Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	ceremonial_a	moral_a	sabbath_n	5,138	5	10.1156	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62378	An exposition vvith notes on the whole fourth chapter to the the Romanes wherein the grand question of justification by faith alone, without works, is controverted, stated, cleared, and fully resolved ... / by William Sclater, Doctor in Divinity, sometimes minister of Gods word at Pitminster, in Summerset ; now published by his son, William Sclater, Batchelar in Divinity, minister at Collompton in Devon.	Sclater, William, 1575-1626.; Sclater, William, 1609-1661.	1650 (1650)	Wing S918; ESTC R37207	141,740	211

both_o jew_n and_o gentile_n as_o it_o be_v write_v therefore_o the_o promise_n must_v be_v sure_a to_o all_o the_o seed_n sense_n that_o the_o force_n of_o the_o argument_n may_v appear_v see_v we_o brief_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n the_o whole_a seed_n of_o abraham_n be_v here_o paraeus_n paraeus_n as_o some_o think_v describe_v by_o property_n as_o i_o rather_o think_v distribute_v into_o kind_n they_o that_o think_v it_o describe_v imagine_v a_o trajection_n of_o the_o article_n and_o thus_o render_v to_o the_o whole_a seed_n which_o be_v not_o only_o of_o the_o law_n but_o also_o of_o the_o faith_n of_o abraham_n but_o against_o this_o exposition_n be_v these_o reason_n 1._o that_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o promise_n shall_v be_v here_o restrain_v to_o the_o jewish_a seed_n only_o inasmuch_o as_o they_o only_o be_v that_o seed_n of_o the_o law_n whereas_o the_o apostle_n purpose_n be_v to_o include_v the_o seed_n of_o the_o gentile_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o confirmation_n i_o have_v make_v thou_o a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n and_o 2._o the_o emphasis_n of_o the_o argument_n lie_v in_o the_o universal_a particle_n be_v by_o this_o mean_n much_o abate_v beside_o that_o the_o trajection_n be_v harsh_a and_o have_v no_o pregnant_a example_n in_o other_o scripture_n nor_o warrant_v from_o circumstance_n of_o the_o place_n to_o approve_v it_o i_o rather_o conceive_v it_o as_o a_o distribution_n of_o abraham_n seed_n bring_v to_o illustrate_v and_o explain_v what_o the_o apostle_n mean_v by_o the_o whole_a seed_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v say_v the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n one_o part_n of_o the_o law_n as_o the_o jew_n another_o not_o of_o the_o law_n but_o of_o the_o faith_n of_o abraham_n as_o the_o gentile_n to_o both_o these_o must_v the_o promise_n be_v sure_a which_o can_v be_v if_o the_o law_n be_v make_v the_o condition_n or_o mean_v of_o inheirtiance_n what_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o the_o consequence_n this_o as_o i_o think_v because_o the_o law_n be_v give_v to_o the_o jew_n only_o and_o not_o to_o the_o gentile_n rom._n 9.4_o and_o 2.14_o the_o question_n then_o here_o be_v whether_o the_o law_n be_v not_o give_v to_o gentile_n as_o well_o as_o to_o jew_n answ_n some_o here_o distinguish_v on_o this_o manner_n the_o law_n of_o ordinance_n and_o ceremonial_a rite_n be_v give_v only_o to_o jew_n that_o that_o enjoin_v moral_a duty_n to_o gentile_n also_o as_o who_o say_v the_o apostle_n speak_v only_o of_o ceremony_n and_o not_o chief_o of_o the_o law_n moral_a be_v not_o then_o the_o law_n moral_a give_v to_o the_o gentile_n how_o then_o bind_v it_o we_o to_o obedience_n answ_n in_o the_o moral_a law_n we_o must_v consider_v two_o thing_n 1._o the_o substance_n of_o doctrine_n and_o prescription_n 2._o the_o accident_n and_o circumstance_n of_o give_v for_o the_o substance_n of_o doctrine_n it_o belong_v to_o all_o jew_n and_o gentile_n as_o have_v at_o first_o a_o impression_n in_o man_n heart_n 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promise_n of_o life_n to_o the_o observe_v thereof_o which_o in_o their_o judgement_n have_v be_v vain_a except_o righteousness_n may_v be_v in_o part_n by_o the_o law_n according_a to_o which_o