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scribendo_fw-la prophetae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o parem_fw-la meriti_fw-la fidem_fw-la sed_fw-la eminet_fw-la in_o isaia_n sublime_a quiddam_fw-la ingeniosum_fw-la vehemens_fw-la urbanum_fw-la quod_fw-la majore_fw-la voluptate_fw-la admirationéque_fw-la lectorem_fw-la teneat_fw-la maldonat_fw-la in_o joh._n 1._o lodou._n de_fw-fr tena_n jirmijah_n celsitudo_fw-la vel_fw-la excelsus_fw-la domini_fw-la quod_fw-la magnalia_fw-la dei_fw-la animo_fw-la magno_fw-la atque_fw-la forti_fw-la docuerit_fw-la or_o ramah_n jah_n the_o reject_v
in_fw-la quibus_fw-la aliquid_fw-la prolocutus_fw-la est_fw-la lingua_fw-la vernacula_fw-la salmasius_n de_fw-fr hellenistica_n ad_fw-la quartam_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la princeps_fw-la &_o caput_fw-la &_o regula_fw-la divinorum_fw-la oraculorum_fw-la &_o salutisere_fw-la ac_fw-la necessariae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la est_fw-la christi_fw-la evangelium_fw-la quo_fw-la caeteri_fw-la sacri_fw-la libri_fw-la omnes_fw-la censentur_fw-la &_o precium_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la tâ—m_fw-la veteris_fw-la instrumenti_fw-la quam_fw-la novi_fw-la lod._n viu._n de_fw-fr ver_fw-la fid._n christ_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o parvae_fw-la interdum_fw-la in_o evangeliis_fw-la diffiâ—entiae_fw-la argumentum_fw-la praebent_fw-la veritatis_fw-la ne_fw-la ex_fw-la composito_fw-la videantur_fw-la scripsisse_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la consentirent_fw-la chrysostomus_n exit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la acta_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o doctrinâ—m_fw-la literis_fw-la mandarunt_fw-la antiquissima_fw-la illa_fw-la &_o prima_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la illorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la pene_fw-la aequalis_fw-la solos_fw-la quatuor_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sacro_fw-la sanctos_fw-la &_o â—irmissimae_fw-la fidei_fw-la ac_fw-la veritatis_fw-la approbavit_fw-la ac_fw-la retinuit_fw-la matthaei_n &_o joannis_n qui_fw-la rebus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la marci_n ex_fw-la relatione_fw-la petri_n lucae_n tum_fw-la ex_fw-la pauli_n revelatione_fw-la tum_fw-la relatu_fw-la aliorum_fw-la qui_fw-la erant_fw-la cum_fw-la domino_fw-la versati_fw-la lod._n viu._n de_fw-fr verit_fw-la fid_fw-we christ._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o 8._o sunt_fw-la sanâ—_n in_o â—o_o quo_fw-la nunc_fw-la utimur_fw-la volumine_fw-la libri_fw-la aliquot_fw-la non_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la pariter_fw-la recepti_fw-la ut_fw-la petri_n altera_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la jacobi_fw-la est_fw-la &_o judae_fw-la dvae_fw-la sub_fw-la nomine_fw-la joannis_n presbyteri_fw-la apocalypsis_n &_o ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la epistola_fw-la sed_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la multis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la sint_fw-la agniti_fw-la grotius_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la verit_fw-la relig._n christ._n p._n 143._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n the_o book_n of_o esther_n and_o canticle_n be_v doubt_v of_o by_o some_o vide_fw-la bellar_n de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 17_o 18_o 19_o joh._n 8._o see_v in_o the_o annotat_fw-la in_o loc_n loc_n vide_fw-la calvin_n in_o loc_n &_o chamier_n tom._n 