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2._o 5._o god_n do_v work_v most_o mighty_o with_o such_o preach_n joh._n 4._o 18_o 19_o act._n 2._o 36_o 37._o reason_n 1._o every_o man_n through_o the_o self-love_n and_o hypocrisy_n that_o be_v in_o his_o heart_n be_v apt_a to_o put_v from_o himself_o to_o other_o general_a doctrine_n and_o reproof_n matth._n 21._o 41._o see_v 45_o 46._o verse_n 2._o till_o man_n sin_n be_v effectual_o discover_v to_o they_o they_o can_v never_o attain_v to_o any_o save_a grace_n john_n 16._o 8._o tit._n 1._o 13._o 3._o practice_n be_v the_o end_n of_o knowledge_n and_o nothing_o be_v perfect_a till_o it_o attain_v its_o end_n if_o you_o know_v these_o thing_n happy_a be_v you_o if_o you_o do_v they_o truth_n be_v never_o full_o and_o exact_o know_v but_o in_o the_o experience_n and_o practice_n of_o they_o hence_o that_o expression_n taste_n and_o see_v chap._n iii_o of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o government_n that_o there_o be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a government_n distinct_a from_o 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whole_a community_n the_o apostle_n act._n 20._o 28_o speak_v unto_o the_o presbyter_n of_o ephesus_n and_o say_v that_o they_o be_v appoint_v overseer_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o they_o may_v govern_v the_o church_n of_o god_n m._n rutherford_n say_v the_o key_n be_v give_v for_o the_o church_n but_o not_o to_o the_o church_n mr._n norton_n epist._n urge_v act._n 14._o 23._o to_o prove_v the_o power_n to_o be_v in_o the_o fraternity_n it_o be_v say_v there_o that_o presbyter_n be_v ordain_v by_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n in_o every_o church_n they_o be_v ordain_v in_o the_o church_n but_o not_o by_o they_o he_o urge_v also_o act._n 6._o that_o prove_v nothing_o but_o that_o the_o election_n of_o officer_n do_v some_o way_n belong_v to_o the_o people_n but_o that_o their_o authority_n depend_v on_o the_o people_n can_v be_v thence_o collect_v mr._n norton_n chap._n 5._o of_o that_o book_n say_v quod_fw-la exercetur_fw-la nomine_fw-la christi_fw-la recipitur_fw-la immediatè_fw-la à 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her_o family_n mat._n 22._o 37._o matth._n 3._o 8._o &_o 4._o 17._o 17._o act._n 2._o 5_o 10_o &_o 13._o chap._n and_o in_o their_o epistle_n mark_v 1._o 15._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n borrow_v from_o the_o make_n of_o a_o impression_n by_o a_o stamp_n or_o seal_v john_n 21._o 15._o act._n 20._o 20._o it_o be_v good_a to_o have_v the_o principle_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n and_o rule_v of_o life_n draw_v to_o brief_a head_n it_o be_v use_v to_o draw_v art_n and_o science_n plentiful_o lay_v out_o into_o compendious_a head_n and_o some_o few_o general_a rule_n and_o principle_n luther_n profess_v he_o be_v still_o discipuluâ—_n catechismi_fw-la that_o he_o study_v the_o principle_n psal._n 78._o 5._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 5._o the_o practice_n of_o this_o duty_n be_v represent_v in_o the_o whole_a book_n of_o the_o proverb_n gen._n 17._o 12_o 13_o omnis_fw-la christi_fw-la actio_fw-la christiani_n instructio_fw-la dr._n reynolds_n call_v aquinas_n his_o sum_n that_o absolute_a body_n of_o divinity_n dr._n twiss_n doubt_v conscience_n resolve_n prov._n 22._o 6._o 6._o chanoe_n gen._n 5._o 18._o so_o the_o hebrew_n interpret_v that_o gen._n 14._o 14._o his_o train_a or_o instruct_v servant_n those_o which_o he_o teach_v in_o piety_n the_o word_n come_v from_o chanach_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vox_fw-la graeca_n est_fw-la quam_fw-la latina_n ecclesia_fw-la pro_fw-la sua_fw-la coepit_fw-la usurpare_fw-la martinius_n eusebius_n say_v one_o be_v set_v apart_o on_o purpose_n for_o this_o office_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n call_v the_o catechist_n hinc_fw-la catechumeni_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la qui_fw-la catechismuâ—_n discebant_fw-la catechistae_fw-la qui_fw-la catechismum_fw-la docebant_fw-la dietericus_n catechise_v what_o it_o be_v catechesis_fw-la est_fw-la elementaris_fw-la institutio_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la viva_fw-la docentiâ—_n voce_fw-la tradita_fw-la &_o â—_o discentibus_fw-la repotita_fw-la altingius_fw-la 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â—_o 3._o in_o octonariis_fw-la prolixioris_fw-la omnium_fw-la psalmi_n ad_fw-la singulorum_fw-la versuum_fw-la initia_fw-la recurrentes_fw-la eaedem_fw-la literae_fw-la ostonariis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la per_fw-la ordinem_fw-la alphabeti_fw-la dispositis_fw-la