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two_o sort_n of_o teach_v be_v confound_v which_o christ_n distinguish_v mat._n 28.19_o 20._o that_o teach_v which_o draw_v man_n to_o christ_n and_o make_v they_o disciple_n and_o that_o which_o instruct_v they_o when_o they_o be_v his_o disciple_n that_o which_o persuade_v they_o to_o receive_v christ_n jesus_n the_o lord_n and_o that_o which_o persuade_v they_o according_o to_o walk_v in_o he_o for_o they_o take_v he_o for_o a_o disciple_n that_o be_v but_o learning_n to_o be_v a_o disciple_n mere_o because_o he_o submit_v to_o learn_v and_o have_v learn_v before_o some_o preparatory_a truth_n though_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o make_v a_o disciple_n indeed_o nor_o profess_v so_o to_o be_v mr._n blake_n be_v deep_o offend_v with_o i_o for_o say_v that_o hypocrite_n that_o seem_v not_o only_o to_o be_v find_v believer_n and_o profess_v a_o justify_v faith_n when_o they_o have_v it_o not_o be_v only_o equivocal_o or_o analogical_o christian_n or_o member_n of_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n but_o i_o shall_v say_v somewhat_o more_o concern_v those_o believer_n that_o be_v describe_v by_o he_o who_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o profess_v a_o save_a faith_n viz._n that_o they_o be_v no_o member_n of_o the_o church_n at_o all_o if_o notorious_a and_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o be_v name_v christian_n nor_o to_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o visible_a church_n no_o man_n can_v prove_v that_o ever_o one_o man_n be_v admit_v a_o church-member_n in_o all_o the_o new_a testament_n upon_o the_o profession_n of_o any_o low_a kind_n of_o faith_n than_o that_o which_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o justification_n otherwise_o we_o shall_v have_v two_o distinct_a church_n specifical_o different_a or_o two_o sort_n of_o christianity_n and_o christian_n differ_v totâ_fw-la specie_fw-la because_o the_o faith_n which_o be_v here_o make_v their_o qualification_n do_v specifical_o differ_v by_o a_o moral_a specification_n when_o the_o jailor_n act._n 16_o 30_o 31_o 32_o 33_o 34._o be_v 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common_o they_o add_v that_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n also_o of_o consent_n 1._o to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o church_n 2._o to_o live_v under_o the_o ordinance_n and_o if_o they_o take_v the_o intention_n of_o the_o party_n or_o parent_n or_o their_o godfather_n and_o godmother_n to_o be_v necessary_a as_o they_o do_v the_o intention_n of_o the_o priest_n than_o a_o bare_a profession_n with_o they_o will_v not_o serve_v nor_o can_v they_o tell_v when_o any_o one_o be_v baptize_v mr._n blake_n do_v speak_v so_o much_o and_o purposely_o of_o this_o point_n that_o one_o will_v think_v we_o may_v expect_v a_o exact_a description_n of_o this_o faith_n from_o he_o if_o from_o any_o man_n especial_o in_o his_o last_o book_n when_o i_o have_v so_o earnest_o entreat_v he_o before_o to_o do_v it_o because_o of_o the_o omission_n of_o it_o in_o his_o former_a book_n and_o yet_o even_o in_o this_o have_v he_o do_v nothing_o but_o involve_v and_o obscure_v his_o meaning_n more_o than_o 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have_v rather_o err_v than_o be_v at_o the_o pain_n of_o read_v what_o be_v already_o write_v i_o shall_v therefore_o suppose_v that_o and_o gather_v what_o he_o say_v in_o his_o treatise_n of_o the_o sacrament_n pag._n 109._o he_o say_v i_o confess_v as_o much_o of_o repentance_n in_o they_o as_o be_v require_v in_o any_o to_o the_o acceptation_n of_o baptism_n namely_o a_o renunciation_n of_o their_o false_a way_n and_o a_o profess_a acceptation_n of_o the_o tender_a of_o the_o gospel_n and_o after_o to_o renounce_v his_o way_n of_o paganism_n judaisme_n and_o to_o profess_v and_o engage_v to_o a_o christian_a faith_n &_o conversation_n here_o i_o understand_v not_o mr._n blake'_v english_a if_o he_o do_v not_o plain_o renounce_v his_o cause_n and_o say_v the_o same_o that_o i_o do_v and_o so_o make_v vain_a his_o industrious_a opposition_n the_o tender_a of_o the_o gospel_n be_v the_o tender_a of_o christ_n and_o pardon_n and_o life_n to_o all_o true_a acceptor_n of_o it_o if_o the_o profess_a acceptation_n of_o this_o tender_a be_v not_o profess_a save_v faith_n beyond_o all_o common_a faith_n i_o must_v despair_v of_o know_v what_o faith_n be_v and_o consequent_o be_v sure_a that_o i_o have_v it_o and_o that_o i_o may_v be_v save_v by_o it_o and_o if_o profess_v a_o true_a christian_a faith_n and_o conversation_n and_o engage_v thereto_o be_n not_o a_o profess_v of_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o sanctify_a i_o mean_v in_o the_o special_a sense_n then_o mr._n blake_n have_v make_v a_o new_a christian_a faith_n and_o conversation_n which_o scripture_n never_o prescribe_v nor_o describe_v pag._n 172._o he_o gives_z another_o but_o the_o most_o express_a answer_n which_o be_v like_a to_o be_v his_o mind_n for_o a_o direct_a answer_n i_o say_v it_o it_o not_o profession_n to_o say_v we_o have_v this_o faith_n but_o a_o profession_n of_o our_o assent_n to_o