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shadow_n vanish_v etc._n etc._n p._n 326._o i_o dare_v not_o offer_v at_o any_o method_n in_o the_o whole_a nor_o at_o any_o connection_n in_o the_o part_n for_o i_o find_v that_o all_o the_o curious_a dichotomzer_n do_v but_o dream_v and_o play_v with_o the_o scripture_n feed_v themselves_o with_o fancy_n and_o not_o truth_n for_o sure_o i_o be_o the_o only_a method_n that_o holy_a man_n of_o old_a observe_v be_v to_o speak_v as_o they_o be_v move_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n there_o be_v many_o exposition_n on_o this_o place_n which_o i_o will_v not_o trouble_v you_o withal_o for_o man_n speak_v according_a to_o man_n but_o the_o scripture_n be_v write_v by_o god_n spirit_n dictate_v by_o his_o own_o finger_n we_o must_v therefore_o labour_v to_o find_v out_o what_o be_v god_n mind_n in_o the_o scripture_n whatever_o man_n say_v pag._n 369._o 370._o chap._n v._n of_o true_a and_o false_a prayer_n he_o pretend_v in_o this_o chapter_n which_o contain_v not_o a_o page_n to_o refute_v 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out_o that_o which_o he_o charge_v i_o to_o have_v do_v treacherous_o the_o best_a word_n he_o can_v afford_v i_o on_o the_o like_a occasion_n he_o must_v be_v quite_o bereave_v of_o his_o sense_n that_o think_v i_o shall_v fear_v defend_v j._n p._n in_o call_v such_o deceiver_n and_o witch_n as_o bewitch_v the_o people_n from_o the_o truth_n who_o be_v make_v minister_n by_o the_o will_n of_o man_n without_o the_o inspiration_n of_o the_o spirit_n gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n will_v of_o god_n and_o be_v coveter_n of_o man_n silver_n or_o gold_n preacher_n of_o their_o own_o invention_n persecutor_n reviler_n stir_v up_o of_o the_o magistrate_n to_o stone_n stock_n whip_n imprison_v etc._n etc._n all_o which_o j._n p._n give_v as_o the_o character_n of_o the_o ministry_n he_o write_v against_o for_o if_o this_o be_v the_o gospel-ministry_n the_o devil_n be_v a_o saint_n the_o truth_n be_v john_n faldo_n book_n be_v general_o to_o be_v read_v backward_o last_o there_o be_v no_o 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unavoidable_o prove_v the_o ministry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o have_v be_v not_o anti-christ's_a but_o christ_n true_a minister_n since_o they_o both_o use_v scripture_n preach_v scripture_n and_o call_v themselves_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n by_o apostolical_a institution_n and_o succession_n in_o this_o disarm_v condition_n we_o leave_v he_o and_o the_o chapter_n confess_v to_o all_o the_o world_n that_o such_o a_o ministry_n as_o have_v effectual_o know_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o themselves_o as_o to_o those_o thing_n which_o concern_v redemption_n and_o eternal_a salvation_n and_o that_o he_o draw_v forth_o by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n endue_v with_o his_o heavenly_a power_n for_o the_o turn_n of_o man_n from_o darkness_n to_o light_n from_o
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off_o his_o silly_a shift_n as_o easy_o confute_v as_o discover_v upon_o my_o say_n that_o we_o do_v believe_v that_o there_o be_v one_o and_o but_o one_o universal_a church_n the_o ground_n and_o pillar_n of_o truth_n and_o that_o be_v in_o god_n and_o that_o the_o member_n of_o it_o be_v wash_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o lamb_n and_o graft_v into_o the_o true_a vine_n bring_v forth_o fruit_n unto_o holiness_n p._n 113._o he_o thus_o reply_n and_o i_o beseech_v my_o reader_n to_o consider_v it_o reply_v p._n 59_o if_o he_o own_v no_o other_o church_n but_o this_o which_o be_v the_o character_n of_o the_o invisible_a church_n he_o own_v not_o a_o gospel-church_n who_o order_n and_o frame_n be_v according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o the_o new-testament_n rejoynder_n we_o be_v behold_v to_o he_o for_o this_o may_v we_o ever_o meet_v with_o such_o kind_a adversary_n it_o seem_v then_o my_o definition_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v 