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A19474 A hand of fellovvship, to helpe keepe out sinne and Antichrist In certaine sermons preached vpon seuerall occasions: by Robert Abbot ... Abbot, Robert, 1588?-1662? 1623 (1623) STC 59; ESTC S100379 198,722 312

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knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n nor_o with_o his_o truth_n who_o have_v promise_v to_o lead_v his_o church_n so_o long_o as_o it_o be_v so_o not_o by_o divine_a unction_n only_o as_o other_o say_v but_o by_o ordinary_a mean_n into_o all_o supernatural_a truth_n therefore_o as_o our_o bless_a saviour_n put_v his_o doctrine_n upon_o this_o trial_n from_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v not_o so_o even_o so_o do_v we_o it_o be_v true_a that_o truth_n must_v stand_v though_o it_o have_v no_o outward_a thing_n to_o commend_v it_o even_o naked_a truth_n when_o therefore_o we_o appeal_v to_o the_o time_n before_o veritati_fw-la credimus_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la cana_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la sana_fw-la we_o do_v it_o not_o as_o if_o antiquity_n can_v make_v a_o truth_n or_o as_o if_o we_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n to_o embrace_v it_o for_o the_o devil_n be_v from_o the_o beginning_n though_o god_n be_v before_o he_o in_o which_o respect_n as_o aristippus_n say_v to_o one_o who_o brag_v of_o 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