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to_o another_o neither_o do_v any_o of_o the_o saint_n act_n by_o a_o command_n that_o be_v give_v to_o another_o edward_n burrows_n pag._n 47._o and_o again_o he_o say_v such_o as_o go_v to_o duty_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o letter_n which_o be_v a_o command_n to_o other_o their_o sacrifice_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o pag._n 105._o that_o they_o that_o take_v up_o a_o command_n from_o the_o scripture_n be_v in_o the_o witchcraft_n and_o that_o if_o the_o bible_n be_v burn_v as_o good_a a_o one_o may_v be_v write_v say_v one_o nicolas_n lucas_n cite_v by_o mr._n hicks_n dialog_n 2._o pag._n 5._o and_o evince_v by_o he_o against_o pen_n dialog_n 3._o pag_n 86._o moreover_o william_n pen_n in_o his_o rejoinder_n to_o john_n faldo_n pag_n 70._o say_v but_o we_o have_v good_a reason_n to_o deny_v they_o to_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o faith_n and_o judge_n of_o controversy_n which_o can_v neither_o give_v nor_o govern_v faith_n nor_o judge_v of_o controversy_n and_o 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pag._n 60_o he_o say_v that_o his_o adversary_n infer_v from_o the_o quaker_n doctrine_n of_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o that_o infant_n come_v to_o heaven_n without_o christ_n but_o how_o gross_a a_o untruth_n be_v 〈◊〉_d will_v be_v evident_a to_o any_o that_o read_v mr._n broun_n cap._n 6._o num._n 14._o where_o he_o infer_v this_o horrible_a consequence_n from_o their_o deâ—ying_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o again_o pag_n 64.65_o he_o say_v that_o the_o westminster_n confession_n say_v that_o god_n do_v predestinat_a to_o everlasting_a damnation_n the_o most_o part_n of_o man_n without_o any_o respect_n have_v to_o their_o sin_n but_o a_o more_o palpable_a and_o horrid_a lie_n have_v scarce_o be_v hatch_v for_o 〈◊〉_d that_o confession_n chap_n 3_o 3_o 7._o it_o be_v express_o say_v that_o god_n 〈◊〉_d ordain_v they_o to_o wrath_n for_o their_o sin_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n be_v that_o which_o he_o say_v pag._n 170_o that_o his_o adversary_n chap_n 27._o make_v a_o preach_a to_o 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although_o his_o adversary_n exposition_n can_v stand_v but_o upon_o a_o supposition_n deny_v by_o the_o quaker_n it_o be_v little_a matter_n for_o we_o know_v the_o whole_a gospel_n can_v stand_v but_o upon_o many_o supposition_n deny_v and_o cry_v out_o against_o by_o that_o blasphemous_a party_n and_o here_o pag_n 51._o he_o allege_v that_o he_o acknowledge_v the_o fall_n of_o man_n more_o full_o than_o his_o adversary_n do_v because_o according_a to_o his_o adversary_n fall_v man_n retain_v some_o relic_n of_o the_o image_n of_o god_n by_o virtue_n whereof_o he_o can_v do_v something_o real_o good_a whereas_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n according_a to_o the_o quaker_n doctrine_n man_n by_o the_o â—all_n be_v whole_o degenerate_a retain_v nothing_o of_o the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o who_o albeit_o there_o remain_v a_o seed_n of_o righteousness_n yet_o no_o otherways_o than_o as_o a_o naked_a seed_n in_o barren_a ground_n by_o virtue_n of_o which_o he_o can_v do_v nothing_o until_o 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now_o circumstantiate_v be_v not_o inflict_v by_o god_n which_o i_o be_o sure_a be_v little_o better_a than_o the_o former_a but_o to_o shut_v up_o all_o he_o say_v that_o his_o adversary_n have_v not_o say_v enough_o to_o proselyte_n he_o to_o his_o opinion_n notwithstanding_o that_o he_o have_v so_o dâ—shed_v his_o reason_n upon_o which_o it_o be_v build_v that_o the_o quaker_n attempt_v not_o the_o