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A07647 Immediate addresse vnto God alone First deliuered in a sermon before his Maiestie at Windsore. Since reuised and inlarged to a just treatise of inuocation of saints. Occasioned by a false imputation of M. Antonius De Dominis vpon the authour, Richard Montagu. Montagu, Richard, 1577-1641. 1624 (1624) STC 18039; ESTC S112845 131,862 253

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himself_o his_o seed_n ero_n deus_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o seminis_fw-la tui_fw-la and_o do_v he_o not_o renew_v it_o unto_o isaac_n for_o a_o law_n and_o confirm_v it_o unto_o jacob_n for_o a_o everlasting_a testament_n because_o he_o say_v in_o his_o holiness_n i_o will_v not_o fail_v david_n be_v we_o not_o often_o put_v in_o mind_n what_o thing_n how_o great_a he_o do_v for_o david_n sake_n be_v it_o not_o yet_o upon_o record_n to_o stand_v for_o ever_o that_o they_o be_v the_o sure_a mercy_n of_o david_n who_o he_o love_v once_o he_o love_v everlasting_o on_o his_o part_n his_o gift_n and_o promise_n be_v all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o repentance_n as_o much_o as_o appertain_v unto_o he_o if_o man_n break_v not_o covenant_n in_o thou_o shall_v be_v my_o people_n god_n will_v not_o fail_v on_o his_o part_n i_o will_v be_v thy_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o seed_n man_n so_o interest_v be_v most_o what_o it_o it_o have_v be_v the_o confidence_n of_o all_o the_o faithful_a so_o to_o take_v it_o many_o of_o they_o well_o persuade_v for_o the_o point_n it_o be_v a_o strong_a confidence_n &_o strange_a resolution_n of_o some_o psalm_n 46.2_o we_o will_v not_o fear_v though_o the_o earth_n be_v move_v and_o the_o hill_n be_v carry_v into_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o sea_n in_o effect_n though_o the_o fabric_n of_o the_o world_n be_v out_o of_o frame_n though_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o all_o those_o mother_n element_n of_o the_o world_n be_v blend_v shake_v and_o upon_o point_n of_o dissipation_n why_o upon_o what_o ground_n be_v they_o so_o confident_a the_o lord_n of_o host_n this_o be_v the_o reason_n be_v with_o we_o the_o god_n of_o jacob_n be_v our_o refuge_n the_o lord_n of_o host_n who_o can_v resist_v he_o the_o god_n of_o jacob_n who_o need_n doubt_v of_o he_o god_n almighty_a can_v do_v what_o he_o will_v god_n of_o jacob_n will_v do_v what_o he_o can_v answerable_a to_o his_o promise_n of_o old_a ero_n deus_fw-la tuus_fw-la &_o 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nor_o irrelentles_o see_v the_o desolation_n of_o those_o who_o be_v indeed_o &_o be_v call_v psalm_n 83.3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o hide_a secret_a the_o receive_v once_o of_o god_n nor_o the_o utter_a destruction_n of_o his_o dear_a friend_n the_o devil_n indeed_o will_v no_o doubt_n antiquum_fw-la obtinere_fw-la suggest_v in_o extremity_n to_o dismay_v and_o drive_v we_o into_o despair_n there_o be_v no_o help_n for_o he_o in_o his_o god_n but_o loquor_fw-la è_fw-la proprijs_fw-la who_o bid_v he_o say_v so_o or_o put_v this_o word_n into_o his_o mouth_n god_n never_o do_v it_o he_o speak_v it_o only_o of_o himself_o and_o himself_o be_v a_o liar_n from_o the_o beginning_n absit_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la credat_fw-la aliquis_fw-la cuilibet_fw-la minimus_fw-la quicquam_fw-la d●futurum_fw-la in_o confession_n nominis_fw-la constituto_fw-la believe_v not_o he_o therefore_o who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o lie_n believe_v his_o word_n rather_o who_o be_v truth_n itself_o who_o 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at_o some_o extent_n indeed_o though_o not_o their_o own_o largeness_n