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leontius_n chrysostome_n theophilact_n and_o euthemius_n as_o patroness_n of_o the_o same_o opinion_n yea_o and_o this_o last_o jesuite_n himself_o subscribe_v to_o their_o exposition_n for_o he_o say_v that_o the_o father_n be_v great_a than_o the_o son_n in_o that_o respect_n that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n for_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n be_v more_o honourable_a than_o the_o name_n of_o the_o son_n and_o the_o schoolman_n say_v asmuch_o as_o caluine_n when_o they_o ascribe_v tertul._n to_o the_o father_n authority_n and_o to_o the_o son_n subauthority_n what_o be_v this_o but_o to_o say_v that_o the_o father_n be_v god_n after_o a_o more_o excellent_a manner_n now_o than_o if_o this_o be_v neither_o atheism_n nor_o arianism_n nor_o heresy_n in_o the_o father_n nor_o in_o their_o own_o doctor_n why_o shall_v it_o be_v brand_v with_o those_o infamous_a title_n in_o caluine_n i_o see_v no_o reason_n but_o that_o malice_n be_v blind_a and_o that_o the_o hatred_n they_o bear_v to_o that_o good_a man_n make_v they_o to_o say_v and_o do_v they_o care_v not_o what_o so_o they_o may_v wound_v his_o credit_n thereby_o 74._o luther_n be_v likewise_o traduce_v by_o they_o as_o a_o denier_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n and_o that_o because_o the_o word_n trinity_n be_v say_v to_o dislike_v he_o for_o which_o cause_n he_o dispunge_v out_o of_o the_o german_a liturgy_n this_o sorme_n of_o prayer_n sancta_fw-la trinitas_fw-la unus_fw-la deus_fw-la miserere_fw-la nostri_fw-la a_o notorious_a calumniation_n for_o luther_n indeed_o blot_v out_o of_o the_o german_a prayer_n a_o certain_a form_n like_o unto_o that_o object_v but_o not_o so_o as_o he_o set_v it_o down_o for_o the_o word_n use_v in_o the_o german_a tongue_n signify_v rather_o a_o triplicity_n than_o a_o trinity_n which_o move_v luther_n in_o a_o desire_n to_o maintain_v the_o pure_a doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n as_o junius_n observe_v to_o blot_v out_o that_o word_n think_v it_o a_o dangerous_a matter_n to_o 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a_o number_n of_o such_o like_a place_n may_v be_v allege_v out_o of_o his_o work_n wherein_o most_o constant_o he_o avouch_v that_o doctrine_n which_o our_o and_o his_o unequal_a adversary_n accuse_v he_o to_o be_v a_o enemy_n unto_o let_v envy_n itself_o now_o be_v judge_n whether_o this_o be_v not_o a_o slander_n when_o as_o they_o both_o falsisy_n those_o say_n out_o of_o which_o they_o will_v derive_v their_o accusation_n and_o conceal_v those_o which_o they_o know_v to_o be_v a_o just_a defence_n and_o apology_n for_o his_o innocency_n 75._o again_o they_o condemn_v beza_n and_o martyr_n and_o other_o 8._o protestant_n for_o deny_v the_o omnipotency_n of_o god_n and_o why_o because_o forsooth_o they_o say_v quod_fw-la facta_fw-la ut_fw-la infecta_fw-la sint_fw-la facere_fw-la nequeat_fw-la he_o can_v make_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v to_o be_v undo_v a_o absurd_a inference_n for_o that_o
teach_v his_o proceed_n in_o age_n be_v his_o proceed_n in_o wisdom_n and_o therefore_o saint_n luke_n set_v his_o growth_n in_o age_n first_o that_o thou_o may_v know_v that_o it_o be_v speak_v of_o he_o as_o he_o be_v man_n and_o chrysostome_n thus_o the_o wiseman_n give_v 2._o honour_n not_o to_o his_o childhood_n understand_v nothing_o but_o to_o his_o divinity_n know_v all_o thing_n and_o maldonate_fw-it do_v confess_v that_o 24._o athanasius_n gregory_n nazianzen_n theodoret_n cyril_n and_o the_o author_n of_o the_o imperfect_a work_n on_o matthew_n do_v all_o teach_v that_o christ_n as_o man_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n neither_o do_v these_o father_n allege_v by_o bellar._n for_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n