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person_n consist_v of_o two_o natureâ—_n godhead_n and_o manhood_n i_o proceed_v to_o the_o second_o kind_n of_o action_n needful_a to_o the_o same_o purpose_n for_o if_o christ_n have_v not_o overcome_v his_o humiliation_n but_o have_v be_v overcome_v of_o it_o than_o have_v he_o not_o be_v a_o perfect_a saviour_n than_o have_v he_o not_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n nor_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n for_o a_o king_n lord_n and_o god_n must_v conquer_v now_o this_o glorification_n be_v the_o raise_n of_o himself_o to_o a_o most_o high_a and_o honourable_a estate_n for_o so_o it_o be_v say_v he_o be_v to_o suffer_v and_o to_o enter_v into_o his_o glory_n that_o be_v that_o glory_n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v for_o he_o and_o he_o by_o submit_v himself_o to_o such_o meanness_n for_o god_n honour_n sake_n full_o deserve_v for_o himself_o and_o all_o his_o member_n with_o he_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n say_v god_n have_v great_o exalt_v he_o for_o this_o be_v the_o mighty_a one_o 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to_o return_v to_o corruption_n of_o this_o resurrection_n we_o have_v large_a proof_n in_o the_o scripture_n first_o each_o of_o the_o evangelist_n insist_v upon_o the_o narration_n of_o it_o and_o the_o apostle_n in_o their_o epistle_n do_v frequent_o mention_v and_o affirm_v it_o and_o in_o their_o several_a sermon_n declare_v and_o publish_v it_o unto_o all_o the_o people_n matth._n 28._o 1._o describe_v it_o thus_o in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o sabbath_n that_o be_v the_o jewish_a sabbath_n which_o be_v saturday_n as_o it_o begin_v towards_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n come_v mary_n magdalen_n and_o the_o other_o marry_o to_o see_v the_o sepulchre_n and_o behold_v there_o be_v a_o great_a earthquake_n and_o mark_v thus_o chap._n 16._o 2._o early_o in_o the_o morning_n the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n they_o come_v unto_o the_o sepulchre_n at_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o luke_n thus_o chap._n 24._o 1._o now_o upon_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n very_o early_o in_o the_o morning_n they_o come_v unto_o the_o sepulchre_n bring_v the_o spice_n which_o they_o have_v prepare_v john_n thus_o chap._n 26._o 1._o and_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n come_v mary_n magdalen_n early_o when_o it_o be_v yet_o dark_a unto_o the_o sepulchre_n and_o see_v the_o stone_n take_v away_o from_o the_o sepulchre_n the_o woman_n when_o it_o be_v very_o early_o upon_o our_o lord_n day_n in_o the_o morning_n come_v out_o of_o the_o city_n and_o by_o that_o time_n the_o sun_n be_v rise_v they_o come_v to_o the_o very_a sepulchre_n and_o find_v christ_n rise_v before_o for_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o morning_n do_v peep_v and_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n begin_v to_o show_v itself_o he_o reduce_v his_o soul_n unto_o his_o body_n and_o raise_v it_o up_o the_o angel_n at_o the_o same_o time_n roll_v away_o the_o stone_n and_o astonish_v the_o keeper_n and_o before_o the_o woman_n can_v come_v into_o the_o sepulchre_n he_o be_v depart_v thence_o so_o he_o be_v part_n of_o three_o night_n and_o three_o day_n in_o the_o grave_n estey_n and_o rose_z the_o three_o day_n according_a to_o that_o he_o have_v foretell_v he_o die_v upon_o friday_n about_o three_o of_o the_o clock_n and_o be_v bury_v that_o even_o and_o lay_v in_o the_o grave_a that_o part_n of_o friday_n take_v the_o day_n for_o the_o natural_a day_n all_o saturday_n he_o lay_v in_o the_o grave_a the_o night_n and_o the_o day_n the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n in_o the_o morning_n he_o lay_v but_o a_o very_a short_a space_n and_o in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o it_o rise_v that_o it_o may_v appear_v he_o lie_v there_o not_o out_o of_o necessity_n but_o because_o he_o think_v it_o fit_a to_o stay_v so_o long_o there_o to_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o he_o
offerri_fw-la christus_fw-la jubet_fw-la addita_fw-la ratione_fw-la quoniam_fw-la talium_fw-la sit_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la si_fw-mi corum_fw-la est_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la cur_n signum_fw-la negabitur_fw-la calvin_n justit_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 16._o see_v m._n baxter_n infant_n church-membership_a part_v 2_o c._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o distinguere_fw-la oporteâ—_n inter_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la constituendam_fw-la &_o constitutam_fw-la in_fw-la illa_fw-la adulti_fw-la prius_fw-la docendi_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la crediderint_fw-la tum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la tum_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la liberi_fw-la sunt_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la in_fw-la hac_fw-la vero_fw-la infant_n prius_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la ac_fw-la postea_fw-la sunt_fw-la docendi_fw-la vide_fw-la gen._n 17._o 10._o &_o 21._o 4._o vossius_fw-la in_o thes._n &_o disputat_fw-la 13._o de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la in_o infantibus_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la principium_fw-la sive_fw-la semen_fw-mi fidei_fw-la non_fw-la habitum_fw-la fidei_fw-la aut_fw-la actualem_fw-la fidem_fw-la potentia_fw-la respondet_fw-la semini_fw-la habitus_fw-la arbori_fw-la actus_fw-la fructui_fw-la semen_n fidei_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o infantibus_fw-la esse_fw-la potest_fw-la habitus_n non_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la corum_fw-la qui_fw-la operantur_fw-la ex_fw-la habitu_fw-la vost_n in_o thesibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la increduli_fw-la infant_n negatiuè_fw-la salutari_fw-la fidei_fw-la habitu_fw-la destituuntur_fw-la non_fw-la positiuè_fw-la contrario_fw-la habitu_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la polluti_fw-la id._n ibid._n &_o disputat_fw-la de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la exigitur_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la poenitenda_fw-la egerunt_fw-la rom._n 9_o 2._o voss._n disputat_fw-la 15._o de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la child_n that_o be_v to_o be_v circumcise_v the_o eight_o day_n can_v neither_o believe_v nor_o make_v a_o profession_n of_o their_o faith_n see_v m._n brlusleys_n doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o poedo-bapt_a p._n 86_o 87_o 88_o 89._o quae_fw-la igitur_fw-la haec_fw-la qua_fw-la nos_fw-la impetunt_fw-la argumentationis_fw-la erit_fw-la formula_fw-la qùi_fw-la adulta_fw-la sunt_fw-la aetate_fw-la antè_fw-la instituendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la credant_fw-la quam_fw-la bazandiâ—_n baptismum_fw-la ergo_fw-la infantibus_fw-la communem_fw-la facere_fw-la nefas_fw-la est_fw-la calv._n instit._n l._n 4_o c._n â—6_n see_v brinsleys_n doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o poedobaptism_n pag._n 70._o 71_o 72_o 73_o 74._o this_o divine_a evangelicall_n institution_n be_v consign_v by_o three_o evangelist_n matth._n 28._o 19_o mark_v 16._o 16._o john_n 3._o 5._o agreeable_a to_o the_o decretory_a word_n of_o god_n by_o abraham_n in_o the_o circumcision_n to_o which_o baptism_n do_v succeed_v in_o the_o consignation_n of_o the_o same_o covenant_n and_o the_o same_o spiritual_a promise_n gen._n 17._o 14._o the_o word_n be_v so_o plain_a that_o they_o need_v no_o exposition_n and_o yet_o if_o they_o have_v be_v obscure_a the_o universal_a practice_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o the_o church_n for_o ever_o be_v a_o