restauration_n thereof_o he_o add_v further_a as_o a_o reason_n why_o his_o adversary_n have_v not_o say_v enough_o to_o proselyte_n he_o that_o death_n to_o adam_n in_o the_o state_n of_o innocency_n shall_v have_v be_v a_o pleasure_n &_o not_o a_o pain_n which_o reason_n be_v altogether_o reasonless_a see_v the_o reason_n why_o death_n be_v pleasant_a to_o any_o be_v its_o be_v the_o port_n to_o free_a man_n from_o all_o evil_a &_o especial_o from_o sin_n without_o which_o adam_n shall_v have_v whole_o remain_v if_o he_o have_v persevere_v in_o his_o integrity_n but_o it_o be_v too_o 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refutation_n of_o what_o his_o adversary_n have_v say_v live_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n without_o so_o much_o as_o a_o attempt_v vindication_n these_o point_n with_o which_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o quakerism_n stand_v and_o fall_v for_o if_o bodily_a death_n be_v include_v in_o the_o threaten_n than_o our_o doctrine_n of_o original_a sin_n be_v prove_v which_o doctrine_n once_o be_v evince_v all_o the_o pretend_a absurdity_n and_o blasphemy_n which_o socinian_n quaker_n and_o other_o infer_v from_o our_o doctrine_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o reprobation_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n and_o they_o be_v if_o they_o be_v christian_n oblige_v to_o remove_v these_o themselves_o further_n its_o clear_a from_o rom._n 6.23_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n where_o death_n without_o exception_n of_o any_o kind_n of_o death_n be_v call_v the_o wage_n not_o the_o consequence_n only_o of_o sin_n as_o the_o quaker_n both_o in_o his_o apology_n and_o vindication_n sect._n 5._o numb_a 8._o
well_o that_o unless_o underprope_v with_o such_o damnable_a hypothesis_n his_o doctrine_n can_v stand_v but_o he_o buy_v bad_a ware_n at_o a_o full_a dear_a price_n for_o with_o the_o same_o breath_n he_o overthrow_v both_o his_o own_o apology_n and_o vindication_n with_o whatsoever_o beside_o he_o have_v write_v in_o the_o defence_n of_o his_o principle_n see_v these_o be_v not_o find_v in_o the_o scripture_n in_o so_o many_o letter_n &_o syllable_n but_o i_o again_o return_v to_o his_o seven_o number_n and_o in_o it_o next_o he_o allege_v augustin_n as_o the_o patron_n of_o his_o opinion_n in_o contradiction_n to_o his_o own_o apology_n chap._n 4._o where_o he_o grant_v augustin_n to_o be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n with_o his_o adversary_n acknowledge_v that_o according_a to_o the_o mind_n of_o augustin_n infant_n even_o before_o their_o birth_n be_v guilty_a of_o eternal_a death_n and_o the_o pain_n of_o hell._n thus_o he_o either_o speak_v self_n contradiction_n or_o will_v make_v augustin_n to_o do_v it_o 2._o the_o word_n of_o augustin_n from_o which_o he_o will_v conclude_v this_o self_n contradiction_n be_v these_o serm._n 7._o exit_fw-la verb._n apostoli_fw-la what_o do_v you_o think_v to_o say_v and_o who_o ear_n can_v hear_v it_o do_v they_o sin_v themselves_o where_o i_o pray_v you_o do_v they_o sin_n when_o and_o how_o do_v they_o sin_n they_o know_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a shall_v they_o sin_v that_o be_v under_o no_o command_n prove_v that_o infant_n be_v sinner_n prove_v what_o be_v their_o sin_n be_v it_o because_o they_o weep_v that_o they_o sin_n do_v they_o sin_n because_o they_o take_v pleasure_n or_o repel_v trouble_n by_o motion_n as_o dumb_a animal_n if_o these_o motion_n be_v sin_n they_o become_v great_a sinner_n in_o baptism_n for_o they_o resist_v most_o vehement_o but_o i_o say_v another_o thing_n you_o think_v they_o have_v sin_v otherwise_o they_o have_v not_o die_v but_o what_o say_v you_o of_o such_o as_o die_v in_o