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mention_v in_o scripture_n crellius_n his_o evasion_n answer_v the_o objection_n from_o god_n be_v reconcile_v in_o the_o send_n 〈◊〉_d son_n and_o the_o inconsistency_n of_o the_o freeness_n 〈◊〉_d grace_n with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o satisfaction_n aâ—_n swer_v and_o the_o whole_a conclude_v p._n 50â—_n errata_fw-la page_n 13._o marg_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 191_o l._n 4._o blot_n out_o afâ—…_n to_o p._n 260._o l._n 23._o for_o make_v p._n 295._o l._n 21._o for_o intemperace_n r._n inteâ—…_n pâ—â—ance_n p._n 302._o marg_n r._n cod._n leg._n antiq_n p._n 303._o l._n 23._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 311._o l._n 11._o r._n respect_n p._n 313._o l._n 5._o r._n future_a p._n 341._o l._n 13._o for_o 〈◊〉_d sin_n r._n of_o p._n 347._o l._n 3._o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 349._o l._n 19_o for_o expressâ—…_n r._n oppression_n p._n 362._o l._n 15._o for_o by_o r._n upon_o p._n 374._o l._n 22._o blot_n out_o 〈◊〉_d p._n 375._o l._n 3._o after_o express_v insert_v in_o p._n 427._o l._n 19_o after_o must_v insert_v bâ—…_n p._n 469._o l._n 13._o for_o appeal_n r._n appease_v p._n 474._o l._n 22_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 513._o marg_n for_o placendi_fw-la r._n placandi_fw-la a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o honourable_a house_n of_o commons_z at_o st._n margaret_n westminster_n octob._n 10._o 1666._o be_v the_o fastday_n appoint_v for_o the_o late_a dreadful_a fire_n in_o the_o city_n of_o london_n by_o edward_n stillingfleet_n b._n d._n rector_n of_o st._n andrews_n holborn_n and_o one_o of_o his_o majesty_n chaplain_n in_o ordinary_a publish_a by_o order_n of_o the_o say_a house_n the_o four_o edition_n london_n print_v by_o robert_n white_a for_o henry_n mortlock_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o white_a hart_n in_o westminster_n hall_n 1669._o amos_n 4._o 11._o i_o 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which_o i_o answer_v 1._o that_o this_o do_v not_o prove_v what_o he_o design_n viz._n that_o punishment_n do_v belong_v to_o the_o injure_a person_n in_o a_o state_n of_o nature_n beyond_o bare_a restitution_n but_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o man_n shall_v not_o continue_v in_o such_o a_o state_n that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v vindicate_v from_o that_o contempt_n and_o other_o compel_v to_o restitution_n both_o which_o as_o they_o be_v punishment_n be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o offend_a party_n as_o such_o but_o show_v that_o it_o be_v very_o reasonable_a there_o shall_v be_v law_n and_o governor_n that_o private_a person_n may_v be_v preserve_v in_o their_o just_a right_n and_o offender_n punish_v for_o the_o vindication_n not_o only_o of_o their_o honour_n but_o of_o the_o law_n too_o and_o law_n be_v establish_v the_o injure_a person_n have_v right_a to_o no_o more_o than_o the_o compensation_n of_o his_o loss_n for_o that_o be_v force_v upon_o the_o offend_a 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the_o injury_n be_v to_o be_v measure_v as_o crellius_n assert_n 174._o from_o the_o worth_n and_o value_n of_o the_o thing_n from_o the_o dignity_n and_o honour_n of_o the_o person_n from_o the_o displicency_n of_o the_o fact_n to_o he_o which_o he_o make_v the_o measure_n of_o punishment_n this_o make_v it_o still_o far_o more_o reasonable_a that_o god_n shall_v have_v satisfaction_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n than_o that_o man_n shall_v have_v for_o the_o injury_n do_v they_o by_o one_o another_o especial_o consider_v what_o the_o same_o author_n do_v assert_v afterward_o that_o it_o be_v sometime_o repugnant_a to_o 198._o justice_n for_o one_o to_o part_v with_o his_o own_o right_n in_o case_n of_o injury_n and_o that_o either_o from_o the_o nature_n and_o circumstance_n of_o the_o thing_n themselves_o or_o a_o decree_n or_o determination_n to_o the_o contrary_a for_o the_o first_o he_o instance_v in_o case_n of_o notorious_a defamation_n in_o which_o he_o say_v it_o be_v a_o dishonest_a and_o unlawful_a thing_n for_o a_o man_n not_o to_o make_v use_n of_o his_o own_o right_n for_o his_o