knowledge_n prop._n ix_o all_o this_o revelation_n be_v some_o part_n of_o the_o law_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o so_o these_o truth_n be_v discover_v and_o this_o light_n send_v by_o he_o as_o the_o lord_n redeemer_n of_o the_o world_n or_o as_o rector_n upon_o his_o redemption_n title_n for_o all_o thing_n be_v now_o deliver_v into_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o government_n be_v lay_v on_o his_o shoulder_n and_o build_v on_o his_o redemption_n even_o on_o christ_n the_o head_n corner_n stone_n the_o very_a moral_a law_n now_o be_v his_o law_n and_o its_o obligation_n to_o obedience_n be_v his_o obligation_n yea_o the_o very_a law_n of_o work_n oblige_v to_o punishment_n now_o not_o as_o it_o be_v at_o first_o give_v and_o remain_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o offend_a unsatisfy_a creator_n but_o as_o it_o be_v suspend_v and_o deliver_v up_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o satisfier_n or_o redeemer_n to_o remit_v whole_o or_o execute_v only_o conditional_o as_o man_n shall_v receive_v or_o reject_v the_o grace_n of_o redemption_n so_o that_o as_o god_n rule_v among_o those_o blind_a of_o heathen_n that_o yet_o know_v he_o not_o so_o do_v christ_n rule_n among_o they_o that_o know_v not_o he_o prop._n x._o the_o ten_o last_a particular_n before_o mention_v which_o these_o man_n may_v know_v be_v proper_o gospel_n truth_n for_o the_o law_n of_o work_n show_v nothing_o of_o mercy_n contrary_n to_o desert_n nor_o of_o any_o hope_n of_o recovery_n object_n but_o how_o can_v the_o mere_a light_n of_o nature_n discern_v gospel_n truth_n without_o a_o supernatural_a revelation_n answ_n the_o light_n of_o nature_n be_v either_o reason_n itself_o which_o be_v the_o soul_n visive_v faculty_n 2._o or_o the_o external_n light_n which_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n shine_v forth_o 3._o or_o the_o species_n and_o knowledge_n receive_v by_o reason_n through_o the_o mediation_n of_o this_o external_n light_n also_o supernatural_a revelation_n be_v 1._o either_o 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man_n will_v not_o worship_n god_n nor_o seek_v to_o please_v he_o nor_o forbear_v sin_v but_o will_v hate_v god_n and_o live_v like_o devil_n and_o sin_n while_o they_o may_v without_o voluntary_a restraint_n all_o the_o sacrifice_n that_o the_o heathen_n offer_v and_o all_o their_o prayer_n and_o conscience_n of_o sin_v show_v that_o they_o apprehend_v god_n merciful_a and_o placable_a and_o their_o case_n remediable_a hope_n do_v keep_v up_o all_o that_o remnant_n of_o religion_n which_o all_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n have_v maintain_v which_o else_o have_v be_v extinguish_v long_o ago_o and_o earth_n be_v like_o hell_n prop._n xiii_o these_o heathen_n do_v all_o of_o they_o receive_v some_o grace_n which_o be_v purchase_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n and_o there_o be_v a_o natural_a aptitude_n in_o it_o as_o in_o other_o effect_n to_o lead_v the_o enquir_a to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o fountain_n caeteris_fw-la concurrentibus_fw-la grace_n be_v mercy_n 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by_o but_o i_o have_v not_o time_n to_o reform_v it_o here_o chap._n iii_o explicatory_a conclusion_n proposition_n i._o christ_n died_n nullius_fw-la loco_fw-la so_o as_o strict_o and_o proper_o and_o full_o to_o represent_v man_n person_n as_o if_o in_o sensu_fw-la legali_fw-la vel_fw-la civili_fw-la they_o themselves_o do_v suffer_v and_o satisfy_v prop._n