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A47625 A systeme or body of divinity consisting of ten books : wherein the fundamentals and main grounds of religion are opened, the contrary errours refuted, most of the controversies between us, the papists, Arminians, and Socinians discussed and handled, several Scriptures explained and vindicated from corrupt glosses : a work seasonable for these times, wherein so many articles of our faith are questioned, and so many gross errours daily published / by Edward Leigh. Leigh, Edward, 1602-1671. 1654 (1654) Wing L1008; ESTC R25452 1,648,569 942

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6._o 17._o 2_o cor._n 8._o 10._o though_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v subdue_v in_o conversion_n and_o make_v free_a yet_o it_o be_v not_o perfect_o make_v free_a as_o a_o degree_n of_o blindness_n that_o remain_v in_o the_o understanding_n so_o a_o degree_n of_o bondage_n in_o the_o will._n the_o work_n of_o conversion_n be_v never_o perfect_v till_o the_o will_v be_v gain_v it_o begin_v in_o the_o mind_n ephes._n 4._o 23._o but_o end_n in_o the_o will_n deut._n ●0_n 6._o all_o liberty_n must_v proceed_v from_o liberum_fw-la judicium_fw-la a_o judgement_n of_o the_o understanding_n not_o mislead_v by_o sensitive_a object_n aquinas_n the_o will_n be_v renew_v in_o a_o godly_a man_n in_o these_o particular_n 1._o it_o be_v make_v flexible_a so_o paul_n when_o he_o be_v convert_v lord_n what_o will_v thou_o have_v i_o to_o do_v psal._n 40._o 8._o &_o 143._o 10._o this_o will_n be_v break_v which_o before_o be_v contumacious_a and_o stubborn_a isa._n 11._o 6._o 2._o tender_a it_o be_v 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〈◊〉_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 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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 pu●●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 ●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 he_o take_v the_o church_n for_o the_o 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son_n vide_fw-la bezam_n bezam_n hoc_fw-la testimovio_fw-la utuntur_fw-la omnes_fw-la patres_fw-la contra_fw-la arian●s_fw-la ut_fw-la probent_fw-la u●am_fw-la esse_fw-la essentiam_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o filii_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr christ._n l._n 1._o c._n 6_o 6_o ariu●_n stumble_v at_o the_o greek_a text_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n create_v i_o and_o on_o that_o corrupt_a translation_n ground_v his_o heresy_n that_o christ_n be_v a_o creature_n christ_n be_v god_n by_o nature_n gal_n 4._o 8._o which_o place_n be_v strong_o urge_v by_o mr_n cheynel_n against_o earbury_n who_o hold_v that_o the_o saint_n have_v the_o same_o fullness_n of_o the_o godhead_n dwell_v in_o they_o as_o it_o do_v in_o christ_n and_o that_o the_o spirit_n be_v but_o the_o power_n of_o god_n in_o the_o man_n christ_n a_o account_n give_v to_o the_o parliament_n by_o the_o minister_n send_v by_o they_o to_o oxford_n in_o the_o first_o nicene_n council_n gather_v together_o against_o arius_n the_o prince_n of_o all_o heretic_n who_o deny_v the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n there_o be_v 318_o bishop_n a_o man_n will_v think_v that_o there_o be_v but_o small_a difference_n it_o be_v but_o a_o little_a jota_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o the_o right_a believer_n can_v never_o be_v bring_v as_o theodoret_n witness_v either_o to_o omit_v the_o one_o or_o admit_v the_o other_o dr_n prideaux_n ephesus_n backslide_v justinus_n 1_o imperator_fw-la edicto_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la vel_fw-la unicam_fw-la syllabam_fw-la in_o doctrina_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la orthodoxae_fw-la de_fw-la trinitate_fw-la mutaret_fw-la addita_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la syllabis_fw-la veritas_fw-la fidei_fw-la contineatur_fw-la vedel_n de_fw-fr prud._n vet_n eccles_n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o 3._o vide_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-la christo_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 13_o 14_o 15_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o the_o holy_a spirit_n 1._o work_v grace_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o god_n people_n that_o be_v do_v by_o a_o almighty_a power_n ephes._n 1._o 19_o therefore_o ●e_a i●_n a_o omnipotent_a essence_n 2._o dwell_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o god_n people_n therefore_o he_o be_v omnipresent_v 3._o assist_v the_o people_n of_o god_n in_o their_o prayer_n and_o increase_v their_o grace_n therefore_o he_o be_v a_o omniscient_a