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law_n upon_o they_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n seize_v on_o christ_n to_o the_o utmost_a that_o the_o blessing_n may_v befall_v they_o further_n if_o we_o shall_v look_v upon_o the_o law_n in_o its_o strictness_n and_o rigour_n as_o it_o have_v a_o power_n to_o challenge_v and_o exact_v a_o punctual_a and_o personal_a obedience_n to_o itself_o without_o which_o it_o allow_v no_o man_n favour_n with_o god_n or_o life_n from_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom_n 8._o 4._o god_n than_o it_o be_v also_o make_v void_a by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n the_o right_a and_o strictness_n of_o the_o law_n be_v fulfil_v in_o we_o by_o our_o surety_n it_o be_v not_o expect_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v fulfil_v by_o we_o in_o our_o own_o person_n beside_o if_o we_o shall_v consider_v the_o moral_a law_n in_o its_o coactive_a or_o coercive_a power_n as_o it_o do_v by_o fear_n and_o terror_n wrought_v in_o the_o conscience_n urge_v and_o constrain_v a_o obedience_n to_o itself_o make_v man_n and_o woman_n servile_a and_o slavish_a in_o all_o act_n of_o duty_n thus_o be_v it_o make_v void_a to_o believer_n under_o the_o gospel_n i_o do_v not_o conceive_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n or_o the_o spirit_n of_o fear_n or_o the_o spirit_n of_o unwillingness_n lay_v so_o upon_o a_o believer_n that_o he_o must_v be_v force_v to_o do_v require_v service_n nay_o rather_o he_o be_v a_o law_n unto_o himself_o willing_o perform_v what_o be_v right_a and_o require_v luke_n 1._o 74._o rom._n 8._o 15._o 1_o tim._n 1._o 9_o 2_o tim._n 1._o 7._o 1_o joh._n 5._o 3._o for_o this_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n that_o we_o keep_v his_o commandment_n and_o his_o commandment_n be_v not_o grievous_a to_o conclude_v if_o we_o shall_v consider_v the_o law_n moral_a in_o its_o irritation_n as_o it_o have_v in_o it_o a_o accidental_a or_o occasional_a secret_a sin-provoking_a enrage_v or_o exasperate_a power_n whereby_o it_o stir_v up_o in_o man_n a_o earnestness_n to_o the_o commission_n of_o sin_n thus_o be_v it_o make_v void_a to_o the_o believer_n consider_v that_o the_o moral_a law_n be_v not_o sin_n nor_o be_v it_o ordain_v to_o beget_v sin_n it_o be_v holy_a and_o just_a and_o good_a rom._n 7._o 12._o yet_o such_o be_v the_o venomous_a and_o malicious_a quality_n which_o be_v in_o sin_n remain_v in_o man_n nature_n that_o if_o you_o for_o bid_v man_n any_o thing_n or_o limit_v he_o to_o do_v this_o or_o that_o duty_n now_o his_o lust_n rise_v up_o the_o more_o to_o desire_v that_o which_o be_v forbid_v and_o swell_v over_o all_o the_o bank_n and_o bay_n which_o shall_v confine_v it_o according_a to_o the_o old_a say_n nitimur_fw-la in_o vetitum_fw-la semper_fw-la cupimusque_fw-la negata_fw-la gens_n humana_fw-la rvit_fw-la in_o vetitum_fw-la nefas_fw-la man_n do_v many_o thing_n which_o they_o will_v never_o have_v do_v have_v not_o god_n forbid_v the_o same_o our_o base_a nature_n take_v occasion_n from_o a_o holy_a law_n to_o do_v wicked_o this_o stir_v they_o up_o 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which_o be_v due_a to_o they_o for_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_v we_o read_v how_o paul_n once_o and_o again_o do_v turn_v the_o flame_a sword_n of_o the_o â—aw_v against_o his_o hearer_n in_o one_o place_n tell_v they_o that_o if_o they_o live_v after_o the_o flesh_n they_o shall_v die_v rom._n 8._o 13._o and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o faith_n know_v the_o terror_n of_o the_o lord_n we_o persuade_v mer_fw-fr 2_o cor._n 5._o 11._o i_o conceive_v that_o the_o threat_n of_o the_o law_n be_v of_o much_o good_a use_n to_o the_o son_n and_o daughter_n of_o man_n they_o do_v awaken_v and_o rouse_v they_o out_o of_o their_o security_n and_o
