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cap._n 9_o sozom_n l._n 2._o c._n 23._o and_o many_o such_o smectim_n pag._n 28_o 29_o 30_o 31._o cite_v many_o testimony_n for_o this_o see_v blondel_n apol._n sect._n 3._o pag._n 120._o to_o 130._o prins_n un-bish_a of_o timothy_n and_o titus_n from_o pag._n 52._o to_o 83._o where_o the_o full_a consent_n of_o reform_a divine_n be_v adduce_v such_o as_o joannes_n luckawit_v in_o his_o confession_n of_o the_o taborit_n against_o rokenzana_n cap_n 13._o the_o waldâ—…nses_n and_o taborit_n apud_fw-la fox_n act_n monum_fw-la p._n 210._o illyric_n catol_n testiumveritatis_fw-la tit._n waldenses_n 455._o melanchton_n arg._n &_o respon_n par_fw-fr 7._o de_fw-fr potest_fw-la episcopi_fw-la arg._n 2._o hiperius_fw-la on_o 1._o tim._n 4._o 14._o hemmingius_fw-la ibid._n gerardus_n loc._n theol._n de_fw-fr ministerio_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la prove_v this_o at_o large_a peizelius_fw-la arg._n &_o resp._n par._n 7._o de_fw-fr ordin_n ministrorum_fw-la in_o arg._n 1._o musculus_fw-la loc_n com._n 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i_o answer_v they_o do_v not_o peremptorly_a and_o positive_o assert_v that_o paul_n acknowledge_v he_o as_o high_a priest_n buâ—…_n only_o that_o many_o think_v he_o do_v 2._o hence_o the_o weight_n of_o their_o conclusion_n subjoin_v viz._n that_o corruption_n cleave_v to_o god_n ordinance_n null_a they_o not_o be_v not_o lay_v upon_o this_o sole_o nor_o positiu_o at_o all_o even_o as_o a_o partial_a but_o only_o as_o a_o probable_a ground_n and_o the_o conclusion_n itself_o when_o admit_v will_v never_o reach_v his_o design_n as_o be_v above_o clear_v again_o admit_v that_o paul_n acknowledge_v his_o providential_a title_n or_o jus_o in_o re_fw-mi as_o to_o a_o civil_a office_n and_o administration_n at_o that_o time_n as_o it_o may_v well_o have_v its_o own_o weight_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o premise_a conclusion_n civil_a rule_n as_o such_o be_v god_n ordinance_n which_o be_v not_o make_v null_a by_o corruption_n so_o upon_o the_o the_o difference_n of_o civil_a from_o sacred_a 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vindicat_o 2_o cor._n 6._o ans._n this_o in_o mr_n rutherfoord_v sense_n will_v plead_v more_o for_o the_o presbyterian_a ministry_n &_o professor_n then_o for_o conformist_n who_o he_o will_v not_o say_v that_o mr_n rutherfoord_n will_v look_v upon_o as_o our_o church_n in_o such_o a_o case_n as_o this_o since_o as_o we_o hear_v he_o hold_v that_o in_o case_n of_o such_o a_o breach_n as_o we_o have_v now_o the_o pure_a church_n remain_v with_o the_o small_a steadfast_a number_n and_o that_o the_o backslider_n from_o truth_n and_o purity_n though_o the_o â—…reater_a number_n yet_o real_o be_v the_o schismatic_n and_o â—…n_o this_o sense_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v he_o when_o he_o say_v that_o this_o separation_n as_o to_o worship_v will_v not_o infer_v a_o absolute_a separation_n and_o his_o allow_a non-union_n where_o there_o be_v not_o sufficient_a cause_n of_o separation_n in_o the_o case_n of_o pure_a to_o be_v join_v with_o and_o his_o admit_v a_o partial_a separation_n 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who_o offend_v the_o weak_a brethren_n upon_o the_o 10._o verse_n the_o conscience_n of_o he_o that_o be_v weak_a shall_v be_v emblodn_v to_o eat_v etc._n etc._n he_o show_v that_o the_o offender_n of_o the_o weak_a can_v charge_v the_o guilt_n upon_o his_o weakness_n tu_fw-la enim_fw-la imbecilliorem_fw-la facis_fw-la duo_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la te_fw-la privant_fw-la venia_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la infirmus_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la frater_fw-la addatur_fw-la &_o tertium_fw-la maxim_n horrendum_fw-la quod_fw-la christus_fw-la neque_fw-la mori_fw-la propter_fw-la illum_fw-la recusavit_fw-la tu_fw-la autem_fw-la neque_fw-la ei_fw-la indulgere_fw-la pateris_fw-la that_o be_v the_o offender_n make_v they_o yet_o weak_a that_o two_o thing_n render_v such_o as_o offend_v they_o inexcusable_a the_o one_o that_o they_o be_v weak_a the_o other_o that_o they_o be_v brethren_n and_o a_o three_o crime_n may_v be_v add_v which_o be_v most_o horrid_a that_o thou_o â—…fuses_v so_o much_o as_o to_o 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