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find_v out_o which_o be_v no_o other_o thing_n but_o trap_n to_o catch_v the_o simple_a and_o those_o who_o be_v not_o accustom_v to_o disguise_n and_o to_o the_o language_n of_o these_o mastereheat_n as_o he_o declare_v himself_o add_v ibid._n add_v qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la loquendi_fw-la modi_fw-la licet_fw-la imperitis_fw-la vel_fw-la incautis_fw-la juramenta_fw-la videantur_fw-la verè_fw-la cum_fw-la nibil_n assirment_n sed_fw-la suspensa_fw-la sit_fw-la oratio_fw-la juramenta_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ibid._n that_o though_o the_o ignor_n of_o it_o and_o those_o who_o do_v not_o look_v near_o to_o they_o take_v these_o sort_n of_o speech_n for_o oath_n it_o be_v true_a notwithstanding_o that_o they_o be_v not_o because_o they_o assert_v nothing_o and_o they_o be_v imperfect_a discourse_n and_o have_v no_o determine_a sense_n if_o these_o expression_n which_o pass_v in_o common_a usage_n for_o true_a oath_n be_v not_o such_o indeed_o as_o these_o jesuit_n say_v they_o who_o make_v use_v of_o they_o to_o make_v believe_v that_o they_o swear_v indeed_o be_v like_o they_o who_o make_v or_o put_v off_o false_a money_n to_o surprise_v gross_a witted_a person_n who_o receive_v they_o for_o good_a or_o who_o make_v use_v of_o a_o counterfeit_a deed_n in_o a_o suit_n because_o they_o be_v well_o counterfeit_v and_o may_v pass_v for_o true_a and_o in_o a_o manner_n all_o these_o form_n of_o speech_n which_o emanuel_n sa_o and_o escobar_n approve_v be_v not_o invent_v but_o to_o entrap_v the_o simple_a and_o the_o ignorant_a as_o they_o themselves_o do_v teslifie_v sanchez_n employ_v almost_o a_o whole_a chapter_n to_o rehearse_v different_a form_n of_o speech_n and_o asseveration_n which_o may_v pass_v for_o oath_n though_o they_o be_v none_o according_a to_o his_o judgement_n as_o when_o one_o say_v 20._o say_v ut_fw-la sum_fw-la christianus_n religiosus_fw-la sacerdos_n vir_fw-la bone_fw-la it_o a_o est_fw-la n._n 16._o non_fw-la credo_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la uâ—…_n abnego_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la potestas_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la si_fw-la hac_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la coram_fw-la deoita_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la son_n ita_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la deus_fw-la
our_o father_n that_o he_o may_v set_v they_o in_o their_o place_n if_o it_o be_v true_a then_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o take_v the_o ancient_n for_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n only_o and_o not_o of_o work_n the_o faith_n which_o we_o receive_v from_o they_o will_v be_v dead_a and_o barren_a and_o if_o the_o modern_n give_v we_o only_o the_o rule_n of_o manner_n without_o those_o of_o faith_n our_o life_n how_o good_a soever_o it_o appear_v will_v be_v no_o other_o than_o heathen_a and_o if_o it_o be_v pretend_v that_o with_o the_o rule_n of_o manner_n they_o give_v we_o also_o they_o of_o faith_n whether_o they_o take_v they_o from_o the_o ancient_n or_o make_v they_o themselves_o as_o they_o do_v those_o of_o manner_n to_o give_v they_o we_o we_o be_v more_o oblige_v to_o they_o then_o the_o ancient_n or_o rather_o we_o hold_v all_o of_o they_o without_o have_v any_o need_n of_o the_o ancient_n we_o receive_v good_a life_n virtue_n holiness_n from_o those_o who_o be_v no_o saint_n and_o we_o hold_v nothing_o from_o the_o saint_n from_o who_o we_o receive_v only_o a_o dead_a faith_n a_o faith_n of_o devil_n as_o saint_n augustin_n speak_v according_a to_o scripture_n and_o to_o speak_v truth_n the_o child_n of_o the_o church_n receive_v not_o their_o life_n of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n and_o be_v not_o their_o child_n but_o of_o the_o father_n of_o this_o world_n and_o divine_n of_o the_o last_o time_n celot_n be_v not_o content_v to_o follow_v reginaldus_n in_o this_o point_n but_o he_o speak_v of_o himself_o for_o novelty_n against_o antiquity_n with_o a_o sleightness_n and_o contempt_n unsufferable_a 240._o unsufferable_a quid_fw-la agas_fw-la sic_fw-la se_fw-la habent_fw-la humana_fw-la omne_fw-la vixerunt_fw-la moribus_fw-la suis_fw-la antiqui_fw-la nos_fw-la nostris_fw-la utri_fw-la melius_fw-la câ—lot_n in_o praef_n l._n 5._o p._n 240._o what_o shall_v we_o do_v say_v he_o all_o humane_a affair_n be_v thus_o the_o ancient_n live_v after_o their_o rule_n and_o we_o after_o we_o and_o who_o shall_v tell_v we_o which_o be_v the_o better_a he_o acknowledge_v that_o which_o be_v too_o true_a we_o now_o live_v in_o a_o manner_n quite_o different_a from_o that_o of_o