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compare_v with_o matth._n 13.48_o and_o thus_o in_o mark_n 6.5_o christ_n in_o his_o own_o country_n can_v do_v no_o mighty_a work_n there_o because_o of_o their_o unbelief_n their_o unbelief_n be_v so_o great_a that_o christ_n marvel_v at_o it_o and_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n hinder_v calvin_n upon_o the_o place_n say_v marcus_n negans_fw-la christum_fw-la potuisse_fw-la eorum_fw-la culpam_fw-la amplificat_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la impedita_fw-la fuit_fw-la ejus_fw-la bonitas_fw-la nam_fw-la certè_fw-la increduli_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la manum_fw-la suâ_fw-la contumaciâ_fw-la constringunt_fw-la non_fw-la quòd_fw-la deus_fw-la quasi_fw-la inferior_a vincatur_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la illi_fw-la non_fw-la permittant_fw-la virtutem_fw-la svam_fw-la exequi_fw-la mark_n deny_v that_o christ_n can_v do_v any_o mighty_a work_n there_o amplify_v their_o sin_n by_o who_o his_o goodness_n be_v hinder_v for_o certain_o the_o unbeliever_n as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o 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elect_n and_o according_o will_n give_v faith_n to_o apply_v it_o &_o not_o to_o the_o other_o now_o my_o five_o argument_n shall_v be_v by_o retortion_n of_o mr._n eyre_n first_o argument_n against_o mr._n woodbridge_n there_o be_v no_o such_o covenant_n do_v appear_v ergo_fw-la there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n this_o have_v be_v account_v a_o good_a argument_n among_o christian_n i_o may_v draw_v the_o like_a argument_n from_o scripture_n negative_o thus_o it_o be_v not_o where_o write_v that_o god_n accept_v the_o death_n of_o christ_n for_o unbeliever_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v justify_v antecedent_o unto_o faith_n ergo_fw-la there_o be_v no_o such_o will_n in_o god_n and_o consequent_o not_o in_o christ_n as_o for_o those_o scripture_n which_o mr._n eyre_n bring_v and_o set_v they_o upon_o the_o rack_n to_o force_v they_o to_o give_v evidence_n to_o his_o cause_n the_o reader_n may_v expect_v their_o answer_n in_o the_o aanaskevastical_a part_n of_o this_o discourse_n where_o 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learned_a wotton_n in_o answer_n to_o this_o objection_n say_v nos_fw-la unum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la cum_fw-la adamo_n &_o credentes_fw-la unum_fw-la esse_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o si_fw-la utrumque_fw-la verè_fw-la dici_fw-la possit_fw-la tamen_fw-la alio_fw-la atque_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la haec_fw-la vera_fw-la essâ—_n intelliguntur_fw-la unum_fw-la suimus_fw-la cum_fw-la adamo_n originaliter_fw-la &_o liceat_fw-la enim_fw-la his_fw-la verbis_fw-la uti_fw-la seminaliter_fw-la ut_fw-la arbour_n ejúsque_fw-la omnes_fw-la rami_fw-la in_o glande_n aut_fw-la alio_fw-la quovis_fw-la semine_fw-la inesse_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la non_fw-la minùs_fw-la verè_fw-la in_o adamo_n peccâsse_n quà m_fw-la levi_n apud_fw-la apostolum_n heb._n 7.9_o decimatus_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o abrahamo_fw-la affirmatur_fw-la jam_fw-la verò_fw-la longè_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la esse_fw-la censemur_fw-la non_fw-la naturâ_fw-la aut_fw-la proprie_fw-la sed_fw-la improprie_fw-la &_o per_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la quandam_fw-la praeterea_fw-la semper_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la creatus_fw-la est_fw-la adamus_n unum_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la &_o in_o illo_fw-la fuisse_fw-la deprehendimur_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la etiam_fw-la quodam_fw-la modo_fw-la peccare_fw-la potuerimus_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la conjunctione_n sive_fw-la union_n affi_n mari_fw-fr non_fw-la pâ—test_fw-la uniri_fw-la enim_fw-la nos_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la illo_fw-la conjungi_fw-la oportet_fw-la priusquam_fw-la unum_fw-la esse_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la possimus_fw-la existimari_fw-la wh_o ch_n for_o the_o reader_n sake_n i_o will_v english_a although_o it_o may_v be_v true_o say_v that_o we_o be_v one_o with_o adam_n and_o believer_n be_v one_o with_o christ_n yet_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o a_o different_a manner_n we_o be_v one_o with_o adam_n and_o in_o he_o natural_o original_o and_o let_v it_o be_v lawful_a to_o use_v these_o word_n seminal_o as_o a_o tree_n and_o all_o his_o branch_n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d or_o in_o any_o other_o seed_n by_o this_o reason_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o we_o know_v that_o we_o sin_v no_o less_o in_o adam_n than_o levi_n by_o the_o apostle_n be_v say_v heb._n 7.9_o to_o have_v pay_v tithe_n in_o abraham_n but_o now_o we_o be_v repute_v to_o be_v in_o christ_n in_o a_o far_o different_a manner_n not_o by_o nature_n or_o proper_o but_o improper_o and_o by_o a_o certain_a similitude_n