or_o quality_n of_o a_o altar_n in_o this_o oblation_n neither_o do_v the_o scripture_n ever_o call_v it_o so_o although_o it_o speak_v so_o often_o of_o the_o cross_n and_o of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o christ_n let_v it_o not_o displease_v so_o many_o learned_a man_n who_o have_v authorize_v this_o vulgar_a phrase_n that_o christ_n be_v offer_v on_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o cross_n the_o cross_n be_v not_o the_o altar_n of_o this_o incomparable_a sacrifice_n the_o name_n of_o altar_n be_v of_o great_a importance_n than_o many_o man_n consider_v this_o be_v a_o irrefragable_a maxim_n that_o the_o altar_n be_v great_a than_o the_o offer_n in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v the_o altar_n which_o sanctifi_v the_o offer_n matth._n 23.19_o whence_o will_v follow_v that_o which_o none_o shall_v dare_v to_o think_v that_o the_o cross_n shall_v be_v more_o excellent_a than_o the_o body_n of_o jesus_n christ_n yea_o that_o it_o have_v sanctify_v it_o all_o that_o can_v be_v say_v when_o the_o 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and_o whence_o come_v it_o that_o this_o crucify_v have_v give_v up_o the_o ghost_n rend_v the_o veil_n of_o the_o temple_n darken_v the_o sun_n cleave_v the_o rock_n shake_v the_o earth_n and_o open_v the_o sepulcher_n the_o exploit_n of_o samson_n die_v howsoever_o prodigious_a yet_o it_o be_v not_o miraculous_a to_o speak_v proper_o nor_o do_v it_o approach_v any_o thing_n near_o to_o those_o great_a wonder_n which_o our_o lord_n wrought_v in_o his_o death_n wherefore_o be_v jesus_n christ_n the_o only_a man_n among_o all_o man_n who_o death_n have_v be_v honour_v with_o visible_a miracle_n if_o not_o to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o all_o other_o man_n by_o a_o mark_n so_o illustrious_a so_o as_o i_o have_v observe_v before_o as_o well_o the_o birth_n as_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n have_v be_v signalise_v by_o miracle_n and_o never_o any_o man_n whatsoever_o have_v have_v the_o like_a honour_n three_o sign_n from_o heaven_n exhibit_v in_o three_o several_a passage_n by_o the_o which_o jesus_n christ_n have_v be_v declare_v public_o to_o be_v the_o messiah_n in_o the_o course_n of_o the_o life_n of_o jesus_n christ_n in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o humiliation_n we_o consider_v his_o nativity_n his_o baptism_n and_o his_o death_n his_o nativity_n in_o which_o he_o begin_v to_o appear_v in_o the_o world_n his_o baptism_n by_o which_o he_o enter_v into_o the_o function_n of_o his_o office_n and_o his_o death_n by_o which_o he_o finish_v the_o work_n of_o the_o redemption_n every_o one_o of_o these_o mystry_n be_v immediate_o follow_v and_o overtake_v by_o a_o sign_n from_o heaven_n and_o that_o way_n show_v unto_o the_o world_n his_o birth_n by_o the_o star_n which_o carry_v the_o news_n as_o far_o as_o the_o east_n precede_v by_o the_o acclamation_n of_o angel_n publish_v this_o happy_a nativity_n his_o baptism_n by_o the_o open_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o shape_n of_o a_o dove_n accompany_v by_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n his_o death_n by_o the_o miraculous_a darken_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o fill_v all_o the_o earth_n with_o darkness_n when_o the_o jew_n demand_v that_o jesus_n christ_n shall_v authorise_v his_o call_n by_o some_o sign_n from_o heaven_n they_o shall_v have_v learn_v that_o which_o pass_v at_o his_o birth_n and_o his_o baptism_n and_o afterward_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v consider_v that_o which_o happen_v at_o his_o death_n they_o have_v then_o see_v his_o calling_n attest_v by_o three_o sign_n from_o heaven_n why_o the_o high_a priest_n who_o represent_v jesus_n christ_n never_o come_v near_o to_o the_o dead_a and_o yet_o jesus_n christ_n do_v the_o