sufficient_a declaration_n of_o the_o commandment_n no_o tradition_n be_v more_o universal_a no_o not_o of_o scripture_n itself_o no_o word_n be_v plain_a no_o not_o the_o ten_o commandment_n doctor_n tailor_n discourse_n of_o baptism_n anabaptist_n say_v where_o have_v we_o teach_v that_o infant_n shall_v be_v baptize_v in_o all_o the_o scripture_n not_o in_o express_a term_n but_o by_o just_a consequence_n we_o have_v it_o from_o the_o general_n matth._n 28._o 19_o from_o parity_n gen._n 17._o 14._o from_o principle_n act_n 2._o 39_o where_o find_v we_o say_v bellarmine_n the_o justice_a lib._n 2._o &_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o that_o christ_n righteousness_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o for_o justification_n in_o express_v term_n we_o have_v it_o not_o but_o virtual_o and_o by_o just_a consequence_n we_o have_v it_o 2_o cor._n 5._o 21._o in_o the_o equivalent_a we_o have_v it_o rom._n 5._o 17_o 18_o 19_o we_o find_v no_o where_o those_o word_n james_n 4._o 5._o in_o all_o the_o scripture_n in_o express_a term_n by_o deduction_n we_o have_v they_o numb_a 11._o 29._o doctor_n sclater_n on_o rom._n 4._o 6._o it_o can_v be_v no_o good_a argument_n to_o say_v the_o apostle_n be_v not_o read_v to_o have_v baptize_v infant_n therefore_o infant_n be_v not_o to_o be_v baptize_v but_o thus_o we_o do_v not_o find_v that_o infant_n be_v exclude_v from_o the_o sacrament_n and_o ceremony_n of_o christ_n institution_n therefore_o we_o may_v not_o presume_v to_o exclude_v they_o for_o although_o the_o negative_a of_o a_o fact_n be_v no_o good_a argument_n yet_o the_o negative_a of_o a_o law_n be_v a_o very_a good_a one_o we_o may_v not_o say_v the_o apostle_n do_v not_o therefore_o we_o may_v not_o but_o thus_o they_o be_v not_o forbid_v to_o do_v it_o there_o be_v no_o law_n against_o it_o therefore_o it_o may_v be_v do_v doctor_n tailor_n discourse_n of_o baptism_n part_v 2._o mr._n whateley_n at_o the_o end_n of_o new-birth_n vide_fw-la vossii_n disputat_fw-la de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la disput._n 1._o 6._o et_fw-la zepperum_fw-la de_fw-fr sacramentis_fw-la et_fw-la balduinum_fw-la de_fw-fr cas._n consc._n lib._n 4._o c._n 5._o &_o 6._o cas._n 8._o alii_fw-la in_o multos_fw-la annos_fw-la &_o suum_fw-la &_o liberorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la baptismum_fw-la differre_fw-la soliâ—i_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la constantinus_n siquidem_fw-la magnus_fw-la quòd_fw-la profectionem_fw-la in_o person_n suscipere_fw-la &_o in_o jordane_n baptizari_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la superstitiosa_fw-la quadam_fw-la opinion_n quòd_fw-la nimirum_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la christus_fw-la quoque_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la constituisset_fw-la in_fw-la senectutem_fw-la usque_fw-la baptismum_fw-la distulit_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 62._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constantini_n author_n est_fw-fr eusebius_n vide_fw-la evag._n hist._n eccles._n l._n 3._o c._n 41._o see_v m._n blake_n of_o the_o coven_n c._n 46_o 47_o 48._o that_o child_n of_o all_o that_o be_v christian_n in_o profession_n be_v to_o be_v baptize_v vide_fw-la thomae_fw-la part_n 3._o quaest._n 67._o artic._n 7._o quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la primum_fw-la incepit_fw-la usus_fw-la susceptorum_fw-la in_fw-la incerto_fw-la est_fw-la alii_fw-la hygino_n papae_fw-la hanc_fw-la institutionem_fw-la attribuunt_fw-la alii_fw-la aliter_fw-la probabilissimum_fw-la nobis_fw-la videtur_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la illud_fw-la observari_fw-la coepisse_fw-la quo_fw-la certatim_fw-la ex_fw-la gentilibus_fw-la plurimi_fw-la ad_fw-la christianam_fw-la fidem_fw-la adducerentur_fw-la atque_fw-la baptizarentur_fw-la quare_fw-la magis_fw-la patet_fw-la nulla_fw-la necessitate_v &_o satis_fw-la temere_fw-la hodiè_fw-la illos_fw-la susceptores_fw-la vel_fw-la sponsores_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la communiter_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la jam_fw-la illa_fw-la ratio_fw-la accedentium_fw-la ex_fw-la paganismo_fw-la 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bind_v to_o believe_v that_o christ_n die_v for_o he_o adam_n disobedience_n be_v general_a and_o universal_a not_o in_o power_n alone_o but_o in_o act_n too_o it_o make_v all_o sinner_n the_o obedience_n of_o christ_n have_v a_o potential_a universality_n and_o be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v all_o righteous_a but_o actual_o it_o justify_v the_o faithful_a only_o dr_n hampton_n on_o rom._n 5._o 19_o every_o man_n be_v bind_v upon_o pain_n of_o damnation_n to_o believe_v in_o christ_n according_a to_o the_o first_o degree_n of_o faith_n john_n 3._o 18._o that_o be_v by_o a_o true_a and_o lively_a assent_n to_o believe_v that_o jesus_n be_v the_o saviour_n of_o all_o that_o true_o believe_v in_o he_o and_o have_v this_o faith_n thou_o be_v bind_v to_o believe_v that_o he_o be_v thy_o saviour_n that_o he_o die_v for_o thy_o sin_n and_o rise_v again_o for_o thy_o justification_n but_o every_o individual_a person_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o believe_v that_o christ_n die_v for_o he_o for_o 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plain_a in_o it_o matth._n 27._o 59_o 60._o luke_n 23._o 53._o and_o die_v there_o be_v good_a reason_n for_o it_o 1._o to_o fulfil_v the_o scripture_n isa._n 53._o 9_o 2._o to_o show_v that_o he_o be_v true_o dead_a for_o none_o but_o those_o that_o be_v dead_a use_n to_o be_v bury_v and_o pilate_n will_v not_o grant_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v bury_v until_o by_o diligent_a search_n he_o find_v that_o christ_n be_v dead_a 3._o to_o bury_v sin_n rom._n 6._o 4._o 4._o that_o his_o resurrection_n may_v be_v the_o more_o evident_a to_o which_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o burial_n belong_v for_o therefore_o be_v he_o lay_v in_o a_o new_a sepulchre_n in_o which_o none_o yet_o ever_o lay_v lest_o they_o shall_v say_v that_o he_o rise_v again_o not_o by_o his_o own_o virtue_n but_o by_o the_o touch_n of_o some_o other_o there_o bury_v 2_o king_n 13._o 21._o 5._o to_o sanctify_v our_o burial_n and_o sweeten_v the_o grave_n to_o we_o 6._o that_o he_o may_v conquer_v death_n in_o his_o strong_a 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in_o scripture_n 1._o for_o the_o grave_n psal._n 16._o 10._o 2._o for_o the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a luke_n 16._o 23._o 3._o for_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n 1_o sam._n 2._o 6._o 4._o for_o extreme_a humiliation_n or_o abasement_n isa._n 14._o 15._o in_o like_a manner_n say_v 1._o altingius_n to_o descend_v into_o hell_n be_v take_v four_o way_n 1._o to_o be_v bury_v gen._n 42._o 38._o church_n 2._o to_o come_v into_o the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a numb_a 16._o 33._o 3._o to_o feel_v the_o torment_n of_o hell_n 1_o sam._n 2._o 6._o 4._o extreme_o to_o be_v abase_v matth._n 11._o 23._o i_o shall_v rehearse_v four_o several_a exposition_n of_o this_o article_n and_o deliver_v my_o judgement_n at_o last_o first_o some_o interpret_v it_o of_o the_o inward_a sorrow_n of_o christ_n soul_n which_o be_v very_o great_a as_o the_o scripture_n testify_v mark_v 14._o 33_o 34._o and_o as_o appear_v by_o christ_n prayer_n thrice_o repeat_v to_o his_o father_n that_o the_o cup_n may_v pass_v 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apostle_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n to_o pray_v forgive_v we_o our_o debt_n as_o we_o forgive_v our_o debtor_n chap._n ix_o whether_o one_o may_v be_v certain_a of_o his_o justification_n the_o scripture_n hold_v out_o assurance_n in_o reference_n 1._o to_o faith_n