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and_o do_v more_o than_o love_n christ_n put_v all_o obedience_n on_o love_n and_o paul_n put_v all_o love_n upon_o faith_n if_o man_n love_v they_o can_v but_o obey_v if_o they_o believe_v they_o can_v but_o love_n as_o love_n be_v a_o part_n of_o duty_n so_o it_o be_v a_o provoker_n to_o duty_n the_o love_n of_o christ_n do_v mighty_o constrain_v 14_o 2_o cor_fw-la 5._o 14_o eleven_o as_o it_o doâ—h_v excite_v man_n to_o look_v up_o to_o their_o help_n for_o performance_n of_o obedience_n the_o gospel_n show_v to_o man_n their_o work_n and_o the_o way_n how_o to_o accomplish_v their_o work_n it_o set_v before_o they_o all_o encouragement_n to_o be_v do_v and_o where_o all_o their_o spring_n of_o ability_n for_o do_v lie_n especial_o it_o set_v christ_n before_o man_n not_o only_o as_o a_o example_n of_o obedience_n to_o his_o father_n will_n who_o they_o be_v to_o follow_v but_o as_o the_o spring_n of_o all-obeying_a virtue_n it_o teach_v that_o all_o power_n to_o do_v and_o obey_v 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subjecti_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o conscientia_fw-la &_o coram_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o christum_fw-la habeant_fw-la pro_fw-la redemptore_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la legislatore_a moses_n autem_fw-la cum_fw-la svo_fw-la decalogo_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la pertineat_fw-la ay_o the_o adversary_n to_o we_o do_v place_n christian_n liberty_n in_o this_o that_o they_o be_v altogether_o free_v from_o the_o obedience_n and_o subjection_n of_o the_o law_n so_o that_o moses_n and_o his_o commandment_n do_v no_o way_n belong_v to_o they_o we_o reject_v this_o charge_n as_o false_a and_o unjust_a and_o do_v from_o our_o heart_n abhor_v any_o such_o opinion_n we_o only_o teach_v a_o freedom_n from_o the_o law_n as_o man_n will_v make_v it_o a_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o seek_v justification_n thereby_o we_o constant_o and_o earnest_o maintain_v that_o the_o moral_a law_n be_v a_o bind_a rule_n for_o duty_n and_o tie_v all_o sort_n of_o person_n to_o the_o observation_n of_o itself_o and_o such_o who_o teach_v otherwise_o we_o do_v oppose_v as_o antinomian_o we_o do_v not_o abolish_v the_o law_n but_o rather_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v we_o establish_v it_o to_o be_v a_o immutable_a and_o perpetual_a doctrine_n and_o rule_n of_o life_n and_o holy_a walk_n bind_v not_o by_o a_o natural_a but_o a_o divine_a obligation_n i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o with_o the_o say_n of_o a_o learned_a divine_a vnanimi_fw-la consensu_fw-la docemus_fw-la omnes_fw-la christianos_n 17_o andrâ—as_n rivet_n in_o 〈◊〉_d decâ—lâ—gi_n p._n 17_o fid_fw-we lâ—s_fw-la lâ—gis_fw-la moralis_fw-la regulae_fw-la directioni_fw-la imperio_fw-la &_o obligationi_fw-la subjectos_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la mandatorum_fw-la divinorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la â—liquod_fw-la officium_fw-la nobis_fw-la imponitur_fw-la quae_fw-la libertas_fw-la non_fw-la destruit_fw-la legis_fw-la obligatiâ—nâ—m_fw-la &_o obediâ—ntiam_fw-la sed_fw-la
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