only_o thus_o far_o and_o to_o this_o end_n that_o we_o may_v perceive_v how_o they_o do_v excel_v deus_fw-la su●●_n nobi●_fw-la nostra_fw-la ●alutis_fw-la amorem_fw-la significaturus_fw-la say_v chrisostome_n gallinarum_fw-la charitatem_fw-la patrum_fw-la curam_fw-la matris_fw-la affectum_fw-la sponsi_fw-la amoret_n praesefert_fw-la which_o be_v the_o great_a affection_n name_v among_o man_n non_fw-la quia_fw-la tentum_fw-la duntaxatam●t_fw-la but_o because_o we_o do_v not_o usual_o apprehend_v or_o conceive_v any_o great_a instance_n of_o love_n then_o these_o can_v we_o imagine_v great_a yet_o will_v his_o surmount_v as_o exceed_v in_o proportion_n whatsoever_o be_v or_o be_v name_v great_a for_o as_o the_o man_n be_v such_o be_v his_o strength_n as_o be_v the_o agent_n such_o the_o action_n the_o great_a and_o large_a size_a love_n on_o earth_n be_v the_o affection_n of_o a_o mother_n to_o the_o son_n of_o her_o 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voluntate_fw-la diligit_fw-la deus_fw-la there_o be_v no_o other_o mover_n of_o he_o than_o his_o will._n mere_a gracious_a goodness_n in_o himself_o without_o motive_n on_o our_o part_n make_v he_o for_o to_o do_v as_o he_o do_v be_v dispose_v to_o do_v good_a motus_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la facit_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la motus_fw-la facit_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la in_o no_o case_n let_v it_o once_o be_v imagine_v of_o man_n that_o god_n have_v now_o at_o last_o forget_v to_o be_v gracious_a or_o shut_v up_o his_o love_a kindness_n in_o displeasure_n make_v no_o question_n he_o have_v not_o but_o be_v the_o same_o he_o be_v ever_o his_o promise_n be_v past_a and_o upon_o record_n i_o will_v hear_v thou_o and_o deliver_v thou_o and_o his_o word_n and_o meaning_n ever_o go_v together_o have_v he_o not_o purpose_v and_o full_o resolve_v to_o hear_v and_o deliver_v in_o time_n of_o trouble_n he_o will_v never_o have_v invite_v we_o to_o call_v nor_o direct_v we_o to_o call_v 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unto_o every_o thing_n than_o the_o thing_n be_v or_o can_v be_v to_o itself_o and_o understand_v more_o and_o more_o perfect_o than_o that_o thing_n do_v by_o or_o of_o itself_o for_o he_o only_o have_v knowledge_n comprehensive_a the_o knowledge_n that_o saint_n and_o angel_n have_v for_o in_o this_o question_n as_o be_v specify_v they_o be_v not_o divide_v by_o the_o persuader_n to_o their_o intercession_n be_v communicate_v not_o original_a they_o be_v not_o creator_n but_o creature_n communicate_v from_o god_n two_o way_n as_o be_v avouch_v in_o himself_o without_o himself_o that_o supernatural_o to_o saint_n and_o angel_n by_o which_o they_o that_o behold_v his_o face_n in_o glory_n do_v withal_o in_o he_o as_o in_o a_o glass_n behold_v infinite_a form_n of_o thing_n and_o being_n the_o other_o natural_o proceed_v from_o the_o power_n of_o that_o endowment_n wherewith_o saint_n and_o holy_a angel_n be_v endow_v quatenus_fw-la tale_n in_o that_o their_o bless_a estate_n 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de_fw-fr alterâ_fw-la vita_fw-la
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late_a episcopal_a charge_n and_o happiness_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fight_v for_o his_o flock_n do_v the_o office_n of_o a_o pastor_n in_o pray_v for_o they_o no_o more_o do_v i_o doubt_v then_o nazianzene_n do_v thereof_o they_o who_o he_o mean_v be_v sometime_o his_o father_n episcopal_a charge_n he_o love_v they_o instruct_v they_o care_v for_o they_o defend_v they_o in_o his_o life_n nor_o can_v he_o forget_v they_o be_v dead_a for_o the_o soul_n do_v not_o drink_v of_o lethe_n lake_n to_o forget_v the_o thing_n and_o