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prone_n and_o inclination_n to_o that_o which_o be_v evil_a and_o to_o nothing_o that_o be_v true_o good_a this_o appear_v gen._n 8._o 21._o the_o frame_n of_o man_n heart_n say_v the_o lord_n be_v evil_a even_o from_o his_o childhood_n that_o be_v the_o disposition_n of_o the_o understanding_n will_n affection_n with_o all_o that_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n devise_v fâ—rmeth_v or_o imagine_v be_v whole_o evil_a and_o paul_n say_v rom._n 8._o 5._o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v enmity_n against_o god_n which_o word_n be_v very_o significant_a for_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d translate_v wisdom_n signify_v that_o the_o best_a thought_n the_o best_a desire_n affection_n and_o endeavour_n that_o be_v in_o any_o natural_a man_n even_o those_o that_o come_v most_o near_o to_o true_a holiness_n be_v not_o only_o contrary_a to_o god_n but_o even_o enmity_n itself_o and_o hence_o i_o gather_v that_o the_o very_a heart_n itself_o that_o be_v the_o will_n and_o mind_n 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original_a justice_n and_o be_v also_o prone_a unto_o all_o evil_a ergo_fw-la every_o man_n natural_o want_v freewill_n to_o will_v that_o which_o be_v good_a reason_n ii_o 1._o cor._n 2._o 14._o the_o natural_a man_n perceive_v not_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n for_o they_o be_v foolishness_n unto_o he_o neither_o can_n he_o know_v they_o because_o they_o be_v spiritual_o discern_v in_o these_o word_n saint_n paul_n set_v down_o these_o point_n i_o that_o a_o natural_a man_n do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o think_v of_o the_o thing_n reveal_v in_o the_o gospel_n ii_o that_o a_o man_n hear_v and_o in_o mind_n conceive_v they_o
thing_n which_o make_v we_o of_o sinner_n to_o become_v righteous_a or_o just_a before_o god_n and_o this_o be_v the_o first_o point_n of_o our_o disagreement_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o justification_n which_o must_v be_v mark_v because_o if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o point_n of_o difference_n between_o we_o this_o one_o alone_o be_v sufficient_a to_o keep_v we_o from_o unite_n of_o our_o religion_n for_o hereby_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v race_n the_o very_a foundation_n now_o let_v we_o see_v by_o what_o reason_n we_o justify_v our_o doctrine_n and_o second_o answer_v the_o contrary_a objection_n our_o reason_n reason_n i._o that_o very_a thing_n which_o must_v be_v our_o righteousness_n before_o god_n must_v satisfy_v the_o justice_n of_o the_o law_n which_o say_v do_v these_o thing_n and_o thou_o shall_v live_v now_o there_o be_v nothing_o can_v satisfy_v the_o justice_n of_o the_o law_n but_o the_o righteousness_n or_o obedience_n of_o christ_n for_o us._n if_o any_o 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i_o not_o justify_v thereby_o 2._o cor._n 4._o 4._o therefore_o nothing_o can_v procure_v unto_o we_o a_o absolution_n and_o acceptance_n to_o life_n everlasting_a but_o christ_n impute_a righteousness_n and_o this_o will_v appear_v if_o we_o do_v consider_v how_o we_o must_v come_v one_o day_n before_o god_n judgement_n seat_n there_o to_o be_v judge_v in_o the_o rigour_n of_o justice_n for_o when_o we_o must_v bring_v some_o thing_n that_o may_v countervail_v the_o justice_n of_o god_n not_o have_v only_a acceptation_n in_o mercy_n but_o also_o approbation_n in_o justice_n god_n be_v not_o only_o merciful_a but_o also_o a_o just_a judge_n ii_o reason_n 2._o cor._n 5._o 21._o he_o which_o know_v no_o sin_n be_v make_v sin_n for_o we_o that_o we_o may_v be_v make_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n which_o be_v in_o he_o whence_o i_o reason_n thus_o as_o christ_n be_v make_v sin_n for_o we_o so_o be_v we_o make_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n in_o he_o but_o christ_n be_v make_v sin_n or_o a_o sinner_n by_o imputation_n of_o our_o sin_n he_o be_v in_o himself_o most_o holy_a therefore_o a_o sinner_n be_v make_v righteous_a before_o god_n in_o that_o christ_n righteonsnes_n be_v impute_v and_o apply_v unto_o he_o now_o if_o any_o shall_v say_v that_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o righteousness_n infuse_v then_o by_o like_a reason_n i_o say_v christ_n be_v make_v sin_n for_o we_o by_o infusion_n of_o sin_n which_o to_o say_v be_v blasphemy_n