in_o truth_n deliver_v any_o thing_n else_o if_o they_o be_v right_o understand_v for_o most_o of_o they_o when_o they_o say_v that_o our_o saviour_n be_v full_a of_o grace_n knowledge_n and_o wisdom_n from_o his_o very_a conception_n and_o that_o he_o do_v not_o increase_v and_o grow_v therein_o as_o other_o man_n they_o speak_v either_o of_o his_o person_n in_o the_o concrete_a or_o of_o his_o divine_a nature_n apart_o as_o their_o own_o word_n allege_v by_o he_o do_v clear_o show_v and_o to_o this_o opinion_n thomas_n aquinas_n their_o grand_a schooleman_n and_o angellical_a doctor_n set_v 4._o his_o hand_n and_o seal_v for_o thus_o he_o write_v though_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o write_v otherwise_o yet_o it_o be_v to_o be_v say_v say_v be_v that_o in_o christ_n there_o be_v scientia_fw-la acquisita_fw-la knowledge_n acquire_v or_o get_v which_o be_v proper_o knowledge_n according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o man_n and_o that_o not_o only_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o subject_a receive_n but_o also_o of_o the_o cause_n agent_n etc._n etc._n 90._o second_o all_o ignorance_n be_v not_o sin_n by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o their_o own_o school_n for_o that_o ignorance_n which_o be_v call_v purae_fw-la negationis_fw-la of_o pure_a negation_n do_v not_o oppugn_v the_o state_n of_o innocence_n see_v that_o it_o be_v in_o adam_n before_o his_o fall_n and_o be_v now_o in_o the_o angel_n in_o their_o perfection_n &_o may_v be_v in_o any_o without_o the_o spot_n of_o sin_n as_o witness_v lombard_n aquinas_n pererius_n &_o all_o their_o learned_a 24._o doctor_n for_o the_o most_o part_n yea_o their_o jesuite_n suarez_n tell_v we_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v ignorance_n at_o al._n because_o ignorance_n say_v he_o do_v not_o signify_v every_o want_n of_o knowledge_n but_o the_o privation_n of_o that_o knowledge_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v in_o a_o subject_n according_a to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o nature_n thereof_o as_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v ignorant_a because_o he_o want_v angellicall_a knowledge_n so_o christ_n be_v ignorant_a of_o none_o of_o these_o thing_n which_o be_v behooveful_a for_o he_o to_o know_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o person_n so_o that_o of_o two_o kind_n of_o ignorance_n one_o of_o pure_a negation_n that_o be_v when_o a_o man_n know_v not_o some_o thing_n which_o he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o know_v and_o the_o other_o of_o wicked_a disposition_n when_o a_o man_n be_v 〈…〉_z of_o something_o which_o he_o ought_v to_o know_v this_o last_o be_v a_o sin_n but_o not_o the_o first_o and_o therefore_o to_o say_v that_o christ_n be_v ignorant_a of_o some_o thing_n in_o his_o humane_a nature_n and_o that_o he_o increase_v in_o knowledge_n as_o in_o age_n be_v not_o to_o impute_v unto_o he_o any_o blot_n either_o of_o original_n or_o actual_a sin_n 91._o for_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o objection_n wherewith_o caluine_n be_v touch_v concern_v our_o saviour_n correct_v of_o his_o own_o speech_n it_o be_v no_o other_o than_o that_o which_o jerome_n before_o he_o many_o hundred_o year_n utter_v and_o origen_n also_o two_o famous_a father_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n the_o one_o affirm_v that_o christ_n return_v to_o himself_o avouch_v that_o as_o he_o be_v the_o mat._n son_n of_o god_n which_o he_o have_v stagger_o speak_v as_o he_o be_v a_o man_n the_o other_o that_o he_o recall_v his_o desire_n and_o as_o it_o be_v think_v better_a upon_o it_o say_v not_o as_o i_o will_v yea_o they_o themselves_o acknowledge_v asmuch_o for_o bellarmine_n say_v that_o when_o our_o saviour_n 5._o pray_v