the_o necessity_n of_o it_o with_o engagement_n to_o it_o that_o give_v this_o little_a so_o p._n 173._o i_o say_v &_o do_v profess_v of_o those_o that_o have_v those_o secret_a reservation_n wrap_v up_o in_o their_o breast_n &_o not_o yet_o from_o under_o the_o power_n of_o lust_n yet_o convince_v of_o their_o duty_n and_o acknowledge_v the_o necessity_n that_o it_o be_v the_o mind_n of_o god_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v baptise_a and_o have_v admission_n to_o ordinance_n in_o order_n to_o bring_v they_o more_o sincere_o and_o unreserved_o to_o god_n and_o this_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o you_o seem_v to_o yield_v when_o you_o say_v we_o be_v bind_v to_o baptise_v they_o i_o say_v they_o have_v right_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n to_o baptism_n i_o shall_v begin_v my_o reply_n with_o his_o last_o passage_n and_o i_o must_v needs_o say_v that_o mr._n blake_n do_v unworthy_o abuse_v i_o and_o my_o word_n in_o say_v that_o i_o seem_v to_o yield_v that_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o baptize_v they_o they_o what_o they_o my_o own_o word_n which_o he_o cit_v to_o prove_v this_o 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question_n i_o plead_v not_o for_o any_o error_n of_o the_o ancient_n in_o keep_v man_n from_o baptism_n that_o be_v fit_a for_o it_o but_o only_o mention_v such_o as_o be_v but_o in_o preparation_n to_o such_o fitness_n argum._n 23._o that_o doctrine_n be_v at_o lest_o much_o to_o be_v suspect_v which_o by_o contradict_v the_o very_a natural_a principle_n of_o religion_n do_v tend_v strong_o to_o disgrace_n jesus_n christ_n and_o tempt_v the_o world_n to_o infidelity_n but_o such_o be_v the_o doctrine_n which_o we_o oppose_v ergo._fw-la for_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o minor_a note_v 1._o that_o it_o be_v a_o natural_a certain_a verity_n that_o the_o righteous_a lord_n love_v righteousness_n and_o that_o he_o be_v a_o hater_n of_o sin_n in_o whosoever_o and_o delight_v in_o that_o holiness_n which_o be_v his_o very_a image_n and_o that_o god_n be_v no_o accepter_n of_o person_n but_o in_o every_o nation_n he_o that_o fear_v he_o and_o work_v righteousness_n be_v accept_v of_o he_o 2._o note_v that_o the_o doctrine_n which_o we_o oppose_v hold_v that_o jesus_n christ_n do_v set_v so_o much_o by_o the_o bare_a believe_v that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n yea_o the_o verbal_a profession_n of_o it_o and_o so_o little_a by_o holiness_n that_o if_o man_n will_v but_o make_v that_o profession_n let_v they_o live_v how_o they_o will_v let_v they_o be_v adulterer_n murderer_n of_o father_n or_o mother_n perjure_v to_o god_n and_o man_n etc._n etc._n yet_o they_o lose_v not_o their_o right_n to_o this_o privilege_n that_o even_o the_o child_n of_o their_o body_n shall_v be_v of_o the_o family_n of_o christ_n upon_o their_o interest_n or_o account_n yea_o though_o themselves_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o sober_o promise_v to_o amend_v yea_o though_o they_o be_v persecutor_n of_o any_o that_o will_v reform_v they_o or_o any_o other_o way_n notorious_o ungodly_a do_v not_o this_o strong_o tempt_v man_n to_o imagine_v that_o jesus_n christ_n come_v not_o to_o cure_v soul_n 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supposition_n of_o their_o true_a sanctification_n 4._o by_o their_o too_o much_o care_n in_o delay_v the_o catechumeni_fw-la in_o late_a time_n lest_o they_o shall_v be_v unmeet_a let_v i_o recite_v the_o testimony_n of_o one_o or_o two_o of_o our_o own_o and_o one_o of_o those_o ancient_n each_o of_o the_o high_a authority_n in_o the_o present_a case_n 1._o mr._n gilespie_n aaron_n rod._n l._n 3._o ch_n 15_o pag._n 544._o say_v it_o be_v a_o profanation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n to_o baptise_v a_o catechumene_fw-la a_o jew_n or_o a_o pagan_a profess_v a_o resolution_n to_o turn_v christian_a he_o be_v manifest_o under_o the_o power_n of_o abominable_a reign_v sin_n and_o be_v still_o a_o profane_a and_o wicked_a liver_n although_o he_o be_v able_a to_o give_v a_o sound_n and_o orthodox_n confession_n of_o faith_n from_o whence_o he_o argue_v that_o therefore_o the_o same_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v admit_v to_o the_o lord_n supper_n 2._o spanhemius_fw-la epist._n ad_fw-la d._n buch._n pa._n 14._o give_v three_o reason_n to_o prove_v that_o athrist_n epicure_n profane_a man_n qui_fw-la vitam_fw-la inter_fw-la flagitia_fw-la traducunt_fw-la &_o aperte_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la fidem_fw-la quâ_fw-la creditur_fw-la nec_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctificationis_fw-la secundum_fw-la ullum_fw-la ejus_fw-la gradum_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la in_o ista_fw-la impietate_fw-la perstant_fw-la nec_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la tum_fw-la profitentur_fw-la tum_fw-la spondent_fw-la may_v not_o lawful_o be_v baptize_v and_o our_o divine_n common_o say_v in_o baptism_n we_o engage_v ourselves_o to_o a_o holy_a life_n those_o therefore_o which_o live_v not_o holy_o be_v covenant-breaker_n and_o herefore_o have_v