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be_v not_o all_o one_o for_o any_o among_o we_o to_o doubt_v or_o question_n whether_o the_o doctrine_n contain_v in_o the_o apostle_n creed_n or_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o life_n and_o salvation_n as_o to_o doubt_v or_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o himself_o be_v personal_o in_o the_o estate_n of_o life_n or_o a_o choose_a vessel_n to_o doubt_v of_o the_o former_a general_n be_v infidelity_n a_o sin_n not_o incident_a to_o a_o true_a christian_a but_o many_o among_o we_o may_v doubt_v of_o the_o late_a point_n and_o yet_o be_v as_o good_a christian_n as_o those_o who_o think_v they_o have_v assurance_n of_o faith_n that_o they_o be_v predestinate_v and_o condemn_v all_o other_o as_o reprobate_n in_o the_o worst_a sense_n who_o do_v not_o as_o certain_o believe_v that_o they_o live_v in_o christ_n as_o that_o christ_n die_v for_o sinner_n but_o this_o be_v no_o part_n of_o our_o apostle_n mean_v in_o that_o passage_n to_o the_o corinthian_n the_o question_n between_o he_o and_o they_o be_v not_o about_o special_a belief_n of_o personal_a election_n but_o about_o this_o general_a whether_o he_o be_v a_o true_a apostle_n or_o no_o or_o whether_o the_o miracle_n which_o have_v be_v manifest_v among_o they_o by_o his_o ministry_n be_v wrought_v by_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n or_o no._n if_o they_o continue_v in_o this_o doubt_n or_o tempt_v of_o god_n they_o will_v as_o he_o forewarn_v they_o hereby_o prove_v themselves_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v such_o as_o the_o murmur_a israelite_n have_v be_v or_o such_o as_o the_o present_a generation_n of_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v that_o be_v cast_v off_o from_o be_v god_n church_n or_o people_n so_o that_o if_o we_o take_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o strict_a and_o severe_a sense_n it_o rather_o import_v a_o national_a or_o provincial_a rejection_n of_o that_o people_n from_o be_v his_o people_n or_o from_o his_o residency_n among_o they_o by_o his_o public_a spirit_n than_o a_o personal_a reprobation_n of_o every_o particular_a or_o individual_a for_o to_o pronounce_v thus_o much_o of_o every_o jew_n that_o have_v not_o adjoin_v himself_o to_o christ_n body_n the_o church_n since_o the_o general_a rejection_n of_o that_o nation_n be_v beyond_o my_o commission_n altogether_o without_o the_o praecinct_n of_o this_o present_a inquisition_n which_o be_v only_o to_o show_v the_o true_a use_n of_o sacred_a philologie_n for_o find_v out_o the_o just_a extent_n and_o value_n of_o many_o passage_n aswell_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n as_o in_o the_o new_a who_o grammatical_a sense_n be_v for_o the_o substance_n usual_o plain_a but_o indeterminable_a for_o quantity_n without_o observance_n of_o their_o peculiar_a reference_n either_o to_o some_o special_a matter_n of_o fact_n record_v in_o scripture_n or_o to_o some_o sacred_a passage_n more_o ancient_a 4._o what_o place_n of_o scripture_n be_v there_o less_o controversible_a for_o grammatical_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n then_o that_o of_o s._n paul_n rom._n 9_o 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o will_v say_v unto_o i_o why_o do_v he_o yet_o find_v fault_n or_o chide_v for_o who_o have_v resist_v his_o will_n to_o this_o effect_n a_o ordinary_a scholar_n in_o any_o extraordinary_a grammar_n school_n in_o this_o kingdom_n will_v at_o first_o sight_n render_v the_o original_n but_o concern_v the_o extent_n of_o the_o same_o word_n take_v in_o this_o unquestionable_a sense_n there_o be_v and_o have_v be_v much_o controversy_n among_o great_a professor_n of_o divinity_n many_o extend_v they_o to_o reprobate_n in_o general_a as_o if_o our_o apostle_n have_v say_v why_o do_v he_o find_v fault_n with_o reprobate_n see_v he_o
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of_o that_o present_a age_n for_o all_o that_o our_o saviour_n have_v say_v in_o that_o 24._o of_o matthew_n be_v to_o be_v accomplish_v according_a to_o the_o literal_a sense_n in_o that_o age_n current_n for_o so_o he_o say_v ver_fw-la 34._o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o this_o generation_n shall_v not_o pass_v till_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v fulfil_v now_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o gather_v together_o of_o the_o eagle_n be_v to_o be_v fulfil_v before_o those_o sign_n of_o his_o come_n to_o judge_n jerusalem_n be_v to_o be_v exhibit_v ver_n 29._o our_o saviour_n pprophecy_n than_o can_v according_a to_o the_o literal_a sense_n refer_v unto_o his_o come_n to_o final_a judgement_n but_o unto_o his_o come_n to_o visit_v jerusalem_n and_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n of_o who_o as_o he_o intimate_v some_o few_o shall_v be_v strange_o reserve_v other_o remarkable_o plague_v and_o so_o to_o be_v plague_v by_o the_o roman_n who_o ensign_n be_v the_o eagle_n those_o who_o god_n 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of_o great_a slaughter_n then_o by_o rational_a project_n or_o humane_a consultation_n 13._o to_o this_o expression_n of_o the_o literal_a meaning_n of_o the_o forecited_a place_n s._n luke_n direct_v i_o who_o of_o all_o the_o three_o evangelist_n mention_v the_o immediate_a cause_n or_o occasion_n of_o our_o saviour_n proverbial_a speech_n luke_n 17._o 37._o and_o they_o answer_v or_o reply_v and_o say_v unto_o he_o where_o lord_n the_o meaning_n of_o the_o interrogatory_n be_v where_o shall_v the_o place_n or_o seat_n of_o these_o strange_a calamity_n be_v and_o to_o this_o he_o answer_v wheresoever_o the_o body_n be_v there_o will_v the_o eagle_n be_v gather_v together_o the_o importance_n of_o his_o answer_n be_v whithersoever_o these_o son_n of_o death_n shall_v repair_v thither_o will_v the_o executioner_n of_o god_n wrath_n be_v gather_v together_o to_o wit_n the_o roman_n who_o shall_v not_o spare_v such_o as_o do_v resist_v or_o seek_v to_o save_v their_o life_n by_o 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according_a to_o the_o mystical_a sense_n we_o be_v i_o take_v it_o to_o understand_v by_o the_o body_n the_o body_n of_o the_o saint_n decease_v and_o then_o to_o make_v the_o allegory_n or_o proportion_n such_o as_o the_o scripture_n always_o make_v handsome_a and_o comely_a the_o eagle_n must_v not_o be_v such_o as_o job_n describe_v either_o vulture_n or_o of_o vulture_n kind_a but_o jovis_fw-la aquilae_fw-la which_o as_o philologer_n tell_v we_o do_v not_o use_v to_o feed_v on_o dead_a corpse_n or_o slay_a flesh_n these_o be_v fit_a emblem_n of_o the_o swift_a ministry_n of_o celestial_a angel_n in_o gather_v or_o summon_v the_o body_n of_o decease_a saint_n from_o the_o one_o end_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o the_o other_o sect_n 3._o 20_o that_o the_o incarnation_n of_o god_n and_o of_o god_n in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o son_n instile_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n be_v foretell_v praefigure_v etc._n etc._n in_o the_o write_n of_o moses_n of_o the_o hypostatical_a 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