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term_v it_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o gospel_n 26_o gospel_n t._n c._n l._n 1_o pag._n 48_o pag._n 26_o and_o in_o the_o same_o answer_n to_o whitgyfe_n he_o write_v thus_o you_o say_v that_o in_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n it_o hold_v which_o thing_n you_o oppose_v afterward_o and_o set_v against_o matter_n of_o ceremony_n order_n discipline_n and_o government_n as_o though_o matter_n of_o discipline_n and_o kind_a of_o government_n be_v not_o matter_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n and_o of_o faith_n the_o case_n which_o you_o put_v whether_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v head_n of_o the_o church_n be_v a_o matter_n that_o concern_v the_o government_n &_o kind_n of_o government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o same_o be_v a_o matter_n that_o touch_v faith_n and_o that_o stand_v upon_o our_o salvation_n excommunication_n and_o other_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v forerunner_n unto_o excommunication_n be_v matter_n of_o discipline_n and_o 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214_o ames_n de_fw-fr consc_fw-fr l._n 4_o c_o 24._o p._n 214_o say_v it_o can_v be_v a_o true_a church_n that_o want_v it_o for_o by_o this_o the_o part_n and_o member_n thereof_o be_v knit_v together_o and_o this_o be_v true_a as_o in_o divinity_n so_o in_o philosophy_n for_o form_n according_a to_o aristotle_n 5_o aristotle_n 3_o phis_n 3_o 5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o essence_n another_o every_o thing_n be_v senceable_a by_o matter_n and_o intelligible_a by_o form_n calo._n form_n averr_n in_o 1._o de_fw-la calo._n as_o thing_n by_o the_o light_n be_v decern_v so_o we_o understand_v the_o matter_n by_o its_o form_n unit_fw-la form_n both_o de_fw-fr unit_fw-la it_o be_v a_o know_a tenent_n form_n gyve_n to_o thing_n be_v distinction_n and_o operation_n so_o keckerman_n 161_o keckerman_n sy_v theol._n l._n 1._o c._n 17._o p._n 161_o timple_a 72._o timple_a metaph_n l._n 3_o c._n 2._o prâ—bl_n 71_o 72._o câ—â—rlm_n 35_o câ—â—rlm_n c._n 6_o pag._n 35_o scallger_n 3._o scallger_n ex._n 6_o s._n 3._o and_o other_o 4._o see_v he_o hold_v it_o unlawful_a to_o go_v unto_o any_o church_n which_o be_v false_a in_o respect_n of_o order_n and_o doctrine_n it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o all_o antichristian_a assembly_n be_v to_o be_v whole_o leave_v because_o they_o be_v false_a in_o both_o these_o respect_n and_o touch_v the_o church_n of_o england_n here_o plead_v for_o what_o notorious_a error_n and_o abuse_n she_o maintean_v and_o practise_v may_v be_v see_v in_o her_o convocation-canon_n visitation_n article_n the_o english_a mass_n book_n their_o manner_n of_o make_v of_o bishop_n priest_n and_o deacon_n to_o let_v pass_v the_o many_o scoore_n of_o heathenish_a jewish_a and_o poopish_a superstition_n which_o the_o nonconformist_n table_n nonconformist_n see_v soldier_n of_o barwick_n table_n have_v in_o print_a book_n brand_v she_o for_o and_o that_o the_o measure_n of_o her_o iniquity_n pleà _fw-fr zion_n pleà _fw-fr may_v 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great_a nation_n have_v be_v convert_v by_o man_n and_o woman_n out_o of_o office_n as_o a_o great_a nation_n of_o the_o indian_n by_o aedesius_n &_o frumentius_n the_o country_n of_o iberian_o by_o a_o captive_a woman_n and_o here_o by_o the_o way_n this_o may_v serve_v to_o his_o demand_n let_v they_o tell_v we_o where_o they_o have_v receive_v their_o faith_n we_o answer_v the_o wind_n blow_v where_o it_o listoth_v sure_o we_o be_v faith_n we_o have_v when_o we_o leave_v our_o unsanctified_a stand_n there_o but_o if_o any_o shall_v hence_o affirm_v that_o we_o have_v it_o by_o hear_v false_a minister_n he_o shall_v show_v folly_n and_o rashness_n secret_n thing_n 29._o thing_n deu._n 29_o 29._o belong_v to_o the_o lord_n quae_fw-la supra_fw-la nos_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la augustine_n trinit_fw-la augustine_n melius_fw-la est_fw-la dubitare_fw-la de_fw-fr occultis_fw-la quam_fw-la litagare_fw-la de_fw-la incertis_fw-la lib_fw-la 8_o c._n 5._o de_fw-la trinit_fw-la advise_v we_o well_o it_o be_v better_a to_o doubt_v of_o secret_a thing_n then_o to_o strive_v for_o uncertainè_fw-la thing_n if_o the_o pist_o have_v mind_v this_o i_o think_v he_o will_v not_o have_v write_v so_o peremptory_a in_o a_o matter_n unknown_a 4._o where_o read_v he_o in_o god_n book_v that_o man_n be_v name_v visible_a saint_n and_o judge_v â—rt_n matter_n for_o church_n estate_n they_o be_v in_o the_o mean_a while_n actual_o member_n of_o false_a church_n and_o practice_v daily_o gross_a idolatry_n i_o think_v with_o the_o treatiser_n 269._o treatiser_n justific_n separ_fw-la pag._n 269._o true_a visible_a christian_n have_v christ_n for_o their_o king_n visible_o or_o in_o outward_a appearance_n &_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o man_n can_v judge_v for_o by_o visible_a we_o mean_v that_o which_o may_v be_v see_v of_o man_n oppose_v to_o invisible_a which_o only_a god_n see_v for_o christ_n be_v not_o divide_v but_o look_v to_o who_o he_o be_v a_o priest_n to_o save_v they_o 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solum_fw-la dei_fw-la verbum_fw-la certum_fw-la cetera_fw-la falsa_fw-la si_fw-la dissentiant_fw-la ferus_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la roma_fw-la c._n 3._o p._n 303._o 5._o howsoever_o it_o be_v true_a as_o polanus_fw-la 365._o polanus_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o ezech._n cap._n 16_o pag._n 365._o deering_n hebr._n deering_n 23._o lecture_n on_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebr._n whitaker_n 681._o whitaker_n rom._n pont._n cont._n 4_o quaest_n 5_o pag._n 681._o and_o other_o say_v in_o a_o false_a church_n by_o the_o preach_v there_o some_o sometime_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o faith_n yet_o with_o these_o i_o deny_v that_o this_o be_v a_o ordinary_a work_n but_o rather_o extraordinary_a the_o reason_n be_v because_o their_o hearer_n general_o by_o their_o doctrine_n be_v keep_v in_o blindness_n idolatry_n wilworship_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o they_o fit_v not_o member_n to_o true_a church_n but_o unfit_a they_o rather_o for_o no_o soon_o see_v they_o a_o man_n to_o set_v his_o face_n that_o way_n 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