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that_o we_o have_v the_o substance_n and_o the_o body_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v shadow_v under_o the_o law_n we_o have_v it_o say_v he_o in_o christ_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v expedient_a that_o the_o ancient_a father_n shall_v be_v exercise_v in_o this_o hope_n as_o well_o by_o the_o sabbaoth_n day_n as_o by_o other_o ceremony_n but_o since_o the_o thing_n be_v now_o give_v we_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o stay_v ourselves_o on_o these_o shadow_n true_a it_o be_v that_o the_o law_n be_v so_o abolish_v that_o yet_o we_o ought_v to_o keep_v the_o substance_n and_o truth_n thereof_o as_o for_o the_o shadow_n and_o figure_n they_o be_v do_v away_o by_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n if_o one_o demand_n how_o the_o ancient_a father_n know_v of_o this_o sense_n and_o meaning_n moses_n have_v make_v declaration_n hereof_o as_o it_o be_v sufficient_o show_v in_o the_o book_n of_o exodus_fw-la for_o god_n after_o he_o have_v publish_v his_o law_n in_o the_o 20._o 17._o chap._n he_o 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as_o say_v s._n john_n in_o his_o canonical_a epistle_n 19_o yea_o man_n need_v not_o go_v forth_o of_o themselves_o to_o have_v battle_n with_o god_n and_o his_o justice_n for_o all_o our_o sense_n and_o reason_n and_o all_o our_o affection_n as_o say_v s._n paul_n to_o the_o roman_n be_v enemy_n against_o god._n 7._o when_o man_n lose_v the_o bridle_n to_o their_o thought_n and_o imagination_n to_o their_o desire_n and_o lust_n then_o make_v they_o open_a battle_n with_o god_n and_o we_o be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o that_o which_o be_v declare_v in_o the_o six_o of_o genesis_n 5._o that_o all_o that_o which_o man_n can_v think_v and_o imagine_v be_v nothing_o but_o evil_a continual_o and_o all_o that_o which_o man_n forge_v in_o himself_o &_o frame_v in_o his_o own_o shop_n be_v untoward_a and_o corrupt_a before_o god_n so_o then_o we_o see_v well_o that_o we_o can_v be_v sanctify_v before_o our_o god_n that_o be_v to_o say_v we_o can_v serve_v he_o in_o holiness_n and_o pureness_n 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earth_n etc_n etc_n the._n 9_o sermon_n deut._n chap._n 5._o 18._o thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n saint_n paul_n speak_v of_o the_o life_n of_o christian_n 12._o have_v exhort_v they_o to_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n add_v that_o they_o must_v walk_v righteous_o and_o sober_o now_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o this_o appertain_v to_o the_o second_o table_n of_o the_o law_n will_v we_o then_o observe_v that_o which_o god_n command_v we_o in_o the_o second_o table_n it_o suffice_v not_o that_o we_o do_v not_o any_o wrong_a or_o injury_n unto_o any_o either_o in_o his_o person_n or_o in_o his_o good_n but_o beside_o this_o doctrine_n it_o be_v further_o require_v that_o we_o live_v in_o all_o temperance_n and_o honesty_n and_o to_o this_o purpose_n mention_n be_v make_v hereof_o in_o this_o former_a place_n which_o i_o have_v allege_v to_o titus_n where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o we_o have_v be_v redeem_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n to_o the_o 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only_o the_o exterior_a act_n and_o permit_v we_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n to_o be_v give_v unto_o our_o wicked_a lust_n and_o affection_n for_o god_o will_v not_o be_v serve_v with_o eye_n service_n and_o forbid_v not_o only_o the_o act_n itself_o when_o marriage_n shall_v be_v break_v and_o violate_v but_o he_o interdict_v all_o wicked_a desire_n and_o affection_n and_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o jesus_n christ_n say_v 28_o that_o he_o which_o look_v but_o awry_o on_o the_o wife_n of_o another_o that_o even_o he_o be_v a_o adulterer_n before_o god_n and_o albeit_o he_o be_v not_o culpable_a by_o the_o law_n of_o man_n and_o that_o he_o may_v be_v account_v chaste_a as_o not_o have_v commit_v any_o whoredom_n yet_o notwithstanding_o before_o god_n he_o be_v already_o condemn_v as_o if_o he_o have_v commit_v fornication_n therefore_o when_o we_o hear_v this_o word_n of_o adultery_n which_o be_v so_o condemn_v let_v we_o