child_n shall_v be_v punish_v but_o their_o own_o sin_n be_v the_o reason_n and_o their_o father_n the_o bare_a occasion_n of_o be_v punish_v for_o they_o but_o in_o scripture_n the_o reason_n of_o punishment_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o father_n sin_n and_o not_o from_o the_o child_n for_o then_o the_o word_n will_v have_v run_v thus_o if_o the_o child_n sin_n and_o deserve_v punishment_n by_o their_o own_o iniquity_n than_o i_o will_v take_v occasion_n from_o their_o father_n sin_n to_o visit_v their_o own_o iniquity_n upon_o they_o whereas_o the_o word_n refer_v to_o the_o father_n sin_n as_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o child_n punishment_n so_o in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n wherein_o the_o reason_n of_o punishment_n ought_v to_o be_v most_o express_o assign_v it_o be_v not_o i_o will_v certain_o punish_v the_o child_n if_o they_o continue_v in_o the_o idolatry_n of_o their_o father_n but_o i_o will_v visit_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n unto_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n 3._o of_o they_o that_o hate_v i_o if_o it_o be_v only_o because_o of_o imitation_n of_o the_o father_n sin_n by_o the_o child_n there_o can_v be_v no_o reason_n for_o the_o limitation_n to_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n for_o then_o the_o reason_n of_o punishment_n will_v be_v as_o long_o as_o the_o imitation_n continue_v whether_o to_o the_o four_o or_o ten_o generation_n and_o as_o alphonsus_n à _fw-fr castro_n observe_v if_o the_o reason_n of_o punishment_n be_v 10._o the_o imitation_n of_o their_o father_n sin_n than_o the_o child_n be_v not_o punish_v for_o their_o father_n sin_n but_o for_o their_o own_o for_o that_o imitation_n be_v a_o sin_n of_o their_o own_o and_o not_o of_o their_o father_n beside_o if_o the_o proper_a reason_n of_o punishment_n be_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o child_n and_o the_o father_n sin_n only_o the_o occasion_n of_o it_o then_o where_o it_o be_v mention_v that_o child_n be_v punish_v for_o their_o parent_n sin_n the_o child_n sin_n shall_v have_v be_v particular_o express_v as_o the_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o punishment_n but_o no_o other_o reason_n be_v assign_v in_o the_o law_n but_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n no_o other_o cause_n mention_v of_o canaan_n punishment_n but_o his_o father_n sin_n nor_o of_o the_o punishment_n 25._o of_o the_o people_n in_o david_n time_n but_o his_o own_o sin_n lo_o i_o have_v sin_v and_o i_o have_v 17._o do_v wicked_o but_o these_o sheep_n what_o have_v they_o do_v which_o be_v no_o hyperbolical_a expression_n but_o the_o assign_v the_o proper_a cause_n of_o that_o judgement_n to_o have_v be_v his_o own_o sin_n as_o the_o whole_a chapter_n declare_v nor_o of_o the_o hang_n up_o of_o saul_n son_n by_o the_o gibeonite_n 5._o but_o that_o saul_n their_o father_n have_v plot_v their_o destruction_n and_o in_o a_o instance_n more_o remarkable_a than_o any_o of_o those_o which_o crellius_n answer_v viz._n the_o punishment_n of_o the_o people_n of_o judah_n for_o 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josiah_n take_v away_o all_o the_o abomination_n out_o of_o all_o the_o country_n that_o pertain_v to_o the_o child_n 33._o of_o israel_n and_o make_v all_o that_o be_v present_a in_o israel_n to_o serve_v even_o to_o serve_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o all_o his_o day_n they_o depart_v not_o from_o follow_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o their_o father_n to_o say_v that_o this_o be_v do_v in_o hypocrisy_n and_o bare_a outward_a compliance_n be_v to_o speak_v without_o book_n and_o if_o the_o reason_n of_o so_o severe_a punishment_n have_v be_v their_o hypocrisy_n