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The divine and spiritual ambassadour described in a sermon preached at the visitation at Alisbury, Com. Bucks. Octob. 14, 1662 by J.B. B.D.
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J. B. (John Bird), b. 1584 or 5.
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may_v be_v make_v manifest_a that_o fall_v down_o on_o their_o face_n they_o may_v worship_n god_n and_o report_n of_o we_o that_o god_n be_v in_o we_o of_o a_o truth_n and_o thus_o far_o again_o we_o be_v ambassador_n for_o christ_n 26._o these_o condition_n be_v observe_v it_o remain_v that_o we_o be_v resolute_a with_o all_o correspondent_a conversation_n to_o make_v good_a every_o branch_n of_o our_o doctrine_n and_o exhortation_n orator_n tull_n orator_n if_o other_o orator_n extol_v their_o action_n in_o the_o elocution_n we_o shall_v much_o more_o set_v off_o and_o endear_v our_o elocution_n by_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o speak_v for_o the_o best_a flower_n in_o our_o rhetoric_n as_o those_o who_o have_v learn_v not_o only_o by_o experience_n in_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n 6._o sen._n ad_fw-la lucil_n epist_n 6._o quòd_fw-la homines_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la oculis_fw-la quam_fw-la auribus_fw-la credunt_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la longum_fw-la sit_fw-la itey_n 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ambassador_n for_o christ_n 9_o again_o more_o particular_o we_o be_v here_o intend_v who_o be_v the_o apostle_n successor_n câ—â—eanum_n hieron_n ad_fw-la câ—â—eanum_n even_o the_o right_n reverend_a bishop_n with_o those_o that_o be_v regular_o constitute_v and_o ordain_v by_o they_o to_o this_o ministration_n touch_v which_o a_o old_a statesman_n have_v leave_v this_o sound_a note_n non_fw-la est_fw-la ars_fw-la svi_fw-la juris_fw-la cvi_fw-la precarium_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la est_fw-la 16_o sen_n ad_fw-la â—uâ—ilium_fw-la ep_n 89_o tert._n de_fw-mi preser_fw-ge cap_n 20._o vinc._n liâ—_n ca._n 16_o and_o a_o old_a churchman_n have_v give_v we_o as_o good_a a_o rule_n omne_fw-la genus_fw-la ad_fw-la originem_fw-la svam_fw-la censcatur_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la so_o then_o though_o some_o admirer_n of_o their_o own_o device_n brag_v much_o of_o their_o own_o antiquity_n vbi_fw-la semper_fw-la fuit_fw-la plus_fw-la admirationis_fw-la quam_fw-la utilitatis_fw-la plus_fw-la famae_fw-la quam_fw-la experientiae_fw-la yet_o we_o that_o know_v their_o extraction_n intus_fw-la &_o in_fw-la cute_fw-la be_v sure_a that_o they_o creep_v up_o at_o first_o precario_fw-la entreat_v toleration_n in_o that_o straight_a which_o be_v then_o make_v a_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o now_o that_o they_o who_o at_o first_o be_v content_a to_o be_v hold_v tolerable_a shall_v mistake_v this_o for_o the_o incomparable_a helena_n or_o rather_o implacable_a bellona_n of_o the_o age_n for_o which_o they_o ought_v to_o strive_v tanquam_fw-la pro_fw-la aris_fw-la &_o focis_fw-la and_o thence_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o prescribe_v against_o all_o church_n for_o intolerable_a that_o be_v not_o clip_v by_o their_o mould_n this_o be_v such_o a_o strain_n of_o ingratitude_n that_o can_v hardly_o be_v digest_v by_o any_o who_o have_v well_o concoct_v the_o antidote_n of_o saint_n austin_n 28_o confess_v l._n 10._o c._n 28_o nemo_fw-la quod_fw-la tolerat_fw-la amat_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la tolerare_fw-la amat_fw-la no_o man_n love_v that_o which_o he_o tolerate_v although_o he_o love_v for_o a_o while_n to_o make_v a_o virtue_n of_o necessity_n in_o tolerate_v it_o yet_o he_o can_v be_v glad_a fair_o to_o be_v free_v from_o that_o necessity_n which_o