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A47625 A systeme or body of divinity consisting of ten books : wherein the fundamentals and main grounds of religion are opened, the contrary errours refuted, most of the controversies between us, the papists, Arminians, and Socinians discussed and handled, several Scriptures explained and vindicated from corrupt glosses : a work seasonable for these times, wherein so many articles of our faith are questioned, and so many gross errours daily published / by Edward Leigh. Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671. 1654 (1654) Wing L1008; ESTC R25452 1,648,569 942

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a_o mere_a civil_a and_o worldly_a power_n vide_fw-la spanhem_n epist._n ad_fw-la buchanan_n q._n 2._o m._n ball_n trial_n of_o the_o ground_n of_o separation_n see_v m._n cawdry_n review_n of_o m._n hooker_n survey_v c._n 11._o 11._o adversus_fw-la apollon_n c._n 4._o ius_n excommunicandi_fw-la ante_fw-la papisticam_fw-la illam_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la nunquam_fw-la penes_fw-la unum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la comperietur_fw-la sed_fw-la penes_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la non_fw-la excluso_fw-la penitus_fw-la populo_fw-la bern._n epist._n summum_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicii_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ita_fw-la deliquerit_fw-la ut_fw-la à_fw-la communicatione_n orationis_fw-la &_o conventus_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la sancti_fw-la commercii_fw-la relegetur_fw-la tertul._n in_o apol._n it_o be_v that_o sentence_n of_o the_o church_n whereby_o she_o eject_v wicked_a sinner_n out_o of_o her_o communion_n d._n field_n see_v m._n gillesp._n aaron_n rod_n bloss_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 10._o the_o schoolman_n say_v excommunication_n be_v purgativa_fw-la respectu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praeservativa_fw-la respectu_fw-la sidelium_fw-la sanativa_fw-la respectu_fw-la delinquentis_fw-la vide_fw-la aquin._n partem_fw-la tertiam_fw-la qu●st_fw-la 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o d._n white_a in_o a_o sermon_n at_o paul_n crosse._n apostoli_fw-la hoc_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regimen_fw-la instituerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la unus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la populo_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la &_o diaconis_fw-la praesiciatur_fw-la penes_fw-la quem_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o manuum_fw-la impositio_fw-la sive_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la &_o consiliorum_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la directio_fw-la scultet_fw-la in_o subscriptionem_fw-la titi._n presbyteri_fw-la ex_fw-la svo_fw-la numero_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la unum_fw-la eligebant_fw-la evi_fw-fr specialiter_fw-la dabant_fw-la titulum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ne_fw-la ex_fw-la aequalitate_fw-la ut_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la dissi●ia_fw-la nascerentur_fw-la calvin_n instit._fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 4._o m._n thorndike_n of_o primitive_a government_n of_o church_n cap._n 6._o ●_o tim._n 5._o 22._o tit._n ●_o 5._o exit_fw-la usu_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la nihil_fw-la differt_fw-la presbyter_n ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la ne_o in_o ecclesia_fw-la quidem_fw-la ulla_fw-la saltem_fw-la essentiali_fw-la differentia_fw-la sed_fw-la tantùm_fw-la