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the_o next_o word_n as_o the_o reason_n or_o design_n hereof_o that_o we_o may_v receive_v the_o adoption_n of_o son_n but_o do_v not_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o son_n necessary_o infer_v obligation_n to_o obedience_n it_o do_v so_o no_o less_o than_o that_o of_o a_o servant_n for_o where_o god_n say_v if_o i_o be_o a_o master_n where_o be_v my_o fear_n he_o say_v also_o if_o i_o be_o a_o father_n where_o be_v my_o honour_n the_o law_n therefore_o which_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o these_o and_o the_o like_a place_n be_v the_o pure_o jewish_a law_n the_o mere_a external_n and_o drudge_a observance_n of_o the_o moysaicall_a dispensation_n which_o the_o jewish_a believer_n think_v themselves_o to_o be_v still_o under_o the_o obligation_n of_o and_o condemn_v the_o gentile_a convert_v for_o not_o submit_v their_o neck_n to_o the_o same_o yoke_n and_o the_o apostle_n take_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o pain_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n and_o galatian_n to_o confute_v that_o 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most_o express_o contradict_v his_o great_a master_n and_o so_o have_v prove_v himself_o no_o apostle_n for_o our_o saviour_n plain_o say_v matth._n 5._o 17._o think_v not_o let_v not_o such_o a_o wild_a fancy_n enter_v into_o your_o head_n that_o i_o be_o come_v to_o destroy_v the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n i_o be_o not_o come_v to_o destroy_v but_o to_o fulfil_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o fill_v it_o up_o or_o preach_v it_o full_o i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o such_o a_o design_n as_o that_o of_o destroy_v or_o abolish_n the_o moral_a law_n that_o on_o the_o contrary_a i_o be_o come_v to_o preach_v it_o more_o full_o and_o perfect_o than_o ever_o it_o be_v before_o my_o come_v and_o this_o he_o present_o set_v upon_o do_v vers._n 21_o 22_o 27_o 28_o etc._n etc._n you_o have_v hear_v that_o it_o have_v be_v say_v by_o they_o of_o old_a time_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v and_o whosoever_o shall_v kill_v shall_v be_v in_o danger_n of_o the_o judgement_n but_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o that_o whosoever_o be_v angry_a with_o his_o brother_n without_o a_o cause_n shall_v be_v in_o danger_n of_o the_o judgement_n etc._n etc._n you_o have_v hear_v that_o it_o be_v say_v by_o they_o of_o old_a time_n thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n but_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v look_v upon_o a_o woman_n to_o lust_n after_o hâ—r_n have_v commit_v adultery_n already_o with_o she_o in_o his_o heart_n and_o so_o he_o go_v on_o to_o perfect_a and_o fill_v up_o law_n in_o the_o follow_a verse_n again_o our_o saviour_n say_v vers_fw-la 18._o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o that_o till_o heaven_n and_o earth_n pass_v one_o jot_n or_o one_o tittle_n shall_v in_o no_o wise_a pass_n from_o the_o law_n till_o all_o be_v fulfil_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d till_o all_o be_v do_v or_o till_o all_o thing_n come_v to_o a_o end_n according_a to_o doctor_n hammond_n he_o have_v not_o here_o respect_n to_o the_o universal_a conflagration_n say_v grotius_n upon_o the_o place_n but_o it_o be_v a_o proverbial_a speech_n as_o if_o it_o be_v say_v in_o latin_a usque_fw-la dum_fw-la coelum_fw-la ruat_fw-la till_o the_o heaven_n fall_n which_o be_v thus_o express_v luke_n 16._o 17._o and_o it_o be_v easy_a for_o heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o pass_v than_o one_o tittle_n of_o the_o law_n to_o fail_v in_o which_o manner_n of_o speak_v as_o say_v the_o same_o learned_a expositor_n he_o have_v respect_n to_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n and_o not_o to_o the_o power_n of_o god_n but_o according_a to_o nature_n it_o seem_v impossible_a that_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v pass_v away_o or_o perish_v so_o that_o the_o meaning_n of_o these_o text_n be_v plain_o this_o viz._n the_o obligation_n of_o the_o law_n