Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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A30979
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A letter concerning invocations of saints, and adoration of the cross writ ten years since, to John Evelyn of Depthford, esq. / by Dr. Barlow ...
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Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691.
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1679
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Wing B834; ESTC R12483
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sermon_n and_o say_v audiamus_fw-la itaque_fw-la dicentem_fw-la but_o about_o three_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n before_o when_o he_o johanne_n he_o scripsit_fw-la evangelium_fw-la paulò_fw-la ante_fw-la mortem_fw-la moritur_fw-la anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 101._o euseb._n in_o chronico_fw-la &_o hieronymus_n the_o script_n illustr_n in_o johanne_n write_v his_o gospel_n three_o what_o be_v it_o he_o speak_v not_o any_o thing_n de_fw-fr novo_fw-la but_o what_o he_o have_v speak_v and_o write_v so_o long_o before_o in_o the_o 1_o chap._n and_o 1._o verse_n of_o his_o gospel_n for_o cyril_n have_v say_v audiamus_fw-la itaque_fw-la johannem_fw-la dicentem_fw-la he_o immediate_o add_v what_o john_n say_v and_o he_o will_v have_v they_o to_o hear_v in_o principio_fw-la erat_fw-la verbum_fw-la &_o verbum_fw-la erat_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la erat_fw-la verbum_fw-la whence_o i_o further_o observe_v 6._o that_o this_o passage_n of_o cyril_n which_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v a_o prayer_n and_o a_o proof_n of_o their_o invocation_n of_o saint_n be_v only_o a_o piece_n of_o cyril_n homily_n or_o sermon_n not_o of_o any_o prayer_n either_o before_o or_o after_o it_o 7._o all_o cyril_n desire_v of_o john_n in_o this_o passage_n and_o pretend_a prayer_n be_v only_o this_o that_o he_o will_v tell_v they_o what_o they_o well_o know_v already_o out_o of_o that_o gospel_n he_o have_v write_v above_o three_o hundred_o year_n before_o for_o so_o the_o word_n be_v da_z ut_fw-la nunc_fw-la de_fw-la salutis_fw-la fontibus_fw-la hauriamus_fw-la imò_fw-la tuum_fw-la nobis_fw-la fontem_fw-la appone_fw-la by_o fontes_fw-la salutis_fw-la he_o mean_v the_o gospel_n and_o by_o tuum_fw-la fontem_fw-la s_o t_o john_n gospel_n and_o so_o all_o he_o desire_v be_v that_o s_o t_o john_n will_v set_v his_o gospel_n before_o they_o which_o be_v before_o they_o already_o that_o out_o of_o it_o they_o may_v draw_v or_o learn_v that_o passage_n in_o principio_fw-la erat_fw-la verbum_fw-la etc._n etc._n now_o for_o cyril_n or_o any_o body_n else_o to_o desire_v of_o john_n in_o a_o serious_a prayer_n that_o he_o will_v tell_v they_o what_o he_o have_v tell_v they_o and_o they_o well_o know_v long_v before_o be_v irrational_a and_o ridiculous_a but_o to_o do_v it_o as_o beyond_o dispute_n cyril_n here_o do_v by_o way_n of_o a_o usual_a figure_n and_o rhetorical_a apostrophe_n be_v not_o only_o allowable_a but_o in_o the_o best_a author_n commendable_a cyril_n say_v here_o audiamus_fw-la johannem_fw-la dicentem_fw-la let_v we_o hear_v what_o saint_n john_n say_v though_o in_o truth_n and_o propriety_n of_o speech_n s_o t_o john_n speak_v not_o one_o word_n then_o nor_o be_v it_o possible_a they_o shall_v hear_v he_o speak_v what_o he_o speak_v not_o and_o so_o our_o church_n in_o her_o 1._o her_o in_o the_o communion_n service_n a_o little_a after_o the_o general_n confession_n 1._o liturgy_n make_v use_v of_o the_o very_a same_o figurative_a expression_n hear_v what_o comfortable_a word_n our_o saviour_n say_v and_o again_o hear_v what_o saint_n paul_n say_v and_o again_o hear_v what_o saint_n john_n say_v the_o truth_n manifest_o be_v this_o the_o priest_n who_o officiate_n at_o our_o communion_n exhort_v the_o congregation_n to_o hear_v what_o our_o bless_a saviour_n what_o paul_n and_o john_n say_v in_o the_o present_a tense_n when_o he_o read_v unto_o they_o comfortable_a passage_n speak_v by_o then_o sixteen_o hundred_o year_n before_o and_o leave_v upon_o record_n in_o the_o gospel_n out_o of_o which_o he_o read_v they_o so_o s_n t_o cyril_n here_o in_o his_o sermon_n be_v to_o prove_v the_o dignity_n and_o divinity_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n person_n out_o of_o saint_n john_n gospel_n he_o first_o make_v that_o long_a rhetorical_a harangue_n and_o apostrophe_n to_o john_n as_o if_o he_o be_v present_a and_o hear_v it_o and_o then_o cite_v the_o text_n as_o if_o he_o have_v speak_v it_o then_o which_o he_o well_o know_v be_v not_o then_o speak_v by_o john_n but_o about_o three_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n before_o so_o that_o he_o who_o make_v cyril_n word_n here_o to_o be_v any_o