accidentali_fw-la chamier_n vide_fw-la collationem_fw-la rainoldi_n cum_fw-la harto_fw-la cap._n 8._o pag._n 461._o &_o 541._o danaeum_n in_o 1_o tim._n 3._o 1._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr alius_fw-la ordo_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ab_fw-la ordine_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la sed_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la differunt_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la presbyter●rum_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o electione_n unus_fw-la presbyter_n in_fw-la altiori_fw-la gradu_fw-la collocaretur_fw-la qua_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la videri_fw-la possunt_fw-la qui_fw-la hanc_fw-la materiam_fw-la nuper_fw-la accuratissimè_fw-la tractarunt_fw-la illustris_fw-la salmasius_n &_o clarissimus_fw-la david_n blondellus_fw-la rivet_n grot._fw-la discus_fw-la dialys_n sect._n 11._o nos_fw-la putamus_fw-la parum_fw-la differre_fw-la utrum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la a_o à_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la gubernetur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la modo_fw-la graviter_fw-la &_o fideliter_fw-la obeant_fw-la munus_fw-la suum_fw-la quiqui_fw-la tandem_fw-la ad_fw-la clavum_fw-la sedeant_fw-la si_fw-mi de_fw-fr antiquitater●s_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la hieronymo_n planè_fw-la sentio_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la aetate_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la nihil_fw-la fuisse_fw-la discriminis_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la fuisle_n administratas_fw-la itaque_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la episcopis_fw-la omninò_fw-la sunt_fw-la antiquiores_fw-la interim_n episcopale_n regimen_fw-la est_fw-la antiquissimum_fw-la &_o paulò_fw-la post_fw-la apostolos_fw-la per_fw-la universam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la magno_fw-la cum_fw-la fructu_fw-la obtinuisse_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la compertissimum_fw-la bocharti_fw-la epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la quastionem_fw-la de_fw-fr presbyterate_a &_o episcopati_fw-la initio_fw-la &_o in_fw-la remotissima_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la autiquitate_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regimen_fw-la monarchicum_fw-la sed_fw-la quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la aristocratica_fw-la &_o democratica_fw-la mixtum_fw-la quamvis_fw-la propriè_fw-la &_o sanè_fw-la loquendo_fw-la eavoces_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la usurpari_fw-la non_fw-la debeant_fw-la vedel_n exercit._n in_o epist._n ignat._n ad_fw-la mariam_n vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n in_o co_fw-la nobis_fw-la imponunt_fw-la quod_fw-la vocant_fw-la eum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la judaica_n pontificem_fw-la maximum_fw-la nam_fw-la scriptura_fw-la eum_fw-la vocat_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la cujus_fw-la in_o consacerdotes_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la loquar_fw-la nullum_fw-la suis_fw-la imperium_fw-la tantum_fw-la iis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la praeibat_fw-la itaque_fw-la regimen_fw-la illud_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la monarchi●um_fw-la sed_fw-la aristocraticum_fw-la quale_fw-la regimen_fw-la est_fw-la venetae_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la tamen_fw-la dux_n est_fw-la &_o princeps_fw-la cameron_n de_fw-fr eccles._n idem_fw-la est_fw-la graecis_fw-la synodus_fw-la quod_fw-la