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3._o p._n 33._o m._n ecclesiaste_n why_o so_o call_v and_o who_o best_o expound_v it_o l._n 1._o p._n 55_o 56_o election_n the_o several_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n and_o how_o it_o be_v define_v l._n 3._o p._n 6_o the_o object_n and_o end_n of_o it_o l._n 3_o p._n 7_o 8_o all_z be_v not_o elect_v l._n 3._o p._n 9_o consectary_n from_o god_n election_n l._n 3._o p._n 11_o 12_o element_n what_o it_o be_v and_o the_o number_n of_o the_o element_n l._n 3_o p._n 31_o 32_o elephant_n whence_o derive_v his_o excellency_n l._n 3._o p._n 82_o 83_o end_n the_o end_n of_o the_o scripture_n l._n 1._o p._n 128_o 129_o ephesus_n a_o famous_a city_n l._n 1_o p._n 73_o who_o best_o expound_v the_o ephesian_n l._n 1._o p._n 73_o 74_o epistle_n why_o so_o call_v l._n 1._o p._n 67_o how_o they_o be_v divide_v and_o who_o best_o expound_v they_o l._n 1_o p._n 70_o 71_o 72_o in_o what_o order_n they_o be_v write_v l._n 1._o p._n 70_o which_o epistle_n be_v doubt_v of_o for_o a_o time_n l._n 1._o p._n 65_o isaiah_n a_o evangelicall_n prophet_n l._n 1._o p._n 57_o how_o often_o quote_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o who_o have_v best_a expound_v it_o l._n 1._o p._n 57_o esther_n why_o so_o call_v and_o who_o have_v best_a expound_v it_o l._n 1_o p._n 52_o 53_o eternal_a god_n be_v eternal_a l._n 2_o p._n 40_o 41_o 42_o 43_o the_o world_n be_v not_o eternal_a l._n 3._o p._n 15_o 16_o 17_o evangelist_n who_o l._n 1._o p._n 68_o how_o they_o agree_v and_o differ_v l._n 1_o p._n 64_o 65_o who_o best_o expound_v they_o l._n 1_o p._n 67_o exodus_fw-la why_o so_o call_v and_o who_o be_v the_o best_a expositor_n on_o it_o l._n 1._o p._n 48_o expositor_n on_o scripture_n who_o be_v the_o best_a among_o the_o jew_n father_n papist_n protestant_n l._n 1._o p._n 183_o to_o 189_o ezekiel_n why_o so_o call_v and_o who_o have_v best_a interpret_v it_o l._n 1_o p._n 58_o ezra_n why_o so_o call_v and_o who_o have_v best_a expound_v it_o l._n 1._o p._n 52_o f_o faithful_a god_n be_v faithful_a l._n 2._o p._n 97_o 98_o 99_o fire_n the_o quality_n of_o that_o element_n l._n 3_o p._n 38_o fish_n their_o nature_n and_o use_n l._n 3_o p._n 75_o 76_o 77_o 80_o 81_o fowl_n their_o nature_n and_o use_n l._n 3_o p._n 78_o 79_o 80_o frost_n what_o it_o be_v l._n 3._o p._n 52_o g_o galatian_n the_o subject_n of_o that_o epistle_n and_o who_o best_o expound_v it_o l._n 1._o p._n 73_o ghost_n the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v god_n l._n 2._o p._n 135_o 136_o glorious_a god_n be_v glorious_a l._n 2_o 110_o to_o 120_o god_n how_o he_o be_v call_v in_o several_a language_n l._n 2._o p._n 1._o m._n the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n be_v necessary_a profitable_a and_o difficult_a l._n 2._o p._n 1_o 2_o we_o know_v god_n three_o way_n and_o there_o be_v a_o threefold_a knowledge_n of_o he_o l._n 2_o p._n 2_o what_o the_o heathen_n know_v of_o god_n l._n 2._o p._n 3_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n l._n 2._o p._n 3_o to_o 16_o what_o god_n be_v l._n 2._o p._n 18_o 19_o how_o the_o word_n god_n be_v take_v 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1._o p._n 74_o preach_a whether_o it_o be_v divine_o inspire_v as_o well_o as_o the_o word_n write_v l._n 1._o p._n 25_o predestination_n what_o it_o be_v l._n 3._o p._n 4_o 5_o prediction_n the_o truth_n