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congregation_n which_o the_o country_n know_v to_o be_v such_o as_o you_o have_v do_v pag._n 142_o 143._o upon_o the_o credit_n of_o your_o false_a reporter_n if_o i_o have_v deserve_v such_o deal_n from_o you_o the_o christian_a assembly_n of_o worcestershire_n have_v not_o restrain_v your_o indignation_n to_o i_o and_o abuse_v not_o your_o brethren_n that_o meddle_v not_o with_o you_o and_o what_o be_v it_o that_o be_v deny_v unanimous_o by_o other_o congregation_n sure_o not_o the_o necessity_n of_o profess_v a_o faith_n that_o be_v more_o than_o dogmatical_a at_o least_o i_o know_v no_o such_o congregation_n and_o i_o hope_v i_o shall_v never_o know_v such_o for_o all_o your_o frequent_a and_o confident_a intimation_n that_o you_o be_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o divine_n and_o i_o be_v singular_a if_o paper_n can_v blush_v abundance_n of_o such_o passage_n will_v confute_v themselves_o and_o prevent_v the_o delusion_n of_o your_o credulous_a reader_n who_o will_v believe_v you_o to_o save_v the_o labour_n of_o a_o trial_n pag._n 185._o the_o word_n of_o i_o that_o be_v cite_v as_o against_o myself_o be_v these_o vocation_n which_o be_v effectual_a only_o to_o bring_v man_n to_o a_o outward_a profession_n of_o faith_n be_v large_a than_o election_n and_o make_v man_n such_o who_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o baptize_v true_a how_o unhappy_a be_o i_o that_o must_v contradict_v my_o opinion_n in_o the_o very_a word_n which_o contain_v it_o but_o still_o will_v you_o persuade_v man_n that_o a_o outward_a profess_v of_o true_a save_a faith_n be_v all_o one_o with_o another_o kind_n of_o faith_n no_o man_n i_o think_v know_v what_o which_o you_o be_v busy_o promote_a to_o be_v the_o title_n to_o sacrament_n i_o shall_v not_o stand_v to_o search_v mr._n blake_n book_n for_o more_o of_o my_o self-contradiction_n or_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o a_o further_a vindication_n for_o in_o thus_o much_o he_o may_v see_v the_o face_n of_o the_o rest_n and_o discern_v the_o judiciousness_n and_o equity_n of_o the_o charge_n but_o as_o mr._n blake_n deal_v by_o i_o so_o do_v he_o by_o the_o author_n who_o he_o allege_v for_o his_o opinion_n as_o pag._n 152.153_o 154_o 155._o and_o elsewhere_o he_o stick_v not_o to_o cite_v they_o as_o own_v his_o cause_n who_o in_o the_o very_a word_n recite_v by_o he_o do_v condemn_v it_o for_o in_o those_o word_n they_o make_v the_o church_n as_o visible_a to_o consist_v of_o professor_n as_o distinct_a from_o true_a believer_n and_o know_v no_o member_n but_o true_a christian_n and_o hypocrite_n who_o therefore_o pretend_v to_o that_o faith_n which_o they_o have_v not_o or_o else_o how_o be_v they_o hypocrite_n and_o what_o be_v this_o to_o mr._n blake'_v new_a visible_a member_n that_o profess_v only_o some_o other_o kind_n of_o faith_n or_o how_o will_v this_o warrant_v his_o new_a kind_n of_o baptism_n which_o must_v be_v administer_v upon_o the_o profession_n of_o another_o sort_n of_o faith_n the_o lord_n illuminate_v we_o and_o pardon_v all_o the_o wrong_n we_o have_v do_v to_o his_o church_n and_o truth_n through_o our_o darkness_n and_o self-conceitedness_n the_o three_o disputation_n quest._n whether_o the_o infant_n of_o notoriously-ungod_o baptize_v parent_n have_v right_o to_o be_v baptise_a tertullian_n apologet._n cap._n 16._o sed_fw-la dices_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la nostris_fw-la excedere_fw-la quosdam_fw-la à _fw-la regulâ_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la desunt_fw-la tum_fw-la christiani_n haberi_fw-la penès_fw-la nos_fw-la philosophi_fw-la verò_fw-la illi_fw-la cum_fw-la talibus_fw-la factis_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la &_o honore_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la perseverant_a thes._n salmuriens_fw-la vol._n 3._o pag._n 59_o thes._n 39_o sacramenta_fw-la non_fw-la conferuntur_fw-la nisi_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la fidem_fw-la habent_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la eam_fw-la prae_fw-la se_fw-la ferunt_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la nullis_fw-la certis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la