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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 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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 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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 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