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ephraimite_n have_v learned_a to_o speak_v shibole_v as_o plain_a as_o the_o gileadite_n 6._o whereas_o before_o they_o can_v but_o lisp_v sibole_v and_o if_o these_o ephraimite_n by_o this_o slight_a come_v to_o be_v admit_v to_o place_n of_o great_a trust_n in_o this_o kingdom_n and_o as_o their_o birth_n and_o barony_n entitle_v divers_a of_o they_o to_o the_o house_n of_o peer_n so_o they_o shall_v be_v choose_v indifferent_o to_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o what_o a_o loose_a end_n all_o thing_n will_v be_v at_o how_o sudden_o may_v we_o be_v cheat_v of_o our_o religion_n liberty_n law_n yea_o and_o life_n to_o wherefore_o it_o be_v to_o be_v humble_o desire_v of_o those_o that_o love_v the_o truth_n in_o sincerity_n even_o with_o bend_a knee_n that_o his_o majesty_n and_o the_o high_a court_n of_o parliament_n will_v make_v some_o more_o certain_a distinctive_a sign_n between_o papist_n and_o protestant_n then_o monthly_a come_n to_o church_n and_o take_v the_o oath_n above_o mention_v this_o author_n point_v at_o such_o a_o thing_n while_o he_o speak_v of_o some_o article_n of_o thâ—ir_a faith_n which_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o they_o in_o any_o case_n to_o deny_v if_o therefore_o it_o shall_v seem_v good_a to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o state_n to_o prescribe_v such_o a_o confession_n of_o faith_n to_o be_v draw_v wherein_o all_o or_o the_o most_o fundamental_a point_n of_o their_o trent_n faith_n be_v renounce_v and_o by_o name_n the_o twelve_o new_a article_n add_v to_o the_o apostle_n creed_n in_o the_o bull_n of_o pope_n pius_n the_o four_o we_o shall_v either_o soon_o see_v certain_o who_o be_v papist_n and_o who_o be_v not_o or_o at_o least_o give_v the_o romish_a religion_n a_o smart_a blow_n than_o it_o ever_o yet_o receive_v for_o though_o this_o author_n speak_v of_o a_o fox_n craft_n to_o be_v use_v by_o prudent_a catholic_n vulpâ—bus_fw-la and_o though_o the_o priest_n and_o jesuit_n and_o the_o cunning_a head_n among_o the_o papist_n will_v set_v their_o wit_n on_o the_o rack_n to_o find_v out_o some_o eshapatoir_n or_o evasion_n whereby_o they_o may_v go_v beyond_o the_o state_n yet_o they_o must_v then_o be_v enforce_v to_o deny_v their_o religion_n to_o save_v it_o and_o to_o alter_v the_o tenet_n which_o have_v hitherto_o be_v hold_v for_o currant_n both_o among_o their_o school_n divine_v and_o casuist_n namely_o that_o it_o be_v a_o damnable_a sin_n to_o equivocate_v when_o a_o man_n be_v call_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o faith_n for_o this_o can_v be_v deny_v to_o be_v a_o plain_a denial_n of_o christ_n and_o in_o their_o own_o sense_n whosoever_o so_o deny_v he_o before_o man_n shall_v be_v deny_v by_o he_o before_o his_o father_n in_o heaven_n last_o to_o show_v the_o great_a strength_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o clear_a evidence_n of_o the_o protestant_a religion_n which_o convince_v the_o conscience_n of_o most_o obstinate_a papist_n for_o this_o author_n a_o man_n of_o learning_n and_o well_o verse_v in_o the_o book_n case_n of_o the_o romanist_n though_o in_o some_o place_n he_o jeer_v at_o our_o preacher_n and_o scoff_n at_o our_o religion_n yet_o in_o other_o where_o he_o be_v most_o serious_a he_o let_v fall_v those_o passage_n from_o he_o which_o be_v worthy_a the_o take_n up_o namely_o pag._n 6._o recusancie_n be_v first_o bring_v aâ—ong_a catholic_n into_o england_n by_o a_o certain_a company_n of_o man_n for_o temporal_a end_n procure_v covert_o and_o by_o indirect_a mean_n from_o twelve_o father_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n and_o certain_a pope_n upon_o false_a suggestion_n the_o false_a suggestion_n pag._n 7._o et_fw-la deinceps_fw-la be_v these_o viz._n that_o the_o protestant_n of_o england_n be_v idolatrous_a and_o blasphemous_a heretic_n hate_v god_n and_o his_o church_n that_o the_o commerce_n with_o they_o especial_o at_o church_n will_v be_v a_o occasion_n of_o the_o