let_v this_o cup_n pass_v from_o i_o but_o not_o as_o i_o will_v but_o as_o thou_o will_v it_o be_v asmuch_o as_n if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v volo_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la fiat_fw-la voluntate_fw-la naturali_fw-la quod_fw-la voluntate_fw-la deliberata_fw-la volo_fw-la ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la i_o will_v that_o it_o may_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v to_o wit_n by_o my_o natural_a will_n which_o by_o my_o deliberate_a will_n i_o desire_v may_v come_v to_o pass_v here_o be_v a_o plain_a correction_n as_o caluine_n call_v it_o or_o a_o return_v to_o himself_o as_o hierome_n or_o a_o revocation_n of_o his_o natural_a desire_n by_o a_o more_o advise_v desire_n as_o origen_n the_o like_a interpretation_n be_v give_v by_o jansenius_n pererius_n and_o maldonate_fw-it all_o agree_v in_o tâ—is_n that_o they_o admit_v of_o a_o correction_n and_o revocation_n of_o his_o natural_a inferior_a humane_a will_n by_o his_o spiritual_a superior_a divine_a will_n and_o yet_o without_o all_o blemish_n and_o suspicion_n of_o sin_n this_o correction_n presupose_v no_o corruption_n so_o that_o either_o caluine_n must_v be_v excuse_v or_o themselves_o must_v be_v enwrap_v within_o the_o fold_n of_o the_o same_o fault_n but_o this_o be_v their_o rancour_n against_o that_o good_a man_n and_o all_o other_o of_o our_o side_n that_o which_o be_v orthodox_n in_o the_o father_n and_o themselves_o be_v notwithstanding_o heresy_n in_o we_o because_o they_o look_v upon_o we_o through_o the_o spectacle_n of_o malice_n but_o upon_o themselves_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o self-love_n 92._o and_o to_o clear_v he_o altogether_o and_o rid_v he_o out_o of_o their_o hand_n the_o most_o receive_a doctrine_n both_o by_o caluine_n and_o creed_n all_o our_o whole_a church_n concern_v this_o point_n be_v that_o this_o be_v not_o in_o our_o saviour_n christ_n either_o a_o rebellion_n of_o the_o sensual_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n against_o the_o rational_a as_o perâ—rius_n make_v it_o which_o be_v in_o the_o unregenerate_a nor_o of_o the_o flesh_n against_o the_o spirit_n as_o jansenius_n will_v have_v it_o which_o be_v in_o the_o regenerate_a nor_o a_o repugnance_n of_o christ_n will_n as_o he_o be_v a_o man_n to_o his_o will_n as_o he_o be_v god_n which_o maldonate_fw-it seems_z to_o affirm_v but_o only_o the_o strife_n of_o two_o contrary_a desire_n in_o the_o humane_a soul_n of_o christ_n for_o dominion_n both_o which_o notwithstanding_o be_v good_a and_o holy_a though_o the_o one_o not_o so_o good_a as_o the_o other_o and_o in_o that_o respect_n this_o desire_n to_o avoid_v death_n which_o be_v the_o less_o may_v without_o any_o great_a offence_n be_v say_v to_o be_v correct_v when_o it_o yield_v unto_o that_o other_o which_o be_v more_o excellent_a 92._o last_o to_o omit_v a_o number_n more_o of_o their_o sslander_n in_o this_o kind_n they_o charge_v our_o religion_n itself_o to_o lead_v to_o looseness_n and_o sensuality_n by_o diverse_a doctrine_n thereof_o especial_o these_o four_o to_o wit_n freewill_n justification_n by_o faith_n alone_o perseverance_n in_o grace_n and_o impossibility_n to_o keep_v the_o commandment_n but_o with_o what_o spirit_n of_o malice_n let_v the_o indifferent_a reader_n consult_v and_o judge_v 93._o first_o for_o our_o doctrine_n touch_v the_o inability_n of_o freewill_n do_v it_o lead_v a_o man_n to_o looseness_n nay_o rather_o do_v it_o not_o teach_v he_o to_o deny_v himself_o and_o to_o seek_v for_o all_o grace_n and_o goodness_n from_o god_n humility_n and_o prayer_n be_v the_o fruit_n of_o this_o doctrine_n and_o not_o looseness_n and_o liberty_n and_o to_o make_v it_o clear_a to_o any_o single_a eye_n we_o 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