sunt_fw-la locali_fw-la memoriae_fw-la ad_fw-la sententias_fw-la retinendas_fw-la alphabetariis_fw-la igitur_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dicam_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la christi_fw-la sic_fw-la minutatim_fw-la particular_a rerum_fw-la dispensari_fw-la conâ—enientissimum_fw-la est_fw-la guil._n rivet_n vindic_fw-la evangel_n parte_fw-la secunda_fw-la cap_n 8._o we_o have_v discharge_v our_o duty_n our_o prayer_n and_o instruction_n may_v be_v as_o seed_v sow_v and_o our_o reward_n shall_v not_o be_v only_o in_o heaven_n but_o in_o the_o do_n of_o our_o duty_n psal._n 19_o 11._o 11._o euseb._n eccles._n hist._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 32._o see_v m._n pemble_v sermon_n of_o ignorance_n luk._n 1._o 5._o jer._n 10._o 25._o there_o be_v general_o 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for_o he_o he_o the_o papist_n make_v the_o pope_n their_o personal_a foundation_n see_v dr_n field_n of_o the_o church_n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o and_o m._n rous_n his_o catholic_n charity_n chap._n 10_o 11._o some_o dislike_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o athanasian_n creed_n whosoever_o will_v be_v save_v etc._n etc._n upon_o pain_n of_o damnation_n thou_o be_v bind_v to_o know_v the_o article_n of_o thy_o faith_n to_o know_v god_n in_o christ_n and_o the_o holy_a catholic_n church_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n write_v the_o ten_o commandment_n to_o know_v what_o work_v thou_o shall_v do_v and_o what_o to_o leave_v undo_v christ_n prayer_n which_o be_v a_o abridgement_n epitome_n or_o compendious_a collection_n of_o all_o the_o psalm_n and_o prayer_n write_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n in_o which_o thou_o pray_v for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n as_o well_o for_o thyself_o as_o for_o all_o other_o desire_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o preserve_v thou_o in_o virtue_n 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and_o three_o in_o person_n distinguish_v one_o from_o another_o that_o the_o son_n be_v beget_v of_o the_o father_n that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o spirit_n of_o both_o father_n and_o son_n that_o these_o three_o person_n be_v coeternal_a and_o coequal_a all_o these_o be_v reckon_v in_o the_o number_n of_o fundamental_o but_o those_o school-nicety_n touch_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o son_n generation_n and_o the_o procession_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v not_o likewise_o fundamental_a and_o of_o equal_a necessity_n with_o the_o former_a b._n daven_n opin_v of_o the_o fundam_fw-la point_n of_o relig._n certa_fw-la semper_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o paucis_fw-la say_v tertullian_n certain_a and_o undoubted_a truth_n be_v not_o many_o and_o they_o be_v such_o as_o may_v be_v deliver_v in_o a_o few_o word_n in_o absoluto_fw-la ac_fw-la facili_fw-la stat_fw-la aeternit_fw-la as_o hilary_n that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v a_o fundamental_a and_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n vide_fw-la voet._n thes._n p._n 471_o etc._n etc._n articuli_fw-la cognitâ—â—_n &_o creditu_fw-la necessarii_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la such_o article_n as_o be_v necessary_a to_o know_v and_o believe_v to_o salvation_n be_v not_o such_o truth_n as_o be_v mere_o speculative_a but_o such_o only_a as_o have_v a_o necessary_a influence_n upon_o practice_n and_o not_o all_o those_o neither_o but_o such_o as_o have_v necessary_a
christ_n who_o wear_v a_o crown_n of_o thorn_n for_o i_o i_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o call_v martyrdom_n by_o the_o name_n of_o corona_n martyrii_fw-la the_o crown_n of_o martyrdom_n and_o stephen_n the_o protomartyr_n have_v his_o name_n in_o greek_a from_o a_o crown_n erant_fw-la torti_fw-la torquentibus_fw-la fortiores_fw-la cyprian_a reformati_fw-la ligneas_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la papistae_fw-la vivas_fw-la dei_fw-la comburunt_fw-la imagine_v qui_fw-la primi_fw-la relictis_fw-la patriis_fw-la ritibus_fw-la ac_fw-la lege_fw-la qui_fw-la abjectis_fw-la &_o repudiatis_fw-la rebus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la solent_fw-la esse_fw-la hominibus_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la gratissima_fw-la &_o charissima_fw-la christum_fw-la sunt_fw-la secuti_fw-la qui_fw-la ilii_fw-la noâ—a_fw-la atque_fw-la admirabilia_fw-la dicenti_fw-la fidem_fw-la tribuerunt_fw-la gravia_fw-la dura_fw-la praecipienti_fw-la obedierunt_fw-la denique_fw-la cervices_fw-la