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those_o in_o jury_n which_o hear_v the_o apostle_n v._o if_o this_o be_v a_o good_a argument_n where_o god_n spirit_n and_o his_o word_n be_v there_o can_v be_v no_o error_n then_o will_v it_o follow_v that_o no_o ordinary_a member_n of_o christ_n shall_v ever_o err_v for_o such_o a_o one_o have_v god_n spirit_n 1._o joh._n 2._o 20_o 27._o rom._n 8._o 9_o 2._o cor._n 1._o 21._o and_o his_o word_n deut._n 33._o 3._o by_o which_o they_o become_v believer_n joh._n 17._o 20._o but_o this_o i_o hope_v a_o papist_n will_v not_o grant_v and_o yet_o the_o argument_n be_v the_o same_o joh._n 14._o 16._o i_o will_v pray_v the_o father_n and_o he_o shall_v give_v you_o another_o comforter_n that_o he_o may_v abide_v with_o you_o for_o ever_o even_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n answ_n 1._o this_o place_n be_v primary_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o apostle_n to_o who_o the_o promise_n of_o guide_v into_o all_o truth_n be_v a_o special_a privilege_n mat._n 10._o 20._o joh._n 14._o 26._o and_o 16._o 13._o 2._o of_o the_o succeed_a teacher_n but_o with_o no_o such_o special_a privilege_n for_o first_o there_o be_v no_o such_o promise_n make_v to_o they_o second_o experience_n teach_v that_o they_o have_v want_v this_o privilege_n three_o the_o hearer_n have_v liberty_n to_o search_v and_o try_v that_o which_o be_v deliver_v if_o they_o doubt_v 1._o thes_n 5._o 21._o 1._o joh._n 4._o 1._o joh._n 5._o 39_o act._n 17._o 11._o waldensis_n one_o of_o their_o own_o side_n say_v sid_n li._n 2._o ca._n 19_o de_fw-fr doct._n sid_n of_o particular_a pastor_n and_o bishop_n we_o know_v that_o these_o have_v often_o err_v 3._o neither_o the_o abide_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o ever_o where_o it_o be_v nor_o the_o title_n of_o spirit_n of_o truth_n will_v enforce_v ever_o a_o infallibility_n in_o teach_v for_o it_o be_v call_v the_o spirit_n of_o sanctification_n or_o holiness_n rom._n 1._o 4._o for_o that_o he_o work_v in_o we_o holiness_n and_o be_v ever_o abide_v in_o the_o godly_a 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aright_o psal_n 78._o 8_o 37_o 57_o not_o by_o custom_n levit._n 18._o 3._o for_o it_o may_v be_v vain_a jer._n 10._o 3._o and_o idolatrous_a 2._o king_n 17._o 33_o 40._o and_o custom_n which_o god_n approve_v be_v that_o which_o be_v keep_v as_o it_o be_v write_v a_o custom_n observe_v from_o the_o write_a word_n esd_v 3._o 4._o not_o by_o number_n and_o multitude_n exo._n 23._o 2._o for_o here_o we_o see_v they_o may_v do_v ill_a and_o example_n in_o scripture_n show_v that_o multitude_n have_v err_v when_o the_o few_o have_v have_v the_o truth_n not_o by_o the_o bare_a credit_n of_o any_o one_o teach_v otherwise_o than_o we_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o word_n saint_n paul_n in_o this_o respect_n forbid_v to_o credit_v man_n or_o angel_n gal._n 1._o 7_o 8._o and_o a_o old_a prophet_n seduce_v a_o young_a prophet_n to_o his_o destruction_n 1._o king_n 13._o and_o that_o under_o pretend_a authority_n of_o a_o angel_n vers_fw-la 18._o 24._o not_o by_o any_o rise_n from_o the_o dead_a much_o less_o by_o suppose_a apparition_n seem_v to_o be_v of_o such_o as_o be_v dead_a luk._n 16._o 31._o for_o this_o the_o lord_n allow_v not_o of_o as_o a_o sufficient_a mean_n to_o instruct_v we_o be_v to_o be_v send_v to_o the_o write_a word_n to_o moses_n and_o to_o the_o prophet_n not_o by_o sign_n and_o wonder_n or_o foreshow_v thing_n to_o come_v for_o these_o may_v false_a teacher_n do_v deut._n 13._o 1_o 2._o by_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n 2._o thes_n 2._o 9_o revel_v 13._o 13._o deceive_v the_o people_n revel_v 19_o 20._o not_o by_o vain_a and_o false_o so_o call_v philosophy_n col._n 2._o 8._o or_o opposition_n of_o science_n false_o so_o
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heresy_n but_o he_o that_o be_v of_o excellent_a gift_n gerson_n and_o aeneas_n silvius_n do_v 52._o de_fw-fr defect_n viror_fw-la eccles_n 48_o hist_n austr_n 8_o 52._o allege_v the_o same_o say_n of_o saint_n jerome_n that_o there_o never_o happen_v any_o notorious_a evil_n in_o the_o church_n but_o priest_n be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o last_o by_o thus_o reason_v from_o the_o abuse_n either_o through_o ignorance_n or_o wilfulness_n in_o any_o thing_n we_o shall_v disallow_v every_o thing_n we_o shall_v not_o eat_v because_o some_o gluttonize_v at_o meat_n nor_o drink_v wine_n nor_o strong_a drink_n because_o some_o thereby_o become_v drink_v nor_o wear_v costly_a apparel_n as_o man_n of_o place_n may_v because_o some_o grow_v thereby_o proud_a nor_o use_v the_o art_n of_o rhetoric_n because_o some_o man_n abuse_v it_o set_v their_o tongue_n to_o sale_n nor_o logic_n for_o that_o some_o pervert_v it_o from_o the_o right_a end_n to_o jangle_a sophistry_n jesus_n christ_n see_v how_o 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