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thy_o name_n cast_v out_o devil_n and_o in_o thy_o name_n do_v many_o miracle_n matth._n 7.22_o four_o that_o eod_a he_o tempt_v god_n who_o for_o his_o own_o vain_a glory_n will_v make_v show_n of_o a_o superfluous_a and_o unprofitable_a miracle_n such_o as_o that_o for_o example_n be_v whereunto_o the_o devil_n tempt_v our_o saviour_n matt._n 4.6_o to_o come_v down_o headlong_o from_o the_o pinnacle_n of_o the_o temple_n unto_o the_o plain_a d._n every_o miracle_n be_v vain_a which_o work_v not_o some_o profit_n unto_o man_n salvation_n whereby_o we_o may_v easy_o discern_v what_o to_o judge_v of_o that_o infinite_a number_n of_o idle_a miracle_n wherewith_o the_o life_n of_o our_o saint_n be_v every_o where_o stuff_v many_o whereof_o we_o may_v just_o censure_v as_o selencum_fw-la amphilochius_n do_v the_o tale_n that_o the_o poet_n tell_v of_o their_o god_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fable_n of_o laughter_n worthy_a and_o of_o tear_n yea_o some_o of_o they_o also_o we_o may_v right_o brand_v as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unseemly_a fable_n and_o devil_n document_n for_o what_o for_o example_n can_v be_v more_o unseemly_a and_o tend_v further_o to_o the_o advancement_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n then_o that_o which_o cogitosus_fw-la relate_v in_o the_o life_n of_o s._n brigid_n that_o she_o for_o save_v the_o credit_n of_o a_o nun_n that_o have_v be_v get_v with_o child_n cottonianae_fw-la bless_v she_o faithful_o forsooth_o for_o so_o the_o author_n speak_v and_o so_o cause_v her_o conception_n to_o vanish_v away_o without_o any_o delivery_n and_o without_o any_o pain_n which_o for_o the_o save_n of_o s._n brigid_v own_o credit_n either_o 629._o hen._n canisius_n or_o the_o friar_n of_o aichstad_n from_o who_o he_o have_v his_o copy_n of_o cogitosus_fw-la thought_n fit_a to_o scrape_v out_o and_o rather_o to_o leave_v a_o blank_a in_o the_o book_n then_o to_o suffer_v so_o lewd_a a_o tale_n to_o stand_v in_o it_o but_o i_o will_v not_o stir_v this_o puddle_n any_o further_o but_o proceed_v on_o unto_o some_o better_a matter_n and_o now_o be_v we_o come_v at_o last_o to_o the_o great_a point_n that_o touch_v the_o head_n and_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o church_n concern_v which_o sedulius_n observe_v that_o the_o title_n of_o 11._o foundation_n be_v attribute_v both_o to_o christ_n and_o to_o the_o apostle_n and_o prophet_n that_o where_o it_o be_v say_v esai_n 28.16_o behold_v i_o lay_v in_o zion_n a_o stone_n etc_n 9_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o by_o the_o rock_n or_o stone_n christ_n be_v signify_v that_o in_o ephes._n 2.20_o 2._o the_o apostle_n be_v the_o foundation_n or_o christ_n rather_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o apostle_n for_o christ_n say_v he_o be_v the_o foundation_n who_o be_v also_o call_v the_o corner_n stone_n join_v and_o hold_v together_o the_o two_o wall_n therefore_o be_v he_o the_o foundation_n and_o chief_a stone_n because_o in_o he_o the_o church_n be_v both_o found_v and_o finish_v and_o we_o be_v to_o account_v the_o apostle_n 4._o as_o minister_n of_o christ_n and_o not_o as_o the_o foundation_n the_o famous_a place_n matth._n 16.18_o whereupon_o our_o romanist_n lie_v the_o main_a foundation_n of_o the_o papacy_n claudius_n expound_v in_o this_o sort_n