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these_o same_o consequence_n must_v likewise_o follow_v from_o the_o like_a union_n or_o disunion_n from_o the_o christian_a episcopacy_n the_o consequence_n will_v hold_v both_o as_o to_o the_o great_a certainty_n of_o the_o inference_n itself_o and_o as_o to_o the_o great_a moment_n of_o the_o thing_n so_o infer_v the_o inference_n must_v be_v more_o certain_a because_o indeed_o all_o the_o force_n of_o this_o reason_v as_o apply_v to_o the_o case_n of_o the_o jewish_a priesthood_n be_v in_o the_o principle_n of_o those_o person_n entire_o due_a to_o its_o be_v a_o type_n of_o our_o christian_a episcopacy_n and_o therefore_o it_o must_v hold_v more_o certain_o concern_v our_o episcopacy_n itself_o as_o the_o certainty_n of_o all_o premise_n be_v still_o great_a than_o that_o of_o the_o inference_n deduce_v from_o they_o it_o will_v also_o hold_v as_o to_o the_o great_a moment_n of_o the_o thing_n infer_v for_o our_o covenant_n be_v establish_v on_o better_a promise_n and_o more_o 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have_v already_o be_v observe_v 11._o nor_o will_v it_o now_o be_v difficult_a to_o sect._n 10_o understand_v the_o reason_n of_o those_o severe_a expression_n in_o tertullian_n concern_v censure_n pass_v by_o the_o bishop_n upon_o criminal_n he_o tell_v the_o heathen_n that_o the_o christian_n themselves_o be_v certain_a de_fw-fr dei_fw-la conspectu_fw-la 39_o and_o that_o it_o be_v summum_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicii_fw-la prejudicium_fw-la if_o any_o one_o shall_v so_o offend_v as_o to_o be_v exclude_v from_o their_o prayer_n and_o assembly_n and_o all_o holy_a commerce_n they_o may_v well_o be_v certain_a of_o it_o upon_o the_o hypothesis_n now_o describe_v if_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judicatory_n be_v representative_n of_o that_o celestial_a judicatory_a by_o which_o all_o must_v be_v judge_v at_o the_o last_o day_n if_o god_n himself_o or_o the_o son_n to_o who_o the_o father_n have_v commit_v all_o judgement_n be_v represent_v
right_n of_o proselytism_n incorporate_n into_o the_o jewish_a nation_n that_o give_v the_o samaritan_n that_o occasion_n of_o prevaricate_a according_a as_o their_o interest_n lay_v as_o they_o be_v proselyte_n of_o justice_n so_o they_o may_v challenge_v all_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n for_o they_o now_o among_o the_o privilege_n boast_v of_o by_o the_o jew_n the_o apostle_n himself_o reckon_v this_o for_o one_o that_o they_o be_v the_o patriarch_n and_o therefore_o they_o may_v challenge_v as_o good_a a_o title_n in_o the_o patriarch_n as_o the_o adopt_a among_o the_o roman_n have_v to_o the_o stem_n and_o image_n of_o the_o family_n into_o which_o they_o be_v adopt_v which_o yet_o whilst_o the_o memory_n of_o their_o national_a proselytism_n be_v fresh_a hinder_v they_o not_o from_o know_v that_o their_o natural_a extraction_n be_v different_a from_o that_o to_o which_o they_o be_v entitle_v by_o their_o proselytism_n and_o according_o when_o they_o renounce_v their_o proselytism_n as_o they_o must_v have_v do_v in_o course_n whenever_o they_o relapse_v into_o idolatry_n they_o must_v as_o natural_o have_v resume_v their_o old_a extraction_n as_o he_o must_v among_o the_o roman_n who_o have_v lose_v his_o interest_n in_o the_o family_n into_o which_o he_o have_v be_v adopt_v indeed_o this_o challenge_n of_o the_o sect._n 6_o patriarch_n for_o they_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v so_o ordinary_a for_o all_o who_o pretend_v to_o the_o name_n of_o jew_n as_o that_o even_o the_o christian_n even_o those_o who_o be_v of_o gentile_a extraction_n and_o have_v never_o be_v circumcise_v pretend_v to_o it_o on_o account_n of_o their_o mystical_a israelitism_n so_o in_o the_o reason_n of_o s._n paul_n abraham_n be_v the_o father_n of_o all_o those_o who_o be_v like_o he_o in_o his_o faith_n which_o he_o have_v be_v yet_o uncircumcised_a nay_o the_o seed_n of_o his_o faith_n be_v more_o proper_o he_o than_o the_o seed_n of_o his_o flesh._n these_o in_o the_o mystical_a reason_n of_o those_o time_n be_v compare_v only_o to_o israel_n who_o be_v his_o seed_n only_o by_o the_o bondwoman_n but_o