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testament_n in_o my_o blood_n shed_v for_o many_o for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n drink_v you_o all_o of_o it_o so_o say_v matthew_n and_o mark_n indeed_o luke_n and_o paul_n restrain_v the_o word_n many_o to_o you_o as_o be_v a_o part_n of_o that_o many_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o charity_n and_o so_o paul_n judge_n of_o the_o corinthian_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o if_o the_o doctor_n examine_v the_o institution_n well_o he_o may_v find_v enough_o to_o warrant_v a_o forbearance_n of_o that_o particular_a application_n in_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o sacrament_n which_o he_o so_o much_o urge_v in_o his_o book_n i_o can_v find_v in_o scripture_n language_n any_o such_o thing_n as_o he_o make_v give_v and_o receive_v to_o be_v 4â—2_n pag_n 4â—2_n what_o danger_n be_v there_o of_o confirm_v the_o unregenerate_a in_o presumption_n if_o they_o take_v and_o cat_n in_o remembrance_n of_o christ_n death_n who_o have_v more_o need_n of_o remember_v the_o death_n of_o christ_n than_o they_o that_o must_v perish_v for_o ever_o die_v without_o the_o save_a benefit_n thereof_o who_o have_v more_o need_n of_o those_o gracious_a tender_n of_o life_n &_o favour_n than_o such_o in_o the_o church_n for_o be_v not_o regenerate_v grace_n a_o benefit_n that_o come_v by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o be_v not_o remission_n of_o sin_n a_o benefit_n that_o come_v by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o be_v not_o christ_n and_o all_o his_o benefit_n exhibit_v by_o those_o outward_a sign_n and_o do_v not_o that_o include_v or_o suppose_v a_o proper_a subject_n of_o those_o benefit_n present_a which_o the_o unregenerate_a and_o unpardoned_a in_o the_o church_n be_v what_o incongruity_n be_v there_o in_o all_o this_o beside_o it_o sound_v very_o harsh_a in_o the_o church_n to_o exclude_v this_o ordinance_n of_o christ_n from_o be_v a_o renew_n and_o a_o convert_v ordinance_n or_o a_o mean_n of_o renew_v and_o convert_v grace_n to_o the_o unregenerate_a they_o be_v the_o most_o proper_a object_n of_o that_o grace_n as_o it_o be_v hold_v forth_o in_o the_o promise_n for_o the_o put_n of_o which_o into_o execution_n all_o the_o ordinance_n seem_v to_o be_v subservient_fw-fr again_o that_o one_o main_a end_n of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n be_v the_o conversion_n of_o soul_n none_o will_v deny_v and_o i_o think_v none_o can_v exempt_v any_o essential_a part_n of_o that_o work_n from_o be_v a_o mean_n subservient_fw-fr to_o this_o end_n and_o if_o no_o essential_a part_n can_v be_v exempt_v than_o not_o this_o of_o administer_a this_o sacrament_n of_o the_o supper_n which_o none_o can_v deny_v to_o be_v a_o essential_a or_o necessary_a part_n of_o the_o minister_n work_v in_o reference_n to_o the_o good_a of_o soul_n that_o ordinance_n in_o the_o church_n that_o be_v institute_v to_o show_v forth_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n till_o he_o come_v be_v a_o mean_n of_o conversion_n but_o the_o sacrament_n be_v a_o ordinance_n in_o the_o church_n institute_v to_o show_v forth_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n till_o he_o come_v therefore_o the_o sacrament_n be_v a_o mean_n of_o conversion_n what_o may_v more_o strong_o move_v a_o sinner_n to_o convert_v then_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n which_o set_v forth_o the_o heinousness_n of_o sin_n the_o wretched_a condition_n of_o the_o sinner_n in_o himself_o without_o christ_n and_o yet_o a_o possibility_n of_o salvation_n by_o christ_n three_o the_o word_n and_o prayer_n confess_o mean_n of_o conversion_n be_v so_o necessary_a to_o the_o right_a administration_n of_o the_o institute_v sign_n that_o without_o they_o there_o be_v no_o sacrament_n and_o therefore_o to_o deny_v the_o sacrament_n to_o be_v a_o mean_n of_o conversion_n be_v to_o deny_v the_o word_n and_o prayer_n to_o be_v a_o mean_n of_o conversion_n unless_o we_o shall_v