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lordsday_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o their_o usage_n that_o so_o it_o may_v be_v equal_a to_o his_o festival_n a_o usage_n only_o 2._o then_o he_o will_v have_v it_o suppose_v for_o he_o be_v excellent_a at_o supposition_n that_o will_v not_o be_v grant_v he_o that_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o apostle_n will_v make_v any_o thing_n divine_a which_o be_v most_o unreasonable_a unless_o he_o will_v again_o recall_v and_o establish_v as_o divine_a the_o old_a sabbath_n and_o other_o jewish_a ceremony_n 3._o he_o have_v much_o ado_n to_o forbear_v to_o say_v the_o usage_n of_o the_o succeed_a church_n must_v be_v divine_a also_o next_o to_o that_o and_o lawful_a and_o obligatory_a almost_o as_o much_o as_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n as_o well_o though_o not_o in_o so_o high_a a_o degree_n 4._o if_o the_o authority_n for_o institute_v of_o the_o lordsday_n and_o his_o festival_n be_v the_o same_o as_o he_o have_v assert_v often_o and_o both_o derive_v from_o the_o apostle_n then_o either_o the_o usage_n and_o festival_n of_o the_o succeed_a church_n be_v divine_a or_o those_o of_o the_o apostle_n be_v but_o humane_a and_o ecclesiastical_a and_o then_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o succeed_a church_n be_v not_o only_o lawful_a and_o obligatory_a as_o well_o as_o those_o of_o the_o apostle_n but_o as_o much_o and_o in_o as_o high_a a_o degree_n also_o the_o authority_n be_v the_o same_o but_o the_o doctor_n be_v engage_v and_o can_v fair_o go_v back_o that_o the_o lordsday_n be_v of_o apostolical_a institution_n and_o their_o institution_n also_o divine_a and_o do_v not_o that_o carry_v in_o it_o divine_a prescrition_n or_o law_n he_o will_v help_v himself_o by_o a_o distinction_n 6.284_o n._n 6.284_o if_o by_o institution_n be_v mean_v give_v law_n for_o the_o observation_n of_o it_o than_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n of_o his_o proposition_n 7._o n._n 7._o but_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o institution_n of_o the_o day_n by_o the_o apostle_n may_v signify_v that_o the_o apostle_n 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be_v the_o judgement_n of_o scripture_n and_o the_o best_a divine_n that_o say_v i_o which_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n call_v addition_n the_o new_a call_v superstition_n will-worship_n etc._n etc._n but_o i_o must_v not_o escape_v so_o 9_o n._n 9_o in_o those_o few_o word_n name_v last_o there_o be_v many_o infirm_a part_n 1._o that_o addition_n to_o the_o word_n be_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n call_v doctrine_n he_o cut_v of_o my_o word_n i_o say_v doctrine_n tradition_n of_o man_n and_o so_o they_o be_v matth._n 15.6.9_o by_o your_o tradition_n oppose_v to_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o in_o vain_n do_v they_o worship_v i_o teach_v doctrine_n the_o commandment_n of_o man_n he_o fly_v to_o his_o old_a muse_n their_o teach_v their_o own_o tradition_n for_o doctrine_n be_v add_v they_o to_o the_o scripture_n etc._n etc._n but_o than_o be_v it_o not_o evident_a 1._o that_o their_o doctrine_n and_o tradition_n be_v addition_n to_o the_o word_n 2._o that_o 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be_v superstition_n but_o in_o stead_n of_o all_o i_o shall_v produce_v his_o own_o word_n sect._n 46._o of_o superst_a to_o affirm_v god_n to_o command_v when_o he_o do_v not_o be_v superstition_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o nimiety_n or_o excess_n because_o that_o man_n add_v to_o the_o command_n of_o christ_n which_o place_n will_v short_o come_v to_o be_v consider_v he_o say_v those_o athenian_n act._n 17.22_o sure_o 10._o p._n 23._o n._n 10._o never_o meddle_v with_o and_o so_o add_v not_o to_o the_o true_a rule_n of_o worship_n any_o otherwise_o