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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o the_o world_n a_o valley_n of_o tear_n a_o stage_n of_o misery_n iii_o to_o what_o end_n or_o wherefore_o he_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o save_v for_o god_n send_v not_o his_o son_n into_o the_o world_n to_o condemn_v the_o world_n but_o that_o the_o world_n through_o he_o may_v be_v save_v joh._n 3._o 17._o iv_o the_o person_n who_o he_o come_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sinner_n and_o those_o not_o angel_n but_o man_n etc._n etc._n each_o word_n heighten_v the_o mercy_n of_o christ_n and_o shall_v provoke_v we_o to_o a_o effectual_a entertainment_n of_o that_o gospel_n which_o reveal_v christ_n come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o save_v sinner_n i_o shall_v sum_n up_o these_o into_o this_o doctrine_n the_o gospel_n of_o which_o this_o be_v the_o sum_n that_o jesus_n christ_n come_v into_o doctrine_n doctrine_n the_o world_n to_o save_v sinner_n be_v a_o most_o certain_a truth_n and_o most_o acceptable_a doctrine_n in_o prosecution_n of_o 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of_o the_o former_a temple_n because_o of_o the_o person_n of_o the_o messiah_n in_o it_o haggai_n 2._o 7_o 9_o add_v malachy_n who_o live_v in_o the_o time_n the_o second_o temple_n be_v build_v and_o be_v 1._o mal._n 3._o 1._o contemporary_a with_o the_o prophet_n haggai_n but_o now_o all_o these_o city_n be_v ruin_v and_o which_o be_v a_o clear_a evidence_n the_o messiah_n be_v come_v the_o second_o temple_n destroy_v and_o jerusalem_n demolish_a by_o the_o roman_n ii_o the_o cease_v of_o the_o jewish_a polity_n and_o commonwealth_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v till_o the_o come_n of_o the_o true_a messiah_n according_a to_o jacob_n pprophecy_n gen._n 49._o 10._o which_o the_o ancient_a jew_n themselves_o understand_v of_o the_o messiah_n per_fw-la quem_fw-la christi_fw-la adventum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la intelligenda_fw-la christi_fw-la nativitas_fw-la stetit_fw-la enim_fw-la respublica_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la 289._o molin_n vates_fw-la p._n 289._o &_o firmam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la politiam_fw-la habuit_fw-la per_fw-la annos_fw-la septuaginta_fw-la dvos_fw-la post_fw-la christum_fw-la natum_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la adventum_fw-la christi_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la manifestationem_fw-la christi_fw-la per_fw-la evangelium_fw-la by_o which_o come_v of_o christ_n we_o must_v not_o understand_v christ_n birth_n for_o then_o there_o be_v a_o commonwealth_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o have_v too_o some_o kind_n of_o a_o settle_a polity_n for_o seventy_o two_o year_n after_o christ_n be_v bear_v but_o we_o understand_v by_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n the_o manifestation_n of_o he_o by_o the_o gospel_n in_o which_o sense_n it_o be_v say_v matth._n 10._o 23._o you_o shall_v not_o have_v go_v over_o the_o city_n of_o israel_n till_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v come_v the_o power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n be_v take_v from_o they_o in_o judaeorum_fw-la idem_fw-la de_fw-la disciplina_fw-la &_o instructione_n judaeorum_fw-la our_o saviour_n time_n as_o appear_v by_o their_o own_o ingenuous_a confession_n to_o pilate_n john_n 18._o 31._o then_o say_v pilate_n unto_o they_o take_v you_o he_o and_o judge_v he_o according_a to_o your_o law_n the_o jew_n therefore_o say_v unto_o he_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n romani_fw-la judeae_n praefectos_fw-la habebant_fw-la cogebant_fw-la fidem_fw-la homagii_fw-la praestare_fw-la caesari_n numisma_fw-la cudere_fw-la illis_fw-la 91._o