subversion_n and_o ruin_n of_o their_o soul_n pag._n 19_o in_o the_o protestant_a church_n there_o be_v neither_o idolatry_n commit_v nor_o hurt_v do_v pag._n 22._o why_o shall_v we_o not_o communicate_v with_o protestant_n where_o there_o can_v be_v no_o danger_n of_o sin_n and_o in_o pag._n 23._o protestant_n be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v proper_o formal_a heretic_n pag._n 41._o in_o go_v to_o the_o protestant_a church_n there_o be_v no_o moral_a malignity_n at_o all_o in_o so_o much_o that_o scarce_o the_o weak_a man_n can_v invent_v how_o to_o sin_v by_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v there_o do_v it_o be_v of_o its_o own_o nature_n so_o indifferent_a and_o to_o a_o good_a intention_n good_a that_o à _fw-la parte_fw-la rei_fw-la there_o be_v no_o appearance_n of_o evil_a therein_o pag._n 48._o i_o never_o yet_o can_v find_v any_o idolatry_n commit_v at_o protestant_a church_n as_o often_o as_o i_o have_v frequent_v the_o same_o pag._n 52._o protestant_n be_v not_o proper_o and_o in_o rigour_n formal_a heretic_n if_o protestant_n be_v not_o formal_a heretic_n it_o follow_v necessary_o that_o they_o be_v no_o heretic_n at_o all_o for_o forma_fw-la that_fw-mi nomen_fw-la et_fw-la esse_fw-la if_o it_o be_v a_o false_a suggestion_n that_o protestant_n be_v blasphemous_a heretic_n hate_v god_n and_o his_o church_n than_o the_o truth_n be_v they_o be_v neither_o blasphemous_a heretic_n nor_o hater_n of_o god_n nor_o his_o church_n but_o lover_n of_o both_o if_o there_o be_v no_o idolatry_n commit_v in_o protestant_a church_n than_o god_n be_v there_o pure_o worship_v in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n if_o there_o be_v no_o hurt_n do_v in_o protestant_a church_n no_o danger_n of_o sin_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o any_o appearance_n of_o evil_a then_o be_v all_o papist_n just_o to_o be_v punish_v who_o refuse_v to_o come_v to_o our_o church_n and_o they_o be_v guilty_a of_o grievous_a sin_n in_o disobey_v the_o command_n of_o king_n and_o state_n and_o have_v no_o pretence_n at_o all_o for_o their_o recusancie_n thus_o as_o virgil_n when_o he_o read_v the_o obsolete_a write_n of_o ennius_n say_v he_o seek_v for_o aurum_fw-la instercore_fw-la so_o may_v thou_o find_v here_o gold_n in_o a_o dunghill_n i_o have_v wash_v away_o the_o filth_n by_o animadversion_n insert_v in_o convenient_a place_n make_v thou_o use_v of_o the_o gold_n to_o enrich_v thy_o knowledge_n and_o confirm_v thy_o assurance_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n pure_o teach_v and_o sincere_o profess_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n octob._n 1._o 1642._o a_o table_n of_o the_o special_a content_n lock_n that_o be_v screw_v with_o letter_n be_v most_o troublesome_a to_o unlock_v if_o we_o know_v not_o the_o particular_a letter_n by_o the_o set_n whereof_o together_o the_o ward_n fly_v open_a such_o be_v the_o ensue_a discourse_n consist_v of_o very_a many_o head_n double_v or_o treble_v the_o alphabet_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o