not_o right_o to_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o covenant_n see_v piscat_fw-la in_o mat._n 3._o obser._n ex_fw-la v._n 6_o 8.10_o &_o in_o mat._n 28._o v._n 19_o &_o davenane_n be_v col._n 2.12_o peter_n martyr_n in_o rom._n 6.3_o zanch._n in_o ephes._n 5._o loc_n de_fw-fr bapt._n cap._n 3_o thes._n 37._o many_o more_o i_o omit_v 3._o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o ancient_n i_o have_v give_v a_o touch_n of_o elsewhere_o as_o to_o these_o point_n all_o that_o i_o shall_v now_o say_v be_v to_o desire_v the_o learned_a reader_n that_o have_v not_o do_v it_o to_o peruse_v all_o over_o that_o book_n of_o augustine_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o operibus_fw-la which_o be_v whole_o write_v on_o this_o subject_n there_o be_v then_o some_o christian_n who_o opinion_n be_v that_o if_o a_o heathen_a live_v in_o whoredom_n when_o he_o turn_v christian_a he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v refuse_v baptism_n till_o he_o will_v promise_v reformation_n and_o will_v put_v away_o his_o whore_n but_o because_o that_o the_o apostle_n baptize_v upon_o believe_v and_o require_v obedience_n afterward_o and_o work_n be_v to_o be_v the_o consequent_a fruit_n of_o faith_n therefore_o the_o pastor_n
246.2_o the_o church_n with_o who_o the_o covenant_n be_v make_v and_o to_o who_o the_o promise_v of_o the_o covenant_n be_v make_v be_v the_o spouse_n of_o christ_n his_o mystical_a body_n the_o son_n and_o daughter_n of_o the_o lord_n god_n almighty_a a_o royal_a priesthood_n a_o choose_a generation_n king_n &_o priest_n to_o god_n but_o this_o be_v the_o invisible_a church_n of_o elect_a believer_n not_o the_o visible_a church_n of_o visible_a professor_n pag._n 248._o the_o church_n who_o gather_v together_o and_o who_o unity_n of_o faith_n etc._n etc._n the_o lord_n intend_v by_o give_v to_o they_o to_o that_o end_n some_o to_o be_v apostle_n etc._n etc._n must_v be_v the_o church_n to_o which_o all_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o privilege_n do_v belong_v but_o the_o lord_n intend_v the_o gather_n etc._n etc._n only_o of_o the_o invisible_a elect_v and_o redeem_a church_n not_o of_o the_o visible_a profess_v or_o confess_v church_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 249.4_o the_o invisible_a church_n and_o not_o the_o visible_a as_o it_o be_v such_o have_v right_o to_o the_o sacrament_n because_o these_o who_o have_v right_o to_o the_o covenant_n have_v right_o to_o the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n but_o only_o the_o invisible_a church_n have_v right_o to_o the_o covenant_n for_o god_n faith_n only_o of_o and_o to_o the_o invisible_a church_n and_o not_o of_o the_o visible_a in_o his_o gracious_a purpose_n jer._n 32.38_o and_o i_o will_v be_v their_o god_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v my_o people_n jer._n 31.33_o i_o will_v put_v my_o law_n etc._n etc._n now_o the_o visible_a church_n as_o the_o visible_a be_v not_o within_o the_o covenant_n therefore_o the_o visible_a church_n as_o the_o visible_a church_n and_o be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o visible_a church_n have_v not_o right_o to_o the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n but_o in_o so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v within_o the_o covenant_n and_o in_o so_o far_o as_o god_n be_v their_o god_n and_o they_o his_o 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a_o visible_a profession_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o doctrine_n of_o godliness_n be_v that_o which_o essential_o constitute_v a_o visible_a church_n only_o our_o brethren_n and_o we_o differ_v much_o about_o the_o nature_n of_o this_o profession_n our_o brethren_n will_v have_v none_o member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n but_o such_o as_o be_v satisfactory_a to_o the_o conscience_n of_o all_o the_o visible_a church_n and_o give_v evidence_n so_o clear_a as_o the_o judgement_n of_o discern_a man_n can_v attain_v unto_o that_o they_o be_v true_o regenerate_v see_v further_o this_o much_o i_o have_v cite_v special_o as_o to_o the_o main_a cause_n further_n as_o to_o the_o distinction_n in_o question_n see_v he_o after_o pag._n 185.4_o §_o 5._o 1._o dist._n all_o believer_n in_o foro_fw-la dei_fw-la before_o god_n have_v right_o to_o the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n these_o to_o who_o the_o covenant_n and_o body_n of_o the_o charter_n belong_v to_o these_o the_o seal_n belong_v but_o in_o foro_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la in_o a_o orderly_a church_n way_n the_o seal_n be_v not_o to_o be_v confer_v by_o the_o church_n upon_o person_n because_o they_o believe_v but_o because_o they_o profess_v their_o believe_v see_v further_o pag._n 188._o 1._o the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n be_v principal_o give_v to_o the_o invisible_a church_n as_o the_o covenant_n itself_o etc._n etc._n and_o the_o invisible_a church_n as_o such_o as_o a_o number_n of_o believer_n have_v only_o right_o before_o god_n to_o both_o covenant_n and_o seal_n 2._o it_o be_v true_a the_o orderly_a and_o ecclesiastic_a way_n of_o dispense_n the_o