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it_o be_v my_o duty_n to_o tell_v you_o that_o it_o be_v sad_a that_o a_o treatise_n of_o sacrament_n shall_v profess_v not_o to_o know_v that_o our_o believe_a and_o remission_n be_v here_o signify_v it_o be_v pity_n but_o this_o have_v be_v know_v before_o you_o have_v write_v of_o they_o at_o least_o controversal_o what_o divine_n be_v there_o that_o deny_v the_o sacrament_n to_o be_v mutual_a sign_n and_o seal_n signify_v and_o seal_v our_o part_n as_o well_o as_o god_n and_o how_o ill_o do_v you_o to_o wrong_v the_o church_n of_o god_n by_o seek_v to_o make_v man_n believe_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v new_a and_o strange_a if_o it_o be_v so_o to_o you_o its_o pity_n that_o it_o be_v so_o but_o sure_o you_o have_v see_v mr._n gataker_n book_n against_o doct._n word_n and_o davenant_n wherein_o you_o have_v multitude_n of_o sentence_n recite_v of_o our_o protestant_a divine_n that_o affirm_v this_o which_o you_o call_v new_a it_o be_v indeed_o their_o most_o common_a doctrine_n 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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 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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 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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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to_o be_v of_o those_o that_o be_v sincere_o christian_n or_o 2._o that_o they_o profess_v themselves_o willing_a to_o be_v under_o church_n ruler_n and_o ordinance_n as_o bellarmine_n speak_v or_o 3._o that_o they_o will_v take_v part_n with_o christian_n in_o plead_v defend_v etc._n etc._n if_o the_o first_o be_v your_o meaning_n than_o they_o profess_v themselves_o true_a christian_n and_o so_o to_o have_v save_v faith_n for_o there_o be_v but_o two_o sort_n of_o christian_n those_o that_o be_v real_o so_o have_v save_a faith_n and_o those_o that_o be_v analogical_o christian_n profess_v save_a faith_n when_o they_o have_v it_o not_o 2._o if_o you_o mean_v the_o second_o with_o the_o papist_n then_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v not_o into_o the_o pope_n nor_o church_n ruler_n nor_o ordinance_n that_o we_o be_v baptize_v but_o into_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n and_o suppose_v that_o a_o man_n true_o understand_v on_o what_o term_n christ_n be_v offer_v in_o the_o gospel_n that_o man_n may_v say_v i_o be_o content_a to_o be_v in_o the_o church_n under_o teach_v and_o to_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n and_o to_o accompany_v christian_n and_o fight_v for_o they_o but_o yet_o i_o will_v not_o yet_o be_v a_o christian_n myself_o for_o i_o be_o not_o willing_a that_o christ_n shall_v sanctify_v i_o and_o save_v i_o from_o my_o sin_n and_n who_o that_o depend_v on_o the_o mouth_n of_o christ_n will_v baptize_v this_o man_n it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o belong_v to_o a_o seeker_n or_o a_o catechumne_n to_o be_v willing_a to_o hear_v and_o god_n never_o make_v it_o a_o title_n to_o sacrament_n mere_o to_o be_v willing_a to_o receive_v they_o else_o all_o may_v receive_v they_o that_o will_n at_o least_o i_o must_v profess_v that_o i_o can_v hardly_o believe_v but_o that_o all_o that_o will_v receive_v they_o must_v profess_v that_o they_o receive_v they_o to_o the_o end_n which_o they_o be_v appoint_v to_o and_o that_o no_o man_n can_v do_v that_o do_v not_o eodem_fw-la actu_fw-la profess_v himself_o a_o true_a believer_n if_o the_o three_o be_v your_o sense_n than_o no_o doubt_n but_o many_o christian_n in_o the_o indies_n have_v have_v moor_n and_o indian_a servant_n who_o be_v willing_a to_o associate_v with_o christian_n and_o love_v they_o and_o will_v live_v and_o die_v with_o they_o that_o yet_o be_v no_o christian_n themselves_o but_o the_o full_a declaration_n of_o mr._n blake_n mind_n i_o find_v pag._n 147._o upon_o my_o earnest_a provocation_n of_o he_o to_o describe_v that_o faith_n which_o entitle_v to_o baptism_n the_o word_n be_v these_o seeing_n mr._n baxter_n call_v upon_o i_o to_o declare_v myself_o further_o in_o this_o thing_n i_o do_v believe_v and_o profess_v to_o hold_v that_o he_o that_o upon_o hear_v the_o gospel_n preach_v and_o the_o truth_n of_o it_o publish_v and_o open_v shall_v profess_o abjure_v all_o other_o opposite_a way_n whatsoever_o and_o choose_v the_o christian_a way_n for_o salvation_n promise_v to_o follow_v the_o rule_n of_o it_o be_v to_o be_v baptize_v and_o his_o seed_n etc._n etc._n to_o which_o i_o reply_v if_o this_o be_v not_o a_o profession_n of_o save_a faith_n i_o despair_v of_o ever_o be_v save_v 1._o no_o man_n but_o a_o sanctify_a man_n can_v true_o desire_v salvation_n itself_o as_o it_o be_v indeed_o consist_v in_o the_o bless_a fruition_n of_o god_n in_o intuition_n love_n praise_v and_o there_o be_v no_o other_o salvation_n no_o man_n but_o the_o regenerate_v can_v true_o renounce_v all_o opposite_a way_n one_o opposite_a way_n be_v the_o way_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o carnal_a reason_n and_o the_o way_n of_o worldliness_n etc._n etc._n no_o man_n can_v live_v out_o of_o action_n nor_o out_o of_o moral_a action_n which_o