heb._n 10._o 22._o 8._o 2._o hope_v heb._n 6._o 11._o 3._o love_n 1_o john_n 4._o 17_o 18._o our_o know_v our_o justification_n be_v call_v the_o first_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n rom._n 8._o 23._o the_o witness_n of_o the_o spirit_n rom._n 8._o 16._o the_o seal_n of_o the_o spirit_n ephes._n 1._o 14._o the_o earnest_n of_o the_o spirit_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 5._o one_o may_v be_v certain_a 1._o of_o his_o justification_n isa._n 45._o 24._o 2._o of_o his_o adoption_n isa._n 63._o 16._o 3._o of_o his_o perseverance_n in_o god_n favour_n unto_o the_o end_n psal._n 23._o 6._o 4._o that_o after_o this_o life_n he_o shall_v inherit_v eternal_a glory_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 10._o 1_o john_n 3._o 14._o there_o be_v a_o threefold_a 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supernatural_a as_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n work_v miracle_n 18_o 4._o wrought_v in_o we_o by_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v not_o in_o we_o by_o nature_n or_o education_n it_o be_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n he_o be_v the_o god_n of_o all_o grace_n 5._o to_o please_v god_n in_o all_o thing_n we_o must_v have_v respect_n to_o all_o his_o commandment_n the_o scripture_n speak_v much_o of_o abound_v and_o grow_v in_o grace_n psal._n 92._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 58._o the_o word_n abound_v be_v take_v from_o river_n the_o other_o from_o all_o sort_n of_o vital_n or_o plant_n the_o apostle_n call_v upon_o the_o corinthian_n to_o be_v strong_a and_o upon_o timothy_n to_o be_v strong_a in_o the_o grace_n which_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n and_o upon_o the_o ephesian_n to_o be_v strong_a in_o christ_n and_o in_o the_o power_n of_o his_o might_n paul_n pray_v for_o the_o ephesian_n that_o according_a to_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o grace_n the_o lord_n will_v strengthen_v they_o by_o his_o spirit_n 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the_o similitude_n to_o which_o a_o child_n of_o god_n be_v compare_v in_o scripture_n to_o tree_n psal._n 1._o 2._o &_o 91._o 12._o isa._n 61._o 3._o hos._n 14._o 5._o plant_n grow_v till_o they_o die_v whence_o they_o be_v call_v vegetable_n five_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o grace_n where_o there_o be_v truth_n of_o grace_n it_o will_v grow_v matth._n 13._o 8._o because_o it_o put_v a_o man_n into_o christ_n whosoever_o be_v in_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v fruitful_a john_n 15._o 5._o if_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o grow_v as_o well_o as_o the_o head_n it_o will_v be_v a_o monstrous_a body_n col._n 2._o 19_o ephes._n 2._o 10._o six_o according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o your_o grace_n shall_v be_v the_o degree_n of_o your_o glory_n 2_o pet._n 1._o 10._o he_o that_o sow_v liberal_o shall_v reap_v liberal_o motive_n to_o get_v strength_n and_o grow_v in_o grace_n 1._o we_o need_v more_o strength_n revel_v 3._o 9_o grace_n be_v the_o elevation_n of_o the_o soul._n 2._o it_o 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be_v no_o true_a religion_n or_o right_a understanding_n of_o any_o thing_n befield_n on_o the_o creed_n lactantius_n de_fw-fr ira_fw-la dei_fw-la 2._o what_o divinity_n be_v tit._n 1._o 1._o 1_o tim._n 6._o 3._o col._n 1._o 5._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 18._o theologia_n est_fw-la doctrina_fw-la de_fw-fr deo_fw-la ac_fw-la rebus_fw-la divinis_fw-la divinity_n be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n theologia_n est_fw-la scientia_fw-la vel_fw-la sapientia_fw-la rerum_fw-la divinarum_fw-la divinitus_fw-la revelata_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la gloriam_fw-la &_o rationalium_fw-la creaturarum_fw-la salutem_fw-la walaeus_n in_o loc_n commun_n de_fw-fr genere_fw-la theologiae_n est_fw-la quaestio_fw-la quod_fw-la idem_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la non_fw-la assiguatur_fw-la nam_fw-la illis_fw-la arridet_fw-la scientia_fw-la aliis_fw-la sapientia_fw-la aliis_fw-la prudentia_fw-la litem_fw-la hanc_fw-la dirimere_fw-la nostri_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la instituti_fw-la etsi_fw-la verè_fw-la scientem_fw-la verè_fw-la 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in_o apologia_fw-la thesium_fw-la de_fw-la sacra_fw-la script_n &_o eccles_n eccles_n tria_fw-la concurrunt_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la dogma_fw-la recipiam_fw-la scripturam_fw-la esse_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei._n esse_fw-la quosdam_fw-la libros_fw-la canonicos_fw-la &_o divinos_fw-la atque_fw-la hos_fw-la ipsissimos_fw-la esse_fw-la quos_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la habemus_fw-la primum_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la traditio_fw-la quaeid_v affirmat_fw-la &_o ipsos_fw-la libros_fw-la mihi_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la tradit_fw-la secundum_fw-la est_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la librorum_fw-la divina_fw-la materia_fw-la tertium_fw-la est_fw-la interna_fw-la spiritus_fw-la efficacia_fw-la episc._n daven_n de_fw-fr judic._n controver_n cap_n 6._o what_o the_o divine_a authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v be_v formale_a ob_fw-la 〈…〉_z generaliter_fw-la &_o absolutè_fw-la consideratum_fw-la est_fw-la divinâ—_n revelatio_fw-la in_o tota_fw-la sua_fw-la amplitudine_fw-la accepta_fw-la seu_fw-la divina_fw-la 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in_fw-la quibus_fw-la aliquid_fw-la prolocutus_fw-la est_fw-la lingua_fw-la vernacula_fw-la salmasius_n de_fw-fr hellenistica_n ad_fw-la quartam_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la princeps_fw-la &_o caput_fw-la &_o regula_fw-la divinorum_fw-la oraculorum_fw-la &_o salutisere_fw-la ac_fw-la necessariae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la est_fw-la christi_fw-la evangelium_fw-la quo_fw-la caeteri_fw-la sacri_fw-la libri_fw-la omnes_fw-la censentur_fw-la &_o precium_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la tâ—m_fw-la veteris_fw-la instrumenti_fw-la quam_fw-la novi_fw-la lod._n viu._n de_fw-fr ver_fw-la fid._n christ_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o parvae_fw-la interdum_fw-la in_o evangeliis_fw-la diffiâ—entiae_fw-la argumentum_fw-la praebent_fw-la veritatis_fw-la ne_fw-la ex_fw-la composito_fw-la videantur_fw-la scripsisse_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la consentirent_fw-la chrysostomus_n exit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la acta_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o doctrinâ—m_fw-la literis_fw-la mandarunt_fw-la antiquissima_fw-la illa_fw-la &_o prima_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la illorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la pene_fw-la aequalis_fw-la solos_fw-la quatuor_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sacro_fw-la sanctos_fw-la &_o â—irmissimae_fw-la fidei_fw-la ac_fw-la veritatis_fw-la approbavit_fw-la ac_fw-la retinuit_fw-la matthaei_n &_o joannis_n qui_fw-la rebus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la marci_n ex_fw-la relatione_fw-la petri_n lucae_n tum_fw-la ex_fw-la pauli_n revelatione_fw-la tum_fw-la relatu_fw-la aliorum_fw-la qui_fw-la erant_fw-la cum_fw-la domino_fw-la versati_fw-la lod._n viu._n de_fw-fr verit_fw-la fid_fw-we christ._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o 8._o sunt_fw-la sanâ—_n in_o â—o_o quo_fw-la nunc_fw-la utimur_fw-la volumine_fw-la libri_fw-la aliquot_fw-la non_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la pariter_fw-la recepti_fw-la ut_fw-la petri_n altera_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la jacobi_fw-la est_fw-la &_o judae_fw-la dvae_fw-la sub_fw-la nomine_fw-la joannis_n presbyteri_fw-la apocalypsis_n &_o ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la epistola_fw-la sed_fw-la ita_fw-la 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dubitatio_fw-la de_fw-la
