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most_o holy_a divine_a and_o spiritual_a work_n of_o true_a faith_n for_o true_a faith_n be_v a_o work_n of_o that_o difficulty_n that_o none_o of_o the_o holy_a apostle_n have_v any_o power_n to_o confer_v it_o much_o less_o can_v a_o natural_a man_n attain_v to_o it_o for_o paul_n say_v of_o himself_o he_o that_o plant_v and_o he_o that_o water_n be_v nothing_o 3._o 1_o cor._n 3._o but_o it_o be_v god_n that_o give_v the_o increase_n and_o elsewhere_o the_o circumcision_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v not_o in_o the_o letter_n but_o in_o the_o spirit_n true_a circumcision_n be_v that_o who_o praise_n be_v of_o god_n not_o of_o man_n 2._o rom._n 2._o so_o that_o they_o be_v mad_a indeed_o who_o think_v with_o pelagius_n that_o man_n by_o himself_o can_v acquire_v true_a faith_n or_o confer_v it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n alone_o now_o let_v the_o stiltwalker_n here_o see_v his_o own_o perverseness_n who_o that_o he_o may_v despise_v the_o magistrate_n compare_v they_o to_o a_o natural_a man_n and_o that_o he_o may_v extol_v the_o affair_n of_o his_o church-discipline_n among_o ignorant_a people_n compare_v they_o to_o the_o most_o divine_a work_n of_o faith_n from_o which_o they_o be_v infinite_o distant_a for_o no_o man_n can_v true_o believe_v but_o he_o that_o be_v true_o spiritual_a holy_a and_o the_o child_n of_o god_n but_o the_o outward_a church-discipline_n as_o it_o be_v now_o have_v so_o little_a excellency_n in_o it_o that_o judas_n himself_o a_o devil_n nicolas_n the_o deacon_n false_a apostle_n and_o innumerable_a wicked_a man_n can_v perform_v they_o with_o profit_n and_o praise_n for_o paul_n say_v that_o in_o his_o time_n all_o do_v not_o preach_v christ_n sincere_o 5.16_o phil._n 5.16_o but_o some_o for_o honour_n some_o for_o profit_n and_o yet_o he_o confess_v that_o their_o preach_n be_v fruitful_a it_o be_v then_o so_o far_o that_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o secular_a power_n shall_v be_v debar_v as_o sacrilegious_a from_o the_o outward_a church-discipline_n that_o scarce_o can_v there_o be_v find_v any_o impostor_n so_o wicked_a any_o brawler_n so_o perverse_a any_o stage-player_n so_o impudent_a who_o may_v not_o if_o he_o will_v dissemble_v perform_v these_o church-business_n and_o sometime_o too_o have_v with_o applause_n perform_v they_o we_o need_v not_o go_v far_o than_o this_o walachrian_a for_o a_o example_n who_o will_v not_o have_v we_o doubt_v but_o he_o have_v a_o long_a time_n perform_v these_o spirirituall_a work_n of_o discipline_n and_o doctrine_n with_o authority_n and_o power_n and_o yet_o we_o see_v he_o be_v a_o impudent_a blasphemer_n of_o magistrate_n but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n i_o principal_o answer_v that_o he_o be_v a_o manifest_a corrupter_n of_o scripture_n and_o a_o blasphemous_a falsifier_n in_o say_v that_o secular_a magistrate_n as_o secular_a that_o be_v in_o