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sin_v whether_o i_o do_v my_o duty_n or_o do_v it_o not_o which_o be_v absurd_a 3._o spiritual_a thing_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n 580._o be_v not_o to_o be_v omit_v to_o avoid_v scandal_n for_o than_o i_o shall_v be_v bind_v to_o go_v to_o hell_n to_o avoid_v scandal_n but_o obedience_n to_o my_o superior_n be_v a_o thing_n spiritual_a and_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n rom._n 13._o 5._o hebr._n 13._o 7._o 17._o i_o give_v no_o offence_n in_o do_v my_o bind_a duty_n but_o he_o that_o take_v offence_n at_o it_o he_o do_v it_o at_o his_o own_o peril_n if_o my_o dissent_v brother_n doubt_n of_o the_o authority_n that_o command_v the_o duty_n yet_o if_o i_o be_v well_o persuade_v of_o it_o i_o must_v govern_v myself_o not_o by_o he_o but_o by_o the_o persuasion_n of_o my_o own_o conscience_n rom._n 14._o 5._o 4._o it_o may_v be_v object_v further_o that_o the_o apostle_n will_v have_v we_o do_v as_o he_o say_v he_o do_v himself_o please_v all_o man_n but_o we_o 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luke_n 7._o 38._o c._n 18._o 13._o 2._o as_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o author_n so_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o end_n the_o end_n of_o divine_a institution_n be_v internal_a grace_n and_o sanctification_n this_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o end_n of_o christ_n dispensation_n to_o his_o church_n that_o he_o may_v sanctify_v and_o cleanse_v it_o with_o the_o wash_n of_o water_n by_o the_o word_n eph._n 5._o 26._o but_o the_o end_n of_o these_o ecclesiastical_a rite_n &_o ceremony_n be_v not_o to_o confer_v grace_n but_o to_o preserve_v good_a order_n and_o decorum_n to_o procure_v reverence_n and_o as_o object_n fit_a for_o that_o purpose_n to_o help_v devotion_n 3._o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o necessity_n for_o as_o touch_v divine_a thing_n a_o absolute_a necessity_n be_v lay_v upon_o we_o to_o observe_v they_o and_o it_o may_v be_v a_o double_a necessity_n praecepti_fw-la &_o medii_fw-la not_o only_o because_o they_o be_v under_o command_n but_o also_o because_o they_o 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caet_fw-la have_v determine_v but_o perhaps_o there_o lie_v a_o fallacy_n in_o the_o expression_n for_o to_o stand_v upon_o even_a ground_n do_v not_o always_o argue_v a_o equality_n it_o be_v say_v exod._n 14._o 31._o the_o people_n believe_v god_n and_o his_o servant_n moses_n likewise_o it_o be_v command_v prov._n 24._o 21._o my_o son_n fear_v thou_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o king_n there_o god_n and_o moses_n may_v seem_v to_o stand_v upon_o even_a ground_n in_o the_o term_n believe_v and_o here_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o king_n stand_v upon_o even_a ground_n in_o the_o term_n fear_v yet_o he_o be_v little_o less_o than_o a_o mad_a man_n that_o shall_v conclude_v from_o hence_o that_o god_n and_o moses_n or_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o king_n be_v of_o equal_a consideration_n when_o notwithstanding_o the_o difference_n between_o they_o be_v no_o less_o than_o infinite_a we_o read_v in_o the_o book_n of_o josuah_n of_o a_o unlucky_a jealousy_n which_o do_v arise_v in_o the_o head_n 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