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and_o medina_n to_o who_o also_o valentia_n and_o oviedo_n
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314._o edit_n basil_n 1624._o they_o deny_v that_o nazianzen_n ever_o assert_v any_o primacy_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n but_o primatum_fw-la ordinis_fw-la concern_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n the_o magdeburgian_o cent._n 3._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 42._o express_o affirm_v that_o no_o sacrifice_n be_v acknowledge_v either_o in_o the_o second_o or_o three_o century_n but_o of_o christ_n on_o the_o cross_n except_o eucharistike_a sacrifice_n of_o prayer_n and_o praise_n etc._n etc._n and_o confirm_v their_o assertion_n not_o only_o from_o other_o father_n but_o also_o from_o cyprian_a it_o be_v true_a cyprian_a and_o other_o father_n call_v the_o eucharist_n a_o sacrifice_n but_o they_o mean_v only_o a_o commemorative_n sacrifice_n as_o be_v large_o demonstrate_v by_o dr._n morton_n lib._n 6._o of_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o sacrament_n concern_v invocation_n the_o centurist_n do_v not_o say_v that_o the_o father_n of_o the_o three_o age_n do_v witness_v invocation_n 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cyprian_a theophilus_n tertul_n origen_n clemens_n of_o alexandria_n justin_n athenagoras_n tatianus_n etc._n etc._n but_o this_o pamphleter_n discover_v that_o either_o he_o have_v never_o read_v the_o centurist_n and_o scultet_fw-la or_o that_o he_o be_v most_o perfidious_a in_o his_o citation_n for_o the_o centurist_n cent._n 2._o cap._n 46._o col_fw-fr 46._o after_o that_o they_o have_v say_v something_o to_o that_o purpose_n of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o second_o century_n present_o subjoin_v videmus_fw-la interdum_fw-la hos_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la assertores_fw-la sibi_fw-la ipsis_fw-la contracia_fw-la dicere_fw-la ac_fw-la paulo_fw-la alicubi_fw-la commodius_fw-la sentire_fw-la so_o that_o when_o all_o be_v put_v together_o the_o centurist_n say_v these_o doctor_n be_v inconstant_a to_o themselves_o in_o that_o matter_n and_o scultet_fw-la in_o his_o medul_n pat_o edit_fw-la francofurt_a 1634._o charge_n with_o inconstancy_n in_o this_o thing_n pag._n 83._o irenaeus_n pag._n 38._o justin_n martyr_n pag._n 119._o clemens_n of_o alexandria_n pag._n 245._o cyprian_n pag._n 52._o he_o pronounce_v tatianus_n a_o heretic_n and_o in_o particular_a that_o he_o mantain_v that_o the_o soul_n die_v with_o the_o body_n pag._n 135._o he_o charge_v theophilus_n antiochenus_fw-la with_o arrianism_n and_o origen_n with_o contradiction_n in_o many_o chief_a point_n of_o religion_n of_o tertullian_n pag._n 243._o he_o say_v that_o he_o write_v more_o gross_o of_o freewill_n than_o pelagius_n himself_o if_o jesuit_n will_v take_v he_o for_o their_o patron_n in_o this_o matter_n they_o may_v but_o what_o be_v all_o this_o to_o the_o point_n do_v protestant_n deny_v freewill_n in_o regenerate_a person_n about_o supernatural_a action_n no_o very_o we_o abominat_fw-la manicheism_n and_o stoicism_n that_o which_o we_o deny_v be_v freewill_n in_o unregenerat_a person_n about_o action_n spiritual_a and_o acceptable_a before_o god_n do_v not_o austin_n with_o the_o catholic_n church_n affirm_v as_o much_o hence_o enchirid_a cap._n 30._o man_n abuse_v his_o freewill_n lose_v both_o himself_o and_o it_o and_o again_o cum_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la peccaret_fw-la homo_fw-la victore_fw-la peccato_fw-la amissum_fw-la est_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la and_o lib._n de_fw-fr corrupt_a &_o