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may_v be_v spoil_v and_o it_o be_v do_v and_o the_o grecian_n retain_v the_o commemoration_n hereof_o in_o their_o liturgy_n unto_o this_o day_n as_o their_o octoëchon_n anastasimon_n and_o pentecostarion_n do_v testify_v wherein_o such_o hymn_n and_o prayer_n as_o these_o be_v frequent_a 〈◊〉_d thou_o do_v receive_v death_n in_o thy_o flesh_n work_v thereby_o immortality_n for_o we_o o_o saviour_n and_o do_v dwell_v in_o the_o grave_n that_o thou_o may_v free_v we_o from_o hell_n raise_v we_o up_o together_o with_o thyself_o 〈◊〉_d when_o thou_o be_v put_v in_o the_o tomb_n as_o a_o mortal_a man_n the_o keeper_n of_o hell_n gate_n shake_v for_o fear_n for_o have_v overthrow_v the_o strength_n of_o death_n thou_o do_v exhibit_v incorruption_n to_o all_o the_o dead_a by_o thy_o resurrection_n 〈◊〉_d although_o thou_o do_v descend_v into_o the_o grave_n as_o a_o mortal_a man_n o_o giver_n of_o life_n yet_o do_v thou_o dissolve_v the_o strength_n of_o hell_n o_o christ_n raise_v up_o the_o dead_a together_o with_o thyself_o who_o it_o have_v also_o swallow_v and_o do_v exhibit_v the_o resurrection_n as_o god_n unto_o all_o that_o in_o faith_n and_o desire_n do_v magnify_v thou_o 〈◊〉_d thou_o who_o by_o thy_o three-day_n burial_n do_v spoil_v death_n and_o by_o thy_o life-bringing_a resurrection_n do_v raise_v up_o corrupt_a man_n o_o christ_n our_o god_n as_o a_o lover_n of_o mankind_n to_o thou_o be_v glory_n 〈◊〉_d thou_o who_o by_o thy_o three-day_n burial_n do_v spoil_v hell_n and_o by_o thy_o resurrection_n do_v save_v man_n have_v mercy_n upon_o i_o 〈◊〉_d by_o thy_o three-day_n burial_n the_o enemy_n be_v spoil_v the_o dead_a loose_v from_o the_o band_n of_o hell_n death_n deadened_a the_o palace_n of_o hell_n void_v therefore_o in_o hymn_n do_v we_o
take_v for_o their_o go_n and_o here_o also_o out_o of_o epiphanius_n we_o may_v further_o observe_v who_o be_v the_o master_n or_o the_o mistress_n rather_o for_o this_o be_v 446._o the_o woman_n heresy_n from_o who_o our_o romanist_n do_v first_o learn_v their_o hyperdulîa_fw-la or_o that_o transcendent_a kind_n of_o service_n wherewith_o they_o worship_v the_o virgin_n mary_n namely_o the_o collyridian_n 〈◊〉_d so_o call_v from_o the_o collyrides_fw-la or_o cake_n which_o at_o a_o certain_a time_n of_o the_o year_n they_o use_v to_o offer_v unto_o the_o bless_a virgin_n against_o who_o epiphanius_n do_v thus_o oppose_v himself_o 448._o what_o scripture_n have_v deliver_v any_o thing_n concern_v this_o which_o of_o the_o prophet_n have_v permit_v a_o man_n to_o be_v worship_v that_o i_o may_v not_o say_v a_o woman_n for_o a_o choice_n vessel_n she_o be_v indeed_o but_o yet_o a_o woman_n 449._o let_v mary_n be_v in_o honour_n but_o let_v the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v worship_v let_v no_o man_n worship_n mary_n this_o mystery_n be_v appoint_v i_o do_v not_o say_v for_o a_o woman_n nor_o yet_o for_o a_o man_n neither_o but_o for_o god_n the_o angel_n themselves_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o such_o kind_n of_o glorify_v ibid._n let_v none_o eat_v of_o this_o error_n touch_v holy_a mary_n for_o although_o the_o tree_n be_v beautiful_a yet_o be_v it_o not_o for_o meat_n and_o although_o mary_n be_v most_o excellent_a and_o holy_a and_o to_o be_v honour_v yet_o be_v she_o not_o to_o be_v worship_v 447._o the_o body_n of_o mary_n be_v holy_a indeed_o but_o not_o god_n the_o virgin_n indeed_o be_v a_o virgin_n and_o honourable_a but_o not_o give_v unto_o we_o for_o adoration_n but_o one_o that_o do_v herself_o worship_v he_o who_o be_v bear_v of_o she_o in_o the_o flesh_n and_o come_v from_o heaven_n out_o of_o the_o bosom_n of_o his_o father_n thus_o do_v this_o learned_a father_n labour_v to_o 446._o cut_v the_o root_n of_o this_o 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do_v