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deny_v that_o be_v the_o law_n expound_v and_o confirm_v by_o the_o prophet_n so_o that_o by_o law_n and_o prophet_n be_v mean_v in_o substance_n the_o same_o thing_n that_o be_v that_o part_n of_o the_o prophet_n which_o be_v doctrinal_o practical_a namely_o confirm_v and_o expound_v the_o ten_o commandment_n and_o other_o substantial_a law_n of_o god_n which_o be_v reducible_a to_o they_o and_o this_o may_v more_o easy_o be_v receive_v if_o we_o consider_v that_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n 18_o 19_o in_o one_o he_o name_v only_o the_o law_n and_o in_o the_o other_o only_o the_o commandment_n one_o title_n of_o the_o law_n not_o the_o prophet_n shall_v not_o pass_v and_o whosoever_o shall_v break_v one_o of_o the_o least_o of_o these_o commandment_n not_o the_o prophet_n 3._o the_o instance_n which_o our_o saviour_n give_v after_o in_o his_o follow_a discourse_n depend_v upon_o this_o be_v all_o in_o law_n and_o not_o in_o any_o prediction_n of_o the_o prophet_n to_o conclude_v though_o it_o be_v true_a that_o christ_n come_v to_o fulfil_v the_o prediction_n of_o the_o prophet_n yet_o we_o can_v see_v the_o least_o reason_n why_o this_o shall_v be_v intend_v here_o 174._o v._o excep_n 2._o ibid._n prim._n p._n 174._o but_o than_o it_o be_v more_o strong_o suggest_a that_o by_o law_n here_o be_v not_o mean_v only_o the_o moral_a law_n but_o the_o ceremonial_a and_o judicial_a also_o and_o all_o that_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n these_o be_v fullfil_v also_o solut._n solut._n to_o this_o we_o answer_v that_o christ_n come_v to_o fulfil_v the_o ceremonial_a and_o judicial_a law_n be_v also_o true_a but_o that_o he_o intend_v they_o in_o this_o place_n we_o take_v to_o be_v most_o false_a for_o these_o ensue_a reason_n 1._o the_o whole_a sermon_n of_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o chapter_n and_o in_o the_o follow_a part_n the_o instance_n which_o he_o give_v concern_v moral_a duty_n and_o moral_a law_n and_o not_o one_o instance_n of_o a_o ceremonial_a or_o judicial_a law_n can_v be_v show_v which_o have_v be_v requisite_a if_o chaste_a have_v intend_v they_o unless_o it_o be_v to_o show_v they_o now_o to_o be_v abrogate_a that_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v as_o we_o shall_v see_v by_o and_o by_o now_o this_o be_v grant_v by_o one_o of_o themselves_o ibid._n prin._n ibid._n that_o sometime_o to_o wit_n when_o a_o moral_a matter_n be_v in_o hand_n the_o scripture_n by_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n understand_v only_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n and_o of_o the_o prophet_n pertain_v to_o this_o morality_n as_o mat._n 7.12_o all_o thing_n that_o you_o will_v that_o man_n shall_v do_v to_o you_o do_v you_o even_o the_o same_o to_o they_o for_o this_o be_v the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n but_o sometime_o when_o the_o speech_n be_v of_o fulfil_n of_o thing_n foretell_v or_o figure_v of_o old_a by_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v only_o the_o prophecy_n and_o typick_a ceremony_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n as_o mat._n 11.13_o etc._n etc._n but_o we_o assume_v in_o this_o place_n there_o be_v speech_n only_o of_o moral_a matter_n and_o not_o of_o fulfil_a thing_n foretell_v or_o figure_v therefore_o by_o law_n and_o prophet_n be_v understand_v here_o only_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n and_o prophet_n pertain_v to_o this_o morality_n yet_o see_v how_o fain_o he_o will_v elude_v his_o own_o grant_n thus_o he_o say_v i_o say_v 1._o vi_o inst_z 1._o that_o by_o law_n and_o prophet_n here_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v not_o only_o the_o precept_n concern_v the_o moral_a duty_n of_o this_o life_n but_o also_o the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o law_n as_o may_v be_v clear_o see_v by_o those_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n which_o be_v general_a i_o be_o not_o come_v to_o destroy_v the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n but_o to_o fulfil_v they_o now_o the_o ceremony_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n etc._n etc._n the_o conjunction_n of_o 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v._o 19_o the_o least_o of_o these_o commandment_n not_o these_o ceremony_n or_o these_o prediction_n or_o promise_v and_o that_o be_v our_o saviour_n meaning_n by_o those_o word_n jota_n or_o title_n yet_o