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whosoever_o shall_v kill_v shall_v be_v in_o danger_n of_o the_o judgement_n have_v the_o political_a penalty_n in_o it_o above_o the_o bare_a six_o commandment_n 6._o v._o 31._o whosoever_o shall_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n let_v he_o give_v she_o a_o write_n of_o divorcement_n be_v not_o the_o bare_a seven_o commandment_n but_o fetch_v from_o deut._n 24._o 1._o and_o this_o instance_n itself_o expound_v v_o 17_o 18._o for_o when_o christ_n have_v protest_v against_o destroy_v a_o iota_fw-la or_o tittle_n of_o the_o law_n yet_o he_o change_v this_o very_a law_n now_o cite_v by_o himself_o so_o far_o as_o it_o indulge_v put_v away_o so_o that_o it_o be_v hence_o evident_a that_o be_v mean_v not_o that_o he_o come_v not_o to_o make_v a_o perfective_a change_n but_o that_o he_o come_v not_o to_o indulge_v licentiousness_n and_o lust_n by_o a_o destructive_a change_n luk._n 16._o 18._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 10._o mat._n 19_o 9_o so_o 7._o v._o 33._o thou_o shall_v not_o forswear_v thyself_o etc._n etc._n be_v fetch_v from_o leu._n 19_o 12_o etc._n etc._n 8._o v._o 38._o a_o eye_n for_o a_o eye_n etc._n etc._n be_v fetch_v from_o exod._n 21._o 24._o leu._n 24._o 20._o deut._n 19_o 21._o and_o not_o from_o the_o decalogue_n alone_o 9_o so_o v._n 43._o be_v from_o leu._n 19_o 18._o and_o other_o place_n 4._o because_o in_o all_o paul_n epistle_n and_o common_o in_o all_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o word_n law_n be_v ordinary_o if_o not_o always_o take_v more_o extensive_o than_o the_o decalogue_n therefore_o to_o expound_v it_o for_o the_o decalogue_n only_o be_v to_o contradict_v the_o constant_a use_n of_o the_o scripture_n under_o pretence_n of_o expound_v the_o scripture_n if_o then_o by_o the_o law_n be_v mean_v either_o the_o whole_a system_a of_o god_n law_n natural_a and_o positive_a or_o all_o moses_n law_n or_o the_o pentateuch_n than_o i_o may_v thus_o argue_v it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o much_o of_o this_o law_n of_o moses_n be_v cease_v or_o abrogate_v therefore_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v none_o of_o christ_n meaning_n that_o he_o will_v abrogate_v none_o of_o that_o law_n which_o he_o speak_v of_o or_o change_v it_o for_o a_o better_a that_o all_o and_o every_o word_n of_o the_o decalogue_n be_v not_o of_o the_o durable_a law_n of_o nature_n i_o shall_v prove_v anon_o that_o by_o the_o word_n law_n the_o scripture_n mean_v more_o than_o the_o mere_a decalogue_n these_o text_n among_o other_o prove_v exod._n 13._o 9_o &_o 24._o 12._o deut._n 1._o 5._o &_o 4._o 8._o &_o 17._o 18_o 19_o &_o 28._o 61._o &_o 29._o 29._o &_o 31._o 9_o 2_o king_n 17._o 37._o &_o 23._o 〈◊〉_d 25._o 2_o chron._n 31._o 21._o &_o