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man_n for_o man_n can_v conquer_v therefore_o he_o must_v needs_o become_v man_n remain_v god_n and_o so_o he_o reconcile_v god_n and_o man_n q._n 17._o if_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v make_v fit_a to_o bear_v the_o curse_n why_o do_v he_o not_o to_o this_o end_n take_v unto_o he_o some_o other_o nature_n more_o excellent_a answ_n man_n have_v sin_v it_o be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n to_o receive_v the_o payment_n of_o the_o debt_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o same_o nature_n which_o commit_v it_o 2._o cane_n 2._o explan_n it_o be_v true_a the_o evil_a angel_n also_o sin_v but_o they_o be_v without_o redemption_n keep_v in_o chain_n of_o darkness_n as_o witness_v s._n jude_n of_o other_o creature_n man_n only_o need_v a_o redeemer_n man_n only_o have_v sin_v and_o man_n only_o must_v by_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n die_v the_o death_n according_a to_o that_o the_o same_o day_n that_o thou_o shall_v eat_v thereof_o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n and_o for_o that_o thou_o have_v do_v this_o curse_a art_n thou_o viz_o thou_o o_o man_n therefore_o the_o suffering_n of_o any_o other_o nature_n can_v not_o be_v so_o pertinent_a nor_o kind_o satisfactory_a object_n if_o god_n law_n and_o absolute_a justice_n be_v urge_v this_o due_a satisfaction_n must_v be_v make_v not_o only_o in_o the_o nature_n offend_v but_o also_o by_o the_o person_n offend_v for_o the_o direct_a law_n be_v amima_n quae_fw-la peccat_fw-la morietur_fw-la the_o soul_n itself_o which_o sin_v that_o must_v die_v for_o its_o own_o sin_n solut._n i_o answer_v the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o so_o his_o justice_n may_v be_v say_v to_o stand_v two_o way_n in_o rigore_fw-la and_o in_o vigore_fw-la if_o we_o consider_v it_o in_o the_o utmost_a rigour_n and_o strictness_n of_o the_o letter_n sure_o it_o do_v not_o admit_v of_o any_o pledge_n or_o surety_n but_o require_v that_o every_o singular_a man_n offend_v must_v bear_v his_o own_o personal_a burden_n can_v you_o say_v that_o the_o king_n law_n be_v satisfy_v if_o a_o condemn_a traitor_n be_v to_o be_v execute_v shall_v hire_v his_o friend_n to_o undergo_v that_o lot_n for_o he_o like_o a_o damon_n for_o a_o pythias_n but_o if_o we_o consider_v god_n law_n as_o remain_v in_o vigour_n and_o uncancel_v in_o regard_n of_o a_o full_a weight_n of_o debt_n or_o penalty_n to_o be_v pay_v without_o remission_n of_o any_o the_o least_o grain_n of_o it_o then_o be_v it_o capable_a of_o a_o surety_n or_o pledge_n as_o for_o example_n if_o a_o man_n owe_v i_o a_o sum_n of_o money_n i_o be_o no_o less_o satisfy_v if_o another_o pay_v i_o it_o for_o he_o then_o if_o himself_o shall_v bring_v it_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n this_o be_v the_o admirable_a temper_n of_o god_n mercy_n in_o admit_v a_o deputy_n or_o pledge_n in_o a_o capital_a debt_n and_o of_o his_o justice_n in_o receive_v the_o utmost_a mite_n of_o the_o debt_n thus_o that_o he_o may_v spare_v we_o he_o spare_v not_o his_o only_a son_n o_o you_o angel_n admire_v and_o adore_v this_o wisdom_n quest_n 18._o how_o come_v it_o to_o be_v thus_o with_o we_o man_n be_v we_o create_v sinner_n answ_n no._n god_n at_o the_o first_o make_v man_n righteous_a but_o by_o yield_v to_o the_o devil_n temptation_n he_o make_v himself_o a_o sinner_n explan_n this_o have_v be_v already_o further_o explain_v qu._n 3._o quest_n 19_o wherein_o do_v man_n yield_v to_o the_o temptation_n of_o the_o devil_n answ_n in_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o not_o content_v himself_o with_o all_o other_o fruit_n of_o which_o the_o lord_n have_v allow_v he_o to_o eat_v explan_n read_v of_o this_o in_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o genesis_n and_o you_o shall_v see_v how_o crafty_o the_o devil_n come_v to_o the_o woman_n under_o colour_n of_o wish_v she_o well_o yea_o better_o than_o god_n himself_o whereupon_o she_o yield_v to_o eat_v and_o offer_v of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n to_o her_o husband_n who_o do_v also_o