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adversary_n and_o our_o first_o minister_n have_v the_o same_o ecclesiastical_a call_n boysseul_n in_o confutat_fw-la spondaei_n pag._n 486_o it_o be_v no_o reproach_n for_o our_o pastor_n to_o have_v issue_v out_o of_o you_o or_o as_o you_o say_v to_o have_v have_v their_o vocation_n from_o you_o moulins_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la vocat_fw-la cap._n 5._o pag._n 20._o endeavour_v to_o uphold_v the_o call_n of_o their_o first_o reformer_n say_v they_o have_v that_o calling_n which_o be_v ordinary_a in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n pa._n 21_o they_o have_v their_o call_n of_o the_o pope_n cap._n 9_o pag._n 36_o they_o have_v the_o same_o ordinary_a call_n which_o our_o adversary_n have_v and_o lib._n 2._o tract_n 1._o cap._n 1._o pag._n 172_o the_o calling_n they_o have_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n suffice_v to_o bind_v they_o to_o preach_v and_o pag._n 173_o their_o commission_n be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o ordinary_a charge_n seravia_n in_o defen_n grad_n minist_n cap._n 2._o pag._n 31._o we_o ought_v not_o to_o think_v that_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n ecclesiastical_a ministry_n be_v decay_v and_o pag._n 33_o i_o like_v not_o their_o forwardness_n who_o acknowledge_v no_o ministry_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o deem_v all_o that_o be_v there_o devilish_a ibid_fw-la beza_n do_v exagitate_v popish_a order_n over_o much_o wherein_o i_o fear_v lest_o he_o prejudice_n a_o good_a cause_n d._n whitaker_n contr_n 4._o quest_n 5._o cap._n 3._o pag._n 682_o the_o papist_n have_v some_o sort_n of_o ministry_n and_o some_o preach_n of_o the_o word_n which_o doubtless_o avail_v many_o to_o salvation_n and_o other_o where_o as_o be_v before_o cite_v among_o the_o papist_n there_o be_v the_o key_n the_o office_n of_o preach_v etc._n etc._n m._n bell_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o the_o pope_n funeral_n cap._n
worship_n god_n and_o m._n jewel_n in_o deaf_a apol._n part_n 4._o c._n 4._o divis_fw-la 2._o elias_n think_v all_o the_o godly_a in_o israel_n have_v be_v slay_v and_o not_o one_o leave_v alive_a d._n fulke_o ad_fw-la cavillat_n stapletoni_n it_o sell_v to_o elias_n that_o he_o seem_v to_o be_v leave_v alone_o of_o all_o the_o number_n of_o the_o godly_a which_o sincere_o worship_v god_n m._n hooker_n in_o his_o 3._o book_n of_o eccles_n policy_n pag._n 126_o he_o take_v it_o as_o though_o there_o have_v not_o be_v remain_v in_o the_o world_n any_o beside_o himself_o that_o carry_v a_o true_a and_o a_o upright_a hart_n towards_o god_n with_o care_n to_o serve_v he_o according_a unto_o his_o holy_a will_n d._n sutclife_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr eccl._n cap._n 6._o pag._n 95_o the_o church_n in_o elias_n his_o day_n do_v seem_v to_o he_o so_o destroy_v that_o he_o think_v he_o have_v be_v leave_v alone_o d._n whitaker_n cont._n 2_o quest_n 3._o cap._n 3._o pag._n 476_o elias_n think_v 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〈◊〉_d child_n this_o be_v call_v the_o christian_a society_n &_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o there_o be_v always_o such_o man_n in_o the_o world_n albeit_o of_o they_o there_o be_v only_o two_o or_o three_o or_o child_n alone_o aretius_n in_o locis_fw-la part_n 3._o fol._n 50_o any_o number_n though_o never_o so_o small_a suffice_v to_o the_o church_n for_o external_a matter_n juniuâ—_n count_v 4._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 16_o number_n of_o any_o number_n two_o man_n order_v towards_o god_n be_v a_o church_n