tend_v to_o a_o end_n and_o that_o end_n be_v his_o own_o felicity_n he_o therefore_o that_o renounce_v all_o other_o way_n must_v turn_v to_o christ_n the_o only_a way_n or_o else_o cut_v his_o own_o throat_n or_o some_o way_n murder_v himself_o that_o he_o may_v cease_v action_n or_o else_o must_v attain_v to_o a_o perfect_a desperation_n 3._o no_o man_n but_o the_o regenerate_v do_v hearty_o choose_v the_o christian_a way_n for_o salvation_n for_o what_o be_v that_o but_o to_o choose_v christ_n for_o salvation_n and_o what_o be_v that_o but_o suppose_v assent_n the_o true_a description_n of_o save_a faith_n 4._o no_o man_n but_o the_o regenerate_v can_v sincere_o follow_v or_o resolve_v and_o promise_v to_o follow_v the_o rule_n of_o that_o way_n for_o what_o be_v that_o but_o to_o follow_v the_o rule_n of_o christ_n and_o scripture_n and_o what_o be_v that_o but_o sincere_o to_o obey_v so_o that_o he_o that_o profess_v these_o four_o point_n or_o any_o one_o of_o they_o do_v profess_v that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o regenerate_a so_o that_o if_o mr._n blake_n do_v not_o here_o give_v up_o his_o cause_n and_o say_v as_o i_o do_v understand_v english_a that_o can_v for_o i_o if_o mr._n blake_n dare_v adjudge_v all_o those_o to_o damnation_n that_o go_v not_o further_o than_o this_o faith_n which_o he_o here_o describe_v to_o be_v profess_v as_o he_o must_v if_o he_o suppose_v this_o to_o be_v the_o profession_n of_o a_o faith_n short_a of_o save_v he_o shall_v never_o have_v my_o vote_n in_o approbation_n of_o his_o censure_n if_o those_o who_o perform_v that_o which_o be_v here_o say_v to_o be_v profess_v be_v not_o save_v i_o know_v not_o who_o will_n therefore_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o it_o be_v the_o profession_n of_o a_o save_a faith_n but_o what_o need_v we_o make_v any_o further_a enquiry_n or_o dispute_v against_o a_o man_n that_o profess_o yield_v the_o cause_n hear_v his_o forego_v word_n pag._n 147._o his_o two_o first_o argument_n draw_v from_o authority_n the_o first_o of_o the_o assembly_n of_o divine_n and_o other_o of_o a_o number_n of_o father_n be_v bring_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o profession_n of_o a_o justify_v faith_n be_v require_v to_o baptism_n and_o what_o be_v that_o to_o i_o who_o never_o deny_v it_o but_o in_o plain_a word_n have_v often_o affirm_v it_o it_o sufficient_o employ_v where_o i_o require_v a_o dogmatical_a faith_n to_o baptism_n a_o dogmatical_a faith_n assent_v to_o that_o of_o apollo_n jesus_n be_v the_o christ_n and_o when_o i_o say_v that_o this_o entitle_v i_o can_v mean_v conceal_v or_o deny_v but_o open_o profess_v reader_n can_v thou_o tell_v what_o to_o make_v of_o this_o be_v not_o here_o a_o plain_a concession_n that_o a_o profession_n of_o justify_v faith_n be_v requisite_a to_o baptism_n and_o do_v he_o not_o aver_v that_o he_o never_o deny_v it_o perhaps_o we_o have_v dispute_v all_o this_o while_n without_o a_o adversary_n as_o to_o mr._n blake_n let_v it_o be_v so_o and_o let_v we_o see_v the_o truth_n prevail_v and_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v industrious_a to_o prove_v to_o mr._n blake_n that_o he_o have_v say_v the_o contrary_n but_o yet_o i_o think_v its_o a_o marvellous_a thing_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v so_o frequent_o express_v his_o mind_n against_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o presence_n &_o profession_n of_o a_o justify_v faith_n as_o to_o baptism_n and_o for_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o a_o faith_n short_a of_o justify_v and_o the_o profession_n thereof_o as_o a_o title_n to_o that_o ordinance_n baptism_n and_o now_o say_v that_o he_o never_o deny_v the_o profession_n of_o a_o justify_v faith_n to_o baptism_n but_o in_o plain_a word_n have_v oft_o affirm_v it_o read_v the_o word_n that_o i_o before_o cite_v out_o of_o he_o read_v both_o his_o book_n and_o see_v how_o much_o of_o the_o scope_n of_o they_o be_v this_o way_n and_o let_v the_o reader_n when_o he_o have_v do_v tell_v we_o if_o he_o can_v what_o mr._n blake_n talk_v for_o by_o the_o word_n a_o english_a man_n will_v think_v that_o he_o have_v at_o large_a argue_v for_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o a_o faith_n short_a of_o justify_v in_o re_fw-mi &_o professione_n as_o to_o entitle_v to_o baptism_n but_o here_o he_o seem_v most_o express_o to_o deny_v it_o i_o say_v he_o seem_v for_o i_o must_v profess_v that_o i_o dare_v not_o presume_v that_o i_o understand_v he_o here_o neither_o for_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o book_n which_o i_o think_v i_o understand_v seem_v as_o plain_a as_o this_o i_o begin_v once_o of_o think_v that_o a_o fraud_n lie_v under_o these_o word_n and_o that_o it_o be_v here_o necessity_n of_o precept_n only_o which_o he_o mean_v when_o he_o say_v that_o a_o profession_n of_o save_a faith_n be_v necessary_a to_o baptism_n and_o not_o a_o necessity_n to_o mean_n or_o that_o it_o be_v sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la but_o though_o i_o know_v no_o other_o way_n to_o reconcile_v he_o here_o to_o his_o book_n yet_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 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