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expect_v not_o that_o we_o shall_v produce_v scripture_n that_o say_v in_o those_o very_a word_n but_o that_o which_o be_v the_o tantundem_fw-la that_o say_v it_o in_o sense_n and_o substance_n else_o if_o he_o reject_v the_o matter_n and_o stick_v to_o word_n i_o shall_v challenge_v he_o to_o produce_v one_o sentence_n of_o all_o the_o sermon_n which_o christ_n preach_v and_o in_o the_o whole_a doctrine_n that_o he_o personal_o deliver_v which_o speak_v at_o all_o of_o justification_n by_o faith_n but_o in_o word_n equipollent_a to_o master_n baxter_n the_o scripture_n deliver_v this_o doctrine_n which_o he_o oppose_v viz._n justification_n from_o eternity_n first_o what_o less_o be_v to_o be_v gather_v from_o 2_o tim._n 1._o 9_o god_n have_v save_v we_o and_o call_v we_o with_o a_o holy_a call_n not_o according_a to_o our_o work_n but_o according_a to_o his_o purpose_n and_o grace_n which_o be_v give_v we_o in_o christ_n before_o the_o world_n begin_v what_o can_v be_v say_v more_o full_o to_o master_n baxter_n challenge_v he_o will_v not_o deny_v that_o the_o word_n save_v do_v include_v in_o it_o justify_v for_o so_o shall_v he_o both_o contradict_v himself_o and_o lose_v elsewhere_o more_o than_o he_o can_v gain_v here_o by_o deny_v it_o it_o will_v then_o run_v thus_o that_o we_o be_v justify_v and_o call_v of_o god_n with_o a_o holy_a call_n not_o according_a to_o our_o work_n these_o word_n destroy_v the_o end_n of_o master_n baxter_n oppose_v the_o eternity_n of_o our_o justification_n if_o our_o own_o qualifycation_n and_o work_n may_v not_o come_v in_o collateral_o with_o christ_n to_o constitute_v we_o justify_v he_o little_o regard_v whether_o the_o act_n be_v immanent_a or_o transient_a but_o according_a to_o his_o purpose_n and_o grace_n which_o be_v give_v we_o in_o christ_n before_o the_o world_n begin_v and_o that_o be_v from_o eternity_n see_v the_o grace_n of_o justification_n and_o salvation_n be_v give_v we_o in_o christ_n from_o eternity_n 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know_v the_o truth_n of_o abraham_n faith_n fear_n and_o justification_n 3._o the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o rahabs_n justification_n by_o work_n in_o receive_v the_o messenger_n and_o let_v they_o forth_o another_o way_n ver_fw-la 25._o do_v such_o a_o work_n as_o this_o justify_v she_o before_o god_n or_o obtain_v to_o her_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o deliver_v she_o from_o everlasting_a vengeance_n when_o there_o can_v be_v the_o least_o probable_a conjecture_n that_o she_o have_v then_o any_o faith_n in_o christ_n or_o have_v ever_o hear_v of_o a_o christ_n to_o come_v then_o let_v we_o disclaim_v that_o fabulam_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la as_o one_o of_o the_o pope_n term_v the_o gospel_n righteousness_n be_v by_o work_n without_o faith_n without_o christ_n and_o stapletons_n gloss_n 83._o mapleton_n anrid_n p._n 82_o 83._o upon_o paul_n justificamur_fw-la fide_fw-la i._n e._n non_fw-la absque_fw-la side_n we_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n i_o e._n not_o without_o faith_n because_o faith_n be_v necessary_a to_o justification_n though_o not_o without_o work_n sufficient_a to_o it_o must_v be_v reject_v as_o too_o evangelicall_n and_o then_o also_o how_o shall_v mr_n baxter_n thesis_n not_o fall_v which_o make_v work_n collaterall_n with_o faith_n in_o christ_n to_o justification_n work_v can_v do_v it_o without_o christ_n but_o if_o all_o this_o entrench_v upon_o blasphemy_n than_o be_v she_o justify_v by_o work_n to_o man_n to_o the_o israelite_n who_o by_o this_o act_n towards_o they_o have_v so_o far_o evidence_v her_o fidelity_n to_o they_o and_o their_o cause_n that_o thereupon_o she_o be_v take_v into_o covenant_n with_o they_o deliver_v from_o the_o ruin_n