something_o more_o he_o add_v 3._o viii_o inst_z 3._o this_o sense_n the_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v pass_v rather_o than_o whatsoever_o have_v be_v figure_v promise_a and_o foretell_v by_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n shall_v not_o be_v effect_v and_o fulfil_v be_v manifest_o more_o suitable_a to_o the_o word_n than_o this_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n shall_v rather_o pass_v than_o the_o moral_a commandment_n shall_v not_o be_v keep_v and_o execute_v sol._n sol._n it_o be_v we_o confess_v a_o easy_a thing_n for_o witty_a man_n to_o put_v pretty_a fair_a gloss_n upon_o text_n of_o scripture_n which_o be_v never_o there_o intend_v the_o meaning_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v thus_o to_o be_v conceive_v i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o come_v to_o destroy_v the_o law_n that_o i_o come_v to_o fulfil_v it_o to_o the_o utmost_a title_n and_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v soon_o pass_v away_o than_o i_o shall_v break_v the_o commandment_n in_o my_o own_o person_n or_o teach_v or_o allow_v other_o to_o break_v they_o which_o be_v to_o destroy_v they_o and_o that_o this_o be_v his_o meaning_n the_o 19_o verse_n do_v manifest_a whosoever_o therefore_o shall_v break_v one_o of_o the_o least_o of_o these_o commandment_n and_o teach_v man_n so_o etc._n etc._n as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v i_o may_v not_o break_v or_o destroy_v the_o law_n myself_o nor_o do_v i_o teach_v man_n so_o to_o do_v let_v other_o take_v heed_n they_o do_v not_o now_o if_o christ_n have_v mean_v it_o of_o the_o ceremonial_n which_o
be_v present_o after_o his_o death_n to_o expire_v will_v he_o have_v say_v thus_o i_o come_v not_o to_o destroy_v the_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o woe_n be_v to_o he_o that_o shall_v break_v it_o and_o shall_v teach_v man_n so_o we_o can_v believe_v it_o yet_o still_o he_o labour_v to_o make_v good_a his_o own_o interpretation_n by_o luk._n 16.17_o where_v the_o same_o word_n be_v use_v 4._o ix_o inst_z 4._o and_o the_o evangelist_n show_v of_o what_o point_v of_o the_o law_n christ_n do_v speak_v to_o wit_n of_o the_o type_n and_o prophecy_n for_o in_o the_o 16._o verse_n he_o have_v say_v the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n be_v until_o john_n where_o we_o must_v understand_v the_o word_n prophesy_v which_o st._n matthew_n add_v chap._n 11.13_o and_o after_o this_o s._n luke_n add_v these_o word_n as_o speak_v by_o christ_n to_o that_o purpose_n and_o it_o be_v easy_a for_o heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o pass_v etc._n etc._n where_o by_o one_o title_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v all_o the_o figure_n and_o prediction_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n and_o prophet_n but_o to_o this_o we_o say_v two_o thing_n 1._o the_o place_n of_o luke_n and_o matthew_n be_v not_o parallel_v 7.24_o the_o place_n with_o mat._n 11.7_o etc._n etc._n be_v luk._n 7.24_o nor_o be_v sol._n 1_o they_o speak_v at_o the_o same_o time_n or_o of_o the_o same_o matter_n as_o be_v evident_a to_o any_o eye_n that_o compare_v they_o together_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a that_o the_o word_n prophesy_v must_v be_v understand_v in_o st._n luke_n the_o word_n be_v add_v by_o our_o translation_n be_v sufficient_a 2._o the_o matter_n of_o which_o our_o saviour_n speak_v before_o in_o st._n luke_n sol._n 2_o be_v moral_a viz._n to_o beat_v down_o the_o coveteousnesse_n and_o pride_n and_o scorn_v of_o the_o pharisee_n therefore_o by_o his_o own_o former_a grant_n by_o the_o law_n and_o prophet_n luke_n 16.17_o must_v be_v understand_v only_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n and_o prophet_n concern_v that_o morality_n nor_o be_v there_o the_o least_o colour_n for_o any_o ceremonial_a law_n or_o prediction_n or_o promise_v to_o be_v intend_v in_o this_o place_n luk._n 16.16_o 17._o etc._n etc._n but_o here_o be_v one_o exception_n more_o to_o our_o first_o general_a answer_n other_o inst_z 5._o prim._n 176._o and_o other_o that_o forsooth_o the_o instance_n make_v by_o our_o soviour_n in_o the_o follow_a part_n of_o the_o chapter_n be_v not_o all_o moral_a law_n for_o in_o the_o 23_o 24._o ver_fw-la he_o speak_v of_o sacrifice_n and_o altar_n in_o the_o 31._o ver_fw-la he_o bring_v and_o expound_v a_o law_n judicial_a concern_v divorce_n and_o ver_fw-la 38._o another_o judicial_a of_o retaliation_n