the_o ancient_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a father_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o shall_v oblige_v we_o to_o address_v ourselves_o rather_o unto_o they_o then_o unto_o the_o modern_n to_o learn_v to_o regulate_v our_o manner_n and_o to_o live_v christian-like_a for_o as_o in_o all_o sort_n of_o profession_n we_o seek_v the_o best_a master_n to_o instruct_v we_o so_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o those_o who_o have_v live_v holy_o and_o who_o be_v acknowledge_v for_o saint_n in_o the_o church_n be_v more_o proper_a to_o teach_v holiness_n and_o christian_a life_n than_o they_o that_o be_v no_o saint_n as_o all_o the_o new_a divine_n be_v not_o to_o say_v no_o more_o of_o they_o there_o be_v none_o but_o celot_n who_o seem_v not_o willing_a to_o confess_v that_o the_o ancient_n be_v better_a than_o the_o modern_n in_o say_v that_o we_o know_v not_o whether_o their_o conduct_n and_o rule_n be_v better_a than_o that_o of_o the_o modern_n but_o he_o shall_v at_o least_o have_v consider_v that_o we_o may_v well_o sometime_o give_v the_o modern_n the_o name_n of_o father_n but_o not_o of_o saint_n and_o that_o by_o the_o holy_a father_n we_o understand_v always_o the_o ancient_n so_o that_o as_o well_o the_o public_a voice_n of_o the_o church_n as_o that_o of_o the_o society_n itself_o suffice_v to_o convince_v the_o blindness_n of_o his_o pride_n but_o he_o be_v not_o content_a to_o equal_v himself_o and_o he_o to_o the_o holy_a father_n and_o ancient_a religious_a who_o live_v in_o the_o primitive_a time_n of_o the_o church_n in_o a_o holiness_n and_o purity_n altogether_o extraordinary_a he_o have_v also_o the_o confidence_n to_o prefer_v himself_o in_o these_o strange_a term_n ibid._n term_n inique_fw-la de_fw-la nostro_fw-la saeculo_fw-la judicarunt_fw-la qui_fw-la nostratum_fw-la religiosorum_fw-la mores_fw-la ex_fw-la antiquorum_fw-la factis_fw-la expendunt_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la illi_fw-la faciendum_fw-la sibi_fw-la committendumve_fw-la censuerunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la nos_fw-la confestim_fw-la pro_fw-la vo_z luntate_fw-la amplexemur_fw-la aut_fw-la fugiamus_fw-la plane_n ut_fw-la si_fw-la cue_n be_v maturi_fw-la ae_z â—i_fw-la hominem_fw-la ad_fw-la pueritâ—…m_fw-la redire_fw-la compellat_fw-la quoniam_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la aetatulae_fw-la slore_z vinulum_fw-la &_o clegantulum_fw-la nounihil_fw-la habebat_fw-la quod_fw-la matri_fw-la arrideret_fw-la celot_n ibid._n they_o do_v wrong_v say_v he_o to_o our_o age_n who_o will_v judge_v of_o the_o life_n of_o the_o religious_a of_o our_o time_n by_o that_o of_o the_o ancient_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o what_o the_o ancient_n have_v believe_v themselves_o to_o be_v oblige_v to_o do_v or_o to_o avoid_v we_o ought_v also_o to_o command_v or_o forbid_v without_o other_o reason_n then_o because_o the_o ancient_n have_v ordain_v it_o this_o be_v as_o it_o be_v to_o desire_v they_o to_o return_v to_o their_o infancy_n who_o be_v at_o maturity_n of_o age_n because_o that_o in_o their_o first_o year_n they_o have_v somewhat_o of_o pleasant_a and_o pretty_a which_o flatter_v the_o eye_n of_o their_o mother_n he_o can_v not_o have_v discover_v himself_o more_o nor_o testify_v more_o contempt_n of_o these_o great_a saint_n and_o first_o religious_a then_o to_o compare_v the_o modern_n to_o man_n grow_v ripe_a and_o perfect_a and_o the_o ancient_n to_o infant_n who_o have_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o solid_a but_o only_o a_o prettiness_n proper_a to_o content_v the_o easiness_n and_o foolish_a affection_n of_o woman_n whence_o it_o follow_v we_o be_v no_o more_o to_o consider_v the_o ancient_a father_n then_o as_o child_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o modern_n who_o must_v be_v the_o venerable_a father_n of_o the_o father_n themselves_o and_o by_o consequence_n they_o can_v be_v no_o long_o their_o disciple_n since_o it_o belong_v to_o perfect_a man_n to_o instruct_v child_n and_o not_o child_n to_o instruct_v man_n it_o seem_v that_o it_o be_v in_o this_o same_o sense_n that_o celot_n speak_v of_o saint_n paul_n the_o first_o eremite_n of_o saint_n anthony_n and_o many_o other_o saint_n who_o imitate_v they_o in_o fly_v the_o corruption_n of_o the_o world_n and_o retire_v into_o the_o desert_n to_o serve_v god_n there_o he_o say_v that_o the_o church_n have_v rather_o tolerate_v then_o approve_v those_o great_a personage_n and_o their_o manner_n of_o life_n altogether_o holy_a and_o evangelical_n 257._o evangelical_n alios_fw-la tulit_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la express_v