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20._o 22._o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o when_o christ_n give_v the_o holy_a ghost_n unto_o his_o apostle_n he_o breathe_v on_o they_o and_o say_v unto_o they_o receive_v you_o the_o holy_a ghost_n joh._n 20._o 22._o this_o person_n be_v call_v holy_a now_o there_o be_v a_o holiness_n which_o be_v only_o external_a and_o adherent_a which_o do_v not_o constitute_v a_o thing_n holy_a in_o itself_o but_o only_o in_o its_o use_n and_o relation_n thus_o jerusalem_n be_v call_v the_o holy_a city_n mat._n 4._o 5._o to_o wit_n because_o expound_v the_o word_n holy_a expound_v it_o have_v special_a relation_n unto_o god_n it_o be_v the_o city_n of_o the_o great_a king_n that_o be_v of_o god_n mat._n 5._o 35._o thus_o also_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v holy_a and_o thus_o the_o water_n in_o baptism_n and_o the_o
as_o he_o do_v to_o that_o leper_n v._o 3._o i_o will_v be_v thou_o clean_a for_o he_o be_v not_o less_o willing_a to_o save_v those_o that_o come_v unto_o he_o than_o he_o be_v able_a he_o invite_v all_o to_o come_v and_o offer_v his_o grace_n unto_o all_o if_o they_o do_v come_v ho_o every_o one_o that_o thirst_v come_v unto_o the_o water_n and_o he_o that_o have_v no_o money_n come_v you_o buy_v and_o eat_v yea_o come_v buy_v wine_n and_o milk_n without_o money_n and_o without_o price_n esa_n 55._o 1._o come_v unto_o i_o all_o you_o that_o be_v weary_a and_o heavy_a lade_v and_o i_o will_v give_v you_o rest_n mat._n 11._o 28._o therefore_o whatever_o thou_o be_v if_o thou_o be_v sensible_a of_o sin_n if_o burden_a with_o it_o if_o thy_o iniquity_n be_v go_v over_o thy_o head_n and_o be_v as_o a_o heavy_a burden_n too_o heavy_a for_o thou_o to_o bear_v as_o david_n complain_v of_o his_o iniquity_n psal_n 38._o 4._o come_v and_o cast_v thy_o burden_n upon_o the_o lord_n as_o he_o exhort_v psal_n 55._o 22._o cast_v it_o upon_o the_o lord_n christ_n who_o be_v both_o able_a and_o also_o willing_a to_o bear_v it_o if_o thou_o be_v as_o perplex_v as_o the_o soul_n smite_v jailor_n be_v who_o cry_v out_o what_o must_v i_o do_v that_o i_o may_v be_v save_v i_o say_v unto_o thou_o as_o paul_n say_v unto_o he_o believe_v in_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v save_v act_v 16._o 30_o 31._o so_o be_v we_o trouble_v for_o want_n of_o sanctification_n because_o grace_n be_v so_o weak_a and_o corruption_n so_o strong_a in_o we_o let_v we_o come_v unto_o christ_n who_o be_v full_a of_o grace_n joh._n 1._o 14._o and_o of_o his_o fullness_n we_o all_o receive_v grace_n for_o grace_n v._n 16._o he_o be_v make_v of_o god_n unto_o we_o sanctification_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 30._o his_o grace_n be_v sufficient_a for_o we_o 2_o cor._n 12._o 9_o though_o in_o we_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o want_n and_o weakness_n yet_o in_o christ_n be_v all_o fullness_n and_o 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2._o but_o let_v we_o fly_v to_o christ_n the_o horn_n of_o salvation_n and_o whatsoever_o the_o danger_n be_v that_o do_v pursue_v we_o it_o shall_v not_o overtake_v we_o we_o shall_v either_o escape_v the_o thing_n itself_o or_o at_o least_o the_o evil_a of_o it_o we_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o worse_o but_o the_o better_a for_o it_o all_o thing_n shall_v work_v together_o for_o our_o good_a rom._n 8._o 28._o even_o death_n itself_o shall_v be_v gain_n unto_o we_o phil._n 1._o 21._o use_v 3._o but_o as_o there_o be_v this_o consolation_n for_o we_o so_o be_v there_o also_o admonition_n to_o take_v heed_n lest_o we_o fail_v or_o come_v short_a of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n heb._n 12._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 15._o how_o shall_v we_o escape_v if_o we_o neglect_v so_o great_a salvation_n heb._n 2._o 3._o and_o they_o neglect_v this_o so_o great_a salvation_n 1._o who_o expect_v salvation_n from_o any_o thing_n but_o christ_n only_o and_o so_o do_v not_o only_o the_o papist_n 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his_o sheep_n as_o be_v most_o clear_o demonstrate_v by_o those_o word_n neither_o shall_v any_o pluck_v they_o out_o of_o my_o 167._o quocunque_fw-la ergo_fw-la modo_fw-la exponantur_fw-la illa_fw-la joannis_n verba_fw-la sive_fw-la primò_fw-la de_fw-la potentiae_fw-la &_o voluntatis_fw-la unitate_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la nonnullis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la illationem_fw-la de_fw-la unitate_fw-la essentiae_fw-la sive_fw-la primò_fw-la de_fw-la unitate_fw-la essentiae_fw-la &_o illatiuè_fw-fr de_fw-fr potentiae_fw-la &_o voluntatis_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la