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condemn_v and_o accuse_v as_o when_o the_o apostle_n say_v against_o such_o there_o be_v no_o law_n here_o he_o speak_v as_o if_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o a_o law_n but_o condemnation_n whereas_o we_o may_v say_v a_o law_n be_v for_o a_o thing_n by_o way_n of_o direction_n and_o prescription_n as_o well_o as_o against_o a_o thing_n by_o accusation_n or_o second_o the_o word_n law_n be_v put_v for_o the_o ministry_n of_o moses_n which_o dispensation_n be_v far_o inferior_a unto_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o apostle_n do_v much_o use_n it_o in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o galatian_n and_o in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n so_o that_o here_o be_v a_o continual_a mistake_n when_o the_o antinomian_o heap_v place_n upon_o place_n which_o seem_v to_o abolish_v the_o law_n and_o do_v not_o first_o declare_v what_o law_n and_o in_o what_o sense_n those_o place_n be_v to_o be_v expound_v 3._o consider_v these_o phrase_n of_o the_o law_n without_o the_o law_n explain_v under_o the_o law_n and_o in_o the_o law_n without_o the_o law_n be_v two_o way_n first_o he_o be_v without_o the_o law_n that_o be_v without_o the_o knowledge_n and_o understanding_n of_o it_o thus_o the_o gentile_n be_v without_o the_o law_n and_o second_o without_o the_o law_n that_o be_v without_o the_o sense_n and_o experience_n of_o the_o accuse_v and_o terrify_v power_n of_o the_o law_n and_o thus_o paul_n rom._n 7._o say_v when_o the_o law_n come_v he_o die_v now_o the_o godly_a though_o they_o be_v deny_v to_o be_v under_o the_o law_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o say_v to_o be_v without_o the_o law_n for_o if_o the_o moral_a law_n be_v no_o more_o oblige_v believer_n now_o than_o it_o be_v heathen_n or_o gentile_n before_o they_o ever_o hear_v of_o it_o both_o in_o respect_n of_o knowledge_n and_o observation_n of_o it_o than_o may_v believer_n be_v say_v to_o be_v without_o the_o law_n and_o to_o this_o without_o the_o law_n be_v oppose_v in_o the_o 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of_o christ_n make_v we_o to_o repent_v of_o sin_n and_o all_o the_o love_n he_o show_v therein_o do_v not_o godly_a minister_n to_o work_v people_n into_o a_o hatred_n of_o sin_n tell_v they_o the_o price_n of_o blood_n be_v in_o every_o sin_n commit_v be_v it_o not_o say_v that_o they_o shall_v look_v upon_o he_o who_o they_o have_v pierce_v and_o mourn_v for_o their_o sin_n i_o answer_v all_o this_o be_v true_a but_o then_o these_o thing_n work_v by_o way_n of_o a_o object_n not_o as_o a_o command_n and_o it_o be_v from_o the_o law_n that_o we_o shall_v show_v ourselves_o kind_a unto_o he_o who_o love_v we_o unto_o death_n so_o that_o the_o object_n be_v indeed_o from_o the_o gospel_n but_o the_o command_n to_o be_v affect_v with_o his_o death_n because_o of_o his_o kindness_n therein_o manifest_v do_v arise_v from_o god_n law_n let_v therefore_o those_o who_o say_v that_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n will_v humble_v man_n and_o break_v their_o heart_n for_o their_o sin_n 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argument_n p._n 86_o nature_n can_v dispose_v or_o prepare_v a_o man_n self_n for_o justification_n or_o sanctification_n p._n 87._o prove_v by_o four_o reason_n p._n 87._o 88_o all_o work_n of_o mere_a nature_n be_v sin_n before_o god_n prove_v by_o four_o reason_n p._n 92_o the_o etymology_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 60_o o._n corrupt_a gloss_n of_o the_o pharisee_n concern_v oath_n reprove_v p._n 187_o promissory_a oath_n dangerous_a p._n 186_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o saint_n imply_v obedientiam_fw-la servi_fw-la though_o not_o obedientiam_fw-la servilem_fw-la p._n 14_o christ_n active_a obedience_n to_o the_o law_n impute_v to_o believer_n p._n 271_o the_o obligation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v from_o god_n p._n 64_o god_n promise_n be_v obligation_n to_o himself_o not_o to_o we_o p._n 127_o why_o the_o old_a covenant_n be_v call_v old_a p._n 241_o how_o a_o opinion_n may_v corrupt_v the_o life_n