this_o we_o shall_v thus_o discharge_v first_o in_o the_o 23_o 24_o ver_fw-la he_o speak_v sol._n 1_o indeed_o occasional_o of_o sacrifice_n and_o the_o altar_n but_o do_v not_o bring_v or_o expound_v any_o law_n concern_v those_o thing_n much_o less_o any_o confirmation_n of_o they_o but_o they_o be_v bring_v in_o by_o way_n of_o allusion_n to_o the_o practice_n of_o those_o time_n by_o the_o legal_a express_v the_o evangelicall_n service_n a_o thing_n usual_a with_o the_o prophet_n and_o useful_a for_o their_o understanding_n to_o who_o he_o speak_v who_o know_v as_o yet_o no_o other_o for_o the_o residue_n we_o say_v 2._o there_o be_v yet_o no_o instance_n of_o any_o ceremonial_a sol._n 2_o law_n expound_v by_o christ_n much_o less_o confirm_v nor_o of_o any_o prophetical_a prediction_n 3._o as_o for_o judicial_o instance_a in_o if_o we_o grant_v they_o both_o such_o sol._n 3_o we_o can_v easy_o answer_v that_o those_o which_o be_v produce_v be_v not_o bring_v in_o for_o their_o own_o sake_n but_o for_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o moral_a commandment_n to_o which_o they_o do_v belong_v and_o then_o one_o of_o they_o to_o begin_v with_o which_o we_o desire_v he_o serious_o to_o consider_v mention_v not_o to_o be_v confirm_v but_o rather_o to_o be_v destroy_v from_o this_o time_n forth_o for_o the_o law_n of_o divorce_n mention_v for_o 31._o be_v by_o our_o saviour_n quite_o disallow_v and_o disannul_v it_o have_v be_v say_v viz._n by_o the_o mosaical_a law_n by_o way_n of_o indulgence_n whosoever_o shall_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n let_v he_o give_v she_o a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n but_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o whosoever_o put_v away_o his_o wife_n except_o for_o fornication_n cause_v she_o to_o commit_v adultery_n and_o he_o that_o marry_v she_o that_o be_v put_v away_o commit_v adultery_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v i_o now_o put_v a_o end_n to_o that_o law_n and_o bring_v you_o to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o decalogue_n allege_v xi_o the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n why_o here_o allege_v as_o for_o the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n if_o it_o be_v certain_o a_o judicial_a law_n understand_v by_o judicial_a a_o law_n of_o the_o jewish_a commonwealth_n contradistinguisht_v from_o moral_a and_o perpetual_a we_o must_v yet_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v allege_v formal_o in_o this_o place_n by_o our_o saviour_n but_o rather_o the_o word_n he_o cite_v be_v from_o a_o profane_a tradition_n of_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n who_o he_o undertake_v to_o confute_v in_o all_o this_o part_n of_o his_o sermon_n that_o under_o colour_n indeed_o of_o god_n law_n of_o retaliation_n do_v teach_v the_o people_n that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o they_o to_o be_v their_o own_o carver_n in_o private_a revenge_n so_o long_o as_o they_o go_v not_o beyond_o the_o bound_n of_o retaliation_n and_o withal_o that_o they_o may_v at_o least_o without_o scruple_n at_o all_o time_n pursue_v those_o that_o have_v wrong_v they_o and_o require_v the_o magistrate_n to_o deal_v with_o their_o adversary_n as_o he_o have_v deal_v with_o they_o both_o which_o malicious_a gloss_n derive_v from_o that_o law_n our_o saviour_n at_o once_o confute_v as_o contrary_a to_o the_o moral_a law_n both_o of_o reserve_v the_o magistrate_n place_n to_o himself_o and_o of_o not_o revenge_v one_o self_n nor_o bear_v grudge_n leu._n 19.18_o by_o say_v but_o ay_o say_v unto_o you_o resist_v not_o evil_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o christ_n do_v neither_o speak_v against_o nor_o for_o the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n nor_o indeed_o of_o it_o direct_o and_o primary_o in_o this_o place_n but_o only_o forbid_v private_a retaliate_v or_o at_o the_o most_o malicious_a pursuit_n of_o another_o to_o have_v the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n execute_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o magistrate_n and_o not_o at_o all_o expound_v that_o law_n but_o only_o occasional_o mention_n it_o as_o pervert_v by_o they_o so_o still_o it_o will_v remain_v that_o all_o the_o law_n that_o christ_n expound_v be_v moral_a and_o so_o no_o other_o be_v mean_v in_o those_o vers_fw-la 17_o 18_o 19_o testimony_n prove_v moral_a 1._o by_o testimony_n whence_o we_o fetch_v our_o argument_n but_o