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ceremonial_a law_n rule_n particularity_n little_a considerable_a in_o appearance_n and_o history_n of_o enormous_a acts._n to_o understand_v the_o scripture_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o know_v what_o it_o say_v it_o be_v necessary_a also_o to_o know_v why_o it_o say_v it_o for_o the_o discourse_n thereof_o tend_v oftentimes_o to_o about_o the_o word_n express_v not_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o clear_a as_o the_o moral_a law_n the_o precept_n thereof_o be_v evident_a there_o be_v no_o man_n so_o brutish_a which_o understand_v not_o very_o well_o when_o it_o speak_v of_o honour_v father_n and_o mother_n of_o abstain_v from_o homicide_n from_o false_a witness_n etc._n etc._n notwithstanding_o saint_n paul_n say_v this_o law_n be_v cover_v with_o a_o veil_n and_o that_o the_o jew_n can_v not_o see_v moses_n face_n they_o do_v comprehend_v well_o the_o sense_n thereof_o but_o see_v not_o the_o aim_n thereof_o which_o seem_v to_o contradict_v eve_o the_o language_n and_o the_o 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