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verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la prima_fw-la veritas_fw-la normalis_fw-la mac._n distinc_fw-la theol._n cap._n 1._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 15._o joh._n 17._o 17._o 1_o sam._n 11._o 3._o act_n 13._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o cor._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ver_fw-la 14_o 15._o de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d si_fw-mi wittenbergenses_n admittant_fw-la universalem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la huberiani_n introducent_a universalem_fw-la electionem_fw-la pucciani_n fidem_fw-la naturalem_fw-la naturalistae_fw-la explodent_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o scripturas_fw-la prid._n lect._n 3._o p._n 34._o consid_n th._n soc._n proemial_a p._n 65._o haec_fw-la una_fw-la notula_fw-la omnem_fw-la meam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la evertit_fw-la judg._n 5._o 18._o 2_o tim_n 4._o 24._o 3_o jo._n vers_fw-la 10._o excitata_fw-la a_o luthero_n bestia_fw-la apocalyptica_fw-la &_o non_fw-la irritata_fw-la tantum_fw-la sed_fw-la sauciata_fw-la multorum_fw-la venabulis_fw-la ultimum_fw-la fere_n omnium_fw-la bonorum_fw-la judicio_fw-la esslasset_fw-la spiritum_fw-la nisi_fw-la spiritus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d inauspicati_fw-la tum_fw-la herâ—icos_fw-la distraxissent_fw-la &_o retardassâ—nt_fw-la impetus_fw-la prid._n orat._n de_fw-fr spir._n seduct_v pag._n 95._o melch._n adam_n to_o vita_fw-la theol._n discourse_v of_o the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o persecutione_n cogit_fw-la homines_fw-la negare_fw-la christam_n nunc_fw-la docet_fw-la 1_o tim._n 1._o 19_o see_v the_o story_n of_o mr._n copp_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gal_n 3._o 1._o gal._n 3._o 1._o fascinatio_fw-la est_fw-la spiritus_fw-la impostoris_n vehementior_fw-la operatio_fw-la qua_fw-la noxium_fw-la aliquem_fw-la errorem_fw-la in_o dogmate_n vel_fw-la praxi_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la sanae_fw-la contrarium_fw-la sed_fw-la sophisticis_fw-la praestigiis_fw-la depictum_fw-la pro_fw-la veritate_fw-la incaâ—tis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la obtendit_fw-la iisque_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la persuadit_fw-la ut_fw-la errorem_fw-la eum_fw-la considenter_fw-la amplectantur_fw-la strenuè_fw-fr defendant_n &_o zelo_fw-la non_fw-la secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la propagant_n dickson_n therapeut_fw-fr sacra_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d grammaticis_fw-la dictum_fw-la esse_fw-la placet_fw-la quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quo_fw-la pertinet_fw-la illud_fw-la verg._n nescio_fw-la quis_fw-la teneros_fw-la etc._n etc._n with_fw-mi piscator_fw-la in_o loc_n and_o leigh_n crit._n sac._n neque_fw-la tantum_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la decipi_fw-la passi_fw-la fuerinâ—_n eos_fw-la arguit_fw-la sed_fw-la quadam_fw-la veluti_fw-la magica_fw-la incantatione_n deludi_fw-la calvin_n in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ment_fw-la alienati_fw-la eorum_fw-la lapsum_fw-la magis_fw-la dementiae_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la stultitiae_fw-la arguens_fw-la calvin_n piscator_fw-la &_o sclator_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sclater_n in_o loc_n licet_fw-la ei_fw-la deo_fw-la concedente_fw-la species_n imagine_v &_o simulacra_fw-la rerunâ—_n falsarum_fw-la essingere_fw-la in_o imaginaria_fw-la hominum_fw-la facultate_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la falsa_fw-la