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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nusquam_fw-la non_fw-la &_o nunquam_fw-la non_fw-la utilis_fw-la loc_fw-la grotius_n ad_fw-la loc_fw-la profitable_a at_o all_o time_n in_o all_o place_n in_o all_o occasion_n the_o tree_n bring_v forth_o fruit_n upward_o but_o it_o be_v for_o the_o benefit_n of_o those_o which_o be_v below_o a_o christian_a bring_v forth_o fruit_n unto_o god_n 7.4_o rom._n 7.4_o but_o the_o comfort_n and_o benefit_n thereof_o extend_v to_o himself_o and_o other_o my_o goodness_n extend_v not_o unto_o thou_o but_o unto_o the_o saint_n which_o be_v upon_o earth_n psal_n 16.2_o 3._o again_o tree_n 3._o give_v evidence_n to_o the_o tree_n fruit_n give_v evidence_n to_o the_o tree_n which_o bear_v they_o show_v it_o to_o be_v a_o live_a tree_n and_o of_o what_o kind_n it_o be_v the_o tree_n be_v know_v by_o its_o fruit_n mat._n 12.33_o and_o of_o such_o use_n be_v good_a work_n to_o the_o christian_a they_o be_v evidence_n discover_v a_o man_n to_o himself_o and_o other_o show_v he_o to_o 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christ_n thereby_o their_o person_n be_v justify_v and_o themselves_o make_v good_a tree_n which_o they_o must_v be_v before_o their_o fruit_n can_v be_v good_a make_v the_o tree_n good_a and_o his_o fruit_n good_a mat._n 12.33_o hereby_o their_o person_n come_v to_o be_v accept_v and_o consequent_o their_o work_n god_n have_v a_o respect_n unto_o abel_n and_o to_o his_o offering_n gen._n 4.8_o first_o the_o person_n than_o the_o sacrifice_n work_v perform_v by_o a_o unjustify_v person_n whatever_o they_o be_v material_o in_o themselves_o yet_o formal_o they_o can_v be_v good_a so_o good_a as_o to_o find_v acceptance_n with_o god_n spirit_n 2._o by_o his_o spirit_n 2._o and_o second_o this_o they_o have_v from_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n this_o it_o be_v that_o work_v all_o these_o work_n in_o and_o for_o the_o believer_n who_o be_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o reasonable_a instrument_n act_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o supernatural_a performance_n so_o as_o 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reconcile_v unto_o god_n by_o the_o death_n of_o his_o son_n ephes_n 2.16_o that_o he_o may_v reconcile_v both_o viz._n jew_n and_o gentile_n unto_o god_n in_o one_o body_n by_o the_o cross_n col._n 1.20_o and_o have_v make_v peace_n through_o the_o blood_n of_o his_o cross_n by_o he_o to_o reconcile_v all_o thing_n to_o himself_o in_o all_o which_o place_n the_o apostle_n clear_o hold_v forth_o the_o death_n of_o jesus_n christ_n as_o the_o proper_a mean_n of_o procure_v our_o reconciliation_n with_o god_n evasion_n allegat_fw-la socinian_n evasion_n allegat_fw-la to_o this_o the_o adversary_n answer_v as_o before_o true_o by_o this_o mean_v we_o be_v reconcile_v unto_o god_n but_o not_o god_n to_o we_o as_o for_o god_n he_o be_v not_o a_o enemy_n to_o we_o but_o we_o be_v enemy_n unto_o he_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o receive_v and_o embrace_v we_o upon_o our_o return_v to_o he_o by_o repentance_n only_o we_o be_v averse_a to_o he_o enemy_n in_o our_o mind_n through_o wicked_a work_n now_o this_o indeed_o christ_n by_o his_o death_n effect_v say_v they_o reconcile_n we_o unto_o god_n 1.21_o col._n 1.21_o by_o bring_v we_o unto_o he_o in_o the_o way_n aforesaid_a by_o repent_v and_o believe_v sophocle_n to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n the_o phrase_n clear_v and_o vindicate_v idem_fw-la valet_fw-la nos_fw-la deo_fw-la conciliari_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la nobis_fw-la grot._n de_fw-fr satisf_n cap._n 7._o grot._fw-la ibid._n ex_fw-la sophocle_n repl._n but_o hereunto_o we_o have_v return_v answer_n already_o that_o for_o we_o to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n and_o god_n to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o we_o import_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n this_o we_o have_v evidence_v by_o show_v the_o use_n of_o the_o phrase_n in_o scripture_n language_n to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v the_o consent_n of_o profane_a writer_n with_o who_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o god_n be_v as_o much_o as_o for_o the_o god_n to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o they_o