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and_o liuâ—ng_v the_o life_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v thing_n beside_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n a_o servato_fw-la etiam_fw-la militari_fw-la jura_fw-la mento_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la unum_fw-la principatus_fw-la romani_fw-la â—â—sterium_fw-la sanctâ—ssimum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d lib._n 8._o â—e_z verbis_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d litigandum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d conâ—tiâ—_z a_o luke_n 7.5_o *_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o proprie_fw-la congregation_fw-la 〈◊〉_d significat_fw-la hic_fw-la 〈◊〉_d locum_fw-la ubi_fw-la â—ongregatio_fw-la fiebat_fw-la pis_n in_fw-la locum_fw-la pag._n 33._o 1_o tim._n 5.22_o 2._o p._n 36._o see_v the_o divine_a right_n of_o the_o ministry_n of_o england_n p._n 2._o chap._n 3._o see_v mr._n perkins_n treatise_n of_o calling_n b_o sum_z baptisatus_fw-la christiaus_fw-la atque_fw-la adio_fw-la juratus_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la doctor_fw-la sed_fw-la â—t_fw-la quotidianus_fw-la contionator_fw-la cui_fw-la pro_fw-la nomine_fw-la condition_fw-la juramento_fw-la atque_fw-la officio_fw-la suo_fw-la conveniat_fw-la perversas_fw-la falsas_fw-la seductorias_fw-la ac_fw-la impias_fw-la doctrinas_fw-la abolere_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la impedire_fw-la luther_n opera_fw-la tom._n 2._o fol._n 316._o vid._n calv._n in_o ezek._n 13.9_o cogimur_fw-la faceri_fw-la penes_fw-la papistas_fw-la esse_fw-la ordinarium_fw-la ministerium_fw-la c_o vid._n lutheri_fw-la opera_fw-la tom._n 2._o fol._n 554._o de_fw-la instituendis_fw-la ministris_fw-la reliquum_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la permittere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la dei_fw-la perire_fw-la siâ—e_fw-la verbo_fw-la aut_fw-la opportere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la conventu_fw-la facto_fw-la communibus_fw-la suffragiis_fw-la ex_fw-la suo_fw-la gremio_fw-la id_fw-la 〈◊〉_d eligere_fw-la and_o orationibus_fw-la ac_fw-la manuum_fw-la imposicionibus_fw-la universitati_fw-la commendare_fw-la ac_fw-la confirmare_fw-la atque_fw-la eos_fw-la tum_fw-la pro_fw-la legitimis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la et_fw-la ministris_fw-la verbi_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la and_o colere_fw-la ita_fw-la ac_fw-la camero_fw-la in_o myrochee_n in_o cap._n 10._o v._n 15._o epist._n ad_fw-la roman_n non_fw-la officiiâ—_z majoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la quorum_fw-la saecuto_fw-la et_fw-la aetate_fw-la caepta_fw-la est_fw-la reformatio_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la missione_fw-la et_fw-la vocatione_fw-la illa_fw-la externa_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la est_fw-la certis_fw-la formulis_fw-la et_fw-la ritibus_fw-la veluti_fw-la definita_fw-la instructi_fw-la non_fw-la fuissâ—nt_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ratâ—o_fw-la tempoâ—um_fw-la illorum_fw-la ferebat_fw-la auâ—_fw-fr patiebatur_fw-la ac_fw-la constitutuâ—_z 〈◊〉_d commmode_v 〈◊〉_d seruari_fw-la possit_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o ego_fw-la vicisâ—ssim_fw-la instinctu_fw-la ut_fw-la spero_fw-la