matth._n upon_o this_o rock_n will_v i_o build_v my_o church_n that_o be_v to_o say_v upon_o the_o lord_n and_o saviour_n who_o grant_v unto_o his_o faithful_a knower_n lover_n and_o confessor_n the_o participation_n of_o his_o own_o name_n that_o from_o petra_fw-la the_o rock_n he_o shall_v be_v call_v peter_n the_o church_n be_v build_v upon_o he_o because_o only_o by_o the_o faith_n and_o love_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o commandment_n of_o christ_n we_o come_v to_o the_o inheritance_n
they_o be_v nor_o of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o society_n johannes_n de_fw-fr ziguenza_n emanuel_n de_fw-fr roias_n and_o gaspar_n de_fw-fr mena_n nor_o of_o the_o pope_n himself_o upon_o who_o sentence_n they_o whole_o ground_v their_o resolution_n either_o than_o be_v or_o hereafter_o will_v be_v of_o any_o force_n to_o remove_v they_o one_o whit_n from_o the_o allegiance_n and_o duty_n which_o they_o do_v owe_v unto_o their_o king_n and_o country_n nay_o i_o be_o in_o good_a hope_n that_o their_o joyall_a mind_n will_v so_o far_o distaste_v that_o evil_a lesson_n which_o those_o great_a rabbi_n of_o they_o will_v have_v they_o learn_v that_o it_o will_v teach_v they_o to_o unlearne_v another_o bad_a lesson_n wherewith_o they_o have_v be_v most_o miserable_o delude_v namely_o that_o 5._o in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o religion_n we_o be_v to_o attend_v not_o what_o the_o thing_n be_v that_o be_v say_v but_o what_o the_o person_n be_v that_o speak_v it_o but_o how_o dangerous_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o have_v the_o faith_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n in_o respect_n of_o person_n and_o to_o give_v entertainment_n to_o the_o truth_n not_o so_o much_o for_o itself_o as_o for_o the_o regard_n that_o be_v have_v to_o the_o deliverer_n of_o it_o i_o wish_v man_n will_v learn_v otherwise_o then_o by_o woeful_a experience_n in_o themselves_o 1_o the_o truth_n say_v claudius_n be_v to_o be_v love_v for_o itself_o not_o for_o the_o man_n or_o for_o the_o angel_n by_o who_o it_o be_v preach_v for_o he_o that_o do_v love_v it_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o preacher_n of_o it_o may_v love_v lie_v also_o if_o they_o peradventure_o shall_v deliver_v any_o as_o here_o without_o all_o peradventure_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o doctor_n have_v do_v unless_o the_o teach_n of_o flat_a rebellion_n and_o high_a treason_n may_v pass_v in_o the_o account_n of_o catholic_a verity_n the_o lord_n of_o his_o mercy_n open_v their_o eye_n that_o they_o may_v see_v the_o light_n and_o give_v they_o grace_n to_o receive_v the_o love_n of_o the_o truth_n that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v the_o lord_n likewise_o grant_v if_o it_o be_v his_o bless_a will_n that_o truth_n and_o peace_n may_v meet_v together_o in_o our_o day_n that_o we_o may_v be_v all_o gather_v into_o 10.16_o one_o fold_n under_o one_o shepherd_n and_o that_o 72.19_o the_o whole_a earth_n may_v be_v fill_v with_o his_o glory_n amen_n amen_n finis_fw-la rom._n 13_o 1.2_o tit._n 3.1_o matth._n â—2_n 21_o deut._n â—8_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o etc._n etc._n levit._fw-la 26_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o etc._n etc._n deut._n 7.11_o 12_o 13_o 14_o etc._n etc._n 1._o king_n 2._o â—_o 4._o 1_o chron._n 8.7_o 8_o 9_o 