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soul_n	bless_a	jesus_n	lord_n	6,596	5	3.6814	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07807	A full satisfaction concerning a double Romish iniquitie; hainous rebellion, and more then heathenish æquiuocation Containing three parts: the two former belong to the reply vpon the Moderate Answerer; the first for confirmation of the discouerie in these two points, treason and æquiuocation: the second is a iustification of Protestants, touching the same points. The third part is a large discourse confuting the reasons and grounds of other priests, both in the case of rebellion, and æquiuocation. Published by authoritie.	Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659.	1606 (1606)	STC 18185; ESTC S112912	216,074	250

doubtfull sense and aequiuocation How can you free your selfe from this ielousie seeing your doctrine is in protestation of not aequiuocating to aequiuocate You may now ges●e what will be the effect of this your Art euen that which is the due reward of a liar namely that seeing in his protestations and oathes when he should say trueth he will dis●emble he may not be beleeued when sometime he sayth trueth The last effect is scandall against mens soules and blasphemy against God Seeing that all Christians be exhorted To walke warily towards them that are without meaning Infidels to the end That they which speake euill of you 〈…〉 of euill doers may by their good workes which they shall see glorisie God in the day that is when God shall haue mercy to call Infidels to the faith of visitation Shewing that a wicked life in the professor of faith doth hinder vnbeleeuers from the faith Secondly euery Christian is admonished To abstaine from all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shew or apparance of euill the reason is expressed in the Apostles exhortation to Christian seruants challenging of them subiection to their Heathen-masters That the doctrine of God be not blasphemed or euill spoken of and to the same end he chargeth all Christian wiues to be chast and obedient to their Infidell husbands That the word of God be not blasphemed shewing that the wickednesse of a wicked professor by mans blindnesse edoundeth vnto the blasphemy of the godly profe●…on But in your Aequiuocating by a clause reserued and concealed in your thought which God onely The only searcher of the heart seeth no man can discerne in your speech any thing but apparance of damnable lying Therefore not only Pagans by this scandall shall continue in infidelity but the glorious name of Christ and his true religion shall suffer blasphemie and if this do follow vpon the examples of wicked seruants wicked wiues wicked children how much more by the principal professors wicked Priests Neither this onely but by this doctrine the Gospell of Christ in the opinion of all Pagans will be more iustly condemned when the Pagan shall not onely examine the most godly Christian religion by a wicked Professour as it were a right rule by a crooked example or Christ by Iudas which is wicked but as the rule in it selfe that is the Religion in his moral truth find that this your doctrine of aequiuocation is non solum doctrina mendax verum-etiam mendacij not only a lying doctrine but a doctrine of lying What can this worke in the Turks all Pagans at this day but obstinacy in their infidelity and blasphemy of that faith which is the only life of soules Especially seeing I may as iustly say concerning the Aequiuocation of your contagious Romists as the blessed Apostle writ of the incestuous among the Corinthians I heare that there is such fornication among you as is not once named among the Heathen This our Apostolicall Defence of Protestants I will conclude from Protestations of the Apostle The blessed Apostle of the Genules and elect vessell of grace S. Paul when he would auouch his inward zeale for the saluation of soules he protesteth thus I say the truth and lie not my conscience bearing me witnesse that I haue continuall sorrow of hart for you And againe God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ knoweth that I lie not Secondly to perswade to others the authority of his Apostleship he protesteth thus Whereunto I am ordained an Apostle I speake the truth in Christ and lie not euen a Teacher of the Gentiles And againe This that I write vnto you behold I witnesse before God and lie not He would then confirme vnto the minds of the Romans Corinthians Galathians the sincerity both of his affection and function by the force of an oath calling God to witnesse to his words as directly proceeding from his conscience otherwise these Conuerts might haue replied vpon the Apostle thus We heare of a doctrine of Aequiuocating which teacheth that you by a secret clause in your mind may alter the sense of words in your vnderstanding differing from the sense which outwardly they signifie and which only we can possibly vnderstand How can you then perswade vs in this sense that you are an Apostle seeing you professe a reseruation of a contrary sense which may signifie you are no Apostle Would you perswade vs to beleeue that by that your protestation which you teach we need not beleeue by your reseruation therefore it will be to no end to perswade vs to beleeue you in that wherein we may be deceiued Otherwise if by the outward sense you may confirme vs that you doe not lie the contrary aequiuocating sense doubtlesse must be accounted a plaine lie And yet our Aequiuocators haue made as strong protestations to deny their Priesthood as euer S. Paul did to confirme his Apostleship these being as certainly no true Priests as he was truely an Apostle To seale this truth by a memorable example of antiquity reported by S. Hierome as a mirror of Christian simplicitie Of a wife accused of her husband an● tortured to draw out a confession of guilt but she lifting vp her eyes to heauen sayd Thou Lord Iesu who searchest the heart and reines art witnesse that I do not denie truth for feare of death but therefore refuse to lie for feare of sinne Me thinke I see Tollet with other Iesuits standing by beholding this spectacle and saying for he did instruct their Catholike adulterous wife to aequi●ocate Alas good woman it pitieth me to see you abide such torment only for want of wit and then whispering her in the ●are giueth her this ghostly counsell Thou mayest vse a secret abstracted reseruation in thy minde and so both escape torture and auoid a lie These be Iesuits the new Theologicall Alchymists of our time able to abstract Aurum ex carbone Truth out of a lie who must be admired of the world as the Monopolists of all Arts whereas no Art is singular in them but this Aequiuocation In respect whereof I may say of them as Tully spoke of the Soothsayers of his time Miror si non riserit Haruspex cùm Haruspicem viderit I maruell how our Aequiuocatours doe not laugh when they beholde one another But heere is the difference of the spirit of wit and the spirit of grace this with that woman may looke vp to heauen and call Iesus to witnesse when he that is in heauen shall looke vpon them and haue them in derision Thus haue I discussed of these Antichristian doctrines of lying and treason the last triall of both which we referre to the iudgement of God not as wood or straw subiect to their fancied Purgatory fire of triall but as pitch and tarre sulphure and powder reserued for the vnquenchable fire of hell From whence our Lord Iesus preserue vs and them to the glory of his sauing grace