pro_fw-la veris_fw-la eye_n demonstrentur_fw-la deinde_fw-la potest_fw-la incendere_fw-la atque_fw-la inflammare_fw-la appetitum_fw-la eorum_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la incredibili_fw-la alacritate_fw-la praedicanda_fw-la etc._n etc._n pet._n martyr_n in_o loc._n reynolds_n treat_v of_o passion_n chap._n 4._o p._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ferunt_fw-la quendam_fw-la nomine_fw-la montanum_fw-la spiritu_fw-la quodam_fw-la maligno_fw-la abripi_fw-la &_o the_o repent_v furore_fw-la &_o mentis_fw-la insania_fw-la exagitatum_fw-la bacchari_fw-la atque_fw-la mox_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la timerè_fw-la garrire_n sed_fw-la peregrinas_fw-la quasdem_fw-la voces_fw-la fundere_fw-la &_o prophetare-nonnulli_a illum_fw-la tanquam_fw-la insano_fw-la spiritu_fw-la praeditum_fw-la daemonio_fw-la agitatum_fw-la increpabant_fw-la ita_fw-la christopher_n interp_v euseb_n histor_n eccles_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 15._o baxter_n confession_n of_o faith_n pag._n 3._o in_o the_o margin_n see_v his_o story_n call_v the_o quaker_n shake_v plura_fw-la nescio_fw-la quam_fw-la sciâ—_n epist_n 119._o c._n 21._o melch._n adam_n in_o vita_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr espagne_fw-fr popular_a error_n §._o 2._o chap._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr espagne_fw-fr popular_a error_n §._o 2._o chap._n 4._o tantum_n cuique_fw-la vult_fw-la quantum_fw-la intelligit_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la debere_fw-la intellectus_fw-la sequitur_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la quoad_fw-la exercitium_fw-la non_fw-la quoad_fw-la specificationem_fw-la divinum_fw-la est_fw-la scire_fw-la quamplurima_fw-la pluritus_n amirum_fw-la est_fw-la scabies_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la see_v the_o narration_n call_v the_o false_a jew_n 2_o pet._n 3._o 16._o see_v the_o book_n caâ—led_v wonder_n work_v providence_n for_o new-england_n savonarola_n triumph_n crucis_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 2._o as_o ibis_n a_o scarabeo_fw-la accipitris_n pulchritudinem_fw-la participate_v by_o which_o they_o signify_v the_o moon_n borrow_v its_o light_n from_o the_o sun_n whittaker_n deâ—s_v lit_fw-fr sententia_fw-la adv_fw-la duraeum_n lib._n 2._o p._n 88_o parum_fw-la a_o docta_fw-la quadam_fw-la insania_fw-la discrepat_fw-la vid._n lumen_fw-la chymicum_fw-la crollii_fw-la basil_n chymic_n in_o prefatione_fw-la glauber_n de_fw-fr signatura_fw-la salium_fw-la p._n 31._o 38._o lud._n cappelli_n spec._n in_o eph._n 6._o 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d good_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fair_a specious_a dr._n stilling-fleet_n idolatry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n dicas_fw-la choose_fw-la mera_fw-fr tonitrua_fw-la sonare_fw-la nam_fw-la communi_fw-la sermone_fw-la spreto_fw-la exoticum_fw-la nescio_fw-la quod_fw-la idioma_fw-la sibi_fw-la fingunt_fw-la visi_fw-la sunt_fw-la suos_fw-la discipulos_fw-la supra_fw-la coelum_fw-la rapere_fw-la calvin_n in_o jud._n 13._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 2._o rev._n 13._o 11._o acontius_n stratagem_n satanae_n lib._n 8._o pag._n 406_o oxon._n jerom._n theoph._n lyra._n etc._n etc._n etc._n atque_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la seducta_fw-la est_fw-la astu_fw-la sat_n mae_fw-la innumera_fw-la hominum_fw-la multitudo_fw-la quae_fw-la ut_fw-la viam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la ambularet_fw-la arctam_fw-la illam_fw-la ingressaest_n quae_fw-la instinctu_fw-la satanae_n per_fw-la humanas_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la