god_n in_o the_o apostle_n creed_n as_o i_o believe_v in_o the_o father_n and_o in_o the_o son_n so_o in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n credimus_fw-la multu●_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o sibyl_n praeterquam_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la credimus_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la in_o aliquem_fw-la credere_fw-la ●isi_fw-la ●●_o per_fw-la omne_fw-la assentiri_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o ●o_o omnem_fw-la spem_fw-la &_o ●iduct●m_fw-la coll●cdr●_n hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la ●●lli_fw-la creaturoe_fw-mi sed_fw-la deo_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la conven●●_n 1_o pet._n 1._o 21._o he_o be_v call_v the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n john_n 14._o 26._o the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n rom._n 8._o 15._o the_o spirit_n of_o sanctification_n rom._n 1._o 4._o the_o spirit_n of_o renew_v tit._n 3._o 5._o rom._n 9_o 1._o una_fw-la tautum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o deitate_fw-la persona_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la verba_fw-la christi_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolos_fw-la indidicant_fw-la luc._n 24._o 49._o cate●h_o eccles._n polou_n c._n 6._o vide_fw-la plura_fw-la ibid._n the_o father_n ●s_v prima_fw-la persona_fw-la in_o order_n not_o in_o dignity_n 2._o the_o fountain_n and_o original_n of_o the_o derty_n unto_o the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n unto_o the_o son_n giguendo_fw-la unto_o the_o holy_a ghost_n together_o with_o the_o son_n spirando_fw-la 3._o he_o be_v unbegotten_a and_o proceed_v from_o none_o mr_n dow●_n on_o john_n 17._o 1._o proprietates_fw-la patris_fw-la personales_fw-la quibus_fw-la à_fw-la filio_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la &_o spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la sunt_fw-la dvae_fw-la 1._o esse_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la pater_fw-la enim_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o gignere_fw-la filium_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wendelinus_n quinque_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la paternitas_fw-la innascibilitas_fw-la filiatio_fw-la processio_fw-la &_o communis_fw-la spiratio_fw-la august_n paternitas_fw-la &_o innascibilitas_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la solummodò_fw-la patri_fw-la filiatio_fw-la tantummodò_fw-la filio_fw-la spiritui_fw-la verò_fw-la sancto_fw-la processio_fw-la communis_fw-la spiratio_fw-la patri_fw-la &_o filio_fw-la respectu_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la raym._n mart._n pugio_fw-la adversus_fw-la judaeos_fw-la part_n 3._o dist._n 1._o c._n 5._o cartwright_n in_o his_o harmony_n say_v hic_fw-la locus_fw-la eximius_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la asserendum_fw-la processum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la à_fw-la filio_fw-la meaning_n john_n 14._o 15._o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v call_v the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o the_o son_n rom._n 8._o 9_o gal._n 6._o as_o he_o be_v call_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o father_n mat._n 10._o 20._o because_o he_o be_v breathe_v from_o both_o vide_fw-la aquin._n sum._n theol._n part_n 1._o quest._n 36._o art_n 3._o 4._o in_o ecclesiaveteri_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o templo_fw-la ca●tari_fw-la solebat_fw-la quam_fw-la orthodoxi_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d gloria_fw-la patri_fw-la &_o filio_fw-la &_o spiritui_fw-la sancto_fw-la in_o secula_fw-la seculorum_fw-la ariani_n autem_fw-la glorioe_fw-la filii_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la detpahe●tes_fw-la fic_z eam_fw-la concipiebant_fw-la gloria_fw-la patri_fw-la per_fw-la filium_fw-la in_o spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la vedel_n de_fw-fr prudentia_fw-la veteris_fw-la ecclesioe_v l._n 2._o c._n 5._o dr_n field_n somewhat_o qualifi_v this_o opinion_n of_o the_o grecian_n and_o say_v they_o differ_v but_o modo_fw-la loquendi_fw-la they_o hold_v say_v he_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v not_o à_fw-la patre_fw-la &_o filio_fw-la but_o à_fw-la patre_fw-la per_fw-la filium_fw-la see_v dr_n hall_n peacemaker_n sect._n 4._o 1_o cor._n 8._o 6._o rom._n 11._o 36._o heb._n 1._o 2_o 3._o nec_fw-la periculosius_fw-la alicubi_fw-la erratur_fw-la nec_fw-la laboriosius_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la nee_n fructuosius_fw-la aliquid_fw-la invenitur_fw-la aug._n 1._o de_fw-fr trin._n simon_n magus_n be_v the_o first_o man_n that_o