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of_o they_o which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o thus_o to_o be_v understand_v i_o see_v not_o how_o elder_n can_v be_v appoint_v by_o election_n as_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v act._n 14.23_o and_o timothy_n must_v neither_o lay_v hand_n on_o any_o man_n rash_o nor_o yet_o partake_v herein_o with_o other_o man_n sin_n namely_o such_o as_o be_v use_v to_o be_v join_v with_o he_o in_o this_o business_n 1._o tim._n 4.14_o 3_o the_o place_n where_o be_v in_o every_o 〈◊〉_d city_n that_o be_v wheresoever_o there_o be_v a_o body_n of_o people_n for_o a_o fit_a congregation_n there_o must_v a_o pastor_n or_o elder_n be_v place_v the_o phrase_n be_v of_o the_o same_o valour_n with_o that_o act._n 14.23_o when_o they_o have_v ordain_v elder_n by_o election_n in_o every_o discontinue_v church_n for_o even_o in_o the_o apostle_n day_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a kind_n of_o distinction_n of_o church_n and_o congregation_n for_o the_o elder_n have_v their_o flock_n over_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v make_v they_o overseer_n and_o which_o depend_v on_o they_o 1._o pet._n 5.2_o act._n 20.28_o doctr._n even_o there_o where_o the_o church_n be_v plant_v be_v such_o a_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o a_o settle_a ministry_n as_o without_o it_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o religion_n can_v either_o thrive_v or_o continue_v and_o therefore_o as_o the_o lord_n have_v former_o deal_v in_o plant_v his_o polity_n among_o the_o jew_n so_o do_v he_o here_o in_o plant_v christian_a religion_n among_o the_o gentile_n no_o soon_o be_v his_o law_n give_v concern_v his_o tabernacle_n but_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n and_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n must_v be_v sanctify_v to_o the_o office_n of_o priesthood_n to_o attend_v on_o holy_a thing_n to_o teach_v and_o offer_v and_o perform_v their_o several_a
in_o the_o mud_n of_o some_o one_o of_o they_o but_o because_o it_o be_v a_o shame_n to_o speak_v in_o public_a of_o the_o thing_n they_o shame_v not_o to_o do_v in_o secret_a i_o will_v forbear_v further_a to_o move_v and_o stir_v in_o this_o sink_n which_o sufficient_o stink_v in_o the_o nostril_n of_o god_n and_o man_n and_o conclude_v the_o point_n with_o epiphanius_n his_o speech_n they_o have_v refuse_v marriage_n but_o not_o lust_n no_o trueâ—_n of_o the_o originians_n then_o of_o all_o the_o popish_a order_n doctr._n polygamy_n be_v ever_o a_o thing_n blameworthy_a and_o evil_a in_o itself_o notwithstanding_o much_o use_v of_o jew_n and_o gentile_a reason_n 1._o the_o first_o matrimony_n be_v institute_v between_o two_o person_n only_o unlawful_a of_o who_o the_o lord_n say_v express_o they_o two_o not_o they_o three_o or_o more_o shall_v be_v one_o flesh_n in_o which_o first_o institution_n be_v two_o ground_n overturning_a this_o sin_n 1._o god_n action_n of_o create_v one_o man_n and_o one_o woman_n and_o no_o more_o 2._o his_o injunction_n and_o strait_a charge_n to_o all_o posterity_n that_o one_o man_n shall_v cleave_v to_o one_o wife_n who_o must_v be_v his_o wife_n and_o no_o stranger_n and_o not_o to_o many_o wife_n at_o once_o so_o as_o it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o first_o institution_n 2._o the_o lord_n by_o moses_n forbid_v it_o leu._n 18.18_o thou_o shall_v not_o take_v one_o woman_n to_o her_o sister_n that_o be_v thou_o shall_v not_o take_v one_o woman_n to_o another_o to_o make_v they_o as_o sister_n for_o in_o the_o 16._o verse_n the_o marriage_n of_o the_o wife_n sister_n be_v forbid_v by_o proportion_n even_o in_o monogamie_n no_o not_o after_o the_o sister_n death_n see_v consanguinity_n and_o affinity_n agree_v in_o duration_n alike_o beside_o that_o the_o