Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	write_v	year_n	young_a	15	3	5.6854	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87009	An ansvver to the animadversions on the dissertations touching Ignatius's epistles, and the episcopacie in them asserted. By H. Hammond, D.D.	Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.; Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1654 (1654)	Wing H514; Thomason E814_13; ESTC R202518	185,935	227

to_o dispose_v of_o it_o when_o he_o mention_v confession_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o example_n of_o the_o publican_n he_o interpose_v ego_fw-la ille_fw-la sum_fw-la publicanus_fw-la i_o be_o that_o publican_n when_o he_o remit_v he_o to_o christ_n without_o who_o there_o be_v no_o salvation_n he_o reply_v in_o solo_fw-la christo_fw-la omnis_fw-la spes_fw-la mea_fw-la reposita_fw-la est_fw-la in_o christ_n only_o all_o my_o hope_n be_v repose_v when_o he_o use_v the_o prayer_n beginning_n herr_n jesus_n wahrer_n mensch_n und_fw-ge god_n etc._n etc._n he_o fold_v his_o hand_n and_o follow_v he_o in_o a_o low_a voice_n when_o he_o ask_v he_o at_o the_o end_n whether_o he_o understand_v he_o answer_v probè_fw-la intellexi_fw-la i_o understand_v it_o well_o when_o upon_o recite_v some_o seasonable_a text_n of_o scripture_n he_o askt-againe_a whether_o he_o understand_v he_o his_o last_o word_n be_v vocem_fw-la tuam_fw-la audio_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la singula_fw-la dicas_fw-la difficulter_fw-la intelligo_fw-la i_o hear_v your_o voice_n but_o do_v not_o easy_o understand_v every_o word_n you_o say_v and_o have_v say_v so_o he_o become_v speechless_a this_o bare_a recital_n of_o his_o novissima_fw-la be_v a_o sufficient_a confutation_n of_o all_o the_o uncharitable_a relation_n that_o be_v make_v of_o they_o 6_o last_o then_o for_o the_o passage_n in_o the_o annotation_n it_o may_v suffice_v to_o remember_v that_o they_o be_v in_o his_o posthuma_fw-la those_o which_o have_v be_v publish_v since_o his_o death_n those_o especial_o on_o the_o epistle_n of_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o they_o have_v never_o be_v form_v by_o he_o or_o fit_v for_o the_o public_a but_o be_v put_v together_o by_o some_o body_n else_o after_o his_o death_n who_o find_v many_o thing_n in_o his_o adversaria_fw-la throw_v into_o paper_n book_n as_o he_o have_v at_o any_o time_n occasion_n either_o from_o his_o read_n of_o scripture_n or_o other_o write_n it_o be_v ordinary_a for_o every_o man_n to_o note_n not_o only_o what_o he_o approve_v but_o what_o he_o dislike_v and_o what_o he_o think_v matter_n of_o far_a consideration_n have_v as_o he_o think_v fit_a make_v a_o body_n of_o annotation_n and_o publish_v they_o under_o his_o name_n many_o indication_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o i_o may_v produce_v have_v elsewhere_o mention_v some_o i_o shall_v only_o add_v one_o col._n 1._o 16._o where_o the_o apostle_n say_v by_o he_o all_o thing_n be_v create_v that_o be_v in_o heaven_n the_o annotation_n publish_v under_o grotius_n name_n have_v these_o word_n rectius_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hic_fw-la interpretari_fw-la ordinata_fw-la sunt_fw-la novum_fw-la quendam_fw-la statum_fw-la sunt_fw-la consecuta_fw-la the_o right_a interpret_n of_o be_v create_v be_v be_v order_v obtain_v a_o new_a kind_n of_o state_n and_o so_o in_o the_o end_n all_o thing_n be_v create_v by_o he_o the_o scholion_n be_v intellige_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la novam_fw-la creationem_fw-la pertinent_a understand_v all_o thing_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o new_a creation_n 7._o which_o explication_n as_o they_o more_o than_o savour_n of_o the_o socinian_n leaven_n not_o willing_a to_o permit_v christ_n there_o to_o be_v say_v the_o creat_a of_o angel_n but_o refer_v all_o to_o the_o new_a creation_n as_o the_o socinian_o general_o do_v and_o according_o interpret_v in_o principio_fw-la joh._n 1._o 1._o in_o principio_fw-la