there_o mother_n womb_n will_v you_o say_v they_o have_v sin_v also_o you_o lie_v or_o be_v deceive_v etc._n etc._n thus_o augustin_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o pelagian_n who_o to_o evite_v the_o force_n of_o the_o argument_n of_o the_o orthodox_n prove_v original_a sin_n do_v assert_v that_o child_n present_o after_o their_o birth_n become_v actual_a sinner_n and_o yet_o from_o this_o the_o quaker_n will_v conclude_v that_o augustin_n in_o these_o word_n contradict_v his_o own_o doctrine_n of_o infant_n be_v guilty_a of_o original_a sin_n of_o which_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o appearance_n see_v this_o will_v be_v admirable_a logic_n to_o infer_v from_o augustin_n his_o prove_v of_o infant_n not_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o actual_a sin_n therefore_o he_o deny_v they_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o original_a sin_n now_o what_o wouâ—d_v not_o these_o man_n adventure_v to_o say_v in_o the_o dark_a when_o they_o be_v so_o audacious_a as_o to_o publish_v to_o the_o world_n in_o print_n that_o augustin_n deny_v infant_n to_o be_v guilty_a of_o original_a sin_n when_o his_o own_o work_n do_v every_o where_o and_o the_o world_n proclaim_v the_o contrary_a yea_o and_o the_o quaker_n himself_o also_o confess_v it_o here_o he_o allege_v that_o the_o apostle_n no_o where_o say_v that_o child_n be_v under_o any_o law_n which_o be_v true_a if_o he_o understand_v it_o in_o so_o many_o word_n which_o yet_o notwithstanding_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o the_o 13._o and_o 14._o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n where_o the_o apostle_n have_v say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n where_o there_o be_v no_o law_n subjoin_v that_o nevertheless_o death_n which_o i_o have_v in_o my_o former_a section_n prove_v to_o be_v a_o punishment_n reign_v even_o over_o these_o who_o have_v not_o sin_v after_o the_o similitude_n of_o adam_n which_o hold_v true_a of_o child_n who_o never_o sin_v actual_o as_o adam_n do_v when_o he_o see_v that_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o in_o this_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o the_o same_o meaning_n with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o will_v have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o repeat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v the_o word_n to_o run_v thus_o in_o which_o or_o by_o occasion_n of_o which_o death_n all_o have_v sin_v a_o pelagian_a exposition_n make_v man_n sin_n by_o imitation_n only_o and_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v the_o occasion_n and_o pattern_n only_o and_o not_o the_o price_n of_o our_o acceptation_n and_o salvation_n and_o although_o he_o say_v that_o this_o be_v resolve_v by_o a_o serious_a consideration_n of_o the_o comparison_n between_o christ_n and_o adam_n as_o state_v by_o he_o in_o his_o apology_n this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v regard_v see_v after_o a_o impartial_a search_n nothing_o of_o this_o resolution_n can_v be_v perceive_v he_o ought_v therefore_o to_o have_v show_v uâ—_n how_o in_o particular_a he_o have_v in_o his_o apology_n preoccupy_v our_o argument_n whereby_o they_o be_v prove_v to_o be_v among_o the_o gross_a of_o socinian_n who_o make_v the_o death_n and_o suffering_n of_o christ_n a_o occasion_n or_o example_n only_o whereby_o to_o walk_v and_o so_o to_o be_v save_v but_o not_o at_o all_o the_o procure_a cause_n of_o salvation_n but_o ultra_fw-la posse_fw-la non_fw-la datur_fw-la esse_fw-la but_o indeed_o this_o be_v a_o fine_a way_n of_o vindicate_v one_o doctrine_n to_o say_v in_o opposition_n to_o their_o adversary_n argument_n how_o press_v soever_o in_o the_o