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confidence_n as_o a_o effect_n from_o his_o cause_n because_o god_n be_v powerful_a and_o faithful_a in_o his_o promise_n therefore_o we_o arise_v in_o hope_n and_o confidence_n it_o faith_n have_v not_o always_o confidence_n join_v with_o it_o three_o faith_n have_v not_o always_o confidence_n conjoin_v to_o it_o as_o it_o do_v plain_o appear_v in_o the_o leapre_n who_o say_v to_o our_o saviour_n matth._n 8._o v._n 2._o lord_n if_o thou_o will_v thou_o can_v make_v i_o clean_o object_n justify_v faith_n show_v no_o matter_n and_o object_n four_o the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o faith_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n do_v not_o show_v the_o matter_n and_o his_o object_n to_o be_v any_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v or_o to_o be_v apprehend_v by_o understanding_n neither_o proper_o do_v it_o fall_v in_o hope_n or_o confidence_n of_o will_n for_o what_o else_o do_v our_o saviour_n say_v joan._n 14._o v._n 10._o do_v you_o not_o believe_v that_o i_o be_o in_o the_o father_n and_o the_o father_n in_o i_o likewise_o matth._n 9_o v._n 28._o do_v you_o believe_v that_o i_o can_v do_v these_o thing_n to_o you_o which_o now_o sometime_o be_v present_a now_o also_o in_o the_o future_a apprehend_v by_o only_a understanding_n and_o not_o hope_v future_a i'faith_o sometime_o apprehend_v the_o present_a tense_n &_o sometime_o the_o future_a for_o hope_n and_o confidence_n respect_n and_o look_v to_o the_o future_a all_o the_o ancient_a father_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n who_o place_n faith_n and_o his_o action_n to_o be_v in_o consent_n will_n faith_n fall_v in_o the_o consent_n &_o operation_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o not_o in_o the_o confidence_n of_o will_n and_o operation_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o not_o in_o confidence_n of_o will_n as_o say_v s._n aug._n lib._n de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la sanct_a ipsum_fw-la credere_fw-la respondet_fw-la nihil_fw-la altud_fw-ge est_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la assentione_fw-la cogitare_fw-la that_o be_v he_o to_o 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prayer_n holy_a trinity_n one_o god_n have_v mercy_n on_o we_o and_o likewise_o that_o word_n homoousion_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o consubstantiality_n of_o christ_n betwixt_o the_o person_n in_o the_o holy_a trinity_n to_o animate_v this_o detestable_a hatred_n the_o more_o the_o seruetian_o call_v the_o trinity_n a_o three_o head_a cerberus_n and_o hell_n hound_n beza_n epist_n 81._o and_o moreover_o to_o this_o effect_n be_v not_o the_o embassadge_n of_o the_o caluiniste_n of_o poll_n and_o send_v to_o zurick_n and_o to_o geneva_n to_o have_v this_o article_n abolish_v out_o of_o the_o belief_n and_o that_o the_o name_n trinity_n shall_v not_o be_v mention_v whereupon_o the_o caluinian_a synod_n ensue_v at_o vilnaan_n 1589_o 11._o may_n where_o it_o be_v ordain_v by_o public_a decree_n that_o all_o minister_n in_o their_o sermon_n shall_v not_o make_v mention_n of_o the_o trinity_n symler_n a_o 1560_o in_o aquavitae_fw-la bull_v fol._n 33._o brendenbachl_n 7._o cap._n 19_o likewise_o they_o misbelieve_v the_o father_n who_o with_o caluin_n lib._n 1._o inst_z cap._n 13_o §_o 13.23.24_o &_o ult._n do_v affirm_v it_o foolishness_n to_o believe_v or_o think_v that_o god_n do_v continual_o beget_v his_o son_n whereas_o by_o this_o continual_a understanding_n he_o must_v ever_o produce_v a_o word_n which_o be_v the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o