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antitype_n we_o be_v for_o conclusion_n to_o frame_v the_o argument_n draw_v from_o noah_n ark_n after_o another_o fashion_n and_o to_o a_o better_a end_n than_o the_o romanist_n do_v the_o term_n of_o proportion_n in_o this_o argument_n be_v conspicuous_a first_o noah_n second_o his_o ark_n three_o the_o mean_n of_o safety_n from_o the_o flood_n by_o his_o ark_n term_n to_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v first_o christ_n 2._o his_o church_n and_o 3._o the_o salvation_n of_o such_o as_o enter_v into_o his_o church_n first_o to_o parallel_v noah_n and_o christ_n in_o some_o few_o point_n the_o lord_n say_v unto_o noah_n gen._n 7._o ver_fw-la 1._o thou_o have_v i_o find_v righteous_a before_o i_o in_o this_o generation_n that_o be_v as_o the_o apostle_n say_v of_o abraham_n he_o have_v whereof_o to_o boast_v with_o man_n but_o not_o with_o god_n he_o be_v righteous_a not_o only_a coram_fw-la hominibus_fw-la but_o prae_fw-la hominibus_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la more_o 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