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more_o religion_n say_v mr._n fleury_n can_v subsist_v without_o study_n and_o preach_v to_o preserve_v the_o soundness_n of_o its_o doctrine_n and_o the_o purity_n of_o its_o moral_n it_o must_v necessary_o fall_v into_o decay_n unless_o the_o holy_a scripture_n be_v diligent_o read_v teach_v and_o expound_v to_o the_o people_n unless_o the_o apostolical_a tradition_n be_v preserve_v in_o their_o purity_n and_o purge_v from_o time_n to_o time_n of_o those_o spurious_a addition_n which_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n without_o any_o just_a authority_n have_v make_v to_o they_o will_v but_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n take_v away_o these_o and_o all_o other_o addition_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o and_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a age_n of_o christianity_n and_o forbid_v all_o disputation_n etc._n etc._n as_o innocent_a xi_o by_o his_o decree_n of_o the_o 19_o of_o feb._n 1678._o entire_o abolish_v the_o office_n of_o the_o immaculate_a conception_n etc._n etc._n approve_a by_o paul_n v._o they_o may_v happy_o put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o great_a division_n that_o have_v so_o long_o make_v the_o enemy_n of_o christianity_n to_o rejoice_v or_o be_v able_a to_o maintain_v the_o charge_n of_o schism_n against_o those_o that_o shall_v then_o refuse_v their_o communion_n what_o passage_n or_o expression_n occur_v in_o this_o treatise_n which_o may_v be_v judge_v contrary_a to_o and_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o doctrine_n worship_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o by_o law_n establish_v the_o author_n and_o editor_n of_o this_o book_n be_v not_o answerable_a for_o nor_o pretend_v to_o justify_v consider_v that_o it_o be_v only_o a_o translation_n of_o a_o historical_a tract_n write_v in_o french_a and_o often_o print_v by_o a_o learned_a author_n of_o the_o roman_a communion_n who_o name_n be_v mention_v in_o the_o title-page_n of_o this_o book_n what_o he_o have_v say_v in_o favour_n of_o several_a of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o reformation_n and_o the_o admirable_a moral_a reflection_n which_o frequent_o occur_v throughout_o his_o history_n and_o especial_o the_o former_a part_n together_o with_o other_o pious_a relation_n of_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o show_v that_o excellent_a use_n may_v be_v make_v of_o this_o treatise_n and_o hence_o to_o justify_v the_o publication_n of_o it_o in_o our_o own_o language_n and_o the_o more_o exceptionable_a passage_n that_o be_v in_o it_o i_o must_v entreat_v the_o reader_n to_o consiâ—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d the_o mere_a effect_n of_o our_o author_n be_v 〈…〉_o the_o communion_n wherein_o he_o 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o admire_v rather_o that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d say_v so_o much_o on_o our_o side_n than_o that_o 〈◊〉_d have_v say_v no_o more_o errata_fw-la page_n 8._o line_n 16._o read_v to_o establish_v p._n 13._o l._n 13._o r._n in_o mind_n of_o p._n 27._o l._n 22._o deal_n and._n p._n 35._o l._n 22._o r._n orchard_n p._n 37._o ibid._n l._n 22._o r._n disease_n p._n 41._o l._n 11._o r._n furnish_v ibid._n 18._o r._n christian_n p._n 42._o l._n 24._o r._n paedagogus_fw-la p._n 45._o l._n 8._o r._n sanctify_v p._n 47._o l._n 29._o r._n give_v p._n 54._o l._n 32._o r._n itself_o p._n 56._o l._n 27._o r._n use_v p._n 77._o l._n 18._o for_o where_o r._n be_v ibid._n l._n 24._o r._n zealous_a p._n 86._o l._n 26._o r._n occasion_n p._n 87._o l._n 13._o r._n gnostic_n p._n 99_o l._n 15._o r._n tutelar_a p._n 103._o l._n 18._o r._n eqweus_n p._n 104._o l._n 28._o r._n lewd_a way_n p._n 