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which_o therefore_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o the_o philadelphian_a church_n christ_n his_o confess_v of_o their_o name_n before_o his_o father_n and_o before_o his_o holy_a angel_n be_v the_o mention_v of_o their_o name_n as_o of_o a_o people_n more_o peculiar_o he_o and_o extraordinary_o dear_a unto_o he_o that_o by_o thus_o own_v they_o in_o such_o a_o endear_n manner_n before_o god_n and_o his_o holy_a angel_n they_o may_v be_v in_o a_o more_o special_a manner_n recommend_v to_o the_o favour_n and_o protection_n of_o god_n and_o to_o the_o faithful_a and_o watchful_a ministry_n of_o his_o holy_a angel_n which_o will_v be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o their_o be_v clothe_v in_o white_a and_o of_o their_o name_n never_o be_v blot_v out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o life_n that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o the_o permanency_n of_o their_o outward_a prosperity_n and_o security_n from_o misery_n and_o oppression_n that_o thus_o innocency_n and_o outward_a felicity_n may_v go_v hand_n in_o hand_n in_o the_o bless_a millennium_n which_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n the_o same_o with_o the_o philadelphian_a interval_n of_o the_o church_n these_o few_o name_n in_o sardis_n will_v amount_v to_o this_o at_o last_o for_o salvation_n be_v to_o spring_v out_o of_o sardis_n not_o out_o of_o babylon_n nor_o be_v it_o any_o wonder_n that_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o holy_a angel_n will_v be_v so_o extraordinary_o exercise_v about_o a_o church_n which_o will_v then_o have_v become_v so_o angelical_a as_o be_v more_o full_o note_v in_o the_o divine_a dialogue_n 8._o these_o be_v the_o rouse_a motive_n which_o christ_n use_v to_o excite_v the_o carnal_a church_n of_o sardis_n to_o more_o hearty_a endeavour_n after_o the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o spirit_n that_o they_o may_v bring_v on_o the_o begin_n of_o those_o most_o happy_a time_n the_o conduct_n of_o which_o affair_n be_v represent_v by_o that_o illustrious_a heros_n on_o his_o white_a horse_n chap._n 19_o where_o his_o army_n follow_v he_o on_o white_a horse_n clothe_v in_o fine_a linen_n white_a and_o clean_a which_o appertain_v to_o the_o last_o end_n of_o the_o interval_n of_o this_o church_n of_o sardis_n a_o great_a part_n of_o who_o by_o this_o time_n it_o be_v likely_a may_v have_v turn_v their_o carnaline-colour_n into_o pure_a white_a and_o be_v ready_a to_o march_v with_o he_o there_o to_o that_o spiritual_a warfare_n as_o some_o be_v say_v here_o to_o walk_v with_o he_o in_o white_a and_o that_o with_o marvellous_a success_n and_o prosperity_n as_o their_o white_a clothing_n do_v intimate_v he_o that_o have_v a_o ear_n to_o hear_v let_v he_o 6._o hear_v what_o the_o spirit_n say_v unto_o the_o church_n reform_a christendom_n especial_o she_o be_v so_o much_o concern_v therein_o for_o she_o as_o i_o say_v at_o first_o be_v this_o sardian_n church_n the_o beginning_n of_o who_o interval_n be_v adorn_v with_o more_o true_a holiness_n and_o sincerity_n of_o zeal_n the_o better_a deserve_v the_o title_n of_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n and_o though_o they_o be_v here_o much_o reprove_v for_o their_o fault_n yet_o they_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o seven_o church_n in_o asia_n chap._n 1._o 11._o that_o be_v to_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o fundamento_fw-la and_o be_v the_o true_a and_o apostolical_a church_n still_o and_o just_o witness_v against_o the_o idolatry_n and_o gross_a antichristian_a practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n such_o i_o mean_v as_o with_o they_o have_v become_v a_o law_n and_o thereby_o be_v proper_o antichristian_a this_o i_o think_v fit_a to_o add_v to_o stop_v the_o preposterous_a proneness_n of_o some_o towards_o the_o roman_a church_n from_o the_o consideration_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v not_o so_o perfect_a in_o the_o reform_a church_n as_o may_v be_v desire_v for_o though_o they_o be_v