probavit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la homines_fw-la seculi_fw-la fastidio_fw-la &_o amore_fw-la dei_fw-la incitatos_fw-la statim_fw-la cursu_fw-la in_o solitudinem_fw-la se_fw-la abdentes_fw-la ut_fw-la sanctum_fw-la paulum_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o primis_fw-la annis_fw-la sanctum_fw-la antonium_n &_o alios_fw-la ab_fw-la augustino_n memoratos_fw-la celor_n l._n 5._o c._n 4._o p._n 257._o the_o church_n say_v he_o rather_o tolerate_v then_o approve_v formal_o those_o who_o be_v press_v on_o by_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o contempt_n of_o the_o world_n retire_v as_o it_o be_v in_o haste_n and_o go_v to_o hide_v themselves_o in_o the_o wilderness_n as_o saint_n paul_n and_o saint_n anthony_n in_o the_o first_o age_n and_o other_o of_o who_o saint_n augustin_n speak_v we_o tolerate_v only_o that_o which_o be_v evil_a or_o disorderly_a which_o come_v always_o from_o evil_a or_o weakness_n this_o jesuit_n therefore_o must_v accuse_v these_o great_a saint_n of_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o and_o that_o their_o action_n which_o be_v all_o holy_a pass_n in_o bis_fw-la mind_n for_o disorder_n or_o defect_n if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o church_n do_v tolerate_v they_o only_o as_o he_o say_v and_o not_o approve_v they_o but_o she_o can_v not_o give_v they_o a_o great_a approbation_n then_o by_o canonise_a they_o and_o declare_v they_o saint_n for_o that_o angelical_a and_o admirable_a life_n which_o they_o lead_v in_o the_o wilderness_n as_o also_o the_o church_n testify_v at_o this_o day_n public_o in_o its_o office_n and_o its_o mystery_n and_o all_o the_o great_a personage_n of_o the_o church_n the_o holy_a bishop_n the_o pope_n and_o the_o doctor_n have_v publish_v their_o praise_n outvying_a as_o it_o be_v one_o another_o through_o all_o age_n of_o christianity_n and_o celot_n perhaps_o be_v the_o first_o among_o catholic_n that_o have_v have_v the_o boldness_n to_o debase_v and_o dispraise_v they_o but_o this_o contempt_n and_o insolence_n will_v appear_v yet_o more_o unworthy_a and_o unsufferable_a when_o he_o compare_v they_o to_o those_o who_o live_v in_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o world_n of_o who_o the_o poet_n speak_v as_o of_o savage_n and_o beast_n live_v without_o law_n without_o polity_n and_o without_o conduct_n in_o such_o manner_n that_o those_o who_o come_v after_o be_v form_v and_o regulate_v by_o the_o
32._o but_o as_o according_a to_o these_o new_a doctor_n a_o probable_a opinion_n which_o have_v take_v its_o original_n for_o a_o error_n become_v common_a in_o process_n of_o time_n become_v also_o safe_a and_o may_v be_v follow_v in_o conscience_n so_o although_o the_o heretic_n be_v convince_v to_o have_v have_v their_o rise_n from_o error_n they_o may_v according_o to_o this_o maxim_n pretend_v that_o time_n and_o custom_n have_v purge_v away_o this_o defect_n and_o have_v put_v they_o in_o possession_n by_o a_o good_a title_n which_o be_v sufficient_a to_o quiet_v their_o conscience_n and_o justify_v they_o before_o god_n and_o to_o fortify_v they_o yet_o more_o in_o this_o their_o imagination_n and_o to_o defend_v it_o against_o those_o that_o will_v trouble_v they_o they_o may_v say_v that_o though_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o catholic_n religion_n be_v more_o probable_a than_o the_o lutheran_n or_o the_o calvinist_n they_o will_v yet_o cease_v to_o be_v probable_a though_o they_o be_v not_o so_o much_o and_o that_o of_o two_o probable_a religion_n as_o well_o as_o 12._o as_o dico_fw-la 2._o licitum_fw-la esse_fw-la sequi_fw-la opinionem_fw-la minus_fw-la probabilem_fw-la â—tramsi_fw-la minus_fw-la tuta_fw-la sit_fw-la filliutinâ—_n mor._n qq_n rome_n 2._o tr_fw-la 21._o c._n 4._o n._n 128._o pag._n 12._o two_o probable_a opinion_n we_o may_v follow_v that_o which_o be_v less_o probable_a according_a to_o the_o jesuit_n doctrine_n though_o it_o be_v also_o less_o safe_a and_o with_o much_o strong_a reason_n when_o that_o which_o be_v the_o less_o probable_a be_v the_o more_o safe_a as_o they_o may_v pretend_v they_o to_o be_v for_o consider_v this_o other_o rule_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o probabilty_a sup_v probabilty_a omnes_fw-la opiniones_fw-la probabiles_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la aeque_fw-la tulae_fw-la benigniores_fw-la etsi_fw-la â—…iquando_fw-la sint_fw-la minus_fw-la probabiles_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la sunt_fw-la semper_fw-la utiliores_fw-la ac_fw-la securiores_fw-la caramuel_n sup_v that_o of_o two_o probable_a opinion_n the_o more_o pleasant_a be_v always_o the_o more_o safe_a though_o it_o be_v less_o probable_a