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nec_fw-la pater_fw-la nec_fw-la mater_fw-la nec_fw-la majores_fw-la nec_fw-la mors_fw-la ejus_fw-la describantur_fw-la talis_fw-la revera_fw-la est_fw-la silius_fw-la dei_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la nimirum_fw-la aeternus_fw-la quatenus_fw-la deus_fw-la sine_fw-la matre_fw-la ineffabiliter_fw-la genitus_fw-la quatenus_fw-la homo_fw-la sine_fw-la patre_fw-la ineffabiliter_fw-la conceptus_fw-la melchisedech_n ratione_fw-la sacerdotii_fw-la fuit_fw-la ipso_fw-la abrahaemo_fw-la superior_a utpote_fw-la quem_fw-la decimavit_fw-la &_o cvi_fw-la ut_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la benedixit_fw-la talis_fw-la revera_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la pendet_fw-la ipsius_fw-la abrahami_n &_o omnium_fw-la credentium_fw-la sanctificatio_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la quem_fw-la ut_fw-la omnium_fw-la autorem_fw-la colere_fw-la &_o venerari_fw-la omnes_fw-la debent_fw-la an._n in_o cypr._n p._n 182._o col_fw-fr 2._o sicut_fw-la ille_fw-la abrahae_fw-la milites_fw-la refecit_fw-la ita_fw-la dominus_fw-la relinquendo_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la coenae_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la exercitum_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la inquam_fw-la svam_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la restaurat_fw-la annot._n in_o cypr._n p._n 505._o col_fw-fr 2._o init_fw-la and_o such_o indeed_o be_v christ_n alone_o he_o be_v king_n of_o peace_n and_o righteousness_n such_o indeed_o be_v christ_n alone_o melchisedeck_v be_v set_v out_o to_o be_v consider_v as_o
no_o more_o think_v we_o be_v it_o not_o much_o more_o persuasive_a to_o have_v god_n himself_o speak_v then_o only_o to_o read_v what_o be_v write_v from_o he_o and_o who_o desire_v not_o more_o to_o see_v his_o friend_n and_o to_o hear_v he_o speak_v then_o to_o receive_v a_o letter_n from_o he_o and_o as_o for_o those_o godly_a person_n to_o who_o the_o son_n of_o god_n do_v not_o appear_v they_o have_v yet_o their_o ancestor_n that_o can_v tell_v they_o i_o have_v see_v the_o lord_n and_o the_o lord_n have_v speak_v to_o i_o yea_o it_o be_v far_o more_o commodious_a for_o the_o church_n which_o be_v to_o enjoy_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o write_a word_n that_o the_o forego_n church_n shall_v thus_o be_v deal_v withal_o by_o vision_n apparition_n etc._n etc._n without_o a_o write_a word_n then_o to_o have_v have_v a_o write_a word_n from_o the_o begin_n without_o these_o for_o this_o be_v a_o mean_a to_o gain_v more_o credit_n to_o the_o scripture_n which_o be_v to_o follow_v as_o it_o appear_v by_o that_o speech_n of_o god_n to_o moses_n lo_o i_o come_v unto_o thou_o in_o a_o thick_a cloud_n 19.9_o exod._n 19.9_o that_o the_o people_n may_v hear_v when_o i_o speak_v unto_o thou_o and_o believe_v thou_o for_o ever_o in_o which_o word_n god_n give_v this_o as_o a_o reason_n why_o the_o israelite_n shall_v hear_v god_n speak_v to_o moses_n before_o moses_n shall_v write_v any_o thing_n namely_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v move_v to_o believe_v he_o for_o ever_o and_o so_o be_v the_o case_n here_o so_o that_o all_o that_o space_n of_o time_n which_o go_v before_o the_o scripture_n be_v to_o succeed_a age_n as_o a_o preparative_n to_o stir_v up_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n to_o receive_v read_v and_o hear_v the_o scripture_n to_o be_v afterward_o deliver_v to_o the_o church_n with_o more_o reverence_n and_o undoubted_a faith_n but_o god_n will_v have_v the_o word_n afterward_o commit_v to_o writing_n because_o than_o it_o be_v needful_a for_o that_o the_o church_n be_v then_o much_o enlarge_v into_o many_o family_n and_o therefore_o there_o will_v have_v be_v great_a uncertainty_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o much_o danger_n of_o corruption_n unless_o god_n shall_v still_o have_v appear_v and_o speak_v to_o the_o father_n of_o the_o several_a family_n or_o unless_o there_o be_v one_o prophet_n