Rationes decem quibus fretus, certamen aduersarijs obtulit in causa fidei / Edmundus Campianus ...
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Rationes decem quibus fretus, certamen aduersarijs obtulit in causa fidei / Edmundus Campianus ...
Author
Campion, Edmund, Saint, 1540-1581.
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[Henley-on-Thames, England :: S. Brinkley,
1581]
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Subject terms
Apologetics -- History -- 16th century.
Apologetics -- Early works to 1800.
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[ VI] SEXTA RATIO.
SI QVIBVS vnquam cordi curae{quod}
fuit id,* 1.1 quod maximopere nostris
fuit & esse debet, Scrutamini scriptu∣ras:
Facilè principes & palmares in
hoc genere sanctissimi Patres extite∣re.
Horum operâ sumptu{quod}, tot genti∣bus
& linguis transcripta Biblia &
importata sunt: Horum periculis &
cruciatib{us}, erepta de flammis hosti∣lib{us}
& vastitate: horum laborib{us} &
vigilijs, omnem in partem enucleata
studiosissimé. die noctu{quod} sacras lite∣ras
imbibêre, de suggestis omnibus
Quód si frequentes ipsi quo{quod}, ab
Auctoritate Maiorum, ab Ecclesiae
Praxi, á Successione Pontisicum, á
Concilijs Occumenicis, á Traditioni∣bus
Apostolicis, á Cruore Martyrum,
á Scitis Praesulum, á Visis euentis{quod}
mirabilib{us} argumentati sunt: tamen
omnium maximé & libentissimè Sā∣ctarum
Literarum testimonia densa
conglobant, haec premunt, in his ha∣bitant,
* 1.2 huic armaturae fortium, duces ro∣bustissimi,
sarta tecta Ciuitatis Dei
cōtra nesarios impetus quotidie mu∣nientes,
optimo iure, primas partes
honoratissimas{quod} porrigunt.
Quo magis demiror illam excep∣tionem
aduersarij superbam & fatu∣am,
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qui velut aquam in profluente
quaeritans, sic in scripturis confertissi∣mis
scripturarum penuriam obiectat.
Tantisper se Patrib{us} assensurum di∣cit,
dum Sacris Literis adhaerescunt.
Num loquitur ex animo? Curabo igi∣tur
procedāt armati at{quod} stipati Chri∣sto,
Prophetis, Apostolis atque omni
apparatu Biblico, celeberrimi aucto∣res,
antiquissimi Patres, sactissimi viri,
Dionysius, Cyprianus, Athanasius,
Basilius, Nazianzenus, Ambrosius,
Hieronymus, Chrysostomus, Augus∣tinus,
Latinusque Gregorius. Regnet
in Anglia fides illa, vtinam regnet,
quam ••i Patres amicissimi scriptura∣rum
ex scripturis extruunt. Quas a••fe∣runt,
afferemus: quas conferunt, confe∣remus:
quod inferunt, inferemus. pla∣cet?
exscrea. dic sodes. Minime verò,
inquis, nisi recté exponant. Quid est
hoc ipsum, recte? Arbitratu tuo. Nihil∣ne
pudet Labyrinthi?
Ergo cum sperem in Academijs
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florentissimis, consociatum iri bene
multos, qui non pingui Minerua, sed
acuto iudicio in has controuersias in∣specturi
sint, & horum responsa nu∣gatoria
libraturi, laetus hunc diem
campi praestolabor, vt qui contra syl∣uestres
tumulos mendiculorum iner∣mium,
nobilitatem & robur ecclesiae
Christi cogitem educere.