of_o the_o scripture_n prediction_n prove_v it_o to_o be_v of_o god_n l._n 1._o p._n 14_o 15_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o prediction_n of_o the_o true_a prophet_n and_o those_o of_o the_o heathen_a l._n 1._o p._n 15_o prescience_n what_o it_o be_v in_o god_n l._n 2_o p._n 67_o property_n of_o the_o scripture_n l._n 1_o p._n 130_o to_o 171_o proverb_n why_o so_o call_v and_o who_o best_o expound_v they_o l._n 1._o p._n 55_o 56_o providence_n that_o there_o be_v a_o providence_n l._n 3._o p._n 125_o what_o providence_n be_v the_o extent_n of_o it_o l._n 3._o p._n 125_o 126_o the_o kind_n of_o it_o l._n 3._o p._n 127_o 128_o the_o degree_n and_o part_n of_o it_o l._n 3_o p_o 128_o 129_o psalm_n how_o call_v and_o divide_v by_o the_o hebrew_n l._n 3._o p._n 54_o 55_o the_o chief_a part_n of_o scripture_n and_o often_o quote_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n ibid._n who_o best_o interpret_v the_o psalm_n ibid._n pure_a the_o scripure_a be_v pure_a and_o holy_a l._n 1._o p._n 136_o 137_o 138_o r_o rain_n what_o it_o be_v the_o usefulness_n of_o it_o l._n 3._o p._n 50_o 51_o 52_o rainbow_n the_o cause_n of_o it_o and_o what_o the_o colour_n in_o it_o signify_v l._n 3._o p._n 52_o reading_n all_o be_v command_v to_o read_v the_o scripture_n l._n 1._o p._n 32_o 33_o what_o read_v of_o the_o scripture_n be_v l._n 1._o p._n 35_o 36_o it_o may_v be_v the_o instrument_n of_o regeneration_n ibid._n how_o the_o scripture_n be_v to_o be_v read_v l._n 1._o p._n 36_o 37_o the_o papist_n will_v not_o suffer_v the_o scripture_n to_o be_v read_v by_o the_o people_n l._n 1._o p._n 303_o religion_n not_o a_o humane_a invention_n l._n 2._o p._n 131_o reprobation_n what_o and_o the_o object_n of_o it_o l._n 3._o p._n 10_o reveal_v god_n reââaled_v his_o will_n three_o way_n to_o our_o 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1._o p._n 62_o 63_o the_o book_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n how_o divide_v l._n 1._o p._n 45_o 47_o the_o new_a testament_n how_o divide_v and_o who_o best_o expound_v it_o l._n 1._o p._n 62_o the_o number_n of_o the_o book_n both_o of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n l._n 1._o p._n 46_o theology_n what_o it_o be_v l._n 1._o p._n 2_o thessalonica_n the_o chief_a city_n in_o macedonia_n l._n 1._o p._n 74_o who_o best_o interpret_v the_o thessalonian_n ibid._n thunder_z what_o it_o be_v l._n 3._o p._n 45_o a_o great_a work_n of_o god_n and_o the_o use_n of_o it_o l._n 3._o p._n 45_o 46_o 47_o timothy_n what_o it_o signify_v who_o best_o interpret_v both_o the_o epistle_n l._n 1._o p_o 74_o titus_n what_o it_o signify_v like_o the_o first_o to_o timothy_n who_o best_o expound_v it_o ibid._n tradition_n what_o they_o signify_v l._n 1._o p._n 150_o 151_o 153_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o they_o p._n 155_o reason_n against_o the_o popish_a tradition_n l._n 1._o p._n 153_o 154_o the_o 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sapere_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la loqui_fw-la bâzâ_n epist._n 7._o david_n psal._n 119_o 133._o desâes_n that_o all_o hâs_n counsel_n thought_n manner_n action_n may_v be_v direct_v according_a to_o god_n word_n the_o scripture_n contain_v 1_o a_o necessary_a doctrine_n viz._n of_o the_o law_n and_o gospel_n matth._n 22._o 37_o john_n 13._o 16._o without_o which_o we_o can_v be_v saveâ_n