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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
wherein_o i_o give_v mr._n calvin_n the_o least_o dishonourable_a term._n i_o fair_o name_v he_o and_o cite_v his_o word_n and_o consider_v the_o matter_n of_o which_o he_o speak_v and_o show_v the_o reason_n of_o my_o dislike_n and_o so_o i_o be_o sure_o do_v bishop_n andrews_n and_o therefore_o this_o paragraph_n be_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o the_o purpose_n unless_o it_o will_v intimate_v to_o the_o reader_n that_o i_o have_v say_v of_o mr._n calvin_n what_o its_o author_n know_v i_o never_o do_v if_o i_o have_v forget_v and_o he_o remember_v let_v he_o do_v i_o the_o justice_n to_o name_v the_o time_n or_o the_o place_n §_o 2._o he_o confess_v that_o bishop_n andrews_n have_v his_o dislike_n to_o calvin_n and_o that_o himself_o do_v not_o jurare_fw-la in_o verba_fw-la either_o of_o calvin_n or_o any_o other_o among_o who_o dr._n twisse_n must_v needs_o be_v one_o and_o why_o may_v not_o i_o dissent_v from_o either_o and_o offer_v my_o argument_n or_o reason_n against_o their_o 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upon_o great_a and_o good_a man_n yet_o every_o reader_n be_v my_o witness_n that_o i_o do_v not_o fasten_v on_o mr._n calvin_n any_o one_o uncomely_a or_o unfriendly_a epithet_n though_o bucer_n himself_o have_v call_v he_o fratricide_n so_o i_o can_v say_v of_o dr._n twisse_n that_o i_o do_v not_o call_v he_o antinomian_n as_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v call_v in_o the_o assembly_n of_o divine_n but_o whether_o true_o or_o false_o i_o can_v tell_v i_o can_v name_v a_o worthy_a person_n who_o profess_v to_o have_v read_v it_o in_o mr._n baxter_n nor_o do_v i_o use_v he_o as_o other_o use_v i_o nor_o as_o he_o himself_o be_v wont_a to_o use_v other_o i_o have_v to_o do_v with_o his_o doctrine_n but_o not_o with_o his_o person_n §_o 3._o to_o conclude_v if_o my_o assailant_n be_v so_o zealous_a of_o other_o man_n good_a name_n as_o to_o complain_v of_o i_o in_o public_a for_o mere_o seem_v to_o be_v injurious_a in_o how_o tragical_a a_o manner_n must_v he_o needs_o protest_v 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which_o no_o language_n no_o tongue_n can_v speak_v above_o which_o no_o fancy_n no_o wit_n can_v reach_v 5._o though_o the_o wonder_n already_o be_v very_o great_a yet_o will_v it_o still_o be_v much_o great_a if_o we_o compare_v one_o of_o the_o text_n by_o which_o they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v lead_v to_o their_o intention_n of_o speak_v thus_o the_o first_o text_n he_o refer_v to_o be_v gen._n 45._o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o from_o which_o place_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o god_n be_v affirm_v by_o joseph_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o much_o good_a which_o his_o guilty_a brethren_n never_o think_v of_o but_o not_o at_o all_o of_o the_o evil_n which_o they_o think_v against_o he_o and_o it_o will_v seem_v to_o i_o somewhat_o more_o than_o strange_a if_o dr._n reynolds_n can_v distinguish_v betwixt_o god_n 80._o permit_v or_o suffer_v evil_a to_o fall_v out_o by_o the_o will_n of_o wicked_a man_n which_o be_v free_a to_o evil_n and_o by_o which_o they_o be_v say_v not_o to_o be_v unavoidable_o fatal_o or_o necessary_o wicked_a but_o to_o be_v voluntary_o and_o wilful_o wicked_a i_o say_v it_o be_v somewhat_o more_o than_o strange_a if_o he_o can_v distinguish_v betwixt_o god_n permit_v that_o evil_a that_o he_o may_v draw_v good_a out_o of_o it_o and_o his_o be_v the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o that_o evil_n upon_o occasion_n of_o which_o the_o good_a be_v wrought_v before_o he_o have_v resolve_v to_o give_v a_o instance_n from_o that_o text_n he_o shall_v have_v compare_v it_o with_o what_o go_v before_o chap._n 37._o where_o because_o jacob_n love_v joseph_n more_o than_o all_o his_o brethren_n v._n 4._o and_o therefore_o make_v he_o a_o fine_a coat_n v._n 3._o they_o hate_v joseph_n and_o can_v not_o speak_v peaceable_o unto_o he_o v._n 4._o but_o they_o do_v not_o hate_v he_o by_o the_o impulse_n of_o god_n as_o mr._n calvin_n at_o first_o speak_v nor_o do_v god_n urge_v they_o or_o smite_v their_o mind_n as_o dr._n twisse_n for_o the_o devil_n and_o 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