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t.u._n suppose_v vindictive_a justice_n or_o eternal_a wrath_n incur_v by_o man_n offence_n to_o be_v lay_v on_o christ_n which_o be_v not_o chastisement_n as_o confess_v and_o so_o he_o make_v full_a satisfaction_n the_o effect_n of_o god_n full_a revenge_n on_o his_o innocent_a son_n as_o if_o one_o shall_v say_v that_o god_n can_v not_o command_v wrath_n but_o be_v bind_v thereby_o till_o he_o have_v execute_v the_o extremity_n of_o it_o upon_o christ_n for_o so_o it_o have_v be_v deserve_v by_o sin_n and_o sinner_n as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o absolute_a power_n to_o show_v his_o love_n good_a will_n and_o satisfaction_n therein_o for_o his_o own_o name_n sake_n and_o be_v not_o this_o to_o render_v god_n more_o cruel_a than_o man_n or_o his_o prerogative_n below_o that_o of_o earthly_a prince_n which_o be_v best_a know_v in_o show_v mercy_n and_o forgiveness_n god_n can_v do_v whatsoever_o he_o will_v and_o his_o will_n be_v chief_o to_o that_o which_o he_o most_o delight_v in_o 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but_o the_o liberty_n which_o christ_n proclaim_v to_o the_o captive_n be_v real_o to_o be_v enjoy_v and_o receive_v by_o every_o one_o that_o believe_v and_o receive_v he_o his_o message_n and_o testimony_n and_o this_o be_v not_o a_o false_a imputation_n or_o a_o imagine_a application_n of_o righteousness_n and_o freedom_n to_o people_n in_o their_o personal_a bondage_n of_o sin_n and_o corruption_n such_o as_o t._n d._n and_o such_o false_a guide_n have_v lead_v people_n into_o and_o that_o of_o ezek._n 18.20_o the_o son_n shall_v not_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n t.d._n say_v import_v god_n gracious_a recession_n from_o his_o right_n because_o of_o their_o more_o than_o ordinary_a audacity_n in_o charge_v his_o way_n with_o inequality_n this_o be_v his_o false_a construction_n for_o god_n show_v his_o way_n to_o be_v equal_a vers_n 25_o 26_o 27._o which_o be_v no_o recession_n from_o his_o right_n as_o his_o condemn_v such_o as_o turn_v from_o righteousness_n and_o 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can_v lie_v nor_o account_n as_o the_o wicked_a and_o hypocrite_n do_v who_o be_v pure_a in_o their_o own_o eye_n though_o not_o wash_v from_o their_o filthiness_n and_o here_o we_o may_v see_v t._n d._n and_o his_o brethren_n false_a notion_n and_o conception_n of_o imputation_n and_o justification_n and_o how_o contrary_a it_o be_v to_o justum_fw-la facere_fw-la which_o the_o word_n justify_v signify_v as_o by_o he_o before_o confess_v viz._n to_o make_v just_o when_o now_o he_o false_o render_v a_o impure_a person_n not_o opposite_a to_o the_o pure_a nature_n of_o god_n from_o his_o notion_n of_o imputation_n and_o justification_n in_o that_o state_n pag._n 44._o arg._n 3._o sin_n come_v not_o by_o imputation_n but_o by_o actual_a transgression_n this_n be_v lay_v down_o as_o the_o quaker_n to_o which_o t._n d._n answer_n the_o sin_n of_o adam_n be_v make_v his_o posterity_n by_o imputation_n rom._n 5.12_o 14._o adam_n be_v a_o common_a root_n of_o mankind_n by_o nature_n reply_v 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