rom._n 7._o 7._o it_o be_v 2._o necessary_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o efficient_a cause_n judas_n 3._o 3._o of_o the_o form_n matth._n 22._o 19_o 4._o the_o end_n 20._o john_n 31._o 31._o write_v do_v a_o large_a good_a to_o a_o great_a number_n and_o for_o a_o long_a time_n than_o speak_v 102_o psal._n 19_o vox_fw-la audita_fw-la perit_fw-la litera_fw-la scripta_fw-la manet_fw-la to_o show_v how_o much_o a_o more_o faithful_a keeper_n record_n be_v then_o report_n those_o few_o miracle_n of_o our_o saviour_n which_o be_v write_v be_v preserve_v and_o believe_v those_o infinite_o more_o that_o be_v 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perniciosa_fw-la est_fw-la hac_fw-la âemul_fw-la aperâa_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quâd_fw-la non_fw-la iâde_fw-la ââumpat_fw-la in_o ecclesiam_fw-la chamierus_n 1_o chron._n 1._o 18._o luke_n 3._o 36._o eorum_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la sententia_fw-la sanior_fw-la qui_fw-la negant_fw-la vel_fw-la è_fw-la lxx_o veâà _fw-fr luca_n nomen_fw-la cainani_fw-la fuisse_fw-la insertum_fw-la existimaâtes_fw-la potius_fw-la aliunde_fw-la irrepsisse_fw-la post_fw-la âvangelium_fw-la à _fw-la lucà _fw-la conscriptum_fw-la cujus_fw-la suae_fw-la conjecturae_fw-la rationes_fw-la habent_fw-la non_fw-la lâves_fw-la in_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la corneliam_fw-la â_fw-la lapidein_n cap._n 11._o geneseos_fw-la rivet_n isag._n ad_fw-la script_n saâ_n c._n 10._o vide_fw-la pluâa_fw-la ibid._n l._n 4_o de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la c_o quarto_fw-la vix_fw-la ullum_fw-la vidâas_fw-la de_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la agentem_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la hic_fw-la magnâ_n fastu_fw-la immoretur_fw-la 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discipâlis_fw-la suâs_fw-la omne_fw-la tradidisse_fw-la joan._n 15._o 15_o nihil_fw-la ergo_fw-la tacuit_fw-la hic_fw-la locus_fw-la omniâââ_n celebâârimus_fw-la est_fw-la papistisque_fw-la nostris_fw-la inter_fw-la primos_fw-la in_o delicâjs_fw-la chamierus_n 2_o tim._n 3._o 15_o 16._o luke_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 doctor_n âulke_n against_o marââa_n in_o his_o preface_n preface_n papistae_fw-la maximi_fw-la qui_fw-la uâquam_fw-la fueâirt_n traditionarij_fw-la chamierus_n syrus_n interpret_v habet_fw-la praecepta_fw-la sive_fw-la mandâta_fw-la cartw._n annotat._n on_o the_o rhem._n test._n hic_fw-la achilles_n est_fw-la papistarum_fw-la make_fw-mi no_o fastu_fw-la oftentatus_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulââ_n qui_fw-la versantur_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la coââoversia_fw-la chamierus_n de_fw-fr canone_o l._n 9_o c._n 8._o 8._o cicumcisio_n faeminarum_fw-la 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ut_fw-la negaret_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la virginitatem_fw-la chamierus_n chamierus_n augustinus_n dicit_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la sidem_fw-la necessarium_fw-la obscurè_fw-la in_o scripture_n doceri_fw-la quin_fw-la idem_fw-la âpertioribus_fw-la locis_fw-la aliââ_n exââiceâur_fw-la exââiceâur_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la coâlatum_fw-la cum_fw-la lace_n analâgia_fw-la multâplex_fw-la lucis_fw-la est_fw-la d_o spellere_fw-la tenebras_fw-la