gra_fw-mi cap._n 11._o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la ad_fw-la malum_fw-la sufficit_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la nihil_fw-la sufficit_fw-la nisi_fw-la adjuvetur_fw-la ab_fw-la omn_fw-la potente_fw-la deo_fw-la more_o to_o the_o like_a purpose_n may_v be_v see_v de_fw-la spir._n &_o light_v cap._n 3._o and_o lib._n 3._o contra_fw-la dvas_fw-la epist_n pelag_n cap._n 6._o etc._n etc._n we_o also_o deny_v that_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n in_o conversion_n depend_v upon_o the_o beck_n of_o man_n freewill_n and_o so_o do_v austin_n with_o the_o catholic_n church_n before_o we_o lib._n the_o corrupt_a &_o gra_fw-mi cap._n 12._o subventum_fw-la est_fw-la igitur_fw-la infirmitati_fw-la volunt_fw-la at_o be_v humanae_fw-la ut_fw-la divina_fw-la gratia_fw-la indeclinabiliter_fw-la &_o insuper_fw-la abiliter_fw-la ageretur_fw-la and_o cap._n 14._o volenti_fw-la salvum_fw-la facere_fw-la nullum_fw-la hominum_fw-la resistit_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la so_o likewise_o lib._n 1._o ad_fw-la simplic_fw-la quest_n 2_o lib._n cont_n dvas_fw-la epist_n pelag._n cap._n 19_o i_o know_v bellarmin_n have_v make_v a_o far_o great_a muster_n of_o father_n for_o the_o jesuit_n pelagian_a doctrine_n of_o freewill_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-mi gra_fw-mi &_o lib._n arb_n cap._n 25._o 26._o but_o the_o father_n be_v judicious_o vindicate_v in_o that_o point_n by_o the_o learned_a david_n paraeus_n in_o his_o animadversion_n on_o these_o cap_n in_o a_o word_n what_o ever_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o these_o father_n as_o to_o the_o matter_n of_o freewill_n it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o they_o or_o all_o the_o father_n in_o these_o century_n do_v embrace_v the_o whole_a system_n of_o the_o present_a tridentin_n faith_n do_v not_o both_o the_o centurist_n and_o scultet_n make_v it_o their_o work_n to_o demonstrat_fw-la that_o the_o father_n in_o these_o century_n have_v no_o kindness_n for_o the_o present_a romish_a religion_n not_o to_o waste_v time_n and_o paper_n upon_o all_o the_o impertinent_a allegation_n of_o the_o pamphleter_n on_o little_a touch_n i_o must_v give_v concern_v mr._n luther_n i_o be_o not_o concern_v to_o justify_v all_o his_o harsh_a expression_n of_o the_o father_n do_v not_o moses_n himself_o speak_v sometime_o unadvised_o with_o his_o lip_n yet_o this_o i_o must_v advertise_v the_o reader_n that_o the_o colloquia_fw-la mensalia_fw-la out_o of_o which_o most_o of_o these_o expression_n be_v take_v which_o romanist_n usual_o object_v in_o their_o rant_v be_v call_v by_o dr._n francis_n whyte_n in_o his_o orthodox_n faith_n against_o t._n w._n a_o counterfeit_n treatise_n only_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o luther_n though_o i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o mr._n bell_n who_o late_o translate_v they_o into_o english_a will_v have_v they_o account_v genuine_a at_o best_a they_o be_v but_o extemporary_a discourse_n collect_v from_o his_o mouth_n at_o table_n or_o such_o like_a season_n wherewith_o luther_n himself_o be_v say_v to_o have_v witness_v much_o dissatisfaction_n and_o therefore_o such_o stress_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v lay_v on_o they_o as_o upon_o write_v and_o deliberate_a tractat_v be_v the_o colloquia_fw-la mensalia_n of_o pope_n and_o cardinal_n collect_v i_o believe_v we_o shall_v have_v much_o worse_a stuff_n what_o language_n be_v that_o of_o the_o pope_n who_o say_v he_o will_v have_v his_o cold_a peacock_n all_o despeto_fw-it de_fw-mi dio_fw-mi what_o a_o unsavoury_a dialogue_n be_v that_o betwixt_o leo_n the_o ten_o and_o cardinal_n bembus_n wherein_o the_o pope_n say_v to_o the_o cardinal_n quantum_fw-la nobis_fw-la profuit_fw-la fabula_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la as_o for_o luther_n judgement_n of_o the_o father_n i_o can_v express_v it_o better_o than_o in_o the_o word_n of_o dr._n francis_n whyte_n canvas_v the_o same_o objection_n pag._n 261._o concern_v luther_n say_v he_o even_o as_o in_o sacred_a scripture_n the_o prophet_n isai_n cap._n 1._o 11._o and_o cap._n 65._o 3._o