then_o as_o all_o that_o abandon_v it_o add_v to_o it_o live_v by_o some_o other_o false_a rule_n and_o mind_n not_o that_o and_o if_o they_o be_v for_o so_o do_v to_o be_v style_v adder_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o worship_n adulterer_n be_v so_o in_o like_a manner_n and_o so_o every_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n be_v superstition_n this_o be_v a_o strange_a gloss_n 1._o do_v not_o idolatre_v polytheist_n such_o as_o these_o athenian_n be_v meddle_v with_o and_o add_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o worship_n sure_o than_o none_o in_o the_o world_n do_v be_v it_o not_o a_o moral_a law_n write_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o man_n though_o blot_v much_o that_o god_n alone_o be_v to_o be_v worship_v do_v not_o they_o that_o worship_v other_o god_n with_o or_o without_o he_o meddle_v with_o and_o add_v to_o this_o rule_n of_o worship_n 2._o do_v it_o become_v the_o doctor_n learning_n and_o divinity_n to_o make_v adulterer_n and_o so_o every_o sinner_n in_o the_o second_o table_n to_o be_v with_o they_o afore_o still_v superstitious_a when_o worship_n and_o so_o superstition_n be_v only_o in_o the_o first_o table_n let_v the_o reader_n judge_n against_o my_o second_o proof_n exception_n be_v take_v 12._o p._n 23._o n._n 12._o 1._o because_o i_o use_v the_o same_o medium_n as_o in_o the_o former_a proposition_n a_o heavy_a charge_n as_o if_o the_o doctor_n do_v not_o know_v that_o one_o medium_n may_v prove_v several_a proposition_n the_o question_n be_v whether_o it_o prove_v the_o present_a proposition_n or_o no_o 2._o then_o he_o undertake_v to_o put_v my_o argument_n into_o form_n but_o that_o i_o refuse_v and_o renounce_v his_o whole_a syllogism_n as_o none_o of_o i_o upon_o this_o ground_n because_o he_o have_v change_v the_o question_n from_o uncommanded_a worship_n to_o uncommand_v ceremony_n and_o than_o play_v his_o feat_n only_o i_o shall_v remind_v he_o what_o he_o grant_v in_o his_o proposition_n 1._o that_o worship_v of_o the_o daemon_n be_v a_o excess_n opposite_a to_o religion_n ergo_fw-la superstition_n be_v a_o excess_n 2._o so_o also_o be_v the_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n after_o a_o undue_a and_o unlawful_a manner_n a_o excess_n ergo_fw-la superstition_n be_v of_o large_a extent_n than_o the_o worship_v of_o daemon_n which_o both_o the_o doctor_n seem_v to_o deny_v now_o i_o shall_v put_v my_o argument_n into_o form_n if_o profaneness_n the_o one_o extreme_a of_o religion_n he_o a_o defect_n of_o religion_n then_o superstition_n the_o other_o extreme_a be_v a_o excess_n of_o religion_n but_o the_o first_o be_v true_a and_o can_v be_v deny_v ergo_fw-la if_o the_o doctor_n do_v not_o intend_v to_o decline_v the_o force_n of_o this_o proof_n and_o to_o make_v a_o diversion_n to_o his_o reader_n he_o will_v not_o have_v start_v a_o new_a hare_n that_o himself_o may_v escape_v my_o next_o proof_n be_v from_o the_o doctor_n own_o concession_n twice_o p._n 24._o n_o 13._o see_v p._n 227._o etc._n etc._n the_o numb_a 13._o twice_o where_o he_o first_o espy_v a_o numeral_a fault_n a_o figure_n of_o 4._o twice_o whether_o this_o be_v i_o or_o the_o printer_n fault_n he_o have_v no_o cause_n to_o complain_v have_v 6._o for_o 5._o but_o that_o be_v a_o trivial_a excursion_n yet_o ordinary_a enough_o first_o the_o doctor_n grant_v superstitiosus_fw-la may_v denote_v such_o a_o excess_n a_o excess_n of_o religion_n 16._o n._n 16._o what_o excess_n in_o religion_n the_o super_fw-la statutum_fw-la every_o addition_n 1._o every_o uncommanded_a circumstance_n or_o ceremony_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n thus_o he_o must_v mean_v if_o constant_a etc._n etc._n no_o such_o matter_n but_o every_o addition_n of_o worship_n supra_fw-la statutum_fw-la above_o the_o command_n of_o god_n the_o question_n be_v of_o worship_n itself_o from_o