illud_fw-la fixum_fw-la manere_fw-la debet_fw-la essentiae_fw-la unitatem_fw-la hinc_fw-la concludendam_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n p._n 167._o hand_n and_o no_o man_n be_v able_a to_o pluck_v they_o out_o of_o my_o father_n hand_n and_o therefore_o whether_o the_o word_n be_v expound_v as_o they_o be_v by_o some_o first_o of_o the_o unity_n of_o power_n and_o will_n and_o by_o consequence_n of_o the_o unity_n of_o essence_n or_o as_o by_o other_o first_o of_o the_o unity_n of_o essence_n and_o by_o consequence_n of_o the_o 10._o hanc_fw-la essentiae_fw-la unitatem_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la solummodò_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la consensum_fw-la significare_fw-la voluisse_fw-la christum_fw-la cum_fw-la dixit_fw-la joan._n 10._o unity_n of_o power_n and_o will_n yet_o still_o the_o unity_n of_o essence_n in_o christ_n and_o the_o father_n must_v be_v conclude_v from_o hence_o in_o like_a manner_n zanchie_a urge_v 37._o ego_fw-la &_o pater_fw-la unum_fw-la sumus_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la fermè_fw-la doctissimorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la consensus_fw-la verùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la contextus_fw-la ipse_fw-la evincit_fw-la conclusio_fw-la enim_fw-la christi_fw-la fuit_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la è_fw-la manu_fw-la meâ_fw-la eripere_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la eóque_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la perire_fw-la raâio_fw-la ab_fw-la aquali_fw-la imò_fw-la eadempotentiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la cum_fw-la 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theoph._n in_o joan._n 10._o see_v also_o zanch._n de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la elohim_n l._n 4._o c._n 5_o follow_v that_o therefore_o he_o shall_v acknowledge_v himself_o a_o mere_a man_n yea_o his_o own_o word_n do_v show_v as_o theophylact_v observe_v that_o he_o make_v a_o great_a difference_n betwixt_o himself_o &_o other_o to_o who_o the_o name_n of_o god_n be_v attribute_v he_o deny_v not_o himself_o to_o be_v god_n true_o &_o proper_o so_o call_v but_o rather_o confirm_v it_o for_o thus_o he_o argue_v if_o they_o who_o have_v receive_v their_o divinity_n by_o grace_n be_v yet_o god_n and_o not_o traduce_v because_o so_o call_v what_o reason_n be_v there_o for_o you_o to_o tax_v i_o who_o am_z god_n by_o nature_n be_v he_o who_o the_o father_n have_v sanctify_v that_o be_v set_z apart_z to_o be_v slay_v for_o the_o world_n for_o thing_n set_v apart_o for_o god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v sanctify_v or_o to_o be_v holy_a it_o be_v manifest_a therefore_o that_o see_v the_o father_n have_v 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god_n and_o think_v it_o not_o robbery_n to_o be-equall_a with_o god_n v._o 6._o that_o christ_n there_o speak_v of_o himself_o as_o man_n may_v appear_v by_o the_o word_n immediate_o go_v before_o i_o go_v unto_o the_o father_n this_o christ_n do_v as_o man_n for_o otherwise_o as_o god_n he_o be_v then_o with_o the_o father_n yea_o in_o the_o father_n and_o the_o father_n in_o he_o joh._n 14._o 11._o &_o 10._o 38._o object_n 4._o again_o it_o may_v be_v object_v that_o christ_n john_n 17._o 3._o speak_v to_o the_o father_n say_v thus_o this_o be_v life_n eternal_a to_o know_v thou_o the_o only_a true_a god_n and_o he_o who_o thou_o have_v send_v jesus_n christ_n where_o christ_n seem_v to_o make_v his_o father_n only_o the_o true_a god_n answ_n nay_o he_o make_v his_o father_n the_o only_a ãâã_d it_o be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d not_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d true_a god_n but_o there_o be_v great_a difference_n betwixt_o these_o two_o proposition_n the_o father_n be_v the_o 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woman_n be_v mary_n before_o mention_v he_o be_v not_o only_o make_v in_o she_o but_o also_o make_v of_o she_o so_o luk._n 1._o 42._o christ_n be_v call_v the_o fruit_n of_o her_o womb_n which_o show_v that_o he_o be_v as_o well_o conceive_v of_o she_o as_o in_o she_o use_v 1_o this_o then_o confute_v that_o heresy_n which_o some_o of_o old_a maintain_v viz._n that_o christ_n do_v not_o take_v a_o body_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o his_o mother_n but_o bring_v a_o body_n down_o from_o heaven_n and_o only_o pass_v through_o the_o womb_n of_o his_o mother_n as_o water_n pass_v through_o a_o channel_n this_o be_v a_o most_o erroneous_a conceit_n and_o flat_o repugnant_a to_o the_o scripture_n before_o allege_a and_o though_o there_o be_v