compertum_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la eam_fw-la esse_fw-la ementitam_fw-la aaron_n rod_n blossom_a pag._n 514._o i_o believe_v no_o conscientious_a minister_n will_v adventure_v to_o baptize_v one_o who_o have_v manifest_a and_o infallible_a sign_n of_o unregeneration_n sure_o we_o can_v be_v answerable_a to_o god_n if_o we_o shall_v minister_v baptism_n to_o a_o man_n who_o work_n and_o word_n do_v manifest_o declare_v he_o to_o be_v a_o unregenerate_v unconvert_v person_n and_o if_o we_o may_v not_o initiate_v such_o a_o one_o how_o shall_v we_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o lord_n table_n rutherford_n due_a right_n of_o presbytery_n pag._n 231._o n._n 2._o but_o say_v robinson_n most_o of_o england_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o first_o rudiment_n and_o foundation_n of_o religion_n and_o therefore_o can_v be_v a_o church_n answ._n such_o be_v material_o not_o the_o visible_a church_n and_o have_v not_o a_o profession_n and_o be_v to_o be_v teach_v and_o if_o they_o wilful_o remain_v in_o that_o darkness_n be_v to_o be_v cast_v out_o the_o three_o disputation_n quest._n whether_o the_o infant_n of_o notorious_o ungodly_a baptise_a parent_n have_v right_o to_o be_v baptise_a the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o great_a moment_n because_o about_o matter_n of_o practice_n and_o that_o in_o a_o point_n wherein_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n on_o one_o side_n and_o the_o right_n of_o man_n soul_n on_o the_o other_o be_v so_o much_o concern_v it_o suppose_v first_o that_o baptism_n be_v god_n ordinance_n of_o continue_a use_n and_o that_o some_o be_v to_o be_v baptise_a second_o that_o it_o be_v a_o benefit_n or_o else_o we_o can_v not_o in_o the_o sense_n now_o use_v be_v say_v to_o have_v right_o to_o it_o three_o it_o suppose_v that_o some_o infant_n have_v right_o to_o be_v baptise_a this_o question_n therefore_o be_v not_o to_o be_v dispute_v with_o the_o anabaptist_n who_o deny_v the_o presuppose_a and_o they_o that_o be_v so_o indifferent_a in_o the_o former_a as_o to_o take_v it_o 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you_o deny_v it_o it_o may_v be_v your_o duty_n to_o give_v it_o to_o save_v your_o life_n when_o in_o my_o opinion_n it_o be_v not_o eo_fw-la nomine_fw-la his_o duty_n to_o demand_v or_o take_v it_o well!_o but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o chief_a part_n of_o my_o answer_n to_o you_o if_o you_o have_v lay_v better_a ground_n for_o it_o and_o well_o limit_v it_o i_o may_v well_o grant_v you_o that_o when_o the_o people_n be_v bind_v to_o receive_v it_o imply_v the_o minister_n duty_n to_o offer_v it_o they_o but_o than_o you_o must_v take_v duty_n as_o you_o find_v it_o entire_o at_o least_o essential_o and_o you_o must_v not_o cut_v off_o a_o piece_n of_o a_o duty_n yea_o leave_v out_o the_o essential_o and_o turn_v it_o into_o a_o sin_n god_n command_v people_n first_o to_o repent_v and_o believe_v and_o then_o to_o profess_v it_o by_o word_n and_o sacramental_a action_n and_o therewith_o receive_v the_o seal_n of_o his_o special_a grace_n this_o be_v your_o duty_n perform_v your_o duty_n so_o far_o as_o be_v antecedent_n to_o i_o and_o i_o shall_v confess_v that_o i_o will_v follow_v and_o i_o must_v offer_v you_o the_o sacrament_n but_o if_o you_o will_v refuse_v to_o repent_v or_o believe_v or_o to_o profess_v that_o you_o do_v so_o in_o a_o credible_a sort_n or_o will_v by_o word_n or_o life_n profess_v that_o you_o do_v not_o so_o and_o yet_o will_v demand_v the_o sacrament_n you_o do_v not_o your_o duty_n and_o so_o i_o be_o not_o oblige_v prove_v that_o it_o be_v a_o man_n duty_n to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n without_o faith_n and_o repentance_n yea_o or_o a_o credible_a profession_n of_o they_o or_o to_o profess_v by_o that_o reception_n that_o he_o take_v christ_n and_o believe_v in_o he_o when_o it_o be_v a_o lie_n and_o then_o you_o say_v somewhat_o all_o man_n be_v bind_v mediate_o to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n that_o be_v first_o to_o seek_v after_o the_o word_n and_o then_o to_o hear_v it_o and_o then_o to_o believe_v and_o repent_v and_o then_o to_o seek_v the_o sacrament_n