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A41211 An appeal to Scripture & antiquity in the questions of 1. the worship and invocation of saints and angels 2. the worship of images 3. justification by and merit of good works 4. purgatory 5. real presence and half-communion : against the Romanists / by H. Ferne ... Ferne, H. (Henry), 1602-1662. 1665 (1665) Wing F787; ESTC R6643 246,487 512

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true_o call_v a_o spiritual_a grace_n and_o inward_a too_o when_o it_o be_v sacramental_o receive_v very_o good_a all_o this_o but_o be_v there_o no_o sign_n of_o this_o body_n hear_v he_o also_o say_v that_o which_o sensible_o appear_v and_o be_v call_v sacramentum_fw-la tantum_fw-la the_o sacrament_n only_o be_v a_o sacramental_a sign_n of_o our_o saviour_n body_n p._n 284._o all_o this_o acknowledge_v to_o the_o defiance_n of_o his_o former_a subtlety_n and_o what_o can_v a_o protestant_a desire_n more_o only_o when_o he_o say_v nourish_v our_o soul_n he_o add_v and_o our_o body_n which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v a_o slip_n for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o doctrine_n of_o his_o church_n to_o say_v christ_n body_n nourish_v our_o body_n and_o now_o in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n why_o shall_v he_o not_o acknowledge_v the_o advantage_n of_o truth_n to_o be_v on_o the_o protestant_n side_n for_o thus_o far_o we_o agree_v that_o there_o be_v divine_a grace_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o sacrament_n 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use_v not_o the_o word_n of_o imputation_n lest_o they_o shall_v seem_v to_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o heretic_n of_o these_o day_n for_o their_o error_n of_o false_a imputation_n he_o be_v not_o afraid_a it_o seem_v of_o the_o apostle_n give_v they_o occasion_n and_o warrant_v for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o imputation_n but_o vasquez_n acknowledge_v the_o father_n do_v use_v that_o word_n and_o other_o word_n equivalent_a as_o communication_n and_o application_n and_o he_o grant_v ibid._n concedimus_fw-la imputari_fw-la nobis_fw-la merita_fw-la &_o obedientiam_fw-la christi_fw-la acsi_fw-la revera_fw-la essent_fw-la nostra_fw-la ibid._n that_o the_o merit_n and_o obedience_n of_o christ_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o as_o if_o indeed_o they_o be_v we_o and_o he_o give_v a_o good_a reason_n because_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n be_v the_o merit_n of_o our_o head_n this_o be_v fair_a and_o enough_o for_o our_o purpose_n if_o he_o do_v not_o pull_v back_o what_o he_o have_v give_v out_o and_o restrain_v what_o he_o have_v free_o and_o true_o grant_v therefore_o he_o subjoin_v ibid._n dissentimus_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la merita_fw-la christi_fw-la existimamus_fw-la nobis_fw-la imputari_fw-la dicimus_fw-la imputari_fw-la ratione_fw-la effectus_fw-la quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la loquor_fw-la council_n trid._n etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquem_fw-la effectum_fw-la imputari_fw-la ibid._n we_o differ_v from_o the_o heretic_n in_o that_o to_o which_o or_o for_o which_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n be_v impute_v how_o be_v that_o we_o say_v they_o be_v impute_v say_v he_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o effect_n as_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n speak_v also_o that_o they_o be_v impute_v as_o to_o some_o effect_n now_o if_o we_o ask_v to_o what_o effect_n he_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o two_o next_o chapter_n they_o be_v impute_v unto_o justification_n and_o unto_o life_n eternal_a this_o be_v very_o true_a but_o how_o unto_o justification_n in_o regard_n of_o 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