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Title:  Mr. Blacklovv's reply to Dr. Layburn's pamphlet against him
Author: White, Thomas, 1593-1676.
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Vniversal practice of the Church, which sets up priviledged Al∣tars, and to the particular of those who live by the Altar. The answer was, that the Doctor was mistaken in the significati∣on of those words, [the practise of the Church] which is far different from the practise of many in the Church, even Church-men; as is evident by the eating two meals in the day, and such like practises generally used. Likewise in say∣ing the Office of our Lady dayly, or Office of the dead, or seven penitential Psalms in such dayes, in which the Clergy is in∣vited to them by Indulgences. And the very name of privi∣ledges, and the bestowing them for graces and rewards, which are specialties, show that, though many have them, yet are they no general practise, such as are those practises emergnt out of faith. In the second point he said the Do∣ctor had maliciously and wilfully abused him, applying those words of his, to all those Priests who live by the Altar, which he spoke onely of those, who made the Altar their occasion to live idly, and to apply themselves to nothing that becomes their function: Of which kinde of Priests all good men much complain.There followed a Discourse to shew that even in Divini∣ty, Mr. Bl. his opinion was false. To which he answered, that he would not examine his high Divinity. But that his Scripture seemed very pleasant; For it would make a man think he apprehended the Devil has a pair of Leggs, and goes locally out of a converted man, and walks himself wea∣ry in dry and waterlesse grounds, and hereupon changes his minde, and gets a will of returning back; and not that all this is spoken by our Saviour Allegorically, and is performed meerly by the Devil's watching his time to tempt. Besides, what change of minde is it in one, who is violently cast out of his home, to desire to return back? which is truely to con∣tinue the same will, and the same minde still? In the second testimony he reflects not that it is a pure conjecture that the Devil did send those dreams to Pilate's wife, and more like∣ly that they were from God. And, if they were from the Devil, yet must he prove they were from the same Devil, ere he can prove hence that the Devil changes his minde; which I believe, no Commentary saith. For his citing of the Tho∣mists0