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mean_v only_o a_o freedom_n from_o necessity_n and_o coaction_n christ_n say_v if_o any_o man_n will_v come_v after_o i_o i_o do_v neither_o force_v nor_o compel_v but_o leave_v every_o man_n master_n of_o his_o own_o will_n but_o this_o still_o presuppose_v his_o grace_n 46._o grace_n tom._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o ep._n ad_fw-la philip._n p._n 46._o for_o it_o be_v he_o alone_o that_o give_v we_o willingness_n and_o ability_n for_o it_o be_v his_o whole_a work_n 368._o work_n id._n tom._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 2_o tim._n p._n 368._o dive_v not_o thou_o into_o god_n secret_n learn_v to_o know_v this_o only_a that_o god_n order_v all_o thing_n foresee_v all_o thing_n and_o that_o man_n be_v free_a that_o some_o thing_n he_o actual_o produce_v other_o thing_n he_o permit_v that_o he_o be_v willing_a that_o no_o evil_n shall_v have_v a_o be_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v not_o do_v by_o his_o will_n but_o by_o we_o all_o evil_a action_n proceed_v from_o 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cap._n ult_n compensatio_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 26._o p._n 32._o collega_fw-la passionis_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la vide_fw-la eund_n de_fw-fr laud._n martyr_n p._n 253._o &_o 2_o tim._n 4.6_o &_o chr._n in_o lec_fw-la for_o when_o the_o body_n be_v tear_v and_o mangle_v by_o the_o various_a instrument_n of_o fury_n and_o persecution_n it_o endeavour_n to_o repay_v its_o saviour_n the_o expense_n of_o his_o wound_n and_o passion_n and_o that_o many_o time_n by_o the_o same_o sort_n of_o death_n that_o jesus_n experiment_v on_o the_o cross_n if_o not_o by_o a_o more_o acute_a and_o more_o dismal_a punishment_n and_o so_o by_o a_o bless_a and_o glorious_a method_n cancel_v the_o debt_n in_o which_o it_o stand_v engage_v to_o heaven_n and_o st._n cyprian_n call_v such_o sufferer_n christ_n compeer_n adorn_v with_o the_o purple_a of_o their_o own_o blood_n which_o be_v a_o kin_n to_o christ_n for_o have_v christ_n pay_v his_o blood_n for_o thou_o say_v 659_o say_v lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr virgin_n t._n 1._o p._n 129._o vid._n &_o valerian_n cimeliensis_n hemil._n 3._o p._n 5._o &_o s._n paul_n natal_n 9_o b._n foelicis_fw-la p._n 659_o st._n ambrose_n thou_o owe_v he_o thou_o in_o gratitude_n for_o a_o good_a servant_n study_v to_o repay_v his_o god_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o god_n have_v oblige_v he_o like_a st._n gordius_n exclamation_n in_o st._n basil_n at_o what_o a_o loss_n be_o i_o o_o my_o best_a master_n jesus_n that_o i_o can_v die_v but_o once_o for_o thou_o the_o church_n also_o allow_v the_o martyr_n a_o more_o glorious_a title_n than_o other_o and_o call_v they_o not_o only_o the_o servant_n but_o the_o 196._o the_o cypr._n de_fw-fr exhort_v mart._n c._n 12._o p._n 197._o &_o passim_fw-la vide_fw-la â—j_fw-la lib._n praefat_fw-la p._n 193._o etc._n etc._n 12._o p._n 196._o friend_n of_o god_n and_o his_o son_n in_o a_o more_o eminent_a manner_n they_o account_v they_o 276._o they_o naz._n or_o 18._o p._n 276._o rational_a burnt-offering_n perfect_a sacrifice_n and_o most_o acceptable_a oblation_n to_o god_n in_o fine_a they_o look_v on_o they_o as_o the_o most_o immediate_a follower_n of_o the_o lamb_n who_o they_o style_v 2._o style_v eccl._n lugd._n &_o vien_fw-it apud_fw-la euseb_n l._n 5._o c._n 2._o the_o faithful_a and_o true_a martyr_n supr_fw-la martyr_n nazâ—â—bi_fw-la supr_fw-la the_o first_o and_o most_o honourable_a matyr_n 178._o matyr_n paulin._n ep._n 12._o ad_fw-la sever._n p._n 178._o and_o the_o martyr_n of_o martyr_n and_o therefore_o the_o church_n that_o constantine_n build_v at_o jerusalem_n on_o mount_n calvary_n