but_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o they_o may_v do_v the_o last_o first_o and_o receive_v before_o they_o repent_v moreover_o as_o the_o receiver_n be_v bind_v ad_fw-la ordinem_fw-la &_o modum_fw-la and_o not_o simple_o and_o any_o how_o to_o receive_v so_o i_o be_o bind_v ad_fw-la ordinom_n &_o modum_fw-la and_o not_o any_o how_o to_o give_v and_o therefore_o i_o must_v first_o know_v my_o call_n to_o it_o as_o a_o pastor_n and_o i_o must_v do_v my_o best_a to_o help_v the_o people_n to_o a_o due_a preparation_n and_o i_o must_v do_v it_o decent_o in_o order_n and_o to_o edification_n and_o the_o miss_n of_o one_o of_o these_o may_v turn_v the_o duty_n into_o a_o sin_n i_o be_o not_o therefore_o of_o your_o opinion_n as_o you_o next_o express_v it_o that_o there_o be_v as_o
church_n conclude_v that_o then_o heretic_n and_o notorious_a ungodly_a person_n be_v much_o less_o member_n he_o answer_v the_o papist_n argument_n at_o large_a the_o same_o that_o be_v now_o take_v up_o against_o we_o draw_v from_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o tare_n the_o net_n the_o ten_o virgin_n etc._n etc._n and_o from_o the_o coruption_n of_o the_o jewish_a and_o other_o church_n and_o conclude_v pag._n 736._o hypocritas_fw-la quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la ex_fw-la judicio_fw-la charitatis_fw-la habentur_fw-la quidem_fw-la pro_fw-la veris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membris_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la quoad_fw-la externam_fw-la professionem_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la opinionem_fw-la aliud_fw-la veer_fw-la esse_fw-la and_o show_v how_o the_o true_a church_n be_v visible_a he_o do_v it_o thus_o pag._n 737._o deinde_fw-la ex_fw-la judicio_fw-la charitatis_fw-la pro_fw-la veris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membris_fw-la habentur_fw-la omne_fw-la coetus_fw-la particularis_fw-la membra_fw-la sive_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la sive_fw-la verè_fw-la fideles_fw-la sint_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la externae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la notae_fw-la deprehenduntur_fw-la hoc_fw-la igitur_fw-la respectu_fw-la quoque_fw-la vera_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la vera_fw-la inquam_fw-la sive_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sive_fw-la secundum_fw-la charitatis_fw-la judicium_fw-la est_fw-la visibilis_fw-la yea_o have_v mention_v those_o note_n wherein_o the_o external_a accidental_a form_n consist_v he_o add_v harum_fw-la respectu_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la appellatur_fw-la visibilis_fw-la cujus_fw-la membra_fw-la sunt_fw-la verè_fw-la fideles_fw-la &_o hypocritae_fw-la illi_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipsa_fw-la rei_fw-la veritate_fw-la hi_o ex_fw-la judicio_fw-la charitatis_fw-la &_o hominum_fw-la opinion_n i_o desire_v the_o reader_n that_o need_v it_o to_o peruse_v the_o chapter_n throughout_o because_o the_o book_n be_v common_a and_o it_o thorough_o handle_v this_o point_n against_o the_o papist_n 16._o keckerman_n system_fw-la theolog._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o keckerman_n show_v the_o equivocal_a use_n of_o the_o word_n ecclesia_fw-la and_o make_v the_o consideration_n of_o that_o the_o ready_a way_n to_o decide_v the_o controversy_n between_o we_o and_o the_o papist_n ecclesia_fw-la latè_fw-la accepta_fw-la he_o make_v to_o be_v that_o which_o contain_v all_o professor_n viz_o that_o profess_v christ_n to_o be_v their_o king_n priest_n and_o prophet_n of_o which_o he_o lay_v down_o these_o canon_n 1._o ecclesia_fw-la est_fw-la quiddam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la una_fw-la essentiali_fw-la &_o generali_fw-la definitione_n comprehendi_fw-la nequit_fw-la and_n add_v de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la variae_fw-la intercedunt_fw-la controversiae_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la pontificiis_fw-la &_o reformatis_fw-la inter_fw-la quaâ—_n prima_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la vtrùm_fw-la videlicet_fw-la etiam_fw-la reprobi_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la pertineant_fw-la