phrase_n in_o hebrew_n be_v common_o so_o use_v as_o gen._n 26.31_o exod._n 26.3_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o precept_n be_v that_o such_o a_o one_o 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shall_v a_o man_n leave_v father_n and_o mother_n and_o cleave_v to_o his_o wife_n not_o wife_n and_o they_o twain_o shall_v be_v one_o flesh_n 5._o christ_n apostle_n condemn_v it_o eph._n 5.31_o the_o same_o speech_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n repeat_v 1._o cor._n 7._o let_v every_o man_n have_v his_o own_o wife_n not_o wife_n and_o here_o the_o apostle_n account_v it_o such_o a_o blot_n as_o hinder_v the_o admission_n of_o any_o such_o into_o the_o ministry_n and_o thus_o polygamy_n be_v condemn_v by_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o marriage_n before_o the_o law_n 2._o and_o also_o in_o the_o law_n after_o the_o law_n by_o the_o prophet_n after_o they_o by_o christ_n himself_o and_o by_o his_o apostle_n it_o follow_v that_o it_o be_v ever_o a_o evil_n condemn_v even_o from_o the_o beginning_n object_n but_o the_o example_n of_o the_o most_o of_o the_o patriarch_n be_v allege_v for_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o it_o for_o else_o all_o they_o will_v not_o have_v use_v it_o be_v the_o 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it_o to_o jacob_n to_o see_v such_o daily_a emulation_n between_o leah_n and_o rahel_n and_o what_o other_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o their_o envy_n but_o a_o occasion_n further_o to_o draw_v he_o into_o sin_n in_o take_v first_o one_o of_o their_o maid_n and_o then_o another_o and_o all_o to_o please_v both_o to_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o do_v he_o have_v doubtless_o about_o their_o child_n when_o moses_n speak_v of_o esau_n 2._o wife_n he_o add_v they_o be_v a_o heart_n grief_n to_o isaac_n and_o rebecca_n gen._n 26.35_o when_o the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o gideons_n 70._o son_n beget_v of_o his_o own_o body_n with_o the_o reason_n for_o he_o have_v many_o wife_n jud._n 8.30_o the_o very_a next_o chapter_n show_v how_o abimelech_n slay_v all_o these_o 70._o son_n on_o one_o stone_n save_v jotham_n how_o be_v elcanah_n trouble_v to_o satisfy_v and_o recompense_v his_o wife_n hannah_n for_o the_o reproach_n wherewith_o peninnah_n her_o adversary_n vex_v she_o sore_o in_o the_o 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say_v increase_n and_o multiply_v and_o fill_v the_o earth_n and_o yet_o god_n permit_v it_o not_o to_o they_o but_o it_o creep_v into_o the_o world_n against_o that_o first_o institution_n object_n 2._o sam._n 12.8_o he_o give_v thy_o lord_n wife_n into_o thy_o bosom_n therefore_o david_n have_v many_o wife_n both_o of_o his_o own_o and_o saul_n the_o lord_n be_v the_o author_n ans._n those_o word_n into_o thy_o bosom_n indeed_o often_o signify_v the_o near_a conjunction_n of_o marriage_n yet_o here_o as_o in_o some_o other_o place_n it_o signify_v only_o that_o they_o be_v give_v under_o david_n power_n and_o hand_n namely_o into_o his_o subjection_n and_o so_o it_o signify_v sometime_o nothing_o else_o but_o to_o have_v something_o with_o a_o man_n as_o elsewhere_o david_n say_v he_o bear_v the_o reproach_n of_o the_o mighty_a in_o his_o bosom_n 89.50_o so_o here_o david_n have_v with_o he_o his_o master_n saul_n wife_n 2._o if_o the_o phrase_n shall_v not_o so_o be_v here_o take_v 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of_o the_o magistrate_n difference_n of_o these_o two_o in_o 3._o thing_n the_o minister_n only_o may_v execute_v ministerial_a office_n and_o power_n he_o say_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d comites_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la exit_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la christiana_n requiruntur_fw-la