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that_o they_o may_v go_v to_o sacrifice_v plaut_n in_o aulul_n act._n 3._o scen_n 6._o yea_o this_o superstition_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o church_n chrysost_n hom._n 52._o in_o mat._n we_o see_v say_v he_o this_o custom_n confirm_v in_o many_o church_n that_o many_o study_n diligent_o how_o they_o may_v come_v to_o church_n with_o their_o hand_n wash_v and_o white_a garment_n and_o tert._n cap._n 11._o de_fw-fr orat._n hae_fw-la sunt_fw-la vera_fw-la mundiciae_fw-la non_fw-la quas_fw-la plerique_fw-la superstitiosè_fw-la curant_fw-la ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la orationem_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la lavacro_fw-la totius_fw-la corporis_fw-la aquam_fw-la sumente_n but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n god_n do_v hereby_o signify_v what_o purity_n and_o holiness_n of_o heart_n shall_v be_v in_o they_o to_o receive_v his_o law_n the_o second_o thing_n requisite_a be_v to_o set_v bound_n so_o that_o none_o mount_n 2._o they_o must_v not_o touch_v the_o mount_n may_v touch_v the_o mount_n it_o be_v a_o 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he_o say_v the_o promise_n or_o the_o gospel_n and_o not_o the_o law_n be_v the_o seed_n or_o doctrine_n of_o our_o new_a birth_n assert_v of_o grace_n page_z 163._o now_o here_o be_v ambiguity_n as_o first_o the_o promise_n or_o gospel_n for_o by_o this_o he_o seem_v to_o decide_v a_o great_a question_n that_o whatsoever_o be_v a_o promise_n in_o the_o scripture_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o gospel_n and_o whatsoever_o be_v not_o that_o but_o a_o command_n or_o threaten_a that_o belong_v to_o the_o law_n whereas_o this_o need_v a_o great_a discussion_n 2._o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n be_v not_o about_o the_o gospel_n or_o the_o law_n as_o they_o be_v both_o a_o doctrine_n in_o the_o scripture_n but_o about_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n work_v by_o one_o or_o the_o other_o and_o the_o not_o attend_v to_o this_o make_v the_o argument_n so_o confound_v 3._o he_o say_v it_o be_v not_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o new_a birth_n whereas_o conversion_n or_o regeneration_n be_v make_v the_o 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conversion_n p._n 127_o what_o the_o word_n sanctify_v imply_v p._n 194._o 195_o how_o the_o jew_n be_v in_o more_o servitude_n than_o christian_n p._n 245_o sin_n outward_a which_o are_z majoris_fw-la infamiae_fw-la inward_a which_o are_z majoris_fw-la reatus_fw-la page_n 171_o sincerity_n take_v two_o way_n p._n 255_o socinian_o and_o papist_n make_v addition_n in_o the_o gospel_n beside_o what_o be_v in_o the_o law_n p._n 233_o why_o the_o shellfish_n be_v unclean_a to_o the_o jew_n p._n 2_o law_n call_v spiritual_a in_o a_o twofold_a sense_n 1._o effectiâ—â—_n 2._o formaliter_fw-la p._n 6_o how_o the_o state_n of_o innocency_n excel_v the_o state_n of_o reparation_n in_o rectitude_n immortality_n and_o outward_a felicity_n p._n 133._o 134_o the_o state_n of_o reparation_n excel_v the_o state_n of_o innocency_n in_o certainty_n of_o perseverance_n ibidem_fw-la eudoxus_n say_v he_o be_v make_v to_o behold_v the_o sun_n p._n 75_o sum_n of_o all_o heavenly_a doctrine_n reduce_v to_o three_o head_n credenda_fw-la speranda_fw-la facienda_fw-la pag._n 242_o symbolical_a precept_n p._n 101_o t_n teach_v nova_fw-la &_o nouè_fw-la p._n 2_o tully_n say_v that_o the_o law_n of_o the_o twelve_o table_n do_v exceed_v all_o the_o library_n of_o philosopher_n both_o in_o weight_n of_o authority_n and_o fruitfulness_n of_o matter_n p._n 3_o the_o threaten_n of_o the_o gospel_n against_o those_o who_o reject_v christ_n arise_v from_o the_o law_n join_v in_o practical_a use_n with_o the_o gospel_n p._n 252_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n 102._o 103_o whether_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n be_v a_o sacrament_n of_o christ_n to_o adam_n or_o no._n p._n 130_o no_o truth_n in_o divinity_n do_v cross_v the_o truth_n of_o nature_n p._n 70_o doctor_n tailor_n his_o report_n of_o antinomianisme_n p._n 268_o five_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o variety_n of_o god_n administration_n in_o the_o two_o t._n p._n 246_o a_o twofold_a unbelief_n negative_a which_o damn_v none_o positive_a which_o damn_v 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