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together_o he_o be_v call_v god_n in_o vers_fw-la 3._o it_o be_v say_v the_o angel_n of_o god_n come_v in_o to_o cornelius_n and_o command_v he_o to_o send_v man_n for_o peter_n in_o vers_n 19_o 20._o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o spirit_n tell_v peter_n that_o he_o have_v send_v those_o man_n to_o he_o and_o therefore_o he_o must_v go_v with_o they_o the_o man_n be_v send_v upon_o the_o command_n of_o the_o spirit_n therefore_o the_o spirit_n be_v that_o god_n that_o send_v the_o angel_n and_o to_o be_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n be_v all_o one_o 2._o he_o be_v call_v the_o god_n of_o israel_n 2_o sam._n
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to_o be_v such_o as_o of_o omnipotency_n omnisciency_n omnipresence_n etc._n etc._n but_o he_o himself_o have_v hold_v forth_o these_o in_o his_o letter_n when_o he_o live_v about_o gloucester_n which_o in_o my_o former_a treatise_n be_v print_v to_o the_o view_n of_o the_o world_n at_o which_o time_n his_o eye_n be_v open_a and_o he_o see_v these_o attribute_n in_o the_o spirit_n and_o acknowledge_v the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o be_v god_n upon_o the_o sight_n thereof_o though_o his_o faith_n have_v be_v suspend_v before_o but_o now_o he_o deny_v what_o he_o confess_v then_o and_o be_v leave_v to_o blindness_n and_o darkness_n and_o speak_v opprobrious_o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n when_o he_o call_v he_o the_o instrument_n of_o a_o instrument_n for_o he_o make_v christ_n himself_o no_o more_o but_o the_o father_n instrument_n and_o a_o creature_n and_o the_o spirit_n be_v no_o more_o but_o christ_n instrument_n and_o a_o creature_n of_o a_o creature_n i_o shall_v now_o conclude_v with_o a_o answer_n to_o what_o he_o close_v his_o answer_n to_o this_o text_n of_o math._n 28_o with_o he_o say_v this_o kind_n of_o presence_n by_o the_o spirit_n beza_n and_o other_o understand_v to_o be_v intend_v in_o mat._n 28._o 20._o reply_n 1._o neither_o beza_n nor_o any_o else_o save_o arian_n and_o socinian_o do_v hold_v such_o a_o kind_n of_o presence_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o he_o have_v hold_v forth_o viz._n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o a_o instrument_n by_o which_o jesus_n christ_n do_v work_v but_o only_o of_o the_o spirit_n as_o god_n and_o as_o the_o three_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n equal_a with_o the_o father_n &_o with_o the_o son_n by_o who_o the_o father_n and_o son_n do_v work_n not_o as_o by_o a_o instrument_n but_o as_o by_o a_o associate_n not_o as_o impart_v any_o superiority_n in_o they_o or_o inferiority_n in_o the_o spirit_n but_o order_n only_o that_o they_o which_o be_v one_o in_o essence_n but_o distinct_a in_o personality_n may_v not_o be_v confound_v as_o they_o can_v be_v divide_v from_o one_o another_o in_o operation_n therefore_o as_o they_o be_v in_o one_o another_o so_o they_o work_v from_o and_o by_o one_o another_o 2._o the_o word_n which_o he_o mention_n in_o the_o margin_n as_o bezaes_n upon_o the_o place_n though_o i_o have_v diligent_o peruse_v beza_n i_o can_v find_v neither_o in_o matthew_n the_o text_n that_o be_v controvert_v betwixt_o we_o nor_o yet_o in_o any_o of_o those_o text_n in_o john_n which_o speak_v of_o the_o spirit_n which_o he_o cite_v neither_o will_v they_o be_v any_o whit_n advantageous_a to_o he_o be_v they_o find_v in_o beza_n for_o they_o speak_v of_o christ_n as_o absent_v in_o body_n which_o none_o deny_v but_o that_o whole_a christ_n be_v absent_a be_v not_o assert_v in_o the_o word_n but_o the_o contrary_n seem_v to_o be_v employ_v for_o the_o absence_n of_o christ_n be_v limit_v to_o his_o body_n caeterum_fw-la corpore_fw-la abest_fw-la be_v the_o word_n so_o that_o christ_n may_v be_v present_a in_o that_o spirit_n of_o holiness_n which_o be_v his_o divine_a nature_n of_o which_o paul_n speak_v in_o rom._n 1._o 4._o without_o any_o contradiction_n to_o beza_n if_o any_o such_o word_n may_v be_v find_v in_o he_o 3._o the_o word_n of_o beza_n upon_o the_o place_n do_v differ_v great_o from_o the_o word_n he_o present_v as_o he_o and_o do_v not_o favour_v his_o exposition_n at_o all_o but_o may_v well_o be_v interpret_v so_o as_o to_o cohere_v with_o the_o use_n i_o make_v of_o that_o text_n cum_fw-la autem_fw-la idem_fw-la ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la paulo_fw-la ante_fw-la dixerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n say_v
