knowledge_n prop._n ix_o all_o this_o revelation_n be_v some_o part_n of_o the_o law_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o so_o these_o truth_n be_v discover_v and_o this_o light_n send_v by_o he_o as_o the_o lord_n redeemer_n of_o the_o world_n or_o as_o rector_n upon_o his_o redemption_n title_n for_o all_o thing_n be_v now_o deliver_v into_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o government_n be_v lay_v on_o his_o shoulder_n and_o build_v on_o his_o redemption_n even_o on_o christ_n the_o head_n corner_n stone_n the_o very_a moral_a law_n now_o be_v his_o law_n and_o its_o obligation_n to_o obedience_n be_v his_o obligation_n yea_o the_o very_a law_n of_o work_n oblige_v to_o punishment_n now_o not_o as_o it_o be_v at_o first_o give_v and_o remain_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o offend_a unsatisfy_a creator_n but_o as_o it_o be_v suspend_v and_o deliver_v up_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o satisfier_n or_o redeemer_n to_o remit_v whole_o or_o execute_v only_o conditional_o as_o man_n shall_v receive_v or_o reject_v the_o grace_n of_o redemption_n so_o that_o as_o god_n rule_v among_o those_o blind_a of_o heathen_n that_o yet_o know_v he_o not_o so_o do_v christ_n rule_n among_o they_o that_o know_v not_o he_o prop._n x._o the_o ten_o last_a particular_n before_o mention_v which_o these_o man_n may_v know_v be_v proper_o gospel_n truth_n for_o the_o law_n of_o work_n show_v nothing_o of_o mercy_n contrary_n to_o desert_n nor_o of_o any_o hope_n of_o recovery_n object_n but_o how_o can_v the_o mere_a light_n of_o nature_n discern_v gospel_n truth_n without_o a_o supernatural_a revelation_n answ_n the_o light_n of_o nature_n be_v either_o reason_n itself_o which_o be_v the_o soul_n visive_v faculty_n 2._o or_o the_o external_n light_n which_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n shine_v forth_o 3._o or_o the_o species_n and_o knowledge_n receive_v by_o reason_n through_o the_o mediation_n of_o this_o external_n light_n also_o supernatural_a revelation_n be_v 1._o either_o the_o rectitude_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o a_o recipient_a power_n or_o faculty_n which_o be_v natural_a to_o adam_n and_o may_v be_v call_v supernatural_a to_o we_o because_o it_o be_v not_o bear_v with_o we_o and_o because_o it_o be_v not_o wrought_v but_o by_o a_o supernatural_a efficient_a though_o it_o be_v most_o natural_a to_o we_o as_o a_o thing_n congruous_a to_o our_o nature_n welfare_n as_o health_n be_v to_o our_o body_n 2._o or_o it_o be_v the_o objective_n extrinsical_a revelation_n by_o a_o supernatural_a way_n and_o that_o either_o as_o distinct_a from_o that_o which_o shall_v have_v be_v according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o first_o law_n or_o from_o that_o which_o be_v ordinary_a by_o common_a cause_n though_o beyond_o the_o former_a 3._o last_o it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o actual_a efficient_a impress_v of_o the_o species_n on_o the_o intellect_n by_o a_o supernatural_a assist_v power_n on_o these_o distinction_n i_o answer_v 1._o natural_a reason_n or_o the_o 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not_o fall_v upon_o they_o these_o providence_n therefore_o be_v so_o far_o supernatural_a as_o be_v the_o clear_a effect_n of_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n which_o relax_v the_o obligation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n prop._n xi_o it_o be_v not_o proper_a or_o fit_a to_o say_v that_o the_o gospel_n be_v preach_v to_o these_o heathen_n that_o never_o hear_v of_o christ_n because_o that_o the_o word_n gospel_n most_o proper_o signify_v the_o main_a heart_n and_o substance_n of_o it_o viz_o the_o discovery_n of_o christ_n incarnation_n life_n death_n resurrection_n ascention_n dignity_n office_n and_o the_o full_a new_a covenant_n but_o yet_o it_o may_v true_o be_v say_v that_o some_o gospel_n truth_n and_o so_o some_o small_a part_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v reveal_v to_o these_o man_n viz._n the_o ten_o particular_n foremention_v no_o doubt_n paul_n preach_v part_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o the_o heathen_n at_o lystra_n act_v 14._o 7_o 15._o etc._n etc._n when_o he_o mention_v jesus_n 