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hence_o we_o daily_o pray_v forgive_v we_o our_o sin_n and_o we_o have_v daily_a encouragement_n that_o if_o any_o man_n sin_n there_o be_v a_o advocate_n with_o the_o father_n the_o court_n constant_o sit_v we_o be_v always_o on_o our_o knee_n before_o the_o bar_n our_o faith_n perpetual_o plead_v and_o christ_n always_o intercede_v and_o he_o be_v always_o hear_v hence_o a_o constant_a continue_a stream_n of_o justification_n dan._n 9.9_o call_v forgiveness_n and_o revel_v 19.9_o the_o righteousness_n or_o justification_n for_o it_o be_v the_o same_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 5.19_o be_v translate_v justification_n and_o thus_o may_v be_v expound_v revel_v 22.16_o he_o that_o be_v justify_v let_v he_o be_v justify_v still_o and_o in_o this_o very_a chapter_n rom._n 4._o abraham_n be_v say_v to_o be_v justify_v by_o act_n of_o faith_n several_a year_n after_o his_o first_o conversion_n gen._n 15.6_o it_o be_v at_o least_o ten_o year_n after_o his_o first_o faith_n 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fellowship_n with_o heaven_n be_v begin_v and_o two_o can_v walk_v together_o and_o not_o be_v agree_v effect_n always_o signify_v their_o cause_n rom._n 5.15_o 2._o can_v a_o person_n be_v under_o special_a favour_n and_o not_o pardon_v or_o reconcile_v and_o not_o pardon_v call_v and_o not_o justify_v not_o under_o wrath_n and_o yet_o under_o gild_n or_o else_o under_o divine_a love_n and_o wrath_n at_o once_o or_o that_o the_o punishment_n to_o wit_n want_v of_o the_o spirit_n spiritual_a death_n be_v remove_v and_o not_o the_o gild_n or_o lyableness_n to_o the_o punishment_n although_o so_o remove_v as_o eventual_o never_o to_o return_v again_o from_o the_o vigour_n of_o divine_a love_n fix_v on_o that_o person_n rom._n 5._o &_o 6._o the_o apostle_n describe_v a_o state_n of_o grace_n and_o justification_n as_o necessary_o unite_v but_o i_o need_v not_o infer_v this_o from_o they_o since_o the_o reverend_n mr._n baxt._n conf._n p._n 40._o say_v to_o sanctify_v be_v to_o pardon_v 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god_n not_o come_v into_o condemnation_n enter_v not_o into_o judgement_n with_o thy_o servant_n for_o in_o thy_o sight_n shall_v no_o flesh_n be_v justify_v 4_o the_o description_n of_o it_o in_o scripture_n as_o the_o result_n of_o a_o judiciary_n process_n we_o read_v of_o the_o judgement_n psal_n 143.2_o 1._o job_n 9.3_o how_o shall_v man_n be_v just_o with_o god_n if_o he_o will_v contend_v with_o he_o 2._o a_o judge_n the_o judge_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n will_v do_v righteous_o 3._o of_o a_o law_n 4._o of_o a_o guilty_a person_n rom._n 3.19_o 5._o of_o this_o law_n draw_v up_o into_o a_o charge_n against_o a_o man_n colos_n 2.14_o 6._o and_o satan_n as_o a_o accuser_n 7._o conscience_n as_o a_o witness_n 8._o there_o be_v a_o tribunal_n of_o exact_a justice_n and_o a_o throne_n of_o grace_n as_o a_o superior_a chancery_n 9_o there_o be_v faith_n plead_v at_o the_o bar_n of_o the_o one_o and_o appeal_n from_o the_o other_o 10._o christ_n as_o a_o advocate_n 1_o john_n 2.2_o 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all_o the_o valuable_a translation_n agree_v with_o we_o and_o all_o to_o the_o original_a except_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a which_o add_v thy_o where_o be_v thy_o boast_n then_o and_o the_o ethiopic_a who_o read_v it_o thus_o wherein_o shall_v you_o glory_n in_o what_o law_n shall_v you_o work_v there_o be_v not_o another_o law_n but_o by_o faith_n but_o these_o be_v of_o no_o value_n to_o oppose_v other_o the_o syriack_n for_o exclude_v have_v aethbatela_n useless_a in_o vain_a to_o no_o purpose_n the_o word_n be_v but_o once_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eccl._n 12.3_o the_o grinder_n cease_v but_o often_o in_o the_o new_a ver._n 31._o be_v the_o law_n make_v void_a it_o be_v the_o same_o word_n there_o it_o be_v a_o emphatical_a explication_n because_o work_v afford_v a_o ground_n for_o glory_v therefore_o if_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n he_o will_v have_v matter_n of_o boast_v in_o it_o the_o papist_n add_v thy_o because_o they_o think_v 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when_o offender_n or_o high_o merit_v mat._n 23._o it_o be_v a_o great_a sin_n in_o the_o pharisee_n to_o bind_v burden_n on_o other_o they_o touch_v not_o