enjoy_v the_o same_o most_o excellent_a dignity_n of_o rule_v ibid._n in_o the_o redundance_n and_o effusion_n of_o grace_n upon_o the_o creature_n the_o lord_n power_n and_o will_n be_v so_o accommodate_v unto_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v the_o first_o in_o that_o both_o diadem_n and_o tribunal_n the_o lord_n be_v with_o thou_o not_o so_o much_o thou_o with_o the_o lord_n as_o the_o lord_n with_o thou_o in_o that_o function_n then_o it_o be_v teach_v for_o good_a divinity_n that_o 8._o from_o the_o time_n wherein_o the_o virgin_n mother_n do_v conceive_v in_o her_o womb_n the_o word_n of_o god_n she_o have_v obtain_v such_o a_o kind_n of_o jurisdiction_n so_o to_o speak_v or_o authority_n in_o all_o the_o temporal_a procession_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o no_o creature_n have_v obtain_v any_o grace_n or_o virtue_n from_o god_n but_o according_a to_o the_o dispensation_n of_o his_o holy_a mother_n that_o ibid._n because_o she_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n who_o do_v produce_v the_o holy_a ghost_n therefore_o all_o the_o gift_n virtue_n and_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v by_o her_o hand_n administer_v to_o who_o she_o please_v when_o she_o please_v how_o she_o please_v and_o as_o much_o as_o she_o please_v that_o 3._o she_o have_v singular_o obtain_v of_o god_n this_o office_n from_o eternity_n as_o herself_o do_v testify_v proverb_n 8.23_o i_o be_v ordain_v from_o everlasting_a namely_o a_o dispenser_n of_o celestial_a grace_n and_o that_o 2._o in_o this_o respect_n cantic_a 7.4_o it_o be_v say_v of_o she_o thy_o neck_n be_v as_o a_o tower_n of_o ivory_n because_o that_o as_o by_o the_o neck_n the_o vital_a spirit_n do_v descend_v from_o the_o head_n into_o the_o body_n so_o by_o the_o virgin_n the_o vital_a grace_n be_v transmit_v from_o christ_n the_o head_n into_o his_o mystical_a body_n the_o fullness_n of_o grace_n be_v in_o he_o as_o in_o the_o head_n from_o whence_o the_o influence_n come_v &_o in_o she_o as_o in_o the_o neck_n through_o which_o it_o be_v transfuse_v unto_o we_o so_o that_o 6._o take_v away_o the_o patronage_n of_o the_o virgin_n you_o stop_v as_o iâ—_n be_v the_o sinner_n breath_n that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o live_v any_o long_o then_o man_n stick_v not_o to_o teach_v that_o unto_o her_o 8._o all_o power_n be_v give_v in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n so_o that_o for_o heaven_n when_o our_o saviour_n ascend_v thither_o this_o may_v be_v assign_v for_o one_o reason_n among_o other_o why_o he_o leave_v his_o mother_n behind_o he_o 11._o lest_o perhaps_o the_o court_n of_o heaven_n may_v have_v be_v in_o a_o doubt_n who_o they_o shall_v rather_o go_v to_o meet_v their_o lord_n or_o their_o lady_n &_o for_o earth_n 1._o she_o may_v right_o apply_v unto_o herself_o that_o in_o the_o first_o of_o ezra_n all_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o earth_n have_v the_o lord_n give_v unto_o i_o and_o we_o may_v say_v unto_o she_o again_o that_o in_o tobi_n 14._o thy_o kingdom_n endure_v for_o all_o age_n and_o in_o the_o 144._o or_o 145_o psalm_n thy_o kingdom_n be_v a_o kingdom_n of_o all_o age_n that_o howsoever_o she_o be_v 7._o the_o noble_a person_n that_o be_v or_o ever_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o world_n and_o of_o so_o great_a perfection_n that_o although_o she_o have_v not_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o god_n she_o ought_v nevertheless_o to_o have_v be_v the_o lady_n of_o the_o world_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o law_n whereby_o the_o world_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o right_n of_o inheritance_n she_o do_v deserve_v the_o principality_n and_o kingdom_n of_o this_o world_n that_o ibid._n christ_n never_o make_v any_o legacy_n