that_o aught_o to_o have_v be_v mention_v but_o not_o only_o here_o but_o afterward_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o reason_n of_o god_n destroy_v judah_n be_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o manasseh_n viz._n his_o idolatry_n and_o 4._o murder_n which_o it_o be_v say_v the_o lord_n will_v not_o pardon_v and_o if_o he_o will_v not_o pardon_v than_o he_o do_v punish_v for_o those_o sin_n not_o bare_o as_o the_o occasion_n but_o as_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o that_o punishment_n what_o shall_v we_o say_v then_o do_v the_o people_n in_o josiah_n time_n deserve_v to_o be_v punish_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o manasseh_n grandfather_n to_o josiah_n or_o be_v god_n so_o high_o provoke_v with_o those_o sin_n that_o although_o he_o do_v not_o punish_v manasseh_n himself_o upon_o his_o repentance_n yet_o he_o will_v let_v the_o world_n see_v how_o much_o he_o abhor_v they_o by_o punish_v those_o sin_n upon_o the_o people_n afterward_o although_o according_a to_o the_o usual_a proportion_n of_o sin_n and_o punishment_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n in_o that_o age_n do_v not_o exceed_v the_o sin_n of_o other_o age_n as_o much_o as_o the_o punishment_n they_o suffer_v do_v exceed_v the_o punishment_n of_o other_o age_n which_o be_v necessary_a according_a to_o crellius_n his_o doctrine_n for_o if_o god_n never_o punish_v by_o occasion_n of_o their_o father_n sin_n the_o child_n beyond_o the_o desert_n of_o their_o own_o sin_n than_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o where_o judgement_n be_v remarkable_o great_a the_o sin_n must_v be_v so_o too_o the_o contrary_a to_o which_o be_v plain_a in_o this_o instance_n by_o which_o we_o see_v that_o it_o be_v not_o contrary_a to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n in_o punish_v to_o make_v the_o punishment_n of_o some_o on_o the_o account_n of_o other_o sin_n to_o exceed_v the_o desert_n of_o their_o own_o measure_v that_o desert_n not_o in_o a_o way_n common_a to_o all_o sin_n but_o when_o the_o desert_n of_o some_o sin_n be_v compare_v with_o the_o desert_n of_o other_o for_o it_o be_v of_o this_o latter_a we_o speak_v of_o and_o of_o the_o method_n which_o god_n use_v in_o punish_v sin_n here_o for_o the_o demonstration_n of_o his_o hatred_n of_o it_o according_a to_o which_o the_o great_a punishment_n must_v suppose_v the_o great_a sin_n either_o of_o their_o own_o or_o other_o which_o they_o suffer_v for_o but_o have_v not_o god_n declare_v that_o he_o will_v 20._o never_o punish_v the_o child_n for_o the_o father_n sin_n for_o the_o soul_n that_o sin_v it_o shall_v die_v the_o son_n shall_v not_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n to_o which_o i_o answer_v these_o word_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v as_o a_o answer_n to_o a_o complaint_n make_v by_o the_o jew_n soon_o after_o their_o go_v into_o captivity_n which_o they_o impute_v to_o god_n severity_n in_o punish_v they_o for_o their_o father_n sin_n now_o the_o complaint_n be_v either_o true_a or_o false_a if_o it_o be_v true_a then_o though_o this_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o great_a severity_n in_o god_n yet_o it_o be_v no_o injustice_n in_o he_o for_o though_o god_n may_v act_v severe_o he_o can_v act_v unjust_o if_o it_o be_v false_a than_o the_o answer_n have_v be_v a_o absolute_a denial_n of_o it_o as_o a_o thing_n repugnant_a to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n which_o we_o do_v not_o find_v here_o but_o that_o god_n say_v unto_o they_o v_o 3._o you_o shall_v not_o have_v occasion_n any_o more_o to_o use_v this_o proverb_n in_o israel_n if_o the_o thing_n have_v be_v plain_o unjust_a which_o they_o complain_v of_o he_o will_v have_v tell_v they_o