svas_fw-la obtulerunt_fw-la pro_fw-la illius_fw-la doctrina_fw-la &_o gloria_fw-la aliquid_fw-la certè_fw-la in_o co_fw-la majus_fw-la &_o excellentius_fw-la animadverterunt_fw-la humana_fw-la sapientia_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la lod._n viv_n de_fw-la verit_fw-la fid._n christ_n l._n 2._o c._n 14._o 14._o non_fw-la paena_fw-la sed_fw-la causa_fw-la facit_fw-la martyrem_fw-la martyrem_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 25._o meminerunt_fw-la mosis_fw-la &_o diodorus_n siculus_n &_o strabo_n &_o plinius_n tacitus_n quoque_fw-la &_o post_fw-la eos_fw-la dionysius_n longinus_n de_fw-fr sermonis_fw-la sub_fw-la limitate_fw-la jamnis_n autem_fw-la &_o mambris_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o aegypto_n mosi_fw-la restiterunt_fw-la praeter_fw-la talmundicos_fw-la plinius_n &_o apulcius_n grotius_n de_fw-fr verit_fw-la relig_n christ._n christ._n bish._n andrews_n in_o his_o large_a exposition_n on_o the_o ten_o commandment_n commandment_n credit_n i_o vobis_fw-la folium_fw-la recitare_fw-la sybille_n sybille_n vid._n spanhem_n dub._n par_fw-fr 2._o dub._n 34._o sect._n 6_o 7._o 7._o exercit._fw-la 1._o ad_fw-la annal._n bar._n bar._n isa._n 8._o 20._o psal._n 19_o the_o author_n often_o testify_v that_o they_o speak_v not_o of_o themselves_o or_o by_o any_o humane_a instinct_n but_o from_o god_n command_n and_o the_o spirit_n inspire_v inspire_v christ_n commend_v moses_n the_o prophet_n and_o psalm_n by_o which_o name_n be_v mean_v all_o the_o book_n belong_v to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o hebrew_n hebrew_n the_o holy_a ghost_n inward_o witness_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o faithful_a that_o the_o scripture_n be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n 1_o joh._n 2._o 20_o 27._o 1_o cor._n 2._o 10_o 11_o 12._o &_o 12._o 3._o joh._n 16._o 23._o &_o 14._o 26._o isa._n 51._o 16._o isa._n 59_o 21._o rom._n 8._o 16._o the_o inspiration_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v consider_v as_o a_o efficient_a cause_n which_o dispose_v our_o faculty_n to_o believe_v the_o truth_n and_o not_o as_o a_o argument_n of_o the_o truth_n the_o 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spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la tamen_fw-la manent_fw-la discipâ—li_fw-la â—erbâ—_n luth._o tom._n 4._o the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n now_o be_v not_o to_o perfect_a scripture_n or_o to_o add_v any_o thing_n to_o its_o discovery_n or_o to_o be_v â—â—_o stâ—aâ—_n of_o a_o scripture_n where_o it_o be_v want_v much_o less_o where_o the_o scripture_n be_v but_o to_o remove_v the_o darkness_n from_o our_o understanding_n that_o we_o may_v see_v clear_o what_o the_o scripture_n speak_v clear_o before_o the_o scripture_n be_v perfect_v the_o spirit_n do_v enlighten_v the_o prophet_n and_o penman_n of_o scripture_n both_o way_n but_o now_o i_o know_v no_o teach_n of_o the_o spirit_n save_v only_o by_o its_o illuminate_n â—â—_o sanctify_a work_n teach_v man_n no_o new_a lesson_n nor_o the_o old_a without_o book_n but_o to_o read_v with_o understanding_n what_o scripture_n nature_n creature_n and_o providence_n teach_v mr_n baxter_n saint_n everlasting_a rest_n part_n 1_o sect._n 51._o 51._o 1_o john_n 3._o 8._o 1_o john_n 2._o 20._o 20._o fides_n christiana_n non_fw-la acquiritur_fw-la sed_fw-la infunditur_fw-la infunditur_fw-la leviculum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la objiciunt_fw-la qui_fw-la contra_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la si_fw-mi omnis_fw-la scriptura_fw-la divinitus_fw-la sit_fw-la inspirata_fw-la secuturum_fw-la inde_fw-la etiam_fw-la graecorum_n &_o gentilium_fw-la scripturas_fw-la esse_fw-la divinitus_fw-la inspiratas_fw-la nam_fw-la ut_fw-la benè_fw-la respondet_fw-la theophylactus_n oportebat_fw-la eos_fw-la novisse_fw-la quod_fw-la paulus_n ante_fw-la dixerat_fw-la sacras_fw-la literas_fw-la nosti_fw-la rivet_n isag._n ad_fw-la script_n sac._n sac._n aliud_fw-la sanè_fw-la propâ—â—tas_fw-la hoc_fw-la vel_fw-la illud_fw-la scripsisse_fw-la aliud_fw-la verò_fw-la scripsisse_fw-la ut_fw-la prophetas_fw-la spanhem_n vide_fw-la lod._n viu._n de_fw-fr verit_fw-la fid._n christ._n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o 1._o nothing_o cross_v humane_a wisdom_n more_o than_o the_o scripture_n authoritas_fw-la sine_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scripture_n illud_fw-la authenticum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la sibi_fw-la sufficit_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la commendat_fw-la sustinet_fw-la probat_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la se_fw-la