the_o beginning_n not_o of_o circumstance_n of_o worship_n if_o superstitious_a signify_v such_o a_o excess_n will_v it_o any_o thing_n help_v the_o doctor_n to_o say_v so_o do_v religiosus_fw-la sometime_n signify_v too_o yes_o 1._o superstitio_fw-la and_o religio_fw-la be_v among_o heathen_n the_o virtue_n the_o they_o be_v not_o the_o same_o see_v ad_fw-la p._n 70_o n._n 1._o but_o one_o a_o vice_n the_o other_o a_o virtue_n same_o and_o 2._o all_o such_o excess_n be_v not_o culpable_a in_o their_o opinion_n if_o they_o once_o do_v signify_v excess_n in_o religion_n and_o culpable_a it_o matter_n not_o what_o their_o opinion_n after_o be_v who_o be_v ill_a judge_n of_o superstition_n and_o religion_n and_o what_o ever_o religiosus_fw-la may_v signify_v let_v the_o doctor_n show_v we_o any_o protestant_n divine_a that_o ever_o take_v superstitio_fw-la or_o superstitiosus_fw-la in_o a_o good_a sense_n but_o what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o those_o word_n 17._o n._n 17._o my_o pretension_n in_o that_o place_n be_v only_o this_o that_o superstition_n among_o all_o author_n signify_v not_o any_o criminous_a excess_n do_v he_o mean_v that_o superstition_n never_o in_o any_o author_n signify_v a_o criminous_a excess_n that_o he_o can_v say_v or_o that_o all_o author_n do_v not_o take_v it_o for_o a_o criminous_a excess_n the_o word_n may_v bear_v both_o sense_n that_o be_v too_o dilate_v for_o the_o doctor_n to_o affirm_v it_o be_v enough_o for_o we_o if_o in_o
worship_n the_o vulg_n latin_a and_o other_o call_v it_o superstition_n ambr._n call_v it_o sacrilege_n but_o the_o doctor_n leave_v out_o the_o forego_n word_n where_o he_o say_v they_o be_v the_o precept_n and_o doctrine_n not_o of_o god_n but_o of_o man_n as_o i_o cite_v it_o above_o ad_fw-la p._n 109._o n._n 4._o as_o also_o the_o follow_a word_n why_o he_o call_v it_o sacrilege_n because_o what_o be_v against_o the_o author_n the_o authority_n of_o god_n be_v invent_v with_o a_o sacrilegious_a mind_n will_v the_o doctor_n grant_v all_o this_o and_o yet_o say_v they_o offend_v in_o this_o only_a that_o the_o will_v worship_n and_o humility_n be_v not_o what_o they_o pretend_v to_o be_v let_v he_o go_v on_o to_o maintain_v himself_o by_o beg_v for_o theodoret_n the_o reason_n if_o he_o will_v needs_o have_v it_o why_o i_o cite_v his_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n among_o the_o latin_a author_n be_v because_o i_o find_v it_o cite_v by_o a_o learned_a divine_a in_o latin_a but_o what_o say_v the_o doctor_n to_o his_o interpretation_n first_o he_o fair_o reject_v his_o sense_n as_o not_o pretend_v that_o all_o either_o greek_a or_o latin_a concur_v with_o he_o in_o this_o sense_n this_n be_v too_o favourable_o speak_v for_o himself_o for_o he_o may_v more_o true_o have_v say_v that_o few_o either_o greek_a or_o latin_a concur_v with_o he_o i_o be_o sure_a none_o of_o our_o own_o divine_n do_v and_o therefore_o he_o be_v very_o glad_a of_o the_o company_n of_o bellarmine_n n._n 14._o and_o salmeron_n n._n 21._o and_o whether_o any_o more_o i_o know_v not_o but_o this_o he_o say_v he_o be_v sure_a of_o 19_o p._n 145._o n._n 19_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o uncommandedness_n of_o the_o worship_n that_o he_o find_v fault_n with_o but_o first_o their_o teach_v those_o for_o god_n command_n which_o be_v their_o own_o that_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o introduce_v their_o own_o ordinance_n their_o unseasonable_a judaical_a doctrine_n 2._o the_o bare_a show_n of_o piety_n and_o humility_n etc._n etc._n but_o i_o doubt_v the_o doctor_n strain_v his_o conscience_n in_o this_o gloss_n for_o first_o i_o observe_v that_o theodoret_n do_v not_o understand_v the_o gnostick_n abstinence_n but_o judaical_a unseasonable_a doctrine_n yet_o the_o doctor_n will_v needs_o have_v it_o mean_v of_o they_o and_o have_v not_o one_o interpreter_n for_o