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god_n do_v not_o this_o imply_v two_o god_n and_o that_o god_n have_v a_o father_n let_v the_o reader_n judge_n bapt._n which_o word_n be_v god_n yet_o he_o be_v not_o a_o saviour_n as_o he_o be_v the_o word_n or_o creator_n of_o the_o world_n any_o otherwise_o than_o he_o be_v hold_v forth_o in_o the_o promise_n rep._n how_o then_o do_v he_o say_v i_o be_o god_n a_o saviour_n beside_o i_o there_o be_v none_o other_o and_o what_o be_v his_o save_v his_o people_n from_o but_o from_o sin_n and_o be_v not_o this_o god_n real_a work_n throughout_o all_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o righteous_a and_o do_v not_o god_n say_v sure_o they_o be_v my_o people_n child_n that_o will_v not_o lie_v and_o so_o be_v he_o their_o saviour_n isa._n 63.8_o and_o do_v not_o god_n say_v look_v unto_o i_o all_o you_o end_v of_o the_o earth_n and_o be_v you_o save_v for_o i_o be_o god_n and_o be_v it_o not_o god_n that_o in_o christ_n be_v reconcile_n the_o world_n and_o that_o establish_v they_o in_o christ_n and_o anoint_v they_o 2_o cor._n 1.21_o ch_n 5.19_o what_o confusion_n and_o huddle-muddle_a have_v this_o our_o opposer_n make_v about_o salvation_n who_o further_o add_v bâ—pt_n he_o be_v not_o a_o saviour_n as_o the_o root_n and_o creator_n of_o man_n but_o as_o he_o be_v to_o be_v the_o offspring_n of_o man_n for_o as_o he_o from_o the_o day_n of_o eternity_n be_v with_o the_o father_n and_o be_v his_o delight_n he_o most_o proper_o derive_v that_o title_n of_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n pag._n 34._o answ._n do_v but_o mark_v the_o confusion_n and_o darkness_n of_o this_o man_n who_o have_v deny_v that_o god_n the_o word_n or_o creator_n of_o man_n be_v a_o saviour_n and_o christ_n as_o he_o be_v the_o root_n and_o creator_n of_o man_n and_o as_o he_o be_v the_o eternal_a son_n of_o god_n or_o from_o the_o day_n of_o eternity_n he_o have_v deny_v to_o be_v a_o saviour_n but_o as_o he_o be_v the_o offspring_n of_o man._n do_v but_o eye_n the_o tendency_n of_o this_o 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eternal_a word_n be_v prove_v against_o the_o baptist_n false_a and_o unscripture-like_a distinction_n and_o touch_v those_o scripture_n that_o god_n by_o his_o own_o blood_n purchase_v to_o himself_o a_o church_n act_v 20.28_o now_o god_n have_v neither_o blood_n nor_o suffer_v say_v vv._n b._n which_o charge_v the_o apostle_n with_o untruth_n and_o that_o of_o john_n 3_o no_o man_n have_v ascend_v up_o to_o heaven_n but_o he_o which_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n even_o the_o son_n of_o man_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n vv._n b._n say_v pag._n 35._o now_o according_a to_o his_o manhood_n or_o flesh_n he_o be_v not_o in_o heaven_n by_o which_o he_o have_v rather_o justify_v the_o former_a four_o argument_n than_o otherwise_o but_o his_o tell_n as_o he_o be_v very_a god-man_n etc._n so_o the_o manhood_n suffer_v and_o the_o act_n be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o godhead_n this_n be_v confusion_n and_o contradiction_n to_o the_o former_a that_o god_n do_v not_o suffer_v but_o such_o kind_n 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