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the_o sum_n be_v christ_n be_v not_o declare_v public_o to_o be_v the_o mediator_n until_o he_o be_v about_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n therefore_o he_o do_v no_o mediatorly_a act_n before_o he_o be_v thirty_o year_n of_o age_n a_o mere_a non-consequence_n you_o may_v by_o the_o like_a reason_n say_v the_o father_n have_v not_o before_o declare_v he_o to_o be_v his_o belove_a son_n therefore_o he_o be_v not_o his_o beloved_a son_n joseph_n have_v not_o declare_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o brother_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o benjamin_n therefore_o he_o be_v not_o their_o brother_n nor_o be_v his_o weep_v in_o secret_a gen._n 42.24_o and_o weep_v again_o in_o secret_a and_o his_o soul-pouring_a upon_o his_o brother_n gen._n 43.30_o brotherly_a act_n it_o have_v already_o i_o hope_v be_v sufficient_o prove_v that_o all_o the_o legal_a action_n of_o christ_n from_o his_o incarnation_n to_o his_o passion_n be_v the_o action_n of_o a_o mediator_n christ_n be_v a_o mediator_n to_o be_v 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a_o mediatorly_n or_o office-act_n but_o a_o act_n constitute_v the_o person_n call_v to_o that_o office_n if_o that_o his_o meaning_n be_v of_o public_a action_n of_o a_o mediator_n our_o question_n be_v not_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o public_a mediatorly_a act_n of_o christ_n before_o his_o baptism_n but_o whether_o his_o legal_a obedience_n be_v mediatorly_a obedience_n dialogu_n yea_o when_o christ_n begin_v to_o be_v thirty_o year_n of_o age_n he_o be_v public_o install_v into_o the_o mediator_n office_n by_o the_o joint_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o trinity_n and_o so_o our_o saviour_n do_v explain_v the_o matter_n unto_o john_n say_v thus_o our_o desire_n be_v or_o thus_o it_o become_v we_o to_o fulfil_v all_o righteousness_n mat._n 3.14_o these_o two_o term_n 1._o our_o desire_n 2._o our_o fulfil_n all_o righteousness_n have_v need_v to_o be_v explainad_a the_o term_v we_o or_o our_o desire_n must_v have_v relation_n to_o some_o
doubtless_o part_v of_o evangelicall_n atonement_n or_o reconciliation_n but_o whether_o justification_n precise_o consider_v be_v a_o part_n or_o necessary_a antecedent_n and_o mean_n of_o reconciliation_n as_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o discuss_v in_o order_n to_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o present_a question_n so_o be_v it_o free_o leave_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o reader_n or_o to_o any_o after_o disquisition_n only_o add_v that_o satisfaction_n for_o a_o offence_n be_v a_o antecedent_n and_o mean_n rather_o than_o a_o part_n of_o the_o reconciliation_n follow_v thereupon_o between_o such_o as_o be_v make_v friend_n after_o variance_n 6._o quamvis_fw-la reconciliatio_fw-la potius_fw-la quiddam_fw-la consequens_fw-la &_o justificationis_fw-la effectus_fw-la sit_fw-la syn._n pur_fw-mi theol._n this_fw-mi 33._o n._n 6._o reconciliation_n say_v the_o leiden_fw-mi divine_v be_v rather_o a_o consequent_a and_o effect_n of_o justification_n and_o both_o that_o text_n god_n be_v in_o christ_n reconcile_n the_o world_n unto_o himself_o not_o impute_v their_o trespass_n unto_o they_o 2_o cor._n 5.19_o and_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n may_v as_o well_o bear_v a_o interpretation_n agreeable_a hereunto_o as_o any_o other_o thus_o god_n be_v in_o christ_n reconcile_n the_o world_n unto_o himself_o how_o by_o not_o impute_v their_o trespass_n unto_o they_o so_o as_o the_o not-imputation_n of_o sin_n may_v seem_v to_o be_v a_o antecedent_n and_o mean_n rather_o than_o a_o part_n of_o atonement_n or_o reconciliation_n dialogu_n therefore_o his_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o only_o a_o bare_a acquittance_n of_o the_o fault_n but_o it_o do_v comprehend_v under_o it_o his_o receive_n of_o sinner_n into_o favour_n and_o i_o do_v also_o grant_v that_o his_o receive_n of_o sinner_n into_o favour_n must_v be_v distinguish_v as_o another_o part_n of_o god_n atonement_n answ_n here_o you_o do_v not_o obscure_o what_o before_o you_o do_v in_o effect_n express_o viz._n make_v forgiveness_n and_o receive_n into_o favour_n part_n of_o god_n atonement_n yet_o pag._n 154._o lin_v 19_o you_o make_v they_o effect_n of_o the_o father_n atonement_n if_o they_o be_v part_n they_o can_v be_v effect_n if_o effect_n they_o can_v be_v part_n because_o the_o part_n be_v before_o the_o whole_a i._n e._n it_o be_v integrum_fw-la but_o the_o effect_n be_v after_o the_o cause_n you_o may_v as_o well_o make_v the_o same_o thing_n before_o and_o after_o itself_o as_o make_v these_o stand_v together_o dialogu_n this_o also_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o no_o other_o person_n in_o trinity_n do_v forgive_v sin_n formal_o but_o god_n the_o father_n only_o mar._n 2.7_o col._n 2.13_o he_o of_o his_o free_a grace_n do_v ordain_v the_o mediator_n as_o the_o meritorious_a procure_a cause_n of_o his_o forgiveness_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o do_v forgive_v we_o all_o our_o sin_n for_o christ_n sake_n ephes_n 4.32_o sometime_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o 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it_o our_o redemption_n from_o sin_n as_o well_o as_o our_o justification_n and_o adoption_n i_o will_v have_v you_o take_v notice_n that_o i_o do_v not_o mean_v that_o god_n atonement_n do_v contain_v under_o it_o redemption_n as_o another_o distinct_a point_n differ_v from_o justification_n but_o i_o make_v our_o redemption_n and_o freedom_n from_o sin_n by_o the_o father_n atonement_n to_o be_v all_o one_o with_o our_o justification_n from_o sin_n answ_n redemption_n be_v take_v active_o luk._n 2.38_o for_o the_o purchase_n of_o grace_n and_o glory_n for_o the_o elect_a by_o lay_v down_o of_o a_o price_n so_o redemption_n be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n and_o atonement_n be_v a_o effect_n or_o passive_o for_o the_o good_a of_o redemption_n apply_v rom._n 8.23_o so_o redemption_n be_v the_o whole_a and_o atonement_n be_v the_o part_n but_o atonement_n whether_o it_o be_v take_v for_o reconciliation_n or_o for_o freedom_n from_o sin_n can_v in_o neither_o sense_n be_v the_o same_o 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