illa_fw-la finiretur_fw-la &_o poena_fw-la the_o punishment_n be_v continue_v long_o than_o the_o sin_n lest_o the_o sin_n shall_v be_v esteem_v but_o small_a if_o the_o punishment_n shall_v be_v end_v together_o with_o it_o and_o this_o m._n perkins_n well_o observe_v in_o general_a concern_v that_o example_n of_o the_o israelite_n that_o god_n though_o his_o judgement_n proceed_v not_o one_o way_n yet_o will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v see_v another_o way_n though_o not_o for_o punishment_n to_o they_o that_o repent_v and_o believe_v yet_o for_o example_n to_o future_a time_n to_o take_v heed_n of_o cut_v themselves_o off_o by_o unbelief_n and_o disobedience_n from_o the_o heavenly_a rest_n as_o these_o have_v do_v from_o the_o seal_n and_o sacrament_n thereof_o the_o apostle_n to_o that_o purpose_n say_v 10.11_o say_v 1._o cor._n 10.11_o these_o thing_n come_v to_o they_o for_o ensample_n and_o be_v write_v to_o admonish_v we_o upon_o who_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n be_v come_v 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unto_o we_o the_o possession_n thereof_o thus_o s._n austin_n make_v mystical_a and_o spiritual_a application_n thereof_o affirm_v that_o 3._o that_o august_n contra_fw-la faust_n man._n lib._n 16._o cap._n 19_o non_fw-la introducebat_fw-la populum_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la promissionis_fw-la ne_fw-la videlicet_fw-la lex_fw-la per_fw-la mosen_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la saluandum_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la convincendun_v peccatorem_fw-la data_fw-la introducere_fw-la putaretur_fw-la ita_fw-la tertulaâ—iver_n marcionem_fw-la lâ—b_fw-la 3._o moses_n do_v not_o bring_v the_o people_n of_o israel_n into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n lest_o the_o law_n which_o be_v give_v by_o moses_n not_o to_o save_v but_o to_o convict_v the_o sinner_n shall_v be_v think_v to_o bring_v we_o into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n but_o full_o to_o answer_v this_o point_n and_o to_o stop_v m._n bishop_n mouth_n let_v we_o take_v that_o which_o the_o same_o s._n austin_n say_v in_o another_o place_n indigni_fw-la place_n 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illam_fw-la terram_fw-la nun_n in_o illa_fw-la terra_fw-la viventes_fw-la multa_fw-la mala_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la offenderunt_fw-la nun_n &_o idolotriam_fw-la secuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la illa_fw-la magnum_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la dedisse_fw-la terram_fw-la istam_fw-la moysi_n sed_fw-la moses_n voluit_fw-la gestare_fw-la figuram_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la erant_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la moysen_n data_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la &_o ostendit_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la esse_fw-la vellent_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la gratia_fw-la esse_fw-la nollent_fw-la non_fw-la intraturos_fw-la interram_fw-la promisâ—ionis_fw-la ergo_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la moysi_n figura_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la poena_fw-la seâ—_n mer_n quae_fw-la poena_fw-la non_fw-la intrare_fw-la in_o illam_fw-la terram_fw-la quae_fw-la poena_fw-la quo_fw-la intraverunt_fw-la indigni_fw-la we_o seek_v god_n punishment_n in_o moses_n say_v he_o and_o he_o have_v in_o a_o manner_n none_o but_o that_o god_n at_o last_o say_v to_o he_o go_v up_o into_o the_o hill_n and_o die_v he_o say_v to_o a_o old_a man_n go_v die_v he_o have_v now_o finish_v his_o year_n what_o shall_v he_o never_o die_v what_o punishment_n be_v this_o he_o show_v he_o there_o his_o punishment_n in_o that_o he_o say_v thou_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n to_o which_o the_o people_n be_v to_o enter_v moses_n do_v here_o bear_v a_o figure_n of_o some_o for_o he_o be_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v it_o a_o great_a punishment_n not_o to_o come_v to_o that_o land_n which_o be_v promise_v for_o a_o time_n to_o carry_v a_o shadow_n and_o so_o to_o pass_v away_o do_v not_o many_o unfaithful_a man_n enter_v into_o that_o land_n do_v not_o they_o that_o live_v in_o that_o land_n commit_v many_o evil_n and_o offend_v god_n do_v they_o not_o follow_v idolatry_n in_o that_o land_n a_o great_a matter_n it_o be_v not_o 