sidem_fw-la ac_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la habet_fw-la whitaker_n whitaker_n every_o principle_n be_v know_v by_o itself_o the_o scripture_n be_v the_o primum_fw-la credendum_fw-la the_o first_o thing_n to_o be_v believe_v we_o must_v believe_v it_o for_o itself_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n for_o their_o conformity_n with_o it_o it_o eccius_n reckon_v this_o among_o heretical_a assertion_n major_a est_fw-la scripturae_fw-la quam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la authoritas_fw-la authoritas_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la placuerit_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la deus_fw-la say_v tertullian_n in_o apol._n if_o god_n please_v not_o man_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v god_n as_o true_o and_o certain_o as_o god_n be_v god_n so_o true_o be_v the_o scripture_n the_o scripture_n spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la veritatis_fw-la loquor_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o scriptura_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la verò_fw-la quandoque_fw-la spiritus_fw-la humanus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la erroris_fw-la rainoldus_n thesi._n 3._o l._n 11._o 11._o see_v chamiâ—rs_n six_o book_n de_fw-fr canone_o divers_a chapter_n and_o mr_n pembles_fw-fr vindiciae_fw-la gratiae_n pag._n 207._o to_o 222._o 222._o superfluus_fw-la mihi_fw-la labour_n videtur_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la adco_fw-la solicit_v illud_fw-la quoad_fw-la nos_fw-la inquisiverunt_fw-la quia_fw-la nâ—_n cogitari_fw-la quidem_fw-la potest_fw-la ulla_fw-la corum_fw-la librorum_fw-la authoritas_fw-la nisi_fw-la quoad_fw-la nos_fw-la cham._n cham._n matth._n 28._o 20_o &_o 18._o 20._o john_n 15._o 26._o &_o 16._o 13._o 13._o scriptura_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsa_fw-la scriptio_fw-la &_o literarum_fw-la per_fw-la lineas_fw-la certas_fw-la pictura_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsa_fw-la doctrina_fw-la per_fw-la eas_fw-la scripturas_fw-la significata_fw-la &_o in_o iis_fw-la literis_fw-la contenta_fw-la scriptione_n fatemur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la esse_fw-la antiquiorem_fw-la sed_fw-la negamus_fw-la esse_fw-la antiquiorem_fw-la ea_fw-la doctrina_fw-la quae_fw-la significatur_fw-la ea_fw-la scriptione_n chamier_n tom._n 1._o l._n 1_o c._n 22._o 22._o fuit_fw-la scriptura_fw-la ante_fw-la moysen_n materialiter_fw-la non_fw-la formaliter_fw-la quibus_fw-la lect_n be_v verbis_fw-la adeo_fw-la exultant_fw-la quasi_fw-la reperissent_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la puâ—â—i_fw-la in_o faba_fw-la se_fw-la reperisse_fw-la clamitant_fw-la tamque_fw-la considenter_fw-la ac_fw-la â—i_fw-la ad_fw-la plenum_fw-la victoriae_fw-la fructum_fw-la sola_fw-la triumphi_fw-la gloria_fw-la deesset_fw-la chamierus_n chamierus_n so_o musculus_fw-la calvin_n peter_n martyr_n and_o whitaker_n expound_v those_o word_n observe_v the_o composition_n of_o the_o word_n it_o signify_v to_o move_v with_o other_o thing_n thing_n gerson_n say_v 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impropriè_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la
we_o shall_v learn_v of_o austin_n who_o may_v true_o be_v say_v to_o have_v write_v rather_o ex_fw-la gratia_fw-la then_o de_fw-la gratia_fw-la so_o gracious_o do_v he_o write_v of_o grace_n totum_fw-la deo_fw-la dare_v qui_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la hominis_fw-la bonam_fw-la &_o praeparat_fw-la adjuvandam_fw-la &_o adjuat_fw-la praeparatem_fw-la euchir_n ad_fw-la laurent_n paul_n heart_n be_v so_o full_a of_o the_o apprehension_n of_o god_n freegrace_n that_o he_o can_v not_o hold_v on_o his_o discourse_n begin_v ephes._n 2._o 4._o without_o mention_v god_n grace_n v_o 5._o and_o v_o 8._o tanquam_fw-la silius_fw-la gratia_fw-la say_v bradwardine_n he_o always_o commend_v it_o exod._n 33._o 19_o psal._n 103._o 8._o exod._n 22._o 22._o isa._n 30._o 18._o lament_n 3._o 22._o titus_n 3._o 5._o exod._n 34._o 6_o 7._o ephes._n 2._o 4._o rom._n 4._o 19_o and_o 11._o 30_o 31._o the_o schoolman_n dispute_v whether_o mercy_n be_v in_o god_n passion_n be_v not_o in_o he_o say_v they_o compassion_n can_v be_v in_o he_o aâ—_n it_o be_v define_v agritudo_fw-la animi_fw-la de_fw-la malis_fw-la alienis_fw-la so_o it_o be_v not_o in_o he_o or_o as_o it_o be_v a_o perturbation_n it_o be_v far_o more_o glorious_a and_o transcendent_a in_o he_o then_o in_o we_o vide_fw-la aquin._n part_n 3._o q._n 21._o art_n 3._o conclus_fw-la conclus_fw-la misericordia_fw-la est_fw-la qua_fw-la propensus_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la