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29_o §_o 9_o fol._n 3586._o i_o suppose_v this_o be_v preach_v at_o st._n ma._n in_o oxon._n nothing_o be_v call_v little_a or_o great_a but_o in_o comparison_n with_o other_o thing_n leu._n 23._o 27._o ☜_o the_o occasion_n of_o baruchs_n complaint_n two_o doctrine_n or_o two_o proposition_n a_o corollary_n add_v to_o the_o former_a thing_n indifferent_a yea_o lawful_a thing_n by_o circumstance_n become_v unlawful_a he_o mean_v some_o man_n that_o have_v turn_v to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n good_a man_n be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v most_o religious_a in_o worst_a time_n sympathy_n plant_v in_o bruit_n see_v the_o sermon_n upon_o this_o text._n fol._n 3610._o ☞_o ☜_o apathy_n a_o symptom_n of_o a_o graceless_a obdurate_a mind_n numb_a 32._o 6._o 2_o sam._n 11._o uriah_n godfrey_n of_o bulloign_n argia_n in_o statius_n of_o portia_n see_v plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la bruti_fw-la the_o author_n omit_v the_o second_o doctrine_n to_o be_v handle_v in_o the_o next_o sermon_n and_o pass_v to_o the_o corollary_n which_o he_o prove_v by_o instance_n a_o great_a warn_v and_o a_o great_a truth_n libro_fw-la 6._o de_fw-la providentia_fw-la dei_fw-la see_v more_o instance_n of_o stupidity_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o attribute_n salvian_n this_o be_v preach_v in_o oxon_n after_o the_o visitation_n by_o the_o plague_n a_o forward_a soldier_n petrus_n strozius_n see_v val._n maximus_n de_fw-fr cupiditate_fw-la uiae_fw-la epist_n lib._n 1._o epist_n 22._o see_v lanove_n paradox_n second_o page_z 204._o thuanus_n lib._n 26._o pag._n 543._o colum_fw-la 1._o see_v busbequius_fw-la his_fw-la four_o epist_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la turc_n lament_n 4._o 10._o zephaniah_n 2._o 3._o the_o doctrine_n handle_v in_o hypothesi_fw-la a_o objection_n 1_o king_n 21._o 2_o king_n 22._o 18._o 19_o 20._o the_o objection_n press_v home_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o former_a objection_n 2_o chron._n 32._o 25_o 26._o 2_o king_n 23._o 30._o 2_o chron._n 35._o 21_o 24._o ezek._n 14._o 20_o 21._o from_o a_o 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 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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 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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 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