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see_v whether_o this_o author_n give_v a_o more_o favourable_a character_n of_o his_o disciple_n to_o make_v good_a the_o high_a eulogium_n above_o tell_v serm._n 2._o p._n 69._o speak_v of_o schlictingius_n one_o of_o the_o first_o form_n in_o his_o school_n our_o author_n say_v he_o carry_v himself_o with_o more_o confidence_n but_o much_o less_o decency_n than_o his_o master_n that_o he_o speak_v so_o extravagant_o and_o with_o so_o much_o contempt_n of_o these_o great_a and_o venerable_a name_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a propagator_n of_o christianity_n in_o the_o world_n and_o to_o who_o all_o age_n do_v so_o just_o pay_v a_o reverence_n that_o he_o say_v those_o ancient_a interpreter_n go_v so_o far_o from_o the_o apostle_n meaning_n as_o if_o they_o have_v rave_v and_o be_v out_o of_o their_o wit_n and_o the_o dr._n say_v in_o general_a of_o the_o socinian_o serm._n one_a p._n 39_o that_o their_o interpretation_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n be_v strange_a and_o extravagant_a p._n 44._o do_v contradict_v not_o only_o the_o ancient_a father_n but_o the_o general_n consent_v of_o all_o christian_n for_o 1500_o year_n together_o p._n 61._o that_o they_o avoid_v the_o plain_a and_o necessary_a consequence_n of_o holy_a scripture_n by_o strain_a and_o force_v art_n of_o interpretrtion_n p._n 62._o than_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o unnatural_a and_o violent_a p._n 65._o which_o i_o dare_v say_v no_o indifferent_a reader_n of_o st._n john_n that_o have_v not_o be_v preposess_v and_o byase_v by_o some_o violent_a prejudice_n will_v ever_o have_v think_v of_o p._n 75._o the_o plain_a text_n for_o any_o article_n of_o faith_n how_o fundamental_a and_o necessary_a sâ—ever_n may_v by_o the_o same_o art_n and_o way_n of_o interpretation_n be_v clude_v and_o render_v utter_o ineffectual_a for_o the_o establish_n of_o it_o p._n 92._o 93._o this_o be_v so_o arbitrary_a and_o precarious_a a_o supposition_n that_o i_o must_v confess_v myself_o a_o little_a out_o of_o countenance_n for_o they_o that_o man_n of_o so_o much_o wit_n and_o reason_n shall_v ever_o be_v put_v to_o so_o sorry_a and_o pitiful_a a_o shift_n p._n 96._o this_o be_v so_o inartificial_a not_o to_o say_v absurd_a a_o way_n of_o avoid_v a_o difficulty_n that_o not_o man_n of_o common_a ingenuity_n will_v make_v use_n of_o it_o p._n 99_o a_o sense_n so_o very_o flat_a that_o i_o can_v hardly_o abstain_v from_o call_v it_o ridiculous_a p._n 113._o we_o may_v plain_o see_v by_o this_o that_o they_o can_v interpret_v a_o text_n right_n when_o necessity_n force_v they_o to_o it_o and_o they_o can_v without_o great_a inconveniency_n to_o their_o cause_n avoid_v it_o but_o when_o man_n have_v once_o resolve_v to_o hold_v fast_o a_o opinion_n they_o have_v take_v up_o it_o than_o become_v not_o only_o convenient_a but_o necessary_a to_o understand_v nothing_o that_o make_v against_o it_o and_o this_o be_v true_o the_o present_a case_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n where_o be_v ingenuity_n and_o love_n of_o truth_n p._n 115._o they_o triumph_n without_o modesty_n and_o without_o measure_n p._n 125._o do_v they_o see_v no_o absurdity_n in_o all_o this_o nothing_o that_o be_v contrary_a to_o reason_n and_o good_a sense_n nothing_o that_o feel_v like_o inconsistency_n and_o contradiction_n p._n 129._o which_o way_n the_o socinian_o way_n of_o deal_v with_o they_o the_o holy_a scripture_n seem_v to_o be_v real_o more_o contumelious_a to_o those_o holy_a oracle_n than_o the_o downright_a reject_v of_o their_o authority_n and_o single_a serm._n p._n 18._o he_o that_o can_v deny_v this_o the_o doctor_n be_v argument_n against_o the_o socinian_o be_v perverse_a to_o the_o high_a degree_n and_o i_o fear_v beyond_o the_o possibility_n of_o be_v convict_v p._n 20._o man_n may_v general_o wrangle_v about_o any_o thing_n but_o what_o a_o frivolous_a contention_n what_o a_o trifle_a in_o serious_a matter_n what_o barratry_n in_o divinity_n be_v this_o p._n 30._o so_o little_a do_v man_n in_o the_o heat_n of_o dispute_n and_o opposition_n who_o be_v resolve_v to_o hold_v fast_o a_o opinion_n in_o despite_n of_o reason_n and_o good_a sense_n consider_v that_o they_o do_v many_o time_n in_o effect_n and_o by_o necessary_a consequence_n grant_v the_o very_a thing_n in_o express_a term_n they_o do_v so_o stiff_o and_o pertinacious_o deny_v p._n 32._o and_o this_o for_o no_o other_o reason_n that_o i_o can_v imagine_v but_o because_o they_o have_v deny_v it_o so_o often_o and_o so_o long_o f._n these_o so_o different_a character_n which_o the_o dr._n give_v of_o socinus_n and_o the_o socinian_o may_v be_v reconcile_v by_o say_v as_o i_o suppose_v the_o dr._n mean_v that_o this_o late_a evil_a character_n belong_v to_o they_o only_o in_o this_o present_a controversy_n of_o the_o trinity_n the_o divinity_n and_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n but_o that_o the_o former_a high_a and_o most_o extraordinarly_a excellent_a character_n be_v due_a to_o they_o in_o 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