deny_v the_o trinity_n of_o person_n he_o say_v they_o be_v diversa_fw-la nomina_fw-la sub_fw-la diversa_fw-la operatione_n irenaeus_n the_o turk_n at_o their_o prayer_n use_v often_o to_o reiterate_v these_o word_n hue_n hue_n hue_n that_o be_v he_o he_o he_o alone_o be_v god_n or_o there_o be_v but_o one_o only_a supreme_a power_n which_o they_o do_v in_o derision_n of_o christian_n who_o as_o they_o say_v adore_v three_o go_n he_o who_o deny_v any_o one_o person_n do_v not_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n as_o the_o jew_n and_o turk_n and_o too_o many_o other_o in_o these_o day_n john_n 16._o 2._o 1_o john_n 2._o 22_o 23._o no_o man_n can_v know_v the_o father_n nor_o believe_v in_o he_o john_n 14._o 2._o but_o by_o christ._n vide_fw-la vedel_n de_fw-fr deo_fw-la synagoga_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 6._o there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n 1._o immanent_a terminate_v in_o himself_o his_o decree_n 2._o transient_a the_o execution_n of_o his_o eternal_a decree_n in_o time_n 1._o quid_fw-la nominis_fw-la 2._o quid_fw-la rei_fw-la rei_fw-la decretum_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la definita_fw-la ejus_fw-la sententia_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la per_fw-la omni_fw-la potentiam_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la confilium_fw-la suum_fw-la efficiendis_fw-la ames_n medulla_n theol._n ephes._n 1._o 11._o 11._o decretum_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la actio_fw-la illius_fw-la interna_fw-la atque_fw-la aeterna_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la rebus_fw-la possibilibus_fw-la atque_fw-la indefinitis_fw-la ea_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o sola_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o erunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la suae_fw-la judicium_fw-la immutabili_fw-la liberrimae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la placito_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la fierent_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la gloriam_fw-la rectè_fw-la praefinivit_fw-la gomarus_n in_o thesibus_fw-la decretum_fw-la est_fw-la actio_fw-la dei_fw-la ex_fw-la confilio_fw-la &_o proposito_fw-la suae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la omne_fw-la omniumque_fw-la rerum_fw-la circumstantias_fw-la omnes_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la in_o se_fw-la certò_fw-la &_o immutabiliter_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la liberè_fw-la defimens_fw-la remonstrantes_n absolutum_fw-la nullum_fw-la admittunt_fw-la decretum_fw-la de_fw-la futuro_fw-la quovis_fw-la contingenti_fw-la sed_fw-la conditionatum_fw-la tantum_fw-la ames_n cotan_n though_o the_o lord_n have_v decree_v sin_n to_o be_v yet_o he_o decree_v it_o not_o as_o sin_v but_o as_o a_o mean_n of_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o justice_n on_o the_o wicked_a and_o grace_n on_o the_o saint_n ipsum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la qua_fw-la peccatum_fw-la praefinitur_fw-la in_fw-la ipsa_fw-la tamen_fw-la praefinitione_fw-la certò_fw-la videtur_fw-la &_o aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la decreti_fw-la illius_fw-la consequens_fw-la effectus_fw-la autem_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la vult_fw-la deus_fw-la actus_fw-la bonos_fw-es &_o qua_fw-la actus_fw-la &_o qua_fw-la bonos_fw-es malos_fw-la qua_fw-la actus_fw-la non_fw-la qua_fw-la malos_fw-la rescript_n ames_n ad_fw-la responsu●_fw-la grevinch_n c._n 13._o act_n 2._o 23._o and_o 4._o 28._o gen._n 45._o 5_o 6_o 7._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 13._o 13._o
all_o righteousness_n because_o of_o god_n graciousness_n in_o deliver_v he_o out_o of_o affliction_n the_o want_n of_o this_o god_n blame_v deut._n 28._o 47._o and_o so_o be_v good_a thing_n to_o be_v use_v 2._o the_o patient_a and_o penitent_a bear_n of_o affliction_n be_v a_o frame_n of_o ourselves_o willing_o and_o without_o grudge_v to_o undergo_v the_o same_o because_o god_n have_v do_v they_o yea_o to_o humble_a ourselves_o before_o he_o and_o turn_v unto_o he_o with_o repentance_n so_o david_n do_v psal._n 39_o 9_o &_o 38._o 13_o 17._o so_o james_n wish_v ch_n 4._o v._n 10._o and_o peter_n 1_o pet._n 5._o 6._o so_o do_v eliphaz_n advise_v job_n 5._o 8._o when_o we_o meet_v with_o any_o evil_n from_o god_n if_o we_o consider_v god_n have_v send_v this_o upon_o i_o and_o therefore_o frame_v to_o be_v well_o please_v with_o it_o and_o to_o humble_v ourselves_o and_o renew_v our_o repentance_n before_o he_o confess_v our_o sin_n and_o supplicate_v to_o he_o for_o favour_n and_o 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