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17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21._o you_o have_v the_o very_a sum_n of_o our_o commission_n if_o any_o man_n be_v in_o christ_n he_o be_v a_o new_a creature_n old_a thing_n be_v pass_v away_o behold_v all_o thing_n be_v become_v new_a and_o all_o thing_n be_v of_o god_n who_o have_v reconcile_v we_o to_o himself_o by_o jesus_n christ_n and_o have_v give_v to_o we_o the_o ministry_n of_o reconciliation_n to_o wit_n that_o god_n be_v in_o christ_n reconcile_n the_o world_n unto_o himself_o not_o impute_v their_o trespass_n to_o they_o and_o have_v commit_v to_o we_o the_o word_n of_o reconciliation_n now_o than_o we_o be_v ambassador_n for_o christ_n as_o though_o god_n do_v beseech_v you_o by_o we_o we_o pray_v you_o in_o christ_n stead_n be_v you_o reconcile_v unto_o god_n for_o he_o have_v make_v he_o to_o be_v sin_n for_o we_o who_o know_v no_o sin_n that_o we_o may_v be_v make_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n in_o he_o etc._n etc._n you_o see_v by_o this_o time_n that_o we_o be_v command_v 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minor_n other_o proof_n of_o the_o minor_n absurdum_fw-la cùm_fw-la mâ—e_fw-la di_fw-it crimenfaciat_fw-la gratia_fw-la convertens_fw-la 1_o cor._n 4._o 7._o mare_n in_o hydrâ—_n socin_n tom._n 2._o pag._n 264._o tantum_n abâ—st_n ut_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o inchoand_n â_fw-la regeneratione_n ad_fw-la praevias_fw-la disposition_n s_o respiciat_fw-la ut_fw-la contra_fw-la alienissimi_fw-la quique_fw-la à _fw-la regno_fw-la coelorum_fw-la voâ—entur_fw-la &_o quisunt_fw-la altioribus_fw-la tenebris_fw-la they_fw-mi rsi_fw-la maccov_n in_o colleg._n mâ—sâ—el_n qâ—â—st_n disput._n 1._o pag._n 394._o non_fw-la efficit_fw-la deus_fw-la fid_fw-we min_fw-fr assentientibus_fw-la &_o gratiae_fw-la cooperantibus_fw-la sâ—d_v in_o rel_n â—tantibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n piscat_fw-la in_o trip._n resp._n ad_fw-la amic_n c._n v._o duplâ—_n caâ—_n 4._o pag._n 156._o dâ—us_fw-la nabis_fw-la râ—luctâ—nt_fw-la bus_fw-la ut_fw-la olim_fw-la reluctanti_fw-la paulo_n fidem_fw-la infandit_n ibid._n pâ—g_n 100l_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr opus_fw-la nostrand_n quod_fw-la credimus_fw-la sed_fw-la solius_fw-la dei_fw-la pag._n 157._o delique_n valdè_fw-la absurdè_fw-la side_n sanctificatio_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la ad_fw-la conditione_n potestativas_fw-la re_fw-la â—rrentur_fw-la quoad_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la servantur_fw-la cùm_fw-la non_fw-la sâ—ipsos_fw-la discernant_fw-la testae_fw-la paulo_n 1_o cor._n 4._o 7._o &_o eximia_fw-la sint_fw-la ac_fw-la singularia_fw-la dei_fw-la beneficia_fw-la in_fw-la eos_fw-la demùm_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la efficacem_fw-la collata_fw-la ex_fw-la eodem_fw-la illo_fw-la decreto_fw-la quo_fw-la deus_fw-la determinatè_fw-la &_o absolutè_fw-la decrevit_fw-la illis_fw-la salutem_fw-la confer_v mare_n in_o hydra_n socin_n tom._n 1._o pag._n 617._o non_fw-la vult_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la homines_fw-la plus_fw-la boni_fw-la faciant_fw-la quà m_fw-la reipsa_fw-la faciunt_fw-la aut_fw-la plus_fw-la mali_fw-la omittant_fw-la quà m_fw-la omittunt_fw-la piscat_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la cap._n 1._o pag._n 177._o item_n maccov_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la