p._n 49_o whether_o original_a sin_n may_v be_v find_v out_o by_o the_o mere_a light_n of_o nature_n p._n 82_o p._n palemon_n convert_v from_o his_o drunkenness_n by_o plato_n lecture_n which_o he_o come_v to_o deride_v p._n 70_o papist_n make_v three_o false_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o law_n and_o the_o gospel_n p._n 243_o paul_n and_o james_n reconcile_v in_o the_o point_n of_o justification_n p._n 44_o the_o perpetuity_n of_o the_o obligation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n p._n 64_o a_o distinction_n of_o a_o threefold_a piety_n confute_v p._n 80_o the_o law_n of_o god_n by_o moses_n be_v so_o perfect_a a_o rule_n that_o christ_n add_v no_o new_a precept_n to_o it_o p._n 179_o different_a phrase_n use_v concern_v the_o ceremonial_a law_n which_o be_v never_o apply_v to_o the_o moral_a law_n p._n 2â—0_n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o pharisee_n concern_v the_o law_n p._n 178_o why_o beside_o the_o moral_a law_n a_o positive_a law_n be_v give_v to_o adam_n in_o innocency_n two_o reason_n p._n 106._o 107_o the_o positive_a law_n do_v lay_v a_o obligation_n on_o adam_n posterity_n p._n 108_o the_o seven_o precept_n of_o noah_n what_o the_o thalmudist_n speak_v concern_v they_o p._n 145_o it_o be_v a_o general_a rule_n that_o the_o press_v of_o moral_a duty_n by_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v but_o as_o a_o explanation_n of_o the_o law_n p._n 180_o the_o primitive_a christian_n hold_v it_o unlawful_a to_o kill_v in_o defence_n p._n 193_o capital_a punishment_n lawful_a in_o the_o new_a testament_n p._n 188._o 189_o to_o what_o purpose_n be_v exhortation_n to_o they_o who_o have_v no_o power_n to_o obey_v p._n 98_o popery_n in_o a_o great_a part_n antinomianisme_n page_n 276_o r._n why_o a_o reason_n be_v render_v by_o god_n for_o the_o four_o commandment_n rather_o than_o other_o p._n 170_o remission_n of_o sin_n under_o the_o law_n plenary_a as_o well_o as_o under_o the_o gospel_n prove_v against_o the_o antinomian_a p._n 246._o 247._o 248_o repentance_n how_o take_v p._n 260._o 261_o resemblance_n of_o the_o trinity_n confute_v p._n 79._o 80_o every_o rule_n have_v vim_o praecepti_fw-la as_o well_o as_o doctrinae_fw-la p._n 6_o to_o do_v a_o duty_n because_o of_o reward_n promise_v be_v not_o slavish_a and_o unlawful_a p._n 128_o revenge_n forbid_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n as_o strict_o as_o in_o the_o new_a p._n 192._o 193_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n and_o gospel_n differ_v much_o p._n 5_o whether_o we_o may_v be_v now_o say_v by_o christ_n to_o be_v more_o righteous_a than_o adam_n in_o innocency_n p._n 138_o the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n matth._n 7._o 12._o open_v p._n 82_o the_o property_n of_o the_o righteousness_n at_o first_o fix_v in_o adam_n heart_n p._n 119_o whether_o righteousness_n be_v natural_a to_o adam_n p._n 120_o s._n the_o sabbath_n in_o innocency_n not_o typical_a of_o christ_n p._n 137_o satan_n can_v work_v beyond_o a_o moral_a persuasion_n as_o god_n do_v in_o conversion_n p._n 130_o what_o the_o word_n sanctify_v imply_v p._n 203._o 204_o how_o the_o jew_n be_v in_o more_o servitude_n than_o christian_n p._n 255_o sinner_n outward_a which_o be_v majoris_fw-la infamiae_fw-la sinner_n inward_a which_o be_v majoris_fw-la reatus_fw-la p._n 179_o sincerity_n take_v two_o way_n p._n 265_o socinian_o and_o papist_n make_v addition_n in_o the_o gospel_n beside_o what_o be_v in_o the_o law_n p._n 242._o 243_o why_o the_o shellfish_n be_v unclean_a to_o the_o jew_n p._n 2_o law_n call_v spiritual_a in_o a_o twofold_a sense_n 1._o effective_a 2._o formaliter_fw-la p._n 7_o how_o the_o state_n of_o innocency_n excel_v the_o state_n of_o reparation_n in_o rectitude_n immortality_n and_o outward_a felicity_n p._n 137_o the_o state_n of_o reparation_n excel_v the_o state_n of_o innocency_n in_o certainty_n of_o perseverance_n ib._n eudoxus_n say_v he_o be_v make_v to_o behold_v the_o sun_n p._n 77_o sum_n of_o all_o heavenly_a doctrine_n reduce_v to_o three_o head_n credenda_fw-la speranda_fw-la facienda_fw-la p._n 252_o 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