omne_fw-la manifestare_fw-la aliââ_n lucere_fw-la noâ_n sibi_fw-la luce_fw-fr nihil_fw-la puâius_fw-la illustrius_fw-la gratius_fw-la utilius_fw-la faecundius_fw-la caeâstis_fw-la ejus_fw-la oâigâ_n odio_fw-la habâtur_fw-la saep_v malis_fw-la est_fw-la bânum_fw-la commune_fw-la plurium_fw-la penetrate_v sordes_fw-la sine_fw-la inquinamento_fw-la spanhemius_fw-la dab_n evangel_n parte_fw-la târtia_fw-la dub._n 94._o scriptura_fw-la se_fw-la ãâã_d profâetur_fw-la tum_fw-la formaliter_fw-la tum_fw-la effectiuè_fw-la lumiââsam_fw-la &_o illuminantem_fw-la i._o l._n ibid._n isaiah_n 59_o 21._o jer._n 32_o 40._o and_o 31_o 31._o 31._o difficultas_fw-la aut_fw-la à _fw-la rerum_fw-la ipsarum_fw-la natura_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la percipiuntur_fw-la aut_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la percipientibus_fw-la aut_fw-la ab_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la intercurrunt_fw-la media_fw-la reâ_n quae_fw-la percipiântur_fw-la natura_fw-la sua_fw-la intellectu_fw-la difficiles_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la obsâuritatem_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 solâ_n clarius_fw-la quid_fw-la difficilius_fw-la aspectu_fw-la nam_fw-la hebâscit_fw-la acies_fw-la ãâã_d nostrorum_fw-la vi_fw-la rââliorum_fw-la âllius_fw-la a_o perciprientibus_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 potâst_fw-la capere_fw-la aâedijs_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 lunius_fw-la 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 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 read_v they_o without_o and_o yet_o then_o the_o scripture_n be_v nnderstood_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 absterreve_n quo_fw-la modo_fw-la ajunt_fw-la olim_fw-la quendam_fw-la dixisse_fw-la authorem_fw-la obscurâm_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la remâventem_fw-la tu_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la intelligineque_fw-la ego_fw-la te_fw-la intelligere_fw-la intelligere_fw-la especial_o in_o genesis_n job_n canticle_n ezeck_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 obstruse_a phrase_n in_o scripture_n as_o divers_a hebraism_n which_o perhaps_o weâe_v familiar_a to_o the_o jew_n but_o be_v obscure_a to_o we_o we_o the_o â0_n chap._n
best_a expositor_n of_o it_o be_v calvin_n attersoll_n ainsworth_n 5_o deuteronomy_n in_o hebrew_n haddebarim_n from_o the_o first_o word_n in_o greek_a ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d which_o the_o latin_a retain_v because_o it_o contain_v a_o second_o repetition_n of_o many_o necessary_a point_n of_o the_o law_n it_o consist_v of_o 34_o chapter_n and_o contain_v a_o history_n of_o the_o two_o last_o month_n of_o the_o year_n some_o say_v concern_v the_o 34_o ch._n 10._o that_o part_n of_o it_o be_v write_v by_o ezra_n contemporary_a with_o malachy_n the_o best_a expositor_n of_o it_o be_v calvin_n ainsworth_n wolphius_n cornelius_n a_o lapide_fw-la 2_o historical_a book_n 1._o before_o the_o captivity_n joshua_n judge_n ruth_n samuel_n king_n 2_o after_o the_o captivity_n both_o the_o chronicle_n ezra_n nehemiah_n the_o six_o book_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v call_v joshua_n because_o it_o contain_v a_o history_n of_o thing_n do_v by_o joshua_n the_o servant_n of_o moses_n 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