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to_o come_v to_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n through_o his_o own_o device_n vain_a byewayes_o and_o very_o fond_a attempt_n at_o what_o time_n he_o most_o unlawful_o yield_v to_o eat_v the_o fruit_n that_o be_v most_o lawful_o of_o god_n forbid_v he_o all_o which_o proud_a attempter_n may_v be_v well_o assure_v to_o abide_v also_o the_o like_a curse_n that_o be_v give_v to_o adam_n but_o not_o a_o blessing_n or_o the_o salvation_n that_o of_o god_n be_v merciful_o promise_v and_o that_o only_a by_o the_o merit_n of_o jesus_n chryst_n unless_o they_o will_v begin_v to_o repent_v of_o their_o pride_n blindness_n and_o disobedience_n and_o only_o refer_v it_o to_o our_o merciful_a god_n himself_o through_o the_o only_a faith_n and_o belief_n due_a from_o they_o to_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n who_o only_o satisfy_v the_o truth_n and_o justice_n of_o god_o in_o this_o point_n which_o say_v unto_o adam_n in_o what_o so_o ever_o hour_n thou_o eat_v of_o the_o fruit_n thou_o shall_v sure_o die_v the_o death_n by_o which_o only_a satisfaction_n of_o chryst_n all_o man_n even_o as_o adam_n be_v reconcile_v again_o unto_o god_n the_o father_n their_o sin_n free_o remit_v and_o come_v bold_o again_o to_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o majesty_n and_o not_o by_o our_o own_o device_n and_o foolish_a invention_n as_o the_o more_o pity_n it_o be_v many_o man_n most_o blind_o do_v that_o bear_v at_o this_o day_n the_o name_n of_o christian_n wherefore_o in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v then_o conclude_v that_o chryst_n be_v the_o very_a perfect_v way_n to_o restore_v man_n again_o to_o his_o perfect_a joy_n and_o felicity_n which_o before_o he_o have_v lose_v it_o be_v think_v of_o god_n almighty_a meet_a and_o necessary_a to_o send_v unto_o he_o a_o law_n before_o the_o come_n of_o the_o saviour_n chryst_n which_o may_v put_v he_o daily_o in_o mind_n of_o his_o fall_n from_o the_o joy_n wherein_o god_n have_v once_o most_o happy_o place_v he_o as_o also_o to_o lay_v plain_a open_a before_o his_o face_n his_o abominable_a pride_n disobedience_n and_o wretched_a live_n for_o which_o cause_n many_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n be_v this_o law_n proclaim_v by_o the_o patriarch_n moses_n write_v and_o set_v forth_o in_o table_n and_o book_n to_o the_o end_n that_o by_o the_o straitness_n thereof_o all_o man_n may_v know_v not_o only_o the_o great_a mercy_n of_o god_n over_o they_o but_o also_o their_o own_o naughty_a nature_n weakness_n blindness_n and_o miserable_a state_n through_o their_o disobedience_n and_o sin_n which_o before_o the_o law_n come_v have_v wellnigh_o forget_v their_o deadly_a fall_n and_o know_v not_o in_o effect_n what_o sin_n be_v they_o be_v so_o wretched_o blind_v in_o the_o vanity_n of_o their_o pride_n and_o false_a imagination_n to_o the_o end_n therefore_o that_o all_o creature_n shall_v know_v their_o own_o case_n and_o imperfection_n their_o damnable_a state_n and_o condition_n the_o law_n be_v proclaim_v which_o beside_o that_o it_o manifest_v unto_o we_o the_o wonderful_a mercy_n of_o god_n towards_o we_o as_o also_o the_o state_n of_o adam_n our_o first_o parent_n and_o the_o filthiness_n of_o all_o our_o sinful_a and_o abominable_a live_n and_o the_o give_v furthermore_o unto_o we_o such_o precept_n and_o commandment_n of_o virtuous_a conversation_n and_o live_n as_o always_o be_v seemly_a for_o godly_a man_n to_o use_v by_o the_o which_o all_o man_n at_o all_o time_n shall_v have_v rectify_v and_o amend_v their_o ungodly_a