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or_o which_o be_v material_o the_o same_o the_o law_n that_o be_v the_o object_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o as_o such_o he_o have_v be_v before_o describe_v the_o righteousness_n we_o be_v save_v by_o and_o justify_v by_o to_o be_v a_o righteousness_n rom._n 1.17_o &_o 3.22_o reveal_v to_o faith_n to_o be_v believe_v in_o now_o this_o righteousness_n must_v have_v a_o law_n which_o be_v the_o mediatorial_n law_n as_o the_o other_o be_v the_o mediator_n righteousness_n he_o be_v make_v under_o the_o law_n to_o redeem_v we_o from_o under_o it_o gal._n 4.5_o &_o mat._n 5._o he_o come_v to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n we_o be_v justify_v by_o his_o obedience_n to_o the_o law_n for_o we_o so_o by_o the_o law_n of_o faith_n be_v not_o by_o the_o law_n as_o direct_v and_o command_v our_o work_n but_o by_o the_o law_n as_o believe_v to_o be_v fulfil_v by_o christ_n in_o our_o room_n there_o can_v be_v no_o pretence_n or_o show_v of_o reason_n for_o the_o other_o opinion_n but_o on_o this_o bottom_n that_o by_o work_n and_o faith_n be_v mean_v different_a kind_n of_o work_n but_o then_o why_o shall_v the_o general_a term_n comprehend_v all_o kind_n of_o work_n be_v use_v for_o one_o species_n will_v that_o be_v a_o good_a division_n to_o say_v god_n govern_v the_o earth_n not_o by_o a_o animal_n but_o by_o a_o man_n or_o not_o by_o a_o spirit_n but_o by_o a_o angel_n and_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n in_o the_o context_n to_o take_v the_o word_n thus_o by_o synecdoche_n as_o shall_v next_o be_v prove_v for_o there_o be_v no_o divine_a law_n under_o which_o we_o be_v but_o what_o we_o may_v find_v exclude_v by_o the_o apostle_n argument_n 1._o the_o natural_a law_n and_o its_o work_n be_v exclude_v rom._n 3.9_o we_o have_v before_o prove_v both_o jew_n and_o gentile_n that_o they_o be_v all_o under_o sin_n v._o 19_o all_o the_o world_n be_v guilty_a before_o god_n not_o from_o insufficiency_n of_o the_o law_n for_o rom._n 2.26_o if_o the_o uncircumcision_n keep_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v not_o his_o uncircumcision_n be_v count_v for_o circumcision_n for_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n now_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o in_o innocence_n only_o there_o be_v a_o change_n in_o the_o matter_n positive_a law_n do_v not_o bind_v ad_fw-la semper_fw-la and_o the_o negative_a law_n be_v all_o the_o same_o still_o the_o law_n say_v one_o thing_n to_o a_o marry_a person_n and_o another_o to_o a_o unmarried_a so_o though_o the_o law_n command_v other_o thing_n to_o fall_v man_n than_o to_o innocent_a man_n it_o be_v not_o another_o natural_a law_n all_o the_o natural_a law_n tertullian_n say_v be_v break_v in_o eat_v the_o forbid_v fruit_n there_o be_v theft_n yea_o sacrilege_n in_o steal_v god_n proprium_fw-la there_o be_v murder_n of_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n there_o be_v covet_v there_o be_v want_v of_o love_n to_o god_n and_o obedience_n too_o yea_o idolatry_n to_o a_o incarnized_a devil_n have_v more_o esteem_v and_o adore_v thought_n of_o the_o devil_n than_o god_n so_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o law_n be_v the_o same_o and_o the_o measure_n of_o it_o too_o viz._n what_o reason_n observe_v or_o may_v observe_v to_o be_v its_o duty_n from_o divine_a providence_n rom._n 2.5_o the_o goodness_n and_o forbearance_n of_o god_n lead_v to_o repentance_n the_o author_n god_n the_o principle_n love_n to_o god_n the_o end_n god_n glory_n and_o our_o good_a be_v still_o the_o same_o its_o sanction_n be_v perish_v and_o salvation_n rom._n 2.12_o they_o that_o sin_n without_o law_n perish_v without_o law_n and_o if_o they_o observe_v it_o it_o shall_v be_v circumcision_n to_o they_o but_o all_o be_v sinner_n all_o have_v break_v it_o their_o conscience_n accuse_v they_o they_o detain_v the_o truth_n in_o vnrighteousness_n they_o do_v what_o they_o know_v deserve_v death_n rom._n 1.32_o 2._o the_o natural_a law_n be_v exclude_v all_o law_n be_v exclude_v for_o they_o be_v all_o reduceable_a to_o it_o and_o consequent_o 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authority_n be_v both_o establish_v and_o limit_v by_o he_o and_o therefore_o their_o law_n ought_v to_o be_v subordinate_a to_o he_o which_o be_v the_o second_o connexion_n for_o ruler_n be_v not_o a_o terror_n to_o good_a work_n but_o to_o the_o evil._n hence_o a_o penal_a law_n oblige_v to_o sin_n or_o to_o suffer_v be_v a_o most_o unjust_a thing_n for_o it_o be_v a_o terror_n to_o good_a yet_o a_o conformity_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v pretend_v to_o by_o all_o lawgiver_n even_o under_o paganism_n the_o moral_a law_n be_v more_o proper_o this_o law_n itself_o than_o reductive_o belong_v to_o it_o for_o where_o moral_a and_o natural_a be_v oppose_v it_o be_v in_o science_n not_o in_o law_n for_o what_o be_v moral_a as_o to_o the_o object_n to_o wit_n praiseworthy_a or_o blame-worthy_a vice_n