evangelii_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o gospel_n so_o they_o be_v express_o contrary_a to_o the_o word_n of_o grotius_n as_o we_o know_v they_o be_v publish_v by_o he_o on_o jo●_n 1._o 3._o where_o on_o those_o word_n without_o he_o be_v nothing_o make_v that_o be_v make_v the_o nothing_o say_v he_o be_v put_v to_o take_v away_o all_o exception_n id_fw-la autem_fw-la ideo_fw-la factum_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la verbum_fw-la sunt_fw-la condita_fw-la intelligerentur_fw-la etiam_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la conspicua_fw-la nobis_fw-la nen_fw-la sunt_fw-la col._n 1._o 16._o this_o be_v do_v that_o among_o these_o thing_n that_o be_v create_v by_o the_o word_n may_v be_v understand_v also_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o see_v cite_v this_o very_a place_n to_o that_o sense_n col._n 1._o 16._o which_o in_o the_o post_n humou_n annotation_n be_v interpret_v in_o such_o a_o contrariety_n both_o to_o this_o former_a note_n and_o to_o the_o write_n last_o publish_v by_o he_o before_o his_o death_n that_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o discernible_o injurious_a to_o he_o 8._o by_o this_o the_o reader_n may_v observe_v and_o judge_v of_o other_o and_o consider_v how_o unequal_a we_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v to_o dead_a man_n if_o we_o judge_v of_o their_o opinion_n by_o all_o that_o be_v after_o death_n publish_v under_o their_o name_n witness_v also_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la regis_fw-la ●irca_fw-la sacra_fw-la which_o be_v write_v by_o he_o in_o his_o young_a day_n but_o never_o approve_v by_o he_o to_o be_v publish_v in_o his_o life_n but_o purposely_o suppress_v only_o some_o copy_n steal_v out_o in_o manuscri●●ts_n from_o he_o in_o which_o form_n i_o read_v it_o many_o year_n since_o it_o be_v now_o against_o his_o consent_n and_o in_o many_o thing_n distant_a from_o his_o sense_n express_v in_o late_a write_n publish_v as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v full_o allow_v by_o he_o but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n 9_o next_o then_o for_o the_o charge_n of_o popery_n that_o be_v fall_v upon_o he_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o whence_o that_o flow_v either_o from_o his_o profess_a opposition_n to_o many_o doctrine_n of_o some_o reformer_n zuinglius_fw-la and_o calvin_n etc._n etc._n or_o from_o his_o annotation_n on_o cassander_n and_o the_o debate_n with_o rivet_n consequent_a thereto_o the_o votun_n pro_fw-la pace_n and_o discussio_fw-la 10._o for_o the_o former_a of_o these_o it_o be_v sufficient_o know_v what_o contest_v there_o be_v and_o at_o length_n how_o profess_v the_o division_n betwixt_o the_o remonstrant_a and_o contraremonstrant_fw-la and_o it_o be_v confess_v that_o he_o maintain_v all_o his_o time_n the_o remonstrants_n party_n etc._n vindicate_v it_o from_o all_o charge_n whether_o of_o pelagianism_n or_o semipelagianism_n which_o be_v by_o the_o opposer_n object_v to_o it_o and_o press_v the_o favourer_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o irrespective_a decree_n with_o the_o odious_a consequence_n of_o make_v antichristo_fw-la god_n the_o author_n and_o favourer_n of_o sin_n and_o frequent_o express_v his_o sense_n of_o the_o evil_a influence_n that_o some_o of_o those_o doctrine_n be_v experiment_a to_o have_v on_o man_n life_n and_o by_o these_o mean_v it_o be_v not_o strange_a that_o he_o shall_v fall_v under_o great_a displeasure_n from_o those_o who_o have_v espouse_v the_o opinion_n of_o irrespective_a decree_n do_v not_o only_o publish_v it_o as_o the_o truth_n and_o truth_n of_o god_n but_o far_o assert_v the_o question_n of_o it_o to_o be_v injurious_a to_o god_n free_a grace_n and_o his_o eternal_a election_n and_o consequent_o retain_v no_o ordinary_a patience_n for_o or_o charity_n to_o opposer_n 11._o but_o then_o still_o this_o be_v no_o medium_n to_o infer_v that_o charge_n the_o doctrine_n which_o he_o thus_o maintain_v be_v neither_o branch_n nor_o character_n