succurrendum_fw-la suiâ—_n creaturis_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la miseria_fw-la constitutis_fw-la iisque_fw-la re_fw-la ipsa_fw-la succurrit_fw-la wendelinus_n the_o scripture_n have_v there_o notable_a word_n to_o expresâ—e_v the_o fullness_n of_o god_n mercy_n in_o christ_n ephes._n 2._o 7._o rom._n 5._o 10._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 14._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v put_v upon_o god_n mercy_n luk_n 1._o 50._o 54._o psalm_n 48._o 2_o 3._o and_o 89._o 28._o 28._o ephes._n 2._o 4._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 3_o mercy_n and_o compassion_n differ_v only_o in_o the_o excrinsecal_v denomination_n take_v from_o different_a object_n compassion_n be_v good_a will_n towards_o other_o provoke_v from_o notice_n of_o their_o misery_n mercy_n be_v a_o excess_n of_o bounty_n not_o estrange_v from_o ill_a deserver_n in_o distress_n that_o god_n have_v mercy_n in_o he_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o forgive_v more_o sin_n than_o we_o can_v imagine_v luke_n 6._o 11._o *_o exod._n 20._o 6._o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n which_o reach_v to_o the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o catholic_n church_n isa._n 33._o 24._o luke_n 16._o 24_o 25_o titus_n 3._o 5._o luke_n 1._o 77_o 78._o lament_v 3._o 12._o alhis_n thought_n be_v thought_n of_o mercy_n to_o his_o people_n jer._n 29_o 11._o all_o his_o design_n be_v project_n of_o mercy_n deut._n 6._o towards_o the_o latter_a end_n the_o way_n whereby_o he_o come_v down_o to_o their_o soul_n prevent_v convince_a convert_v mercy_n psal._n 25._o 10._o and_o whereby_o they_o ascend_v to_o he_o in_o their_o communion_n 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deum_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la â—_o sâ—_n impetrare_fw-la quin_fw-la peccata_fw-la condonet_fw-la resipisceti_n molin_n praefat_fw-la ad_fw-la judiciu_fw-la a_o de_fw-fr amyr_n lib._n adversas_fw-la sphanhem_n sphanhem_n god_n justice_n be_v not_o a_o quality_n or_o accident_n in_o he_o but_o his_o very_a nature_n essential_a to_o he_o a_o man_n may_v be_v a_o man_n and_o yet_o unjust_a but_o god_n can_v be_v god_n and_o be_v unjust_a gerh._n loc_n come_v come_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n be_v take_v divers_a way_n in_o scripture_n sometime_o for_o the_o essential_a attribute_n of_o god_n sometime_o for_o the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n which_o be_v call_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n because_o it_o be_v such_o a_o righteousness_n as_o god_n do_v approve_v of_o and_o with_o which_o we_o may_v appeal_v bold_o in_o his_o presence_n again_o righteousness_n be_v take_v for_o his_o truth_n and_o faithfulness_n in_o promise_n david_n pray_v god_n to_o do_v good_a to_o he_o for_o his_o righteousness_n he_o mean_v his_o faithfulness_n in_o his_o promise_n see_v mr._n burrhow_v on_o mnt._n 5._o 6._o god_n have_v not_o lose_v his_o right_n to_o command_v though_o we_o have_v lose_v our_o ability_n to_o obey_v a_o drunken_a servant_n be_v not_o disoblige_v from_o service_n see_v phil._n 2._o 3._o the_o apostle_n often_o incuâ—â—aâ—e_a thâ—â—_n believe_v and_o repent_v yet_o they_o hold_v faith_n and_o repentance_n to_o be_v gift_n of_o god_n dei_fw-la mâ—adaâ—a_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la m_o 〈…〉_z sed_fw-la regula_fw-la officij_fw-la declaratio_fw-la debiti_fw-la &_o materia_fw-la precum_fw-la molinus_n contra_fw-la amyraldum_n consectary_n from_o god_n justice_n 2_o chron._n 2._o 5._o nehem._n 9_o 33._o psall_n 119._o 137._o dan._n 9_o 7._o rom._n 3._o 26._o rev._n 19_o 1._o john_n 14._o 6._o god_n be_v aeterna_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o vera_fw-la aeternitas_fw-la if_o god_n say_v one_o be_v to_o be_v corporeal_a he_o will_v have_v light_a for_o his_o body_n and_o truth_n for_o his_o soul._n truth_n be_v original_o from_o god_n the_o first_o idea_n rule_n or_o standard_n of_o truth_n be_v god_n will_n which_o be_v veritas_fw-la dei_fw-la whereby_o he_o be_v what_o he_o be_v essential_o simple_o immutable_o by_o which_o he_o will_v all_o thing_n to_o be_v what_o indeed_o they_o be_v and_o know_v they_o to_o be_v such_o as_o they_o be_v most_o certain_o veritas_fw-la rei_fw-la entitatis_fw-la whereby_o thing_n be_v such_o as_o god_n will_v have_v they_o to_o be_v and_o so_o be_v true_a and_o good_a magna_fw-la vis_fw-la est_fw-la veritatis_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la intelligi_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la per_fw-la ca_fw-mi tamen_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quae_fw-la