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A31418 A discourse concerning the unity of the Catholick Church maintained in the Church of England Cave, William, 1637-1713.; Thorp, George, 1637 or 8-1719. 1684 (1684) Wing C1594; ESTC R22818 40,192 64

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our_o zeal_n while_o other_o man_n please_v themselves_o in_o divert_v it_o abroad_o to_o what_o they_o have_v no_o power_n over_o it_o seem_v horrible_o nauseous_a to_o hear_v man_n quarrel_v fierce_o about_o the_o best_a church_n who_o live_v in_o the_o most_o open_a defiance_n to_o all_o religion_n and_o i_o doubt_v there_o be_v too_o many_o of_o all_o denomination_n chargeable_a herewith_o yet_o whatever_o the_o case_n of_o other_o prove_v it_o will_v be_v most_o safe_a and_o pious_a to_o bring_v it_o home_o and_o close_o to_o ourselves_o be_v our_o church_n or_o our_o profession_n never_o so_o much_o better_a than_o any_o other_o if_o we_o be_v not_o also_o suitable_o better_a than_o other_o man_n they_o will_v rise_v up_o in_o judgement_n against_o we_o at_o the_o last_o but_o by_o a_o careful_a and_o diligent_a observance_n of_o its_o sacred_a prescription_n we_o shall_v justify_v our_o reformation_n throughout_o put_v a_o stop_n to_o the_o reproach_n and_o shame_v the_o calumny_n of_o our_o adversary_n and_o which_o be_v the_o summary_n of_o all_o good_a intention_n and_o endeavour_n bring_v honour_n to_o our_o great_a lord_n and_o master_n the_o author_n and_o finisher_n of_o our_o faith_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la s._n cyprian_n ep._n 60._o p._n 143._o ed._n ox._n si_fw-mi aliquis_fw-la ex_fw-la talibus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la apprehensus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la sibi_fw-la quasi_fw-la in_o confession_n nominis_fw-la blandiatur_fw-la cum_fw-la constet_fw-la si_fw-la occisi_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la extra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la fuerint_fw-la fidei_fw-la coronam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la poenam_fw-la potiùs_fw-la esse_fw-la perfidia_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la dei_fw-la inter_fw-la unanimes_fw-la habitaturos_fw-la esse_fw-la quos_fw-la videmus_fw-la de_fw-la pacifieâ_fw-la &_o divinâ_fw-la domo_fw-la furore_fw-la discordiae_fw-la recessisse_fw-la s._n august_n &_o caeteri_fw-la in_o conc._n cirtin_v adv_v donatistas_n ep._n 152._o t._n 2._o p._n 696._o edit_fw-la frob._n 556._o quisquis_fw-la ergo_fw-la ab_fw-la hâc_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la catholicâ_fw-la fuerit_fw-la separatus_fw-la quantumlibet_fw-la laudabillter_fw-la se_fw-la vivere_fw-la existimet_fw-la hoc_fw-la solo_fw-la scelere_fw-la quod_fw-la à_fw-la christi_fw-la unitate_fw-la disjunctus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la habebit_fw-la vitam_fw-la sed_fw-la ira_fw-la dei_fw-la mamet_fw-la super_fw-la eum_fw-la quisquis_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o hâc_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la bene_fw-la vixerit_fw-la nihil_fw-la ei_fw-la praejudicant_fw-la aliena_fw-la peccata_fw-la idem_fw-la ep._n 204._o ad_fw-la donatum_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la donatist_n t._n 2._o p._n 834._o foris_fw-la autem_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la constitutus_fw-la &_o separatus_fw-la à_fw-la compage_fw-la unitatis_fw-la &_o vinculo_fw-la charitatis_fw-la aeterno_fw-la supplicio_fw-la punireris_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la pro_fw-la christi_fw-la nomine_fw-la vivus_fw-la incendereris_fw-la incendereris_fw-la tertullan_n de_fw-fr prescript_n haeret._n c._n 20._o p._n 209._o sic_fw-la omnes_fw-la primae_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la dum_fw-la unà_fw-la omnes_fw-la probant_fw-la unitatem_fw-la dum_fw-la est_fw-la communicatio_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o appellatio_fw-la fraternitatis_fw-la contesseratio_fw-la