contrary_n the_o law_n forbid_v the_o high_a priest_n to_o touch_v a_o dead_a corpse_n yea_o to_o enter_v into_o any_o house_n in_o which_o there_o be_v one_o decease_v yea_o to_o show_v any_o sign_n of_o grief_n be_v it_o for_o his_o own_o father_n or_o mother_n levit._n 21.10_o 11._o whence_o it_o appear_v that_o if_o he_o find_v himself_o in_o any_o place_n where_o any_o person_n be_v at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n it_o behove_v he_o to_o depart_v from_o thence_o immediate_o his_o presence_n be_v incompatible_a with_o that_o of_o a_o dead_a body_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a jesus_n christ_n enter_v into_o the_o house_n where_o lie_v the_o dead_a body_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o jairus_n himself_o take_v she_o by_o the_o hand_n he_o touch_v the_o coffin_n of_o the_o young_a man_n of_o naim_n that_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o grave_n he_o shed_v tear_n over_o lazarus_n already_o putrify_v these_o particuiar_n be_v more_o important_a than_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v certain_o the_o defile_n which_o the_o law_n find_v in_o dead_a body_n may_v bear_v a_o reflection_n upon_o the_o priest_n because_o he_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o remove_v the_o corruption_n of_o death_n but_o he_o which_o be_v able_a to_o give_v life_n unto_o the_o dead_a be_v above_o this_o law_n and_o the_o reach_n of_o this_o infection_n here_o be_v see_v a_o notable_a difference_n the_o moysaicall_a priesthood_n abandon_v the_o dead_a and_o leave_v they_o in_o their_o uncleanness_n because_o it_o can_v remedy_v it_o but_o the_o true_a and_o eternal_a priest_n because_o he_o raise_v the_o dead_a have_v converse_v with_o they_o and_o his_o touch_n have_v restore_v their_o life_n he_o come_v to_o search_v we_o yea_o within_o our_o grave_n yea_o he_o guard_v our_o bone_n why_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n be_v more_o excusable_a in_o the_o saint_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n than_o it_o be_v now_o and_o why_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o imitate_v they_o in_o all_o that_o which_o have_v speak_v concern_v this_o subject_n we_o shall_v find_v it_o strange_a that_o the_o apprehension_n of_o a_o natural_a death_n shall_v make_v a_o christian_n to_o
visive_a faculty_n be_v not_o give_v to_o all_o although_o all_o presume_v that_o they_o have_v it_o i_o will_v not_o here_o speak_v of_o they_o who_o imagine_v that_o if_o they_o see_v some_o miracle_n they_o shall_v undoubted_o believe_v nor_o of_o they_o who_o think_v they_o have_v a_o great_a faith_n because_o they_o never_o doubt_v of_o any_o point_n of_o religion_n nor_o of_o the_o learned_a why_o they_o be_v more_o subject_n to_o doubt_n then_o the_o common_a sort_n of_o christian_n nor_o of_o other_o matter_n appertain_v to_o this_o subject_n which_o i_o have_v touch_v in_o my_o treatise_n of_o popular_a error_n i_o will_v therefore_o pass_v to_o the_o second_o part_n which_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o work_n contain_v in_o the_o decalogue_n finis_fw-la the_o table_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n why_o a_o man_n that_o shall_v be_v perfect_a may_v always_o increase_v in_o knowledge_n but_o not_o in_o goodness_n pag._n 1._o to_o love_n god_n without_o know_v he_o be_v the_o most_o irregular_a of_o all_o affection_n p._n 2._o why_o the_o wise_a nation_n have_v have_v more_o paltry_a or_o horrible_a god_n than_o those_o that_o be_v barbarous_a p._n 3._o quest_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o sufficient_a reason_n for_o adhere_v to_o a_o religion_n to_o allege_v that_o in_o it_o may_v be_v find_v salvation_n p._n 5._o such_o as_o a_o man_n be_v in_o his_o own_o nature_n such_o he_o imagine_v that_o god_n be_v strange_a horrid_a conceit_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n