libri_fw-la constant_a legunt_fw-la hu_o gen._n 3._o septuaginta_fw-la haben_fw-ge 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chaldaica_n paraphrasis_fw-la hanc_fw-la lectionem_fw-la confirmat_fw-la temque_fw-la quidam_fw-la codices_fw-la vulgatae_fw-la editionis_fw-la retinent_fw-la ipse_fw-la quidam_fw-la ipsum_fw-la postremò_fw-la pondus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sententiae_fw-la postulat_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la semine_fw-la mulieris_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la mulicre_fw-la intelligam_fw-la whitak_n whitak_n exit_fw-la voce_fw-la hebraeapotest_fw-la emendari_fw-la prava_fw-la vulgi_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la qui_fw-la duobus_fw-la cornubus_fw-la pingunt_fw-la mosen_n rident_fw-la igitur_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o execrantur_fw-la judaei_n quoties_fw-la mosen_n in_fw-la templis_fw-la cornuta_fw-la fancy_n depictum_fw-la aspiciunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la nos_fw-la eum_fw-la diabolum_fw-la quendam_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la stultè_fw-la interpretantur_fw-la esse_fw-la putemus_fw-la sixtus_n seneâ—sis_n biblioth_n sanct._n l._n 5._o annot._fw-la 116._o vide_fw-la grotium_fw-la in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lxx_o lxx_o invictum_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la prout_fw-la in_o hebraeo_fw-la extat_fw-la contra_fw-la judaeos_fw-la pro_fw-la dcitate_fw-la christi_fw-la argumentum_fw-la situm_fw-la esse_fw-la agnosâ—unt_fw-la pontificii_fw-la amama_n antibarb_n bibl._n lib._n 3._o proculdubio_fw-la eâ—â—iro_fw-la illo_fw-la erga_fw-la christum_fw-la dei_fw-la silium_fw-la odio_fw-la profecta_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la ebraeiâ—textus_n detorsic_n potius_fw-la quam_fw-la interpretatio_fw-la ringi_fw-la enim_fw-la videas_fw-la juâ—aeos_fw-la cum_fw-la audiunt_fw-la messiam_fw-la dei_fw-la esse_fw-la filium_fw-la mayerus_n in_o philologia_fw-la sacra_fw-la illustre_fw-it est_fw-la vaticinium_fw-la de_fw-fr christo_fw-la faedissimè_fw-la obsâ—uratum_fw-la à _fw-la graeco_fw-la &_o latina_n interpret_v à _fw-fr quibus_fw-la neutra_fw-la vox_fw-la est_fw-la expressa_fw-la chamierâ—s_fw-fr de_fw-fr canone_o l._n 13._o c._n 9_o supersubstantialem_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la substantiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la conservationem_fw-la necessarium_fw-la eman._n sa._n omnes_fw-la veteres_fw-la latini_fw-la scriptores_fw-la panem_fw-la quotidianum_fw-la legcrunt_fw-la itaque_fw-la ineautè_fw-la quidam_fw-la nostro_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o vulgata_fw-la editione_n pro_fw-la quotidiano_fw-la supersubstantialem_fw-la posuerunt_fw-la quod_fw-la corporis_fw-la cibo_fw-la quem_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la peti_fw-la probavimus_fw-la minimè_fw-la convenit_fw-la maldonatus_n &_o jansenius_n idem_fw-la ferè_fw-la habet_fw-la harm_n cap._n 41._o their_o own_o dictionary_n and_o doctor_n expound_v the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gratify_v or_o undeserved_o accept_v or_o who_o god_n singular_a favour_n have_v make_v acceptable_a acceptable_a non_fw-la habet_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la prudens_fw-la lectora_fw-la paulo_n conjugium_fw-la esse_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la dicit_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la sed_fw-la mysterium_fw-la hoc_fw-la magnum_fw-la est_fw-la the_o apostle_n say_v he_o speak_v not_o of_o corporal_a marriage_n of_o a_o man_n and_o his_o wife_n but_o of_o the_o spiritural_a marriage_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n church_n erasinus_n dicit_fw-la a_o fit_a sacramentum_fw-la olim_fw-la dubitatum_fw-la erat_fw-la à _fw-la scholasticis_fw-la certè_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la effici_fw-la nam_fw-la particula_fw-la adversativa_fw-la ego_fw-la autem_fw-la satis_fw-la indicat_fw-la hoc_fw-la mysterium_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o ecclesiam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la maritum_fw-la &_o vxorem_fw-la mark_n 6._o 8._o vide_fw-la salmeronem_fw-la &_o riberam_fw-la in_o loc_n praefat_fw-la in_o nov_n test._n dr_n fulk_n against_o martin_n vide_fw-la whitakeri_fw-la controversiam_fw-la primam_fw-la quaest_n secundum_fw-la cap._n 10._o 11._o &_o 12._o the_o scripture_n sixtinus_n amama_n censuram_fw-la vulgatae_fw-la versionis_fw-la in_o pentateucho_fw-la caepit_fw-la telam_fw-la pertexturus_fw-la nisi_fw-la morte_fw-la fuisset_fw-la praeventus_fw-la waltherus_n in_fw-la officina_fw-la biblica_fw-la sixtinus_n amama_n haeretiâ—us_n &_o versionis_fw-la sixtinae_fw-la inimicissimus_fw-la ut_fw-la proinde_fw-la meritò_fw-la dici_fw-la possit_fw-la anti-sixtinus_a tract_n joan_n d_o â—_o es_fw-ge ieres_fw-fr de_fw-fr text._n heb._n disput._n 2._o dub._n 2_o 2_o god_n in_o christ_n or_o god_n and_o christ_n be_v the_o object_n of_o christian_a religion_n without_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n we_o can_v know_v god_n save_o john_n 11._o 37._o in_o judah_n only_o be_v god_n know_v no_o man_n come_v to_o the_o father_n but_o by_o i_o the_o ultimate_a object_n of_o faith_n be_v god_n 1_o pet_n 1._o 21._o 21._o 2_o tim._n 3._o 16._o rom._n 15._o 4._o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v profitable_a five_o way_n 1._o for_o confirmation_n of_o true_a doctrine_n or_o teach_v man_n the_o truth_n 2_o tim._n 3._o 16._o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o of_o four_o end_n of_o scripture_n the_o first_o two_o be_v common_o refer_v to_o doctrinal_n the_o last_o two_o to_o practical_o if_o any_o of_o these_o be_v want_v a_o christian_n be_v not_o perfect_a so_o much_o as_o in_o the_o perfection_n of_o part_n he_o be_v but_o half_a a_o christian_n who_o be_v a_o orthodox_n believer_n if_o he_o be_v not_o practical_a also_o and_o he_o be_v but_o half_a a_o christian_n who_o be_v practical_a if_o he_o be_v not_o a_o orthodox_n believer_n mr_n gillesp._n miscel_n c._n 12._o 2_o reproof_n of_o error_n 1_o tit._n 9_o rectum_fw-la est_fw-la index_n svi_fw-la &_o obliqui_fw-la quibus_fw-la principiis_fw-la veritas_fw-la astruitur_fw-la iisdem_fw-la principiis_fw-la falsicas_fw-la destruitur_fw-la tertullian_n call_v the_o scripture_n machaera_n contra_fw-la haereses_fw-la aufer_fw-la haebreticis_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la ethniri_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-fr scripture_n solis_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la svas_fw-la sistant_fw-la et_fw-la stare_n non_fw-la poterunt_fw-la teicul_n de_fw-fr resurrectione_n carnis_fw-la in_o comitiis_fw-la vindelicorum_n cum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la albertuâ—_n aliquando_fw-la legerâ—t_fw-la biblia_fw-la referente_fw-la luthero_n in_o sermon_n convival_n &_o interrogasset_fw-la quidam_fw-la è_fw-la consiliariis_fw-la quid_fw-la libri_fw-la hic_fw-la esset_fw-la nescio_fw-la equidem_fw-la respondet_fw-la qualis_fw-la sit_fw-la libre_fw-la sed_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la lego_fw-la nostrae_fw-la religioni_fw-la planè_fw-la sunt_fw-la contraria_fw-la dr_n prid._n orat_fw-la octava_fw-la de_fw-la vocatione_n ministrorum_fw-la 3._o correction_n of_o ill_a behaviour_n 4._o instruction_n in_o a_o good_a behaviour_n 5._o consolation_n in_o trouble_n rom._n 15._o 4._o psal._n 119._o 29._o vide_fw-la zepperi_fw-la artem_fw-la habendi_fw-la &_o audiendi_fw-la conciones_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 