moreover_o from_o the_o time_n that_o adam_n be_v create_v we_o be_v always_o one_o with_o he_o and_o in_o he_o that_o with_o he_o we_o may_v be_v say_v after_o a_o sort_n to_o have_v sin_v which_o can_v be_v affirm_v concern_v our_o conjunction_n with_o or_o union_n to_o christ_n for_o it_o behove_v we_o to_o be_v join_v and_o unite_v to_o christ_n before_o we_o can_v be_v esteem_v to_o be_v one_o with_o he_o and_o he_o add_v quare_fw-la tum_fw-la primùm_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la esse_fw-la incipimus_fw-la quum_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la credimus_fw-la wherefore_o we_o than_o first_o begin_v to_o be_v in_o christ_n when_o we_o believe_v in_o he_o and_o let_v i_o add_v that_o there_o be_v many_o different_a consideration_n and_o circumstance_n between_o the_o bring_n in_o of_o salvation_n by_o the_o one_o and_o condemnation_n by_o the_o other_o and_o the_o apostle_n give_v instance_n in_o rom._n 5.15_o 16._o and_o beside_o these_o there_o be_v many_o other_o i_o shall_v think_v fit_a to_o add_v but_o one_o 17._o vide_fw-la john_n goodwin_n treat_n justifica_fw-la part_n 2._o pag._n 17._o take_v nootice_n of_o by_o master_n john_n goodwin_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o justification_n and_o in_o hâ—s_a word_n the_o sin_n of_o adam_n by_o which_o he_o bring_v condemnation_n upon_o the_o world_n be_v as_o well_o the_o act_n of_o all_o his_o posterity_n as_o his_o own_o in_o which_o respect_n they_o may_v as_o true_o be_v say_v to_o have_v bring_v condemnation_n upon_o themselves_o as_o adam_n but_o the_o obedience_n by_o which_o christ_n bring_v salvation_n into_o the_o world_n can_v with_o no_o propriety_n of_o speech_n nor_o with_o any_o consistence_n with_o truth_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v they_o or_o perform_v by_o they_o who_o be_v save_v by_o it_o so_o that_o these_o can_v now_o be_v say_v with_o any_o more_o truth_n to_o have_v save_v themselves_o then_o if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v save_v at_o all_o it_o be_v say_v indeed_o that_o god_n be_v in_o christ_n reconcile_n the_o world_n unto_o himself_o 2_o cor._n 5.19_o but_o it_o be_v not_o where_o say_v that_o the_o world_n be_v in_o christ_n reconcile_n itself_o to_o god_n let_v no_o man_n blame_v i_o for_o his_o authority_n fas_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la host_n doceri_fw-la and_o the_o ground_n of_o mr._n eyre_n mistake_n if_o it_o be_v not_o wilful_a be_v that_o he_o think_v the_o apostle_n do_v compare_v the_o disobedience_n of_o adam_n and_o the_o obedience_n of_o christ_n as_o cause_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n which_o produce_v their_o effect_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n which_o be_v not_o the_o intent_n of_o the_o apostle_n but_o to_o show_v that_o christ_n death_n be_v no_o less_o efficacious_a unto_o justification_n to_o they_o that_o be_v he_o one_o with_o he_o than_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n be_v to_o condemnation_n to_o they_o that_o be_v in_o he_o but_o not_o to_o show_v that_o we_o be_v in_o christ_n as_o we_o be_v in_o 149_o in_o câ—nfertur_fw-la autem_fw-la a_o la_fw-fr nus_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o re_fw-la simili_fw-la cùm_fw-la in_o contrariâ_fw-la siwiles_fw-la enim_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la uterque_fw-la quod_fw-la suum_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la communicate_v say_v in_o eo_fw-la planè_fw-la dissimiles_fw-la quòd_fw-la ille_fw-la pecatum_fw-la in_o suos_fw-la naturâ_fw-la derivat_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la christus_fw-la verò_fw-la svam_fw-la justitiam_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la communicate_v per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la beza_n large_a ann._n on_o rom._n 5.12_o wotton_n de_fw-mi recon_fw-mi peccat_fw-la par_fw-fr 2._o l._n 1._o c._n 9_o p._n 149_o adam_n that_o as_o we_o be_v in_o adam_n antecedent_o to_o our_o be_v that_o so_o the_o elect_n be_v in_o christ_n antecedent_o to_o their_o birth_n and_o faith_n for_o as_o in_o the_o next_o argument_n that_o i_o shall_v vindicate_v i_o shall_v show_v that_o we_o be_v not_o unite_v to_o christ_n until_o faith_n and_o the_o very_a same_o answer_n do_v wotton_n give_v to_o hemingius_n who_o word_n be_v these_o quod_fw-la ad_fw-la assumptionem_fw-la attinet_fw-la sumet_fw-la ille_fw-la pro_fw-la concesso_fw-la apostolum_n adami_n inobedientiam_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la generis_fw-la causas_fw-la comparare_fw-la quae_fw-la eodem_fw-la plane_n modo_fw-la effecta_fw-la sva_fw-la producant_fw-la at_o verò_fw-la id_fw-la potiùs_fw-la agere_fw-la videtur_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ut_fw-la christi_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la non_fw-la minùs_fw-la ad_fw-la justificationem_fw-la valere_fw-la quà m_fw-la adami_n in_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la ad_fw-la condemnationem_fw-la imò_fw-la christi_fw-la justitiam_fw-la majorem_fw-la
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