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tantum detrimenti patiatur î Pri-
mùm cnim, nec dignitate æqualis,nec
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ranti. Adorat enim, vt minor : idque
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vero dedecus non paruum, alterius na-
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j pati, quale ne iplà quidem creatura-
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cundum genus & Jîmilitudinem. Igitur
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t £tè conuenienterque ftatuit, eo cer-
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re Filio vt adoret genitorem î Cum
autem addideritis, id" vnigenito prêter
voluntatem non contingere, &
hoc nobis tanquam indemonftrabile
argumentum à lolo decoro delum-
ptum opponatis , agedum è facris
quoque literis iftud rurfirs expen-
damus, vnde fingularum rerum quas
in quæftionem veniunt demonftra-
tionem venari podlfîmum debemus.
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mum quidem neminem ftii capitis e t
fe dominum , fed nobis omnibus v-
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in feruitutem adferipti fumüs. Deinde
quöd fcecunditatem intelle£tualem
ac fpiritalem velut in rudiori tabula
depingeret. Honora, enim , inquit,
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pnmitias ei offeros de tuis fructibus iu-
ßitU. Quod certè,quoque contigit,
cultu Legali per Euangelicam do&ri-
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muneribus amplius colendum
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I E s,v s autem ipftim in jedes ingre-
dientem, vt feriptum eft, prjeuenit di-
cens : Reges ferro à quibus accipiunt
tribut um , aut cenfnm ? A filiis fuis, an
ab alienis ? Cum relpondiftet , ab
älienis, dixit I e s v s ; Liberi ergo
f i n t filü . Sed ne fiandaliztemus eosy
vadens ad mare (fi ioce hamum , (jr ■
primtim qui afienderit pifiem tolle, d*
aperiens os eius inuenies ßaterem ,
quem da pro me & te. CerniS Filium
ferre non poffe vt fit tribu-
tarius, neque inftar vnius ex iis qui
ferüituti funtv öbnöxij , rem ferüilem
fuftinere^i-f Naiti buni fuæ naturæ li-
vberam dignicatem ëfle norit, feruile
nihil (e debere Deo & Patri aftirmat.
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ergo adorät lèrui more, neque
id inuitus ?' Qui autem vel ipfam rei
figuram refpuit, quomodo veritatem
ipfam {ùfeeperit ? An non enim adö-
rationem tributum aut obktionem
quandam fpiritalem exiftimabimus, &
fer ui tütis'genus' ipfam efle'fidicemus ?
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