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GOdly men doe expell the aëreall powers opposing them, from their possessi∣on by (a) exorcismes, not by pacification: and breake their Temptations by prayer, not vnto them but vnto God, against them. For they conquer nor chayne no man but by the fellowship of sinne. So that his name y• took on him
humanity, and liued without sinne, confoundes them vtterly. Hee is the Priest * 1.1 and sacrifice of the remission of sinnes: Hee the Mediator betweene G•…•… Da•…•… man, euen the man Christ Iesus by whome wee are purged of sinne, and re•…•…∣led vnto God: for nothing seuers man from God but sinne, which not our me•…•…, but Gods mercy wipeth off vs: it is his pardon, not our power, for all the po•…•… that is called ours, is ours by his bountyous goodnesse; for wee should thinke 〈◊〉〈◊〉 well of our flesh, vnlesse wee liued (b) vnder a pardon all the while wee are in the flesh. Therefore haue we our grace by a Mediator, that beeing polluted by the flesh, we might be purged by the like flesh. This grace of God wherein his great mercy is shewne vs, doth rule vs by faith in this life, and after this life is ended, wi•…•… transport vs by that vnchangeable truth unto most absolute perfection.
BY (a) exorcisme] 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, is to admire: Augustine translate sit so, and Exorcista, an ad•…•…∣rer: * 1.2 and Exorcismus, admiration. The Exorcist expelleth the diuell from the Chatecum•…•…∣nist, ere he be baptised. August. Symbol. It is the third of the lesser orders of the churh: they are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 all seauen. Of this and of Exorcisme before Baptisme read Petrus Lumbardus: Sentent. lib. 4. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 8. & 24. (b) Vnder a pardon] Vnder the law of sinne and infirmity, least any one should exto•…•… him-selfe. All the good wee doe, comes from God, by whose pardon wee are vnhusked of the old man, sinne: and by him we liue in iustice.
Sin onely •…•…euers man from God.
Exorcisme.