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only_a mean_n to_o lead_v we_o unto_o god_n job_n 27._o 10._o psalm_n 43._o 4._o cantic_a 2._o 3._o isa._n 56._o 7._o reason_n 1._o because_o the_o duty_n of_o that_o day_n be_v high_o we_o have_v then_o all_o the_o mean_n of_o communion_n with_o god_n 1._o we_o have_v they_o in_o a_o more_o raise_v solemn_a way_n without_o any_o interruption_n there_o be_v then_o a_o double_a institution_n not_o only_o of_o the_o worship_n but_o the_o time_n 2._o it_o be_v a_o spiritual_a feast_n a_o day_n of_o god_n appointment_n our_o recompense_n as_o well_o as_o our_o duty_n neh._n 2._o 26._o ordinance_n be_v fodinae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la isa._n 12._o 3._o 3._o this_o day_n we_o come_v to_o remember_v the_o high_a favour_n of_o god_n to_o the_o creature_n to_o contemplate_v the_o work_n of_o creation_n god_n rest_n and_o of_o redemption_n christ_n rest_n 1_o pet._n 4._o 1._o and_o our_o own_o eternal_a rest_n heb._n 4._o 9_o the_o sabbath_n of_o the_o faithful_a be_v the_o suburb_n of_o heaven_n heb._n 12._o 23._o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v heaven_n in_o a_o map_n luke_n 14._o 15._o mat._n 26._o 29._o 4._o many_o of_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o day_n be_v but_o spiritual_a recreation_n meditation_n be_v the_o solace_n of_o the_o mind_n in_o the_o contemplation_n of_o god_n work_n psa._n 104._o 34._o sing_v of_o psalm_n be_v a_o vent_n for_o spiritual_a mirth_n jam._n 5._o eph._n 5._o 18_o 19_o then_o god_n shall_v be_v solemn_o praise_v ps._n 92._o 1_o 2._o 5._o it_o be_v the_o temper_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n to_o delight_v in_o his_o solemn_a worship_n psa._n 2._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 12._o male_a concordat_fw-la canticum_fw-la novum_fw-la &_o vetus_fw-la homo_fw-la aug._n psal._n 84._o 1_o 10._o psal._n 122._o 1._o 6._o delight_n in_o the_o sabbath_n be_v the_o best_a way_n to_o discharge_v the_o duty_n 1._o with_o comfort_n delight_n sweeten_v all_o how_o will_v man_n toil_v at_o their_o sport_n neh._n 11._o 8._o 2._o with_o profit_n isa._n 64._o 5._o god_n will_v not_o send_v they_o away_o sad_a which_o come_v into_o his_o presence_n with_o joy_n mean_n to_o delight_n in_o the_o sabbath_n 1._o labour_n after_o the_o assurance_n of_o the_o pardon_n of_o your_o sin_n sabbath_n 2._o solemn_o prepare_v for_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o sabbath_n 3._o wean_v the_o heart_n from_o temporal_a pleasure_n psal._n 26._o 8._o &_o 119._o 37._o 4._o esteem_v the_o sabbath_n a_o privilege_n that_o after_o six_o day_n of_o labour_n god_n shall_v appoint_v we_o a_o day_n of_o rest_n he_o may_v have_v take_v all_o our_o time_n 5._o treasure_n up_o the_o experience_n of_o former_a sabbath_n psal._n 63._o begin_v 6._o in_o case_n of_o deadness_n plead_v with_o your_o soul_n as_o david_n do_v psal._n 42._o shall_v i_o go_v
her_o family_n mat._n 22._o 37._o matth._n 3._o 8._o &_o 4._o 17._o 17._o act._n 2._o 5_o 10_o &_o 13._o chap._n and_o in_o their_o epistle_n mark_v 1._o 15._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n borrow_v from_o the_o make_n of_o a_o impression_n by_o a_o stamp_n or_o seal_v john_n 21._o 15._o act._n 20._o 20._o it_o be_v good_a to_o have_v the_o principle_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n and_o rule_v of_o life_n draw_v to_o brief_a head_n it_o be_v use_v to_o draw_v art_n and_o science_n plentiful_o lay_v out_o into_o compendious_a head_n and_o some_o few_o general_a rule_n and_o principle_n luther_n profess_v he_o be_v still_o discipuluâ—_n catechismi_fw-la that_o he_o study_v the_o principle_n psal._n 78._o 5._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 5._o the_o