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wonderful_a silence_n etc._n etc._n a_o apostle_n have_v be_v of_o much_o note_n in_o our_o church_n there_o may_v be_v allusion_n thereto_o in_o ahijah_n answer_v to_o jeroboam_n wife_n i_o be_o a_o sad_a messenger_n or_o apostle_n to_o thou_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 3_o reg._n 14.6_o and_o in_o that_o contrary_a mission_n of_o evil_a angel_n or_o by_o evil_a angel_n psal_n 78.49_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o brethren_n the_o glory_n of_o christ_n be_v style_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o church_n 2_o corinth_n 8.23_o and_o epaphroditus_n be_v such_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o apostle_n and_o minister_n as_o it_o be_v with_o relation_n to_o such_o know_a office_n of_o hebrew_n stamp_n and_o power_n that_o certain_o they_o have_v such_o we_o be_v behold_v out_o of_o scripture_n to_o epiphanius_n a_o learned_a one_o of_o their_o own_o bear_v and_o breed_v both_o with_o and_o of_o they_o who_o have_v leave_v we_o a_o full_a description_n he_o tell_v we_o 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ad_fw-la exigendum_fw-la aurum_fw-la atque_fw-la argentum_fw-la à _fw-la patriarcha_fw-la certo_fw-la tempore_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n much_o to_o what_o be_v in_o epiphan_n in_o câ—d_v theodos_fw-la lib._n 10._o tit_n 8._o l._n 14._o allege_v by_o mr_n selden_n on_o eutychius_n pa._n 16._o grotius_n give_v they_o the_o reddition_n of_o the_o same_o word_n and_o their_o office_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n from_o the_o most_o proper_a repository_n of_o the_o talmud_n propriè_fw-la autem_fw-la vocabantur_fw-la in_o talmudicis_fw-la libris_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la decimas_fw-la atque_fw-la alia_fw-la percipiebant_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la levitas_n deferebant_fw-la of_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n we_o have_v in_o scripture_n act_v 1.25_o romans_z 1.5_o 1_o corinth_n 9.2_o galat._n 2.8_o and_o other_o thing_n of_o they_o he_o have_v enough_o from_o philo_n of_o alexandria_n ignatius_n of_o antioch_n julian_n the_o emperor_n and_o other_o to_o who_o their_o person_n and_o office_n may_v be_v as_o well_o know_v as_o a_o bishop_n or_o arch-deacon_n be_v among_o we_o in_o his_o note_n on_o matth._n 10.1_o whereto_o i_o remit_v as_o to_o the_o number_n it_o be_v like_a they_o be_v twelve_o while_o the_o state_n stand_v in_o power_n we_o read_v that_o be_v the_o number_n of_o their_o tribe_n often_o of_o the_o head_n of_o their_o tribe_n as_o num._n 7.2_o cap._n 25.14_o deuteron_fw-gr 5.32_o cap._n 33.5_o josh_n 14.1_o cap._n 19.51_o yea_o both_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deuteron_n 31.28_o &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deuteron_n 29.10_o &_o josh_n 21.1_o who_o power_n be_v next_o to_o regal_a in_o dr_n hammonds_n power_n of_o the_o key_n cap._n 5._o sect_n 13._o which_o allow_v a_o due_a symmetry_n and_o proportion_n and_o that_o every_o body_n have_v one_o head_n and_o no_o more_o will_v give_v that_o product_n exact_o as_o indeed_o they_o be_v by_o number_n tale_n and_o name_n in_o the_o first_o of_o number_n from_o ver_fw-la 4._o cap._n 7.4_o cap._n 13._o from_o ver_fw-la 3._o to_o 17._o and_o in_o joseph_n hebrew_n antiquity_n twelve_o be_v choose_v and_o send_v to_o view_n canaan_n one_o of_o every_o tribe_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 13._o the_o very_a same_o number_n to_o one_o which_o christ_n send_v after_o to_o the_o lose_a sheep_n of_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n