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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14435	A very Christian, learned, and briefe discourse, concerning the true, ancient, and Catholicke faith, against all wicked vp-start heresies seruing very profitably for a preseruatiue against the profane nouelties of papists, Anabaptists, Arrians, Brownists, and all other sectaries. First composed by Vincentius Lirinensis in Latine, about twelue hundreth yeares ago. And now faithfully translated into English, and illustrated with certaine marginall notes. By Thomas Tuke.; Pro catholicae fidei antiquitate libellus. English	Vincent, of Lérins, Saint, d. ca. 450.; Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657. aut	1611 (1611)	STC 24753; ESTC S102090	49,335	192

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wise_n be_v call_v into_o question_n we_o have_v also_o show_v the_o name_n and_o number_n though_o we_o have_v forget_v the_o rank_n of_o those_o father_n according_a to_o who_o order_n therein_o concord_v and_o unanimous_a judgement_n both_o the_o sentence_n of_o holy_a writ_n be_v expound_v and_o the_o rule_n of_o divine_a doctrine_n establish_v who_o for_o the_o strengthen_n of_o our_o memory_n it_o be_v not_o superfluous_a here_o also_o to_o recite_v these_o therefore_o be_v the_o man_n who_o write_n either_o as_o of_o judge_n or_o as_o it_o be_v of_o witness_n be_v in_o that_o council_n show_v and_o recite_v s._n peter_n of_o book_n alexandria_n a_o bishop_n a_o most_o excellent_a teacher_n and_o a_o most_o bless_a martyr_n s._n athanasius_n a_o prelate_n of_o the_o same_o city_n a_o most_o faithful_a teacher_n and_o a_o most_o worthy_a confessor_n saint_n theophilus_n a_o bishop_n of_o the_o same_o city_n too_o a_o man_n very_o famous_a for_o his_o religion_n life_n and_o learning_n who_o worthy_a cyril_n do_v succeed_v who_o do_v at_o this_o time_n make_v the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n famous_a and_o lest_o it_o shall_v perhaps_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o one_o city_n &_o province_n there_o be_v join_v also_o those_o light_n of_o cappadocia_n s._n gregory_n bishop_n and_o confessor_n of_o nazianzum_n s._n basil_n bishop_n and_o confessor_n of_o caesarea_n in_o cappadocia_n as_o also_o the_o other_o s._n gregory_n bishop_n of_o nysse_n and_o for_o his_o faith_n conversation_n uprightness_n and_o wisdom_n a_o man_n most_o worthy_a of_o his_o brother_n basil_n but_o that_o it_o may_v be_v prove_v that_o not_o greece_n alone_o or_o that_o the_o east_n only_o but_o that_o the_o weasterne_a and_o latin_a world_n be_v always_o also_o of_o that_o judgement_n certain_a epistle_n also_o be_v there_o read_v write_v to_o certain_a man_n by_o saint_n foelix_n a_o martyr_n and_o s._n julius_n bishop_n of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o that_o 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those_o ten_o do_v differ_v nothing_o in_o a_o manner_n in_o judgement_n from_o all_o their_o other_o fellow_n after_o all_o which_o thing_n we_o have_v also_o annex_v the_o holy_a judgement_n of_o cyril_n which_o thing_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a act_n for_o after_o that_o the_o epistle_n of_o s._n capreolus_n bishop_n of_o carthage_n be_v read_v who_o labour_v and_o entreat_v no_o other_o thing_n but_o that_o novelty_n be_v convince_a antiquity_n may_v be_v believe_v bishop_n cyril_n speak_v and_o define_v to_o the_o same_o effect_n the_o which_o it_o seem_v not_o unfitting_a for_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n here_o also_o to_o interpose_v for_o he_o say_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o act_n and_o this_o epistle_n which_o be_v read_v quoth_v he_o of_o the_o reverend_a &_o very_a religious_a bishop_n of_o carthage_n capreolus_n shall_v be_v faithful_o record_v who_o judgement_n be_v manifest_a for_o he_o will_v have_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o ancient_a faith_n confirm_v but_o novel_a conceit_n and_o such_o as_o be_v superfluous_o devise_v and_o wicked_o publish_v to_o be_v reject_v and_o condemn_v all_o the_o bishop_n cry_v together_o in_o sign_n of_o approbation_n these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o we_o all_o we_o do_v all_o affirm_v these_o thing_n this_o be_v the_o wish_n of_o we_o all_o and_o what_o i_o pray_v you_o be_v the_o word_n and_o the_o wish_n of_o all_o but_o that_o that_o shall_v be_v embrace_v which_o be_v ancient_o deliver_v and_o that_o that_o shall_v be_v banish_v which_o be_v new_o devise_v after_o which_o thing_n we_o wonder_v at_o &_o tell_v of_o the_o great_a humility_n and_o holiness_n of_o that_o council_n and_o what_o a_o number_n of_o priest_n there_o be_v the_o great_a part_n wellnear_o be_v metropolitan_n of_o such_o knowledge_n and_o so_o well_o learned_a as_o that_o almost_o all_o of_o they_o be_v able_a to_o dispute_v of_o