â—ram_fw-la p._n 91._o licitum_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la i_o shall_v not_o dispute_v the_o punctual_a time_n when_o this_o sceptre_n depart_v whether_o in_o herod_n or_o when_o titus_n destroy_v the_o jewish_a state_n which_o i_o must_v think_v most_o probable_a because_o then_o the_o gather_n of_o the_o nation_n be_v to_o christ_n by_o the_o come_n in_o of_o the_o gentile_n but_o this_o be_v evident_a that_o that_o polity_n be_v now_o destroy_v and_o the_o jew_n a_o scatter_a nation_n throughout_o the_o world_n iii_o the_o abrogation_n of_o the_o 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by_o christ_n then_o nice_o to_o inquire_v of_o the_o 7._o the_o vbi_fw-la semel_fw-la ostendit_fw-la deus_fw-la quid_fw-la fieri_fw-la velit_fw-la stulta_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la noxia_fw-la de_fw-la possibilitate_fw-la disputatio_fw-la calv._n in_o job_n 16._o 7._o possibility_n of_o another_o way_n of_o salvation_n calvin_n say_v god_n can_v have_v do_v it_o solo_fw-la nutu_fw-la &_o verbo_fw-la as_o he_o create_v all_o thing_n at_o first_o by_o a_o word_n which_o i_o can_v close_v with_o for_o sure_o god_n will_v never_o have_v give_v up_o his_o son_n to_o such_o misery_n and_o sorrow_n may_v sinner_n have_v be_v save_v by_o a_o word_n speak_v this_o detract_v from_o the_o glory_n of_o christ_n undertake_n for_o sinner_n estius_n think_v that_o minima_fw-la passio_fw-la christi_fw-la sufficere_fw-la potuisset_fw-la pro_fw-la justo_fw-la pretio_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la mundi_fw-la by_o reason_n of_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o person_n but_o neither_o can_v this_o be_v without_o 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carry_v a_o demonstration_n of_o in_o his_o own_o breast_n even_o those_o who_o be_v whole_o stranger_n to_o god_n reveal_v will_n of_o punish_v sinner_n the_o heathen_n i_o mean_v who_o have_v inward_a fear_n of_o a_o avenge_a justice_n for_o sin_n and_o if_o we_o assert_v justice_n to_o be_v a_o attribute_n essential_a to_o god_n we_o must_v assert_v i_o think_v that_o god_n punish_v sin_n out_o of_o nature_n not_o will_v only_o though_o all_o the_o circumstance_n of_o punishment_n be_v subject_v in_o the_o freedom_n of_o god_n will_n otherwise_o we_o must_v suppose_v it_o possible_a for_o god_n not_o to_o hate_v sin_n and_o so_o sin_n or_o no_o sin_n will_v be_v all_o one_o to_o god_n now_o the_o scripture_n find_v god_n hatred_n to_o sin_n in_o his_o nature_n heb._n 1._o 13._o if_o then_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n be_v indispensable_a than_o satisfaction_n must_v be_v make_v before_o the_o sinner_n can_v be_v save_v ii_o the_o impossibility_n of_o satisfaction_n to_o justice_n any_o other_o way_n then_o by_o the_o undertake_n of_o christ_n for_o no_o mere_a creature_n can_v lay_v down_o a_o price_n satisfactory_a for_o the_o salvation_n of_o lose_a man_n though_o aquinas_n 2._o aq._n 3._o p._n q._n 1._o art_n 2._o think_v that_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o creature_n may_v have_v be_v available_a to_o the_o salvation_n of_o sinner_n yet_o confess_v that_o this_o will_v have_v be_v satisfactio_fw-la sufficiens_fw-la imperfectè_fw-la secundùm_fw-la acceptionem_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la perfectè_fw-la per_fw-la adaequationem_fw-la ad_fw-la compensationem_fw-la culpae_fw-la commissae_fw-la only_a satisfaction_n improper_o to_o divine_a acceptation_n not_o proper_o by_o a_o proportionable_a compensation_n for_o a_o offence_n against_o a_o infinite_a god_n but_o of_o this_o former_o iii_o christ_n do_v by_o his_o undertake_n full_o and_o perfect_o satisfy_v god_n justice_n in_o order_n to_o the_o salvation_n of_o sinner_n hereby_o full_o repair_v the_o 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