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of_o the_o bishop_n prove_v every_o lie_n to_o be_v a_o sin_n page_n 625_o the_o bishop_n determination_n that_o the_o efficacy_n of_o the_o sacrament_n depend_v not_o upon_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o priest_n page_n 629_o the_o bishop_n attestation_n of_o bishop_n sanderson_n his_o predecessor_n his_o die_v a_o true_a son_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o calumny_n of_o a_o presbyterian_a divine_a report_n public_o that_o he_o die_v a_o approver_n of_o that_o sect._n the_o contrary_a whereof_o be_v likewise_o make_v to_o appear_v out_o of_o the_o bishop_n last_o will_v and_o testament_n page_n 634_o a_o abstract_n of_o a_o letter_n of_o the_o bishop_n to_o the_o clergy_n of_o his_o diocese_n page_n 641_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o direction_n to_o a_o young_a divine_a for_o his_o study_n of_o divinity_n and_o choice_n of_o book_n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr study_n theologiae_n 1._o theology_n or_o divinity_n be_v a_o science_n or_o prudence_n 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moral_a duty_n and_o vice_n command_v or_o forbid_v by_o that_o law_n and_o here_o beside_o those_o many_o divine_n and_o christian_n who_o have_v express_o write_v upon_o the_o ten_o commandment_n and_o all_o thing_n command_v or_o forbid_v in_o they_o there_o be_v exceed_v many_o author_n of_o excellent_a use_n and_o authority_n to_o understand_v the_o nature_n of_o moral_a habit_n and_o action_n good_a and_o bad_a as_o 1._o aristot._fw-la eth._n ad_fw-la nichom_n fil._n 2._o andronicus_n rhodius_n his_o paraphr_n ex_fw-la editione_n heinsii_n lug._n bat._n 1617._o in_o 80._o 3._o the_o graec._n schol._n in_o arist._n eth._n 4._o hierocles_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pythag._n so_o call_v because_o they_o contain_v pythagoras_n his_o doctrine_n for_o philolaus_n crotoniates_n be_v the_o author_n of_o those_o verse_n 5._o johan_n stobaei_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aurel._n allobrogum_n 1609._o high_o commend_v by_o 366._o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suidas_n in_o joh._n stob._n vid._n pletii_n biblioth_n cod._n 176._o pag._n 366._o suidas_n a_o number_n of_o this_o kind_n there_o be_v even_o among_o pagan_a writer_n who_o have_v excellent_o describe_v the_o nature_n and_o kind_n of_o moral_a virtue_n and_o vice_n 3._o for_o theologia_n revelata_fw-la of_o which_o the_o scripture_n be_v the_o sole_a rule_n we_o be_v to_o consider_v and_o endeavour_v to_o know_v 1._o the_o text_n itself_o 2._o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o it_o 4._o for_o the_o text_n it_o will_v be_v convenient_a to_o have_v for_o the_o old_a testament_n 1._o biblia_fw-la interlinearia_n heb._n lat._n antwerp_n 1584._o 2._o biblia_fw-la graec._n septuaginta_fw-la interpret_v paris_n 1628._o 3._o biblia_fw-la lat._n junii_fw-la &_o tremel_n in_o folio_n or_o quarto_n 4._o biblia_fw-la lat._n sixti_fw-la 5_o ti_fw-mi romae_fw-la 1590._o &_o bib._n lat._n clementis_fw-la 8_o vi_fw-la romae_fw-la 1592._o if_o convenient_o they_o can_v be_v have_v both_o pope_n pretend_v to_o infallibility_n and_o yet_o their_o bible_n contradict_v one_o another_o express_o and_o in_o terminis_fw-la a_o hundred_o time_n but_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o the_o bibles_n of_o clement_n the_o eight_o be_v many_o time_n print_v and_o with_o a_o lie_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d miscall_v biblia_fw-la sixti_fw-la quinti_fw-la thus_o in_o a_o edition_n at_o antwerp_n in_o octavo_n 1628._o the_o title_n be_v bibl._n sacr_n vulgat_fw-la editionis_fw-la sixti_fw-la pont._n max._n jussu_fw-la recognita_fw-la and_o yet_o it_o be_v the_o bible_n of_o clem._n the_o 8_o so_o in_o another_o edition_n at_o antwerp_n 1603._o in_o fol._n and_o so_o again_o coloniae_fw-la agrippinae_n 1666._o in_o eight_o little_a volume_n in_o octavo_n 5._o for_o the_o text_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n there_o be_v many_o edition_n but_o two_o most_o useful_a 1._o novum_n testamentum_fw-la graec._n per_fw-la rob._n steph._n paris_n 1550._o folio_n the_o best_a character_n paper_n and_o exactness_n beside_o it_o give_v a_o account_n of_o all_o the_o ancient_a section_n and_o division_n of_o the_o testament_n and_o that_o 1._o in_o sectiones_fw-la majores_fw-la seu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sic_fw-la matthaeus_n habet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 68_o marcus_z 48._o lucas_n 83._o johannes_n 78._o vide_fw-la suidam_fw-la verbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o in_o minores_fw-la seu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quorum_fw-la numerus_fw-la multo_fw-la major_n matthaeus_n enim_fw-la habet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 355._o marcus_z 236._o lucas_n 342._o johan_n 232._o 3._o minimas_fw-la quas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d appellant_n at_z latini_n versus_fw-la so_o that_o every_o line_n in_o the_o msc_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o versus_fw-la and_o thus_o pag._n 95._o in_o 15â—0_n in_o in_o dicta_fw-la stephani_fw-la editione_n paris_n 15â—0_n calce_fw-la evangelii_n secundum_fw-la marcum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o e._n 1590._o etc._n etc._n 2._o n._n testamentum_fw-la graecè_fw-la à _fw-la steph._n curcellaeo_n editum_fw-la amstelodamae_fw-la 1658._o octavo_fw-la it_o have_v the_o variae_fw-la lectiones_fw-la and_o the_o parallel_a place_n more_o exact_o than_o any_o other_o i_o have_v yet_o see_v and_o yet_o the_o forementioned_a edition_n of_o rob._n steph._n have_v the_o variae_fw-la lectiones_fw-la of_o 15._o msc_n 6._o when_o occasion_n be_v to_o consult_v the_o bible_n in_o more_o language_n and_o more_o edition_n we_o have_v 1._o biblia_fw-la complutensia_n compl_a 1515._o in_o three_o fol._n 2._o biblia_fw-la regius_fw-la regis_fw-la hispaniae_fw-la per_fw-la ariam_fw-la montanum_fw-la antwerp_n 1569._o 3._o biblia_fw-la per_fw-la mich._n le_fw-fr jaii_n 7_o linguis_fw-la vol._n 10._o par._n 1645._o 4._o biblia_fw-la polyglotta_n london_n 1657._o by_o collation_n of_o these_o we_o may_v see_v the_o difference_n and_o variety_n of_o read_v etc._n etc._n 7._o for_o better_a 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