seal_n be_v that_o they_o be_v dispense_v only_o to_o the_o visible_a church_n pag._n 286._o these_o and_o many_o other_o place_n do_v strong_o prove_v our_o point_n and_o special_o that_o the_o profession_n of_o simon_n magus_n who_o before_o god_n deserve_v to_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n act._n 8._o be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v one_o a_o member_n of_o a_o visible_a church_n yea_o but_o none_o deserve_v in_o foro_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o the_o church_n court_n to_o be_v cast_v out_o but_o such_o as_o either_o confess_v scandalous_a sin_n or_o be_v contumacious_a or_o convict_v judicial_o of_o the_o same_o before_o witness_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o author_n in_o his_o peaceable_a plea_n pag._n 181._o we_o preach_v and_o invite_v in_o the_o gospel_n all_o the_o uncircumcised_a in_o heart_n and_o all_o the_o wicked_a to_o come_v and_o hear_v and_o partake_v of_o the_o holy_a thing_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o receive_v the_o promise_n thereof_o with_o faith_n and_o when_o they_o come_v to_o this_o heavenly_a banquet_n without_o their_o wedding_n garment_n math._n 22.12_o 13._o 2_o cor._n 2.16_o mat._n 21.43_o 44._o it_o follow_v not_o because_o they_o profane_v the_o holy_a thing_n of_o god_n that_o minister_n who_o baptize_v the_o infant_n of_o hypocrite_n and_o profane_a person_n be_v accessary_a to_o the_o profane_v the_o 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universal_a church_n i_o shall_v refer_v you_o to_o the_o book_n to_o save_v the_o labour_n of_o transcribe_v and_o pag_n 522._o col_fw-fr 1._o he_o reckon_v this_o among_o bellarmine_n error_n as_o the_o six_o quod_fw-la impios_fw-la quidem_fw-la nâ—gat_fw-la esse_fw-la viva_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la membra_fw-la at_o intera_fw-fr statuit_fw-la esse_fw-la mortua_fw-la membra_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la at_o 1._o embiguitate_fw-la ludauâ—_n nam_fw-la membra_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la vel_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sunt_fw-la vel_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deinde_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la membris_fw-la christi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sermo_fw-la sit_fw-la falsa_fw-la est_fw-la distributio_fw-la quaedam_fw-la membra_fw-la christi-esse_a viva_fw-la quaedam_fw-la mortua_fw-la ut_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o vivo_fw-la corpore_fw-la naturali_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o pag_n 521._o col_fw-fr 1._o he_o say_v that_o only_o the_o justify_v be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o other_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o col_fw-fr 2._o he_o say_v the_o like_a of_o their_o saintship_n et_fw-la hic_fw-la tertius_fw-la est_fw-la istius_fw-la ratiocinationis_fw-la error_n sancti_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicuntur_fw-la propriè_fw-la quidem_fw-la soli_fw-la santificati_fw-la spiritu_fw-la adoptionis_fw-la impropriè_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d two_o qui_fw-la sanctam_fw-la fidem_fw-la christi_fw-la ore_fw-la profitentur_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la spiâ—itu_fw-la sâ—ncto_fw-la sâ—nctâ—ficati_fw-la 6._o ravenellus_fw-la bibliothec._n pag._n 510.511_o say_v ravannellus_fw-la vox_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ambiguè_fw-fr sumitur_fw-la propriè_fw-la &_o strictè_fw-la pro_fw-la coetu_fw-la illorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la quos_fw-la deus_fw-la ante_fw-la jacta_fw-la mundi_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la elegit_fw-la &_o in_o tempore_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la vocâ—t_fw-la etc._n etc._n vel_fw-la impropriè_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o have_v cite_v many_o text_n to_o prove_v that_o electi_fw-la &_o fideles_fw-la sunt_fw-la membra_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la he_o add_v quod_fw-la nota_fw-la contra_fw-la pontificios_fw-la qui_fw-la docent_fw-la ipsos_fw-la reprobos_fw-la &_o sceleratos_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiâ—m_fw-la propriè_fw-la dictam_fw-la etiam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la 7._o peter_n martyr_n in_o 1_o cor._n 1.2_o p._n 5._o martyr_n define_v the_o church_n thus_o esse_fw-la dicemus_fw-la coetum_fw-la credentium_fw-la ac_fw-la renatorum_fw-la quos_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la colligit_fw-la per_fw-la verbum_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la etc._n etc._n nam_fw-la illi_fw-la sancti_fw-la solùm_fw-la verè_fw-la &_o coram_fw-la deo_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la alioquin_fw-la habet_fw-la admixtos_fw-la permultos_fw-la alienos_fw-la a_o chrâ—stâ—_n &_o high_a specie_fw-la tantum_fw-la noâ—_n reipsa_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la et_fw-la paulus_n postquam_fw-la dixisset_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la ecclesiâ—e_fw-la dei_fw-la per_fw-la oppositionem_fw-la adjunxit_fw-la