a_o calvinist_n or_o a_o lutheran_n may_v say_v that_o he_o have_v more_o reason_n to_o continue_v in_o repose_n and_o security_n of_o conscience_n in_o his_o religion_n then_o the_o catholic_n in_o his_o since_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o calvin_n and_o luther_n be_v more_o please_a and_o favourable_a to_o nature_n and_o the_o inclination_n of_o man_n then_o that_o of_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o by_o consequence_n it_o be_v more_o safe_a i_o shall_v have_v refrain_v from_o reason_v in_o this_o sort_n and_o draw_v these_o consequence_n from_o the_o jesuit_n doctrine_n though_o they_o be_v clear_a and_o evident_a know_v how_o far_o it_o be_v from_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o church_n to_o raise_v new_a difficulty_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o to_o meet_v 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then_o to_o answer_v the_o heretic_n nor_o to_o let_v they_o see_v that_o they_o mistake_v their_o opinion_n and_o the_o fundamental_a doctrine_n of_o their_o divinity_n whereby_o they_o testify_v that_o they_o disapprove_v not_o the_o reason_n of_o these_o heretic_n and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o far_o from_o believe_v that_o a_o man_n may_v be_v save_v in_o the_o religion_n of_o calvin_n and_o luther_n it_o can_v be_v but_o from_o this_o imagination_n and_o observation_n that_o one_o of_o their_o principal_a disciple_n from_o who_o i_o have_v extract_v all_o these_o reason_n and_o all_o these_o consequence_n favourable_a unto_o heresy_n which_o we_o now_o above_o observe_v to_o be_v their_o product_n protest_v 472._o protest_v ad_fw-la solamen_fw-la coram_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o germania_n habitant_fw-la &_o multos_fw-la viros_fw-la olite_a probos_fw-la infectos_fw-la dolens_fw-la haeresi_fw-la aliquas_fw-la periodos_fw-la scribe_n &_o verius_fw-la ex_fw-la selectissimis_fw-la 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ecclesia_fw-la bene_fw-la exponat_fw-la ibid._n you_o see_v say_v he_o the_o force_n of_o his_o reason_n and_o what_o it_o be_v he_o pretend_v first_o of_o all_o he_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o god_n can_v lie_v in_o the_o second_o place_n that_o he_o have_v reveal_v the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o even_o that_o he_o indict_v
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yet_o ever_o teach_v it_o he_o that_o invent_v and_o first_o maintain_v it_o may_v make_v it_o probable_a if_o he_o be_v account_v a_o man_n of_o learning_n and_o piety_n and_o there_o be_v none_o but_o such_o among_o the_o master_n of_o this_o science_n so_o his_o opinion_n shall_v be_v always_o probable_a and_o though_o false_a and_o pernicious_a it_o shall_v be_v shot-free_a under_o probability_n 5._o this_o be_v one_o rule_n of_o these_o great_a doctor_n that_o 134._o that_o benigniores_fw-la eisi_fw-la aliquando_fw-la sint_fw-la minus_fw-la probabilt_n per_fw-la accidens_fw-la sunt_fw-la sempâ—r_fw-la utiliores_fw-la &_o securiorâ—s_fw-la caram_z theol._n fue_v p._n 134._o the_o opinion_n more_o sweet_a be_v always_o better_a and_o more_o safe_a though_o it_o be_v less_o probable_a by_o this_o rule_n the_o opinion_n which_o favour_n looseness_n and_o corrupt_a inclination_n will_v be_v more_o safe_a and_o their_o probability_n always_o invincible_a for_o if_o the_o reason_n which_o be_v apply_v against_o they_o be_v more_o forcible_a and_o press_a they_o will_v thereby_o become_v indeed_o less_o probable_a but_o they_o will_v not_o thereby_o become_v less_o please_v and_o consequent_o they_o will_v become_v always_o better_a and_o more_o sure_a according_a to_o the_o maxim_n of_o this_o marvellous_a science_n 6._o but_o if_o you_o oppose_v against_o they_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o ancient_a father_n they_o will_v say_v that_o their_o opinion_n be_v very_o probable_a but_o those_o of_o the_o casuist_n of_o these_o time_n be_v no_o less_o probable_a that_o the_o modern_n carry_v it_o even_o above_o the_o ancient_n 714._o ancient_n quod_fw-la ownia_fw-la quae_fw-la pulcbie_fw-mi cogitarunt_fw-la jâ—m_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la junioribus_fw-la summo_fw-la sludio_fw-la &_o ingenio_fw-la elimata_fw-la ibid._n p._n 22._o quae_fw-la circa_fw-la sidem_fw-la emergunt_fw-la difficultates_fw-la eae_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la veteribus_fw-la hauriendae_fw-la quae_fw-la vero_fw-la circa_fw-la mores_fw-la homine_fw-la christiano_n dignos_fw-la à _fw-la novitiis_fw-la scriptoribus_fw-la celor_n l._n 8._o c._n 16._o p._n 714._o because_o their_o best_a thought_n be_v clear_v up_o and_o perfect_v by_o those_o