ii_o christ_n died_n loco_fw-la nostro_fw-la so_o as_o to_o bear_v that_o suffer_v partly_o for_o kind_n and_o whole_o for_o weight_n which_o our_o sin_n deserve_v and_o we_o shall_v have_v bear_v prop._n iii_o christ_n die_v in_o our_o stead_n be_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o his_o procure_v we_o benefit_n by_o his_o death_n as_o the_o mean_v necessary_a thereto_o prop._n iu._n christ_n die_v not_o for_o any_o man_n final_a non-performance_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n prop._n v._o christ_n do_v not_o bear_v for_o any_o the_o proper_a punishment_n threaten_v by_o the_o new_a law_n as_o such_o nor_o take_v off_o its_o actual_a proper_a obligation_n from_o any_o prop._n vi_o christ_n obedience_n be_v a_o perfect_a fulfil_n of_o the_o preceptive_a part_n of_o that_o law_n who_o actual_a obligation_n he_o submit_v himself_o to_o prop._n vii_o christ_n suffering_n be_v not_o a_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n commination_n as_o oblige_v we_o nor_o be_v it_o fulfil_v but_o relax_v to_o we_o by_o a_o pardon_n prop._n viii_o christ_n suffering_n be_v a_o satisfaction_n or_o redditio_fw-la aequivalentis_fw-la non_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la for_o our_o not_o fulfil_v the_o precept_n and_o the_o father_n not_o fulfil_v the_o threaten_v upon_o we_o or_o our_o not_o bear_v the_o penalty_n prop._n ix_o christ_n satisfaction_n be_v not_o make_v to_o the_o law_n proper_o but_o to_o the_o lawgiver_n for_o the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n prop._n x._o the_o law_n as_o bind_v we_o be_v the_o great_a occasion_n of_o christ_n death_n and_o loco-causa_a obligatoriae_fw-la but_o not_o the_o 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that_o be_v not_o so_o yet_o remember_v that_o the_o same_o man_n that_o object_v this_o do_v teach_v also_o that_o christ_n do_v as_o strict_o represent_v we_o in_o obey_v and_o that_o in_o he_o we_o fulfil_v the_o law_n 4._o if_o that_o be_v not_o so_o yet_o it_o cross_v the_o scripture_n to_o call_v the_o wicked_a righteous_a in_o the_o first_o sense_n i._n e._n non_fw-la reos_fw-la poenae_fw-la pprob_fw-la minor_n they_o say_v all_o the_o elect_a have_v satisfy_v in_o christ_n but_o multitude_n of_o the_o elect_n be_v wicked_a therefore_o etc._n etc._n prob._n minor_n he_o he_o that_o do_v wickedness_n be_v wicked_a and_o be_v of_o the_o devil_n say_v the_o apostle_n but_o such_o be_v many_o of_o the_o elect_a before_o conversion_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n this_o argument_n be_v in_o sense_n but_o the_o same_o with_o the_o seven_o but_o that_o the_o term_n differ_v john_n say_v he_o that_o do_v righteousness_n be_v righteous_a and_o this_o doctrine_n say_v consequential_o he_o 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middle_a person_n and_o christ_n sustain_v not_o two_o person_n as_o a_o sufferer_n 12._o arg._n the_o scripture_n oft_o speak_v of_o christ_n take_v on_o he_o our_o nature_n and_o our_o sin_n but_o not_o in_o suffer_v our_o person_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v affirm_v isa_n 53._o etc._n etc._n 13._o arg._n that_o doctrine_n be_v not_o tolerable_a which_o make_v man_n his_o own_o redeemer_n or_o to_o have_v satisfy_v or_o suffer_v for_o his_o own_o sin_n but_o such_o this_o seem_v therefore_o etc._n etc._n for_o if_o the_o law_n say_v that_o we_o satisfy_v in_o christ_n then_o in_o law_n sense_n we_o satisfy_v for_o own_o sin_n and_o consequent_o redeem_v ourselves_o as_o for_o their_o objection_n that_o no_o other_o way_n but_o