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pardon_v and_o forgive_v for_o ever_o that_o we_o be_v receive_v into_o grace_n and_o make_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o heir_n of_o eternal_a life_n the_o three_o and_o last_o be_v that_o be_v persuade_v of_o the_o free_a pardon_n and_o forgiveness_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o eternal_a salvation_n for_o christ_n sake_n and_o merit_n we_o afterward_o labour_v to_o keep_v and_o observe_v all_o thing_n whatsoever_o christ_n have_v command_v we_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o salvation_n of_o our_o neighbour_n keep_v faith_n always_o even_o unto_o the_o end_n and_o steadfast_o believe_v that_o whatsoever_o sin_n we_o commit_v in_o our_o new_a obedience_n be_v not_o impute_v to_o we_o and_o that_o for_o christ_n sake_n only_o as_o also_o that_o by_o the_o imputation_n of_o christ_n most_o perfect_a obedience_n righteousness_n and_o holiness_n unto_o we_o our_o imperfect_a obedience_n be_v make_v perfect_a and_o so_o repute_v and_o accept_v for_o most_o perfect_a in_o the_o 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do_v of_o that_o which_o it_o require_v for_o it_o give_v we_o no_o power_n whereby_o we_o may_v be_v save_v and_o so_o be_v insufficient_a and_o 6_o and_o 1_o cor._n â—_o 6_o a_o kill_a letter_n and_o 7._o and_o 7._o the_o ministration_n of_o wrath_n and_o death_n rather_o stir_v up_o sin_n then_o take_v it_o away_o but_o the_o gospel_n require_v no_o more_o of_o we_o than_o it_o enable_v we_o to_o perform_v and_o so_o communicate_v real_o unto_o we_o what_o be_v offer_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o holy_a ghost_n work_v thereby_o in_o the_o elect_a at_o the_o preach_v thereof_o stir_v up_o in_o they_o true_a faith_n whereby_o to_o lay_v hold_n on_o christ_n when_o he_o be_v offer_v unto_o they_o and_o together_o with_o he_o everlasting_a salvation_n for_o 10.17_o for_o rom._n 10.17_o faith_n come_v by_o hear_v of_o the_o gospel_n but_o obedience_n come_v not_o by_o hear_v the_o law_n for_o the_o holy_a ghost_n at_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o law_n do_v not_o enable_v they_o to_o keep_v it_o whosoever_o hear_v the_o same_o whereas_o it_o do_v stir_v up_o faith_n in_o the_o elect_a at_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o which_o cause_n as_o the_o law_n be_v call_v the_o kill_a letter_n so_o the_o gospel_n be_v call_v the_o quicken_a spirit_n or_o the_o 3.6_o the_o 2_o cor._n 3.6_o spirit_n give_v life_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o true_a and_o effectual_a instrument_n and_o mean_n unto_o salvation_n to_o every_o one_o that_o believe_v from_o whence_o follow_v a_o three_o difference_n which_o be_v this_o that_o the_o law_n be_v not_o write_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n but_o in_o table_n of_o stone_n so_o that_o there_o be_v not_o any_o change_n in_o man_n wrought_v thereby_o but_o the_o gospel_n be_v write_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o elect_a by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o work_v in_o they_o 3.18_o they_o 2_o cor._n 3.18_o a_o change_n and_o true_a renovation_n be_v use_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o a_o instrument_n of_o our_o sanctification_n and_o 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second_o forasmuch_o the_o gospel_n be_v one_o instrument_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n whereby_o we_o be_v ingraft_v and_o unite_v unto_o christ_n and_o make_v partaker_n of_o redemption_n and_o salvation_n as_o we_o show_v in_o the_o 12._o chap_n in_o that_o regard_n we_o confess_v that_o even_o the_o moral_a law_n also_o as_o concern_v the_o curse_n denounce_v against_o the_o transgressor_n thereof_o be_v by_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n abrogate_a according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n 8.1_o apostle_n rom._n 8.1_o there_o be_v no_o condemnation_n to_o they_o which_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n a_o sign_n whereof_o this_o be_v that_o they_o ibid._n they_o ibid._n walk_v not_o after_o the_o flesh_n but_o after_o the_o spirit_n but_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n require_v repentance_n of_o we_o and_o sanctity_n of_o our_o whole_a life_n and_o that_o we_o live_v sober_o righteous_o and_o godly_a in_o this_o regard_n i_o say_v it_o take_v not_o away_o the_o moral_a law_n for_o it_o agree_v altogether_o with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n concern_v eschew_v vice_n and_o follow_v after_o virtue_n three_o and_o last_o forasmuch_o as_o christ_n by_o his_o gospel_n have_v not_o take_v away_o the_o political_a or_o civil_a law_n by_o which_o commonwealth_n be_v govern_v which_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n therefore_o we_o leave_v it_o free_a to_o magistrate_n to_o use_v the_o law_n which_o be_v deliver_v to_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o to_o govern_v their_o people_n thereby_o consider_v that_o there_o be_v none_o more_o equal_a and_o just_a than_o they_o wherefore_o if_o there_o be_v any_o one_o that_o dare_v presume_v to_o say_v that_o by_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n the_o government_n of_o commonwealth_n be_v overturn_v or_o trouble_v he_o offer_v