passage_n of_o this_o world_n wherewith_o former_o she_o be_v acquaint_v but_o i_o make_v a_o question_n indeed_o father_n but_o neither_o he_o say_v nor_o can_v they_o prove_v that_o he_o o●_n any_o of_o his_o church_n pray_v to_o his_o father_n whether_o nazianzen_n do_v pray_v unto_o his_o father_n or_o any_o of_o his_o church_n recommend_v their_o private_a necessity_n and_o afterward_o occasion_n unto_o his_o mediation_n or_o advocation_n i_o read_v not_o that_o he_o or_o any_o else_o do_v so_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o pray_v not_o unto_o he_o there_o not_o so_o much_o as_o speak_v unto_o he_o by_o way_n of_o apostrophe_n or_o compellation_n that_o which_o he_o suppose_v his_o father_n do_v for_o his_o flock_n be_v also_o suppose_a to_o be_v do_v motu_fw-la proprio_fw-la and_o not_o upon_o solicitation_n and_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o case_n of_o invocation_n unto_o peculiar_a saint_n farther_o he_o proceed_v with_o saint_n basil_n his_o friend_n in_o his_o funeral_n oration_n thus_o basil_n the_o next_o be_v the_o suppose_a invocation_n of_o his_o friend_n basil_n tu_fw-la verò_fw-la sacrum_n &_o divinum_fw-la caput_fw-la de_fw-la coelo_fw-la nos_fw-la quaso_fw-es respicio_fw-la carnisque_fw-la stimulum_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la datum_fw-la aut_fw-la precibus_fw-la tuis_fw-la siste_v aut_fw-la certè_fw-la ut_fw-la forti_fw-la animo_fw-la perferamus_fw-la persuade_v atque_fw-la omnem_fw-la 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respice_fw-la nos_fw-la so_o he_o have_v it_o be_v a_o high_a strain_n to_o a_o high_a note_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o si_fw-mi or_o utinam_fw-la nos_fw-la respicias_fw-la and_o that_o the_o translator_n have_v wrong_v nazianzen_n meaning_n translator_n abuse_v by_o the_o translator_n whereby_o the_o controversor_n be_v willing_a enough_o to_o take_v advantage_n appear_v by_o his_o own_o word_n a_o little_a before_o whereas_o the_o ground_n of_o his_o prayer_n be_v but_o opinion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o now_o he_o be_v in_o heaven_n and_o there_o as_o i_o very_o suppose_v offer_v up_o sacrifice_n for_o we_o make_v intercession_n for_o the_o people_n for_o howsoever_o he_o be_v go_v from_o we_o yet_o very_o have_v he_o not_o utter_o forsake_v nor_o yet_o abandon_v us._n all_o that_o he_o avouch_v whatsoever_o it_o be_v be_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o i_o be_o persuade_v opinion_n but_o howsoever_o unresolued_a and_o ground_v upon_o opinion_n as_o i_o take_v it_o and_o therefore_o uncertain_a and_o in_o he_o
and_o three_o peter_n paul_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o glorious_a company_n his_o fellow_n martyr_n it_o be_v idle_a to_o allege_v such_o rhetorical_a passage_n and_o panegyricall_a strain_n to_o prove_v point_n of_o difference_n and_o controversy_n dogmatical_o again_o it_o be_v to_o purpose_n and_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o gregory_n speak_v it_o on_o the_o nine_o of_o november_n day_n and_o the_o solemnity_n of_o the_o time_n in_o which_o some_o great_a honour_n perhaps_o may_v accrue_v to_o the_o saint_n of_o the_o day_n the_o day_n of_o his_o excess_n and_o consummation_n under_o maximianus_n and_o then_o keep_v holiday_n in_o that_o church_n it_o may_v be_v probable_a and_o that_o be_v all_o for_o certain_a it_o be_v not_o there_o be_v no_o constat_fw-la of_o it_o in_o infallible_a truth_n only_o conjectural_a in_o opinion_n that_o upon_o that_o day_n upon_o that_o occasion_n god_n who_o as_o he_o be_v glorious_a in_o his_o saint_n so_o be_v he_o also_o glorify_v by_o 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unto_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v