3_o p._n 34._o 35._o 35._o divinae_fw-la autoritas_fw-la scripture_n est_fw-la infallibilis_fw-la veritas_fw-la in_o verbis_fw-la &_o sensibus_fw-la ob_fw-la quam_fw-la omnes_fw-la fidem_fw-la ei_fw-la &_o obâ—dientiam_fw-la debent_fw-la altingius_fw-la exod._n 32._o 16._o 2_o tim._n 3._o 16._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 21._o heb._n 11._o joh._n 12._o 14._o 26._o 26._o divina_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la svam_fw-la trahit_fw-la originem_fw-la una_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la ex_fw-la immediato_fw-it spiritus_fw-la s._n afflate_v &_o ex_fw-la alterâ_fw-la ex_fw-la sublimitate_fw-la rerum_fw-la quas_fw-la exponit_fw-la waltherus_n in_o officina_fw-la biblica_fw-la biblica_fw-la mat._n 5._o 18._o scriptura_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fide_fw-la digna_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la se_fw-la crâ—denda_fw-la quia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la divinitus_fw-la inspirara_o hic_fw-la illud_fw-la pythagoricum_fw-la valet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o must_v take_v heed_n of_o believe_a scripture_n to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n because_o there_o be_v the_o great_a reason_n for_o it_o but_o for_o its_o divine_a authority_n matth._n 24._o 35_o 35_o the_o material_a part_n of_o scripture_n be_v true_a historical_a narration_n all_o the_o history_n therâ—_n relate_v be_v undoubted_o true_a that_o of_o the_o creation_n fall_n of_o christ._n â—_o threaten_n the_o eternal_a torment_n in_o hell_n be_v sure_a as_o if_o thou_o be_v already_o in_o they_o 3._o promise_n the_o scripture_n call_v they_o the_o sure_a mercy_n of_o david_n 4._o prediction_n and_o prophecy_n in_o daniel_n revelation_n as_o the_o downfall_n of_o antichrist_n they_o speak_v therefore_o of_o thing_n to_o come_v in_o the_o present_a tense_n to_o note_v thereby_o the_o certainty_n of_o the_o accomplishment_n isa._n 9_o 6._o apoc._n 18._o 2._o veritas_fw-la est_fw-la conformitas_fw-la rei_fw-la cum_fw-la archeâ—ypo_n that_o be_v a_o great_a excellency_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o truth_n ephes._n 1_o 1â—_n james_n 1._o 18._o act_n 26._o 27._o it_o be_v so_o call_v â—_o in_o opposition_n to_o the_o shadow_n and_o type_n in_o the_o law_n 1_o john_n 17._o 2._o by_o way_n of_o exclusion_n of_o all_o falsehood_n iâ—_n come_v from_o the_o god_n of_o truth_n 3._o it_o contain_v all_o needful_a and_o transcendent_a truth_n truth_n ego_fw-la in_o huâ—usmodi_fw-la quorumlibet_fw-la â—ominum_fw-la scriptiâ—_n libre_fw-la sum_fw-la quia_fw-la solis_fw-la â—anonicis_fw-la scripture_n debeo_fw-la sine_fw-la ulâ—a_fw-la recusatione_fw-la consensum_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la c._n 6._o the_o essential_a form_n of_o the_o word_n be_v truth_n inform_v the_o whole_a and_o every_o part_n all_o divine_a truth_n be_v there_o set_v down_o down_o scripturae_fw-la sancta_fw-la appellatur_fw-la canonica_n &_o toâ—um_fw-la ejus_fw-la corpus_fw-la canon_n rationem_fw-la nominis_fw-la aut_fw-la omnes_fw-la aut_fw-la ferè_fw-la omnes_fw-la esse_fw-la testantur_fw-la quia_fw-la â—it_n
of_o scripture_n commend_v the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o be_v careful_a to_o fulfil_v the_o scripture_n do_v interpret_v it_o and_o give_v ability_n to_o understand_v it_o it_o deut._n 4._o 2._o and_o 12._o ult_n ult_n locus_fw-la est_fw-la egregius_fw-la coque_fw-la nostri_fw-la omnes_fw-la utuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la contra_fw-la papisticas_fw-la traditiones_fw-la aliquid_fw-la scribunt_fw-la whitakerus_fw-la longè_n illustrissimus_fw-la lacus_fw-la est_fw-la chamierus_n chamierus_n nobis_fw-la adversus_fw-la papistas_n non_fw-la de_fw-la quibusvis_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la controversia_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la de_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la dogmatum_fw-la quibus_fw-la continentur_fw-la fides_fw-la &_o mores_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr ipsa_fw-la doctrina_fw-la chamierus_n lib._n 9_o the_o canone_o cap._n 1._o 1._o virro_n &_o ob_fw-la ingenium_fw-la laboremve_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la inter_fw-la papistas_n non_fw-la postremi_fw-la nominis_fw-la chamierus_n vide_fw-la maldonat_fw-la ad_fw-la joan._n 16._o 12._o &_o estium_fw-la ad_fw-la rom._n 16._o 17._o receive_v from_o christ_n himself_o teach_v the_o apostle_n illud_fw-la erat_fw-la explicandum_fw-la quo_fw-la discrimine_fw-la istae_fw-la traditiones_fw-la tam_fw-la multiplices_fw-la graduque_fw-la habendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la nullum_fw-la discrimen_fw-la faciunt_fw-la forsan_fw-la ergò_fw-la volunt_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la etiam_fw-la traditiones_fw-la parem_fw-la cum_fw-la divinis_fw-la scripture_n authoritatem_fw-la habere_fw-la script_n cap._n 3._o quaest._n 6._o traditionum_fw-la janua_fw-la perniciosa_fw-la est_fw-la hac_fw-la semel_fw-la aperta_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la inde_fw-la erumpat_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la chamier_n 1_o chro._n 1._o 18._o luk._n 3._o 36._o eorum_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la sententia_fw-la samor_n qui_fw-la negant_fw-la vel_fw-la è_fw-la lxx_o vel_fw-la à _fw-la luca_n nomen_fw-la cainani_fw-la suisse_fw-la insertum_fw-la existimantes_fw-la potius_fw-la alâ—unde_fw-la irrepsisse_fw-la post_fw-la evangelium_fw-la à _fw-la lucâ_fw-la conscriptum_fw-la eujus_fw-la suae_fw-la conjecturae_fw-la rationes_fw-la habent_fw-la non_fw-la leves_fw-la ut_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la cornelium_n à _fw-la lapide_fw-la in_o cap._n 11._o genes_n rivet_n isag._n ad_fw-la scr._n pt_n sac._n cap._n 10._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n lib._n 4._o de_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 4._o vix_fw-la ullum_fw-la videas_fw-la de_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la agentem_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la hic_fw-la magno_fw-la fastu_fw-la immoretur_fw-la chamieâ—us_fw-la distinguenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o tempora_fw-la &_o personae_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la necessariae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la ante_fw-la legem_fw-la ergo_fw-la ne_fw-la quidem_fw-la post_fw-la legem_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la necessariae_fw-la apostolis_n ergo_fw-la ne_fw-la nobis_fw-la quidem_fw-la negatur_fw-la consequentiâ—_n ratio_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la aliter_fw-la israelitas_fw-la doceri_fw-la voluit_fw-la post_fw-la legem_fw-la deus_fw-la aliter_fw-la ante_fw-la legem_fw-la aliter_fw-la christus_fw-la evangelium_fw-la voluit_fw-la apostolis_n revelari_fw-la aliter_fw-la nobis_fw-la praedicari_fw-la chamierus_n john_n 2._o 22._o jansenius_n affirmat_fw-la haec_fw-la multa_fw-la non_fw-la suisse_fw-la diversa_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la quae_fw-la hactenus_fw-la docuerat_fw-la sed_fw-la illustriorem_fw-la illorum_fw-la explicationem_fw-la &_o â—uc_fw-la adducit_fw-la illud_fw-la appositè_fw-fr quod_fw-la habetur_fw-la 1_o cor._n 3._o christus_fw-la testatur_fw-la se_fw-la discipulis_fw-la suis_fw-la omne_fw-la tradidisse_fw-la joan._n 15._o 15._o nihil_fw-la ergo_fw-la tacâ—_n it_o hic_fw-la locus_fw-la omnium_fw-la celeberrimus_fw-la est_fw-la papistisque_fw-la nostris_fw-la inter_fw-la primos_fw-la in_o deliciis_fw-la chamierus_n vide_fw-la grotium_fw-la in_o loc_n 2_o tim._n 3._o 15_o 16_o luk._n 16._o 29_o 31_o act._n 17._o 3._o what_o the_o tradition_n be_v he_o preach_v be_v express_v 2_o thess._n 3._o 6._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 2._o d._n fulk_n