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to_o the_o mercy-seat_n hence_o we_o may_v see_v the_o antiquity_n of_o christian_a religion_n it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o salvation_n by_o christ_n which_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o of_o christian_a religion_n have_v be_v frequent_o charge_v with_o novelty_n as_o a_o new_a and_o upstart_a doctrine_n but_o how_o unjust_o may_v easy_o appear_v from_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v for_o if_o the_o rule_n of_o godliness_n have_v always_o be_v the_o same_o from_o the_o begin_n how_o can_v it_o be_v agreeable_a to_o truth_n or_o equity_n thus_o to_o impute_v novelty_n to_o it_o and_o the_o more_o to_o discover_v the_o falsehood_n of_o this_o charge_n hear_v we_o what_o the_o scripture_n say_v of_o the_o transcendent_a antiquity_n of_o it_o hear_v we_o our_o saviour_n equalize_v for_o antiquity_n with_o all_o the_o holy_a prophet_n 5.39_o joh._n 5.39_o search_v the_o scripture_n say_v he_o for_o they_o testify_v of_o i_o here_o by_o the_o scripture_n 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one_o step_n high_o and_o tell_v you_o that_o it_o be_v as_o old_a as_o adam_n for_o even_o to_o he_o do_v god_n utter_v that_o sentence_n 3.15_o gen._n 3.15_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n shall_v break_v the_o serpent_n head_n which_o be_v a_o main_a doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o a_o groundwork_n of_o christian_a religion_n but_o st._n paul_n go_v a_o step_n high_o and_o high_o we_o can_v go_v in_o that_o he_o say_v of_o the_o gospel_n 2.7_o 1_o cor._n 2.7_o that_o its_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n in_o a_o mystery_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o god_n ordain_v before_o the_o world_n incomparable_a antiquity_n and_o hear_v we_o st._n austin_n assert_v the_o antiquity_n of_o christian_a religion_n that_o very_a thing_n which_o be_v call_v christian_a religion_n say_v he_o 1._o res_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quae_fw-la nunc_fw-la dicitur_fw-la christiana_n religio_fw-la erat_fw-la &_o apuà _fw-la antiquos_fw-la nec_fw-la defuit_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la quousque_fw-la christus_fw-la veniret_fw-la in_o carne_fw-la unde_fw-la vera_fw-la religio_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la erat_fw-la coepit_fw-la appellari_fw-la christiana_n retract_v l._n 1._o be_v among_o the_o ancient_n neither_o be_v it_o want_v in_o the_o world_n from_o the_o first_o rise_v of_o mankind_n till_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n from_o which_o time_n it_o be_v first_o call_v christian_n irenaeus_n also_o affirm_v the_o same_o our_o faith_n say_v he_o legislat_fw-la fides_n nostra_fw-la ante_fw-la circumcisionem_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o abraham_n &_o in_o reliquis_fw-la justis_fw-la qui_fw-la placuere_fw-la deo_fw-la adversus_fw-la haereses_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 42._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n non_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o carne_fw-la apparuit_fw-la christus_fw-la evangelium_fw-la incepit_fw-la sed_fw-la multo_fw-la ante_fw-la in_o propheticis_fw-la literis_fw-la radices_fw-la egit_fw-la tandemque_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la 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&_o conditore_fw-la svo_fw-la quasi_fw-la long_fw-mi quadam_fw-la peregrinatione_fw-la discessit_fw-la confabulatione_fw-la cessante_fw-la literis_fw-la &_o epistolis_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la tanquam_fw-la long_a à _fw-la se_fw-la positos_fw-la utitur_fw-la quibus_fw-la eos_fw-la veteris_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la &_o familiaritatis_fw-la admoneat_fw-la tom._n 2._o in_o genes_n ser._n 1._o to_o noah_n to_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n but_o when_o mankind_n decline_v downward_o to_o wickedness_n and_o as_o take_v a_o long_a journey_n depart_v from_o their_o father_n and_o maker_n the_o confabulation_n end_v he_o use_v letter_n and_o epistle_n to_o they_o as_o be_v far_o absent_a from_o he_o by_o which_o he_o bring_v to_o their_o mind_n that_o friendship_n and_o familiarity_n which_o sometime_o they_o have_v with_o he_o 2._o another_o difference_n in_o this_o administration_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o godliness_n be_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o person_n to_o who_o it_o be_v discover_v then_o to_o one_o nation_n now_o to_o all_o nation_n 23_o exo._n 10.22_o 23_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o plague_n of_o darkness_n that_o be_v upon_o egypt_n all_o egypt_n be_v in_o the_o dark_a only_o the_o hebrew_n in_o goshen_n have_v light_a so_o be_v it_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n that_o light_n of_o save_v truth_n do_v then_o shine_v only_o among_o the_o jew_n all_o the_o world_n beside_o be_v then_o in_o darkness_n it_o be_v the_o confession_n that_o david_n make_v he_o have_v show_v his_o word_n unto_o jacob_n 20_o psa_fw-la 147.19_o 20_o his_o statute_n and_o judgement_n unto_o israel_n he_o have_v not_o so_o deal_v with_o any_o other_o nation_n and_o as_o for_o his_o judgement_n they_o have_v not_o know_v they_o to_o this_o also_o saint_n paul_n give_v his_o attestation_n first_o of_o the_o jew_n to_o that_o question_n what_o advantage_n have_v the_o jew_n
make_v it_o plain_a that_o howsoever_o we_o differ_v one_o from_o another_o in_o some_o of_o those_o article_n which_o he_o call_v theological_a conclusion_n the_o sound_n and_o entire_a knowledge_n of_o which_o be_v necessary_a for_o divine_n yet_o in_o the_o catholic_a article_n there_o be_v full_a agreement_n between_o the_o divine_n on_o both_o side_n and_o that_o herein_o we_o all_o hold_v together_o against_o the_o romish_a doctor_n take_v we_o the_o very_a word_n of_o paraeus_n for_o have_v distinguish_v the_o article_n of_o religion_n into_o catholic_a and_o theological_a as_o also_o do_v dr._n usher_n that_o learned_a and_o reverend_a primate_n of_o armagh_n in_o a_o sermon_n before_o the_o king_n of_o the_o universality_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o faith_n profess_v therein_o he_o add_v these_o word_n in_o both_o kind_n the_o protestant_n be_v far_o separate_v from_o the_o papist_n 150._o in_o utroque_fw-la genere_fw-la evangelici_fw-la omnes_fw-la à _fw-la papist_n be_v sunt_fw-la longissime_fw-la separati_fw-la inuicem_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o articulis_fw-la catholicis_fw-la conjuncti_fw-la in_fw-la solis_fw-la articulis_fw-la theologicis_fw-la dissensiones_fw-la aliquae_fw-la hactenus_fw-la agitantur_fw-la quae_fw-la nisi_fw-la ambitiose_fw-la magis_fw-la quà m_fw-la consulto_fw-la plebeiorum_fw-la auribus_fw-la inculcatae_fw-la fuissent_fw-la ad_fw-la tam_fw-la infalix_fw-la schisma_fw-la res_fw-la nunquam_fw-la venisset_fw-la irenic_n p._n 150._o consent_v yet_o among_o themselves_o in_o the_o catholic_a article_n only_o in_o the_o theological_a conclusion_n there_o be_v yet_o some_o dissension_n which_o have_v they_o not_o publish_v to_o the_o common_a people_n rather_o ambitious_o then_o wise_o we_o have_v never_o fall_v into_o such_o a_o unhappy_a schism_n so_o that_o it_o be_v manifest_a both_o that_o we_o have_v just_a cause_n to_o break_v off_o from_o communion_n with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n because_o they_o have_v 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