and_o the_o exposition_n of_o this_o place_n by_o s._n hierome_n be_v not_o to_o be_v despise_v christ_n say_v he_o be_v offer_v for_o our_o sin_n take_v the_o name_n of_o sin_n that_o we_o may_v be_v make_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n in_o he_o not_o our_n nor_o in_o we_o if_o this_o righteousness_n of_o god_n be_v neither_o we_o nor_o in_o we_o they_o it_o can_v be_v no_o inherent_a righteousness_n but_o must_v needs_o be_v righteousness_n impute_v and_o chrys._n on_o this_o place_n say_v it_o be_v call_v god_n righteousness_n because_o it_o be_v not_o of_o work_n &_o because_o it_o must_v be_v without_o all_o stain_v or_o want_v &_o that_o can_v be_v inherent_a righteousness_n anselme_n say_v he_o be_v make_v sin_n as_o we_o be_v make_v justice_n not_o we_o but_o god_n not_o in_o we_o but_o in_o he_o as_o he_o be_v make_v sin_n not_o his_o own_o but_o we_o not_o in_o himself_o but_o in_o us._n reason_n iii_o rom._n 5._o 19_o as_o by_o one_o man_n disobedience_n many_o be_v make_v sinner_n so_o by_o the_o obedience_n of_o one_o shall_v many_o be_v make_v righteous_a mark_v here_o be_v a_o comparison_n between_o the_o first_o and_o second_o adam_n and_o hence_o i_o reason_v thus_o as_o by_o the_o disobedience_n of_o the_o first_o adam_n man_n be_v make_v sinner_n so_o by_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o second_o adam_n be_v we_o make_v righteous_a now_o we_o be_v not_o only_o make_v sinner_n by_o propagation_n of_o natural_a corruption_n but_o by_o imputation_n for_o adam_n first_o sin_n be_v the_o eat_n of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n which_o very_a act_n be_v no_o personal_a offence_n but_o be_v impute_v to_o all_o his_o posterity_n in_o who_o we_o have_v all_o sin_v the_o neoph._n father_n call_v this_o very_a sin_n adam_n handwriting_n make_v we_o debtor_n unto_o god_n and_o therefore_o in_o like_a manner_n the_o obedience_n of_o christ_n be_v make_v the_o righteousness_n of_o every_o believer_n not_o by_o infusion_n but_o by_o imputation_n iv_o reason_n a_o satisfaction_n make_v for_o the_o want_n of_o that_o justice_n or_o obedience_n which_o the_o law_n require_v at_o our_o hand_n be_v accept_v of_o god_n as_o the_o justice_n itself_o but_o christ_n obedience_n be_v a_o satisfaction_n make_v for_o the_o want_n of_o that_o justice_n or_o obedience_n which_o the_o law_n require_v as_o the_o papist_n themselves_o avouch_v therefore_o this_o satisfaction_n be_v our_o justice_n and_o i_o think_v the_o papist_n upon_o this_o consideration_n have_v little_a cause_n to_o dissent_v from_o us._n for_o if_o they_o make_v christ_n obedience_n their_o satisfaction_n why_o shall_v they_o not_o full_o close_a hand_n with_o we_o and_o make_v it_o their_o justice_n also_o v._o reason_n the_o consent_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n bernard_n say_v epist_n 190._o the_o justice_n of_o another_z be_v assign_v unto_o man_n who_o want_v his_o own_o man_n be_v indebt_v and_o man_n make_v payment_n the_o satisfaction_n of_o one_o be_v imputed_a to_o all_o and_o why_o may_v not_o justice_n be_v from_o a_o other_o as_o well_o as_o guiltiness_n be_v from_o a_o other_o and_o in_o cant._n serm_n 25._o it_o suffice_v i_o for_o all_o righteousness_n to_o have_v he_o alone_o merciful_a to_o i_o against_o who_o i_o have_v sin_v and_o not_o to_o sin_n be_v god_n justice_n man_n justice_n be_v the_o mercifulnes_n of_o god._n and_o serm_n 61._o shall_v i_o sing_v my_o own_o righteousness_n lord_n i_o will_v remember_v thy_o righteousness_n alone_o for_o it_o be_v my_o also_o in_o that_o even_o thou_o be_v make_v unto_o i_o righteousness_n of_o god_n what_o shall_v i_o fear_v lest_o that_o one_o be_v not_o sufficient_a for_o we_o both_o it_o be_v not_o a_o short_a cloak_n that_o can_v cover_v two_o it_o will_v cover_v both_o thou_o and_o i_o large_o be_v both_o a_o large_a and_o eternal_a justice_n august_n on_o psal_n 22._o he_o pray_v for_o our_o fault_n and_o have_v make_v our_o fault_n his_o fault_n that_o he_o may_v make_v his_o justice_n our_o justice_n objection_n of_o papist_n objection_n of_o the_o papist_n prove_v inherent_a righteousness_n to_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o our_o justice_n before_o god_n be_v these_o i._o object_n it_o be_v absurd_a that_o one_o man_n shall_v be_v make_v righteous_a by_o the_o righteousness_n of_o a_o other_o for_o it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o