in_o common_a to_o teach_v they_o all_o neither_o of_o which_o be_v or_o have_v be_v so_o convenient_a so_o that_o have_v not_o this_o heavenly_a doctrine_n be_v commit_v to_o writing_n there_o will_v have_v be_v as_o have_v be_v say_v much_o danger_n of_o corruption_n yea_o we_o see_v that_o before_o even_o when_o the_o church_n be_v in_o a_o narrow_a compass_n there_o be_v corruption_n adam_n have_v god_n reveal_v his_o will_n to_o he_o immediate_o 6._o gen._n 4._o &_o 6._o and_o yet_o cain_n his_o son_n bring_v in_o corruption_n yea_o and_o afterward_o the_o son_n of_o god_n corrupt_v religion_n by_o their_o unlawful_a marriage_n god_n restore_v the_o purity_n of_o doctrine_n to_o noah_n and_o he_o teach_v it_o to_o his_o posterity_n and_o they_o be_v disperse_v over_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n it_o be_v commit_v special_o to_o the_o posterity_n of_o shem_n and_o yet_o within_o the_o space_n of_o two_o hundred_o year_n terah_n 20_o josh_n 24.2_o gen._n 20_o the_o father_n of_o abraham_n serve_v other_o god_n god_n again_o restore_v the_o purity_n of_o doctrine_n to_o abraham_n and_o make_v he_o a_o prophet_n isaac_n succeed_v he_o and_o jacob_n he_o who_o die_v commend_v the_o keep_n of_o it_o to_o his_o posterity_n and_o it_o be_v probable_a it_o be_v keep_v pure_a as_o long_o as_o the_o son_n of_o jacob_n live_v but_o from_o the_o death_n of_o jacob_n son_n until_o their_o departure_n out_o of_o egypt_n there_o be_v not_o many_o above_o a_o hundred_o year_n and_o yet_o the_o rule_n of_o godliness_n be_v so_o wear_v out_o in_o that_o short_a space_n of_o time_n 8_o ezek._n 20.7_o 8_o that_o even_o those_o israelite_n breed_v and_o bear_v in_o egypt_n forsake_v the_o religion_n of_o their_o father_n and_o take_v up_o the_o custom_n of_o egypt_n and_o become_v egyptian_a idolater_n much_o great_a danger_n there_o will_v have_v be_v of_o corruption_n afterward_o if_o the_o rule_n of_o godliness_n have_v not_o then_o be_v commit_v to_o write_v and_o therefore_o it_o please_v god_n in_o his_o wisdom_n and_o mercy_n that_o now_o at_o length_n the_o rule_n of_o godliness_n shall_v be_v write_v both_o to_o prevent_v the_o error_n which_o may_v otherwise_o have_v prevail_v against_o the_o church_n and_o also_o that_o the_o church_n may_v have_v a_o rule_n certain_a and_o certain_o know_v by_o which_o to_o try_v all_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n whatsoever_o according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o prophet_n to_o the_o law_n and_o to_o the_o testimony_n 8.20_o isai_n 8.20_o if_o they_o speak_v not_o according_a to_o that_o word_n it_o be_v because_o there_o be_v no_o light_n in_o they_o stand_v we_o still_o and_o wonder_v at_o the_o goodness_n and_o wisdom_n of_o our_o gracious_a god_n so_o provide_v for_o his_o church_n and_o answer_v her_o necessity_n so_o manage_v his_o dispensation_n as_o may_v be_v most_o suitable_a to_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o church_n particular_o in_o this_o that_o he_o content_v himself_o to_o deliver_v this_o rule_n of_o godliness_n by_o word_n of_o mouth_n when_o there_o be_v less_o danger_n of_o corruption_n but_o then_o commit_v it_o to_o write_v when_o there_o be_v more_o danger_n in_o this_o kind_n fail_v we_o not_o 96.8_o psalm_n 96.8_o to_o give_v unto_o god_n the_o glory_n due_a to_o his_o name_n even_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o incomprehensible_a wisdom_n and_o unspeakable_a mercy_n but_o be_v we_o also_o careful_a to_o answer_v god_n expectation_n herein_o and_o have_v this_o write_a word_n as_o a_o sure_a rule_n by_o which_o to_o try_v all_o doctrine_n 4.14_o eph._n 4.14_o let_v we_o not_o be_v as_o child_n toss_v up_o and_o down_o with_o every_o wind_n of_o doctrine_n let_v we_o not_o believe_v every_o spirit_n but_o try_v the_o spirit_n 4.1_o 1_o john_n 4.1_o whether_o they_o be_v of_o god_n or_o not_o if_o we_o be_v deceive_v and_o lead_v into_o error_n have_v in_o our_o hand_n such_o a_o rule_n of_o trial_n who_o shall_v pity_v we_o but_o saint_n chrysostom_n give_v another_o reason_n