and_o finisher_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o salvation_n nay_o the_o creation_n or_o generation_n of_o our_o life_n and_o flesh_n as_o well_o as_o our_o salvation_n be_v here_o ascribe_v to_o the_o virgin_n which_o can_v have_v no_o sense_n or_o truth_n unless_o she_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god-woman_n in_o that_o sense_n that_o christ_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god-man_n and_o as_o i_o say_v be_v as_o proper_o the_o daughter_n of_o god_n as_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n 5._o as_o she_o be_v express_o call_v in_o her_o litanie_n filia_fw-la dei_fw-la the_o daughter_n of_o god_n which_o consider_v what_o high_a title_n they_o give_v she_o both_o in_o that_o litanie_n and_o elsewhere_o as_o illuminatrix_fw-la cordium_fw-la fons_n misericordiae_fw-la flumen_n sapientiae_fw-la mater_fw-la dei_fw-la regina_fw-la coeli_fw-la domina_fw-la mundi_fw-la domina_fw-la coeli_fw-la &_o terrae_fw-la will_v be_v but_o a_o dwindle_a title_n it_o belong_v to_o all_o woman_n that_o be_v believer_n if_o there_o be_v not_o some_o such_o raise_v and_o sublime_a sense_n of_o it_o as_o i_o have_v intimate_v and_o therefore_o their_o address_n to_o her_o being_n as_o if_o she_o be_v as_o i_o say_v a_o she-christ_n and_o the_o daughter_n of_o god_n in_o as_o high_a a_o sense_n at_o least_o as_o christ_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o she_o be_v call_v the_o daughter_n of_o god_n in_o the_o litania_fw-la mariae_fw-la in_o her_o litanie_n or_o public_a supplication_n to_o she_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o in_o that_o interval_n of_o the_o church_n wherein_o this_o most_o conspicuous_o and_o notorious_o happen_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n by_o reason_n also_o of_o the_o abundance_n of_o their_o devotion_n then_o to_o the_o virgin_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v rather_o the_o worshipper_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o god_n then_o of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o that_o therefore_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n foresee_v these_o time_n whenas_o for_o such_o a_o space_n he_o call_v rome_n pergamus_n this_o succeed_a scene_n come_v on_o he_o may_v very_o well_o change_v the_o title_n of_o pergamus_n into_o that_o of_o thyatira_n with_o a_o derisorious_a allusion_n to_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o name_n of_o that_o city_n from_o the_o news_n of_o a_o daughter_n be_v bear_v to_o nicanor_n as_o if_o god_n almighty_n have_v the_o like_a occasion_n of_o change_v the_o name_n of_o pergamus_n into_o thyatira_n from_o the_o romanist_n turn_v the_o virgin_n mary_n into_o the_o daughter_n of_o god_n 6._o for_o a_o stop_n to_o which_o insolency_n christ_n seem_v on_o purpose_n in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n in_o thyatira_n to_o resume_v to_o himself_o the_o title_n of_o the_o son_n 18._o of_o god_n notwithstanding_o that_o he_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o man_n in_o the_o vision_n in_o 13._o the_o forego_n chapter_n out_o of_o which_o he_o ever_o draw_v a_o description_n of_o himself_o for_o a_o entrance_n before_o each_o epistle_n to_o the_o church_n which_o in_o my_o judgement_n be_v a_o thing_n special_o well_o worth_a the_o mark_v and_o that_o this_o make_v the_o virgin_n mary_n the_o daughter_n of_o god_n in_o this_o interval_n may_v alone_o be_v a_o sufficient_a occasion_n of_o change_v the_o name_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n from_o pergamus_n to_o thyatira_n but_o other_o thing_n that_o be_v apposite_z be_v also_o comprehend_v by_o a_o prophetical_a henopoeïa_n 7._o but_o this_o be_v a_o overplus_n to_o our_o present_a purpose_n which_o be_v main_o to_o discover_v the_o gross_a idolatry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o invocation_n of_o their_o saint_n and_o especial_o of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n and_o how_o both_o the_o definition_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n be_v idolatrous_a in_o this_o point_n and_o much_o more_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n countenance_v by_o public_a authority_n 8._o for_o this_o mary-psalter_n itself_o that_o have_v the_o most_o enormous_a and_o blasphemous_a form_n of_o idolatrous_a invocation_n of_o any_o be_v not_o the_o private_a contrivance_n of_o some_o single_a obscure_a superstitious_a monk_n but_o bear_v the_o title_n of_o that_o seraphic_a doctor_n s._n bonaventure_n once_o cardinal_n of_o rome_n which_o be_v no_o small_a public_a countenance_n thereto_o and_o that_o nothing_o may_v be_v want_v to_o the_o grace_n and_o furtherance_n of_o so_o devotionall_a a_o piece_n of_o idolatry_n there_o be_v institute_v a_o peculiar_a society_n entitle_v the_o fraternity_n of_o the_o many-psalter_n confirm_v afterward_o by_o sixtus_n the_o four_o many_o indulgence_n be_v add_v anno_fw-la 1470._o and_o innocent_a the_o eight_o add_v to_o these_o indulgence_n plenary_a remission_n à _fw-la poena_fw-la &_o culpa_fw-la once_o in_o their_o life_n and_o once_o in_o articulo_fw-la mortis_fw-la to_o as_o many_o as_o enter_v into_o that_o fraternity_n 9_o and_o in_o such_o case_n stand_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n at_o 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