practice_n of_o this_o duty_n be_v represent_v in_o the_o whole_a book_n of_o the_o proverb_n gen._n 17._o 12_o 13_o omnis_fw-la christi_fw-la actio_fw-la christiani_n instructio_fw-la dr._n reynolds_n call_v aquinas_n his_o sum_n that_o absolute_a body_n of_o divinity_n dr._n twiss_n doubt_v conscience_n resolve_n prov._n 22._o 6._o 6._o chanoe_n gen._n 5._o 18._o so_o the_o hebrew_n interpret_v that_o gen._n 14._o 14._o his_o train_a or_o instruct_v servant_n those_o which_o he_o teach_v in_o piety_n the_o word_n come_v from_o chanach_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vox_fw-la graeca_n est_fw-la quam_fw-la latina_n ecclesia_fw-la pro_fw-la sua_fw-la coepit_fw-la usurpare_fw-la martinius_n eusebius_n say_v one_o be_v set_v apart_o on_o purpose_n for_o this_o office_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n call_v the_o catechist_n hinc_fw-la catechumeni_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la qui_fw-la catechismuâ—_n discebant_fw-la catechistae_fw-la qui_fw-la catechismum_fw-la docebant_fw-la dietericus_n catechise_v what_o it_o be_v catechesis_fw-la est_fw-la elementaris_fw-la institutio_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la viva_fw-la docentiâ—_n voce_fw-la tradita_fw-la &_o â—_o discentibus_fw-la repotita_fw-la altingius_fw-la altingius_fw-la m._n pemble_n m._n greenham_n at_o sermon_n and_o prayer_n man_n may_v sleep_v or_o wander_v but_o when_o one_o be_v ask_v a_o question_n he_o must_v discover_v what_o he_o be_v herbert_n remain_v chap._n 21._o it_o be_v to_o be_v perform_v either_o by_o the_o minister_n in_o public_a or_o the_o governor_n in_o private_a or_o some_o able_a body_n in_o their_o place_n verba_fw-la scriptura_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la verba_fw-la legenda_fw-la sed_fw-la vivenda_fw-la say_v luther_n suâ—â—â—â—um_fw-la christianae_n fidei_fw-la brevi_fw-la libellâ—_fw-la complexâ—â—_n est_fw-la genevae_n joan._n calvinus_n quam_fw-la itali_fw-la gallt_v belga_n scoti_n etc._n etc._n publicae_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la suis_fw-la interpretantur_fw-la eandem_fw-la sententia_fw-la ubique_fw-la servata_fw-la fusiâ—â—_n apud_fw-la anglos_n &_o â—uculentius_fw-la expressit_fw-la vir_fw-la non_fw-la vulgari_fw-la doctrina_fw-la &_o facundia_fw-la proditor_n alexander_n noellus_fw-la ad._n hamilton_n apostate_n sueton._n orthodox_n respon_n consectary_n of_o reproof_n 2._o of_o exhortation_n see_v gen._n 6._o 15._o &_o 8._o 21._o young_a people_n have_v great_a temptation_n 2_o tim._n 2._o 22._o their_o soul_n be_v precious_a precious_a aristot._n de_fw-fr hist._n animal_n l._n 6._o c._n 6._o 6._o caussins_n holy_a court_n eight_o reason_n of_o his_o first_o book_n book_n de_fw-fr orig_n &_o progress_n idol_n l._n 3._o c._n 54._o 54._o lib._n 3._o c._n 6._o of_o his_o inquiry_n prov._n 22._o 6._o &_o 31._o 1._o 1._o non_fw-la minus_fw-la placet_fw-la deo_fw-la hosanna_n puerorum_fw-la quam_fw-la hallelujab_fw-la virorum_fw-la the_o holy_a ghost_n have_v compose_v some_o psalm_n according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o hebrew_n alphabet_n as_o 25_o 34_o 37_o 119._o that_o parent_n may_v teach_v their_o child_n the_o first_o element_n of_o religion_n as_o well_o as_o learning_n see_v mr_n gataker_n on_o psal._n 34._o 11._o &_o menoch_n de_fw-fr rep._n heb._n l._n 3._o â—_o 3._o in_o octonariis_fw-la prolixioris_fw-la omnium_fw-la psalmi_n ad_fw-la singulorum_fw-la versuum_fw-la initia_fw-la recurrentes_fw-la eaedem_fw-la literae_fw-la ostonariis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la per_fw-la ordinem_fw-la alphabeti_fw-la dispositis_fw-la sunt_fw-la locali_fw-la memoriae_fw-la ad_fw-la sententias_fw-la retinendas_fw-la alphabetariis_fw-la