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property_n and_o attribute_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n 66_o etc._n etc._n this_o truth_n acknowledge_v by_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n the_o primitive_a christian_n 69._o the_o jew_n 71._o the_o heathen_a 72._o our_o not_o comprehend_v the_o difficulty_n of_o it_o no_o reason_n against_o it_o 73._o some_o consideration_n add_v to_o lead_v we_o through_o they_o ib._n 4._o proposition_n this_o one_o god_n be_v to_o be_v worship_v for_o first_o consider_v as_o essential_o his_o nature_n and_o perfection_n just_o challenge_v the_o deep_a veneration_n 75._o then_o second_o consider_v personal_o the_o scripture_n require_v he_o to_o be_v worship_v 76._o 5._o proposition_n this_o god_n only_o be_v to_o be_v worship_v this_o show_v first_o from_o scripture_n 78._o second_o from_o reason_n 79._o three_o from_o antiquity_n 81._o what_o the_o papist_n say_v in_o opposition_n to_o this_o consider_v with_o respect_n to_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n invocation_n of_o saint_n and_o 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to_o worship_n ib._n and_o they_o be_v in_o general_a all_o rational_a being_n as_o angel_n 142._o and_o man_n whether_o secular_a 143_o or_o more_o especial_o ecclesiastical_a and_o consecrate_a to_o the_o performance_n of_o religious_a office_n 145._o the_o necessity_n of_o these_o show_v ib._n such_o have_v be_v in_o all_o age_n 147._o before_o the_o flood_n ib._n between_o that_o and_o the_o law_n 150._o that_o the_o first-born_a than_o be_v priest_n 151._o such_o also_o there_o be_v from_o the_o give_v the_o law_n till_o christ_n 154._o as_o appear_v from_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n ib._n from_o the_o school_n of_o the_o prophet_n 155._o from_o their_o study_n there_o 156_o from_o their_o ordination_n by_o imposition_n of_o hand_n 157_o from_o the_o place_n where_o they_o exercise_v their_o function_n 159._o such_o last_o there_o be_v under_o the_o gospel_n ib._n ii_o enquiry_n how_o man_n be_v to_o worship_n god_n 163._o this_o show_v in_o several_a proposition_n 1._o prop._n 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of_o worship_n in_o geneneral_n p._n 5_o its_o object_n and_o kind_n p._n 6._o the_o act_n of_o divine_a worship_n either_o mediate_a p._n 7._o or_o immediate_a p._n 10_o these_o either_o internal_a p._n 11_o or_o external_a p._n 13_o and_o these_o again_o either_o natural_a as_o pray_v praise_v swear_v vow_v ib._n or_o institute_v as_o preach_v hear_v read_v the_o scripture_n and_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n p._n 17._o the_o perpetuity_n of_o the_o sacrament_n p._n 20._o sacrifice_n no_o part_n of_o divine_a worship_n under_o the_o gospel_n p._n 22._o sect_n ii_o concern_v the_o object_n of_o divine_a worship_n the_o introduction_n from_o the_o great_a and_o early_o mistake_v of_o mankind_n about_o it_o and_o consequent_o the_o great_a circumspection_n we_o shall_v use_v in_o our_o inquiry_n concern_v it_o p._n 29._o to_o this_o purpose_n five_o proposition_n be_v lay_v down_o 1._o proposition_n there_o be_v a_o god_n who_o make_v the_o world_n this_o prove_v first_o from_o the_o world_n in_o general_n p._n 35._o second_o from_o the_o particular_a part_n of_o it_o as_o the_o heaven_n p._n 39_o the_o earth_n p._n 41._o the_o body_n 44._o the_o soul_n of_o man_n 47._o they_o who_o say_v they_o still_o want_v sufficient_a evidence_n of_o this_o truth_n shall_v consider_v first_o there_o be_v as_o much_o evidence_n for_o it_o as_o for_o those_o thing_n we_o doubt_v not_o of_o 54._o second_o as_o much_o as_o for_o the_o clear_a axiom_n in_o philosophy_n nay_o three_o in_o some_o respect_v more_o 55._o and_o then_o last_o the_o familiar_a dictate_v of_o our_o understanding_n will_v lead_v we_o to_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o this_o truth_n 57_o the_o objection_n that_o there_o must_v be_v some_o pre-existent_a matter_n to_o frame_v the_o world_n out_o of_o answer_v ib._n 2._o proposition_n in_o the_o godhead_n be_v three_o person_n for_o first_o when_o god_n be_v speak_v of_o in_o scripture_n sometime_o the_o plural_a number_n be_v use_v 59_o second_o this_o 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