105._o l._n 5._o for_o of_o r._n off_o ibid._n l._n 6._o r._n spit_v it_o p._n 106._o l._n 17._o r._n martyr_n p._n 107._o l._n 23._o deal_n the._n p._n 110._o l._n 25._o r._n reduce_v p._n 119._o l._n 25._o r._n slave_n ibid._n r._n state_n p._n 124._o l._n 22._o r._n such_o case_n p._n 129._o l._n 9_o for_o bell_n r._n bell_n p._n 136._o l._n 7._o for_o thy_o r._n they_o ibid._n r._n deliver_v p._n 148._o l._n 12._o r._n wife_n p._n 149._o l._n 25_o r._n fifty_o p._n 156._o l._n 1._o r._n to_o each_o other_o p._n 157._o l._n 2._o r._n priest_n p._n 158._o l._n 17._o for_o they_o r._n him_z p._n 165._o l._n 20._o for_o this_o r_o his_o p._n 182._o l._n 24._o r._n martyrium_fw-la p._n 204._o l._n 30_o deal_n or_o the_o least_o sign_n p._n 205._o l._n 15._o r._n have_v reteme_v p._n 240_o l._n 22._o r._n sylvester_n p._n 241._o l._n 5._o r._n ornament_v ibid._n l._n 30._o r._n candlestick_n p._n 242._o l._n 15._o deal_n with_o p._n 251._o l._n 8._o r._n pestilence_n p._n 259._o l._n 15_o r._n soever_o p._n 266._o l._n 17._o r._n many_o p._n 272._o l._n 1._o for_o for_o r._n the_o p._n 289._o l._n 24._o r._n thereupon_o p._n 305._o l._n 30._o r._n conversion_n ibid._n l._n 32._o for_o be_v r._n were_z p._n 306._o l._n 1._o r._n religion_n ibid._n l._n 17._o r._n hungarian_n p._n 307._o l._n 13._o r._n can_v p._n 310._o l._n 2._o r._n canon_n ibid._n l._n 31._o r._n how_o miserable_o p._n 313._o l._n 30._o r._n barbarous_a p._n 314._o l._n 2._o r._n do_v that_o ibid._n l._n 6._o r._n modesty_n p._n 318._o l._n 10._o r._n chaplain_n p._n 322._o l._n 6._o r._n our_o way_n of_o live_v p._n 326._o l._n 20._o r._n journey_n ibid._n l._n 26._o r._n travel_n p._n 327._o l._n 32._o r._n upon_o they_o p._n 328._o l._n 15._o r._n bear_v p._n 330._o l._n 28._o r._n assistance_n p._n 332._o l._n 31._o r._n multitude_n the_o behaviour_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o christian_n part_v the_o first_o i_o shall_v divide_v my_o work_n into_o four_o part_n the_o first_o will_v represent_v the_o manner_n i._o i._o of_o the_o christian_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o whole_a the_o division_n of_o the_o whole_a destruction_n of_o that_o city_n under_o vespasian_n this_o first_o state_n of_o christianity_n though_o but_o of_o a_o short_a continuance_n be_v so_o supereminent_a in_o its_o perfection_n that_o it_o will_v deserve_v a_o separate_a consideration_n the_o second_o will_v take_v in_o all_o the_o time_n of_o the_o persecution_n that_o be_v the_o entire_a space_n of_o three_o century_n in_o the_o three_o i_o shall_v describe_v the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n in_o its_o liberty_n which_o commence_v in_o the_o four_o age._n and_o in_o the_o last_o consider_v the_o change_n it_o afterward_o undergo_v and_o endeavour_v to_o discover_v the_o cause_n of_o they_o the_o christian_a religion_n as_o it_o be_v not_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n but_o the_o work_n of_o ii_o ii_o god_n so_o like_o the_o universe_n it_o have_v its_o full_a jerulem_fw-la the_o first_o part_n the_o church_n of_o jerulem_fw-la perfection_n in_o its_o first_o birth_n and_o be_v most_o glorious_a in_o its_o early_a production_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v say_v tertullian_n that_o the_o
