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ârrorum_fw-la republica_n pellendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la una_fw-la quidem_fw-la vice_fw-la si_fw-la commode_v fieri_fw-la queat_fw-la sin_n mìnus_fw-la seâsim_fw-la &_o paulatim_fw-la non_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la hac_fw-la quidâm_fw-la in_o re_fw-la probatione_fw-la nam_fw-la turbulentis_fw-la &_o vertiginosis_n aeolis_n abactis_fw-la mare_fw-la quod_fw-la imò_fw-la fundo_fw-la exciverunt_fw-la sponte_fw-la conquiescet_fw-la et_fw-la error_n cui_fw-la patroâimum_fw-la deerit_fw-la sine_fw-la pugna_fw-la concidet_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v heretical_a teacher_n and_o master_n of_o error_n so_o he_o call_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v to_o be_v banish_v out_o of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o that_o at_o once_o if_o it_o can_v convenient_o be_v if_o not_o insensible_o and_o by_o degree_n that_o this_o be_v a_o sure_a way_n to_o reduce_v a_o nation_n to_o the_o true_a religion_n so_o he_o miscall_v popery_n need_v not_o much_o proof_n for_o when_o the_o turbulent_a wind_n 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esse_fw-la quiâ_n illa_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la mirabilia_fw-la fecit_fw-la donatus_n vel_fw-la pontius_n vel_fw-la quilibet_fw-la alius_fw-la etc._n etc._n aut_fw-la quia_fw-la ille_fw-la frater_fw-la noster_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la soror_fw-la nostra_fw-la talâ_n visum_fw-la vigilans_fw-la vidit_fw-la âel_a âale_n visum_fw-la dormiens_fw-la somniavit_fw-la removeantur_fw-la ista_fw-la uâl_fw-la figmenta_fw-la mendaâium_fw-la bominum_fw-la vol_fw-it portenta_fw-la fallacium_fw-la spirituum_fw-la etc._n etc._n remotis_fw-la âmnibus_fw-la istis_fw-la ecclesiâm_fw-la suâm_fw-la demonâtronâ_n non_fw-la in_o signis_fw-la &_o prodigy_n fallacibus_fw-la quia_fw-la etiam_fw-la contra_fw-la ista_fw-la verbo_fw-la domini_fw-la praepârati_fw-la &_o caâti_fw-la reâ_n liti_fw-la sumâs_fw-la sed_fw-la in_fw-la praescripto_fw-la legis_fw-la in_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la praedictis_fw-la in_fw-la psalmorum_fw-la cantibus_fw-la in_o ipsiâs_a pâstoris_n vocibus_fw-la in_fw-la evangelistârâm_fw-la praedicationibus_fw-la &_o laboribus_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la canonicis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la librorum_fw-la autoritatibus_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr unitaâe_fw-fr eccles._n c._n 18_o 19_o in_o ediâione_n louâniensi_fw-la ann._n 1616._o nec_fw-la habemus_fw-la mandatum_fw-la ut_fw-la expectâmus_fw-la immediatam_fw-la vocationem_fw-la nec_fw-la promissionem_fw-la deum_fw-la velle_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la mittâre_fw-la operarios_fw-la in_o messem_fw-la svam_fw-la per_fw-la immediatam_fw-la vocationem_fw-la sâd_fw-la per_fw-la apostolos_fw-la tradidit_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la praescripsit_fw-la certam_fw-la formam_fw-la quâmodò_fw-la nunc_fw-la velit_fw-la mittâre_fw-la &_o vocare_fw-la ministros_fw-la nimirum_fw-la pâr_fw-la mediatam_fw-la vocationem_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la opus_fw-la nunc_fw-la est_fw-la immediatâ_fw-la vocatione_n deus_fw-la enim_fw-la omnino_fw-la vult_fw-la ut_fw-la ministerium_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la consummationem_fw-la seculi_fw-la alligatum_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la vocem_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la quae_fw-la a_o filio_fw-la dâi_fw-la accepta_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la apostolis_n immediaâè_fw-la vocatis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tradita_fw-la est_fw-la chemnit_fw-la loc_n commun_n de_fw-fr ecclesiâ_fw-la zanch._n in_o 4._o praecep_v p._n 719._o idem_fw-la liquet_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la romanâ_fw-la corruptissimus_fw-la fuit_fw-la magna_fw-la ex parte_v culâus_fw-la dei_fw-la interim_n servavit_fw-la ibi_fw-la deus_fw-la integros_fw-la fidâi_fw-la articulos_fw-la &_o baptismum_fw-la ad_fw-la substantiam_fw-la quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la &_o quantum_fw-la erat_fw-la satis_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la electorum_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la sicut_fw-la non_fw-la peniâùs_fw-la extincta_fw-la ibi_fw-la fuit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sic_fw-la neque_fw-la penitùs_fw-la interierit_fw-la ministerium_fw-la zanch._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la gerhard_n de_fw-fr minist_n eccles._n p._n 88_o