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church_n for_o we_o be_v member_n of_o his_o body_n and_o of_o his_o flesh_n and_o of_o his_o bone_n see_v also_o ephes._n 4_o 12_o 13_o 14_o 15_o 16._o 1_o cor._n 12.12_o 13_o 26_o 27._o for_o as_o the_o body_n be_v one_o and_o have_v many_o member_n and_o all_o the_o member_n of_o that_o one_o body_n be_v many_o be_v one_o body_n so_o also_o be_v christ._n for_o by_o one_o spirit_n we_o be_v all_o baptize_v into_o one_o body_n and_o whether_o one_o member_n suffer_v all_o the_o member_n suffer_v with_o it_o or_o one_o member_n be_v honour_v all_o the_o member_n necessary_a to_o say_v somewhat_o to_o the_o point_n which_o i_o shall_v do_v with_o as_o much_o brevity_n as_o i_o can_v without_o injury_n to_o the_o cause_n because_o here_o be_v several_a title_n common_o give_v to_o unsound_a professor_n which_o the_o question_n do_v take_v in_o and_o we_o can_v speak_v to_o they_o all_o at_o once_o i_o shall_v begin_v at_o the_o first_o and_o then_o the_o rest_n may_v easy_o be_v 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undertake_n to_o wit_n mr._n blake_n and_o since_o he_o mr._n humphrey_n and_o yet_o with_o they_o i_o need_v not_o have_v much_o ado_n for_o if_o we_o be_v not_o agree_v we_o know_v not_o well_o the_o state_n of_o our_o difference_n and_o therefore_o have_v happy_o make_v ourselves_o uncapable_a of_o follow_v it_o far_o by_o controversy_n as_o be_v in_o the_o dark_a in_o my_o writing_n to_o mr._n blake_n i_o use_v to_o say_v that_o such_o man_n be_v church-member_n christian_n saint_n etc._n etc._n but_o equivocal_o or_o analogical_o as_o be_v willing_a to_o avoid_v all_o needless_a controversy_n about_o word_n but_o sometime_o suppose_v that_o assertion_n i_o use_v the_o common_a language_n of_o the_o protestant_n and_o mention_v equivocal_o only_a i_o do_v not_o remember_v that_o mr._n blake_n do_v affirm_v that_o such_o man_n and_o true_a believer_n be_v univocal_o call_v church-member_n covenanter_n christian_n etc._n etc._n nor_o yet_o that_o he_o deny_v it_o so_o that_o i_o know_v not_o what_o he_o be_v for_o but_o what_o he_o be_v against_o i_o partly_o know_v for_o the_o term_n equivocal_a here_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o abhor_v but_o he_o will_v take_v it_o as_o tolerable_a if_o i_o have_v use_v the_o term_n analogical_a and_o if_o that_o may_v reconcile_v we_o it_o be_v but_o his_o more_o heedful_a read_n of_o my_o word_n and_o he_o will_v find_v that_o i_o do_v ordinary_o use_v it_o as_o pag._n 62._o lin_v 4_o 5._o it_o be_v a_o imperfect_a consent_n analogical_o or_o equivocal_o call_v covenant_v etc._n etc._n and_o after_o at_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o page_n and_o therefore_o such_o be_v say_v as_o to_o the_o faith_n consent_n and_o covenant_n so_o require_v but_o equivocal_o or_o analogical_o to_o consent_v covenant_n or_o believe_v etc._n etc._n and_o pag._n 64._o lin_v 6_o 7._o these_o man_n in_o proper_a strict_a sense_n be_v no_o true_a christian_n but_o analogical_o only_a and_o pag._n 65._o as_o he_o be_v equivocal_o or_o analogical_o a_o beleiver_n or_o christian_a so_o i_o yield_v he_o be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n etc._n etc._n these_o and_o other_o such_o place_n may_v satisfy_v mr._n blake_n if_o the_o term_n analogical_a will_v satisfy_v he_o well!