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delivery_n of_o the_o law_n pag._n 147._o 148._o 149._o etc._n etc._n three_o observation_n concern_v the_o preparation_n to_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o law_n p._n 148_o whether_o the_o law_n as_o give_v by_o moses_n do_v belong_v to_o we_o christian_n p._n 157._o prove_v p._n 159._o objection_n answer_v p._n 163_o though_o the_o law_n as_o give_v by_o moses_n do_v not_o belong_v to_o christian_n yet_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o antinomian_o hold_v not_o page_n 156_o christ_n in_o the_o gospel_n only_o interpret_v the_o old_a law_n and_o do_v not_o add_v new_a prove_v by_o four_o reason_n p._n 169._o 170_o the_o law_n be_v spiritual_a in_o the_o old_a testament_n as_o in_o the_o new_a prove_v by_o eight_o instance_n p._n 171._o 172._o etc._n etc._n the_o law_n may_v be_v instrumental_a to_o work_v sanctification_n and_o conversion_n page_n 187._o 3._o caution_n about_o it_o ib._n &_o 188._o prove_v by_o six_o reason_n p._n 191._o &_o 192._o objection_n answer_v p._n 193_o the_o 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perturbation_n p._n 151_o the_o opinion_n of_o souls-mortality_n confute_v p._n 108._o 109_o adam_n be_v under_o the_o moral_a law_n in_o innocency_n p._n 61_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o word_n moral_a p._n 140_o moral_a law_n bind_v two_o way_n p._n 158_o that_o the_o moral_a law_n perpetual_o continue_v a_o rule_n and_o law_n prove_v by_o four_o reason_n p._n 212._o 213_o objection_n against_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n answer_v p._n 214_o moral_a law_n have_v christ_n for_o the_o end_n of_o it_o may_v be_v consider_v two_o way_n p._n 256_o marcionite_n and_o manichee_n the_o first_o heretic_n that_o oppose_v the_o law_n p._n 265_o n_n what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o word_n nature_n in_o scripture_n p._n 58_o there_o be_v a_o law_n of_o nature_n write_v in_o man_n heart_n ibid._n wherein_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n consist_v p._n 59_o four_o bound_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n p._n 62_o light_n of_o nature_n consider_v in_o a_o threefold_a respect_n p._n 65._o 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prove_v by_o four_o reason_n ibid._n all_o work_n of_o mere_a nature_n be_v sin_n before_o god_n prove_v by_o four_o reason_n p._n 90_o the_o etymology_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 59_o o_o corrupt_a gloss_n of_o the_o pharisee_n concern_v oath_n reprove_v p._n 178_o promissory_a oath_n dangerous_a ibidem_fw-la the_o obedience_n of_o the_o saint_n imply_v obedientiam_fw-la servi_fw-la though_o not_o obedientiam_fw-la servilem_fw-la p._n 13_o christ_n active_a obedience_n to_o the_o law_n impute_v to_o believer_n p._n 261_o the_o obligation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v from_o god_n p._n 62_o god_n promise_n be_v obligation_n to_o himself_o not_o to_o we_o p._n 123_o why_o the_o old_a covenant_n be_v call_v old_a p._n 231_o how_o a_o opinion_n may_v corrupt_v the_o life_n p._n 47_o whether_o original_a sin_n may_v be_v find_v out_o by_o the_o mere_a light_n of_o nature_n p._n 79_o p_o palemon_n convert_v from_o his_o drunkenness_n by_o plato_n lecture_n 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