themselves_o 3._o good_a salus_fw-la populi_n suprema_fw-la lex_fw-la plato_n say_v a_o law_n be_v a_o manner_n of_o govern_v by_o fit_a mean_n to_o the_o best_a end_n no_o privilege_n that_o be_v privae_n leges_fw-la aught_o to_o be_v grant_v without_o this_o prospect_n knowledge_n of_o sin_n and_o wrath_n be_v the_o consequent_n of_o divine_a law_n but_o neither_o end_n nor_o fruit_n of_o they_o but_o of_o the_o transgressor_n 4._o public_o proclaim_v 5._o firm_o ratify_v by_o sanction_n law_n be_v make_v that_o the_o innocent_a may_v be_v safe_a among_o the_o wicked_a that_o the_o wicked_n boldness_n may_v be_v bridle_v the_o law_n be_v not_o for_o a_o righteous_a man._n 7._o there_o be_v no_o kind_n of_o law_n but_o what_o require_v work_n as_o its_o object_n the_o negative_a forbid_v work_n the_o irritate_v make_v void_a work_n 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or_o which_o be_v material_o the_o same_o the_o law_n that_o be_v the_o object_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o as_o such_o he_o have_v be_v before_o describe_v the_o righteousness_n we_o be_v save_v by_o and_o justify_v by_o to_o be_v a_o righteousness_n rom._n 1.17_o &_o 3.22_o reveal_v to_o faith_n to_o be_v believe_v in_o now_o this_o righteousness_n must_v have_v a_o law_n which_o be_v the_o mediatorial_n law_n as_o the_o other_o be_v the_o mediator_n righteousness_n he_o be_v make_v under_o the_o law_n to_o redeem_v we_o from_o under_o it_o gal._n 4.5_o &_o mat._n 5._o he_o come_v to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n we_o be_v justify_v by_o his_o obedience_n to_o the_o law_n for_o we_o so_o by_o the_o law_n of_o faith_n be_v not_o by_o the_o law_n as_o direct_v and_o command_v our_o work_n but_o by_o the_o law_n as_o believe_v to_o be_v fulfil_v by_o christ_n in_o our_o room_n there_o can_v be_v no_o pretence_n or_o show_v of_o reason_n for_o the_o other_o opinion_n but_o on_o this_o bottom_n that_o by_o work_n and_o faith_n be_v mean_v different_a kind_n of_o work_n but_o then_o why_o shall_v the_o general_a term_n comprehend_v all_o kind_n of_o work_n be_v use_v for_o one_o species_n will_v that_o be_v a_o good_a division_n to_o say_v god_n govern_v the_o earth_n not_o by_o a_o animal_n but_o by_o a_o man_n or_o not_o by_o a_o spirit_n but_o by_o a_o angel_n and_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n in_o the_o context_n to_o take_v the_o word_n thus_o by_o synecdoche_n as_o shall_v next_o be_v prove_v for_o there_o be_v no_o divine_a law_n under_o which_o we_o be_v but_o what_o we_o may_v find_v exclude_v by_o the_o apostle_n argument_n 1._o the_o natural_a law_n and_o its_o work_n be_v exclude_v rom._n 3.9_o we_o have_v before_o prove_v both_o jew_n and_o gentile_n that_o they_o be_v all_o under_o sin_n v._o 19_o all_o the_o world_n be_v guilty_a before_o god_n not_o from_o insufficiency_n of_o the_o law_n for_o rom._n 2.26_o if_o the_o uncircumcision_n keep_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v not_o his_o uncircumcision_n be_v count_v for_o circumcision_n for_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n now_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o in_o innocence_n only_o there_o be_v a_o change_n in_o the_o matter_n positive_a law_n do_v not_o bind_v ad_fw-la semper_fw-la and_o the_o negative_a law_n be_v all_o the_o same_o still_o the_o law_n say_v one_o thing_n to_o a_o marry_a person_n and_o another_o to_o a_o unmarried_a so_o though_o the_o law_n command_v other_o thing_n to_o fall_v man_n than_o to_o innocent_a man_n it_o be_v not_o another_o natural_a law_n all_o the_o natural_a law_n tertullian_n say_v be_v break_v in_o eat_v the_o forbid_v fruit_n there_o be_v theft_n yea_o sacrilege_n in_o steal_v god_n proprium_fw-la there_o be_v murder_n of_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n there_o be_v covet_v there_o be_v want_v of_o love_n to_o god_n and_o obedience_n too_o yea_o idolatry_n to_o a_o incarnized_a devil_n have_v more_o esteem_v and_o adore_v thought_n of_o the_o devil_n than_o god_n so_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o law_n be_v the_o same_o and_o the_o measure_n of_o it_o too_o viz._n what_o reason_n observe_v or_o may_v observe_v to_o be_v its_o duty_n from_o divine_a providence_n rom._n 2.5_o the_o goodness_n and_o forbearance_n of_o god_n lead_v to_o repentance_n the_o author_n god_n the_o principle_n love_n to_o god_n the_o end_n god_n glory_n and_o our_o good_a