ordain_v new_a sacrament_n so_o neither_o can_v any_o man_n boast_v that_o he_o do_v true_o and_o proper_o either_o purge_v the_o conscience_n of_o man_n from_o sin_n or_o feed_v they_o with_o the_o true_a body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n but_o only_o as_o they_o use_v to_o say_v ministerial_o doct._n xii_o that_o the_o sacrament_n receive_v by_o the_o faithful_a be_v not_o vitiate_a and_o pollute_a by_o the_o ill_a life_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o minister_n thereof_o but_o if_o christ_n alone_o be_v not_o only_o the_o true_a author_n but_o dispenser_n also_o of_o the_o sacrament_n from_o hence_o it_o be_v easy_o gather_v that_o the_o sacrament_n receive_v by_o the_o faithful_a be_v not_o vitiate_a and_o pollute_a by_o the_o corruption_n and_o ill_a life_n of_o those_o who_o ministry_n god_n use_v but_o that_o they_o receive_v they_o worthy_o and_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o thing_n signify_v and_o offer_v by_o the_o sacrament_n for_o 1.15_o for_o tâ—it_fw-la 1.15_o unto_o the_o pure_a all_o thing_n be_v pure_a and_o 3.17_o and_o eph._n 3.17_o by_o faith_n christ_n with_o all_o his_o treasure_n dwell_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o believer_n doctor_n xiii_o that_o grace_n be_v not_o tie_v and_o bind_v to_o the_o sacrament_n upon_o the_o same_o ground_n and_o foundation_n we_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o opinion_n which_o be_v receive_v and_o maintain_v by_o all_o the_o godly_a that_o grace_n be_v not_o tie_v and_o bind_v unto_o the_o sacrament_n to_o wit_n so_o that_o he_o which_o receive_v they_o do_v necessary_o yea_o though_o he_o want_v faith_n receive_v also_o the_o thing_n itself_o thereby_o signify_v and_o offer_v as_o if_o ex_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la as_o they_o speak_v upon_o the_o outward_a act_n of_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n bare_o consider_v a_o man_n may_v attain_v unto_o the_o signify_v for_o christ_n do_v not_o absolute_o say_v 16.16_o say_v mark_v 16.16_o he_o that_o be_v baptize_v shall_v be_v save_v but_o he_o say_v in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o that_o believe_v and_o be_v etc._n etc._n and_o 13_o and_o act._n â—_o 13_o simon_n magus_n also_o be_v baptize_v but_o yet_o he_o attain_v not_o unto_o the_o thing_n itself_o signify_v by_o baptism_n for_o as_o peter_n witness_v he_o be_v still_o 23._o still_o 23._o in_o the_o gall_n of_o bitterness_n and_o in_o the_o bond_n of_o iniquity_n be_v hold_v entangle_v in_o diabolical_a malice_n and_o so_o have_v no_o part_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n and_o august_n and_o august_n many_o there_o be_v which_o eat_v the_o bread_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o not_o the_o bread_n the_o lord_n for_o as_o they_o which_o hear_v the_o gospel_n preach_v unto_o they_o be_v not_o make_v partaker_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n unless_o they_o repent_v they_o of_o their_o sin_n past_a and_o believe_v in_o christ_n so_o neither_o be_v they_o which_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n make_v partaker_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v thereby_o represent_v and_o offer_v unto_o they_o unless_o unto_o to_o outward_a receive_n there_o be_v also_o add_v repentance_n and_o faith_n doct._n fourteen_o that_o by_o the_o unworthiness_n of_o the_o receiver_n the_o power_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o sacrament_n be_v neither_o take_v away_o nor_o diminish_v neither_o yet_o do_v we_o therefore_o take_v away_o or_o diminish_v the_o power_n and_o efficacy_n of_o the_o sacrament_n give_v thereunto_o by_o god_n forasmuch_o as_o we_o confess_v that_o it_o depend_v upon_o faith_n and_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n who_o institute_v and_o ordain_v the_o sacrament_n and_o that_o it_o be_v neither_o take_v away_o nor_o diminish_v by_o the_o unworthiness_n of_o the_o administer_v thereof_o or_o the_o receiver_n for_o as_o the_o gospel_n by_o itself_o retain_v always_o its_o own_o power_n efficacy_n and_o signification_n although_o all_o man_n do_v not_o understand_v it_o and_o again_o as_o it_o have_v power_n to_o exhibit_v what_o it_o offer_v to_o be_v receive_v although_o all_o man_n be_v not_o make_v partaker_n thereof_o so_o also_o be_v it_o with_o the_o