represent_v our_o person_n can_v suffice_v to_o save_v we_o by_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o another_o it_o be_v a_o gross_a mistake_n and_o naked_a affirmation_n without_o proof_n and_o for_o they_o that_o say_v christ_n suffer_v in_o persona_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la but_o not_o satisfy_v or_o merit_v so_o i_o answer_v they_o speak_v inconsistency_n satisfaction_n and_o merit_n be_v necessary_a result_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o suffer_v consider_v with_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o person_n and_o the_o divine_a acceptance_n now_o if_o christ_n suffer_v not_o in_o his_o own_o person_n who_o dignity_n be_v to_o communicate_v a_o value_n to_o his_o suffering_n than_o his_o suffering_n be_v defective_a in_o their_o value_n and_o if_o we_o do_v in_o christ_n or_o by_o he_o suffer_v all_o that_o be_v due_a it_o be_v impossible_a but_o god_n shall_v take_v that_o suffering_n for_o satisfactory_a in_o the_o large_a sense_n it_o be_v solutio_fw-la ipsius_fw-la debiti_fw-la in_o strict_a sense_n so_o that_o if_o the_o law_n or_o lawgiver_n say_v the_o elect_a suffer_v in_o christ_n they_o must_v needs_o say_v the_o elect_v satisfy_v in_o christ_n or_o rather_o pay_v the_o debt_n of_o the_o due_a punishment_n and_o this_o god_n can_v not_o but_o accept_v consequenter_fw-la ad_fw-la leges_fw-la for_o who_o can_v refuse_v the_o proper_a debt_n or_o deny_v a_o acquittance_n to_o he_o that_o discharge_v it_o but_o from_o a_o sponsor_n he_o may_v have_v refuse_v it_o i_o may_v add_v many_o more_o argument_n be_v it_o needful_a as_o from_o the_o dishonour_n that_o this_o will_v cast_v on_o god_n law_n in_o threaten_v those_o that_o have_v satisfy_v it_o already_o in_o offer_v pardon_n and_o justification_n on_o condition_n to_o those_o that_o be_v justify_v without_o pardon_n 1600._o year_n ago_o for_o a_o condition_n suspend_v the_o benefit_n till_o it_o be_v perform_v but_o no_o justice_n can_v suspend_v his_o justification_n who_o have_v discharge_v all_o the_o debt_n what_o can_v be_v require_v more_o than_o all_o also_o that_o the_o covenant_n or_o testament_n shall_v be_v god_n deed_n of_o gift_n or_o instrument_n of_o convey_v right_o to_o that_o which_o be_v our_o own_o already_o 1600._o year_n ago_o also_o the_o gospel_n say_v our_o life_n be_v in_o the_o son_n and_o all_o be_v deliver_v into_o his_o hand_n but_o this_o put_v our_o right_n in_o our_o own_o hand_n even_o when_o we_o have_v no_o be_v also_o according_a to_o this_o doctrine_n man_n be_v justify_v before_o they_o be_v man_n and_o acquit_v from_o all_o sin_n before_o they_o be_v bear_v or_o have_v commit_v sin_n and_o so_o sinner_n that_o be_v no_o man_n and_o consequent_o no_o sinner_n be_v acquit_v from_o sin_n that_o be_v not_o and_o consequent_o be_v no_o sin_n chap._n v._o prop._n 2._o christ_n suffering_n for_o man_n sin_n be_v not_o the_o idem_fw-la the_o same_o thing_n which_o the_o law_n threaten_v to_o we_o or_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o threaten_n and_o discharge_v of_o the_o debt_n itself_o in_o kind_n but_o the_o aequivalens_fw-la or_o value_v free_o pay_v by_o he_o oblige_v only_o by_o his_o own_o sponsion_n and_o accept_v by_o god_n for_o our_o not_o fulfil_v the_o law_n as_o to_o its_o precept_n and_o commination_n some_o think_v this_o question_n whether_o christ_n pay_v the_o idem_fw-la or_o tantundem_fw-la to_o be_v not_o tantidem_fw-la not_o worth_a the_o dispute_v mr._n o_o against_o i_o seem_v stiff_o to_o maintain_v it_o to_o be_v the_o idem_fw-la