to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v 14._o be_v euseb_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr vit._n constant_n c._n 40._o sozomen_fw-fr lib._n 2._o cap._n 26._o &_o cyril_n jer._n cateche_n 14._o by_o the_o father_n call_v martyrium_fw-la xxiv_o they_o believe_v also_o that_o the_o holy_a man_n that_o thus_o expire_v go_v immediate_o into_o heaven_n when_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o servant_n 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martyr_n be_v admit_v to_o the_o embrace_n and_o intimacy_n of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n and_o when_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o elect_n shall_v be_v admit_v to_o heaven_n they_o allot_v a_o peculiar_a coronet_n and_o some_o additional_a degree_n of_o glory_n to_o the_o martyr_n over_o and_o above_o the_o crown_n of_o immortality_n that_o all_o the_o saint_n shall_v equal_o partake_v of_o nay_o they_o grant_v they_o a_o 665._o a_o paulin._n ubi_fw-la supr_fw-la p._n 665._o kind_n of_o omnipresence_n that_o wherever_o god_n be_v please_v to_o be_v they_o also_o be_v with_o he_o as_o the_o domestic_n of_o that_o heavenly_a prince_n 723._o prince_n chrys_n to._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 2_o thess_n p._n 723._o for_o the_o suffer_a affliction_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o christ_n be_v its_o own_o recompense_n and_o the_o more_o dishonour_n the_o disciple_n of_o jesus_n undergo_v here_o by_o so_o much_o shall_v he_o be_v beautify_v and_o brighten_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o 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&_o theodoret_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 3._o sect_n montanus_n ambition_n of_o montanus_n first_o occasion_v his_o desert_v the_o church_n 35._o church_n cornel._n apud_fw-la euseb_n hist_o lib._n 6._o c._n 35._o novatus_n turn_v schismatic_a be_v deny_v the_o popedom_n arius_n popedom_n theodoret._n ubi_fw-la supr_fw-la lib._n 4._o sect_n arius_n arius_n become_v the_o father_n of_o that_o most_o pernicious_a heresy_n of_o he_o because_o alexander_n be_v prefer_v to_o the_o patriarchate_o of_o alexandria_n and_o himself_o slight_v and_o 24._o and_o socrat._v eccles_n hist_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 24._o asterius_n become_v his_o follower_n because_o on_o the_o account_n of_o his_o sacrifice_v in_o the_o day_n of_o persecution_n he_o be_v deny_v a_o bishopric_n which_o he_o greedy_o gape_v after_o 4._o after_o theodor._n eccl._n hist_o l._n 5._o c._n 4._o apollinaris_n also_o expose_v his_o darling_n dogma_fw-la fail_v of_o the_o bishopric_n of_o laâ—dicea_n 69._o laâ—dicea_n 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but_o misguided_a that_o his_o aim_n be_v though_o he_o take_v a_o wrong_a course_n to_o keep_v up_o the_o reputation_n of_o the_o primitive_a severity_n and_o holy_a discipline_n of_o which_o he_o be_v a_o eager_a assertor_n for_o we_o can_v find_v he_o charge_v with_o any_o erroneous_a sentiment_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n but_o a_o scrupulous_a studiousness_n to_o maintain_v the_o ancient_a practice_n etc._n practice_n rigalt_n not_o in_o tertull_n adv_fw-la prax._n p._n 501._o quae_fw-la tertulliani_n dicuntur_fw-la haereses_fw-la etc._n etc._n his_o great_a heresy_n be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o strong_a love_n of_o martyrdom_n than_o ordinary_a great_a frequency_n in_o fasting_n and_o strict_a holiness_n a_o injunction_n of_o continue_v in_o the_o estate_n of_o coelibate_n or_o at_o most_o a_o contentedness_n with_o one_o marriage_n and_o if_o these_o be_v his_o vice_n good_a god_n what_o can_v we_o call_v his_o virtue_n for_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o he_o hold_v the_o 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of_o