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and_o confirmer_n of_o it_o he_o be_v the_o angel_n or_o messenger_n of_o it_o he_o be_v not_o the_o covenant_n then_o in_o propriety_n of_o speech_n that_o be_v a_o figment_n as_o ridiculous_a and_o contradictious_a as_o transubstantiation_n but_o he_o be_v the_o covenant_n by_o a_o figure_n call_v metonymy_a and_o that_o justin_n so_o mean_v be_v plain_a because_o when_o he_o speak_v proper_o without_o a_o figure_n he_o call_v christ_n passim_fw-la christ_n justin_n ibid._n pag._n 229_o 231._o &_o passim_fw-la the_o new_a lawgiver_n as_o be_v show_v in_o the_o apology_n pag._n 24._o and_o call_v the_o covenant_n his_o law_n and_o covenant_n and_o so_o manifest_o distinguish_v the_o law_n and_o covenant_n from_o he_o it_o be_v therefore_o the_o new_a covenant_n itself_o which_o justin_n proper_o call_v the_o new_a law_n the_o mandate_n the_o precept_n and_o say_v that_o 228._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d justin_n mart._n ibid._n pag._n 228._o after_o the_o say_a covenant_n there_o be_v no_o law_n nor_o precept_n nor_o commandment_n by_o which_o word_n he_o give_v we_o plain_o to_o understand_v that_o the_o gospel-covenant_n or_o testament_n be_v the_o last_o law_n precept_n and_o commandment_n after_o which_o god_n give_v no_o other_o to_o the_o son_n of_o men._n much_o more_o i_o can_v allege_v out_o of_o justin_n martyr_n to_o prove_v that_o he_o believe_v that_o the_o new_a covenant_n or_o law_n of_o grace_n have_v precept_n and_o require_v duty_n but_o that_o may_v be_v do_v another_o time_n as_o i_o see_v occasion_n at_o present_a i_o need_v not_o desire_v any_o more_o of_o my_o first_o witness_n my_o second_o witness_n be_v irenaeus_n who_o say_v 21._o say_v pater_fw-la familias_fw-la dominus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la universae_fw-la domni_fw-la paternae_fw-la dominatur_fw-la seruis_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o adhuc_fw-la
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as_o put_v forth_o his_o finger_n to_o help_v they_o i_o say_v this_o be_v false_a because_o 1._o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o scripture_n which_o say_v that_o god_n spirit_n shall_v not_o always_o strive_v with_o such_o man_n gen._n 6.3_o according_a to_o our_o translation_n and_o that_o plain_o imply_v that_o for_o a_o time_n god_n spirit_n do_v strive_v with_o they_o and_o i_o suppose_v it_o will_v not_o be_v say_v that_o god_n spirit_n strive_v with_o they_o to_o hinder_v they_o but_o rather_o to_o help_v they_o so_o in_o prov._n 1.23_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n say_v to_o such_o man_n turn_v you_o at_o my_o reproof_n behold_v i_o will_v pour_v out_o my_o spirit_n unto_o you_o and_o i_o will_v make_v know_v my_o word_n unto_o you_o here_o be_v not_o only_o a_o command_n to_o turn_v unto_o god_n but_o a_o promise_n also_o of_o some_o help_n to_o enable_v they_o to_o turn_v and_o then_o it_o follow_v immediate_o in_o the_o 24._o verse_n because_o i_o have_v call_v and_o you_o refuse_v i_o have_v stretch_v out_o my_o hand_n and_o no_o man_n regard_v etc._n etc._n in_o which_o word_n the_o lord_n himself_o say_v that_o he_o stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n to_o such_o man_n but_o master_n goodwin_n say_v that_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o put_v out_o his_o finger_n to_o help_v they_o for_o he_o compare_v the_o lord_n in_o this_o matter_n to_o a_o merciless_a man_n who_o offer_v food_n to_o a_o poor_a wretch_n starve_v in_o a_o dungeon_n with_o all_o his_o limb_n break_v on_o condition_n that_o he_o â—ome_v up_o and_o receive_v it_o and_o yet_o he_o refuse_v to_o put_v forth_o a_o finger_n to_o give_v he_o the_o least_o list_n thus_o mr._n g._n represent_v god_n to_o the_o world_n upon_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o calvinist_n whereas_o god_n in_o
what_o grotius_n have_v write_v that_o prima_fw-la remissio_fw-la unde_fw-la caeterae_fw-la ortum_fw-la habent_fw-la nullam_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la requirit_fw-la conditionem_fw-la the_o first_o remission_n of_o sin_n from_o which_o the_o rest_n flow_v require_v no_o condition_n in_o we_o he_o answer_v thus_o 8â—_n thus_o ad_fw-la primam_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la non_fw-la requiri_fw-la conditionem_fw-la verum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la remittitur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la adulto_fw-la nisi_fw-la poenitententi_fw-la et_fw-la credenti_fw-la andr._n rivet_n animadvers_fw-la in_o notas_fw-la h._n grotii_fw-la in_o cass_n p._n 38._o lin_v 9.10.11_o edit_fw-la in_o 8â—_n it_o be_v not_o true_a that_o no_o condition_n be_v require_v in_o order_n to_o obtain_v the_o first_o remission_n of_o sin_n for_o sin_n be_v not_o remit_v to_o a_o grow_a person_n unless_o he_o repent_v and_o believe_v and_o when_o grotius_n in_o his_o animadversion_n again_o on_o rivet_n 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