say_v that_o the_o add_v of_o the_o institute_v sign_n to_o the_o word_n and_o prayer_n hinder_v the_o power_n and_o efficacy_n of_o they_o from_o their_o intend_a end_n so_o that_o though_o the_o word_n and_o prayer_n be_v mean_n of_o conversion_n out_o of_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n yet_o in_o it_o they_o be_v not_o and_o whereas_o the_o doctor_n say_v there_o be_v no_o promise_n make_v to_o that_o ordinance_n in_o that_o respect_n it_o be_v easy_o answer_v for_o there_o be_v a_o promise_n of_o christ_n presence_n in_o every_o ordinance_n mat._n 28.20_o beside_o precept_n and_o promise_n be_v relative_n in_o precept_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v promise_v include_v and_o in_o promise_n precept_n be_v understand_v as_o sinner_n be_v to_o seek_v god_n while_o he_o may_v be_v find_v and_o to_o call_v upon_o he_o while_o he_o be_v near_o so_o they_o must_v seek_v he_o where_o he_o will_v be_v find_v as_o we_o may_v not_o exclude_v the_o merciful_a presence_n of_o christ_n from_o the_o sacrament_n so_o neither_o may_v we_o exclude_v sinner_n in_o the_o church_n from_o seek_v christ_n there_o we_o know_v not_o but_o that_o a_o wilful_a or_o careless_a neglect_n of_o this_o one_o duty_n of_o worship_n and_o homage_n may_v hinder_v a_o blessing_n from_o all_o the_o rest_n as_o he_o that_o turn_v his_o ear_n from_o the_o law_n his_o prayer_n shall_v be_v abominable_a but_o when_o the_o doctor_n can_v with_o any_o clearness_n answer_v the_o argument_n to_o satisfaction_n he_o will_v evade_v it_o by_o allow_v all_o presence_n at_o the_o administration_n which_o he_o say_v be_v profitable_a and_o answer_v the_o end_n plead_v for_o etc._n etc._n 1._o and_o indeed_o in_o that_o his_o device_n church_n member_n of_o year_n be_v behold_v to_o he_o for_o his_o charity_n in_o allow_v they_o as_o much_o privilege_n in_o order_n to_o the_o sacrament_n as_o he_o allow_v to_o infidel_n and_o the_o excommunicate_v 2._o if_o that_o bare_a presence_n answer_v that_o end_n then_o much_o more_o actual_a receive_n have_v the_o advantage_n of_o more_o of_o their_o bodily_a sense_n then_o mere_o to_o be_v spectator_n and_o i_o think_v that_o in_o yield_v this_o he_o have_v grant_v the_o argument_n and_o his_o put_v the_o question_n to_o actual_a receive_n be_v not_o to_o any_o purpose_n because_o the_o act_n of_o receive_v abstract_v from_o word_n and_o prayer_n necessary_a essential_o to_o the_o very_o be_v of_o the_o ordinance_n be_v but_o a_o civil_a thing_n only_o and_o therefore_o the_o whole_a must_v go_v together_o to_o make_v up_o that_o service_n and_o his_o question_n be_v beside_o the_o question_n it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v the_o argument_n that_o the_o whole_a administration_n be_v bless_v to_o that_o end_n as_o mr._n h._n state_n the_o question_n but_o what_o device_n do_v man_n find_v out_o in_o pretence_n of_o advance_v sacrament_n some_o exclude_v all_o infant_n other_o some_o infant_n in_o the_o church_n the_o papist_n will_v give_v the_o sacrament_n but_o in_o one_o kind_n many_o among_o we_o in_o neither_o kind_n the_o doctor_n will_v allow_v all_o presence_n at_o the_o sacrament_n they_o may_v hear_v and_o see_v but_o they_o may_v not_o taste_v they_o may_v not_o take_v and_o eat_v according_a to_o the_o commandment_n but_o why_o will_v he_o allow_v all_o to_o be_v present_a why_o because_o presence_n may_v convert_v but_o actual_a receive_n not_o because_o natural_a man_n be_v present_a may_v get_v good_a without_o that_o sin_n which_o they_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o by_o unworthy_a receive_n but_o by_o their_o receive_n they_o can_v receive_v no_o benefit_n but_o do_v prejudice_n themselves_o by_o their_o unworthy_a receive_n beside_o their_o be_v guilty_a of_o murder_a christ_n and_o shall_v we_o think_v that_o that_o act_n wherein_o they_o eat_v and_o drink_v judgement_n to_o themselves_o shall_v be_v so_o bless_v of_o god_n as_o to_o become_v a_o mean_n of_o conversion_n to_o they_o etc._n etc._n and_o beside_o because_o the_o