hospitalitatis_fw-la quae_fw-la jura_fw-la non_fw-la alia_fw-la ratio_fw-la regit_fw-la quam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la una_fw-la traditio_fw-la s._n august_n adv_fw-la litter_n as_o petiliani_fw-la t._n 7._o p._n 132._o charitas_fw-la christiana_n nisi_fw-la in_o unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la custodiri_fw-la &_o ibid._n p._n 473._o the_o bapt_a adv_fw-la donatist_n l._n 6._o etiamsi_fw-la christi_fw-la baptismum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la celebrationem_fw-la perceperunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la charitatis_fw-la unitatem_fw-la non_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la et_fw-fr ibid._n de_fw-fr unltate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la c._n 2._o p._n 510._o ecclesia_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la est_fw-la unde_fw-la utique_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la in_o membris_fw-la christi_fw-la christianam_fw-la salutem_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la membra_fw-la autem_fw-la christi_fw-la per_fw-la unitatis_fw-la charitatem_fw-la sibi_fw-la copulantur_fw-la &_o per_fw-la eandem_fw-la capiti_fw-la svo_fw-la coherent_a quod_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la christus_fw-la s._n austin_n adv_fw-la literas_fw-la petiliani_fw-la t._n 7._o p._n 124._o huic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la totam_fw-la terram_fw-la diffunditur_fw-la quisquis_fw-la non_fw-la communicate_v vides_fw-la cui_fw-la non_fw-la communicate_v idem_fw-la ep._n 52._o ad_fw-la bonifacium_fw-la t._n 2._o p._n 230._o ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la sola_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la cujus_fw-la ille_fw-la caput_fw-la est_fw-la salvator_n corporis_fw-la svi_fw-la extra_n hoc_fw-la corpus_fw-la neminem_fw-la vivificat_fw-la spiritue_a sanctus_n quia_fw-la sicut_fw-la ipse_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la charitas_fw-la dei_fw-la diffusa_fw-la est_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la qui_fw-la datus_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la particeps_fw-la divinae_fw-la charitatis_fw-la qui_fw-la hostess_fw-la est_fw-la unitatis_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr bapt._n adv_fw-la donatist_n l._n 3._o c._n 16._o t._n 7._o p._n 409._o ipsa_fw-la esi_fw-la enim_fw-la charitas_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la communione_fw-la praecisi_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la habet_fw-la dei_fw-la charit_n tem_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la diligit_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la unitatem_fw-la s._n cyprian_n de_fw-fr unirate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la p._n 113._o inexpiabllis_n &_o gravis_fw-la culpa_fw-la discordiae_fw-la nec_fw-la passione_n pargatur_fw-la esse_fw-la martyr_n non_fw-la potest_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la regnum_fw-la pervenire_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la qui_fw-la tam_fw-la que_fw-la regnatura_fw-la est_fw-la derelinquit_fw-la derelinquit_fw-la tertullian_n apolog._n c._n 39_o corpus_fw-la sumus_fw-la de_fw-la conscientiâ_fw-la religionis_fw-la &_o disciplinae_fw-la unitate_fw-la &_o spei_fw-la foedere_fw-la clerus_fw-la ad_fw-la d._n cyprian_n ep._n 30._o ox._n ed_n p._n 56._o idem_fw-la enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la credimur_fw-la operati_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la deprehendimur_fw-la eâdem_fw-la omnes_fw-la censurae_fw-la &_o disciplinae_fw-la consensiare_fw-la sociati_fw-la it_o à_fw-la etiam_fw-la argumentatur_fw-la idem_fw-la clerus_fw-la rom._n adv_o marcionem_fw-la excommunicatum_fw-la à_fw-la patre_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la iis_fw-la non_fw-la receptum_fw-la in_o s._n epiphanio_n haer._n 42._o l_o 1._o t_o 2._o p._n 303._o par._n edit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n