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A69095 The third part of the Defence of the Reformed Catholike against Doct. Bishops Second part of the Reformation of a Catholike, as the same was first guilefully published vnder that name, conteining only a large and most malicious preface to the reader, and an answer to M. Perkins his aduertisement to Romane Catholicks, &c. Whereunto is added an aduertisement for the time concerning the said Doct. Bishops reproofe, lately published against a little piece of the answer to his epistle to the King, with an answer to some few exceptions taken against the same, by M. T. Higgons latley become a proselyte of the Church of Rome. By R. Abbot Doctor of Diuinitie.; Defence of the Reformed Catholicke of M. W. Perkins. Part 3 Abbot, Robert, 1560-1618. 1609 (1609) STC 50.5; ESTC S100538 452,861 494

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person_n of_o the_o trinity_n do_v not_o receive_v the_o godhead_n from_o the_o first_o but_o have_v it_o of_o themselves_o even_o as_o the_o first_o person_n have_v and_o in_o this_o he_o be_v defend_v by_o m._n whitaker_n and_o prefer_v before_o all_o the_o learned_a father_n of_o the_o first_o counsel_n of_o nice_a out_o of_o which_o position_n it_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v neither_o father_n nor_o son_n in_o the_o godhead_n for_o according_a unto_o common_a sense_n and_o the_o uniform_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o learned_a he_o only_o be_v a_o true_a natural_a son_n that_o by_o generation_n do_v receive_v his_o nature_n and_o substance_n from_o his_o father_n we_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o that_o be_v by_o adoption_n and_o grace_n but_o he_o only_o be_v the_o true_a natural_a son_n of_o god_n that_o by_o eternal_a generation_n receive_v his_o substance_n that_o be_v the_o godhead_n from_o he_o if_o therefore_o the_o second_o person_n do_v not_o receive_v the_o 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verò_fw-la principium_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la we_o say_v then_o that_o the_o godhead_n absolute_o be_v of_o itself_o and_o therefore_o that_o the_o son_n as_o he_o be_v god_n set_v a_o side_n the_o respect_n of_o the_o person_n be_v of_o himself_o but_o as_o he_o be_v the_o son_n we_o say_v that_o he_o be_v of_o the_o father_n so_o then_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o son_n be_v without_o beginning_n but_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o person_n be_v god_n the_o father_n which_o he_o show_v in_o the_o other_o section_n allege_v to_o be_v communis_fw-la be_v ibid._n sect_n 23._o cum_fw-la filio_fw-la essentiam_fw-la communicavit_fw-la r●s●at_fw-la ut_fw-la tota_fw-la &_o in_fw-la so●idum_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o filii_fw-la sit_fw-la communis_fw-la by_o the_o father_n communicate_v his_o whole_a essence_n to_o the_o son_n what_o can_v be_v more_o plain_o or_o more_o true_o speak_v he_o affirm_v that_o the_o godhead_n whereby_o christ_n be_v god_n be_v of_o itself_o that_o be_v to_o 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c._n 19_o causa_fw-la fuit_fw-la quia_fw-la valentinus_n gentilis_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la iaes_fw-la abat_fw-la soium_fw-la patrem_fw-la esse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o per_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomen_fw-la intelligebat_fw-la solum_fw-la patrem_fw-la habere_fw-la essentiam_fw-la verè_fw-la divinam_fw-la &_o increatam_fw-la silium_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o sp_z sanctum_fw-la habere_fw-la aliam_fw-la essentiam_fw-la productam_fw-la à_fw-la patre_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la quoad_fw-la essentiam_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la autotheos_fw-la calu._n igitur_fw-la occurrere_fw-la volens_fw-la valentino_n contrarium_fw-la asseruit_fw-la nempe_fw-la filium_fw-la esse_fw-la