general_a only_o you_o do_v not_o understand_v our_o doctrine_n aright_o or_o consider_v what_o we_o say_v and_o upon_o this_o answer_n only_o erect_v his_o triumphal_a arch_n and_o cry_v victoria_n 4._o our_o doctrine_n be_v to_o the_o conviction_n of_o all_o except_o of_o the_o old_a and_o new_a pelagian_n evict_v from_o eph_n 2_o 3._o and_o yet_o rob_v barclay_n follow_v bellarmin_n who_o play_v the_o like_a audacious_a prank_n with_o rom._n 4._o whereby_o we_o evince_n against_o the_o papist_n justification_n to_o be_v by_o faith_n will_v turn_v our_o weapon_n against_o ourselves_o and_o overthrow_v from_o this_o place_n our_o doctrine_n of_o original_a sin_n allege_v that_o man_n evil_a walk_n be_v the_o cause_n why_o they_o be_v count_v the_o child_n of_o wrath_n but_o if_o the_o apostle_n have_v so_o mean_v in_o all_o likelihood_n he_o shall_v not_o have_v speak_v so_o general_o as_o he_o do_v but_o have_v make_v some_o intimation_n that_o child_n be_v except_v which_o he_o neither_o here_o nor_o any_o where_o else_o do_v 2._o this_o phrase_n by_o nature_n be_v still_o take_v in_o scripture_n for_o so_o soon_o as_o a_o thing_n have_v a_o be_v or_o for_o its_o very_a rise_n or_o original_a which_o these_o scripture_n confirm_v rom._n 2.27_o and_o 11_o 24._o gal_n 2.5_o and_o 4.8_o 1_o cor._n 15.44_o 46._o hence_o we_o thus_o with_o calvin_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o pelagian_n on_o the_o place_n reason_n what_o be_v natural_o in_o every_o one_o be_v in_o they_o from_o their_o very_a original_a and_o therefore_o if_o all_o be_v the_o child_n of_o wrath_n or_o 〈◊〉_d to_o wrath_n by_o nature_n they_o be_v so_o 〈◊〉_d their_o very_a original_a these_o scripture_n and_o this_o argument_n of_o calvin_n use_v by_o his_o adversary_n robert_n barclay_n in_o his_o vindâ—_n be_v so_o far_o from_o attempt_v to_o answer_v that_o he_o make_v not_o the_o least_o mention_n thereof_o from_o which_o one_o omission_n though_o there_o be_v no_o more_o any_o may_v easy_o see_v that_o his_o book_n deserve_v nothing_o less_o than_o the_o name_n of_o a_o vindicaâ—tion_n 3._o we_o add_v as_o a_o good_a secondary_a confirmation_n that_o the_o primitive_a châ—rch_n use_v still_o this_o place_n to_o prove_v the_o same_o doctrine_n which_o we_o hold_v of_o original_a sin_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o pelagian_n deny_v it_o and_o in_o particular_a augustin_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la ad_fw-la petram_fw-la diaconum_fw-la cap._n 26._o who_o say_v firmissime_fw-la tene_fw-la hold_v most_o constant_o and_o without_o so_o much_o aâ—_n once_o waver_v that_o every_o one_o who_o be_v conceive_v by_o the_o conjunction_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n be_v bear_v with_o original_a sin_n under_o the_o power_n of_o ungodliness_n subject_n to_o death_n which_o he_o explain_v of_o eternal_a as_o well_o as_o bodily_a death_n ibid_fw-la and_o upon_o the_o same_o very_a account_n a_o child_n of_o wrath_n concern_v which_o the_o apostle_n say_v and_o we_o be_v by_o nature_n the_o child_n of_o wrath_n and_o the_o like_a doctrine_n do_v fulgentius_n and_o fourteen_o bishop_n with_o he_o assert_v as_o also_o theodoretus_n primasius_n and_o haimo_n on_o the_o place_n take_v by_o nature_n &c._n &c._n to_o import_v all_o carnal_o bear_v and_o partake_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o adam_n and_o so_o to_o be_v verify_v of_o all_o bring_v