barronius_n add_v a_o 221._o n._n 6._o confess_v non_fw-la est_fw-la perinde_v exploratae_fw-la fidei_fw-la of_o the_o intercession_n of_o saint_n neither_o of_o which_o be_v deny_v who_o may_v not_o see_v a_o vast_a difference_n betwixt_o intercession_n and_o invocation_n saint_n in_o time_n do_v intercede_v for_o the_o church_n and_o sure_a their_o charity_n be_v enlarge_v in_o heaven_n they_o cease_v not_o to_o intercede_v for_o she_o but_o the_o question_n be_v if_o we_o be_v to_o invocate_v they_o religious_o or_o if_o they_o know_v all_o the_o particular_a want_n of_o soul_n on_o earth_n this_o be_v more_o than_o will_v be_v prove_v either_o by_o scripture_n or_o primitive_a antiquity_n that_o lamentation_n or_o penitential_a of_o origen_n be_v declare_v apocryphal_a by_o pope_n gelasius_n witness_n barron_n ad_fw-la a_o 253._o n._n 118._o concern_v that_o of_o denys_n lib._n the_o hierarch_n eccles_n cap._n 7._o it_o have_v oft_o be_v tell_v romanist_n particular_o by_o dr._n will._n forbes_n controv_fw-mi 3._o cap._n 3._o pag._n 308._o by_o dallaeus_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr object_n cultus_fw-la religios_fw-la cap._n 8._o and_o by_o dr._n fern_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o scripture_n mistake_v sect._n 2._o pag._n 262._o that_o it_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o live_n for_o the_o dead_a not_o of_o prayer_n to_o the_o dead_a and_o can_v but_o be_v obvious_a to_o any_o that_o have_v read_v the_o book_n itself_o he_o cite_v cyprian_n lib._n 4._o epist_n 9_o speak_v of_o the_o commemoration_n of_o the_o suffering_n of_o martyr_n but_o cyprian_n have_v nothing_o to_o that_o purpose_n in_o that_o epistle_n only_o he_o vindicate_v himself_o from_o some_o calumny_n to_o florentius_n pupianus_n indeed_o lib._n 3._o epist_n 6._o he_o speak_v of_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o martyr_n but_o what_o be_v that_o to_o invocation_n the_o suffering_n of_o martyr_n be_v commemorate_a to_o excite_v the_o living_n to_o follow_v their_o footstep_n but_o not_o for_o invocation_n may_v he_o not_o have_v learned_a from_o austin_n lib._n 22._o de_fw-la civ_o dei_fw-la cap._n 10._o martyr_n nominari_fw-la non_fw-la invocari_fw-la that_o honourable_a mention_n be_v make_v of_o they_o in_o the_o public_a service_n of_o the_o church_n but_o not_o invocate_v none_o of_o the_o testimony_n allege_v for_o invocation_n or_o adoration_n of_o saint_n have_v a_o shadow_n of_o pertinency_n but_o that_o of_o justin_n martyr_n apol_n 2._o and_o that_o be_v a_o egregious_a imposture_n and_o so_o long_o ago_o discover_v that_o cardinal_n du_fw-fr perron_n in_o his_o large_a dispute_n concern_v invocation_n of_o saint_n with_o king_n james_n the_o six_o be_v ashamed_a to_o allege_v any_o thing_n out_o of_o justin_n martyr_n but_o this_o simpleton_n scrape_v out_o any_o thing_n he_o find_v in_o bell._n it_o be_v object_v therefore_o by_o bell._n lib._n de_fw-fr beat_v sanct._n cap._n 13._o that_o justin_n martyr_n apol._n 2._o teach_v that_o christian_n do_v worship_n god_n the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n and_o the_o whole_a host_n of_o good_a