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himself_o so_o infinite_o as_o to_o undergo_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o father_n oh_o what_o manner_n of_o love_n what_o manner_n of_o grace_n be_v this_o read_z believe_o and_o considerate_o the_o account_n give_v in_o the_o scripture_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n his_o fulfil_n his_o part_n of_o the_o covenant_n in_o the_o particular_n thereof_o and_o you_o can_v but_o see_v freegrace_n high_o exalt_v 1._o god_n assume_v humane_a nature_n what_o a_o wonder_n be_v this_o and_o how_o many_o miracle_n be_v wrought_v for_o the_o effect_v it_o consider_v humane_a nature_n be_v by_o sin_n corrupt_v and_o yet_o it_o must_v be_v assume_v and_o unite_v unto_o the_o divine_a without_o corruption_n 2._o god_n in_o this_o nature_n suffer_v not_o that_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o such_o be_v capable_a of_o the_o least_o suffering_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v the_o humane_a nature_n that_o be_v the_o immediate_a subject_n of_o suffering_n but_o passion_n as_o well_o as_o action_n be_v of_o 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sin_n be_v lay_v on_o christ_n impossible_a the_o consequence_n of_o this_o error_n dreadful_a and_o unscriptural_a the_o purity_n and_o holiness_n of_o christ_n assert_v and_o vindicate_v the_o antinomian_o abuse_v of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n hint_v in_o give_v a_o true_o scriptural_a a_o full_a and_o satisfy_a answer_n unto_o this_o difficulty_n we_o shall_v have_v a_o fair_a occasion_n of_o show_v how_o and_o after_o what_o manner_n freegrace_n be_v in_o its_o excellency_n display_v but_o that_o we_o may_v entertain_v right_a conception_n concern_v this_o thing_n we_o must_v careful_o distinguish_v between_o the_o filth_n the_o gild_n and_o punishment_n of_o sin_n 1._o there_o be_v the_o sin_n itself_o formal_o consider_v which_o be_v a_o transgression_n of_o a_o holy_a good_a and_o
not_o the_o same_o with_o the_o filth_n of_o sin_n neither_o do_v this_o gild_n contain_v within_o it_o the_o formal_a nature_n of_o sin_n for_o say_v maeratius_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la quare_fw-la cum_fw-la ex_fw-la omni_fw-la peccato_fw-la sequatur_fw-la poenae_fw-la dignitas_fw-la &_o dignitatem_fw-la obligatio_fw-la si_fw-la dignitas_fw-la haec_fw-la &_o obligatio_fw-la sit_fw-la formaliter_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la altera_fw-la dignitas_fw-la &_o obligatio_fw-la sequetur_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la erit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la si_fw-la secundum_fw-la habemus_fw-la intentum_fw-la si_fw-la primum_fw-la dabitur_fw-la processus_fw-la in_o infinitum_fw-la yea_o and_o they_o far_o conclude_v that_o the_o guilt_n be_v separable_a from_o the_o fault_n itself_o dignitas_fw-la &_o obligatio_fw-la luendae_fw-la poenae_fw-la possunt_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la caret_fw-la peccato_fw-la yea_o and_o bellarmine_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la c._n 19_o assert_n that_o reatus_fw-la culpae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la propriè_fw-la peccatum_fw-la sed_fw-la effectus_fw-la necessario_fw-la consequens_fw-la &_o aliquid_fw-la manens_fw-la post_fw-la actum_fw-la peccati_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la homo_fw-la est_fw-la dignus_fw-la odio_fw-la praecisè_fw-la quia_fw-la peccavit_fw-la alioqui_fw-la nunquam_fw-la talis_fw-la dignitas_fw-la auferri_fw-la posset_n &_o peccatum_fw-la esset_fw-la irremissibile_fw-la sicut_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la peccavit_fw-la non_fw-la peccaverit_fw-la praeterea_fw-la talis_fw-la dignitas_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la est_fw-la aliquid_fw-la recedens_fw-la à _fw-la lege_fw-la non_fw-la deformat_fw-la vel_fw-la occidit_fw-la spiritualiter_fw-la animam_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la privatio_fw-la boni_fw-la neque_fw-la habet_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aliud_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la propriè_fw-la peccato_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la so_o plain_a it_o be_v that_o gild_n the_o gild_n of_o the_o fault_n be_v not_o proper_o or_o formal_o sin_n it_o be_v somewhat_o distinct_a from_o the_o fault_n for_o it_o do_v not_o pollute_v or_o deform_v the_o soul_n yea_o gild_n be_v separable_a from_o the_o fault_n itself_o otherwise_o the_o gild_n of_o adam_n actual_a sin_n can_v not_o be_v make_v we_o for_o if_o his_o actual_a sin_n and_o the_o guilt_n thereof_o have_v be_v inseparable_a there_o can_v have_v be_v no_o pass_v of_o the_o guilt_n of_o his_o sin_n to_o we_o unless_o his_o actual_a sin_n have_v be_v remove_v also_o from_o he_o unto_o we_o again_o the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n which_o consist_v in_o the_o remove_n the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n will_v also_o become_v a_o impossibility_n to_o the_o unspeakable_a horror_n of_o all_o the_o child_n of_o fall_v adam_n but_o that_o the_o gild_n be_v separable_a from_o the_o filth_n of_o sin_n be_v easy_o illustrate_v by_o the_o metaphor_n of_o a_o debtor_n creditor_n and_o surety_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o law_n a_o debtor_n be_v 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