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abuse_n which_o keep_v up_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o vulgar_a we_o account_v also_o the_o read_n of_o so_o many_o religious_a book_n whereunto_o the_o common_a people_n give_v their_o time_n and_o thought_n as_o to_o a_o exercise_n of_o great_a edification_n although_o the_o book_n of_o a_o good_a divine_a contain_n in_o substance_n the_o same_o matter_n which_o be_v in_o scripture_n whosoever_o shall_v read_v in_o origen_n or_o nazianzene_n the_o sacrifice_n of_o abraham_n curious_o paint_v out_o with_o all_o its_o circumstance_n with_o a_o representation_n as_o patheticke_a as_o rhetoric_n can_v furnish_v it_o with_o shall_v never_o be_v so_o lively_o touch_v therewith_o as_o by_o the_o simple_a recital_n of_o moses_n a_o paraphrase_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v but_o a_o dead_a letter_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o vivacity_n of_o the_o text._n all_o this_o be_v say_v without_o derogate_a
of_o indian_a idolater_n their_o martyr_n will_v never_o go_v peer_n with_o we_o when_o a_o man_n suffer_v death_n under_o a_o opinion_n that_o it_o will_v be_v meritorious_a i_o be_o afraid_a he_o be_v a_o martyr_n of_o his_o own_o merit_n rather_o than_o that_o of_o christ_n the_o punishment_n give_v he_o no_o high_o a_o title_n then_o that_o of_o his_o belief_n or_o of_o his_o profession_n there_o be_v as_o yet_o one_o point_n more_o which_o we_o may_v as_o yet_o remark_n to_o the_o question_n where_o the_o church_n be_v before_o the_o last_o reformation_n we_o ordinary_o answer_v that_o it_o be_v in_o popery_n as_o if_o popery_n be_v all_o the_o world_n whereas_o it_o hold_v but_o one_o little_a corner_n as_o if_o the_o church_n can_v not_o be_v in_o africa_n or_o in_o asia_n where_o popery_n be_v not_o in_o effect_n we_o deprive_v ourselves_o of_o a_o very_a easy_a answer_n and_o do_v a_o great_a injury_n to_o a_o infinity_n of_o grecian_a arminian_n and_o abissin_n church_n and_o 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have_v more_o augment_v the_o church_n than_o prosperity_n the_o most_o triumphant_a like_o the_o ark_n which_o do_v more_o miracle_n whilst_o that_o it_o wander_v in_o the_o wilderness_n under_o a_o pavilion_n of_o goat_n hair_n more_o than_o after_o when_o it_o be_v place_v under_o the_o wainscot_n of_o cedar_n lay_v over_o with_o plaite_n of_o gold_n that_o the_o miraculous_a subsist_v of_o the_o church_n among_o so_o many_o powerful_a opposirion_n ravish_v the_o eye_n of_o all_o the_o world_n see_v a_o burn_a bush_n and_o yet_o remain_v unconsume_v that_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o martyr_n shake_v the_o prison_n and_o the_o tribunal_n the_o fire_n in_o which_o they_o be_v sacrifice_v serve_v for_o light_n to_o show_v many_o the_o way_n to_o heaven_n and_o final_o god_n which_o make_v the_o wind_n blow_v in_o such_o place_n and_o season_n as_o seem_v good_a to_o he_o have_v bound_v the_o course_n of_o his_o grace_n and_o forbid_v his_o word_n to_o pass_v further_o but_o to_o this_o one_o may_v add_v that_o the_o prudence_n of_o the_o roman_a clergy_n have_v choke_v divers_a abuse_n and_o send_v to_o the_o assize_n many_o blasphemy_n which_o make_v the_o most_o stupid_a to_o abhor_v they_o and_o above_o all_o time_n have_v furnish_v they_o with_o many_o sleight_n unknown_a to_o their_o forefather_n be_v bury_v in_o ignorance_n of_o learning_n for_o to_o shun_v the_o most_o manifest_a truth_n and_o give_v a_o colour_n to_o opinion_n the_o most_o absurd_a suspend_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o clear_a sight_v between_o the_o miracle_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o cunning_a of_o the_o enchanter_n final_o they_o have_v many_o principal_n and_o interpretation_n which_o they_o have_v leave_v acknowledge_v that_o they_o be_v contrary_a to_o themselves_o in_o time_n past_a they_o be_v content_a to_o make_v the_o scripture_n their_o judge_n at_o this_o day_n they_o accuse_v it_o of_o incompetency_n and_o decline_v its_o juridiction_n this_o principal_a be_v reject_v it_o be_v more_o difficult_a to_o reduce_v a_o roman_n catholic_n to_o the_o orthodox_n religion_n chap._n 18._o why_o the_o conversion_n of_o a_o jew_n at_o this_o day_n than_o it_o be_v at_o the_o begin_n of_o christian_a religion_n these_o reason_n be_v also_o those_o in_o part_n of_o the_o pertinacity_n of_o the_o jew_n if_o ever_o this_o nation_n ought_v to_o render_v itself_o to_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o faith_n it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o dispersion_n of_o more_o than_o 1500_o year_n far_o long_o than_o all_o precedent_a calamity_n and_o in_o which_o they_o have_v neither_o have_v temple_n nor_o sacrifice_n to_o expiate_v their_o sin_n the_o vain_a expectation_n of_o their_o pretend_a messiah_n so_o oftentimes_o frustrate_v since_o the_o prefix_a term_n of_o his_o come_n of_o which_o they_o know_v not_o what_o to_o think_v the_o confusion_n happen_v in_o their_o genealogy_n so_o great_a that_o namely_o when_o their_o messiah_n shall_v come_v they_o 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the_o empire_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a they_o seek_v all_o the_o mean_n they_o can_v imagine_v to_o retain_v their_o nation_n still_o in_o their_o blindness_n now_o in_o as_o much_o as_o that_o they_o be_v condemn_v in_o their_o own_o maxim_n and_o namely_o by_o the_o interpretation_n of_o their_o rabbin_n they_o take_v counsel_v how_o to_o abrogate_v they_o and_o to_o substitute_n oher_n of_o a_o contrary_a opinion_n to_o they_o so_o then_o so_o that_o where_o a_o passage_n of_o the_o ancient_a testament_n speak_v of_o the_o messiah_n be_v take_v in_o its_o true_a sense_n by_o the_o ancient_a jew_n the_o modern_a have_v change_v the_o exposition_n our_o lord_n for_o to_o prove_v christ_n to_o be_v more_o than_o man_n allege_v that_o david_n call_v he_o lord_n allege_v to_o this_o purpose_n psalm_n 110._o this_o passage_n be_v not_o then_o in_o dispute_n for_o the_o jew_n then_o of_o that_o time_n confess_v that_o those_o term_n can_v not_o have_v relation_n but_o to_o the_o 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