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he_o make_v with_o he_o and_o not_o to_o doubt_v of_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o promise_n ibid._n p._n 24_o 25._o righteousness_n or_o a_o exact_a obedience_n to_o the_o law_n seem_v by_o the_o scripture_n to_o have_v a_o claim_n of_o right_a to_o eternal_a life_n ibid._n p._n 11._o observation_n mr._n lock_v who_o think_v it_o our_o duty_n as_o far_o as_o we_o deliver_v any_o thing_n for_o revelation_n to_o keep_v close_o to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o scripture_n see_v his_o three_o letter_n p._n 210._o do_v not_o observe_v his_o own_o rule_n when_o he_o say_v that_o god_n justify_v a_o man_n for_o believe_v this_o not_o be_v the_o scripture-language_n as_o far_o as_o i_o remember_v we_o be_v often_o say_v to_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n and_o if_o he_o will_v also_o just_a by_o faith_n as_o faith_n be_v oft_o say_v to_o be_v impate_v to_o man_n for_o righteousness_n and_o god_n be_v style_v the_o justifier_n of_o he_o that_o believe_v but_o i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o the_o 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baptism_n upon_o the_o faith_n contain_v in_o the_o apostle_n creed_n a_o bare_a profession_n of_o that_o faith_n and_o no_o more_o be_v require_v of_o they_o to_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o church_n and_o make_v member_n of_o christ_n body_n how_o little_a different_a the_o faith_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n be_v from_o the_o faith_n i_o have_v mention_v may_v be_v see_v in_o these_o word_n of_o tertullian_n regula_n fidei_fw-la una_fw-la omnium_fw-la est_fw-la sola_fw-la immobilis_fw-la irreformabilis_fw-la credendi_fw-la scilicet_fw-la in_o unicum_fw-la deum_fw-la omnipotentem_fw-la mundi_fw-la conditorem_fw-la &_o filium_fw-la ejus_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la natum_fw-la ex_fw-la virgin_n maria_n crucifixum_fw-la sub_fw-la pontio_n pilato_n tertia_fw-la die_fw-la resuscitatum_fw-la a_o mortuis_fw-la receptum_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la sedentem_fw-la nunc_fw-la ad_fw-la dextram_fw-la patris_fw-la venturum_fw-la judicare_fw-la vivos_fw-la &_o mortuos_fw-la per_fw-la 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mr._n lock_n observation_n mr._n lock_n tell_v we_o in_o reasonab_n of_o christian._n p._n 301._o that_o it_o have_v be_v already_o show_v what_o the_o fundamental_a article_n of_o faith_n be_v but_o i_o ask_v how_o have_v it_o be_v show_v he_o have_v sometime_o affirm_v positive_o that_o this_o that_o jesus_n of_o nazareth_n be_v the_o only_a gospel-article_n of_o faith_n that_o be_v require_v reasonab_n of_o christian_n p._n 195._o that_o salvation_n or_o perdition_n depend_v upon_o believe_v or_o reject_v this_o one_o proposition_n that_o jesus_n be_v the_o messiah_n ibid._n p._n 43._o that_o this_o be_v all_o the_o doctrine_n the_o apostle_n propose_v to_o be_v believe_v ibid._n p._n 93._o at_o other_o time_n he_o have_v say_v that_o it_o be_v also_o require_v for_o the_o attain_n of_o life_n that_o they_o shall_v believe_v that_o jesus_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n ibid._n p._n 194._o he_o have_v also_o speak_v of_o concomitant_a article_n viz._n christ_n resurrection_n rule_n and_o come_v again_o to_o judge_v the_o world_n say_v that_o these_o