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the_o church_n i_o will_v it_o never_o have_v be_v or_o now_o be_v not_o also_o true_a of_o they_o that_o be_v within_o the_o church_n how_o many_o jew_n have_v uncircumcised_a themselves_o and_o how_o many_o have_v unchristian_v themselves_o that_o be_v sometime_o member_n of_o the_o church_n how_o many_o do_v daily_o return_v like_o dog_n to_o their_o vomit_n and_o like_o swine_n to_o their_o wallow_n in_o the_o mire_n yea_o how_o few_o be_v there_o of_o we_o that_o do_v not_o often_o sorrow_n for_o some_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v do_v well_o then_o for_o many_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v do_v ill_a unto_o who_o i_o must_v remember_v that_o of_o saint_n peter_n it_o be_v better_o never_o to_o have_v know_v the_o way_n of_o righteousness_n then_o after_o we_o have_v enter_v it_o to_o turn_v from_o it_o 2._o 2_o epist_n cap._n 2._o tertullian_n give_v the_o reason_n for_o they_o say_v he_o that_o repent_v of_o their_o repentance_n towards_o god_n by_o how_o much_o they_o shall_v 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temple_n then_o build_v by_o zorobabel_n some_o have_v think_v that_o the_o temple_n which_o be_v stand_v when_o christ_n be_v incarnate_a be_v not_o the_o temple_n build_v by_o zorobabel_n but_o another_o which_o herod_n build_v but_o we_o must_v take_v heed_n of_o that_o opinion_n for_o it_o have_v two_o evil_n in_o it_o 1._o josephus_n flavius_n josephus_n it_o give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o lie_n in_o this_o place_n 2._o and_o it_o cherish_v the_o jew_n vain_a expectation_n of_o their_o messiah_n it_o be_v true_a that_o herod_n enlarge_v that_o temple_n and_o add_v many_o building_n to_o it_o but_o he_o do_v not_o demolish_v the_o old_a neither_o indeed_o can_v he_o and_o this_o prophecy_n continue_v true_a for_o god_n promise_v that_o christ_n shall_v come_v even_o into_o this_o temple_n that_o now_o be_v building_n and_o see_v that_o temple_n with_o all_o the_o addition_n of_o herod_n have_v many_o hundied_a year_n since_o according_a to_o christ_n prophecy_n be_v so_o 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exceed_o in_o love_n st._n austin_n observe_v this_o property_n joh_n tract_n 7._o in_o 1._o epist_n joh_n de_fw-fr columba_n demonstrata_fw-la est_fw-la charitas_fw-la quae_fw-la venit_fw-la super_fw-la dominum_fw-la quo_fw-la nobis_fw-la infunderetur_fw-la the_o dove_n be_v the_o emblem_n of_o charity_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n and_o from_o he_o stream_v into_o we_o and_o indeed_o great_a charity_n can_v not_o be_v find_v in_o any_o than_o be_v in_o our_o saviour_n christ_n who_o give_v his_o life_n for_o his_o friend_n yea_o for_o his_o enemy_n and_o he_o commend_v no_o virtue_n more_o than_o charity_n unto_o we_o he_o pray_v that_o we_o may_v be_v like_a to_o he_o therein_o and_o tell_v we_o that_o by_o this_o shall_v all_o man_n know_v we_o be_v his_o disciple_n if_o we_o love_v one_o another_o 13._o joh._n 1â—_n joh._n 13._o the_o whole_a book_n of_o canticle_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o commentary_n upon_o this_o property_n wherein_o the_o name_n of_o dove_n be_v more_o than_o 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the_o wisdom_n of_o his_o enemy_n plain_a folly_n &_o their_o fury_n turn_v unto_o his_o great_a glory_n neither_o have_v these_o property_n prove_v worse_o in_o christian_n it_o be_v a_o easy_a matter_n to_o prove_v it_o out_o of_o the_o martyrs_n story_n record_v both_o in_o the_o old_a and_o the_o new_a testament_n yea_o which_o make_v the_o opposite_a vice_n more_o odious_a never_o be_v there_o any_o crafty_a wit_n that_o be_v not_o unto_o himself_o a_o snare_n nor_o cruel_a heart_n who_o hand_n do_v not_o give_v himself_o the_o deadly_a wound_n the_o serpent_n the_o roar_a lion_n that_o set_v upon_o christ_n what_o be_v they_o but_o monument_n of_o the_o evil_a success_n of_o their_o hellish_a quality_n wherefore_o though_o the_o world_n please_v itself_o in_o wiliness_n and_o bloodinesse_n let_v it_o always_o be_v the_o care_n and_o comfort_n of_o a_o christian_a
filio_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o hominis_fw-la the_o same_o title_n belong_v unto_o he_o even_o as_o he_o be_v incarnate_a whereof_o the_o ground_n be_v the_o personal_a union_n the_o manhood_n be_v assume_v into_o one_o person_n with_o the_o godhead_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o first_o consideration_n be_v he_o call_v unigenitus_fw-la the_o only_o beget_v of_o his_o father_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o second_o he_o be_v call_v primogenitus_fw-la the_o first_o bear_v of_o many_o brethren_n both_o way_n be_v christ_n near_o unto_o god_n but_o our_o comfort_n stand_v in_o the_o latter_a that_o emanuel_n god_n with_o we_o or_o in_o our_o nature_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o that_o be_v fons_fw-la &_o origo_fw-la adoptionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la it_o be_v that_o which_o lay_v the_o soundation_n of_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god._n as_o christ_n be_v near_o so_o be_v he_o dear_a unto_o god._n and_o indeed_o the_o word_n that_o note_v the_o nearness_n contain_v the_o 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that_o place_n in_o the_o psalm_n 40._o psal_n 40._o sacrifice_n and_o offering_n thou_o will_v not_o but_o a_o body_n have_v then_o prepare_v i_o in_o burn_a offering_n and_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n thou_o have_v no_o pleasure_n than_o say_v i_o lo_o i_o come_v in_o the_o volume_n of_o thy_o book_n it_o be_v write_v of_o i_o to_o have_v thy_o will_n o_o god_n in_o this_o sense_n do_v the_o law_n use_v the_o word_n ratza_fw-mi when_o it_o be_v apply_v to_o sacrifice_n 1._o â—enit_fw-la 1._o and_o say_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v accept_v for_o the_o offerer_n and_o make_v a_o atonement_n for_o he_o until_o christ_n come_v there_o be_v no_o remedy_n against_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n but_o typical_a within_o the_o church_n and_o without_o fruitless_a 1._o colos_n 1._o but_o christ_n incarnate_a bring_v a_o sovereign_a remedy_n 2._o ephes_n 2._o when_o he_o become_v the_o true_a propitiatory_a in_o he_o it_o please_v god_n that_o all_o fullness_n shall_v dwell_v and_o by_o he_o 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