behold_v now_o reader_n the_o identity_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o quaker_n with_o that_o of_o arrian_n from_o who_o they_o have_v learn_v it_o but_o some_o perhaps_o may_v object_v say_v that_o this_o identity_n be_v only_o in_o word_n to_o who_o i_o answer_v either_o the_o thing_n import_v by_o these_o word_n and_o phrase_n and_o give_v by_o christian_n general_o as_o the_o meaning_n thereof_o and_o contain_v in_o scripture_n or_o not_o now_o if_o the_o first_o be_v true_a then_o to_o stir_v up_o strife_n about_o these_o word_n prove_v only_o the_o raiser_n thereof_o ridiculous_a but_o 2._o suppose_v that_o the_o thing_n themselves_o which_o christian_n understand_v by_o these_o word_n or_o phrase_n be_v hold_v forth_o in_o scripture_n then_o to_o deny_v that_o we_o may_v use_v they_o be_v found_v on_o this_o hypothesis_n viz._n that_o in_o explication_n of_o scripture_n or_o disput_n about_o the_o meaning_n thereof_o it_o be_v impious_a and_o unlawful_a to_o use_v any_o word_n or_o phrase_n except_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o in_o the_o same_o letter_n and_o syllable_n in_o scripture_n though_o we_o be_v never_o so_o sure_a that_o as_o to_o the_o sense_n and_o meaning_n thereof_o they_o be_v find_v in_o the_o scripture_n but_o this_o hypothesis_n if_o true_a overthrow_v all_o scripture_n consequence_n interpretation_n of_o scripture_n blast_v the_o hope_n of_o ever_o get_v heretic_n refute_v which_o none_o will_v deny_v except_o â—n_v arrian_n or_o the_o like_a heretic_n and_o while_o these_o deny_v it_o they_o only_o oppose_v their_o own_o practice_n to_o their_o own_o opinion_n see_v they_o themselves_o as_o other_o disputant_n endeavour_v to_o draw_v consequence_n from_o scripture_n and_o paraphrase_n upon_o it_o to_o make_v it_o peak_v for_o themselves_o now_o that_o this_o absurd_a and_o blasphemous_a consequence_n stick_v fast_o to_o this_o their_o hypothesis_n appear_v from_o no_o few_o place_n of_o scripture_n and_o among_o other_o math._n 22.31_o 32._o for_o if_o our_o saviour_n have_v stick_v to_o the_o mere_a letter_n and_o syllable_n of_o exod._n 3.6_o i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n without_o deduction_n of_o a_o consequence_n from_o they_o and_o so_o a_o exposition_n of_o they_o he_o shall_v never_o from_o these_o word_n have_v evince_v against_o the_o saâ—ducees_n the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a but_o i_o need_v not_o stay_v long_o to_o evince_v this_o for_o certain_a it_o be_v and_o already_o prove_v not_o only_o from_o the_o quaker_n obstinate_a denial_n of_o a_o free_a and_o positive_a conâ—ession_n of_o their_o faith_n anent_o this_o matter_n but_o also_o from_o their_o use_v of_o the_o same_o weapon_n with_o which_o the_o arrian_n attempt_v the_o subversion_n of_o this_o trulie_o catholic_n doctrine_n as_o also_o sufficient_o by_o the_o express_a word_n of_o fox_n and_o these_o of_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o priest_n but_o this_o arrian_n self_n contradict_v shift_n they_o be_v force_v â—o_o usâ—_n be_v conscious_a to_o themselves_o as_o the_o arrian_n before_o â—hem_n that_o their_o doctrine_n can_v be_v proof_n against_o the_o firm_a and_o demonstrative_a deduction_n which_o the_o orthodox_n bring_v from_o scripture_n with_o which_o as_o so_o many_o battering-ram_n they_o with_o ease_n overthrow_v this_o antirripitarian_n impiety_n therefore_o the_o other_o branch_n of_o the_o dilemma_n viz._n that_o the_o sense_n of_o these_o word_n i._n e._n that_o which_o all_o christian_n understand_v as_o the_o meâ—ning_n thereof_o according_a to_o the_o quaker_n be_v not_o in_o scripture_n and_o indeed_o this_o be_v the_o truth_n and_o so_o the_o quaker_n be_v arrian_n the_o evict_a of_o which_o be_v the_o intent_n of_o this_o present_a discourse_n but_o yet_o far_o that_o this_o be_v truth_n viz._n that_o the_o quaker_n be_v arrian_n if_o not_o worse_o and_o deny_v that_o fundamental_a doctrine_n of_o the_o person_n of_o the_o â—oly_a trinity_n and_o that_o 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