angel_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n can_v there_o be_v a_o great_a indignity_n do_v to_o this_o holy_a father_n and_o martyr_n then_o to_o make_v he_o ascribe_v the_o same_o religious_a worship_n to_o angel_n which_o be_v give_v to_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v not_o papist_n themselves_o ashamed_a to_o be_v so_o gross_a and_o shall_v we_o believe_v that_o in_o enumerate_v the_o object_n of_o worship_n justin_n will_v have_v put_v angel_n before_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v not_o the_o same_o justin_n express_o affirm_v a_o little_a after_o pag._n 150._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherefore_o we_o worship_v god_n alone_o if_o then_o it_o be_v ask_v what_o justin_n martyr_n say_v in_o the_o place_n object_v answer_v justin_n say_v only_o that_o we_o worship_v the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n who_o teach_v the_o whole_a host_n of_o good_a angel_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o justin_n 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invocation_n of_o depart_a saint_n as_o injurious_a to_o god_n and_o our_o saviour_n christ_n jesus_n and_o many_o of_o their_o doctor_n have_v deny_v invocation_n to_o be_v a_o act_n of_o religion_n as_o thomas_n 2._o 2._o q._n 81._o art_n 1._o vasq_fw-la in_o 3._o part_n tom_fw-mi 1._o disp_n 98._o cap._n 1._o and_o valent_n lib._n 3_o the_o idol_n cap._n 7._o yet_o bell._n lib._n 1_o de_fw-fr beat_v sanct_n in_o ord_n disp_n will_v have_v it_o eximium_fw-la adorationis_fw-la genus_fw-la how_o in_o the_o roman_a church_n the_o adoration_n of_o christ_n be_v obscure_v by_o the_o invocation_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n and_o of_o other_o saint_n may_v be_v see_v in_o cassander_n in_o defence_n libelli_fw-la de_fw-la officio_fw-la viri_fw-la pii_fw-la pag._n 849._o and_o 850._o edit_n paris_n 1616._o and_o in_o consult_v de_fw-fr merit_n &_o intercess_n sanct._n see_v they_o be_v invocate_v with_o more_o confidence_n than_o christ_n himself_o neque_fw-la id_fw-la à _fw-la vulgo_fw-la 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adorn_v the_o wall_n of_o
the_o will_n of_o the_o sinner_n than_o austin_n of_o old_a in_o his_o debate_n against_o the_o pelagian_o yea_o as_o much_o as_o dominican_n and_o thomist_n do_v require_v to_o the_o nature_n of_o liberty_n will_v he_o say_v that_o all_o these_o do_v dogmatise_v concern_v freewill_n contrary_a to_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o first_o three_o age_n indeed_o we_o can_v adorn_v man_n freewill_n with_o such_o eulogy_n as_o do_v the_o pelagian_o or_o semipelagian_o of_o old_a or_o as_o their_o jesuited_n and_o arminian_n offspring_n which_o do_v exceed_o derogate_v from_o the_o necessity_n and_o efficacy_n of_o free_a grace_n i_o will_v not_o take_v up_o time_n in_o mention_v all_o the_o head_n of_o controversy_n betwixt_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o the_o pelagian_o or_o semipelagian_o only_o two_o thing_n i_o pitch_v upon_o 1._o we_o assert_v the_o necessity_n of_o supernatural_a grace_n to_o every_o good_a work_n this_o learned_a vossius_fw-la lib._n 3._o hist_o pelag._n part._n 2._o copious_o demonstrate_v not_o only_o to_o have_v be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o august_n prosper_n fulgentius_n to_o the_o council_n of_o diospolis_n arausica_fw-la carthage_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a catholic_n church_n after_o that_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n be_v broach_v but_o also_o part._n 1._o confirm_v it_o to_o be_v the_o perpetual_a doctrine_n of_o the_o father_n and_o church_n before_o the_o appear_v