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be_v examine_v which_o may_v be_v find_v in_o that_o apology_n from_o p._n 115_o to_o p._n 144._o i_o think_v more_o be_v speak_v for_o i_o then_o against_o i_o he_o be_v please_v pag._n 139._o to_o say_v the_o difference_n be_v so_o small_a that_o be_v it_o not_o for_o some_o scatter_a by-passage_n i_o will_v scarce_o have_v reply_v to_o you_o i_o therefore_o shall_v return_v no_o other_o rejoynder_n but_o only_o to_o observe_v such_o passage_n as_o may_v best_o serve_v to_o clear_v the_o truth_n in_o question_n he_o go_v about_o to_o take_v away_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o question_n and_o say_v i_o never_o hear_v of_o nor_o know_v a_o conditional_a seal_n in_o the_o world_n which_o to_o i_o be_v very_o strange_a beside_o what_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o it_o he_o have_v doubtless_o read_v mr._n marshal_n answer_v to_o mr._n t._n and_o pag._n 224._o of_o his_o treatise_n of_o infant-baptisme_n he_o make_v we_o know_v that_o he_o have_v read_v it_o and_o he_o express_o call_v it_o a_o 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that_o this_o be_v not_o within_o a_o omnipotence_n to_o make_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v while_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v unless_o mr._n baxter_n mean_v that_o such_o wax_n with_o impression_n make_v be_v formal_o no_o seal_n before_o the_o time_n that_o in_o law_n it_o have_v its_o efficacy_n as_o he_o seem_v to_o say_v sect._n 72._o where_o he_o have_v these_o word_n to_o say_v i_o conditional_o seal_v be_v to_o say_v it_o shall_v be_v no_o seal_n till_o the_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n so_o a_o bond_n seal_v and_o deliver_v in_o presence_n of_o witness_n be_v unseal_v till_o it_o be_v forfeit_v which_o be_v a_o manifest_a absurdity_n and_o i_o speak_v not_o of_o a_o conditional_a seal_n as_o oppose_v to_o actual_a i_o shall_v call_v such_o a_o seal_n not_o conditional_a but_o potential_a i_o speak_v to_o conditional_a seal_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o question_n that_o be_v when_o a_o man_n tie_v himself_o by_o seal_n to_o such_o or_o such_o a_o thing_n not_o absolute_o 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a_o learned_a papist_n join_v with_o protestant_n in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o justification_n and_o many_o other_o this_o great_a wit_n of_o the_o popish_a party_n read_v mr._n calvin_n to_o confute_v he_o in_o the_o point_n of_o justification_n be_v confute_v by_o he_o and_o write_v with_o we_o against_o his_o own_o party_n as_o be_v not_o only_o affirm_v by_o man_n of_o our_o party_n as_o davenant_n the_o just_a habit_n cap._n 29._o pag._n 382._o albertus_n pighius_fw-la say_v he_o in_o his_o controversy_n large_o explain_v and_o confirm_v our_o opinion_n 1._o he_o exclude_v inherent_a righteousness_n from_o any_o efficacy_n in_o justification_n 2._o he_o manifest_o approve_v the_o imputation_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n last_o he_o give_v his_o reason_n why_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o for_o justification_n and_o then_o add_v many_o more_o thing_n be_v find_v in_o the_o same_o author_n who_o though_o in_o other_o controversy_n he_o maintain_v a_o 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