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this_o day_n viz._n in_o manifest_v our_o obedience_n to_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n as_o before_o to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n not_o as_o i_o say_v even_o now_o in_o the_o same_o circumstantial_a manner_n but_o in_o another_o equivalent_a to_o it_o viz._n in_o repentance_n faith_n love_n and_o new_a obedience_n without_o which_o no_o salvation_n and_o in_o truth_n when_o i_o serious_o consider_v the_o law_n and_o gospel_n i_o find_v the_o law_n to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o gospel_n foretell_v and_o the_o gospel_n nothing_o else_o but_o the_o law_n fulfil_v where_o lie_v now_o the_o disannul_n of_o the_o commandment_n except_o in_o the_o sense_n before_o mention_v for_o as_o to_o the_o total_a annihilate_v disannul_v or_o destroy_v the_o law_n our_o saviour_n disclaim_v it_o in_o his_o own_o word_n i_o come_v not_o to_o destroy_v but_o to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n matth_n 5.17_o and_o the_o apostle_n paul_n have_v speak_v large_o to_o these_o forementioned_a distinction_n lest_o 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