montanus_n but_o be_v not_o so_o full_o agree_v among_o themselves_o in_o some_o particular_n for_o the_o 21._o the_o apud_fw-la eund_n lib._n 5._o c._n 21._o novatian_o in_o phrygia_n do_v condemn_v second_o marriage_n those_o at_o constantinople_n do_v neither_o allow_v nor_o disallow_v they_o but_o the_o occidental_a disciple_n of_o that_o sect_n public_o approve_v they_o ix_o nor_o do_v tertullian_n in_o this_o case_n want_v enough_o to_o plead_v in_o his_o own_o behalf_n he_o be_v the_o champion_n of_o the_o apostolical_a institution_n but_o the_o church_n on_o the_o principle_n of_o christian_a prudence_n remit_v her_o former_a strictness_n allow_v 2._o marriage_n dispense_n with_o extraordinary_a fasting_n and_o receive_v penitent_n before_o the_o time_n of_o extremity_n for_o it_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v the_o opinion_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o most_o venerable_a antiquity_n that_o gross_a sinner_n as_o apostate_n murderer_n adulterer_n and_o such_o like_a shall_v be_v whole_o exclude_v from_o penance_n and_o this_o make_v paris_n make_v de_fw-fr pudicit_fw-la p._n 555._o ed._n paris_n tertullian_n object_n to_o pope_n zepherinus_n the_o corruption_n of_o the_o ancient_a discipline_n and_o 59_o and_o ep._n 52._o p._n 59_o s._n cyprian_n confess_v that_o many_o of_o his_o predecessor_n do_v deny_v communion_n to_o such_o offender_n and_o the_o judicious_a etc._n judicious_a of_o the_o right_n of_o a_o church_n in_o a_o christ_n sâ—ate_n ch_n 1._o pag._n 19_o etc._n etc._n thorndike_n say_v that_o if_o we_o compare_v the_o writing_n of_o the_o apostle_n with_o the_o original_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n it_o will_v appear_v that_o those_o rigour_n be_v bring_v in_o by_o they_o and_o that_o these_o be_v the_o sin_n unto_o death_n which_o may_v not_o be_v pray_v for_o abate_v by_o little_a and_o little_a till_o that_o discipline_n be_v lose_v but_o that_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o church_n consist_v in_o the_o retain_v it_o and_o this_o he_o there_o prove_v large_o and_o so_o save_v i_o the_o labour_n x._o and_o for_o the_o note_v dogma_fw-la which_o mr._n h._n p._n 118._o adventure_n to_o say_v make_v he_o a_o heretic_n 533_o heretic_n de_fw-fr monogam_fw-la p._n 533_o tertullian_n argument_n to_o prove_v the_o unlawfulness_n of_o second_o marriage_n be_v take_v from_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n that_o a_o bishop_n must_v be_v the_o husband_n of_o one_o wife_n i._o as_o the_o father_n general_o understand_v it_o only_o once_o marry_v not_o the_o husband_n of_o two_o wife_n either_o together_o or_o successive_o but_o say_v tert._n all_o the_o lord_n people_n be_v his_o priest_n a_o royal_a priesthood_n and_o therefore_o must_v so_o abstain_v nay_o among_o all_o the_o father_n monogamy_n be_v look_v on_o as_o one_o of_o the_o excellent_a counsel_n of_o scripture_n if_o not_o as_o a_o obligatory_a precept_n and_o have_v tertullian_n only_o recommend_v but_o not_o enjoin_v it_o i_o know_v no_o man_n can_v have_v blame_v 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excellency_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n that_o he_o may_v pretend_v to_o but_o can_v real_o assume_v xix_o and_o for_o vindicate_v these_o usurp_a privilege_n be_v the_o book_n of_o tertullian_n just_o deprive_v of_o their_o esteem_n say_v mr._n h._n p._n 117._o out_o of_o s._n hierome_n bellarmine_n and_o other_o but_o i_o will_v oppose_v against_o they_o the_o judgement_n of_o s._n cyprian_n who_o can_v not_o live_v a_o day_n without_o read_v some_o paragraph_n in_o this_o his_o master_n and_o from_o who_o in_o truth_n he_o have_v borrow_v many_o passage_n of_o his_o excellent_a write_n and_o the_o design_n of_o many_o of_o they_o too_o of_o which_o