bucan_n loc_n commune_v de_fw-fr ministerio_fw-la quest_n 43._o rom._n 16.18_o act._n 15.24_o pag._n 147.148_o quamvis_fw-la vero_fw-la ritus_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la pontificiâ_fw-la multis_fw-la superstitiosis_fw-la ac_fw-la inutilibus_fw-la ceremonijs_fw-la sit_fw-la vitiatus_fw-la ex_fw-la âo_o tamen_fw-la ipsius_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la essentiae_fw-la nihil_fw-la decedit_fw-la distinguenda_fw-la igitur_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ordinantis_fw-la impuritas_fw-la ab_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la nomine_fw-la &_o in_o ipsa_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la distinguendum_fw-la est_fw-la divinum_fw-la ab_fw-la humano_fw-la essentialè_fw-la ab_fw-la accidentali_fw-la pium_fw-la &_o christianum_fw-la ab_fw-la antichristiano_n sicut_fw-la olim_fw-la in_o ecclesiá_fw-la israelitica_fw-la super_fw-la cathedram_fw-la moses_n sedebant_fw-la scribae_fw-la &_o pharisaei_n mat._n 23.2_o quorum_fw-la ministerio_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la ordinationibus_fw-la utendum_fw-la interim_n tamen_fw-la a_o sermento_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la cavendum_fw-la erat_fw-la mat._n 16.12_o ita_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la romanâ_fw-la illorum_fw-la qui_fw-la erant_fw-la in_o ordinariâ_fw-la successione_n ministerio_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la ordinationibus_fw-la utendum_fw-la erat_fw-la interim_n tamen_fw-la fermentum_fw-la admixtum_fw-la à _fw-la puritate_fw-la massae_fw-la distinguendum_fw-la zanch._n in_o 4._o praecep_v p._n 774._o of_o the_o same_o judgement_n be_v amesius_n who_o in_o his_o medulla_n theologiae_n l._n 1._o cap._n 33._o say_v thus_o wiclephus_fw-la lutherus_n zuinglius_fw-la &_o simile_n evangelij_fw-la restauratoreâ_n primi_fw-la non_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la propriè_fw-la loquendo_fw-la extraordinarij_fw-la ministri_fw-la extraordinarij_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la malè_fw-la à _fw-la quibusdam_fw-la appellantur_fw-la 1._o quia_fw-la aliquid_fw-la praestiterum_fw-la simile_n eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la extraordinarijs_fw-la ministris_fw-la praestita_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la olim_fw-la 2._o quia_fw-la quoad_fw-la gradum_fw-la singularia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la dona_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la prout_fw-la res_fw-la ipsa_fw-la postulabat_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la affirmari_fw-la potest_fw-la de_fw-la multis_fw-la inter_fw-la martyr_n illustriores_fw-la 3._o quia_fw-la ordine_fw-la tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la perturbato_fw-la &_o collapso_fw-la necesse_fw-la habueruâ_n nonnulla_fw-la tentare_fw-la praeter_fw-la ordinem_fw-la communem_fw-la propos._n 1_o eph._n 4.11_o act._n 20.28_o 2_o cor._n 5.20_o 1_o cor._n 4.1_o 1_o th._n 5.12_o 13_o heb._n 13.17_o 1_o cor._n 3.5_o 6._o propos._n 2._o paraei_n commân_n in_o romanos_fw-la propos._n 3_o propos._n 1_o act._n 1.23_o communibus_fw-la calculis_fw-la eligere_fw-la act._n 6.3_o selden_n de_fw-fr synedrijs_fw-la m._n gillespy_v treatise_n of_o miscellany_n question_n â_o 2._o p._n 8_o 9_o idem_fw-la pag._n 30._o pag._n 28._o pag._n 30_o 31._o bucani_n loc_n commun_n de_fw-fr minist_n gerhard_n de_fw-fr minist_n p._n 95_o diatribe_v propos._n 2._o ames_n med_n p_o 217._o m._n hooker_n survey_v of_o church-discipline_n vocatio_fw-la propriè_fw-la &_o essentialiter_fw-la consistit_fw-la in_o electione_n ames_n survey_v of_o church-discipline_n par_fw-fr 2._o pag._n 67._o act._n 6.3_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d act._n 6.6_o act._n 14.21_o 23._o tit._n 1.5_o m._n hooker_n par_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 2._o pag._n 66._o m._n firmin_n separation_n examine_v pag._n 56._o survey_v of_o church-discipline_n par_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 2._o pag._n 61_o 62._o separation_n examine_v pag._n 62._o m._n hudson_n of_o the_o essence_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o church-catholick_n and_o his_o vindication_n pag._n 140._o act._n 2.41_o m._n hudsons_n vindication_n p._n 148_o 149_o 150._o pag._n 144._o m._n ball_n trial_n of_o the_o churchway_n p._n 80._o survey_v of_o discipline_n part_v 2_o c._n 2._o p._n 61._o hudson_n vindication_n p._n 139._o austin_n contra_fw-la parmenianum_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 13._o de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi conjugali_fw-la contra_fw-la jovinian_a c._n 24._o m._n hookââ_n survey_v of_o