1._o l._n 12._o c._n 7._o saepe_fw-la falsissimae_fw-la sunt_fw-la epistolarum_fw-la paulinarum_fw-la subscriptiones_fw-la capellus_n capellus_n vide_fw-la scultetum_n &_o bezam_n bezam_n timothy_n be_v express_o by_o the_o apostle_n call_v a_o evangelist_n 2_o tim._n 4._o 5._o therefore_o titus_n have_v the_o same_o charge_n in_o crete_n as_o he_o have_v in_o ephesus_n they_o be_v both_o evangelist_n cartw._n on_o the_o title_n of_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n see_v he_o also_o on_o the_o title_n of_o the_o first_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n timothy_n we_o call_v they_o historical_a in_o which_o be_v contain_v a_o historical_a narration_n of_o thing_n do_v â—_o for_o although_o in_o they_o there_o be_v many_o thing_n pertain_v to_o doctrine_n yet_o the_o chief_a thread_n and_o scope_n of_o the_o speech_n contain_v a_o narration_n of_o a_o history_n do_v hence_o they_o be_v call_v historical_a the_o grecian_n call_v the_o letter_n send_v from_o one_o to_o another_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epistle_n wotton_n on_o 1_o joh._n 1._o the_o holy_a ghost_n style_v it_o a_o prophecy_n rev._n 1._o 8._o &_o 22._o 7._o 10._o 18_o 19_o see_v rev._n 1._o 19_o exit_fw-la lutheranis_n satis_fw-la commendari_fw-la nequit_fw-la harmonia_n à _fw-la chemnitio_fw-la ad_fw-la stuporem_fw-la usque_fw-la dexterrimè_fw-la capta_fw-la à _fw-la lysero_fw-la fideliter_fw-la continuata_fw-la &_o à _fw-fr gerhardo_n dexteritate_fw-la &_o fidelitate_fw-la pari_fw-la consummata_fw-la ex_fw-la pontificiis_fw-la jansenius_n ex_fw-la calvinianis_n calvinus_n waltheri_fw-la officina_fw-la bibl._n bibl._n apostle_n when_o it_o be_v proper_o take_v extend_v itself_o not_o only_o to_o all_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n be_v send_v of_o god_n but_o to_o the_o ambassador_n of_o any_o prince_n or_o nobleman_n or_o that_o be_v send_v of_o any_o public_a authority_n and_o it_o be_v use_v in_o the_o scripture_n by_o a_o synecdoche_n for_o the_o twelve_o that_o our_o saviour_n christ_n appoint_v to_o go_v throughout_o all_o the_o world_n to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n unto_o the_o which_o number_n be_v add_v st_n paul_n and_o as_o some_o think_v barnabas_n these_o be_v 1._o immediate_o call_v by_o god_n gal._n 1._o 1._o 2._o they_o see_v christ_n 1_o cor._n 9_o 1._o 3._o they_o have_v the_o field_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n to_o till_o they_o be_v send_v into_o all_o the_o world_n cartw._n reply_v to_o dr_n whiâ—gist_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o admonition_n p._n 45._o apostolatus_fw-la â—rat_fw-la functio_fw-la quae_fw-la post_fw-la fundatas_fw-la semol_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la successionem_fw-la non_fw-la admisit_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la apostolis_n desâ—â—t_fw-la down_o diatrib_o de_fw-fr autich_n vide_fw-la lod._n viu._n de_fw-fr verit_fw-la fid._n christ._n l._n 2._o c._n 19_o 19_o in_o chronica_fw-la vide_fw-la seldenum_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la naturali_fw-la naturali_fw-la lib._n 7._o c._n 12._o 12._o lib._n 2._o c._n 24._o 24._o lib._n 3._o c._n 1._o 1._o tertullian_n call_v matthew_n fidelissimum_fw-la evangelii_n commentatorem_fw-la de_fw-fr serie_fw-la annorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la scripti_fw-la sunt_fw-la libri_fw-la novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la curiosum_fw-la animosè_fw-la contendere_fw-la tamen_fw-la video_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la