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man_n will_v not_o worship_n god_n nor_o seek_v to_o please_v he_o nor_o forbear_v sin_v but_o will_v hate_v god_n and_o live_v like_o devil_n and_o sin_n while_o they_o may_v without_o voluntary_a restraint_n all_o the_o sacrifice_n that_o the_o heathen_n offer_v and_o all_o their_o prayer_n and_o conscience_n of_o sin_v show_v that_o they_o apprehend_v god_n merciful_a and_o placable_a and_o their_o case_n remediable_a hope_n do_v keep_v up_o all_o that_o remnant_n of_o religion_n which_o all_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n have_v maintain_v which_o else_o have_v be_v extinguish_v long_o ago_o and_o earth_n be_v like_o hell_n prop._n xiii_o these_o heathen_n do_v all_o of_o they_o receive_v some_o grace_n which_o be_v purchase_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n and_o there_o be_v a_o natural_a aptitude_n in_o it_o as_o in_o other_o effect_n to_o lead_v the_o enquir_a to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o fountain_n caeteris_fw-la concurrentibus_fw-la grace_n be_v mercy_n 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that_o restriction_n be_v ex_fw-la parte_fw-la promulgantis_fw-la for_o want_n of_o publication_n but_o not_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la legem_fw-la ferentis_fw-la for_o want_n of_o enact_v a_o universal_a law_n the_o law_n exclude_v none_o in_o the_o tenor_n of_o it_o but_o command_v all_o to_o believe_v without_o exception_n 2._o the_o officer_n or_o herald_n of_o christ_n have_v authority_n to_o publish_v it_o to_o all_o the_o world_n 3._o christ_n have_v more_o law_n than_o the_o write_a or_o publish_v gospel_n in_o fullness_n the_o dispensation_n of_o all_o thing_n by_o providential_a disposal_n be_v christ_n law_n that_o be_v they_o be_v the_o sign_n and_o discovery_n of_o mercy_n and_o man_n duty_n they_o show_v the_o world_n 1._o that_o they_o be_v not_o leave_v under_o that_o helpless_a remediless_a case_n that_o they_o be_v in_o by_o the_o desert_n of_o their_o own_o sin_n for_o the_o rigid_a law_n of_o work_n never_o allow_v to_o they_o that_o have_v violate_v it_o and_o be_v 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believe_v in_o he_o see_v what_o twiss_n say_v against_o this_o answer_n in_o piscator_fw-la vindic._n de_fw-fr promise_v lib._n 2._o part_n 2._o sect._n 20._o page_n 475._o vol._n paru._n 1._o man_n be_v not_o suppose_v first_o to_o be_v believer_n and_o then_o christ_n to_o die_v for_o they_o nor_o have_v die_v at_o random_n without_o determine_v in_o quorum_fw-la loco_fw-la in_o who_o stead_n and_o leave_v it_o to_o their_o faith_n to_o determine_v afterward_o he_o have_v not_o say_v either_o if_o thou_o believe_v i_o will_v die_v for_o thou_o or_o if_o thou_o believe_v that_o death_n which_o i_o have_v undergo_v shall_v be_v tui_fw-la loco_fw-la in_o thy_o stead_n or_o for_o thy_o sin_n man_n sin_n be_v the_o loco_fw-la causae_fw-la meritoriae_fw-la of_o christ_n suffering_n it_o must_v be_v determine_v who_o sin_n he_o shall_v suffer_v for_o before_o he_o suffer_v for_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n be_v before_o the_o effect_n and_o therefore_o christ_n die_v for_o they_o before_o they_o be_v believer_n for_o else_o how_o do_v he_o procure_v they_o grace_n to_o believe_v not_o only_o davenant_n have_v well_o clear_v this_o in_o his_o dissert_v the_o redempt_n but_o twiss_n ubi_fw-la super_fw-la p._n 474._o can_v say_v neque_fw-la enim_fw-la huius_fw-la propositionis_fw-la veritas_fw-la christus_fw-la est_fw-la redemptor_n noster_n est_fw-la veritas_fw-la consequens_fw-la fidem_fw-la nostram_fw-la nec_fw-la ejus_fw-la falsitas_fw-la est_fw-la falsitas_fw-la consequens_fw-la infidelitatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la sed_fw-la antecedens_fw-la antecedens_fw-la inquam_fw-la natura_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la causae_fw-la moralis_fw-la nempe_fw-la meritoriae_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la causae_fw-la physicae_fw-la quod_fw-la eo_fw-la tantum_fw-la addo_fw-la quoniam_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la prius_fw-la natura_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la causae_fw-la physicae_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la posterius_fw-la tempore_fw-la eo_fw-la