eat_v now_o what_o this_o fruit_n be_v it_o be_v uncertain_a and_o it_o be_v but_o lose_a labour_n to_o inquire_v after_o it_o quest_n 20._o be_v god_n so_o angry_a that_o he_o will_v curse_v man_n for_o eat_v a_o apple_n or_o fig_n or_o such_o like_a answ_n that_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n anger_n but_o his_o unthankfulness_n pride_n disobedience_n and_o credit_v rather_o the_o devil_n then_o god_n commandment_n adam_n sin_n in_o disobey_v god_n commandment_n explan_n in_o that_o one_o sin_n of_o eat_v the_o fruit_n forbid_v do_v concur_v many_o sin_n all_o very_a great_a first_o disobedience_n when_o there_o be_v but_o one_o commandment_n and_o man_n so_o qualify_v as_o that_o he_o can_v easy_o have_v keep_v the_o
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shall_v not_o be_v tempt_v above_o our_o power_n and_o in_o good_a time_n deliver_v we_o out_o of_o all_o our_o trouble_n quest_n 26._o which_o be_v the_o three_o degree_n of_o his_o humiliation_n and_o in_o which_o word_n answ_n three_o he_o descend_v into_o hell_n that_o i_o may_v he_o deliver_v from_o hell_n and_o everlasting_a death_n to_o these_o word_n he_o descend_v into_o hell_n symbol_n rus_n in_o exposit_n symbol_n explan_n this_o clause_n be_v wont_v of_o old_a to_o be_v insert_v into_o most_o of_o the_o confession_n of_o faith_n as_o rusâ—â—_n say_v 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la symbâ—lo_fw-la non_fw-la habetur_fw-la additum_fw-la w._n must_v know_v that_o it_o be_v not_o add_v in_o the_o creed_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o neither_o say_v he_o be_v this_o speech_n have_v in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o past_a yet_o the_o meaning_n hereof_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o this_o he_o be_v bury_v it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o 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opinion_n some_o hold_v they_o mere_o literal_o he_o descend_v into_o hell_n that_o be_v go_v into_o the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a or_o some_o low_a place_n thereabouts_o they_o which_o understand_v it_o literal_o of_o the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a say_v that_o he_o go_v thither_o to_o triumph_v over_o all_o the_o damn_a ghost_n and_o devil_n his_o enemy_n they_o which_o understand_v it_o of_o some_o place_n thereabouts_o say_v that_o he_o go_v thither_o to_o free_v the_o patriarch_n that_o be_v detain_v for_o their_o original_a sin_n in_o limbo_n the_o ground_n common_a to_o both_o be_v both_o that_o to_o the_o ephesian_n 3.19_o ephes_n 4_o 9_o 1._o pet._n 3.19_o he_o descend_v into_o the_o low_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o of_o peter_n by_o which_o spirit_n he_o go_v and_o preach_v to_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v in_o prison_n which_o be_v disobedient_a in_o the_o day_n of_o noah_n &_o that_o of_o the_o psalmist_n 16.10_o psal_n 16.10_o thou_o will_v not_o leave_v my_o 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〈◊〉_d he_o descend_v into_o hell_n that_o be_v be_v in_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o dead_a for_o thus_o the_o greek_n be_v wont_a to_o speak_v of_o a_o man_n depart_v whether_o good_a or_o bad_a last_o some_o other_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v mere_o figurative_o speak_v he_o descend_v into_o hell_n that_o be_v suffer_v the_o torment_n of_o hell_n viz._n the_o anger_n of_o god_n against_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o the_o elect_v pour_v forth_o upon_o his_o soul_n drive_v he_o into_o that_o bloody_a agony_n in_o the_o garden_n and_o make_v he_o cry_v out_o my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o now_o of_o all_o those_o that_o which_o stand_v for_o limbo_n be_v to_o be_v explode_v as_o by_o other_o sound_a positive_a reason_n draw_v from_o scripture_n so_o in_o regard_n also_o of_o the_o impertinency_n of_o the_o place_n allege_v for_o in_o that_o to_o the_o hebrew_n the_o way_n into_o the_o holy_a be_v not_o yet_o open_v be_v mean_v nothing_o else_o but_o that_o which_o in_o 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