d._n whitaker_n count_v 2._o quest_n 3._o cap._n 3._o pag._n 474_o it_o be_v false_a which_o he_o say_v that_o two_o man_n can_v make_v a_o church_n and_o pag._n seq_n he_o grant_v that_o protestant_n teach_v that_o each_o man_n be_v a_o several_a church_n and_o pag._n 478_o only_a of_o two_o only_a if_o in_o the_o most_o forlorn_a time_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v one_o or_o another_o faithful_a servant_n of_o god_n it_o be_v enough_o two_o if_o one_o or_o two_o which_o also_o 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doctrine_n but_o the_o pope_n boast_n and_o that_o with_o full_a mouth_n that_o the_o church_n shall_v not_o perish_v in_o cap._n 55._o isaiae_n fol._n 226_o there_o be_v danger_n lest_o it_o short_o fall_v out_o that_o the_o word_n be_v again_o take_v from_o us._n tom._n 3._o in_o psalm_n grad_v fol._n 489._o alius_fw-la 508_o the_o pope_n obstinate_o keep_v those_o promise_n with_o which_o christ_n do_v comfort_v his_o follower_n that_o he_o will_v be_v with_o they_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n that_o s._n peter_n boat_n althought_v it_o be_v in_o danger_n shall_v never_o be_v drown_v but_o the_o true_a protestant_n church_n to_o which_o alone_a that_o be_v say_v do_v not_o so_o believe_v that_o nor_o so_o cheer_v up_o herself_o with_o the_o trust_n of_o those_o promise_n kemnice_n in_o locis_fw-la part_n 1._o tit_n de_fw-fr justificat_fw-la pag._n 216_o i_o often_o tremble_v that_o luther_n oftentimes_o i_o know_v not_o with_o what_o abode_n repeat_v those_o word_n this_o 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ordinance_n in_o all_o those_o thing_n that_o of_o necessity_n be_v requisite_a to_o the_o same_o and_o his_o majesty_n ep_v cit_fw-la 3â—_n whitâ—k_n cont._n 2._o q._n â—_o c._n 18._o sutla_fw-fr l._n 1._o de_fw-fr eccl._n c._n 1._o mort._n apol._n l._n 2._o cap._n 3â—_n it_o be_v needful_a that_o the_o church_n be_v unite_v among_o themselves_o in_o unity_n of_o say_v and_o doctrine_n in_o those_o point_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n and_o hereupon_o diverse_a protestant_n deny_v those_o corinthian_n who_o deny_v the_o resurrection_n and_o those_o galathian_o who_o overturn_v the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n to_o have_v be_v member_n of_o the_o church_n because_o they_o deny_v a_o fundamental_a point_n point_n of_o christian_a faith_n wherefore_o unless_a protestant_n will_v deny_v their_o common_a doctrine_n in_o this_o matter_n reject_v their_o own_o definition_n of_o the_o church_n cast_v away_o their_o only_a mark_n of_o the_o church_n and_o leave_v no_o mark_n of_o she_o at_o all_o they_o can_v avouch_v any_o one_o to_o have_v be_v a_o protestant_n who_o dissent_v from_o they_o in_o any_o fundamental_a point_n of_o doctrine_n 2._o if_o any_o one_o say_v that_o although_o he_o who_o deny_v any_o fundamental_a point_n of_o protestancy_n can_v be_v of_o the_o visible_a protestant_a church_n yet_o may_v he_o be_v of_o their_o invisible_a church_n i_o answer_v that_o as_o shall_v be_v show_v hereafter_o there_o can_v be_v no_o church_n which_o be_v invisible_a in_o profession_n of_o faith_n howsoever_o it_o be_v invisible_a in_o justice_n and_o predestination_n and_o therefore_o none_o can_v be_v of_o the_o invisible_a church_n who_o be_v not_o also_o of_o the_o visible_a again_o protestant_n will_v have_v none_o to_o be_v of_o the_o invisible_a church_n but_o such_o as_o be_v just_a but_o how_o be_v he_o just_a who_o deni_v god_n faith_n and_o make_v he_o a_o liar_n and_o that_o in_o a_o principal_a point_n of_o religion_n beside_o protestant_n say_v that_o none_o can_v