the_o twelve_o tribe_n of_o his_o nation_n matth._n 10.5_o 6._o over_o who_o he_o promise_v they_o shall_v one_o day_n sit_v as_o so_o many_o judge_n on_o their_o so_o many_o throne_n matth._n 19.28_o luc._n 22.30_o in_o imitation_n and_o commensuration_n whereto_o his_o jerusalem_n apostle_n direct_v to_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n scatter_v abroad_o jam._n 1.1_o so_o be_v it_o for_o a_o while_n go_v not_o into_o the_o way_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o into_o a_o city_n of_o the_o samaritan_n enter_v not_o matth._n 10.5_o but_o after_o enlarge_v
the_o jew_n pa._n 296._o from_o the_o prophet_n esay_n his_o aqua_fw-la fidelis_fw-la cap._n 33._o and_o yet_o again_o in_o pag._n 304._o tertullian_n be_v next_o and_o very_o plâ—in_o the_o 40._o the_o tingit_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la diabolus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la utique_fw-la credentes_fw-la et_fw-la fideles_fw-la suos_fw-la expositionem_fw-la or_o depositionem_fw-la delictorum_fw-la de_fw-la lavacro_fw-la repromittit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la adhuc_fw-la memini_fw-la or_o as_o some_o read_v &_o sic_fw-la adhuc_fw-la initial_a mithra_n signat_fw-la illic_fw-la in_o frontibus_fw-la milites_fw-la suos_fw-la de_fw-fr praescription_n haeret_fw-la cap._n 40._o devil_n dip_v also_o his_o believer_n and_o proselyte_n promise_v they_o thus_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o if_o i_o well_o remember_v martion_n remember_v mithrae_fw-la cultus_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la imitabatur_fw-la tingendo_fw-la signando_fw-la in_o frontibus_fw-la panis_fw-la oblationem_fw-la celebrando_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la imaginem_fw-la inducendo_fw-la denique_fw-la coronando_n suos_fw-la sub_fw-la gladio_fw-la atque_fw-la sic_fw-la initiati_fw-la mithrae_fw-la milites_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la b._n rhenanus_fw-la in_fw-la annot_fw-mi ad_fw-la lib._n 1._o tertul._n advers._fw-la martion_n mithra_n sign_n disciple_n in_o their_o forehead_n and_o treat_v purposely_o of_o baptism_n our_o baptism_n afterward_o sequent_a afterward_o no_o &_o sacris_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la initiantur_fw-la nationes_fw-la extraneae_fw-la isidis_n alicujus_fw-la aut_fw-la mithrae_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la cap._n 5._o pag._n 257._o certè_fw-la ludis_fw-la apollinaribus_fw-la &_o eleusiniis_fw-la or_o pelusiis_fw-la tinguntur_fw-la idque_fw-la se_fw-la in_o regenerationem_fw-la &_o impunitatem_fw-la perjuriorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la agere_fw-la praesumunt_fw-la quo_fw-la agnito_fw-la hic_fw-la quoque_fw-la studium_fw-la diaboli_fw-la cognoscimus_fw-la res_fw-la dei_fw-la aemulantis_fw-la cum_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la baptismum_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la exercet_fw-la id_fw-la in_o sequent_a for_o by_o some_o sacred_a lustration_n as_o of_o isis_n or_o mithra_n be_v foreigner_n admit_v or_o initiate_v and_o soon_o after_o in_o apollo_n game_n and_o some_o other_o man_n dip_v and_o they_o presume_v it_o to_o be_v for_o regeneration_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n strange_a doctrine_n to_o be_v find_v out_o of_o christendom_n and_o yet_o soon_o after_o whereby_o we_o learn_v the_o devil_n sedulity_n who_o imitate_v the_o work_n of_o god_n and_o leave_v not_o baptism_n unpractised_a which_o way_n also_o many_o other_o passage_n be_v considerable_a in_o his_o first_o book_n against_o martion_n especial_o chap._n 23._o the_o devil_n say_v one_o be_v