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A34087 The several kinds of inspirations and revelations pretended by the Quakers tried and found destructive to Holy Scripture and true religion in answer to Thomas Ellwood's defence thereof in his tract miscalled Truth prevailing &c. Comber, Thomas, 1645-1699. 1698 (1698) Wing C5493A; ESTC R27907 138,731 240

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word_n be_v yea_o and_o nay_o or_o thou_o as_o t._n ellwood_n seem_v to_o intimate_v p._n 27._o there_o be_v no_o devil_n but_o flesh_n and_o outward_a object_n dan._n 73._o the_o four_o beast_n be_v the_o four_o power_n which_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v 23._o fire_n in_o the_o bush_n p._n 74._o p._n 23._o that_o be_v magistracy_n ministry_n law_n and_o propriety_n the_o beast_n slay_v dan._n 7.11_o be_v all_o imaginary_a selfish_a power_n hear_v what_o the_o spirit_n speak_v dan._n 9.24_o 32._o true_a christian_a faith_n p._n 58._o new_a law_n p._n 32._o the_o finish_v transgression_n etc._n etc._n be_v have_v the_o mind_n true_o turn_v to_o the_o appearance_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n within_o rev._n 13.1_o the_o flesh_n be_v the_o beast_n with_o seven_o head_n but_o different_o expound_v by_o t._n ellwood_n p._n 243._o rev._n 3.7_o 8._o the_o beast_n have_v power_n over_o tongue_n be_v fulfil_v by_o master_v of_o art_n 8._o truth_n exalt_v p._n 8._o bachelor_n of_o art_n vice-chancellor_n over_o college_n and_o other_o the_o light_n interpret_v these_o two_o text_n rev._n 9.4_o 126._o saint_n parad._n 126._o green_a grass_n be_v the_o tender_a son_n of_o christ_n matth._n 12.31_o that_o old_a pusle_a text_n sin_n here_o be_v the_o serpent_n the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o anoint_v or_o spirit_n rule_v in_o flesh_n the_o two_o witness_n 80._o new_a law_n p._n 80._o be_v christ_n in_o one_o body_n and_o christ_n in_o many_o body_n or_o as_o another_o will_v have_v they_o to_o be_v christ_n the_o light_n within_o and_o immediate_a revelation_n which_o have_v be_v slay_v in_o man_n babylon_n be_v the_o great_a city_n of_o fleshly_a confusion_n the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n 11._o univer_n gra._n p._n 5._o nsw_n law_n p._n 43._o p._n 94._o fire_n in_o the_o bush_n p._n 11._o and_o the_o man_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o first_o adam_n the_o mystery_n of_o godliness_n be_v the_o second_o adam_n michael_n and_o the_o dragon_n do_v fight_v in_o mankind_n the_o battle_n between_o they_o be_v in_o the_o heart_n the_o temple_n of_o god_n 2_o thes_n where_o the_o man_n of_o sin_n sit_v be_v man_n heart_n there_o he_o be_v worship_v in_o the_o degenerate_a state_n 58._o im._n rev._n p._n 86._o p._n 194._o true_a christ_n p._n 185._o im._n rev._n p._n 194._o truth_n lift_v p._n 50._o fire_n in_o the_o bush_n p._n 58._o antichrist_n be_v not_o a_o person_n or_o person_n particular_a but_o a_o spirit_n the_o very_a spirit_n of_o satan_n the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v sin_v against_o that_o belove_a son_n or_o body_n in_o who_o the_o father_n dwell_v bodily_a time_n be_v monarchy_n time_n be_v popery_n and_o reform_a episcopacy_n the_o divide_v of_o time_n be_v presbytery_n independency_n and_o state_n government_n these_o be_v enough_o to_o cloy_v thus_o the_o man_n of_o revelation_n do_v expound_v chap._n ix_o of_o their_o demonstration_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o new_a dispensation_n iv_o to_o appear_v like_o the_o apostle_n successor_n the_o better_a title_n univer_n gr._n in_o the_o title_n they_o challenge_v the_o evidence_n and_o demonstration_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n word_v by_o t._n ellwood_n p._n 244._o thus_o that_o the_o gospel_n shall_v be_v preach_v in_o the_o demonstration_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o power_n after_o the_o apostasy_n as_o well_o as_o before_o and_o this_o belong_v to_o they_o who_o be_v emerge_v out_o of_o the_o apostasy_n and_o be_v the_o church_n return_v out_o of_o the_o wilderness_n they_o fancy_v themselves_o to_o be_v like_o the_o apostle_n they_o witness_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n fall_v upon_o they_o 36._o some_o princ._n p._n 48._o smith_n gospel_n tiding_n p._n 36._o as_o former_o among_o the_o apostle_n the_o gospel_n be_v now_o preach_v in_o the_o same_o power_n as_o former_o but_o their_o claim_n be_v ill_o bottom_v and_o their_o demonstration_n indemonstrable_a first_o therefore_o we_o shall_v search_v into_o the_o sense_n of_o that_o phrase_n second_o 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beza_n in_o his_o shorternote_n in_o locum_fw-la quo_fw-la significatur_fw-la probatio_fw-la quae_fw-la fit_a certis_fw-la &_o necessariis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la demonstration_n be_v a_o certain_a proof_n by_o necessary_a and_o conclude_a reason_n habent_fw-la mathematici_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o mathematician_n have_v their_o demonstration_n locum_fw-la grot._n in_o locum_fw-la etc._n etc._n how_o much_o great_a be_v that_o demonstration_n by_o such_o and_o so_o great_a miracle_n ham._n dr._n ham._n not_o in_o rhetorical_a proof_n or_o probable_a argument_n but_o in_o plain_a demonstration_n so_o that_o it_o do_v not_o consist_v in_o inward_a but_o in_o outward_a evidence_n and_o proof_n loc._n gro●_n theo._n cum_fw-la in_o loc._n what_o those_o be_v we_o have_v record_v ver_fw-la 1._o declare_v to_o you_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n that_o be_v the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n or_o his_o death_n