have_v the_o better_a end_n of_o the_o staff_n it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o all_o to_o observe_v it_o in_o the_o season_n under_o penalty_n of_o their_o life_n upon_o wilful_a neglect_n numb_a 9.13_o and_o if_o any_o by_o reason_n of_o legal_a uncleanness_n or_o be_v in_o a_o journey_n a_o far_o off_o can_v not_o keep_v the_o passeover_n the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o the_o first_o month_n they_o be_v to_o keep_v it_o the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o the_o second_o month_n and_o so_o nothing_o will_v excuse_v any_o in_o the_o not_o observe_v that_o ordinance_n see_v vers_fw-la 10.11_o and_o beside_o that_o legal_a uncleanness_n do_v not_o debar_v they_o from_o the_o passeover_n more_o than_o from_o any_o other_o observance_n of_o communion_n sacred_a or_o civil_a it_o be_v pity_v these_o gentleman_n shall_v be_v in_o such_o haste_n that_o they_o can_v not_o enforce_v the_o many_o place_n of_o scripture_n which_o have_v be_v bring_v by_o other_o as_o they_o say_v pag._n 28._o to_o prove_v that_o the_o jew_n be_v keep_v from_o the_o passover_n for_o moral_a uncleanness_n or_o scandalous_a sin_n which_o they_o be_v confident_a neither_o m._n h._n nor_o all_o the_o world_n can_v ever_o answer_v for_o my_o part_n i_o wonder_v what_o scripture_n those_o be_v that_o i_o shall_v never_o see_v nor_o read_v they_o in_o the_o bible_n these_o gentleman_n quote_v four_o text_n as_o i_o take_v it_o to_o prove_v the_o same_o to_o which_o i_o shall_v speak_v something_o particular_o the_o first_o text_n be_v numb_a 15.30_o 31._o where_o by_o god_n appointment_n the_o soul_n sin_v presumptuous_o be_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o among_o his_o people_n namely_o by_o death_n and_o so_o from_o all_o other_o observance_n as_o well_o as_o the_o passeover_n and_o for_o the_o unclean_a person_n that_o will_v not_o submit_v to_o the_o law_n of_o purification_n he_o be_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o congregation_n of_o israel_n and_o therefore_o from_o all_o communion_n in_o worship_n numb_a 19_o 20._o and_o put_v out_o of_o the_o synagogue_n joh._n 9.22_o be_v to_o be_v put_v out_o of_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n and_o so_o from_o all_o ordinance_n of_o worship_n beside_o the_o synagogue_n be_v not_o the_o place_n of_o keep_v the_o feast_n of_o the_o passover_n and_o what_o then_o be_v there_o yet_o in_o all_o this_o to_o prove_v that_o for_o moral_a uncleanness_n some_o be_v to_o be_v keep_v from_o the_o passeover_n only_o but_o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o next_o place_n which_o be_v ezra_n 10.8_o where_o they_o say_v whosoever_o will_v not_o come_v to_o build_v the_o temple_n within_o three_o day_n shall_v be_v separate_v from_o the_o congregation_n and_o consequent_o exclude_v from_o the_o passover_n this_o place_n that_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v for_o their_o purpose_n be_v corrupt_v by_o they_o and_o false_o allege_v the_o word_n be_v part_n of_o that_o proclamation_n agree_v upon_o by_o the_o head_n of_o the_o people_n after_o their_o return_n from_o captivity_n to_o jerusalem_n concern_v that_o great_a sin_n of_o take_v strange_a wife_n whosoever_o will_v not_o come_v within_o the_o three_o day_n according_a to_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o people_n all_o his_o substance_n shall_v be_v forfeit_v and_o himself_o separate_v from_o the_o congregation_n etc._n etc._n now_o be_v this_o to_o come_v to_o build_v the_o temple_n no_o it_o be_v to_o confess_v their_o sin_n and_o to_o put_v away_o their_o strange_a wife_n that_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n may_v be_v turn_v away_o this_o scripture_n will_v serve_v my_o turn_n her_o easter_n better_o than_o they_o now_o but_o the_o next_o scripture_n they_o allege_v be_v ezek._n 22.26_o her_o priest_n have_v violate_v my_o law_n and_o have_v profane_v my_o holy_a thing_n they_o have_v put_v no_o difference_n between_o the_o holy_a and_o profane_a the_o