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p._n 297._o which_o they_o have_v without_o cause_n violate_v now_o if_o thou_o be_v a_o god_n as_o they_o say_v thou_o be_v and_o as_o we_o dream_v revenge_v the_o wrong_n now_o do_v unto_o thy_o name_n and_o i_o and_o show_v thy_o power_n on_o thy_o perjurious_a people_n who_o in_o their_o deed_n deny_v thou_o their_o god_n and_o shall_v i_o not_o arise_v to_o chastise_v they_o will_v not_o the_o honour_n of_o my_o holy_a name_n and_o nature_n by_o severe_a judgement_n for_o their_o unholinesse_n on_o those_o my_o people_n who_o will_v not_o show_v it_o by_o their_o conformity_n obey_v my_o law_n and_o fear_v to_o offend_v my_o pleasure_n be_v vindicate_v from_o the_o blasphemous_a thought_n of_o my_o enemy_n unto_o which_o god_n power_n glory_n and_o faithfulness_n stand_v up_o do_v as_o it_o be_v answer_n and_o plead_v true_a o_o lord_n most_o holy_a thy_o pure_a nature_n stand_v just_o offend_v thy_o people_n be_v by_o their_o altarbuilding_n make_v naked_a in_o thy_o sight_n they_o have_v move_v thou_o to_o jealousy_n with_o that_o which_o be_v not_o god_n 22._o deu._n 32.21_o 22._o or_o of_o god_n it_o may_v be_v just_a that_o the_o fire_n kindle_v against_o they_o in_o thy_o wrath_n shall_v burn_v unto_o hell_n and_o that_o therein_o for_o their_o sin_n thou_o may_v scatter_v they_o into_o corner_n and_o make_v their_o remembrance_n for_o to_o cease_v and_o thereby_o vindicate_v the_o glory_n of_o thy_o purity_n and_o show_v thyself_o a_o sin-hating_a 23._o exod._n 32.22_o 23._o by_o be_v a_o sin-revenging_a god_n but_o what_o shall_v become_v of_o thy_o faithfulness_n the_o glory_n thereof_o will_v be_v lose_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o heathen_a o_o remember_v thy_o promise_n lord_n thy_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n to_o isaac_n and_o jacob_n and_o let_v not_o the_o heathen_a say_v thou_o have_v speak_v what_o thou_o will_v not_o perform_v thou_o be_v not_o as_o man_n that_o thou_o shall_v lie_v nor_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o thou_o shall_v 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with_o it_o consider_v lord_n make_v not_o a_o full_a end_n of_o this_o rebellious_a altarbuilding_n generation_n for_o the_o enemy_n will_v behave_v himself_o proud_o and_o say_v my_o hand_n and_o not_o the_o lord_n 32.27_o deu._n 32.27_o have_v do_v all_o this_o so_o that_o sin_n do_v not_o only_o make_v god_n word_n to_o fight_v against_o itself_o in_o promise_n and_o threat_n but_o also_o the_o very_a property_n of_o the_o lord_n how_o sad_a must_v it_o be_v unto_o a_o ingenuous_a child_n to_o see_v fury_n and_o mercy_n power_n and_o pity_n justice_n and_o compassion_n at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o shine_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o a_o tender_a father_n how_o vile_a then_o must_v this_o sin_n be_v which_o run_v god_n on_o such_o strait_n when_o as_o much_o as_o in_o we_o lie_v we_o labour_v to_o confound_v the_o very_a god_n of_o wisdom_n and_o set_v unity_n at_o enmity_n make_v the_o divine_a nature_n as_o it_o be_v to_o war_n against_o itself_o and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o 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we_o do_v not_o take_v the_o word_n altar_n in_o the_o doctrine_n for_o though_o the_o sacrament_n be_v part_n of_o the_o divine_a worship_n yet_o i_o shall_v not_o limit_v and_o bound_v the_o word_n altar_n to_o the_o place_n and_o ordinary_a instrument_n of_o their_o use_n for_o i_o shall_v say_v of_o table_n in_o private_a place_n as_o bullinger_n of_o fix_a altar_n or_o rather_o table_n so_o call_v i_o condemn_v they_o not_o be_v use_v to_o the_o proper_a end_n and_o in_o a_o right_a manner_n only_o the_o conveniency_n of_o public_a instrument_n keep_v in_o public_a place_n to_o public_a end_n due_o preserve_v i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o restrain_v the_o term_n altar_n to_o signify_v that_o instrument_n we_o vulgar_o call_v the_o communion_n table_n that_o i_o shall_v with_o peter_n martyr_n confess_v the_o catachrestical_a use_n of_o it_o by_o the_o father_n 897._o dicta_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la non_fw-la aedificârunt_fw-la plebem_fw-la sed_fw-la potiùs_fw-la illam_fw-la ad_fw-la 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