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scripture_n call_v his_o anger_n when_o it_o do_v more_o fierce_o ex_fw-la candescere_fw-la or_o sparkle_v out_o it_o be_v call_v his_o wrath._n the_o same_o justice_n when_o it_o pronounce_v sentence_n be_v call_v his_o judgement_n when_o it_o be_v bring_v to_o execution_n it_o be_v call_v his_o vengeance_n all_o direct_v against_o evil._n thus_o we_o see_v the_o truth_n to_o have_v a_o innate_a proof_n shine_v with_o its_o own_o beam_n and_o by_o this_o it_o shall_v prevail_v over_o man_n mind_n vanquish_v unbelief_n and_o chase_n away_o the_o cloud_n of_o error_n but_o second_o for_o argument_n though_o the_o scripture_n like_o the_o sunbeam_n be_v their_o own_o discovery_n yet_o one_o may_v contract_v they_o into_o three_o glass_n wherein_o we_o may_v take_v a_o clear_a view_n of_o they_o and_o perceive_v a_o warm_a influence_n from_o they_o fall_v on_o our_o mind_n and_o heart_n the_o argument_n ground_v on_o the_o former_a authority_n be_v these_o follow_v viz._n 1._o god_n be_v agens_fw-la liberrimum_fw-la a_o debtor_n to_o none_o bind_v to_o no_o law_n because_o none_o be_v ever_o give_v to_o he_o therefore_o he_o can_v offend_v in_o distributive_a justice_n matth._n 20.15_o be_v it_o not_o lawful_a for_o i_o to_o do_v with_o my_o own_o as_o i_o will_n rom._n 9.21_o have_v not_o the_o potter_n power_n over_o the_o clay_n to_o make_v one_o vessel_n to_o honour_n and_o another_o to_o dishonour_v i._n e._n he_o may_v lawful_o he_o have_v full_a authority_n so_o to_o do_v that_o be_v the_o meaning_n and_o so_o run_v that_o expression_n in_o the_o hebrew_n text._n jer._n 18.16_o can_v i_o do_v as_o this_o potter_n and_o gen._n 34.14_o we_o can_v do_v this_o thing_n i._n e._n we_o may_v not_o do_v it_o it_o be_v unmeet_a unlawful_a for_o we_o to_o do_v now_o this_o god_n can_v do_v it_o be_v lawful_a by_o right_o he_o may_v however_o by_o this_o award_v paribus_fw-la imparia_fw-la unlike_o proportion_n to_o man_n of_o like_a condition_n consider_v in_o the_o 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