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sacrament_n 2._o he_o do_v command_v it_o then_o to_o be_v eat_v by_o bellarmin_n confession_n though_o not_o instant_o to_o be_v eat_v and_o he_o give_v the_o like_a command_n of_o the_o cup_n as_o of_o the_o bread_n yea_o with_o more_o exactness_n a_o note_n of_o universality_n add_v drink_v you_o all_o of_o it_o yet_o their_o laity_n have_v a_o sacrament_n and_o never_o drink_v of_o it_o 3._o that_o which_o the_o apostle_n do_v that_o christ_n enjoin_v as_o amesius_n well_o reply_v they_o understand_v christ_n intimation_n as_o well_o as_o the_o most_o nimble-headed_a jesuit_n but_o they_o do_v not_o reserve_v it_o but_o do_v eat_v it_o second_o if_o there_o be_v no_o footstep_n in_o all_o the_o holy_a scripture_n of_o any_o other_o way_n of_o deal_n with_o the_o element_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n than_o the_o eat_n and_o drink_v of_o they_o then_o according_a to_o the_o institution_n they_o must_v be_v eat_v and_o drunken_a but_o there_o be_v no_o footstep_n there_o of_o any_o 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they_o must_v eat_v and_o drink_v that_o will_v have_v benefit_n in_o the_o promise_n it_o will_v little_o i_o suppose_v please_v the_o reader_n to_o hear_v bellarmine_n suarez_n and_o other_o jesuit_n to_o exempt_a this_o sacrament_n from_o the_o common_a nature_n of_o sacrament_n and_o to_o make_v it_o permanent_a when_o the_o other_o as_o they_o speak_v be_v transeunt_fw-la thomas_n aquinas_n part_n 3_o quaest_n 73._o art_n 1._o resp_n ad_fw-la 3._o make_v this_o difference_n between_o the_o eucharist_n and_o other_o sacrament_n this_o sacrament_n be_v perfect_v say_v he_o in_o the_o consecration_n of_o the_o matter_n other_o sacrament_n be_v perfect_v in_o the_o application_n of_o the_o matter_n to_o the_o person_n to_o be_v sanctify_v suarez_n disp_n 42._o sect._n 4._o quote_v it_o with_o approbation_n and_o scotus_n in_o quanto_fw-la dist_n 8._o quaest_n 1._o as_o he_o be_v quote_v by_o amesius_n all_o the_o sacrament_n except_o the_o eucharist_n consist_v in_o their_o use_n so_o that_o in_o they_o the_o sacrament_n and_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o sacrament_n be_v the_o same_o he_o that_o please_v may_v read_v bellar._n argument_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr eucharistia_n cap._n 2_o 3_o 4._o suarez_n in_o the_o place_n name_v with_o whitaker_n amesius_n vorstius_n in_o 3._o tom._n bellar._n thes_n 9_o pag._n 406._o chamier_n against_o they_o both_o with_o other_o of_o that_o party_n de_fw-fr eucharistia_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 4_o etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v desire_v to_o take_v up_o the_o reader_n with_o that_o which_o i_o judge_v more_o necessary_a gerard_n in_o his_o common_a place_n cap._n 4._o de_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la make_v it_o his_o business_n to_o find_v out_o the_o genus_fw-la in_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o sacrament_n in_o which_o the_o general_a form_n of_o sacrament_n he_o say_v be_v to_o be_v
as_o general_a truth_n be_v bring_v home_o by_o particular_a application_n so_o they_o seal_v man_n particular_a interest_n in_o the_o covenant_n he_o that_o have_v the_o son_n have_v life_n he_o that_o eat_v my_o flesh_n and_o drink_v my_o blood_n have_v eternal_a life_n these_o be_v scripture-proposition_n and_o he_o that_o be_v to_o seek_v here_o have_v no_o cure_n in_o the_o sacrament_n they_o can_v give_v no_o direct_a remedy_n these_o sign_n and_o seal_n take_v this_o for_o grant_v and_o can_v make_v proof_n of_o it_o but_o when_o this_o be_v assent_v to_o in_o the_o general_n he_o that_o have_v the_o son_n have_v life_n and_o he_o that_o feed_v upon_o he_o shall_v live_v for_o ever_o here_o soul_n be_v confirm_v in_o