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be_v revelation_n for_o whatsoever_o be_v discover_v or_o make_v know_v be_v reveal_v p._n 255._o a_o new_a notion_n by_o which_o the_o apocalypse_n must_v be_v the_o easy_a book_n and_o the_o revelation_n of_o john_n must_v be_v the_o exposition_n of_o john_n but_o he_o use_v the_o word_n double_o sometime_o proper_o as_o p._n 238._o for_o god_n convey_v such_o a_o message_n unto_o a_o man_n at_o other_o time_n he_o take_v it_o loose_o for_o the_o understanding_n the_o message_n so_o bring_v whereas_o divine_a revelation_n do_v not_o depend_v upon_o our_o right_a understanding_n they_o but_o upon_o god_n convey_v they_o unless_o he_o be_v of_o the_o jesuit_n mind_n that_o the_o scripture_n not_o be_v understand_v be_v no_o scripture_n and_o if_o discover_v be_v reveal_n than_o every_o artist_n or_o inventor_n be_v a_o revealer_n so_o dr._n harvey_n be_v a_o revealer_n of_o the_o circulation_n of_o blood_n pecquet_n the_o revealer_n of_o
their_o great_a slight_n of_o the_o canon_n of_o scripture_n p._n 54_o 55._o repetition_n of_o revelation_n reinforce_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n p._n 56._o destroy_v the_o reality_n of_o history_n p._n 57_o and_o the_o determinateness_n of_o prophecy_n p._n 58._o confound_v the_o revelation_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n p._n 60._o the_o spirit_n do_v not_o repeat_v what_o be_v speak_v by_o himself_o or_o by_o other_o way_n before_o p._n 61._o 62._o quaker_n pretend_v revelation_n for_o worldly_a matter_n p._n 64._o god_n dispensation_n be_v regular_a and_o orderly_a p._n 65._o quaker_n lose_v themselves_o in_o a_o circle_n p._n 66._o the_o light_n within_o and_o inspiration_n from_o without_o be_v too_o much_o for_o one_o man_n p._n 67._o growth_n be_v not_o consistent_a with_o immediate_a revelation_n p._n 68_o enthusiast_n have_v out_o go_v quaker_n p._n 69._o satan_n will_v counter-work_n god_n with_o inspiration_n p._n 70._o such_o appear_v in_o the_o apostle_n day_n p._n 71._o several_a pretend_a to_o it_o as_o the_o gnostic_n p._n 72._o corinthus_n p._n 72._o elxai_fw-fr p._n 73._o marcus_n p._n 74._o the_o valentinian_o p._n 75._o the_o montanist_n p._n 75._o the_o messalian_o p._n 76._o aetius_n a_o arian_n p._n 77._o donatus_n p._n 78._o the_o church_n of_o rome_n a_o favourer_n of_o revelation_n p._n 79._o st._n hildegardis_n and_o other_o speak_v much_o like_a quaker_n p._n 80._o 81._o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n defend_v they_o p._n 82._o the_o anabaptist_n pretend_v inspiration_n p._n 82._o the_o libertine_n p._n 83._o casper_n swenckfeild_n p._n 84._o the_o familist_n p._n 85._o jacob_n behmen_n p._n 86._o g._n fox_n his_o mystical_a language_n p._n 88_o the_o english_a enthusiast_n as_o seeker_n p._n 89._o antinomian_n p._n 89._o leveller_n p._n 90._o ranter_n p._n 92._o five_o monarchy_n man_n p._n 92._o franklyn_n and_o the_o hamp-shire_n revealer_n p._n 94._o muggleton_n p._n 95._o anna_n trapnel_n p._n 96._o the_o gift_a brethren_n p._n 96._o the_o considerer_n p._n 97._o any_o of_o these_o competitor_n deserve_v as_o much_o regard_n and_o credit_n as_o the_o quaker_n p._n 98._o some_o english_a enthusiast_n from_o their_o spirit_n condemn_v the_o quaker_n p._n 100_o the_o late_a german_a prophet_n do_v the_o like_a p._n 101._o the_o numerousness_n of_o quaker_n be_v no_o proof_n for_o they_o p._n 102._o they_o confess_v themselves_o to_o be_v not_o always_o inspire_v p._n 103._o the_o danger_n in_o trust_v they_o