of_o this_o monarchy_n because_o that_o can_v not_o be_v do_v without_o the_o prejudice_n of_o his_o mother_n and_o he_o know_v beside_o that_o the_o mother_n can_v make_v void_a the_o testament_n of_o the_o son_n if_o it_o be_v make_v unto_o her_o prejudice_n and_o therefore_o that_o by_o all_o this_o it_o appear_v most_o evident_o that_o mary_n the_o mother_n of_o jesus_n by_o right_a of_o inheritance_n have_v the_o regal_a dominion_n over_o all_o that_o be_v under_o god_n that_o 6._o as_o many_o creature_n do_v serve_v the_o glorious_a virgin_n mary_n as_o serve_v the_o trinity_n namely_o all_o creature_n whatsoever_o degree_n they_o hold_v among_o the_o thing_n create_v whether_o they_o be_v spiritual_a as_o angel_n or_o rational_a as_o man_n or_o corporal_a as_o the_o heavenly_a body_n or_o the_o element_n and_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n whether_o they_o be_v the_o damn_a or_o the_o bless_a all_o which_o be_v bring_v under_o the_o government_n of_o god_n be_v subject_a likewise_o unto_o the_o glorious_a virgin_n for_o asmuch_o as_o he_o who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n be_v willing_a as_o it_o be_v to_o equal_v in_o some_o sort_n his_o mother_n sovereignty_n unto_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o his_o father_n even_o he_o who_o be_v god_n do_v serve_v his_o mother_n upon_o earth_n whence_o luke_o 2.51_o it_o be_v write_v of_o the_o virgin_n and_o glorious_a joseph_n he_o be_v subject_a unto_o they_o that_o as_o this_o proposition_n be_v true_a all_o thing_n be_v subject_a to_o god_n command_n even_o the_o virgin_n herself_o so_o this_o again_o be_v true_a also_o all_o thing_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o command_n of_o the_o virgin_n even_o god_n himself_o that_o 2._o consider_v the_o bless_a virgin_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o god_n and_o god_n be_v her_o son_n and_o every_o son_n be_v natural_o inferior_a to_o his_o mother_n and_o subject_n unto_o she_o and_o the_o mother_n have_v preeminence_n and_o be_v superior_a to_o her_o son_n it_o therefore_o follow_v that_o the_o
earth_n and_o do_v forsake_v the_o whole_a earth_n that_o will_v be_v nothing_o worthy_a to_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n for_o as_o if_o one_o will_v neglect_v one_o piece_n of_o brass_n that_o he_o may_v gain_v a_o hundred_o piece_n of_o gold_n so_o he_o who_o be_v lord_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n and_o forsake_v it_o shall_v but_o forgo_v a_o little_a and_o receive_v a_o hundred_o fold_n such_o a_o other_o exhortation_n do_v s._n augustine_n also_o make_v unto_o his_o hearer_n 2._o when_o thou_o do_v consider_v say_v he_o what_o thou_o be_v to_o receive_v all_o the_o thing_n that_o thou_o suffer_v will_v be_v vile_a unto_o thou_o neither_o will_v thou_o esteem_v they_o worthy_a for_o which_o thou_o shall_v receive_v it_o thou_o will_v wonder_v that_o so_o much_o be_v give_v for_o so_o small_a a_o labour_n for_o indeed_o brethren_n for_o everlasting_a rest_n everlasting_a labour_n shall_v be_v undergo_v be_v to_o receive_v everlasting_a felicity_n thou_o ought_v to_o sustain_v everlasting_a suffering_n but_o if_o thou_o shall_v sustain_v everlasting_a labour_n when_o shall_v thou_o come_v to_o everlasting_a felicity_n so_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o thy_o tribulation_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v temporal_a that_o it_o be_v finish_v thou_o may_v come_v to_o infinite_a felicity_n but_o yet_o brethren_n there_o may_v have_v be_v long_a tribulation_n for_o eternal_a felicity_n that_o for_o example_n because_o our_o felicity_n shall_v have_v no_o end_n our_o misery_n and_o our_o labour_n and_o our_o tribulation_n shall_v be_v of_o long_a continuance_n for_o admit_v they_o shall_v continue_v a_o thousand_o year_n weigh_v a_o thousand_o