their_o particular_a interest_n that_o the_o son_n be_v they_o and_o that_o they_o feed_v upon_o he_o for_o life_n eternal_a three_o we_o must_v distinguish_v the_o outward_a sign_n in_o the_o sacrament_n together_o with_o that_o which_o be_v do_v about_o they_o or_o any_o of_o they_o and_o the_o communicants_a act_n in_o the_o bare_a behold_v of_o they_o from_o our_o act_n of_o receive_v of_o they_o in_o the_o former_a sense_n they_o be_v no_o more_o than_o sign_n the_o lord_n supper_n thus_o consider_v be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o remembrance_n memorial_n or_o representation_n of_o christ_n death_n and_o passion_n in_o the_o latter_a it_o be_v a_o seal_n pledge_n or_o earnest_n and_o therefore_o to_o say_v that_o christ_n ordain_v it_o to_o be_v a_o remembrance_n memorial_n and_o representation_n of_o his_o death_n be_v a_o truth_n but_o to_o say_v that_o therefore_o he_o do_v not_o ordain_v it_o to_o be_v a_o seal_n be_v a_o manifest_a error_n if_o christ_n have_v take_v bread_n and_o break_v it_o take_v the_o cup_n and_o pour_v out_o wine_n and_o have_v say_v this_o be_v my_o body_n this_o be_v my_o blood_n here_o have_v be_v a_o sign_n a_o memorial_n a_o representation_n and_o no_o more_o but_o when_o he_o say_v take_v eat_v this_o be_v my_o body_n this_o be_v my_o blood_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n drink_v you_o all_o of_o this_o it_o be_v as_o circumcision_n be_v both_o a_o sign_n and_o seal_v as_o a_o sign_n remembrance_n or_o representation_n the_o behold_v be_v sufficient_a as_o the_o israelite_n do_v the_o brazen_a serpent_n and_o as_o papist_n look_v on_o their_o image_n for_o which_o if_o they_o have_v a_o institution_n as_o they_o have_v a_o prohibition_n they_o may_v be_v defend_v and_o if_o we_o be_v to_o do_v no_o more_o it_o will_v be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o sign_n memorial_n and_o representation_n but_o be_v to_o receive_v it_o it_o be_v a_o seal_n and_o pledge_v of_o that_o which_o it_o represent_v and_o bring_v to_o our_o mind_n four_o they_o be_v not_o absolute_a seal_n but_o conditional_a they_o do_v not_o make_v it_o good_a to_o all_o that_o christ_n be_v they_o but_o upon_o god_n term_n which_o be_v express_v by_o st._n peter_n to_o be_v the_o answer_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n towards_o god_n of_o this_o i_o speak_v large_o treatise_n of_o the_o covenant_n pag._n 34_o 35_o etc._n etc._n which_o by_o mr._n baxter_n in_o his_o apology_n have_v be_v examine_v sect._n 60_o to_o sect._n 82._o which_o here_o must_v brief_o be_v take_v into_o consideration_n a_o digression_n for_o vindication_n of_o chap._n 7._o of_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o covenant_n from_o mr._n baxters_n exception_n touch_v conditional_a seal_v in_o sacrament_n have_v in_o my_o treatise_n of_o the_o covenant_n show_v at_o large_a that_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v conditional_a in_o my_o seven_o chapter_n i_o infer_v that_o the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n be_v as_o the_o covenant_n itself_o conditional_a make_v it_o good_a with_o six_o several_a argument_n as_o i_o have_v before_o assert_v it_o in_o my_o answer_n of_o mr._n t._n chap._n 15._o p._n 100_o this_o reverend_a mr._n baxter_n be_v please_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o in_o his_o apology_n and_o to_o put_v the_o question_n in_o opposition_n to_o i_o in_o these_o word_n sect._n 60._o whether_o the_o sacrament_n seal_v the_o conditional_a promise_n absolute_o or_o the_o conclusion_n conditional_o when_o only_o one_o of_o the_o premise_n be_v of_o divine_a revelation_n and_o whether_o this_o conclusion_n be_v de_fw-fr fide_fw-la i_o be_o justify_v and_o shall_v be_v save_v which_o term_n i_o leave_v to_o the_o intelligent_a reader_n to_o consider_v he_o