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the_o father_n as_o receive_v the_o scripture_n only_o upon_o tradition_n yet_o for_o this_o he_o allege_n no_o proof_n and_o therefore_o it_o may_v be_v reject_v as_o a_o jesuitism_n do_v not_o the_o father_n see_v as_o clear_a evidence_n for_o the_o divine_a authority_n of_o scripture_n as_o jesuit_n yet_o both_o valentia_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr anal_n fidei_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la and_o bell._n de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 2._o do_v produce_v many_o argument_n beside_o tradition_n for_o the_o divine_a original_a of_o scripture_n and_o which_o be_v more_o not_o only_o father_n do_v acknowledge_v the_o self_n evidence_v light_n of_o holy_a scripture_n as_o origen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 4._o cap._n 1._o but_o also_o romanist_n themselves_o in_o their_o lucid_a intervall_n as_o val._n lib._n cit_fw-la cap._n 20._o and_o melchior_n canus_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o and_o dr._n strange_a descript_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 17._o pag._n 128._o bring_v in_o 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lit._n petilian_n cap._n 6._o pronounce_v a_o anathema_n upon_o all_o they_o who_o shall_v teach_v any_o thing_n either_o of_o christ_n or_o his_o church_n or_o any_o matter_n of_o faith_n beside_o that_o which_o be_v receive_v from_o legal_a and_o evangelical_a scripture_n hence_o another_o demonstration_n of_o the_o falsehood_n and_o novelty_n of_o the_o romish_a religion_n that_o unwritten_a tradition_n of_o article_n of_o faith_n be_v to_o be_v receive_v with_o equal_a devotion_n as_o the_o scripture_n of_o god_n be_v no_o essential_a of_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n in_o the_o first_o three_o age_n but_o this_o be_v a_o essential_a of_o the_o present_a romish_a faith_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n sect_n iii_o the_o three_o instance_n of_o novelty_n concern_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n consider_v and_o retort_v upon_o romanist_n the_o pamphleter_n in_o his_o three_o instance_n say_v that_o protestant_n deny_v the_o unbloody_a sacrifice_n of_o christ_n body_n 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altar_n we_o have_v also_o a_o sacrifice_n â—ot_n only_o eucharistick_a of_o prayer_n and_o praise_n but_o also_o certain_o propitiatory_a viz._n of_o christ_n on_o the_o cross_n four_o our_o sacrament_n be_v not_o bare_a sign_n as_o romanist_n slander_v we_o but_o exhibitive_a of_o grace_n which_o can_v be_v true_o say_v of_o all_o they_o five_o though_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n with_o we_o be_v not_o clog_v as_o in_o the_o romish_a church_n with_o a_o heap_n of_o ceremony_n partly_o heathenish_a partly_o judaical_a yet_o we_o have_v religious_a ceremony_n viz._n sacramental_a rite_n and_o these_o also_o of_o divine_a institution_n six_o the_o mission_n of_o our_o preacher_n have_v be_v sustain_v against_o the_o cavil_n of_o romanist_n but_o a_o divine_a warrant_n can_v be_v show_v for_o their_o pope_n universal_a vicarship_n or_o the_o princely_a dignity_n of_o their_o cardinal_n seven_o our_o doctrine_n be_v infallible_a and_o the_o ground_n of_o our_o faith_n sure_a unless_o romanist_n like_o infidel_n will_v question_v the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o scripture_n eight_o though_o we_o pretend_v not_o to_o a_o pharisaical_a perfection_n with_o romanist_n yet_o we_o acknowledge_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n so_o far_o as_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n through_o grace_n may_v be_v keep_v nine_o eternal_a life_n be_v a_o reward_n of_o grace_n not_o of_o debt_n do_v not_o presuppose_v any_o proper_a merit_n of_o we_o but_o romanist_n by_o their_o doctrine_n of_o merit_n make_v heaven_n venial_a and_o derogate_v from_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o sole_a merit_n of_o christ_n ten_o reprobation_n be_v a_o eternal_a and_o immanent_a act_n of_o god_n and_o consequent_o god_n himself_o can_v proper_o be_v demerited_a but_o there_o be_v no_o damnation_n without_o the_o previous_a