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B04938
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A poem on the test dedicated to His Royal Highnes the Duke of Albanie.
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Paterson, Ninian, d. 1688.
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1683
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Wing P701A; ESTC R181526
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preface_n it_o be_v fit_a for_o they_o to_o make_v despair_v the_o conclusion_n heb._n 5_o 11._o gesnerus_fw-la in_o his_o commentary_n on_o gen._n 14_o quest_n 3._o pag._n 307._o tell_v we_o of_o one_o copres_fw-fr a_fw-fr abbot_n in_o scythia_n who_o observe_v his_o disciple_n to_o contend_v much_o about_o this_o same_o controversy_n pronunce_v a_o woe_n on_o himself_o for_o search_v so_o much_o in_o it_o saint_n jerom._n 3._o tom._n epist_n 136._o speak_v of_o it_o say_z si_fw-mi be_fw-mi electionis_fw-la stupet_fw-la ad_fw-la mysterium_fw-la &_o dum_fw-la disputat_fw-la ineffabile_fw-la confitetur_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la nos_fw-la vermiculi_fw-la &_o culices_fw-la solam_fw-la debemus_fw-la scientiam_fw-la inscitiae_fw-la confiteri_fw-la mr._n bailly_n our_o countryman_n in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o chronologie_n pag._n 18._o quis_fw-la mortalium_fw-la hic_fw-la fuerit_fw-la frustraneus_fw-la est_fw-la curiosissimorum_fw-la labour_n inquirere_fw-la and_o end_v his_o discourse_n of_o he_o necesse_fw-la est_fw-la desinant_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o lucem_fw-la velle_fw-la protrahere_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la decrevit_fw-la in_o tenebris_fw-la occultandum_fw-la rainolds_n on_o psal_n 110._o pag._n 462._o i_o can_v but_o wonder_v that_o man_n shall_v toil_v themselves_o in_o the_o dark_a to_o find_v out_o that_o of_o which_o they_o have_v not_o the_o least_o ground_n of_o solid_a conjecture_n speak_v of_o melchisedeck_v but_o yet_o with_o all_o humility_n follow_v the_o conduct_n of_o the_o scripture_n by_o the_o thread_n of_o solid_a reason_n we_o shall_v crave_v liberty_n to_o propone_v other_o man_n sentence_n and_o to_o interpose_v our_o own_o there_o have_v be_v then_o 7_o several_a opinion_n ancient_a and_o modern_a concern_v melchisedek_n 1._o some_o have_v think_v that_o that_o whole_a business_n concern_v he_o be_v a_o mystery_n know_v to_o god_n only_o and_o shall_v never_o be_v reveal_v to_o man_n 2._o some_o that_o he_o be_v some_o power_n and_o virtue_n of_o god_n great_a than_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n 3._o some_o that_o he_o be_v a_o angel_n 4._o that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n who_o in_o a_o preludie_n to_o his_o future_a humanity_n appear_v to_o the_o son_n of_o men._n 5._o some_o that_o he_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n 6._o some_o that_o he_o be_v shem_fw-mi the_o son_n of_o noah_n but_o the_o opinion_n i_o shall_v fix_v upon_o be_v different_a from_o all_o these_o the_o first_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o prudentius_n who_o gennadius_n in_o his_o catalogue_n illustrium_fw-la virorum_fw-la cap._n 13._o call_n poeta_fw-la palatinus_n sed_fw-la christianus_n saeculari_fw-la literatura_fw-la insignis_fw-la his_o word_n be_v in_o his_o preface_n to_o his_o psychomach_n dei_fw-la sacerdos_n rex_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la praepotens_fw-la origo_fw-la cujus_fw-la fonte_fw-la inenarrabili_fw-la secreta_fw-la nullum_fw-la prodit_fw-la authorem_fw-la svi_fw-la melchisedeck_v qua_fw-la stirpe_fw-la queis_fw-la majoribus_fw-la ignotus_fw-la uni_fw-la cognitus_fw-la tantum_fw-la deo_fw-la of_o this_o opinion_n be_v many_o other_o modern_a author_n see_v ravanel_n in_o his_o bibliotheca_fw-la in_o voce_fw-la melchisedeck_v to_o which_o i_o answer_v i_o darr_v not_o be_v so_o impudent_a to_o obtrude_v into_o the_o world_n any_o scribble_v of_o i_o with_o that_o vain_a glorious_a and_o boast_a preface_n en_fw-fr reserata_fw-la orbi_fw-la magni_fw-la secreta_fw-la tonantis_fw-la as_o scaliger_n observe_v of_o a_o german_a in_o his_o time_n for_o i_o must_v confess_v with_o the_o great_a apostle_n that_o what_o concern_v melchisedeck_v be_v hard_o to_o be_v utter_v that_o be_v be_v both_o profound_a and_o mysterious_a heb._n 5_o 11._o yet_o this_o be_v not_o the_o obscurity_n so_o much_o upon_o the_o matter_n as_o in_o the_o dulness_n and_o incapacity_n of_o the_o hearer_n to_o receive_v so_o excellent_a doctrine_n otherwise_o he_o have_v supersede_v all_o labour_n of_o any_o further_a explication_n and_o the_o several_a sentiment_n of_o learned_a man_n in_o all_o age_n be_v enough_o to_o refute_v this_o faint_a and_o float_a conjecture_n the_o 2._o that_o he_o be_v some_o great_a power_n of_o god_n great_a than_o christ_n be_v the_o peculiar_a opinion_n of_o these_o heretic_n call_v by_o epiphanius_n in_o his_o 2_o book_n adversus_fw-la hereses_n heres_fw-la 55._o melchisedeciani_n megalen_n ten_o