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his_o strength_n and_o sight_n and_o how_o he_o recover_v the_o one_o but_o not_o the_o other_o p._n 129._o the_o viii_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o steal_v why_o christ_n use_v the_o example_n of_o thief_n to_o induce_v we_o to_o search_v for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n p._n 132._o a_o observation_n upon_o this_o that_o among_o christ_n disciple_n there_o be_v but_o one_o note_v for_o avarice_n but_o all_o be_v tax_v for_o ambition_n p._n 135._o to_o one_o man_n only_a god_n by_o divine_a mean_n do_v show_v the_o way_n to_o become_v rich_a p._n 136._o a_o conjecture_n upon_o the_o jewish_a opinion_n touch_v the_o just_a price_n of_o thing_n vendible_a p._n 138._o a_o question_n if_o he_o that_o have_v make_v restitution_n of_o the_o good_n unjust_o detain_v as_o
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thence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o all_o religion_n except_o the_o christian_a general_o teach_v it_o the_o pagan_a the_o mahometan_a the_o jew_n yea_o and_o many_o that_o profess_v christianity_n agree_v all_o in_o this_o point_n and_o sing_v all_o the_o same_o song_n but_o how_o come_v this_o to_o be_v false_a and_o abusive_a see_v it_o be_v dictate_v by_o nature_n itself_o we_o must_v remember_v that_o by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o creation_n it_o be_v ordain_v that_o man_n shall_v be_v justify_v by_o his_o work_n and_o that_o by_o they_o he_o shall_v live_v for_o ever_o this_o principle_n be_v ingrave_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n who_o very_o have_v have_v righteousness_n and_o life_n by_o his_o work_n have_v he_o stand_v in_o his_o primitive_a innocence_n but_o his_o fall_n have_v bruise_v his_o bone_n make_v he_o uncapable_a of_o accomplish_v this_o condition_n but_o he_o yet_o retain_v this_o ancient_a principle_n which_o have_v be_v leave_v he_o to_o the_o end_n he_o 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be_v believe_v that_o they_o perish_v as_o well_o as_o the_o ark_n in_o which_o they_o be_v enclose_v now_o from_o the_o time_n that_o they_o be_v give_v by_o moses_n until_o that_o time_n they_o cease_v that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n pass_v nine_o hundred_o year_n and_o something_o above_o certain_a chronologer_n reckon_v therein_o nine_o hundred_o and_o six_o other_o nine_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o other_o nine_o hundred_o twenty_o seven_o other_o go_v to_o nine_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o whereupon_o we_o may_v note_v that_o according_a to_o the_o exact_a supputation_n the_o durance_n of_o the_o table_n of_o the_o law_n pass_v not_o the_o number_n of_o adam_n year_n who_o have_v first_o receive_v the_o law_n write_v in_o the_o table_n of_o his_o heart_n live_v the_o age_n of_o nine_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n at_o the_o least_o it_o be_v certain_a and_o seem_v very_o worthy_a of_o note_n that_o neither_o the_o durance_n of_o the_o table_n of_o the_o law_n nor_o the_o life_n of_o any_o man_n have_v never_o attain_v the_o age_n of_o a_o thousand_o year_n the_o law_n say_v whosoever_o fulfil_v it_o shall_v live_v for_o ever_o but_o for_o want_v of_o fulfil_v it_o the_o life_n of_o man_n never_o reach_v a_o thousand_o year_n and_o god_n in_o like_a manner_n will_v not_o that_o the_o table_n wherein_o he_o have_v renew_v this_o law_n that_o offer_a life_n shall_v last_v a_o thousand_o year_n the_o reason_n why_o the_o scripture_n show_v which_o be_v the_o great_a commandment_n and_o never_o which_o be_v the_o least_o although_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n of_o degree_n &_o weight_n between_o the_o commandment_n and_o that_o the_o lawgiver_n have_v mark_v that_o which_o be_v the_o chief_a yea_o and_o the_o second_o likewise_o to_o which_o all_o the_o other_o be_v refer_v yet_o will_v he_o never_o say_v which_o be_v the_o least_o of_o they_o all_o in_o the_o one_o or_o other_o table_n his_o will_n be_v notwithstanding_o the_o 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the_o