against_o martin_n in_o his_o preface_n preface_n papistae_fw-la maximi_fw-la qui_fw-la unquam_fw-la fuerint_fw-la traditionarii_fw-la chamier_n syrus_n interpres_fw-la habet_fw-la praecepta_fw-la sive_fw-la mandata_fw-la cartw._n annota_fw-la on_o the_o rhem._n test._n hic_fw-la achilles_n est_fw-la papistarum_fw-la magno_fw-la fastu_fw-la ostentatus_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la qui_fw-la versantur_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la controversia_fw-la chamier_n de_fw-mi canone_o l._n 9_o c._n 8._o 8._o cicumcifio_n faeminarum_fw-la continetur_fw-la sub_fw-la illa_fw-la masculorum_fw-la signum_fw-la in_o solis_fw-la masculis_fw-la crat_fw-mi pro_fw-la utrisque_fw-la tamen_fw-la saciâ—bat_fw-la si_fw-la finem_fw-la &_o usum_fw-la ejus_fw-la spectes_fw-la mariae_fw-la perpetua_fw-la virginitas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la fidei_fw-la articulus_fw-la ideò_fw-la libenter_fw-la amplectimur_fw-la eam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la â—mer_n christiaâ—os_fw-la videtur_fw-la invaluisse_fw-la ut_fw-la virgo_fw-la fuerit_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la pura_fw-la à _fw-la coitu_fw-la viri_fw-la non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la christi_fw-la generationis_fw-la mysterio_fw-la quod_fw-la sanè_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la toto_fw-la deinceps_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la tempore_fw-la chamierus_n de_fw-fr canone_o l._n 9_o c._n 9_o 9_o quam_fw-la pertinaciâ—èr_fw-la ludebat_fw-la helvidius_n in_fw-la primogenito_fw-la mariae_fw-la &_o fratribus_fw-la christi_fw-la ut_fw-la negaret_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la virginitatem_fw-la chamierus_n augustinus_n dicit_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la necessarium_fw-la obscurè_fw-la in_o scripture_n doceri_fw-la quin_fw-la idem_fw-la apertioribus_fw-la locis_fw-la aliis_fw-la explicetur_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr traditum_fw-la evangelium_fw-la obscurum_fw-la &_o difficile_fw-la ad_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la tanquam_fw-la paucissimis_fw-la profuturum_fw-la sed_fw-la facile_fw-la dilucidum_fw-la apertum_fw-la expâ—situm_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la esset_fw-la quin_fw-la petere_fw-la illinc_fw-la posset_n &_o tanquam_fw-la de_fw-la fonte_fw-la haurire_fw-la quae_fw-la salnti_fw-la suae_fw-la expedirent_fw-la lod._n viu._n de_fw-fr ver_fw-la fid._n christ._n l_o 2._o c._n 9_o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la collatam_fw-la cum_fw-la live_v analogia_fw-la multiplex_fw-la lucis_fw-la est_fw-la dispelierâ—_n tenebras_fw-la omne_fw-la manifestare_fw-la â—lâ—is_fw-la lacâ—re_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la lâ—renihil_fw-la purius_fw-la illustrius_fw-la graâ—ius_fw-la utilius_fw-la faecundius_fw-la cael_a be_v ejus_fw-la crâ—go_fw-la odio_fw-la habetur_fw-la sape_fw-la à _fw-la malis_fw-la est_fw-la bonum_fw-la commune_fw-la plurium_fw-la penetrate_v sordes_fw-la sine_fw-la inquinamento_fw-la sphanhemius_fw-la dub._n evangel_n parte_fw-la tertia_fw-la dub._n 94._o scriptura_fw-la seclaram_fw-la prositetur_fw-la tum_fw-la formaliter_fw-la tum_fw-la effectiuè_fw-la â—umiâ—osam_fw-la &_o illuminantem_fw-la id._n ibid._n isa._n 59_o 21._o jer._n 32._o 40._o and_o 31._o 31._o 31._o difficultas_fw-la dut_n à _fw-la rerum_fw-la ipsarum_fw-la natura_fw-la est_fw-la quâ—_n percipiuntur_fw-la aut_fw-la ab_fw-la ipfis_fw-la percipientibus_fw-la aut_fw-la ab_fw-la it_o quae_fw-la intercurrant_a mediis_fw-la res_fw-la quae_fw-la percipiantur_fw-la natura_fw-la sua_fw-la intellectu_fw-la difficâ—les_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la obscuâ—_n it_z atem_fw-la ut_fw-la res_fw-la futurae_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la majestatem_fw-la ipsarum_fw-la ut_fw-la mysterium_fw-la s._n trinitatis_fw-la sic_fw-la quid_fw-la sole_fw-la clarius_fw-la quid_fw-la difficilius_fw-la aspectu_fw-la nam_fw-la hebescit_fw-la acâ—es_fw-la oculorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la vi_fw-la radiorum_fw-la illius_fw-la a_o percipientibus_fw-la difficultatem_fw-la esse_fw-la quis_fw-la sanus_fw-la neget_fw-la nam_fw-la res_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la spiritus_fw-la homo_fw-la naturalis_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la capere_fw-la a_fw-la mediis_fw-la quae_fw-la deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la obtulit_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la scriptura_fw-la negamus_fw-la difficultatem_fw-la esse_fw-la junius_n the_o fundamental_o in_o scripture_n be_v plain_a to_o the_o elect_n who_o be_v all_o teach_v of_o god_n so_o much_o as_o be_v necessary_a for_o their_o salvation_n john_n 6._o 45._o the_o least_o as_o well_o as_o the_o great_a i_o believe_v that_o towards_o the_o evening_n of_o the_o world_n there_o shall_v be_v more_o light_n and_o knowledge_n shall_v be_v increase_v dan._n 12._o 4_o and_o many_o thing_n in_o scripture_n better_o understand_v when_o the_o jew_n shall_v be_v bring_v home_o and_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n and_o illumination_n more_o abundant_o pour_v forth_o mr._n gillesp._n miscel_n c._n 10._o see_v rev._n 22._o 10._o in_o the_o first_o time_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v no_o commentary_n upon_o the_o scripture_n the_o father_n have_v they_o without_o and_o yet_o then_o the_o scripture_n be_v understand_v origen_n who_o live_v 200_o year_n after_o christ_n be_v the_o first_o that_o write_v any_o commentary_n upon_o scripture_n the_o pure_a text_n of_o scripture_n be_v ever_o read_v to_o the_o people_n and_o never_o any_o commentary_n and_o yet_o be_v understand_v by_o they_o apoc._n 1._o 3_o 3_o solet_fw-la obscuritas_fw-la lectores_fw-la absterrerâ—_n quo_fw-la modo_fw-la ajunt_fw-la olim_fw-la quendam_fw-la dixisse_fw-la authorem_fw-la obscurum_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la removentem_fw-la tu_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la intelligi_fw-la neque_fw-la ego_fw-la te_fw-la intelligeâ—e_fw-la intelligeâ—e_fw-la especial_o in_o genesis_n job_n canticle_n ezek._n daniel_n and_o the_o revelation_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o writing_n there_o be_v many_o abstruse_a phrase_n in_o scripture_n as_o divers_a hebraism_n which_o perhaps_o be_v familiar_a to_o the_o jew_n but_o be_v obscure_a to_o we_o all_o the_o skill_n of_o all_o the_o man_n in_o the_o world_n from_o the_o begin_n to_o the_o end_n thereof_o will_v not_o be_v able_a to_o find_v out_o all_o truth_n contain_v in_o scripture_n either_o direct_o or_o by_o
