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do_v for_o the_o law_n exclude_v all_o hope_n of_o pardon_n after_o sin_n no_o promise_n make_v to_o repentance_n repentance_n will_v do_v no_o good_a the_o court_n wherein_o they_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v be_v a_o court_n of_o mere_a rigorous_a justice_n justice_z rejoice_v over_o and_o against_o mercy_n grace_n lovingkindness_n and_o all_o those_o bless_a and_o glorious_a attribute_n whereby_o god_n for_o our_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n his_o sake_n be_v please_v and_o delight_v to_o be_v know_v unto_o the_o world_n 28._o this_o law_n in_o the_o rigour_n thereof_o may_v easy_o have_v be_v perform_v by_o adam_n he_o have_v that_o perfection_n of_o grace_n and_o holiness_n give_v he_o which_o be_v exact_o equal_a and_o commensurable_a to_o whatsoever_o duty_n be_v enjoin_v he_o but_o by_o his_o wilful_a voluntary_n god_n forbid_v we_o shall_v say_v enforce_v or_o absolute_o decree_v prevarication_n he_o utter_o undo_v both_o himself_n and_o his_o posterity_n leave_v they_o engage_v for_o his_o debt_n and_o as_o much_o of_o their_o own_o without_o almost_o any_o money_n to_o pay_v they_o without_o christ_n we_o be_v all_o oblige_v to_o the_o same_o strictness_n and_o severity_n of_o the_o law_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o our_o poverty_n and_o want_n of_o grace_n be_v become_v impossible_a to_o be_v perform_v by_o we_o as_o the_o bless_a apostle_n st._n paul_n have_v evident_o prove_v by_o induction_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n in_o the_o first_o chapter_n declare_v that_o the_o gentile_n neither_o do_v nor_o can_v perform_v the_o law_n in_o the_o second_o say_v as_o much_o for_o the_o jew_n and_o in_o the_o three_o join_v they_o both_o together_o in_o the_o same_o miserable_a desperate_a estate_n the_o conclusion_n of_o his_o whole_a discourse_n be_v all_o have_v sin_v