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of_o god_n say_v of_o himself_o i_o be_o truth_n etc._n etc._n angust_n de_fw-fr nuptiis_fw-la ad_fw-la valentin_n l._n 2._o cap._n 33._o optat._n lib._n 5._o ad_fw-la parmenian_n and_o page_z 351._o only_o god_n be_v to_o limit_v and_o appoint_v by_o his_o word_n what_o shall_v stand_v for_o truth_n and_o what_o for_o error_n etc._n etc._n and_o as_o bishop_n ought_v to_o discern_v which_o be_v the_o truth_n before_o they_o teach_v so_o must_v the_o people_n discern_v who_o teach_v right_a before_o they_o believe_v idem_fw-la page_n 355._o as_o the_o pastor_n have_v authority_n from_o christ_n to_o preach_v the_o truth_n and_o woe_n be_v to_o they_o that_o resist_v the_o preacher_n of_o truth_n so_o have_v all_o hearer_n both_o liberty_n to_o discern_v and_o a_o charge_n to_o beware_v of_o seducer_n give_v they_o by_o the_o same_o lord_n and_o woe_n be_v to_o they_o that_o do_v it_o not_o reed_n but_o man_n stable_a in_o the_o truth_n shall_v be_v produce_v for_o they_o be_v not_o 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etc._n 35._o gr._n lat_fw-la 29._o &_o ca._n 36._o gr._n ca._n 30._o lat_fw-la sozom._n l._n 6._o ca._n 18.20_o evagr._fw-la p._n 2._o c._n 8._o socr._n hist_o 13._o l._n 4._o c._n 10.33_o &_o theo._n l._n 4._o c._n 6._o ambr._n offic_n l._n 1._o bill_n christian_n sub._n part_n 2._o pag._n 28_o 2._o sozom._n l._n 7._o cap._n 8._o socrat._v hâ—st_a l._n 5._o ca._n 8._o just_o in_o novel_a inst_z 223._o cap._n 28.9_o council_n toâ—â—â—an_n ca._n 2d_o greg._n epist_n lâ—b_n 40._o ca._n 78._o to_o constantia_n the_o empress_n the_o bishop_n of_o salona_n be_v order_v neither_o â—_o nor_o any_o responsarie_a wit_n thereof_o which_o thing_n be_v never_o attempt_v under_o any_o of_o the_o prince_n your_o predecessor_n etc._n etc._n yet_o i_o obey_v their_o grace_n precept_n do_v from_o my_o heart_n remit_v unto_o the_o say_v maximus_n this_o his_o presumption_n as_o free_o as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v order_v by_o myself_o etc._n etc._n council_n tom_fw-mi 2._o council_n parisien_n can_v 8._o if_o at_o any_o time_n you_o can_v prove_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v observe_v which_o i_o do_v not_o believe_v ambrose_n himself_o be_v choose_v bishop_n when_o he_o be_v only_o catechumenus_fw-la before_o he_o be_v baptize_v so_o that_o he_o be_v constrain_v to_o teach_v that_o which_o himself_o have_v not_o learned_a yesterday_o catechise_v to_o day_n a_o bishop_n the_o election_n in_o all_o thing_n not_o to_o be_v approve_v as_o consonant_a to_o the_o rule_n for_o the_o canon_n be_v strong_a against_o it_o and_o saint_n paul_n seem_v not_o willing_a that_o a_o novice_n shall_v be_v a_o bishop_n but_o never_o think_v or_o esteem_v to_o be_v none_o at_o all_o of_o the_o election_n of_o nectarius_n see_v sozomene_n and_o socrates_n justinian_n ordain_v if_o any_o man_n build_v a_o church_n or_o house_n of_o prayer_n and_o will_v have_v clerk_n
inficiari_fw-la quin_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la crede_v runt_n quam_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la divortium_fw-la unde_fw-la haec_fw-la fides_fw-la anon_o ex_fw-la praedicatione_n in_fw-la nostra_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la numquid_fw-la ergo_fw-la praedicare_fw-la quis_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la mittatur_fw-la rom._n 10.13_o etc._n etc._n quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la verbum_fw-la propter_fw-la labem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la externae_fw-la vocationis_fw-la tam_fw-la perverse_a respuunt_fw-la cujus_fw-la vim_o divinam_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la fructus_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la