner_n but_o charles_n the_o viii_o king_n of_o france_n manage_v war_n against_o pope_n alexd_n who_o be_v not_o able_a to_o resist_v that_o king_n the_o pope_n be_v constrain_v to_o conclude_v a_o peace_n and_o one_o condition_n be_v that_o he_o shall_v set_v the_o turk_n brother_n at_o liberty_n this_o exceed_o trouble_v the_o pope_n who_o if_o he_o set_v the_o turk_n brother_n at_o liberty_n lose_v his_o pension_n of_o 40000_o dackat_n at_o last_o the_o turk_n give_v the_o pope_n alexander_n 200000_o duckat_n to_o take_v away_o his_o brother_n jovius_n brother_n cyprian_a valera_n ibid._n and_o he_o cite_v there_o guicciardin_n and_o jovius_n and_o according_o the_o pope_n cause_v he_o to_o be_v 1663._o be_v guicciardin_n in_o the_o 3._o book_n of_o his_o history_n have_v this_o story_n of_o pope_n alexander_n abominable_a incest_n with_o lucretia_n but_o it_o be_v leave_v out_o both_o in_o italian_a and_o latin_a edition_n but_o the_o word_n be_v publish_v with_o other_o passage_n leave_v out_o of_o his_o history_n lond._n 1595._o and_o since_o at_o amsterdam_n 1663._o poison_v and_o so_o he_o die_v this_o be_v that_o pope_n alexander_n who_o can_v and_o notwithstanding_o his_o holiness_n and_o infallibility_n do_v commit_v such_o abominable_a adultery_n and_o incest_n with_o his_o own_o 1663._o own_o guicciardin_n in_o the_o 3._o book_n of_o his_o history_n have_v this_o story_n of_o pope_n alexander_n abominable_a incest_n with_o lucretia_n but_o it_o be_v leave_v out_o both_o in_o italian_a and_o latin_a edition_n but_o the_o word_n be_v publish_v with_o other_o passage_n leave_v out_o of_o his_o history_n lond._n 1595._o and_o since_o at_o amsterdam_n 1663._o daughter_n lucretia_n as_o have_v not_o usual_o be_v hear_v of_o among_o pagan_n which_o give_v occasion_n to_o johannes_n pontanus_n to_o make_v this_o epitaph_n for_o the_o say_v lucretia_n hoc_fw-la iaceo_fw-la in_o tumulo_fw-la lucretia_n nomine_fw-la sed_fw-la re_fw-la thais_n alexandri_fw-la filia_fw-la sponsa_fw-la narus_n but_o enough_o if_o not_o too_o much_o of_o this_o for_o even_o your_o best_a popish_a writer_n who_o be_v more_o willing_a to_o conceal_v than_o to_o publish_v their_o pope_n impiety_n confess_v this_o alexander_n the_o six_o to_o have_v be_v a_o monstrous_a villain_n that_o he_o have_v the_o turkish_a emperor_n brother_n zizimus_n at_o rome_n that_o he_o deliver_v he_o up_o to_o charles_n the_o french_a king_n and_o that_o he_o die_v a_o little_a while_n after_o and_o sabellicus_n b._n sabellicus_n vide_fw-la onuphrum_fw-la pa●●inium_fw-la papizium_n massonum_n etc._n etc._n in_o vita_fw-la alexandri_fw-la 6._o ant._n c●ecium_n sabellicum_fw-la operum_fw-la tom._n 2._o enneadis_n 10._o lib._n 9_o p._n 778._o d._n 781._o b._n say_v that_o bajazet_n promise_v the_o pope_n magnam_fw-la auri_fw-la vim_o si_fw-la fratrem_fw-la veneno_fw-la tolleret_fw-la p._n 778._o and_o it_o be_v certain_a he_o die_v a_o little_a after_o and_o then_o he_o add_v that_o it_o be_v believe_v that_o he_o be_v poison_v the_o pope_n know_v it_o fuerunt_fw-la qui_fw-la crederent_fw-la eum_fw-la veneno_fw-la sublatum_fw-la fuisseque_fw-la alexandrum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la ejus_fw-la consilii_fw-la non_fw-la ignarum_fw-la p._n 782._o again_o you_o say_v it_o seem_v that_o the_o hungarian_n have_v rather_o be_v under_o the_o turk_n than_o under_o the_o pope_n and_o emperor_n so_o shall_v i_o too_o if_o i_o may_v have_v my_o choice_n and_o be_v put_v to_o it_o if_o i_o have_v liberty_n and_o power_n to_o avoid_v it_o i_o will_v be_v under_o neither_o it_o be_v a_o great_a unhappiness_n to_o be_v under_o either_o for_o as_o the_o proverb_n be_v neither_o barrel_n be_v better_a nor_o good_a herring_n but_o if_o my_o condition_n be_v so_o miserable_a that_o i_o must_v be_v under_o one_o of_o they_o than_o consonant_a to_o right_a reason_n and_o religion_n pars_fw-la tutior_fw-la est_fw-la eligenda_fw-la i_o will_v choose_v that_o side_n in_o which_o i_o shall_v undergo_v less_o misery_n and_o mischief_n that_o be_v i_o will_v be_v under_o the_o turk_n rather_o than_o the_o pope_n for_o under_o the_o turk_n i_o may_v as_o the_o greek_a church_n do_v enjoy_v my_o religion_n and_o if_o i_o do_v not_o rebel_v but_o pay_v tax_n i_o may_v enjoy_v the_o rest_n of_o my_o estate_n but_o under_o the_o pope_n i_o shall_v not_o have_v so_o good_a quarter_n and_o condition_n i_o must_v either_o turn_n papist_n with_o evident_a danger_n of_o eternal_a damnation_n or_o i_o lose_v all_o for_o the_o popish_a apothegme_n their_o declare_a judicial_a sentence_n be_v peremptory_a short_a and_o severe_a turn_v or_o burn._n if_o with_o reason_n ground_v on_o nature_n or_o scripture_n they_o can_v as_o i_o be_o sure_a they_o can_v convince_v i_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o their_o roman-catholick_n religion_n than_o they_o have_v where_o they_o have_v power_n fire_n and_o faggot_n to_o consume_v i_o so_o that_o under_o the_o pope_n if_o i_o keep_v my_o religion_n than_o life_n and_o livelihood_n and_o whatever_o i_o have_v in_o this_o world_n be_v absolute_o lose_v and_o if_o i_o impious_o desert_n my_o religion_n i_o shall_v have_v little_a reason_n to_o hope_v for_o any_o thing_n but_o hell_n purgatory_n will_v not_o do_v it_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v 1._o the_o next_o query_n you_o mention_v be_v whether_o the_o turk_n or_o pope_n be_v the_o worse_a antichrist_n and_o you_o say_v that_o honest_a john_n fox_n dispute_v the_o case_n pro_fw-la and_o con_v and_o leave_v the_o determination_n of_o it_o till_o elias_n come_v but_o i_o fear_v you_o be_v mistake_v for_o john_n fox_n do_v believe_v the_o pope_n to_o be_v antichrist_n and_o so_o do_v and_o do_v all_o the_o reform_a church_n particular_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o evident_o appear_v by_o our_o homily_n which_o all_o our_o divine_n do_v still_o subscribe_v and_o though_o dr._n hammond_n have_v a_o new_a and_o wild_a opinion_n that_o simon_n magus_n be_v antichrist_n yet_o in_o that_o he_o contradict_v the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n which_o he_o have_v subscribe_v and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o he_o contradict_v express_v scripture_n and_o the_o sense_n of_o christendom_n for_o 1600._o year_n he_o be_v the_o first_o who_o ever_o hold_v that_o apocryphal_a opinion_n and_o may_v be_v he_o will_v be_v the_o last_o unless_o some_o out_o of_o mere_a kindness_n to_o his_o person_n for_o
dubious_a 2._o and_o further_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o we_o neither_o have_v nor_o without_o some_o new_a divine_a revelation_n can_v have_v any_o infallible_a mean_n to_o know_v that_o a_o general_n council_n be_v infallible_a for_o 1._o scripture_n never_o so_o much_o as_o name_v a_o general_n council_n much_o less_o say_v it_o be_v infallible_a 2._o nor_o do_v it_o legal_o tell_v we_o who_o can_v call_v it_o 3._o nor_o who_o must_v choose_v representative_n or_o how_o many_o or_o what_o power_n they_o can_v give_v they_o 4._o nor_o when_o they_o be_v call_v commissioned_n and_o come_v whether_o all_o must_v concur_v to_o make_v a_o infallible_a decree_n or_o the_o major_a part_n of_o vote_n will_v be_v sufficient_a 5._o nor_o what_o mean_v they_o must_v use_v to_o make_v their_o decree_n certain_a and_o infallible_a or_o whether_o they_o shall_v be_v infallible_a in_o their_o definition_n whether_o they_o be_v good_a or_o impious_a person_n whether_o they_o use_v good_a mean_n to_o find_v out_o the_o truth_n or_o none_o at_o all_o i_o say_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o neither_o our_o bless_a saviour_n nor_o his_o apostle_n have_v assure_v we_o of_o any_o of_o these_o in_o scripture_n nor_o any_o acknowledge_a general_n council_n since_o ever_o define_v synodical_o and_o declare_v a_o general_n council_n to_o be_v infallible_a and_o therefore_o we_o have_v just_a reason_n to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v irrational_a to_o persuade_v man_n there_o be_v a_o infallible_a guide_n and_o that_o a_o general_n council_n on_o who_o judgement_n we_o may_v with_o certainty_n and_z undoubted_o rely_v when_o there_o be_v neither_o scripture_n nor_o general_n council_n and_o therefore_o no_o infallible_a mean_n for_o universal_a and_o uninterrupted_a tradition_n neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v pretend_v to_o nor_o indeed_o any_o thing_n else_o to_o prove_v a_o general_n council_n to_o be_v infallible_a he_o who_o think_v otherwise_o let_v he_o show_v i_o any_o place_n in_o scripture_n or_o canon_n of_o any_o legitimate_a general_n council_n to_o prove_v what_o he_o say_v and_o if_o i_o can_v make_v it_o appear_v to_o any_o impartial_a judge_n that_o it_o be_v impertinent_a and_o his_o reason_n from_o it_o inconsequent_a he_o shall_v have_v my_o hearty_a thanks_o and_o subscription_n to_o his_o opinion_n if_o so_o prove_v for_o i_o shall_v count_v he_o no_o less_o than_o a_o mad_a man_n at_o least_o high_o irrational_a who_o travel_v towards_o heaven_n will_v refuse_v a_o infallible_a guide_n to_o bring_v he_o thither_o if_o he_o can_v be_v assure_v there_o be_v such_o a_o one_o and_o he_o be_v little_o wise_a who_o without_o such_o assurance_n follow_v any_o who_o pretend_v to_o what_o he_o can_v prove_v 3._o necessary_a 3._o not_o necessary_a there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o such_o a_o pretend_a eternal_a guide_n our_o bless_a saviour_n who_o be_v the_o 15.3_o the_o rev._n 15.3_o king_n of_o saint_n and_o 5.23_o and_o eph._n 5.23_o head_n of_o his_o church_n govern_v and_o direct_v it_o with_o his_o holy_a word_n the_o scripture_n aquinas_n scripture_n extern_a per_fw-la verbum_fw-la intern_a per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la aquinas_n without_o and_o his_o holy_a spirit_n within_o nor_o be_v there_o or_o can_v be_v any_o true_a member_n of_o his_o church_n and_o mystical_a body_n which_o have_v not_o his_o holy_a 8.9_o holy_a rom._n 8.9_o spirit_n to_o direct_v and_o comfort_v it_o his_o holy_a word_n be_v fidei_fw-la &_o morum_fw-la regula_n a_o infallible_a rule_n of_o our_o action_n and_o belief_n and_o his_o spirit_n where_o real_o it_o be_v and_o it_o be_v real_o in_o every_o member_n of_o his_o mystical_a body_n be_v a_o internal_a principle_n which_o enlighten_v the_o understanding_n of_o all_o in_o who_o it_o be_v and_o sanctify_v their_o will_n and_o affection_n and_o enable_v they_o to_o believe_v and_o obey_v the_o truth_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o every_o pious_a person_n and_o member_n of_o the_o true_a church_n of_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 6.45_o be_v joh._n 6.45_o teach_v of_o god_n and_o our_o bless_a saviour_n have_v promise_v that_o all_o such_o shall_v understand_v and_o 8.32_o and_o joh._n 7.17_o &_o 8.32_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o scripture_n this_o mean_v our_o bless_a saviour_n and_o his_o apostle_n leave_v in_o the_o church_n and_o it_o be_v and_o still_o be_v sufficient_a for_o salvation_n without_o any_o general_a council_n for_o a_o infallible_a guide_n that_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o 325_o year_n after_o christ_n be_v undeniable_o evident_a thus_o 1._o it_o be_v certain_a and_o on_o all_o side_n confess_v that_o there_o be_v no_o general_n council_n in_o the_o world_n till_o the_o first_o nicene-council_n which_o be_v in_o the_o year_n 325._o i_o ask_v then_o be_v the_o primitive_a christian_n save_v in_o that_o 325_o year_n when_o there_o be_v no_o general_n council_n to_o guide_v they_o infallible_o or_o be_v they_o not_o if_o you_o say_v they_o be_v not_o save_v than_o your_o roman_a martyrologie_n all_o your_o missal_n and_o breviaries_n be_v manifest_o false_a and_o your_o church_n err_v in_o all_o which_o be_v hundred_o of_o martyr_n and_o saint_n acknowledge_v and_o in_o your_o sacred_a office_n prayer_n make_v to_o they_o which_o if_o they_o be_v neither_o saint_n nor_o save_v be_v not_o only_o erroneous_a but_o high_o impious_a and_o if_o you_o say_v that_o they_o be_v save_v in_o those_o 325_o year_n when_o they_o have_v no_o general_n council_n to_o guide_v they_o infallible_o as_o of_o necessity_n you_o ought_v and_o must_v say_v then_o say_v i_o that_o christian_n may_v have_v have_v salvation_n if_o no_o general_n council_n have_v ever_o be_v for_o there_o neither_o be_v any_o reason_n nor_o can_v any_o be_v give_v why_o christian_n shall_v have_v more_o need_n of_o a_o infallible_a guide_n in_o the_o follow_a than_o they_o have_v in_o the_o first_o age_n and_o therefore_o if_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o a_o infallible_a guide_n then_o there_o will_v be_v none_o now_o but_o as_o they_o be_v so_o we_o may_v be_v save_v without_o one_o if_o i●_n be_v say_v that_o the_o many_o heresy_n whi●●_n arise_v in_o after_o age_n make_v a_o infallible_a guide_n a_o general_a council_n more_o necessary_a it_o will_v be_v reply_v with_o evident_a truth_n that_o there_o be_v more_o wild_a heresy_n in_o those_o first_o age_n we_o now_o speak_v of_o than_o in_o any_o since_o as_o will_v be_v manifest_a to_o any_o who_o serious_o read_v and_o impartial_o consider_v the_o write_n of_o those_o ancient_a etc._n ancient_a such_o as_o iraeneus_n epiphanius_n augustine_n theodoret_n phil●stinus_n etc._n etc._n father_n who_o have_v give_v we_o just_a catalogue_n of_o the_o heretic_n and_o heresy_n of_o those_o first_o age_n and_o therefore_o if_o those_o primitive_a christian_n for_o 325_o year_n notwithstanding_o all_o the_o heresy_n in_o their_o time_n be_v for_o zeal_n and_o piety_n excellent_a person_n saint_n and_o martyr_n without_o any_o infallible_a guide_n so_o may_v we_o too_o if_o we_o shall_v do_v as_o they_o do_v that_o be_v diligent_o read_v the_o scripture_n believe_v and_o obey_v they_o exercise_v all_o those_o act_n of_o piety_n towards_o god_n and_o charity_n towards_o our_o neighbour_n which_o be_v there_o clear_o enough_o require_v of_o we_o so_o that_o there_o be_v now_o no_o necessity_n of_o a_o infallible_a guide_n which_o without_o any_o proof_n be_v vain_o pretend_v to_o council_n 4._o nor_o ever_o be_v there_o any_o general_a council_n 4._o and_o we_o say_v further_o that_o there_o never_o be_v any_o council_n in_o the_o world_n such_o as_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v infallible_a which_o be_v true_o general_n ecumenical_a for_o 1._o it_o be_v and_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o a_o general_n council_n true_o and_o proper_o so_o call_v and_o none_o else_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v infallible_a must_v consist_v of_o the_o representative_n of_o the_o whole_a christian_n world_n 2._o it_o be_v also_o certain_a and_o evident_a that_o the_o representative_n of_o a_o very_a great_a if_o not_o the_o great_a part_v of_o the_o christian_a world_n be_v never_o call_v or_o send_v or_o come_v to_o any_o council_n which_o have_v be_v hold_v any_o where_o since_o the_o apostle_n time_n i_o mean_v none_o out_o of_o aethopia_n persia_n india_n etc._n etc._n be_v either_o call_v or_o come_v to_o any_o of_o those_o council_n which_o hitherto_o have_v be_v hold_v as_o be_v manifest_a by_o their_o subscription_n and_o yet_o all_o history_n agree_v that_o the_o gospel_n be_v preach_v and_o christian_n plant_v in_o those_o country_n so_o that_o the_o great_a council_n we_o have_v yet_o have_v be_v only_o imperial_a not_o true_o general_n call_v by_o the_o roman_a emperor_n and_o consist_v of_o bishop_n within_o their_o jurisdiction_n if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o both_o protestant_n and_o papist_n call_v the_o
