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this_o lamb_n stand_v as_o though_o he_o have_v be_v kill_v whereby_o his_o humility_n be_v signify_v and_o he_o have_v seven_o horn_n and_o seven_o eye_n which_o be_v the_o seven_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o he_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o throne_n by_o which_o three_o circumstance_n of_o his_o power_n his_o authority_n in_o send_v the_o spirit_n his_o sit_v in_o one_o throne_n with_o god_n his_o divine_a nature_n be_v insinuate_v the_o reason_n why_o both_o nature_n of_o god_n and_o man_n must_v concur_v not_o only_o in_o the_o constitution_n but_o in_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o mediatorship_n saint_n paul_n show_v gal._n 3._o 20._o for_o a_o mediator_n be_v not_o of_o one_o but_o god_n be_v one_o the_o mediator_n than_o be_v not_o god_n only_o nor_o man_n only_o but_o he_o must_v partake_v of_o both_o and_o exercise_v his_o mediator_n office_n in_o both_o first_o then_o by_o this_o doctrine_n be_v refute_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o papist_n who_o affirm_v and_o hold_v 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betoken_v service_n or_o subjection_n unto_o god_n christ_n perform_v as_o man_n but_o the_o power_n of_o the_o work_n perfection_n glory_n he_o execute_v as_o god_n though_o he_o pray_v as_o man_n he_o can_v not_o prevail_v by_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o prayer_n but_o as_o both_o god_n and_o man_n and_o as_o bernard_n say_v ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la miseria_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la potentia_fw-la to_o the_o manhood_n belong_v the_o suffering_n and_o sorrow_n of_o the_o mediator_n to_o the_o godhead_n the_o honour_n and_o power_n and_o as_o augustine_n divina_fw-la humanitas_fw-la humana_fw-la divinitas_fw-la mediatrix_fw-la his_o divine_a humanity_n and_o humane_a divinity_n be_v the_o mediator_n three_o confidence_n as_o christ_n in_o his_o prayer_n say_v father_n so_o he_o teach_v we_o to_o pray_v our_o father_n that_o be_v with_o confidence_n and_o full_a assurance_n like_v as_o there_o be_v no_o father_n which_o if_o his_o child_n ask_v he_o bread_n will_v give_v he_o 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