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thousand_o and_o no_o come_v out_o till_o all_o be_v pay_v mat._n 18.24_o 34._o how_o much_o more_o numerous_a must_n farthing-debt_n be_v and_o yet_o mat._n 5.26_o there_o be_v no_o come_n out_o till_o the_o uttermost_a farthing_n be_v pay_v 2._o god_n as_o a_o punisher_n or_o as_o a_o pardoner_n he_o reckon_v the_o multitude_n of_o every_o transgressor_n sin_n great_a gen._n 6.5_o the_o deluge_n be_v send_v on_o the_o old_a world_n because_o every_o thought_n of_o the_o imagination_n of_o their_o heart_n be_v only_o evil_a continual_o the_o captivity_n be_v send_v on_o the_o jew_n ezek._n 16.25.51_o because_o their_o whoredom_n be_v increase_v and_o she_o have_v multiply_v her_o abomination_n more_o than_o samaria_n nay_o samaria_n have_v not_o commit_v half_o the_o sin_n when_o god_n forgive_v sin_n he_o forgive_v many_o sin_n all_o manner_n of_o sin_n and_o iniquity_n shall_v be_v forgive_v luke_n 7.47_o i_o say_v unto_o thou_o her_o sin_n which_o be_v many_o shall_v be_v forgive_v rom._n 5.16_o the_o free_a gift_n be_v of_o many_o offence_n unto_o justification_n james_n 5._o and_o last_o he_o that_o convert_v a_o sinner_n hide_v a_o multitude_n of_o sin_n 3._o the_o saint_n own_o account_n of_o their_o sin_n or_o rather_o vain_a attempt_n to_o account_v of_o they_o job_n 9.2_o 3._o we_o can_v answer_v for_o one_o of_o ten_o thousand_o ten_o thousand_o be_v one_o of_o the_o least_o parcel_n he_o can_v put_v by_o their selve_o david_n psal_n 19.12_o who_o can_v understand_v his_o error_n cleanse_v thou_o i_o from_o secret_a fault_n psal_n 40.12_o innumerable_a evil_n have_v compass_v i_o about_o my_o iniquity_n have_v take_v hold_v upon_o i_o so_o that_o i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o look_v up_o solomon_n eccles_n 7.27_o one_o will_v expect_v the_o best_a account_n of_o he_o of_o any_o body_n if_o he_o shall_v lay_v out_o his_o talon_n of_o wisdom_n that_o way_n which_o after_o he_o become_v a_o penitent_a or_o one_o gather_v into_o the_o church_n as_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n be_v he_o do_v for_o verse_n 25._o he_o say_v i_o apply_v my_o heart_n to_o know_v the_o wickedness_n of_o folly_n even_o of_o wickedness_n and_o madness_n ver._n 27._o he_o say_v this_o he_o have_v find_v count_v one_o by_o one_o to_o find_v out_o the_o account_n which_o yet_o my_o soul_n say_v he_o seek_v but_o i_o find_v not_o that_o be_v he_o find_v the_o account_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v out_o but_o this_o he_o find_v verse_n 29._o that_o they_o be_v many_o they_o have_v seek_v out_o many_o invention_n and_o that_o god_n be_v author_n to_o none_o of_o they_o 4._o the_o similitude_n they_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o hains_n of_o our_o head_n psal_n 40.12_o the_o drop_n of_o a_o live_a spring_n the_o sand_n on_o the_o seashore_n as_o the_o word_n of_o manasseh_n prayer_n have_v it_o the_o very_a tongue_n itself_o say_v st._n james_n be_v a_o world_n of_o iniquity_n the_o dimension_n of_o sin_n be_v high_a as_o heaven_n ezra_n 9.6_o deep_o as_o hell_n hos_n 9.9_o psal_n 130.1_o it_o be_v breadth_n and_o length_n be_v such_o as_o nothing_o but_o the_o incomprehensible_a height_n depth_n length_n and_o breadth_n of_o the_o love_n of_o christ_n can_v cover_v 5._o we_o may_v know_v the_o number_n of_o our_o sin_n by_o the_o book_n of_o account_n that_o the_o great_a auditor_n of_o account_n christ_n jesus_n will_v make_v use_n of_o at_o the_o great_a day_n there_o be_v the_o book_n of_o scripture_n that_o contain_v the_o law_n and_o so_o teach_v we_o skill_n in_o this_o holy_a arithmetiek_n the_o second_o be_v the_o book_n of_o conscience_n which_o be_v like_o our_o diary_n rom._n 2.14_o and_o have_v all_o matter_n of_o fact_n write_v in_o it_o by_o compare_v these_o