igitur_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dicam_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la christi_fw-la sic_fw-la minutatim_fw-la particular_a rerum_fw-la dispensari_fw-la conâ—enientissimum_fw-la est_fw-la guil._n rivet_n vindic_fw-la evangel_n parte_fw-la secunda_fw-la cap_n 8._o we_o have_v discharge_v our_o duty_n our_o prayer_n and_o instruction_n may_v be_v as_o seed_v sow_v and_o our_o reward_n shall_v not_o be_v only_o in_o heaven_n but_o in_o the_o do_n of_o our_o duty_n psal._n 19_o 11._o 11._o euseb._n eccles._n hist._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 32._o see_v m._n pemble_v sermon_n of_o ignorance_n luk._n 1._o 5._o jer._n 10._o 25._o there_o be_v general_o a_o great_a ignorance_n of_o christ_n 1._o few_o man_n seek_v after_o the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n john_n 4._o 10._o 2._o few_o believe_v in_o he_o because_o they_o know_v he_o not_o john_n 12._o 38._o 3._o man_n be_v estrange_v from_o he_o in_o their_o conversation_n ephes._n 4._o 18._o 4._o they_o go_v on_o in_o their_o former_a lust_n 1_o pet._n 1._o 14._o nescientia_fw-la dicit_fw-la simplicem_fw-la scientiae_fw-la negationem_fw-la haec_fw-la in_o angelis_n esse_fw-la potest_fw-la ignoraatia_fw-la importat_fw-la scientiae_fw-la privationem_fw-la dum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la alicui_fw-la deest_fw-la scientia_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la aptus_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la scire_fw-la aquin._n 1a_o 2ae_fw-la quaest._n 76._o artic._n 2._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n heb._n 5._o 13._o one_o be_v examine_v affirm_v blind_o that_o none_o have_v die_v or_o shall_v die_v for_o he_o another_o that_o the_o sun_n shine_v in_o the_o firmament_n be_v he_o son_n of_o god_n that_o die_v for_o he_o he_o the_o papist_n make_v the_o pope_n their_o personal_a foundation_n see_v dr_n field_n of_o the_o church_n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o and_o m._n rous_n his_o catholic_n charity_n chap._n 10_o 11._o some_o dislike_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o athanasian_n creed_n whosoever_o will_v be_v save_v etc._n etc._n upon_o pain_n of_o damnation_n thou_o be_v bind_v to_o know_v the_o article_n of_o thy_o faith_n to_o know_v god_n in_o christ_n and_o the_o holy_a catholic_n church_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n write_v the_o ten_o commandment_n to_o know_v what_o work_v thou_o shall_v do_v and_o what_o to_o leave_v undo_v christ_n prayer_n which_o be_v a_o abridgement_n epitome_n or_o compendious_a collection_n of_o all_o the_o psalm_n and_o prayer_n write_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n in_o which_o thou_o pray_v for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n as_o well_o for_o thyself_o as_o for_o all_o other_o desire_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o preserve_v thou_o in_o virtue_n and_o all_o other_o give_v thanks_o for_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n towards_o thou_o and_o all_o other_o he_o that_o know_v less_o than_o this_o can_v be_v save_v and_o he_o that_o know_v no_o more_o than_o this_o if_o he_o follow_v his_o knowledge_n can_v be_v damn_v b._n hooper_n on_o the_o command_n fundamentalem_fw-la articulum_fw-la habendum_fw-la sentio_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la revelantis_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la &_o aeternam_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la consequendam_fw-la est_fw-la adeò_fw-la scitu_fw-la &_o creditu_fw-la necessarius_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la illius_fw-la ignoration_n ac_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la oppugnatione_fw-la