latinis_fw-la concilium_fw-la per_fw-la c_o à_fw-la conciendo_fw-la synodus_fw-la est_fw-la legitimus_fw-la christianorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la coetus_fw-la &_o sacer_fw-la ex_fw-la diversis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la ac_fw-la regionibus_fw-la coiens_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la sacris_fw-la babetur_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la profanis_fw-la aut_fw-la merè_fw-la politicis_fw-la &_o à_fw-la personis_fw-la propter_fw-la vocationem_fw-la sacris_fw-la danaeus_n isag._n christ._n part_n 4._o de_fw-la potestate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la c._n 35._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n concilium_fw-la dictum_fw-la à_fw-la communi_fw-la intention_n eo_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la omnes_fw-la dirigant_fw-la mentis_fw-la obtutum_fw-la cilia_fw-la enim_fw-la ●culorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la isidore_n concilium_fw-la dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la à_fw-la consulendo_fw-la aut_fw-la consentiendo_fw-la ut_fw-la vul●_n festus_n sed_fw-la à_fw-la concalando_fw-la ho_o est_fw-la convocando_fw-la sive_fw-la congregando_fw-la quod_fw-la reivim_fw-la naturamque_fw-la declarat_fw-la concilium_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la hominum_fw-la coetus_fw-la aut_fw-la concio_fw-la aut_fw-la convocatio_fw-la aut_fw-la conventus_fw-la aut_fw-la multitudo_fw-la collecta_fw-la ac_fw-la convocata_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la ad_fw-la consultandum_fw-la of_o it_o dijudicandum_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la communibus_fw-la whitakerus_n de_fw-fr conciliis_fw-la quaest._n 1._o c._n 2._o sic_fw-la priscas_fw-la illas_fw-la synod_n ut_fw-la nicenam_fw-la constantinopolitanam_fw-la ephesinam_fw-la primam_fw-la chalcedonensem_fw-la ac_fw-la simile_n quae_fw-la confutandis_fw-la erroribus_fw-la habitae_fw-la sunt_fw-la libenter_fw-la amplectimur_fw-la reveremurque_fw-la ut_fw-la sacro_fw-la sanctas_fw-la quantum_fw-la attinet_fw-la ad_fw-la fidei_fw-la dogmata_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la continent_n quam_fw-la puram_fw-la &_o
contrary_a with_o grace_n jer._n 4._o 14._o dan._n 4._o 27._o mat._n 3._o 9_o 9_o 1_o thess._n 4._o 10_o 1_o john_n 3._o 14._o mandatum_fw-la novum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quia_fw-la excellentissimum_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la antiquari_fw-la debet_fw-la rivet_n rom._n 13._o 10._o see_v 1_o john_n 4._o 20._o &_o 3_o 17._o mat._n 7._o 12._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr aliud_fw-la peccatum_fw-la aequè_fw-la buic_fw-la sacramento_n adversum_fw-la atque_fw-la discordia_fw-la contrarium_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o nomini_fw-la &_o rei_fw-la huius_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la nomen_fw-la est_fw-la communio_fw-la res_fw-la unitas_fw-la cordium_fw-la luther_n de_fw-fr praeparatione_fw-la cordis_fw-la pro_fw-la susciptenda_fw-la sacra_fw-la eucharistia_n exit_fw-la convi●andi_fw-la ritu_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la sacris_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d christianorum_fw-la traxerunt_fw-la originem_fw-la quarum_fw-la non_fw-la apud_fw-la apostolos_fw-la solos_fw-la sed_fw-la patrum_fw-la etiam_fw-la cruditissimos_fw-la crebra_fw-la sit_fw-la mentio_fw-la coena_fw-la nostra_fw-la de_fw-la nomine_fw-la rationem_fw-la svi_fw-la ostendit_fw-la voco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la quod_fw-la dilectio_fw-la penes_fw-la graecos_n