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to_o he_o for_o who_o it_o be_v offer_v crellius_n overthrow_v himself_o in_o say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o signify_v to_o take_v away_o for_o this_o take_v away_o must_v be_v perform_v upon_o the_o tree_n but_o christ_n according_a to_o his_o notion_n do_v not_o take_v away_o sin_n upon_o the_o cross_n his_o suffering_n be_v but_o preparatory_a to_o his_o ingress_n into_o heaven_n where_o he_o be_v first_o invest_v with_o a_o power_n to_o forgive_v sin_n s._n peter_n in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v a_o manifest_a aspect_n upon_o the_o prophecy_n of_o esaias_n c._n 53.11_o he_o shall_v bear_v their_o iniquity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o word_n too_o stiff_o to_o be_v bend_v into_o a_o compliance_n with_o the_o socinian_n
to_o sit_v still_o on_o the_o seven_o day_n there_o be_v as_o much_o holiness_n in_o this_o as_o in_o offer_v a_o brute_n beast_n unto_o god_n be_v stamp_v with_o a_o divine_a command_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o body_n signify_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o sin_n as_o the_o sacrifice_n do_v the_o holiness_n of_o christ_n this_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o what_o be_v assert_v by_o the_o learned_a author_n of_o the_o epilogue_n to_o which_o i_o reply_v 1._o it_o be_v no_o good_a consequence_n because_o the_o precept_n extend_v to_o cattle_n which_o be_v in_o no_o capacity_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n appertain_v to_o the_o sabbath_n but_o only_o cease_v from_o bodily_a labour_n that_o therefore_o nothing_o but_o bodily_a rest_n be_v enjoin_v in_o it_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o king_n of_o niniveh_n concern_v the_o fast_o do_v reach_v to_o cattle_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o true_a that_o nothing_o be_v command_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o city_n but_o what_o may_v be_v perform_v by_o cattle_n we_o must_v take_v notice_n that_o a_o part_n only_o of_o the_o command_n extend_v to_o cattle_n it_o be_v require_v of_o the_o master_n of_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v employ_v in_o that_o usual_a work_n they_o be_v design_v for_o in_o the_o week-time_n but_o not_o that_o they_o keep_v holy_a the_o sabbath-day_n to_o assert_v that_o cattle_n be_v concern_v in_o the_o whole_a precept_n because_o they_o be_v in_o one_o part_n be_v as_o if_o we_o shall_v affirm_v that_o jacob_n son_n cattle_n have_v all_o egypt_n for_o their_o pasture_n because_o they_o have_v goshen_n which_o be_v a_o part_n of_o it_o as_o for_o stranger_n they_o be_v capable_a both_o of_o rest_v and_o sanctify_v the_o sabbath_n if_o we_o suppose_v they_o be_v tie_v only_o to_o the_o seven_o precept_n of_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n how_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o sabbath_n of_o the_o four_o command_n be_v not_o contain_v under_o one_o of_o they_o it_o be_v believe_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o second_o 85._o mede_n diat_a p._n 85._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d munster_n upon_o jos_n 9.7_o use_v these_o word_n nec_fw-la poterant_fw-la israelitae_n cum_fw-la gibeonitis_n inire_fw-la foedus_fw-la nisi_fw-la hac_fw-la conditione_n ut_fw-la observarent_fw-la septem_fw-la praecepta_fw-la filiis_fw-la noae_n data_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la eliminarent_fw-la idololatriam_fw-la observarent_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la abstinerent_fw-la ab_fw-la incestu_fw-ge execrarentur_fw-la homicidium_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o israelite_n can_v not_o enter_v in_o covenant_n with_o the_o gibeonite_n but_o upon_o this_o condition_n that_o they_o will_v observe_v the_o seven_o precept_n give_v to_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n that_o be_v cast_v out_o idolatry_n observe_v the_o sabbath_n abstain_v from_o incest_n execrate_v murder_n etc._n etc._n here_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n be_v reckon_v among_o the_o seven_o precept_n of_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n if_o the_o sabbath_n be_v none_o of_o they_o yet_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o the_o tie_n be_v make_v not_o by_o a_o divine_a but_o a_o humane_a appointment_n though_o the_o precept_n material_o consider_v be_v in_o the_o scripture_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o in_o that_o form_n and_o order_n in_o which_o they_o be_v deliver_v by_o the_o talmudist_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o intimation_n give_v that_o it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o proselyte_n or_o convert_v from_o idol_n shall_v be_v oblige_v to_o these_o and_o no_o other_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o this_o be_v a_o decree_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n and_o that_o it_o may_v have_v the_o great_a reverence_n pay_v to_o it_o the_o rabbin_n general_o ascribe_v it_o to_o god_n if_o proselyte_n or_o stranger_n be_v tie_v only_o to_o these_o seven_o precept_n by_o the_o will_n of_o man_n yet_o they_o may_v be_v oblige_v to_o the_o observation_n of_o other_o in_o particular_a the_o sabbath_n of_o the_o four_o command_n by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n a_o stranger_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o ignorance_n be_v bind_v to_o offer_v up_o a_o she-goat_n of_o the_o first_o year_n num._n 15.27_o 29._o which_o injunction_n be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o seven_o precept_n of_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n 2._o it_o be_v not_o true_a that_o to_o keep_v holy_a the_o sabbath_n signify_v no_o more_o than_o sit_v still_o upon_o the_o seven_o day_n beside_o the_o figurative_a holiness_n there_o be_v something_o discernible_a in_o a_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o such_o a_o slothful_a posture_n the_o earth_n be_v the_o lord_n and_o he_o grant_v the_o use_n of_o it_o to_o man_n for_o a_o supply_n of_o their_o necessity_n the_o give_v back_o some_o part_n of_o it_o by_o way_n of_o oblation_n be_v account_v a_o piece_n of_o homage_n and_o a_o expression_n of_o their_o agnition_n of_o his_o sovereignty_n over_o the_o whole_a herodotus_n judith_n c._n 2._o v._n 7._o herodotus_n to_o this_o end_n the_o persian_n use_v to_o present_v their_o king_n with_o earth_n and_o water_n to_o signify_v and_o acknowledge_v that_o they_o be_v lord_n of_o land_n and_o sea_n aquinas_n be_v so_o well_o please_v with_o this_o reason_n 1._o 22._o q._n 55._o art_n 1._o that_o he_o assert_n sacrifice_v in_o general_a to_o be_v of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n though_o the_o determination_n of_o it_o to_o this_o or_o that_o species_n of_o thing_n be_v variable_a and_o ground_v only_o upon_o positive_a institution_n all_o this_o can_v be_v assert_v of_o sit_v still_o which_o give_v nothing_o to_o god_n but_o imply_v the_o withhold_v and_o suppression_n of_o those_o action_n whereby_o the_o body_n be_v in_o any_o capacity_n to_o honour_v he_o if_o there_o have_v be_v nothing_o in_o sacrifice_n but_o a_o figurative_a holiness_n no_o account_n can_v be_v give_v why_o it_o shall_v meet_v with_o so_o general_a and_o ready_a entertainment_n among_o the_o heathen_n who_o be_v stranger_n to_o the_o figure_n porphyry_n 70._o de_fw-fr abstin_n l._n 2._o p._n 70._o who_o 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