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of_o minister_n settle_v elsewhere_o let_v we_o owe_v our_o reformation_n to_o god_n and_o not_o belial_n or_o antichrist_n to_o the_o call_n and_o excitement_n of_o the_o former_a not_o consecration_n of_o the_o latter_a let_v we_o acknowledge_v their_o zeal_n their_o chatity_n &_o those_o more_o glorious_a principle_n of_o spiritual_a grace_n rather_o than_o prudentiall_a contrivement_n be_v not_o those_o there_o first_o work_n which_o be_v here_o quote_v be_v not_o those_o the_o work_n by_o which_o luther_n say_v he_o will_v have_v man_n and_o angel_n try_v if_o you_o say_v that_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o church_n settle_a and_o unsettle_a a_o question_n will_v arise_v if_o that_o can_v be_v question_v whether_o the_o papist_n do_v not_o say_v their_o church_n be_v then_o settle_v and_o whether_o any_o settlement_n political_a will_v suffice_v to_o debarr_v those_o act_n for_o then_o the_o first_o reformer_n yea_o first_o christian_n and_o christ_n himself_o all_o be_v cast_v if_o only_o what_o be_v a_o settlement_n of_o truth_n or_o gospel-settlement_n be_v intend_v do_v not_o this_o resolve_n all_o into_o a_o trial_n of_o doctrine_n &_o a_o proof_n that_o the_o present_a way_n be_v the_o sole_a gospel-way_n which_o whosoever_o shall_v avow_v he_o need_v not_o want_v employment_n for_o his_o thought_n from_o the_o several_a write_n of_o papist_n episcoparian_o presbyterian_o independent_o etc._n etc._n however_o the_o questionist_n shall_v rest_v in_o matth._n 13._o v._n 3._o in_o matth._n 13._o lib._n 5._o c._n 1._o in_o mat._n 13._o luk._n 14._o 16._o matth._n 22._o 2._o matth._n 5._o 1_o king_n joh._n 16._o 29._o de_fw-fr doct._n ch._n l._n 2._o c._n 3._o in_o locum_fw-la ovid._n meet_v lib._n 1._o georgic_n l._n â—_o gen._n 4._o 2._o lib._n de_fw-fr agricultura_fw-la joh._n 10._o 11._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 4._o 2._o 25._o gen._n 4._o 2_o chron._n 26._o 10._o hist_o rom._n l._n 1._o c._n 11._o v_o 1._o joh._n 5._o 17._o augustine_n jâ—h_o 5._o joh._n 6_o 61._o gen._n 3._o 15._o tertul._n exod._n 21._o 1._o cap._n 1._o v._n 9_o c._n 3._o v._n 17._o heb._n 1._o 1._o 2._o v_o 37._o matth._n 28._o v._n 20._o in_o locum_fw-la ephes_n 4._o v._n 11_o 12._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 9_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 6._o ovid._n plautus_n metam_fw-la l._n 1._o buâ—ling_v in_o matth._n 13._o homil._n in_o matth._n 3._o james_n 1._o v_o 13_o 14._o eusebius_n hist_o 5._o 19_o aug._n de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la c._n 35._o ibid._n c._n 70._o ibid._n c._n 15._o de_fw-fr gen._n ad_fw-la lit_fw-fr l._n 2._o c._n 17._o calv._n instruct_v adv_fw-la libertinos_fw-la in_o quintino_n plutarch_n in_o caesare_n calv._n institut_n l._n 3._o c._n 23._o se._n 7._o de_fw-fr civit._n l_o 5._o c._n 1._o joh._n 3._o 16_o 17._o 1_o joh._n 2._o 2._o 1_o joh._n 2._o 2._o act_n 2._o 3_o 11._o