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the_o lord_n have_v make_v perfect_o clean_a and_o their_o act_n have_v not_o the_o least_o impurity_n in_o they_o heb._n 12.23_o revel_v 21.27_o 2._o we_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v many_o on_o earth_n who_o be_v sanctify_v and_o cleanse_v yet_o their_o cleanse_n and_o sanctification_n be_v but_o in_o part_n they_o be_v not_o thorough_o cleanse_v and_o perfect_o sanctify_v there_o be_v yet_o a_o unclean_a part_n in_o they_o they_o have_v in_o they_o flesh_n as_o well_o as_o spirit_n and_o however_o this_o unclean_a part_n viz._n the_o flesh_n shall_v be_v chain_v and_o keep_v down_o yet_o god_n people_n to_o their_o smart_n and_o grief_n find_v the_o stir_n and_o rising_n of_o it_o and_o the_o resistance_n and_o opposition_n it_o make_v whereby_o they_o be_v hinder_v from_o do_v good_a perfect_o gal._n 5.17_o the_o flesh_n last_v against_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o spirit_n against_o the_o flesh_n and_o these_o be_v contrary_a the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o so_o that_o you_o can_v 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of_o it_o this_o tittle_n as_o i_o remember_v the_o lord_n be_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n attribute_v but_o to_o two_o thing_n namely_o to_o the_o supper_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o the_o supper_n be_v call_v the_o lord_n because_o he_o do_v institute_v and_o appoint_v it_o and_o so_o the_o day_n be_v call_v the_o lord_n because_o christ_n be_v the_o author_n and_o appointer_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o in_o keep_v this_o day_n we_o walk_v obedient_o to_o the_o four_o command_n which_o require_v on_o day_n to_o be_v observe_v as_o a_o sabbath_n which_o the_o lord_n appoint_v we_o then_o keep_v this_o day_n because_o it_o be_v a_o day_n institute_v and_o appoint_v by_o the_o lord_n neither_o must_v those_o two_o expression_n the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o lord_n day_n be_v confound_v for_o all_o day_n wherein_o god_n execute_v judgement_n upon_o sinner_n be_v day_n of_o the_o lord_n amos_n 5.18.20_o but_o the_o lord_n day_n mention_v revel_v 1._o be_v but_o one_o which_o at_o that_o time_n be_v know_v to_o the_o church_n to_o be_v the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n ignatius_n who_o live_v in_o johns_n time_n speak_v of_o this_o day_n say_v omnis_fw-la christi_fw-la amator_fw-la dominicum_fw-la celebret_fw-la diem_fw-la reginam_fw-la &_o principem_fw-la dierum_fw-la omnium_fw-la that_o be_v let_v every_o one_o that_o love_v christ_n keep_v holy_a the_o lord_n day_n which_o be_v the_o queen_n and_o empress_n of_o all_o day_n whereas_o page_n 61._o 62._o he_o insinuat_v that_o every_o day_n even_o all_o the_o day_n of_o our_o life_n be_v to_o be_v give_v up_o unto_o the_o lord_n and_o spend_v in_o his_o service_n answer_n it_o be_v true_a we_o ought_v daily_o to_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o worship_n and_o service_n of_o god_n but_o as_o this_o will_v not_o infer_v that_o every_o day_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v as_o a_o sabbath_n which_o must_v be_v whole_o consecrate_v to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n so_o it_o make_v nothing_o against_o the_o keep_n of_o a_o weekly_a sabbath_n for_o the_o jew_n before_o christ_n be_v bind_v every_o day_n to_o serve_v god_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v tie_v to_o the_o observance_n of_o a_o weekly_a sabbath_n thus_o my_o former_a charge_n be_v still_o make_v good_a against_o quaker_n that_o it_o be_v for_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n but_o the_o ordinance_n of_o jesus_n christ_n which_o they_o disowne_v head_n fourteen_o concern_v original_a sin_n which_o quaker_n deny_v he_o affirm_v page_n 62._o that_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o intend_v by_o original_a sin_n be_v not_o express_v in_o scripture_n ans_fw-fr be_v it_o not_o express_v in_o scripture_n that_o there_o be_v corruption_n and_o sin_n in_o we_o from_o our_o conception_n and_o birth_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o we_o intend_v by_o original_a sin_n for_o this_o the_o scripture_n be_v plain_a joh._n 3.6_o that_o which_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o flesh_n be_v flesh_n intimate_v that_o 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actual_o give_v and_o this_o will_v serve_v to_o answer_v the_o quaker_n two_o other_o objection_n 1._o object_n why_o shall_v infant_n be_v guilty_a of_o adam_n sin_n and_o not_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o their_o other_o forefather_n answer_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o adam_n be_v to_o be_v look_v upon_o not_o as_o a_o single_a individual_a person_n but_o as_o a_o public_a universal_a person_n now_o that_o adam_n be_v a_o public_a person_n represent_v mankind_n be_v evident_a from_o the_o miserable_a event_n of_o his_o sin_n which_o make_v not_o only_a himself_o obnoxious_a to_o death_n but_o likewise_o his_o posterity_n descend_v from_o he_o in_o a_o ordinary_a way_n rom._n 5.12_o yea_o such_o of_o his_o posterity_n have_v come_v under_o death_n as_o never_o actual_o sin_v in_o their_o