life_n it_o also_o prescribe_v certain_a ceremony_n which_o man_n daily_o exercise_v among_o themselves_o take_v the_o same_o and_o steadfast_o also_o beléeve_v that_o they_o do_v but_o prefigurate_a the_o death_n of_o the_o same_o chryst_n which_o be_v promise_v to_o die_v the_o death_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o adam_n and_o his_o whole_a pasteritie_n wherein_o if_o man_n in_o time_n pass_v do_v use_v among_o themselves_o according_a to_o this_o sense_n and_o meaning_n they_o be_v find_v righteous_a before_o god_n not_o for_o do_v the_o ceremony_n but_o only_o for_o their_o belief_n sake_n which_o they_o conceive_v in_o chryst_n to_o come_v who_o only_o the_o ceremony_n do_v but_o bare_o prefigurate_a all_o which_o ceremony_n say_v s._n paul_n shall_v utter_o now_o cease_v and_o stand_v no_o more_o in_o effect_n amongst_o christian_a man_n inasmuch_o as_o now_o the_o very_a truth_n and_o thing_n itself_o be_v already_o come_v and_o shine_v amongst_o we_o which_o they_o before_o only_o prefigure_v and_o even_o thus_o do_v god_n most_o love_o see_v to_o the_o repair_n again_o of_o his_o decay_a creature_n that_o so_o much_o have_v offend_v he_o in_o their_o looseness_n and_o fall_v from_o he_o and_o for_o which_o only_a cause_n his_o own_o and_o only_a dear_a son_n be_v promise_v take_v upâ—â—_n he_o therefore_o ouâ—_n flesh_n and_o die_v therein_o the_o most_o sharp_a and_o â—â—uel_a death_n wherefore_o god_n now_o at_o this_o time_n require_v nothing_o else_o at_o our_o hand_n but_o to_o have_v always_o respect_n unto_o his_o mercy_n through_o jesus_n christ_n and_o to_o behold_v also_o his_o wonderful_a love_n towards_o we_o to_o the_o end_n we_o shall_v be_v ashamed_a of_o our_o own_o sinful_a act_n how_o oft_o so_o ever_o we_o turn_v our_o mind_n from_o he_o through_o the_o commit_n of_o vice_n which_o be_v displeasant_a abominable_a &_o always_o damnable_a in_o his_o sight_n also_o how_o that_o we_o shall_v meek_o acknowledge_v and_o confess_v daily_o unto_o he_o our_o own_o sinful_a life_n the_o miserableness_n of_o our_o nature_n &_o how_o of_o ourselves_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o think_v speak_v nor_o do_v any_o good_a thing_n and_o not_o stubborn_o to_o do_v as_o adam_n do_v run_v from_o the_o face_n of_o god_n hide_v our_o sin_n from_o he_o or_o else_o cover_v they_o from_o his_o presence_n with_o our_o own_o vain_a invention_n for_o adam_n at_o what_o time_n he_o know_v that_o he_o have_v offend_v and_o break_v his_o commandment_n he_o perceive_v immediate_o what_o state_n he_o stand_v in_o and_o by_o the_o accusation_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n he_o feel_v in_o himself_o the_o prick_n of_o sin_n he_o begin_v then_o to_o be_v trudge_v and_o to_o hide_v himself_o from_o he_o and_o seek_v mean_n to_o cover_v himself_o although_o with_o most_o simple_a and_o very_a slender_a clothing_n which_o he_o then_o according_o but_o little_a trust_v unto_o like_a as_o it_o be_v all_o unprofitable_a that_o man_n of_o his_o own_o brain_n will_v devise_v to_o cloak_v his_o sin_n with_o all_o although_o both_o he_o and_o he_o make_v fly_v never_o so_o fast_o from_o the_o face_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o seek_v mean_n to_o hide_v themselves_o but_o yet_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o say_a disobedience_n haughty_a and_o proud_a stubbornness_n of_o adam_n which_o after_o he_o have_v most_o wretched_o offend_v choose_v rather_o to_o hide_v himself_o from_o god_n than_o meek_o to_o acknowledge_v his_o fault_n before_o he_o the_o love_a lord_n be_v strike_v so_o full_a of_o compassion_n