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presence_n be_v solicit_v do_v secure_v the_o soul_n and_o give_v we_o strength_n for_o the_o victory_n last_o labour_v for_o the_o assurance_n of_o the_o pardon_n of_o your_o past_a sin_n as_o he_o that_o run_v a_o race_n must_v first_o put_v off_o his_o fetter_n so_o whoever_o engage_v against_o the_o violence_n of_o his_o lust_n must_v first_o be_v satisfy_v that_o his_o past_a offence_n be_v forgive_v or_o else_o the_o sense_n of_o sin_n unpardoned_a will_v lie_v like_o a_o weight_n upon_o he_o and_o instead_o of_o exciting_a he_o to_o strive_v against_o it_o betray_v he_o to_o its_o assault_n for_o the_o attain_n of_o this_o beside_o what_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n may_v immediate_o work_v which_o case_n fall_v not_o under_o any_o rule_n since_o the_o spirit_n blow_v where_o and_o when_o it_o please_v there_o be_v no_o method_n can_v be_v give_v better_a than_o that_o which_o i_o have_v hitherto_o be_v insist_v on_o and_o that_o be_v to_o cast_v ourselves_o upon_o god_n 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vers_fw-la 20._o because_o by_o the_o law_n be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o sin_n i._n e._n a_o strict_a and_o impartial_a view_n of_o the_o law_n in_o its_o latitude_n and_o spiritual_a significancy_n and_o compare_v of_o our_o life_n with_o it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o discover_v the_o rectitude_n of_o our_o nature_n and_o action_n that_o it_o rather_o serve_v to_o manifest_v the_o obliquity_n and_o sinfullness_n of_o they_o both_o and_o therefore_o there_o must_v be_v some_o other_o expedient_a find_v out_o to_o acquit_v or_o justify_v man_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n 27._o vers_fw-la 27._o than_o a_o appeal_n unto_o the_o law_n of_o work_n and_o that_o be_v the_o law_n of_o faith_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n i._n e._n which_o avail_v before_o god_n 22._o vers_fw-la 22._o and_o be_v accept_v by_o he_o be_v by_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n unto_o all_o and_o upon_o all_o they_o that_o believe_v for_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n for_o all_o have_v sin_v and_o come_v short_a of_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n whereby_o be_v mean_v either_o the_o grace_n which_o god_n require_v or_o the_o happiness_n which_o he_o promise_v man_n be_v not_o of_o themselves_o able_a to_o perform_v the_o one_o and_o therefore_o have_v no_o right_a or_o title_n unto_o the_o other_o whereupon_o it_o follow_v that_o all_o such_o as_o be_v justify_v be_v justify_v free_o by_o his_o grace_n through_o the_o redemption_n that_o be_v in_o or_o by_o jesus_n this_o doctrine_n which_o do_v so_o level_v the_o pride_n of_o man_n by_o put_v his_o salvation_n quite_o out_o of_o himself_o and_o therein_o be_v utter_o contradictory_n to_o humane_a conception_n the_o apostle_n foresee_v will_v meet_v with_o great_a opposition_n and_o therefore_o that_o he_o may_v assert_v and_o clear_v this_o fundamental_a truth_n from_o all_o possibility_n of_o cavil_v he_o urge_v and_o answer_v three_o of_o the_o main_a objection_n which_o either_o be_v or_o can_v be_v allege_v against_o 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the_o apostle_n answer_v by_o direct_o deny_v that_o abraham_n be_v justify_v by_o work_n for_o proof_n of_o which_o he_o quote_v a_o place_n out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n 13.6_o gen._n 13.6_o that_o abraham_n believe_v in_o god_n and_o it_o i._n e._n that_o faith_n of_o he_o be_v impute_v to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n which_o be_v speak_v of_o abraham_n long_o before_o he_o have_v receive_v circumcision_n and_o do_v that_o signal_n and_o heroic_a action_n by_o which_o the_o sincerity_n and_o truth_n of_o his_o faith_n be_v evidence_v so_o that_o the_o apostle_n james_n word_n can_v be_v understand_v as_o if_o he_o intend_v to_o decide_v whether_o faith_n or_o work_n do_v justify_v but_o only_o that_o he_o determin_n what_o kind_n of_o faith_n it_o be_v which_o justify_v viz._n not_o a_o naked_a and_o barren_a but_o a_o effectual_a and_o work_a faith_n and_o that_o abraham_n be_v such_o a_o kind_n of_o faith_n he_o manifest_v afterward_o in_o undertake_v so_o perilous_a and_o 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seem_a absurdity_n and_o contradiction_n which_o will_v follow_v shall_v man_n think_v of_o be_v save_v by_o the_o righteousness_n of_o another_o for_o as_o every_o man_n be_v to_o be_v condemn_v only_o for_o his_o own_o sin_n so_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v most_o just_a and_o equal_a that_o every_o man_n shall_v be_v save_v only_o for_o his_o own_o righteousness_n according_a to_o the_o reason_v of_o god_n himself_o who_o do_v not_o only_o say_v that_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o wicked_a 18.20_o ezek._n 18.20_o but_o likewise_o that_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o righteous_a shall_v be_v upon_o he_o 2._o answ_n 2._o to_o this_o objection_n the_o apostle_n excellent_o answer_v throughout_o the_o whole_a five_o chapter_n of_o this_o epistle_n by_o draw_v a_o parallel_n between_o adam_n and_o christ_n who_o be_v the_o two_o great_a head_n and_o representative_n of_o all_o mankind_n in_o their_o several_a estate_n now_o if_o it_o shall_v appear_v that_o adam_n destroy_v his_o race_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o slip_n or_o so_o be_v sufficient_a to_o undo_v a_o world_n but_o in_o christ_n many_o sin_n how_o aggravate_v and_o circumstance_v soever_o shall_v not_o be_v sufficient_a to_o destroy_v one_o soul_n 2._o in_o the_o excellence_n of_o the_o purchase_n adam_n by_o his_o sin_n purchase_v death_n and_o damnation_n which_o be_v like_o a_o motion_n downhill_o very_o natural_a and_o easy_a to_o be_v conceive_v for_o that_o a_o creature_n shall_v die_v that_o a_o sinner_n shall_v be_v sentence_v may_v without_o any_o difficulty_n be_v imagine_v but_o christ_n purchase_v life_n eternal_a which_o be_v like_o a_o motion_n up-hill_n very_o hard_a and_o exceed_o difficult_a to_o be_v comprehend_v from_o whence_o the_o apostle_n conclude_v that_o where_o sin_n i._n e._n the_o gild_n or_o demerit_n of_o adam_n sin_n