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seem_v plain_o to_o grant_v that_o the_o law_n or_o sinai_n covenant_n be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o according_o now_o repeal_v wherein_o mr._n baxter_n be_v undoubted_o in_o the_o right_a though_o he_o therein_o direct_o câ—â—tâ—adicteth_v mr._n roberts_n his_o notion_n who_o affirm_v the_o law_n or_o sinai_n covenant_n itself_o to_o be_v a_o covenant_n of_o faith_n in_o christ_n jesus_n the_o unsoundness_n whereof_o we_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o discover_v in_o the_o follow_a part_n of_o this_o discourse_n therefore_o neither_o it_o nor_o their_o church-membership_n be_v repeal_v so_o that_o if_o we_o can_v substantial_o prove_v that_o the_o covenant_n mention_v deut._n 29._o 10_o 11_o 12._o be_v not_o a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n nor_o a_o gospel_n 〈◊〉_d but_o a_o legal_a covenant_n and_o that_o which_o be_v now_o repeal_v from_o hence_o it_o will_v unavoidable_o follow_v and_o that_o according_a to_o mr._n baxter_n own_o concession_n that_o the_o 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of_o faith_n must_v of_o necessity_n according_a to_o the_o apostle_n reckon_v be_v desirous_a of_o return_v to_o that_o old_a bondage_n which_o christ_n have_v deliver_v we_o from_o and_o which_o the_o apostle_n do_v so_o earnest_o exhort_v we_o to_o avoid_v gal._n 5._o 1._o stand_v fast_o therefore_o in_o the_o liberty_n wherewith_o christ_n have_v make_v we_o free_a and_o be_v not_o entangle_v again_o with_o the_o yoke_n of_o bondage_n §_o 8._o but_o though_o mount_n sinai_n covenant_n which_o answer_v to_o jerusalem_n that_o then_o be_v be_v a_o bondage_n covenant_n the_o gospel_n covenant_n say_v the_o apostle_n which_o answer_v to_o jerusalem_n that_o be_v above_o be_v free_a which_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o we_o all_o the_o gospel_n covenant_n therefore_o be_v a_o free_a covenant_n it_o must_v not_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v blend_v or_o mix_v with_o that_o from_o mount_n sinai_n as_o if_o the_o one_o be_v the_o other_o and_o no_o difference_n at_o all_o to_o be_v make_v 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the_o people_n the_o other_o deliver_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o mouth_n and_o ministration_n of_o moses_n only_o the_o one_o write_a with_o god_n own_o finger_n in_o the_o two_o table_n of_o stone_n the_o other_o write_v in_o a_o book_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n which_o be_v according_o here_o call_v the_o book_n of_o the_o covenant_n by_o way_n of_o distinction_n from_o the_o table_n of_o stone_n from_o whence_o by_o the_o way_n it_o clear_o appear_v that_o that_o covenant_n which_o as_o moses_n elsewhere_o assure_v we_o god_n himself_o with_o his_o own_o immediate_a mouth_n and_o voice_n declare_v unto_o israel_n and_o that_o in_o the_o audience_n of_o all_o the_o people_n deut._n 4._o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o be_v in_o this_o as_o well_o as_o in_o other_o respect_n as_o much_o a_o covenant_n of_o work_n as_o that_o make_v with_o our_o first_o parent_n for_o if_o the_o covenant_n make_v with_o adam_n have_v no_o mediator_n so_o neither_o have_v this_o it_o be_v plain_a indeed_o 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