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A26931 Full and easie satisfaction which is the true and safe religion in a conference between D. a doubter, P. a papist, and R. a reformed Catholick Christian : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter. Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1674 (1674) Wing B1272; ESTC R15922 117,933 211

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see_v the_o priest_n and_o action_n and_o accident_n be_v see_v but_o no_o miracle_n see_v by_o any_o so_o that_o aquinas_n conclude_v 3._o q._n 76._o a._n 7_o though_o christ_n be_v existent_a in_o this_o sacrament_n per_fw-la modum_fw-la substantiae_fw-la yet_o neither_o bodily_a eye_n nor_o our_o intellect_n can_v see_v he_o but_o by_o faith_n no_o nor_o the_o intellect_n of_o a_o angel_n can_v see_v he_o secundum_fw-la sua_fw-la naturalia_fw-la nor_o do_v devil_n see_v he_o but_o by_o faith_n nor_o the_o bless_a but_o in_o the_o divine_a essence_n all_o these_o make_v these_o miracle_n far_o more_o miraculous_a than_o the_o raise_n of_o lazarus_n from_o the_o dead_a whether_o all_o these_o be_v miracle_n or_o most_o or_o many_o of_o they_o contradiction_n and_o therefore_o impossibility_n i_o make_v no_o great_a matter_n of_o at_o this_o time_n i_o think_v it_o utter_o needless_a to_o add_v any_o more_o to_o what_o be_v say_v in_o answer_n to_o such_o say_n as_o aquinas_n 3._o q._n 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