together_o every_o man_n may_v get_v sight_n of_o a_o huge_a and_o terrible_a number_n of_o sin_n first_o for_o the_o law_n it_o be_v exceed_o broad_a but_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o opposite_a law_n in_o our_o member_n that_o be_v as_o broad_a as_o it_o for_o there_o be_v no_o law_n but_o we_o have_v some_o way_n or_o other_o break_v and_o that_o by_o a_o nigh_a transgression_n than_o by_o that_o rule_n the_o apostle_n give_v he_o that_o transgress_v one_o be_v guilty_a of_o all_o this_o law_n have_v a_o famous_a division_n in_o ten_o commandment_n but_o the_o jew_n subdivide_v they_o into_o 613_o ceremonial_a and_o judicial_a precept_n and_o so_o may_v we_o in_o as_o many_o particular_a moral_a one_o as_o for_o instance_n thou_o shall_v have_v no_o other_o god_n before_o i_o comprehend_v our_o faith_n in_o god_n and_o all_o his_o promise_n and_o who_o can_v reckon_v the_o number_n of_o promise_n blessing_n second_o knowledge_n and_o study_n of_o god_n and_o who_o can_v reckon_v the_o various_a part_n of_o divinity_n three_o love_n of_o god_n and_o this_o shall_v be_v as_o much_o repeat_v as_o his_o mercy_n be_v to_o we_o that_o admit_v of_o no_o intermission_n four_o adoration_n and_o this_o admit_v as_o many_o part_n as_o there_o be_v thing_n unknown_a of_o the_o incomprehensible_a god_n or_o as_o there_o be_v new_a discovery_n make_v of_o they_o five_o obedience_n and_o this_o be_v as_o large_a as_o all_o particular_a precept_n sixthly_a farther_n if_o we_o shall_v take_v one_o of_o these_o particular_a command_n they_o admit_v of_o variety_n of_o kind_n of_o transgression_n against_o they_o for_o instance_n adoration_n atheism_n idolatry_n magic_a superstition_n blasphemy_n hypocrisy_n be_v all_o transgression_n of_o that_o duty_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v none_o of_o these_o species_n of_o sin_n but_o may_v be_v subdivide_v into_o multitude_n of_o inferior_a branch_n for_o instance_n idolatry_n man_n have_v be_v as_o many_o way_n guilty_a of_o it_o as_o there_o be_v creature_n the_o very_a mouse_n have_v be_v worship_v and_o art_n have_v be_v put_v on_o the_o rack_n for_o invention_n of_o kind_n of_o molten_n carve_v paint_a idol_n or_o image_n there_o have_v be_v variety_n of_o idol_n for_o all_o the_o end_n or_o use_v man_n want_v any_o good_a there_o have_v be_v god_n of_o sneeze_v there_o have_v be_v as_o many_o idol_n as_o there_o be_v thing_n that_o man_n set_v their_o heart_n too_o much_o upon_o profit_n pleasure_n honour_n if_o we_o will_v next_o take_v the_o other_o book_n of_o conscience_n and_o search_v how_o often_o we_o commit_v idolatry_n with_o what_o be_v our_o idol_n which_o by_o our_o practice_n we_o perpetual_o pursue_v we_o talk_v on_o it_o we_o think_v on_o it_o we_o dream_v on_o it_o who_o can_v then_o reckon_v the_o multitude_n of_o his_o transgression_n if_o our_o conscience_n be_v secure_a and_o we_o reckon_v ourselves_o pretty_a innocent_a from_o gross_a abominable_a sin_n yet_o this_o number_n may_v startle_v we_o there_o be_v multitude_n multitude_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o decision_n we_o can_v but_o say_v beelzebub_n sin_n be_v the_o great_a sin_n in_o the_o world_n yet_o we_o dare_v not_o say_v it_o be_v great_a than_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n that_o comply_v with_o he_o for_o they_o lose_v god_n a_o vast_a number_n of_o creature_n and_o throw_v dirt_n on_o multitude_n of_o his_o glorious_a image_n so_o thy_o many_o sin_n have_v rob_v god_n of_o many_o duty_n beside_o in_o the_o number_n of_o our_o sin_n there_o be_v not_o only_o a_o bare_a increase_n of_o quantity_n but_o there_o be_v increase_v of_o intention_n with_o their_o extension_n as_o poison_n or_o physic_n five_o grain_n at_o one_o time_n will_v work_v more_o than_o four_o grain_n at_o two_o time_n so_o we_o find_v mat._n 18.22_o peter_n think_v eight_o time_n be_v unpardonable_a and_o the_o lord_n say_v number_n 14.22_o because_o they_o have_v ten_o time_n rebel_v they_o shall_v none_o of_o they_o enter_v into_o the_o land_n last_o constant_a multiplication_n of_o