ut_fw-la partibus_fw-la suis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la constet_fw-la solam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la videri_fw-la nobis_fw-la absolute_a &_o sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la exceptione_n necessariam_fw-la beza_n de_fw-fr praesb_n &_o excom_n no_o church_n can_v sudden_o be_v bring_v to_o perfection_n why_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o câ—r_n 2.17_o a_o great_a work_n have_v god_n do_v for_o that_o people_n among_o who_o he_o have_v settle_v his_o ordinance_n every_o man_n set_v hand_n to_o this_o work_n to_o help_v it_o forward_o zach._n 4.14_o bear_v with_o meekness_n some_o want_n whiâ—h_v thou_o can_v nor_o help_v hagg._n 1.2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n best_a ordinance_n in_o their_o best_a estate_n be_v continual_o bend_v our_o perfection_n here_o be_v a_o sense_n &_o strife_n against_o imperfection_n aug._n the_o temp_n serm_n 49._o no_o church_n on_o earth_n so_o well_o order_v as_o that_o it_o need_v not_o further_a reformation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_o hom_n 2._o &_o hieron_n in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la 1._o pet._n 5.1_o est_fw-la diligentia_fw-la digna_fw-la pijs_fw-la propter_fw-la concordiam_fw-la loqui_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la recte_fw-la sentiente_fw-la chem._n de_fw-fr utilit_fw-la loc_n theolog_fw-la 1._o pet._n 2._o rev._n 15._o patres_fw-la non_fw-la nunquam_fw-la abusione_n quadam_fw-la nomen_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la ministris_fw-la euang._n sij_n whitak_n contr_n dur._n paâ—agr_n 48._o nec_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la permisisse_fw-la se_fw-la â—it_n tito_n ut_fw-la libera_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la regius_fw-la potestate_fw-la ministros_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la praesiciat_a sed_fw-la ut_fw-la salvo_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o potestate_fw-la eligendi_fw-la sive_fw-la praesentandi_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la penes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o collegia_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la moderator_n ipse_fw-la accedat_fw-la &_o ordinator_fw-la magalianus_n jesuit_n ad_fw-la tit._n cap._n 1._o sect_n 5._o annot_n 2._o antequam_fw-la diaboli_fw-la instinctu_fw-la studia_fw-la in_o religione_fw-la fierent_fw-la communi_fw-la praesbyterorum_fw-la consilio_fw-la gubernabantur_fw-la hier._n in_o locum_fw-la omni_fw-la actu_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o perlato_fw-la placuit_fw-la praesbyterium_fw-la contrahi_fw-la ut_fw-la firmato_fw-la consilio_fw-la quid_fw-la circa_fw-la personam_fw-la eorum_fw-la obseruari_fw-la deberet_fw-la omnium_fw-la consensu_fw-la statueretur_fw-la cypr._n lib._n 3._o epist_n 11_o ad_fw-la cor._n cor._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d subaudi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o religion_n can_v thrive_v or_o continue_v if_o the_o ministry_n be_v unsettle_a and_o discontinue_v reason_n eph._n 4.11_o every_o man_n stand_v in_o as_o much_o need_n of_o daily_a bread_n for_o his_o soul_n as_o for_o his_o body_n bless_v god_n for_o thy_o own_o liberal_a supply_n pray_o that_o other_o in_o want_n hereof_o may_v be_v supply_v the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n be_v not_o leave_v free_a no_o not_o to_o a_o evangelist_n no_o tradition_n or_o imposition_n under_o apostolical_a authority_n warrantable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-it 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nunc_fw-la bene_fw-la vivitur_fw-la si_fw-la sine_fw-la crimine_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la autem_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la