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the_o order_n and_o frame_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o apostle_n bring_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n to_o and_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o the_o pillar_n of_o truth_n dwell_v in_o god_n be_v wash_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o lamb_n graft_v in_o the_o true_a vine_n and_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n unto_o holiness_n what_o sort_v of_o impious_a gibberish_n be_v this_o for_o according_a to_o his_o notion_n of_o the_o gospel-church_n the_o most_o satanical_a crew_n may_v as_o well_o be_v of_o that_o church_n as_o the_o best_a of_o christian_n since_o the_o external_n order_n at_o most_o but_o the_o form_n of_o godliness_n be_v and_o be_v imitable_a and_o imitate_v by_o arrant_a hypocrite_n by_o this_o argument_n elias_n and_o the_o seven_o hundred_o who_o have_v not_o bow_v their_o knee_n to_o baal_n so_o invisible_a as_o elias_n himself_o know_v not_o of_o they_o be_v schâ—s_n maticks_n or_o infidel_n to_o the_o than_o jewish_a church_n be_v without_o all_o visible_a church_n policy_n or_o order_n and_o the_o jew_n that_o have_v it_o though_o apostatise_v must_v have_v be_v god_n legal_a church_n it_o will_v also_o follow_v that_o for_o above_o 1200_o year_n together_o since_o christ_n time_n there_o have_v be_v no_o gospel-church_n yet_o gospeler_n as_o their_o enemy_n have_v call_v they_o which_o be_v to_o grant_v to_o the_o roman-catholic_n all_o they_o desire_v what_o be_v that_o church_n that_o flee_v into_o the_o wilderness_n it_o must_v either_o be_v the_o gospel-church_n or_o not_o the_o gospel-church_n if_o not_o the_o gospel-church_n than_o not_o the_o christian_a and_o consequent_o the_o antichristian-church_n but_o that_o can_v not_o be_v because_o she_o flee_v from_o antichrist_n if_o the_o gospel-church_n then_o may_v a_o church_n be_v gospel_n without_o punctuality_n in_o visible_a order_n for_o it_o be_v notorious_a by_o all_o story_n the_o remnant_n of_o the_o woman_n seed_n who_o have_v bear_v a_o faithful_a testimony_n against_o the_o spirit_n of_o antichrist_n in_o their_o sackcloth_n and_o wilderness_n estate_n have_v be_v destitute_a of_o that_o visible_a order_n indeed_o i_o hitherto_o think_v that_o a_o gospel-church_n constitute_v necessary_a external_a order_n and_o not_o that_o mere_a external_a order_n constitute_v the_o church_n gospel_n or_o evangelical_n but_o john_n faldo_n say_v no_o who_o seem_v not_o to_o scruple_n at_o the_o word_n church_n but_o to_o play_v upon_o the_o word_n gospel_n as_o if_o external_a order_n and_o gospel_n be_v synonimous_a or_o of_o equal_a force_n whereas_o the_o gospel_n be_v call_v in_o scripture_n the_o power_n of_o god_n to_o salvation_n from_o that_o spiritual_a redemption_n it_o efficatious_o work_v in_o they_o that_o receive_v it_o from_o the_o bondage_n of_o corruption_n under_o which_o they_o have_v fruitless_o labour_v which_o be_v the_o reason_n and_o a_o good_a one_o too_o why_o it_o signify_v glad-tiding_n since_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o joyous_a to_o a_o weary_a and_o heavy-loaden_a sinner_n then_o to_o be_v ease_v of_o his_o former_a iniquity_n by_o remission_n and_o purge_v from_o the_o nature_n and_o habit_n of_o it_o out_o of_o the_o soul_n by_o the_o operation_n of_o this_o heavenly_a and_o everlasting_a gospel_n which_o worthy_a christopher_n goad_n right_a spirit_n of_o christ_n pag._n 17._o call_v the_o form_n or_o bring_v forth_o of_o christ_n in_o we_o what_o be_v all_o our_o adversary_n have_v say_v but_o to_o make_v remedy_n against_o or_o condescension_n to_o the_o weakness_n of_o the_o church_n infancy_n as_o say_v honest_a w._n tindal_n in_o his_o work_n p._n 9_o 436_o 438._o the_o only_a great_a constitute_v of_o a_o gospel-church_n by_o which_o he_o deny_v a_o gospel-church_n to_o have_v be_v antecedent_n to_o that_o external_n order_n and_o consequent_o that_o the_o believer_n be_v not_o a_o gospel-church_n when_o meet_v together_o on_o the_o day_n 