unam_fw-la eandemque_fw-la sententiam_fw-la chamierus_n vide_fw-la sixti_fw-la senensis_fw-la bibliothecam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la walther_n in_fw-la officina_fw-la biblica_fw-la postremus_fw-la omnium_fw-la evangelistarum_fw-la scripsit_fw-la ut_fw-la colligeret_fw-la quae_fw-la aliis_fw-la erant_fw-la omissa_fw-la vel_fw-la brevius_fw-la perstricta_fw-la chamier_n de_fw-fr eucharistia_n l._n 11._o c._n 4._o john_n in_o his_o epistle_n be_v a_o apostle_n in_o his_o apocalypse_n a_o prophet_n in_o his_o gospel_n a_o evangelist_n in_o his_o gospel_n he_o write_v more_o express_o than_o the_o resâ—_n of_o the_o deity_n of_o christ_n and_o in_o the_o revelation_n of_o the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n antichrist_n acta_fw-la apostolorâ—â—m_fw-la sunt_fw-la chronâ—â—ca_fw-la quaedam_fw-la priâ—nae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la testament_n sic_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la quia_fw-la râ—s_fw-la primis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christianae_n temporibus_fw-la maximè_fw-la ab_fw-la apostotis_fw-la gestas_fw-la describunt_fw-la martinins_n in_o memoriali_fw-la bibliâ—â—_n paulus_n ad_fw-la roman_n undecim_fw-la capitibus_fw-la fidem_fw-la fundat_fw-la &_o quinque_fw-la cap._n deinde_fw-la mores_fw-la superaediâ—icat_fw-la ad_fw-la galatas_fw-la quinque_fw-la fidem_fw-la uno_fw-la &_o sexto_fw-la mores_fw-la docet_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la quoque_fw-la epistolis_fw-la facit_fw-la lutherus_n tomo_n 2._o in_o s_o â—_o paul_n epistle_n this_o order_n be_v keep_v those_o epistle_n be_v set_v first_o which_o be_v write_v to_o whole_a church_n and_o then_o those_o which_o be_v write_v to_o particular_a person_n in_o both_o these_o sort_v the_o compiler_n of_o they_o seem_v manifest_o to_o have_v have_v respect_n of_o set_v the_o epistle_n in_o order_n according_a to_o their_o length_n cartw._n ordo_fw-la epistolarum_fw-la paulinarum_fw-la respectu_fw-la scriptionis_fw-la alius_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la respectu_fw-la positionis_fw-la in_o bibliis_fw-la waltherus_n in_o officina_fw-la biblica_fw-la ludovicus_n capellus_fw-la historia_fw-la apostolica_fw-la illustrata_fw-la epistolae_fw-la paulinae_fw-la non_fw-la temporis_fw-la ordine_fw-la locatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la eâ—s_fw-la primi_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la volumen_fw-la compegerunt_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la dignitate_fw-la corum_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la scriptae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ideo_fw-la praecedunt_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la singulos_fw-la grotius_n câ—a_fw-la 16._o 15._o 18_o capellus_n ibis_n act_n 20._o 2._o capellus_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la capelli_n historic_n apostolica_fw-la illustrata_fw-la inter_fw-la epistolas_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la prima_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la romanam_fw-la ob_fw-la vrbis_fw-la ejus_fw-la majestatem_fw-la grotius_n grotius_n the_o city_n of_o corinth_n be_v a_o famous_a metropolis_n in_o achaia_n notable_a for_o wisdom_n one_o of_o the_o seven_o wiseman_n be_v celebrate_v for_o a_o corinthian_a tully_n call_v it_o lumen_fw-la graeciae_fw-la graeciae_fw-la it_o be_v famous_a also_o for_o riches_n and_o merchandise_n and_o for_o pride_n luxury_n lust_n whence_o the_o proverb_n non_fw-la cuivis_fw-la