sancta_fw-la romana_fw-la 3._o where_o we_o have_v a_o long_a catalogue_n of_o authentic_a and_o apoc._n book_n make_v by_o pope_n gelatius_n and_o his_o council_n of_o 70_o bishop_n 494._o the_o canon_n 318._o canon_n vid._n crab._n council_n tom._n 1._o p._n 991._o &_o council_n per_fw-la labb●_n par._n 1671._o tom_n 4._o 1259_o 1260_o 1261._o surius_n council_n tom._n 2._o p._n 318._o of_o that_o council_n we_o have_v elsewhere_o better_a than_o in_o gratian_n in_o canon_n and_o council_n they_o call_v some_o thing_n canon_n or_o anthentick_a which_o they_o damn_v now_o as_o apocryphal_a and_o so_o do_v we_o too_o and_o other_o thing_n they_o approve_v as_o authentic_a which_o now_o neither_o they_o nor_o we_o approve_v vid._n johan_n de_fw-fr turre_n cremata_fw-la in_o his_o can._n 15_o 16._o &_o glossas_fw-la especial_o the_o late_a 1618._o late_a editionis_fw-la par._n 1612._o &_o 1618._o one_o where_o to_o reconcile_v the_o contradiction_n of_o this_o canon_n and_o council_n to_o the_o present_a opinion_n of_o rome_n they_o be_v glad_a to_o say_v that_o this_o canon_n be_v so_o much_o corrupt_v parisiensi_fw-la corrupt_v toto_fw-la hoc_fw-la canone_o tot_fw-la modis_fw-la distant_a ab_fw-la originali_fw-la ut_fw-la satis_fw-la certo_fw-la statui_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la quae_fw-la vera_fw-la sit_fw-la gelasii_fw-la lectio_fw-la nota_fw-la ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la mandamus_fw-la can._n 3._o do_v 15._o in_o utraque_fw-la editione_n parisiensi_fw-la that_o they_o can_v tell_v which_o word_n in_o it_o be_v real_o the_o word_n of_o gelasius_n and_o which_o not_o 15._o it_o will_v be_v requisite_a to_o consult_v some_o writer_n about_o the_o authority_n and_o use_v of_o father_n etc._n etc._n such_o as_o these_o 1._o dallaeus_n de_fw-fr usu_fw-la patrum_fw-la extat_fw-la 1._o gallicè_fw-la 2._o lat._n per_fw-la joh._n mettaienum_n genevae_n 1656._o quarto_fw-la 2._o tractatus_fw-la de_fw-la patrum_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la &_o traditionum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la fidei_fw-la etc._n etc._n emenium_n k._n vyfalrinum_fw-la cum_fw-la praefat_fw-la d._n parei_n francofurti_n 1611._o octavo_fw-la 3._o tractatus_fw-la de_fw-la patrum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la quid_fw-la etc._n etc._n per_fw-la andr._n rivetum_n praefixus_fw-la libro_fw-la svo_fw-la quem_fw-la criticum_fw-la sacrum_n inscripsit_fw-la 4._o vid._n gratian._n dist._n 9_o glossam_fw-la à_fw-la turre_n cremata_fw-la ibid._n &_o multo_fw-la de_fw-la authoritate_fw-la scripturae_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o socinian_o grant_v the_o father_n no_o authority_n 223._o authority_n totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la praeter_fw-la apostolos_fw-la authoritas_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la nulla_fw-la esi_fw-la smalcius_n in_o refutat_fw-la duorum_fw-la lib._n smeglecii_n de_fw-fr erroribus_fw-la nou._n arria●o●um_n lib._n 2._o 16._o p_o 225._o &_o &_o ibid._n p._n 223._o at_o all_o and_o the_o papist_n be_v swear_v never_o to_o expound_v 1633._o expound_v in_o juram●nto_n p●ofessio_fw-la nis_fw-la fidei_fw-la in_o council_n trident._n sess_n 24._o de_fw-la reformat_fw-la in_o case_n c●p_n 12._o edit_fw-la ant._n 1633._o scripture_n but_o secundum_fw-la unanim_fw-la patrum_fw-la consensum_fw-la but_o very_o little_a and_o when_o they_o make_v against_o they_o none_o at_o all_o as_o we_o may_v see_v by_o cajetan_a genes_n cajetan_a who_o allow_v a_o exposition_n of_o scripture_n though_o contra_fw-la torrentem_fw-la patrum_fw-la ad_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o 1._o genes_n fevardentius_n lectorem_fw-la fevardentius_n fevarde●tius_n say_v if_o all_o be_v leave_v out_o of_o the_o father_n which_o we_o now_o believe_v not_o bona_fw-la pars_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la periret_fw-la fevardentius_n in_o iraenaeum_n p._n 494._o ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la maldonatus_n 1487._o maldonatus_n maldonat_fw-la in_o cap._n 6._o joh._n p._n 1487._o who_o tell_v we_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o augustin_n and_o innocentius_n first_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o communicate_v infant_n 1488._o infant_n augustini_fw-la &_o innocentii_fw-la sententia_fw-la sexcento_n circiter_fw-la annos_fw-la viguit_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la ibid._n 116._o p._n 1488._o and_o that_o august_n deliver_v this_o non_fw-la ut_fw-la opinionem_fw-la svam_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la fidei_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dogma_fw-la and_o that_o this_o opinion_n prevail_v in_o the_o church_n about_o 600_o year_n and_o yet_o deny_v now_o historici_fw-la eccles_n 16._o for_o the_o better_a understanding_n scripture_n and_o father_n the_o knowledge_n of_o ecclesiastical_a history_n will_v be_v necessary_a such_o as_o these_o 1._o as_o have_v write_v general_a comprehension_n and_o epitome_n of_o ecclesiastical_a history_n for_o instance_n 1._o timanni_n gesselii_n historia_fw-la sacra_fw-la ordine_fw-la chronologico_fw-la compendiosè_fw-la digesta_fw-la a_o mundo_fw-la condito_fw-la ad_fw-la annum_fw-la christi_fw-la 1125._o trajecti_fw-la ad_fw-la rhenum_n 1659._o vol._n 1._o quarto_fw-la 2._o joh._n cluverii_fw-la historiarum_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la epitome_n ab_fw-la origine_fw-la mundi_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n christi_fw-la 1633._o lugd._n bat._n 1639._o vol._n 1._o quarto_fw-la 2._o such_o as_o have_v write_v ecclesiastical_a history_n ancient_o and_o more_o full_o as_o 1._o eusebii_n hist_o eccles_n cum_fw-la notis_n hen._n valesii_n par._n 1659._o 2._o socrates_n &_o sozomen_fw-la per_fw-la eundem_fw-la par._n 1668._o 3._o theodoreti_n evagrii_fw-la philostorgii_fw-la &_o theodori_n hist_n per_fw-la eundem_fw-la par._n 1673._o these_o give_v a_o account_n of_o church-affair_n for_o almost_o 600_o year_n and_o if_o ruffinus_n his_o two_o book_n of_o ecclesiastical_a history_n by_o ben._n laurentius_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr bar_n par._n 1580._o and_o the_o historia_n tripartita_n compose_v by_o cassiodore_n and_o publish_v by_o b._n rhenanum_n basil_n 1528._o be_v add_v it_o may_v be_v complete_a and_o facilitate_v the_o understanding_n of_o the_o forementioned_a history_n 3._o such_o as_o have_v write_v late_o but_o most_o full_o ecclesiastical_a history_n as_o 1._o historia_fw-la eccles_n per_fw-la centuriatores_fw-la mageleburgicos_fw-la basil_n 1624._o 2._o or_o the_o epitome_n of_o it_o in_o 7_o vol._n quarto_n by_o lucas_n osiander_n tube_v 1607._o 3._o annal._n eccles_n baronii_n a_o nato_fw-la christo_fw-la ad_fw-la 1197._o continuati_fw-la à_fw-la provio_n ad_fw-la annum_fw-la 1431._o &_o a_o spondano_n ad_fw-la 1646._o not._n de_o his_o annal._n 1._o quod_fw-la ex_fw-la editionibus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la illam_fw-la ant._n 1612._o solam_fw-la &_o correctissimam_fw-la agnoscit_fw-la baronius_n v._n baronius_n baronius_n in_o lteris_n chri●_n plantino_fw-it latis_fw-la quae_fw-la extan_fw-mi in_fw-la calce_fw-la tom._n &_o 10_o edit_n ant._n 1611._o monet_n lectrem_fw-la omne_fw-la illua_fw-la esse_fw-la adulterous_a &_o spuriun_n quod_fw-la editio_fw-la dictae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la consentatanum_n besides_o baroniu●_n we_o may_v consult_v rob._n saliani_n annales_n eccles_n vet._n test_n tom._n 8._o colon._n 1620._o in_o f●l●_n notand_v extat_fw-la epitome_n annal._n card._n baronii_n per_fw-la ludou._n aurelium_n octau._n monasterii_fw-la 1638._o 2._o v._n there_o be_v three_o or_o four_o former_a edition_n 2._o even_o in_o this_o best_a edition_n 1612._o in_o the_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o tome_n the_o number_n of_o the_o paragraph_n be_v leave_v out_o whether_o this_o omission_n of_o these_o number_n be_v casu_fw-la or_o concilio_n i_o know_v not_o but_o sure_o i_o be_o that_o unless_o those_o number_n be_v supply_v by_o the_o pen_n and_o write_v in_o the_o margin_n quotation_n can_v without_o great_a trouble_n be_v find_v in_o those_o four_o tome_n which_o want_v they_o 3._o before_o those_o annal_n of_o baron_n be_v use_v the_o most_o learned_a q●arto_n learned_a contra_fw-la casaubonum_fw-la pro_fw-la baron_n scripseruit_fw-la 1._o herebertus_n rosweidus_n lib._n cui_fw-la titulus_fw-la lex_fw-la talionis_fw-la etc._n etc._n quarto_n ant._n 1614_o 2._o audreas_n eudaemon_n johannes_n quarto_n colon._n 1617._o convi_fw-la iis_fw-la fortitèr_fw-la sed_fw-la argumentis_fw-la frigidè_fw-la contra_fw-la casaub_n agunt_fw-la vid._n ad_fw-la trebbechorii_n exercitat_fw-la ad_fw-la annales_n baronii_n ubi_fw-la desiit_fw-la cafanbonus_n edit_fw-la kibonii_fw-la 1673._o in_o q●arto_n exercitation_n of_o casaubon_n upon_o they_o will_v be_v of_o infinite_a use_n to_o discover_v the_o many_o error_n of_o that_o annalist_n 4._o and_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o baronius_n study_v partium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o only_o zealous_a but_o every_o where_o factious_a in_o maintain_v the_o pope_n prerogative_n and_o all_o the_o receive_v error_n and_o superstition_n of_o that_o church_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o centuriator_n be_v in_o some_o thing_n a_o little_a too_o straight_o lac_fw-la d_o so_o that_o the_o truth_n many_o time_n lie_v between_o they_o so_o that_o a_o impartial_a reader_n of_o their_o story_n by_o collection_n of_o what_o they_o have_v say_v and_o the_o ground_n why_o they_o do_v so_o may_v find_v that_o truth_n which_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d either_o can_v not_o or_o will_v not_o acknowledge_v 4._o two_o historian_n more_o i_o will_v commend_v for_o understand_v the_o state_n of_o religion_n since_o luther_n both_o person_n of_o great_a moderation_n and_o fidelity_n though_o of_o different_a religion_n and_o write_v what_o they_o may_v and_o do_v know_v 1._o john_n sleidani_n comment_fw-fr de_fw-fr
petri_n bertii_fw-la guil._n twissi_n thom._n jacksonii_n etc._n etc._n scripta_fw-la quibus_fw-la penè_fw-la omnibus_fw-la de_fw-la questionibus_fw-la praedictis_fw-la earumve_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la hommius_n &_o twissus_n contra_fw-la reliqui_fw-la pro_fw-la arminio_n fuse_v disputant_n 22._o animadversion_n on_o a_o treatise_n entitle_v god_n love_n to_o mankind_n by_o john_n davenant_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n cambridge_n 1641._o 23._o determinatio_fw-la quaestionum_fw-la per_fw-la eundem_fw-la fol._n ubi_fw-la vari●_n arminianorum_n placita_fw-la solid_a more_o svo_fw-la ventilat_fw-la erat_fw-la enim_fw-la ingenii_fw-la scholastici_fw-la vir_fw-la judicii_fw-la subacti_fw-la &_o perspicui_fw-la synodo_fw-la do●_n dracenae_fw-la praesens_fw-la interfuit_fw-la controversiis_fw-la h●s●●_n ver●atissimus_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la inter_fw-la nostrate_v superioress_n nullum_fw-la habuit_fw-la forte_fw-fr nec_fw-la aequalem_fw-la 24._o examen_fw-la thesium_fw-la franc._n gomari_fw-la de_fw-la pred●●●atione_fw-la per_fw-la jac._n arminium_n anno_fw-la 1645._o oct●●●_n 25._o andreae_n riveti_n epistolae_fw-la apologeticae_fw-la contra_fw-la mos_fw-la amyraldum_n de_fw-fr gratiâ_fw-la universali_fw-la 1648._o octavo_fw-la 26._o frederici_fw-la spanhemii_fw-la epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la cattierium_n de_fw-la gratia_fw-la vniversali_fw-la 1648._o 27._o mosis_fw-la amyraldi_n specimen_fw-la animadversionum_fw-la adversus_fw-la spanhemium_fw-la de_fw-fr gratia_n universali_fw-la 28._o georg._n vellei_fw-mi ad_fw-la pamphilium_fw-la continium_n de_fw-la specimine_fw-la animadversionum_fw-la mosis_fw-la amyraldi_n judicium_fw-la 1649._o octavo_fw-la 29._o johan_n dallaei_n apologia_fw-la pro_fw-la duabus_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la in_o gallia_n protestantium_fw-la synodis_fw-la nationalibus_fw-la adversus_fw-la fred._n spanhemii_fw-la exercitationes_fw-la de_fw-la gratia_n vniversali_fw-la 1655._o octavo_fw-la 30._o fidei_fw-la mosis_fw-la amyraldi_n circa_fw-la errores_fw-la arminianorum_n declaratio_fw-la an._n 1646._o octavo_fw-la 31._o dissertationes_fw-la dvae_fw-la