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concern_v jesus_n christ_n those_o have_v continue_v safe_a and_o sound_a in_o the_o christian_a faith_n and_o though_o perchance_o for_o a_o while_o they_o have_v have_v their_o error_n and_o their_o infirmity_n yet_o at_o the_o last_o they_o have_v dye_v good_a christian_n mr_n hugo_n grotius_n his_o opinion_n and_o testimony_n concern_v the_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n take_v out_o of_o his_o late_a writing_n ephes_n 1.6_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hugo_n grotius_n ibi_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o veteri_fw-la lege_fw-la non_fw-la obtinebatur_fw-la venia_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la statu_fw-la veniam_fw-la accipere_fw-la poterant_fw-la nisi_fw-la cruentâ_fw-la morte_fw-la victimae_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la foedere_fw-la remittit_fw-la deus_fw-la peccata_fw-la credentibus_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la ideo_fw-la quia_fw-la christus_fw-la id_fw-la suâ_fw-la morte_fw-la cruentâ_fw-la quip_n sacrificio_fw-la perfectissimo_fw-la deoque_fw-la gratissimo_fw-la pleno_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la demissionis_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la &_o patientiae_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la nobis_fw-la impetravit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la plenissima_fw-la liberatio_fw-la à _fw-la reatuscilicet_fw-la quanquam_fw-la autem_fw-la vox_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tralatione_fw-la quadam_fw-la quod_fw-la vulgò_fw-la excipiunt_fw-la &_o objiciunt_fw-la sociniani_n scilicet_fw-la ad_fw-la liberationem_fw-la quamvis_fw-la referri_fw-la interdum_fw-la solet_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la argumento_fw-la talem_fw-la intelligi_fw-la liberationem_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la magno_fw-la impendio_fw-la fiat_fw-la ostendit_fw-la locus_fw-la matth._n 20_o 28._o ubi_fw-la christi_fw-la vita_fw-la nobis_fw-la impensa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d redemptio_fw-la dicitur_fw-la i_o have_v peruse_v this_o learned_a discourse_n of_o christ_n his_o incarnation_n and_o exinanition_n and_o find_v it_o both_o solid_a and_o orthodox_n and_o also_o adorn_v 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the_o more_o apprehensive_a of_o it_o see_v john_n 15.13_o rom._n 5.6_o 7_o 8._o 1_o joh._n 4_o 9_o 10._o now_o of_o this_o manifestation_n of_o his_o love_n in_o such_o a_o extraordinary_a way_n one_o main_a end_n be_v the_o more_o powerful_o to_o draw_v we_o to_o himself_o and_o to_o withdraw_v it_o from_o the_o love_n of_o the_o world_n which_o two_o be_v inconsistent_a see_v 2_o cor._n 5.14_o 15._o jam._n 4.4_o john_n 1_o ep._n 2.15_o 16_o 17._o this_o be_v the_o main_a consideration_n that_o have_v make_v so_o many_o martyr_n a_o second_o consideration_n may_v be_v the_o better_a to_o manifest_v his_o justice_n and_o his_o extreme_a antipathy_n if_o we_o may_v so_o speak_v to_o sin_n thereby_o also_o from_o the_o consideration_n of_o this_o antipathy_n in_o god_n the_o more_o powerful_o to_o draw_v we_o to_o the_o love_n of_o goodness_n and_o virtue_n and_o to_o a_o true_a hearty_a detestation_n of_o wickedness_n whence_o as_o i_o take_v it_o especial_o it_o be_v that_o 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