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of_o antioch_n from_o daphne_n 118._o but_o in_o this_o argument_n i_o need_v not_o abound_v other_o have_v say_v a_o great_a deal_n in_o it_o and_o i_o will_v not_o transcribe_v they_o but_o rather_o refer_v to_o they_o etc._n i_o will_v note_v only_o here_o a_o odd_a assertion_n of_o grotius_n 41._o which_o i_o wonder_v how_o it_o drop_v from_o the_o pen_n of_o that_o great_a man_n whilst_o say_v he_o the_o catholic_n meaning_n the_o papist_n profess_v that_o they_o exhibit_v the_o sign_n of_o honour_n to_o christ_n who_o many_o protestant_n acknowledge_v to_o be_v present_a in_o the_o sacrament_n they_o be_v no_o more_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bread-worshipper_n than_o the_o jew_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d worshipper_n of_o the_o ark_n when_o they_o exhibit_v the_o honour_n of_o god_n at_o it_o but_o the_o jew_n do_v not_o worship_v the_o ark_n at_o all_o much_o less_o as_o the_o body_n of_o the_o logos_fw-la whilst_o such_o catholic_n worship_v not_o only_a christ_n as_o present_v but_o that_o very_a substance_n which_o be_v under_o the_o show_n of_o bread_n as_o the_o natural_a body_n of_o christ_n and_o therefore_o if_o it_o prove_v bread_n they_o worship_v bread_n whatever_o they_o think_v it_o for_o the_o false_a opinion_n of_o man_n change_v not_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n and_o bread_n be_v bread_n and_o the_o worship_n of_o that_o which_o be_v bread_n be_v certain_o bread-worship_n though_o it_o be_v judge_v of_o and_o honour_v as_o another_o thing_n and_o barnabas_n and_o paul_n be_v no_o other_o person_n though_o the_o lycaonian_o think_v one_o to_o be_v jupiter_n and_o the_o other_o mercury_n be_v induce_v to_o that_o misbelief_n and_o a_o inclination_n to_o offer_v sacrifice_n to_o they_o by_o perceive_v a_o miracle_n wrought_v by_o a_o word_n of_o their_o mouth_n 13._o this_o ark_n which_o i_o be_o speak_v of_o as_o the_o instrument_n of_o the_o shechinah_n but_o not_o as_o a_o object_n of_o worship_n in_o itself_o be_v a_o while_n place_v in_o shiloh_n but_o it_o be_v not_o till_o david_n or_o rather_o solomon_n time_n proper_o fix_v in_o one_o certain_a place_n of_o the_o holy_a land_n god_n cause_v his_o favour_n to_o be_v value_v by_o the_o suspense_n of_o it_o and_o show_v thereby_o that_o he_o be_v not_o confine_v to_o any_o particular_a place_n beside_o the_o shechinah_n in_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o afterward_o in_o the_o temple_n god_n vouchsafe_v the_o jew_n another_o especial_a presence_n of_o his_o logos_fw-la by_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o the_o sacerdotal_a appendage_n of_o the_o ephod_n and_o breastplate_n of_o the_o appointment_n of_o these_o we_o read_v in_o the_o eight_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n of_o exodus_fw-la and_o in_o that_o chapter_n it_o be_v say_v concern_v the_o breastplate_n of_o the_o highpriest_n 30._o