of_o pelagius_n of_o the_o latin_a father_n he_o bring_v tertul._n cyp._n arnobius_n lactantius_n ambrose_n of_o the_o greek_n justin_n martyr_n irenaeus_n origen_n macarius_n athanasius_n etc._n etc._n yea_o be_v bold_a to_o conclude_v thes_n 1._o nec_fw-la secus_fw-la qui_fw-la senscrit_fw-fr quisquam_fw-la adduei_fw-la potest_fw-la to_o spare_v time_n in_o transcribe_v testimony_n that_o one_o of_o vincent_n lyrin_n in_o commonit_a cap._n 34._o may_v suffice_v for_o all_o quis_fw-la unquam_fw-la say_v he_o ante_fw-la profanum_fw-la pelagium_fw-la tantam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la liberi_fw-la praesumpsit_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la &_o adhuc_fw-la in_o bonis_fw-la rebus_fw-la per_fw-la actus_fw-la fingulos_fw-la adjuvandum_fw-la necessariam_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la non_fw-la putaret_fw-la yet_o jesuit_n molina_n in_o concord_n cap._n 14._o art_n 13._o disp_n 19_o memb_v 6._o say_v a_o man_n may_v love_v god_n above_o all_o and_o may_v overcome_v a_o grievous_a temptation_n without_o grace_n yea_o arriag_n in_o 1._o 2._o tom_n 2._o tract_n de_fw-fr div_o gr_n disp_n 41._o sect._n 2._o n._n 1._o say_v that_o a_o man_n in_o his_o fall_a estate_n have_v a_o physical_a natural_a power_n without_o grace_n to_o keep_v the_o whole_a law_n so_o much_o indeed_o we_o can_v grant_v to_o pelagius_n both_o scripture_n and_o antiquity_n clear_o contradict_v scripture_n joh._n 15._o 5._o 2_o cor._n 3._o 5._o and_o antiquity_n hence_o be_v that_o council_n araus_n 2._o can_n 22._o nemo_fw-la habet_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la nisi_fw-la mendacium_fw-la &_o peccatum_fw-la i_o confess_v jesuit_n grant_v for_o i_o will_v not_o wrong_v they_o the_o necessity_n of_o grace_n to_o act_n which_o merit_v eternal_a life_n and_o thereby_o they_o endeavour_v to_o elude_v the_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n father_n and_o council_n assert_v the_o necessity_n of_o special_a grace_n unto_o good_a work_n but_o as_o neither_o scripture_n nor_o father_n nor_o ancient_a council_n do_v acknowledge_v that_o any_o work_n of_o we_o do_v proper_o merit_v eternal_a life_n so_o neither_o do_v they_o hold_v that_o a_o man_n without_o the_o special_a grace_n of_o god_n can_v love_v god_n above_o all_o and_o keep_v the_o whole_a law_n second_o we_o likewise_o assert_v the_o powerful_a efficacy_n of_o grace_n in_o the_o conversion_n of_o sinner_n so_o that_o however_o it_o may_v be_v resist_v and_o oppose_v by_o corruption_n yet_o never_o conquer_v august_n haeres_fw-la 88_o blame_v pelagius_n quod_fw-la gratiam_fw-la non_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la praeponeret_fw-la sed_fw-la infideli_fw-la callidiâ—ate_fw-la supponeret_fw-la that_o he_o do_v not_o subject_a freewill_n to_o grace_n but_o contrary_a wise_a by_o heretical_a craftiness_n grace_n to_o freewill_n nay_o do_v not_o jesuit_n who_o deny_v the_o efficacious_a and_o inexpugnable_a power_n of_o grace_n subject_a grace_n to_o freewill_n be_v it_o not_o freewill_n with_o they_o which_o determin_n grace_n and_o not_o grace_v which_o determin_n freewill_n and_o put_v they_o it_o not_o in_o the_o option_n of_o freewill_n to_o make_v grace_n efficacious_a or_o inefficacious_a do_v not_o augustin_n frequent_o make_v this_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o state_n of_o innocency_n and_o the_o medicinal_a grace_n after_o the_o fall_n that_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o state_n of_o innocency_n be_v only_o adjutorium_fw-la sine_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la or_o possibilitatis_fw-la grace_v which_o give_v man_n power_n to_o