that_o follow_v they_o but_o though_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_n be_v more_o probable_a that_o of_o the_o modern_n be_v more_o pleasant_a they_o conclude_v by_o their_o principle_n that_o it_o be_v better_a and_o more_o safe_a they_o maintain_v also_o that_o when_o the_o question_n be_v about_o faith_n we_o may_v well_o have_v recourse_n unto_o the_o ancient_n and_o hold_v that_o which_o they_o have_v believe_v and_o teach_v in_o their_o write_n but_o in_o matter_n of_o manner_n and_o the_o conduct_n of_o life_n we_o must_v take_v our_o rule_n from_o the_o new_a casuist_n 7._o one_o of_o the_o most_o certain_a way_n to_o know_v that_o a_o opinion_n be_v bad_a be_v the_o bad_a consequence_n and_o pernicious_a effect_n which_o natural_o follow_v thereupon_o but_o this_o be_v not_o capable_a to_o stay_v the_o defender_n of_o the_o jesuit_n probability_n they_o acknowledge_v the_o dangerous_a consequence_n and_o pernicious_a effect_n which_o issue_n infallible_o from_o many_o novel_a opinion_n which_o they_o teach_v and_o they_o for_o bear_v not_o to_o maintain_v they_o at_o all_o and_o protest_v that_o they_o will_v maintain_v they_o always_o because_o they_o seem_v probable_a and_o no_o person_n can_v condemn_v they_o 549._o they_o multa_fw-la inoonvenientia_fw-la suboriuntur_fw-la ex_fw-la restrictionibus_fw-la mentalibus_fw-la multae_fw-la â—x_fw-la occultis_fw-la compensationibus_fw-la multa_fw-la ex_fw-la licentia_fw-la occidendi_fw-la injustum_fw-la judicem_fw-la aut_fw-la teslem_fw-la quam_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la concedunt_fw-la multa_fw-la ex_fw-la illa_fw-la opinion_n quae_fw-la docer_n de_fw-la occultis_fw-la non_fw-la judicare_fw-la reelesiam_fw-la multa_fw-la ex_fw-la aliis_fw-la 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scoff_a etc._n etc._n to_o which_o of_o the_o two_o opinion_n of_o this_o jesuit_n ought_v we_o to_o hold_v or_o rather_o how_o shall_v we_o know_v which_o be_v his_o opinion_n what_o he_o say_v and_o what_o he_o think_v he_o say_v all_o and_o he_o say_v nothing_o because_o he_o unsay_v and_o contradict_v himself_o he_o be_v of_o what_o opinion_n you_o please_v and_o he_o be_v of_o none_o but_o if_o man_n last_a word_n be_v more_o considerable_a than_o their_o first_o and_o if_o we_o may_v rely_v on_o they_o as_o their_o last_o resolution_n there_o be_v cause_n to_o believe_v that_o this_o father_n have_v relate_v so_o clear_o the_o judgement_n and_o intention_n of_o the_o church_n concern_v the_o abuse_n of_o those_o who_o pray_v and_o recite_v the_o office_n without_o intention_n and_o without_o respect_n only_o to_o overturn_v it_o and_o to_o testify_v the_o little_a account_n he_o make_v of_o it_o because_o he_o have_v confidence_n a_o little_a after_o to_o say_v that_o we_o may_v prudent_o presume_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o will_n of_o the_o church_n to_o oblige_v priest_n beneficiaries_n and_o other_o to_o the_o divine_a office_n with_o so_o great_a severity_n that_o they_o sin_v mortal_o if_o they_o have_v not_o a_o inward_a attention_n thereunto_o since_o it_o seem_v not_o in_o its_o precept_n for_o recite_v the_o hour_n to_o erect_v any_o other_o thing_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o other_o who_o be_v bind_v thereunto_o but_o to_o honour_n and_o praise_n god_n which_o they_o do_v in_o sing_v psalm_n and_o chant_v though_o with_o voluntary_a distraction_n and_o in_o which_o they_o continue_v provide_v that_o this_o be_v do_v and_o they_o sing_v tuneable_o and_o with_o reverence_n pag._n 534._o but_o the_o argument_n he_o make_v and_o the_o example_n he_o bring_v to_o establish_v his_o discourse_n and_o to_o confirm_v this_o strange_a opinion_n be_v remarkable_a for_o the_o outward_a action_n say_v he_o wherewith_o we_o attend_v on_o god_n be_v of_o the_o diocese_n and_o a_o appurtenance_n of_o the_o virtue_n of_o religion_n wherefore_o as_o he_o who_o without_o intention_n to_o commit_v idolatry_n bend_v his_o knee_n before_o a_o idol_n be_v hold_v for_o a_o idolater_n nevertheless_o so_o we_o must_v believe_v that_o they_o pray_v who_o recite_v the_o office_n though_o without_o intention_n yet_o not_o without_o outward_a decency_n and_o composure_n such_o as_o that_o action_n require_v pag._n 335_o coninck_n make_v use_v of_o the_o same_o reason_v and_o the_o same_o example_n in_o this_o same_o matter_n as_o we_o have_v see_v above_o and_o there_o be_v cause_n to_o believe_v that_o father_n bauny_a have_v only_o copy_v and_o translate_v he_o but_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o aught_o to_o have_v call_v to_o mind_n that_o it_o be_v much_o easy_a to_o do_v harm_n than_o good_a and_o that_o what_o be_v evil_a in_o itself_o