A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither

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Title: A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither
Author: Wither, George, 1540-1605.
Publication: Printed at London :: By Edm. Bollifant for Thomas Woodcocke,; [1588]
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And how may we perceiue it? Forsooth loue is the cause that she hath many sinnes forgiuen hir. This collection is but grating vpon a word, contrarie to the plaine sense of the place. For if they loue more, that haue more forgiuen, and they lesse to whom lesse is forgiuen: then it is manifest that loue is a consequent of forgiuenes, and not a cause. And therefore you do but abuse men with the Coniunction causall, which is héere, as diuers times elsewhere, a note of consequence, as it is plaine by the words immediately following: But to whom lesse is forgiuen, he lo∣ueth lesse. So, according to the proportion of forgiuenes, the pro∣portion of loue followeth.