est_fw-la tertul._n apolog._n dilher_n elect_a lib._n 1._o cap._n 12._o cum_fw-la ex_fw-la charitate_fw-la diligatur_fw-la proximus_fw-la propter_fw-la deum_fw-la quanto_fw-la aliquis_fw-la magis_fw-la diligat_fw-la deum_fw-la tanto_fw-la etiam_fw-la magis_fw-la ad_fw-la proximum_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la ostendit_fw-la nulla_fw-la inimicitia_fw-la impediente_fw-la sicut_fw-la si_fw-la aliquis_fw-la multum_fw-la diligeret_fw-la aliquem_fw-la hominem_fw-la amore_fw-la ipsius_fw-la silios_fw-la ejus_fw-la amaret_fw-la etiam_fw-la inimicos_fw-la sibi_fw-la aquin._n 2a_o 2ae_fw-la q._n 25._o art_n 8._o fuller_n mountag_n def._n of_o tithe_n ag_n m._n selden_n c._n 2._o lutherus_n quadam_fw-la concione_fw-la ait_fw-la eum_n ad_fw-la coenam_fw-la domini_fw-la optimè_fw-la dispositum_fw-la venire_fw-la qui_fw-la pessimè_fw-la fuerit_fw-la dispositus_fw-la eum_fw-la dignè_fw-la manducare_fw-la qui_fw-la indignitatem_fw-la svam_fw-la agnoverit_fw-la 2_o tim._n 2._o 1._o grace_n be_v a_o instinct_n put_v into_o the_o soul_n after_o union_n with_o christ_n and_o with_o god_n by_o he_o the_o familist_n say_v grace_n be_v christ_n himself_o work_v in_o we_o that_o there_o be_v no_o habit_n of_o grace_n we_o do_v not_o believe_v and_o repent_v but_o christ_n in_o we_o there_o be_v a_o seed_n in_o a_o man_n 1_o john_n 3._o 9_o grace_n be_v call_v the_o new-creature_n the_o inward_a man_n the_o spirit_n and_o grace_n be_v distinguish_v gal._n 5._o 22._o 2_o pet._n 3_o 18._o this_o duty_n suit_v with_o our_o present_a state_n we_o be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o progress_n and_o edify_a 1_o thess._n 4._o 1._o prov._n 4._o 18_o 18_o there_o be_v four_o help_n to_o grow_v in_o grace_n by_o come_v to_o the_o sacrament_n 1._o be_v sure_a you_o bring_v truth_n of_o grace_n with_o you_o god_n will_v spy_v you_o out_o if_o you_o want_v the_o wedding_n garment_n 2._o act_n your_o grace_n your_o faith_n repentance_n love_v to_o god_n thankfulness_n 3._o look_v upon_o christ_n sacramental_o ●ye_z he_o in_o the_o element_n see_v he_o there_o crucify_v before_o thou_o that_o thoumai_v receive_v out_o of_o his_o fullness_n 4._o urge_v god_n with_o that_o promise_n hos._n 4._o 5._o pray_v he_o to_o let_v the_o dew_n of_o his_o grace_n fall_v on_o thy_o heart_n aquinas_n part_n 3_o qu._n 80._o art_n 8._o resolve_n this_o question_n utrum_fw-la cibus_fw-la vel_fw-la potus_fw-la praeassumptus_fw-la impediat_fw-la sumptionem_fw-la hu_o jus_o sacramenti_fw-la here_o be_v a_o real_a though_o a_o spiritual_a presence_n of_o christ._n sacramental_a 1._o love_n cant._n 1._o 4._o call_n to_o mind_n the_o high_a act_n of_o christ_n love_n in_o die_v for_o we_o when_o enemy_n 2._o sorrow_n in_o consider_v how_o our_o sin_n wound_v christ._n hope_n long_o for_o sweet_a communion_n with_o christ_n in_o heaven_n the_o supper_n do_v not_o only_a sea●_n comfort_n but_o glory_n there_o be_v a_o union_n of_o mystery_n the_o element_n special_o represent_v his_o humane_a nature_n but_o the_o sacrament_n give_v we_o a_o right_a to_o his_o whole_a person_n act._n 20._o 28._o look_v on_o he_o as_o a_o complete_a saviour_n isa._n 44._o 24._o col._n ●_o 9_o and_o come_v with_o your_o whole_a heart_n to_o whole_a christ_n act._n 8._o 47._o jam._n ●_o 9_o there_o be_v a_o desertion_n in_o point_n of_o sanctification_n as_o well_o as_o consolation_n when_o god_n leave_v we_o in_o the_o duty_n we_o perform_v vide_fw-la ames_n de_fw-la consc_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 28._o post_fw-la scrmonem_fw-la celebrandae_fw-la s._n c●nae_fw-la locus_fw-la pr●●ser●im_fw-la dum_fw-la servebat_fw-la primus_fw-la ille_fw-la christianorum_fw-la