ei_fw-la adversantur_fw-la elucent_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o natura_fw-la sua_fw-la immobilis_fw-la manens_fw-la firmitatem_fw-la naturae_fw-la suae_fw-la quotidie_fw-la dum_fw-la attentatur_fw-la acquirat_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la ecelesiae_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la tum_fw-la uincat_fw-la cum_fw-la laeditur_fw-la tum_fw-la intelligat_fw-la cum_fw-la arguitur_fw-la tum_fw-la obtineat_fw-la cum_fw-la deseritur_fw-la hildrius_fw-la l._n 1._o de_fw-la trinitate_fw-la a_o idol_n be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n matth._n 24._o 35._o john_n 17._o 17._o which_o truth_n of_o god_n in_o his_o promise_n may_v be_v refer_v to_o justice_n because_o it_o be_v just_a to_o perform_v what_o thou_o have_v promise_v 2_o tim._n 4._o 8._o 8._o if_o i_o
arrow_n against_o idol_n ch_n 5._o rom._n â—_o john_n 9_o 2_o cor._n 12._o 21._o imagine_v primò_fw-la inter_fw-la privatos_fw-la parietes_fw-la usurpatae_fw-la gratitudinis_fw-la ergo_fw-la testae_fw-la eusebio_n postea_fw-la in_o templa_fw-la etiam_fw-la introductae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la causa_fw-la tandem_fw-la degenerarunt_fw-la in_o adorationis_fw-la objectum_fw-la chamierus_n see_v dr_n hill_n on_o prov._n 23._o 23._o vetus_fw-la concilium_fw-la elibertinum_fw-la decrevit_fw-la ne_fw-la quid_fw-la quod_fw-la colitur_fw-la à _fw-la populo_fw-la pingeretur_fw-la in_o templis_fw-la vetus_fw-la pater_fw-la epiphanius_n ait_fw-la esse_fw-la horreudum_fw-la nefas_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ferendum_fw-la flagitium_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la vel_fw-la pictam_fw-la quamvis_fw-la christi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la imaginem_fw-la excitat_fw-la in_o templis_fw-la christianorum_fw-la isti_fw-la imaginibus_fw-la &_o statuis_fw-la quasi_fw-la sine_fw-la â—llis_fw-la religio_fw-la nulla_fw-la sit_fw-la omne_fw-la templa_fw-la sua_fw-la atque_fw-la omnes_fw-la aâ—gulos_fw-la compleâ—â—runt_fw-la mocket_n apol._n eccles._n 4._o altingius_n in_o his_o exegesis_n of_o anglic._n the_o augustane_n confession_n p._n 94._o say_v image_n be_v by_o no_o mean_n to_o be_v tolerate_v in_o temple_n vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la controv_fw-mi de_fw-fr caeremon_n tertiam_fw-la judâ—i_fw-la hodie_fw-la à _fw-la christiana_n religione_fw-la alâ—â—nores_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la vident_fw-la in_o templis_fw-la papisticis_fw-la ad_fw-la cultum_fw-la prostare_fw-la sculpâ—â—lia_fw-la huâ—t_fw-la jesuit_n pars_fw-la secunda_fw-la de_fw-la natura_fw-la eccles._n rat_n â—erâ—â—a_fw-la imagine_v pontificiorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la exprimere_fw-la voluit_fw-la s._n trâ—nitatem_fw-la cum_fw-la pingunt_fw-la vel_fw-la unum_fw-la virum_fw-la cum_fw-la tribus_fw-la vultibus_fw-la vel_fw-la virum_fw-la bicipitâ—m_fw-la auâ—_n bifrontem_fw-la addlié_fw-fr columbá_fw-fr vel_fw-la patrem_fw-la depingunt_fw-la effigy_n viri_fw-la senis_fw-la filium_fw-la invenis_fw-la vel_fw-la agni_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la columba_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la incptae_fw-la &_o monstroâ—ae_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la deo_fw-la ignominiosae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la expressum_fw-la dei_fw-la mandatum_fw-la efformantur_fw-la atque_fw-la habenâ—ur_fw-la hominius_fw-la disputat_fw-la 37._o de_fw-fr imaginibus_fw-la deut._n 4._o 15._o as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v tell_v they_o that_o he_o on_o purpose_n do_v not_o appear_v to_o they_o under_o any_o visible_a form_n or_o similitude_n lest_o they_o shall_v represent_v he_o by_o that_o form_n and_o under_o it_o worship_v he_o which_o he_o so_o much_o warn_v they_o of_o in_o that_o place_n mr._n shermanes_a greek_a in_o the_o temple_n vide_fw-la grotium_fw-la in_o loc_n loc_n aaron_n errantipopulo_fw-la ad_fw-la idolum_fw-la fabricandum_fw-la non_fw-la consensit_fw-la inductus_fw-la sed_fw-la cessit_fw-la obstrictus_fw-la â—ec_fw-la solomonem_fw-la credibile_fw-la est_fw-la errore_fw-la putasâ—e_fw-la idolis_fw-la esse_fw-la serviendum_fw-la sed_fw-la blanditiis_fw-la foemineis_fw-la ad_fw-la illa_fw-la sacrilegia_fw-la fuisse_fw-la compulsum_fw-la aug._n the_o civet_n dei_fw-la l._n 14._o c._n 11._o non_fw-la assume_v nompe_n in_o os_fw-la tuum_fw-la id_fw-la autem_fw-la fit_a non_fw-la tantum_fw-la proprio_fw-la dei_fw-la nomine_fw-la expresso_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la quovis_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la