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whole_o dead_a and_o useless_a to_o christian_n
the_o second_o term_n to_o be_v open_v be_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o visible_a the_o church_n be_v distinguish_v into_o visible_a and_o invisible_a which_o yet_o be_v not_o two_o distinct_a church_n or_o species_n of_o church_n but_o it_o be_v a_o distribution_n of_o the_o subject_a by_o the_o adjunct_n viz._n à _fw-la duplici_fw-la modo_fw-la communionis_fw-la externo_fw-la &_o interno_fw-la such_o as_o have_v spiritual_a communion_n with_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d inward_o be_v say_v to_o be_v invisible_a member_n which_o be_v only_o know_v to_o god_n and_o not_o man_n have_v this_o seal_n the_o lord_n know_v who_o be_v he_o such_o as_o have_v external_a communion_n in_o outward_a ordinance_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v call_v visible_a member_n because_o their_o communion_n be_v visible_a and_o apparent_a now_o only_a the_o invisible_a company_n have_v communion_n for_o life_n and_o be_v elect_v many_o of_o those_o that_o have_v external_a communion_n 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that_o by_o visible_a we_o mean_v not_o only_o such_o as_o be_v hypocrite_n and_o reprobate_n but_o those_o that_o be_v also_o true_o godly_a not_o only_o such_o as_o make_v external_a profession_n of_o faith_n whereby_o they_o be_v difference_v from_o heathen_n be_v what_o a_o church_n visible_a be_v but_o such_o as_o have_v inward_a sincerity_n also_o whereby_o they_o be_v difference_v from_o hypocrite_n the_o church_n visible_a be_v a_o company_n of_o people_n call_v by_o god_n from_o idol_n to_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o profess_v subjection_n to_o that_o call_v which_o be_v true_a of_o the_o godly_a as_o well_o as_o the_o hypocrite_n term_n 3_o term_n the_o three_o term_n to_o be_v open_v be_v universal_a we_o be_v to_o know_v that_o the_o church_n of_o god_n admit_v of_o several_a distinction_n from_o several_a accident_n as_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o time_n wherein_o the_o church_n have_v or_o do_v exist_v it_o be_v distribute_v into_o the_o church_n under_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o the_o church_n under_o the_o new_a and_o this_o be_v distribute_v again_o into_o the_o primitive_a and_o successive_a so_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o place_n where_o the_o church_n do_v exist_v or_o person_n of_o who_o it_o consist_v it_o receive_v the_o distinction_n of_o universal_a and_o particular_a now_o in_o this_o question_n universal_a be_v mean_v principal_o in_o regard_n of_o person_n place_n and_o not_o in_o regard_n of_o time_n the_o church_n catholic_n exist_v on_o earth_n at_o the_o same_o time_n be_v compare_v with_o particular_a church_n exist_v at_o the_o same_o time_n also_o universality_n be_v apply_v to_o place_n and_o person_n in_o the_o church_n at_o the_o same_o time_n be_v what_o the_o universal_a visible_a church_n be_v the_o universal_a visible_a church_n be_v the_o whole_a company_n of_o visible_a believer_n throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n several_a man_n give_v several_a description_n thereof_o i_o shall_v set_v down_o some_o of_o they_o ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la vivi_fw-la est_fw-la columna_fw-la &_o firmamentum_fw-la veritatis_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la terrarum_fw-la diffusa_fw-la propter_fw-la evangelium_fw-la quod_fw-la praedicatur_fw-la sicut_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la creatura_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la coelo_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n sancta_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nos_fw-la sumus_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la dico_fw-la nos_fw-la quasi_fw-la ecce_fw-la qui_fw-la hic_fw-la sumus_fw-la qui_fw-la i_o modò_fw-la auditis_fw-la sed_fw-la quotquot_fw-la sunt_fw-la christiani_n fideles_fw-la in_o universo_fw-it terrarum_fw-la orbe_fw-la quoniam_fw-la à _fw-la solis_fw-la ortu_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la occasum_fw-la laudatur_fw-la nomen_fw-la domini_fw-la sic_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la mater_fw-la noster_fw-la aug._n serm._n 99_o ecclesia_fw-la est_fw-la congregatio_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la in_o quâ_fw-la evangelium_fw-la rectè_fw-la docetur_fw-la &_o rectè_fw-la administrantur_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la aug._n conf_n saepè_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nomine_fw-la universam_fw-la hominum_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la diffusam_fw-la designamus_fw-la quae_fw-la unuâ—se_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o christum_fw-la colere_fw-la profitetur_fw-la calv._n instit_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 1._o sect._n 7._o est_fw-la congregatio_fw-la omnium_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la universum_fw-la qui_fw-la consentiunâ—_n in_fw-la fide_fw-la evangelica_n bull_v est_fw-la coetus_fw-la hominum_fw-la christum_fw-la suum_fw-la negem_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la &_o prophetam_fw-la profitentium_fw-la keckerman_n in_o novo_fw-la testamento_fw-la vocamus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la christo_fw-la nomen_fw-la dederunt_fw-la zuinglius_fw-la vniversa_fw-la multitudo_fw-la christianorum_fw-la quae_fw-la se_fw-la fidelem_fw-la censet_fw-la simul_fw-la â—nus_fw-la fidelis_fw-la populus_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dicitur_fw-la idem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la significat_fw-la totam_fw-la illam_fw-la omnium_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la quae_fw-la generatim_fw-la exvocatione_n &_o professsione_n externa_fw-la aestimatur_fw-la trelc_n ecclesia_fw-la est_fw-la visibilis_fw-la coetus_fw-la amplectentium_fw-la evangelium_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o rectè_fw-la utentium_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la gerard._n statuimus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quandam_fw-la universalem_fw-la externam_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la orbem_fw-la dispersans_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la describi_fw-la quae_fw-la visibili_fw-la quadam_fw-la politia_fw-la unicum_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la organicum_fw-la corpus_fw-la constituit_fw-la sub_fw-la quo_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la particulares_fw-la classicales_n provinciales_fw-la &_o nationale_n tanquam_fw-la part_n totius_fw-la continentur_fw-la apollon_n 29._o pag._n ubicunque_fw-la &_o quandocunque_fw-la fuerint_fw-la homines_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la fide_fw-la informati_fw-la christianam_fw-la electorum_fw-la 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