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A36185 The nature of the two testaments, or, The disposition of the will and estate of God to mankind for holiness and happiness by Jesus Christ ... in two volumes : the first volume, of the will of God : the second volume, of the estate of God / by Robert Dixon. Dixon, Robert, d. 1688. 1676 (1676) Wing D1748; ESTC R12215 658,778 672

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and_o high_o contest_v against_o be_v put_v upon_o the_o stock_n of_o christ_n and_o allow_v unto_o we_o by_o god_n in_o the_o account_n of_o pardon_n by_o the_o merit_n of_o jesus_n by_o the_o covenant_n of_o the_o gospel_n v._o eundem_fw-la ib._n of_o repentance_n p._n 280_o etc._n etc._n h._n grot._n matth._n 5._o et_fw-la haec_fw-la quidem_fw-la docendi_fw-la ratio_fw-la apud_fw-la populum_fw-la crassior_fw-la limatior_fw-la apud_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d obtinuisse_fw-la videtur_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la tempora_fw-la quae_fw-la babylonium_n exilium_fw-la sunt_fw-la secuta_fw-la tum_o verò_fw-la gravi_fw-la periculo_fw-la imminente_fw-la nè_fw-la populus_fw-la solitus_fw-la ea_fw-la tantum_fw-la audire_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o sensum_fw-la caderent_fw-la ablato_fw-la splendore_fw-la judaici_n imperii_fw-la gemens_fw-la sub_fw-la externo_fw-la dominatu_fw-la damni_fw-la cruciatûs_fw-la mortis_fw-la denique_fw-la metu_fw-la solicitus_fw-la deficeret_fw-la à_fw-la judaismo_fw-la primus_fw-la omnium_fw-la daniel_n de_fw-fr resurrectione_n egit_fw-la apertiùs_fw-la confirmans_fw-la populum_fw-la spe_fw-la restitutionis_fw-la in_o statum_fw-la meliorem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d resurrectio_fw-la ut_fw-la loquor_fw-la scriptor_n ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la danielem_fw-la secutus_fw-la ezekiel_n et_fw-la quos_fw-la respiciens_fw-la scriptor_n paraeneseos_fw-la ad_fw-la graecos_n inter_fw-la opera_fw-la justini_n quae_fw-la de_fw-la judicio_fw-la post_fw-la hanc_fw-la vitam_fw-la habet_fw-la plato_n ait_fw-fr de_fw-fr prophetis_fw-la hausta_fw-la hinc_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la sapientes_fw-la quos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocant_fw-la qui_fw-la humanitùs_fw-la non_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la eruditi_fw-la prophetis_fw-la sed_fw-la impart_v auctoritate_fw-la successerunt_fw-la he_o quoque_fw-la necessarium_fw-la judicarent_fw-la ex_fw-la dan_fw-mi populum_fw-la adversus_fw-la tentamenta_fw-la praemunire_n quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la satis_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la nisi_fw-la palam_fw-la dei_fw-la causa_fw-la morientibus_fw-la proposita_fw-la spes_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la melioris_fw-la itaque_fw-la ea_fw-la tùm_fw-la doctrina_fw-la velut_fw-la è_fw-la latebris_fw-la educta_fw-la &_o certis_fw-la vocibus_fw-la obsignata_fw-la est_fw-la hinc_fw-la illud_fw-la taciti_fw-la de_fw-la judaeis_n animas_fw-la praelio_fw-la aut_fw-la suppliciis_fw-la peremptorum_fw-la aeternas_fw-la putant_fw-la hinc_fw-la moriendi_fw-la contemptus_fw-la quibus_fw-la addendi_fw-la loci_fw-la illustres_fw-la duo_fw-la ex_fw-la historiâ_fw-la maccabaica_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o quorum_fw-la prio_fw-la sic_fw-la habet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alter_fw-la verò_fw-la ita_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n h._n grot._n in_o rom._n c._n 3._o p._n 213._o apostolus_fw-la hinc_fw-la infert_fw-la legem_fw-la mosis_fw-la in_o quâ_fw-la judaei_n plus_fw-la aequo_fw-la fiduciae_fw-la collocabant_fw-la ut_fw-la vidimus_fw-la suprà_fw-la 11._o 17._o per_fw-la se_fw-la spectatam_fw-la i._n e._n seorsim_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la antè_fw-la legem_fw-la fuerant_fw-la non_fw-la eas_fw-la habuisse_fw-la vires_fw-la ut_fw-la homines_fw-la ad_fw-la veram_fw-la ac_fw-la deo_fw-la placentem_fw-la justitiam_fw-la perduceret_fw-la quip_n cum_fw-la abrahamus_n sine_fw-la
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