who_o have_v offend_v they_o that_o so_o they_o may_v escape_v their_o anger_n and_o revenge_n but_o we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o go_v down_o to_o the_o philistine_n to_o sharpen_v this_o goad_n in_o those_o very_a place_n allege_v upon_o a_o serious_a review_n of_o of_o they_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o reconciliation_n there_o speak_v of_o be_v a_o reconcile_n of_o god_n to_o man._n that_o to_o the_o roman_n be_v clear_a when_o we_o be_v enemy_n we_o be_v reconcile_v unto_o god_n how_o reconcile_v to_o he_o why_o so_o as_o to_o have_v peace_n with_o he_o ver_fw-la 1._o so_o as_o to_o have_v a_o stand_n in_o his_o grace_n ver_fw-la 2._o so_o as_o to_o be_v save_v from_o his_o wrath_n ver_fw-la 9_o such_o be_v the_o reconciliation_n there_o speak_v of_o by_o the_o apostle_n which_o he_o further_o make_v to_o be_v the_o proper_a and_o immediate_a fruit_n and_o effect_n of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n reconcile_v by_o his_o death_n and_o consequent_o it_o must_v import_v not_o 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de_fw-fr satisfact_n cap._n 7._o blanch_v that_o text_n the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n confirm_v by_o his_o suffering_n upon_o the_o cross_n but_o by_o the_o merit_n of_o the_o cross_n as_o the_o same_o author_n in_o his_o first_o and_o better_a thought_n orthodox_o expound_v it_o per_n vim_o scilicet_fw-la placatricem_fw-la by_o that_o pacify_v appease_v virtue_n which_o be_v in_o his_o blood_n which_o he_o shed_v upon_o the_o cross_n by_o this_o mean_v it_o be_v that_o he_o reconcile_v god_n to_o they_o and_z they_o to_z god_n and_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n in_o that_o other_o place_n col._n 1.20_o god_n be_v say_v by_o christ_n to_o reconcile_v all_o thing_n to_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1.20_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hîc_fw-la sumendum_fw-la ut_fw-la suprà _fw-la ver_fw-la 16_o sub_fw-la ipso_fw-la five_o ità _fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la pareant_fw-la grot._fw-la ad_fw-la col._n 1.20_o not_o in_o unum_fw-la into_o one_o as_o socinus_n will_v have_v it_o for_o then_o as_o grotius_n note_v upon_o it_o it_o shall_v have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o nor_o yet_o as_o grotius_n himself_o in_o his_o decline_a time_n expound_v it_o sub_fw-la ipso_fw-la under_o he_o viz._n under_o christ_n or_o to_o he_o viz._n that_o they_o may_v obey_v he_o but_o to_o he_o viz._n to_o god_n the_o father_n so_o that_o other_o place_n of_o the_o same_o apostle_n explain_v it_o 2_o cor._n 5.19_o god_n be_v in_o christ_n reconcile_n the_o world_n to_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o he_o have_v do_v by_o christ_n viz._n by_o and_o through_o his_o death_n so_o that_o parenthesis_n there_o col._n 1.20_o explain_v it_o have_v make_v peace_n through_o the_o blood_n of_o his_o cross_n not_o the_o doctrine_n of_o his_o cross_n but_o the_o blood_n of_o his_o cross_n viz._n that_o bloody_a oblation_n make_v and_o offer_v upon_o the_o cross_n ibid._n sanguinis_fw-la hîc_fw-la fit_a mentio_fw-la quîa_fw-la per_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la 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vires_fw-la suppeditando_fw-la pro_fw-la modo_fw-la tentationum_fw-la grot._fw-la ad_fw-la heb._n 2.17_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heb._n 2.17_o significat_fw-la expiatiationem_fw-la sed_fw-la eam_fw-la quae_fw-la fit_a placando_fw-la grot._fw-la de_fw-fr satisfact_n cap._n 7._o to_o make_v reconciliation_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o expiate_v and_o take_v away_o their_o sin_n to_o take_v they_o away_o not_o only_o in_o respect_n of_o power_n as_o grotius_n comment_v upon_o it_o by_o give_v they_o strength_n against_o they_o suitable_a to_o their_o tentation_n and_o so_o cause_v they_o not_o to_o sin_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o guilt_n by_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o himself_o make_v satisfaction_n unto_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n for_o they_o as_o the_o same_o author_n in_o his_o better_a mind_n expound_v it_o thus_o be_v christ_n say_v to_o be_v the_o propitiation_n be_v the_o mean_n of_o reconcile_a his_o elect_n unto_o 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