they_o never_o have_v occasion_n to_o use_v it_o but_o we_o find_v the_o prophet_n tell_v they_o before_o hand_n that_o they_o shall_v suffer_v for_o their_o father_n sin_n jerem._n 15._o 3_o 4._o where_o he_o threaten_v they_o with_o destruction_n and_o banishment_n because_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o manasseh_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o captivity_n they_o complain_v of_o this_o lam._n 5._o 7._o our_o father_n have_v sin_v and_o be_v not_o and_o we_o have_v bear_v their_o iniquity_n and_o jerem._n 31._o 28._o god_n say_v by_o
have_v be_v the_o impulsive_a cause_n of_o the_o death_n of_o christ._n the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n prove_v to_o be_v a_o punishment_n from_o scripture_n the_o importance_n of_o the_o phrase_n of_o bear_v sin_n of_o the_o scape-goat_n bear_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n into_o the_o wilderness_n grotius_n his_o sense_n of_o 1_o pet._n 2._o 24._o vindicate_v against_o crellius_n and_o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d never_o use_v for_o the_o take_v away_o a_o thing_n by_o the_o destruction_n of_o it_o crellius_n his_o sense_n examine_v isa._n 53._o 11._o vindicate_v the_o argument_n from_o mat._n 8._o 17._o answer_v grotius_n constant_a to_o himself_o in_o his_o note_n on_o that_o place_n isa._n 53._o 5_o 6_o 7._o clear_v whether_o christ_n death_n be_v a_o proper_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o whether_o that_o do_v imply_v that_o it_o be_v a_o punishment_n of_o sin_n how_o far_o the_o punishment_n of_o child_n for_o their_o father_n fault_n be_v exemplary_a among_o man_n the_o distinction_n of_o calamity_n and_o punishment_n hold_v not_o here_o that_o god_n hatred_n of_o sin_n can_v not_o be_v see_v in_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n unless_o they_o be_v a_o punishment_n of_o sin_n prove_v against_o crellius_n grotius_n his_o argument_n from_o christ_n be_v make_v sin_n and_o a_o curse_n for_o we_o defend_v the_o liberty_n our_o adversary_n take_v in_o change_v the_o sense_n of_o word_n the_o particle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v join_v to_o sin_n and_o relate_v to_o suffering_n do_v imply_v those_o suffering_n to_o be_v a_o punishment_n for_o sin_n according_a to_o their_o way_n of_o interpret_n scripture_n it_o have_v be_v impossible_a for_o our_o doctrine_n to_o be_v clear_o express_v therein_o p._n 314_o chap._n iii_o the_o word_n of_o scripture_n be_v at_o last_o acknowledge_v by_o our_o adversary_n to_o make_v for_o we_o the_o only_a pretence_n remain_v be_v that_o our_o doctrine_n be_v repugnant_a to_o reason_n the_o debate_n manage_v upon_o point_n of_o reason_n the_o grand_a difficulty_n inquire_v into_o and_o manifest_v by_o our_o adversary_n concession_n not_o to_o lie_v in_o the_o greatness_n of_o christ_n suffering_n or_o that_o our_o sin_n be_v the_o impulsive_a cause_n of_o they_o or_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o one_o shall_v be_v punish_v for_o another_o fault_n or_o in_o all_o case_n unjust_a the_o case_n wherein_o crellius_n allow_v it_o instance_a from_o whence_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o he_o yield_v the_o main_a cause_n the_o argument_n propound_v whereby_o he_o attempt_v to_o prove_v it_o unjust_a for_o christ_n to_o be_v punish_v for_o our_o sin_n crellius_n his_o principle_n of_o the_o justice_n of_o punishment_n examine_v of_o the_o relation_n between_o desert_n and_o punishment_n that_o a_o person_n by_o his_o own_o consent_n may_v be_v punish_v beyond_o the_o desert_n of_o his_o own_o action_n a_o answer_n to_o crellius_n his_o objection_n what_o it_o be_v to_o suffer_v undeserved_o crellius_n his_o mistake_n in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n the_o