which_o befall_v jericho_n and_o after_o as_o it_o be_v adopt_v or_o naturallize_v into_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n you_o have_v one_o part_n of_o the_o exposition_n and_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o which_o mr_n baxter_n conceal_v that_o the_o unwary_a reader_n may_v despise_v it_o as_o groundless_a mr_n baxter_n oppose_v it_o tellâ—_n we_o it_o be_v false_a and_o it_o may_v appear_v thus_o b._n p._n 294._o the_o world_n justification_n free_v we_o but_o from_o the_o world_n accusation_n to_o which_o it_o be_v oppose_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v but_o either_o a_o justification_n from_o man_n law_n or_o else_o a_o particular_a justification_n of_o we_o in_o respect_n of_o some_o particular_a fact_n or_o else_o a_o usurp_a judgement_n and_o sustification_n for_o they_o be_v not_o constitute_v our_o judge_n by_o god_n and_o therefore_o we_o may_v say_v with_o paul_n it_o be_v a_o small_a thing_n with_o i_o to_o be_v judge_v of_o you_o or_o of_o man_n judgement_n and_o so_o a_o small_a thing_n to_o be_v justify_v by_o man_n from_o the_o accusation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o the_o justification_n in_o james_n be_v of_o great_a moment_n as_o appear_v in_o the_o text._n for_o 1._o it_o be_v such_o as_o salvation_n depend_v on_o ver_fw-la 14._o 2._o it_o be_v 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of_o justification_n by_o christ_n do_v not_o give_v they_o any_o part_n of_o the_o work_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n for_o it_o belong_v to_o christ_n righteousness_n by_o itself_o alone_o and_o to_o christ_n by_o his_o mediatory_a righteousness_n alone_o to_o perfect_a for_o ever_o the_o justification_n and_o salvation_n of_o his_o redeem_a one_o heb._n 10._o 14._o and_o that_o without_o any_o accessary_a help_n of_o their_o own_o righteousness_n john_n 13._o 10._o but_o mr._n br._n so_o part_v justification_n between_o christ_n righteousness_n and_o our_o righteousness_n as_o that_o he_o make_v they_o equal_o concurrent_a to_o our_o salvation_n and_o justify_v that_o christ_n righteousness_n without_o we_o can_v no_o more_o profit_v we_o than_o we_o without_o christ_n yea_o make_v christ_n righteousness_n whole_o unprofitable_a to_o every_o man_n till_o by_o the_o serve_a and_o deserve_v of_o each_o man_n it_o be_v purchase_v and_o make_v useful_a to_o benefit_v he_o and_o so_o by_o make_v the_o efficacy_n of_o it_o the_o fruit_n of_o our_o merit_n he_o disrobe_n it_o of_o its_o honour_n and_o ornament_n derogate_a from_o it_o its_o all-sufficiency_n by_o itself_o to_o perfect_v we_o that_o he_o may_v arrogate_v to_o our_o righteousness_n what_o be_v steal_v from_o he_o but_o how_o far_o this_o doctrine_n of_o he_o derogate_v both_o from_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o merit_n of_o christ_n have_v be_v oft_o discuss_v after_o all_o that_o he_o have_v say_v to_o the_o deface_v of_o both_o here_o he_o wipe_v his_o mouth_n and_o say_v it_o be_v never_o foul_a and_o will_v have_v his_o reader_n conclude_v that_o when_o his_o face_n of_o christ_n be_v spittle_v yet_o if_o it_o be_v from_o mr._n brs._n lip_n touch_v with_o a_o coal_n from_o bellarmine_n and_o arminius_n it_o be_v a_o blessing_n of_o he_o this_o one_o truth_n i_o acknowledge_v employ_v though_o not_o express_v in_o this_o argument_n of_o mr._n br._n that_o he_o acknowledge_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o man_n that_o have_v make_v obedience_n or_o work_v condition_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n or_o of_o justification_n by_o christ_n in_o this_o i_o contradict_v he_o not_o it_o be_v of_o man_n not_o of_o god_n make_v it_o be_v a_o creature_n of_o his_o own_o not_o create_v by_o god_n at_o least_o not_o by_o god_n assign_v to_o this_o use_n and_o end_n it_o be_v therefore_o