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A40073 The design of Christianity, or, A plain demonstration and improvement of this proposition viz. that the enduing men with inward real righteousness or true holiness was the ultimate end of our Saviour's coming into the world and is the great intendment of his blessed Gospel / by Edward Fowler ... Fowler, Edward, 1632-1714. 1671 (1671) Wing F1698; ESTC R35681 136,795 332

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that_o these_o two_o sort_n of_o person_n be_v most_o extreme_o so●…tish_a 1_o such_o as_o expect_v to_o have_v their_o share_n in_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o gospel_n without_o true_a holiness_n 2._o such_o much_o more_o as_o encourage_v themselves_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o unholiness_n pag._n 213._o chap._n 19_o the_o four_o inference_n that_o a_o right_a understanding_n of_o the_o design_n of_o christianity_n will_v give_v satisfaction_n concern_v the_o true_a notion_n 1._o of_o justify_v faith_n 2._o of_o the_o imputation_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n pag._n 221._o chap._n 20._o the_o five_o inference_n that_o we_o learn_v from_o the_o design_n of_o christianity_n the_o great_a measure_n and_o standard_n whereby_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o doctrine_n how_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o doctrine_n pag._n 227._o chap._n 21._o how_o we_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o the_o necessity_n of_o doctrine_n either_o to_o be_v embrace_v or_o reject_v a_o 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external_a and_o partial_a righteousness_n these_o will_v be_v so_o far_o from_o intitle_v we_o to_o the_o exceed_a great_a and_o precious_a promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o they_o at_o least_o the_o three_o former_a will_v much_o heighten_v our_o misery_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v and_o excessive_o aggravate_v our_o condemnation_n let_v we_o hear_v the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o whole_a matter_n fear_v god_n and_o keep_v his_o commandment_n from_o a_o principle_n of_o love_n to_o he_o and_o they_o for_o this_o be_v the_o whole_a of_o the_o christian_n man._n the_o end_n errata_fw-la page_n 17._o line_n 8._o for_o practical_a read_v partial_a p._n 51._o l._n 3._o r._n world_n p._n 82._o l._n 7._o r._n poverty_n p._n 87._o l._n 1._o r._n for_o sin_n and_o l._n 9_o r._n jealousy_n p._n 95._o l._n 12._o r._n of_o sin_n p._n 115._o l._n 18._o r._n farther_o add_v p._n 155._o l._n 27._o r_o look_v p._n 1●…4_n l._n 7._o blot_n out_o too_o p._n 190._o l._n 23._o r._n christian_n p._n 211._o last_o line_n for_o the_o r._n their_z p._n 224._o l._n 17._o for_o in_o r._n on_o p._n 280._o l._n 17._o r._n need_v not_o p._n 294._o l._n 13._o r._n fill_v p._n ●…00_n l._n 8._o r._n it_o be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 106._o and_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 112._o and_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 187._o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o book_n print_v for_o r._n royston_n at_o the_o angel_n in_o saint_n to_o paul_n churchyard_n since_o the_o fire_n a_o paraphrase_n and_o annotation_n upon_o all_o the_o book_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o three_o edition_n by_o h._n hammond_n d._n d._n ductor_n dubitantium_fw-la or_o the_o rule_n of_o conscience_n in_o four_o book_n folio_n the_o second_o edition_n by_o jer._n taylor_n chaplain_n in_o ordinary_a to_o king_n charles_n the_o first_o and_o late_a lord_n bishop_n of_o down_n and_o conner_n the_o sinner_n implead_v in_o his_o own_o court_n the_o three_o edition_n whereunto_o be_v now_o add_v the_o love_n of_o christ_n plant_v upon_o the_o very_a same_o turf_n on_o which_o it_o once_o have_v be_v supplant_v by_o the_o extreme_a love_n of_o sin_n in_o 4_o o_o a_o collection_n of_o sermon_n upon_o several_a occasion_n by_o tho._n pierce_n d._n d._n