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A68490
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An epistle of a Catholicke young gentleman, (being for his religion imprisoned.) To his father a Protestant Who commaunded him to set downe in writing, what were the motiues that induced him to become a Catholicke.
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N. N., fl. 1614.
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1623
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STC 18330; ESTC S114781
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to_o your_o good_a self_n which_o by_o that_o time_n they_o can_v be_v finish_v i_o have_v motive_n exhortatory_n to_o call_v they_o back_o and_o not_o by_o any_o mean_n to_o send_v they_o but_o yet_o nevertheless_o to_o exempt_v myself_o from_o have_v any_o imputation_n of_o disobedience_n wherewith_o to_o be_v tax_v i_o have_v now_o at_o the_o last_o presume_v more_o upon_o your_o fatherly_a charity_n than_o any_o other_o merit_n in_o myself_o be_v bold_a to_o present_v unto_o you_o these_o few_o line_n wherein_o i_o have_v deliver_v brief_o that_o which_o i_o have_v heretofore_o handle_v more_o at_o large_a in_o the_o passage_n whereof_o i_o have_v here_o set_v you_o down_o most_o prospicuous_o according_a to_o your_o most_o important_a request_n from_o whence_o have_v percee_v the_o motive_n which_o cause_v i_o to_o abjure_v the_o religion_n in_o practice_n among_o protestant_n and_o to_o assume_v the_o true_a holy_a and_o never_o err_a catholic_a and_o orthodoxal_a faith_n and_o 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with_o all_o patience_n and_o chearfulnes_n this_o long_a &_o austere_a time_n of_o durance_n but_o you_o will_v rather_o i_o hope_v commiserate_v my_o estate_n which_o howsoever_o to_o other_o it_o may_v appear_v irksome_a and_o insufferable_a to_o i_o i_o give_v god_n most_o humble_a thanks_n it_o be_v a_o great_a consolation_n than_o any_o temporal_a consider_v for_o who_o sake_n it_o be_v guerdon_n or_o respect_v the_o whole_a world_n be_v able_a to_o afford_v i_o and_o the_o consideration_n hereof_o have_v be_v of_o that_o efficacy_n and_o power_n with_o i_o as_o that_o i_o be_o at_o all_o time_n ready_o prepare_v with_o no_o less_o willingness_n to_o undergo_v not_o only_a imprisonment_n in_o the_o most_o austere_a manner_n may_v be_v imagine_v but_o also_o in_o the_o service_n of_o so_o noble_a a_o master_n torture_n stripe_n gyve_n yea_o the_o most_o prodigious_a and_o dolorous_a death_n the_o heart_n and_o capacity_n of_o man_n be_v able_a to_o invent_v for_o i_o know_v well_o 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redditus_fw-la i_o pro_fw-la i_o debeo_fw-la &_o bis_fw-la debeo_fw-la sed_fw-la quid_fw-la domino_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la retribuam_fw-la nam_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la i_o millies_fw-la rependere_fw-la possem_fw-la quid_fw-la sum_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la meum_fw-la that_o be_v if_o i_o owe_v myself_o whole_o for_o my_o first_o make_v what_o can_v i_o add_v more_o for_o my_o redeem_n especial_o see_v i_o be_v not_o so_o easy_o redeem_v as_o i_o be_v make_v in_o the_o first_o work_n he_o give_v i_o myself_o in_o the_o second_o himself_o and_o when_o he_o give_v i_o himself_o he_o restore_v unto_o i_o myself_o therefore_o thus_o give_v and_o restore_v i_o owe_v myself_o for_o myself_o and_o i_o owe_v myself_o twice_o but_o now_o what_o i_o be_o able_a to_o repay_v my_o lord_n for_o himself_o for_o although_o i_o be_v able_a to_o repay_v myself_o a_o thousand_o time_n what_o be_o i_o in_o comparison_n of_o my_o lord_n which_o be_v so_o what_o then_o can_v be_v the_o fear_n why_o i_o 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