upon_o that_o account_n p._n 104._o their_o many_o contradiction_n in_o doctrine_n p._n 105_o 110._o their_o strange_a way_n of_o confute_v one_o another_o in_o case_n of_o such_o difference_n p._n 110._o 111._o their_o boldness_n in_o rescind_v and_o alter_v revelation_n p._n 112._o inspiration_n be_v by_o they_o make_v requisite_a to_o other_o profession_n p._n 113._o the_o debate_n about_o the_o hat_n consider_v p._n 114._o their_o constitution_n inquire_v into_o p._n 115._o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o their_o new_a doctrine_n that_o the_o body_n of_o ancient_a friend_n be_v to_o be_v the_o tryer_n of_o inspiration_n discover_v p._n 116._o 118._o their_o view_v and_o licens_v of_o book_n before_o that_o they_o be_v print_v p._n 119._o their_o difference_n about_o their_o ministry_n p._n 120._o a_o pope_n like_o decretal_a epistle_n of_o george_n fox_n p._n 121._o that_o uninspired_a injunction_n observe_v p._n 122._o their_o blasphemous_a letter_n p._n 123._o divine_a revelation_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v alter_v p._n 124._o inspiration_n pretend_v for_o bad_a design_n p._n 125._o their_o unity_n consist_v in_o diversity_n p._n 126._o thomas_n ellwood_n make_v the_o spirit_n to_o be_v the_o sole_a expounder_n of_o holy_a scripture_n p._n 127._o and_o that_o desire_v and_o wait_v be_v the_o only_a requisite_n on_o our_o part_n to_o receive_v those_o exposition_n p._n 128._o the_o dangerousness_n of_o that_o fancy_n discover_v p._n 129._o other_o mean_v requisite_a beside_o wait_v p._n 130._o the_o style_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v intelligible_a p._n 133._o new_a revelation_n must_v proceed_v in_o infinitum_fw-la p._n 136._o the_o letter_n and_o the_o spirit_n be_v not_o contrary_a p._n 137._o christ_n speak_v so_o as_o to_o be_v understand_v p._n 138._o the_o scripture_n be_v a_o law_n ought_v to_o be_v intelligible_a p._n 139._o the_o light_n and_o revelation_n be_v too_o much_o p._n 141._o vninspired_a man_n may_v expound_v right_o p._n 142._o the_o quaker_n circle_n p._n 143._o t._n e._n receede_v from_o his_o own_o and_o his_o friend_n doctrine_n p._n 144._o some_o of_o the_o quaker_n exposition_n present_v p._n 145._o the_o demonstration_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o power_n explain_v p._n 148._o quaker_n do_v undervalue_v miracle_n p._n 151._o miracle_n be_v necessary_a now_o to_o attest_v their_o doctrine_n p._n 152._o the_o quaker_n new_a dispensation_n p._n 154._o their_o forefather_n therein_o p._n 155._o their_o inward_a experience_n reflect_v on_o p._n 157._o religion_n not_o to_o be_v entertain_v upon_o that_o account_n p._n 158._o other_o plead_v experience_n as_o much_o p._n 159._o some_o of_o their_o experience_n instance_a in_o p._n 160_o the_o father_n expound_v scripture_n unlike_o the_o quaker_n p._n 162._o the_o reformer_n do_v not_o challenge_v t._n be_v revelation_n p._n 164._o quaker_n hear_v god_n voice_n p._n 166._o receive_v the_o gospel_n by_o god_n gift_n p._n 167._o confound_v revelation_n and_o exposition_n p._n 168._o thomas_n ellwood_n mistake_v the_o sense_n of_o joel_n 2.28_o p._n 169._o and_o of_o several_a other_o text_n p._n 171._o his_o rule_n of_o expound_v destroy_v the_o scripture_n p._n 176._o inspire_a exposition_n upon_o the_o bible_n will_v be_v t._n ellwood_n most_o convince_a employment_n p._n 179._o but_o he_o must_v give_v evidence_n of_o their_o divine_a original_a p._n 180._o the_o quaker_n testimony_n or_o constitution_n p._n 182._o finis_fw-la