marginal_a note_n yet_o without_o any_o summaary_a content_n premise_v or_o directory_a title_n serve_v in_o stead_n of_o signal_n letter_n to_o open_v the_o several_a part_n and_o section_n thereof_o it_o be_v think_v therefore_o requisite_a to_o supply_v that_o defect_n in_o the_o romish_a author_n by_o this_o table_n wherein_o the_o reader_n may_v ready_o and_o easy_o find_v those_o remarkable_a point_n which_o either_o be_v profess_o handle_v or_o occasional_o touch_v therein_o first_o in_o the_o preface_n pag._n 3._o second_o in_o the_o treatise_n pag._n 16._o sect._n 1._o pag._n 26._o sect._n 2._o pag._n 57_o sect._n 3._o pag._n 82._o three_o in_o the_o appendix_n pag._n 143._o first_o in_o the_o preface_n the_o original_n of_o recusancie_n in_o england_n pag._n 6._o the_o rescript_n of_o seven_o pope_n in_o the_o case_n all_o erroneous_a pag_n 7._o the_o determination_n of_o general_a counsel_n of_o great_a authority_n yet_o not_o infallible_a pag._n 12._o second_o in_o the_o treatise_n the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n touch_v go_v to_o church_n with_o man_n of_o a_o different_a religion_n explicate_v pag._n 16._o naaman_n fact_n bow_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o rimmonâ—iscussed_v â—iscussed_z pag._n 17._o the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n 2_o king_n 5.19_o go_v in_o peace_n diverse_o expound_v pag._n 18._o none_o may_v dissemble_v his_o religion_n no_o not_o in_o fear_n of_o death_n pag._n 21._o the_o resolution_n â—f_o the_o sorbon_n doctor_n in_o the_o case_n of_o recusancie_n pag._n 24._o sect_n 1._o the_o definition_n of_o scandal_n pag._n 26._o several_a division_n of_o scandal_n pag._n 27._o the_o distinction_n of_o venial_a and_o mortal_a sin_n refute_v pag._n 28._o evangelicall_n counsel_n as_o they_o call_v they_o be_v not_o distinct_a from_o precept_n pag._n 29._o poverty_n in_o itself_o be_v not_o scandalous_a pag._n 31_o whether_o our_o liturgy_n be_v any_o part_n of_o the_o missal_n pag._n 33._o prayer_n ought_v to_o be_v make_v in_o a_o know_a tongue_n pag._n 34._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o appearance_n of_o evil_a 1_o thess._n 5.22_o pag._n 35._o in_o what_o case_n the_o eat_a meat_n offer_v unto_o idol_n be_v forbid_v by_o the_o apostle_n 1_o cor._n 8._o pag._n 39_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o heretic_n pag._n 51._o that_o the_o faith_n of_o protestant_n be_v no_o way_n defective_a pag._n 53._o the_o romish_a clergy_n be_v gross_o ignorant_a pag._n 54_o the_o protestant_n manner_n of_o preach_v in_o many_o respect_n to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o romish_a pag._n 55._o sect_n 2._o recusancie_n be_v no_o distinctive_a sign_n between_o a_o papist_n and_o a_o protestant_n pag._n 57_o the_o protestant_n sacrament_n be_v not_o a_o bare_a sign_n nor_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n common_a bread_n pag._n 60._o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n be_v true_o give_v in_o the_o sacrament_n pag._n 61._o the_o popish_a carnal_a manner_n of_o eat_v christ_n flesh_n with_o the_o mouth_n be_v repugnant_a to_o faith_n reason_n and_o common_a sense_n pag._n 62._o the_o apostle_n by_o the_o lord_n supper_n 1_o cor._n 11.20_o mean_v not_o the_o agapae_n or_o love-feast_n pag._n 64._o a_o foul_a practice_n and_o high_a misdemeanour_n of_o davenport_n alius_fw-la à _fw-la sancta_fw-la clara_n in_o procure_v a_o surreptitious_a bull_n against_o day_n the_o franciscan_a pag._n 75._o sect_n 3._o that_o papist_n attribute_v