one_o man_n be_v make_v wise_a by_o the_o wisdom_n of_o another_o ans._n it_o be_v true_a that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v make_v righteous_a by_o the_o personal_a righteousness_n 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abstinence_n from_o meat_n for_o conscience_n sake_n which_o the_o lord_n himself_o have_v create_v to_o be_v receive_v with_o thanksgiving_n socrates_n a_o christian_a historiographer_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n leave_v it_o 38._o free_a to_o every_o one_o to_o use_v what_o kind_n of_o meat_n they_o will_v on_o fast_a day_n and_o other_o time_n spiridion_n in_o lent_n dress_v swine_n flesh_n and_o set_v â—_o it_o before_o a_o stranger_n eat_v himself_o and_o bid_v the_o stranger_n also_o to_o eat_v who_o refuse_v &_o profess_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o christian_n therefore_o say_v he_o the_o rather_o must_v thou_o do_v it_o for_o to_o the_o pure_a all_o thing_n be_v pure_a as_o the_o word_n of_o god_n teach_v us._n but_o they_o object_n jer._n 35._o where_o jonadab_n command_v the_o rechabite_v to_o abstain_v from_o wine_n which_o commandment_n they_o obey_v and_o be_v commend_v for_o do_v well_o in_o obey_v of_o it_o therefore_o say_v they_o some_o kind_n of_o meat_n may_v lawful_o 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accord_v free_o to_o abstain_v from_o sundry_a thing_n and_o thus_o daniel_n abstain_v from_o flesh_n but_o the_o popish_a abstinence_n from_o flesh_n be_v not_o free_a but_o stand_v by_o commandment_n and_o the_o omit_v of_o it_o be_v mortal_a sin_n again_o if_o they_o will_v follow_v daniel_n in_o abstain_v from_o flesh_n why_o do_v they_o not_o also_o abstain_v from_o all_o pleasant_a bread_n and_o wine_n yea_o from_o ointment_n and_o why_o will_v they_o eat_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o fast_n whereas_o s._n they_o can_v show_v that_o daniel_n eat_v any_o thing_n at_o all_o till_o evening_n and_o molanus_n have_v note_v that_o our_o ancetour_n abstain_v from_o wine_n and_o dainty_n and_o that_o some_o of_o they_o eat_v nothing_o for_o two_o or_o three_o day_n together_o three_o they_o allege_v the_o diet_n of_o john_n baptist_n who_o meat_n be_v locust_n and_o wild_a honey_n and_o of_o timothy_n who_o abstain_v from_o wine_n ans._n their_o kind_n of_o diet_n and_o that_o abstinence_n which_o they_o use_v be_v only_o for_o temperance_n sake_n not_o for_o conscience_n or_o to_o merit_v any_o thing_n thereby_o let_v they_o prove_v the_o contrary_a if_o they_o can_v three_o and_o last_o we_o dissent_v from_o they_o touch_v certain_a end_n of_o fast_v for_o they_o make_v abstinence_n itself_o in_o a_o person_n fit_o prepare_v to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n but_o we_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o thing_n indifferent_a in_o itself_o and_o therefore_o no_o part_n of_o god_n worship_n 6._o and_o yet_o withal_o be_v well_o use_v we_o esteem_v it_o as_o a_o prop_n or_o furtherance_n of_o the_o worship_n in_o that_o we_o be_v make_v the_o fit_a by_o it_o to_o worship_n god_n and_o hereupon_o some_o of_o the_o more_o learned_a sort_n of_o they_o say_v not_o the_o work_n of_o fast_v do_v but_o the_o devotion_n of_o the_o worker_n be_v to_o be_v repute_v the_o service_n of_o god_n again_o they_o say_v that_o fast_v in_o or_o with_o devotion_n be_v a_o work_n of_o satisfaction_n to_o god_n justice_n for_o the_o temporal_a punishment_n of_o our_o sin_n wherein_o we_o take_v they_o do_v blasphemous_o derogat_v from_o christ_n our_o saviour_n who_o be_v the_o whole_a and_o perfect_a satisfaction_n for_o sin_n both_o in_o respect_n of_o fault_n and_o punishment_n here_o they_o allege_v the_o example_n of_o the_o ninevite_n and_o achabs_n fast_v whereby_o they_o turn_v away_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n denounce_v against_o they_o by_o his_o prophet_n we_o answer_v that_o god_n wrath_n be_v appease_v towards_o the_o ninevite_n not_o by_o their_o fast_v but_o by_o faith_n lay_v hold_n on_o god_n mercy_n in_o christ_n and_o thereby_o stay_v his_o judgement_n 41._o their_o fast_n be_v only_o a_o sign_n of_o their_o repentance_n their_o repentance_n a_o fruit_n and_o sign_n of_o their_o faith_n whereby_o they_o believe_v the_o preach_n of_o jonas_n as_o for_o ahabs_n humiliation_n it_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n 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