vivere_fw-la se_fw-la existimat_fw-la non_fw-la id_fw-la agit_fw-fr ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la habebat_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la veniam_fw-la non_fw-la accipiat_fw-la aug._n quis_fw-la eâ—iâ—_n innocent_a accusasse_n sufficiat_fw-la julian._n sine_fw-la querela_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la august_n contr_n coelestin_n a_o man_n of_o scandalous_a life_n be_v unfit_a to_o be_v a_o minister_n reason_n 1._o tim._n 5.22.24_o levit._n 21.17_o isa._n 14.10_o luk._n 4.23_o 1._o tim._n 3.13_o ministri_fw-la est_fw-la verba_fw-la vertere_fw-la in_o opera_fw-la hierom._n ad_fw-la paulinum_n 1._o tim._n 3.7_o the_o devil_n have_v reason_n therefore_o both_o to_o deprave_v the_o best_a and_o thrust_v in_o the_o worst_a into_o the_o ministry_n 2._o cor._n 11.15_o the_o most_o commendable_a conformity_n be_v to_o join_v to_o uncorrupt_a doctrine_n â—n_o unblameable_a life_n 1._o pet._n 5.3_o 1._o tim._n 4.12_o gal._n 2.13_o rule_v to_o keep_v a_o man_n unreprovable_a act._n 14.15_o â—_o tim_n 3_o â—_o deut._n 25.5_o 1._o cor._n 7.39_o matth._n 19.11_o 12._o marriage_n of_o minister_n lawful_a 1._o tim._n 4_o 1.2_o dan._n 11._o reason_n why_o the_o papist_n resist_v this_o doctrine_n three_o main_a objection_n brief_o answer_v exod._n 12_o 11._o 1._o sam._n 21.4_o they_o forget_v that_o they_o make_v marriage_n a_o sacrament_n rom._n 8.8_o of_o all_o the_o work_n in_o the_o flesh_n reckon_v in_o gal._n 5.9_o marriage_n be_v none_o adeo_fw-la honorabile_fw-la est_fw-la coniugium_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la possit_fw-la quis_fw-la etiâ—_n ad_fw-la sanctam_fw-la fidem_fw-la ascâ—ndere_fw-la chrysostom_n in_o locum_fw-la nec_fw-la ratione_fw-la nec_fw-la authoritaâ—e_fw-la probatur_fw-la quod_fw-la absolute_a loquendo_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la peccet_fw-la contrahendo_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la nec_fw-la ordo_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la ordo_fw-la nec_fw-la ordoâ—in_fw-la quantum_fw-la sacere_a impeditivus_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la card._n caiet_fw-mi in_o epist_n tit._n 1._o tract_n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jerem._n 16._o ecclesia_fw-la tanquam_fw-la adamus_n prima_fw-la origine_fw-la integertima_fw-la fuiâ—_fw-la quo_fw-la longius_fw-la pergit_fw-la plus_fw-la sordis_fw-la contrahit_fw-la brightm_n in_o apocal._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sacerdotium_fw-la non_fw-la dirimenre_fw-la contractum_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la etc._n etc._n caietan_n in_o loco_fw-la supra_fw-la citato_fw-la every_o man_n that_o have_v nature_n 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v right_a in_o this_o law_n of_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d till_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n hildebrand_n euseb_n hist._n eccl_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 24._o rev._n 8._o johannes_n a_o casa_n bishop_n of_o beneventum_n write_v a_o italian_a poem_n in_o commendation_n of_o sodomy_n zeged_a mutius_n do_v the_o like_a who_o book_n be_v approve_v by_o the_o bull_n of_o pope_n julius_n 3_o pope_n sixtus_n 4._o build_v a_o stew_n at_o rome_n for_o the_o same_o unnatural_a lust_n contra_fw-la origin_n haeres_fw-la 29._o de_fw-la quibus_fw-la august_n isti_fw-la sunt_fw-la nefanda_fw-la facientes_fw-la sua_fw-la corpora_fw-la corruptioni_fw-la tradentes_fw-la polygamy_n be_v &_o always_o be_v unlawful_a aemulae_fw-la gen._n 30.1_o objection_n answer_v the_o first_o come_v in_o of_o polygamy_n seem_v plain_o to_o overturn_v the_o contrary_a opinion_n of_o aquinas_n who_o word_n be_v these_o fieri_fw-la potnit_fw-la dispenâ—aâ—io_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la per_fw-la