if_o this_o will_v not_o satisfy_v our_o disputer_n we_o must_v then_o further_o tell_v they_o that_o we_o can_v grant_v the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n not_o to_o be_v moral_a even_o themselves_o dare_v not_o deny_v it_o of_o one_o branch_n life_n for_o life_n in_o case_n of_o wilful_a murder_n learned_a interpreter_n shall_v speak_v for_o we_o in_o this_o point_n kemnitius_n musculus_fw-la pareus_n cartwright_n upon_o the_o place_n the_o damnarâ—_n the_o komnit_fw-la har._n p._n 575._o est_fw-la enim_fw-la naturalis_fw-la etiam_fw-la aequitatis_fw-la ne_fw-la paene_fw-la sit_fw-la maior_fw-la delicto_fw-la et_fw-la paulo_fw-la postca_fw-la manifestissimum_fw-la igitur_fw-la et_fw-la centissimum_fw-la est_fw-la legem_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la publica_fw-la vindicte_fw-la magistratui_fw-la mandata_fw-la hâ—c_fw-la loco_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la non_fw-la abeleri_fw-la aut_fw-la damnarâ—_n first_o of_o these_o have_v quote_v the_o text_n exod._n 21._o leu._n 24._o and_o deut._n 19_o where_o this_o law_n be_v find_v add_v that_o it_o be_v also_o natural_a equity_n that_o the_o punishment_n be_v not_o great_a than_o the_o fault_n and_o then_o recite_v a_o say_n of_o aristotle_n in_o his_o ethic_n lib._n 5._o describe_v the_o justice_n of_o rhadamanthus_n in_o this_o old_a verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d si_fw-mi quae_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la eadem_fw-la patiantur_fw-la et_fw-la ipsi_fw-la if_o what_o they_o have_v do_v they_o be_v make_v to_o suffer_v and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o say_v it_o be_v most_o manifest_a and_o certain_a that_o the_o law_n of_o god_n concern_v public_a punishment_n of_o offender_n command_v to_o the_o magistrate_n be_v not_o in_o this_o place_n abolish_v nor_o condemn_v by_o christ_n the_o etc._n the_o musc_n p._n 111._o lex_fw-la ista_fw-la omnino_fw-la necessaria_fw-la erat_fw-la et_fw-la etiam_fw-la num_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la coercendos_fw-la reprobos_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o p._n 112._o christus_fw-la non_fw-la legi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la qua_fw-la nihil_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la justius_fw-la sed_fw-la
perversae_fw-la phariseorum_fw-la opinioni_fw-la repugnans_fw-la etc._n etc._n second_o be_v yet_o more_o plain_a this_o law_n be_v altogether_o necessary_a and_o be_v so_o still_o to_o keep_v reprobate_n under_o and_o take_v away_o evil_a from_o god_n people_n and_o a_o little_a after_o christ_n do_v not_o contradict_v that_o law_n itself_o than_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o just_a but_o the_o perverse_a opinion_n of_o the_o pharisee_n the_o talionem_fw-la the_o pareus_n pag._n 121._o non_fw-la sustulit_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o judicijs_fw-la christianis_fw-la talionem_fw-la three_o no_o less_o express_o christ_n do_v not_o take_v away_o retaliation_n in_o christian_a judicature_n the_o converterunt_fw-la the_o cartwright_n part_n 1_o harm_n pag._n 399._o justissimum_fw-la legem_fw-la iniquissimam_fw-la reddiderunt_fw-la et_fw-la mell_v legis_fw-la in_o absynthiam_fw-la converterunt_fw-la four_o say_v that_o christ_n show_v that_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n have_v draw_v 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be_v universal_a and_o bind_v all_o mankind_n and_o now_o we_o infer_v if_o christ_n do_v not_o destroy_v or_o free_a man_n from_o some_o other_o positive_a law_n how_o be_v it_o probable_a that_o he_o come_v to_o destroy_v or_o free_a man_n from_o the_o obedience_n of_o any_o positive_a law_n of_o the_o decalogue_n which_o be_v confess_v to_o be_v mean_v at_o least_o in_o some_o part_n by_o the_o law_n in_o our_o saviour_n discourse_n 2._o it_o concern_v our_o anti-sabbatizers_a more_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o four_o commandment_n be_v ceremonial_a in_o whole_a or_o in_o part_n or_o else_o we_o fear_v they_o will_v fall_v under_o the_o heavy_a censure_n of_o our_o saviour_n for_o make_v void_a more_o than_o a_o jot_n or_o a_o title_n of_o a_o commandment_n even_o a_o whole_a commandment_n of_o the_o decalogue_n both_o break_v it_o themselves_o and_o also_o teach_v other_o so_o to_o do_v we_o wish_v they_o sad_o to_o consider_v it_o and_o whereas_o it_o be_v except_v by_o some_o 6._o 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