do_v good_a but_o medicinal_a grace_n be_v adjutoriâ—m_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o voluntatis_fw-la grace_v which_o give_v both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v as_o the_o apostle_n phrase_n it_o phil._n 2._o 13._o here_o himself_n lib._n de_fw-fr corrept_v &_o gra_fw-mi cap._n 11._o prima_fw-la gratia_fw-la est_fw-la qua_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la habeat_fw-la homo_fw-la justitiam_fw-la si_fw-la velit_fw-la secunda_fw-la plus_fw-la potest_fw-la quia_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la velit_fw-la and_o cap._n 12._o by_o that_o auxilium_fw-la quo_fw-la subventum_fw-la est_fw-la infirmitati_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la humanae_fw-la ut_fw-la divina_fw-la gratia_fw-la indeclinabiliter_fw-la &_o insuperabiliter_fw-la ageretur_fw-la what_o can_v a_o protestant_a have_v say_v more_o see_v c._n 14._o and_o l._n 1._o ad_fw-la simplic_fw-la q._n 2._o and_o lib._n 1._o contra_fw-la dvas_fw-la epist_n pelag._n cap._n 19_o and_o that_o this_o sure_o be_v a_o main_a point_n of_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o orthodox_n and_o the_o semipelagian_o may_v appear_v by_o faustus_n regiensis_fw-la a_o prime_a man_n of_o the_o semipelagian_a party_n anathema_n say_v he_o ei_fw-la qui_fw-la dixerit_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la periit_fw-la non_fw-la accepisse_fw-la ut_fw-la salvus_fw-la esse_fw-la posset_n hence_o hilary_n of_o arles_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la august_n de_fw-la reliquiis_fw-la pelagii_fw-la report_n that_o they_o ascribe_v to_o freewill_n ut_fw-la velit_fw-la vel_fw-la nolit_fw-la admittere_fw-la medicinam_fw-la hereupon_o council_n aransic_n 2._o can_n 6._o decree_n per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la fieri_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la &_o velimus_fw-la and_o therefore_o sure_o prevail_v over_o corruption_n i_o know_v austin_n hilary_n prosper_n and_o fulgentius_n be_v posterior_n to_o the_o first_o three_o century_n yet_o be_v it_o in_o their_o time_n that_o the_o pelagian_a and_o semipelagian_a controversy_n concern_v freewill_n be_v toss_v and_o therefore_o a_o more_o accurate_a definition_n of_o the_o truth_n be_v to_o be_v expect_a from_o they_o then_o from_o these_o who_o go_v before_o securius_fw-la locuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ante_fw-la exortum_fw-la pelagium_fw-la and_o the_o rather_o have_v to_o do_v with_o manichee_n and_o other_o heretic_n which_o deny_v freewill_n altogether_o and_o the_o question_n be_v so_o difficult_a that_o as_o austin_n observe_v lib._n 3._o de_fw-la gratia_fw-la chriâ—ti_fw-la cont_n pelag._n cap._n 47._o and_o lib._n 4._o cont_n jul._n cap._n 8._o when_o freewill_n be_v defend_v grace_n sâ—ems_v to_o be_v deny_v and_o when_o grace_n be_v assert_v freewill_n seem_v to_o be_v take_v away_o dr._n morton_n in_o his_o appeal_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 10._o sect._n 4._o have_v note_v that_o not_o only_a sixtus_n senensis_n but_o also_o three_o of_o the_o jesuit_n society_n tolet_n maldonat_n and_o pererius_n have_v censure_v sundry_a of_o the_o father_n especial_o in_o the_o greek_a church_n as_o too_o much_o favour_v the_o pelagian_a interest_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o freewill_n and_o therefore_o the_o less_o stress_n be_v to_o be_v lay_v upon_o their_o authority_n in_o this_o thing_n yet_o neither_o from_o the_o father_n before_o pelagius_n have_v romanist_n the_o advantage_n which_o they_o boast_v of_o all_o the_o testimony_n which_o this_o phamphlete_a filch_n from_o bell._n and_o many_o more_o be_v