disput_fw-la 2._o per_fw-la totam_fw-la disp_n omnia_fw-la fiunt_fw-la ex_fw-la decreto_fw-la dei_fw-la irresistibili_fw-la etiam_fw-la impia_fw-la quaeque_fw-la scelera_fw-la eóque_fw-la necessariò_fw-la omne_fw-la fiunt_fw-la piscat_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 168._o omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la necessariò_fw-la fiunt_fw-la quoad_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la primam_fw-la causam_fw-la ib._n pag._n 191._o et_fw-la bona_fw-la &_o mala_fw-la opera_fw-la omne_fw-la ex_fw-la decreto_fw-la dei_fw-la fiunt_fw-la necessariò_fw-la ibid._n 212._o de_fw-fr his_fw-la quae_fw-la eveniunt_fw-la necessariò_fw-la stulta_fw-la est_fw-la planè_fw-la omnis_fw-la consultatio_fw-la ethic._n consultatio_fw-la vide_fw-la aristot_n in_o 3._o ethic._n d._n burleigh_n histor_n artic._n lambeth_n pag._n 6._o haec_fw-la sententia_fw-la &_o lapsis_fw-la curam_fw-la resurgendi_fw-la adimit_fw-la &_o sanctis_fw-la occasionem_fw-la torporis_fw-la adfert_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o utramque_fw-la partem_fw-la supersluus_fw-la labour_n sit_fw-la si_fw-la neque_fw-la rejectus_fw-la ulla_fw-la industria_fw-la possit_fw-la intrare_fw-la neque_fw-la electus_fw-la ulla_fw-la negligentia_fw-la possit_fw-la excidere_fw-la quoquo_fw-la enim_fw-la modo_fw-la se_fw-la egerint_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la aliud_fw-la erga_fw-la eos_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la definivit_fw-la accidere_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la incerta_fw-la specâ—rsum_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la esse_fw-la constantem_fw-la cùm_fw-la si_fw-la aliud_fw-la habeat_fw-la praedestinantis_fw-la electio_fw-la cassa_fw-mi sit_fw-la annitentis_fw-la intentio_fw-la removeri_fw-la itaque_fw-la omnâ—m_fw-la industriam_fw-la tollique_n virtutes_fw-la si_fw-la dei_fw-la constitutio_fw-la humanas_fw-la praeveniat_fw-la voluntates_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la nomine_fw-la fatalem_fw-la quandam_fw-la induci_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la aut_fw-la diversarum_fw-la naturarum_fw-la dici_fw-la dominum_fw-la conditorem_fw-la si_fw-la nemo_fw-la possit_fw-la aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la prosper_v in_o epist_n ad_fw-la augustinum_n the_o four_o dialogue_n betwixt_o diotrephes_n and_o praesumptuosus_fw-la praesumptuosus_fw-la sir_n the_o occasion_n of_o my_o wait_v upon_o you_o at_o this_o time_n be_v to_o request_v the_o benefit_n of_o your_o ministry_n god_n have_v be_v please_v of_o his_o good_a providence_n to_o give_v i_o a_o child_n which_o be_v yesterday_o bring_v forth_o into_o the_o world_n and_o i_o desire_v the_o next_o lordsday_n to_o have_v it_o baptize_v diotrephes_n i_o be_o not_o satisfy_v that_o i_o may_v administer_v the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n to_o your_o child_n for_o baxter_n for_o mr._n baxter_n the_o right_n of_o the_o infant_n to_o baptism_n be_v mere_o on_o the_o parent_n account_n and_o on_o supposition_n of_o his_o right_n to_o membership_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n if_o the_o efore_o the_o parent_n right_o be_v just_o question_v and_o he_o suspend_v than_o the_o infant_n right_o must_v be_v question_v and_o it_o suspend_v on_o the_o same_o ground_n disput_fw-la of_o right_o to_o sacram._n disp_n 3._o pag._n 341._o