but_o yield_v it_o to_o be_v not_o per_fw-la eundem_fw-la and_o the_o law_n to_o be_v relax_v so_o far_o do_v yield_v as_o much_o as_o i_o need_v and_o give_v up_o the_o whole_a cause_n and_o make_v i_o think_v it_o a_o useless_a labour_n to_o reply_v to_o he_o as_o small_a as_o this_o question_n seem_v i_o think_v the_o main_a body_n of_o divinity_n stand_v or_o fall_v according_a to_o the_o resolution_n of_o it_o for_o understand_v the_o meaning_n of_o it_o you_o must_v know_v 1._o that_o it_o be_v not_o of_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o suffering_n that_o we_o inquire_v whether_o christ_n suffer_v the_o same_o kind_n of_o pain_n or_o loss_n that_o we_o shall_v have_v suffer_v nor_o of_o the_o quantity_n of_o torment_n for_o intention_n or_o duration_n for_o i_o be_o willing_a to_o believe_v as_o much_o identity_n in_o these_o as_o i_o can_v see_v any_o ground_n but_o of_o probability_n to_o encourage_v i_o though_o yet_o i_o know_v how_o hard_o it_o be_v for_o they_o that_o say_v by_z death_n in_o the_o threaten_n be_v mean_v death_n temporal_a spiritual_a and_o eternal_a to_o prove_v that_o the_o loss_n of_o gnds_n image_n be_v none_o of_o the_o penalty_n for_o i_o hope_v none_o will_v say_v that_o christ_n lose_v god_n image_n or_o that_o christ_n temporary_a suffering_n be_v the_o idem_fw-la with_o our_o eternal_a quoad_fw-la quantitatem_fw-la and_o not_o the_o want_n of_o duration_n make_v up_o by_o the_o intention_n or_o dignity_n of_o the_o person_n as_o be_v equivalent_a which_o be_v our_o ordinary_a doctrine_n and_o i_o think_v sound_n or_o yet_o that_o the_o eternity_n of_o the_o punishment_n be_v not_o in_o the_o
law_n but_o etc._n etc._n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n prob._n min._n that_o the_o law_n know_v no_o other_o satisfaction_n but_o fulfil_v argu._n 1._o satisfaction_n strict_o as_o distinct_a from_o fulfil_a be_v redditio_fw-la aequivalentis_fw-la but_o the_o law_n as_o continue_v the_o same_o can_v commute_v or_o substitute_v the_o aequivalens_fw-la vel_fw-la tantundem_fw-la for_o the_o idem_fw-la or_o proper_a debt_n 2._o it_o be_v essential_a to_o the_o law_n to_o constitute_v the_o debitum_fw-la vel_fw-la officij_fw-la vel_fw-la poenae_fw-la but_o it_o constitute_v not_o the_o debitum_fw-la alterius_fw-la speciei_fw-la vel_fw-la tantidem_fw-la else_o it_o shall_v confound_v the_o ipsum_fw-la debitum_fw-la with_o the_o aequivalens_fw-la the_o law_n never_o impose_v it_o on_o christ_n to_o satisfy_v for_o our_o sin_n this_o be_v the_o obligation_n of_o his_o own_o sponsion_n 3._o satisfaction_n which_o be_v the_o give_v of_o the_o value_n for_o the_o proper_a debt_n imply_v a_o relaxation_n of_o the_o law_n to_o its_o acceptance_n but_o the_o law_n can_v relax_v itself_o ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n 4._o to_o admit_v of_o satisfaction_n be_v the_o act_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n or_o rector_n as_o he_o be_v above_o law_n therefore_o it_o be_v no_o act_n of_o the_o law_n as_o to_o make_v a_o law_n to_o pardon_v a_o offender_n to_o abrogate_v a_o law_n etc._n etc._n be_v act_n of_o one_o above_o the_o law_n so_o be_v the_o relax_n of_o the_o law_n in_o pardon_v the_o sinner_n and_o take_v christ_n suffering_n for_o we_o can_v any_o obligation_n dissolve_v or_o remit_v itself_o 5._o if_o the_o law_n do_v neither_o threaten_v christ_n in_o the_o first_o enact_v of_o it_o nor_o have_v power_n to_o change_v itself_o since_o by_o assume_v another_o sense_n than_o christ_n suffering_n be_v neither_o a_o fulfil_n nor_o satisfaction_n to_o