10._o 2._o thess._n 2.11_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d coloss._n 3.16_o primus_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la heb._n 5.12_o heb._n 3.13_o rom._n 15.14_o 1._o thess._n 5_o 11._o jude_n vers_fw-la 3._o levit._fw-la 19.17_o jam._n 5.19_o 20._o act._n 18.2_o 3.24_o 25_o 26._o deut._n 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o josh._n 1.8_o act._n 8.27_o 28_o 29_o 30._o etc._n etc._n act._n 17.11_o joh._n 5.39_o deu._n 31.11_o 12._o â—3_n et_fw-fr josh._n 8.34_o 35._o deut._n 6.6_o 7._o psal._n 1.2_o 2._o tim_n 3_o 14_o 15_o 16_o 17._o the_o second_o epistle_n of_o s._n john_n vers_fw-la 1._o psal._n 119_o 9_o eccles._n 12.1_o euseb._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 3._o basil._n epist_n 74_o theodor._n the_o curand_n graecorum_n affect_v lib_n 5._o chryso_v in_o gen._n hom_n 7._o in_o gen_n hom_n 21_o comment_n in_o matth_n hom_n 2._o in_o epist._n ad_fw-la heb_n hom._n 17._o in_o epist._n ad_fw-la coloss._n hom._n 9_o coloss_n 3.16_o hebr_n 5.12_o heb_n 3.13_o rome_n 15.14_o 1._o thess._n 5.11_o levit._fw-la 19.17_o jam._n 5.19_o 20._o luk._n 8.16_o 1._o cor_fw-la 12.7_o luke_n 9_o 26._o rom._n 10.10_o bellar._n de_fw-fr noâ—_n eccl._n cap._n 2._o 1._o king_n 22.5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11_o &c_n &c_n exod._n 23.2_o matt._n 18_o 20._o panor_n de_fw-fr elect_a &_o electi_fw-la potestate_fw-la ¶_o significasti_fw-la pigh_a hierar_n ecclesiast_n lib._n 6._o cap_n 5._o &_o 4._o lib._n 6._o cap._n 7._o lib._n 6._o cap._n 13._o chrysost_fw-fr de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la &_o adorando_fw-la spiritu_fw-la caus_n 24._o quest_n 1._o §_o à _fw-fr recta_fw-la in_o gloss_n ¶_o novitatibus_fw-la gers_n in_o tract_n a_o liceat_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la fidei_fw-la a_o pontifice_fw-la appellare_fw-la alfon_n advers._fw-la haeres_fw-la lib._n 1_o c._n 4._o sul._n praelo_fw-la ascentiano_n an._n dom._n 1534._o alfon_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o alfon_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 2._o erasm._n annot_n in_o 1._o cor._n ex_fw-la cap._n 7._o arboreus_n in_o theosoph_n li._n 4._o cap._n 32._o council_n basil._n epist_n synodal_n 3._o de_fw-fr authorit_fw-fr consil._n supra_fw-la papam_fw-la dist_n 9_o negare_fw-la aug_n ad_fw-la vinc._n vict._n aug_n cont_n crescon_n lib._n 2._o c_o 32._o aug_n epist._n 112._o â—d_a paulin._n august_n cont_n faust._n manich._n lib._n 11._o cap._n 5._o aug_n epist._n 119._o august_n cont_n faust._n li._n 11._o c._n 5._o epist._n 48._o depecca_n merit_n &_o remiss_a li_n 1_o ca._n 22._o cont_n crescon_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 31._o aug._n the_o nat_n &_o gra_fw-mi cont_n pelag_n cap._n 61._o euseb_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 5._o bellarm._n de_fw-fr antichristo_fw-la cap._n 12._o turrcer_n in_o c._n sanct_n rom._n d._n 15._o n_o 12._o marsil_n defence_n p._n 413._o andrad_a defence_n trid._n l._n 2._o doâ—â—_n baâ—n_n 22._o pag_n 58._o &_o 59_o euseb_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 20._o coloss._n 2.8_o 2._o thess._n 2.1_o 2_o 3._o euseb_n lib_n 3._o cap._n 19.33_o 39_o clem._n strom._n lib._n 1._o &_o 6._o clem_n strom._n lib._n 2._o lib._n 7._o lib._n 6._o clem._n strom._n lib._n 7._o euseb._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 28._o iren._n lib._n 3._o ca._n 1._o