instance_n of_o scripture_n consider_v in_o what_o sense_n child_n be_v punish_v for_o their_o parent_n sin_n ezek._n 18._o 20._o explain_v at_o large_a whether_o the_o guilty_a be_v free_v by_o the_o suffering_n of_o a_o innocent_a person_n make_v that_o punishment_n unjust_a or_o no_o crellin_n his_o shift_n and_o evasion_n in_o this_o matter_n discover_v why_o among_o man_n the_o offender_n be_v not_o free_v in_o criminal_a matter_n though_o the_o surety_n be_v punish_v the_o release_n of_o the_o party_n depend_v on_o the_o term_n of_o the_o surety_n suffer_v therefore_o deliverance_n not_o ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la no_o necessity_n of_o such_o a_o translation_n in_o criminal_a as_o be_v in_o pecuniary_a matter_n p._n 378_o chap._n iu_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n consider_v as_o a_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n for_o sin_n what_o the_o expiation_n of_o sin_n be_v by_o the_o sacrifice_n under_o the_o law_n twofold_a civil_a and_o ritual_a the_o promise_v make_v to_o the_o jew_n under_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n respect_v they_o as_o a_o people_n and_o therefore_o must_v be_v temporal_a the_o typical_a nature_n of_o sacrifice_n assert_v a_o substitution_n in_o the_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n under_o the_o law_n prove_v from_o leu._n 17._o 11._o and_o the_o concession_n of_o crellius_n about_o the_o signification_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d join_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d levitic_a 10._o 17._o explain_v the_o expiation_n of_o uncertain_a murder_n prove_v a_o substitution_n a_o substitution_n of_o christ_n in_o our_o room_n prove_v from_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o die_v for_o we_o the_o importance_n of_o that_o phrase_n consider_v in_o what_o sense_n a_o surrogation_n of_o christ_n in_o our_o room_n be_v assert_v by_o we_o our_o redemption_n by_o christ_n prove_v a_o substitution_n of_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o redemption_n that_o explain_v and_o prove_v against_o socinus_n and_o crellius_n no_o necessity_n of_o pay_v the_o price_n to_o he_o that_o detain_v captive_a where_o the_o captivity_n be_v not_o by_o force_n but_o by_o sentence_n of_o law_n christ_n death_n a_o proper_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o therefore_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d attribute_v to_o it_o can_v be_v take_v for_o mere_a deliverance_n p._n 419_o chap._n v._o the_o notion_n of_o a_o sacrifice_n belong_v to_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n because_o of_o the_o oblation_n make_v therein_o to_o god_n crellius_n his_o sense_n of_o christ_n oblation_n propose_v against_o he_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o priestly_a office_n of_o christ_n have_v a_o primary_n respect_n to_o god_n and_o not_o to_o we_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n do_v divert_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n christ_n not_o a_o bare_a metaphorical_a highpriest_n crellius_n destroy_v the_o priesthood_n of_o christ_n by_o confound_v it_o with_o the_o exercise_n of_o his_o regal_a power_n no_o proper_a expiation_n of_o sin_n belong_v to_o christ_n in_o heaven_n if_o crellius_n his_o doctrine_n be_v true_a ephes._n 5._o 2._o prove_v the_o death_n of_o christ_n a_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n and_o a_o oblation_n to_o god_n the_o phrase_n of_o a_o sweet-smelling_a savour_n belong_v to_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n crellius_n his_o gross_a notion_n of_o it_o his_o mistake_n about_o the_o kind_n of_o sacrifice_n burnt-offering_n be_v expiatory_a sacrifice_n both_o before_o and_o under_o the_o law_n a_o new_a distribution_n of_o