praesumptuosus_fw-la sir_n i_o hope_v you_o have_v so_o much_o charity_n at_o least_o as_o to_o think_v it_o probable_a that_o i_o be_o a_o christian_n a_o considerable_a part_n of_o your_o present_a congregation_n be_v able_a to_o testify_v that_o i_o be_v baptize_v into_o the_o christian_a faith_n diotrephes_n i_o do_v not_o hold_v for_o my_o part_n baxter_n part_n mr._n baxter_n that_o a_o dogmatical_a faith_n give_v right_o to_o baptism_n and_o yet_o we_o have_v abundance_n of_o people_n that_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o dogmatical_a faith_n that_o know_v not_o who_o christ_n be_v nor_o what_o he_o have_v do_v nor_o be_v they_o in_o most_o place_n since_o the_o directory_n be_v in_o use_n call_v to_o profess_v 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communicate_v grace_n sufficient_a and_o necessary_a to_o faith_n and_o repentance_n and_o to_o permit_v they_o efficacious_o to_o fall_v into_o sin_n and_o to_o ordain_v they_o to_o dishonour_n and_o wrath_n for_o their_o sin_n to_o the_o praise_n of_o his_o glorious_a justice_n as_o the_o congregational_a church_n have_v declare_v how_o can_v it_o consist_v i_o say_v with_o god_n sincerity_n equity_n and_o justice_n to_o call_v command_v and_o threaten_v unto_o appearance_n chap._n 3._o n._n 7._o see_v ch_n 5._o n._n 4._o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o assembly_n and_o that_o of_o dort_n differ_v but_o little_a from_o this_o in_o effect_n though_o it_o be_v somewhat_o more_o plauble_n in_o appearance_n faith_n and_o repentance_n upon_o promise_n of_o pardon_n and_o salvation_n those_o very_a person_n who_o his_o own_o immutable_a and_o everlasting_a decree_n have_v put_v under_o a_o inevitable_a necessity_n of_o impenitency_n and_o unbelief_n that_o he_o may_v have_v a_o opportunity_n to_o glorify_v his_o justice_n in_o their_o eternal_a condemnation_n a_o deject_a soul_n can_v cast_v anchor_n upon_o such_o delude_a offer_n and_o invitation_n i_o shall_v therefore_o trouble_v you_o no_o further_o good_a mr._n diotrephes_n but_o sum_v up_o the_o ground_n of_o my_o present_a doubt_n and_o disconsolation_n and_o leave_v they_o to_o be_v more_o deliberate_o weigh_v in_o the_o balance_n of_o your_o mature_a judgement_n 1._o it_o be_v most_o certain_a there_o be_v no_o man_n shall_v be_v save_v without_o regeneration_n 2._o it_o be_v resolve_v do_v a_o man_n what_o he_o can_v to_o the_o uttermost_a in_o the_o improvement_n of_o common_a grace_n yet_o there_o be_v no_o promise_n extant_a to_o assure_v he_o that_o special_a grace_n shall_v be_v confer_v upon_o he_o but_o only_o 3._o certain_a revelation_n that_o this_o work_n of_o regeneration_n shall_v be_v accomplish_v irresistible_o in_o a_o set_a number_n of_o person_n call_v the_o elect._n and_o 4._o because_o those_o person_n be_v design_v and_o cull_v out_o already_o without_o respect_n or_o foreknowledge_n whether_o of_o faith_n or_o repentance_n or_o any_o good_a quality_n whatsoever_o in_o they_o as_o antecedent_n to_o their_o election_n therefore_o i_o be_o sure_a no_o performance_n of_o i_o can_v procure_v i_o to_o be_v elect_v 5._o it_o be_v impossible_a upon_o these_o ground_n to_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o à _fw-la priori_fw-la whether_o i_o be_v elect_v or_o no_o without_o such_o a_o special_a revelation_n as_o be_v grant_v very_o seldom_o and_o if_o ever_o to_o very_o few_o 6._o it_o be_v so_o difficult_a likewise_o to_o