and_o precedent_n of_o s._n marry_o magdalen-college_n in_o oxon._n a_o correct_a copy_n of_o some_o note_n concern_v god_n decree_n enlarge_v by_o the_o same_o author_n in_o 4_o o_o a_o discourse_n concern_v the_o true_a notion_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n to_o which_o be_v add_v two_o serm._n by_o r._n cudworth_n d._n d._n in_o 8_o o_o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o the_o romanist_n require_v our_o communion_n with_o the_o present_a romish-church_n in_o 8_o o_o christian_n consolation_n derive_v from_o five_o head_n in_o religion_n i._o faith_n ii_o hope_n iii_o the_o holy_a spirit_n iv._o prayer_n v._o the_o sacrament_n write_a by_o the_o right_n reverend_a father_n in_o god_n john_n hacket_n late_a lord_n bishop_n of_o coventry_n and_o lichfield_n chaplain_n to_o king_n charles_n the_o i._o and_o ii_o in_o 8_o o_o the_o profitableness_n of_o piety_n a_o assize_n sermon_n preach_v by_o richard_n west_n d._n d._n in_o 4_o o_o west_n barbary_n or_o a_o narrative_a of_o the_o revolution_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o fez_n and_o morocco_n with_o a_o account_n of_o the_o present_a custom_n sacred_a civil_a and_o domestic_a in_o 8_o o_o print_a at_o oxon_n for_o john_n willmot_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v by_o richard_n royston_n the_o christian_a sacrifice_n a_o treatise_n show_v the_o necessity_n end_n and_o manner_n of_o receive_v the_o holy_a communion_n together_o with_o suitable_a prayer_n and_o meditation_n for_o every_o month_n in_o the_o year_n and_o the_o principal_a festival_n in_o memory_n of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n the_o end_n end_n act_n 26._o 26._o gal._n 4._o 9_o mat._n 5._o 17._o or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v signify_v full_o to_o preach_v as_o rom._n 15_o 19_o &_o col._n 1._o 25._o 1_o tim._n 6._o 3._o 3._o rom._n 7._o eph._n ●…_n mat._n 50_o col._n 3._o 23._o rom._n 12._o 11._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 31._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 15_o mat._n 5._o 48._o mat._n 19_o 19_o ●…it_fw-la 3._o 2._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 5_o 1_o john_n 3._o 16._o 2_o pet._n 1._o phil._n 4._o 1_o tim._n 4._o mat._n 5._o 8._o vers_fw-la 3._o vers_fw-la 7._o vers_fw-la 5._o rom._n 2._o 7._o rev._n 3._o 21._o chap._n 2._o 10_o col._n 1._o 12._o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 1._o 18_o 1_o cor._n 6._o 9_o 10._o mat._n 5._o 22._o mat._n 11._o 26._o ●…ha_fw-la 18._o 28_o ●…ha_n 25._o 42_o 1_o john_n 3._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 7._o 1._o revel_v 21._o 27._o jam._n 4._o 6._o matth._n 23._o 13_o rome_n 13_o 1_o 2._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 23._o isa._n 50._o 6._o isa._n 53._o vers_fw-la 7._o 7._o justin_n martyr_n 2_o cor._n 8._o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d john_n 4._o see_v mat._n 9_o 14._o to_o 17_o mat._n 7._o mar._n 5._o 13_o luk._n 8._o 32_o matth._n 8._o 31_o 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nè_fw-la malum_fw-la quidem_fw-la ●…lum_fw-la cum_fw-la turpitudini●…_n malo_fw-la comparandum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o car._n pythag._n pag._n 10●…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 162._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 153._o 〈◊〉_d lib._n ●…_n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ●…ieroc_fw-la pag._n 78._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d comment_fw-fr in_o epict._n pag._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 70._o 1_o pet._n 3._o nihil_fw-la neque_fw-la meum_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la cujusquam_fw-la quod_fw-la auferri_fw-la quod_fw-la eripi_fw-la quod_fw-la amitti_fw-la potest_fw-la cicero_n in_o paradoxis_fw-la animus_fw-la hominis_fw-la dive_v non_fw-la arca_fw-la appellari_fw-la potest_fw-la quamvis_fw-la illa_fw-la sit_fw-la plena_fw-la dum_fw-la te_fw-la inanem_fw-la videbo_fw-la divitem_fw-la non_fw-la