concern_v this_o subject_n p._n 6._o of_o all_o the_o attribute_n of_o god_n which_o be_v that_o which_o we_o see_v first_o and_o which_o be_v that_o which_o we_o see_v least_o p._n 8._o the_o two_o great_a point_n of_o religion_n p._n 10._o which_o be_v more_o culpable_a those_o who_o distrust_v the_o power_n of_o god_n or_o those_o that_o doubt_v of_o his_o mercy_n towards_o they_o p._n 11._o of_o the_o holy_a trinity_n the_o extent_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o diversity_n of_o the_o object_n of_o it_o p._n 12._o three_o degree_n of_o language_n of_o god_n in_o the_o creation_n p._n 13._o why_o god_n never_o speak_v of_o himself_o in_o the_o plural_a number_n nor_o be_v ever_o bring_v in_o as_o consult_v but_o where_o it_o concern_v man_n p._n 14._o of_o the_o creation_n the_o diversity_n of_o habitation_n which_o god_n have_v give_v to_o two_o kind_n of_o creature_n which_o bear_v his_o image_n that_o be_v to_o angel_n and_o men._n p._n 18._o what_o ought_v to_o be_v gather_v from_o this_o that_o god_n impose_v name_n upon_o the_o day_n the_o night_n the_o heaven_n the_o earth_n the_o sea_n yet_o have_v give_v no_o general_a name_n to_o signify_v the_o whole_a world_n p._n 20._o whence_o come_v it_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n be_v please_v with_o variety_n p._n 21._o of_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n why_o the_o scripture_n often_o name_v the_o hand_n or_o the_o arm_n of_o god_n than_o the_o heart_n of_o god_n p._n 22._o of_o the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o the_o creation_n and_o of_o the_o excellent_a instruction_n which_o issue_n from_o it_o p._n 23._o how_o many_o time_n the_o general_a order_n of_o the_o world_n have_v be_v interrupt_v since_o the_o creation_n p._n 26._o a_o example_n of_o instruction_n wherewith_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n have_v furnish_v man_n by_o creature_n most_o contemptible_a p_o 27._o whence_o come_v it_o that_o in_o divers_a dispute_n and_o dialogue_n which_o we_o read_v to_o have_v pass_v between_o god_n and_o man_n it_o seem_v without_o blasphemy_n be_v it_o speak_v that_o man_n reason_v better_a than_o god_n himself_o p._n 28._o notable_a example_n of_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n in_o the_o fatality_n of_o time_n of_o place_n and_o other_o circumstance_n p_o 30._o of_o many_o kind_n of_o scourge_n equal_o dreadful_a and_o unavoidable_a which_o ought_v to_o be_v choose_v if_o god_n shall_v leave_v the_o choice_n to_o we_o or_o which_o be_v more_o to_o be_v desire_v p._n 35._o whence_o come_v it_o that_o among_o public_a scourge_n those_o that_o pass_v the_o hand_n of_o man_n be_v more_o frequent_a more_o universal_a and_o of_o long_a continuance_n than_o those_o which_o come_v immediate_o from_o god_n p._n 37._o it_o make_v for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n that_o there_o be_v more_o wicked_a than_o good_a man_n ibid._n the_o great_a good_a that_o god_n have_v do_v to_o the_o world_n be_v come_v to_o pass_v by_o mean_n of_o the_o great_a crime_n that_o man_n can_v commit_v p._n 39_o nature_n itself_o have_v restrain_v the_o force_n and_o ability_n of_o man_n to_o the_o end_n to_o bound_v his_o desire_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o malice_n p._n 40._o of_o the_o marvellous_a providence_n of_o god_n permit_v that_o the_o righteous_a die_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o wicked_a p._n 41._o why_o in_o war_n the_o people_n of_o god_n have_v be_v often_o beat_v by_o their_o enemy_n and_o why_o a_o good_a cause_n have_v be_v overthrow_v p._n 43._o why_o god_n never_o send_v above_o one_o angel_n or_o two_o at_o most_o when_o he_o intend_v to_o destroy_v man_n and_o have_v so_o often_o send_v many_o when_o he_o intend_v to_o preserve_v one_o man_n p._n 45._o if_o man_n have_v persevere_v