of_o popery_n but_o assert_v by_o some_o of_o the_o first_o and_o most_o learned_a and_o pious_a reformer_n witness_v the_o write_n of_o hemingius_n in_o his_o opuscula_fw-la most_o of_o which_o be_v on_o these_o subject_n whereas_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n zuinglius_fw-la and_o other_o who_o maintain_v the_o rigid_a way_n of_o irrespective_a decree_n and_o infuse_v they_o into_o some_o of_o this_o nation_n of_o we_o be_v true_o say_v by_o a_o 49_o excellent_a writer_n of_o we_o to_o have_v have_v it_o first_o from_o some_o ancient_a romish_a schoolman_n and_o so_o to_o have_v have_v as_o much_o or_o more_o of_o that_o guilt_n adherent_a to_o they_o as_o can_v be_v charge_v on_o their_o opposer_n 12._o the_o truth_n be_v these_o or_o the_o like_a to_o they_o have_v be_v matter_n controvert_v in_o all_o time_n and_o in_o these_o latter_a day_n the_o controversy_n inflame_v and_o the_o doctrine_n warm_o maintain_v on_o both_o side_n by_o the_o lutheran_n against_o the_o calvinist_n who_o be_v yet_o no_o more_o papist_n than_o they_o and_o by_o the_o papist_n among_o themselves_o witness_v the_o continual_a dispute_n between_o the_o jesuit_n and_o the_o dominican_n and_o at_o this_o time_n between_o the_o molinist_n and_o jansenian_o the_o party_n for_o a_o long_a time_n so_o equal_o balance_v that_o the_o pope_n have_v think_v it_o prudent_a to_o wave_v define_v on_o either_o side_n till_o this_o last_o year_n innocentius_n x._o upon_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o french_a king_n have_v make_v a_o decision_n of_o they_o 13._o so_o that_o from_o hence_o to_o found_v the_o jealousy_n to_o affirm_v he_o a_o papist_n because_o he_o be_v not_o a_o

bishop_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n who_o be_v call_v say_v tertullian_n the_o praseript_n apostolici_fw-la viri_fw-la apostolical_a man_n apostolicorum_fw-la primum_fw-la canon_n dein_fw-ge nonnullorum_fw-la latinorum_n ignorantia_fw-la aliquo●_fw-la literarum_fw-la detractione_n apostolorum_fw-la dicti_fw-la sunt_fw-la they_o be_v first_o call●d_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostolick_n after_o by_o the_o ignorance_n of_o some_o latin_a writer_n and_o by_o the_o take_n away_o of_o a_o few_o letter_n they_o be_v call_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n 13._o among_o protestant_n i_o might_n instance_n in_o the_o archbishop_n of_o armagh_n here_o cite_v under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o learned_a usher_n who_o by_o still_v the_o fifty_o veteres_n canon_n ecclesiasticos_fw-la ●b_n antiquitatem_fw-la apostolicos_fw-la doctos_fw-la the_o old_a ecclesiastical_a canon_n for_o their_o antiquity_n style_v apostolical_a and_o distinguish_v they_o from_o the_o thirty_o five_o nova_fw-la capitula_fw-la &_o novitii_fw-la canon_n new_a chapter_n and_o novice_n canon_n clear_o justify_v all_o that_o i_o have_v say_v but_o i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o go_v any_o far_a than_o dr._n blondel_n himself_o with_o who_o i_o have_v then_o to_o do_v and_o i_o be_o sure_a it_o be_v ordinary_a with_o he_o to_o cite_v these_o canon_n under_o the_o title_n of_o apostolic_a and_o so_o to_o yield_v they_o their_o authority_n yet_o i_o suppose_v be_v not_o think_v by_o his_o colleague_n mr._n daillé_n to_o have_v make_v the_o apostle_n themselves_o the_o author_n of_o they_o you_o may_v see_v it_o twice_o together_o in_o two_o line_n apol._n pro_fw-la scent_n hieron_n pag._n 96._o anno_fw-la dom._n 363._o laodicano_n canone_o 56._o secundum_fw-la apostolicum_fw-la 38._o cautum_fw-la fuit_fw-la care_n be_v take_v by_o the_o council_n of_o laodicaea_n can._n 56._o according_a to_o the_o 38_o apostolical_a canon_n call_v it_o first_o a_o apostolic_a canon_n and_o then_o affirm_v it_o the_o rule_n by_o which_o the_o laodicaean_a canon_n be_v make_v and_o so_o clear_o give_v it_o a_o great_a antiquity_n than_o that_o council_n and_o immediate_o again_o apostolico_n 33_o longè_fw-la antequam_fw-la ancyrae_fw-la conveniret_fw-la synodus_fw-la in_o