that_o go_v about_o to_o prohibit_v that_o but_o yet_o let_v it_o be_v so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v indeed_o a_o proceed_n &_o not_o a_o change_a of_o the_o faith_n for_o that_o be_v to_o progress_n profit_n that_o every_o thing_n be_v increase_v in_o itself_o but_o that_o be_v change_v when_o a_o thing_n be_v alter_v from_o one_o thing_n to_o another_o it_o behove_v therefore_o that_o the_o understanding_n knowledge_n and_o wisdom_n as_o well_o of_o each_o as_o of_o all_o as_o well_o of_o one_o man_n as_o of_o the_o whole_a church_n shall_v by_o the_o degree_n of_o age_n and_o time_n increase_v and_o profit_n much_o and_o great_o but_o yet_o in_o their_o own_o kind_n only_o to_o wit_n in_o the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o the_o same_o sense_n and_o in_o the_o same_o judgement_n chap._n 29._o let_v the_o religion_n of_o soul_n resemble_v the_o state_n and_o nature_n of_o body_n which_o although_o in_o the_o process_n of_o year_n they_o declare_v and_o finish_v their_o proportion_n and_o degree_n yet_o do_v they_o continue_v still_o the_o same_o which_o they_o be_v at_o first_o there_o be_v much_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o flower_n of_o childhood_n and_o the_o ripeness_n of_o old-age_n but_o yet_o the_o very_a selfsame_a man_n become_v old_a which_o have_v be_v young_a that_o albeit_o the_o very_a state_n and_o quality_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o man_n be_v alter_v yet_o be_v he_o nevertheless_o one_o and_o the_o same_o nature_n one_o and_o the_o selfsame_o person_n the_o member_n of_o suck_a child_n be_v small_a but_o of_o young_a man_n great_a yet_o be_v they_o the_o very_a selfsame_o as_o many_o as_o be_v the_o joint_n of_o little_a one_o so_o many_o be_v there_o of_o man_n and_o if_o those_o be_v any_o which_o come_v forth_o in_o ripe_a year_n they_o be_v now_o already_o plant_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o seed_n so_o that_o no_o new_a thing_n come_v out_o in_o old_a man_n after_o which_o do_v not_o now_o before_o lie_v within_o they_o hide_v in_o their_o childhood_n whence_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o this_o be_v the_o lawful_a and_o right_a rule_n of_o profit_v that_o this_o be_v the_o certain_a and_o most_o excellent_a order_n of_o increase_v if_o so_o be_v that_o the_o number_n and_o degree_n of_o age_n do_v always_o discover_v those_o part_n and_o form_n when_o we_o be_v great_a or_o elder_a which_o the_o wisdom_n of_o our_o creator_n do_v form_n before_o when_o we_o be_v little_a if_o that_o the_o shape_n of_o man_n shall_v afterward_o be_v change_v into_o the_o shape_n of_o another_o kind_n or_o if_o at_o the_o least_o wise_a the_o number_n of_o the_o member_n shall_v be_v increase_v or_o decrease_v the_o whole_a body_n must_v of_o necessity_n either_o perish_v or_o become_v monstrous_a or_o at_o the_o least_o be_v weaken_v so_o also_o it_o be_v fit_v that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christian_a religion_n shall_v follow_v these_o rule_n or_o fashion_n of_o increase_v namely_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v strengthen_v by_o year_n enlarge_v by_o time_n &_o extol_v with_o age_n but_o yet_o remain_v incorrupt_v and_o pure_a and_o be_v complete_a and_o perfect_a in_o all_o the_o measure_n of_o her_o part_n and_o in_o all_o her_o own_o member_n as_o it_o be_v and_o sense_n as_o which_o more_o over_o admit_v no_o change_n no_o loss_n of_o property_n nor_o endure_v any_o variety_n of_o definition_n chap._n 30._o for_o examhle_v sake_n our_o elder_n sow_v of_o old_a the_o wheaten_n seed_v of_o the_o faith_n in_o this_o corn_n field_n of_o the_o church_n it_o be_v unjust_a and_o unbeseeming_a that_o we_o their_o posterity_n instead_o of_o the_o natural_a and_o true_a wheat_n shall_v make_v choice_n of_o the_o cockle_n