putabo_fw-la in_o paradox_n tuus_fw-la libidines_fw-la te_fw-la torquent_fw-la te_fw-la arumnae_fw-la premunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la tu_fw-la dies_fw-la noctesque_fw-la cruciaris_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la appetitus_fw-la longius_fw-la evagantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la non_fw-la satis_fw-la ratione_fw-la ●…etinentur_fw-la ●…c_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la non_fw-la modò_fw-la animi_fw-la perturbantur_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la corpora_fw-la licet_fw-la era_fw-la ipsa_fw-la cernere_fw-la iratorum_fw-la aut_fw-la corum_fw-la qui_fw-la aus_fw-la libidine_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la aut_fw-la metu_fw-la commoti_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la voluptate_fw-la nimiâ_fw-la gestiunt_fw-la quorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la ●…ultus_fw-la voces_fw-la motus_fw-la statusque_fw-la mutantur_fw-la cicero_n lib_n de_fw-fr officiis_n primo_fw-la see_v his_o select_a discourse_n pag._n 409._o chap._n 1._o 5._o quòd_fw-la si_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la erro_fw-la quod_fw-la animos_fw-la hominum_fw-la immortales_fw-la esse_fw-la credam_fw-la libenter_fw-la erro_fw-la nec_fw-la mihi_fw-la errorem_fw-la quo_fw-la delector_fw-la dum_fw-la u●…o_fw-la extorqueri_fw-la volo_fw-la sin_n mortuus_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n 9_o sect._n 4●…_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 20._o heb._n 1._o 2_o 3_o 1_o tim._n 3._o 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d ●…_n 〈◊〉_d this_o notion_n of_o a_o fine_a body_n do_v tertullian_n retain_v his_o belief_n of_o after_o he_o be_v convert_v to_o christianity_n and_o take_v it_o for_o the_o inner_a man_n speak_v of_o in_o scripture_n exod._n 3._o 6_o matth._n 22._o 3●…_n rom._n 1._o 16_o 2_o cor._n 10._o 5._o p●…dag_n pag._n 120._o oratio_fw-la ad_fw-la graeco●…_n pag._n 40._o dialog_n cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 225._o pag._n 2_o 2_o cor._n 2._o 16._o joh._n 9_o 39_o praeter_fw-la obstinationem_fw-la ●…on_fw-la sacrificandi_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la se_fw-la d●…_n sacramentis_fw-la eorum_fw-la compe●…isse_fw-la quam_fw-la caetus_fw-la antelu●…anos_fw-la ad_fw-la canendum_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la confoed●…randam_n disciplinam_fw-la homicidi●…m_n adulterium_fw-la fraudem_fw-la per_fw-la fid●…am_fw-la &_o c●…etera_fw-la scelera_fw-la prohiben●…es_fw-la lib._n 10._o epist._n 9●…_n 〈◊〉_d affirmabant_fw-la autem_fw-la have_v fuisse_fw-la summam_fw-la vel_fw-la culpae_fw-la suae_fw-la vel_fw-la erroris_fw-la quòd_fw-la essent_fw-la soliti_fw-la stato_fw-la die_fw-la ante_fw-la lucem_fw-la convenire_fw-la carmenque_fw-la christo_fw-la quasi_fw-la deo_fw-la dicere_fw-la secum_fw-la inuicem_fw-la seque_fw-la sacramento_n non_fw-la in_o scelus_fw-la aliquod_fw-la obstringere_fw-la sed_fw-la i_o furta_fw-la ne_fw-la latro●…inia_fw-la ne_fw-la adulteria_fw-la committerent_fw-la ne_fw-la fidem_fw-la fallerent_fw-la ne_fw-la depositum_fw-la appellati_fw-la abnegarent_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la inveni_fw-la quam_fw-la superstitionem_fw-la pravam_fw-la &_o immodicam_fw-la justin._n martyr_n apolog._n ad_fw-la antoninum_fw-la pium_fw-la pag._n 115._o ●…ss_n 9_o pag._n 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o joh._n 3._o 8._o rom._n 6._o mat._n ●…_n ●…al_a 2._o ●…_n tim._n 4._o 16._o joh._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d m●…tt_n 5._o 29_o 30._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 8_o matt._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d comment_fw-fr in_o aur._n carm._n pag._n 22._o joh._n 5._o 18._o 1_o joh._n 2._o 3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alexandrin_n stromat_n lib._n ●…_n pag._n 288._o mat._n 7._o 24._o vers._n 26._o 1_o pet._n ●…_n 〈◊〉_d 2_o tim._n 4._o rom._n 2._o 10_o rev._n 22._o 14_o