dunamin_n phaskousi_fw-la alla_fw-fr kai_fw-fr meizoteron_fw-gr thou_fw-mi christou_n theodoret._n de_fw-fr maleloquentia_fw-la haeretica_fw-la lib._n 2._o call_v they_o grievous_a heretic_n so_o say_v augustine_n lib._n de_fw-la heresibus_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la deum_fw-la cap._n 34._o the_o ground_n of_o this_o opinion_n be_v because_o it_o be_v say_v of_o christ_n he_o be_v to_o be_v after_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedeck_v therefore_o say_v they_o he_o be_v inferior_a to_o he_o in_o dignity_n this_o epiphanius_n there_o refute_v show_v a_o servant_n be_v not_o equal_a to_o his_o master_n christ_n be_v god_n and_o melchisedeck_v but_o a_o man._n doctor_n gouge_n in_o his_o lexicon_n on_o the_o hebrew_n show_v that_o their_o own_o argument_n refute_v themselves_o for_o christ_n be_v a_o highpriest_n after_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedeck_v melchisedeck_v be_v a_o type_n of_o christ_n and_o christ_n the_o truth_n of_o that_o type_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v always_o great_a than_o the_o type_n and_o by_o that_o expression_n as_o shall_v be_v manifest_v melchisedeck_v be_v so_o far_o from_o have_v any_o prerogative_n to_o that_o he_o his_fw-mi not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o equality_n with_o christ_n the_o 3._o that_o he_o be_v a_o angel_n a._n sixtus_n senensis_n in_o his_o bibliotheca_fw-la sancta_fw-la lib._n 5._o annot._fw-la 90._o have_v observe_v out_o of_o saint_n jerom._n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o euagrius_n that_o origene_n be_v the_o first_o author_n of_o this_o opinion_n and_o say_v that_o dydimus_n his_o scholar_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n and_o in_o his_o annot._n 91._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o saint_n augustine_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o question_n on_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n quest_n 109._o endeavour_n to_o prove_v that_o melchisedeck_v be_v a_o angel_n or_o the_o holy_a ghost_n but_o alphonsus_n à _fw-fr castro_n in_o his_o 10_o book_n against_o heresy_n prove_v that_o that_o book_n can_v belong_v to_o saint_n augustine_n for_o in_o his_o book_n of_o heresy_n before_o cite_v he_o condemn_v it_o for_o heresy_n cap._n 34._o and_o no_o mention_n make_v of_o it_o in_o his_o retractation_n but_o be_v the_o opinion_n who_o it_o will_v it_o be_v easy_o refute_v by_o the_o description_n of_o a_o highpriest_n heb._n 5_o 1._o that_o he_o must_v be_v a_o man._n neither_o do_v this_o any_o way_n accord_n to_o the_o history_n deliver_v of_o melchisedeck_v gen._n 14._o neither_o any_o where_n in_o the_o whole_a scripture_n be_v the_o priesthood_n attribute_v to_o the_o angel_n beside_o what_o a_o 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subjoin_v be_v make_v by_o the_o magistrate_n as_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n and_o back_v by_o his_o authority_n which_o be_v god_n seal_n so_o they_o oblige_v the_o conscience_n and_o not_o to_o perform_v obedience_n to_o such_o law_n as_o for_o instance_n sumptuary_n law_n make_v for_o moderate_a expense_n at_o banquet_n or_o burial_n or_o in_o apparel_n or_o the_o like_a such_o as_o aulus_n gellius_n make_v mention_n of_o in_o his_o 2_o book_n cap._n 24._o out_o of_o lucilius_n the_o old_a poet_n and_o the_o lex_fw-la fannea_fw-la emilia_n ancia_n julia_n etc._n etc._n to_o contemn_v such_o law_n though_o in_o itself_o be_v a_o civil_a fault_n only_o yet_o in_o another_o respect_n it_o be_v a_o moral_a sin_n the_o law_n be_v make_v contrary_a both_o to_o justice_n charity_n peace_n saftey_n and_o well_o be_v of_o the_o common_a wealth_n 5._o who_o ever_o resist_v the_o ordination_n of_o god_n offend_v god_n but_o every_o offence_n of_o god_n be_v a_o wound_n of_o conscience_n 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intrinsic_a nature_n of_o reason_n itself_o that_o no_o man_n at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n can_v be_v oblige_v to_o contradictory_n but_o if_o a_o man_n be_v oblige_v to_o perform_v one_fw-mi unjust_a law_n he_o shall_v be_v oblige_v in_o conscience_n to_o that_o to_z the_o not_o performance_n whereof_o the_o law_n of_o god_n oblidge_n he_o and_o to_o perform_v and_o not_o perform_v be_v contradictory_n whereas_o humane_a law_n in_o thing_n just_a oblige_v the_o conscience_n by_o a_o supervenient_a obligation_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n for_o obligatio_fw-la prio_fw-la tollit_fw-la posteriorem_fw-la but_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n if_o law_n be_v enact_v by_o these_o who_o be_v not_o invest_v with_o lawful_a power_n than_o they_o do_v not_o oblige_v the_o conscience_n no_o more_o than_o a_o sentence_n give_v by_o one_o who_o be_v no_o judge_n can_v oblige_v the_o party_n to_o performance_n for_o where_o the_o power_n be_v want_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o 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