supposition_n the_o apostle_n in_o this_o place_n dispute_v see_v gal._n 3.17_o now_o though_o i_o love_v not_o extravagance_n yet_o let_v i_o have_v leave_v a_o little_a upon_o occasion_n of_o this_o question_n thus_o assoil_v to_o note_v the_o idle_a inference_n of_o some_o antisabbathist_n therefore_o say_v they_o the_o precept_n of_o sabbath_n bind_v not_o the_o church_n of_o the_o gentile_n because_o the_o decalogue_n be_v give_v only_o to_o jew_n answ_n and_o why_o infer_v they_o not_o the_o like_a for_o other_o precept_n and_o so_o become_v absolute_a antinomi_n object_n forsooth_o other_o precept_n be_v revive_v in_o scripture_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n &_o their_o recital_n there_o give_v they_o authority_n with_o we_o answ_n belike_o then_o no_o precept_n of_o the_o decalogue_n bind_v further_o than_o it_o be_v recite_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n it_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v teach_v that_o the_o whole_a decalogue_n stand_v in_o force_n for_o ever_o unto_o our_o conscience_n in_o respect_n of_o that_o congruence_n it_o have_v with_o the_o law_n eternal_a and_o the_o impression_n it_o once_o have_v in_o our_o heart_n in_o creation_n some_o rudera_fw-la whereof_o in_o all_o the_o commandment_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o very_a ethnic_n but_o to_o their_o argument_n it_o be_v fallacious_a and_o except_o it_o be_v limit_v untrue_a take_v the_o decalogue_n for_o the_o substance_n of_o precept_n therein_o contain_v so_o it_o be_v give_v to_o gentile_n respect_v the_o circumstance_n and_o accident_n of_o give_v as_o the_o write_n in_o so_o many_o letter_n and_o syllable_n etc._n etc._n so_o the_o peculiar_a favour_n of_o jew_n but_o so_o understand_v it_o afford_v no_o such_o conclusion_n leave_v we_o they_o and_o see_v what_o out_o of_o this_o argument_n we_o may_v observe_v observe_v that_o be_v chief_o this_o a_o answer_n to_o a_o thread_n bare_a argument_n of_o justiciaries_n ancient_a and_o modern_a that_o reason_n from_o the_o revive_n of_o the_o law_n in_o sinai_n to_o prove_v a_o intention_n in_o the_o lawgiver_n to_o justify_v we_o by_o the_o law_n and_o to_o give_v we_o power_n to_o perform_v it_o to_o justification_n answ_n if_o from_o that_o ground_n we_o may_v infer_v a_o possibility_n to_o be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n from_o the_o selfsame_a may_v we_o prove_v justification_n to_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n for_o they_o only_o be_v the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n rom._n 9.4_o but_o the_o promise_n belong_v to_o gentile_n as_o well_o as_o to_o jew_n ergò_fw-la whereto_o then_o serve_v the_o revive_n of_o the_o law_n paul_n answer_v gal._n 3.9_o it_o be_v add_v because_o of_o transgression_n not_o so_o much_o to_o restrain_v they_o by_o prescription_n and_o threat_n 3._o theoph._n ad_fw-la gal._n 3._o as_o chrysostome_n and_o hierome_n and_o after_o they_o theophylact_fw-mi ut_fw-la pro_fw-la fraenis_fw-la esset_fw-la lex_fw-la illa_fw-la judaeis_n quae_fw-la hos_fw-la vel_fw-la à_fw-la mandatorum_fw-la quorundam_fw-la transgressu_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la omnium_fw-la prohiberet_fw-la but_o rather_o to_o detect_v and_o discover_v they_o as_o augustine_n centy_n interpret_v agreeable_o to_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 3.20_o and_o 5.20_o here_o also_o occur_v that_o observation_n before_o make_v ad_fw-la ver_fw-la 11._o that_o the_o promise_n of_o righteousness_n and_o salvation_n belong_v to_o gentile_n believe_v and_o not_o to_o jew_n only_o because_o it_o have_v be_v often_o fore-treated_n i_o will_v not_o long_o insist_v on_o it_o only_o since_o the_o apostle_n be_v please_v so_o often_o to_o inculcate_v it_o and_o here_o to_o add_v new_a confirmation_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o explain_v his_o proof_n against_o the_o foolish_a limitation_n and_o enclosure_n of_o abraehams_n 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