autotheon_n quoad_fw-la essentiam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la eo_fw-la sensu_fw-la quo_fw-la id_fw-la à_fw-la valentino_n negabatur_fw-la the_o cause_n which_o move_v caluin_n so_o to_o write_v be_v because_o valentinus_n gentilis_fw-la a_o new_a arian_n heretic_n be_v still_o prate_v that_o the_o father_n only_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o mean_v thereby_o that_o the_o father_n only_o have_v the_o essence_n true_o divine_a and_o uncreated_a and_o that_o the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v another_o essence_n produce_v of_o the_o father_n and_o therefore_o that_o as_o touch_v essence_n neither_o of_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d caluin_n therefore_o willing_a say_v he_o to_o meet_v with_o valentine_n avouch_v the_o contrary_a namely_o that_o the_o son_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n of_o himself_o as_o touch_v the_o essence_n that_o be_v in_o that_o sense_n wherein_o valentine_n deny_v the_o same_o according_o of_o his_o argument_n he_o say_v etc._n say_v idem_fw-la respondeo_fw-la hoc_fw-la argumentum_fw-la benè_fw-la concludere_fw-la contrà_fw-la gentilem_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o argument_n conclude_v well_o against_o gentilis_fw-la this_o argument_n also_o conclude_v well_o against_o gentilis_fw-la how_o gross_o then_o be_v these_o man_n blind_v 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and_o by_o epiphanius_n be_v so_o call_v as_o to_o signify_v that_o he_o be_v god_n himself_o most_o very_o and_o true_o god_n and_o can_v not_o his_o wisdom_n see_v that_o caluin_n in_o effect_n mean_v no_o other_o but_o only_o so_o for_o because_o christ_n can_v not_o be_v very_o and_o true_o god_n unless_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o that_o meaning_n wherein_o valentinus_n speak_v therefore_o caluin_n to_o avouch_v the_o true_a godhead_n of_o christ_n affirm_v he_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a true_a god_n god_n of_o himself_o that_o be_v by_o that_o one_o only_a essence_n which_o be_v of_o itself_o and_o whereby_o god_n speak_v absolute_o be_v of_o himself_o and_o be_v true_o god_n and_o not_o as_o valentinus_n wicked_o teach_v by_o another_o inferior_a essence_n make_v and_o produce_v of_o the_o father_n as_o a_o superior_a god_n whereby_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o he_o be_v not_o god_n at_o all_o and_o when_o he_o see_v that_o 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which_o be_v urge_v in_o this_o behalf_n of_o parent_n 7.3_o parent_n gen._n 21.21_o exod._n 34.16_o deut._n 7.3_o take_v wife_n for_o their_o son_n or_o husband_n for_o their_o daughter_n and_o give_v their_o son_n and_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n they_o imply_v indeed_o the_o parent_n right_a and_o power_n for_o the_o bestow_n of_o their_o child_n but_o yet_o we_o can_v from_o thence_o argue_v that_o if_o the_o child_n prevent_v their_o parent_n and_o do_v give_v and_o bestow_v themselves_o their_o gift_n shall_v be_v void_a and_o their_o marriage_n a_o mere_a nullity_n as_o if_o it_o have_v not_o be_v for_o as_o we_o read_v of_o parent_n take_v wife_n for_o their_o son_n so_o we_o read_v of_o son_n also_o without_o consent_n of_o parent_n take_v wife_n for_o themselves_o when_o yet_o the_o want_n of_o such_o consent_n have_v be_v no_o disannul_v of_o their_o marriage_n esau_n 26.34_o esau_n gen._n 26.34_o take_v he_o two_o wife_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o heth_n or_o canaan_n 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purpose_n he_o misinforce_v the_o testimony_n of_o epiphanius_n whereby_o he_o will_v exempt_v aerius_n from_o the_o crime_n of_o heresy_n just_o lay_v unto_o his_o charge_n by_o s._n austin_n and_o many_o other_o but_o i_o answer_v he_o that_o though_o as_o a_o man_n i_o may_v be_v deceive_v yet_o god_n have_v give_v i_o more_o grace_n than_o that_o in_o these_o