religious_a worship_n to_o image_n themselves_o pag._n 85._o that_o a_o man_n be_v question_v of_o his_o faith_n though_o before_o a_o incompetent_a judge_n be_v bind_v to_o answer_v the_o truth_n pag._n 98._o that_o we_o may_v not_o dissemble_v with_o dissembler_n nor_o play_v the_o fox_n with_o fox_n pag._n 99_o that_o papist_n trust_v in_o their_o own_o merit_n though_o some_o at_o their_o death_n have_v renounce_v they_o pag._n 104._o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n divide_v into_o eight_o branch_n and_o every_o branch_n justify_v by_o papist_n themselves_o pag._n 109._o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n divide_v into_o four_o branch_n pag._n 114._o in_o what_o sense_n protestant_n teach_v the_o king_n to_o be_v head_n of_o the_o church_n pag._n 115._o who_o be_v mean_v by_o foreigner_n in_o the_o statute_n pag._n 120._o that_o no_o papist_n can_v take_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n but_o that_o he_o must_v renounce_v a_o fundamental_a point_n of_o his_o religion_n pag._n 138._o three_o in_o the_o appendix_n 1._o a_o form_n of_o recantation_n enjoin_v the_o lollard_n in_o the_o 19_o year_n of_o king_n richard_n the_o second_o take_v out_o of_o the_o record_n in_o the_o tower_n pag._n 143._o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o father_n in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n pag._n 145._o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n enact_v 35._o hen._n 8._o &_o 1_o elizabeth_n pag._n 148.150_o a_o proviso_n for_o expound_v the_o oath_n 5._o elizabeth_n pag._n 151._o the_o admonition_n annex_v to_o the_o injunction_n elizabeth_n 1._o pag._n 152._o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o author_n of_o the_o animadversion_n to_o the_o reader_n pag._n 154._o errata_fw-la sic_fw-la corrige_n p._n 7._o in_o marg_n state_n r._n flat_a p._n 8._o lin_v 11._o p._n 7._o r._n 12._o p._n 15._o l._n 9_o ignorattia_n r._n ignorantia_fw-la p._n 22._o l._n 22._o the_o r._n they_o p._n 28._o l._n 15._o deal_n the_o p._n 42._o l._n 17._o rejoice_v r._n rejoin_v p._n 54_o l._n 35._o proposition_n r._n preposition_n p._n 64._o l._n 14._o apollorum_fw-la r._n apostolorum_fw-la p._n 76._o l._n 6._o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 85._o l._n 12._o sede_fw-la r._n sedè_fw-la p._n 97._o marg_n l._n 6._o do_v r._n do_v p._n 99_o l._n 11._o marg_n adeo_fw-la r._n add_v l._n 12._o r._n wizard_n p._n 140._o marg_n l._n 6._o d_o the_o appendix_n a_o 14._o safeguard_v from_o shipwreck_n to_o a_o 3.15_o prudent_a catholic_a wherein_o be_v prove_v that_o a_o they_o catholic_a may_v go_v to_o the_o protestant_a church_n and_o take_v both_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n
and_o supremacy_n matth._n 10.16_o be_v you_o wise_a as_o serpent_n and_o oath_n simple_a as_o dove_n london_n print_v by_o i._n l._n for_o nicholas_n bourne_n at_o the_o south_n entrance_n to_o the_o royal_a exchange_n 1642._o a_o preface_n to_o the_o reader_n gentle_a reader_n i_o be_o to_o write_v of_o a_o point_n of_o controversy_n wherein_o i_o know_v that_o i_o shall_v undergo_v the_o renounce_v censure_n of_o divers_a sort_n of_o people_n yea_o amaze_v some_o at_o the_o strangeness_n of_o the_o thing_n yet_o my_o intention_n be_v good_a as_o tend_v to_o the_o safeguard_n as_o well_o doctrine_n of_o soul_n as_o body_n of_o all_o and_o i_o myself_o be_v constrain_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o natural_a necessity_n thereto_o as_o suffer_v much_o not_o only_o by_o the_o faâ—it_fw-la severity_n of_o the_o