the_o subject_n of_o that_o intercession_n there_o intend_v which_o immane_a quantum_fw-la di●●ert_fw-la from_o such_o case_n as_o common_o come_v under_o their_o invocation_n theodorus_n in_o nyssens_n opinion_n can_v not_o be_v be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o these_o passage_n and_o upon_o such_o persuasion_n have_v address_v unto_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d although_o thou_o be_v pass_v the_o course_n of_o this_o life_n yet_o thou_o well_o enough_o worte_a the_o suffering_n and_o necessity_n of_o man_n what_o they_o be_v beg_v peace_n therefore_o of_o god_n for_o we_o that_o so_o this_o festival_n solemnity_n of_o thou_o may_v not_o cease_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o state_n of_o mankind_n in_o general_a not_o particular_a and_o that_o also_o by_o remembrance_n of_o thing_n past_a not_o information_n of_o thing_n present_a or_o if_o so_o yet_o of_o general_a report_n and_o common_a fame_n not_o of_o special_a notice_n or_o intimation_n and_o last_o what_o certainty_n he_o have_v hereof_o of_o theodorus_n presence_n assistance_n 1017._o and_o all_o the_o while_n speak_v by_o one_o full_a of_o uncertainty_n pag._n 1017._o and_o possibility_n to_o relieve_v appear_v by_o his_o own_o word_n somewhat_o before_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wheresoever_o thou_o now_o won_a come_v hither_o in_o person_n and_o be_v a_o spectator_n of_o this_o solemnity_n for_o we_o call_v unto_o thou_o again_o that_o have_v call_v we_o to_o participate_v thereof_o and_o whether_o thou_o converse_a in_o heaven_n with_o god_n on_o high_a or_o won_a in_o some_o heavenly_a habitation_n above_o or_o copartner_n and_o companion_n with_o the_o quire_n of_o angel_n be_v assistant_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o they_o and_o thy_o lord_n or_o else_o with_o power_n and_o principality_n as_o a_o most_o faithful_a servant_n do_v honour_n and_o worship_v he_o for_o a_o little_a while_n omit_v those_o employment_n there_o and_o come_v in_o friendly_a though_o in_o invisible_a sort_n unto_o they_o who_o do_v honour_n unto_o thou_o these_o word_n do_v not_o run_v in_o such_o a_o strain_n as_o sound_v for_o resolution_n and_o dogmatic_a proof_n scarce_o for_o opinion_n or_o conceit_n and_o yet_o if_o it_o do_v as_o it_o do_v not_o we_o answer_v it_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a case_n and_o therefore_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o purpose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d much_o often_o and_o frequent_a come_v not_o home_n to_o the_o point_n invocation_n warrant_v must_v insist_v upon_o perpetual_a deputation_n thereto_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d always_o and_o every_o where_o must_v come_v in_o it_o must_v be_v a_o rule_n of_o general_a practice_n or_o we_o can_v subscribe_v it_o let_v it_o be_v do_v and_o teach_v dogmatical_o ephraim_n the_o syrian_a harp_v upon_o the_o same_o no_o other_o string_n rhetoric_n their_o next_o testimony_n 〈◊〉_d upon_o the_o same_o string_n of_o rhetoric_n precamur_fw-la beatissimi_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la domino_fw-la saluatore_fw-la proque_fw-la illius_fw-la charitate_fw-la sponte_fw-la &_o impigrè_fw-la tormenta_fw-mi sensistis_fw-la atque_fw-la ideò_fw-la familiarius_fw-la domino_fw-la coniuncti_fw-la estis_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la miseris_fw-la etc._n etc._n dominum_fw-la interp●llare_fw-la dignemini_fw-la ut_fw-la superueniat_fw-la in_o nos_fw-la gratia_fw-la christi_fw-la nay_o he_o strike_v not_o so_o full_a a_o stroke_n for_o it_o be_v but_o a_o apostrophe_n in_o general_a which_o infer_v no_o conclusion_n at_o all_o not_o to_o any_o one_o peculiar_a