and_o mercy_n towards_o man_n his_o simple_a naked_a and_o poor_a creature_n that_o he_o quick_o follow_v and_o hasten_v himself_o after_o that_o fugitive_n and_o runagate_n find_v he_o quick_o but_o confer_v most_o mild_o with_o he_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o his_o decay_n great_a misery_n and_o the_o happy_a life_n that_o he_o miserable_o have_v fall_v from_o and_o say_v on_o this_o wise_a to_o he_o adam_n where_o be_v thou_o which_o shall_v signify_v unto_o he_o oh_o adam_n know_v thou_o what_o thou_o have_v do_v have_v thou_o consider_v well_o with_o thyself_o of_o thy_o present_a state_n and_o what_o misery_n thou_o be_v now_o fall_v into_o from_o thine_o innocence_n blissful_a state_n and_o felicity_n by_o contempt_n of_o my_o
discern_v the_o good_a from_o the_o bad_a be_v not_o amongst_o man_n count_v sinner_n as_o man_n be_v sinful_a neither_o so_o correct_v for_o their_o offence_n even_o so_o it_o chance_v unto_o the_o gentile_n which_o do_v sin_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n have_v no_o knowledge_n thereof_o yet_o sin_n be_v not_o absent_a from_o the_o gentile_a before_o that_o the_o law_n be_v give_v as_o do_v witness_n against_o he_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n but_o they_o do_v favour_n &_o pardon_v themselves_o in_o their_o sin_n &_o still_o offend_v god_n as_o though_o they_o have_v be_v privilege_v person_n because_o they_o have_v not_o amongst_o they_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n therefore_o at_o the_o tune_n he_o be_v not_o come_v that_o shall_v take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n and_o put_v away_o the_o tyranny_n of_o death_n and_o sin_n which_o through_o adam_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n &_o reign_v amongst_o man_n unpunished_a as_o in_o adam_n which_o break_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n notwithstanding_o the_o same_o do_v long_o before_o prefigure_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n which_o shall_v be_v after_o he_o not_o that_o adam_n be_v like_a in_o all_o thing_n unto_o christ_n but_o that_o in_o some_o special_a thing_n he_o represent_v the_o image_n of_o he_o and_o in_o this_o point_n be_v adam_n like_a unto_o christ_n because_o that_o both_o of_o they_o be_v the_o first_o beginner_n of_o the_o generation_n but_o adam_n of_o the_o earthy_a generation_n and_o christ_n of_o the_o heavenly_a furthermore_o because_o that_o from_o either_o of_o they_o as_o from_o a_o beginning_n come_v certain_a proceed_n unto_o all_o man_n but_o from_o the_o earthy_a adam_n come_v the_o original_n and_o beginning_n of_o unrighteousness_n and_o death_n and_o from_o christ_n the_o heavenly_a adam_n come_v the_o beginning_n of_o innocence_n and_o everlasting_a life_n which_o both_o though_o in_o some_o part_n they_o be_v like_a 4._o yet_o in_o equality_n they_o very_o 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innocence_n and_o have_v grant_v unto_o he_o that_o his_o death_n shall_v not_o only_o take_v away_o the_o spot_n and_o tyranny_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o death_n but_o have_v give_v to_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o same_o to_o dispose_v unto_o all_o man_n the_o power_n of_o righteousness_n in_o stead_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o the_o heavenly_a kingdom_n for_o the_o tyranny_n of_o their_o death_n therefore_o as_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n be_v no_o great_a hurt_n to_o the_o faithful_a so_o the_o goodness_n of_o our_o lord_n christ_n make_v we_o at_o one_o with_o his_o heavenly_a and_o