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therefore_o they_o can_v not_o violate_v it_o and_o therefore_o not_o become_v guilty_a by_o it_o before_o god_n again_o the_o instance_n which_o the_o apostle_n give_v of_o the_o violation_n of_o the_o law_n show_v what_o law_n he_o exclude_v from_o justification_n vers_fw-la 13._o with_o their_o tongue_n they_o have_v use_v deceit_n vers._n 14._o their_o mouth_n be_v full_a of_o curse_v and_o bitterness_n vers._n 15._o their_o foot_n be_v swift_a to_o shed_v blood_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v all_o apparent_a violation_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n but_o be_v there_o never_o a_o creephole_n at_o which_o our_o author_n may_v escape_v the_o apostle_n argument_n yes_o yes_o p._n 245._o the_o great_a dispute_n in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n be_v whether_o we_o must_v be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n or_o by_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n that_o be_v whether_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o external_n rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o the_o law_n and_o a_o external_n conformity_n of_o our_o action_n to_o the_o moral_a precept_n of_o it_o will_v justify_v a_o man_n before_o god_n etc._n etc._n this_o sorry_a evasion_n have_v all_o its_o small_a pretence_n from_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o deed_n which_o our_o author_n will_v willing_o persuade_v himself_o signify_v nothing_o but_o observation_n of_o ceremony_n and_o outward_a conformity_n to_o the_o moral_a law_n now_o that_o the_o apostle_n in_o this_o place_n direct_o exclude_v the_o moral_a law_n i_o have_v prove_v all_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o he_o dispute_v against_o justification_n by_o external_a conformity_n to_o its_o precept_n only_o or_o against_o justification_n by_o whatever_o obedience_n be_v or_o may_v be_v give_v to_o the_o moral_a law_n by_o man_n under_o his_o present_a circumstance_n and_o against_o our_o author_n conceit_n herein_o i_o oppose_v these_o thing_n 1._o it_o appear_v not_o that_o ever_o there_o be_v such_o a_o question_n start_v among_o any_o christian_n whether_o hypocrisy_n will_v justify_v a_o man_n before_o god_n much_o less_o be_v it_o ever_o lay_v down_o in_o thesi_fw-la and_o dogmatical_o maintain_v that_o it_o will_v do_v so_o many_o hypocrite_n there_o be_v then_o there_o be_v so_o now_o who_o may_v deceive_v themselves_o into_o a_o fool_n paradise_n that_o hypocrisy_n may_v not_o condemn_v and_o damn_v they_o but_o none_o ever_o so_o forsake_v of_o common_a sense_n as_o to_o think_v that_o hypocrisy_n will_v justify_v and_o save_v they_o many_o presume_v to_o be_v save_v notwithstanding_o their_o sin_n but_o none_o to_o be_v save_v for_o their_o sin_n if_o any_o shall_v so_o dote_v they_o deserve_v to_o receive_v their_o confutation_n from_o bedlam_n rather_o than_o the_o divinity-school_n i_o can_v therefore_o once_o imagine_v that_o the_o apostle_n shall_v so_o operose_o handle_v a_o subject_n that_o he_o shall_v rouse_v up_o his_o zeal_n and_o knit_v all_o the_o nerve_n of_o his_o spiritual_a reason_n to_o confute_v what_o be_v either_o nowhere_o or_o so_o thin_a and_o transparent_a a_o falsehood_n that_o to_o recite_v it_o be_v clear_o to_o confute_v it_o 2._o the_o deed_n or_o work_n of_o the_o law_n be_v the_o deed_n and_o work_n which_o the_o law_n command_v which_o it_o primary_o command_v but_o the_o law_n never_o command_v outward_a conformity_n of_o action_n without_o inward_a conformity_n of_o heart_n to_o its_o precept_n these_o be_v not_o the_o deed_n of_o the_o law_n but_o such_o as_o god_n abhor_v therefore_o the_o deed_n of_o the_o law_n by_o which_o no_o flesh_n shall_v be_v justify_v be_v not_o external_a work_n only_o 3._o the_o deed_n of_o the_o law_n by_o which_o no_o flesh_n shall_v be_v justify_v be_v the_o deed_n of_o every_o one_o of_o god_n law_n the_o deed_n of_o every_o particular_a commandment_n but_o the_o deed_n of_o one_o of_o god_n law_n of_o onâ—…_n particular_a commandment_n be_v only_o internal_a deed_n therefore_o the_o apostle_n dispute_v not_o only_o against_o