be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o invisible_a church_n unless_o he_o be_v also_o a_o member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n if_o so_o convenient_o he_o may_v 3._o moreover_o the_o holy_a father_n most_o frequent_o 19_o leo._n jerm_n 4._o de_fw-fr nat._n hier._n lib._n 3_o â—ont_fw-fr ruffi_n aug._n l._n de_fw-fr haer_fw-mi &_o q._n 11._o in_o mat._n &_o 18._o the_o civet_n c._n 51._o basilius_n in_o theodor._n lib._n 4._o c._n 19_o and_o sometime_o also_o protestant_n themselves_n do_v teach_v that_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o a_o faithful_a and_o believe_a man_n that_o he_o deny_v no_o one_o article_n of_o faith_n and_o much_o less_o a_o fundamental_a or_o principal_a article_n final_o protestant_n be_v wont_a to_o laugh_v at_o catholics_n if_o they_o prove_v any_o father_n to_o have_v be_v a_o papist_n because_o he_o hold_v some_o fundamental_a point_n of_o papistry_n for_o thus_o write_v pareus_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr amiss_o gratiae_fw-la cap._n 1_o it_o be_v ridiculous_a for_o he_o to_o conclude_v s._n augustin_n to_o have_v be_v a_o papist_n because_o in_o this_o error_n he_o agree_v with_o they_o no_o less_o they_o if_o you_o infer_v that_o we_o be_v papist_n because_o we_o agree_v with_o papist_n in_o some_o truth_n and_o d._n white_a in_o defence_n of_o his_o way_n cap._n 45._o pag._n 432_o his_o hold_v of_o some_o thing_n superstitious_o which_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v entertain_v prove_v not_o that_o he_o profess_v the_o same_o faith_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n now_o do_v because_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o say_a church_n comprehend_v much_o more_o than_o he_o hold_v and_o what_o he_o hold_v be_v now_o otherwise_o expound_v and_o apply_v then_o by_o he_o it_o be_v and_o in_o his_o way_n pag._n 298_o if_o he_o will_v deal_v faithful_o and_o to_o the_o point_n he_o shall_v not_o say_v bernard_n profess_v the_o roman_a faith_n and_o be_v a_o monk_n but_o he_o shall_v have_v show_v that_o be_v profess_v the_o present_a roman_a faith_n as_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n and_o the_o jesuit_n have_v set_v it_o down_o at_o least_o in_o the_o fundamental_a point_n thereof_o let_v they_o then_o abide_v the_o law_n which_o themselves_o have_v make_v and_o let_v not_o they_o conclude_v any_o one_o to_o have_v be_v a_o protestant_n because_o he_o agree_v with_o they_o in_o one_o or_o more_o point_n unless_o he_o agree_v with_o they_o at_o least_o in_o all_o fundamental_a point_n of_o their_o doctrine_n i_o add_v also_o that_o against_o protestant_n we_o do_v right_o conclude_v that_o the_o holy_a father_n be_v papist_n if_o we_o do_v show_v that_o they_o dissent_v from_o protestant_n in_o one_o or_o more_o fundamental_a point_n for_o they_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o the_o father_n be_v either_o papist_n or_o protestant_n but_o protestant_n they_o be_v not_o if_o they_o deny_v their_o doctrine_n in_o any_o fundamental_a point_n thereof_o therefore_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v papist_n and_o the_o like_a be_v not_o of_o other_o who_o protestant_n can_v conclude_v to_o have_v be_v they_o if_o they_o can_v prove_v that_o they_o be_v none_o of_o we_o because_o neither_o we_o will_v grant_v nor_o they_o can_v avouch_v that_o such_o be_v either_o we_o or_o they_o as_o they_o grant_v of_o the_o holy_a father_n protestant_n what_o be_v necessary_o require_v to_o a_o protestant_n be_v it_o therefore_o certain_a and_o assure_v that_o to_o a_o protestant_n be_v necessary_o require_v that_o either_o explicit_o or_o