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the_o reason_n why_o socinianizer_n will_v be_v content_a to_o take_v that_o blind_a gloss_n of_o the_o hebrew_n for_o sense_n enough_o to_o be_v make_v of_o those_o word_n viz._n that_o they_o import_v no_o more_o but_o that_o man_n shall_v hate_v serpent_n and_o serpent_n man_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v lie_v in_o wait_n for_o one_o another_o or_o to_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o sin-offering_a but_o only_a peace-offering_n at_o the_o most_o or_o oblation_n of_o gift_n and_o present_n without_o a_o type_n before_o moses_n or_o that_o man_n be_v never_o at_o all_o justify_v by_o their_o offer_n of_o sacrifice_n in_o faith_n but_o let_v we_o hear_v what_o they_o say_v now_o to_o this_o instance_n of_o cain_n and_o abel_n 4._o they_o say_v that_o this_o place_n wherein_o the_o say_v of_o abel_n be_v commend_v be_v so_o far_o from_o prove_v that_o it_o do_v rely_v on_o any_o explicate_v command_n of_o god_n that_o the_o contrary_n may_v be_v rather_o prove_v 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we_o say_v that_o cain_n sacrifice_v according_a to_o the_o faith_n of_o his_o father_n adam_n more_o proper_o than_o his_o own_o it_o may_v well_o be_v say_v further_o whether_o there_o be_v a_o explicit_a command_n or_o not_o yet_o he_o have_v a_o implicit_a faith_n at_o least_o to_o believe_v as_o the_o church_n believe_v 2._o now_o that_o these_o revelation_n amount_v to_o no_o less_o than_o a_o positiâ—â—_n or_o imperative_fw-it law_n remain_v to_o be_v show_v next_o by_o this_o as_o invincible_a a_o argument_n as_o any_o other_o where_o there_o be_v no_o law_n 4.15_o there_o be_v no_o transgression_n and_o where_o there_o be_v no_o transgression_n there_o be_v no_o legal_a penalty_n but_o where_o there_o may_v be_v manifest_a transgression_n and_o just_a punishment_n there_o a_o undoubted_a law_n must_v be_v presume_v or_o the_o government_n call_v in_o question_n about_o the_o equity_n of_o the_o matter_n the_o law_n of_o moses_n be_v not_o give_v till_o they_o come_v into_o the_o wilderness_n 5.3_o but_o in_o order_n to_o their_o march_v thitherwards_o god_n command_v moses_n to_o speak_v thus_o unto_o pharaoh_n the_o lord_n god_n of_o the_o hebrew_n have_v meet_v with_o we_o let_v we_o go_v we_o pray_v thou_o three_o day_n journey_n into_o the_o desert_n and_o sacrifice_n unto_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n lest_o he_o fall_v upon_o we_o with_o pestilence_n or_o the_o sword_n ergo_fw-la this_o law_n be_v ab_fw-la origine_fw-la to_o the_o people_n of_o god_n viz._n that_o they_o shall_v offer_v sacrifice_n unto_o he_o for_o their_o own_o good_a or_o at_o their_o peril_n the_o lord_n christ_n when_o he_o institute_v his_o communion_n as_o i_o note_v before_o only_a gentle_o say_v as_o oft_o as_o you_o do_v this_o etc._n etc._n and_o it_o have_v be_v let_v pass_v for_o a_o ordinance_n of_o he_o and_o there_o be_v no_o penalty_n upon_o the_o omission_n of_o that_o though_o the_o apostle_n let_v they_o know_v that_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o eat_v and_o drink_v 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