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A17442 Adelphomachia, or, The warrs of Protestancy being a treatise, wherein are layd open the wonderfull, and almost incredible dissentions of the Protestants among themselues, in most (if not all) articles of Protesta[n]cy, and this proued from their owne wordes & writinges / vvritten by a Cath. priest ; whereunto is adioyned a briefe appendix, in which is proued, first, that the ancient fathers, by the acknowledgments of the learned Protestants, taught our Cath. and Roman fayth, secondly, that the said fathers haue diuers aduantages about the Protestant writers, for finding out the true sense of the Scripture. B. C. 1637 (1637) STC 4263.7; ESTC S1838 109,763 196

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god_n psalm_n 128._o supra_fw-la dorsum_fw-la meum_fw-la fabricaverunt_fw-la peccatores_fw-la as_o if_o i_o will_v say_v they_o have_v transfer_v the_o commit_n of_o their_o sin_n even_o upon_o i_o thus_o they_o make_v god_n who_o die_v for_o sin_n to_o be_v the_o patron_n of_o sin_n 10._o the_o doctrine_n of_o polygamy_n and_o divorce_n according_a to_o swinglius_n and_o other_o most_o different_a from_o the_o judgement_n of_o other_o protestant_n how_o do_v it_o sow_v the_o seed_n of_o dissension_n between_o husband_n and_o wife_n to_o repudiate_v one_o the_o other_o and_o to_o part_v a_o sunder_o upon_o the_o least_o dislike_n or_o discontent_n on_o either_o side_n &_o bo●h_v of_o they_o to_o marry_v again_o they_o be_v warrant_v by_o this_o doctrine_n to_o take_v upon_o occasion_n of_o such_o discontent_n as_o many_o wyve_n and_o husband_n as_o they_o will_v so_o both_o the_o party_n live_v after_o their_o first_o divorce_n in_o a_o continual_a state_n of_o adultery_n and_o beget_v and_o bring_v forth_o several_a brood_n of_o bastard_n 11._o the_o position_n of_o some_o protestant_n above_o allege_v that_o no_o prince_n or_o magistrate_n be_v now_o to_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n engender_v nothing_o but_o a_o tumultuous_a anarchy_n intestine_a simulty_n war_n and_o traitorous_a insurrection_n of_o the_o subject_n against_o their_o prince_n threat_a vipar-lyke_a a_o utter_a evisceration_n of_o their_o own_o country_n and_o woe_n be_v to_o that_o nation_n or_o realm_n which_o nourish_v such_o monster_n of_o sedition_n and_o disloyalty_n and_o which_o place_v all_o soveraingty_n and_o principality_n in_o the_o common_a people_n the_o many_o headed-tyrant_n of_o mankind_n since_o the_o certain_a event_n thereof_o will_v be_v that_o a_o man_n own_o country_n shall_v final_o become_v a_o golgathae_n or_o field_n of_o blood_n and_o with_o this_o my_o pen_n give_v it_o last_o pause_n to_o this_o short_a discourse_n a_o appendix_n in_o which_o be_v prove_v first_o that_o the_o ancient_a father_n by_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o learned_a protestant_n teach_v our_o catholic_a and_o roman_a faith_n second_o that_o the_o say_v father_n have_v diverse_a advantage_n above_o the_o protestant_a writer_n for_o find_v out_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n whereas_o in_o this_o former_a treatise_n i_o mean_v in_o the_o ten_o paragraph_n we_o have_v show_v how_o most_o protestant_n do_v contemn_v the_o ancient_a father_n exercise_v their_o foamy_a language_n in_o the_o eiuculation_n of_o most_o gaulfull_a word_n against_o they_o though_o the_o say_v father_n be_v by_o other_o more_o moderate_a protestant_n respect_v &_o reverence_v now_o here_o in_o this_o short_a appendix_n i_o think_v it_o to_o be_v much_o convenient_a first_o to_o show_v the_o reason_n more_o particular_o why_o the_o protestant_n do_v rest_n disaffect_v against_o the_o father_n it_o being_n though_o above_o in_o part_n intimate_v in_o that_o it_o 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327._o dissension_n de_fw-fr eccles_n contra_fw-la bellarm._n controver_n 2._o q_o 5._o pag._n 327._o among_o the_o papist_n be_v but_o futiles_fw-la concern_v thing_n of_o small_a importance_n and_o d._n fulke_o agree_v with_o he_o say_v as_o for_o the_o 295._o the_o against_o heskin_n sanders_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 295._o consent_n and_o peace_n of_o the_o popish_a church_n it_o prove_v nothing_o but_o that_o the_o devil_n have_v all_o thing_n at_o his_o will_n and_o therefore_o may_v sleep_v thus_o true_o acknowledge_v unity_n in_o faith_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n but_o most_o malicious_o transfer_v the_o cause_n thereof_o to_o he_o who_o be_v the_o chief_a enemy_n to_o unity_n but_o sir_n edwin_n sands_n a_o most_o remarkable_a protestant_n do_v not_o only_o acknowledge_v all_o war_n of_o dissension_n in_o our_o catholic_a church_n but_o also_o give_v his_o reason_n thereof_o in_o these_o word_n the_o papist_n 8._o papist_n in_o his_o relation_n fol._n 8._o have_v the_o pope_n 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