vindicate_v by_o châ—mâ—er_n tom._n 3._o pâ—nâ—rat_fw-la lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr lib._n arb_n cap._n 16._o and_o by_o pâ—raeus_n in_o bell._n castig_fw-mi lâ—b_fw-la 5._o the_o gra_fw-mi &_o lib._n arb_n cc._n 25._o &_o 26._o where_o they_o show_v that_o these_o father_n do_v only_o assert_v freewill_n as_o it_o stand_v in_o opposition_n to_o a_o fatal_a or_o stoical_a or_o simple_o natural_a necessity_n which_o we_o likewise_o assert_v but_o not_o in_o opposition_n to_o the_o necessity_n and_o efficacy_n of_o the_o gracâ—_n of_o god_n else_o they_o shall_v have_v pelagianize_v only_o here_o i_o must_v remember_v he_o that_o his_o bastard_n religion_n must_v be_v support_v by_o bastard_n testimony_n of_o father_n may_v he_o not_o have_v learned_a that_o clement_n recognition_n be_v spurious_a from_o their_o own_o sâ—xtuâ—_n senensis_n lib._n 2._o clemens_n fâ—om_n bell._n lib._n 2._o the_o pontiff_a cap._n 2._o and_o from_o baron_n tom._n 2._o ad_fw-la ann_n 102._o num._n 22._o do_v not_o the_o world_n know_v how_o their_o
this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o error_n of_o the_o pelagian_o that_o man_n in_o this_o life_n may_v keep_v the_o law_n perfect_o without_o sin_n as_o be_v hold_v out_o by_o hierom_n in_o his_o dialogue_n betwixt_o atticus_n and_o critobulus_n cont._n pelag._n lib._n 1_o and_o lib._n 3._o and_o be_v express_o condemn_v by_o father_n both_o before_o and_o after_o pelagius_n by_o justin_n martyr_n dial_n cum_fw-la tâ—yph_n edâ—t_fw-la comm_n pag._n 252._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o cyprian_a de_fw-fr orâ—t_n dom._n we_o be_v teach_v that_o we_o sin_v daily_o be_v command_v daily_o to_o pray_v for_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n shall_v i_o transcribe_v aâ—l_o which_o may_v be_v bring_v from_o hierom._n austin_n etc._n etc._n after_o the_o state_v of_o the_o pelagian_n controversy_n i_o may_v fill_v a_o volumn_n hence_o hiâ—rom_n lib._n 1._o adver_n pelag._n haec_fw-la est_fw-la hominis_fw-la vera_fw-la sapientia_fw-la se_fw-la nosâ—e_fw-la â—mperfecâ—um_fw-la and_o in_o câ—p_n 4._o ad_fw-la galat._n nâ—mo_fw-la potest_fw-la explere_fw-la legâ—m_fw-la &_o â—unctâ—_n facâ—re_v quae_fw-la justa_fw-la sâ—nt_fw-la and_o august_n epist_n 200._o ad_fw-la aseâ—lâ—â—um_fw-la lex_fw-la dâ—cend_fw-la non_fw-la concupâ—sâ—eâ—_n hoc_fw-la posuit_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la hâ—c_fw-la valeamus_fw-la sâ—d_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la proficiâ—ndâ—_n tendamus_fw-la as_o for_o that_o old_a pâ—â—ag_n a_o objection_n that_o god_n command_v nothing_o which_o be_v impâ—ssible_a answer_v nothing_o which_o be_v in_o itself_o and_o simple_o impossible_a it_o be_v grant_v nothing_o which_o we_o accidental_o render_v impossible_a to_o ourselves_o it_o be_v deny_v be_v not_o they_o who_o be_v judicial_o obdure_v who_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n bind_v to_o repent_v be_v not_o devil_n bind_v not_o to_o sin_n will_v you_o therefore_o conclude_v that_o all_o these_o have_v strength_n or_o grace_n sufficient_a to_o keep_v the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o let_v auâ—tin_n the_o perfect_a justit_fw-la cap._n 6_o ratioc_fw-la 13._o answer_v this_o objection_n as_o move_v of_o old_a by_o celestius_fw-la the_o pelagian_a ideo_fw-la esse_fw-la culâ—am_fw-la hâ—minis_fw-la quod_fw-la nâ—n_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la quia_fw-la sola_fw-la homâ—nis_fw-la voluntâ—te_fw-la eâ—t_fw-la â—ut_fw-la ad_fw-la iâ—â—am_fw-la necessiâ—atem_fw-la veniret_fw-la thus_o have_v i_o run_v through_o the_o pamphleteer_n 10._o instance_n and_o now_o let_v he_o