homini_fw-la contingit_fw-la adire_fw-la corinthum_n lais_n there_o ask_v a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n of_o demosthenes_n for_o a_o night_n lodging_n with_o she_o he_o answer_v non_fw-la emam_fw-la tanti_fw-la poenitere_fw-la poenitere_fw-la act_n 19_o and_o 20._o 16_o 17._o 17._o bayne_n see_v ephes._n 5._o 18._o see_v phil._n 4._o 16._o 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d honoro_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deus_n q._n d._n cultor_fw-la dei_fw-la vel_fw-la honorans_fw-la deum_fw-la sic_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-la verbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d magni_fw-la aestimo_fw-la in_fw-la pretio_fw-la habeo_fw-la honoro_fw-la pasor_n pasor_n plena_fw-la roboris_fw-la &_o lacertorum_fw-la est_fw-la tota_fw-la epistola_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la ejus_fw-la verbis_fw-la mirifica_fw-la quaedam_fw-la argumentandi_fw-la vis_fw-la latet_fw-la recondita_fw-la scultetus_n scultetus_n duplex_fw-la dubitatio_fw-la de_fw-la
far_o forth_o as_o child_n transgress_v not_o any_o of_o god_n commandment_n in_o obey_v their_o parent_n they_o ought_v to_o obey_v rom._n 1._o 30._o 2_o tim._n 3._o 2._o titus_n 1._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deut._n 13._o 13._o ever_o the_o blessing_n or_o curse_n of_o the_o parent_n have_v a_o prophetic_a power_n join_v with_o it_o flores_n regij_fw-la by_o king_n james_n deut._n 27._o 16._o the_o punishment_n which_o by_o the_o law_n be_v appoint_v to_o disobedient_a and_o rebellious_a child_n be_v a_o public_a shameful_a death_n deut._n 21._o 18._o to_o 22._o parentis_fw-la effigiem_fw-la filo_fw-la corporis_fw-la exprimere_fw-la hoc_fw-la omnibus_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la common_a est_fw-la virtutes_fw-la patrum_fw-la tam_fw-la rarum_fw-la natis_fw-la est_fw-la exprimere_fw-la quam_fw-la patribus_fw-la virtutum_fw-la suarum_fw-la ac_fw-la morum_fw-la exempla_fw-la suis_fw-la relinquere_fw-la posse_fw-la jos._n scalig._n epist._n christoph._n &_o augustino_n puteanis_fw-la postquam_fw-la ex_fw-la parentum_fw-la consensu_fw-la vel_fw-la expresso_fw-la vel_fw-la tacito_fw-la in_fw-la sua_fw-la potestate_fw-la sunt_fw-la constituti_fw-la tum_fw-la patria_fw-la potestas_fw-la propriè_fw-la sic_fw-la dicta_fw-la cessat_fw-la quamvis_fw-la nunquam_fw-la cessare_fw-la possit_fw-la debitum_fw-la gratitudinis_fw-la observantiae_fw-la &_o pietatis_fw-la filialis_fw-la ames_n de_fw-fr consc_fw-fr lib._n 5._o c._n 22._o the_o four_o cardinal_n duty_n of_o a_o parent_n be_v prayer_n admonition_n example_n correction_n correction_n gen._n 22._o 2._o 2._o gen._n 25._o 28._o ibid._n the_o child_n set_v at_o liberty_n make_v the_o mother_n ashamed_a prov._n 29._o 15._o see_v dr._n gouge_n dome_a duty_n on_o ephes._n 6._o 4._o deut._n 6._o 7._o see_v 2_o tim._n 3._o 15._o and_o master_n baxter_n saint_n rest._n part_n 3._o see_v dr._n gouge_n ibid._n sect_n 46_o 47._o discant_fw-la hic_fw-la matres_fw-la se_fw-la debere_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la svas_fw-la proles_fw-la nutrire_fw-la &_o lactare_fw-la natura_fw-la enim_fw-la hoc_fw-la illis_fw-la onus_fw-la imposuit_fw-la hinc_fw-la mammillas_fw-la &_o ubera_fw-la veluti_fw-la lagâ—nulas_fw-la quasdam_fw-la ad_fw-la proles_fw-la nutriendas_fw-la aptas_fw-la illis_fw-la largita_fw-la est_fw-la plin._n l._n 28._o c._n 9_o scribit_fw-la lac_fw-la maternum_n esse_fw-la utilissimum_fw-la &_o naturae_fw-la prolis_fw-la convenientissimum_fw-la vide_fw-la aul._n gell._n l._n 