beza_n that_o be_v when_o as_o the_o selfsame_a lord_n jesus_n have_v say_v a_o little_a before_o i_o you_o shall_v not_o have_v always_o and_o be_v to_o ascend_v a_o little_a after_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o there_o must_v be_v a_o distinction_n respect_v the_o manner_n and_o way_n of_o christ_n presence_n and_o absence_n in_o body_n he_o be_v absent_a but_o in_o virtue_n he_o be_v whole_o most_o present_a in_o which_o virtue_n he_o do_v communicate_v himself_o and_o all_o his_o thing_n real_o in_o a_o spiritual_a way_n by_o faith_n unto_o we_o here_o be_v not_o one_o word_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n but_o of_o the_o virtue_n and_o power_n of_o christ_n in_o which_o he_o be_v present_a which_o can_v be_v the_o virtue_n of_o his_o body_n or_o of_o his_o humane_a nature_n in_o which_o he_o be_v so_o far_o absent_a for_o none_o of_o that_o can_v extend_v so_o far_o unless_o convey_v by_o that_o which_o be_v present_a viz._n the_o divine_a nature_n which_o be_v present_a everywhere_o and_o convey_v virtue_n from_o whole_a christ_n to_o believer_n the_o next_o scripture_n which_o he_o invade_v and_o labour_n to_o overthrow_v be_v rev._n 2._o 2._o i_o know_v thy_o work_n whence_o i_o infer_v christ_n godhead_n because_o otherwise_o at_o such_o distance_n he_o can_v not_o know_v all_o their_o work_n but_o he_o answer_v with_o interrogatory_n of_o admiration_n because_o of_o the_o absurdity_n which_o he_o pretend_v to_o apprehend_v in_o it_o his_o word_n be_v these_o what_o can_v he_o not_o be_v any_o thing_n too_o hard_o for_o the_o lord_n can_v the_o prophet_n elisha_n know_v at_o a_o very_a great_a distance_n what_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n say_v in_o his_o bedchamber_n and_o yet_o can_v christ_n know_v at_o a_o distance_n he_o have_v the_o spirit_n viz._n wisdom_n and_o power_n etc._n etc._n give_v he_o without_o measure_n joh._n 3_o 34._o and_o therefore_o can_v know_v beyond_o what_o we_o can_v conceive_v rep._n when_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n tell_v the_o church_n that_o he_o know_v their_o work_n his_o scope_n be_v not_o to_o discover_v to_o they_o what_o knowledge_n he_o have_v by_o revelation_n from_o the_o father_n but_o it_o be_v to_o make_v they_o sensible_a what_o quick_a sharp_a pierce_a eyesight_n he_o himself_o have_v and_o what_o a_o vast_a incomprehensible_a understanding_n and_o knowledge_n he_o have_v for_o the_o comfort_n of_o all_o true_a saint_n and_o for_o the_o terror_n of_o all_o hypocrite_n in_o all_o the_o church_n and_o this_o be_v maniff_a from_o 23._o ver_fw-la of_o the_o same_o chapter_n &_o have_v he_o but_o read_v the_o chapter_n over_o he_o will_v not_o have_v admire_v at_o i_o viz._n at_o my_o collection_n but_o at_o his_o own_o answer_n i_o will_v kill_v her_o child_n say_v christ_n with_o death_n and_o all_o the_o church_n shall_v know_v that_o i_o be_o he_o that_o search_v the_o reins_n and_o heart_n etc._n etc._n in_o these_o word_n we_o may_v observe_v first_o what_o a_o knowledge_n it_o be_v that_o christ_n have_v of_o the_o work_n and_o way_n of_o the_o church_n and_o what_o it_o be_v he_o know_v it_o be_v a_o inward_a penetrate_a knowledge_n it_o be_v of_o the_o most_o unsearchable_a part_n it_o be_v of_o the_o most_o hide_a work_n it_o be_v of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o reins_n of_o man_n second_o how_o christ_n come_v by_o this_o knowledge_n not_o by_o any_o discovery_n that_o any_o other_o make_v to_o he_o but_o by_o and_o from_o himself_o he_o have_v this_o knowledge_n it_o be_v a_o knowledge_n which_o he_o have_v in_o himself_o it_o be_v his_o own_o knowledge_n i_o search_v the_o heart_n and_o the_o reins_n three_o for_o what_o end_n christ_n declare_v this_o his_o exquisite_a and_o perfect_a knowledge_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o man_n which_o he_o have_v in_o himself_o that_o all_o the_o church_n may_v know_v who_o he_o be_v what_o a_o one_o he_o be_v more_o observant_a of_o all_o secret_a wickedness_n than_o they_o be_v aware_a of_o that_o they_o 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