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A38076 Remarks upon a book lately published by Dr. Will. Sherlock ... entituled, A modest examination of the Oxford decree, &c. Edwards, Jonathan, 1629-1712. 1695 (1695) Wing E221; ESTC R17931 28,355 66

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178._o etc._n etc._n and_o thither_o i_o refer_v he_o to_o save_v the_o trouble_n of_o transcribe_v but_o the_o dean_n for_o all_o this_o will_v not_o allow_v that_o he_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o contradiction_n and_o therefore_o to_o save_v himself_o from_o that_o imputation_n he_o have_v contrive_v two_o answer_n but_o they_o be_v the_o most_o bold_a and_o arbitrary_a that_o ever_o be_v invent_v but_o when_o man_n be_v hard_o press_v it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o they_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o any_o the_o most_o desperate_a shift_n to_o make_v their_o escape_n one_a then_o do_v not_o he_o who_o assert_n the_o unity_n of_o the_o godhead_n and_o yet_o tell_v the_o world_n that_o this_o be_v neither_o a_o specific_a nor_o a_o numerical_a unity_n for_o of_o a_o generical_a one_o there_o be_v no_o question_n in_o this_o case_n i_o say_v do_v not_o such_o a_o one_o contradict_v himself_o sure_o he_o do_v for_o if_o god_n be_v one_o he_o must_v be_v so_o in_o either_o of_o these_o two_o 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complete_a notion_n of_o the_o divine_a unity_n p._n 33._o in_o short_a the_o divine_a nature_n be_v one_o but_o by_o what_o kind_n of_o unity_n no_o man_n can_v divine_v it_o be_v neither_o a_o specifical_a nor_o a_o numerical_a oneness_n but_o a_o unity_n either_o make_v up_o of_o both_o or_o make_v up_o of_o neither_o however_o it_o be_v a_o medium_n between_o they_o i_o fancy_v such_o another_o medium_n as_o he_o find_v who_o desire_v the_o people_n to_o join_v with_o he_o in_o sing_v the_o psalm_n that_o be_v between_o the_o three_o and_o twenty_o and_o the_o twenty_o four_o psalm_n but_o if_o this_o answer_n will_v not_o bring_v he_o off_o he_o have_v contrive_v a_o second_o viz._n that_o these_o three_o numerical_a substance_n be_v unite_v into_o one_o by_o a_o mutual_a self-consciousness_n but_o for_o this_o notion_n of_o his_o the_o animadverter_n have_v sufficiently-accounted_n with_o he_o and_o therefore_o there_o remain_v nothing_o more_o by_o i_o to_o be_v say_v upon_o 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