be_v still_o the_o same_o its_o sanction_n be_v perish_v and_o salvation_n rom._n 2.12_o they_o that_o sin_n without_o law_n perish_v without_o law_n and_o if_o they_o observe_v it_o it_o shall_v be_v circumcision_n to_o they_o but_o all_o be_v sinner_n all_o have_v break_v it_o their_o conscience_n accuse_v they_o they_o detain_v the_o truth_n in_o vnrighteousness_n they_o do_v what_o they_o know_v deserve_v death_n rom._n 1.32_o 2._o the_o natural_a law_n be_v exclude_v all_o law_n be_v exclude_v for_o they_o be_v all_o reduceable_a to_o it_o and_o consequent_o it_o be_v comprehensive_a of_o they_o mr._n baxt._n method_n p._n 392._o in_o illo_fw-la tamen_fw-la omnes_fw-la eaedem_fw-la fuere_fw-la virtualiter_fw-la aut_fw-la eminenter_fw-la it_o be_v the_o mother_n and_o root_n of_o they_o all_o but_o the_o further_a the_o branch_n be_v remove_v from_o the_o root_n the_o lesser_a they_o be_v and_o the_o more_o invisible_a and_o stand_v at_o a_o great_a distance_n from_o it_o 1._o these_o be_v its_o primitive_a axiom_n that_o good_a be_v to_o be_v choose_v and_o evil_a to_o be_v refuse_v and_o the_o great_a the_o good_a be_v for_o weight_n or_o duration_n with_o the_o great_a desire_n and_o endeavour_v to_o be_v pursue_v that_o we_o be_v to_o do_v that_o which_o be_v become_v we_o and_o to_o do_v as_o we_o will_v be_v do_v by_o in_o the_o like_a circumstance_n the_o second_o order_n be_v more_o determine_v to_o wit_n god_n be_v to_o be_v worship_v by_o true_a love_a trust_v adore_v and_o obediential_a thought_n that_o the_o innocent_a be_v not_o to_o be_v hurt_v the_o honest_a man_n be_v to_o be_v befriend_v the_o superior_a to_o be_v reverence_v the_o inferior_a to_o be_v condescend_v to_o and_o the_o indigent_a to_o be_v supply_v and_o many_o other_o law_n about_o patience_n fortitude_n sobriety_n and_o temperance_n the_o three_o order_n be_v more_o particular_a vice_n and_o virtue_n be_v specify_v by_o which_o theft_n adultery_n murder_n and_o the_o like_a be_v forbid_v the_o four_o order_n be_v less_o apparent_a and_o evident_a to_o wit_n about_o revenge_n fornication_n usury_n and_o self-murderer_n in_o some_o case_n which_o give_v occasion_n to_o civil_a and_o in_o some_o sense_n canonical_a law_n also_o these_o be_v two_o way_n reduce_v to_o the_o natural_a law_n first_o because_o both_o civil_a and_o religious_a society_n and_o consequent_o government_n be_v constitute_v by_o this_o natural_a law_n rom._n 13.1_o there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n the_o power_n that_o be_v be_v ordain_v of_o god_n their_o authority_n be_v both_o establish_v and_o limit_v by_o he_o and_o therefore_o their_o law_n ought_v to_o be_v subordinate_a to_o he_o which_o be_v the_o second_o connexion_n for_o ruler_n be_v not_o a_o terror_n to_o good_a work_n but_o to_o the_o evil._n hence_o a_o penal_a law_n oblige_v to_o sin_n or_o to_o suffer_v be_v a_o most_o unjust_a thing_n for_o it_o be_v a_o terror_n to_o good_a yet_o a_o conformity_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v pretend_v to_o by_o all_o lawgiver_n even_o under_o paganism_n the_o moral_a law_n be_v more_o proper_o this_o law_n itself_o than_o reductive_o belong_v to_o it_o for_o where_o moral_a and_o natural_a be_v oppose_v it_o be_v in_o science_n not_o in_o law_n for_o what_o be_v moral_a as_o to_o the_o object_n to_o wit_n praiseworthy_a or_o blame-worthy_a vice_n
exercise_n of_o faith_n on_o christ_n his_o solicitude_n and_o care_n lest_o he_o shall_v be_v find_v with_o a_o wrong_a plea_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n that_o i_o may_v be_v find_v he_o have_v once_o be_v deceive_v by_o trust_v to_o a_o righteousness_n it_o can_v hardly_o be_v think_v he_o be_v jealous_a of_o his_o relapse_n into_o pharisaism_n but_o there_o be_v a_o great_a danger_n of_o rely_v on_o evangelical_n righteousness_n that_o need_v more_o watchfulness_n and_o care_n lest_o he_o shall_v overvalue_v what_o he_o ought_v to_o value_v 5._o this_o experience_n and_o care_n he_o express_v to_o be_v a_o pattern_n and_o example_n to_o the_o philippian_n v._n 17._o be_v you_o follower_n of_o i_o every_o man_n be_v apt_a to_o value_v himself_o on_o the_o righteousness_n he_o have_v rom._n 10.3_o the_o pharisee_n in_o they_o and_o the_o christian_n to_o who_o he_o write_v in_o they_o it_o allure_v the_o eye_n of_o every_o creature_n and_o act._n 10.35_o be_v accept_v of_o 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