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crediderint_fw-la quà m_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la divortium_fw-la vnde_fw-la haec_fw-la fides_fw-la an_fw-mi non_fw-la ex_fw-la praedicatione_n in_fw-la nostra_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nunquid_fw-la autem_fw-la praedicare_fw-la quis_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la mittatur_fw-la rom._n 10.13_o quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la verbum_fw-la propter_fw-la labem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la externae_fw-la vocationis_fw-la tam_fw-la perverse_a respuunt_fw-la cujus_fw-la vim_o divinam_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v they_o ashamed_a say_v he_o to_o sit_v down_o there_o where_o they_o see_v christ_n be_v not_o ashamed_a will_v they_o be_v holy_a and_o pure_a than_o he_o but_o why_o do_v they_o not_o convince_v themselves_o by_o their_o own_o experience_n they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o they_o do_v believe_v in_o christ_n before_o they_o make_v this_o divorce_n from_o we_o whence_o have_v they_o their_o faith_n be_v it_o not_o by_o the_o preach_n in_o our_o church_n but_o 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be_o unto_o you_o for_o the_o seal_n of_o my_o apostleship_n be_v you_o in_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v your_o conversion_n prove_v i_o a_o true_a minister_n of_o christ_n 3.2_o gal._n 3.2_o and_o elsewhere_o this_o only_a will_v i_o learn_v of_o you_o receive_v you_o the_o spirit_n by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n or_o by_o the_o hear_n of_o faith_n it_o be_v good_a consequence_n in_o our_o saviour_n and_n s._n paul_n logic_n to_o prove_v a_o true_a church_n and_o ministry_n by_o the_o effect_n of_o conversion_n and_o why_o not_o in_o we_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o assembly_n of_o the_o separation_n separation_n 1._o none_o or_o rare_a conversion_n in_o the_o separation_n independency_n anabaptism_n first_o negative_o no_o conversion_n be_v find_v or_o rare_o in_o they_o from_o profaneness_n to_o grace_n but_o it_o be_v confess_v by_o themselves_o salvificam_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o veram_fw-la pietatem_fw-la multorum_fw-la cordibus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la anglicana_n 93._o robin_n 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conversion_n be_v full_o and_o plentiful_o have_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n see_v it_o can_v be_v show_v to_o any_o
purpose_n among_o they_o and_o yet_o if_o it_o may_v be_v assembly_n how_o there_o may_v be_v conversion_n in_o a_o schismatical_a assembly_n yet_o it_o be_v by_o that_o doctrine_n and_o worship_n which_o they_o have_v in_o this_o church_n and_o have_v abuse_v unto_o separation_n as_o austin_n once_o of_o the_o donatist_n quasi_fw-la vero_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la generet_fw-la unde_fw-la separata_fw-la est_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la unde_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la est_fw-la 10._o aug._n de_fw-fr bapt._n contr_n donat._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 10._o separata_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la à _fw-la vinculo_fw-la charitatis_fw-la &_o pacis_fw-la sed_fw-la adjuncta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la baptismate_fw-la itaque_fw-la est_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la sola_fw-la catholica_fw-la nominatur_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la suum_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o communionibus_fw-la diversorum_fw-la à _fw-la sva_fw-la communitate_fw-la separatis_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o eye_n habet_fw-la ipsa_fw-la utique_fw-la generate_fw-la non_fw-la illae_fw-la as_o if_o say_v he_o those_o assembly_n do_v convert_v as_o they_o be_v separate_v and_o not_o as_o they_o be_v conjoin_v they_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o bond_n of_o charity_n and_o peace_n with_o the_o church_n but_o they_o be_v join_v in_o one_o baptism_n and_o so_o in_o the_o other_o sacrament_n and_o administration_n of_o the_o word_n therefore_o there_o be_v one_o church_n which_o only_o be_v call_v catholic_n and_o whatsoever_o it_o have_v in_o the_o assembly_n of_o those_o that_o be_v separate_v from_o its_o communion_n by_o that_o which_o it_o have_v of_o its_o own_o in_o those_o company_n it_o do_v beget_v and_o generate_v argument_n a_o summary_n of_o the_o former_a argument_n and_o not_o they_o thus_o he_o most_o true_o but_o as_o i_o say_v see_v conversion_n be_v acknowledge_v by_o they_o to_o be_v true_a and_o frequent_a in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n see_v it_o be_v rare_a if_o 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see_v they_o do_v so_o vilify_v though_o some_o of_o they_o give_v good_a word_n with_o their_o mouth_n as_o the_o psalmist_n speak_v yet_o they_o curse_v with_o their_o heart_n that_o be_v 62.4_o apol._n narrat_fw-la pag._n 6._o psal_n 62.4_o they_o labour_v the_o division_n and_o ruin_n of_o it_o let_v they_o remember_v that_o he_o that_o curse_v his_o father_n 30._o prov._n 30._o and_o chase_v away_o his_o mother_n the_o crow_n of_o the_o valley_n shall_v pick_v out_o his_o eye_n as_o they_o have_v do_v the_o eye_n of_o some_o that_o way_n of_o late_a 45.10_o isa_n 45.10_o for_o woe_n unto_o he_o that_o say_v unto_o his_o father_n what_o begette_v thou_o or_o to_o the_o woman_n 6.12_o ephes_n 6.12_o what_o have_v thou_o bring_v forth_o there_o be_v spiritual_a wickedness_n those_o that_o say_v unto_o their_o brethren_n stand_v off_o 65.5_o isa_n 65.5_o i_o be_o holy_a than_o thou_o be_v a_o smoke_n in_o the_o lord_n nostril_n all_o the_o day_n our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n decline_v 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ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la vos_fw-la genuit_fw-la &_o aluit_fw-la si_fw-la fugiatis_fw-la hunc_fw-la christum_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la electis_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la coetibus_fw-la coenat_fw-la ac_fw-la eos_fw-la vicissim_fw-la excipit_fw-la profecto_fw-la nusquam_fw-la invenietis_fw-la wherefore_o say_v he_o return_v you_o again_o into_o the_o unity_n of_o that_o church_n which_o have_v both_o beget_v and_o breed_v you_o up_o if_o you_o flee_v from_o this_o christ_n who_o do_v sup_v with_o his_o elect_a one_o in_o our_o assembly_n and_o again_o receive_v and_o entertain_v they_o assure_v yourselves_o you_o shall_v find_v he_o no_o where_o thus_o mr._n brightman_n a_o man_n otherwise_o not_o over_o zealous_a for_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o thus_o i_o have_v do_v with_o the_o first_o three_o thing_n considerable_a in_o the_o church_n and_o offence_n which_o have_v be_v occasion_n of_o separation_n to_o independency_n namely_o the_o doctrine_n the_o worship_n and_o the_o 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