synesius_n epist_n 50._o p._n 203._o de_fw-la cersurâ_fw-la in_o andronicum_fw-la i_o hoantem_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la consortes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n cyprian_n ad_fw-la antonianum_fw-la p._n 112._o ox._n ed._n cum_fw-la sit_fw-la à_fw-la christo_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la in_o multa_fw-la membra_fw-la divisa_fw-la item_n episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la multorum_fw-la concordi_fw-la numerositate_fw-la diffusus_fw-la et_fw-fr ep._n 3●_n p._n 71._o omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la nos_fw-la decet_fw-la pro_fw-la corpore_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cujus_fw-la per_fw-la varias_fw-la quasque_fw-la provincias_fw-la membra_fw-la digella_fw-la sunt_fw-la excubare_fw-la s._n august_n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la c._n 12._o t._n 7._o p._n 534._o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o in_fw-la orbe_fw-la terrarum_fw-la plerumque_fw-la regne_fw-la dividuntur_fw-la ideo_fw-la christiana_n unitas_fw-la dividitur_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o utrâque_fw-la parte_fw-la catholica_fw-la inveniatur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la p._n 229._o ox_n ed._n in_o council_n carthaginensi_fw-la at_o baptizandis_fw-la haereticis_fw-la neminem_fw-la judicantes_fw-la aut_fw-la à_fw-la jure_fw-la communionis_fw-la si_fw-la diversum_fw-la senserit_fw-la amoventes_fw-la amoventes_fw-la de_fw-fr bapt._n adv_o donat._n l._n 2._o t._n 7._o p._n 391._o &_o sape_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n euseb_n eccles_n hist_o l._n 5._o c._n 26._o 26._o bishop_n carleton_n of_o threefold_a jurisdiction_n dr._n barrow_n treatise_n of_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n supremacy_n s._n cyprian_n de_fw-fr ●unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la post_fw-la joca_fw-la communitèr_fw-la allegata_fw-la p._n 107._o quamvis_fw-la apostolis_n omnibus_fw-la parem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la tribuat_fw-la etc._n etc._n paulo_fw-la post_fw-la hoc_fw-la erant_fw-la utique_fw-la caeteri_fw-la apostoli_fw-la quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la petrus_n pari_fw-la consortio_fw-la praediti_fw-la honoris_fw-la &_o potestatis_fw-la idem_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la in_o council_n car●haginensi_fw-la p._n 229._o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la si_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la constituit_fw-la aut_fw-la tyrannico_fw-la terror_fw-la ad_fw-la obsequendi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la collegas_fw-la suos_fw-la adigit_fw-la s._n hieron_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la euagrium_n t_o 2._o p._n 329._o si_fw-mi authoritas_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la orbis_fw-la major_n est_fw-la urbe_fw-la uhicunque_fw-la fuerit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la sive_fw-la romae_fw-la sive_fw-la eugubii_n sive_fw-la constantinopoli_fw-it sive_fw-la rhegii_fw-la sive_fw-la alexandria_n sive_fw-la tanis_n ejusdem_fw-la meriti_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la est_fw-la &_o sacerdotii_fw-la potentia_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la &_o paupertatis_fw-la humilitas_fw-la vel_fw-la sublimiorem_fw-la vel_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la episcopum_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la caeterum_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la successores_fw-la sunt_fw-la sunt_fw-la vide_fw-la epist_n concilii_fw-la africani_n ad_fw-la bonifacium_fw-la t._n 2._o p._n 1670._o 1674._o concilult_n ed._n ed._n see_v d._n caves_n dissertation_n of_o ancient_a church_n government_n and_o dr._n parker_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n for_o the_o first_o 600_o year_n year_n s._n greg._n lib._n 4_o regist_n ep._n 32._o absit_fw-la