at_o least_o implicit_o and_o virtual_o he_o believe_v all_o the_o fundamental_a point_n of_o protestancy_n and_o wilful_o deny_v no_o one_o of_o they_o and_o that_o therefore_o protestant_n can_v no_o way_n challenge_v any_o who_o reject_v any_o one_o of_o their_o fundamental_a and_o principal_a article_n it_o remain_v that_o we_o set_v down_o the_o fundamental_a article_n of_o protestancy_n â—â—_o lib._n the_o unie_n baptism_n c._n â—â—_o because_o protestant_n themselves_n agree_v not_o herein_o but_o as_o s._n augustin_n say_v that_o the_o donatist_n do_v concern_v sin_n which_o they_o will_v have_v to_o exclude_v man_n out_o of_o the_o church_n so_o protestant_n in_o a_o strange_a fashion_n distinguish_v the_o fundamental_a point_n of_o their_o faith_n devise_v rule_n of_o distinction_n among_o they_o not_o out_o of_o the_o scripture_n but_o out_o of_o their_o own_o head_n which_o be_v the_o fundamental_a head_n of_o protestancy_n chap._n viii_o 1._o that_o we_o may_v determine_v which_o be_v the_o fundamental_a article_n of_o protestant_a religion_n we_o must_v first_o show_v ausp_n how_o much_o protestant_n esteem_v the_o conf._n of_o ausp_n that_o all_o protestant_n profess_v to_o receive_v the_o confession_n of_o auspurge_n at_o least_o in_o the_o principal_a and_o fundamental_a article_n thereof_o of_o the_o lutheran_n protestant_n this_o be_v manifest_a for_o in_o their_o conference_n at_o aldeburg_n both_o party_n of_o they_o agree_v to_o admit_v it_o for_o a_o rule_n of_o their_o disputation_n and_o ibidem_fw-la pag._n 404._o those_o of_o the_o elector_n side_n do_v say_v we_o refer_v ourselves_o and_o do_v look_v unto_o the_o confession_n of_o auspurg_n as_o to_o the_o foundation_n of_o religion_n next_o after_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o other_o lutheran_n in_o zanchius_n in_o supplicat_fw-la ad_fw-la senat._n argentinens_fw-la pag._n 70._o religion_n the_o foundation_n of_o religion_n do_v appoint_v that_o it_o be_v teach_v according_a to_o the_o confession_n of_o auspurge_n present_v to_o charles_n the_o 5._o anno_fw-la 1530_o and_o the_o apology_n thereof_o subscribe_v at_o numberg_n and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o square_a and_o rule_v of_o all_o religion_n in_o all_o article_n religion_n the_o square_a of_o religion_n heshusius_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr present_a corp_n christi_fw-la in_o caelum_fw-la affirm_v that_o among_o the_o lutheran_n all_o that_o be_v promote_v to_o degree_n and_o cure_n of_o soul_n do_v swear_v to_o the_o confession_n of_o auspurg_n and_o the_o apology_n thereof_o it_o they_o swear_v to_o it_o the_o same_o testify_v lobechius_n disp_n 1._o pag._n 12._o and_o as_o lavatherus_n add_v anno_fw-la 1530_o the_o law_n of_o the_o university_n of_o wittenberg_n do_v straight_o forbid_v to_o defend_v any_o opinion_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o this_o confession_n heâ—â—â—sius_n also_o lib._n cit_fw-la write_v holy_a the_o authority_n thereof_o most_o holy_a that_o the_o authority_n thereof_o aught_o to_o be_v most_o holy_a among_o all_o godly_a man_n westphalus_n count_v laskum_n affime_v that_o it_o contain_v the_o sum_n of_o doctrine_n found_v in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n ernestus_n regius_n in_o vita_fw-la vrbani_fw-la that_o it_o be_v the_o square_a and_o rule_v of_o controversy_n in_o the_o church_n lobechius_n lib._n cit_fw-la that_o it_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o say_v and_o doctrine_n distinguish_v the_o orthodoxal_a church_n from_o the_o heterodoxall_a reineccius_n in_o armatura_fw-la 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