inspirationem_fw-la internam_fw-la supplem_n 3._o part_n qu._n â—â—_o art_n 2._o 1._o sam._n 1.6_o 1._o king_n 11.1_o psal._n 89.50_o videndum_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la debeas_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la possis_fw-la see_v matth._n 22._o principalis_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la malum_fw-la initio_fw-la oppâ—imere_fw-la council_n chalc._o act_n 3._o consuetudo_fw-la peccandi_fw-la tollit_fw-la fensum_fw-la peccati_fw-la hosâ—_n 3.11_o heb._n 12.15_o lex_fw-la divina_fw-la curate_n de_fw-la minimis_fw-la impudens_fw-la oratio_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la sic_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la contra_fw-la leges_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la imitari_fw-la licet_fw-la demost._n contr_n aristog_n jacob_n marry_v two_o sister_n also_o at_o once_o and_o by_o as_o good_a reason_n so_o may_v we_o non_fw-la numeranda_fw-la suffragia_fw-la sed_fw-la appendenda_fw-la august_n in_o psal._n 39_o right_o reformation_n of_o other_o begin_v at_o a_o man_n self_n begin_v not_o with_o other_o till_o thou_o have_v do_v with_o thyself_o psal._n 101.2_o whosoever_o will_v have_v gracious_a child_n must_v begin_v at_o religion_n reason_n prov._n 23_o 1â—_n it_o stand_v in_o two_o thing_n prov._n 22.6_o prov._n 4.4_o preface_n of_o the_o catech._n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n euseb._n hist._n eccl_n lib._n 10._o cap._n 32._o gen._n 34.30_o deut._n 22.19_o lev._n 21.9_o jer._n 35._o 1._o sam._n â—_o 29_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d riot_n a_o hateful_a sin_n reason_n deut._n 21.20_o a_o note_n of_o irreligion_n in_o parent_n to_o suffer_v it_o in_o their_o child_n especial_o in_o a_o minister_n child_n stain_v the_o labour_n of_o his_o father_n to_o be_v bewail_v that_o so_o fearful_a a_o sin_n shall_v be_v so_o general_a the_o godly_a must_v moderate_v their_o affection_n to_o contain_v themselves_o within_o the_o golden_a mean_n luk._n 8.14_o 1._o pet._n 1.13_o rule_v to_o help_v forward_o in_o this_o duty_n job_n 1.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d disobedience_n of_o child_n to_o parent_n condemn_v rom._n 1.30_o 2._o tim._n â—_o 2_o coloss._n 3.1_o eph._n 6.1_o wherein_o obedience_n to_o parent_n must_v be_v show_v reason_n enforce_v the_o duty_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 2.51_o philip_n 2.8_o the_o cause_n of_o lewdness_n in_o son_n be_v often_o the_o indulgence_n of_o parent_n 1._o
jer._n 23.21_o abac._n 3.16_o prou_z 20_o 27._o 2._o king_n 6.9_o the_o miserable_a estate_n of_o a_o wicked_a man_n 2._o cor_fw-la 7_o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o cor_fw-la 4.4_o 1._o cor._n 2.14_o rom._n 8.7_o gen._n 6.5_o a_o more_o full_a description_n of_o man_n natural_a estate_n see_v in_o cap_n 3.3_o lev._n 13.45_o 1._o thess._n 1.23_o lev._n 13.14_o before_o natural_a uncleanness_n be_v purge_v every_o thing_n be_v unclean_a to_o a_o man_n prou._n 15_o 8._o prou._n 28.9_o isa._n 66.3_o agg._n 2.14_o 15._o exod._n 30.18_o 7._o mainâ—_n difference_n between_o the_o godly_a and_o the_o wicked_a in_o thought_n ezeâ—_n 11.36.31_o word_n action_n passion_n promise_v life_n death_n malâ—c_fw-la 1_o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o tim._n 3.8_o there_o will_v be_v always_o hypocrite_n in_o the_o church_n act_n 20.30_o 1._o tim._n 4.1_o 2._o tim._n 3.1.5_o why._n lev._n 10.3_o tâ—â—e_v thy_o own_o soundness_n trouble_v not_o thyself_o when_o other_o be_v prove_v unsound_a rev._n 2.17_o look_v not_o to_o find_v a_o soil_n upon_o earth_n wherein_o wheat_n grow_v without_o chaff_n four_o mark_n in_o the_o text_n to_o knoâ—_n a_o hypocrite_n by_o a_o form_n of_o godliness_n hos._n 8.2_o mark_n 6.20_o a_o deny_v of_o the_o power_n of_o it_o non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o