god_n ape_n and_o he_o apish_o imitate_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n his_o work_n wonder_n order_n institution_n and_o transfer_v they_o to_o the_o service_n of_o idol_n that_o so_o he_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v the_o friend_n and_o familiar_a of_o god_n or_o rather_o indeed_o to_o be_v god_n to_o who_o such_o service_n be_v due_a and_o appertain_v to_o take_v in_o by_o the_o way_n that_o not_o impertinent_a observation_n of_o a_o great_a 203._o great_a bp._n montague_n in_o his_o act_n and_o monument_n chap._n 3._o sâ—c_fw-la 59_o pa._n 203._o scholar_n and_o he_o give_v hereof_o there_o instance_n enough_o in_o sacrifice_n oblation_n tithe_n first_o fruit_n sanctification_n excommunication_n expiation_n lustration_n etc._n etc._n to_o which_o many_o more_o may_v be_v add_v out_o of_o walafridus_n strabo_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la the_o second_o chapter_n proceed_v in_o our_o way_n to_o grave_n and_o profound_a athanasius_n who_o discourse_v against_o the_o arrian_n of_o our_o baptism_n that_o both_o show_v our_o faith_n and_o initiate_v there-into_a for_o that_o be_v his_o word_n import_v so_o to_o enter_v range_v abroad_o he_o come_v to_o tell_v that_o 413._o that_o certè_fw-la aliae_fw-la etiam_fw-la haereses_fw-la eaeque_fw-la numero_fw-la non_fw-la exiguae_fw-la nâ—mine_fw-la tenus_fw-la ritum_fw-la istum_fw-la pronunciant_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la recté_fw-fr sentientes_fw-la ut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la sanam_fw-la fidem_fw-la retinentes_fw-la inutilem_fw-la possident_fw-la aquam_fw-la quam_fw-la impertiunt_fw-la nimirum_fw-la numine_fw-la &_o religione_fw-la destitutam_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la adspergantur_fw-la sordescant_fw-la potius_fw-la prava_fw-la religione_fw-la quam_fw-la redimantur_fw-la oration_n 3_o contra_fw-la arrianos_fw-la tom_fw-mi 1._o pa._n 413._o other_o sect_n and_o those_o not_o few_o make_v use_n of_o the_o same_o rite_n in_o name_n but_o with_o their_o 683._o their_o ut_fw-la superstitio_fw-la omne_fw-la dei_fw-la opera_fw-la praeposterè_fw-la aemulatur_fw-la stulti_fw-la homines_fw-la varia_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la fabricant_fw-la pro_fw-la svo_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la subest_fw-la verbum_fw-la tanquam_fw-la anima_fw-la inane_n sunt_fw-la ac_fw-la lusoriae_fw-la umbrae_fw-la calvin_n harmon_n evangel_n pa._n 683._o erroneous_a opinion_n they_o have_v no_o more_o but_o simple_a water_n and_o that_o in_o stead_n of_o wash_v defile_v they_o saint_n ambrose_n next_o â—here_o be_v many_o kind_n of_o baptism_n indeed_o 169._o indeed_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la cap._n 1._o tom_n 4._o p._n 169._o say_v he_o and_o yet_o the_o apostle_n aver_v there_o be_v but_o one_o baptism_n therefore_o the_o heathon_n have_v baptism_n which_o be_v upon_o the_o matter_n no_o baptism_n lavacra_fw-la sunt_fw-la baptismata_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la caro_fw-la lavatur_fw-la non_fw-la culpa_fw-la diluitur_fw-la imò_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la lavacro_fw-la contrahitur_fw-la the_o body_n be_v wash_v the_o offence_n not_o wash_v off_o but_o rather_o contract_v and_o draw_v on_o his_o good_a son_n st._n augustine_n we_o have_v before_o who_o coaevall_fw-fr st._n jerome_n leave_v we_o not_o altogether_o without_o witness_n in_o his_o c._n his_o multaque_fw-la sunt_fw-la lavacra_fw-la quae_fw-la ethnici_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la mysteriis_fw-la &_o haeretici_fw-la pâ—llicentur_fw-la lead_v non_fw-la lavant_fw-la