quo_fw-la prius_fw-la est_fw-la natura_fw-la at_o quod_fw-la est_fw-la prius_fw-la natura_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la causae_fw-la moralis_fw-la &_o meritoriae_fw-la presertim_fw-la ex_fw-la libera_fw-la dei_fw-la constitutione_n proficiscens_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la posterius_fw-la tempore_fw-la etiam_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la prius_fw-la naturâ_fw-la 2._o there_o must_v therefore_o be_v some_o former_a consideration_n of_o those_o for_o who_o christ_n die_v antecedent_n moraliter_fw-la to_o his_o death_n and_o that_o can_v be_v nothing_o but_o for_o sinner_n as_o such_o it_o be_v therefore_o for_o all_o sinner_n or_o only_o for_o some_o and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o those_o that_o contradict_v i_o be_v that_o it_o be_v not_o indeterminate_o for_o all_o that_o will_v believe_v but_o determinate_o to_o these_o particular_a elect_a person_n that_o they_o may_v believe_v for_o who_o christ_n satisfy_v now_o then_o according_a to_o this_o doctrine_n all_o man_n where_o the_o gospel_n be_v 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thy_o mercy_n and_o as_o thou_o have_v forgive_v this_o people_n from_o egypt_n even_o until_o now_o 20._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v i_o have_v pardon_v according_a to_o thy_o word_n deu._n 21._o 8._o psal_n 85._o 2._o isa_n 40._o 2._o so_o the_o example_n of_o ahab_n the_o ninevite_n etc._n etc._n show_v clear_o for_o that_o which_o god_n do_v in_o mercy_n in_o respect_n to_o their_o humiliation_n be_v some_o kind_n of_o remission_n 2._o and_o further_o i_o prove_v it_o as_o by_o these_o express_a text_n of_o scripture_n so_o by_o this_o scripture_n reason_n either_o god_n remit_v much_o of_o the_o temporal_a punishment_n or_o else_o he_o show_v they_o no_o mercy_n and_o consequent_o they_o be_v not_o behold_v to_o he_o nor_o owe_v he_o any_o thanks_o but_o god_n do_v show_v they_o mercy_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o that_o remit_v none_o of_o the_o punishment_n due_a show_v no_o mercy_n in_o this_o case_n and_o he_o that_o show_v mercy_n remit_v part_n of_o the_o punishment_n for_o 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enter_v into_o rest_n who_o yet_o by_o wilful_a unbelief_n may_v come_v short_a of_o it_o heb._n 4._o 1_o 2_o 3_o etc._n etc._n see_v 1_o cor._n 10._o to_o the_o 13_o god_n send_v jesus_n to_o bless_v the_o jew_n more_o than_o elect_a in_o turn_v every_o one_o of_o they_o from_o his_o iniquity_n act_v 3._o last_o the_o unthankful_a servant_n have_v his_o debt_n free_o pardon_v he_o and_o that_o be_v a_o mercy_n who_o after_o take_v his_o fellow_n by_o the_o throat_n and_o by_o ingratitude_n lose_v that_o pardon_n which_o he_o have_v it_o declare_v god_n tender_a mercy_n over_o all_o his_o work_n and_o such_o mercy_n as_o be_v to_o lead_v all_o man_n to_o repentance_n psal_n 145._o 9_o rom._n 2._o it_o be_v good_a tiding_n of_o great_a joy_n which_o shall_v be_v to_o all_o people_n act_v 2._o 10._o it_o free_o give_v to_o all_o the_o water_n of_o life_n if_o they_o refuse_v not_o the_o gift_n rev._n 22._o it_o be_v the_o gospel_n that_o bring_v salvation_n to_o all_o man_n tit._n 12._o 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for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o elect_a only_o as_o if_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o man_n have_v lie_v on_o he_o 11._o or_o else_o it_o dangerous_o extenuate_v and_o deny_v the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n as_o if_o he_o do_v not_o suffer_v as_o much_o as_o be_v due_a for_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o and_o it_o extenuate_v his_o love_n as_o if_o he_o take_v on_o he_o only_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o elect._n 12._o it_o either_o deny_v that_o any_o but_o the_o elect_n shall_v love_v christ_n or_o be_v thankful_a to_o he_o as_o their_o redeemer_n yea_o or_o any_o elect_n that_o have_v not_o the_o knowledge_n of_o their_o election_n and_o so_o shall_v not_o repent_v of_o the_o want_n of_o this_o love_n and_o thankfulness_n or_o else_o that_o they_o shall_v love_v he_o and_o be_v thankful_a for_o that_o which_o never_o be_v true_a and_o never_o be_v do_v for_o they_o or_o give_v they_o 