falsis_fw-la verbis_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o simulatis_fw-la operibus_fw-la mendacium_fw-la est_fw-la item_n christianum_fw-la se_fw-la dicere_fw-la &_o opera_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la facere_fw-la mendacium_fw-la est_fw-la ambr._n serm_n à _fw-la dominica_fw-la de_fw-fr abrah_n jer._n 12._o hose_n 10.11_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d disobedience_n 1._o tim._n 1.5_o hose_n 1.4_o psal._n 50.17_o strangeness_n to_o the_o whole_a life_n of_o god_n and_o unfitness_n to_o make_v a_o vessel_n of_o mercy_n of_o 2._o king_n 8.12_o the_o miserable_a conditien_n of_o the_o hypocrite_n luk._n 15.15_o matth._n 23._o â—4_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matth._n 23.33_o 2._o king_n 3.14_o thou_o can_v hardly_o know_v a_o other_o to_o be_v a_o hypocrite_n 2._o king_n 10._o look_v well_o that_o thyself_o be_v none_o how_o fit_o the_o hypocrite_n resemble_v the_o stage_n player_n from_o who_o he_o have_v his_o name_n trial_n of_o such_o as_o profess_v they_o know_v god_n but_o do_v not_o trial_n of_o such_o as_o profess_v duty_n to_o god_n so_o know_v but_o indeed_o deny_v they_o two_o sort_n of_o hypocrite_n 1._o tim._n 6_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o example_n of_o man_n must_v turn_v we_o out_o of_o our_o godly_a course_n 2._o tim._n 3.13_o rev._n 2.13_o there_o must_v be_v difference_n of_o judgement_n among_o man_n 2._o cor._n 2.17_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o tim._n 4.16_o in_o these_o difference_n it_o be_v safe_a to_o look_v direct_o to_o the_o word_n isa._n 8.18_o 2._o pet._n 3._o minister_n must_v feed_v god_n people_n with_o wholesome_a doctrine_n reason_n prou._n 16_o 24._o prou._n 31.26_o 1._o tim._n 1_o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o thing_n be_v requisite_a to_o a_o able_a minister_n three_o thing_n must_v be_v dear_a to_o a_o minister_n 1._o god_n glory_n 2._o man_n salvation_n 3._o sincerity_n of_o the_o truth_n rom._n 10.1_o 4._o duty_n belong_v to_o hearer_n 1._o desire_v only_o wholesome_a doctrine_n 2._o to_o receive_v it_o be_v wholesome_a savourly_o never_o examine_v a_o ministry_n by_o the_o pomp_n but_o by_o the_o power_n 3._o to_o hold_v it_o when_o they_o have_v it_o and_o not_o cast_v it_o up_o 1._o pet._n 2._o 4._o to_o thrive_v &_o and_o grow_v in_o grace_n by_o it_o condition_n require_v hereunto_o wholesome_a doctrine_n must_v be_v apply_v to_o several_a age_n and_o condition_n of_o man_n it_o be_v the_o learned_a tongue_n that_o can_v do_v this_o luk._n 3._o no_o man_n in_o this_o life_n can_v come_v to_o that_o pillar_n on_o which_o he_o may_v write_v ne_o plus_fw-la ultra_fw-la old_a man_n must_v first_o be_v teach_v their_o duty_n why_o prou._n 16.31_o 1._o joh._n 2.14_o old_a man_n must_v lay_v aside_o 1._o forwardness_n paul_n say_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o worldly_n wisdom_n sobriety_n especial_o commend_v to_o elder_a man_n why._n elder_a man_n must_v carry_v a_o seemly_a gravity_n through_o their_o course_n reas._n alia_fw-la aetas_fw-la alios_fw-la mores_fw-la postulat_fw-la job_n 25.15.21_o moderation_n of_o lust_n and_o passion_n be_v a_o most_o seemly_a grace_n in_o a_o old_a man_n job_n 12.12_o 2._o sam._n 19.35.37_o 1._o tim._n 1.