not_o form_v to_o his_o hand_n but_o a_o grave_a image_n the_o work_n of_o his_o own_o hand_n we_o leave_v he_o since_o he_o will_v do_v it_o alone_o without_o we_o to_o persist_v in_o worship_v it_o chap._n xxiii_o whether_o the_o reason_n which_o he_o bring_v prove_v he_o not_o to_o be_v a_o legallist_n and_o anti-gospell_a his_o five_o endeavour_n be_v to_o vindicate_v his_o doctrine_n from_o be_v legal_a and_o anti-evangelicall_a that_o although_o it_o hold_v believer_n not_o only_o under_o the_o bondage_n but_o also_o under_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n in_o life_n and_o death_n till_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n thes_n 9_o pa._n 65._o &_o p._n 73._o and_o elsewhere_o oft_o though_o it_o make_v work_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o new_a as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o old_a covenant_n though_o he_o maintain_v that_o doe_n and_o live_v be_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o law_n append._n p._n 81._o yet_o be_v he_o not_o a_o pharisee_fw-mi or_o legallist_n nor_o his_o doctrine_n ungospellike_a it_o be_v pure_o christian_a and_o full_a of_o sweet_a and_o ravish_a consolation_n to_o a_o believer_n not_o the_o least_o tangue_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n but_o the_o odour_n and_o very_a marrow_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n in_o it_o it_o will_v be_v too_o long_o to_o set_v forth_o in_o his_o own_o word_n all_o the_o reason_n that_o scatter_o throughout_o this_o book_n of_o his_o he_o bring_v to_o prove_v a_o probability_n and_o likelihood_n of_o truth_n in_o this_o his_o paradox_n the_o sum_n of_o it_o be_v this_o b._n 1._o as_o to_o the_o bondage_n and_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n though_o they_o that_o be_v in_o christ_n be_v under_o it_o in_o part_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o under_o it_o in_o the_o whole_a as_o all_o sinner_n under_o the_o law_n whole_o out_o of_o christ_n for_o they_o be_v conditional_o pardon_v and_o justify_v as_o he_o frequent_o express_v himself_o and_o so_o there_o be_v some_o ground_n of_o hope_n to_o take_v off_o the_o extremity_n of_o despair_n and_o it_o be_v not_o the_o whole_a but_o some_o part_n of_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n that_o lie_v upon_o they_o p._n 65._o thes_n 9_o christ_n death_n have_v suspend_v the_o rigorous_a execution_n of_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o law_n that_o it_o do_v not_o immediate_o fall_v upon_o his_o redeem_a one_o p._n 67._o though_o they_o suffer_v after_o they_o be_v in_o christ_n much_o of_o the_o curse_n in_o execution_n of_o the_o threaten_n of_o the_o law_n and_o that_o not_o without_o rigour_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o in_o its_o full_a rigour_n p._n 69._o and_o christ_n which_o have_v suspend_v the_o rigour_n of_o the_o curse_n manage_v that_o which_o lie_v on_o they_o to_o their_o good_a and_o advantage_n pag._n 72._o and_o be_v not_o this_o cordial_a gospel_n the_o balm_n of_o gilead_n and_o the_o heal_n of_o christ_n wing_n to_o a_o wound_a soul_n the_o force_n of_o all_o this_o have_v be_v examine_v already_o as_o elsewhere_o so_o most_o copious_o in_o the_o examination_n of_o his_o nine_o thesis_n and_o the_o explication_n thereof_o to_o which_o for_o the_o prevention_n of_o tautologize_v here_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n only_o let_v he_o by_o the_o way_n consider_v with_o i_o how_o fit_o these_o gloss_n of_o mr._n br._n do_v agree_v with_o many_o plain_a and_o evident_a sripture_n 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 gal._n 3._o 13._o i_o e._n say_v m._n br._n from_o the_o rigour_n of_o the_o curse_n not_o from_o the_o curse_n itself_o for_o it_o lie_v upon_o we_o 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