the_o 33_o apostolic_a canon_n long_o before_o the_o synod_n meet_v at_o ancyra_n which_o we_o know_v be_v in_o the_o year_n 314_o and_o what_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v long_o before_o that_o must_v be_v of_o a_o pretty_a antiquity_n although_o it_o be_v not_o write_v by_o the_o apostle_n 14._o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o some_o have_v think_v fit_a to_o use_v great_a exactness_n of_o speech_n as_o the_o council_n of_o paris_n anno_fw-la 580._o calling_n they_o 18._o canon_n quasi_fw-la apostolicos_fw-la the_o canon_n as_o it_o be_v apostolic_a and_o dionysius_n exiguus_fw-la and_o isidorus_n mercator_n canon_n qui_fw-fr dicuntur_fw-la apostolicorum_fw-la the_o canon_n say_v to_o be_v the_o apostle_n and_o hincmarus_n rhemensis_n say_v they_o be_v a_o primis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la traditione_n viritim_fw-la apostolicorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la commendati_fw-la from_o the_o first_o time_n by_o tradition_n of_o apostliocal_a person_n commend_v to_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n from_o man_n to_o man_n and_o a_o devotis_fw-la quibusque_fw-la collecti_fw-la collect_v by_o all_o devout_a man_n see_v council_n gallic_n l._n 2._o p._n 473_o 474._o and_o as_o for_o those_o which_o pretend_v the_o whole_a 85._o as_o well_o as_o the_o constitution_n to_o have_v be_v peun_v by_o clemens_n there_o be_v little_a doubt_n but_o they_o do_v by_o so_o do_v endeavour_n to_o impose_v false_a ware_n upon_o the_o church_n but_o still_o this_o praejudge_v not_o my_o affirmation_n of_o the_o former_a fifty_o that_o they_o be_v always_o account_v genuine_a not_o mean_v thereby_o that_o they_o be_v write_v by_o the_o apostle_n or_o at_o their_o appoint-ment_a by_o clemens_n i_o say_v not_o a_o word_n that_o so_o much_o as_o insinuate_v either_o of_o those_o to_o be_v my_o sense_n and_o i_o can_v just_o affirm_v it_o be_v not_o but_o genuine_a i._n e._n true_o and_o without_o contradiction_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o synonyma_n in_o this_o matter_n what_o they_o be_v by_o the_o church_n general_o take_v to_o be_v i._n e._n canon_n of_o ancient_a bishop_n before_o the_o time_n of_o the_o general_a council_n of_o apostolical_a person_n successor_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o church_n where_o they_o preside_v call_v apostolical_a church_n 15._o i_o add_v no_o more_o of_o a_o matter_n so_o clear_a yet_o before_o i_o proceed_v i_o shall_v desire_v the_o author_n of_o this_o animadversion_n to_o consider_v how_o unjust_o his_o censure_n have_v fall_v in_o the_o page_n immediate_o praecedent_a on_o the_o write_n of_o the_o first_o time_n immediate_o after_o the_o apostle_n fall_v asleep_a his_o word_n be_v these_o i_o must_v be_v force_v to_o preface_n the_o nomination_n of_o they_o the_o first_o writer_n with_o some_o consideration_n the_o first_o be_v that_o know_a passage_n of_o hegesippus_n in_o euseb_n eccl._n hist_o l._n 3._o 26._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d set_v out_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o church_n as_o to_o doctrine_n immediate_o after_o the_o apostle_n fall_v asleep_a whereof_o whosoever_o will_v impartial_o and_o with_o disengage_v judgement_n search_v into_o the_o write_n that_o of_o those_o day_n do_v remain_v will_v perhaps_o find_v more_o cause_n than_o be_v common_o imagine_v with_o he_o to_o complain_v 16._o here_o be_v a_o ●ad_a jealousy_n raise_v against_o all_o antiquity_n even_o of_o the_o pure_a time_n next_o the_o apostle_n and_o indefinite_o without_o any_o limitation_n on_o the_o write_n of_o those_o day_n that_o remain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n all_o that_o be_v extant_a in_o one_o common_a mass_n and_o it_o beside_o that_o one_o say_v of_o hegesippus_n no_o one_o word_n add_v to_o found_v it_o on_o but_o only_o dubious_a suspicious_a expression_n will_v perhaps_o find_v more_o cause_n than_o be_v common_o imagine_a to_o warn_v all_o how_o they_o give_v