sanctificatis_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la jesum_fw-la vocatis_fw-la sanctis_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligamus_fw-la impios_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la revera_fw-la non_fw-la pertinere_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la versentur_fw-la scio_fw-la commentum_fw-la circumferri_fw-la quod_fw-la impii_fw-la membra_fw-la christi_fw-la sunt_fw-la verum_fw-la mortua_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la vivificari_fw-la possiat_a at_o hoc_fw-la ita_fw-la est_fw-la verum_fw-la at_o si_fw-la mortuum_fw-la hominem_fw-la dixeris_fw-la hominem_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o praesentiâ_fw-la id_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la contendimus_fw-la tale_n homines_fw-la reipsa_fw-la &_o quo_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la part_n ecclesiae_fw-la so_o on_o rom._n &_o loc._n commun_n he_o have_v much_o of_o the_o like_a indeed_o loc._n com._n clas_n 4._o c._n 1._o p._n 741._o he_o have_v the_o very_a same_o word_n over_o again_o at_o large_a which_o i_o have_v cite_v from_o he_o on_o 1_o cor._n 1.2_o 8._o musculus_fw-la loc._n com._n de_fw-fr eccles._n p._n mihi_fw-la 655._o musculus_fw-la porro_fw-la cum_fw-la scripturâ_fw-la docet_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la a_o non_fw-la satis_fw-la manifestè_fw-la significat_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la inter_fw-la membra_fw-la christi_fw-la recenseri_fw-la non_fw-la pâ—ssunt_fw-la sum_n quidem_fw-la in_o externae_fw-la professionis_fw-la societate_fw-la quamplurimi_fw-la mali_fw-la atque_fw-la hactenus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la verùm_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la quia_fw-la verae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membra_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o externa_fw-la christianorum_fw-la societate_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la pertinère_fw-fr ad_fw-la internam_fw-la quae_fw-la spiritus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o fidei_fw-la quâ_fw-la caput_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la &_o membra_fw-la cum_fw-la membris_fw-la spiritualiter_fw-la &_o veraciter_fw-la communicant_a aliud_fw-la inquam_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la and_o he_o cit_v that_o of_o austin_n as_o many_o other_o protestant_n do_v l._n 2._o contra_fw-la crescon_n c._n 21._o at_o per_fw-la hoc_fw-la etiam_fw-la nesciente_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la propter_fw-la malam_fw-la pollutámquae_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la damnati_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la jam_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la christus_fw-la membra_fw-la damnata_fw-la habere_fw-la see_v he_o on_o mat._n 3._o p._n 33._o 2._o rutherford_n be_v peaceable_a plea_n rutherford_n pag._n 93._o c._n 9_o 4._o dist._n if_o a_o true_a church_n and_o a_o visible_a church_n as_o visible_a may_v not_o for_o a_o time_n be_v oppose_v by_o way_n of_o contradiction_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 96._o separatist_n argument_n must_v be_v weak_a for_o they_o all_o conclude_v that_o which_o we_o deny_v not_o and_o no_o other_o thing_n to_o wit_n that_o heretic_n adulterer_n sorcerer_n blasphemer_n be_v no_o part_n of_o christ_n visible_a church_n as_o it_o be_v a_o church_n yea_o we_o may_v say_v that_o as_o the_o tree-leg_n and_o the_o eye_n of_o glass_n and_o the_o tooth_n of_o silver_n by_o art_n put_v in_o the_o body_n be_v no_o member_n of_o the_o live_a body_n so_o neither_o be_v these_o member_n of_o the_o true_a church_n and_o so_o much_o do_v all_o our_o divine_n as_o calvin_n beza_n junius_n whitaker_n tilen_v piscator_fw-la pareus_n vrsine_n trelcatius_n sibrandus_fw-la amesius_n prove_v against_o papist_n pag._n 107._o a_o church_n and_o a_o visible_a church_n may_v be_v oppose_v by_o way_n of_o contradiction_n as_o a_o number_n of_o believer_n and_o a_o number_n of_o non-believer_n for_o a_o church_n essential_o be_v a_o number_n of_o â—elievers_n and_o christ_n mystical_a body_n else_o it_o be_v not_o a_o church_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 114._o the_o church_n visible_a as_o a_o church_n be_v indeed_o christ_n body_n a_o royal_a priesthood_n a_o choose_a generation_n but_o as_o visible_a it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o it_o be_v a_o royal_a priesthood_n only_o by_o profession_n etc._n etc._n our_o adversary_n give_v we_o no_o right_a description_n of_o the_o true_a natural_a and_o lively_a member_n of_o the_o true_a visible_a church_n he_o that_o will_v give_v such_o a_o definition_n of_o a_o man_n as_o agree_v both_o to_o a_o live_a man_n and_o to_o a_o picture_a or_o paint_a man_n be_v but_o a_o paint_a logician_n pag._n 173._o although_o the_o parent_n indeed_o as_o concern_v any_o real_a union_n of_o faith_n be_v plain_a stranger_n to_o the_o covenant_n and_o member_n of_o the_o church_n only_o as_o a_o arm_n of_o wood_n be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o body_n see_v he_o also_o in_o his_o due_a right_n of_o