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and_o dumb_a dog_n as_o you_o can_v yet_o for_o all_o this_o if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o be_v not_o faithful_a in_o discharge_n of_o their_o office_n as_o moses_n be_v faithful_a in_o all_o his_o house_n numb._n 12.7_o shall_v we_o for_o such_o a_o one_o sake_n condemn_v all_o the_o lord_n ambassador_n god_n forbid_v we_o may_v as_o well_o condemn_v all_o the_o twelve_o disciple_n and_o apostle_n of_o christ_n because_o one_o of_o they_o be_v a_o devil_n which_o none_o that_o fear_v god_n dare_v assert_v and_o now_o if_o any_o be_v not_o yet_o satisfy_v in_o this_o point_n i_o refer_v he_o to_o the_o labour_n of_o a_o learned_a divine_a in_o his_o time_n viz._n bishop_n hall_n who_o in_o a_o little_a treatise_n of_o his_o call_v practical_a case_n of_o
cup_n and_o vessel_n etc._n etc._n these_o be_v all_o take_v away_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o they_o but_o the_o substance_n and_o equity_n of_o these_o yet_o remain_v wash_v thy_o heart_n o_o jerusalem_n how_o long_o shall_v thy_o vain_a thought_n lodge_v within_o thou_o jer._n 4.14_o and_o isa._n 1.16_o and_o our_o saviour_n take_v notice_n of_o the_o strictness_n of_o the_o pharisee_n about_o these_o wash_n say_v you_o make_v clean_o the_o out_o side_n of_o the_o cup_n and_o platter_n but_o the_o inside_n be_v full_a of_o filthiness_n and_o uncleanness_n mat._n 23.25_o 26._o and_o so_o david_n i_o will_v wash_v my_o hand_n in_o innocency_n so_o will_v i_o compass_v thy_o altar_n o_o lord_n psal._n 26.6_o by_o all_o which_o scripture_n we_o see_v that_o the_o sum_n and_o substance_n of_o all_o the_o law_n even_o of_o the_o ceremonial_a part_n itself_o remain_v unchangeable_a though_o the_o manner_n of_o administration_n be_v not_o only_o change_v but_o disannul_v and_o 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this_o day_n viz._n in_o manifest_v our_o obedience_n to_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n as_o before_o to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n not_o as_o i_o say_v even_o now_o in_o the_o same_o circumstantial_a manner_n but_o in_o another_o equivalent_a to_o it_o viz._n in_o repentance_n faith_n love_n and_o new_a obedience_n without_o which_o no_o salvation_n and_o in_o truth_n when_o i_o serious_o consider_v the_o law_n and_o gospel_n i_o find_v the_o law_n to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o gospel_n foretell_v and_o the_o gospel_n nothing_o else_o but_o the_o law_n fulfil_v where_o lie_v now_o the_o disannul_n of_o the_o commandment_n except_o in_o the_o sense_n before_o mention_v for_o as_o to_o the_o total_a annihilate_v disannul_v or_o destroy_v the_o law_n our_o saviour_n disclaim_v it_o in_o his_o own_o word_n i_o come_v not_o to_o destroy_v but_o to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n matth_n 5.17_o and_o the_o apostle_n paul_n have_v speak_v large_o to_o these_o forementioned_a distinction_n lest_o any_o shall_v as_o you_o seem_v to_o do_v mistake_v he_o and_o from_o his_o own_o word_n utter_o abrogate_v and_o make_v void_a and_o useless_a the_o law_n he_o say_v in_o plain_a word_n do_v we_o then_o destroy_v the_o law_n god_n forbid_v we_o rather_o establish_v the_o law_n rom._n 3.31_o and_o in_o truth_n i_o find_v our_o bless_a lord_n and_o saviour_n so_o far_o from_o destroy_v the_o moral_a law_n that_o he_o rather_o set_v a_o sharp_a edge_n upon_o it_o and_o make_v it_o of_o great_a force_n and_o more_o bind_v in_o reference_n to_o the_o strict_a observance_n of_o it_o for_o say_v he_o it_o have_v be_v say_v of_o old_a matth._n 5.27.28_o thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n but_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o he_o that_o shall_v look_v upon_o a_o woman_n so_o as_o to_o lust_n after_o she_o have_v commit_v adultery_n with_o she_o already_o in_o his_o heart_n and_o whereas_o moses_n suffer_v the_o put_v away_o of_o wife_n upon_o dislike_n and_o disagreement_n christ_n tell_v we_o if_o any_o man_n put_v away_o his_o wife_n for_o any_o cause_n save_v for_o the_o cause_n and_o in_o the_o case_n of_o fornication_n have_v break_v the_o law_n and_o he_o that_o shall_v marry_v she_o that_o be_v divorce_v commit_v adultery_n mat._n 5.32_o and_o though_o these_o thing_n and_o other_o of_o the_o like_a nature_n be_v not_o so_o express_o set_v down_o in_o the_o moral_a law_n yet_o they_o be_v full_o include_v in_o the_o commandment_n by_o all_o which_o we_o plain_o see_v the_o harmony_n and_o agreement_n between_o law_n and_o gospel_n and_o thus_o have_v brief_o yet_o plain_o explain_v wherein_o the_o law_n and_o priesthood_n be_v change_v and_o the_o commandment_n disannul_v i_o proceed_v to_o the_o great_a question_n in_o controversy_n viz._n concerning_o the_o lawfulness_n or_o unlawfulness_n of_o give_v and_o receive_v tithe_n and_o that_o as_o brief_o and_o plain_o as_o i_o can_v now_o as_o we_o have_v see_v the_o equity_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n hold_v forth_o 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