magis_fw-la culpâ_fw-la liberat_fw-la depravationes_fw-la nostras_fw-la quam_fw-la vera_fw-la proles_fw-la adulterium_fw-la nec_fw-la igitur_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la acquiescendum_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la iis_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la propter_fw-la aliquos_fw-la naevos_fw-la deficiendum_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la redite_fw-la ad_fw-la unitatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la 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and_o their_o own_o principle_n do_v plain_o distinguish_v betwixt_o a_o maim_n or_o defect_n in_o the_o call_n of_o a_o minister_n and_o no_o call_n at_o all_o that_o it_o be_v great_a ignorance_n or_o to_o speak_v most_o favourable_o inconsiderateness_n to_o charge_v they_o as_o if_o they_o go_v against_o their_o own_o principle_n in_o hold_v communion_n with_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n worship_n and_o if_o haste_n have_v not_o blind_v 285._o robinson_n against_o bern._n reason_n discuss_v p._n 285._o this_o you_o may_v have_v observe_v out_o of_o the_o separatist_n themselves_o there_o be_v say_v one_o speak_v of_o baptism_n in_o this_o point_n a_o further_a consideration_n to_o be_v have_v unto_o which_o both_o the_o scripture_n and_o our_o own_o experience_n do_v lead_v we_o namely_o that_o as_o the_o lord_n have_v his_o people_n in_o babylon_n his_o i_o mean_v both_o in_o respect_n of_o election_n and_o of_o personal_a sanctification_n so_o have_v he_o for_o their_o sake_n there_o preserve_v notwithstanding_o all_o the_o apostasy_n and_o confusion_n which_o be_v find_v in_o it_o sundry_a his_o holy_a truth_n and_o ordinance_n among_o which_o baptism_n be_v one_o but_o if_o his_o ordinance_n be_v preserve_v or_o any_o one_o of_o they_o true_a for_o substance_n of_o necessity_n some_o truth_n of_o ministry_n whereby_o those_o ordinance_n be_v administer_v must_v be_v preserve_v also_o it_o be_v a_o injury_n to_o the_o people_n as_o the_o nonconformist_n hold_n 352._o whitak_n de_fw-fr pont_n rom._n contr_n 4._o qu._n 1._o cap._n 1._o si_fw-mi velimus_fw-la christum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la respicere_fw-la fuit_fw-la semper_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regimen_fw-la monarchicum_fw-la si_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praebyteros_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la &_o disciplina_fw-la svas_fw-la part_n agebant_fw-la arâ—stocraticum_fw-la si_fw-la totum_fw-la corpus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quatenus_fw-la in_o electione_n episcoporum_fw-la &_o 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the_o unity_n of_o doctrine_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o spirit_n etc._n johan._n major_n l._n 2._o hist_o the_o gest_n scotor_n cap._n 2._o scribit_fw-la scotos_fw-gr per_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o monachos_fw-la sine_fw-la episcopis_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la eruditos_fw-la esse_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n dom._n 429._o adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la scotitae_fw-la plusquam_fw-la 230_o annos_fw-la floruerit_fw-la absque_fw-la regimine_fw-la episcopali_fw-la nam_fw-la religionem_fw-la christianam_fw-la suscepit_fw-la scotiae_fw-la an._n dom._n 203._o ficuâ—_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la historicâ—_n omnes_fw-la ames_n bel_n enerv_v tom_n 2._o de_fw-fr eccles_n forb_n iren._n lib_n 2._o cap._n 11_o prop._n 10._o bilson_n perpetual_a church_n government_n epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n i_o have_v always_o have_v before_o my_o eye_n the_o most_o of_o they_o be_v