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pag._n 535._o d._n whitaker_n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n count_v 4._o quaest_n 1._o pag._n 11.12.13_o necessity_n of_o discipl_n pag._n 38._o refutat_fw-la doctor_n downame_n lib._n 2._o sermon_n part_n 2._o pag._n 26.70.79_o mr._n paget_n grant_v that_o pastor_n be_v require_v in_o act._n 20.28_o and_o 1._o pet._n 5.2_o to_o exercise_v their_o ministry_n in_o their_o own_o congregation_n notwithstanding_o say_v he_o this_o prove_v not_o but_o they_o may_v do_v the_o like_a in_o other_o neighbour_n church_n i_o have_v already_o in_o part_n show_v the_o daungerousnes_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o reason_v in_o truth_n it_o do_v not_o only_o unclasp_v the_o argument_n which_o our_o divine_n have_v allege_v against_o heretic_n but_o also_o it_o be_v a_o notable_a ground_n devise_v for_o atheist_n and_o blasphemer_n to_o gather_v a_o number_n of_o most_o wicked_a position_n by_o it_o for_o example_n to_o prove_v that_o we_o must_v direct_v our_o prayer_n to_o god_n only_o our_o writer_n 16._o writer_n perk._n 3_o vo_z p._n 121._o smith_n essex_n deve_a p._n 15._o wischart_n pag._n 16._o allege_v mat._n 6.9_o when_o you_o pray_v say_v our_o father_n etc._n etc._n but_o what_o may_v papist_n reply_v hereunto_o if_o they_o will_v take_v their_o lesson_n out_o of_o mr._n pagets_n book_n thus_o that_o we_o be_v to_o direct_v our_o prayer_n to_o god_n we_o grant_v howbeit_o this_o place_n prove_v not_o but_o we_o may_v pray_v also_o to_o angel_n in_o heaven_n to_o saint_n depart_v to_o any_o image_n of_o wood_n and_o stone_n whatsoever_o again_o to_o refute_v their_o fiction_n of_o purgatory_n the_o learned_a 7.12_o learned_a pola_n synt._n l._n 7._o c._n 24._o p._n 551._o and_o his_o symp._n cath._n c._n 29._o the_o 1.2_o gerha_n har._n hist._n p._n 183_o chem._n har._n hist_o c._n 122._o p._n 1750._o pet._n mart._n loc._n come_v class_n 7._o c._n 9_o p._n 619._o alsted_n the._n polem_n pa._n 4_o pag._n 369._o perk._n 3._o vol._n p._n 227._o on_o mat._n 7.12_o cite_v luk._n 16.22.23_o and_o 23.43_o mat._n 7.13_o where_o we_o find_v mention_v make_v of_o a_o heaven_n a_o hell_n a_o streaght-gate_n a_o narrow-gate_n but_o if_o his_o doctrine_n be_v sound_a they_o may_v easy_o put_v this_o by_o and_o say_v we_o grant_v that_o these_o scripture_n prove_v there_o be_v a_o heaven_n and_o a_o hell_n etc._n etc._n notwithstanding_o there_o may_v be_v a_o three_o place_n too_o as_o we_o hold_v for_o aught_o be_v here_o say_v to_o the_o contrary_n to_o be_v short_a we_o read_v in_o genesis_n that_o god_n in_o the_o beginning_n make_v the_o world_n adam_n marry_v eve_n etc._n etc._n now_o let_v this_o be_v grant_v yet_o according_a to_o his_o manner_n of_o dispute_v that_o may_v be_v true_a too_o which_o the_o jew_n fable_n to_o wit_n that_o many_o lesser_a world_n be_v make_v before_o that_o adam_n have_v another_o wife_n beside_o eve_n name_v lillith_a 60._o lillith_a bran._n spiegel_n print_v at_o craconia_n 1597._o ben_n sirach_n quaest_n 60._o from_o who_o he_o be_v divorce_v for_o her_o pride_n i_o can_v multiply_v instance_n in_o this_o kind_n to_o show_v that_o there_o be_v not_o a_o error_n so_o gross_a and_o vile_a but_o it_o may_v be_v justify_v this_o same_o way_n and_o as_o well_o too_o which_o he_o have_v here_o devise_v to_o maintain_v that_o pastor_n may_v exercise_v all_o act_n of_o their_o ministry_n in_o any_o congregation_n beside_o their_o own_o he_o tell_v we_o in_o pag._n 89._o that_o by_o our_o speech_n we_o do_v exceed_o gratify_v many_o sort_n of_o libertine_n arrian_n socinian_o and_o other_o heretic_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v if_o he_o look_v well_o on_o his_o own_o writing_n he_o shall_v see_v the_o thing_n charge_v upon_o we_o most_o true_a in_o himself_o for_o beside_o the_o former_a instance_n mark_v how_o the_o papist_n argue_v 137._o caes_n baron_fw-fr tom._n 1._o p._n 137._o just_a as_o he_o do_v although_o there_o be_v mention_v make_v in_o scripture_n but_o of_o 3_o church_n officer_n that_o be_v bishop_n elder_n and_o deacon_n yet_o there_o be_v more_o etc._n etc._n object_n but_o what_o if_o need_v require_v that_o a_o pastor_n shall_v administer_v the_o sacrament_n 134._o pag._n 134._o both_o of_o baptism_n and_o the_o lord_n supper_n in_o neighbour_n church_n that_o be_v destitute_a and_o he_o be_v desire_v thereunto_o answ_n 1._o there_o be_v no_o precept_n nor_o example_n in_o the_o scripture_n to_o prove_v that_o such_o a_o thing_n shall_v be_v desire_v good_a mind_n must_v use_v good_a mean_n also_o otherwise_o they_o please_v not_o god_n obedience_n be_v better_a than_o sacrifice_n 2._o i_o reason_v thus_o whosoever_o right_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n must_v do_v it_o by_o virtue_n of_o a_o ministerial_a call_n but_o no_o man_n can_v administer_v the_o sacrament_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o ministerial_a call_n save_v in_o his_o own_o
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