quâ—_n deus_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la grotius_n in_o exod._n 20._o in_o vanum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la pejerabis_fw-la grotius_n in_o loc_n also_o sic_fw-la wolkelius_fw-la &_o alij_fw-la sed_fw-la latiùs_fw-la patet_fw-la hoc_fw-la prâ—ceptum_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la juramentum_fw-la restringi_fw-la debeat_fw-la cartw._n in_o loc_n vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n lo_o tissa_fw-la ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la non_fw-la fere_n verbum_fw-la nasa_n valde_fw-la latè_fw-la patet_fw-la &_o varios_fw-la habet_fw-la significationes_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la omnes_fw-la videntur_fw-la deductâ—_n à _fw-la significatione_n â—â—vandi_fw-la tollendi_fw-la seu_fw-la elevandi_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la ca_fw-mi quae_fw-la tollimus_fw-la aut_fw-la levamus_fw-la iâ—_n altum_fw-la prius_fw-la sunt_fw-la assumenda_fw-la aut_fw-la capienda_fw-la hinc_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o significatione_n assumendi_fw-la aut_fw-la usurpandi_fw-la accipitur_fw-la quâ—_n significatione_n in_o sermone_fw-la prophetia_fw-la &_o jurejurando_fw-la accipi_fw-la solet_fw-la imò_fw-la aliquando_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la adjectione_n sumitur_fw-la hoc_fw-la verbum_fw-la pro_fw-la jurare_fw-la uâ—_n isa._n 3._o 7._o jissa_fw-la bajom_n hahu_fw-mi ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la assumet_n in_o die_n illo_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la jurabit_fw-la ubi_fw-la supplent_fw-la manum_fw-la attollet_fw-la manum_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o juramento_fw-la siebat_fw-la gen._n 14._o 12._o hic_fw-la assumere_fw-la nomen_fw-la est_fw-la usurpare_fw-la nomen_fw-la dei_fw-la jurando_fw-la deus_fw-la enim_fw-la vult_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o juramento_fw-la in_o nomen_fw-la ipsius_fw-la invocetur_fw-la unde_fw-la illud_fw-la tam_fw-la saepè_fw-la repetitum_fw-la jurabis_fw-la per_fw-la nomen_fw-la meum_fw-la deut._n 6._o 13._o &_o 10._o 20._o isa._n 48._o 1._o rivetus_n in_o decalogum_fw-la schem_n jehovae_fw-la nomen_fw-la domini_fw-la accipitur_fw-la in_o scriptura_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la ipso_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la notitia_fw-la ejus_fw-la qua_fw-la inter_fw-la homines_fw-la celebratur_fw-la ac_fw-la pro_fw-la omni_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la equivalent_a autem_fw-la ista_fw-la invocare_fw-la nomen_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la invocare_fw-la jurarâ—_n per_fw-la nomen_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o per_fw-la deum_fw-la jurare_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la usurpato_fw-la alique_fw-la nomine_fw-la quo_fw-la deum_fw-la significaâ—â—us_fw-la aut_fw-la signâ—_n aliquo_fw-la quod_fw-la vicem_fw-la nominis_fw-la gerit_fw-la id._n ibid._n lascavi_fw-la in_fw-la vanum_fw-la vel_fw-la frustra_fw-la sic_fw-la vulgata_fw-la ut_fw-la lxx_o schave_v apud_fw-la ebraeos_fw-la sumitur_fw-la pro_fw-la re_fw-la vana_fw-la aut_fw-la nihili_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la gratis_o aut_fw-la frustra_fw-la saepe_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la mendacio_fw-la hic_fw-la retinemus_fw-la significationem_fw-la generalem_fw-la non_fw-la jurandum_fw-la aut_fw-la usurpaudum_fw-la nomen_fw-la domini_fw-la ubi_fw-la necesse_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la minus_fw-la includit_fw-la majus_fw-la si_fw-la frustra_fw-la non_fw-la â—it_n usurpandum_fw-la nomen_fw-la domini_fw-la multo_fw-la minus_fw-la falsó_n eadem_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la vis_fw-la vocis_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la latino_n vocabuli_fw-la vani_fw-la quod_fw-la tam_fw-la pro_fw-la mendacio_fw-la quam_fw-la pro_fw-la re_fw-la levicula_fw-la accipi_fw-la solet_fw-la sequitur_fw-la comminatio_fw-la prohibitioni_fw-la addita_fw-la lo_o jenakeh_o non_fw-la absolvet_fw-la non_fw-la innocentem_fw-la judicabit_fw-la ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la non_fw-la mundificabit_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la nomen_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o vanum_fw-la usurpaverit_fw-la non_fw-la sinet_fw-la impunitum_fw-la quo_fw-la verbo_fw-la plus_fw-la significatur_fw-la quam_fw-la prima_fw-la fancy_n videtur_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ebraeis_n familiaris_fw-la qua_fw-la plus_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la quam_fw-la