external_a deed_n by_o the_o law_n be_v mean_v the_o whole_a law_n but_o one_o part_n of_o the_o law_n extensive_o take_v reach_v internal_a deed_n only_o as_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o ten_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v but_o according_a to_o our_o author_n way_n the_o apostle_n shall_v have_v lay_v down_o his_o doctrine_n thus_o by_o the_o deed_n of_o nine_o part_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v no_o flesh_n live_v be_v justify_v 4._o the_o apostle_n dispute_v against_o justification_n by_o such_o deed_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n as_o wherein_o all_o the_o world_n be_v become_v guilty_a but_o by_o the_o external_a deed_n of_o the_o law_n all_o the_o world_n be_v not_o become_v guilty_a therefore_o he_o dispute_v not_o against_o justification_n by_o the_o external_a deed_n of_o
to_o work_v in_o we_o that_o internal_a holiness_n and_o purity_n which_o be_v the_o perfection_n and_o accomplishment_n of_o the_o figurative_a and_o typical_a righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n which_o he_o give_v we_o in_o other_o word_n p._n 267._o what_o the_o law_n can_v not_o do_v i._n e._n govern_v our_o mind_n and_o passion_n this_o god_n effect_v by_o send_v christ_n into_o the_o world_n to_o publish_v the_o gospel_n to_o we_o and_o to_o confirm_v all_o those_o great_a promise_n and_o threaten_n contain_v in_o it_o with_o his_o own_o blood_n this_o be_v indeed_o a_o parcel_n of_o excellent_a divinity_n but_o that_o it_o be_v whole_o destitute_a of_o truth_n for_o 1._o he_o suppose_v that_o that_o law_n who_o weakness_n the_o apostle_n assign_v as_o the_o reason_n of_o god_n send_v his_o son_n be_v only_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n the_o falsehood_n whereof_o i_o shall_v demonstrate_v if_o that_o be_v not_o too_o great_a a_o word_n for_o any_o man_n mouth_n beside_o his_o own_o 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weak_a to_o reach_v his_o end_n as_o if_o god_n must_v try_v conclusion_n and_o make_v experiment_n before_o he_o can_v be_v certain_a whether_o his_o design_n will_v take_v and_o his_o appointment_n reach_v their_o end_n 5._o he_o render_v christ_n come_v into_o the_o world_n unnecessary_a for_o what_o though_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n can_v not_o effect_v that_o inward_a purity_n yet_o i_o hope_v god_n have_v mean_n to_o effect_v it_o unless_o he_o will_v say_v all_o the_o world_n till_o christ_n come_v were_z whited-wall_n and_o painted-sepulchre_n for_o what_o be_v become_v of_o the_o moral_a law_n all_o this_o while_n have_v it_o no_o power_n to_o effect_v that_o end_n 6._o he_o tell_v we_o p._n 269._o that_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n be_v abrogate_a be_v because_o it_o can_v not_o make_v man_n good_a but_o then_o the_o moral_a law_n be_v either_o able_a to_o make_v man_n good_a or_o it_o be_v not_o if_o it_o be_v not_o why_o be_v not_o that_o abrogate_a also_o 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as_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n he_o must_v either_o give_v it_o to_o god_n or_o man_n for_o as_o mediator_n he_o stand_v only_o between_o these_o two_o party_n how_o absurd_a it_o be_v that_o he_o shall_v pay_v it_o to_o man_n need_v not_o many_o word_n to_o evince_v it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o he_o pay_v it_o to_o god_n himself_o but_o the_o apostle_n peter_n put_v that_o out_o of_o dispute_n in_o the_o place_n under_o consideration_n for_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o we_o be_v redeem_a by_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n as_o of_o a_o lamb_n without_o blemish_n and_o without_o spot_n whence_o it_o appear_v that_o christ_n be_v the_o true_a sacrifice_n choose_v by_o god_n immaculate_a to_o be_v the_o real_a sin-offering_n and_o that_o he_o be_v offer_v to_o god_n as_o the_o lamb_n be_v 3._o sect._n our_o author_n suppose_v that_o all_o that_o the_o gentile_n be_v redeem_a from_o be_v some_o gross_a sin_n he_o instance_n only_o in_o idolatry_n but_o we_o favourable_o allow_v 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