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both_o to_o he_o and_o us._n but_o it_o be_v worth_a the_o while_n here_o to_o question_v with_o m._n bishop_n how_o he_o shall_v make_v the_o not_o enter_v of_o all_o these_o into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n to_o be_v any_o satisfaction_n for_o their_o sin_n what_o do_v they_o or_o suffer_v they_o that_o may_v carry_v the_o name_n of_o a_o satisfaction_n do_v any_o thing_n herein_o befall_v they_o but_o what_o befall_v to_o many_o just_a and_o godly_a father_n before_o that_o time_n he_o say_v their_o day_n be_v shorten_v but_o how_o be_v the_o day_n of_o moses_n and_o aaron_n shorten_v when_o the_o one_o live_v to_o 34.7_o to_o deut._n 34.7_o 120._o and_o the_o other_o to_o 33.39_o to_o numb_a 33.39_o 123._o year_n almost_o double_a to_o that_o number_n of_o year_n which_o moses_n note_v for_o the_o ordinary_a time_n of_o the_o life_n of_o man_n 90.10_o man_n psal_n 90.10_o the_o day_n of_o our_o age_n be_v threescore_o year_n and_o ten_o yea_o moses_n be_v so_o old_a as_o that_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o original_a signification_n extend_v so_o large_o as_o to_o be_v fit_o use_v thereof_o even_o as_o the_o word_n image_n may_v also_o as_o appear_v by_o s._n austin_n who_o of_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n the_o son_n can_v do_v nothing_o of_o himself_o but_o what_o he_o see_v the_o father_n do_v etc._n etc._n say_v that_o sunt_fw-la that_o aug._n in_o joan._n tract_n 19_o quaesi_fw-la intelligantur_fw-la secundum_fw-la humanum_fw-la sensum_fw-la carnalitèr_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la nobis_fw-la facit_fw-la animae_fw-la plena_fw-la phantasmatis_fw-la nisi_fw-la quasdam_fw-la imagine_v velut_fw-la duorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o filii_fw-la unius_fw-la ostendentis_fw-la alterius_fw-la videntis_fw-la unius_fw-la loquentis_fw-la alterius_fw-la audientis_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la idolae_fw-la cordis_fw-la sunt_fw-la if_o they_o be_v understand_v carnal_o according_a to_o humane_a conceit_n the_o soul_n full_a of_o fancy_n do_v no_o other_o but_o frame_v 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be_v that_o that_o represent_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o for_o a_o calf_n be_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v and_o therefore_o the_o golden_a calf_n can_v be_v say_v to_o represent_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o yea_o but_o say_v he_o it_o represent_v that_o to_o be_v a_o god_n which_o be_v nothing_o less_o but_o that_o be_v a_o sophistical_a pervert_v of_o the_o word_n of_o his_o author_n as_o have_v be_v before_o show_v and_o be_v but_o his_o own_o foolish_a fancy_n what_o be_v it_o to_o we_o his_o authority_n make_v only_o that_o a_o idol_n which_o represent_v in_o shape_n a_o thing_n that_o simple_o be_v not_o albeit_o neither_o will_v that_o shift_n of_o his_o rid_v he_o from_o this_o objection_n for_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o israelite_n make_v the_o golden_a calf_n to_o be_v unto_o they_o a_o visible_a sign_n and_o representation_n of_o the_o true_a god_n by_o which_o they_o will_v have_v some_o token_n of_o his_o presence_n among_o they_o and_o his_o conduct_v and_o 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dvas_fw-la unulas_fw-la aureas_fw-la consecravi_fw-la alteram_fw-la in_o bethelis_n alteram_fw-la in_o danae_n ut_fw-la pro_fw-la locorum_fw-la opportunitatet_fw-la ex_fw-la propinquioribus_fw-la oppidu_fw-la ad_fw-la eas_fw-la confluentes_fw-la illie_n deum_fw-la ritè_fw-la adoretis_fw-la that_o god_n be_v absent_a from_o no_o place_n nor_o be_v include_v or_o compass_v any_o where_o but_o as_o he_o know_v all_o thing_n so_o hear_v every_o where_o and_o every_o where_o respect_v they_o that_o worship_v he_o therefore_o that_o he_o like_v not_o that_o for_o exercise_n or_o religion_n they_o shall_v go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n but_o he_o have_v consecrate_v two_o golden_a calf_n at_o dan_n and_o bethel_n that_o at_o either_o of_o those_o place_n according_a to_o their_o dwell_n they_o may_v more_o near_o at_o hand_n in_o due_a manner_n worship_n god_n by_o which_o word_n it_o be_v plain_a that_o in_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o calf_n he_o make_v show_v of_o no_o other_o but_o thereby_o 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