his_o notion_n that_o i_o can_v find_v 2._o that_o the_o doctor_n interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v god_n command_n which_o most_o proper_o signify_v the_o contrary_a their_o own_o doctrine_n or_o ordinance_n and_o yet_o he_o say_v by_o his_o conclusion_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o abstinence_n without_o the_o doctrine_n will_v not_o have_v be_v deem_v by_o he_o reprovable_a this_o run_v upon_o the_o former_a false_a supposition_n that_o these_o abstinence_n have_v no_o fault_n but_o only_o that_o they_o be_v hold_v out_o as_o commandment_n of_o god_n when_o as_o we_o have_v prove_v that_o they_o be_v sinful_a because_o they_o be_v make_v religious_a and_o part_n of_o worship_n but_o enough_o of_o this_o afore_o the_o ancient_a father_n then_o be_v not_o for_o he_o but_o rather_o against_o he_o he_o must_v now_o seek_v for_o assistance_n from_o some_o modern_a author_n not_o among_o our_o own_o or_o foreign_a protestant_a divine_n they_o be_v all_o against_o he_o to_o papist_n then_o he_o must_v go_v bellarmine_n he_o have_v close_v with_o above_o as_o one_o who_o authority_n be_v alone_o considerable_a enough_o if_o there_o be_v not_o some_o other_o n._n 14._o but_o he_o be_v not_o alone_o salmeron_n another_o jesuit_n have_v the_o very_a same_o notion_n of_o this_o text_n as_o if_o the_o doctor_n have_v learn_v his_o interpretation_n from_o he_o 21._o p._n 146._o n._n 21._o this_o learned_a jesuit_n render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o by_o speciem_fw-la that_o may_v possible_o signify_v a_o bare_a show_n but_o by_o specimen_fw-la which_o be_v more_o some_o real_a evidence_n of_o wisdom_n which_o sense_n the_o doctor_n have_v oftentimes_o renounce_v yet_o fain_o will_v have_v it_o so_o 2._o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o jesuit_n signify_v cultum_fw-la spontaneum_fw-la sive_fw-la voluntariam_fw-la religionem_fw-la pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la cujusvis_fw-la abstinendi_fw-la à _fw-la cibis_fw-la just_o so_o the_o doctor_n only_o with_o this_o difference_n that_o the_o doctor_n take_v in_o the_o gnostick_n abstinence_n from_o marriage_n also_o which_o salmeron_n think_v not_o of_o 3._o allude_v by_o this_o word_n to_o the_o voluntary_a oblation_n of_o the_o law_n call_v nedaboth_n free_n will_v offering_n how_o sweet_o all_o correspond_v 22._o n._n 22._o but_o yet_o salmeron_n be_v not_o thoroughpaced_n with_o the_o doctor_n for_o salmeron_n conceive_v the_o word_n to_o allude_v to_o ver_fw-la 18._o in_o voluntary_a humility_n and_o worship_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o go_v along_o with_o estius_n and_o other_o in_o that_o mistake_n true_o if_o salmeron_n take_v the_o word_n in_o allusion_n to_o the_o 18_o ver_fw-la he_o confute_v his_o own_o interpretation_n of_o this_o 23._o ver_fw-la for_o sure_o that_o worship_n of_o angel_n and_o impious_a humility_n be_v nothing_o of_o time_n with_o the_o free_a will_n offering_n and_o i_o rather_o take_v he_o and_o estius_n to_o be_v in_o the_o right_n in_o this_o allusion_n then_o in_o his_o former_a interpretation_n with_o the_o doctor_n upon_o that_o reason_n but_o they_o will_v differ_v yet_o further_o unless_o the_o doctor_n will_v turn_v papist_n in_o the_o divine_a authority_n of_o the_o church_n in_o that_o which_o follow_v 24._o p._n 147._o n._n 24._o omnis_fw-la ritus_fw-la etc._n etc._n every_o rite_n of_o worship_v god_n that_o be_v not_o deliver_v from_o god_n but_o be_v invent_v by_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v superstitious_a i_o never_o say_v so_o much_o of_o every_o rite_n if_o rite_n signify_v a_o circumstance_n of_o worship_n or_o a_o ceremony_n if_o not_o make_v a_o part_n of_o worship_n but_o will_v the_o doctor_n say_v amen_o to_o this_o of_o salmeron_n i_o much_o fear_v it_o he_o will_v rather_o evade_v and_o tell_v i_o i_o leave_v out_o