prima_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la christi_fw-la quatenus_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la extendatur_fw-la secunda_fw-la de_fw-la predestinatione_fw-la &_o reprobatione_fw-la per_fw-la joh._n davenantium_fw-la episcopum_fw-la nuper_fw-la salisburiensem_fw-la cantabr_n 1650._o fol._n 32._o joh_n gerrardi_n vossii_n historia_n pelagiana_n quarto_n 33._o joh._n peltii_fw-la harmonia_fw-la remonstrantium_fw-la &_o socinianorum_n 1633._o quarto_fw-la 34_o questiones_fw-la hae_fw-la passim_fw-la occurrunt_fw-la ventilatae_fw-la apud_fw-la lutheranos_fw-es eorum_fw-la precipui_fw-la sunt_fw-la gerrardus_fw-la locis_fw-la communibus_fw-la chemnitius_n in_o examine_v council_n trid._n brochmannus_fw-la in_fw-la systemate_fw-la theologiae_n eckardus_fw-la pandectis_fw-la controversiarum_fw-la religionis_fw-la qui_fw-la remonstrantibus_fw-la &_o arminio_n favent_fw-la calvinus_n suique_fw-la sequaces_fw-la calvinistae_fw-la ex_fw-la adverso_fw-la stant_fw-la ut_fw-la passim_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la calvinum_fw-la institutionibus_fw-la bezam_n in_o rom._n 9_o henricum_fw-la altingium_n io._n 1._o &_o 2._o scriptorum_fw-la theologicorum_fw-la paulum_fw-la ferrium_n vindiciis_fw-la scholasticè_fw-la orthodoxè_fw-la perkinsium_fw-la etc._n etc._n 35._o inter_fw-la pontificios_fw-la jesuitae_n pro_fw-la arminio_n domicani_n contra_fw-la militant_a ideoque_fw-la suarez_n alvarez_n reliquique_fw-la presertim_fw-la ubi_fw-la de_fw-la auxiliis_fw-la divinae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la scriptitant_fw-la consulendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la 36._o huc_fw-la spectat_fw-la celebris_fw-la illa_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d controversia_fw-la tanto_fw-la tempore_fw-la &_o partium_fw-la zelo_fw-la in_o galliis_fw-la pridem_fw-la agitata_fw-la inter_fw-la jansenii_n &_o molinae_fw-la sequaces_fw-la quorum_fw-la high_a arminio_n illi_fw-la calvino_n magis_fw-la favent_fw-la eorum_fw-la scripta_fw-la adversaria_fw-la omne_fw-la penè_fw-la prostant_fw-la cognitu_fw-la lectuque_fw-la non_fw-la indigna_fw-es have_v now_o endeavour_v to_o satisfy_v you_o with_o the_o account_n of_o the_o socinian_n and_o arminian_n tenet_n and_o writer_n about_o the_o same_o i_o shall_v comply_v in_o the_o next_o place_n with_o your_o desire_n of_o have_v my_o thought_n about_o the_o genealogy_n in_o st._n matthew_n for_o the_o genealogy_n matth._n 1._o if_o you_o reckon_v from_o abraham_n to_o david_n inclusiuè_fw-la there_o be_v fourteen_o generation_n if_o from_o solomon_n to_o jechonias_n inclusiuè_fw-la you_o have_v also_o fourteen_o generation_n but_o then_o if_o from_o thence_o to_o christ_n our_o bless_a saviour_n inclusiuè_fw-la we_o have_v but_o thirteen_o generation_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 1._o abraham_n 1._o solomon_n 1._o salathiel_n 2._o isaac_n 2._o roboam_n 2._o zorobabel_n 3._o jacob._n 3._o abia._n 3._o abiud_fw-la 4._o judas_n 4._o asa_n 4._o eliakim_n 5._o pharez_n 5._o josaphat_n 5._o azor._n 6._o esrom_n 6._o joram_n 6._o sadoc_n 7._o aram._n 7._o ozias_n 7._o achim_n 8._o aminadab_n 8._o joatham_n 8._o eliud_fw-la 9_o naasson_n 9_o achaz_n 9_o eliazar_n 10._o sa●mon_n 10._o ezekias_n 10._o matthan_n 11._o booz_n 11._o manasseh_n 11._o jacob._n 12._o obed._n 12._o amon._n 12._o joseph_n 13._o jesse_n 13._o josias_n 13._o christus_fw-la 14._o david_n 14._o jechonias_n  _fw-fr to_o solve_v this_o doubt_n one_o generation_n want_v it_o be_v confess_v that_o one_o generation_n incuria_fw-la amanuensium_fw-la be_v leave_v out_o ver_fw-la 11._o for_o it_o be_v certain_a in_o the_o old_a testament_n 1._o that_o jehoahaz_n 7._o jehoahaz_n 2_o chron._n 36._o v._o 7._o succeed_v josiah_n immediate_o but_o he_o reign_v only_o three_o month_n be_v omit_v by_o matthew_n 2._o his_o brother_n jehojakim_n 1._o jehojakim_n ver_fw-la 1._o succeed_v who_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o his_o son_n and_o next_o successor_n be_v jehojakim_n 5._o jehojakim_n ver_fw-la 5._o who_o be_v sometime_o call_v coniah_n 22.24_o coniah_n jer._n 22.24_o and_o sometime_o jeconiah_n 3.16_o jeconiah_n 1_o chron._n 3.16_o as_o matthew_n here_o call_v he_o so_o that_o to_o supply_v this_o want_n of_o one_o generation_n the_o text_n shall_v be_v read_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seu_fw-la jehojachim_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seu_fw-la jehojachim_n etc._n etc._n so_o the_o text_n agree_v with_o the_o genealogy_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o the_o generation_n want_v be_v supply_v and_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o text_n clear_v which_o without_o such_o supply_n be_v not_o true_a for_o the_o text_n as_o now_o we_o read_v it_o say_v that_o josiah_n bega●_n jeconiah_n and_o his_o brethren_n about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n whereas_o 1._o jeconiah_n be_v not_o son_n of_o josiah_n but_o his_o grandchild_n and_o son_n of_o jehojakim_n 36.8_o jehojakim_n 2_o chron._n 36.8_o 2._o josiah_n be_v dead_a before_o the_o captivity_n about_o eleven_o or_o twelve_o year_n and_o jeconiah_n be_v towards_o nine_o year_n old_a when_o he_o be_v carry_v captive_a to_o babylon_n for_o he_o begin_v 36._o begin_v 2_o chron._n 36._o to_o reign_v when_o he_o be_v eight_o year_n old_a and_o reign_n d_o three_o month_n and_o ten_o day_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v impossible_a josiah_n shall_v beget_v he_o about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o captivity_n who_o be_v then_o above_o eight_o year_n old_a and_o josiah_n dead_a eleven_o or_o twelve_o year_n before_o 3._o and_o beside_o all_o this_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o some_o ancient_a 6._o ancient_a vide_fw-la n._n testamentum_fw-la graec._n per_fw-la rob._n stephanum_n paris_n 1550._o where_o in_o the_o margin_n it_o be_v read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n no._n testamentum_fw-la graece_fw-la lond._n 1648._o &_o varias_fw-la lect._n in_fw-la bibliis_fw-la polyglottis_fw-la tom._n 6._o greek_a copy_n have_v and_o read_v it_o so_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o various_a readins_n note_v in_o our_o print_a greek_a testament_n and_o i_o have_v see_v a_o greek_a testament_n msc_n betwixt_o five_o and_o six_o hundred_o year_n old_a wherein_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v in_o the_o text_n itself_o though_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o it_o be_v leave_v out_o in_o many_o copy_n long_o before_o even_o in_o the_o time_n of_o epiphanius_n 22._o epiphanius_n vid._n epiphanium_fw-la ad_fw-la versus_fw-la hereses_n tom._n 1._o pag._n 21_o 22._o in_o the_o four_o century_n who_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o and_o endeavour_n though_o with_o great_a 19_o great_a vid._n dion_n petavii_n notas_fw-la ad_fw-la epiphanium_fw-la tom._n 2._o notarum_fw-la pag._n 18_o 19_o mistake_n to_o solve_v the_o doubt_n this_o omission_n be_v not_o only_o in_o our_o bibles_n but_o in_o the_o popish_a vulgar_a latin_a even_o in_o those_o of_o sixtus_n v._o and_o clement_n viii_o which_o they_o call_v authentic_a and_o of_o more_o authority_n than_o the_o original_n when_o i_o have_v urge_v this_o to_o some_o of_o their_o priest_n that_o their_o as_o they_o call_v it_o authentic_a latin_a bible_n be_v false_a and_o call_v the_o generation_n from_o salathiel_n to_o our_o bless_a saviour_n fourteen_o when_o indeed_o they_o be_v but_o thirteen_o when_o upon_o examination_n they_o find_v it_o so_o they_o ask_v i_o if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o our_o english_a bibles_n i_o tell_v they_o yes_o but_o we_o be_v not_o nor_o pretend_v to_o be_v infallible_a but_o for_o they_o who_o constant_o affirm_v the_o pope_n and_o their_o church_n to_o be_v infallible_a and_o miscall_v we_o heretic_n because_o we_o will_v not_o
utter_o deny_v the_o picture_v of_o god_n the_o father_n and_o yet_o they_o of_o rome_n approve_v and_o practice_v it_o this_o doctrine_n of_o anti-transubstantiatio●_a be_v no_o new_a doctrine_n creep_v into_o the_o world_n since_o luther_n time_n but_o the_o ancient_a faith_n of_o the_o english_a and_o indeed_o of_o all_o christendom_n long_o before_o the_o conquest_n in_o the_o time_n of_o our_o saxon_a progenitor_n and_o so_o we_o find_v it_o in_o a_o ancient_a homily_n write_v original_o in_o latin_a but_o among_o many_o other_o translate_v into_o saxon_a by_o aelfricus_fw-la abbot_n of_o st._n alban_n in_o king_n edgar_n time_n vid._n saxon._n homil_n die_v sancto_n paschae_fw-la p._n 35._o that_o homily_n be_v no_o private_a thing_n but_o command_v by_o authority_n to_o be_v read_v in_o church_n on_o easter-day_n where_o speak_v of_o the_o sacred_a symbol_n in_o the_o eucharist_n we_o be_v tell_v that_o it_o be_v natural_o corruptible_a bread_n and_o wine_n and_o be_v by_o might_n of_o god_n word_n true_o christ_n body_n and_o blood_n yet_o not_o so_o bodily_a but_o ghostly_a and_o then_o there_o be_v divers_a difference_n put_v between_o christ_n body_n in_o which_o he_o suffer_v and_o his_o body_n in_o the_o sacrament_n as_o first_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n have_v flesh_n and_o blood_n but_o his_o ghostly_a or_o spiritual_a body_n be_v gather_v of_o many_o corn_n without_o bone_n blood_n or_o limb_n and_o without_o soul_n therefore_o nothing_o to_o be_v understand_v therein_o bodily_a but_o all_o ghostly_a and_o a_o little_a after_o this_o mystery_n speak_v of_o the_o sacred_a host_n be_v a_o pledge_n and_o figure_n christ_n body_n be_v truth_n itself_o this_o be_v the_o ancient_a faith_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n seven_o hundred_o year_n ago_o and_o it_o be_v we_o still_o if_o at_o or_o after_o the_o lateran_n council_n transubstantiation_n and_o another_o new_a doctrine_n be_v broach_v by_o the_o tyranny_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o slavish_a credulity_n of_o some_o of_o our_o predecessor_n let_v roman_a catholic_n ingenuous_o tell_v we_o who_o be_v the_o innovator_n but_o suppose_v a_o few_o person_n believe_v so_o suppose_v any_o father_n quote_v for_o it_o be_v uncorrupt_a yet_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o because_o they_o believe_v so_o therefore_o the_o christian_a world_n believe_v so_o and_o again_o suppose_v that_o the_o major_a part_n of_o father_n and_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n be_v for_o such_o a_o opinion_n i_o ask_v if_o this_o do_v bind_v posterity_n to_o be_v of_o their_o faith_n i_o shall_v here_o show_v you_o that_o though_o none_o pretend_v more_o to_o antiquity_n than_o the_o papist_n or_o make_v a_o great_a noise_n with_o father_n and_o council_n yet_o they_o slight_v they_o as_o much_o as_o any_o when_o they_o speak_v any_o thing_n against_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o present_a church_n as_o for_o instance_n what_o i_o partly_o before_o hint_v cardinal_n cajetan_n a_o very_a learned_a man_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o commentary_n on_o genesis_n have_v this_o passage_n si_fw-la quando_fw-la occurrit_fw-la novus_fw-la sensus_fw-la textui_fw-la consonus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la à_fw-la torrente_n doctorum_fw-la alienus_fw-la ●quum_fw-la se_fw-la praebeat_fw-la lector_n censorem_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o add_v nullus_fw-la detestetur_fw-la novum_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la sensum_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la dissonat_fw-la à_fw-la priscis_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la maldonat_fw-la in_o cap._n 6._o johannis_n that_o he_o may_v oppose_v calvin_n confess_v which_o no_o witness_n but_o my_o own_o eye_n can_v make_v i_o believe_v that_o he_o choose_v a_o new_a interpretation_n on_o the_o place_n against_o all_o the_o ancient_n but_o in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o prove_v that_o papist_n have_v sometime_o go_v against_o general_a council_n since_o you_o give_v i_o occasion_n further_o to_o dilate_v on_o what_o i_o before_o refer_v to_o by_o way_n of_o hint_n i_o shall_v tell_v you_o that_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o great_a council_n of_o justellum_n of_o council_n chalced._n can._n 2._o in_o collect._n can._n graec._n lat._n per_fw-la eliam_fw-la elingerum_fw-la 29._o in_o cod._n can._n ecclesiae_fw-la vnivers_n per_fw-la christoph_n justellum_n chalcedon_n one_o of_o the_o four_o which_o pope_n gregory_n will_v have_v receive_v tanquam_fw-la quatuor_fw-la evangelia_n make_v by_o 630_o bishop_n confirm_v by_o the_o 6_o general_n council_n hold_v at_o constantinople_n and_o by_o that_o of_o praefixum_fw-la of_o conc._n constant_a in_o t●ullo_n can._n 36._o for_o so_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v though_o binius_fw-la and_o some_o o_o her●_n will_v fain_o deny_v it_o in_o the_o b●dy_n of_o the_o canon_n law_n c._n r●nova●●es_o dist_n 22._o in_o the_o last_o and_o best_a edition_n of_o it_o see_v greg._n 13._o his_o bull_n give_v at_o rome_n july_n 1._o 1580._o gratiano_z praefixum_fw-la constance_n too_o sess_n 39_o fol._n 39_o edit_fw-la antiquae_fw-la mediolani_n 1511._o be_v yet_o every_o where_o slight_v by_o popish_a author_n for_o canon_n the_o 28_o or_o as_o in_o some_o edition_n the_o 29_o canon_n of_o chalcedon_n be_v quite_o leave_v out_o in_o that_o edition_n of_o the_o council_n by_o p._n crab_n and_o in_o that_o of_o dionysius_n exiguus_fw-la in_o the_o vetus_fw-la codex_fw-la canonum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la in_o caranza_n etc._n etc._n and_o though_o franciscus_n longus_n 27._o longus_n summa_fw-la concillor_n per_fw-la francisc_n longum_n à_fw-fr coriolano_n p._n 402._o apud_fw-la illum_fw-la can._n 27._o a_o coriolano_n have_v that_o canon_n yet_o in_o his_o annotation_n he_o flat_o deny_v it_o and_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v it_o false_a in_o divers_a particular_n