zelus_fw-la singulis_fw-la heb_n lomadis_fw-la interdum_fw-la etiam_fw-la diebus_fw-la communicantium_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la unquam_fw-la explicabantur_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la super_fw-la mensam_fw-la dominicam_fw-la quin_fw-la multi_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la accederent_fw-la mo●nayus_n de_fw-fr sacra_fw-la eucharistia_n l._n 1_o c._n 4._o nunquam_fw-la in_o primitiva_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la celebrabatur_fw-la qum_fw-la omnes_fw-la qut_fw-la adessent_fw-la eidem_fw-la communicarent_fw-la si_fw-mi qui_fw-la nollet_fw-la communicare_fw-la eo_fw-la die_fw-la quo_fw-la conventus_fw-la fidelium_fw-la agebatur_fw-la quod_fw-la propri●_n conscientia_fw-la non●_n they_o satis_fw-la examinata_fw-la &_o probata_fw-la cum_fw-la à_fw-la communione_fw-la prohiberet_fw-la aut_fw-la quod_fw-la sibi_fw-la od●i_fw-la aut_fw-la simultatis_fw-la adversus_fw-la fratrem_fw-la conscius_fw-la esset_fw-la si_fw-la aliara_fw-it quamcunque_fw-la causam_fw-la non_fw-la communicandi_fw-la haberet_fw-la non_fw-la solebat_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la ad_fw-la synaxim_n convenire_fw-la simpl._n verin_n epist._n de_fw-fr libro_fw-la postumo_fw-la grot._fw-la p._n 108._o 108._o in_o primitiva_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la vicina_fw-la flagrame_n persecutionum_fw-la incendio_fw-la fingulis_fw-la diebus_fw-la christiani_n communicabant_fw-la gerh._n loc_n commun_fw-fr de_fw-fr sacra_fw-la ●oena_fw-la c._n 24._o tempus_fw-la communicandi_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la frequentissimum_fw-la &_o plane_n quotidianum_fw-la baptismus_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la iteratur_fw-la quia_fw-la generationi_fw-la quae_fw-la unica_fw-la est_fw-la respondet_fw-la eucharistia_n urò_fw-la saepius_fw-la iteranda_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la cibo_fw-la &_o alimontae_fw-la cujus_fw-la frequens_fw-la usus_fw-la reperitur_fw-la respondet_fw-la maldonati_n summula_n quaest._n 24._o artic._n 1._o constat_fw-la ipsos_fw-la apostolos_fw-la &_o christianos_n quotidiè_fw-la communicasse_fw-la act._n 2._o quotidiè_fw-la communicabant_fw-la sicut_fw-la orabant_fw-la p●ulò_fw-la post_fw-la ubi_fw-la crevit_fw-la christianorum_fw-la negligentia_fw-la coeptum_fw-la est_fw-la solis_fw-la diebus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la communicare_fw-la id._n ibid._n art_n 2._o cur_n vetus_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la credidit_fw-la omnem_fw-la sidelem_fw-la omni_fw-la die_fw-la communicare_fw-la debere_fw-la quod_fw-la ultra_fw-la decimum_fw-la saeculum_fw-la videmus_fw-la durasse_n bodierna_fw-la autem_fw-la ac_fw-la romana_fw-la putat_fw-la sufficere_fw-la si_fw-la semel_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la communicatum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la quta_fw-la nimirum_fw-la illa_fw-la nullum_fw-la usum_fw-la nec_fw-la ullum_fw-la fructum_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la constituit_fw-la in_o videnda_fw-la &_o audienda_fw-la eorum_fw-la actione_n sed_fw-la totum_fw-la posuit_fw-la in_o participatione_fw-la vera_fw-la corporis_fw-la &_o sanguinis_fw-la haec_fw-la ver●_n contrarium_fw-la sumit_fw-la simplicii_n verini_n epist._n de_fw-la libro_fw-la postumo_fw-la grotii_fw-la parker_n of_o the_o crosle_n part_n 1._o chap._n 3._o gillesp._n in_o his_o aaron_n rod_n bloss_n book_n 3._o c._n 8._o p._n 437_o 438_o m._n bowles_n de_fw-fr pastore_n evangelico_n l._n 4._o c._n 5._o burrh_n in_o his_o gospel-worsh_a p._n 264_o 265._o 265._o b._n