his_o thought_n be_v there_o be_v no_o god_n in_o peccato_fw-la duo_fw-la attenduntur_fw-la sâ—ilicet_fw-la conuersio_fw-la ad_fw-la commutabile_fw-la bonum_fw-la quae_fw-la materialiter_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o peccatâ—_n &_o aversio_fw-la à _fw-la bono_fw-mi incommutabili_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la formalis_fw-la &_o completiva_fw-la ratio_fw-la peccati_fw-la aqu._n 2._o qu._n 162._o art_n 6._o two_o thing_n manifest_v the_o enmity_n of_o the_o heart_n to_o god_n 1._o a_o man_n averseness_n from_o christ_n and_o the_o way_n of_o the_o gospel_n 2._o his_o unwillingness_n to_o â—ely_o upon_o god_n alone_o for_o succour_v omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la deicidium_fw-la say_v the_o school_n it_o strike_v at_o the_o very_a essence_n or_o be_v of_o god_n every_o sin_n say_v i_o will_v have_v no_o god_n rom._n 8._o 7._o abstractum_fw-la deâ—â—tat_fw-la essentiam_fw-la rom._n 8._o 23._o there_o be_v a_o double_a curse_n come_v upon_o the_o creature_n not_o only_o a_o general_a curse_n on_o they_o all_o in_o the_o fall_n but_o a_o particular_a curse_n the_o figtree_n lie_v under_o a_o general_a curse_n and_o it_o will_v have_v wither_v with_o that_o but_o because_o of_o the_o particular_a curse_n it_o wither_v present_o vide_fw-la lombard_n l._n 2._o senten_n do_v 25._o &_o aqu._n 1_o 2._o qu._n 85._o art_n 1._o sin_n proper_a end_n be_v the_o dishonour_n of_o god_n and_o the_o ruin_n and_o abasement_n of_o the_o nature_n where_o it_o be_v the_o law_n have_v put_v another_o end_n on_o it_o the_o manifestation_n of_o god_n justice_n but_o christ_n put_v a_o new_a end_n on_o it_o the_o lord_n will_v exalt_v his_o grace_n and_o mercy_n in_o the_o pardon_v of_o it_o sin_n have_v defile_v the_o soul_n in_o point_n of_o purity_n and_o disquiet_v it_o in_o point_n of_o serenity_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n in_o its_o creation_n exceed_v thâ—_n sun_n in_o glory_n in_o its_o great_a splendour_n it_o be_v call_v evil_a â—ine_z adjecto_fw-la rom._n 7_o 13._o the_o holy_a ghost_n can_v not_o call_v it_o by_o a_o worse_a name_n than_o itself_o but_o sin_n that_o it_o may_v appear_v sin_n praedicatio_fw-la identica_fw-la and_o after_o that_o sin_n by_o the_o commandment_n may_v become_v exceed_o sinful_a hyperbolical_o sinful_a the_o damn_a in_o hell_n hate_n god_n because_o they_o be_v seal_v up_o in_o their_o obstinacy_n against_o he_o isa._n 51._o 20._o rev._n 16._o 9_o aquinas_n bring_v that_o place_n to_o prove_v it_o psa._n 74._o ult_n aquin._n part_n 1._o qu._n 48._o art_n 6._o prove_n that_o culpa_fw-la habet_fw-la plus_fw-la de_fw-la ratione_fw-la maâ—i_fw-la quam_fw-la poena_fw-la 1_o quia_fw-la ex_fw-la malo_fw-la culpâ—_n sâ—t_fw-la aliquis_fw-la malus_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la malo_fw-la poenae_fw-la 2_o quia_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la auctor_fw-la mali_fw-la poenae_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la mali_fw-la culpae_fw-la god_n great_a punishment_n be_v to_o punish_v sin_n with_o sin_n he_o that_o be_v filthy_a let_v he_o be_v filthy_a still_o the_o great_a punishment_n in_o helâ—_n be_v sin_n as_o the_o saint_n obedience_n in_o heaven_n be_v pars_fw-la praemij_fw-la so_o the_o blasphemy_n of_o the_o wicked_a in_o hell_n be_v pars_fw-la poenae_fw-la say_v the_o schoolman_n there_o be_v more_o evil_a in_o the_o cause_n then_o the_o effect_n see_v field_n on_o the_o church_n p._n 418._o perk._n vol._n 1._o p._n 215._o b._n bilson_n dislike_v this_o in_o his_o full_a redem_fw-la of_o mankind_n by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n from_o p._n 14._o to_o 136._o b._n bilson_n p._n 135_o say_v that_o hell_n pain_n be_v never_o add_v to_o christ_n cross_n for_o 1300_o year_n since_o the_o apostle_n time_n time_n the_o stoic_n think_v all_o sin_n be_v of_o a_o equal_a nature_n because_o to_o sin_n be_v transilire_fw-la lineas_fw-la to_o pass_v the_o bound_n but_o some_o may_v shoot_v wide_a than_o other_o though_o both_o miss_v the_o mark_n the_o scripture_n evident_o confute_v this_o opinion_n joh._n 16._o 11._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 8._o ezek._n 16._o 47._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 26_o 27._o some_o sin_n be_v compare_v to_o camel_n other_o to_o gnat_n some_o to_o beam_n other_o to_o mote_n some_o to_o talent_n other_o to_o farthing_n as_o there_o be_v degree_n of_o grace_n and_o virtue_n so_o of_o sin_n he_o that_o commit_v adultery_n by_o carnal_a copulation_n be_v a_o great_a sinner_n than_o he_o that_o look_v upon_o a_o woman_n to_o lust_n after_o she_o he_o that_o call_v his_o brother_n raca_n be_v not_o so_o great_a a_o murderer_n as_o he_o that_o take_v away_o his_o life_n see_v shepherd_n sincere_a convert_n c._n 3._o peccata_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la sunt_fw-la majoris_fw-la culpae_fw-la quam_fw-la peccata_fw-la carnalia_fw-la non_fw-la quasi_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la peccatum_fw-la spiritual_fw-la sit_fw-la majoris_fw-la culpae_fw-la quoâ—ibet_fw-la peccato_fw-la carnali_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la considerata_fw-la hac_fw-la sola_fw-la differentia_fw-la spiritualitatis_fw-la &_o carnalitatis_fw-la graviorae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la cetera_fw-la peccata_fw-la caeteris_fw-la paribus_fw-la aquinas_n 1._o 2._o qu._n 73._o art_n 5._o v._n plura_fw-la ibid._n all_o evil_a be_v worst_a in_o the_o fountain_n mat._n 21._o 31._o a_o caution_n sensual_a lust_n deprive_v we_o of_o communion_n with_o god_n we_o can_v never_o give_v they_o content_a they_o be_v disquiet_v and_o debase_v lust_n spiritual_a lust_n usual_o assault_v the_o high_a person_n man_n of_o great_a part_n rom._n 1._o 30_o elymas_n achitophel_n jeroboam_fw-la machiavelli_n and_o of_o high_a condition_n the_o very_a saint_n be_v apt_a to_o be_v proud_a of_o spiritual_a gift_n these_o lust_n be_v more_o subtle_a and_o deceitful_a then_o sensual_a lust_n they_o be_v not_o easy_o discern_v and_o have_v specious_a pretenceâ—_n one_o be_v not_o soon_o convince_v of_o spiritual_a pride_n the_o operation_n of_o spiritual_a lust_n be_v more_o vehement_a and_o impetuous_a the_o body_n move_v slow_o but_o the_o thought_n swift_a than_o the_o sun_n sensual_a lust_n make_v we_o like_o a_o beast_n spiritual_a like_o the_o devil_n judas_n be_v call_v satan_n there_o be_v in_o christ_n both_o active_a and_o passive_a obedience_n his_o active_a answer_n the_o precept_n his_o passive_a your_o transgression_n of_o the_o prohibition_n poena_n damni_fw-la in_o hell_n answer_v to_o sin_n of_o omission_n as_o sensus_fw-la to_o those_o of_o commission_n when_o satan_n tempt_v eve_n he_o first_o turn_v the_o heart_n from_o god_n malum_fw-la commissionis_fw-la &_o omissionis_fw-la in_o aliquibus_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la &_o in_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la differunt_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la 1_o qund_v utrumque_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la 2_o quod_fw-la utrumque_fw-la etiam_fw-la est_fw-la privatio_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debita_fw-la &_o per_fw-la legem_fw-la requisitae_fw-la differunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la 1_o quia_fw-la malum_fw-la omissionis_fw-la est_fw-la contra_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la affirmativum_fw-la commissionis_fw-la contra_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la negativum_fw-la 2_o differunt_fw-la ratione_fw-la fundamenti_fw-la quia_fw-la malum_fw-la commissionis_fw-la immediatè_fw-la semper_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la aliquo_fw-la aut_fw-la habitu_fw-la malum_fw-la omissionis_fw-la non_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la anima_fw-la nullo_n actu_fw-la aut_fw-la habitu_fw-la ita_fw-la medio_fw-la barlow_n exercit_fw-la 2._o a_o sin_n of_o omission_n be_v a_o aversion_n of_o the_o heart_n from_o god_n and_o duty_n in_o some_o thing_n command_v as_o that_o of_o commission_n be_v a_o conversion_n or_o turn_v to_o the_o creature_n a_o something_o forbid_v jud._n 5._o 23._o jer._n 10._o 25._o 2_o thes._n 1._o 7_o 8._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 16._o there_o be_v en_fw-fr aversion_n from_o god_n before_o there_o be_v a_o conversion_n to_o the_o creature_n jam._n 1._o 14._o by_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o precept_n we_o may_v judge_v of_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o transgression_n mat._n 22._o 38._o 1._o foam_n seu_fw-la depravatio_fw-la inhaerens_fw-la 2._o suggestiones_fw-la cogitationum_fw-la &_o affectuum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la depravatio_fw-la originalis_fw-la movet_fw-la se_fw-la aliqua_fw-la inclinatione_fw-la 3._o delectatio_fw-la 4._o consensus_fw-la 5._o ipsum_fw-la opus_fw-la chemnit_fw-la loc_n commun_n lex_fw-la dei_fw-la prohibet_fw-la omne_fw-la etiam_fw-la