any_o trust_n to_o the_o pure_a antiquity_n whereas_o all_o that_o hegesippus_n there_o say_v be_v only_o this_o which_o they_o that_o pay_v most_o reverence_n to_o antiquity_n take_v as_o much_o notice_n of_o as_o he_o can_v wish_v viz._n that_o the_o poison_n of_o the_o heretical_a or_o apostatical_a or_o atheistical_a gnostic_n in_o express_a word_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sect_n of_o the_o gnostic_n false_o so_o call_v the_o same_o that_o have_v be_v mention_v by_o st._n paul_n to_o timothy_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o atheistical_a seducer_n do_v open_o set_v up_o against_o the_o truth_n of_o christ_n as_o soon_o as_o ever_o the_o apostle_n be_v dead_a which_o be_v by_o hegesippa●_n terminate_v in_o the_o know_a despiser_n and_o persecuter_n of_o the_o true_a church_n and_o orthodox_n professor_n the_o grievous_a wolf_n that_o worry_v the_o flock_n and_o those_o constant_o resist_v and_o combat_v with_o preach_v against_o and_o write_v against_o by_o the_o father_n and_o ancient_a writer_n and_o never_o observe_v by_o any_o man_n to_o have_v gain_v on_o they_o or_o infuse_v any_o the_o least_o degree_n ●f_a their_o poison_n into_o they_o or_o their_o write_n which_o be_v come_v to_o we_o which_o to_o undertake_v to_o make_v good_a against_o any_o opposer_n be_v no_o high_a pitch_n of_o confidence_n again_o to_o be_v censure_v in_o i_o it_o be_v a_o sad_a condition_n that_o the_o just_a and_o the_o unjust_a the_o false_a teacher_n and_o the_o orthodox_n professor_n shall_v fall_v under_o the_o same_o envy_n be_v involve_v under_o the_o same_o black_a censure_n those_o that_o watch_v over_o the_o flock_n as_o shepherd_n and_o oft_o lay_v down_o their_o life_n for_o the_o sheep_n be_v again_o defame_v and_o martyr_v by_o we_o their_o unkind_a posterity_n under_o pretence_n forsooth_o that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o conspiracy_n of_o the_o wolf_n also_o i_o leave_v this_o to_o he_o and_o the_o reader_n consideration_n and_o so_o proceed_v to_o the_o next_o charge_n chap._n ii_o of_o ignatius_n epistle_n sect._n 1_o the_o comparison_n betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o epistle_n of_o clement_n and_o polycarpe_n of_o salmasius_n and_o blondel_n be_v the_o first_o that_o reject_v they_o of_o the_o vir_fw-la doctissimus_fw-la answer_v by_o vedelius_fw-la of_o bishop_n mountague_n censure_n of_o vedelius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o salmasius_n contumely_n title_n of_o learned_a grammarian_n illecebre_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d consnlt_v author_n to_o serve_v our_o own_o turn_n numb_a 1._o the_o next_o charge_n i_o find_v in_o the_o eight_o page_n of_o this_o preface_n in_o these_o word_n a_o late_a learned_a doctor_n in_o his_o dissertation_n about_o episcopacy_n or_o dispute_v for_o it_o against_o salmasius_n and_o blondellus_n tell_v we_o that_o we_o may_v take_v a_o taste_n

apostle_n and_o their_o successor_n not_o by_o the_o people_n or_o the_o whole_a congregation_n can_v find_v entrance_n with_o he_o and_o second_o from_o the_o recur_v of_o such_o kind_n of_o rhetoric_n as_o this_o so_o soon_o i_o may_v very_o probable_o conclude_v that_o his_o whole_a confidence_n be_v place_v in_o this_o one_o topick_n which_o be_v order_v both_o to_o lead_v the_o van_n and_o also_o to_o bring_v up_o the_o rear_n to_o be_v the_o reserve_n as_o well_o as_o the_o forlorn_a hope_n and_o then_o upon_o this_o view_n of_o his_o reply_n i_o desire_v it_o may_v be_v indifferent_o consider_v whether_o my_o argument_n be_v not_o as_o valid_a to_o confirm_v my_o answer_n as_o his_o mirth_n and_o repetition_n and_o bare_a negation_n without_o any_o attempt_n of_o proof_n be_v of_o force_n to_o assert_v the_o contrary_n 20._o next_o he_o promise_v to_o attend_v to_o my_o argument_n but_o can_v hold_v his_o countenance_n again_o they_o must_v be_v style_v learned_a argument_n forsooth_o to_o have_v speak_v as_o he_o think_v have_v be_v more_o like_o a_o serious_a person_n that_o mean_v to_o