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double_a aspect_n a_o twofold_a sympathy_n arise_v see_v chap._n 14._o §._o 6._o fol._n 3439._o quaere_fw-la whether_o he_o mean_v his_o sermon_n upon_o jer._n 26._o and_o other_o text_n print_v 1637._o or_o pharaoh_n harden_v see_v book_n 10._o fol._n 3222._o ☞_o see_v the_o follow_a sermon_n upon_o matthew_n 23._o 37._o ☜_o i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v his_o treatise_n of_o prodigy_n or_o divine_a fore-warning_n betoken_v blood_n which_o be_v lose_v in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o can_v yet_o be_v find_v salvian_n in_o his_o 6._o 7._o book_n de_fw-fr gubern_n matth._n 7._o 1._o rom._n 14._o 4._o the_o text_n be_v a_o conclusion_n q._n from_o what_o premise_n infer_v the_o limitation_n of_o the_o conclusion_n the_o extent_n of_o the_o conclusion_n another_o limitation_n ☞_o two_o instance_n in_o ahab_n and_o david_n who_o by_o judge_v other_o do_v condemn_v themselves_o see_v book_n 10._o fol._n 3018._o and_o 3099._o the_o minor_a of_o the_o forego_n syllogism_n ☞_o ☜_o see_v book_n 4._o or_o justify_v faith_n sect._n 2._o the_o composition_n of_o hypocrisy_n pharisaical_a two_o special_a sin_n of_o the_o ancient_a jew_n the_o ancient_a jew_n sin_n the_o late_a jew_n reformation_n see_v a_o follow_a sermon_n upon_o that_o fact_n christ_n true_a exposition_n of_o the_o negative_a part_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n take_v we_o heed_n of_o condemn_v ourselves_o by_o judge_v the_o late_a jew_n see_v the_o four_o chapter_n of_o this_o book_n fol._n 3342._o see_v book_n 8._o ☜_o ☜_o ☞_o a_o romish_a error_n require_v reformation_n a_o error_n of_o the_o contraire_fw-fr extreme_a disparage_v the_o reformation_n a_o factious_a schismatical_a book_n modest_o censure_v apostolical_a and_o episcopal_a power_n under_o heathen_a prince_n and_o after_o prince_n be_v christian_v the_o ancient_a heathen_n give_v and_o turk_n give_v more_o to_o their_o priest_n than_o some_o profess_v christianity_n do_v to_o they_o both_o for_o power_n and_o maintenance_n a_o precept_n will_v be_v in_o force_n when_o pretence_n will_v be_v out_o of_o date_n the_o main_a error_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n infallibility_n both_o in_o expound_v holy_a scripture_n and_o in_o attest_v tradition_n see_v the_o second_o and_o three_o book_n the_o two_o former_a romish_a error_n well_o reform_v the_o temper_n &_o bound_n of_o the_o right_n and_o rigid_a reformer_n the_o cure_n of_o the_o error_n by_o the_o right_a mean_n the_o error_n extreme_o contrary_a to_o the_o romish_a error_n ☞_o in_o his_o sermon_n before_o the_o king_n upon_o jer._n 26._o pag._n 32._o he_o say_v divide_v the_o sin_n of_o 40._o year_n last_o pass_v into_o ten_o part_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o pulpit_n and_o the_o press_n will_v be_v a_o large_a ten_o see_v sign_n of_o the_o time_n pag._n 57_o 58._o three_o point_n purpose_v a_o romish_a eror_n cause_v doubt_n of_o salvation_n viz_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o priest_n etc._n etc._n a_o romish_a priest_n may_v damn_v a_o infant_n through_o neglect_n or_o malice_n by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o church_n see_v soto_n in_o 4._o senten_n this_fw-mi 1._o q._n 5._o art_n 8._o romish_a priest_n have_v a_o strange_a negative_a voice_n the_o second_o point_n the_o remedy_n of_o the_o contrarii_fw-la as_o bad_a as_o the_o diease_n about_o this_o point_n see_v book_n 4._o and_o book_n 10._o cha_z 51_o 52_o 53._o and_o serm._n