bind_v he_o to_o such_o toleration_n moulin_n luther_n calvin_n zanch._n beza_n scultet_n moulin_n as_o divers_a of_o the_o more_o learned_a judicious_a and_o moderate_a among_o themselves_o have_v confess_v not_o only_o in_o their_o private_a conference_n but_o also_o in_o their_o public_a writing_n 1._o john_n 10_o 1._o and_o therefore_o see_v that_o we_o desire_v endeavour_n and_o frame_v ourselves_o by_o enter_v in_o at_o the_o door_n and_o not_o climb_v up_o any_o other_o way_n to_o retain_v the_o ancient_n regular_n canonical_a and_o apostolic_a discipline_n of_o the_o church_n now_o than_o we_o be_v ambassador_n for_o christ_n 10._o ambassador_n there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o hunt_v after_o any_o various_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o original_a or_o other_o language_n as_o savour_v of_o curiosity_n more_o critical_a than_o christian_a it_o be_v enough_o to_o our_o purpose_n that_o the_o roman_n give_v this_o title_n of_o legate_n especial_o to_o two_o sort_n of_o man_n both_o to_o those_o that_o be_v lieutenant_n and_o assistant_n to_o their_o consul_n and_o general_n in_o their_o province_n and_o war_n and_o to_o those_o that_o under_o assurance_n of_o public_a faith_n establish_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n be_v employ_v with_o dignity_n to_o represent_v their_o lord_n person_n and_o with_o authority_n to_o negotiate_v with_o foreign_a prince_n and_o state_n touch_v their_o affair_n 11._o so_o that_o here_o by_o the_o way_n both_o these_o be_v sufficient_a to_o stop_v the_o passage_n and_o proceed_n of_o those_o arreptitious_a enthusiast_n 13.33_o 1_o reg._n 13.33_o who_o delight_v in_o jeroboam_n reign_n care_v not_o for_o this_o but_o whosoever_o will_v fit_v his_o hand_n and_o he_o consecrate_v they_o and_o so_o they_o have_v leave_v to_o make_v themselves_o of_o the_o low_a of_o the_o people_n priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n it_o will_v be_v in_o vain_a for_o such_o hasting_n to_o run_v with_o ahimaaz_n before_o they_o be_v send_v &_o have_v any_o true_a tiding_n to_o bear_v 27.29_o 2_o sam._n 18_o 27.29_o though_o some_o demure_a carriage_n may_v cause_v some_o of_o they_o to_o be_v mistake_v as_o he_o be_v for_o good_a man_n bring_v good_a tiding_n yet_o their_o own_o tongue_n like_o his_o will_v in_o the_o relation_n argue_v they_o capable_a of_o nothing_o but_o make_v a_o noise_n and_o tumult_n of_o which_o also_o see_v themselves_o at_o length_n with_o ahimaaz_n be_v drive_v to_o confess_v that_o they_o know_v not_o what_o it_o mean_v all_o who_o know_v what_o our_o apostle_n mean_v by_o such_o as_o turn_v aside_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1.6_o 1_o tim_n 1.6_o may_v well_o relinquish_v they_o with_o those_o that_o will_v feign_v be_v count_v doctor_n of_o the_o law_n 1.7_o 1_o tim._n 1.7_o and_o yet_o they_o understâ—â—d_v not_o what_o they_o speak_v nor_o whereof_o they_o affirm_v what_o will_v it_o avail_v they_o with_o the_o gibeonite_n to_o work_v wy_o and_o to_o counterfeit_v themselves_o ambassador_n with_o old_a sack_n on_o their_o ass_n and_o wine_n bottle_n 6._o josh_n 9.4_o 5_o 6._o old_a rent_n and_o bind_v up_o with_o old_a shoe_n and_o clout_a on_o their_o foot_n with_o old_a clothes_n on_o their_o back_n and_o all_o the_o bread_n of_o their_o provision_n dry_a and_o mouldy_a as_o though_o they_o come_v from_o far_o see_v that_o when_o they_o be_v find_v upon_o due_a examination_n to_o be_v only_o mere_a conterranean_a native_n of_o the_o illiterate_a pragmatic_n sanction_n round_a about_o wise_a &_o faithful_a jâ—shua_n may_v surly_a judge_v they_o to_o be_v fit_o deal_v with_o 27._o josh_n 9.21_o 27._o in_o be_v allot_v the_o task_n of_o the_o gibeonite_n with_o which_o some_o of_o their_o 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