attend_v to_o argument_n and_o the_o first_o that_o he_o attend_v to_o be_v that_o corinth_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o greece_n in_o a_o political_a sense_n and_o acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n where_o the_o proconsul_n have_v his_o residence_n and_o this_o he_o grant_v but_o for_o my_o consectary_n from_o thence_o that_o epistle_n inscribe_v to_o the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v conceive_v send_v to_o the_o christian_n of_o all_o a●haia_n all_o the_o strength_n thereof_o say_v he_o from_o the_o insinuatian_n of_o such_o a_o state_n of_o thing_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o pure_a beg_n of_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n 21._o but_o first_o certain_o this_o can_v be_v that_o fallacy_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o beg_n of_o the_o question_n it_o be_v the_o ●…erring_n of_o that_o which_o be_v there_o prove_v both_o before_o and_o after_o before_o both_o as_o that_o signify_v long_o before_o and_o immediate_o before_o long_v before_o viz._n dissert_n 4._o c._n 5._o the_o erection_n of_o metropoles_fw-la and_o metropolitan_n in_o the_o church_n have_v be_v demonstrate_v immediate_o before_o it_o have_v be_v mention_v as_o a_o praecogn●scendum_fw-la that_o corinth_n be_v such_o a_o one_o which_o if_o grant_v it_o must_v follow_v that_o there_o be_v a_o metropolitan_a archbishop_n at_o corinth_n of_o who_o all_o the_o bishop_n in_o greece_n be_v dependent_a so_o again_o this_o be_v prove_v after_o by_o the_o consent_n betwixt_o this_o and_o paul_n e●istles_n those_o be_v write_v to_o all_o the_o christian_n of_o all_o achaia_n and_o then_o why_o shall_v not_o this_o be_v resolve_v to_o be_v so_o write_v also_o and_o how_o then_o can_v the_o question_n be_v here_o say_v to_o be_v beg_v by_o i_o if_o this_o of_o corinth_n be_v a_o metropolis_n in_o the_o political_a sense_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o infer_v this_o conclusion_n first_o that_o may_v then_o have_v be_v say_v the_o consequence_n deny_v and_o traill_v make_v what_o be_v or_o what_o can_v be_v far_o say_v to_o prove_v it_o but_o that_o method_n be_v not_o here_o think_v safe_a it_o be_v easy_a to_o say_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o consectary_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o pure_a beg_n of_o the_o question_n which_o yet_o i_o never_o hear_v say_v of_o a_o conclusion_n infer_v from_o praemiss_n and_o after_o far_a undertake_v to_o be_v prove_v i_o desire_v to_o consult_v aristotle_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o that_o fallacy_n and_o he_o shall_v find_v it_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o my_o side_n a_o beg_n of_o the_o question_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o he_o a_o deny_v the_o conclusion_n 22._o this_o for_o the_o form_n of_o his_o reply_n second_o then_o as_o to_o the_o matter_n of_o it_o i_o do_v and_o still_o do_v think_v it_o a_o conclude_a argument_n which_o i_o there_o use_v and_o be_v brief_o set_v down_o it_o will_v be_v more_o explicit_o this_o a_o epistle_n address_v to_o a_o metropolitical_a see_v under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o church_n adjacent_a to_o such_o a_o chief_a city_n or_o metropolis_n be_v address_v to_o all_o the_o city_n and_o church_n that_o relate_v to_o that_o metropolis_n but_o corinth_n be_v such_o a_o city_n and_o this_o epistle_n be_v so_o address_v to_o it_o that_o corinth_n be_v such_o a_o metropolis_n be_v apparent_a and_o be_v not_o deny_v as_o to_o the_o political_a acceptation_n of_o it_o and_o if_o it_o be_v so_o also_o in_o the_o ecclesiastic_a there_o be_v no_o far_a difficulty_n and_o if_o my_o suppose_n and_o not_o far_o prove_v of_o this_o in_o that_o place_n be_v the_o infirm_a part_n of_o the_o discourse_n and_o beg_v of_o the_o question_n i_o must_v answer_v that_o i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o expect_v it_o shall_v be_v esteem_v so_o have_v long_o before_o on_o occasion_n of_o