select_a saint_n saint_n but_o touch_v a_o more_o general_a assembly_n of_o saint_n but_o to_o the_o entire_a and_o whole_a assembly_n of_o those_o happy_a one_o in_o general_n and_o that_o not_o in_o a_o peculiar_a case_n of_o need_n or_o private_a interest_n of_o any_o one_o man_n but_o in_o a_o universal_a case_n of_o mediation_n in_o which_o kind_n there_o be_v no_o question_n betwixt_o the_o party_n contendant_fw-la this_o day_n mediation_n in_o a_o universal_a case_n of_o mediation_n for_o it_o be_v in_o confess●_n that_o all_o the_o saint_n depart_v each_o several_a saint_n depart_v and_o with_o god_n do_v and_o do_v incessant_o invoke_v the_o high_a majesty_n of_o heaven_n pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la miseris_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr negligentiae_fw-la squalore_fw-la sordentibus_fw-la which_o brother-like_a affection_n and_o saintlike_a performance_n be_v a_o especial_a part_n of_o the_o communion_n of_o saint_n cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n stroke_n cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n strike_v not_o so_o strong_a a_o stroke_n if_o yet_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o those_o mystagogical_a catechism_n under_o his_o name_n which_o in_o some_o ancient_a copy_n be_v ascribe_v to_o john_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o or_o what_o he_o be_v i_o know_v not_o be_v recite_v thus_o by_o the_o controversor_n in_o more_o place_n than_o one_o cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la offerimus_fw-la facimus_fw-la mentionem_fw-la etiam_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la ante_fw-la nos_fw-la obdormierunt_fw-la primum_fw-la patriarcharum_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la martyrum_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la orationibus_fw-la illorum_fw-la suscipiat_fw-la preces_fw-la nostras_fw-la in_o which_o say_v he_o come_v not_o so_o far_o as_o ephraim_n he_o remember_v the_o practice_n in_o the_o church_n in_o those_o day_n a_o most_o ancient_a and_o very_a laudable_a custom_n tend_v to_o piety_n and_o example_n of_o good_a life_n to_o commemorate_v the_o memory_n of_o the_o dead_a at_o the_o altar_n custom_n speak_v only_o of_o the_o commemoration_n of_o the_o dead_a after_o a_o ancient_a and_o laudable_a custom_n patriarch_n prophet_n apostle_n martyr_n and_o confessor_n and_o withal_o to_o beseech_v the_o majesty_n of_o heaven_n that_o he_o will_v gracious_o accept_v regard_n and_o grant_v their_o prayer_n for_o his_o church_n upon_o earth_n and_o merciful_o give_v ear_n unto_o their_o own_o supplication_n then_o pour_v out_o unto_o
saint_n ignatius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o consideration_n and_o regard_n hereof_o let_v we_o prefer_v our_o abide_n here_o before_o all_o other_o content_a and_o pleasure_n whatsoever_o that_o so_o be_v advantage_v with_o much_o content_n we_o may_v through_o the_o mean_n of_o their_o intercession_n become_v inmate_n with_o they_o our_o fellow_n servant_n and_o this_o be_v rather_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o he_o or_o they_o that_o come_v thither_o own_o and_o rather_o fit_v himself_o to_o the_o opinion_n of_o other_o then_o express_v his_o own_o to_o visit_v their_o shrine_n by_o work_v upon_o his_o or_o their_o affection_n then_o in_o any_o actual_a or_o real_a performance_n of_o the_o saint_n towards_o they_o as_o the_o same_o father_n express_v it_o in_o his_o second_o oration_n upon_o the_o martyr_n babylas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a sight_n of_o the_o coffin_n present_v by_o view_n to_o the_o understanding_n amass_v it_o straight_o and_o so_o affect_v 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