matter_n i_o will_v willing_o deceive_v myself_o in_o this_o matter_n of_o epiphanius_n i_o do_v not_o take_v myself_o in_o any_o sort_n to_o be_v deceive_v his_o conclusion_n against_o aerius_n as_o touch_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a be_v this_o seductor_n this_o epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 75._o ecclesia_fw-la necess●r●ò_fw-la hoc_fw-la perficit_fw-la traditione_n à_fw-la patribus_fw-la accepta_fw-la quis_fw-la autem_fw-la poterit_fw-la staturum_fw-la matris_fw-la dissoluere_fw-la aut_fw-la legem_fw-la patris_fw-la velut_fw-la solomon_n dicit_fw-la audi_fw-la fili_fw-la fermones_fw-la patris_fw-la tui_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la repudies_fw-la statuta_fw-la matris_fw-la tuus_fw-la ostendens_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la quòd_fw-la &_o in_fw-la scriptu_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la scripto_fw-la decuit_fw-la pater_fw-la mater_fw-la autem_fw-la nostra_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la habet_fw-la statuta_fw-la in_o se_fw-la posita_fw-la indissolubilia_fw-la quae_fw-la dissolui_fw-la non_fw-la p●ssunt●●_n cùm_fw-la itaque_fw-la ordi_fw-la nata_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la statuta_fw-la &_o benè_fw-la se_fw-la habeant_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la mirab●ittèr_fw-la fiant_fw-la confuta●us_fw-la est_fw-la tursus_fw-la etiam_fw-la hic_fw-la seductor_n the_o church_n necessary_o do_v this_o by_o tradition_n receive_v from_o the_o father_n and_o who_o may_v dissolve_v the_o statute_n of_o his_o mother_n or_o the_o law_n of_o his_o father_n as_o solomon_n say_v my_o son_n hear_v thy_o father_n word_n and_o refuse_v not_o thy_o mother_n statute_n hereby_o show_v that_o both_o in_o writing_n and_o without_o write_v the_o father_n have_v teach_v and_o our_o mother_n the_o church_n have_v statute_n set_v down_o in_o she_o which_o be_v inviolable_a and_o may_v not_o be_v break_v see_v then_o say_v he_o that_o there_o be_v statute_n ordain_v in_o the_o church_n and_o they_o be_v well_o and_o all_o thing_n be_v admirable_o do_v this_o seducer_n be_v confute_v now_o then_o do_v i_o say_v that_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a be_v a_o tradition_n epiphanius_n say_v the_o same_o that_o the_o church_n do_v it_o by_o tradition_n from_o the_o father_n do_v i_o say_v that_o he_o make_v it_o a_o statute_n or_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n he_o himself_o express_o call_v it_o so_o and_o final_o press_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n only_o for_o the_o confute_v of_o aerius_n he_o allege_v no_o scripture_n his_o word_n import_v that_o he_o have_v none_o to_o allege_v only_o to_o grace_v the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n he_o wre_v a_o say_n of_o solomon_n nothing_o pertinent_a thereto_o as_o if_o we_o be_v teach_v that_o god_n without_o scripture_n teach_v we_o by_o the_o church_n and_o if_o he_o mean_v any_o otherwise_o but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n very_o vain_o and_o idle_o do_v he_o here_o name_v the_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n but_o m._n higgon_n will_v say_v that_o though_o epiphanius_n name_v it_o thus_o a_o tradition_n and_o a_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n yet_o he_o mean_v it_o to_o be_v such_o a_o tradition_n and_o ordinance_n as_o be_v from_o the_o apostle_n but_o let_v he_o mean_v what_o he_o will_v yet_o so_o long_o as_o he_o make_v it_o a_o tradition_n without_o scripture_n my_o word_n stand_v good_a which_o i_o use_v to_o m._n bishop_n 80._o bishop_n answer_v to_o doct._n bishop_n epistle_n sect_n 10._o pag._n 79._o 80._o epiphanius_n resolve_v we_o that_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a be_v a_o matter_n of_o tradition_n and_o a_o ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o free_v we_o from_o any_o trespass_n against_o any_o thing_n that_o moses_n or_o