of_o error_n put_v into_o the_o room_n thereof_o but_o this_o rather_o be_v right_a and_o agreeable_a that_o the_o beginning_n and_o the_o end_n being_n correspondent_a to_o each_o other_o we_o shall_v reap_v and_o enjoy_v of_o the_o increasing_n of_o a_o wheaten_a institution_n the_o fruit_n or_o grain_n also_o of_o wheaten_a doctrine_n that_o whenas_o something_o out_o of_o those_o beginning_n of_o the_o seed_n be_v by_o process_n of_o time_n shoot_v up_o it_o may_v now_o both_o facicmus_fw-la flourish_n and_o be_v trim_v up_o by_o husband_v yet_o so_o as_o that_o nothing_o of_o the_o property_n of_o the_o sprout_n be_v change_v though_o form_n shape_n and_o distinction_n be_v add_v that_o yet_o the_o nature_n of_o every_o kind_n abide_v the_o same_o for_o god_n forbid_v that_o those_o rosy_a plant_n of_o catholic_a judgement_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o thistle_n &_o thorn_n far_o be_v it_o i_o say_v that_o in_o this_o spiritual_a paradise_n darnell_n and_o woolfebane_n shall_v all_o upon_o the_o sudden_a come_v from_o the_o set_v and_o shoot_v of_o cinnamon_n and_o balm_n whatsoever_o therefore_o be_v faithful_o sow_v of_o the_o father_n in_o the_o church_n which_o be_v god_n 9_o husbandry_n it_o behoove_v that_o by_o the_o labour_n of_o the_o child_n the_o very_a same_o shall_v be_v husband_v and_o look_v unto_o it_o be_v fit_v that_o the_o very_a same_o shall_v flourish_v and_o ripen_v that_o the_o same_o shall_v grow_v &_o come_v to_o perfection_n for_o it_o be_v lawful_a that_o those_o ancient_a doctrine_n of_o heavenly_a philosophy_n shall_v in_o process_n of_o time_n be_v exact_o handle_v trim_v and_o polish_a but_o it_o be_v unlawful_a that_o they_o shall_v be_v change_v it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o mangle_v and_o to_o maim_v they_o they_o may_v lawful_o receive_v clearness_n light_n and_o distinction_n but_o it_o be_v needful_a that_o they_o shall_v retain_v fullness_n soundness_n and_o property_n chap._n 31._o for_o if_o this_o licentiousness_n of_o wicked_a deceit_n be_v once_o permit_v i_o tremble_v to_o utter_v what_o great_a danger_n may_v ensue_v of_o root_a out_o and_o abolish_n of_o religion_n for_o when_o any_o part_n of_o the_o catholic_a doctrine_n shall_v be_v reject_v other_o also_o and_o other_o after_o they_o one_o after_o another_o will_v now_o as_o it_o be_v by_o custom_n and_o law_n be_v reject_v and_o do_v away_o moreover_o also_o when_o the_o part_n be_v each_o of_o they_o severe_o reject_v what_o will_v follow_v at_o the_o last_o but_o that_o the_o whole_a shall_v in_o like_a manner_n be_v refuse_v yea_o and_o contrariwise_o if_o novelty_n shall_v begin_v to_o be_v mingle_v with_o ancient_a doctrine_n and_o foreign_a with_o domestical_a and_o profane_a with_o sacred_a it_o can_v be_v but_o that_o this_o fashion_n will_v spread_v itself_o over_o all_o that_o nothing_o in_o the_o church_n will_v hereafter_o be_v leave_v untouched_a nothing_o sound_a nothing_o uncorrupted_a but_o that_o the_o harlot_n stew_n of_o wicked_a and_o filthy_a error_n shall_v afterward_o be_v there_o where_o there_o be_v aforetime_o the_o sanctuary_n of_o the_o chaste_a and_o undefiled_a truth_n but_o let_v godly_a devotion_n drive_v this_o wickedness_n from_o man_n mind_n and_o let_v this_o rather_o be_v the_o fury_n of_o the_o wicked_a chap._n 32._o but_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o diligent_a and_o wary_a keeper_n of_o the_o doctrine_n that_o be_v commit_v to_o she_o do_v alter_v nothing_o in_o they_o at_o any_o time_n diminish_v nothing_o add_v nothing_o she_o cut_v not_o off_o thing_n that_o be_v necessary_a she_o add_v not_o thing_n superfluous_a she_o lose_v not_o her_o own_o she_o usurp_v not_o stranger_n but_o this_o one_o thing_n she_o study_v with_o all_o diligence_n namely_o that_o by_o handle_v the_o ancient_a doctrine_n faithful_o and_o discreet_o she_o may_v perfect_v and_o polish_v those_o if_o any_o that_o have_v be_v shape_v and_o begin_v of_o old_a and_o if_o any_o be_v already_o perfect_o declare_v and_o make_v manifest_a that_o she_o may_v confirm_v &_o strengthen_v they_o and_o that_o if_o any_o be_v now_o confirm_v and_o define_v she_o may_v conserve_v and_o keep_v they_o to_o conclude_v what_o else_o do_v she_o ever_o labour_v by_o the_o decree_n of_o counsel_n then_o that_o the_o 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