dicitur_fw-la lxx_o vocem_fw-la ebraicam_fw-la expresserunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la mundabit_fw-la seu_fw-la non_fw-la habebit_fw-la pro_fw-la mundo_fw-la neque_fw-la impunem_fw-la dimittet_fw-la sic_fw-la deut._n 5._o 11._o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la gravissime_fw-la puny_n 2_o reg._n 2._o 21._o rivet_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la rom._n 1._o 9_o 2_o cor._n 1._o 23._o chap._n 1._o juramentum_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la attestatio_fw-la ad_fw-la veritatem_fw-la sermonis_fw-la nostri_fw-la confirmandam_fw-la calv._n instit._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o 1_o king_n 2._o 23._o juramentum_fw-la est_fw-la asseveratio_fw-la religiosa_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la possibili_fw-la &_o licita_fw-la cum_fw-la very_fw-la dei_fw-la invocatione_n facta_fw-la quâ_fw-la petimus_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la testis_fw-la dictorum_fw-la &_o fallentes_fw-la puniat_fw-la d._n prid._n conc_fw-fr 5._o de_fw-la religione_fw-la juramenti_fw-la juramentum_fw-la est_fw-la duplex_fw-la 1._o asseâ—torium_n quod_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la fidem_fw-la facit_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la praeterita_fw-la aut_fw-la praesenti_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la credatur_fw-la 2_o cor._n 1._o 23._o 2._o promissorium_fw-la quod_fw-la prospicit_fw-la futura_fw-la ubi_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la vel_fw-la â—mittendum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la nosmet_fw-la ipsos_fw-la astringimus_fw-la 1_o sam._n 14._o 44._o id._n ib._n usitatissima_fw-la ceremonia_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quis_fw-la jurando_fw-la manum_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la tollat_fw-la dubium_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quin_fw-la hoc_fw-la ritu_fw-la protestetur_fw-la se_fw-la jurare_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la regnat_fw-la quique_fw-la è_fw-la coelis_fw-la potest_fw-la se_fw-la si_fw-la menâ—iatur_fw-la graviter_fw-la punire_fw-la zanch._n de_fw-fr decalâ—go_n ritue_n à _fw-fr judaeis_n observatus_fw-la ille_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la juraturi_fw-la super_fw-la librum_fw-la legis_fw-la aut_fw-la tale_n aliquid_fw-la quod_fw-la sacrum_fw-la erat_fw-la manum_fw-la ponere_fw-la tenerentur_fw-la at_o hunc_fw-la librum_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la dignum_fw-la idoncum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la summa_fw-la religione_fw-la scriptum_fw-la &_o paratum_fw-la non_fw-la vitiatum_fw-la proponunt_fw-la &_o quo_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la synagogis_fw-la utantur_fw-la omne_fw-la aliud_fw-la juramentum_fw-la qualecunque_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o quavis_fw-la forma_fw-la expressum_fw-la rident_fw-la ac_fw-la pro_fw-la nihilo_fw-la ducunt_fw-la unicum_fw-la hoc_fw-la legitimum_fw-la agnoscunt_fw-la &_o venerantur_fw-la filesac_n select_a l._n 2._o c._n 4._o in_o judgement_n discreet_o when_o the_o cause_n be_v find_v weighty_a the_o doubt_n difficult_a and_o a_o oath_n necessary_a that_o belong_v to_o the_o person_n in_o truth_n sincere_o when_o the_o matter_n be_v well_o know_v to_o be_v so_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o matter_n in_o righteousness_n honest_o that_o justice_n may_v be_v fulfil_v that_o belong_v to_o the_o end_n ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la usum_fw-la juramenti_fw-la
special_a a_o blessing_n can_v have_v endure_v to_o see_v god_n holy_a altar_n by_o any_o of_o his_o priest_n pollute_v with_o so_o fearful_a a_o abomination_n and_o so_o express_o forbid_v yet_o he_o procure_v himself_o and_o his_o daughter_n great_a reproach_n in_o that_o he_o be_v fain_o to_o consecrate_v his_o only_a daughter_n to_o god_n as_o a_o perpetual_a nazaritesse_n whence_o follow_v at_o least_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o those_o time_n a_o necessity_n of_o remain_v a_o virgin_n and_o child_n less_o so_o that_o his_o example_n must_v warn_v we_o before_o vow_v to_o consider_v distinct_o and_o serious_o what_o we_o vow_v hieron_n thus_o we_o have_v show_v you_o what_o diligence_n be_v require_v before_o the_o worship_n in_o the_o worship_n be_v soul_n require_v as_o great_a diligence_n rom._n 12._o 11._o first_o with_o our_o understanding_n and_o thought_n to_o make_v they_o attentive_a that_o we_o may_v heed_v what_o we_o do_v and_o apply_v our_o thought_n and_o conceit_n 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