aeternae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la amittendae_fw-la manifestum_fw-la periculum_fw-la incurratur_fw-la davenant_n de_fw-fr pace_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la about_o fundamental_a point_n there_o may_v sometime_o arise_v such_o dispute_n as_o be_v no_o way_n fundamental_a for_o instance_n that_o god_n be_v one_o in_o essence_n and_o three_o in_o person_n distinguish_v one_o from_o another_o that_o the_o son_n be_v beget_v of_o the_o father_n that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o spirit_n of_o both_o father_n and_o son_n that_o these_o three_o person_n be_v coeternal_a and_o coequal_a all_o these_o be_v reckon_v in_o the_o number_n of_o fundamental_o but_o those_o school-nicety_n touch_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o son_n generation_n and_o the_o procession_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v not_o likewise_o fundamental_a and_o of_o equal_a necessity_n with_o the_o former_a b._n daven_n opin_v of_o the_o fundam_fw-la point_n of_o relig._n certa_fw-la semper_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o paucis_fw-la say_v tertullian_n certain_a and_o undoubted_a truth_n be_v not_o many_o and_o they_o be_v such_o as_o may_v be_v deliver_v in_o a_o few_o word_n in_o absoluto_fw-la ac_fw-la facili_fw-la stat_fw-la aeternit_fw-la as_o hilary_n that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v a_o fundamental_a and_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n vide_fw-la voet._n thes._n p._n 471_o etc._n etc._n articuli_fw-la cognitâ—â—_n &_o creditu_fw-la necessarii_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la such_o article_n as_o be_v necessary_a to_o know_v and_o believe_v to_o salvation_n be_v not_o such_o truth_n as_o be_v mere_o speculative_a but_o such_o only_a as_o have_v a_o necessary_a influence_n upon_o practice_n and_o not_o all_o those_o neither_o but_o such_o as_o have_v necessary_a
hac_fw-la epistola_fw-la fuit_fw-la una_fw-la de_fw-la auctore_fw-la altera_fw-la de_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ejus_fw-la bellarm._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la c._n 17._o vide_fw-la drusium_n ad_fw-la titulum_fw-la ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la de_fw-fr side_n est_fw-fr epistolam_fw-la ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la esse_fw-la scripturam_fw-la canonicam_fw-la cornel._n a_o lapide_fw-la dr_n fulk_n against_o martin_n multo_fw-la facilius_fw-la dicere_fw-la quis_fw-la istius_fw-la epistolae_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la author_n quam_fw-la quis_fw-la sit_fw-la author_n cameron_n tomo_fw-la tertio_fw-la praelect_a in_o epist_n ad_fw-la heb._n ubi_fw-la multis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la probare_fw-la conatur_fw-la paulum_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la illius_fw-la authorem_fw-la tantum_n vellemus_fw-la epistolam_fw-la ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la non_fw-la adscribi_fw-la paulo_n quam_fw-la firmis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la persuasi_fw-la simus_fw-la alium_fw-la esse_fw-la auctorem_fw-la calvinus_n in_o epist._n it_o have_v please_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o wisdom_n to_o conceal_v from_o we_o the_o name_n of_o the_o author_n of_o some_o book_n both_o in_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n god_n will_v have_v we_o believe_v his_o word_n though_o we_o know_v not_o the_o author_n it_o be_v write_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n though_o we_o know_v not_o who_o hand_n god_n guide_v dr_n holsworth_n on_o luk._n 22._o 11_o 12._o 12._o sciebat_fw-la nomen_fw-la suum_fw-la invisum_fw-la