13._o it_o make_v god_n to_o have_v inflict_v more_o on_o christ_n then_o be_v due_a even_o as_o much_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o elect_a only_o as_o be_v due_a for_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o the_o world_n 14._o it_o leave_v all_o the_o world_n elect_v as_o well_o as_o other_o without_o any_o ground_n and_o object_n for_o their_o first_o justify_v faith_n and_o in_o a_o utter_a uncertainty_n whether_o they_o may_v believe_v to_o justification_n or_o not_o 15._o it_o make_v the_o knowledge_n that_o we_o have_v justify_v faith_n to_o go_v before_o the_o have_v of_o that_o faith_n 16._o it_o deny_v the_o most_o necessary_a humble_v aggravation_n of_o man_n sin_n so_o that_o neither_o the_o minister_n can_v tell_v wicked_a man_n that_o they_o have_v sin_v against_o he_o that_o buy_v they_o nor_o can_v any_o wicked_a man_n so_o accuse_v himself_o no_o nor_o any_o man_n that_o do_v not_o know_v himself_o to_o be_v elect_a they_o can_v say_v my_o sin_n put_v christ_n to_o death_n and_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o suffering_n nay_o a_o minister_n can_v tell_v any_o man_n in_o the_o world_n certain_o thy_o sin_n put_v christ_n to_o death_n because_o he_o be_v not_o certain_a who_o be_v elect_a or_o sincere_a in_o the_o faith_n 17._o it_o subvert_v christ_n new_a dominion_n and_o government_n of_o the_o world_n and_o his_o general_a legislation_n and_o judgement_n according_a to_o his_o law_n which_o be_v now_o found_v in_o his_o title_n of_o redemption_n as_o the_o first_o dominion_n and_o government_n be_v on_o the_o title_n of_o creation_n 18._o it_o make_v all_o the_o benefit_n that_o the_o non-elect_a receive_v whether_o spiritual_a or_o corporal_a and_o so_o even_o the_o relaxation_n of_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n without_o which_o relaxation_n no_o man_n can_v have_v such_o mercy_n to_o befall_v man_n without_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n and_o so_o either_o make_v satisfaction_n as_o to_o all_o those_o mercy_n needless_a or_o else_o must_v find_v another_o satisfier_n 19_o it_o make_v the_o law_n of_o grace_n to_o contain_v far_o hard_a term_n than_o the_o law_n of_o work_n do_v in_o its_o utmost_a rigour_n 20._o it_o make_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n either_o to_o bind_v all_o the_o non-elect_a still_o to_o all_o ceremony_n and_o bondage-ordinance_n and_o so_o set_v up_o judaism_n or_o else_o to_o be_v abrogate_a and_o take_v down_o and_o man_n deliver_v from_o it_o without_o christ_n suffering_n for_o they_o 21._o it_o destroy_v almost_o the_o whole_a work_n of_o the_o ministry_n disable_n minister_n either_o to_o humble_a man_n by_o the_o chief_a aggravation_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o to_o convince_v they_o of_o ingratitude_n and_o unkind_a deal_n with_o christ_n or_o to_o show_v they_o any_o hope_n to_o draw_v they_o to_o repentance_n or_o any_o love_n and_o mercy_n tend_v to_o salvation_n to_o melt_v and_o win_v they_o to_o the_o love_n of_o christ_n or_o any_o sufficient_a object_n for_o their_o faith_n and_o affiance_n or_o any_o mean_n to_o be_v use_v for_o pardon_n or_o salvation_n or_o any_o promise_n to_o encourage_v they_o to_o come_v in_o or_o any_o threaten_n to_o deter_v they_o 22._o it_o make_v god_n and_o the_o redeemer_n to_o have_v do_v no_o more_o for_o the_o remedy_n of_o the_o misery_n of_o most_o of_o fall_a mankind_n then_o for_o the_o devil_n nor_o to_o have_v put_v they_o into_o any_o more_o possibility_n of_o pardon_n or_o salvation_n 23._o nay_o it_o make_v god_n to_o have_v deal_v far_o hardly_o with_o most_o man_n then_o with_o the_o devil_n make_v they_o a_o law_n which_o require_v their_o believe_v in_o one_o that_o never_o die_v for_o they_o and_o take_v he_o for_o their_o redeemer_n that_o never_o redeem_v they_o and_o that_o on_o the_o mere_a foresight_n that_o they_o will_v not_o believe_v it_o or_o decree_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o and_o so_o to_o create_v by_o that_o law_n a_o necessity_n of_o their_o far_a sore_a punishment_n without_o procure_v they_o any_o possibility_n of_o avoid_v it_o 24._o it_o make_v the_o gospel_n of_o its_o own_o nature_n to_o be_v the_o great_a plague_n 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