say_v she_o have_v try_v they_o which_o say_v they_o be_v apostle_n and_o find_v they_o liar_n she_o be_v molest_v with_o they_o not_o corrupt_v from_o the_o three_o of_o philippian_n we_o find_v that_o church_n be_v corrupt_v by_o they_o for_o he_o call_v such_o teacher_n dog_n evil_a worker_n the_o concision_n and_o from_o his_o own_o experience_n tell_v they_o he_o be_v once_o such_o a_o one_o that_o trust_v in_o the_o flesh_n but_o now_o sole_o in_o christ_n and_o his_o righteousness_n it_o be_v against_o both_o these_o party_n that_o the_o apostle_n here_o dispute_v but_o principal_o against_o these_o latter_a sort_n as_o we_o may_v see_v by_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n ver._n 28._o justify_v by_o faith_n without_o the_o deed_n of_o the_o law_n his_o dispute_n with_o the_o former_a be_v of_o another_o kind_a viz._n to_o convince_v the_o gentile_n that_o christ_n be_v the_o and_o the_o only_a mediator_n against_o the_o jew_n that_o jesus_n be_v the_o promise_a messiah_n 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the_o redeemer_n from_o death_n and_o hell_n by_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o suffering_n as_o may_v be_v see_v at_o large_a in_o raymundus_n pugio_fw-la fidei_fw-la jos_n voisin_n theologia_n judaica_n porchet_n galatinus_n pseiferus_n and_o their_o own_o midrashes_n on_o the_o prophetical_a text_n of_o the_o messiah_n 7._o they_o high_o praise_v the_o confession_n of_o sin_n their_o writer_n on_o isaiah_n 45.22_o unto_o i_o every_o knee_n shall_v bow_v and_o every_o tongue_n confess_v say_v that_o a_o fourfold_a confession_n be_v to_o be_v make_v to_o god_n a_o confession_n with_o the_o mouth_n a_o conâ—ession_n in_o work_n a_o confession_n with_o the_o heart_n and_o with_o all_o together_o and_o they_o call_v the_o 100_o psalm_n mizmor_n letodah_n a_o psalm_n of_o confession_n bereshet_n ketannah_n say_v they_o who_o overcome_v their_o lust_n and_o confess_v their_o deed_n be_v worthy_a of_o the_o future_a age_n but_o he_o that_o confess_v not_o be_v curse_v as_o cain_n who_o deny_v and_o hide_v his_o sin_n but_o achan_n josh_n 7.29_o though_o he_o be_v trouble_v in_o this_o world_n he_o be_v not_o in_o the_o other_o because_o he_o confess_v his_o sin_n from_o which_o they_o gather_v a_o necessity_n of_o particular_a confession_n and_o in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o reschet_fw-mi chocme_n all_o that_o die_v let_v they_o confess_v if_o they_o can_v let_v they_o say_v let_v my_o death_n be_v a_o expiation_n of_o my_o crime_n they_o own_o we_o may_v see_v not_o only_o a_o confession_n but_o join_v with_o forsake_v a_o mortification_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d original_a lust_n that_o begin_v as_o they_o say_v in_o our_o first_o formation_n 8._o repentance_n be_v a_o duty_n of_o great_a esteem_n midrash_n shirhâ—shirim_n 5._o 2._o open_v to_o i_o my_o sister_n my_o love_n say_v thus_o open_v to_o i_o one_o crevice_n of_o repentance_n and_o i_o will_v open_v the_o wide_a gate_n of_o glory_n to_o thou_o psal_n 46.10_o be_v still_o and_o know_v that_o i_o be_o god_n that_o be_v cease_v to_o do_v evil_a and_o let_v thy_o repentance_n be_v but_o as_o the_o twinkle_v of_o a_o eye_n and_o thou_o shall_v know_v i_o if_o israel_n can_v but_o repent_v one_o day_n they_o will_v be_v immediate_o redeem_v and_o the_o son_n of_o david_n will_v come_v on_o zach._n 9.1_o the_o burden_n of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n of_o hadrach_n it_o be_v ask_v what_o be_v hadrach_n and_o answer_v it_o be_v the_o