so_o that_o the_o canonical_a determination_n of_o 360_o father_n meet_v in_o a_o general_n council_n who_o constitution_n their_o own_o translationem_fw-la own_o extra_n de_fw-fr renuntiation●_n cap._n post_fw-la translationem_fw-la pope_n gregory_n will_v have_v receive_v as_o evangelical_n truth_n when_o they_o make_v against_o they_o signify_v nothing_o but_o be_v flat_o deny_v and_o if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o this_o be_v no_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n the_o contrary_a be_v manifest_o true_a for_o it_o be_v in_o all_o the_o original_a greek_a copy_n print_v and_o manuscript_n exemplaribus_fw-la manuscript_n videsis_n cod._n canonum_fw-la per_fw-la christoph_n justellum_n ecclesiae_fw-la vniversae_fw-la can._n 206._o p_o 25._o zonaram_n in_o canon_n council_n p._n 118._o theodorum_fw-la balsamon_n in_o can._n 28._o council_n chalcedon_n &_o can._n concilior_fw-la graec._n lat._n quarto_fw-la an._n 1560._o per_fw-la andr._n gesnerum_fw-la p._n 48._o vid._n caranzam_n in_o notis_n ad_fw-la marginem_fw-la c._n 36._o council_n constantinop_n p._n 635._o where_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o canon_n be_v in_o the_o greek_a copy_n sed_fw-la deest_fw-la in_o latinis_fw-la exemplaribus_fw-la and_o express_o confirm_v by_o the_o 36th_o canon_n of_o the_o six_o general_n council_n at_o constantinople_n register_v by_o gratian_n can._n renovantes_fw-la dist_n 22._o though_o with_o insufferable_a falsehood_n and_o corruption_n of_o the_o canon_n as_o will_v manifest_o appear_v to_o any_o who_o will_v compare_v gratian'ss_n read_v with_o the_o original_a barociano_n original_a vid._n vetus_fw-la ●●sc_fw-la sy●●●icum_fw-la in_o bi●l_n b_o ●le●●_n i●●er_v m●c_n g●●●ca_fw-la è_fw-la m●s_n o_o barociano_n i_o know_v they_o of_o rome_n sli●ht_v this_o of_o constantinople_n as_o much_o as_o that_o ●f_n cha●cedon_n for_o first_o binius_fw-la tell_v we_o it_o smell_v more_o of_o ambition_n than_o truth_n and_o 635._o and_o caranza_n in_o a●not_n ad_fw-la can._n 36._o conc_fw-fr ●ii_fw-la 6._o gen._n p._n 635._o caranza_n ●rroneus_fw-la a_o quibusdam_fw-la existi_fw-la ●●ur_fw-la hic_fw-la canon_n and_o indeed_o i●_n be_v ●ecess●ry_a for_o they_o to_o deny_v that_o canon_n for_o it_o positive_o assert_n and_o determine_v such_o truth_n as_o utter_o overthrow_v their_o pope_n pretend_a supremacy_n which_o they_o so_o much_o and_o so_o irrational_o contend_v ●●r_a for_o first_o that_o great_a general_n council_n give_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o s●●_n lia_n only_o as_o gratian_n false_o read_v it_o 22._o it_o gratian_n can._n renovantes_fw-la do_v 22._o even_o in_o the_o last_o and_o best_a edition_n of_o their_o canon-law_a equal_a privilege_n to_o new_a and_o old_a rome_n that_o be_v declare_v and_o pronounce_v constantinople_n or_o the_o patriarch_n of_o that_o imperial_a city_n to_o have_v equal_a privilege_n with_o the_o pope_n or_o patriarch_n of_o old_a rome_n second_o that_o the_o roman_a bishop_n have_v not_o those_o privilege_n among_o other_o bishop_n by_o any_o divine_a right_n or_o succession_n from_o st._n peter_n as_o now_o they_o will_v pretend_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v give_v by_o ecclesiastical_a and_o positive_a constitution_n of_o the_o father_n three_o and_o they_o to_o make_v this_o manifest_a tell_v we_o that_o rome_n have_v those_o ancient_a prerogative_n not_o as_o its_o bishop_n be_v st._n peter_n successor_n or_o with_o
their_o ecclesiastical_a preferment_n and_o all_o stranger_n some_o few_o except_v give_v one_o whole_a year_n revenue_n this_o dr._n burnet_n tell_v we_o you_v in_o the_o 1._o part_n of_o his_o history_n of_o the_o reformation_n p._n 21._o and_o give_v you_o the_o authentic_a record_n for_o it_o in_o the_o end_n of_o that_o first_o part_n of_o his_o history_n among_o the_o collection_n of_o record_n lib._n 1._o num_fw-la 5._o page_n 7_o 8._o where_o you_o will_v have_v the_o motive_n which_o move_v the_o clergy_n then_o to_o give_v such_o a_o prodigious_a subsidy_n i_o can_v say_v no_o more_o at_o present_a save_v that_o i_o be_o your_o affectionate_a friend_n and_o oblige_a servant_n tho._n lincoln_n a_o letter_n to_o mr._n r._n s._n what_o you_o say_v of_o our_o late_a antiquity_n be_v too_o true_a we_o be_v alarm_v by_o many_o letter_n not_o only_o of_o false_a latin_a but_o false_a english_a too_o and_o many_o bad_a character_n cast_v on_o good_a man_n especial_o on_o the_o anti-arminians_a who_o be_v all_o especial_o dr._n prideaux_n make_v seditious_a person_n schismatic_n if_o not_o heretic_n nay_o our_o first_o reformer_n out_o of_o pet._n heylin_n angry_a and_z to_o our_o church_n and_o truth_n scandalous_a writing_n be_v make_v fanatic_n this_o they_o tell_v i_o and_o our_o judge_n of_o assize_n now_o in_o town_n say_v no_o less_o i_o have_v not_o read_v one_o leaf_n of_o the_o book_n yet_o but_o i_o see_v i_o shall_v be_v necessitate_v to_o read_v it_o over_o that_o i_o may_v with_o my_o own_o eye_n see_v the_o fault_n and_o so_o far_o as_o i_o be_o able_a endeavour_v the_o mend_n of_o they_o nor_o do_v i_o know_v any_o other_o way_n but_o a_o new_a edition_n with_o a_o real_a correction_n of_o all_o fault_n and_o a_o declaration_n that_o those_o miscarriage_n can_v just_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o university_n as_o indeed_o they_o can_v but_o to_o the_o passion_n and_o imprudence_n if_o not_o impiety_n of_o one_o or_o two_o who_o betray_v the_o trust_n repose_v in_o they_o in_o the_o manage_n the_o edition_n of_o that_o book_n i_o be_o of_o your_o opinion_n that_o if_o good_a dr._n c._n will_v finish_v and_o communicate_v his_o animadversion_n he_o will_v do_v a_o kind_a office_n p●us_fw-la vident_fw-la oculi_fw-la quam_fw-la oculus_fw-la tho_o i_o hope_v we_o shall_v be_v now_o awaken_v set_v those_o to_o work_v about_o that_o book_n who_o eye_n and_o care_n will_v be_v critical_a enough_o to_o see_v without_o spectacle_n and_o without_o partiality_n to_o correct_v the_o error_n which_o either_o ignorance_n or_o disorderly_a passion_n have_v produce_v god_n almighty_n bless_v you_o all_o you_o and_o sir_n your_o most_o oblige_a faithful_a and_o thankful_a servant_n t._n b._n another_o letter_n to_o mr._n r._n s._n about_o the_o same_o subject_a sir_n for_o the_o antiquitates_fw-la universitatis_fw-la oxon._n which_o you_o mention_v the_o author_n be_v one_o mr._n wood_n of_o merton_n college_n who_o write_v they_o in_o english_a but_o they_o be_v put_v into_o latin_a at_o christ-church_n by_o the_o order_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o dean_n and_o as_o you_o true_o observe_v the_o latin_a be_v very_o bad_a and_o indeed_o very_o etc._n very_o in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o king_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o commentariis_fw-la boni_fw-la consulat_fw-la be_v not_o latin_a etc._n etc._n false_a many_o time_n the_o translator_n subscribe_v the_o author_n epistle_n with_o his_o name_n which_o in_o english_a be_v anthony_n wood_n antonius_n a_o wood_n have_v they_o say_v antonius_n a_o sylva_n it_o have_v be_v latin_a but_o antonius_n a_o wood_n be_v neither_o latin_a nor_o sense_n the_o truth_n be_v not_o only_o the_o latin_a but_o the_o history_n itself_o be_v in_o many_o thing_n ridiculous_o false_a p._n 114._o libri_fw-la 2._o they_o say_v that_o burgus_n subtus_fw-la stainesmoram_fw-la be_v in_o cumberland_n whereas_o all_o know_v that_o it_o be_v in_o westmoreland_n about_o 20._o mile_n distant_a from_o cumberland_n in_o that_o 2._o book_n pag._n 122._o they_o say_v that_o i_o be_v bear_v in_o vico_fw-la vocato_fw-la orton_n whereas_o i_o be_v bear_v in_o no_o village_n at_o all_o but_o in_o a_o single_a house_n two_o mile_n from_o orton_n in_o the_o 1._o book_n of_o those_o antiquity_n p._n 285_o 286._o you_o have_v a_o story_n tell_v in_o english_a and_o latin_a to_o make_v our_o reformation_n and_o reformer_n ridiculous_a and_o in_o that_o p._n 286._o the_o translater_n make_v himself_o ridiculous_a for_o his_o gross_a ignorance_n for_o speak_v of_o one_o who_o be_v clericus_fw-la signetti_n as_o he_o call_v it_o that_o we_o may_v know_v what_o the_o signettum_n be_v he_o add_v sigillum_fw-la ita_fw-la regium_fw-la privatum_fw-la nuncupamus_fw-la so_o that_o if_o his_o latin_a and_o logic_n be_v true_a the_o signet_n and_o privy-seal_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n which_o i_o believe_v that_o excellent_a and_o worthy_a person_n my_o lord_n privy-seal_n will_v not_o allow_v mr._n wood_n who_o be_v the_o compiler_n of_o those_o antiquity_n be_v himself_o too_o favourable_a to_o papist_n and_o have_v often_o complain_v to_o i_o that_o at_o christ-church_n something_n be_v put_v in_o which_o neither_o be_v in_o his_o original_a copy_n nor_o approve_v by_o he_o the_o truth_n be_v not_o only_o the_o latin_a but_o also_o the_o matter_n of_o those_o antiquity_n be_v erroneous_a in_o several_a thing_n may_v prove_v scandalous_a and_o give_v our_o adversary_n some_o occasion_n to_o censure_v not_o only_o the_o university_n but_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o our_o reformation_n sure_o i_o be_o that_o the_o university_n have_v no_o hand_n in_o compose_v or_o approve_v those_o antiquity_n and_o therefore_o the_o error_n which_o be_v in_o they_o can_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la be_v impute_v to_o the_o university_n but_o must_v lie_v upon_o christ-church_n and_o the_o composer_n of_o they_o i_o be_o sir_n your_o faithful_a servant_n etc._n etc._n some_o quotation_n out_o of_o b._n barlow_n manuscript-answ_a to_o mr._n hobbs_n book_n of_o heresy_n wherein_o be_v prove_v the_o papist_n gross_a hypocrisy_n in_o the_o put_n heretic_n to_o death_n when_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n deliver_v over_o some_o impious_a and_o degrade_v person_n to_o the_o secular_a power_n to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n for_o to_o that_o end_n they_o gl_n they_o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la sit_fw-la ista_fw-la traditio_fw-la ut_fw-la puniatur_fw-la morte_fw-la ho●i●nsis_fw-la apud_fw-la pano●m_fw-la ad_fw-la caput_fw-la n●●imus_fw-la 27._o §_o 8._o extra_fw-la de_fw-la u●rb_n sig_n &_o aquinas_n 2._o 2._o qu._n 11_o &_o a●●_n 3._o relinquit_fw-la j●dicio_fw-la saeculari_fw-la exterminan●●m_fw-la per_fw-la mort●m_fw-la so_o linwood_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-la h●ereticis_fw-la cap._n 1._o verbo_fw-la paena_fw-la in_o gl_n deliver_v he_o then_o the_o bishop_n who_o deliver_v he_o to_o the_o secular_a power_n intercede_v efficaciter_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la cord_n so_o say_v the_o rubric_n for_o the_o person_n in_o these_o word_n 9_o word_n pontificale_fw-la romanum_fw-la romae_fw-la 1610._o p._n 456._o vid._n cap._n novimus_fw-la 27._o extra_fw-la de_fw-la verborum_fw-la sig_n &_o panorm_a ibid._n §_o 8._o 9_o domine_fw-la judex_n r●gamus_fw-la vos_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la affectu_fw-la quo_fw-la possumus_fw-la ut_fw-la amore_fw-la dei_fw-la pietatis_fw-la &_o misericordiae_fw-la intuitu_fw-la &_o nostrorum_fw-la interventu_fw-la precaminum_fw-la miserimo_fw-la huic_fw-la nullam_fw-la mortis_fw-la vel_fw-la mutilationis_fw-la periculum_fw-la inferatis_fw-la now_o this_o be_v strange_a hypocrisy_n for_o the_o secular_a magistrate_n can_v neither_o alter_v nor_o 1612._o nor_o the_o secular_a magistrate_n must_v believe_v not_o examine_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judg._n cook_n s_o report_n part_v 5._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regio_fw-la eccle_n p._n 7._o edit_fw-la london_n 1612._o moderate_v the_o sentence_n but_o if_o otherwise_o he_o will_v not_o must_v be_v compel_v to_o execute_v it_o etc._n it_o vid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la bullam_fw-la alexandri_fw-la papae_fw-la 4._o in_fw-la bullario_fw-la cherubini_n tom_n 1._o p._n 116._o &_o council_n trid._n sess_v 25._o c._n 20._o de_fw-la reformat_fw-la in_o criminal_a capit_fw-la edit_fw-la antwerp_n 1633._o p._n 623._o cogantur_fw-la omnes_fw-la principes_fw-la etc._n etc._n cogendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la magistratus_fw-la &_o officiales_fw-la quicunque_fw-la ad_fw-la exequendum_fw-la sententias_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o that_o luther_n just_o say_v damnatos_fw-la say_v articulo_fw-la 33._o inter_v artic_a a_o leone_n 10._o damnatos_fw-la sic_fw-la verbis_fw-la ludunt_fw-la in_fw-la mortibus_fw-la innocentium_n nor_o do_v 642._o do_v roffensis_fw-la operum_fw-la p._n 642._o roffensus_n though_o he_o endeavour_v it_o give_v any_o just_a answer_n or_o apology_n for_o that_o their_o practice_n and_o panormitan_n instead_o of_o answer_v the_o objection_n do_v indeed_o confirm_v it_o for_o when_o he_o have_v tell_v we_o that_o the_o prelate_n who_o deliver_v the_o condemn_a and_o degrade_v person_n to_o the_o secular_a judge_n shall_v intercede_v
