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gratiam_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la significant_a gratiam_fw-la datam_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la aquin._n com._n ad_fw-la text._n cartwright_n ib._n and_o do_v make_v a_o right_a use_n of_o this_o ordinance_n give_v to_o they_o not_o by_o the_o opus_fw-la operatuâ—â—_n the_o work_n do_v as_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o intrinsical_a virtue_n in_o this_o ceremony_n this_o we_o renounce_v as_o a_o popish_a dream_n and_o that_o too_o gross_a to_o be_v own_v by_o some_o of_o their_o doctor_n but_o only_o this_o be_v as_o i_o say_v a_o vehiculum_fw-la a_o instrument_n and_o a_o mean_n whereby_o this_o grace_n be_v convey_v so_o mr._n cartwright_n there_o within_o a_o few_o line_n explain_v himself_o it_o be_v a_o frantic_a device_n say_v he_o to_o imagine_v that_o by_o the_o very_a work_n of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n grace_n be_v give_v which_o be_v only_o the_o instrumental_a mean_n whereby_o it_o be_v give_v in_o such_o a_o way_n it_o be_v that_o sacrament_n convey_v grace_n not_o by_o any_o efficiency_n in_o themselves_o but_o only_o as_o instrument_n whereby_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n confer_v that_o grace_n which_o be_v represent_v ae_v signify_v by_o they_o and_o in_o such_o a_o way_n may_v this_o grace_n be_v say_v to_o be_v convey_v by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n in_o this_o ordinance_n of_o ordination_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o mr._n calvin_n who_o be_v not_o wont_a to_o be_v loose_a and_o lavish_a in_o his_o language_n nor_o yet_o ready_a to_o gratify_v his_o adversary_n of_o rome_n 31._o impositionem_fw-la manuum_fw-la qua_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ministri_fw-la in_o suum_fw-la munus_fw-la initiantur_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la invitus_fw-la patior_fw-la vocari_fw-la sacram_fw-la entum_fw-la ita_fw-la inter_fw-la ordinatia_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la non_fw-la numero_fw-la calv._n inst_z lib._n 4._o cap._n 14._o sect._n 20._o superest_fw-la impositio_fw-la manuum_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o veris_fw-la legitimisque_fw-la ordinationibus_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la esse_fw-la concedo_fw-la etc._n etc._n calv._n ibid._n cap._n 19_o sect_n 31._o by_o comply_v with_o they_o in_o any_o thing_n that_o may_v be_v in_o the_o least_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o truth_n declare_v himself_o once_o and_o again_o not_o to_o be_v unwilling_a to_o indulge_v this_o ceremony_n thus_o use_v the_o name_n of_o a_o sacrament_n non_fw-la invitus_fw-la patior_fw-la vocaris_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la not_o that_o he_o be_v willing_a to_o allow_v it_o a_o room_n among_o the_o ordinary_a sacrament_n which_o be_v seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n of_o which_o kind_n he_o own_v only_o two_o but_o in_o as_o much_o as_o herein_o it_o resemble_v a_o sacrament_n it_o be_v by_o divine_a ordination_n instrumental_a as_o a_o morralsign_n in_o convey_v ministerial_a grace_n as_o the_o sign_n in_o the_o sacrament_n be_v in_o convey_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o covenant_n so_o he_o text._n nec_fw-la hic_fw-la ritus_fw-la est_fw-la inane_fw-la spectaculum_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la precatio_fw-la accedit_fw-la impetratur_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n ordinando_fw-la nisi_fw-la ipse_fw-la sit_fw-la impius_fw-la hypocrira_fw-la heming_n com._n ad_fw-la text._n wherein_o we_o shall_v not_o find_v he_o singular_a sure_o say_v hemingius_n this_o ceremony_n of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n it_o be_v not_o inane_fw-la spectaculum_fw-la a_o mere_a pageant_n to_o be_v gaze_v and_o look_v upon_o but_o a_o operative_a sign_n which_o be_v as_o it_o ever_o must_v be_v accompany_v with_o prayer_n now_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v hereby_o impetrate_v and_o obtain_v for_o the_o person_n or_o dein_v unless_o he_o be_v one_o that_o be_v a_o hypocrite_n and_o to_o he_o consent_v aretius_n who_o also_o write_v upon_o the_o text_n and_o take_v notice_n how_o god_n be_v wont_v heretofore_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n to_o own_o this_o ordinance_n of_o he_o by_o give_v some_o evidence_n that_o the_o person_n so_o set_v apart_o be_v well_o please_v to_o he_o he_o add_v et_fw-la
instit_fw-la l._n 4._o cap._n 3._o sect._n 16._o yet_o no_o precept_n so_o as_o though_o it_o may_v be_v do_v yet_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o answ_n 1._o suppose_v it_o that_o we_o have_v not_o yet_o as_o calvin_n conclude_v inasmuch_o as_o we_o find_v it_o in_o such_o constant_a use_n among_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o next_o successor_n their_o so_o exact_a observe_v of_o it_o may_v well_o be_v instead_o of_o a_o precept_n unto_o we_o 2._o but_o second_o if_o we_o have_v not_o a_o express_a precept_n for_o it_o yet_o a_o implicit_a one_o we_o have_v which_o be_v tantamount_n what_o else_o mean_v that_o of_o paul_n to_o timothy_n where_o he_o charge_v he_o not_o to_o lay_v on_o hand_n sudden_o on_o any_o man_n 1_o tim._n 50.22_o sure_o that_o caution_n impli_v a_o injunction_n while_o he_o prohibit_v the_o manner_n he_o require_v the_o thing_n while_o he_o forbid_v he_o to_o lay_v on_o hand_n sudden_o he_o intimate_v it_o as_o his_o duty_n to_o 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