some_o of_o salmerons_n word_n not_o deliver_v from_o god_n nor_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n by_o the_o church_n i_o do_v so_o but_o not_o to_o conceal_v they_o for_o i_o will_v ask_v the_o doctor_n whether_o he_o agree_v with_o salmeron_n in_o this_o notion_n that_o what_o be_v deliver_v by_o the_o church_n be_v from_o the_o holy_a ghost_n i._n e._n be_v of_o divine_a authority_n if_o he_o do_v not_o why_o do_v he_o cite_v it_o see_v it_o be_v as_o false_a to_o he_o as_o to_o i_o and_o yet_o i_o see_v a_o reason_n for_o this_o it_o will_v serve_v to_o blind_v his_o reader_n and_o to_o jeer_v i_o for_o thus_o he_o say_v where_o it_o seem_v that_o which_o be_v deliver_v by_o the_o church_n be_v by_o he_o suppose_v to_o be_v from_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v in_o no_o degree_n fall_v under_o this_o censure_n and_o then_o the_o diatribist_n have_v free_a leave_n to_o make_v his_o best_a advantage_n of_o this_o citation_n and_o so_o will_v the_o doctor_n suppose_v and_o say_v too_o if_o it_o be_v not_o for_o open_a shame_n that_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o church_n be_v from_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o so_o not_o superstitious_a but_o of_o this_o afore_o and_o anon_o again_o ad_fw-la p._n 162.10_o as_o for_o estius_n he_o say_v indeed_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v here_o take_v for_o species_n in_o genere_fw-la sive_fw-la vera_fw-la sive_fw-la falsa_fw-la but_o yet_o add_v licet_fw-la verificatio_fw-la fiat_fw-la pro_fw-la specie_fw-la &_o imagine_v falsa_fw-la and_o he_o can_v take_v it_o otherwise_o in_o his_o sense_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o affect_a and_o feign_a religion_n or_o worship_n and_o a_o affect_a and_o feign_a humility_n join_v to_o a_o affect_a religion_n and_o now_o the_o doctor_n have_v free_a leave_n to_o make_v his_o best_a advantage_n of_o this_o citation_n of_o estius_n 26._o n._n 26._o whether_o augustine_n and_o thomas_n give_v he_o authority_n to_o pretend_v their_o accord_n with_o he_o let_v they_o agree_v among_o themselves_o and_o the_o doctor_n with_o they_o yet_o that_o which_o the_o doctor_n cite_v from_o august_n non_fw-la sit_fw-la religio_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v not_o our_o religion_n be_v place_v in_o our_o phantasm_n etc._n etc._n be_v little_a for_o his_o advantage_n for_o sure_a the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o our_o doctor_n with_o she_o do_v place_n much_o religion_n in_o her_o own_o phantasm_n 27._o p._n 148._o n._n 27._o and_o yet_o we_o have_v the_o doctor_n full_a consent_n to_o this_o that_o all_o fictitious_a false_a worship_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v etc._n etc._n if_o i_o listen_v to_o
canon_n of_o faith_n from_o john_n the_o long_a liver_n of_o the_o apostle_n but_o submit_v to_o the_o western_a custom_n and_o so_o subject_n we_o to_o rome_n which_o he_o so_o fear_n and_o warn_v i_o to_o be_v ware_n of_o i_o leave_v these_o to_o his_o resolution_n and_o come_v to_o consider_v what_o he_o say_v to_o my_o argument_n against_o it_o 1._o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o the_o institution_n or_o observation_n of_o it_o in_o scripture_n nor_o ground_n to_o found_v it_o on_o novthe_v p._n 244._o n._n 12_o i_o say_v there_o be_v no_o ground_n in_o scripture_n to_o found_v it_o on_o to_o which_o he_o say_v novthe_v to_o this_o he_o have_v three_o answer_n 1._o there_o be_v small_a virtue_n in_o this_o from_o scripture_n negative_a as_o little_a virtue_n as_o there_o be_v in_o this_o negative_a argument_n for_o i_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v great_a for_o himself_o against_o i_o for_o here_o n._n 17._o he_o plead_v thus_o against_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o lordsday_n sure_o 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