year_n with_o eternity_n why_o do_v thou_o weigh_v that_o which_o be_v finite_a be_v it_o never_o so_o great_a with_o that_o which_o be_v infinite_a ten_o thousand_o year_n ten_o hundred_o thousand_o if_o we_o shall_v say_v and_o a_o thousand_o thousand_o which_o have_v a_o end_n can_v be_v compare_v with_o eternity_n this_o than_o thou_o have_v that_o god_n will_v have_v thy_o labour_n to_o be_v not_o only_o temporal_a but_o short_a also_o and_o therefore_o do_v the_o same_o father_n every_o where_o put_v we_o in_o mind_n that_o god_n be_v become_v our_o debtor_n not_o by_o our_o deserve_n but_o by_o his_o own_o gracious_a promise_n 1._o man_n say_v he_o be_v faithful_a when_o he_o believe_v god_n promise_v god_n be_v faithful_a when_o he_o perform_v that_o which_o he_o have_v promise_v unto_o man_n let_v we_o hold_v he_o a_o most_o faithful_a debtor_n because_o we_o have_v he_o a_o most_o merciful_a promiser_n for_o we_o have_v not_o do_v he_o any_o pleasure_n or_o lean_v any_o thing_n to_o he_o that_o we_o shall_v hold_v he_o a_o debtor_n see_v we_o have_v from_o himself_o whatsoever_o we_o do_v offer_v unto_o he_o and_o it_o be_v from_o he_o whatsoever_o good_a we_o be_v 83._o we_o have_v not_o give_v any_o thing_n therefore_o unto_o he_o and_o yet_o we_o hold_v he_o a_o debtor_n whence_o a_o debtor_n because_o he_o be_v a_o promiser_n we_o say_v not_o unto_o god_n lord_n pay_v that_o which_o thou_o have_v receive_v but_o pay_v that_o which_o thou_o have_v promise_v finem_fw-la be_v thou_o secure_v therefore_o hold_v he_o as_o a_o debtor_n because_o thou_o have_v believe_v in_o he_o as_o a_o promiser_n init_fw-la god_n be_v faithful_a who_o have_v make_v himself_o our_o debtor_n not_o by_o receive_v any_o thing_n from_o we_o but_o by_o promise_v so_o great_a thing_n to_o we_o for_o to_o man_n have_v he_o promise_v divinity_n to_o those_o that_o be_v mortal_a immortality_n to_o sinner_n justification_n to_o abject_n glorification_n whatsoever_o he_o promise_v he_o promise_v to_o they_o that_o be_v unworthy_a that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v promise_v as_o waâ—es_n for_o work_n but_o be_v grace_n may_v according_a to_o the_o name_n be_v gracious_o and_o free_o give_v because_o that_o even_o this_o very_a thing_n that_o one_o do_v live_v just_o so_o far_o as_o a_o man_n can_v live_v just_o be_v not_o a_o matter_n of_o man_n merit_n but_o of_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n therefore_o 16._o in_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v already_o let_v we_o praise_v god_n as_o the_o giver_n in_o those_o thing_n which_o as_o yet_o we_o have_v not_o let_v we_o hold_v he_o our_o debtor_n for_o he_o be_v become_v our_o debtor_n not_o by_o receive_v any_o thing_n from_o we_o but_o by_o promise_v what_o it_o please_v he_o for_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o say_v to_o a_o man_n thou_o be_v debtor_n to_o i_o because_o i_o have_v give_v to_o thou_o and_o another_o thing_n to_o say_v thou_o be_v debtor_n to_o i_o because_o thou_o have_v promise_v i_o when_o thou_o say_v thou_o be_v debtor_n to_o i_o because_o i_o have_v give_v to_o thou_o a_o benefit_n have_v proceed_v from_o thou_o though_o lend_v not_o give_v but_o when_o thou_o say_v thou_o be_v debtor_n to_o i_o because_o thou_o have_v promise_v i_o thou_o give_v nothing_o to_o he_o and_o yet_o require_v of_o he_o for_o the_o goodness_n of_o he_o that_o have_v promise_v will_v give_v it_o etc._n etc._n 3._o the_o salvation_n of_o man_n depend_v upon_o the_o sole_a mercy_n of_o god_n say_v theodoret._n for_o we_o do_v not_o obtain_v it_o as_o the_o reward_n and_o wage_n of_o our_o righteousness_n but_o it_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n goodness_n 8.18_o the_o crown_n do_v excel_v the_o fight_n the_o reward_n be_v not_o to_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o