the_o angel_n in_o the_o revelation_n entre_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d into_o a_o discourse_n of_o metropolitical_a city_n and_o show_v that_o not_o only_o in_o the_o political_a but_o ecclesiastical_a acceptation_n there_o be_v such_o in_o the_o apostle_n and_o so_o in_o clement_n time_n 23_o this_o be_v there_o manifest_v in_o many_o instance_n 1._o in_o antioch_n the_o metropolis_n of_o syria_n and_o cilicia_n and_o all_o the_o church_n of_o those_o region_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o antioch_n and_o dependent_a on_o that_o second_o in_o rome_n the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o roman_a province_n or_o vrbicarian_a region_n three_o in_o alexandria_n the_o metropolis_n of_o egypt_n whereupon_o mark_n be_v say_v by_o 〈◊〉_d eus●bius_n to_o have_v lonstitute_v church_n in_o the_o plural_a there_o all_o which_o under_o the_o title_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o province_n of_o or_o belong_v to_o alexandria_n as_o here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o saint_n mark_v commit_v to_o anianus_n or_o ananias_n and_o the_o government_n administer_v by_o he_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o church_n there_o plant_v by_o mark_n relate_v to_o this_o as_o to_o the_o metropolis_n four_o in_o gortyna_n the_o prime_a metropolis_n of_o crete_n the_o archbishop_n whereof_o in_o the_o epistle_n of_o dionysius_n bishop_n of_o corinth_n ann_n ch_n 175._o be_v style_v bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o church_n adjacent_a to_o i._n e._n the_o province_n of_o gortyna_n and_o of_o all_o the_o rest_n in_o crete_n five_o in_o philippi_n the_o metropolis_n of_o one_o province_n of_o macedonia_n act._n 16._o 12._o to_o which_o purpose_n it_o be_v that_o in_o the_o epistle_n say_v to_o be_v write_v by_o ignatius_n to_o they_o of_o tarsus_n we_o find_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o church_n in_o the_o plural_a of_o the_o philippian_n salute_v you_o six_o in_o the_o several_a church_n of_o asia_n mention_v rev._n 1_o each_o of_o they_o a_o metropolis_n over_o some_o other_o ●ities_n and_o ephesus_n the_o prime_a of_o all_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n and_o this_o form_n or_o this_o state_n of_o thing_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n be_v there_o by_o three_o canon_n of_o the_o three_o great_a counsel_n nice_a antioch_n ephesus_n testify_v to_o be_v the_o ancient_a primitive_a apostolical_a state_n 24._o this_o be_v then_o do_v at_o large_a and_o thereby_o the_o primitive_a constitution_n of_o metropolitical_a church_n competent_o assert_v it_o seem_v to_o i_o sufficient_a but_o to_o re-mind_n the_o reader_n that_o corinth_n be_v one_o such_o metropolis_n of_o achaia_n or_o greece_n and_o according_o that_o upon_o that_o account_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a as_o well_o as_o political_a acceptation_n the_o epistle_n of_o paul_n inscribe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o corinthian_n be_v mean_v to_o all_o the_o church_n of_o achaia_n and_o not_o only_o to_o that_o one_o of_o corinth_n and_o what_o error_n i_o have_v commit_v herein_o i_o confess_v i_o be_o not_o yet_o able_a to_o discern_v or_o divine_v or_o what_o there_o be_v behind_o that_o want_v far_a proof_n 25._o the_o only_a thing_n i_o can_v yet_o think_v of_o be_v that_o in_o this_o praefacer_n judgement_n i_o have_v not_o make_v it_o sufficient_o appear_v by_o that_o one_o evidence_n of_o corinth_n be_v a_o metropolis_n where_o the_o proconsul_n of_o achaia_n keep_v his_o residence_n act._n 18_o 12_o 15._o i._n e._n a_o metropolis_n in_o the_o political_a acceptation_n that_o it_o be_v also_o a_o metropolis_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a notitiae_fw-la and_o then_o it_o may_v be_v fit_a perhaps_o far_o to_o add_v something_o to_o clear_v that_o and_o put_v it_o out_o of_o question_n not_o only_o in_o thesi_fw-la that_o the_o church_n general_o thus_o correspond_v with_o the_o state_n according_a