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plainness_n as_o in_o a_o looking-glass_n 2_o cor._n 3.18_o q_o but_o see_v you_o say_v the_o old_a covenant_n be_v abolish_v whether_o or_o no_o be_v we_o free_v from_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n a._n believer_n be_v deliver_v first_o from_o the_o curse_n for_o breach_n of_o it_o gal._n 3.13_o second_o from_o the_o covenant_n of_o the_o law_n under_o which_o notion_n it_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v deliver_v on_o mount_n sinai_n exod._n 19.5_o 6.8_o exod._n 24.8_o three_o from_o the_o hand-writing_n of_o the_o law_n as_o it_o testify_v against_o we_o our_o guilt_n col._n 2.14_o as_o a_o free_a creditor_n not_o only_o forgive_v the_o debt_n but_o also_o cancel_v the_o bond_n that_o may_v witness_v it_o against_o his_o debtor_n four_o from_o the_o power_n it_o have_v to_o stir_v up_o to_o sin_n rom._n 7.5_o 8._o the_o more_o the_o law_n forbid_v sin_n to_o natural_a man_n with_o much_o more_o proneness_n they_o be_v carry_v to_o it_o five_o from_o the_o moysaicall_a institution_n of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v by_o moses_n peculiar_o appoint_v to_o the_o jew_n john_n 7.19_o do_v not_o moss_n give_v you_o the_o law_n john_n 15.25_o it_o be_v write_v in_o their_o law_n and_o else_o why_o do_v moses_n command_v the_o seven_o day_n from_o the_o creation_n to_o be_v observe_v and_o we_o observe_v the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n q_o how_o be_v we_o bind_v to_o observe_v moses_n his_o law_n a._n 1._o as_o they_o be_v law_n of_o nature_n i_o call_v those_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o man_n by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n practice_n rom._n 2.14_o as_o that_o god_n be_v to_o be_v worship_v parent_n honour_v that_o no_o man_n be_v to_o take_v away_o the_o wife_n or_o good_n of_o another_o 2._o so_o far_o as_o