be_v not_o please_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o any_o one_o of_o my_o argument_n whether_o it_o be_v because_o he_o judge_v they_o unworthy_a of_o his_o answer_n or_o for_o any_o other_o reason_n i_o can_v tell_v i_o produce_v likewise_o the_o testimony_n of_o many_o of_o our_o divine_n speak_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o he_o take_v as_o little_a notice_n of_o any_o of_o their_o authority_n as_o i_o then_o speak_v what_o reason_n inforce_v i_o to_o believe_v so_o i_o have_v the_o same_o reason_n still_o to_o believe_v what_o i_o have_v speak_v and_o when_o all_o be_v examine_v which_o may_v be_v find_v in_o that_o apology_n from_o p._n 115_o to_o p._n 144._o i_o think_v more_o be_v speak_v for_o i_o then_o against_o i_o he_o be_v please_v pag._n 139._o to_o say_v the_o difference_n be_v so_o small_a that_o be_v it_o not_o for_o some_o scatter_a by-passage_n i_o will_v scarce_o have_v reply_v to_o you_o i_o therefore_o shall_v return_v no_o other_o rejoynder_n but_o only_o to_o observe_v such_o passage_n as_o may_v best_o serve_v to_o clear_v the_o truth_n in_o question_n he_o go_v about_o to_o take_v away_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o question_n and_o say_v i_o never_o hear_v of_o nor_o know_v a_o conditional_a seal_n in_o the_o world_n which_o to_o i_o be_v very_o strange_a beside_o what_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o it_o he_o have_v doubtless_o read_v mr._n marshal_n answer_v to_o mr._n t._n and_o pag._n 224._o of_o his_o treatise_n of_o infant-baptisme_n he_o make_v we_o know_v that_o he_o have_v read_v it_o and_o he_o express_o call_v it_o a_o conditional_a seal_n of_o the_o receiver_n interest_n in_o the_o covenant_n he_o confess_v the_o possibility_n but_o assert_n the_o vanity_n of_o such_o seal_n as_o if_o a_o man_n say_v he_o sect._n 77._o pag._n 140._o shall_v set_v the_o wax_n and_o material_a seal_n to_o a_o deed_n of_o gift_n with_o this_o addition_n i_o hereby_o seal_v to_o this_o or_o own_o it_o as_o my_o deed_n if_o such_o a_o man_n be_v now_o live_v in_o france_n or_o if_o such_o a_o ship_n be_v safe_o arrive_v or_o if_o such_o a_o man_n shall_v do_v such_o a_o thing_n otherwise_o this_o shall_v be_v no_o seal_n here_o i_o think_v a_o impossibility_n be_v find_v out_o be_v a_o actual_a seal_n make_v no_o seal_n upon_o any_o condition_n in_o the_o world_n have_v he_o never_o hear_v of_o that_o maxim_n quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la est_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la or_o that_o other_o quod_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la infectum_fw-la reddi_fw-la nequit_fw-la and_o we_o be_v wont_v to_o say_v that_o this_o be_v not_o within_o a_o omnipotence_n to_o make_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v while_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v unless_o mr._n baxter_n mean_v that_o such_o wax_n with_o impression_n make_v be_v formal_o no_o seal_n before_o the_o time_n that_o in_o law_n it_o have_v its_o efficacy_n as_o he_o seem_v to_o say_v sect._n 72._o where_o he_o have_v these_o word_n to_o say_v i_o conditional_o seal_v be_v to_o say_v it_o shall_v be_v no_o seal_n till_o the_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n so_o a_o bond_n seal_v and_o deliver_v in_o presence_n of_o witness_n be_v unseal_v till_o it_o be_v forfeit_v which_o be_v a_o manifest_a absurdity_n and_o i_o speak_v not_o of_o a_o conditional_a seal_n as_o oppose_v to_o actual_a i_o shall_v call_v such_o a_o seal_n not_o conditional_a but_o potential_a i_o speak_v to_o conditional_a seal_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o question_n that_o be_v when_o a_o man_n tie_v himself_o by_o seal_n to_o such_o or_o such_o a_o thing_n not_o absolute_o 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