learn_v to_o abstain_v from_o all_o fornication_n not_o 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enormous_a as_o i_o have_v already_o say_v but_o we_o must_v always_o remember_v this_o that_o god_n will_v not_o have_v man_n only_o not_o to_o attempt_v any_o thing_n against_o marriage_n but_o he_o command_v also_o that_o man_n lead_v not_o a_o brutish_a life_n that_o they_o suffer_v not_o fornication_n to_o have_v their_o full_a float_n he_o forbid_v they_o which_o be_v not_o marry_v to_o wander_v hither_o and_o thither_o in_o their_o concupiscence_n and_o to_o abandon_v themselves_o to_o all_o lustful_a meeting_n will_v they_o to_o be_v pure_a and_o clean_a both_o in_o body_n and_o mind_n for_o he_o say_v that_o not_o only_o their_o soul_n but_o also_o their_o body_n be_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o it_o have_v be_v already_o recite_v and_o these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n when_o he_o warn_v the_o corinthian_n that_o this_o be_v a_o wicked_a and_o infamous_a thing_n for_o they_o to_o suffer_v as_o they_o have_v already_o suffer_v fornication_n among_o they_o 15._o know_v you_o not_o say_v he_o that_o your_o body_n be_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n loe_o then_o see_v god_n do_v we_o this_o honour_n to_o choose_v our_o vile_a body_n which_o be_v not_o only_o brittle_a vessel_n but_o carrion_n even_o earth_n and_o rottenness_n &_o yet_o notwithstanding_o god_n honour_v they_o so_o far_o as_o to_o make_v they_o temple_n of_o his_o holy_a spirit_n to_o dwell_v therein_o &_o shall_v we_o venture_v so_o to_o moil_n they_o in_o all_o filth_n &_o infection_n shall_v we_o make_v they_o as_o stable_n and_o sty_n for_o hog_n what_o a_o treachery_n be_v that_o what_o a_o abominable_a wickedness_n neither_o be_v this_o all_o for_o let_v we_o consider_v whither_o s._n paul_n lead_v us._n 15._o our_o body_n say_v he_o be_v the_o member_n of_o jesus_n christ_n this_o be_v then_o all_o one_o as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v rend_v in_o piece_n the_o body_n of_o jesus_n christ_n when_o he_o abandon_v his_o body_n unto_o fornication_n and_o 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filthiness_n and_o uncleanness_n the_o reason_n which_o i_o have_v already_o allege_v aught_o well_o to_o move_v we_o hereunto_o and_o this_o also_o which_o i_o have_v already_o touch_v of_o adultery_n be_v apply_v of_o we_o to_o this_o purpose_n may_v lead_v we_o to_o all_o sober_a and_o chaste_a live_n let_v we_o therefore_o have_v all_o our_o sense_n tie_v under_o such_o temperance_n and_o sobriety_n that_o when_o the_o devil_n shall_v solicit_v we_o to_o any_o uncleanness_n we_o may_v always_o give_v he_o the_o repulse_n that_o he_o find_v no_o access_n unto_o we_o be_v exclude_v from_o all_o entrance_n off_o a_o certain_a painime_fw-la know_v well_o to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o a_o man_n to_o have_v his_o hand_n abstinent_a that_o be_v that_o he_o be_v not_o give_v to_o rapine_n and_o spoil_n to_o wrong_v and_o injury_n any_o one_o but_o he_o must_v also_o have_v his_o eye_n continent_n that_o be_v to_o say_v he_o must_v not_o be_v give_v to_o unchaste_a and_o 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this_o much_o further_a &_o high_o let_v we_o therefore_o brief_o bear_v in_o mind_n that_o touch_v god_n all_o kind_n of_o harm_n do_v when_o we_o desire_v to_o pluck_v unto_o we_o that_o which_o be_v not_o we_o be_v name_v theft_n throughout_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o in_o deed_n when_o god_n menace_v a_o woe_n by_o the_o prophet_n esaie_n 1._o that_o he_o which_o have_v peel_v and_o spoil_v other_o shall_v be_v reward_v with_o the_o like_a he_o speak_v not_o of_o petty_a thief_n which_o we_o lead_v to_o the_o gallows_n but_o he_o speak_v of_o great_a prince_n and_o monarch_n which_o bear_v then_o the_o sway_n through_o out_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o again_o in_o the_o first_o chapter_n when_o he_o address_v his_o talk_n against_o the_o holy_a people_n which_o be_v the_o church_n of_o god_n 23._o thy_o prince_n and_o governor_n be_v companion_n and_o prince_n of_o thief_n say_v he_o now_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o none_o charge_v these_o of_o theft_n nay_o these_o sit_v 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