of_o st._n justin_n and_o st._n clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o in_o the_o same_o writing_n we_o also_o find_v a_o vast_a reach_n of_o learning_n join_v with_o the_o fine_a politeness_n the_o humility_n of_o a_o christian_a have_v qualify_v the_o haughty_a air_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o the_o scornful_a pride_n of_o the_o philosopher_n make_v of_o they_o true_a sage_n faith_n have_v once_o discover_v to_o they_o the_o true_a end_n upon_o which_o they_o ought_v to_o fix_v from_o that_o time_n forward_o they_o mind_v nothing_o else_o these_o person_n even_o in_o their_o gentile_a state_n so_o improve_v and_o refine_a be_v now_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o gospel_n further_o cleanse_v from_o all_o their_o impurity_n and_o have_v learn_v to_o be_v sincere_a become_v also_o gentle_a meek_n and_o peaceable_a without_o artifice_n and_o disguise_n thus_o the_o christian_a religion_n establish_v its_o self_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o in_o rome_n its_o self_n when_o it_o be_v in_o its_o most_o flourish_a condition_n in_o the_o most_o enlighten_v age_n that_o ever_o be_v and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o most_o corrupt_a nor_o can_v the_o divinity_n of_o the_o gospel_n more_o glorious_o have_v display_v its_o power_n than_o in_o triumph_v over_o those_o two_o disposition_n in_o man_n that_o be_v most_o opposite_a to_o it_o that_o be_v vanity_n of_o knowledge_n and_o corruption_n of_o manner_n so_o victorious_o carry_v on_o its_o progress_n in_o the_o world_n while_o on_o the_o one_o hand_n science_n a_o exalt_a understanding_n resist_v the_o simplicity_n of_o its_o doctrine_n and_o the_o humility_n of_o faith_n on_o the_o other_o depravity_n of_o heart_n and_o corruption_n of_o manner_n oppose_v the_o purity_n of_o its_o moral_n and_o the_o severity_n of_o its_o practice_n this_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v the_o more_o particular_o insist_v on_o that_o none_o may_v imagine_v as_o if_o the_o apostle_n have_v to_o do_v with_o only_a a_o gross_a 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fourteen_o iii._o twelve_o xiii_o xuj_o fourteen_o fourteen_o xvii_o xxii_o and_o gentile_n the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n furnish_v we_o with_o example_n of_o all_o these_o different_a kind_n of_o preach_v they_o speak_v of_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n only_o to_o those_o that_o tryph._n cle._n recog_n i._o just_o in_o tryph._n hear_v they_o with_o seriousness_n and_o attention_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o perceive_v the_o infidel_n to_o grow_v weary_a of_o their_o discourse_n or_o as_o it_o often_o happen_v begin_v to_o laugh_v at_o they_o the_o christian_n present_o break_v off_o and_o say_v no_o more_o lest_o they_o shall_v profane_v holy_a thing_n and_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o heathen_a to_o blaspheme_n in_o time_n they_o begin_v to_o publish_v some_o write_n to_o show_v the_o heathen_n upon_o what_o weak_a foundation_n the_o pagan_a worship_n stand_v and_o disengage_v they_o from_o their_o prejudices_fw-la such_o be_v st._n justin_n martyr_n admonition_n to_o the_o gentile_n 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etc._n etc._n 19_o ma._n nineteeen_o aug._n xiii_o sept._n viij_o oct._n martyrol_n martii_fw-la twelve_o xxvi_o mai._n xvii_o nineteeen_o jun._n xx_o jul._n quality_n we_o see_v in_o the_o martyrology_n senator_n prefect_n proconsul_n tribune_n quaestor_n and_o even_a consul_n themselves_o we_o find_v christian_n in_o the_o court_n and_o among_o the_o domestic_n and_o principal_a officer_n of_o the_o emperor_n as_o under_o nero_n trajan_n alexander_n decius_n valerian_n diocletian_n the_o court_n of_o diocletian_a serve_v also_o susan_n three_o sept._n v._o oct._n xviii_o euseb_n vi_fw-la hist_o xxviii_o act._n s._n sebast_n &_o s._n susan_n sometime_o for_o a_o safe_a retreat_n to_o the_o most_o zealous_a confessor_n of_o rome_n the_o pope_n st._n gaius_n and_o st._n gabinius_n the_o father_n of_o st._n susanna_n be_v his_o own_o nephew_n and_o st._n serena_n his_o empress_n be_v a_o martyr_n the_o people_n affect_v with_o these_o virtue_n of_o the_o christian_n and_o with_o the_o 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