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howbeit_o herein_o they_o may_v hold_v he_o excuse_v that_o he_o have_v equal_o unchurch_v himself_o and_o these_o he_o preach_v to_o in_o company_n with_o all_o other_o party_n in_o england_n be_v out_o of_o that_o order_n but_o i_o entreat_v the_o reader_n to_o consider_v what_o a_o monster_n he_o have_v make_v of_o christ_n who_o describe_v he_o with_o two_o such_o body_n to_o one_o head_n one_o invisible_a the_o other_o visible_a one_o wash_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o lamb_n graft_v into_o the_o true_a vine_n bring_v forth_o fruit_n unto_o holiness_n qualification_n hide_v from_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o world_n as_o worthy_a john_n bradford_n tell_v t._n weston_n as_o in_o b._n martyr_n p._n 104_o 312._o that_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n be_v invisible_a to_o he_o that_o have_v not_o a_o spiritual_a eye_n the_o other_o constitute_v of_o people_n no_o matter_n how_o vnregenerate_v if_o submit_v to_o
live_a word_n of_o god_n beside_o there_o be_v but_o one_o word_n in_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o common_o use_v to_o signify_v a_o word_n and_o though_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v two_o word_n yet_o they_o both_o be_v under_o this_o one_o word_n in_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o e._n hutter_n translation_n john_n 1._o 1._o rom._n 10._o 8._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 19_o but_o the_o weakness_n of_o our_o adversary_n in_o this_o particular_a must_v needs_o be_v obvious_a to_o all_o that_o consider_v how_o poor_o he_o beg_v the_o question_n in_o say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o signify_v christ_n the_o word_n which_o be_v the_o matter_n dispute_v he_o appeal_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n which_o help_v he_o not_o for_o sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v as_o well_o christ_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o signify_v christ_n as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o reply_n confess_v the_o latter_a and_o the_o text_n and_o context_n of_o this_o place_n with_o j._n f_n interpretation_n rom._n 10._o 8._o make_v good_a the_o former_a i_o do_v but_o herein_o make_v use_n of_o j._n faldo_n own_o rule_n the_o construction_n of_o word_n of_o various_a signification_n be_v to_o be_v make_v as_o most_o suit_n with_o the_o context_n rep._n pag._n 83._o and_o so_o we_o leave_v he_o in_o this_o particular_a the_o three_o scripture_n be_v 2_o pet._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o scripture_n be_v effectual_o rescue_v in_o my_o answer_n from_o the_o ill_a use_n many_o have_v make_v thereof_o against_o we_o and_o the_o truth_n he_o say_v little_a if_o any_o thing_n beside_o mere_a cavil_v leave_v the_o most_o considerable_a part_n of_o the_o defence_n of_o our_o translation_n of_o the_o text_n behind_o he_o after_o four_o page_n escape_v he_o begin_v with_o i_o thus_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v signify_v but_o in_o no_o place_n next_o i_o only_o say_v it_o be_v common_o by_o our_o adversary_n understand_v so_o here_o and_o consequent_o make_v a_o adversative_a particle_n contrary_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o text_n and_o all_o translation_n that_o i_o have_v ever_o see_v or_o hear_v of_o it_o have_v be_v to_o his_o purpose_n if_o he_o have_v bring_v stephanus_n pastor_n schrevelius_n scapula_n and_o leigh_n to_o prove_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aught_o to_o be_v render_v but_o in_o this_o text_n in_o order_n to_o make_v good_a his_o adversative_a particle_n thereby_o quarrel_v the_o translation_n and_o continue_v a_o comparison_n not_o well_o consistent_a with_o the_o text._n again_o reply_v pag._n 83_o 84._o but_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v render_v in_o that_o positive_a degree_n not_o comparative_a w._n p._n produce_v some_o authority_n the_o syriak_a and_o ethiopic_a version_n which_o give_v he_o 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