hebraeis_n esse_fw-la quamvis_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la jam_fw-la conversis_fw-la propterea_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la prae_fw-la caeteris_fw-la legem_fw-la veterem_fw-la esse_fw-la abrogatam_fw-la acerrimè_fw-la disputabat_fw-la cujus_fw-la legis_fw-la illi_fw-la adhuc_fw-la aemulatores_fw-la erant_fw-la actorum_fw-la vigesimo_fw-la primo_fw-la bellarminus_n ex_fw-la hieronymo_n haec_fw-la citat_fw-la l._n 1._o de_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 17._o vide_fw-la bezam_n in_fw-la titulum_fw-la illum_fw-la epistola_fw-la pauli_n apostoli_fw-la ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la certè_fw-la non_fw-la pauca_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la epistola_fw-la quae_fw-la alibi_fw-la apud_fw-la paulum_fw-la totidem_fw-la penè_fw-la verbis_fw-la scribuntur_fw-la beza_n compare_v 2_o pet._n 3._o 15._o with_o 1_o pet._n 1._o 1._o other_o book_n have_v no_o name_n prefix_v and_o yet_o they_o be_v certain_o believe_v to_o be_v canonical_a as_o job_n judge_n ruth_n chronicle_n chronicle_n epistola_fw-la pauli_n ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la hebraico_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la sermone_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_o syria_n usitato_fw-la scripta_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la alio_fw-la versa_fw-la quem_fw-la quidam_fw-la clementem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la volunt_fw-la alii_fw-la alium_fw-la salmasius_n de_fw-fr helenistica_fw-la helenistica_fw-la waltherus_n in_o officina_fw-la biblica_fw-la &_o bellarminus_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la jun._n parallel_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 9_o pag._n 466._o vide_fw-la waltheri_fw-la officinam_fw-la biblicam_fw-la biblicam_fw-la epistolae_fw-la aliorum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la catholicae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la quia_fw-la generatim_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la â—ideles_fw-la &_o in_fw-la omnes_fw-la quasi_fw-la mundi_fw-la part_n missae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o ista_fw-la inscriptione_n à _fw-la paulinis_fw-la distinguuntur_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la certas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la certos_fw-la homines_fw-la missae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la rivetus_n in_o catholico_fw-la orthodoxo_fw-la hieron_n epist._n fam._n m_o â—_o pemble_n on_o justification_n sect._n 6._o â—_o 1._o 1._o this_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o harmony_n of_o confession_n confession_n rivet_n jesuitâ—_n vapulans_fw-la c._n 9_o waltherus_n in_o officina_fw-la biblica_fw-la sect_n 281._o waltherus_n also_o in_o officina_fw-la biblica_fw-la hold_v it_o canonical_a canonical_a rainoldus_n de_fw-fr lib._n apoc_fw-la â—om_n 1._o praelect_a quarta_fw-la vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la prâ—olectionem_fw-la tertiam_fw-la tertiam_fw-la as_o eusebius_n and_o jerom_n witness_n chap._n 1._o 11_o 13._o eusebius_n l._n 2._o 24_o &_o 3._o 21._o zanchy_a have_v do_v well_o on_o the_o first_o epistle_n calvin_n on_o all_o three_o three_o irenaeus_n tertullian_n athanasius_n vide_fw-la euseb._n l._n 2._o c._n 23._o l._n 3._o c._n 22._o erasm._n in_o anno._n it_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o canonical_a book_n and_o cite_v by_o athanafius_n tertullian_n cyprian_n origen_n jerom_n under_o judes_n name_n john_n neither_o in_o his_o epistle_n nor_o revelation_n call_v himself_o a_o apostle_n this_o short_a yet_o general_a epistle_n be_v write_v the_o last_o of_o all_o the_o