homily_n against_o the_o peril_n of_o idolatry_n in_o the_o second_o tome_n of_o our_o homily_n p._n 11_o 12_o etc._n etc._n our_o 1552._o our_o see_v the_o last_o rubric_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o communion_n in_o our_o present_a liturgy_n and_o we_o have_v the_o same_o rubric_n in_o the_o same_o place_n in_o the_o second_o liturgy_n of_o e._n 6._o print_a anno_fw-la 1552._o liturgy_n etc._n etc._n to_o which_o we_o may_v add_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o convocation_n in_o the_o year_n 1640._o which_o however_o not_o confirm_v by_o parliament_n yet_o by_o they_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o clergy_n meet_v in_o that_o national_a synod_n declare_v rome_n to_o be_v idolatrous_a and_o gross_o superstitious_a in_o the_o seven_o canon_n and_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o be_v it_o the_o business_n of_o this_o letter_n may_v evident_o appear_v to_o omit_v other_o thing_n by_o that_o adoration_n their_o church_n give_v to_o the_o eucharistical_a 5._o eucharistical_a vid._n council_n trident._n sess_n 13._o de_fw-fr eucharistia_n cap_n 5._o host_n after_o consecration_n in_o the_o sacrament_n and_o to_o the_o cross_n procession_n cross_n vid._n pontificale_fw-la romanum_fw-la romae_fw-la 1611._o pag._n 480._o de_fw-la ordine_fw-la accipiend_n procession_n for_o to_o both_o these_o they_o give_v latria_n which_o they_o themselves_o confess_v be_v due_a to_o god_n only_o and_o therefore_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v gross_a idolatry_n 4._o and_o as_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n now_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o the_o one_o be_v and_o the_o other_o be_v idolatrous_a so_o as_o in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n there_o be_v 7000_o who_o keep_v themselves_o pure_a from_o idolatry_n even_o then_o when_o idolatry_n under_o jeroboam_n and_o his_o successor_n be_v the_o public_a and_o receive_a worship_n so_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n now_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o there_o may_v be_v and_o be_v many_o more_o thousand_o who_o in_o spain_n italy_n etc._n etc._n live_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o in_o external_a communion_n with_o it_o and_o yet_o do_v not_o communicate_v with_o she_o in_o her_o idolatry_n and_o antichristianism_n and_o these_o not_o only_o i_o but_o all_o protestant_n divine_v general_o call_v the_o invisible_a and_o true_a church_n of_o christ_n know_v to_o he_o though_o not_o appear_v to_o the_o world_n to_o be_v such_o but_o for_o the_o visible_a church_n of_o rome_n that_o be_v the_o pope_n and_o his_o adherent_n clergy_n and_o laity_n who_o acknowledge_v he_o christ_n vicar_n and_o supreme_a head_n of_o the_o whole_a christian_a church_n who_o believe_v and_o profess_v the_o whole_a doctrine_n of_o the_o roman_a communion_n roman_a the_o popish_a doctrine_n in_o which_o popery_n property_n consist_v as_o it_o be_v different_a from_o truth_n and_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v summary_o comprehend_v in_o their_o new_a t●ent_n creed_n publish_v by_o pope_n pius_n 4._o and_o be_v in_o some_o edition_n of_o the_o t●ent_n council_n at_o the_o end_n of_o that_o council_n so_o in_o the_o edition_n of_o the_o trent_n council_n by_o labbe_n paris_n 1667._o p._n 224_o 225._o in_o other_o edition_n it_o be_v put_v into_o the_o body_n of_o the_o council_n so_o in_o the_o edition_n of_o that_o council_n at_o antwerp_n 1633._o we_o have_v that_o creed_n sess_n 24._o de_fw-la reformatione_fw-la p._n 450_o 451._o in_o which_o creed_n we_o have_v 12._o new_a article_n comprehend_v their_o popish_a doctrine_n proper_o so_o call_v add_v to_o the_o ancient_a creed_n of_o constantinople_n which_o we_o receive_v and_o be_v the_o creed_n use_v by_o our_o church_n at_o the_o communion_n church_n and_o practice_v the_o superstitious_a and_o idolatrous_a way_n of_o worship_n approve_v and_o receive_v by_o that_o church_n these_o be_v no_o true_a church_n of_o god_n but_o a_o idolatrous_a and_o antichristian_a synagogue_n objectio_fw-la but_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o protestant_n divine_v general_o say_v that_o salvation_n may_v be_v have_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o therefore_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o true_a church_n of_o christ_n a_o true_a christian_a church_n and_o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v a_o idolatrous_a and_o antichristian_a synagogue_n in_o which_o no_o salvation_n can_v possible_o be_v have_v and_o therefore_o some_o of_o our_o divine_n as_o mr._n thorndike_n deny_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v idolatrous_a other_o which_o i_o shall_v not_o name_n say_v that_o she_o be_v guilty_a of_o material_a but_o not_o formal_a idolatry_n solutio_fw-la to_o this_o objection_n i_o say_v in_o short_a 1._o that_o it_o be_v true_a our_o learned_a and_o pious_a divine_n do_v usual_o grant_v that_o salvation_n may_v be_v have_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 2._o for_o what_o mr._n thorndike_n in_o his_o weight_n and_o measure_n have_v say_v that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v not_o guilty_a of_o idolatry_n it_o be_v only_o gratis_o dictum_fw-la but_o no_o way_n prove_v and_o beside_o he_o deny_v that_o truth_n which_o the_o church_n of_o england_n have_v affirm_v and_o he_o himself_o subscribe_v 3._o for_o those_o who_o talk_v of_o material_a idolatry_n it_o be_v absolute_a nonsense_n for_o although_o in_o actual_a sin_n of_o commission_n as_o in_o idolatry_n murder_n adultery_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v materiale_a peccati_fw-la the_o act_n itself_o and_o formale_a peccati_fw-la the_o obliquity_n of_o that_o act_n yet_o forma_fw-la that_fw-mi nomen_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la there_o neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v any_o idolatry_n murder_n or_o adultery_n without_o the_o form_n and_o obliquity_n of_o those_o acts._n so_o in_o a_o man_n the_o body_n be_v materiale_a hominis_fw-la and_o the_o soul_n be_v formalis_fw-la pars_fw-la but_o no_o man_n ever_o call_v a_o dead_a corpse_n though_o it_o be_v materialis_fw-la pars_fw-la the_o material_a part_n a_o material_a man_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o a_o dead_a corpse_n be_v no_o man_n at_o all_o so_o to_o call_v the_o act_n which_o be_v the_o material_a part_n of_o idolatry_n material_a idolatry_n be_v not_o sense_n for_o without_o the_o obliquity_n of_o the_o act_n which_o be_v the_o form_n it_o be_v not_o idolatry_n at_o all_o 4._o when_o protestant_n divine_v say_v that_o salvation_n may_v be_v have_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n their_o meaning_n neither_o be_v nor_o without_o they_o deny_v their_o own_o principle_n can_v be_v that_o those_o who_o live_v and_o die_v in_o the_o profession_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o popish_a religion_n can_v be_v save_v they_o say_v and_o prove_v that_o popery_n be_v such_o a_o mass_n of_o error_n superstition_n and_o abominable_a idolatry_n as_o can_v consist_v with_o salvation_n for_o 21.8_o for_o 1_o cor._n 6.9_o rev._n 21.8_o idolatry_n 10._o idolatry_n rev._n 14.9_o 10._o antichristianism_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v damnable_a when_o till_o death_n persist_v in_o but_o they_o say_v as_o there_o be_v seven_o thousand_o in_o the_o idolatrous_a church_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n who_o keep_v themselves_o from_o the_o pollution_n of_o idol_n so_o they_o doubt_v not_o but_o there_o may_v be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o external_a communion_n of_o that_o church_n many_o thousand_o libri_fw-la for_o the_o opinion_n of_o protestant_n divine_v concern_v salvation_n of_o papist_n s_o e_o mr._n chillingworth_n answer_n to_o the_o jesuit_n father_n knott_n cap._n 7_o 8_o 17_o etc._n etc._n p._n 397_o etc._n etc._n and_o dr._n featly_n defence_n of_o sir_n humphrey_n i●nds_v v●a_n recta_fw-la lond._n 1638._o p._n 148._o in_o alphabeto_fw-la 3._o i●●ius_fw-la libri_fw-la who_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v keep_v from_o communicate_v with_o that_o church_n in_o her_o idolatry_n and_o antichristianism_n and_o these_o may_v obtain_v salvation_n 5._o they_o say_v that_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n which_o may_v be_v to_o some_o who_o live_v in_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n help_v and_o remedy_n to_o serve_v they_o against_o the_o pernicious_a effect_n of_o popery_n so_o that_o although_o it_o be_v in_o itself_o damnable_a yet_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v so_o to_o they_o and_o those_o help_n be_v 1._o true_a repentance_n for_o that_o be_v secunda_fw-la tabula_fw-la post_fw-la naufragium_fw-la so_o that_o if_o they_o true_o repent_v as_o i_o hope_v many_o of_o that_o church_n do_v though_o they_o do_v not_o profess_v it_o and_o real_o forsake_v their_o popish_a superstition_n and_o idolatry_n they_o shall_v sure_o find_v pardon_n for_o their_o former_a sin_n which_o shall_v 16._o shall_v ezek._n 33.15_o 16._o never_o be_v lay_v to_o their_o charge_n and_o so_o for_o our_o bless_a saviour_n sake_n salvation_n but_o unless_o they_o keep_v themselves_o pure_a from_o those_o pollution_n or_o if_o not_o sincere_o repent_v they_o neither_o have_v nor_o can_v have_v any_o well_o ground_a hope_n or_o possibility_n to_o attain_v
3._o cap._n 2._o parag_n 12._o pag._n 188._o gal._n 5.22_o but_o before_o become_v to_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o he_o confess_v he_o have_v the_o jesuit_n and_o some_o remonstrant_n against_o he_o such_o as_o maldonat_v in_o joh._n 9_o etc._n etc._n and_o mart._n becan_n in_o compend_v man._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o quest_n 3._o pag._n 335._o and_o in_o summ._n theol._n part_n 2._o quest_n 8._o pag._n 802._o and_o pet._n bertius_fw-la de_fw-la apostas_fw-la sanct._n pag._n 42_o 43._o act._n synod_n remonstr_n in_o defence_n artic._n 5._o the_o persevere_v sanct._n pag._n 230_o 231._o who_o in_o order_n to_o establish_v a_o worse_a error_n viz._n the_o final_a apostasy_n of_o the_o saint_n assert_v that_o this_o common_a or_o temporary_a faith_n be_v not_o only_o specifical_o but_o even_o gradual_o the_o same_o with_o save_v faith_n and_o will_v justify_v if_o persevere_v in_o who_o argument_n he_o pass_v by_o as_o undeserving_a a_o confutation_n be_v so_o pitiful_o weak_a and_o because_o his_o learned_a and_o ingenious_a adversary_n mr._n baxter_n proceed_v not_o so_o far_o as_o to_o assert_v that_o such_o a_o faith_n can_v justify_v however_o by_o the_o by_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o conceive_v that_o it_o may_v be_v manifest_o evince_v against_o those_o adversary_n by_o many_o circumstance_n of_o the_o text_n in_o matt._n 13.5_o 6_o 21_o 22._o where_o common_a faith_n be_v describe_v by_o four_o condition_n that_o can_v possible_o agree_v to_o a_o save_a faith_n that_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v more_o than_o gradual_o different_a from_o it_o now_o proceed_v he_o though_o this_o be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v his_o abovesaid_a position_n yet_o he_o will_v still_o add_v some_o more_o distinct_a confirmation_n of_o it_o which_o he_o do_v by_o the_o follow_a additional_a reason_n viz._n reason_n 1._o draw_v from_o the_o vast_a difference_n between_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o first_o principle_n of_o these_o two_o sort_n of_o faith_n because_o the_o one_o be_v heavenborn_a immediate_o from_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n which_o sow_v in_o we_o a_o immortal_a seed_n of_o faith_n which_o can_v never_o die_v but_o must_v overcome_v sin_n in_o the_o elect_n and_o work_v regeneration_n and_o the_o other_o be_v only_o a_o humane_a faith_n wrought_v by_o humane_a mean_n and_o assent_v to_o divine_a truth_n out_o of_o mere_a humane_a motive_n and_o by_o mere_a humane_a cause_n as_o false_a reason_n or_o more_o forcible_a temptation_n and_o persecution_n may_v be_v overthrow_v and_o extinguish_v reason_n 2._o from_o the_o different_a nature_n and_o proper_a act_n of_o both_o quality_n save_v belief_n be_v the_o first_o spiritual_a life_n by_o which_o a_o christian_a life_n and_o be_v justify_v heb._n 10.38_o whereas_o common_a belief_n be_v often_o in_o they_o who_o be_v dead_a in_o trespass_n and_o sin_n and_o neither_o justify_v sanctify_v nor_o save_v reason_n 3._o because_o it_o be_v evident_a common_a faith_n may_v be_v in_o a_o very_a high_a degree_n in_o some_o impious_a and_o unregenerate_a person_n who_o have_v acute_a part_n and_o be_v learned_a and_o industrious_a and_o thrive_v into_o a_o radicate_v habit_n and_o a_o great_a measure_n of_o knowledge_n of_o both_o speculative_a and_o practical_a divine_a truth_n which_o by_o their_o learning_n they_o may_v be_v able_a to_o demonstrate_v and_o may_v real_o believe_v and_o assent_v to_o and_o yet_o never_o proceed_v to_o pay_v true_a obedience_n to_o etc._n etc._n and_o because_o though_o there_o be_v many_o degree_n of_o save_a faith_n too_o from_o the_o child_n to_o the_o strong_a man_n in_o christ_n which_o include_v far_o less_o knowledge_n than_o some_o degree_n of_o common_a faith_n yet_o the_o weak_a of_o they_o be_v save_v whereas_o the_o high_a degree_n of_o common_a faith_n can_v neither_o justify_v nor_o save_v a_o plain_a evidence_n these_o two_o faith_n be_v of_o kind_n as_o different_a as_o heaven_n and_o earth_n reason_n 4._o be_v because_o common_a grace_n as_o the_o knowledge_n of_o several_a tongue_n and_o of_o many_o divine_a truth_n as_o it_o be_v general_o a_o habit_n or_o disposition_n acquire_v by_o our_o natural_a faculty_n improve_v by_o industry_n education_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o depend_v upon_o mutable_a principle_n as_o our_o will_n and_o understanding_n so_o they_o may_v be_v lose_v again_o by_o negligence_n or_o malice_n whereas_o save_v faith_n be_v produce_v by_o the_o eternal_a and_o immutable_a spirit_n of_o christ_n be_v incorruptible_a and_o can_v never_o die_v nor_o be_v lose_v john_n 17.3_o 1_o pet._n 1.23_o heb._n 10.38_o john_n 6.47_o 51_o 54._o see_v aquin._n 1._o 2._o quaest_n 51._o art_n 4._o in_o corp._n artic._n which_o he_o prove_v further_a by_o confer_v 1_o john_n 3.9_o 5.1.4_o 8._o with_o 1_o john_n 5.18_o reason_n 5._o be_v because_o though_o common_a and_o save_a faith_n may_v have_v the_o same_o material_a object_n viz._n divine_a truth_n reveal_v by_o god_n in_o the_o gospel_n as_o that_o jesus_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n yet_o these_o truth_n be_v embrace_v by_o these_o two_o faith_n upon_o different_a motive_n and_o by_o far_o different_a mean_n the_o one_o be_v build_v only_o upon_o humane_a medium_n and_o argument_n such_o as_o unregenerate_a person_n by_o their_o natural_a part_n help_v with_o