clean_a and_o the_o unclean_a now_o by_o holy_a and_o profane_a we_o know_v be_v usual_o mean_v the_o circumcise_a and_o the_o uncircumcised_a and_o so_o clean_a and_o unclean_a be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o a_o legal_a sense_n and_o than_o what_o be_v this_o to_o debar_v from_o the_o passeover_n for_o moral_a uncleanness_n and_o scandalous_a sin_n more_o than_o from_o other_o observance_n but_o they_o say_v further_o that_o the_o uncircumcised_a in_o heart_n be_v not_o to_o enter_v into_o the_o sanctuary_n to_o pollute_v it_o and_o for_o this_o they_o quote_v ezek._n 44.7_o 9_o where_o again_o they_o gross_o abuse_v the_o text_n and_o that_o wilful_o too_o as_o one_o may_v think_v and_o true_o i_o can_v but_o wonder_v that_o man_n pretend_v to_o such_o purity_n of_o worship_n and_o discipline_n dare_v make_v so_o bold_a with_o scripture_n as_o purposely_o to_o pervert_v they_o to_o blind_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o reader_n that_o he_o may_v not_o understand_v the_o sense_n tell_v he_o that_o such_o as_o do_v manifest_o appear_v to_o be_v uncircumcised_a in_o heart_n though_o they_o have_v receive_v the_o circumcision_n of_o the_o flesh_n may_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o that_o the_o admit_v of_o such_o into_o the_o sanctuary_n be_v the_o fault_n for_o which_o the_o priest_n be_v punish_v vers_fw-la 13._o a_o most_o notorious_a falsehood_n and_o if_o they_o do_v look_v upon_o the_o text_n wilful_o assert_v to_o deceive_v their_o reader_n the_o thing_n the_o lord_n complain_v of_o in_o this_o place_n be_v that_o they_o have_v bring_v into_o god_n sanctuary_n not_o jew_n but_o stranger_n or_o alien_n uncircumcised_a in_o heart_n and_o that_o we_o may_v be_v sure_a it_o be_v mean_v of_o gentile_n and_o not_o jew_n there_o be_v add_v uncircumcised_a in_o the_o flesh_n to_o pollute_v the_o sanctuary_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n but_o this_o these_o man_n leave_v out_o and_o conceal_v from_o the_o reader_n which_o if_o they_o can_v also_o have_v dash_v out_o of_o the_o bible_n i_o believe_v it_o will_v be_v the_o strong_a place_n in_o the_o bible_n for_o their_o purpose_n but_o be_v as_o it_o be_v it_o make_v nothing_o at_o all_o for_o they_o or_o against_o mr._n h._n and_o we_o may_v take_v notice_n of_o the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o these_o man_n spirit_n leave_v they_o to_o miscarry_v themselves_o and_o that_o witting_o in_o pervert_v the_o scripture_n the_o thing_n they_o unjust_o charge_v that_o reverend_a man_n mr._n h._n with_o but_o to_o leave_v their_o self_n gloss_n on_o these_o place_n and_o go_v on_o they_o tell_v we_o further_o pag._n 30._o that_o this_o speak_v of_o the_o sanctuary_n be_v typical_a in_o reference_n to_o the_o spiritual_a sanctuary_n the_o church_n of_o christ_n in_o gospel_n time_n but_o how_o they_o will_v prove_v that_o the_o sanctuary_n be_v a_o type_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o our_o time_n i_o confess_v i_o know_v not_o because_o the_o jew_n be_v a_o gospel_n church_n and_o under_o the_o gospel_n covenant_n then_o as_o well_o as_o we_o now_o to_o they_o be_v the_o gospel_n 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understand_v a_o cut_n off_o by_o death_n appear_v numb_a 15.30_o 31._o exod._n 31.14_o again_o they_o be_v cut_v off_o stone_v to_o death_n for_o their_o presumptuous_a sin_n therefore_o they_o be_v cut_v off_o that_o they_o may_v not_o defile_v the_o passeover_n this_o in_o plain_a term_n be_v all_o that_o they_o say_v and_o be_v this_o good_a and_o sound_a reason_n be_v not_o this_o a_o great_a discovery_n of_o mr._n humsrey_v delude_v the_o reader_n and_o let_v i_o note_v surth_o that_o if_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o any_o be_v exclude_v the_o sanctuary_n for_o scandalous_a sin_n the_o consequence_n will_v be_v no_o more_o but_o this_o that_o for_o scandalous_a sin_n some_o may_v be_v exclude_v from_o all_o the_o part_n of_o god_n worship_n which_o be_v not_o deny_v but_o grant_v by_o mr._n