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1._o line_n 21._o for_o when_o justify_v r._n who_o be_v justify_v pag._n 165._o line_n 23._o in_o some_o copy_n for_o it_o be_v right_a r._n teach_v advertisement_n a_o compend_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n by_o walt._n cross_n m_o a._n sell_v by_o h._n barnard_n at_o the_o bible_n in_o the_o poultry_n price_n 6_o d._n romans_z iu_o 2._o for_o if_o abraham_n be_v justify_v by_o work_n he_o have_v whereof_o to_o glory_v but_o not_o before_o god_n the_o doctrine_n contain_v in_o this_o verse_n be_v of_o great_a moment_n and_o require_v our_o most_o earnest_a attention_n and_o most_o narrow_a search_n and_o enquiry_n into_o its_o nature_n and_o all_o its_o circumstance_n for_o it_o be_v how_o shall_v we_o be_v justify_v before_o god_n how_o shall_v we_o behave_v ourselves_o before_o such_o a_o awful_a tribunal_n when_o he_o rise_v up_o what_o shall_v i_o do_v and_o when_o he_o visit_v what_o shall_v i_o answer_v say_v holy_a job_n wherewith_o shall_v we_o come_v before_o the_o 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justify_v by_o without_o ground_n and_o danger_n of_o boast_v which_o be_v the_o law_n of_o faith_n all_o christian_n be_v general_o agree_v that_o this_o law_n be_v the_o evangelical_n law_n the_o law_n of_o chancery_n or_o equity_n but_o all_o be_v not_o agree_v about_o the_o nature_n and_o kind_a of_o that_o all_o agree_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o salvation_n or_o justification_n by_o the_o moral_a law_n in_o its_o full_a rigour_n require_v perfect_a personal_a and_o perpetual_a obedience_n require_v the_o righteousness_n of_o our_o person_n as_o well_o as_o our_o work_n since_o sin_n there_o must_v be_v some_o room_n for_o equity_n or_o none_o for_o hope_n there_o be_v a_o triple_a application_n of_o this_o equity_n some_o apply_v it_o to_o the_o sanction_n of_o the_o law_n some_o to_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o law_n and_o some_o to_o the_o person_n subject_a to_o the_o law_n the_o first_o be_v originisme_n say_v the_o equity_n lie_v in_o the_o mitigation_n of_o the_o 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willingness_n as_o well_o as_o a_o judgement_n augustine_n de_fw-fr spir._n &_o lib._n chap._n 31._o define_v it_o to_o be_v a_o power_n of_o do_v what_o we_o will_v and_o thus_o it_o do_v principal_o consist_v in_o the_o imperate_a act_n call_v free_a because_o they_o proceed_v from_o a_o free_a principle_n to_o will_n and_o to_o can_v be_v two_o different_a thing_n a_o man_n may_v will_v what_o he_o can_v and_o then_o the_o will_n have_v not_o this_o freedom_n the_o scripture_n seem_v to_o take_v it_o in_o this_o sense_n 1_o cor._n 7.37_o have_v no_o necessity_n but_o have_v power_n over_o his_o own_o will_n and_o have_v so_o decree_v in_o his_o heart_n by_o freedom_n from_o necessity_n there_o be_v mean_v a_o power_n to_o put_v his_o purpose_n in_o execution_n and_o so_o rom._n 7._o what_o i_o will_v that_o do_v i_o not_o the_o spirit_n be_v willing_a but_o the_o flesh_n be_v weak_a take_v liberty_n thus_o for_o a_o freedom_n from_o constraint_n or_o a_o power_n of_o do_v what_o 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