affirmant_fw-la omnes_fw-la pontificii_fw-la &_o statuunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la reprobos_fw-la ac_fw-la damnandos_fw-la homines_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membra_fw-la esse_fw-la Ãdque_fw-la hoc_fw-la confilio_fw-la etc._n etc._n id_fw-la interim_n concedunt_fw-la reprobos_fw-la esse_fw-la putrida_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membra_fw-la at_o verò_fw-la considerare_fw-la debebant_fw-la membrum_fw-la putridum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la amplius_fw-la animae_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la &_o idcirco_fw-la nec_fw-la membrum_fw-la nisi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dictum_fw-la sicut_fw-la aristoteles_n de_fw-la manu_fw-la dicit_fw-la manum_fw-la resectam_fw-la aut_fw-la it_o a_o mutilam_fw-la ut_fw-la resecanda_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la manum_fw-la nisi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sicut_fw-la serra_fw-la qua_fw-la secare_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la aut_fw-la coulter_n ligneus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la serra_fw-la vel_fw-la coulter_n nisi_fw-la homonymâ—s_fw-la tota_n ergo_fw-la questio_fw-la facillime_fw-la expeditur_fw-la distinctione_n ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la late_a accipitur_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la cum_fw-la homonymia_fw-la quadam_fw-la vel_fw-la strict_a &_o proprie_fw-la sine_fw-la homonymia_fw-la priori_fw-la modo_fw-la reprobi_fw-la profitentes_fw-la christum_fw-la sunt_fw-la membra_fw-la ecclesiâ—_n posteriori_fw-la nentiquam_fw-la ducatur_fw-la argumentum_fw-la à _fw-la similitudine_fw-la reipub._n &_o regni_fw-la alicujus_fw-la ubi_fw-la quidem_fw-la civis_fw-la late_a &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicitur_fw-la etiam_fw-la flagitiosissimus_fw-la cuique_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la preditario_fw-la est_fw-la in_o patriam_fw-la animo_fw-la inque_fw-la eâ_fw-la seditiones_fw-la movet_fw-la say_z proprié_fw-fr ac_fw-la sine_fw-la homonymia_fw-la etc._n etc._n 17._o gomarrus_n in_o loc._n commun_n eptom_n per_fw-la sibolium_fw-la collect_v loc._n 50._o pag._n 57_o gomarâ—us_fw-la materia_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la est_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o soli_fw-la electi_fw-la rom._n 8_o 29_o 30_o 33._o 1_o pet._n 25_o 9_o pag._n 510._o speak_v of_o the_o militant_a church_n as_o join_v in_o external_a communion_n he_o say_v et_fw-la reprobi_fw-la velut_fw-la hoedi_fw-la cum_fw-la ovibus_fw-la permixti_fw-la math._n 25.32_o propriè_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la 1_o joan._n 2.19_o nisi_fw-la secundùm_fw-la quid_fw-la &_o metaphorice_v ob_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la professionis_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o obedientiae_fw-la qui_fw-la hircinum_fw-la ingenium_fw-la ovinâ_fw-la hâc_fw-la pelle_fw-la contegunt_fw-la &_o oves_fw-la christi_fw-la fallaci_fw-la specie_fw-la simulant_fw-la 18_o dr._n humphrey_n in_o jesuitismo_n part._n 2._o rat._n 3._o humphrey_n have_v in_o the_o index_n say_v ecclesiae_fw-la vox_fw-la aequivoca_fw-la do_v pag._n 210._o and_o forward_o labour_v to_o manifest_v it_o and_o pag._n 279_o quamvis_fw-la enim_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nomen_fw-la sit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o aquivocum_fw-la tamen_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la verâ_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la proprie_fw-la loquendum_fw-la est_fw-la illo_fw-la egregio_fw-la nomine_fw-la soli_fw-la digni_fw-la sunt_fw-la fideles_fw-la donius_n est_fw-la cujus_fw-la lapides_fw-la vivi_fw-la vinea_fw-la &_o pomarium_fw-la domini_fw-la est_fw-la cujus_fw-la arbores_fw-la fructuosae_fw-la &_o fructum_fw-la ferunt_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la peribit_fw-la sed_fw-la perdurabit_fw-la nam_fw-la homo_fw-la pictus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la sed_fw-la statue_n ita_fw-la nec_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nisi_fw-la quae_fw-la fide_fw-la fundatur_fw-la charitate_fw-la rigatur_fw-la spe_fw-la