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present_a age_n of_o god_n counsel_n and_o which_o be_v another_o advantage_n they_o live_v long_o to_o continue_v the_o tradition_n with_o certainty_n to_o other_o for_o hundred_o of_o year_n vision_z and_o tradition_n be_v sure_a enough_o for_o as_o it_o be_v observe_v by_o some_o three_o man_n may_v continue_v the_o tradition_n of_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n from_o adam_n till_o israel_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n there_o be_v adam_n first_o god_n teach_v he_o by_o oracle_n and_o he_o teach_v other_o he_o live_v a_o long_a time_n methuselah_n live_v with_o adam_n two_o hundred_o forty_o three_o year_n and_o continue_v until_o the_o flood_n then_o seâ—_n live_v with_o methusalah_n ninety_o eight_o year_n and_o flourish_v about_o five_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o isaac_n live_v fifty_o year_n with_o sem_fw-mi and_o die_v about_o ten_o year_n before_o israel_n descent_n into_o egypt_n so_o that_o methuselah_n sem_fw-mi and_o isaac_n may_v continue_v the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o preserve_v the_o purity_n of_o religion_n from_o adam_n death_n till_o israel_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n for_o so_o many_o hundred_o year_n this_o be_v god_n dispensation_n to_o that_o church_n 2._o afterward_o there_o be_v both_o word_n and_o write_v god_n word_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o further_o reveal_n and_o clear_v up_o of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o salvation_n which_o be_v reveal_v by_o piece_n and_o write_v be_v necessary_a partly_o because_o in_o process_n of_o time_n precept_n be_v multiply_v and_o it_o be_v needful_a for_o man_n memory_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v register_v in_o some_o public_a record_n and_o partly_o because_o the_o long_a life_n of_o god_n witness_n be_v much_o lessen_v and_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o world_n be_v increase_v and_o satan_n begin_v to_o imitate_v god_n by_o oracle_n vision_n and_o answer_n and_o idolatry_n and_o superstition_n creep_v into_o the_o best_a family_n into_o â—erah's_n josh._n 24.2_o your_o father_n dwell_v on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o flood_n in_o old_a time_n even_o terah_n the_o father_n of_o abraham_n and_o the_o father_n of_o nachor_n and_o they_o serve_v other_o go_n and_o jacob_n family_n be_v corrupt_a gen._n 35.2_o then_o jacob_n say_v to_o his_o household_n and_o to_o all_o that_o be_v with_o he_o put_v away_o the_o strange_a god_n that_o be_v among_o you_o and_o be_v clean_a and_o change_v your_o garment_n the_o people_n be_v grow_v numerous_a enough_o to_o make_v a_o commonwealth_n and_o a_o politic_a body_n and_o it_o be_v fit_a they_o shall_v have_v a_o public_a record_n and_o common_a rule_n and_o therefore_o to_o avoid_v man_n corruption_n and_o to_o give_v a_o stop_n to_o satan_n deceit_n the_o lord_n think_v fit_a there_o shall_v be_v a_o write_a rule_n at_o hand_n for_o
meet_a satisfaction_n but_o now_o god_n himself_o be_v please_v to_o find_v out_o the_o remedy_n christ_n say_v to_o the_o father_n thou_o have_v send_v i_o his_o act_n be_v authoritative_a and_o above_o contradiction_n if_o god_n have_v not_o give_v we_o a_o mediator_n out_o of_o his_o own_o bosom_n there_o can_v have_v be_v no_o satisfaction_n and_o we_o have_v for_o ever_o lie_v under_o the_o gild_n and_o burden_n of_o our_o sin_n gal._n 4.4_o god_n send_v forth_o his_o son_n make_v of_o a_o woman_n etc._n etc._n he_o consecrate_v he_o for_o this_o great_a purpose_n therefore_o he_o be_v say_v to_o seal_v he_o john_n 6.37_o he_o have_v god_n the_o father_n seal_v a_o metaphor_n take_v from_o they_o that_o give_v commission_n under_o hand_n and_o seal_n christ_n be_v a_o mediator_n confirm_v and_o allow_v under_o the_o broad-seal_n of_o heaven_n by_o god_n the_o father_n as_o the_o supreme_a judg._n god_n have_v award_v satisfaction_n to_o himself_o and_o send_v his_o own_o son_n 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flesh_n christ_n be_v somewhere_o from_o whence_o he_o be_v send_v forth_o and_o then_o make_v of_o a_o woman_n that_o imply_v his_o incarnation_n this_o send_v do_v suppose_v his_o divine_a nature_n and_o imply_v his_o incarnation_n or_o god_n bestow_v upon_o he_o a_o humane_a nature_n god_n he_o be_v in_o the_o bosom_n of_o the_o father_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v send_v forth_o into_o the_o world_n such_o a_o errand_n as_o christ_n come_v about_o require_v a_o god_n no_o inferior_a mediator_n will_v serve_v the_o turn_n nothing_o but_o a_o infinite_a good_a can_v remedy_v a_o infinite_a evil_n sin_n have_v bind_v we_o over_o to_o a_o eternal_a judgement_n and_o nothing_o can_v counterpoise_v eternity_n but_o the_o infiniteness_n and_o the_o excellency_n of_o christ_n person_n his_o divine_a nature_n be_v requisite_a in_o many_o regard_v partly_o to_o give_v efficacy_n and_o virtue_n and_o value_v to_o his_o suffering_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v that_o we_o be_v purchase_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o god_n act_v 20.28_o the_o meaning_n be_v the_o blood_n of_o that_o person_n to_o who_o the_o divine_a property_n belong_v god_n be_v a_o spirit_n and_o have_v not_o flesh_n blood_n and_o bone_n as_o we_o have_v how_o then_o be_v we_o say_v to_o be_v redeem_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o god_n that_o be_v the_o blood_n of_o he_o who_o be_v god_n which_o make_v it_o to_o be_v of_o infinite_a value_n and_o enough_o to_o counterpoise_v that_o eternity_n of_o torment_n which_o we_o shall_v have_v endure_v again_o the_o dignity_n of_o his_o person_n conduce_v to_o the_o acceptance_n of_o one_o for_o all_o 2_o cor._n 5.15_o and_o that_o he_o die_v for_o all_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o room_n and_o stead_n of_o all_o the_o elect_n and_o therefore_o that_o there_o may_v be_v such_o a_o value_n in_o his_o suffering_n his_o person_n must_v be_v thus_o worthy_a as_o they_o say_v to_o david_n thou_o be_v worth_a ten_o thousand_o of_o we_o 2_o sam._n 18.3_o a_o general_n or_o 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