some_o place_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o favour_v it_o yet_o indeed_o they_o do_v not_o as_o that_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 47._o the_o second_o man_n be_v the_o lord_n from_o heaven_n and_o that_o joh._n 3._o 13._o no_o man_n have_v ascend_v up_o to_o heaven_n 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nor_o may_v be_v give_v unto_o she_o for_o first_o they_o hold_v that_o she_o be_v conceive_v without_o original_a sin_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o 2._o that_o for_o her_o merit_n she_o become_v the_o mother_n of_o our_o saviour_n whereas_o beside_o that_o none_o can_v proper_o merit_v any_o thing_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n every_o one_o being_n less_o than_o all_o god_n mercy_n as_o jacob_n confess_v he_o be_v gen._n 32._o 10._o beside_o this_o i_o say_v those_o very_a place_n which_o they_o build_v upon_o be_v direct_o against_o they_o as_o that_o luk._n 1._o 28._o which_o they_o read_v thus_o haile_o thou_o that_o be_v full_a of_o grace_n and_o thence_o they_o infer_v that_o for_o the_o fullness_n of_o grace_n that_o be_v in_o she_o she_o merit_v that_o honour_n to_o be_v christ_n mother_n but_o the_o word_n in_o the_o original_a there_o use_v do_v not_o signify_v full_a of_o grace_n but_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d high_o favour_v gracious_o accept_v or_o much_o 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much_o grace_v and_o also_o have_v much_o grace_n only_o we_o say_v it_o be_v the_o grace_n and_o favour_n which_o be_v show_v she_o not_o the_o grace_n and_o goodness_n which_o be_v in_o she_o which_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o angel_n as_o the_o true_a and_o proper_a cause_n why_o she_o be_v choose_v to_o be_v our_o lord_n mother_n so_o that_o luk._n 1._o etc._n vulg._n respexit_fw-la humilitatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n 48._o he_o have_v regard_v the_o humility_n of_o his_o handmaiden_n according_a as_o the_o rhemist_n after_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a translator_n render_v it_o or_o as_o some_o of_o our_o english_a translation_n the_o lowliness_n of_o his_o handmaid_n this_o the_o papist_n for_o most_o part_n so_o understand_v as_o that_o for_o the_o grace_n and_o virtue_n of_o humility_n and_o lowliness_n of_o mind_n which_o be_v in_o she_o god_n do_v show_v such_o respect_n unto_o she_o thus_o in_o the_o lady_n coëgesti_fw-la psalter_n b._n mar._n psal_n 33._o quia_fw-la domina_fw-la 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nature_n be_v not_o of_o god_n 1_o thes_n 4._o 3._o this_o particle_n as_o be_v not_o always_o a_o mere_a note_n of_o similitude_n but_o sometime_o be_v use_v to_o set_v forth_o the_o truth_n of_o a_o thing_n as_o joh._n 1._o 14._o the_o word_n be_v make_v flesh_n and_o dwell_v among_o we_o and_o we_o behold_v his_o glory_n as_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n that_o as_o the_o glory_n etc._n etc._n import_v that_o the_o glory_n of_o christ_n which_o s._n john_n speak_v of_o be_v indeed_o the_o very_a glory_n of_o the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n so_o philem_n v._n 9_o be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o paul_n the_o age_a say_v paul_n of_o himself_o it_o be_v therefore_o as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v be_v paul_n the_o age_a so_o likewise_o mat._n 14._o 5._o they_o count_v he_o as_o a_o prophet_n it_o be_v speak_v concern_v john_n baptist_n and_o the_o meaning_n be_v they_o count_v he_o indeed_o a_o prophet_n as_o his_o father_n zacharias_n 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have_v treat_v sufficient_o of_o the_o name_n and_o nature_n the_o distinction_n and_o note_n of_o the_o church_n i_o come_v to_o the_o point_n which_o these_o word_n upon_o this_o rock_n i_o will_v build_v my_o church_n and_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o it_o afford_v unto_o we_o and_o that_o be_v this_o that_o the_o church_n be_v so_o strong_o build_v that_o doct._n no_o adverse_a power_n whatsoever_o can_v prevail_v against_o it_o this_o our_o saviour_n plain_o and_o express_o testify_v here_o in_o the_o text_n so_o david_n speak_v of_o the_o church_n say_v god_n will_v establish_v it_o for_o ever_o psal_n 48._o 8._o the_o strength_n and_o stability_n of_o the_o church_n may_v yet_o further_o appear_v 1._o by_o god_n promise_n make_v unto_o it_o i_o the_o lord_n do_v keep_v it_o i_o will_v water_v it_o every_o moment_n lest_o any_o hurt_n it_o i_o will_v keep_v it_o night_n and_o day_n esa_n 27._o 3._o no_o weapon_n that_o be_v form_v against_o thou_o 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