spiritus_fw-la libros_fw-la adversariorum_fw-la combussi_fw-la luâ—â—_n oper._n tom._n 2_o p._n 307._o vid._n jus_fw-la divin._n regim._n eccles._n in_fw-la append_v and_o jus_fw-la divini_fw-la ministerii_fw-la anglicani_fw-la p._n 46.47_o see_v the_o form_n and_o manner_n of_o order_v deacon_n etc._n etc._n p._n 36._o p._n 37._o p._n 38._o p._n 40._o p._n 41._o p._n 41._o p._n 41._o p._n 42._o a_o haereticum_fw-la hominem_fw-la tria_fw-la faciunt_fw-la error_fw-la convictio_fw-la contumacia_fw-la p_o 42._o p._n 42._o a_o 1_o king_n 18.21_o p._n 43._o a_o a_o fathful_a discovery_n of_o a_o treacherous_a design_n p._n 47._o p._n 44._o act_n 26.19_o p._n 44._o c_o quod_fw-la autem_fw-la vobis_fw-la videtur_fw-la in_fw-la vitos_fw-la ad_fw-la veritatem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la cogendos_fw-la erratisnescientes_fw-la scripturas_fw-la neque_fw-la virtutem_fw-la deiqui_fw-la eos_fw-la volentes_fw-la faciâ—_z dum_fw-la coguntur_fw-la in_fw-la viti_fw-la aug._n cont_n gaudent_fw-la epist._n 2._o l_n 2_o c._n 17._o p._n 45._o p._n 45._o fallacia_fw-la homonymiae_fw-la *_o eccles._n 7.20_o p._n 4._o p._n 49._o p._n 50._o p._n 51._o p._n 52._o see_v rail_a 〈◊〉_d p._n 12._o â—3_n a_o mark_n 16.15_o p._n 52._o act_n 4.12_o p._n 53._o p._n 53._o *_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o b_o alvarus_fw-la de_fw-la constructione_fw-la intransitiuà _fw-la interdum_fw-la redditur_fw-la relativum_fw-la vici-mori_fw-la scil._n antecedenti_fw-la e._n g._n cic._n in_o pis._n mihi_fw-la non_fw-la venerat_fw-la in_fw-la mentem_fw-la furorem_fw-la et_fw-la insaniam_fw-la optare_fw-la vobis_fw-la in_fw-la quam_fw-la incidistis_fw-la c_o cicir_n de_fw-fr offic_n l._n 1._o deinceps_fw-la de_fw-la beneficentia_fw-la et_fw-la deliberalitate_fw-la dicatur_fw-la qua_fw-la quidem_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la naturae_fw-la homnis_fw-la accommodatius_fw-la where_o the_o relative_n may_v agree_v with_o the_o latter_a antecedent_n or_o the_o former_a also_o as_o here_o both_o with_o redemption_n and_o righteousness_n it_o be_v true_o verify_v of_o either_o that_o it_o be_v without_o we_o p._n 53._o p_o 56._o *_o falacia_fw-la plurium_fw-la interrogationum_fw-la a_o colos._n 1.14_o p._n 57_o p_o 59_o p._n 59_o p_o 60._o *_o as_o he_o will_v have_v the_o reader_n think_v p._n 9_o p._n 54._o *_o the_o whole_a sum_n that_o year_n be_v but_o 53_o l._n 10_o s._n 6_o d._n p._n 14._o p._n 38._o p._n 41._o heb._n 12.23_o p._n 63._o yea_o paul_n also_o â—esired_v saint_n â—aâ—ers_n as_o a_o â—eans_n of_o his_o â—ssistance_n in_o â—reaching_v â—phes_n 6.19_o †_o p._n 23._o a_o sometime_o blaspheme_v seneca_n â—hat_o say_v fâ—rte_fw-la fortiter_fw-la hoc_fw-la â—st_fw-la quo_fw-la cum_fw-la antecedatis_fw-la ille_fw-la extra_fw-la patientiam_fw-la â—alorum_fw-la est_fw-la vos_fw-la supra_fw-la patientiam_fw-la thus_o that_o proud_a stoic_a de_n divina_fw-la proâ—identia_fw-la cap._n 6._o yet_o no_o man_n deny_v â—im_n a_o eminency_n in_o natural_a abiâ—â—ties_n †_o christopher_n fowler_n and_o simon_n â—ord_n *_o see_v the_o naâ—â—rative_a entitle_v satan_n enthrone_v in_o his_o chair_n of_o pestilence_n by_o mr._n farmer_n *_o p._n 18._o †_o p._n 15._o *_o p._n 19_o †_o p._n 19_o *_o p._n 23_o 25._o †_o p._n 15._o greg._n moral._n 〈◊〉_d job_n lib._n 5.12_o *_o as_o he_o do_v in_o the_o title_n page_n of_o his_o last_o book_n