sacrament_n which_o be_v the_o visible_a word_n for_o as_o the_o word_n by_o itself_o always_o be_v the_o power_n of_o god_n unto_o salvation_n but_o not_o so_o to_o every_o one_o that_o hear_v unless_o he_o also_o do_v believe_v so_o also_o the_o sacrament_n be_v instrument_n which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n use_v always_o efficacious_a unto_o salvation_n although_o none_o partake_v of_o the_o efficacy_n thereof_o but_o only_o those_o which_o do_v true_o believe_v for_o which_o cause_n the_o apostle_n be_v not_o afraid_a to_o say_v that_o all_o those_o which_o be_v baptize_v be_v 6.11_o be_v 1_o cor._n 6.11_o wash_v sanctify_a &_o justify_v although_o he_o know_v that_o there_o be_v many_o hypocrite_n among_o they_o for_o by_o such_o manner_n of_o speak_v be_v signify_v the_o efficacy_n by_o god_n give_v unto_o the_o sacrament_n and_o what_o we_o be_v to_o believe_v concern_v the_o efficacy_n thereof_o unless_o perhaps_o our_o own_o hypocrisy_n be_v a_o hindrance_n and_o impediment_n thereunto_o in_o which_o sense_n if_o any_o one_o shall_v say_v that_o whosoever_o eat_v the_o bread_n of_o the_o lord_n they_o be_v make_v also_o partaker_n of_o the_o lord_n body_n that_o be_v as_o concern_v the_o power_n and_o efficacy_n of_o the_o sacrament_n and_o the_o author_n and_o distributour_n thereof_o there_o be_v no_o impediment_n or_o hindrance_n but_o that_o the_o receiver_n of_o the_o sacrament_n be_v make_v parker_n of_o the_o thing_n thereby_o signify_v and_o offer_v unto_o they_o we_o can_v dislike_v such_o manner_n of_o speak_v if_o so_o be_v that_o there_o be_v add_v thereunto_o such_o explication_n and_o exposition_n as_o these_o for_o the_o instruct_n of_o the_o rude_a sort_n of_o people_n and_o for_o the_o root_n up_o out_o of_o their_o mind_n the_o false_a opinion_n which_o have_v be_v along_o time_n conceive_v concern_v the_o opus_fw-la operatum_fw-la or_o the_o outward_a work_n perform_v at_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o sacrament_n doct._n xv._o that_o between_o the_o sign_n and_o the_o thing_n signify_v there_o be_v a_o sacramental_a union_n and_o what_o that_o be_v and_o although_o we_o say_v that_o the_o thing_n itself_o of_o the_o sacrament_n be_v not_o tie_v and_o bind_v unto_o the_o sacrament_n nor_o include_v in_o they_o either_o natural_o or_o local_o or_o corporal_o or_o by_o tie_n of_o obligation_n as_o if_o god_n simple_o and_o absolute_o have_v promise_v to_o give_v even_o the_o thing_n themselves_o to_o all_o the_o receiver_n of_o the_o sacrament_n though_o want_v faith_n and_o further_o as_o if_o he_o be_v bind_v to_o give_v they_o even_o unto_o the_o impenitent_a and_o unbeliever_n yet_o we_o do_v not_o hereby_o take_v away_o all_o manner_n of_o conjunction_n and_o tie_n between_o the_o thing_n signify_v and_o the_o sign_n for_o we_o acknowledge_v and_o confess_v a_o sacramental_a that_o be_v such_o a_o union_n as_o may_v stand_v with_o the_o sacrament_n and_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o sacrament_n now_o this_o sacramental_a union_n consist_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o mystical_a and_o holy_a relation_n inasmuch_o as_o the_o sign_n do_v both_o signify_v the_o thing_n and_o also_o offer_v they_o to_o be_v receive_v and_o again_o the_o thing_n be_v signify_v by_o the_o sign_n and_o exhibit_v also_o to_o be_v receive_v as_o likewise_o there_o be_v a_o union_n between_o the_o word_n signify_v and_o exhibit_v and_o the_o thing_n by_o the_o word_n signify_v and_o exhibit_v but_o this_o conjunction_n or_o union_n as_o well_o of_o the_o sacrament_n as_o of_o the_o word_n with_o the_o thing_n themselves_o depend_v on_o the_o will_n and_o counsel_n of_o god_n who_o do_v institute_v they_o for_o when_o he_o institute_v the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n he_o do_v it_o to_o this_o end_n and_o purpose_n which_o we_o have_v declare_v and_o that_o we_o hear_v the_o word_n and_o behold_v and_o receive_v the_o sign_n shall_v present_o lift_v up_o the_o eye_n of_o our_o mind_n unto_o the_o thing_n thereby_o signify_v and_o that_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o faith_n we_o shall_v receive_v they_o be_v offer_v and_o that_o we_o may_v true_o and_o real_o be_v unite_v unto_o christ_n who_o by_o the_o word_n be_v preach_v unto_o we_o and_o by_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o sacrament_n be_v as_o it_o be_v point_v at_o with_o the_o finger_n as_o therefore_o our_o conjunction_n or_o join_v together_o with_o christ_n be_v altogether_o mystical_a as_o the_o 5.32_o the_o eph._n 5.32_o apostle_n teach_v so_o also_o we_o hold_v that_o the_o union_n as_o well_o of_o the_o word_n as_o of_o the_o sacrament_n with_o the_o thing_n whereof_o they_o be_v sign_n and_o sacrament_n be_v mystical_a and_o spiritual_a doct._n xvi_o the_o definition_n of_o the_o sacrament_n to_o