demerit_n of_o sin_n yea_o also_o the_o eternal_a decree_n of_o reprobation_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o council_n of_o dort_n presuppose_v the_o prescience_n of_o man_n fall_n eleven_o though_o lapse_v man_n without_o regenerate_a grace_n can_v do_v that_o which_o be_v spiritual_o good_a yet_o be_v may_v free_o sin_n none_o of_o we_o do_v question_n but_o the_o jesuit_n garnet_n oldcorn_n etc._n etc._n act_v free_o in_o their_o accession_n to_o the_o powder-plot_n twelve_o we_o pretend_v not_o to_o any_o new_a apostle_n nor_o be_v there_o necessity_n of_o new_a miracle_n our_o doctrine_n have_v be_v full_o confirm_v by_o the_o miracle_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n thirteen_o it_o be_v more_o than_o romanist_n can_v prove_v that_o particular_a church_n have_v not_o authority_n to_o reform_v themselves_o when_o general_a council_n can_v be_v have_v to_o undertake_v the_o work_n fourteen_o we_o leave_v private_a spirit_n and_o new_a light_n against_o old_a reveal_v verity_n to_o quaker_n and_o papist_n fifteenth_o single_a man_n opinious_a against_o the_o common_a consent_n of_o father_n have_v more_o affinity_n with_o jesuit_n probable_n than_o protestant_n to_o justify_v their_o boldness_n in_o broach_v new_a opinion_n poza_fw-it the_fw-fr jesuit_n as_o cite_v in_o the_o jesuit_n moral_n part._n 1._o cap._n 1._o art_n 1._o pag._n 167._o bring_v a_o testimony_n from_o a_o council_n of_o constantinople_n beatus_fw-la qui_fw-la profert_fw-la verbum_fw-la inanditum_fw-la as_o if_o the_o council_n have_v say_v bless_a be_v he_o that_o produce_v a_o word_n unheard_a of_o or_o some_o new_a thing_n whereas_o like_o a_o jesuit_n he_o mutilate_v and_o pervert_v the_o word_n of_o the_o council_n which_o be_v beatus_fw-la qui_fw-la profert_fw-la verbum_fw-la in_o auditum_fw-la obedientium_fw-la bless_v be_v he_o who_o utter_v a_o word_n to_o obedient_a â—ars_n sixteenth_o we_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o maintain_v that_o the_o apocryphal_a book_n be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n because_o the_o jewish_a church_n do_v never_o receive_v they_o be_v tell_v rom._n 3.2_o that_o to_o they_o be_v commit_v the_o oracle_n of_o god_n seventeenthly_a there_o have_v be_v steadfast_a pastor_n and_o martyr_n in_o the_o protestant_a church_n who_o have_v seal_v the_o truth_n we_o profess_v with_o their_o blood_n our_o doctrine_n and_o the_o substantial_o of_o government_n be_v found_v on_o scriptural_a authority_n must_v consequent_o be_v unalterable_a whereas_o rome_n change_n as_o to_z dogmatical_n worship_n and_o government_n from_o ancient_n rome_n be_v so_o many_o that_o we_o may_v take_v up_o that_o regrate_a of_o she_o hei_fw-la mihi_fw-la qualis_fw-la eras_fw-la quantum_fw-la mutaris_fw-la ab_fw-la illâ_fw-la româ_fw-la the_o author_n design_v a_o peculiar_a cap._n in_o the_o close_a of_o this_o treatise_n for_o his_o own_o vindication_n from_o the_o crimination_n of_o the_o pamphleter_n together_o with_o a_o plain_a reparty_n to_o the_o jesuit_n tribe_n but_o find_v that_o these_o paper_n have_v swell_v beyond_o his_o expectation_n he_o have_v at_o this_o time_n supersede_v much_o of_o that_o labour_n and_o the_o rather_o see_v these_o thing_n touch_v not_o the_o cause_n and_o jesuit_n be_v know_v to_o be_v person_n of_o such_o malignity_n that_o their_o invective_n find_v little_a credit_n with_o those_o that_o be_v ingenuous_a yea_o there_o be_v who_o reckon_v it_o a_o honour_n to_o be_v malign_v by_o they_o argumentum_fw-la recti_fw-la est_fw-la displicere_fw-la pessimis_fw-la let_v therefore_o these_o few_o hint_n of_o the_o chief_a of_o his_o accusation_n at_o this_o time_n suffice_v and_o first_o who_o will_v not_o smile_v that_o i_o shall_v be_v accuse_v by_o this_o pamphleter_n as_o a_o man_n of_o uncertain_a religion_n especial_o see_v himself_o acknowledge_v pag._n 24._o that_o the_o thesis_n maintain_v by_o i_o be_v that_o the_o religion_n of_o protestant_n be_v the_o true_a christian_a religion_n if_o therefore_o the_o religion_n of_o protestant_n be_v know_v i_o can_v be_v uncertain_a in_o that_o faith_n be_v i_o educate_v from_o my_o infancy_n and_o 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m._n demster_n of_o