sustentatur_fw-la spiritu_fw-la animatur_fw-la ac_fw-la sanctificatur_fw-la 19_o sharpius_n in_o cur_n theolog._n de_fw-fr corp._n eccles._n milit_fw-la be_v large_a against_o the_o papist_n sharpius_n and_o near_o twenty_o time_n mention_n a_o homonymie_n in_o the_o word_n ecclesia_fw-la and_o call_v the_o member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n only_o son_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o godly_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o oft_o distinguish_v betwixt_o be_v in_o the_o church_n as_o the_o reprobate_n be_v and_o be_v of_o the_o church_n as_o believer_n justify_v be_v and_o that_o you_o may_v know_v what_o he_o take_v the_o church_n as_o visible_a to_o be_v note_v what_o he_o say_v pag._n 1763._o ad_fw-la obj._n 12._o obj._n quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la est_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la at_o reprobi_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la viz._n visibili_fw-la ergò_fw-la resp._n non_fw-la concludit_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o questione_fw-la quia_fw-la questio_fw-la est_fw-la an_z sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la seu_fw-la membra_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la an_fw-mi in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la visibili_fw-la deinde_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la que_fw-la est_fw-la pars_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholicae_fw-la nam_fw-la visibilis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la tota_fw-la qua_fw-la talis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la pars_fw-la ecclesiâ—_n catholica_fw-la pag._n 1766._o confundit_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la vid._n cetera_fw-la 20._o rob._n bodius_n com._n in_o ephes._n cap._n 1._o vers_fw-la ult_n pag._n 186._o troch_n quinimo_fw-la ne_fw-la membra_fw-la quidem_fw-la omnino_fw-la nisi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o aequivoce_fw-la dici_fw-la possunt_fw-la ut_fw-la docet_fw-la philosophus_fw-la ipse_fw-la naturae_fw-la lumen_fw-la ductumque_fw-la secutus_fw-la lib._n 2._o de_fw-la anim_fw-la oculum_fw-la visu_fw-la destitutum_fw-la h._n e._n coecum_fw-la non_fw-la amplius_fw-la oculum_fw-la esse_fw-la inquiens_fw-la nisi_fw-la aequivoce_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 187._o bellarminus_n spinam_fw-la quae_fw-la ipsum_fw-la hac_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la pungebat_fw-la quasi_fw-la digito_fw-la nobis_fw-la indicat_fw-la nempe_fw-la si_fw-la mali_fw-la sunt_fw-la aequivoce_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o non_fw-la veer_fw-la membra_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sequetur_fw-la inquit_fw-la inde_fw-la malum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la caput_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o malum_fw-la pastorem_fw-la equivoce_fw-la tantum_fw-la esse_fw-la pastorem_fw-la quod_fw-la inquit_fw-la inter_fw-la errores_fw-la joan._n hussi_n damnatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la sess._n 15._o council_n constant._n pag._n 188._o quare_fw-la hoc_fw-la saltem_fw-la ex_fw-la bellarmini_fw-la distinctione_n consecuti_fw-la sumus_fw-la male_n plebeios_fw-la qui_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la membra_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la instrumenta_fw-la considerari_fw-la possunt_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la esse_fw-la mortua_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la non_fw-la vera_fw-la membra_fw-la 21._o i._o h._n alstedius_n in_o encyclopaed_n lib._n 25._o theol._n sect_n 3._o loc._n 24._o pag._n 382._o alstedius_n cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la militans_fw-la dicitur_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o invisibilis_fw-la &_o visibilis_fw-la neque_fw-la est_fw-la distributio_fw-la generis_fw-la in_o svas_fw-la species_n neque_fw-la integri_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la membra_fw-la sed_fw-la distinctio_fw-la adjunctorum_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la subjecti_fw-la therefore_o there_o must_v
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