presbytery_n chap._n 9_o sect_n 9_o pag._n 256.257.259_o 10._o maccovius_fw-la college_n theolog._n part._n 4._o disp._n 13._o thes._n 3_o 4._o etc._n etc._n maccovius_fw-la haec_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la jam_fw-la dicitur_fw-la visibilis_fw-la jam_fw-la invisibilis_fw-la quae_fw-la distinctio_fw-la non_fw-la eo_fw-la spectat_fw-la ut_fw-la statuantur_fw-la dvae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la distinctio_fw-la nominis_fw-la ut_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la in_o scholis_fw-la 7._o et_fw-la hinc_fw-la jam_fw-la liquere_fw-la potest_fw-la quomodo_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la visibilis_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o invisibilis_fw-la visibilis_fw-la nempe_fw-la confusè_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o socictate_v illâ_fw-la quam_fw-la definivimus_fw-la credimus_fw-la esse_fw-la electos_fw-la aliquos_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la qui_fw-la illi_fw-la sint_fw-la non_fw-la novimus_fw-la scientia_fw-la perfecta_fw-la sed_fw-la conjecturali_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la 21._o notae_fw-la ergo_fw-la ecclesiâ—e_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la nobis_fw-la ser_fw-mi viunt_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la distinctè_fw-la qui_fw-la pertineant_fw-la ad_fw-la eccle_fw-la siam_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la quibuscum_fw-la nobis_fw-la colenda_fw-la sit_fw-la communio_fw-la seu_fw-la publica_fw-la seu_fw-la privata_fw-la nempe_fw-la cum_fw-la illi_fw-la quibus_fw-la illa_fw-la insunt_fw-la unde_fw-la judicio_fw-la charitatis_fw-la colligi_fw-la possit_fw-la eos_fw-la veram_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la vel_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ad_fw-la veram_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la 11._o cocceïus_fw-la de_fw-la s._n scripture_n potent_a p._n 575._o cocceius_n quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la coetum_fw-la sive_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la vocatorum_fw-la saltem_fw-la verbisono_fw-it &_o christi_fw-la fidem_fw-la profitentium_fw-la eam_fw-la vocamus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la partim_fw-la propter_fw-la fideles_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la sunt_fw-la partim_fw-la propter_fw-la spem_fw-la charitas_fw-la enâ—m_fw-la omne_fw-la
be_v the_o same_o subject_n of_o visible_a profession_n as_o of_o invisible_a faith_n non_fw-la itaque_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la sensus_fw-la quasi_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la una_fw-la sit_fw-la invisibilis_fw-la altera_fw-la visibilis_fw-la aut_fw-la quasi_fw-la una_fw-la pars_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sit_fw-la invisibili_fw-la alia_fw-la visibilis_fw-la sed_fw-la invisibilitas_fw-la est_fw-la affectio_fw-la seu_fw-la modus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la respectu_fw-la forâ—ae_fw-la essentialis_fw-la &_o internae_fw-la visibilitas_fw-la est_fw-la affectio_fw-la seu_fw-la modus_fw-la ecclesiâ—_n quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la formam_fw-la accidentalem_fw-la &_o exâ—ernam_fw-la nam_fw-la forma_fw-la essentialis_fw-la est_fw-la invisibilis_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la relatio_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la spirtualis_fw-la forma_fw-la accidentalis_fw-la est_fw-la visibilis_fw-la 22._o d._n georg._n sohnius_n one_o of_o the_o most_o learned_a accurate_a divine_n the_o reform_a church_n have_v possess_v tom._n 1._o method_n theol._n pag._n 195._o sohnius_n itaque_fw-la illi_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la agit_fw-fr christus_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la membra_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la vel_fw-la certe_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la quidam_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la mortua_fw-la membra_fw-la nam_fw-la vulgo_fw-la sic_fw-la dividunt_fw-la membra_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ut_fw-la alia_fw-la viva_fw-la alia_fw-la mortua_fw-la esse_fw-la dicant_fw-la pag._n 196._o ecclesia_fw-la visibilis_fw-la est_fw-la coetus_fw-la hominum_fw-la ad_fw-la tractandas_fw-la res_fw-la divinas_fw-la convenientium_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la coetu_fw-la etiam_fw-la sunt_fw-la mali_fw-la &_o hypocritae_fw-la multi_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la de_fw-la doctrina_fw-la conâ—entientes_fw-la qui_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la versantes_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o viva_fw-la membra_fw-la visibilis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la propter_fw-la ordinem_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la &_o formam_fw-la exteriorem_fw-la ac_fw-la visibilem_fw-la que_fw-la quidem_fw-la fecit_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sâ—t_fw-la &_o dicatur_fw-la visibilis_fw-la etsi_fw-la autaem_fw-la hic_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la admixti_fw-la