on_o jer._n 26._o pag._n 13._o and_o sign_n of_o the_o time_n p._n 62._o upon_o this_o text_n see_v book_n 7._o chap._n 18_o 19_o see_v book_n 10._o fol._n 3274._o where_o this_o author_n say_v 300._o bellarmine_n 300_o valentiaes_n can_v not_o do_v the_o protestant_a religion_n so_o much_o harm_n as_o dr._n hessel_n do_v take_v advantage_n of_o this_o doctrine_n of_o this_o division_n see_v lib._n 10._o fol._n 3153_o 3275._o see_v book_n 10._o fol._n 3262_o and_o sign_n of_o the_o time_n p._n 63._o the_o three_o point_n how_o fides_n be_v fiducia_n see_v book_n 10._o cap._n 52._o see_v chapt._n 4._o fol._n 3338._o idolatry_n transform_v the_o divine_a nature_n into_o unfit_a similitude_n the_o late_a r._n r._n bishop_n of_o winchester_n b._n andrews_n in_o his_o sermon_n on_o that_o theme_n the_o worship_v of_o imagination_n the_o root_n of_o idolatry_n see_v the_o five_o book_n ☜_o some_o writer_n not_o papist_n transform_v the_o divine_a nature_n paraeus_n see_v book_n 10._o fol._n 3012._o ☜_o see_v book_n the_o five_o the_o say_n of_o die_a man_n remarkable_a three_o point_n considerable_a the_o circumstance_n of_o time_n observation_n and_o use_v out_o of_o the_o story_n and_o circumstance_n touch_v retaliation_n see_v the_o 6._o book_n or_o treatise_n of_o god_n attribute_n 2_o part_n §._o 4._o chap._n 31._o page_n 343._o a_o cluster_n of_o deadly_a sin_n in_o the_o horrible_a murder_n of_o zechariah_n the_o highpriest_n levit._fw-la 17._o 13._o see_v the_o next_o sermon_n upon_o this_o text._n gen._n 19_o 9_o pto._n 28._o 4._o wisd_v 2._o 12._o 1_o joh._n 3._o 12._o of_o pharisaical_a hypocrisy_n see_v book_n 4._o and_o second_o sermon_n on_o jer._n 26._o see_v the_o serman_n upon_o that_o text_n immediate_o precedent_a the_o former_a sermon_n on_o 2_o chron._n 24._o 22_o i_o suppose_v be_v preach_v at_o court_n this_o at_o oxford_n of_o the_o jew_n calamity_n see_v book_n 1._o chap._n 23._o and_o 27._o the_o first_o question_n who_o this_o zechariah_n be_v this_o punctual_o agree_v with_o the_o copy_n the_o temple_n and_o the_o altar_n why_o zachariah_n call_v the_o son_n of_o barachiah_n see_v dr._n hammonds_n note_n on_o matth._n 23._o fol._n 125._o where_o he_o cite_v josephus_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 19_o for_o another_o zacharias_n kill_v by_o the_o zelots_n immediate_o before_o the_o siege_n which_o put_v a_o short_a end_n to_o this_o question_n the_o second_o question_n why_o our_o saviour_n instance_v in_o zechariah_n zachariah_n the_o only_a prophet_n that_o die_v with_o a_o imprecation_n see_v fol._n 3721._o ☞_o the_o three_o question_n a_o paraphrase_n or_o exegesis_n of_o christ_n love_v and_o threaten_a expression_n a_o paraphrase_n or_o exegesis_n of_o our_o saviour_n meaning_n or_o implication_n how_o christ_n death_n be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o jew_n calamity_n the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n to_o the_o jew_n king_n of_o old_a psa_fw-la 74._o 10_o luke_n 4_o 6._o ezek._n 7._o 21_o 24._o dan._n 4._o 17._o see_v fol._n 3729._o where_o this_o be_v the_o 4_o question_v propound_v from_o abel_n to_o zachariahs_n death_n be_v 3000._o year_n from_o zach._n to_o these_o word_n speak_v be_v 00._o or_o 900._o see_v a_o follow_a sermon_n on_o 2_o king_n 23._o 26._o a_o generation_n contain_v thirty_o year_n betwixt_o manasseh_n and_o josiahs_n death_n be_v about_o thirty_o three_o year_n the_o objection_n be_v harden_v by_o take_v in_o abel_n blood_n zechariah_n be_v slay_v 900._o year_n abel_n 3800._o year_n before_o christ_n speak_v