father_n &_o his_o son_n likewise_o all_o they_o misbelieve_v the_o father_n who_o exclude_v the_o son_n &_o holy_a ghost_n from_o infinite_a divinity_n and_o coequality_n with_o the_o father_n melan._n loc_fw-la come_v ann_n 2539._o fol._n 8._o &_o 10._o &_o ann_n 1545._o fol._n 53._o &_o a_o 1558._o loco_fw-la defilio_fw-la almighty_a how_o the_o protestant_n deny_v god_n almighty_a in_o call_v and_o attribute_v to_o he_o almighty_a among_o the_o principal_a protestant_n this_o article_n be_v deny_v caluin_n lib._n 2_o inst_z cap._n 7._o §_o 5._o &_o 24._o &_o lib._n 4._o cap._n 17._o §_o 24._o &_o in_o psal_n 37._o v._n 4._o moreover_o whereas_o we_o catholic_n profess_v he_o maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n the_o which_o right_a belief_n do_v confess_v that_o the_o son_n &_o holy_a ghost_n create_v asmuch_o as_o god_n the_o father_n see_v they_o be_v not_o dinstinguish_v one_o from_o a_o other_o as_o they_o be_v god_n and_o consequent_o their_o do_n be_v and_o must_v be_v all_o one_o in_o external_a operation_n such_o as_o in_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n against_o this_o article_n fight_v calu._n count_v valent._n gent._n &_o lib._n 2._o inst_z cap._n 14._o §_o 3._o say_v that_o the_o name_n of_o god_n peculiar_o do_v belong_v only_o to_o god_n the_o father_n and_o that_o christ_n consider_v according_a to_o his_o person_n may_v not_o be_v call_v creator_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n which_o ungodly_a assertion_n be_v allow_v to_o be_v true_a besides_o all_o other_o absurdity_n it_o follow_v that_o
of_o god_n &_o likewise_o that_o church_n which_o be_v after_o christ_n have_v never_o fail_v or_o may_v fail_v according_a to_o that_o stait_z in_o which_o it_o be_v institute_v of_o himself_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o testimony_n of_o holy_a scripture_n in_o which_o christ_n kingdom_n be_v fortolde_v to_o be_v eternal_a as_o psal_n 47_o v._n 9_o be_v say_v as_o we_o have_v hard_a so_o we_o have_v we_o see_v in_o the_o city_n of_o our_o god_n and_o god_n have_v establish_v it_o for_o ever_o which_o psalm_n be_v speak_v altogether_o of_o the_o church_n and_o her_o perpetuity_n likewise_o her_o visibility_n be_v also_o mention_v whyl_v the_o prophet_n say_v as_o we_o have_v hard_a and_o see_v therefore_o it_o be_v not_o obscur_o design_v or_o invisible_a also_o dan._n 2._o v._n 44._o say_v that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o those_o king_n the_o god_n of_o heaven_n shall_v set_v up_o a_o kingdom_n which_o shall_v never_o be_v destroy_v and_o this_o kingdom_n shall_v not_o be_v give_v to_o another_o people_n but_o it_o shall_v break_v and_o destroy_v all_o these_o kingdom_n and_o it_o shall_v stand_v for_o ever_o moreover_o s._n matth._n 16._o v._n 18._o say_v that_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o she_o for_o as_o there_o be_v a_o visible_a head_n there_o must_v be_v a_o visible_a body_n and_o see_v christ_n be_v see_v in_o earth_n &_o do_v converse_v with_o man_n shall_v not_o his_o body_n and_o member_n thereof_o also_o be_v visible_a if_o the_o foundament_n be_v visible_a it_o behow_v also_o the_o house_n to_o be_v visible_a and_o see_v the_o apostle_n and_o prophet_n be_v foundament_n of_o his_o church_n ephes_n 2._o who_o can_v deny_v the_o building_n not_o to_o be_v visible_a likewise_o our_o conjunction_n with_o christ_n be_v not_o only_o spiritual_a but_o also_o be_v bodily_a that_o we_o may_v be_v bone_n of_o his_o bone_n and_o flesh_n of_o his_o flesh_n the_o apostle_n call_v it_o a_o great_a sacrament_n eph._n 5._o and_o see_v by_o 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