sunt_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la propter_fw-la fideles_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la et_fw-la in_o thes._n marpurg_n pag._n 118._o §_o 13._o quibus_fw-la multi_fw-la admixti_fw-la sunt_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la qui_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la versantur_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ejus_fw-la vera_fw-la vivaque_fw-la membra_fw-la 23._o ph._n melact_fw-mi in_o apol._n august_n confess_v impress_n witteberg_n 1542._o f._n 65._o melancth_v concedimus_fw-la quod_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la vita_fw-la sint_fw-la admixti_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o sint_fw-la membra_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la secundum_fw-la externam_fw-la societatem_fw-la signorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n at_o ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la societas_fw-la externarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la ac_fw-la rituum_fw-la sicut_fw-la aliae_fw-la politiae_fw-la sed_fw-la principaliter_fw-la est_fw-la societas_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n fol._n 66._o et_fw-la in_o decretis_fw-la inquit_fw-la glossa_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la large_a dictam_fw-la complecti_fw-la bonos_fw-es &_o malos_fw-la item_n malos_fw-la nomine_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la re_fw-mi bonos_fw-es vero_fw-la re_fw-mi &_o nomine_fw-la et_fw-la in_o hanc_fw-la sententiam_fw-la multa_fw-la leguntur_fw-la apud_fw-la patres_fw-la hieronymus_n ait_fw-fr qui_fw-la pecator_fw-la est_fw-la aliqua_fw-la sorde_fw-la maculatus_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la appellari_fw-la nec_fw-la christo_fw-la subjectum_fw-la dici_fw-la quanquam_fw-la igitur_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la sint_fw-la socii_fw-la huius_fw-la verae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la secundum_fw-la externos_fw-la ritus_fw-la tamen_fw-la cum_fw-la definitur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la eam_fw-la definiri_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la vivum_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la item_n quae_fw-la est_fw-la nomine_fw-la &_o re_n ecclesia_fw-la et_fw-la multae_fw-la sunt_fw-la causae_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la intelligi_fw-la quae_fw-la res_fw-la principaliter_fw-la efficiat_a nos_fw-la membra_fw-la &_o viva_fw-la membra_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la leg._n &_o fol._n 67._o &_o quae_fw-la habet_fw-la sohnius_fw-la in_o thes._n theolog._n ex_fw-la corpore_fw-la doctr_n melanct._n c._n 17._o p._n 52._o 24._o learned_a sadeel_n in_o responsâ—ad_n turriani_n sophism_n be_v so_o large_a in_o prove_v the_o internal_a form_n of_o the_o church_n only_o to_o be_v essential_a sideel_v that_o instead_o of_o cite_v his_o word_n i_o must_v refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o perusal_n of_o the_o book_n content_v myself_o now_o to_o recite_v these_o few_o about_o the_o membership_n of_o reprobate_n pag._n 315._o mihi_fw-la sic_fw-la igitur_fw-la habeto_fw-la quia_fw-la particulares_fw-la habent_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la electos_fw-la hinc_fw-la fieri_fw-la ut_fw-la elogia_fw-la totius_fw-la electorum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la particularibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la dicantur_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la sunt_fw-la vifibiles_fw-la ut_fw-la tu_fw-la existimas_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la visibiles_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la electos_fw-la habent_fw-la propter_fw-la quos_fw-la etiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la sic_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la hebr._fw-la illi_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la scripsit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la accessisse_fw-la ad_fw-la jerusalem_n coelestem_fw-la &_o myriada_n angelorum_fw-la conventum_fw-la &_o concionem_fw-la sive_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la primogenitorum_fw-la qui_fw-la conscripti_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la electorum_fw-la sic_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ephesii_n concives_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la &_o domestic_a dei_fw-la sic_fw-la corinthii_n sanctificati_fw-la sic_fw-la philippense_n colossenses_n thessalonicenses_n dicuntur_fw-la sancti_fw-la deinque_fw-la sic_fw-la illi_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la scribebat_fw-la petrus_n dicuntur_fw-la electi_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la visibilibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la tribuuntur_fw-la &_o nihilominus_fw-la sunt_fw-la electorum_fw-la propria_fw-la ut_fw-la enim_fw-la de_fw-la vite_fw-la dici_fw-la pot_v eam_fw-la proffer_v vinum_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la hominis_fw-la tuendam_fw-la accommodatum_fw-la neque_fw-la id_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la