learning_n etc._n etc._n may_v attain_v to_o which_o be_v a_o assent_n like_o its_o principle_n that_o beget_v it_o humane_a and_o fallible_a whereas_o save_v faith_n proceed_v from_o christ_n spirit_n and_o build_v upon_o his_o immediate_a illumination_n and_o testimony_n which_o be_v divine_a and_o infallible_a must_v of_o necessity_n be_v a_o assent_n differ_v from_o the_o former_a more_o than_o in_o degree_n and_o be_v like_o its_o cause_n divine_a and_o infallible_a likewise_o which_o proof_n he_o further_o illustrate_v by_o compare_v the_o difference_n between_o opinion_n and_o science_n with_o that_o between_o common_a and_o save_a faith_n and_o by_o several_a scriptural_a argument_n beside_o reason_n 6._o be_v because_o if_o common_a and_o save_a faith_n be_v essential_o the_o same_o then_o irregenerate_a and_o impious_a person_n who_o have_v common_a grace_n may_v be_v as_o gracious_a and_o as_o true_a believer_n as_o the_o best_a saint_n though_o not_o in_o so_o high_a a_o degree_n as_o the_o small_a grain_n of_o gold_n be_v as_o true_o gold_n as_o the_o whole_a wedge_n but_o that_o this_o consequence_n be_v de_fw-fr facto_fw-la false_a ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o that_o it_o be_v real_o false_a appear_v by_o this_o say_v he_o that_o it_o be_v as_o impossible_a for_o a_o christian_n to_o have_v any_o other_o theological_a virtue_n or_o grace_n without_o true_a faith_n as_o it_o be_v for_o a_o man_n according_a to_o the_o moralist_n to_o have_v any_o other_o moral_a virtue_n without_o prudence_n which_o be_v the_o root_n of_o they_o all_o and_o further_o add_v he_o if_o it_o be_v true_a as_o mr._n baxter_n say_v in_o exercit._n de_fw-fr fid_fw-we etc._n etc._n art_n 30._o pag._n 279._o rat._n 7._o and_o aphoris_n in_o explicat_fw-la thes_n 69._o pag._n 266_o and_o 267._o that_o the_o essence_n of_o save_a faith_n consist_v in_o accept_v christ_n and_o love_v he_o as_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n than_o it_o follow_v that_o those_o who_o do_v not_o so_o accept_v and_o love_v he_o have_v not_o the_o essence_n of_o save_a faith_n and_o therefore_o that_o since_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o no_o irregenerate_a person_n though_o sometime_o full_o fraught_v with_o common_a faith_n yet_o do_v ever_o so_o accept_v and_o love_n christ_n therefore_o it_o follow_v their_o faith_n must_v needs_o be_v of_o a_o very_a different_a kind_n from_o save_v faith_n q.e.d._n reason_n 7._o and_o last_o be_v because_o if_o common_a and_o save_a grace_n be_v essentialiy_v the_o same_o than_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o a_o man_n who_o have_v a_o historical_a faith_n whilst_o unregenerate_a by_o the_o help_n of_o natural_a part_n learning_n etc._n etc._n and_o afterward_o shall_v become_v regenerate_v will_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n receive_v only_o a_o great_a degree_n of_o the_o same_o faith_n he_o have_v before_o and_o consequent_o that_o save_a grace_n will_v not_o be_v a_o gift_n of_o god_n as_o to_o its_o essence_n but_o only_o as_o to_o its_o degree_n because_o we_o shall_v owe_v the_o essence_n of_o it_o only_o to_o our_o natural_a part_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o degree_n only_o to_o christ_n spirit_n but_o this_o doctrine_n say_v he_o be_v contrary_a to_o express_v scripture_n and_o resolve_v to_o be_v so_o by_o the_o ancient_a church_n and_o by_o she_o express_o condemn_v in_o her_o council_n as_o pelagian_a and_o heretical_a and_o therefore_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o difference_n between_o common_a and_o save_a faith_n must_v needs_o be_v specifical_a as_o appear_v in_o council_n arausicann_n 2_o can._n 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o
since_o the_o infinite_a wisdom_n of_o god_n if_o so_o it_o have_v please_v he_o may_v have_v contrive_v many_o other_o way_n and_o method_n whereby_o to_o relieve_v we_o from_o our_o natural_a slavery_n and_o thraldom_n reas_n v._o we_o be_v not_o capable_a to_o know_v the_o free_a and_o deliberate_a purpose_n of_o man_n much_o less_o those_o purpose_n of_o god_n all_o who_o counsel_n be_v unsearchable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o depend_v on_o his_o mere_a free_a will_n and_o pleasure_n unless_o he_o gracious_o vouchsafe_v to_o reveal_v the_o same_o unto_o we_o for_o if_o we_o can_v by_o natural_a light_n discover_v this_o one_o decree_n or_o purpose_n of_o the_o redemption_n of_o man_n by_o christ_n then_o by_o the_o same_o consequence_n we_o may_v natural_o know_v all_o the_o hide_a decree_n and_o counsel_n of_o god_n quod_fw-la est_fw-la absurdo_fw-la absurdius_fw-la er._n etc._n etc._n reas_n vi_o that_o the_o incarnation_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o world_n by_o his_o blood_n be_v a_o mystery_n above_o the_o reach_n of_o humane_a knowledge_n to_o perceive_v be_v the_o constant_a echo_n of_o almost_o every_o page_n in_o the_o n._n test_n as_o st._n paul_n while_o speak_v to_o the_o colossian_n concern_v the_o same_o col._n 1.16_o say_v even_o the_o mystery_n which_o have_v be_v hide_v from_o age_n and_o generation_n but_o now_o be_v make_v manifest_a to_o his_o saint_n to_o who_o god_n will_v make_v know_v what_o be_v the_o riches_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o this_o mystery_n among_o the_o gentile_n which_o be_v christ_n in_o you_o the_o hope_n of_o glory_n and_o according_a to_o st._n augustine_n it_o be_v essential_a to_o a_o mystery_n that_o it_o be_v only_o cognoscible_a by_o revelation_n but_o what_o more_o evident_a testimony_n can_v there_o be_v than_o the_o general_a contradiction_n these_o doctrine_n meet_v with_o from_o people_n of_o all_o rank_n even_o in_o the_o apostle_n day_n not_o only_o the_o commoner_n sort_n but_o even_o the_o great_a doctor_n and_o those_o who_o have_v most_o improve_v their_o natural_a reason_n among_o the_o athenian_n roman_n jew_n etc._n etc._n who_o laugh_v and_o flout_v at_o the_o apostle_n for_o preach_v such_o seem_o irrational_a doctrine_n vid._n act_n 17.18_o 19_o 20_o 32._o objection_n many_o of_o the_o heathen_n 〈◊〉_d clear_o print_v at_o christ_n by_o the_o mere_a 〈◊〉_d of_o nature_n as_o may_v be_v see_v by_o the_o oracle_n of_o the_o sibyllae_fw-la zoroaster_n trismegistus_n hydaspes_n orpheus_n etc._n etc._n where_o we_o find_v many_o thing_n concern_v the_o trinity_n of_o the_o person_n the_o redemption_n of_o the_o world_n by_o christ_n and_o many_o other_o gospel_n truth_n answ_n 1._o as_o to_o the_o sybilline_a oracle_n there_o be_v a_o great_a many_o thing_n go_v under_o that_o name_n which_o be_v not_o genuine_a and_o true_a such_o as_o that_o sibylla_n be_v in_o the_o ark_n with_o noah_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o deluge_n which_o be_v open_o false_a since_o moses_n be_v general_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v the_o ancient_a writer_n which_o he_o can_v not_o be_v if_o sibylla_n have_v be_v before_o he_o that_o the_o sibylline_a oracle_n be_v write_v 500_o year_n after_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o grecian_a empire_n which_o will_v make_v the_o oracle_n to_o be_v posteriour_a to_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o thing_n themselves_o though_o you_o reckon_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o grecian_a empire_n from_o what_o date_n you_o will_v and_o many_o other_o such_o like_a palpable_a error_n as_o diony_n halic_fw-mi cornelius_n tacitus_n and_o many_o other_o do_v abundant_o evince_v nevertheless_o i_o acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v many_o thing_n concern_v christ_n which_o be_v real_o the_o genuine_a offspring_n of_o sibylla_n such_o as_o the_o verse_n of_o sibylla_n cumaea_n paraphrase_v by_o virgil_n in_o his_o four_o lelog_n the_o which_o though_o the_o poet_n apply_v to_o pollio_n son_n yet_o they_o be_v proper_o and_o roundly_o applicable_a to_o none_o but_o christ_n as_o eusebius_n show_v at_o large_a in_o orat._n constan_n ad_fw-la sanct._n coel._n cap._n 20._o the_o acrostic_n verse_n of_o sibylla_n erythraea_n set_v down_o by_o eusebius_n and_o demonstrate_v by_o he_o not_o to_o be_v spurious_a which_o be_v likewise_o confess_v by_o diony_n halicarn_n these_o acrostic_n verse_n do_v so_o plain_o point_v at_o christ_n that_o the_o initial_a letter_n make_v up_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jesus_n christ_n son_n of_o god_n saviour_n cross_n but_o all_o this_o do_v in_o nothing_o infringe_v my_o assertion_n because_o though_o sibylla_n foretell_v christ_n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o therefore_o she_o know_v he_o by_o natural_a light_n but_o only_o by_o revelation_n hence_o the_o sibyllae_fw-la be_v general_o account_v prophetess_n that_o speak_v not_o according_a to_o their_o own_o natural_a light_n but_o as_o they_o be_v inspire_v by_o god_n and_o be_v term_v by_o the_o ancient_n foeminae_fw-la numine_fw-la correptae_fw-la afflatae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n as_o lactantius_n 23._o lactantius_n just_a l._n 1._o p._n 23._o eustathius_n 〈◊〉_d eustathius_n ad_fw-la homer_n b._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strabo_n 1614_o strabo_n geogr._n l._n 14._o p._n 1614_o suidas_n etc._n suidas_n lib._n 17._o 171._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n mantacutius_n 28._o mantacutius_n apparat._n 3_o num._n 28._o etc._n etc._n do_v plain_o testify_v instatur_fw-la how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o sibylla_n shall_v speak_v more_o plain_o of_o christ_n than_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o the_o psalmist_n say_v psal_n 147.19_o 20._o he_o show_v his_o word_n unto_o jacob_n his_o statute_n and_o judgement_n unto_o israel_n he_o have_v not_o deal_v so_o with_o any_o nation_n and_o as_o for_o his_o judgement_n they_o have_v not_o know_v they_o and_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o collossian_o ch_n 1._o v._n 26_o 27._o call_v the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n a_o mystery_n hide_v from_o age_n answ_n 1._o perhaps_o she_o may_v pronounce_v many_o thing_n which_o she_o do_v not_o understand_v herself_o as_o be_v design_v for_o the_o future_a benefit_n of_o the_o church_n rather_o than_o her_o own_o of_o this_o opinion_n be_v justin_n mart._n and_o montacutius_n in_o this_o compare_v she_o to_o balaam_n ass_n but_o eusebius_n seem_v rather_o to_o incline_v unto_o this_o that_o she_o speak_v these_o oracle_n only_o for_o her_o own_o private_a comfort_n and_o benefit_n as_o be_v pick_v out_o by_o god_n for_o a_o object_n unto_o which_o he_o please_v to_o manifest_v himself_o and_o impart_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n either_o of_o these_o be_v consonant_a enough_o with_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n who_o discover_v himself_o to_o who_o he_o will_v though_o out_o of_o the_o visible_a communion_n of_o the_o church_n militant_a 2._o when_o the_o apostle_n say_v the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o mystery_n hide_v from_o age_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o if_o it_o absolute_o exclude_v all_o knowledge_n of_o that_o mystery_n for_o the_o father_n under_o the_o old_a testament_n know_v christ_n though_o dark_o and_o as_o it_o be_v elegant_o express_v by_o the_o apostle_n in_o heb._n 11.13_o where_o reckon_v up_o a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o faithful_a patriarch_n he_o subjoin_v these_o all_o die_v in_o the_o faith_n not_o have_v receive_v the_o promise_n but_o have_v see_v they_o afar_o off_o etc._n etc._n that_o be_v have_v have_v a_o weak_a imperfect_a and_o faint_a view_n of_o they_o as_o we_o see_v thing_n afar_o off_o yea_o not_o only_o they_o but_o the_o gentile_n have_v this_o dark_a knowledge_n of_o it_o as_o tertium_fw-la as_o aquin._n 2._o 2._o qu._n 2._o art_n 7._o ad_fw-la tertium_fw-la aquinas_n evident_o prove_v from_o that_o say_n of_o job_n ch_n 19_o i_o know_v that_o my_o redeemer_n live_v etc._n etc._n so_o that_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o say_n of_o the_o apostle_n must_v be_v that_o it_o be_v hide_v from_o age_n with_o respect_n to_o the_o degree_n and_o manner_n of_o knowledge_n since_o this_o mystery_n be_v never_o so_o full_o reveal_v and_o perfect_o know_v till_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n and_o be_v former_o keep_v secret_a they_o see_v it_o but_o very_o dark_o whereas_o we_o now_o enjoy_v a_o far_o clear_a light_n which_o dispel_v those_o mystical_a cloud_n that_o former_o it_o be_v envelop_v in_o 3._o as_o for_o that_o say_n of_o the_o psalmist_n it_o can_v be_v understand_v as_o if_o the_o nation_n be_v total_o ignorant_a of_o the_o divine_a law_n since_o they_o have_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o moral_a law_n write_v upon_o their_o heart_n by_o god_n own_o finger_n and_o yet_o still_o there_o be_v a_o sufficient_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o gentile_n which_o may_v give_v the_o
