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it_o be_v with_o christ_n in_o reference_n to_o his_o father_n send_v of_o he_o the_o will_n of_o the_o son_n be_v as_o much_o for_o the_o work_n as_o the_o will_n of_o the_o father_n himself_o you_o must_v not_o look_v upon_o christ_n as_o mere_o passive_a in_o the_o send_v for_o in_o some_o respect_n he_o send_v himself_o and_o his_o come_n upon_o that_o great_a errand_n of_o man_n redemption_n be_v his_o own_o act_n as_o well_o as_o the_o father_n as_o the_o father_n be_v say_v to_o 10.36_o to_o joh._n 10.36_o sanctify_v he_o and_o yet_o he_o also_o be_v say_v to_o 17.19_o to_o joh._n 17.19_o sanctify_v himself_o and_o as_o the_o father_n be_v say_v 8.32_o say_v rom._n 8.32_o to_o give_v he_o and_o yet_o he_o also_o be_v say_v 2.20_o say_v gal._n 2.20_o to_o give_v himself_o so_o here_o the_o father_n be_v say_v to_o send_v he_o yet_o he_o also_o as_o he_o be_v one_o in_o nature_n and_o in_o will_n with_o the_o father_n may_v be_v say_v to_o send_v himself_o thus_o 5._o thus_o 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and_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o superiority_n over_o christ_n as_o consider_v in_o this_o his_o voluntary_a exinanition_n so_o he_o send_v he_o and_o lay_v his_o command_n upon_o he_o and_o deal_v with_o he_o as_o you_o have_v hear_v but_o 582._o but_o non_fw-la ideò_fw-la arbitrandum_fw-la est_fw-la minorem_fw-la esse_fw-la filium_fw-la quia_fw-la missus_fw-la est_fw-la a_o patre_fw-la nec_fw-la ideò_fw-la minorem_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o pater_fw-la eum_fw-la misit_fw-la &_o filius_fw-la sive_fw-la enim_fw-la propter_fw-la visibilem_fw-la creaturam_fw-la sive_fw-la potius_fw-la propter_fw-la principii_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la vel_fw-la commendationem_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la inequalitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la imparilitatem_fw-la &_o dissimilitudinem_fw-la substantiae_fw-la in_o scripture_n haec_fw-la posita_fw-la intelliguntur_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la ideò_fw-la dicitur_fw-la pater_fw-la misisse_fw-la filium_fw-la vel_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la 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5.21_o he_o have_v make_v he_o to_o be_v sin_n for_o we_o who_o know_v no_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 gol._n 3.13_o christ_n have_v redeem_v we_o from_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n be_v make_v a_o curse_n for_o we_o if_o he_o have_v not_o so_o be_v in_o his_o own_o person_n woe_n to_o poor_a sinner_n they_o must_v then_o have_v ly'ne_v under_o it_o themselves_o to_o all_o eternity_n what_o a_o full_a and_o convince_a chapter_n be_v that_o of_o isa_n 53._o for_o the_o proof_n of_o that_o which_o i_o be_o upon_o it_o will_v take_v up_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o time_n to_o go_v etc._n go_v this_o be_v do_v by_o very_a many_o anti-socinian_n writer_n particular_o see_v grot._n de_fw-fr sat._n p._n 11._o etc._n etc._n o_o that_o he_o have_v not_o afterward_o spoil_v in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o isa_n 53._o what_o he_o have_v before_o in_o this_o excellent_a treatise_n so_o nervous_o and_o orthe_o dox_o assert_v but_o there_o he_o be_v 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6._o the_o lord_n have_v lay_v on_o he_o the_o iniquity_n of_o we_o all_o or_o the_o lord_n have_v make_v the_o iniquity_n of_o we_o all_o to_o meet_v on_o he_o verse_n 7._o he_o be_v oppress_v &_o he_o be_v afflict_a etc._n etc._n or_o as_o the_o word_n be_v render_v by_o some_o it_o be_v loc_n be_v so_o the_o word_n nagas_n be_v take_v 2_o king_n 23.35_o zech._n 9.8_o significat_fw-la aigere_fw-la ad_fw-la solutionem_fw-la debiti_fw-la forer_n opprimi_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la solvendum_fw-la adigi_fw-la ab_fw-la exactore_fw-la morus_n in_o loc_n exact_v and_o he_o answer_v verse_n 8._o for_o the_o transgression_n of_o my_o people_n be_v he_o strike_v verse_n 11._o for_z he_o shall_v bear_v their_o iniquity_n verse_n 12._o and_o he_o
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