hieronym_n in_o matth._n 23._o hieronym_n in_o agg._n cap._n 1._o tertull._n de_fw-fr câ—rona_fw-la militis_fw-la nu_fw-la 3._o basil._n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la c._n 29._o hieronym_n in_o dialog_n cont_n lucif_n c._n 4._o athan._n contra_fw-la gentes_fw-la chrysost._n hom_n 1._o ad_fw-la tit._n &_o op_n imperf_n in_o matt._n hom_n 41._o cyril_n in_o levit._n lib._n 5._o aug._n in_o joh._n tract_n 44._o vincent_n adver_n haeret_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr noâ—is_fw-fr eccl._n cap._n 2._o de_fw-fr bono_n viduit_fw-la c._n 1._o tom_n 4._o tertull._n cont_n hermog_n chrysost_o hom_n 13._o in_o 2._o cor_fw-la greâ—_n nyss._n orat_fw-la de_fw-fr iis_fw-la qui_fw-la adeunt_fw-la hieros_n joh._n 5.39_o act._n 17.11_o 2._o cor._n 1.24_o &_o 4.5_o matth._n 24.4_o mat._n 16.6.12_o 1._o thess._n 5.21_o 1._o joh._n 4.1_o chrysost._n in_o act._n hom._n 33._o basil._n ethic._n the_o sin_n 72_o pag._n 432._o orig._n in_o jesu_n nave_n hom_o 21._o ambr._n de_fw-fr virgin_n lib._n 3_o cap._n 1._o cyâ—â—l_n catech_n 4._o chrysost_n hom._n 3._o in_o laz._n chrysost_n hom._n 9_o in_o 2._o cor_fw-la aug_n de_fw-fr doct_n christ_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o hieronym_n come_v in_o esai·_n c._n 19_o basil._n regul_n contract_n qu._n 167._o slâ—id_fw-la commentat_fw-la act._n 11.26_o 1._o pet._n 2.13_o the_o king_n supremacy_n over_o person_n ecclesiastical_a as_o well_o as_o civil_a declare_v 1._o pet._n 1_o 2.3_o etc._n etc._n 1._o pet._n 5.12_o etc._n etc._n rome_n 13.1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o rom._n 1_o 7._o rom._n 13.1_o chrysost._n in_o rom._n 13._o hom._n 23._o theodor._n in_o rom._n 13._o theoph_n in_o rom._n 13._o oecumenius_n in_o rom._n 13._o bernard_n ep._n 42._o aenâ—s_v silvius_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la gestis_fw-la basil._n council_n gregor_n epist_n li._n â—_o c._n 100.103_o optat._n contra_fw-la parm_n lib._n 3._o tert._n ad_fw-la scapul_n tert._n apolog._n cap_n 30._o council_n tolet._n 6._o cap._n 14._o defensor_fw-la pacis_fw-la part_n 2._o ca._n 23._o ema_n sa._n aphor._n bellarm._n de_fw-fr cler._n cap_n 28._o rev._n 9.11_o 1._o pet._n 2.13_o 14._o rom._n 13.3_o 4._o the_o authority_n of_o king_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a declare_v rom._n 13.4_o even_o heathen_a and_o pagan_a king_n have_v the_o authority_n to_o commâ—nd_v &_o to_o make_v law_n &_o proclamation_n for_o god_n &_o his_o service_n albeit_o they_o do_v not_o always_o extend_v it_o and_o use_v it_o according_o esra_n 7.1.21.23.26.27_o dan._n 3.29_o dan._n 6.26_o euseb_n lib_n 8._o c._n 19_o &_o lib._n 9_o c._n 9_o etc._n etc._n isaiah_n 49.23_o aug._n epist_n 50._o 2._o chro._n 14.4.2_o 2._o chr_n 33.16_o 2._o chr_n 34.33_o aug._n in_o li._n 1._o ca._n 6._o cont_n epist._n parmenian_n aug._n in_o evang._n joan._n tract_n 2._o aug._n epist_n 48._o luke_n 14.23_o aug._n epist_n 50._o act._n 9.4.19_o act_n 22.7_o etc._n etc._n psal._n 2.10_o 11_o 2._o kin._n 18_o 4._o 2._o kin._n 23.3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o etc._n etc._n jon._n 3.6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o dan._n 3.28.29_o dan._n 6.26_o etc._n etc._n august_n cont_n 2_o gaudent_fw-la epist_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 17._o jon._n 3.6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10._o luke_n 1â—_n â—3_n august_n contra_fw-la