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in_o all_o the_o time_n of_o the_o law_n 3270_o the_o jew_n say_v but_o nine_o time_n the_o ten_o to_o be_v do_v by_o messiah_n 3299_o highpriest_n see_v priesthood_n hemingiuss_n good_a counsel_n 3267_o dr._n hessils_n 3274_o holywater_n the_o canon_n for_o it_o ground_v on_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o red_a heifer_n and_o elizaeuss_n salt_n 3264_o etc._n etc._n canon_n for_o holywater_n mistake_v its_o ground_n 3270_o '_o 3264_o hope_n must_v be_v mingle_v with_o fear_n a_o rule_n to_o plant_v hope_n and_o prevent_v despair_n 3104_o ground_n of_o hope_n 3104_o more_o ground_n 3278_o hope_n why_o call_v a_o anchor_n what_o it_o apprehend_v 3â—03_n humane_a nature_n abstract_n not_o object_n of_o divine_a decree_n 3234_o humane_a nature_n the_o cross_n contradict_v temper_n thereof_o 3024_o etc._n etc._n humane_a nature_n see_v decree_n howant-cry_a for_o antichrist_n likely_a to_o fall_v into_o tiber_n 3262_o i._n jacob_n and_o esau_n st._n paul_n instance_n 3214_o ideal_o reason_n 3229_o idea_n of_o reprobation_n 3226_o identity_n of_o several_a sort_n 3233_o idiopathie_n 3119_o idiot_n by_o nature_n neither_o servant_n nor_o master_n 3046_o jesuite_n design_n 3189_o a_o jewish_a objection_n ill_o answer_v by_o the_o romanist_n 3290_o jew_n in_o part_n believer_n servant_n to_o sin_n lewes_z answer_v we_o be_v never_o in_o bondage_n how_o true_a 3040_o etc._n etc._n 3072_o etc._n etc._n jew_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la not_o to_o be_v slave_n because_o god_n peculiar_a one_o 3044_o jew_n which_o sort_n believer_n or_o other_o make_v that_o passionate_a reply_n to_o christ_n john_n 8._o 3073_o jewish_a revolt_v 3075_o etc._n etc._n jew_n god_n their_o king_n in_o a_o peculiar_a sense_n 3134_o jew_n spoil_v the_o egyptian_n jure_fw-la reprisaliorum_fw-la and_o by_o their_o consent_n also_o 3195_o jew_n harden_v as_o well_o as_o the_o egyptian_n 3205_o yea_o more_o than_o they_o 3206_o rejection_n of_o the_o jew._n the_o original_a and_o manner_n of_o it_o 3210_o to_o 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make_v lord_n and_o christ_n ibid._n then_o enoch_n abraham_n moses_n and_o such_o as_o live_v at_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n ascension_n be_v consecrate_v king_n and_o priest_n ibid._n we_o must_v first_o know_v ourselves_o before_o we_o can_v know_v god_n as_o creator_n redeemer_n sanctifier_n 3002_o not_o know_v ourselves_o in_o the_o individual_a as_o sinner_n in_o the_o general_n as_o son_n of_o adam_n a_o occasion_n of_o a_o socinian_n error_n 3002_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n the_o first_o part_n of_o it_o more_o easy_a than_o the_o second_o wherein_o both_o part_n consist_v 3001_o etc._n etc._n the_o 35._o first_o chapter_n intend_v for_o a_o introduction_n to_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n 3129_o l._n the_o law_n give_v the_o estimate_n of_o sin_n like_o a_o medicine_n set_v sin_n on_o work_v sin_n rage_v and_o revive_v at_o the_o law_n 3025_o etc._n etc._n law_n a_o schoolmaster_n the_o lesson_n it_o teach_v by_o legal_a sacrifice_n 3293_o the_o 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in_o fide_fw-la perhibuit_fw-la testimonium_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la ambrose_n nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la defendit_fw-la in_o parvulis_fw-la ut_fw-la haberent_fw-la necessarium_fw-la medicum_fw-la christum_fw-la nisi_fw-la originale_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nunquid_fw-la &_o gloriosissimae_fw-la coronae_fw-la cyprianus_n dicetur_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquo_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la fuisse_fw-la sed_fw-la vel_fw-la esse_fw-la potuisse_fw-la manichaeus_n cum_fw-la prius_fw-la iste_fw-la sit_fw-la passus_fw-la quà m_fw-la illa_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la romano_n pestis_fw-la apparuit_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la de_fw-la baptismate_fw-la parvulorum_fw-la ita_fw-la defendit_fw-la originale_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ut_fw-la propterea_fw-la dicat_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la oct_n avum_fw-la diem_fw-la si_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la parvulum_fw-la batizari_fw-la oportere_fw-la ne_fw-la pereat_fw-la quem_fw-la tanto_fw-la vult_fw-la intelligi_fw-la