same_o as_o independent_a and_o 〈◊〉_d dependent_a be_v depend_v upon_o another_o dependent_a be_v there_o will_v be_v 〈◊〉_d pr●●ressus_n in_o infinitum_fw-la since_o no_o independent_a be_v can_v be_v to_o stop_v at_o where_o 〈…〉_o be_v dependent_a or_o else_o a_o circular_a make_n 〈…〉_o to_o depend_v mutual_o upon_o one_o another_o 〈◊〉_d by_o this_o mean_v one_o be_v which_o be_v dependent_a upon_o another_o be_v posterior_n to_o that_o other_o upon_o which_o it_o depend_v and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n prior_n to_o that_o same_o other_o be_v which_o have_v likewise_o a_o mutual_a dependence_n upon_o it_o for_o whatever_o depend_v upon_o another_o be_v either_o a_o accident_n or_o a_o substance_n but_o 〈◊〉_d accident_n be_v natural_o posterior_n to_o the_o ●●●stance_n upon_o which_o alone_a it_o can_v depend_v and_o one_o substance_n can_v depend_v upon_o another_o substance_n except_o by_o way_n of_o causality_n which_o plain_o import_v a_o natural_a priority_n in_o the_o one_o and_o posteriority_n in_o the_o other_o so_o that_o these_o consequence_n which_o be_v both_o equal_o absurd_a of_o a_o progress_n in_o infinitum_fw-la and_o make_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n both_o prior_n and_o posterior_n in_o the_o same_o respect_n since_o all_o the_o dependence_n be_v either_o by_o the_o w_z y_z of_o accident_n or_o substance_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la do_v necessary_o follow_v upon_o this_o supposition_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v dependent_a wherefore_o a_o independent_a be_v must_v be_v acknowledge_v and_o that_o be_v what_o we_o call_v god_n arg._n iii_o there_o must_v be_v a_o supreme_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v cause_v by_o none_o otherwise_o there_o will_v be_v a_o progressus_fw-la in_o infinitum_fw-la in_o the_o cause_n of_o thing_n as_o be_v evident_a but_o this_o progressus_fw-la be_v absurd_a and_o impossible_a therefore_o there_o be_v a_o independent_a cause_n above_o all_o the_o rest_n which_o be_v god_n obj._n 1_o these_o argument_n may_v perhaps_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v a_o increated_a independendent_a first_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n yet_o they_o can_v prove_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o only_a and_o consequent_o can_v demonstrate_v the_o existence_n of_o the_o true_a god_n who_o be_v unus_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n answ_n i._o dato_n &_o non_fw-la concesso_fw-la that_o they_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o prove_v the_o unity_n of_o god_n yet_o they_o be_v sufficient_a to_o infer_v the_o negatum_fw-la viz._n that_o there_o be_v some_o increated_a independent_a be_v cognoscible_a by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v call_v god_n but_o i_o answ_n ii_o by_o the_o same_o very_a force_n that_o they_o prove_v the_o existence_n of_o a_o deity_n they_o likewise_o infer_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o same_o for_o if_o there_o be_v a_o being_n omnimode_fw-fr perfectum_fw-la it_o be_v impossible_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o more_o than_o one_o because_o there_o can_v be_v nothing_o to_o distinguish_v they_o one_o from_o another_o and_o distinct_a they_o must_v be_v else_o they_o can_v not_o be_v a_o plural_a but_o all_o one_o and_o the_o same_o entity_n now_o what_o ground_n of_o distinction_n can_v there_o be_v betwixt_o two_o being_n all_o perfect_a it_o can_v be_v any_o thing_n equal_o lodge_v in_o they_o both_o for_o in_o that_o they_o both_o agree_v it_o can_v be_v any_o thing_n lodge_v in_o one_o and_o not_o in_o another_o for_o that_o will_v destroy_v the_o hypothesis_n viz._n that_o they_o be_v two_o all-perfect_a being_n by_o make_v one_o to_o enjoy_v a_o perfection_n a_o imperfection_n it_o be_v not_o a_o subject_n capable_a of_o which_o the_o other_o be_v deprive_v of_o and_o consequent_o can_v be_v omnimode_o perfectum_fw-la obj._n 2._o god_n be_v a_o simple_a and_o uncompounded_a be_v therefore_o he_o can_v be_v know_v by_o natural_a light_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o consequence_n be_v because_o god_n can_v be_v full_o comprehend_v and_o adequate_o know_v by_o natural_a light_n and_o since_o he_o be_v a_o simple_a be_v indivisible_a and_o without_o part_n he_o can_v be_v know_v in_o part_n for_o he_o have_v no_o part_n so_o he_o must_v either_o be_v know_v adequate_o or_o not_o all_o as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o point_n or_o punctum_fw-la indivisibile_fw-la if_o it_o be_v touch_v it_o can_v be_v touch_v in_o part_n because_o it_o have_v no_o part_n but_o must_v be_v touch_v all_o over_o if_o touch_v at_o all_o so_o in_o our_o natural_a knowledge_n of_o god_n since_o it_o be_v confess_v that_o we_o can_v know_v he_o adequate_o neither_o can_v we_o know_v he_o at_o all_o for_o god_n be_v a_o simple_a indivisible_a be_v tota_fw-la indivisibilis_fw-la entitas_fw-la and_o so_o can_v be_v know_v e●_n part_n or_o in_o ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o none_o in_o o●_n ine_z ad_fw-la aliud_fw-la because_o there_o be_v n●t_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la in_o god_n answ_n i._o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o because_o god_n be_v a_o invisible_a be_v therefore_o he_o must_v be_v know_v adquate_o and_o total_o yea_o rather_o the_o contrary_n seem_v to_o follow_v because_o what_o be_v simple_a and_o invisible_a can_v be_v know_v total_o or_o adequate_o since_o god_n who_o want_v part_n can_v be_v consider_v as_o a_o totum_fw-la for_o this_o have_v always_o a_o respect_n to_o part_n which_o god_n have_v not_o answ_n ii_o god_n may_v be_v know_v total_o and_o adequate_o as_o to_o his_o existence_n that_o be_v we_o may_v by_o the_o light_a nature_n discover_v that_o there_o be_v a_o be_v simple_a indivisible_a etc._n etc._n though_o we_o can_v know_v all_o the_o immense_a property_n of_o that_o be_v what_o they_o be_v and_o full_o comprehend_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o same_o as_o i_o may_v know_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o man_n as_o plato_n though_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o can_v tell_v what_o he_o be_v nor_o what_o be_v all_o the_o truth_n that_o may_v be_v enuntiate_v concern_v he_o so_o i_o may_v natural_o know_v quod_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la though_o not_o quid_fw-la sit_fw-la secundum_fw-la se_fw-la totum_fw-la for_o the_o creature_n which_o be_v the_o mean_a by_o which_o we_o arise_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n be_v not_o a_o effect_n adequate_a to_o he_o a_o omnipotent_a cause_n who_o may_v have_v create_v many_o more_o if_o he_o will_v and_o therefore_o it_o can_v give_v we_o the_o adequate_a knowledge_n of_o he_o yea_o our_o finite_a intellect_n can_v never_o by_o pure_a natural_a mean_n comprehend_v a_o infinite_a be_v either_o in_o patriâ_fw-la or_o in_o vi●_n as_o moses_n testify_v who_o though_o he_o be_v familiar_a with_o god_n yet_o can_v not_o see_v his_o forepart_n and_o st._n paul_n who_o though_o ravish_v to_o the_o three_o heaven_n yet_o can_v not_o fathom_v the_o unsearchable_a depth_n of_o the_o incomprehensible_a god_n answ_n iii_o our_o knowledge_n of_o god_n be_v not_o sensitive_a like_o that_o of_o touch_v a_o point_n but_o intellective_a and_o by_o this_o intellective_a knowledge_n we_o do_v not_o know_v he_o as_o he_o be_v in_o himself_o but_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n and_o by_o a_o conception_n suitable_a to_o our_o nature_n so_o we_o must_v conceive_v the_o mercy_n justice_n omnipotence_n etc._n etc._n of_o god_n as_o distinct_a attribute_n while_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n there_o be_v no_o diversity_n of_o perfection_n in_o god_n but_o all_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o indivisible_a entity_n and_o so_o god_n if_o consider_v in_o se_fw-la and_o as_o he_o be_v in_o himself_o he_o be_v indivisible_a but_o as_o the_o object_n of_o our_o understanding_n he_o must_v be_v conceive_v in_o a_o divisible_a manner_n by_o form_v inadequate_a apprehension_n of_o he_o prescind_v from_o one_o thing_n and_o consider_v another_o for_o though_o there_o be_v not_o unum_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la in_o god_n à_fw-la parte_fw-la rei_fw-la and_o as_o he_o be_v in_o himself_o yet_o there_o be_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o conception_n of_o he_o objection_n iii_o god_n be_v neither_o cognoscible_a by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n nor_o can_v the_o bein_z of_o a_o god_n be_v believe_v by_o faith_n not_o cognoscible_a by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n because_o his_o existence_n be_v a_o article_n of_o faith_n and_o so_o depend_v on_o revelation_n as_o be_v a_o supernatural_a truth_n above_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n and_o it_o can_v be_v believe_v by_o faith_n because_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n be_v the_o only_a motive_n and_o ratio_fw-la formalis_fw-la why_o i_o give_v the_o assent_n of_o my_o faith_n unto_o any_o proposition_n or_o truth_n so_o that_o all_o faith_n presuppose_v both_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n and_o that_o he_o speak_v true_a for_o upon_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o testimony_n i_o believe_v and_o there_o can_v be_v any_o faith_n till_o the_o existence_n of_o god_n be_v acknowledge_v which_o it_o
necessary_o presuppose_v and_o to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n because_o god_n say_v so_o who_o existence_n be_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n call_v in_o question_n be_v ridiculous_a answ_n i._o though_o the_o existence_n of_o god_n be_v a_o article_n of_o faith_n yet_o it_o may_v likewise_o be_v know_v by_o natural_a light_n since_o there_o be_v many_o thing_n in_o the_o scripture_n which_o we_o believe_v by_o faith_n that_o can_v be_v demonstrate_v by_o natural_a light_n such_o as_o these_o know_a principle_n that_o god_n be_v to_o be_v honour_v parent_n obey_v etc._n etc._n and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o faith_n and_o natural_a scientifick_a knowledge_n do_v not_o formal_o differ_v in_o their_o material_a object_n for_o both_o may_v have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o object_n viz._n one_o and_o the_o same_o proposition_n both_o prove_v by_o natural_a demonstration_n and_o believe_v in_o by_o faith_n because_o of_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n but_o the_o main_a and_o principle_n difference_n lie_v in_o that_o which_o they_o call_v objectum_fw-la formale_a and_o the_o formality_n of_o the_o object_n be_v take_v from_o the_o principal_a motive_n or_o mean_v by_o virtue_n whereof_o the_o proposition_n come_v to_o gain_v a_o assent_n as_o in_o natural_a thing_n the_o motive_n of_o my_o assent_n be_v evident_a demonstration_n and_o in_o supernatural_a thing_n the_o testimony_n of_o god_n so_o that_o i_o may_v assent_v unto_o a_o proposition_n that_o be_v demonstrable_a by_o natural_a light_n because_o of_o the_o clear_a probation_n of_o the_o same_o and_o this_o be_v call_v assensus_fw-la scientificus_fw-la and_o if_o god_n confirm_v it_o by_o revelation_n i_o assent_n unto_o the_o same_o proposition_n because_o of_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v call_v assensus_fw-la fidei_fw-la or_o supernaturalis_fw-la not_o as_o if_o the_o proposition_n itself_o be_v supernatural_a &_o incomprehensible_a by_o natural_a light_n but_o because_o the_o medium_n or_o motive_n upon_o which_o i_o ground_n my_o assent_n unto_o it_o be_v supernatural_a so_o that_o one_o and_o the_o same_o proposition_n may_v be_v in_o ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la diversa_fw-la motiva_fw-la both_o the_o object_n of_o faith_n and_o of_o a_o demonstrative_a natural_a knowledge_n instatur_fw-la the_o object_n of_o faith_n be_v inevident_a for_o faith_n be_v a_o inevident_a assent_n but_o if_o the_o existence_n of_o god_n can_v be_v demonstrative_o prove_v by_o natural_a light_n than_o it_o can_v be_v inevident_a ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n answ_n there_o be_v three_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v in_o give_v a_o assent_n to_o a_o truth_n 1._o firmitas_fw-la or_o the_o steadfastness_n of_o the_o person_n in_o his_o belief_n not_o doubt_v of_o any_o thing_n 2._o certitudo_fw-la or_o the_o certainty_n of_o the_o truth_n itself_o for_o some_o man_n may_v be_v firm_o persuade_v of_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o in_o itself_o a_o certain_a truth_n as_o the_o heretic_n be_v of_o their_o error_n 3._o evidentia_fw-la or_o a_o demonstrative_a perspicuous_a manifestation_n of_o the_o truth_n for_o many_o thing_n such_o as_o matter_n of_o faith_n be_v certain_o true_a and_o man_n be_v firm_o persuade_v of_o their_o truth_n who_o yet_o can_v evident_o show_v and_o demonstrate_v that_o it_o be_v a_o truth_n because_o they_o believe_v upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o another_o and_o of_o these_o truth_n that_o be_v evident_a some_o be_v more_o evident_a than_o other_o as_o the_o prima_fw-la principia_fw-la or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v more_o evident_a than_o the_o other_o conclusion_n that_o be_v deduce_v though_o with_o evidence_n too_o by_o a_o long_a series_n of_o consequence_n now_o whatever_o be_v a_o object_n of_o faith_n be_v indeed_o inevident_a yet_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n more_o inevident_a than_o other_o such_o as_o the_o principal_a and_o cardinal_a truth_n of_o th●_n christian_n religion_n viz._n the_o trinity_n of_o person_n in_o the_o godhead_n the_o divinity_n and_o inc●●●nation_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o whole_a mystery_n of_o his_o redemption_n of_o the_o world_n by_o his_o bloo●_n and_o these_o be_v eu●ry_o way_n inevident_a whereas_o there_o be_v some_o other_o truth_n which_o though_o in_o so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v believe_v in_o by_o faith_n be_v just_o denominate_v inevident_a because_o of_o the_o motive_n and_o medium_n of_o the_o belief_n yet_o may_v be_v upon_o another_o occasional_a respect_n and_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la call_v evident_a of_o which_o nature_n be_v this_o of_o the_o existence_n of_o a_o god_n which_o be_v true_o a_o object_n of_o faith_n and_o in_o that_o respect_n inevident_a viz._n as_o assent_v unto_o upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n but_o it_o be_v also_o upon_o another_o respect_n evident_a because_o it_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la so_o fall_v out_o that_o it_o be_v likewise_o demonstrable_a by_o natural_a knowledge_n answ_n 2._o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o the_o existence_n of_o god_n can_v be_v believe_v by_o faith_n