epistle_n and_o be_v therefore_o call_v by_o some_o fasciculus_fw-la it_o be_v write_v by_o jude_n the_o brother_n of_o james_n and_o kinsman_n of_o christ_n he_o live_v long_o than_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n save_o john_n beside_o the_o dedication_n and_o preface_n it_o contain_v two_o thing_n 1._o warning_n of_o the_o church_n against_o false_a doctor_n 2._o woe_n against_o false_a teacher_n teacher_n voco_fw-la istâ—_n libre_fw-la apocalypsis_n seu_fw-la revelationis_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la continentur_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la deus_fw-la revelavit_fw-la joanni_n &_o joannes_n ecclesiae_fw-la ludou._n de_fw-fr tena_n sextus_n senensis_fw-la idem_fw-la ferè_fw-la habet_fw-la bibliothecae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la l._n 7._o apocalypsis_n johannis_n tot_o â—habet_n sacramentâ—_n quot_fw-la verba_fw-la hieron_n epist_n fam._n lib._n 2._o epist_n 1._o nomen_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d testae_fw-la hieronymo_n soli_fw-la scripturae_fw-la est_fw-la proprium_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la ethnicos_fw-la non_fw-la usitatum_fw-la sonat_fw-la revelationem_fw-la earum_fw-la rerum_fw-la quae_fw-la prius_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la deo_fw-la nobis_fw-la autem_fw-la occultae_fw-la &_o minus_fw-la manifestae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la peculiare_n est_fw-fr johanni_n prae_fw-la reliquis_fw-la librorum_fw-la n._n t._n scriptoribus_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la vocare_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d confer_v joh._n 1._o 1._o and_o 14._o jam_fw-la verò_fw-la candem_fw-la appellationem_fw-la tribuit_fw-la filio_fw-la dei_fw-la â—n_fw-la hoc_fw-la libro_fw-la apoc._n 19_o v_o 13._o gerardus_n waltherus_n vide_fw-la bezae_fw-la prâ—legomena_n in_o apocalypsin_n non_fw-la illud_fw-la receptum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la verbis_fw-la apocal._n cap._n 20._o colligerunt_fw-la chiliastae_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la explosi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la haeretici_fw-la sanctos_fw-la nempe_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la regnaturos_fw-la annis_fw-la mille_fw-la rainold_n de_fw-fr lib._n apoc._n tom._n 2._o praelect_v 131._o 131._o mr_n selden_n of_o tithe_n cap._n 1_o ex_fw-la bodin_n meth._n hist._n see_v mountag_n against_o he_o c._n 1._o p._n 291._o see_v broughton_n on_o apoc._n p._n 244._o apocalypsin_n johannis_n commentationibus_fw-la iâ—tactam_fw-la se_fw-la relinquere_fw-la fatetur_fw-la lutherus_n quod_fw-la dubiae_fw-la sit_fw-la interpretationis_fw-la &_o arcani_fw-la sensus_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la etsi_fw-la periculum_fw-la svi_fw-la multi_fw-la hactenus_fw-la fecerint_fw-la nihil_fw-la certi_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o medium_n protulisse_fw-la zepperus_n mr_n perkins_n on_o the_o first_o three_o chapter_n consectary_n from_o the_o book_n of_o scripture_n see_v luke_n 1._o 69_o 70._o act_n 3._o 18_o &_o 10._o 43._o â—otum_fw-la vetus_fw-la testamentum_fw-la rejiciebant_fw-la manichaei_n tanquam_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la malo_fw-la profectum_fw-la duos_fw-la n._n illi_fw-la deos_fw-la impiè_fw-la singebant_fw-la quorum_fw-la unus_fw-la bone_fw-la malus_fw-la alter_fw-la esset_fw-la whitakerus_n de_fw-fr scripture_n libri_fw-la digni_fw-la qui_fw-la abscondantur_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la legantur_fw-la athanas._o in_o synops._n sac._n script_n stephen_n act._n 7._o 42._o cite_v a_o book_n of_o the_o twelve_o lesser_a prophet_n and_o so_o confirm_v the_o