be_v always_o evil_a to_o what_o intention_n soever_o it_o be_v do_v but_o to_o do_v good_a it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o do_v a_o thing_n which_o be_v good_a in_o itself_o if_o it_o be_v not_o well_o do_v that_o be_v with_o good_a intention_n according_a to_o this_o rule_n bona_fw-la bene_fw-la agenda_fw-la the_o reason_v which_o father_n bauny_a take_v up_o at_o length_n upon_o this_o point_n be_v as_o false_a and_o ridiculous_a as_o his_o example_n and_o that_o this_o be_v true_a say_v he_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o this_o that_o it_o import_v not_o a_o little_a to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n that_o we_o address_v ourselves_o to_o he_o with_o outward_a respect_n which_o edify_v the_o people_n and_o obtain_v his_o favour_n from_o heaven_n whereto_o prayer_n be_v useful_a though_o say_v without_o attention_n we_o need_v not_o seek_v reason_n to_o make_v appear_v the_o extravagance_n of_o these_o word_n it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v it_o know_v to_o represent_v what_o the_o same_o jesuit_n push_v on_o by_o the_o force_n of_o the_o truth_n say_v chap._n 16._o pag._n 165._o that_o not_o to_o recite_v the_o hour_n at_o all_o and_o not_o to_o do_v it_o decent_o be_v all_o one_o before_o god_n since_o he_o be_v equal_o dishonour_v and_o contemn_v in_o both_o after_o he_o have_v advance_v these_o so_o strange_a maxim_n which_o overturn_v religion_n and_o prayer_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o first-fruit_n and_o most_o common_a exercise_n thereof_o and_o after_o he_o have_v establish_v these_o maxim_n by_o such_o reason_n and_o such_o example_n he_o draw_v from_o thence_o practical_a conclusion_n as_o pernicious_a which_o he_o bestow_v on_o confessor_n and_o director_n to_o serve_v they_o as_o a_o rule_n in_o the_o conduct_n of_o soul_n and_o in_o the_o resolution_n of_o all_o doubt_n and_o difficulty_n which_o may_v be_v propose_v unto_o they_o in_o this_o matter_n according_a hereunto_o say_v he_o the_o confessor_n shall_v not_o reprove_v his_o penitent_n as_o for_o any_o mortal_a fault_n for_o have_v apply_v his_o mind_n to_o frivelous_a thing_n so_o long_o as_o his_o tongue_n resound_v the_o praise_n of_o god_n with_o other_o in_o the_o church_n if_o in_o outward_a appearance_n he_o do_v nothing_o that_o be_v incompatible_a with_o this_o action_n pag._n 335._o he_o shall_v not_o oblige_v he_o to_o the_o repetition_n of_o any_o thing_n say_v in_o that_o manner_n since_o in_o pronounce_v they_o in_o that_o sort_n he_o have_v fulfil_v the_o precept_n nor_o yet_o to_o make_v restitution_n of_o the_o fruit_n receive_v from_o his_o benefice_n if_o he_o have_v any_o which_o very_o thing_n he_o himself_o condemn_v but_o two_o page_n before_o say_v that_o ecclesiastic_n who_o pray_v with_o voluntary_a distraction_n and_o wander_a mind_n aught_o for_o the_o performance_n of_o their_o duty_n begin_v their_o office_n anew_o and_o in_o default_n of_o so_o do_v if_o beneficiaries_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o restore_v unto_o the_o church_n where_o
be_v not_o willing_a to_o receive_v it_o sin_n by_o contempt_n and_o he_o answer_v in_o one_o word_n no._n which_o be_v so_o much_o more_o considerable_a because_o a_o little_a after_o he_o say_v of_o this_o sacrament_n after_o the_o opinion_n of_o one_o of_o his_o brethren_n that_o where_o 24._o where_o asserit_fw-la praepesitus_fw-la caeteris_fw-la paribus_fw-la majoâ—em_fw-la gratiaâ—n_fw-la per_fw-la illam_fw-la conferri_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la &_o quodvis_fw-la allud_fw-la saâ—_n a_o nentum_fw-la excepto_fw-la ordine_fw-la ib._n n._n 24._o the_o disposition_n be_v equal_v it_o confer_v more_o grace_n than_o baptism_n or_o any_o other_o sacrament_n except_o that_o of_o order_n so_o that_o according_a to_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o jesuit_n we_o may_v without_o any_o considerable_a neglect_n indifferency_n or_o contempt_n resuse_v all_o the_o grace_n that_o be_v contain_v in_o all_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o faithful_a when_o god_n offer_v they_o by_o his_o extraordinary_a mercy_n and_o we_o may_v receive_v they_o without_o any_o inconvenience_n fince_n they_o will_v that_o we_o may_v refuse_v in_o that_o manner_n the_o grace_n of_o confirmation_n which_o they_o hold_v to_o be_v great_a than_o that_o of_o all_o the_o sacrament_n there_o be_v two_o occasion_n upon_o which_o the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n seem_v to_o be_v most_o necessary_a that_o of_o persecution_n and_o peril_n of_o death_n and_o that_o of_o receive_v holy_a order_n escobar_n speak_v of_o the_o first_o say_v 796._o say_v puto_fw-la