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we_o must_v give_v place_n to_o wrath_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v that_o this_o aught_o to_o serve_v to_o reform_v impatience_n &_o to_o bridle_v our_o evil_a affection_n in_o that_o god_n promise_v that_o he_o will_v revenge_v for_o he_o which_o revenge_v himself_o do_v take_v god_n office_n from_o he_o and_o let_v we_o still_o remember_v that_o which_o i_o have_v already_o say_v that_o god_n be_v touch_v with_o a_o especial_a care_n to_o revenge_v injury_n do_v to_o his_o child_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o psalm_n hurt_v not_o my_o anointed_n and_o be_v not_o trouble_v some_o to_o my_o prophet_n they_o shall_v come_v thence_o and_o serve_v i_o therefore_o their_o deliverance_n go_v before_o the_o temple_n &_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o law_n whereupon_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v not_o tie_v to_o ceremony_n nevertheless_o steeven_n note_v the_o end_n of_o their_o deliverance_n that_o god_n choose_v both_o a_o peculiar_a people_n &_o a_o peculiar_a place_n 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rom._n 4.11_o he_o gather_v thence_o that_o circumcision_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o righteousness_n therefore_o we_o see_v that_o steeven_n frame_v no_o vain_a and_o idle_a narration_n because_o this_o be_v very_o much_o appertinent_a unto_o the_o cause_n that_o the_o jew_n may_v remember_v how_o god_n have_v adopt_v they_o with_o their_o father_n &_o it_o be_v to_o be_v think_v that_o steven_n do_v plain_o express_v both_o thing_n that_o although_o circumcision_n be_v give_v by_o god_n that_o it_o may_v be_v a_o sign_n of_o grace_n yet_o be_v the_o adoption_n before_o it_o both_o in_o order_n &_o in_o time_n but_o we_o have_v no_o need_n to_o dispute_v any_o long_o in_o this_o place_n concern_v the_o nature_n and_o force_n of_o circumcision_n only_o let_v we_o note_v this_o that_o god_n do_v first_o promise_v those_o thing_n to_o abraham_n which_o he_o confirm_v afterward_o by_o circumcision_n that_o we_o may_v know_v that_o the_o sign_n be_v vain_a &_o nothing_o worth_a unless_o 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