the_o prophet_n or_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n in_o the_o scripture_n have_v deliver_v unto_o us._n if_o it_o be_v no_o matter_n of_o scripture_n with_o epiphanius_n than_o i_o say_v right_o that_o he_o clear_v we_o from_o impugn_v therein_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v deliver_v in_o the_o scripture_n albeit_o because_o it_o be_v by_o epiphanius_n his_o confession_n a_o tradition_n without_o scripture_n therefore_o we_o resolve_v undoubted_o that_o it_o come_v not_o from_o the_o apostle_n because_o whatsoever_o they_o teach_v concern_v faith_n and_o salvation_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n as_o before_o have_v be_v show_v at_o large_a yea_o and_o how_o unsound_o epiphanius_n urge_v apostolic_a tradition_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o point_n which_o he_o speak_v of_o immediate_o before_o where_o he_o say_v that_o aquam_fw-la that_o epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 75._o decreverunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la quarta_fw-la &_o prosabbato_fw-la ieiunium_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la excepta_fw-la pentecoste_n &_o the_o sex_n diebus_fw-la paschatis_fw-la praecipiunt_fw-la nihil_fw-la omninò_fw-la accipere_fw-la quàm_fw-la panem_fw-la &_o salem_fw-la &_o aquam_fw-la the_o apostle_n decree_v a_o fast_a upon_o wednesday_n and_o friday_n continual_o save_v betwixt_o easter_n and_o whitsuntide_n and_o that_o six_o day_n before_o easter_n man_n shall_v receive_v nothing_o but_o bread_n and_o salt_n and_o water_n whereas_o s._n austin_n profess_v that_o finitum_fw-la that_o aug._n epist_n 86._o quibus_fw-la diebus_fw-la non_fw-la oporteat_fw-la ieiunare_fw-la &_o quibus_fw-la oporteat_fw-la praecepto_fw-la domini_fw-la vel_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la non_fw-la invenio_fw-la de_fw-fr finitum_fw-la what_o day_n to_o fast_o or_o what_o day_n not_o to_o fast_v he_o find_v it_o not_o define_v or_o set_v down_o by_o any_o commandment_n of_o christ_n or_o his_o apostle_n and_o by_o tertullian_n it_o appear_v that_o the_o primitive_a church_n allege_v against_o the_o montanist_n 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man_n will_n and_o discretion_n that_o without_o fear_n or_o necessity_n every_o man_n shall_v do_v what_o good_a be_v now_o we_o can_v wonder_v that_o he_o that_o will_v thus_o unaduised_o name_n apostolic_a tradition_n for_o the_o one_o shall_v do_v the_o same_o for_o the_o other_o also_o albeit_o if_o m._n higgon_n can_v justify_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a according_a to_o doctor_n field_n rule_v we_o will_v not_o stick_v with_o he_o to_o grant_v it_o to_o be_v a_o apostolical_a tradition_n but_o he_o may_v have_v see_v that_o i_o have_v put_v it_o without_o the_o compass_n of_o that_o rule_n if_o he_o have_v be_v desirous_a to_o know_v the_o truth_n and_o have_v not_o resolve_v first_o upon_o other_o occasion_n to_o fall_v away_o and_o afterward_o to_o seek_v shift_n to_o excuse_v his_o fall_n i_o show_v by_o origen_n that_o the_o church_n at_o first_o use_v no_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n that_o when_o it_o be_v first_o use_v it_o be_v use_v only_o for_o just_a and_o holy_a man_n of_o who_o soul_n they_o be_v resolve_v that_o they_o be_v in_o heaven_n for_o what_o cause_v i_o have_v express_v there_o by_o epiphanius_n that_o they_o add_v afterward_o to_o pray_v for_o evil_a man_n also_o and_o public_a offender_n by_o austin_n that_o there_o be_v not_o know_v any_o definite_a and_o certain_a use_n and_o effect_n of_o prayer_n and_o offering_n for_o the_o dead_a and_o that_o many_o in_o his_o time_n do_v plead_v that_o if_o any_o good_a be_v to_o be_v do_v for_o the_o soul_n after_o death_n it_o shall_v rather_o be_v by_o it_o own_o confession_n of_o sin_n than_o by_o offering_n procure_v by_o other_o man_n and_o last_o whereas_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a by_o m._n higgon_n confession_n depend_v upon_o purgatory_n i_o show_v by_o augustine_n express_a word_n that_o he_o have_v no_o certain_a belief_n or_o knowledge_n of_o any_o such_o place_n which_o be_v more_o clear_a to_o that_o purpose_n than_o that_o by_o any_o popish_a sophistication_n they_o can_v be_v shift_v or_o delude_v 36._o albeit_o i_o do_v not_o only_o allege_v he_o doubt_v of_o purgatory_n but_o also_o plain_o exclude_v it_o upon_o occasion_n by_o deny_v any_o three_o place_n