esse_fw-la allquando_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la peccatum_fw-la veniale_a temeritatis_fw-la sine_fw-la confirmaâ—ione_fw-la facile_fw-la suscipienda_fw-la periculis_fw-la mortis_fw-la tradi_fw-la ibid._n n._n 23._o p._n 796._o i_o think_v that_o it_o may_v happen_v sometime_o by_o accident_n that_o a_o man_n may_v sin_v venial_o through_o rashness_n in_o expose_v himself_o unto_o mortal_a danger_n without_o receive_v confirmation_n when_o it_o may_v easy_o be_v have_v he_o will_v not_o that_o we_o be_v oblige_v to_o receive_v confirmation_n even_o then_o when_o we_o be_v expose_v to_o danger_n of_o death_n during_o persecution_n and_o be_v in_o danger_n to_o lose_v the_o faith_n through_o torment_n though_o we_o may_v easy_o receive_v it_o and_o so_o fortify_v ourselves_o by_o the_o incomparable_a grace_n of_o this_o sacrament_n but_o he_o can_v hinder_v truth_n from_o speak_v by_o his_o mouth_n against_o himself_o for_o be_v constrain_v to_o avow_v that_o there_o be_v at_o least_o venial_a sin_n in_o refuse_v or_o neglect_v to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n in_o this_o extremity_n he_o be_v oblige_v by_o the_o same_o mean_n to_o confess_v that_o this_o sin_n be_v great_a since_o it_o be_v a_o constant_a maxim_n with_o he_o and_o his_o fraternity_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o judge_v of_o the_o greatness_n of_o a_o obligation_n and_o sin_n by_o that_o of_o their_o matter_n and_o so_o confirmation_n and_o the_o grace_n of_o confirmation_n be_v so_o great_a that_o according_a to_o he_o it_o surpass_v that_o of_o all_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o the_o necessity_n of_o receive_v it_o in_o the_o case_n he_o propose_v be_v so_o great_a that_o therein_o salvation_n and_o peril_n of_o renounce_v the_o faith_n be_v concern_v if_o we_o be_v not_o fortify_v with_o the_o grace_n of_o this_o sacrament_n it_o must_v follow_v of_o necessity_n that_o the_o sin_n which_o we_o commit_v in_o voluntary_o neglect_v and_o reject_v it_o will_v be_v great_a or_o none_o at_o all_o and_o mascarenhas_n make_v use_v of_o this_o very_a reason_n to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v neither_o any_o necessity_n nor_o precept_n which_o oblige_v we_o to_o receive_v confirmation_n 47._o confirmation_n confirmatur_fw-la cue_n a_o cum_fw-la haec_fw-la res_fw-la in_o se_fw-la fir_n gravis_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la illa_fw-la dâ—retur_fw-la aliquod_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la obligans_fw-la sub_fw-la mortal_a sed_fw-la non_fw-la obligas_fw-la its_o sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la supra_fw-la ergo_fw-la signum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la nullum_fw-la dari_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la mascarenhas_n tract_n 1._o de_fw-la â—acram_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la disp_n 4._o cap._n 5._o pag._n 47._o this_o matter_n say_v he_o be_v of_o great_a importance_n if_o there_o be_v any_o commandment_n for_o it_o it_o will_v oblige_v under_o mortal_a sin_n and_o there_o be_v no_o such_o obligation_n as_o we_o have_v say_v before_o there_o be_v then_o no_o precept_n in_o this_o point_n and_o consequent_o it_o be_v no_o sin_n at_o all_o not_o to_o receive_v this_o sacrament_n it_o must_v be_v observe_v here_o that_o the_o jesuit_n have_v acknowledge_v at_o first_o a_o precept_n for_o receive_v confirmation_n and_o have_v content_v themselves_o to_o confine_v and_o restrain_v it_o to_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o church_n in_o which_o persecution_n be_v frequent_a pretend_v that_o it_o be_v expire_v in_o these_o our_o time_n afterward_o they_o have_v say_v that_o if_o this_o precept_n do_v yet_o oblige_v at_o present_a it_o be_v not_o with_o so_o great_a rigour_n as_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v any_o great_a sin_n to_o go_v against_o it_o and_o that_o the_o father_n and_o council_n that_o have_v ordain_v the_o faithful_a to_o receive_v this_o sacrament_n have_v ordain_v it_o only_o by_o way_n of_o counsel_n and_o not_o of_o precept_n 3._o from_o thence_o they_o have_v infer_v that_o it_o can_v be_v at_o most_o but_o a_o venial_a sin_n to_o omit_v confirmation_n and_o neglect_v the_o precept_n of_o receive_v it_o 4._o they_o also_o at_o length_n wipe_v out_o even_o that_o venial_a sin_n that_o they_o may_v entire_o abolish_v the_o commandment_n for_o this_o sacrament_n and_o perhaps_o the_o sacrament_n if_o self_n if_o they_o can_v so_o much_o passion_n and_o injustice_n do_v they_o express_v in_o fight_v against_o it_o it_o be_v by_o this_o way_n and_o by_o these_o degree_n that_o they_o have_v introduce_v many_o