authority_n of_o they_o all_o be_v in_o one_o volume_n luke_n 16._o 29._o vide_fw-la whitakeri_fw-la controv_fw-mi 1._o quest_n 3._o c._n 3._o p._n 210._o 210._o the_o history_n of_o susanna_n dan._n 13._o and_o bel_n cap._n 14._o and_o the_o song_n of_o the_o three_o child_n dan._n 3._o ezra_n be_v account_v by_o some_o as_o the_o apocrypha_fw-la of_o the_o apocrypha_fw-la because_o it_o be_v never_o own_v for_o canonical_a either_o by_o the_o jew_n romish_a church_n in_o general_n or_o protestant_a writer_n the_o apocryphal_a book_n be_v either_o pure_a as_o syrach_n wisdom_n bâ—â—â—ch_n the_o first_o of_o maccabee_n and_o the_o prayer_n of_o manasses_n or_o more_o impure_a as_o the_o rest_n toby_z judith_n the_o second_o of_o maccabee_n the_o supplement_n of_o esther_n and_o daniel_n nos_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la negamus_fw-la horum_fw-la librorum_fw-la plerosque_fw-la sapiential_a praesertim_fw-la &_o ecclesiaiâ—icum_fw-la esse_fw-la valde_fw-la bonos_fw-es &_o utiles_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la tractationibus_fw-la praeserendos_fw-la sed_fw-la propriè_fw-la &_o per_fw-la excellentiam_fw-la canoâ—icos_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o iâ—sallibilis_fw-la veritatis_fw-la è_fw-la quibus_fw-la sirma_fw-la ducantur_fw-la argumenta_fw-la id_fw-la verò_fw-la inficiamur_fw-la rainold_n de_fw-fr lib._n apoc._n praelect_a 6._o see_v mr_n lightfoot_n on_o luk._n 1._o 17._o p._n 5._o &_o 6._o act_n 6._o 1._o &_o 9_o 29._o &_o 11._o 20._o solebant_fw-la pveri_fw-la praeparari_fw-la &_o excoli_fw-la ad_fw-la audiendas_fw-la sacras_fw-la scripturas_fw-la libris_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la &_o ecclesiastici_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la qui_fw-la purpuram_fw-la volunt_fw-la prius_fw-la lanam_fw-la insiciunt_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o quit_v cicero_n rainol_n de_fw-fr lib_n apoc._n tom_n â—_o praelect_v 18._o 18._o chamier_n de_fw-fr canonc_fw-fr l._n 4._o c._n 2._o musculus_fw-la waltherus_n waltherus_n because_o they_o be_v the_o scripture_n of_o the_o prophet_n rom._n 16._o 26._o a_o
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tenet_n be_v that_o either_o the_o same_o word_n or_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n may_v lawful_o be_v use_v of_o we_o paget_n arrow_n against_o the_o separate_a of_o the_o brownist_n chap._n 3._o omnino_fw-la credibile_fw-la est_fw-la in_o graecis_fw-la codicibus_fw-la adjectâ—_n ex_fw-la matthaeo_n quae_fw-la lucas_n omiserat_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la exstet_fw-la in_o latinis_fw-la antiquis_fw-la illud_fw-la qui_fw-la es_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la item_n fiat_fw-la voluntas_fw-la tua_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o graeâ—i_fw-la codices_fw-la quidam_fw-la omittunt_fw-la itemque_fw-la sed_fw-la libera_fw-la nos_fw-la à _fw-la malo_fw-la grotius_n oratio_fw-la haec_fw-la quantum_fw-la substringitur_fw-la verbis_fw-la tantum_fw-la diffunditur_fw-la sensibus_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr oratione_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la adhuc_fw-la orationem_fw-la hanc_fw-la dominicam_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la sugo_fw-la ut_fw-la infantulus_fw-la bibo_fw-la &_o mando_fw-la uti_fw-la adultus_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la ca_fw-mi satiari_fw-la possum_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la dulcior_fw-la &_o gratior_fw-la mihi_fw-la est_fw-la ipsis_fw-la psalmis_fw-la quibus_fw-la tamen_fw-la mirisicè_fw-la &_o unicè_fw-la delector_fw-la quos_fw-la &_o maximi_fw-la facere_fw-la luther_n tom._n 7._o oratio_fw-la dominica_n caeteris_fw-la