patriarch_n prophet_n apostle_n etc._n etc._n we_o separate_v christ_n from_o the_o order_n of_o man_n by_o the_o honour_n and_o adoration_n which_o we_o perform_v unto_o he_o that_o be_v to_o say_v say_v he_o again_o we_o do_v not_o offer_v thanks_o for_o he_o as_o we_o do_v for_o some_o other_o man_n but_o unto_o he_o as_o be_v god_n of_o equal_a majesty_n with_o his_o father_n but_o it_o be_v he_o himself_o indeed_o that_o by_o this_o exposition_n do_v manifest_o wrest_v the_o word_n of_o epiphanius_n the_o circumstance_n whereof_o by_o he_o guileful_o omit_v do_v clear_o convince_v that_o they_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v take_v as_o he_o expound_v they_o his_o word_n be_v these_o terra_fw-la these_o epip_n haer_fw-mi 75._o verun_v enimuerò_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la nos_fw-la saepe_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la sumus_fw-la fallimur_fw-la &_o erramus_fw-la tum_fw-la inviti_fw-la tum_fw-la voluntariè_fw-la quòid_fw-la quod_fw-la perfectius_fw-la est_fw-la significetur_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la iustis_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la memoriam_fw-la facimus_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la quidem_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la dei_fw-la implorantes_fw-la pro_fw-la iustis_fw-la verò_fw-la &_o patribus_fw-la &_o patriarchis_fw-la prophetis_fw-la apostolis_n euangelistis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la do_v minun_fw-fr jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la ab_fw-la hominum_fw-la ordine_fw-la separemus_fw-la per_fw-la honorem_fw-la quem_fw-la ipsi_fw-la exhibemus_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la adorationem_fw-la ipsi_fw-la praestemus_fw-la illud_fw-la mente_fw-la voientes_fw-la quòd_fw-la dominus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la alicui_fw-la homini_fw-la adaequatus_fw-la ●tiamsi_fw-la millies_fw-la &_o ultra_fw-la in_o iustitia_fw-la degat_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la homo_fw-la quomodo_fw-la enim_fw-la possibile_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ille_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la hic_fw-la homo_fw-la &_o ille_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la per_fw-la reliquias_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la very_o for_o that_o while_o we_o be_v in_o the_o world_n we_o be_v often_o deceive_v and_o go_v awry_o both_o unwilling_o and_o with_o our_o will_n to_o the_o end_n that_o that_o which_o be_v more_o perfect_a may_v be_v signify_v we_o make_v a_o memorial_n both_o for_o the_o just_a &_o for_o sinner_n for_o sinner_n entreat_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n but_o for_o the_o just_a the_o father_n the_o patriarch_n the_o prophet_n the_o apostle_n the_o martyr_n and_o confessor_n the_o bishop_n and_o anchorite_n and_o the_o whole_a order_n that_o we_o may_v separate_v our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n from_o the_o order_n of_o man_n by_o the_o honour_n which_o we_o yield_v unto_o he_o and_o may_v perform_v worship_n unto_o he_o weigh_v this_o in_o our_o mind_n that_o the_o lord_n be_v not_o compare_v to_o any_o man_n though_o a_o man_n live_v in_o righteousness_n a_o thousand_o time_n and_o more_o for_o how_o shall_v it_o be_v possible_a for_o the_o one_o be_v god_n the_o other_o man_n the_o one_o in_o 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