buckeridge_n m._n paibody_n paibody_n sir_n william_n temple_n ●_o institut_n l._n 4._o sect_n 37._o d._n burgess_n say_v the_o gesture_n of_o kneel_v in_o the_o act_n of_o receive_v be_v never_o any_o institute_v ceremony_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n nor_o be_v it_o at_o this_o day_n bellar._n l._n 2._o de_fw-la missa_fw-la c._n 14_o 15._o say_v it_o be_v only_o for_o the_o conveniency_n of_o put_v the_o host_n into_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o receiver_n and_o not_o for_o adoration_n of_o the_o eucharist_n vide_fw-la dilher_n elect●_fw-la 2._o c._n 4._o m._n down_o of_o sit_v or_o kneel_v at_o the_o communion_n respond●o_fw-la nos_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la melius_fw-la ac_fw-la sanctius_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la schola_fw-la fuisse_fw-la institutos_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la 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hear_v 2._o in_o hear_v 3._o after_o hear_v i._o afore_o hear_v thou_o must_v pray_v for_o thy_o teacher_n that_o he_o may_v so_o speak_v as_o he_o ought_v to_o speak_v ephes._n 6._o 19_o col._n 4._o 3_o 4._o and_o for_o thyself_o that_o thou_o may_v hear_v profitable_o and_o be_v bless_v in_o hear_v prov._n 2._o 3_o 5._o psal._n 25._o 4._o &_o 119._o 10_o 18_o 27._o ii_o in_o hear_v 1._o one_o must_v set_v himself_o as_o in_o god_n presence_n when_o he_o be_v hear_v of_o the_o word_n deut._n 32._o 2._o so_o luk._n 10._o 16._o 1_o thess._n 2._o 13._o so_o do_v cornelius_n act_n 10._o 33._o 2._o attend_v diligent_o to_o what_o he_o hear_v luke_n 19_o 48._o god_n people_n be_v oft_o call_v ult_n upon_o to_o attend_v mark_v 4._o 9_o 23._o &_o 7._o 14._o it_o be_v seven_o time_n repeat_v revel_v 2._o he_o that_o have_v a_o ear_n to_o hear_v let_v he_o hear_v so_o do_v lydia_n act_n 16._o 14._o attentivenesse_n imply_v 1._o earnestness_n and_o greediness_n of_o soul_n bibulae_fw-la aures_fw-la james_n 1._o 19_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 2._o so_o the_o people_n that_o slockt_v after_o christ._n 2._o the_o union_n of_o the_o thought_n and_o all_o other_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v call_v attend_v upon_o the_o lord_n without_o distraction_n 1_o cor._n 7._o 35._o 3._o hear_v the_o word_n with_o understanding_n and_o judgement_n matth._n 15._o 10._o psal._n 45._o 10._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 7._o 4._o he_o shall_v hear_v with_o affection_n and_o delight_n deut._n 32._o 46_o 47._o mark_v 13._o 37._o act_n 2._o 4._o 5._o he_o must_v take_v every_o thing_n as_o speak_v to_o himself_o matth._n 19_o 25_o 27._o &_o 26._o 22._o john_n 5._o 27._o iii_o after_o hear_v 1._o we_o must_v meditate_v of_o what_o we_o have_v hear_v act_v 17._o 11._o 2._o apply_v it_o to_o ourselves_o to_o apply_v the_o word_n be_v to_o take_v it_o as_o that_o wherein_o i_o have_v a_o interest_n psal._n 119._o 111._o every_o precept_n promise_n and_o privilege_n the_o life_n of_o preach_v and_o hear_v both_o be_v application_n if_o one_o can_v repeat_v the_o bible_n from_o one_o end_n to_o another_o it_o will_v not_o make_v he_o a_o know_v christian._n when_o our_o saviour_n tell_v his_o disciple_n one_o of_o they_o shall_v betray_v he_o they_o all_o ask_v be_v it_o i_o a_o good_a hearer_n isa._n 55._o 2._o be_v say_v to_o eat_v which_o note_v a_o intimate_a application_n the_o stomach_n distribute_v to_o every_o part_n what_o nourishment_n be_v suitable_a to_o it_o 3._o confer_v of_o it_o with_o other_o jer._n 33._o 25._o see_v john_n 16._o 17_o 19_o mark_v 4._o 10._o &_o 30_o 7._o 17._o &_o 10._o 10_o 11._o conference_n be_v that_o whereby_o