collect_v any_o certainty_n à _fw-la posteriori_fw-la the_o sin_n and_o duty_n of_o the_o elect_a and_o reprobate_n be_v so_o symbolical_a and_o alike_o the_o first_o their_o sin_n proceed_v from_o the_o common_a infirmity_n and_o corruption_n of_o nature_n which_o have_v infect_v all_o and_o the_o second_o their_o duty_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o that_o grace_n common_a or_o special_a respective_o which_o whatever_o it_o be_v in_o the_o political_a or_o moral_a capacity_n be_v but_o gradual_o distinguish_v in_o the_o physical_a or_o natural_a and_o especial_o see_v that_o degree_n of_o grace_n which_o be_v save_v in_o one_o perhaps_o be_v not_o so_o in_o another_o 7._o we_o observe_v even_o in_o the_o pure_a time_n while_o the_o holy_a apostle_n those_o foundation_n 14._o foundation_n rev._n 21._o 14._o of_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n be_v yet_o alive_a that_o many_o who_o shine_v as_o glorious_a star_n in_o that_o firmament_n be_v notwithstanding_o draw_v out_o of_o heaven_n by_o the_o tail_n of_o the_o red_a 4._o rev._n 12._o 4._o dragon_n and_o cast_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n which_o event_n as_o we_o be_v teach_v to_o believe_v be_v a_o sufficient_a indication_n they_o never_o have_v a_o real_a interest_n in_o christ_n merit_n and_o intercession_n to_o procure_v save_v grace_n for_o they_o and_o for_o abuse_v that_o common_a grace_n which_o have_v advance_v they_o so_o high_a though_o high_o it_o be_v not_o able_a they_o be_v cast_v so_o much_o the_o low_a into_o shame_n and_o torment_n last_o this_o absolute_a election_n be_v as_o some_o of_o the_o synod_n at_o dort_n affirm_v 3._o affirm_v deput_n syn._n geld._a act._n syn._n n._n dord_n pag._n 30._o par_fw-fr 3._o the_o foundation_n of_o christianity_n and_o salvation_n and_o the_o root_n 2._o root_n suffrag_v genevens_n ibid._n pag._n 57_o par_fw-fr 2._o or_o fountain_n of_o solid_a consolation_n in_o this_o miserable_a life_n and_o myself_o not_o able_a to_o make_v out_o my_o interest_n in_o it_o but_o find_v much_o objection_n to_o the_o contrary_a hinc_fw-la illae_fw-la lachrymae_fw-la it_o seem_v for_o all_o such_o miserable_a comforter_n 2._o comforter_n job_n 16._o 2._o and_o physician_n of_o no_o value_n 4._o value_n chap._n 13._o 4._o i_o must_v sit_v down_o in_o my_o confusion_n by_o these_o water_n of_o babylon_n and_o weep_v bitter_o lam._n 1._o 16._o for_o these_o thing_n i_o weep_v my_o eye_n my_o eye_n run_v down_o with_o water_n because_o the_o comforter_n that_o shall_v relieve_v or_o bring_v back_o my_o soul_n be_v far_o from_o i_o the_o syllogism_n that_o doctrine_n that_o can_v afford_v no_o solid_a ground_n of_o hope_n to_o encourage_v a_o desolate_a spirit_n in_o the_o way_n of_o godliness_n that_o doctrine_n be_v nor_o serviceable_a to_o the_o interest_n of_o soul_n nor_o practicable_a in_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o ministerial_a function_n nor_o according_a to_o godliness_n the_o doctrine_n as_o well_o of_o the_o sublapsarian_o as_o that_o of_o the_o supralapsarian_o can_v afford_v no_o solid_a ground_n of_o hope_n to_o encourage_v a_o desolate_a spirit_n in_o the_o way_n of_o godliness_n therefore_o the_o doctrine_n as_o well_o of_o the_o sublapsarian_o as_o the_o supralapsarian_o be_v not_o serviceable_a to_o the_o interest_n of_o soul_n nor_o practicable_a in_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o ministerial_a function_n