there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o give_v instance_n and_o who_o be_v there_o that_o be_v a_o lover_n of_o learning_n and_o piety_n who_o do_v not_o hearty_o bemoan_v the_o fall_n of_o so_o eminent_a a_o man_n the_o error_n of_o who_o blind_a but_o honest_a zeal_n i_o hope_v god_n have_v pardon_v and_o that_o though_o the_o church_n allow_v 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there_o be_v noble_a assistance_n and_o influence_n of_o that_o holy_a spirit_n shed_v on_o montanus_n than_o on_o other_o that_o he_o may_v thereby_o be_v capacitate_v in_o the_o most_o perfect_a and_o accomplish_a manner_n to_o explain_v the_o law_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o the_o world_n as_o the_o judicious_a 208._o judicious_a life_n of_o tertull._n sect_n 9_o p._n 208._o dr._n cave_n vindicate_v he_o for_o i_o shall_v never_o be_v persuade_v that_o he_o take_v montanus_n for_o the_o person_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o the_o pepuzian_n do_v who_o baptize_v their_o proselyte_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o say_v 758._o say_v tom._n 2._o epist_n canonic_a 1._o ad_fw-la amphiloch_n p._n 758._o s._n basil_n into_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o montanus_n and_o in_o truth_n tertullian_n in_o his_o book_n adversùs_fw-la praxeam_fw-la do_v often_o very_o plain_o distinguish_v the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o montanus_n the_o opinion_n of_o freewill_n the_o angel_n incontinency_n and_o the_o millennium_n have_v be_v already_o consider_v and_o that_o of_o second_o marriage_n his_o assertion_n concern_v the_o lent-fast_a and_o station_n be_v far_o from_o be_v a_o maxim_n of_o the_o school_n of_o that_o novel_a paraclete_n but_o be_v of_o apostolical_a institution_n as_o have_v be_v unanswerable_o prove_v by_o the_o most_o learned_a bishop_n gunning_n in_o his_o sermon_n of_o the_o paschal_n fast_o and_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n deduce_v through_o all_o the_o ancient_a saecula_fw-la a_o book_n that_o have_v be_v scoff_v at_o by_o mervil_n and_o other_o but_o never_o sober_o undertake_v as_o we_o have_v see_v a_o rat_n nibble_v at_o a_o hard_a piece_n of_o cheese_n which_o he_o can_v not_o eat_v xxiii_o that_o martyrdom_n expiate_v all_o a_o man_n transgression_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o error_n of_o tertullian_n as_o it_o be_v reckon_v p._n 167._o that_o it_o be_v the_o belief_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n which_o by_o these_o instance_n will_v appear_v 4._o appear_v apud_fw-la euseb_n hist_o lib._n 6._o cap._n 4._o origen_n commend_v his_o scholar_n herais_n who_o be_v martyr_v at_o alexandria_n when_o as_o yet_o she_o be_v but_o a_o catechumen_n say_v that_o she_o be_v baptize_v so_o as_o by_o fire_n which_o tertullian_n call_v secunda_fw-la solatia_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la elegant_o and_o matth._n and_o id._n hom_n 11._o in_o numer_n vide_fw-la hom_n 7._o in_o judic_n &_o hom_n 12._o in_o matth._n take_v notice_n that_o many_o time_n the_o great_a zealot_n of_o martyrdom_n be_v deprive_v of_o that_o honour_n of_o which_o himself_o be_v a_o instance_n give_v this_o reason_n that_o the_o devil_n hinder_v the_o persecution_n because_o he_o know_v that_o martyrdom_n bring_v with_o it_o remission_n of_o sin_n this_o be_v catholic_n doctrine_n which_o he_o learn_v from_o his_o master_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n who_o 350._o who_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 350._o affirm_v that_o for_o this_o cause_n we_o call_v martyrdom_n a_o state_n of_o perfection_n not_o that_o the_o martyr_n come_v to_o the_o end_n of_o their_o journey_n as_o other_o man_n do_v 715._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n naz._n orat._n 44._o p._n 715._o but_o that_o