12._o noct_n attic._n c._n 1._o scribit_fw-la lampridius_n titum_fw-la filium_fw-la vespasiani_n imperatoris_fw-la toto_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la tempore_fw-la adversa_fw-la valetudine_fw-la laborasse_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la à _fw-la nutrice_fw-it infirma_fw-la lactatus_fw-la esset_fw-la de_fw-la tiberio_fw-la quoque_fw-la caesar_fw-la fertur_fw-la quòd_fw-la fuerit_fw-la magnus_fw-la potator_fw-la quia_fw-la nutrix_fw-la ipsius_fw-la talis_fw-la erat_fw-la secundò_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la filius_fw-la non_fw-la lactetur_fw-la à _fw-la propria_fw-la matre_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la mater_fw-la filium_fw-la &_o filius_fw-la matrem_fw-la minus_fw-la amet_fw-la vnde_fw-la naturalem_fw-la parentum_fw-la ac_fw-la filiorum_fw-la amorem_fw-la majorem_fw-la videmus_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la plebe_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o familiis_fw-la nobilium_fw-la quoniam_fw-la ferè_fw-la nobiles_fw-la foeminae_fw-la infant_n suos_fw-la per_fw-la nutrices_fw-la lactari_fw-la curant_fw-la à _fw-la lapide_fw-la in_o gen._n 21._o 7._o origo_fw-la vocabuli_fw-la servorum_fw-la in_o latina_n lingua_fw-la inde_fw-la creditur_fw-la ducta_fw-la quod_fw-la hi_o qui_fw-la jure_fw-la belli_fw-la possent_fw-la occidi_fw-la à _fw-la victoribus_fw-la cum_fw-la servabantur_fw-la servi_fw-la fiebant_fw-la à _fw-la servando_fw-la appellati_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sine_fw-la peccati_fw-la merito_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n the_o civet_n dei_fw-la l._n 19_o c._n 15._o servitus_fw-la conditionalis_fw-la &_o usualis_fw-la see_v ephes._n 6._o 5._o coloss._n 4._o 22._o 1_o tim._n 6._o 2._o tit._n 2._o 15._o prov._n 10._o 26._o see_v dr._n willet_n on_o exod._n 21._o quest._n 8._o &_o 9_o dr._n gouge_n domestical_a duty_n on_o ephes._n 6._o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o servant_n must_v obey_v their_o master_n but_o in_o the_o lord_n and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n ever_o join_v some_o clause_n of_o restraint_n col._n 3._o 22._o ephes._n 6._o 6._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 15._o a_o servant_n be_v not_o svi_fw-la juris_fw-la must_v do_v his_o master_n work_n be_v a_o live_a instrument_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o another_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 18._o servus_n non_fw-la est_fw-la persona_fw-la sed_fw-la res_fw-la say_v the_o civil_a law_n one_o describe_v he_o thus_o a_o servant_n be_v a_o person_n that_o yield_v himself_o to_o the_o command_n of_o a_o master_n and_o submit_v to_o his_o authority_n to_o do_v his_o will_n rom._n 6._o 16._o so_o the_o centurion_n describe_v a_o servant_n matth._n 8._o 9_o psal._n 101._o 6_o 7._o 1_o tim._n 3_o 4._o see_v dr._n gouge_n dome_a duty_n on_o ephes._n 6._o 9_o naaman_n servant_n call_v he_o father_n deut._n 15._o 13_o 14._o see_v dr._n gouge_n dome_a duty_n part_v 2._o without_o their_o union_n of_o heart_n their_o unite_n of_o body_n and_o state_n will_v be_v a_o death_n ephes._n 5._o 25._o love_n be_v such_o a_o natural_a property_n of_o that_o relation_n that_o god_n to_o show_v his_o affection_n to_o his_o church_n when_o he_o will_v comfort_v she_o say_v that_o he_o be_v her_o husband_n see_v a_o rare_a example_n of_o wively_a affection_n speed_v in_o edw._n the_o first_o p._n 542._o 1_o cor._n 7._o not_o beauty_n wit_n wealth_n kindness_n receive_v these_o thing_n may_v alter_v