vindication_n and_o for_o the_o other_o in_o case_n of_o great_a obstinacy_n and_o malice_n by_o both_o which_o it_o be_v most_o apparent_a that_o crellius_n put_v a_o mighty_a difference_n between_o the_o nature_n of_o debt_n and_o punishment_n since_o in_o all_o case_n he_o allow_v it_o lawful_a for_o a_o person_n free_a to_o remit_v his_o debt_n but_o in_o some_o case_n he_o make_v it_o utter_o unlawful_a for_o a_o person_n not_o to_o make_v use_n of_o his_o right_n for_o punishment_n and_o withal_o if_o a_o private_a person_n may_v not_o part_v with_o his_o own_o right_n in_o such_o case_n how_o unreasonable_a be_v it_o not_o to_o assert_v the_o same_o of_o the_o great_a governor_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o necessity_n for_o he_o upon_o supposition_n of_o the_o contempt_n of_o himself_o and_o his_o law_n to_o vindicate_v himself_o and_o 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land_n but_o can_v crellius_n think_v that_o any_o thing_n else_o can_v have_v be_v imagine_v set_v aside_o a_o total_a destruction_n a_o great_a instance_n of_o god_n severity_n than_o that_o be_v to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n all_o their_o circumstance_n be_v consider_v be_v it_o not_o say_v that_o god_n do_v swear_v in_o his_o wrath_n they_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o his_o 11._o rest_n sure_o then_o the_o debar_v they_o so_o long_o of_o that_o rest_n be_v a_o instance_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o so_o according_a to_o his_o own_o principle_n must_v have_v something_o of_o vindicta_n in_o it_o and_o therefore_o be_v a_o proper_a punishment_n the_o truth_n be_v our_o adversary_n allow_v themselves_o in_o speak_v thing_n most_o repugnant_a to_o humane_a nature_n in_o this_o matter_n of_o punishment_n that_o they_o may_v justify_v their_o own_o hypothesis_n for_o a_o whole_a nation_n to_o be_v for_o forty_o year_n debar_v from_o the_o great_a blessing_n be_v ever_o promise_v they_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o will_v no_o more_o receive_v such_o displeasure_n against_o the_o earth_n so_o that_o the_o first_o time_n ever_o this_o expression_n be_v use_v it_o be_v take_v in_o the_o proper_a sense_n of_o a_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n and_o by_o that_o the_o second_o enquiry_n may_v be_v easy_o resolve_v viz._n what_o kind_n of_o sacrifice_n sacrifice_n it_o do_v belong_v to_o which_o we_o see_v in_o the_o first_o place_n be_v to_o expiatory_a which_o crellius_n deny_v by_o a_o great_a mistake_n of_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o phrase_n and_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o offering_n concern_v which_o this_o expression_n be_v most_o use_v viz._n holocau_v as_o though_o those_o be_v not_o expiatory_a sacrifice_n but_o if_o we_o can_v make_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o holocau_v be_v expiatory_a sacrifice_n than_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o this_o phrase_n do_v most_o proper_o agree_v to_o a_o sacrifice_n design_v for_o expiation_n but_o crellius_n here_o speak_v 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shall_v exclude_v they_o from_o it_o â—…t_v the_o only_a reason_n give_v by_o he_o be_v beâ—…se_v they_o be_v distinguish_v from_o sacrifice_n for_o 〈◊〉_d as_o though_o no_o sacrifice_n be_v of_o a_o â—…piatory_a nature_n but_o they_o and_o then_o the_o â—…spass-offerings_n must_v be_v exclude_v too_o for_o â—…ey_n be_v distinguish_v from_o sin-offering_n as_o â—…ell_v as_o the_o other_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o â—…s_n in_o the_o reason_n of_o their_o own_o custom_n â—â—th_v be_v a_o occasion_n of_o great_a mistake_n â—â—ong_v christian_n concern_v the_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d they_o when_o they_o judge_v of_o they_o according_a to_o the_o blind_a or_o uncertain_a conjecture_n â—hich_v they_o make_v concern_v they_o so_o that_o â—â—e_z text_n be_v ofttimes_o far_o clear_a than_o their_o commentary_n be_v set_v aside_o then_o the_o â—â—tricate_a and_o unsatisfactory_a nicety_n of_o the_o â—ewish_a writer_n about_o the_o several_a reason_n â—f_o the_o burnt-offering_n and_o sin_n and_o 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