by_o this_o method_n they_o give_v a_o testimony_n of_o the_o height_n and_o compleatness_n of_o their_o love_n thus_o when_o satyrus_n be_v devour_v by_o the_o leopard_n the_o shed_n of_o his_o blood_n be_v a_o new_a baptism_n say_v faelicitat_fw-la say_v acta_fw-la passion_n ss_z perpetuae_fw-la faelicitat_fw-la the_o act_n of_o his_o martyrdom_n nay_o this_o be_v a_o more_o efficacious_a sublime_a and_o honourable_a baptism_n say_v 19⅔_n say_v de_fw-fr exhort_v martyr_n praefat_fw-la p._n 19⅔_n s._n cyprian_a in_o which_o god_n and_o his_o christ_n rejoice_v and_o after_o which_o no_o man_n can_v sin_v in_o that_o of_o water_n we_o receive_v remission_n of_o sin_n in_o that_o of_o blood_n the_o reward_n of_o our_o virtue_n in_o the_o first_o we_o be_v god_n servant_n in_o the_o second_o his_o friend_n 159._o friend_n id._n de_fw-fr orat_fw-la dominic_n p._n 159._o for_o what_o sin_n be_v it_o which_o martyrdom_n can_v expiate_v for_o here_o man_n be_v not_o typical_o bury_v with_o christ_n as_o in_o baptism_n but_o in_o reality_n and_o truth_n and_o need_v not_o say_v 178._o say_v tom._n 2._o de_fw-fr spir._n s._n c._n 15._o p._n 178._o s._n basil_n the_o symbol_n of_o water_n to_o their_o salvation_n be_v baptize_v in_o their_o own_o blood_n for_o this_o be_v the_o baptism_n with_o which_o christ_n be_v baptize_v say_v 1035._o say_v jom_n 1._o orat_fw-la 39_o p._n 634._o vide_fw-la nicet_fw-la comment_n in_o loc_n tom_fw-mi 2._o p._n 1035._o s._n gregory_n the_o divine_a which_o be_v so_o much_o more_o venerable_a than_o any_o other_o baptism_n in_o that_o it_o be_v never_o pollute_v with_o any_o succeed_a crime_n and_o this_o passim_fw-la this_o contr._n donat_n l._n 4._o c._n 22._o &_o the_o c._n d._n l._n 13._o c._n 7._o &_o
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of_o candour_n and_o ingenuity_n to_o aim_v at_o a_o return_n we_o can_v attain_v to_o and_o i_o will_v just_o glory_v when_o i_o have_v do_v my_o utmost_a this_o therefore_o shall_v be_v my_o gratulatory_a oration_n and_o a_o specimen_fw-la of_o my_o resentment_n i_o dare_v not_o say_v a_o testimony_n of_o my_o thanks_o to_o god_n for_o as_o it_o be_v his_o bounty_n alone_o that_o begin_v every_o good_a thing_n in_o we_o so_o it_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o render_v he_o the_o first-fruit_n of_o our_o praise_n of_o our_o hymn_n and_o adoration_n but_o shall_v i_o devote_v myself_o whole_o to_o my_o maker_n not_o as_o i_o have_v make_v myself_o a_o wicked_a and_o impure_a creature_n but_o as_o he_o make_v i_o pure_a and_o innocent_a neither_o can_v i_o tender_v he_o any_o thing_n worthy_a so_o great_a a_o governor_n and_o prime_a cause_n who_o neither_o particular_a person_n single_o nor_o the_o whole_a series_n of_o mankind_n conjoin_v if_o they_o entire_o employ_v themselves_o in_o the_o service_n and_o amast_n all_o that_o be_v pure_a and_o acceptable_a can_v ever_o celebrate_v according_a to_o his_o merit_n for_o even_o that_o power_n that_o enable_v a_o man_n to_o think_v and_o speak_v well_o of_o his_o lawgiver_n be_v also_o a_o free_a emanation_n of_o his_o creator_n munificence_n and_o he_o do_v not_o requite_v but_o restore_v he_o his_o own_o '_o but_o these_o gratulation_n and_o eucharistical_a hymn_n to_o our_o great_a prince_n and_o governor_n must_v we_o leave_v to_o he_o that_o help_v our_o infirmity_n and_o be_v best_a fit_v for_o so_o sublime_a a_o task_n to_o the_o great_a saviour_n and_o protector_n of_o soul_n the_o first-born_a word_n the_o creator_n and_o preserver_n of_o all_o thing_n who_o can_v offer_v up_o constant_a and_o uncessant_a thanks_o to_o the_o father_n for_o himself_o and_o all_o mankind_n because_o he_o be_v the_o truth_n and_o the_o wisdom_n and_o the_o power_n of_o his_o father_n for_o he_o be_v in_o the_o father_n and_o 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