inventionis_fw-la inducta_fw-la posteaquam_fw-la vidit_fw-la satan_n viam_fw-la svam_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la ducit_fw-la traduci_fw-la eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la sit_fw-la lata_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la multi_fw-la per_fw-la illam_fw-la ambulent_fw-la caepissentque_fw-la quidam_fw-la arctam_fw-la &_o strictam_fw-la quaerere_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la tereretur_fw-la à _fw-la multis_fw-la callido_fw-la consilio_fw-la effecit_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la vera_fw-la via_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la arriperetur_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la quidem_fw-la esset_fw-la stata_fw-la via_fw-la verò_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la etc._n etc._n musculus_fw-la in_o mat._n 7._o 13._o purchas_n pilg._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o out_o of_o eusebius_n vid._n purchas_n pilg._n 3._o chap._n 5._o apostasy_n of_o the_o latter_a time_n pag._n 7._o prideaux_n orat._n x._o despir_n seductoribus_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 45._o p._n 87._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whitaker_n de_fw-fr author_n script_n contra_fw-la stapletonum_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o p._n 121._o jer._n 23._o 31._o paul_n hobson_n miraculum_fw-la voco_fw-la quicquid_fw-la arduum_fw-la aut_fw-la insolitum_fw-la supra_fw-la spem_fw-la aut_fw-la facultatem_fw-la mirantis_fw-la apparet_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr utilitat_fw-la cred_a contra_fw-la manich._n cap._n 16._o jonson_n relat_n in_o hacluit_fw-la tom._n 1._o cornel._n tacit._n histor_n lib._n 4._o aeâ—ius_fw-la spartianus_fw-la in_fw-la vit_fw-mi adrian's_n de_fw-fr secundo_fw-la bello_fw-la punico_fw-la mr._n baxter_n full_a and_o easy_a satisfaction_n cap._n 4._o nihil_fw-la fecit_fw-la christus_fw-la quod_fw-la fanciscus_n non_fw-la fecit_fw-la imò_fw-la plura_fw-la fecit_fw-la quam_fw-la christus_fw-la barthol_n de_fw-fr pisis_fw-la lib_n conformitat_fw-la fol._n 1149._o well_fw-mi figmenta_fw-la hominum_fw-la mendacium_fw-la vel_fw-la portenta_fw-la fallacium_fw-la spirituum_fw-la arist_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la â—â—ima_fw-la antiquitat_fw-la judaei_n lib._n 18._o cap._n 14._o eccles_n hist_o lib._n 11._o c._n 25._o de_fw-fr civitat_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 21._o c._n 6._o purchas_n pilg._n asia_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 17._o heylin_n cosmography_n pag._n 689._o height_n of_o israel_n idolatry_n c._n 12._o hist_o lib._n 16._o loc._n l._n 11._o c._n 6._o vid._n chamier_n paustra_fw-la tom_fw-mi 5._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 15._o prideaux_n orat_fw-la de_fw-fr impost_n mendaciis_fw-la rome_n triumph_n mr._n baxter_n safe_a religion_n p._n 168._o portenta_fw-la fallacium_fw-la spirituum_fw-la heylin_n cosmography_n pag._n 399_o sclater_n in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gal._n 1._o 7._o &_o 5._o 12._o joh._n 8._o 48._o theod._n hist_o lib._n cap._n 30._o vid._n harvaei_fw-la praefat._n in_o sang._n circulo_fw-la &_o heylin_n cosmogr_n p._n 399._o 1_o tim._n 6._o 1._o tit._n 2._o 5._o apolog._n cap._n 7_o 8_o 9_o 39_o coci_n censura_fw-la patrum_fw-la dr._n james_n the_o corrupt_a scrip._n concilior_fw-la prideaux_n de_fw-fr pseudo_fw-la epigraphis_n matth._n prideaux_n introduct_v to_o history_n stratagem_n satanae_n lib._n 4._o sozomeni_n eccl._n hist_n l._n 5._o c._n 16._o primus_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la deos_fw-la timor_fw-la fecit_fw-la