external_a because_o it_o have_v more_o correspondence_n with_o god_n who_o be_v a_o spirit_n charity_n be_v great_a than_o faith_n or_o hope_n because_o love_n be_v in_o god_n yea_o god_n himself_o be_v love_n but_o neither_o faith_n nor_o hope_n can_v be_v in_o he_o for_o what_o shall_v god_n either_o believe_v or_o hope_v for_o great_a be_v his_o work_n that_o save_v a_o man_n life_n than_o his_o that_o bury_v he_o dead_a because_o the_o live_n bear_v the_o image_n of_o god_n upon_o this_o last_o example_n i_o will_v make_v a_o digression_n yet_o not_o far_o from_o the_o matter_n why_o by_o the_o law_n it_o be_v pollution_n to_o touch_v the_o dead_a corpse_n of_o a_o godly_a man_n that_o have_v be_v murder_v and_o nevertheless_o it_o be_v not_o pollution_n to_o touch_v the_o live_a murderer_n we_o know_v that_o whosoever_o touch_v a_o dead_a body_n even_o for_o to_o bury_v it_o the_o law_n declare_v he_o defile_v so_o a_o godly_a man_n be_v slay_v all_o that_o touch_v he_o after_o his_o death_n fall_v into_o this_o ceremonial_a irregularity_n but_o if_o they_o touch_v the_o murderer_n though_o his_o hand_n as_o yet_o all_o gore_v in_o his_o blood_n they_o endanger_v no_o uncleanness_n this_o law_n be_v strange_a and_o it_o seem_v hard_a to_o find_v a_o reason_n of_o it_o we_o may_v answer_v notwithstanding_o that_o as_o there_o be_v divers_a cause_n of_o pollution_n that_o of_o a_o dead_a man_n body_n proceed_v from_o that_o he_o have_v lose_v the_o image_n of_o god_n the_o lineament_n of_o which_o consist_v proper_o in_o the_o soul_n now_o a_o live_a man_n though_o a_o murderer_n carry_v notwithstanding_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o his_o reasonable_a soul_n this_o image_n which_o the_o dead_a man_n have_v no_o long_o the_o preface_n of_o the_o decalogue_n harken_v israel_n etc._n etc._n degree_n among_o nation_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o love_n or_o hate_v that_o god_n bear_v to_o they_o two_o nation_n have_v of_o old_a be_v famous_a for_o two_o contrary_a reason_n one_o as_o be_v the_o most_o belove_a of_o god_n to_o wit_n israel_n the_o other_o the_o most_o hate_a viz._n amalek_n among_o the_o people_n that_o god_n hold_v in_o hatred_n the_o idumean_n and_o egyptian_a be_v less_o hate_v than_o the_o moabite_n and_o ammonite_n and_o these_o less_o than_o the_o amalekite_n the_o idumean_n and_o egyptian_a be_v exclude_v the_o congregation_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o the_o three_o generation_n the_o moabite_n and_o ammonite_n enter_v not_o in_o thither_o till_o the_o ten_o the_o amalekite_n be_v not_o only_o shut_v out_o thence_o for_o ever_o but_o also_o condemn_v to_o be_v total_o root_v out_o from_o under_o heaven_n it_o be_v that_o only_a nation_n against_o who_o god_n have_v denounce_v immortal_a war_n that_o alone_o that_o ever_o he_o command_v whole_o to_o suppress_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o difference_n that_o god_n put_v between_o these_o infidel_n people_n be_v touch_v in_o deuteronomie_n chap._n 23._o v._n 1._o etc._n etc._n and_o 25._o v._o 17_o etc._n etc._n wherefore_o be_v nathaneel_n call_v a_o israelite_n or_o child_n of_o israel_n rather_o than_o the_o child_n of_o jacob_n joh._n 1.47_o it_o be_v know_v that_o israel_n and_o jacob_n be_v but_o the_o same_o man_n and_o that_o his_o posterity_n be_v sometime_o call_v the_o child_n of_o jacob_n and_o sometime_o of_o israel_n not_o that_o it_o be_v indifferent_a to_o call_v they_o by_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o name_n for_o there_o be_v reason_n and_o circumstance_n for_o which_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v call_v rather_o by_o the_o one_o than_o the_o other_o name_n but_o pass_v over_o what_o the_o learned_a have_v heretofore_o observe_v thereupon_o i_o have_v one_o observation_n to_o produce_v hence_o the_o high_a prophet_n speak_v of_o nathaneel_n say_v that_o he_o be_v very_o a_o israelite_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o guile_n this_o man_n than_o be_v praise_v as_o sincere_a and_o that_o know_v not_o what_o it_o be_v to_o 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