messiah_n who_o be_v to_o bring_v all_o the_o world_n to_o the_o face_n of_o god_n by_o repentance_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v who_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o way_n or_o to_o lead_v he_o lead_v by_o the_o way_n of_o repentance_n other_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v sharp_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tender_a for_o the_o lord_n be_v bitter_a to_o the_o impenitent_a but_o tender_a and_o merciful_a to_o the_o penitent_a the_o talmud_n on_o psal_n 25.8_o therefore_o will_v he_o teach_v sinner_n in_o the_o way_n that_o be_v the_o way_n of_o repentance_n for_o poena_fw-la peccatoris_fw-la est_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la about_o which_o there_o be_v a_o hard_a expression_n of_o they_o on_o the_o 14_o of_o hosea_n that_o they_o say_v in_o two_o thing_n the_o mercy_n of_o god_n exceed_v man_n one_o be_v he_o will_v be_v please_v with_o word_n so_o not_o man_n another_o be_v when_o all_o have_v offend_v he_o be_v reconcile_v with_o the_o repentance_n of_o one._n so_o that_o all_o christ_n suffering_n by_o they_o be_v call_v repentance_n lam._n 3.43_o v._o the_o midrash_n tillim_n say_v the_o gate_n of_o prayer_n be_v sometime_o shut_v but_o the_o gate_n of_o repentance_n never_o repentance_n be_v like_o the_o sea_n that_o any_o at_o any_o time_n may_v go_v in_o to_o wash_v
or_o virtue_n in_o a_o man_n conversation_n towards_o god_n or_o man_n be_v natural_a as_o to_o the_o principle_n for_o what_o be_v principle_n of_o action_n in_o a_o man_n by_o common_a gift_n of_o knowledge_n or_o honest_a inclination_n be_v natural_a principle_n before_o the_o law_n give_v to_o moses_n we_o may_v find_v footstep_n of_o all_o the_o ten_o commandment_n for_o abel_n believe_v in_o god_n which_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o the_o first_o and_o sacrifice_v which_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o the_o second_o and_o in_o the_o three_o generation_n when_o but_o very_o few_o family_n on_o the_o earth_n and_o not_o above_o three_o to_o wit_n adam_n seth_n and_o enos_n that_o be_v worshipper_n except_o we_o charitable_o hope_v some_o be_v proselyte_n of_o the_o cainitish_a race_n public_a worship_n be_v establish_v for_o then_o man_n begin_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n this_o be_v obedience_n both_o to_o the_o second_o and_o three_o commandment_n which_o do_v suppose_v obedience_n to_o the_o four_o to_o wit_n a_o sanctify_a some_o public_o know_v time_n for_o worship_n who_o determination_n god_n by_o positive_a command_n have_v fix_v though_o from_o a_o natural_a reason_n to_o wit_n the_o seventh-day_n in_o which_o god_n have_v rest_v from_o the_o great_a and_o best_a of_o work_n he_o have_v yet_o do_v in_o the_o world_n the_o five_o and_o the_o seven_o command_n be_v manifest_a in_o the_o practice_n of_o marriage_n for_o therein_o be_v the_o period_n of_o subjection_n to_o parent_n terminate_v in_o leave_v father_n and_o mother_n and_o a_o aera_fw-la of_o faithfulness_n to_o the_o wife_n begin_v express_a in_o cleave_v to_o she_o and_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o last_o and_o crown_a duty_n of_o child_n subjection_n to_o their_o parent_n be_v tax_v as_o break_v by_o these_o son_n of_o god_n who_o take_v unto_o themselves_o wife_n according_a to_o their_o own_o choice_n gen._n 6.7_o the_o six_o and_o nine_o command_n be_v both_o break_v by_o cain_n who_o murder_v his_o brother_n and_o then_o not_o only_o deny_v it_o but_o deny_v the_o knowledge_n of_o such_o a_o fact_n gen._n 4.8_o 9_o the_o eight_o and_o ten_o command_n be_v think_v by_o some_o especial_o the_o quietist_n to_o have_v be_v neither_o command_n nor_o break_v because_o there_o can_v be_v no_o covet_v of_o enlarge_a property_n but_o rather_o of_o man_n