_o but_o yet_o the_o term_n equivocal_a he_o abhor_v if_o so_o then_o he_o must_v either_o judge_v that_o they_o be_v univocal_o call_v church-member_n saint_n etc._n etc._n or_o else_o that_o there_o be_v a_o three_o between_o univocal_a and_o equivocal_a the_o former_a he_o speak_v not_o out_o the_o late_a i_o suppose_v he_o know_v be_v deny_v by_o many_o philosopher_n with_o so_o much_o reason_n as_o that_o it_o deserve_v his_o pain_n for_o a_o better_a proof_n it_o be_v like_a he_o have_v read_v it_o inter_fw-la leges_fw-la aequivocorum_fw-la in_o the_o logick_n common_o read_v in_o the_o school_n that_o omne_fw-la analogum_fw-la est_fw-la aequivocum_fw-la as_o fascic_a log._n pag._n 21._o &_o alii_fw-la it_o be_v agree_v on_o that_o vnivoca_fw-la vel_fw-la synonyma_fw-la be_v sometime_o take_v so_o strict_o for_o paronyma_n and_o sometime_o so_o large_o as_o to_o comprehend_v the_o paronyma_n si_fw-la careant_fw-la homonymia_fw-la and_o thus_o it_o be_v that_o we_o have_v to_o do_v with_o the_o term_n burgersdicius_n divide_v genus_fw-la in_o synonymum_fw-la sive_fw-la univocum_fw-la &_o homonymum_fw-la sive_fw-la aequivocum_fw-la and_o make_v all_o that_o be_v speak_v inequaliter_fw-la de_fw-la speciebus_fw-la suis_fw-la to_o be_v genus_fw-la aequivocum_fw-la but_o then_o he_o mean_v not_o by_o inaequaliter_fw-la that_o mere_a inequality_n in_o the_o degree_n of_o excellency_n in_o the_o several_a species_n on_o which_o some_o scotist_n affirm_v that_o animal_n be_v genus_fw-la analogum_fw-la quoad_fw-la hominem_fw-la &_o brutum_fw-la because_o man_n be_v prastantius_fw-la animal_n but_o cum_fw-la una_fw-la species_n ab_fw-la alterâ_fw-la pendet_fw-la and_o so_o the_o genus_fw-la do_v magis_fw-la uni_fw-la alteri_fw-la minus_fw-la convenire_fw-la aut_fw-la uni_fw-la mediatè_fw-la alteri_fw-la per_fw-la alterum_fw-la and_o so_o he_o conclude_v that_o ens_fw-la si_fw-la genus_fw-la sit_fw-la aequivocum_fw-la genus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la substantia_fw-la magis_fw-la est_fw-la ens_fw-la quam_fw-la accidens_fw-la imò_fw-la accidens_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ens_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o quatenas_fw-la pendet_fw-la a_o substantia_fw-la yet_o this_o which_o be_v by_o the_o schoolman_n call_v analogum_fw-la attributionis_fw-la be_v as_o like_a to_o belong_v to_o univocal_n as_o any_o analogum_fw-la be_v as_o the_o same_o author_n say_v pag._n 155._o omnium_fw-la longissimè_fw-la à _fw-la synonymis_fw-la absunt_fw-la homonyma_fw-la a_o casu_fw-la quaeque_fw-la causam_fw-la homonymiae_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la propiùs_fw-la ad_fw-la synonymorum_fw-la naturam_fw-la accedunt_fw-la tropica_fw-la ac_fw-la imprimis_fw-la analoga_fw-la at_o omnium_fw-la proximè_fw-la quae_fw-la ambigua_fw-la sunt_fw-la ob_fw-la inaequalem_fw-la attributionem_fw-la and_o yet_o these_o do_v he_o there_o again_o reckon_v among_o the_o homonyma_n or_o aquivoca_fw-la divide_v homonymie_n into_o that_o which_o be_v á_o casu_fw-la and_o that_o which_o be_v à _fw-la consilio_fw-la and_o into_o that_o whole_a reason_n be_v in_o nobis_fw-la and_o who_o reason_n be_v in_o rebus_fw-la among_o which_o this_o inaequalis_fw-la attributionis_fw-la be_v the_o high_a which_o the_o schoolman_n call_v anology_n for_o which_o burgensdicius_fw-la keckerman_n and_o other_o of_o our_o logician_n with_o some_o contempt_n reject_v the_o schoolmen_n doctrine_n of_o analogae_fw-la scotus_n maintain_v that_o inter_fw-la vnivocat_n &_o aequivoca_fw-la non_fw-la datur_fw-la medium_n in_o 1_o dist._n 8._o q._n 2._o for_o 1_o denominative_n as_o divers_a of_o the_o scotist_n show_v at_o large_a and_o its_o past_a doubt_n be_v not_o media_fw-la between_o they_o nam_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la praedicentur_fw-la univocè_fw-la de_fw-la suis_fw-la subjectis_fw-la quia_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la non_fw-la praedicantur_fw-la essentialiter_fw-la sed_fw-la denominative_a tamen_fw-la sunt_fw-la