reflect_v upon_o hâ—s_n imaginary_a triumph_n pag._n 153._o 154._o wherein_o the_o insult_v over_o protestant_n as_o if_o they_o lie_v prostrate_a at_o the_o foot_n of_o this_o conqueror_n and_o expose_v they_o to_o the_o ludibry_a of_o the_o world_n as_o disow_v father_n charge_v they_o with_o error_n and_o maintain_v a_o religion_n flat_o opposite_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o father_n but_o i_o hope_v this_o may_v be_v a_o document_n to_o he_o henceforth_o to_o study_v so_o much_o sobriety_n as_o not_o to_o sound_v the_o triumph_n before_o the_o victory_n the_o first_o appendix_n to_o chap._n vii_o contain_v another_o decad_n of_o romish_a novelty_n in_o religion_n before_o i_o desist_v from_o this_o enquiry_n after_o romish_a novelty_n the_o adversary_n must_v be_v advertise_v that_o though_o he_o have_v acquaint_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o ten_o forego_v instance_n in_o which_o i_o hope_v his_o failour_n by_o this_o time_n may_v be_v manifest_a yet_o have_v he_o not_o do_v his_o work_n for_o she_o have_v innovate_v gross_o in_o many_o other_o particular_n whereof_o i_o shall_v present_v here_o another_o decad_n which_o the_o catholic_n church_n of_o the_o first_o three_o age_n do_v never_o approve_v instance_n first_o the_o present_a romish_a church_n hold_v the_o book_n of_o maccabee_n ecclesiasticus_fw-la tobit_n judith_n baruch_n wisdom_n for_o canonical_a scripture_n and_o anathematize_n they_o who_o do_v otherwise_o so_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n sess_n 4._o decret_n 1._o but_o the_o church_n in_o the_o first_o three_o age_n hold_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o catalogue_n of_o melito_n in_o euseb_n hist_o lib._n 5._o cap._n 24._o of_o origen_n in_o euseb_n lib._n 6._o c._n 25._o of_o athan_n in_o sinopsi_n and_o of_o the_o council_n of_o laodicea_n can._n 59_o of_o hierom_n in_o prol._n gall_n or_o praefat_fw-la ad_fw-la lib._n reg_fw-la and_o prol._n in_o lib._n solom_n ad_fw-la paul_n &_o eustoch_n and_o prol._n in_o lib._n sol._n ad_fw-la cyromat_n &_o heliod_n yea_o bell._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la cap._n 10._o be_v not_o only_o constrain_v to_o yield_v we_o hierom_n but_o also_o cap._n 20._o grant_n that_o melito_n epiph._n ruffinus_n and_o hilary_n do_v follow_v the_o jewish_a church_n in_o the_o canon_n of_o scripture_n now_o sure_o it_o be_v that_o the_o jewish_a church_n do_v never_o acknowledge_v the_o forecited_a book_n for_o authentic_a scripture_n i_o appeal_v all_o the_o antiquary_n of_o rome_n to_o bring_v i_o one_o evidence_n from_o the_o first_o three_o century_n of_o their_o trent_n canon_n of_o scripture_n this_o be_v object_v by_o i_o to_o mr._n dempster_n pag._n 8._o pag._n 171._o but_o yet_o i_o be_o wait_v a_o reply_n the_o great_a pretext_n for_o the_o ancient_a pedigree_n of_o the_o trent_n canon_n include_v the_o forecited_a apocryphal_a book_n be_v that_o of_o becan_n the_o jesuit_n in_o compend_n manual_n controu._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o qu._n 1._o sect._n 2._o that_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n receive_v be_v from_o pope_n eugenius_n 4._o in_o the_o council_n of_o florence_n and_o eugenius_n from_o pope_n gelasius_n in_o a_o roman_a council_n of_o his_o time_n gelasius_n from_o augustine_n augustine_n from_o the_o three_o council_n of_o carthage_n and_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n from_o innocent_a the_o first_o who_o say_v becan_n live_v anno_fw-la 402._o but_o this_o be_v such_o a_o fallacious_a story_n as_o ambitious_a man_n of_o base_a extract_n be_v apt_a to_o 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