to_o share_v of_o the_o common_a good_a and_o sin_n give_v occasion_n to_o particular_a command_n though_o of_o such_o a_o general_n nature_n but_o we_o find_v adam_n guilty_a of_o both_o in_o covet_v of_o a_o deity_n and_o rob_v god_n of_o his_o property_n when_o but_o one_o tree_n be_v reserve_v in_o all_o the_o world_n for_o a_o acknowledgement_n of_o god_n have_v the_o primitive_a right_n and_o we_o find_v gen._n 6._o that_o the_o abound_a lust_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o deluge_n and_o all_o lust_n be_v covet_v the_o ordinance_n of_o circumcision_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v a_o monument_n and_o conviction_n of_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o mortification_n the_o sweat_n of_o the_o brow_n and_o toil_n of_o labour_n be_v appoint_v as_o the_o mean_n of_o our_o maintenance_n and_o the_o nimrodical_a hunting_n be_v a_o rob_v man_n of_o what_o god_n have_v bless_v their_o labour_n in_o so_o we_o find_v the_o moral_a law_n in_o this_o law_n of_o nature_n the_o next_o enquiry_n be_v about_o the_o evangelical_n law_n whether_o any_o print_n of_o that_o be_v to_o be_v find_v under_o it_o yea_o or_o not_o and_o take_v the_o natural_a law_n most_o proper_o and_o as_o here_o the_o apostle_n explain_v it_o in_o his_o discourse_n for_o a_o sign_n of_o divine_a will_n about_o our_o duty_n as_o reveal_v in_o nature_n or_o by_o creation_n and_o providence_n we_o may_v find_v footstep_n of_o it_o here_o 1._o for_o the_o duty_n of_o it_o here_o be_v both_o faith_n and_o repentance_n render_v concludable_a from_o divine_a forbearance_n and_o goodness_n rom._n 2.4_o not_o know_v that_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n lead_v thou_o to_o repentance_n but_o after_o thy_o hardness_n and_o impenitent_a heart_n etc._n etc._n 2._o as_o there_o be_v evangelical_n duty_n so_o evangelical_n influence_n chap._n 1.18_o who_o hold_v the_o truth_n in_o vnrighteousness_n here_o be_v a_o truth_n preserve_v alive_a against_o their_o will_n and_o as_o gen._n 6.3_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o strive_v with_o man_n and_o 1_o pet._n 3.20_o those_o soul_n that_o be_v now_o in_o prison_n have_v once_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n deal_v with_o they_o and_o also_o evangelical_n acceptance_n if_o the_o uncircumcision_n keep_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v not_o his_o uncircumcision_n be_v count_v for_o circumcision_n for_o circumcision_n be_v not_o that_o which_o be_v outward_a in_o the_o flesh_n but_o in_o the_o man_n who_o praise_n be_v of_o god_n therefore_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v exclude_v there_o be_v a_o evangelical_n law_n exclude_v which_o suarez_n call_v the_o con-natural_a law_n and_o gratian_n say_v jus_fw-la naturale_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la &_o evangelio_n continetur_fw-la and_o mr._n baxter_n say_v it_o be_v the_o first_o edition_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n which_o two_o way_n be_v publish_v to_o all_o the_o world_n 1_o by_o natural_a light_n discover_v god_n merciful_a in_o his_o nature_n 2._o by_o external_n proclamation_n 1._o once_o to_o adam_n that_o there_o shall_v come_v a_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n who_o shall_v tread_v down_o the_o head_n of_o the_o serpent_n 2._o in_o noah_n and_o 3._o in_o christ_n for_o although_o none_o come_v to_o the_o father_n but_o by_o the_o son_n and_o there_o be_v no_o other_o name_n give_v under_o heaven_n by_o which_o man_n may_v be_v save_v yet_o it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o particular_a and_o distinct_a knowledge_n of_o the_o messiah_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a for_o that_o many_o infant_n who_o be_v 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