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d soundness_n of_o faith_n stand_v in_o 4._o thing_n ground_n heb._n 5.14_o rom._n 15.14_o object_n rom._n 10.8_o work_n heb._n 3_o â—4_n coloss._n 2_o 2d_o gal._n 2.20_o fruit_n soundness_n of_o faith_n especial_o require_v of_o old_a man_n why._n heb._n 5.12_o doctr._n every_o man_n must_v make_v up_o decay_n of_o nature_n with_o soundness_n of_o grace_n eccles._n 12.1_o 2._o cor._n 4.16_o isa._n 40.31_o rev._n 2.28_o heb._n 11.13_o joh._n 13.34_o 1._o joh._n 3.23_o rev._n 2.19_o soundness_n of_o love_n stand_v in_o 5._o thing_n 1._o the_o ground_n 2._o the_o order_n gal._n 6._o eph._n 1.15_o 3._o in_o the_o seat_n 4._o in_o the_o work_n 2._o cor._n 8.8_o james._n 5._o in_o the_o durance_n charitas_fw-la quae_fw-la deseri_fw-la potest_fw-la nunquam_fw-la vera_fw-la fuit_fw-la august_n ad_fw-la julianum_fw-la comitem_fw-la patience_n necessary_a for_o every_o christian._n heb._n 12.12_o and_o 10.35_o special_o commend_v to_o old_a man_n why._n persecution_n the_o ancient_a arm_n of_o believer_n 2._o cor._n 4.1_o soundness_n of_o patience_n in_o 3._o thing_n 1._o in_o the_o ground_n psal._n 39_o 9_o 2._o sam._n 16.10_o 2._o fruit_n five_o jam._n 1.2_o psal._n 126.5_o job_n 1.21_o psal._n 50._o 3._o durance_n james_n 5.7_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d woman_n as_o strait_o bind_v to_o the_o mean_n of_o salvation_n as_o man_n philip._n 4.3_o act._n 2.47_o act._n 16.13_o 34._o 1._o tim._n 2.15_o act._n 9.36_o hosius_n affirm_v that_o a_o distaâ—â—e_n be_v fit_a for_o a_o woman_n then_o the_o bible_n de_fw-la expresso_fw-la verb._n dei_fw-la but_o more_o blasphemous_o linwood_n who_o very_o think_v it_o be_v the_o devil_n invention_n to_o permit_v the_o people_n the_o read_n of_o the_o bible_n jerome_n commend_v a_o gentlewoman_n in_o his_o time_n for_o teach_v her_o maid_n the_o scripâ—tures_n in_o rpitap_n paulae_n luk._n 7.44_o 1._o cor._n 7.14_o act._n 18.26_o rom._n 16.3.6.12_o heb._n 11.35_o 1._o king_n 17.22_o 2._o king_n 4.36_o 4._o thing_n for_o woman_n to_o meditate_v upon_o a_o general_a rule_n for_o the_o behaviour_n of_o the_o elder_a woman_n be_v that_o it_o be_v such_o as_o become_v holiness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psal._n 130.1_o isa._n 3.16_o 2._o pet._n 2.14_o cant._n 6._o prou._n 7_o 1â—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joh._n 8.44_o false_a accuse_v 4._o way_n commit_v 2._o sam._n 16.3_o 1._o sam._n 22.9_o amos_n 7.9_o act_n 16.20_o &_o cap._n 18.13_o act._n 6.11_o prou._n 25.23_o and_o 17.4_o prou._n 30._o psal._n 59.7_o this_o precept_n special_o direct_v to_o old_a woman_n for_o sundry_a cause_n 1._o tim._n 5.13_o jam._n 3._o rule_v to_o avoid_v false_a accuse_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eccles._n 2.3_o eph._n 5._o isa._n 28.1_o 1._o cor._n 6._o 2._o pet._n 2._o drunkenness_n in_o old_a woman_n most_o hateful_a reason_n 1._o pet._n 4.4_o in_o vino_fw-la veritas_fw-la prou._n 23._o a_o note_n of_o corruption_n to_o yield_v ourselves_o servant_n to_o the_o creature_n ordain_v to_o serve_v us._n mean_n of_o put_v ourselves_o under_o their_o service_n 1._o cor._n 6.12_o prou._n 23.31_o a_o duty_n enjoin_v every_o christian_n woman_n to_o call_v on_o other_o to_o her_o godly_a course_n heb._n 10._o psal._n 37.30_o numb_a 19.15_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈…〉_z the_o fruit_n of_o the_o elder_a woman_n holy_a carriage_n must_v appear_v in_o the_o young_a private_a duty_n more_o comfortable_a but_o public_a more_o powerful_a philip._n 4.3_o no_o needless_a precept_n to_o exhort_v young_a womâ—n_n to_o love_v their_o husband_n and_o child_n why._n rom._n 1._o 2._o tim._n 3.1_o why_o woman_n shall_v love_v their_o husband_n reason_n they_o twain_o be_v one_o in_o 5._o respect_n prou._n 2.17_o except_o the_o wife_n will_v hate_v she_o own_o flesh_n she_o must_v love_v her_o husband_n gen._n 20.16_o ruth_n 3.9_o isa_n 4.1_o the_o husband_n &_o wife_n be_v yoake-fellowe_n and_o joint_a companion_n in_o joy_n or_o sorrow_n gen._n 24._o rule_n for_o the_o right_a love_a of_o the_o husband_n gen._n 27._o husband_n duty_n towards_o his_o wife_n whereinis_fw-la 1._o sam._n 30.3_o prou._n 30._o gen._n 21.12_o the_o office_n of_o true_a motherly_a love_n gen._n 21.7_o 1._o sam._n 1_o 23._o exod._n 1._o luk._n 11.27_o basil_n speak_v of_o his_o nurse_n macrina_n say_v that_o she_o teach_v he_o the_o