brethren_n for_o the_o truth_n sake_n &c_n &c_n a._n w._n answer_v to_o late_o popish_a article_n page_n 73._o jun_n animadv_o in_o 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sunt_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la postea_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la anathemati_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praeter_fw-la hos_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la se_fw-la sanam_fw-la quidem_fw-la fidem_fw-la profiteri_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d subassumunt_fw-la segregaverunt_fw-la autem_fw-la sese_fw-la &_o
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pag._n 176_o 177._o psal_n 50.16_o isa_n 35.8_o zach._n 14.21_o rev._n 21._o ult_n first_o all_o wicked_a man_n be_v forbid_v express_o by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o meddle_v with_o his_o ordinance_n or_o covenant_n now_o if_o man_n to_o escape_v temporal_a punishment_n be_v afraid_a to_o transgress_v against_o the_o law_n of_o worldly_a prince_n much_o more_o fearful_a shall_v they_o be_v to_o break_v his_o who_o be_v the_o king_n of_o king_n and_o will_v inflict_v for_o it_o upon_o their_o soul_n and_o body_n torment_n eternal_o 2._o that_o which_o destroy_v a_o church_n and_o make_v it_o either_o to_o become_v a_o false_a church_n or_o no_o church_n at_o all_o can_v be_v a_o true_a church_n or_o be_v true_a matter_n whereof_o it_o be_v make_v but_o man_n visible_o wicked_a and_o profane_a make_v the_o church_n a_o synagogue_n of_o satan_n babylon_n sodom_n egypt_n and_o so_o be_v spy_v out_o and_o remove_v 3._o it_o be_v against_o sense_n and_o common_a reason_n that_o a_o church_n shall_v be_v constitute_v of_o unholy_a people_n for_o as_o in_o a_o material_a house_n the_o wood_n and_o stone_n must_v be_v first_o prepare_v and_o then_o lay_v orderly_o in_o the_o build_n so_o in_o the_o spiritual_a man_n and_o woman_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n must_v necessary_o be_v first_o reform_v before_o they_o be_v any_o way_n fit_a to_o have_v any_o place_n therein_o 4._o they_o which_o have_v no_o right_n to_o the_o holy_a thing_n of_o god_n in_o the_o church_n be_v not_o to_o be_v admit_v into_o it_o neither_o be_v that_o church_n which_o be_v so_o gather_v right_o constitute_v 7.6_o matth._n 7.6_o but_o man_n of_o wicked_a conversation_n have_v no_o right_n to_o the_o holy_a thing_n of_o god_n in_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o that_o church_n which_o be_v gather_v of_o such_o be_v not_o right_o constitute_v 5._o they_o can_v perform_v the_o service_n and_o duty_n of_o member_n 2.1_o eph._n 2.1_o for_o they_o be_v spiritual_o dead_a if_o a_o master_n will_v who_o covenant_n with_o one_o to_o be_v his_o servant_n which_o have_v in_o he_o no_o natural_a life_n much_o less_o etc._n etc._n 6._o they_o have_v not_o christ_n for_o their_o head_n and_o therefore_o can_v be_v of_o his_o body_n for_o as_o in_o the_o natural_a body_n there_o must_v first_o be_v a_o natural_a 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o part_n with_o the_o head_n before_o there_o can_v be_v day_n action_n of_o natural_a conjunction_n 8._o joh._n 15.2.4_o rom._n 8._o between_o the_o head_n and_o the_o member_n and_o one_o member_n and_o another_o so_o in_o the_o spiritual_a body_n the_o member_n must_v be_v first_o unite_v with_o christ_n the_o head_n and_o become_v one_o with_o he_o before_o they_o can_v any_o way_n partake_v in_o his_o benefit_n 20._o rom._n 7.2_o hosâ—a_fw-la 2.19_o 20._o or_o have_v communion_n one_o with_o another_o as_o member_n of_o the_o sâ—me_a body_n 〈◊〉_d he_o the_o head_n 7._o they_o be_v altogether_o uncapable_a of_o this_o covenant_n for_o as_o a_o woman_n 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