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stephen_n be_v well_o compare_v with_o the_o say_n of_o mr._n calvin_n and_o his_o disciple_n and_o we_o shall_v find_v the_o difference_n to_o be_v as_o great_a as_o betwixt_o christ_n and_o calvin_n betwixt_o the_o follower_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o follower_n of_o calvin_n betwixt_o st._n stephen_n and_o dr._n twisse_n or_o betwixt_o i_o and_o those_o jew_n in_o our_o several_a church_n and_o here_o i_o challenge_v his_o answer_n to_o this_o dilemma_n do_v our_o lord_n and_o st._n stephen_n meet_v with_o the_o very_a same_o measure_n from_o the_o jew_n which_o the_o man_n who_o i_o cite_v receive_v from_o i_o or_o do_v they_o not_o if_o he_o shall_v answer_v that_o they_o do_v then_o must_v he_o prove_v that_o the_o say_n of_o those_o man_n who_o i_o cite_v be_v as_o far_o from_o blasphemy_n as_o the_o say_n of_o christ_n and_o st._n stephen_n or_o that_o the_o say_n of_o christ_n and_o st._n stephen_n have_v as_o much_o of_o blasphemy_n in_o they_o as_o those_o which_o i_o cite_v 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thus_o to_o say_v of_o he_o 115._o calvino_n illustri_fw-la viro_fw-la nec_fw-la unquam_fw-la sine_fw-la summi_fw-la honoris_fw-la praefatione_fw-la nominando_fw-la non_fw-la assentior_fw-la t._n p._n §_o 1._o behold_v the_o utmost_a that_o i_o can_v gather_v from_o this_o three_o way_n of_o argue_v man_n of_o great_a learning_n have_v speak_v honourable_o of_o calvin_n therefore_o i_o have_v do_v ill_a to_o call_v that_o blasphemy_n whereby_o god_n be_v conclude_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n it_o may_v suffice_v i_o to_o say_v that_o i_o deny_v his_o sequel_n but_o i_o have_v something_o to_o say_v beside_o for_o first_o there_o be_v not_o a_o page_n in_o all_o my_o note_n
do_v not_o 20._o come_v or_o if_o they_o come_v they_o do_v not_o 12._o stay_v with_o he_o they_o wilful_o 30._o reject_v the_o counsel_n of_o god_n against_o themselves_o and_o so_o have_v receive_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n 1._o in_o vain_a §_o 3._o the_o four_o proposition_n in_o this_o section_n be_v whole_o the_o same_o with_o the_o seven_o and_o eight_o of_o the_o former_a section_n may_v be_v send_v thither_o for_o its_o answer_n as_o have_v there_o sufficient_o be_v speak_v to_o yet_o here_o my_o assailant_n be_v to_o be_v thank_v for_o say_v so_o plain_o and_o express_o that_o man_n do_v fall_v into_o damnation_n as_o they_o themselves_o know_v by_o their_o own_o will_n and_o whereof_o themselves_o be_v the_o alone_a cause_n and_o author_n for_o if_o this_o be_v hearty_o acknowledge_v as_o here_o it_o be_v very_o plain_o then_o 1._o farewell_n to_o augustine_n rigid_a sentence_n pronounce_v upon_o un_fw-we baptize_v infant_n for_o the_o infant_n fall_v not_o by_o their_o own_o 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the_o alone_a cause_n and_o the_o alone_a author_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o damnation_n which_o give_v i_o occasion_n to_o admire_v how_o m._n barlee_n can_v read_v this_o passage_n in_o his_o worthy_a friend_n and_o rail_v so_o vehement_o against_o it_o as_o to_o say_v it_o 97._o fight_v against_o god_n against_o scripture_n against_o all_o authority_n ancient_a and_o late_a again_o i_o admire_v how_o d._n reynolds_n can_v read_v all_o that_o bitterness_n of_o his_o friend_n against_o this_o part_n of_o his_o own_o epistle_n and_o yet_o retain_v this_o proposition_n which_o be_v there_o so_o rail_v at_o yea_o and_o how_o he_o can_v commend_v his_o reviler_n work_n for_o a_o elaborate_v and_o learned_a thing_n nor_o be_v the_o wonder_n lessen_v in_o that_o the_o ill_a language_n of_o all_o those_o page_n be_v direct_v to_o i_o by_o name_n and_o not_o to_o d._n reynolds_n since_o the_o doctrine_n against_o which_o the_o ill_a language_n be_v level_v be_v deliver_v by_o d._n reynolds_n 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be_v glad_a to_o see_v two_o orthodox_n and_o sound_a axiom_n stand_v before_o the_o book_n of_o your_o author_n as_o the_o basis_n of_o his_o superstructure_n two_o man_n of_o quite_o different_a judgement_n in_o these_o very_a argument_n i_o find_v to_o have_v do_v so_o before_o the_o one_o cassianus_n the_o collator_n 14._o of_o who_o prosper_n have_v these_o word_n catholicarum_fw-la tibi_fw-la aurium_fw-la judicia_fw-la conciliare_fw-la voluisti_fw-la quibus_fw-la de_fw-la praemissae_fw-la professionis_fw-la front_n securis_fw-la facile_fw-la sequentia_fw-la irreperent_fw-la si_fw-la prima_fw-la placuissent_fw-la which_o word_n of_o his_o bring_v into_o my_o mind_n a_o say_n of_o the_o historian_n 8._o fraus_fw-la fidem_fw-la in_o paruis_fw-la sibi_fw-la praestruit_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la operae_fw-la pretium_fw-la sit_fw-la cum_fw-la magnâ_fw-la mercede_fw-la fallat_fw-la and_o the_o censure_n of_o austin_n upon_o pelagius_n gratiae_n vocabulo_fw-la frangit_fw-la invidiam_fw-la 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