matrimonial_a love_n that_o be_v such_o as_o beseem_v that_o near_a knot_n and_o conjunction_n where_o the_o bond_n be_v close_a the_o love_n must_v be_v strong_a his_o soul_n must_v rest_v itself_o in_o she_o as_o the_o only_a woman_n under_o heaven_n for_o he_o and_o she_o upon_o he_o as_o the_o only_a man_n under_o heaven_n for_o she_o prov._n 5._o 19_o 20._o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v if_o thou_o do_v not_o love_v thy_o wife_n thou_o will_v look_v after_o harlot_n or_o at_o least_o art_n in_o danger_n so_o to_o do_v do_v religio_fw-la à _fw-la religando_fw-la gen._n 2._o 18._o it_o be_v not_o say_v a_o help_n only_o for_o so_o be_v the_o live_a creature_n and_o therefore_o call_v jumenta_fw-la à _fw-la juvando_fw-la but_o a_o fit_a or_o meet_a help_n in_o the_o original_a it_o be_v before_o he_o and_o with_o a_o note_n of_o similitude_n as_o before_o he_o that_o be_v answer_v to_o he_o prov._n 31._o 1._o the_o wife_n relation-grace_n be_v subjection_n in_o the_o lord_n the_o apostle_n twice_o or_o thrice_o call_v for_o this_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n 1_o pet._n 3._o 5_o 6._o 1._o this_o be_v there_o make_v the_o great_a ornament_n 2._o the_o apostle_n show_v there_o the_o benefit_n of_o this_o subjection_n the_o title_n and_o name_n whereby_o a_o husband_n be_v set_v forth_o do_v imply_v a_o superiority_n and_o authority_n in_o he_o as_o lord_n 1_o pet._n 3._o 6._o master_n esth._n 1._o 17._o guide_n prov._n 2._o 15._o head_n 1_o cor._n 11._o 3._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 2._o sarah_n call_v abraham_n lord_n ephes._n 5._o 24._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 7._o 1_o cor._n 14._o 25._o man_n be_v command_v to_o receive_v they_o in_o the_o lord_n to_o hold_v they_o in_o reputation_n to_o know_v they_o as_o over_o they_o in_o the_o lord_n to_o esteem_v they_o very_o high_o in_o love_n for_o their_o work_n sake_n to_o hold_v they_o worthy_a double_a honour_n and_o to_o obey_v they_o phil._n 2._o 29._o minister_n must_v be_v faithful_a in_o their_o call_v faithfulness_n be_v a_o constant_a and_o diligent_a perform_v of_o all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o a_o minister_n from_o the_o right_a ground_n and_o for_o the_o right_a end_n sincere_o because_o god_n require_v and_o for_o his_o glory_n and_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o people_n it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a thing_n in_o paul_n 1_o cor._n 4._o 4._o that_o he_o know_v nothing_o by_o himself_o that_o be_v no_o notorious_a defect_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o ministry_n he_o shall_v have_v thummim_a integrity_n of_o life_n as_o well_o as_o urim_n light_n of_o learning_n it_o be_v say_v heretofore_o stupor_n mundi_fw-la clerus_fw-la britannicus_n the_o wonder_n of_o the_o world_n be_v the_o clergy_n of_o britain_n 1_o tim._n 4._o 13._o jeroboam_fw-la make_v the_o base_a of_o the_o people_n to_o be_v priest_n 1_o kin._n 12._o 31._o &_o 13._o 33._o and_o some_o will_v make_v the_o priest_n to_o be_v the_o base_a of_o the_o people_n prov._n 24._o 2d_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 17._o see_v tit._n 3._o 1._o rom._n 13._o 5._o what_o one_o do_v for_o conscience_n sake_n he_o shall_v do_v willing_o a_o great_a burden_n lie_v on_o the_o magistrate_n unicus_fw-la tantum_fw-la est_fw-la subjectus_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la magistratus_fw-la luth._o psal._n 82._o 5_o 10._o zach._n 7._o 4._o act_n 4._o 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