those_o be_v they_o who_o answer_n isaac_n the_o seed_n of_o the_o freewoman_n who_o alone_o be_v the_o heir_n of_o the_o promise_n the_o like_a challenge_n of_o the_o patriarch_n for_o their_o own_o ancestor_n be_v frequent_a among_o the_o first_o christian_n who_o in_o all_o likelihood_n have_v never_o be_v jew_n by_o extraction_n so_o s._n clemens_n 31._o who_o very_a name_n imply_v his_o be_v a_o roman_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d barnabas_n 9_o ergo_fw-la &_o high_a de_fw-fr testamento_fw-la sunt_fw-la quos_fw-la dicit_fw-la filios_fw-la abrahae_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la gentibus_fw-la s._n justin_n a_o samaritan_n 229._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elsewhere_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 347._o where_o he_o according_o prove_v it_o profess_o as_o he_o have_v promise_v before_o not_o only_o concern_v abraham_n but_o the_o other_o patriarch_n and_o again_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d irenaeus_n in_o regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la introducit_fw-la abraham_n &_o seman_n ejus_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la which_o consideration_n may_v serve_v to_o make_v it_o not_o seem_v strange_a if_o the_o late_a samaritan_n who_o live_v more_o remote_a from_o the_o memory_n and_o practice_n and_o privilege_n of_o proselytism_n mistake_v the_o legal_a challenge_n of_o the_o patriarch_n for_o their_o ancestor_n in_o their_o predecessor_n for_o argument_n of_o their_o natural_a extraction_n however_o the_o law_n and_o privilege_n of_o legal_a proselytism_n be_v allow_v for_o such_o as_o have_v be_v show_v this_o alone_a will_v suffice_v for_o my_o design_n to_o show_v that_o their_o natural_a extraction_n be_v otherwise_o can_v not_o have_v be_v the_o inducement_n that_o can_v have_v move_v christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n to_o exclude_v the_o samaritan_n as_o often_o as_o they_o have_v occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o the_o privilege_a israel_n sect._n 7_o nor_o second_o be_v it_o probable_a that_o they_o be_v thus_o exclude_v from_o the_o holy_a seed_n on_o account_n of_o their_o idolatry_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o when_o they_o first_o take_v up_o the_o jewish_a religion_n they_o still_o retain_v their_o idolatrous_a custom_n each_o nation_n of_o they_o still_o retain_v their_o own_o god_n the_o babylonian_n succoth_n benoth_n the_o cuthaean_o nergal_o and_o the_o man_n of_o hamath_n ashima_n the_o avite_v nibhaz_n and_o tartak_v and_o the_o sepharvite_v burn_v their_o child_n in_o fire_n to_o adrammelech_n and_o anammelech_n the_o god_n of_o the_o sepharvite_v they_o make_v unto_o themselves_o as_o jeroboam_n have_v do_v of_o the_o low_a of_o they_o priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n which_o sacrifice_v for_o they_o in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o high_a place_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 29_o 30_o 31_o 32._o that_o be_v in_o short_a they_o fear_v the_o lord_n and_o serve_v their_o own_o god_n and_o their_o grave_a image_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o nation_n verse_n 33.41_o it_o be_v also_o true_a that_o not_o only_o they_o but_o their_o child_n and_o their_o child_n child_n continue_v to_o do_v so_o to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o book_n of_o king_n which_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v esdras_n verse_n 41._o that_o be_v to_o the_o time_n of_o artaxerxes_n either_o longimanus_fw-la or_o mucmon_n that_o be_v to_o the_o birth_n of_o jaddus_n who_o brother_n manasseh_n first_o engage_v they_o in_o their_o ecclesiastical_a schism_n but_o this_o can_v not_o be_v take_v for_o a_o proselytism_n of_o justice_n nor_o do_v we_o find_v that_o as_o yet_o themselves_o do_v ever_o so_o much_o as_o pretend_v to_o the_o privilege_n of_o native_a jew_n the_o first_o time_n that_o for_o certain_a they_o do_v so_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a but_o it_o be_v a_o little_a before_o that_o time_n that_o they_o have_v now_o build_v a_o temple_n in_o 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