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A17442 Adelphomachia, or, The warrs of Protestancy being a treatise, wherein are layd open the wonderfull, and almost incredible dissentions of the Protestants among themselues, in most (if not all) articles of Protesta[n]cy, and this proued from their owne wordes & writinges / vvritten by a Cath. priest ; whereunto is adioyned a briefe appendix, in which is proued, first, that the ancient fathers, by the acknowledgments of the learned Protestants, taught our Cath. and Roman fayth, secondly, that the said fathers haue diuers aduantages about the Protestant writers, for finding out the true sense of the Scripture. B. C. 1637 (1637) STC 4263.7; ESTC S1838 109,763 196

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according_a herto_o we_o find_v luther_n to_o have_v have_v familiar_a conference_n with_o the_o devil_n as_o himself_o witness_v in_o tom_n 7._o wittenberg_n lib._n de_fw-fr m●ssa_n privata_fw-la fol._n 2●8_n oecolampadius_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o devil_n as_o lavather_n the_o protestant_n witness_v in_o histor_n sacrament_n print_a tiguri_n 1563._o fol._n 24._o carolostadius_fw-la be_v term_v by_o d_o fulke_n a_o epicurean_a gospeller_n in_o his_o rejoinder_n to_o bristow_v reply_n print_v 1582._o pag._n 240._o and_o melancthon_n call_v carolostadius_fw-la a_o barbarous_a f●llow_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o sign_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la fredericum_n miconium_n swinglius_n thus_o write_v of_o his_o own_o lust_n in_o his_o treatise_n to_o the_o helvetian_a state_n we_o so_o burn_v o_o for_o shame_v as_o that_o we_o have_v commit_v many_o thing_n unseemly_a caluin_n be_v charge_v with_o sodomy_n as_o the_o city_n of_o noyon_n in_o france_n in_o its_o register_n do_v testify_v &_o be_v burn_v upon_o the_o shoulder_n for_o that_o crime_n beza_n in_o like_a sort_n charge_v with_o sodomy_n with_o a_o young_a boy_n call_v andebertus_fw-la and_o this_o be_v testify_v by_o conradus_n schlusselburg_n the_o protestant_n in_o theolog._n caluin_n l._n 1._o fol._n 93._o to_o pass_v over_o other_o for_o brevity_n ochinus_n become_v a_o jew_n as_o zanchius_n the_o protestant_n witness_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la elohim_n l._n 5._o c_o 9_o final_o andraeas_n the_o great_a protestant_n be_v charge_v by_o hospinian_n the_o protestant_n in_o histor_n sacrament_n to_o have_v no_o other_o god_n but_o mammon_n and_o bacchus_n fol._n 389._o impious_a and_o profane_a liver_n before_o work_n of_o miracle_n brief_o certain_a ignorant_a ignoble_a fellow_n desperate_o cast_v away_o their_o life_n for_o the_o purchase_n of_o a_o little_a popular_a air_n before_o many_o holy_a and_o learned_a martyr_n and_o with_o this_o i_o close_o up_o these_o 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bare_a external_a sign_n and_o 196._o and_o epist._n ad_fw-la quandam_fw-la germaniae_fw-la civitatem_fw-la fol._n 196._o swinglius_n reciprocal_o condemn_v caluin_n for_o his_o teach_n that_o to_o the_o sacrament_n more_o be_v attribute_v then_o to_o external_a sign_n according_a to_o these_o dissension_n of_o the_o protestant_n or_o sacramentary_n among_o themselves_o doctor_n willet_n a_o formal_a protestant_n thus_o reprehend_v m._n hooker_n d._n covell_n and_o other_o in_o these_o word_n from_o this_o fountain_n psalm_n fountain_n in_o his_o meditat_fw-la upon_o the_o 12●_n psalm_n have_v spring_v forth_o those_o and_o such_o other_o whirlpool_n and_o bubble_n of_o new_a doctrine_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o after_o thus_o have_v some_o be_v bold_a to_o teach_v and_o write_v who_o as_o some_o schismatic_n mean_v the_o puritan_n have_v disturb_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n one_o way_n in_o external_a matter_n concern_v discipline_n they_o have_v trouble_v the_o church_n 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geneva_n in_o the_o proposition_n and_o principle_n dispute_v 〈◊〉_d geneva_n p._n 128._o child_n be_v comprehend_v within_o the_o covenant_n of_o eternal_a life_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o faith_n of_o their_o parent_n which_o very_o point_n be_v in_o like_a manner_n teach_v to_o the_o great_a dislike_n of_o many_o puritan_n by_o d._n whitguift_n 62●_n whitguift_n in_o his_o defence_n pag._n 62●_n and_o m._n hooker_n 1st_a hooker_n eccles_n pol._n l._n 5._o pag._n 1st_a for_o most_o if_o not_o all_o the_o puritan_n teach_v that_o papist_n die_v papist_n can_v be_v save_v see_v say_v they_o their_o faith_n be_v idolatry_n and_o superstition_n the_o x._o paragraph_n i_o next_o come_v to_o the_o ancient_a father_n because_o they_o be_v the_o most_o learned_a and_o eminent_a member_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n where_o we_o shall_v see_v the_o strange_a diversity_n of_o the_o protestant_n judgement_n of_o they_o some_o of_o the_o protestant_n reverence_v and_o embrace_v their_o authority_n 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