merciful_a father_n also_o as_o adam_n through_o his_o offence_n be_v the_o occasion_n that_o all_o his_o posterity_n do_v stand_v as_o in_o the_o state_n of_o damnation_n so_o the_o mighty_a benefit_n of_o jesus_n christ_n towards_o we_o have_v put_v away_o all_o our_o offence_n in_o witness_n whereof_o he_o have_v seal_v it_o with_o his_o most_o precious_a body_n upon_o the_o cross_n as_o â—_o most_o â—uâ—e_a testimony_n of_o the_o same_o but_o to_o come_v again_o unto_o that_o whereof_o we_o have_v speak_v before_o if_o it_o be_v so_o provide_v of_o god_n from_o the_o beginning_n law_n to_o take_v away_o from_o man_n his_o sin_n and_o to_o restore_v again_o unto_o he_o his_o life_n after_o this_o sort_n what_o do_v it_o then_o prevail_v to_o make_v a_o law_n which_o do_v profit_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o salvation_n yes_o very_o the_o law_n do_v profit_n much_o that_o by_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o the_o benefit_n of_o christ_n may_v the_o more_o clear_o and_o evident_o appear_v unto_o we_o for_o the_o more_o that_o our_o sin_n menace_v and_o cruel_o threaten_v we_o so_o much_o the_o more_o manifest_a be_v the_o benefit_n of_o christ_n which_o always_o cheer_v we_o land_n deliver_v we_o from_o sin_n the_o law_n plain_o lay_v open_a unto_o all_o man_n the_o death_n of_o sin_n 5._o which_o though_o some_o go_v about_o with_o strive_v to_o overcome_v it_o yet_o the_o tyranny_n thereof_o be_v so_o sharp_a so_o stout_a and_o valiant_a that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v vanquish_v but_o the_o goodness_n of_o christ_n be_v much_o â—â—nightie_a than_o it_o &_o put_v all_o tâ—raâ—â—â—e_n of_o death_n to_o slight_v from_o all_o such_o as_o will_v believe_v only_o in_o he_o this_o proâ—â—t_n therefore_o we_o gâ—â—_n by_o the_o law_n that_o we_o perceive_v true_o thereby_o the_o magnitude_n &_o greatness_n of_o christ_n benefit_n towards_o all_o man_n 17._o by_o which_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o like_o as_o the_o devil_n through_o the_o tyranny_n of_o sin_n bring_v death_n unto_o all_o meniso_n the_o goodness_n of_o almighty_a god_n give_v life_n unto_o all_o man_n through_o his_o own_o deaâ—e_a son_n jesus_n in_o which_o our_o only_a â—ord_n &_o prince_n i_o rejoice_v be_v now_o make_v free_a from_o the_o bondage_n of_o death_n under_o which_o not_o long_o heretofore_o i_o have_v most_o woeful_o live_v the_o six_o chapter_n for_o so_o much_o as_o we_o be_v deliver_v thorough_o christ_n from_o sin_n we_o must_v fashion_v ourselves_o to_o live_v as_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n and_o not_o after_o our_o own_o lust_n the_o unlike_a reward_n of_o righteousness_n and_o sin_n and_o whereas_o i_o have_v say_v before_o that_o sin_n by_o the_o law_n be_v manifest_a and_o make_v much_o more_o abundant_a and_o do_v great_o profit_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o goodness_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v more_o evident_a unto_o we_o yet_o let_v as_o man_n héreby_o take_v occasion_n to_o continue_v in_o his_o sin_n and_o say_v in_o this_o manner_n within_o himself_o see_v that_o sin_n set_v forth_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n towards_o man_n it_o shall_v be_v expedient_a always_o to_o sin_n to_o the_o end_n the_o goodness_n of_o god_n may_v be_v always_o the_o more_o evident_a and_o know_v but_o god_n defend_v from_o the_o heart_n of_o christian_a man_n all_o such_o wicked_a thought_n for_o i_o do_v here_o mean_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o old_a and_o 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