in_o original_a justice_n there_o have_v never_o be_v miracle_n but_o only_o of_o one_o kind_n p._n 47._o of_o jesus_n christ_n aconsideration_n of_o the_o divers_a name_n and_o title_n of_o our_o saviour_n and_o the_o difference_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v observe_v in_o express_v they_o p._n 49._o wherefore_o jesus_n who_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n as_o well_o of_o the_o one_o as_o the_o other_o testament_n have_v not_o that_o external_a anoint_v which_o be_v give_v to_o prophet_n priest_n and_o king_n p._n 54._o whence_o come_v it_o that_o divers_a discourse_n utter_v by_o jesus_n christ_n seem_v to_o be_v without_o method_n a_o admirable_a secret_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v observe_v p._n 55._o a_o conjecture_n of_o what_o our_o lord_n write_v when_o the_o pharisee_n demand_v his_o judgement_n touch_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o adulteress_n joh._n 8._o p._n 57_o why_o god_n send_v for_o the_o forerunner_n of_o his_o son_n a_o prophet_n rather_o than_o a_o king_n and_o why_o there_o be_v no_o christian_a king_n for_o the_o space_n of_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o nativity_n of_o jesus_n christ_n p._n 60._o of_o the_o humane_a nature_n of_o jesus_n christ_n a_o excellent_a gradation_n in_o the_o four_o evangelist_n describe_v the_o genealogy_n of_o jesus_n christ_n p._n 62._o why_o the_o scripture_n give_v the_o name_n of_o antichrist_n to_o he_o that_o deni_v the_o humanity_n of_o our_o saviour_n rather_o than_o to_o he_o that_o deni_v his_o divinity_n p._n 63._o why_o jesus_n christ_n after_o his_o resurrection_n call_v himself_o no_o more_o the_o son_n of_o man_n as_o before_o time_n p._n 64._o why_o the_o most_o glorious_a miracle_n which_o our_o lord_n wrought_v be_v often_o precede_v by_o some_o action_n which_o witness_v those_o weakness_n to_o which_o his_o humane_a nature_n be_v make_v subject_a p._n 65._o of_o a_o admirable_a harmony_n which_o be_v find_v between_o the_o three_o period_n of_o the_o three_o fourteen_n number_v in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o saint_n matthew_n p._n 67._o two_o notable_a preludium_n of_o the_o birth_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o the_o agreement_n of_o the_o one_o with_o the_o other_o p._n 69_o god_n have_v never_o publish_v by_o miracle_n the_o birth_n of_o any_o person_n except_o that_o of_o jesus_n christ_n p._n 70._o wherefore_o have_v not_o the_o scripture_n set_v down_o the_o day_n of_o the_o nativity_n of_o jesus_n christ_n p._n 72._o of_o the_o service_n which_o the_o angel_n have_v do_v to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n from_o his_o manifestation_n in_o the_o flesh_n until_o his_o ascension_n p._n 77._o of_o the_o miracle_n which_o our_o lord_n wrought_v so_o long_o as_o he_o converse_v in_o the_o world_n of_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n above_o the_o old_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o number_n of_o person_n which_o have_v have_v the_o gift_n of_o miracy_n p._n 79._o wherefore_o till_o the_o come_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n there_o have_v pass_v many_o age_n without_o that_o any_o person_n have_v have_v the_o gift_n of_o miracle_n p._n 82._o why_o none_o of_o they_o from_o who_o christ_n be_v descend_v according_a to_o the_o flesh_n have_v have_v the_o gift_n of_o miracle_n p._n 84._o why_o john_n the_o baptist_n have_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o miracle_n p._n 85._o of_o the_o divers_a degree_n or_o step_n by_o which_o our_o lord_n display_v his_o miraculous_a power_n towards_o the_o body_n of_o man_n p._n 86._o of_o the_o divers_a action_n which_o jesus_n christ_n have_v do_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o jerusalem_n p._n 88_o why_o no_o
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