a_o discourse_n of_o cloppenburg_n the_o title_n whereof_o be_v papistarum_fw-la &_o enthusiastarum_fw-la discordia_fw-la concor_fw-la only_o both_o romanist_n and_o quaker_n must_v give_v we_o protestant_n leave_v to_o desire_v a_o sight_n of_o their_o credential_n else_o we_o can_v take_v they_o for_o divine_o inspire_v prophet_n this_o one_o negative_a argument_n be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v our_o negative_a hypothesis_n and_o to_o discover_v the_o fallacy_n of_o this_o ground_n of_o the_o romish_a religion_n perhaps_o my_o adversary_n will_v say_v as_o another_o scribble_a jesuit_n e._n w._n in_o his_o vain_a discourse_n entitle_v protestancy_n without_o principle_n against_o two_o eminent_o learned_a person_n d._n stillingfleet_n and_o m._n poole_n that_o we_o must_v positive_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v no_o infallible_a visible_a judge_n but_o i_o must_v advertise_v he_o to_o distinguish_v betwixt_o our_o faith_n and_o the_o rejection_n of_o their_o 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alexander_n the_o great_a who_o when_o he_o be_v ask_v to_o which_o of_o his_o captain_n he_o leave_v his_o empire_n answer_v the_o best_a but_o not_o define_v who_o be_v best_a this_o become_v a_o seminary_n of_o contention_n or_o as_o another_o make_v the_o comparison_n like_o the_o die_a father_n who_o have_v two_o son_n leon_n and_o pantaleon_n and_o be_v inquire_v to_o who_o he_o will_v leave_v his_o estate_n answer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereupon_o the_o two_o brethren_n fall_v by_o the_o ear_n the_o one_o allege_v that_o he_o leave_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o leon_n the_o other_o that_o all_o be_v leave_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o pantaleon_n be_v it_o not_o blasphemy_n to_o say_v that_o god_n have_v deal_v so_o with_o his_o church_n assure_v we_o that_o there_o be_v a_o infallible_a visible_a judge_n but_o not_o reveal_v who_o he_o be_v if_o it_o be_v not_o know_v who_o he_o be_v people_n can_v no_o more_o resolve_v their_o faith_n upon_o his_o authority_n than_o if_o he_o be_v not_o if_o therefore_o god_n have_v intend_v such_o a_o way_n sure_o he_o will_v have_v determine_v who_o he_o be_v it_o remain_v therefore_o only_o that_o i_o prove_v the_o antecedent_n for_o which_o i_o need_v no_o more_o but_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o division_n of_o romanist_n concern_v this_o thing_n if_o such_o a_o infallible_a visible_a judge_n be_v assignable_a can_v not_o romanist_n at_o least_o who_o talk_v so_o much_o of_o he_o agree_v upon_o he_o but_o who_o be_v such_o a_o stranger_n in_o the_o world_n as_o not_o to_o know_v their_o irreconcilable_a debate_n about_o this_o point_n the_o jesuited_a party_n make_v the_o pope_n alone_o the_o subject_n of_o this_o infallibility_n so_o bell._n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr pontif._n cap._n 3._o valent._n tom._n 3._o disp_n 1._o q._n 1._o punct_a 7._o sect._n 45._o gretser_n tom._n 1._o defence_n cap._n 10._o lib._n 3._o bell._n de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la col._n 1450._o with_o who_o join_v stapleton_n cont._n 6._o q._n 3._o art_n 5._o who_o affirm_v that_o infallibility_n be_v potestas_fw-la &_o â—ratia_fw-la personalis_fw-la a_o personal_a power_n and_o grace_v give_v by_o christ_n personae_fw-la petri_n &_o successorum_fw-la ejus_fw-la to_o the_o person_n of_o peter_n and_o his_o successor_n and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o peculiar_a to_o the_o person_n of_o the_o pope_n that_o it_o can_v be_v so_o much_o as_o representative_o in_o the_o council_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o false_a but_o heretical_a to_o say_v that_o the_o pope_n can_v err_v in_o judicio_fw-la fidei_fw-la in_o define_v a_o article_n of_o faith_n yea_o the_o jesuit_n of_o the_o college_n of_o clermont_n as_o witness_n hen._n foulis_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o history_n of_o romish_a treason_n emit_v thesis_n anno_fw-la 1661._o affirm_v that_o the_o pope_n be_v infallible_a judge_n of_o controversy_n not_o only_a extra_fw-la concilium_fw-la without_o a_o 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