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A08335 Spiritus est vicarius Christi in terra. A breefe and pithie summe of the Christian faith made in fourme of a confession, vvith a confutation of the papistes obiections and argumentes in sundry pointes of religion, repugnaunt to the Christian faith: made by Iohn Northbrooke, minister and preacher of the worde of God. Seene and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queenes iniunctions.; Breefe and pithie summe of the Christian faith Northbrooke, John. 1571 (1571) STC 18663; ESTC S120959 288,552 342

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he_o can_v have_v no_o part_n in_o his_o kingdom_n or_o which_o do_v bid_v he_o to_o depart_v from_o he_o say_v lord_n go_v from_o i_o for_o i_o be_o a_o sinful_a man_n whereas_o he_o shall_v rather_o have_v desire_v he_o ●_o and_o beseech_v he_o to_o tarry_v still_o in_o his_o company_n that_o so_o he_o may_v have_v be_v deliver_v from_o his_o sin_n which_o do_v then_o press_v his_o conscience_n and_o make_v he_o to_o be_v in_o such_o a_o fear_n let_v we_o have_v still_o before_o our_o eye_n the_o poor_a silly_a woman_n that_o have_v the_o bloody_a flux_n 5._o which_o do_v spend_v all_o her_o substance_n upon_o physician_n and_o yet_o she_o can_v not_o be_v help_v but_o rather_o her_o disease_n do_v wax_v worse_o and_o worse_o till_o she_o come_v to_o our_o saviour_n christ_n the_o true_a physician_n both_o of_o soul_n and_o body_n chrisostome_n 12._o speak_v of_o the_o woman_n of_o cananee_n write_v on_o this_o manner_n tell_v i_o oh_o woman_n sith_o that_o thou_o be_v a_o wicked_a and_o a_o sinful_a woman_n how_o dare_v thou_o go_v unto_o he_o i_o know_v say_v she_o what_o i_o do_v behold_v the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o woman_n she_o pray_v not_o unto_o james_n she_o do_v not_o entreat_v john_n she_o go_v not_o unto_o peter_n she_o do_v not_o get_v herself_o to_o the_o company_n of_o the_o apostle_n she_o seek_v for_o no_o mediator_n but_o for_o all_o these_o thing_n she_o take_v penance_n for_o her_o companion_n which_o do_v fulfil_v the_o room_n and_o place_n of_o a_o advocate_n and_o she_o do_v go_v to_o the_o high_a fountain_n again_o if_o thou_o will_v pray_v or_o entreat_v man_n thou_o do_v ask_v what_o he_o do_v homilia_fw-la and_o it_o be_v tell_v thou_o that_o he_o be_v a_o sleep_n or_o that_o he_o have_v no_o leisure_n or_o peradventure_o the_o servant_n shall_v disdain_v to_o make_v thou_o a_o answer_n but_o to_o god_n we_o have_v no_o need_n of_o these_o thing_n but_o wheresoever_o thou_o be_v and_o do_v call_v upon_o he_o he_o hear_v thou_o there_o be_v 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that_o he_o be_v unmerciful_a and_o that_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v we_o though_o his_o son_n make_v intercession_n for_o we_o except_o we_o have_v other_o advocate_n and_o intercessor_n beside_o he_o uere_o if_o we_o do_v believe_v it_o or_o seek_v to_o come_v unto_o he_o by_o any_o other_o mean_n then_o by_o his_o only_a beget_v son_n jesus_n christ_n our_o saviour_n we_o be_v wrap_v in_o a_o most_o pernicious_a error_n for_o leave_v the_o sure_a way_n that_o god_n himself_o have_v appoint_v unto_o we_o 5._o for_o to_o come_v unto_o he_o and_o unto_o the_o seat_n of_o his_o mercy_n we_o follow_v the_o perilous_a way_n of_o our_o own_o invention_n and_o dream_n 4._o if_o
god_n they_o use_v common_o say_v that_o the_o dead_a saint_n papist_n do_v see_v and_o behold_v in_o the_o brightness_n of_o the_o divine_a countenance_n of_o god_n that_o shine_v upon_o they_o as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o bright_a glass_n all_o the_o necessity_n conflict_n and_o trouble_n of_o man_n because_o that_o it_o be_v only_o ground_v upon_o the_o vain_a fantasy_n of_o worldly_a wisdom_n it_o ought_v not_o to_o take_v place_n in_o such_o a_o weighty_a matter_n as_o this_o be_v but_o they_o be_v also_o wont_a to_o allege_v a_o place_n out_o of_o the_o revelation_n for_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o saint_n do_v know_v all_o that_o be_v do_v here_o in_o this_o world_n 14._o because_o that_o the_o apostle_n say_v there_o and_o they_o follow_v the_o lamb_n wheresover_v he_o go_v these_o word_n say_v they_o do_v sufficient_o declare_v that_o the_o saint_n be_v every_o where_o with_o the_o lamb_n if_o they_o be_v every_o where_o with_o he_o then_o do_v they_o know_v all_o thing_n and_o 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