thing_n but_o a_o figurative_a expression_n and_o a_o rhetorical_a apostrophe_n he_o who_o will_v have_v his_o word_n in_o propriety_n of_o speech_n a_o serious_a prayer_n and_o supplication_n to_o john_n that_o he_o will_v tell_v they_o what_o he_o have_v already_o three_o hundred_o year_n before_o tell_v and_o they_o certain_o know_v i_o say_v he_o who_o make_v this_o the_o meaning_n of_o cyril_n word_n make_v both_o cyril_n and_o himself_o ridiculous_a well_o but_o suppose_v though_o it_o be_v evident_o untrue_a that_o dub._n dub._n cyril_n do_v in_o this_o sermon_n and_o passage_n proper_o without_o any_o figure_n and_o true_o pray_v to_o saint_n john_n will_v it_o not_o be_v a_o great_a argument_n for_o the_o popish_a invocation_n of_o saint_n and_o confirm_v the_o truth_n of_o their_o doctrine_n etc._n etc._n no_o it_o will_v be_v no_o argument_n at_o all_o for_o it_o be_v resp._n resp._n grant_v that_o cyril_n do_v pray_v to_o saint_n john_n it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o invocation_n of_o saint_n be_v commendable_a or_o to_o he_o or_o we_o lawful_a all_o the_o argument_n that_o can_v be_v build_v upon_o this_o passage_n take_v in_o their_o own_o sense_n which_o yet_o be_v evident_o false_a be_v only_o this_o cyril_n pray_v to_o john_n a_o dead_a saint_n ergo_fw-la invocation_n of_o saint_n be_v lawful_a which_o be_v a_o illogical_a deduction_n evident_o inconsequent_a no_o better_a than_o these_o david_n commit_v adultery_n ergo_fw-la adultery_n be_v lawful_a peter_n deny_v and_o forswear_v his_o saviour_n ergo_fw-la we_o may_v do_v so_o all_o man_n know_v that_o a_o facto_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o non_fw-la valet_fw-la argumentum_fw-la sempronius_n or_o titius_n do_v such_o a_o work_n ergo_fw-la it_o be_v well_o do_v or_o we_o may_v do_v it_o this_o be_v irrational_a and_o a_o manifest_a non_fw-la sequitur_fw-la cyril_n fact_n if_o he_o have_v do_v it_o do_v no_o more_o justify_v invocation_n of_o saint_n than_o what_o david_n and_o peter_n do_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o adultery_n and_o deny_v our_o lord_n and_o master_n if_o it_o be_v say_v cyril_n be_v a_o saint_n a_o great_a and_o good_a man_n and_o therefore_o his_o example_n of_o more_o weight_n and_o more_o imitable_a i_o answer_v 1._o he_o be_v call_v a_o saint_n and_o i_o in_o charity_n believe_v he_o so_o but_o whether_o he_o real_o be_v a_o saint_n none_o under_o heaven_n do_v or_o can_v certain_o know_v no_o not_o the_o pope_n notwithstanding_o his_o infallibility_n 2._o he_o be_v i_o grant_v a_o great_a and_o for_o aught_o i_o know_v a_o good_a man_n but_o david_n and_o peter_n for_o many_o reason_n i_o do_v know_v be_v far_o great_a and_o better_a as_o far_o before_o he_o in_o dignity_n and_o piety_n as_o in_o time_n and_o therefore_o his_o action_n have_v it_o be_v his_o will_v no_o more_o warrant_n invocation_n of_o saint_n than_o david_n or_o peter_n can_v legitimate_a adultery_n or_o perjury_n but_o this_o be_v not_o cyril_n fact_n or_o opinion_n only_o but_o the_o dub._n dub._n judgement_n of_o the_o ecumenical_a council_n of_o ephesus_n it_o be_v in_o that_o council_n he_o have_v that_o homily_n it_o be_v cyril_n and_o the_o council_n pray_v to_o saint_n john_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ecce_fw-la tantus_fw-la pastorum_fw-la coetus_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la venit_fw-la it_o be_v the_o whole_a synod_n which_o do_v supplicate_v to_o s_o t_o john_n and_o therefore_o invocation_n of_o saint_n have_v not_o only_o the_o approbation_n and_o authority_n of_o cyril_n but_o of_o the_o whole_a ecumenical_a synod_n of_o ephesus_n this_o be_v the_o utmost_a can_v be_v say_v by_o those_o who_o bring_v it_o in_o the_o prosecution_n and_o press_v this_o argument_n to_o this_o which_o be_v all_o gratis_n dictum_fw-la i_o say_v 1._o that_o resp._n resp._n it_o be_v evident_a and_o i_o believe_v may_v in_o part_n appear_v by_o what_o be_v abovesaid_a this_o whole_a passage_n in_o cyril_n be_v only_o a_o figurative_a speech_n a_o apostrophe_n but_o no_o prayer_n to_o saint_n john_n and_o so_o though_o it_o have_v the_o approbation_n of_o cyril_n and_o the_o synod_n too_o be_v altogether_o impertiment_n and_o no_o proof_n of_o invocation_n of_o saint_n 2._o i_o deny_v this_o sermon_n or_o this_o passage_n in_o it_o to_o have_v the_o authority_n and_o approbation_n of_o the_o council_n in_o which_o it_o be_v speak_v it_o be_v true_a the_o sermon_n be_v speak_v in_o the_o synod_n at_o ephesus_n and_o be_v register_v among_o the_o act_n of_o that_o council_n but_o all_o know_v who_o have_v read_v and_o consider_v the_o act_n and_o edition_n of_o council_n that_o many_o thing_n have_v be_v read_v and_o speak_v public_o in_o they_o and_o be_v now_o record_v among_o the_o act_n of_o such_o synod_n which_o be_v but_o of_o