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charge_v every_o minister_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o tim._n 1._o 3._o that_o he_o teach_v none_o other_o doctrine_n but_o keep_v the_o pattern_n of_o wholesome_a word_n which_o we_o have_v of_o saint_n paul_n 2._o tim._n 1._o 13._o and_o if_o any_o man_n speak_v in_o the_o pulpit_n let_v he_o speak_v as_o the_o word_n of_o god_n 1._o pet._n 4._o therefore_o neither_o may_v we_o speak_v any_o other_o thing_n nor_o otherwise_o then_o be_v in_o the_o word_n which_o be_v to_o adulterate_a and_o like_o huckster_n to_o mingle_v it_o with_o humane_a device_n 2._o cor._n 4._o 1._o resp_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n mean_v teach_v otherwise_o then_o agree_v with_o truth_n and_o analogy_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o scripture_n as_o he_o expound_v himself_o 1._o tim._n 6._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n
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nâ—rint_fw-la qui_fw-la si_fw-la nossent_fw-la plura_fw-la facerent_fw-la 17._o musculus_fw-la some_o have_v dispraise_v other_o art_n when_o they_o know_v they_o not_o who_o if_o they_o know_v they_o will_v esteem_v they_o more_o high_o 17._o musculus_fw-la comment_n in_o 1._o cor._n 15._o 32._o on_o paul_n cite_v of_o the_o poet_n menander_n say_v no_o less_o hence_o we_o be_v to_o learn_v say_v he_o quà m_fw-la conveniat_fw-la ministro_fw-la christi_fw-la how_o fit_a and_o convenient_a it_o be_v for_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n that_o from_o whencesoever_o it_o be_v he_o be_v furnish_v not_o with_o sacred_a only_a but_o also_o profane_a writing_n that_o he_o may_v apply_v himself_o to_o they_o who_o either_o he_o shall_v mend_v or_o edify_v to_o true_a godliness_n and_o though_o he_o dislike_v they_o that_o cite_v either_o poet_n historian_n or_o philosopher_n oft_o for_o no_o other_o cause_n but_o ostentation_n of_o learning_n yet_o resolve_v he_o possunt_fw-la in_o religionis_fw-la causa_fw-la gentilium_fw-la scripta_fw-la citari_fw-la only_o in_o controversy_n as_o now_o be_v the_o question_n no_o in_o the_o cause_n of_o religion_n for_o confirm_v principle_n of_o our_o faith_n for_o manner_n either_o to_o command_v good_a or_o reproove_v that_o which_o be_v bad_a 18._o illyricus_n in_o tit._n 1._o 12._o on_o the_o apostle_n allegation_n of_o that_o poet_n illyricus_n 18._o illyricus_n say_v as_o much_o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a sometime_o by_o occasion_n to_o use_v in_o christian_a doctrine_n saying_n of_o the_o gentile_n but_o so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o mistress_n but_o waiting-maide_n to_o the_o truth_n nor_o be_v count_v for_o oracle_n and_o who_o ever_o desire_v the_o latter_a or_o require_v more_o than_o the_o former_a but_o clau._n alt_z part_n tract_n 1._o the_o rat_n cognosc_fw-la script_n he_o be_v more_o plain_a &_o pregnant_a for_o the_o decision_n of_o this_o point_n in_o question_n in_o populari_fw-la tractatione_n etc._n etc._n in_o popular_a sermon_n say_v he_o a_o preacher_n must_v bring_v many_o example_n from_o scripture_n and_o excellent_a sentence_n punishment_n moreover_o and_o reward_v he_o propose_v sometime_o he_o heap_v simile_n from_o daily_a action_n afterward_o he_o produce_v sundry_a comprobation_n and_o also_o firmamenta_fw-la suasoria_fw-la any_o help_n to_o persuade_v now_o and_o then_o from_o the_o art_n nonnunquam_fw-la quaedam_fw-la argutè_fw-la dicta_fw-la à _fw-la philosophis_fw-la aut_fw-la alijs_fw-la magni_fw-la nominis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la veluti_fw-la emblemata_fw-la intermiscet_fw-la sometime_o mix_v he_o certain_a witty_a say_n of_o philosopher_n and_o other_o learned_a man_n of_o great_a note_n as_o emblem_n neither_o omit_v he_o those_o readunt_fw-la quae_fw-la orationem_fw-la illâ—strant_fw-la ac_fw-la divitem_fw-la speciosantque_fw-la readunt_fw-la thing_n which_o garnish_n his_o sermon_n and_o make_v it_o rich_a and_o beautiful_a last_o he_o 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