the_o law_n at_o verum_fw-la prius_fw-la ergâ—_fw-la if_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n be_v put_v into_o the_o threaten_n after_o the_o law_n 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be_v bind_v by_o the_o precept_n after_o such_o satisfaction_n till_o after_o this_o life_n be_v end_v to_o say_v we_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o the_o same_o end_n be_v no_o answer_n for_o that_o law_n can_v oblige_v we_o to_o no_o end_n which_o be_v fulfil_v already_o and_o which_o do_v never_o oblige_v but_o aut_fw-la ad_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la aut_fw-la poenam_fw-la propter_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la defectum_fw-la chap._n vii_o prop._n iu._n it_o be_v not_o only_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o elect_n but_o of_o all_o even_o elect_a and_o non-elect_a which_o be_v the_o pro-causa_a meritoria_fw-la of_o christ_n suffering_n or_o it_o be_v not_o only_o the_o suffering_n due_a to_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o elect_n but_o of_o all_o which_o christ_n do_v undergo_v and_o according_o have_v make_v satisfaction_n for_o all_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o we_o speak_v of_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o christ_n death_n before_o we_o handle_v the_o effect_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v consider_v quorum_fw-la loco_fw-la he_o die_v before_o we_o consider_v how_o far_o they_o shall_v partake_v of_o the_o benefit_n here_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o we_o have_v already_o prove_v that_o christ_n do_v not_o represent_v our_o person_n in_o satisfy_v but_o yet_o he_o bear_v our_o sin_n that_o be_v the_o penalty_n due_a to_o they_o and_o so_o do_v in_o a_o large_a sense_n suffer_v nostro_fw-la loco_fw-la or_o nostri_fw-la loco_fw-la not_o as_o our_o delegate_n or_o proper_a macariu_n but_o as_o a_o voluntary_a sponsor_n and_o so_o substitute_n in_o suffering_n also_o understand_v that_o christ_n suffering_n have_v no_o real_a proper_a meritorious_a cause_n but_o yet_o man_n sin_n be_v the_o pro-causa_a meritoria_fw-la he_o undertake_v to_o bear_v that_o suffering_n which_o for_o they_o be_v due_a to_o we_o not_o to_o he_o and_o therefore_o when_o i_o say_v he_o bear_v the_o suffering_n due_a to_o we_o i_o mean_v it_o materialiter_fw-la only_o such_o suffering_n for_o kind_n 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be_v guilty_a ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n even_o all_o before_o pardon_v and_o that_o be_v all_o before_o conversion_n be_v guilty_a 5._o all_o those_o who_o sin_n christ_n do_v pardon_n be_v first_o guilty_a or_o oblige_v to_o punishment_n but_o some_o that_o christ_n die_v for_o have_v their_o sin_n pardon_v ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o major_n be_v prove_v beyond_o all_o doubt_n from_o the_o formal_a nature_n of_o pardon_n which_o be_v the_o remit_v of_o gild_n or_o the_o dissolve_v of_o a_o obligation_n to_o punishment_n therefore_o where_o be_v no_o such_o obligation_n there_o can_v be_v no_o dissolution_n of_o it_o for_o that_o which_o be_v not_o can_v be_v dissolve_v and_o so_o there_o be_v no_o capacity_n for_o pardon_n no_o more_o than_o a_o live_a man_n can_v be_v raise_v from_o the_o dead_a or_o a_o man_n cure_v of_o a_o disease_n which_o he_o never_o have_v the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o justification_n also_o our_o divine_n have_v full_o prove_v against_o the_o 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