sacrifice_n propose_v what_o influence_n the_o mactation_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n have_v on_o expiation_n the_o highpriest_n only_o to_o slay_v the_o sin-offering_a on_o the_o day_n oâ—_n atonement_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v prove_v thaâ—_n christ_n priesthood_n do_v not_o begin_v from_o his_o entrance_n into_o heaven_n the_o mactation_n in_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n no_o bare_a preparation_n to_o a_o sacrifice_n prove_v by_o the_o jewish_a law_n and_o the_o custom_n of_o 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land_n but_o can_v crellius_n think_v that_o any_o thing_n else_o can_v have_v be_v imagine_v set_v aside_o a_o total_a destruction_n a_o great_a instance_n of_o god_n severity_n than_o that_o be_v to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n all_o their_o circumstance_n be_v consider_v be_v it_o not_o say_v that_o god_n do_v swear_v in_o his_o wrath_n they_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o his_o 11._o rest_n sure_o then_o the_o debar_v they_o so_o long_o of_o that_o rest_n be_v a_o instance_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o so_o according_a to_o his_o own_o principle_n must_v have_v something_o of_o vindicta_n in_o it_o and_o therefore_o be_v a_o proper_a punishment_n the_o truth_n be_v our_o adversary_n allow_v themselves_o in_o speak_v thing_n most_o repugnant_a to_o humane_a nature_n in_o this_o matter_n of_o punishment_n that_o they_o may_v justify_v their_o own_o hypothesis_n for_o a_o whole_a nation_n to_o be_v for_o forty_o year_n debar_v from_o the_o great_a blessing_n be_v ever_o promise_v they_o and_o instead_o of_o enjoy_v they_o to_o endure_v the_o misery_n and_o hardship_n of_o forty_o year_n travel_n in_o a_o barren_a wilderness_n must_v not_o be_v think_v a_o punishment_n and_o only_o because_o occasion_v by_o their_o parent_n sin_n but_o whatever_o be_v inflict_v on_o the_o account_n of_o sin_n and_o with_o a_o design_n to_o show_v god_n severity_n against_o it_o and_o thereby_o to_o deter_v other_o from_o the_o practice_n of_o it_o have_v the_o proper_a notion_n of_o punishment_n in_o it_o and_o all_o these_o thing_n do_v concur_v in_o this_o instance_n beside_o the_o general_a sense_n of_o mankind_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o their_o punishment_n which_o be_v such_o that_o suppose_v they_o preserve_v in_o their_o liberty_n can_v not_o have_v be_v imagine_v great_a and_o therefore_o vatablus_n who_o socinus_n and_o crellius_n high_o commend_v thus_o render_v those_o word_n dabunt_fw-la poenas_fw-la pro_fw-la fornicationibus_fw-la 31._o vestris_fw-la quibus_fw-la defecistis_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la vestro_fw-la they_o shall_v suffer_v the_o punishment_n of_o your_o fornication_n and_o that_o bear_v the_o sin_n of_o parent_n do_v imply_v proper_o bear_v the_o punishment_n of_o they_o methinks_v they_o shall_v not_o so_o earnest_o deny_v who_o contend_v that_o to_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n in_o ezekiel_n the_o son_n shall_v not_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o 20._o father_n viz._n that_o he_o shall_v not_o bear_v the_o punishment_n of_o his_o father_n sin_n where_o in_o bear_v iniquity_n with_o a_o respect_n to_o their_o parent_n sin_n by_o their_o own_o confession_n must_v be_v take_v for_o the_o proper_a punishment_n for_o otherwise_o 15._o they_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o child_n notwithstanding_o that_o sentence_n may_v undergo_v much_o affliction_n on_o the_o occasion_n of_o their_o parent_n sin_n but_o socinus_n further_o object_n that_o bear_v 4._o sin_n do_v not_o imply_v the_o punishment_n of_o they_o because_o the_o 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