because_o faith_n depend_v on_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n which_o presuppose_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n for_o the_o contrary_n seem_v rather_o to_o be_v deducible_a from_o thence_o viz._n that_o because_o all_o faith_n be_v found_v upon_o the_o divine_a testimony_n and_o because_o no_o believer_n can_v give_v assent_n unto_o any_o truth_n unless_o he_o know_v the_o testimony_n give_v unto_o the_o same_o to_o be_v divine_a therefore_o by_o that_o same_o very_a act_n of_o faith_n whereby_o he_o believe_v this_o testimony_n to_o come_v from_o god_n he_o likewise_o believe_v there_o be_v a_o god_n who_o send_v it_o for_o by_o the_o same_o individual_a act_n of_o see_v i_o must_v of_o necessity_n see_v the_o colour_n and_o sensible_a species_n of_o a_o wall_n as_o they_o call_v it_o that_o i_o see_v the_o wall_n itself_o by_o no_o more_o can_v i_o know_v the_o testimony_n to_o the_o truth_n to_o be_v divine_a unless_o by_o the_o same_o very_a act_n of_o faith_n whereby_o i_o believe_v the_o testimony_n to_o be_v god_n i_o likewise_o believe_v the_o existence_n of_o god_n who_o give_v this_o testimony_n and_o this_o divine_a testimony_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o all_o my_o belief_n and_o the_o ratio_fw-la a_o priori_fw-la wherefore_o i_o give_v my_o assent_n unto_o any_o thing_n yet_o there_o can_v be_v no_o ratio_fw-la a_o priori_fw-la give_v wherefore_o i_o believe_v the_o testimony_n of_o god_n as_o when_o i_o see_v a_o wall_n the_o ratio_fw-la be_v because_o of_o the_o species_n but_o the_o species_n itself_o want_v any_o ratio_fw-la and_o be_v only_o ●●en_o propter_fw-mi se_fw-mi so_o in_o all_o the_o object_n of_o my_o ●aith_n i_o believe_v they_o because_o of_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n but_o i_o believe_v the_o testimony_n of_o god_n propter_fw-la se_fw-la so_o that_o the_o existence_n of_o god_n though_o it_o be_v sufficient_o demonstrable_a by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o in_o that_o sense_n the_o object_n of_o a_o scientifick_a as●●●_n yet_o since_o god_n have_v confirm_v it_o by_o his_o reveal_v testimony_n it_o may_v well_o be_v state_v as_o a_o article_n of_o our_o creed_n which_o we_o believe_v because_o god_n have_v testify_v and_o reveal_v the_o same_o and_o that_o in_o a_o more_o clear_a manner_n than_o bare_a reason_n be_v capable_a to_o perform_v the_o demonstration_n of_o it_o objection_n 4._o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n of_o know_v god_n natural_o than_o by_o way_n of_o causality_n from_o the_o creature_n arise_v from_o the_o effect_n unto_o the_o cause_n but_o that_o we_o can_v do_v unless_o we_o can_v evident_o know_v and_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o creature_n be_v real_o the_o effect_n and_o work_v of_o god_n and_o this_o we_o can_v since_o the_o great_a philosopher_n be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o and_o th●ught_v the_o world_n to_o be_v eternal_a which_o be_v also_o confirm_v by_o the_o apostle_n heb._n 11._o by_o faith_n we_o know_v that_o the_o world_n be_v create_v intimate_v that_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v a_o truth_n not_o comprehend_v by_o natural_a light_n answer_n all_o the_o philosopher_n have_v general_o acknowledge_v that_o god_n be_v the_o creator_n of_o the_o world_n hence_o aristotle_n frequent_o call_v god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o plato_n in_o timaeo_n tom._n 2._o pag._n 31._o assert_n that_o god_n make_v but_o one_o world_n not_o many_o plutarch_n commend_v alexander_n for_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o father_n of_o all_o thing_n plutarch_n in_o alex._n magn._n pag_n 681._o what_o more_o ordinary_a among_o the_o poet_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v opisex_v rerum_fw-la &_o c_o anaxagoras_n hermotinus_n pythagoras_n etc._n etc._n be_v all_o asserter_n of_o the_o same_o doctrine_n so_o that_o they_o know_v and_o acknowledge_v the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n in_o general_n though_o they_o can_v not_o condescend_v to_o the_o particular_a circumstance_n
officiosum_fw-la be_v lawful_a as_o appear_v out_o of_o volkelius_n de_fw-fr verâ_fw-la religione_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 14._o and_o albericus_fw-la gentilis_fw-la a_o learned_a civilian_n assert_n and_o endeavour_n to_o prove_v the_o same_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr abusu_fw-la mendacii_fw-la and_o so_o grotius_n hold_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_fw-la &_o pacis_fw-la and_o indeed_o some_o of_o the_o father_n hold_v so_o and_o so_o do_v dr._n jeremy_n taylor_n in_o his_o grand_a exemplar_n but_o the_o schoolman_n and_o all_o divine_v both_o popish_a and_o reform_a do_v condemn_v all_o kind_n of_o lie_v as_o unlawful_a both_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o scripture_n and_o as_o appear_v out_o of_o suarez_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la i_o shall_v here_o make_v use_n of_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o lie_n that_o be_v most_o general_o receive_v among_o philosopher_n divine_n and_o lawyer_n which_o be_v mendacium_fw-la est_fw-la significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la cum_fw-la intention_n fallendi_fw-la first_o i_o say_v it_o be_v significatio_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la vocem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la notas_fw-la or_o nutus_fw-la still_o as_o grotius_n say_v it_o be_v significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la a_o lie_n may_v be_v not_o only_o in_o dictis_fw-la but_o in_o factis_fw-la as_o if_o titius_n be_v to_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o ask_v sempronius_n the_o way_n thither_o and_o sempronius_n say_v nothing_o but_o point_v he_o the_o wrong_a way_n with_o his_o finger_n on_o purpose_n he_o do_v digito_fw-la mentiri_fw-la and_o so_o a_o dumb_a man_n may_v be_v a_o liar_n if_o by_o any_o sign_n he_o do_v point_n out_o that_o which_o be_v false_a know_v it_o to_o be_v so_o second_o therefore_o mendacium_fw-la be_v significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la now_o a_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v false_a two_o way_n first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la rei_fw-la so_o gen._n 3._o satan_n tell_v a_o lie_n when_o he_o say_v you_o shall_v not_o sure_o die_v and_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o be_v not_o necessary_a that_o to_o make_v up_o a_o lie_v it_o shall_v be_v always_o significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la and_o second_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o that_o which_o seem_v false_a to_o we_o though_o it_o may_v be_v true_a in_o itself_o the_o signification_n of_o falseness_n in_o this_o sense_n be_v always_o necessary_a to_o make_v up_o a_o lie_n so_o that_o if_o caius_n signify_v the_o truth_n and_o think_v it_o to_o be_v false_a he_o lie_v and_o signify_v that_o which_o be_v false_a believe_v it_o to_o be_v true_a he_o do_v not_o lie_n thus_o necessary_a be_v it_o to_o make_v up_o a_o lie_n that_o he_o who_o lie_n shall_v know_v that_o to_o be_v false_a which_o he_o assert_n and_o that_o either_o first_o cognition_n actuali_fw-la when_o he_o at_o present_a know_v that_o to_o be_v false_a which_o he_o assert_n to_o another_o or_o second_o cognition_n potentiali_fw-la which_o knowledge_n though_o he_o have_v not_o at_o present_a yet_o he_o may_v have_v have_v it_o and_o aught_o to_o have_v have_v it_o paria_fw-la sunt_fw-la scire_fw-la &_o scire_fw-la debere_fw-la so_o some_o heretic_n though_o at_o present_a they_o think_v their_o blasphemous_a opinion_n true_a and_o so_o be_v not_o formal_o liar_n in_o one_o sense_n yet_o they_o be_v liar_n interpretative_o because_o they_o may_v have_v know_v their_o opinion_n to_o be_v false_a and_o aught_o to_o have_v know_v they_o to_o be_v so_o false_a prophet_n therefore_o and_o false_a teacher_n be_v just_o in_o the_o scripture_n call_v liar_n and_o of_o such_o the_o apostle_n speak_v 2_o thes_n 2.11_o and_o for_o this_o cause_n god_n shall_v send_v they_o strong_a delusion_n that_o they_o shall_v believe_v a_o lie_n but_o three_o to_o a_o lie_v there_o be_v not_o only_o require_v significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la but_o intentio_fw-la fallendi_fw-la for_o a_o intention_n of_o deceive_v be_v intrinsical_o include_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o lie_n and_o this_o intention_n of_o deceive_v or_o cheat_v be_v twofold_a first_o if_o i_o intend_v to_o deceive_v or_o cheat_v at_o first_o when_o i_o make_v a_o contract_n or_o bargain_n then_o be_o i_o a_o liar_n second_o if_o i_o do_v not_o intend_v it_o at_o first_o and_o afterward_o intend_v it_o it_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n as_o if_o i_o promise_v to_o pay_v a_o man_n money_n at_o the_o end_n of_o a_o month_n intend_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o promise_n so_o to_o do_v but_o afterward_o intend_v and_o do_v the_o contrary_a though_o it_o be_v in_o my_o power_n to_o do_v it_o i_o make_v myself_o a_o liar_n and_o from_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o liar_n a_o lie_n be_v call_v sometime_o 1._o jocosum_fw-la 2._o officiosum_fw-la 3._o perniciosum_fw-la that_o be_v hurtful_a to_o my_o neighbour_n but_o i_o do_v in_o general_n conclude_v that_o every_o lie_n be_v moral_o evil_a and_o sinful_a rev._n 21.8_o whoremonger_n idolater_n and_o all_o liar_n shall_v have_v their_o part_n in_o the_o lake_n which_o burn_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n and_o the_o devil_n be_v in_o scripture_n call_v a_o liar_n but_o to_o prove_v a_o lie_n to_o be_v sinful_a by_o nature_n it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o urge_v that_o every_o act_n moral_o defective_a be_v sinful_a but_o so_o be_v a_o lie_n it_o be_v defective_a in_o its_o end_n for_o the_o end_n of_o every_o lie_n be_v to_o deceive_v and_o to_o wish_v that_o any_o man_n may_v be_v deceive_v be_v to_o wish_v a_o thing_n against_o natural_a charity_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o malum_fw-la ex_fw-la quolibet_fw-la defectu_fw-la be_v obvious_a now_o for_o the_o particular_a kind_n of_o a_o lie_n all_o do_v agree_v that_o mendacium_fw-la perniciosum_fw-la be_v sinful_a and_o likewise_o that_o mendacium_fw-la jocosum_fw-la be_v sinful_a though_o some_o deny_v the_o mendacium_fw-la officiosum_fw-la to_o be_v so_o volkelius_n who_o allow_v of_o this_o yet_o condemn_v that_o the_o apostle_n condemn_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v without_o this_o jest_n lie_v and_o therefore_o the_o lie_v mix_v with_o it_o be_v the_o more_o condemn_v the_o great_a controversy_n be_v about_o a_o officious_a lie_n and_o some_o will_v say_v that_o it_o be_v sinful_a to_o fright_v child_n with_o fancy_n and_o to_o cheat_v melancholy_a people_n by_o fantastic_a affirmation_n into_o the_o take_n of_o physic_n etc._n etc._n but_o in_o such_o case_n the_o mendacium_fw-la officiosum_fw-la be_v allowable_a but_o not_o in_o serious_a case_n vim_fw-la institutionum_fw-la divinarum_fw-la non_fw-la tollit_fw-la malitia_fw-la neque_fw-la non_fw-la intentio_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la the_o romanist_n never_o determine_v for_o the_o validity_n of_o the_o sacrament_n depend_v on_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o priest_n till_o it_o be_v do_v by_o the_o florentine_a synod_n anno_fw-la 1439._o as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o caranz_n p._n 867_o 868_o and_o afterward_o by_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n in_o the_o year_n 1545._o council_n trident._n sess_n 7._o can._n 4._o now_o this_o question_n contain_v in_o it_o a_o double_a assertion_n first_o that_o the_o malitia_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o sin_n of_o commission_n do_v not_o make_v the_o sacrament_n invalid_a and_o second_o that_o the_o omission_n of_o the_o priest_n or_o their_o not_o intend_v thing_n aright_o do_v not_o render_v the_o sacrament_n invalid_a now_o as_o institution_n may_v be_v take_v for_o a_o law_n it_o may_v be_v two_o way_n consider_v first_o in_o ratione_fw-la legis_fw-la prout_fw-la obligat_fw-la and_o the_o law_n of_o god_n bind_v immutable_o no_o impiety_n of_o man_n can_v take_v away_o the_o obligatory_a power_n of_o it_o second_o in_o ratione_fw-la regulae_fw-la prout_fw-la dirigit_fw-la and_o so_o the_o force_n of_o the_o institution_n be_v intrinsical_a in_o ratione_fw-la regulae_fw-la no_o impiety_n of_o man_n can_v take_v away_o the_o directive_n power_n of_o it_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o minister_n do_v hinder_v himself_o from_o receive_v benefit_n by_o the_o sacrament_n but_o not_o the_o person_n to_o who_o it_o be_v give_v and_o the_o papist_n themselves_o say_v that_o a_o sin_n of_o commission_n do_v not_o invalidate_v the_o sacrament_n as_o appear_v out_o of_o a_o synodical_a decree_n à_fw-fr petro_n archiepiscopo_fw-la moguntino_fw-it edito_fw-la in_o concilio_n provinciali_fw-la ashaffemburg●nsi_fw-la apud_fw-la petrum_fw-la crabb_n to._n 3._o p._n 825._o statuimus_fw-la say_v he_o si_fw-la quis_fw-la doceat_fw-la teneatve_n quod_fw-la sacerdos_n in_o peccato_fw-la mortali_fw-la existens_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la conficere_fw-la subditos_fw-la ligare_fw-la &_o à_fw-la peccato_fw-la solvere_fw-la pro_fw-la haeretico_fw-la habeatur_fw-la cum_fw-la constat_fw-la scripturae_fw-la sacrae_fw-la authoritate_fw-la quod_fw-la sive_fw-la bone_fw-la sive_fw-la malus_fw-la sit_fw-la minister_n per_fw-la utrumque_fw-la deus_fw-la effectum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la confert_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la quae_fw-la sancta_fw-la sunt_fw-la coinquinari_fw-la possunt_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la potest_fw-la hominum_fw-la malitia_fw-la