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meek_a and_o lowly_a matth._n 11._o 29._o so_o in_o all_o due_a humility_n as_o one_o of_o the_o least_o of_o the_o son_n of_o my_o mother_n church_n what_o i_o have_v write_v on_o this_o subject_a in_o submission_n i_o lay_v it_o down_o at_o her_o foot_n full_o resolve_v to_o obey_v the_o law_n of_o my_o father_n in_o heaven_n which_o be_v not_o to_o despise_v or_o forsake_v the_o law_n of_o my_o spiritual_a mother_n on_o earth_n prov._n 1._o 8._o and_o prov_fw-mi 6._o 20._o that_o our_o father_n in_o heaven_n may_v have_v all_o the_o glory_n his_o church_n edification_n and_o the_o lamb_n of_o christ_n their_o milk_n which_o shall_v be_v my_o desire_n and_o prayer_n at_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n chap._n i._o prove_v the_o great_a fundamentality_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o most_o bless_a trinity_n from_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n and_o illustrate_v it_o by_o father_n and_o council_n and_o modern_a divine_n and_o answer_v the_o 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holy_a ghost_n to_o be_v their_o creator_n redeemer_n and_o sanctifier_n 4._o their_o faith_n and_o hope_v of_o eternal_a glory_n be_v from_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n 5_o god_n father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n make_v all_o thing_n and_o especial_o for_o his_o glory_n 6._o this_o lord_n of_o glory_n often_o call_v man_n tongue_n his_o glory_n 7._o from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o angel_n 8._o from_o god_n command_n 9_o the_o appointment_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n 10._o the_o indivisibility_n of_o the_o worship_n we_o give_v to_o god_n one_o in_o essence_n and_o three_o person_n illustrate_v by_o father_n and_o council_n chap._n vii_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o sing_v the_o doxology_n prove_v by_o the_o induction_n of_o all_o its_o part_n 12._o from_o the_o three_o holies_n isa_n 6._o 3._o chap._n viii_o 13_o reason_n from_o that_o song_n revel_v 5._o 9_o 14._o from_o god_n command_n 1_o cor._n 16._o 20._o illustrate_v by_o council_n and_o father_n chap._n ix_o 15._o reason_n from_o the_o necessary_a difference_n of_o the_o christian_n worship_n as_o in_o read_v of_o the_o word_n prayer_n and_o sacrament_n they_o exceedingly-diffet_a from_o christian_n shall_v not_o then_o also_o be_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o christian_a sing_v of_o psalm_n and_o the_o jew_n by_o sing_v the_o doxology_n 16._o as_o the_o jew_n in_o their_o psalm_n of_o david_n close_o many_o of_o they_o with_o a_o doxology_n answer_v to_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o light_n dispense_v to_o they_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n so_o it_o become_v the_o christian_n to_o have_v a_o doxology_n answerable_a to_o their_o great_a measure_n of_o light_n of_o the_o trinity_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n 17._o reason_n found_v upon_o the_o signification_n of_o jehovah_n elohim_n which_o be_v often_o in_o the_o doxology_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n chap._n x._o a_o reason_n give_v for_o sing_v the_o doxology_n satisfactory_a to_o every_o strong_a christian_a and_o that_o bear_v in_o also_o upon_o the_o weak_a christian_a by_o scripture_n reason_n chap._n xi_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o general_a assembly_n be_v not_o in_o power_n to_o lay_v aside_o the_o doxology_n prove_v their_o great_a reluctancy_n to_o their_o own_o deed_n with_o several_a other_o circumstance_n alleviate_a the_o same_o chap._n xii_o that_o invalid_a scruple_n answer_v because_o the_o doxology_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v altogether_o in_o one_o place_n of_o scripture_n and_o the_o conveniency_n of_o sing_v be_v prove_v chap._n xiii_o the_o many_o evil_n that_o flow_v from_o the_o refuse_v to_o sing_v the_o doxology_n chap._n fourteen_o a_o exhortatory_n conclusion_n to_o the_o strong_a and_o orderly_a christian_a to_o receive_v and_o embrace_v with_o all_o christian_a love_n and_o tenderness_n every_o weak_a christian_a who_o shall_v return_v from_o their_o wander_a in_o error_n to_o live_v in_o order_n and_o unity_n in_o the_o bosom_n of_o their_o mother_n church_n the_o doxology_n approven_n chap._n i._n the_o great_a fundamentality_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o most_o bless_a trinity_n prove_v from_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n and_o illustrate_v by_o father_n council_n and_o modern_a divine_n and_o the_o great_a objection_n answer_v among_o all_o the_o divine_a 81._o in_o symbolo_fw-la athanasil_n ab_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la universali_fw-la recepto_fw-la utpote_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la &_o fine_a fidem_fw-la in_o trinitate_fw-la personarum_fw-la esse_fw-la necessariam_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o asseritur_fw-la zanchius_n de_fw-fr deo_fw-la lib._n 1._o part_n 1._o cap._n 1._o §._o 2._o quaestio_fw-la de_fw-la trinitate_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la in_o theologia_n creditu_fw-la maxim_n necessaria_fw-la ita_fw-la omnium_fw-la cognitu_fw-la dissicillima_fw-la meisnerus_n contra_fw-la socinianos_n scite_fw-la probat_fw-la plurimis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la primum_fw-la &_o magnum_fw-la articulum_fw-la fidei_fw-la christinae_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la deum_fw-la in_o trinitate_fw-la personarum_fw-la quibus_fw-la argumentis_fw-la adstipulatur_fw-la hoorn_v beek_n socinianismi_fw-la confutati_fw-la 1._o lib._n 1._o cap._n 9_o à _fw-la pag._n 226._o ad_fw-la pag._n 243._o &_o voetius_fw-la select_a disp_n theol_fw-it par_fw-fr 1._o pag._n 472._o dogma_fw-la de_fw-la trinitate_fw-la est_fw-la fundamentale_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d imo_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la fundamenti_fw-la quia_fw-la fundat_fw-la alia_fw-la dogmata_fw-la fundamentalia_fw-la quod_fw-la multis_fw-la ibid._n probat_fw-la &_o melanct._n loc_fw-la commun_n cap._n 27._o summa_fw-la evangelii_n erudite_fw-la comprehensa_fw-la est_fw-la in_o verbis_fw-la baptismi_fw-la eusebius_n pamphilus_n in_o conc_fw-fr niceno_fw-la fatetur_fw-la symbolum_fw-la nicenum_n paucis_fw-la solum_fw-la verbis_fw-la differre_fw-la à _fw-la symbolo_fw-la quod_fw-la inquit_fw-la nos_fw-la ab_fw-la 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