of_o this_o various_a administration_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o godliness_n in_o the_o begin_n god_n speak_v to_o man_n by_o himself_o so_o he_o speak_v to_o adam_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ab_fw-la initio_fw-la per_fw-la seipsum_fw-la loquebatur_fw-la hominibus_fw-la deus_fw-la secundum_fw-la quod_fw-la audire_fw-la eye_n erat_fw-la possibile_fw-la sic_fw-la cum_fw-la adam_n locutus_fw-la refertur_fw-la sic_fw-la cum_fw-la no_n sic_fw-la cum_fw-la abraham_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vbi_fw-la autem_fw-la genus_fw-la nostrum_fw-la proclivius_fw-la in_o malitiam_fw-la declinavit_fw-la &_o a_o parent_n &_o conditore_fw-la svo_fw-la quasi_fw-la long_fw-mi quadam_fw-la peregrinatione_fw-la discessit_fw-la confabulatione_fw-la cessante_fw-la literis_fw-la &_o epistolis_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la tanquam_fw-la long_a à _fw-la se_fw-la positos_fw-la utitur_fw-la quibus_fw-la eos_fw-la veteris_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la &_o familiaritatis_fw-la admoneat_fw-la tom._n 2._o in_o genes_n ser._n 1._o to_o noah_n to_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n but_o when_o mankind_n decline_v downward_o to_o wickedness_n and_o as_o take_v a_o long_a journey_n depart_v from_o their_o father_n and_o maker_n the_o confabulation_n end_v he_o use_v letter_n and_o epistle_n to_o they_o as_o be_v far_o absent_a from_o he_o by_o which_o he_o bring_v to_o their_o mind_n that_o friendship_n and_o familiarity_n which_o sometime_o they_o have_v with_o he_o 2._o another_o difference_n in_o this_o administration_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o godliness_n be_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o person_n to_o who_o it_o be_v discover_v then_o to_o one_o nation_n now_o to_o all_o nation_n 23_o exo._n 10.22_o 23_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o plague_n of_o darkness_n that_o be_v upon_o egypt_n all_o egypt_n be_v in_o the_o dark_a only_o the_o hebrew_n in_o goshen_n have_v light_a so_o be_v it_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n that_o light_n of_o save_v truth_n do_v then_o shine_v only_o among_o the_o jew_n all_o the_o world_n beside_o be_v then_o in_o darkness_n it_o be_v the_o confession_n that_o david_n make_v he_o have_v show_v his_o word_n unto_o jacob_n 20_o psa_fw-la 147.19_o 20_o his_o statute_n and_o judgement_n unto_o israel_n he_o have_v not_o so_o deal_v with_o any_o other_o nation_n and_o as_o for_o his_o judgement_n they_o have_v not_o know_v they_o to_o this_o also_o saint_n paul_n give_v his_o attestation_n first_o of_o the_o jew_n to_o that_o question_n what_o advantage_n have_v the_o jew_n
appear_v not_o to_o our_o eye_n and_o yet_o its_o certain_a that_o the_o church_n have_v always_o a_o be_v and_o be_v always_o enlighten_v by_o christ_n her_o sun_n so_o say_v whitaker_n against_o campian_n think_v thou_o that_o thou_o can_v persuade_v we_o 3._o an_fw-mi tu_fw-la te_fw-la posse_fw-la pute_fw-la nobis_fw-la persuadere_fw-la eum_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la statum_fw-la ut_fw-la obscurari_fw-la nequeat_fw-la ut_fw-la nil_fw-la perfidia_fw-la nil_fw-la host_n nil_fw-la antichristus_fw-la valeat_fw-la delere_fw-la hi_o quidem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nunquam_fw-la possunt_fw-la in_fw-la angustias_fw-la compingere_fw-la &_o compellere_fw-la in_o latebras_fw-la possunt_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la augustinus_n lunae_fw-la similem_fw-la esse_fw-la dixit_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la tota_fw-la lucet_fw-la solis_fw-la incensa_fw-la radiis_fw-la nunc_fw-la luminis_fw-la magna_fw-la parte_fw-la privatur_fw-la nunc_fw-la lumen_fw-la omnino_fw-la nullum_fw-la ostendit_fw-la ita_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la interdum_fw-la lumine_fw-la clarissimo_fw-la illustratur_fw-la interdum_fw-la obscurior_fw-la apparet_fw-la interdum_fw-la vix_fw-la apparet_fw-la quidem_fw-la ad_fw-la campian_n raâ—_n 3._o