novelty_n error_n and_o loose_a principle_n both_o into_o the_o manner_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n which_o they_o maintain_v public_o at_o this_o day_n as_o truth_n and_o rule_n of_o christian_a piety_n as_o for_o the_o other_o case_n in_o which_o it_o seem_v that_o we_o be_v yet_o more_o oblige_v to_o receive_v confirmation_n to_o wit_n before_o we_o present_v ourselves_o to_o take_v order_n escobar_n demand_v 796._o demand_v num_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la necessario_fw-la praemittenda_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la escobar_n ibid._n n._n 25_o p._n 796._o if_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o take_v confirmation_n before_o order_n he_o say_v at_o first_o that_o there_o be_v some_o who_o hold_v it_o a_o crime_n to_o fail_v herein_o but_o he_o afterward_o express_v his_o own_o opinion_n in_o these_o term_n ibid._n term_n asserue_v rim_n receptionem_fw-la prius_fw-la tonsurae_fw-la absque_fw-la praevia_fw-la confirmatione_fw-la non_fw-la excedere_fw-la culpam_fw-la venislem_fw-la levem_fw-la ordinum_fw-la verò_fw-la minorum_fw-la veniale_a commissum_fw-la gravius_fw-la ibid._n i_o be_o not_o afraid_a to_o say_v that_o to_o receive_v the_o rasure_n without_o have_v beforehand_o receive_v confirmation_n be_v but_o a_o venial_a sin_n a_o very_a slight_a one_o and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o great_a but_o yet_o still_o a_o simple_a venial_a one_o thus_o to_o receive_v the_o lesser_a order_n he_o put_v the_o same_o question_n again_o a_o little_a after_o in_o a_o chapter_n which_o have_v for_o its_o title_n 888._o title_n praxis_fw-la circa_fw-la materiam_fw-la de_fw-la sacrameneo_fw-la ordinis_fw-la ex_fw-la societatis_fw-la jesus_n doctoribus_fw-la ibid._n p._n 888._o the_o practice_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o order_n draw_v out_o of_o the_o doctor_n of_o the_o society_n of_o jesus_n in_o which_o he_o demand_v 32._o demand_v an_fw-mi ordinandus_fw-la debeat_fw-la prius_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la confirmationis_fw-la accipere_fw-la ibid._n n._n 32._o whether_o he_o who_o be_v to_o be_v ordain_v ought_v first_o to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n he_o acknowledge_v that_o tolet_n judge_n that_o they_o who_o do_v otherwise_o sin_v mortal_o and_o be_v irregular_a because_o of_o the_o express_a command_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n which_o be_v conceive_v in_o these_o term_n 4._o term_n prima_fw-la tonsura_fw-la non_fw-la initientur_fw-la qui_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la confirmationis_fw-la non_fw-la susceperunt_fw-la council_n trident._n sess_v 22._o cap._n 4._o that_o those_o who_o have_v not_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o confirmation_n be_v not_o receive_v unto_o the_o rasure_n which_o hinder_v not_o escobar_n from_o declare_v that_o promoveant_fw-la that_o alii_fw-la negant_fw-la adeo_fw-la strictis_fw-la verbis_fw-la uti_fw-la concilium_fw-la tridentinum_n sed_fw-la solum_fw-la consulere_fw-la episcopis_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la confirmatos_fw-la non_fw-la promoveant_fw-la other_o say_v that_o the_o word_n of_o the_o council_n be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v rigorous_o but_o that_o it_o only_a counsel_n bishop_n not_o to_o promote_v unto_o order_n those_o who_o have_v not_o be_v confirm_v whence_o he_o conclude_v with_o they_o who_o hold_v this_o opinion_n ibid._n opinion_n
contradict_v and_o clude_v this_o last_o and_o dreadful_a sentence_n than_o by_o correct_v his_o error_n to_o submit_v himself_o thereunto_o for_o he_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o say_v that_o the_o reason_n which_o jesus_n christ_n allege_v and_o whereupon_o he_o ground_n his_o judgement_n be_v not_o true_a and_o take_v not_o place_n in_o the_o matter_n wherein_o he_o allege_v it_o that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o the_o last_o judgement_n it_o be_v not_o to_o purpose_n 142._o purpose_n nec_fw-la refert_fw-la quod_fw-la dominus_fw-la matth._n 25._o formam_fw-la judicii_fw-la describens_fw-la meminerit_fw-la potius_fw-la operum_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la quam_fw-la aliorum_fw-la id_fw-la enim_fw-la fecit_fw-la ut_fw-la homines_fw-la praesertim_fw-la plebeios_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la majora_fw-la &_o spiritualia_fw-la parum_fw-la sunt_fw-la comparati_fw-la in_fw-la hec_fw-la vita_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la excitaret_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la ratio_fw-la cessat_fw-la in_o extremo_fw-la 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