in_o salutem_fw-la propterea_fw-la additum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o in_o aqua_fw-la non_fw-la es_fw-la lotus_fw-la in_o salutem_fw-la commentar_n lib._n 4._o in_o ezechiel_n 16._o tom_n 4._o pa._n 369._o c._n commentary_n on_o ezekiel_n speak_v of_o our_o baptismal_a water_n from_o that_o there_o jerusalem_n be_v not_o wash_v there_o be_v many_o wash_n say_v he_o like_o we_o typify_v there_o which_o heathen_a and_o heretic_n make_v much_o promise_n of_o but_o they_o wash_v not_o unto_o cleanness_n as_o that_o do_v of_o the_o meaning_n whereof_o i_o the_o less_o fear_n mistake_v because_o the_o 4._o the_o lombard_n sentent_fw-fr lib._n 4._o distinct_a 4._o master_n of_o the_o sentence_n have_v since_o make_v use_n of_o it_o to_o prove_v that_o a_o man_n may_v receive_v sacramentum_fw-la and_o yet_o not_o rem_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la the_o element_n but_o not_o the_o sacrament_n which_o he_o there_o avouch_v st._n jerome_n to_o have_v allow_v pagan_n without_o any_o grace_n of_o sanctification_n which_o must_v be_v grant_v they_o have_v not_o and_o yet_o not_o so_o say_v i._o true_a they_o have_v no_o sanctification_n but_o they_o have_v no_o sacrament_n for_o they_o have_v only_a water_n and_o their_o form_n which_o can_v never_o make_v a_o sacrament_n and_o so_o no_o argument_n that_o a_o true_a sacrament_n may_v go_v without_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o sacrament_n epiphanius_n may_v be_v take_v in_o for_o his_o 18._o his_o in_o haeres_fw-la 34._o marcosior_n cap._n 20._o pag._n vid._n etiam_fw-la irenaeum_fw-la adversus_fw-la haereses_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 18._o marcosian_o for_o they_o be_v scarce_a christian_n yet_o they_o use_v somewhat_o near_o of_o kin_n to_o we_o for_o water_n and_o wash_n for_o initiation_n this_o be_v certain_a they_o have_v and_o so_o make_v believer_n they_o by_o redeem_v they_o from_o the_o world_n last_o and_o the_o great_a critic_n tho._n demster_n touch_v at_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o previous_a lustration_n among_o the_o mystery_n of_o bacchus_n in_o his_o enlargement_n of_o rosinus_n antiquity_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 11._o as_o to_o those_o that_o allege_v other_o &_o without_o the_o pale_a of_o christian_a the_o learned_a lampridius_n learned_a in_o his_o annotation_n on_o mat._n 28.19_o pag._n 515._o supra_fw-la ostendimus_fw-la apud_fw-la judaeos_fw-la moris_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la baptizarentur_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la à _fw-la falsorum_fw-la deorum_fw-la cultu_fw-la ad_fw-la cultum_fw-la unius_fw-la dei_fw-la convertel_n anâ—_n sed_fw-la apud_fw-la gentes_fw-la etiam_fw-la profanas_fw-la usurparum_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la initiari_fw-la vellent_fw-la prius_fw-la toto_fw-la corpore_fw-la abluerentur_fw-la haud_fw-la dubiè_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la testanâ—es_fw-la propositum_fw-la innocentiae_fw-la nam_fw-la ejus_fw-la propositi_fw-la sponsionem_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la mystagogi_fw-la exigebant_fw-la ut_fw-la libanius_n docet_fw-la &_o lampridius_n grotius_n produce_v many_o libanius_n lampridius_n homer_n etc._n etc._n beside_o clemens_n of_o alexandria_n our_o most_o learned_a mr._n selden_n sundry_a other_o hesychius_n apuleius_n nonnus_n etc._n etc._n beside_o our_o tertullian_n the_o word_n be_v worthy_a read_n in_o either_o and_o they_o that_o be_v thorough_o acquaint_v with_o athens_n and_o rome_n pagane_n the_o wash_v lustration_n februation_n etc._n etc._n of_o they_o and_o other_o