levissima_fw-la peccati_fw-la quae_fw-la venialia_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la autiquo_fw-la sed_fw-la ineptè_fw-la &_o impiè_fw-la ab_fw-la adversariis_fw-la usurpato_fw-la vocantur_fw-la baronius_n disput._n theol._n de_fw-fr peccato_fw-la mortali_fw-la &_o veniali_fw-la sectione_n 1._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n sectione_n 2._o &_o 3_o 3_o aquinas_n 1_o 2ae_fw-la quaest._n 88_o artiâ—_n 1_o &c_n &c_n &c_n bellarm._n de_fw-fr amiss_o great_a &_o statu_fw-la peccati_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 3_o etc._n etc._n see_v dr_n hall_n no_o peace_n with_o rome_n and_o dr_n priâ—_n serm._n 2._o on_o mat._n 5._o 25._o p._n 42._o to_o 47._o mr_n pemble_n of_o justification_n sect._n 3._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 144_o 145_o 146._o and_o mr_n burgess_n of_o justification_n pag._n 206_o 207._o and_o doctor_n featleys_n vertumnus_n romanus_n pag._n 28_o 29._o bellarminus_n distinguit_fw-la iâ—ter_fw-la peccata_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la contralegem_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la praeter_fw-la legem_fw-la ut_fw-la peccata_fw-la venialia_fw-la sed_fw-la
de_fw-la habendis_fw-la concionibus_fw-la ecclesiast_n c._n 6._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n vide_fw-la ames_n de_fw-fr cons_n l._n 4._o 6._o 26._o 26._o in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o remonst_z m._n wheatleys_n new-birth_n see_v m._n ward_n coal_n from_o the_o altar_n doctrina_fw-la est_fw-la axioma_fw-la theologicum_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o scripturae_fw-la verbis_fw-la positum_fw-la express_v vel_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la per_fw-la immediatam_fw-la consequentiam_fw-la fluens_fw-la ames_n medul_a theol._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 35._o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n who_o be_v infallible_a confirm_v all_o by_o scripture_n usus_fw-la est_fw-la axioma_fw-la theologicum_fw-la ex_fw-la doctrina_fw-la deductum_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la sinem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ostendens_fw-la amesius_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la 1_o cor._n 14._o 3._o 2_o tim._n 4._o 2._o oportet_fw-la ut_fw-la eo_fw-la sine_fw-la praedicetur_fw-la christus_fw-la quo_fw-la â—ides_fw-la in_o cum_fw-la promoveatur_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la sit_fw-la christus_fw-la sed_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o mihi_fw-la sit_fw-la christus_fw-la luther_n loc_n commun_n class_n 1._o cap._n 4._o quod_fw-la philosophi_fw-la dicere_fw-la solent_fw-la omuis_fw-la actio_fw-la sit_fw-la per_fw-la contactum_fw-la id_fw-la in_o sacra_fw-la praedicandi_fw-la actione_n vel_fw-la maxim_n locum_fw-la habet_fw-la davenant_n in_o colos._n 1._o 21._o see_v m._n gillespies_n aaron_n rod_n blossom_a l._n 1._o c._n 1_o 2_o 3._o &_o his_o misc._n c._n 19_o and_o the_o london_n minister_n ius_n drvinum_fw-la of_o church-government_n potestas_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la à _fw-la pelitica_fw-la realiter_fw-la distincta_fw-la est_fw-la 2_o paral._n 1_o 1._o 19_o joh._n 18._o 36._o 2_o cor._n 10._o 3._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 24._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 3._o luc._n 22._o 25._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 5._o col._n cum_fw-la rom._n 13._o 14._o voetius_fw-la voetius_fw-la bishop_n usher_v speech_n in_o the_o castle-chamber_n at_o dublin_n 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infant_n be_v comprehend_v under_o house_n and_o family_n it_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o use_n of_o the_o whole_a scripture_n gen._n 14._o 16._o &_o 18._o 19_o prov._n 31._o 15._o luke_n 19_o 9_o act_n 11._o 16._o &_o 16._o 31._o parent_n must_v bring_v their_o child_n therefore_o to_o baptism_n with_o a_o high_a esteem_n of_o that_o ordinance_n and_o with_o fervent_a prayer_n to_o god_n for_o his_o blessing_n upon_o it_o that_o it_o may_v be_v effectual_a for_o their_o regeneration_n set_a a_o day_n at_o least_o some_o good_a time_n apart_o new-birth_n to_o seek_v the_o face_n of_o god_n to_o confess_v thy_o sin_n chief_o the_o original_a sin_n which_o thou_o have_v derive_v to_o thy_o infant_n lament_v it_o in_o thyself_o and_o lament_v it_o in_o and_o for_o he_o baptism_n can_v be_v reiterated_a as_o the_o lord_n supper_n therefore_o what_o thou_o can_v do_v but_o once_o for_o thy_o child_n be_v careful_a to_o do_v it_o in_o the_o best_a manner_n parent_n shall_v offer_v their_o child_n to_o god_n in_o baptism_n 1._o with_o earnest_a prayer_n to_o god_n for_o a_o blessing_n on_o his_o ordinance_n 2._o in_o faith_n plead_v your_o right_n with_o god_n he_o have_v promise_v to_o be_v the_o god_n of_o his_o people_n and_o of_o their_o seed_n there_o be_v promise_n which_o suit_n with_o the_o ordinance_n deut._n 13._o 6._o isa._n 44._o 3._o 3._o with_o reverence_n gen._n 17._o 2_o 3._o 2_o sam._n 7._o 18_o 19_o their_o heart_n shall_v be_v affect_v with_o that_o great_a privilege_n that_o god_n shall_v take_v themselves_o and_o their_o seed_n into_o the_o covenant_n the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n without_o a_o weighty_a cause_n and_o in_o a_o sort_n compel_v be_v not_o to_o be_v defer_v 41._o first_o because_o the_o equity_n of_o the_o eight_o day_n appoint_v for_o circumcision_n hinder_v the_o procrastination_n of_o it_o second_o because_o this_o delay_n of_o it_o show_v a_o kind_n of_o contempt_n of_o the_o ordinance_n it_o be_v a_o common_a but_o a_o erroneous_a practice_n even_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n to_o defer_v their_o baptism_n till_o they_o be_v old_a so_o some_o of_o the_o christian_a emperor_n because_o a_o opinion_n prevail_v upon_o they_o that_o baptism_n discharge_v they_o of_o all_o sin_n i_o think_v that_o the_o delay_n of_o baptism_n which_o constantine_n and_o some_o other_o be_v guilty_a of_o do_v creep_v in_o among_o other_o corruption_n and_o be_v ground_v on_o the_o false_a doctrine_n of_o those_o heretic_n that_o deny_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n to_o those_o that_o fall_v after_o baptism_n which_o affright_v poor_a people_n from_o that_o speedy_a use_n of_o it_o which_o the_o scripture_n prescribe_v mr_n baxt._n inf._n church-memb_a par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 15._o constantine_n much_o esteem_v and_o favour_v eusebius_n who_o be_v a_o very_a subtle_a and_o malicious_a arian_n and_o yet_o constantine_n even_o to_o his_o death_n extreme_o hate_v and_o detest_a arianism_n one_o token_n of_o which_o love_n be_v his_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n at_o his_o hand_n when_o he_o be_v extreme_o sick_a and_o near_o his_o death_n crakanth_n defence_n of_o constant._n c._n 6._o see_v p._n 80._o to_o 86._o &_o 92_o 93._o but_o constantine_n receive_v baptism_n at_o eusebius_n his_o hand_n when_o he_o be_v a_o catholic_n professor_n and_o earnest_n in_o that_o profession_n the_o apostle_n and_o christ_n himself_o hold_v communion_n and_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n with_o judas_n matth._n 26._o 23._o etc._n etc._n so_o long_o as_o he_o keep_v the_o outward_a and_o catholic_a profession_n though_o in_o his_o heart_n he_o be_v a_o apostata_fw-la yea_o devil_n id._n ib._n p._n 96_o 97._o chrysostom_n and_o gregory_n nazianzen_n say_v grotius_n be_v not_o baptize_v till_o they_o be_v twenty_o year_n old_a at_o least_o plerosque_fw-la baptismum_fw-la suum_fw-la distulisse_fw-la in_o articulum_fw-la mortis_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la notissima_fw-la ex_fw-la historia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la unde_fw-la 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