that_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n be_v such_o that_o it_o can_v be_v obscure_v so_o that_o the_o perfidiousness_n of_o enemy_n and_o antichrist_n can_v do_v nothing_o against_o it_o they_o can_v indeed_o destroy_v the_o church_n but_o they_o can_v bring_v it_o into_o a_o narrow_a compass_n and_o drive_v it_o into_o hole_n augustine_n say_v the_o church_n be_v like_o the_o moon_n which_o sometime_o shine_v whole_o be_v enlighten_v with_o the_o sunbeam_n sometime_o be_v deprive_v of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o her_o light_n and_o sometime_o show_v no_o light_n at_o all_o so_o the_o church_n shine_v sometime_o more_o glorious_o sometime_o it_o be_v more_o obscure_v and_o sometime_o it_o hardly_o appear_v at_o all_o he_o proceed_v to_o make_v it_o manifest_a by_o example_n the_o face_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n say_v he_o be_v glorious_a under_o david_n and_o solomon_n ibid._n si_fw-mi ecclesiae_fw-la illius_fw-la tanta_fw-la vastitas_fw-la esse_fw-la potuit_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la omni_fw-la illo_fw-la piorum_fw-la numero_fw-la nullus_fw-la omnino_fw-la reliquus_fw-la esse_fw-la videretur_fw-la etsi_fw-la reliqui_fw-la erant_fw-la re_fw-la permulti_fw-la mirum_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la in_fw-la regno_fw-la antichristi_fw-la qui_fw-la omnes_fw-la achabos_n &_o jezabelas_n immanitate_fw-la superat_fw-la ita_fw-la fuisse_fw-la direptam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ut_fw-la mira_fw-la esset_fw-la fidelium_fw-la solitudo_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o ista_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vastatione_n efficere_fw-la potuit_fw-la antichristus_fw-la quin_fw-la multae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sanctorum_fw-la remanserint_fw-la qui_fw-la genua_fw-la nunquam_fw-la bestiae_fw-la flexerint_fw-la nec_fw-la signum_fw-la ejus_fw-la inuri_fw-la permiserint_fw-la ibid._n but_o under_o ahab_n it_o be_v so_o obscure_v that_o eliah_n complain_v that_o beside_o himself_o there_o be_v none_o leave_v and_o thence_o he_o infer_v '_o if_o that_o church_n can_v be_v so_o waste_v that_o of_o all_o that_o number_n of_o godly_a man_n none_o seem_v to_o be_v leave_v though_o indeed_o many_o be_v leave_v seven_o thousand_o say_v god_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o antichrist_n who_o exceed_v all_o ahab_n and_o jezabel_n in_o cruelty_n the_o church_n be_v so_o lay_v waste_n that_o there_o be_v so_o great_a a_o solitude_n of_o the_o faithful_a yet_o neither_o be_v antichrist_n able_a in_o that_o devastation_n of_o the_o church_n to_o prevail_v but_o that_o there_o remain_v thousand_o of_o saint_n which_o bow_v not_o the_o knee_n to_o the_o beast_n nor_o receive_v his_o mark_n hence_o we_o may_v frame_v a_o answer_n to_o the_o romanist_n frequent_o assail_a we_o with_o that_o question_n where_o be_v your_o church_n before_o luther_n for_o this_o be_v the_o confident_a assertion_n of_o campian_n the_o jesuit_n of_o we_o that_o for_o fifteen_o age_n we_o can_v find_v any_o one_o town_n or_o village_n or_o house_n 3._o quindecim_fw-la seculis_fw-la non_fw-la oppidum_fw-la non_fw-la villam_fw-la non_fw-la domum_fw-la reperire_fw-la possumus_fw-la imbutum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la nostra_fw-la rat_n 3._o hold_v our_o religion_n namely_o till_o the_o time_n of_o luther_n zuinglius_fw-la and_o calvin_n but_o learned_a whitaker_n do_v just_o deny_v it_o ibid._n id_fw-la falsissimum_fw-la est_fw-la campiane_fw-la temporibus_fw-la enim_fw-la apostolicis_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la urbes_fw-la omne_fw-la oppida_fw-la familiae_fw-la omnes_fw-la eandem_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o religionem_fw-la coluerunt_fw-la quam_fw-la nos_fw-la profitemur_fw-la ibid._n this_o be_v most_o false_a say_v he_o for_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n all_o church_n all_o city_n all_o town_n all_o family_n hold_v the_o same_o 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