ad_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la baptismi_fw-la facilius_fw-la 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contendit_fw-la &_o aegâ—è_fw-la impetrat_fw-la à _fw-la beluarum_fw-la magistro_fw-la ut_fw-la ingenti_fw-la urso_fw-la cavea_fw-la separatim_fw-la incluso_fw-la sed_fw-la quem_fw-la constabat_fw-la in_o neminem_fw-la antea_fw-la desaeujisse_fw-la exitum_fw-la aperiret_fw-la facta_fw-la potestate_fw-la ursus_fw-la erumpit_fw-la mulam_fw-la terresacit_fw-la excussam_fw-la mulierculam_fw-la caeteris_fw-la qui_fw-la aderant_fw-la diffugentibus_fw-la invadit_fw-la dictoque_fw-la citius_fw-la strangulat_fw-la &_o contrito_fw-la capite_fw-la primùm_fw-la avulsa_fw-la ubera_fw-la deinde_fw-la natem_fw-la alteram_fw-la devorat_fw-la unguibus_fw-la &_o dentibus_fw-la laceratam_fw-la esseratam_fw-la bestiam_fw-la existimo_fw-la colore_fw-la coccineae_fw-la vestis_fw-la quam_fw-la induerat_fw-la misella_fw-la speciem_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la praeferentem_fw-la sepulveda_n epist_n lib._n 2._o ep_n 15._o historian_n sometime_o chronicler_n to_o charles_n the_o five_o in_o a_o epistle_n of_o he_o to_o 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though_o one_o portion_n of_o it_o be_v divide_v from_o another_o yet_o no_o drop_n of_o it_o be_v divide_v from_o his_o infinite_a person_n and_o that_o which_o the_o romish_a church_n will_v transfer_v unto_o each_o several_a crumb_n of_o bread_n or_o drop_n of_o wine_n in_o the_o eucharist_n be_v original_o and_o proper_o true_a of_o the_o several_a drop_n or_o divisibility_n of_o christ_n blood_n which_o be_v shed_v for_o we_o whole_a christ_n be_v in_o every_o one_o of_o they_o indivisible_o in_o every_o one_o of_o they_o god_n be_v the_o godhead_n be_v and_o be_v personal_o unite_v to_o all_o of_o they_o 11._o whether_o all_o and_o every_o portion_n of_o his_o blood_n which_o be_v then_o shed_v be_v by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o godhead_n recollect_v and_o reunite_v to_o his_o body_n as_o his_o body_n be_v to_o his_o soul_n at_o the_o resurrection_n 2._o see_v chap_n 46._o numb_a 2._o we_o can_v tell_v god_n know_v but_o this_o we_o know_v and_o believe_v that_o the_o self_n same_o blood_n which_o be_v then_o shed_v whether_o it_o be_v gather_v together_o again_o or_o remain_v disperse_v whether_o it_o be_v reunite_v to_o his_o glorified_a body_n or_o divide_v from_o it_o be_v still_o unite_a to_o the_o fountain_n of_o life_n to_o the_o godhead_n in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o son_n and_o be_v unite_v to_o this_o fountain_n of_o life_n who_o dwell_v in_o it_o as_o light_v within_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sun_n it_o be_v of_o efficacy_n everlasting_a it_o have_v a_o immortal_a power_n or_o force_v to_o dissolve_v the_o work_n of_o satan_n in_o we_o as_o well_o those_o which_o he_o work_v in_o we_o after_o baptism_n as_o before_o the_o virtue_n of_o it_o to_o cleanse_v and_o purge_v we_o from_o our_o sin_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o be_v at_o this_o day_n as_o sovereign_a as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v sprinkle_v upon_o our_o soul_n while_o it_o issue_v out_o of_o his_o body_n it_o be_v impossible_a it_o shall_v lose_v its_o virtue_n in_o or_o upon_o our_o 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etc._n 3303_o etc._n etc._n see_v presence_n luther_n do_v not_o distinguish_v inter_fw-la liberam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la &_o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la 3130_o lutheran_n catechism_n and_o consequence_n 3188_o lutheran_n wrest_v the_o ancient_n in_o point_n of_o consubstantiation_n 3298_o lycurgus_n whelp_n 3085_o 3134_o m._n great_a magore_n weigh_v himself_o yearly_a in_o gold_n and_o give_v it_o to_o the_o poor_a 3236_o malepert_a courtier_n 3227_o manichee_n their_o brutish_a opinion_n 3080_o etc._n etc._n marry_o the_o b._n virgin_n free_a from_o sin_n in_o her_o consent_n be_v in_fw-la unto_o i_o 3038_o mass_n doctr._fw-la of_o it_o injurious_a to_o christ_n 3262_o etc._n etc._n wrong_v his_o one_o sacrifice_n the_o value_n and_o efficacy_n of_o it_o 3289_o etc._n etc._n scandalise_v the_o jew_n 3290_o make_v legal_a priest_n type_n of_o masspriest_n 3265_o melchizedeck_v by_o the_o romanist_n make_v a_o type_n of_o mass-priest_n rather_o than_o of_o christ_n 3265_o 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