aridos_fw-la &_o mortuos_fw-la palmites_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la solos_fw-la frugiferos_fw-la erit_fw-la referendum_fw-la ità _fw-la quod_fw-la hìc_fw-la dicitur_fw-la de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la &_o multa_fw-la alia_fw-la consimili_fw-la ità _fw-la dicuntur_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la visibilibus_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la solos_fw-la electos_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la reprobos_fw-la &_o hypoeritas_fw-la pertineant_fw-la rectè_fw-la enim_fw-la hieronymus_n nihil_fw-la interest_n inquit_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la quid_fw-la dicatur_fw-la a_o de_fw-la membris_fw-la cum_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la dividatur_fw-la in_o membra_fw-la &_o membra_fw-la sint_fw-la corporis_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la duo_fw-la tibi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la consideranda_fw-la turriane_n quae_fw-la te_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la inepto_fw-la concludendi_fw-la genere_fw-la revocarent_fw-la vnum_fw-la hypocritas_fw-la &_o reprobos_fw-la propriè_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la part_n conficientes_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dicam_fw-la deficientes_fw-la vel_fw-la vel_fw-la potius_fw-la esse_fw-la part_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quand_fw-fr ecclesiae_fw-la visibles_fw-fr dicuntur_fw-la constare_fw-la ex_fw-la electis_fw-la &_o reprobis_fw-la sic_fw-la pag._n 314_o visibilis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la constat_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o imprimis_fw-la ex_fw-la electis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la dignissimis_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la quos_fw-la ut_fw-la ante_fw-la diximus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la voco_fw-la 25._o sam._n maresius_n colleg._n theolog._n loc._n 15._o pag._n 386_o 388._o maresius_n quum_fw-la vox_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sit_fw-la ità _fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la potest_fw-la certa_fw-la definitione_n ejus_fw-la quidditas_fw-la exprimi_fw-la nisi_fw-la cetera_fw-la significata_fw-la tanquam_fw-la analogata_fw-la ad_fw-la primarium_fw-la aliquod_fw-la caput_fw-la revocentur_fw-la hoc_fw-la vero_fw-la statuimus_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la electorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n distinctio_fw-la frequens_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o universalem_fw-la &_o particularem_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la generis_fw-la in_o species_n aut_fw-la totius_fw-la in_o part_n sed_fw-la vocis_fw-la ambiguae_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la significata_fw-la ratione_fw-la professionis_fw-la &_o vocationis_fw-la christianae_n quum_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la sit_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la externa_fw-la in_fw-la aliis_fw-la vero_fw-la interna_fw-la quoque_fw-la &_o seria_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la membra_fw-la sunt_fw-la duum_fw-la generum_fw-la quâ—_n dam_n enim_fw-la univoce_fw-la quaedam_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la aequivoce_fw-la talia_fw-la dici_fw-la debent_fw-la aequivoce_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o solum_fw-la secundum_fw-la dici_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membra_fw-la sunt_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la occulti_fw-la infideles_fw-la &_o reprobi_fw-la e_z nobis_fw-la egressi_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la ex_fw-la nobis_fw-la illi_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la ut_fw-la mali_fw-la humores_fw-la aut_fw-la lumbrici_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la corpore_fw-la univoce_fw-la vero_fw-la proprie_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la esse_fw-la soli_fw-la electi_fw-la &_o veer_fw-la credentes_fw-la vos_fw-fr non_fw-fr creditis_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la estis_fw-la ex_fw-la ovibus_fw-la meis_fw-la etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la in_o exeg_n confess_v belgic_a §_o 15._o art_n 27._o p._n 386_o 387._o ind_n autem_fw-la nonnulla_fw-la magni_fw-la momenti_fw-la consectaria_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la 1._o reverae_fw-la dari_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la praedestinatorum_fw-la sive_fw-la electorum_fw-la imo_fw-la hanc_fw-la proprie_fw-la &_o univoce_fw-la esse_fw-la solam_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o solos_fw-la electos_fw-la post_fw-la efficacem_fw-la svam_fw-la vocationem_fw-la constituere_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la univece_n &_o proprie_fw-la illam_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quam_fw-la credimus_fw-la alios_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la aequivoce_fw-la secundum_fw-la dici_fw
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