labour_n for_o the_o labour_n be_v small_a but_o great_a be_v the_o gain_n that_o be_v hope_v for_o and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 8.18_o call_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v look_v for_o not_o wage_n but_o glory_n and_o rom._n 6.23_o ult_n not_o wage_n but_o grace_n for_o although_o a_o man_n shall_v perform_v the_o great_a and_o most_o absolute_a righteousness_n thing_n eternal_a do_v not_o answer_v temporal_a labour_n in_o equal_a poise_n the_o same_o for_o this_o point_n be_v teach_v by_o s._n cyrill_n of_o alexandria_n that_o 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do_v affirm_v that_o it_o be_v a_o branch_n of_o the_o ibid._n pelagian_n heresy_n to_o hold_v that_o according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o meritorious_a work_n god_n will_v reward_v a_o man_n so_o merit_v neither_o indeed_o can_v this_o proud_a generation_n of_o merit-monger_n be_v derive_v from_o a_o more_o proper_a stock_n than_o from_o the_o old_a either_o pelagian_n or_o catharist_n for_o as_o these_o do_v now_o adays_o maintain_v that_o they_o do_v 9.1_o work_v by_o their_o own_o freewill_n and_o thereby_o deserve_v their_o salvation_n so_o be_v this_o wont_a to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o pelagius_n his_o song_n 1_o no_o man_n shall_v take_v away_o from_o i_o the_o power_n of_o freewill_n lest_o if_o god_n be_v my_o helper_n in_o my_o work_n the_o reward_n be_v not_o due_a to_o i_o but_o to_o he_o that_o do_v work_v in_o i_o and_o to_o catharis_n glory_n of_o their_o merit_n be_v a_o special_a property_n note_v in_o the_o catharist_n or_o ancient_a puritan_n who_o stand_v thus_o 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grant_v to_o the_o faithful_a and_o punishment_n to_o the_o unfaithful_a 14._o we_o be_v not_o to_o put_v on_o black_a mourn_a garment_n here_o when_o our_o friend_n there_o have_v put_v on_o white_a 15._o this_o be_v not_o a_o go_v out_o but_o a_o passage_n and_o this_o temporal_a journey_n be_v finish_v a_o go_v over_o to_o eternity_n 18._o let_v we_o therefore_o embrace_v the_o day_n that_o bring_v every_o one_o to_o his_o own_o house_n which_o have_v take_v we_o away_o from_o hence_o and_o loose_v we_o from_o the_o snare_n of_o this_o world_n return_v we_o to_o paradise_n and_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n the_o same_o holy_a father_n in_o his_o apology_n which_o he_o write_v for_o christian_n unto_o demetrian_n the_o proconsul_n of_o africa_n affirm_v in_o like_a manner_n that_o 16._o the_o end_n of_o this_o temporal_a life_n be_v accomplish_v we_o be_v divide_v into_o the_o habitation_n of_o everlasting_a either_o death_n or_o immortality_n 22._o when_o we_o be_v once_o 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that_o man_n go_v to_o his_o everlasting_a house_n and_o the_o mourner_n go_v about_o in_o the_o street_n s._n gregory_n of_o neocaesarea_n make_v this_o paraphrase_n upon_o those_o word_n ecclesiast_n the_o good_a man_n shall_v go_v rejoice_v unto_o his_o everlasting_a house_n but_o the_o wicked_a shall_v fill_v all_o with_o lamentation_n therefore_o do_v the_o father_n teach_v that_o man_n shall_v etc._n rejoice_v at_o their_o death_n and_o the_o ancient_a christian_n frame_v their_o practice_n according_o graecolat_a not_o celebrate_v the_o day_n of_o their_o nativity_n which_o they_o account_v to_o be_v the_o entry_n of_o sorrow_n and_o temptation_n but_o celebrate_v the_o day_n of_o death_n as_o be_v the_o put_v away_o of_o all_o sorrow_n and_o the_o escape_n of_o all_o temptation_n and_o so_o be_v fill_v with_o 7._o a_o divine_a rejoice_v they_o come_v to_o the_o extremity_n of_o death_n as_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o their_o holy_a combat_n ibid._n where_o they_o do_v more_o 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