law_n for_o my_o religion_n which_o be_v the_o least_o but_o likewise_o both_o spiritual_o and_o temporal_o by_o the_o malice_n and_o treachery_n of_o some_o evil_a spirit_n instigate_a other_o to_o take_v advantage_n by_o religion_n do_v hope_n to_o find_v approbation_n therein_o at_o least_o of_o the_o wise_a sort_n although_o i_o can_v see_v but_o why_o in_o reason_n not_o pretend_v the_o least_o prejudice_n to_o religion_n but_o rather_o the_o good_a of_o god_n church_n as_o i_o shall_v make_v appear_v the_o weak_a sort_n of_o catholic_n shall_v not_o be_v likewise_o please_v therewith_o for_o although_o religion_n as_o it_o be_v take_v for_o christian_a belief_n aught_o of_o every_o man_n to_o be_v profess_v according_a to_o st._n thomas_n aquinas_n and_o other_o doctor_n 2a._o 2ae_fw-la q._n 3._o at_o two_o particular_a time_n viz._n when_o and_o as_o often_o as_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n shall_v conduce_v thereunto_o or_o the_o spiritual_a good_a of_o our_o neighbour_n shall_v be_v either_o conserve_v or_o augment_v thereby_o ground_v themselves_o upon_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n matth._n 10.32_o qui_fw-la i_o confessus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la coram_fw-la 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etc._n and_o in_o the_o three_o i_o do_v utter_o renounce_v and_o forsake_v all_o foreign_a jurisdiction_n etc._n etc._n which_o i_o do_v just_o and_o lawful_o renounce_v as_o well_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o protestant_a church_n as_o of_o the_o catholic_a for_o as_o i_o have_v say_v the_o pope_n be_v true_o a_o foreigner_n to_o the_o protestant_a church_n in_o respect_n of_o which_o i_o must_v by_o the_o law_n renounce_v his_o jurisdiction_n and_o he_o be_v no_o foreigner_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n in_o which_o i_o be_o bind_v to_o respect_v he_o and_o his_o jurisdiction_n for_o if_o all_o catholic_n be_v domestics_n one_o to_o â—he_v other_o as_o i_o have_v prove_v out_o of_o saint_n paul_n how_o can_v the_o pope_n who_o be_v chief_a of_o that_o faith_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o t._n foreigner_n his_o jurisdiction_n be_v as_o internal_a and_o intrinsical_v as_o innate_a and_o natural_a to_o every_o catholic_n in_o the_o world_n as_o it_o be_v to_o he_o that_o 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6â—_n de_fw-fr leg_n cap._n 1._o upon_o the_o will_n and_o intention_n of_o the_o lawmaker_n which_o be_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o law_n the_o substance_n and_o force_n of_o the_o law_n do_v chief_a depend_v therefore_o it_o by_o any_o mean_n the_o will_n of_o the_o lawmaker_n may_v be_v know_v according_a to_o it_o especial_o we_o must_v understand_v the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n but_o the_o will_n of_o the_o lawmaker_n be_v sufficient_o know_v concern_v this_o oath_n to_o make_v it_o apparent_o unlawful_a for_o any_o catholic_n to_o take_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n of_o king_n james_n of_o bless_a memory_n say_v in_o his_o premonition_n pag._n 9_o and_o in_o his_o apology_n for_o the_o oath_n pag._n 2._o and_o 9_o that_o by_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n he_o intend_v to_o demand_v of_o his_o subject_n nothing_o else_o but_o a_o profession_n of_o that_o temporal_a allegiance_n and_o civil_a obedience_n which_o all_o subject_n by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n do_v 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