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who_o be_v true_a spiritual_a member_n of_o the_o same_o as_o to_o be_v saint_n elect_a redeem_a etc._n etc._n answ_n 1._o all_o profess_a christian_n be_v saint_n by_o separation_n from_o the_o world_n to_o the_o church_n visible_a and_o elect_a or_o choose_v to_o that_o condition_n 2._o scripture_n speak_v thus_o of_o none_o but_o those_o that_o seem_v to_o be_v such_o the_o penman_n of_o scripture_n therein_o speak_v of_o man_n that_o know_v not_o the_o heart_n 3._o but_o when_o by_o deny_v christ_n they_o manifest_v the_o contrary_a do_v the_o scripture_n say_v yet_o that_o they_o be_v elect_a saint_n etc._n etc._n or_o rather_o that_o they_o be_v before_o of_o old_a ordain_v to_o this_o condemnation_n 4._o why_o else_o may_v not_o we_o still_o use_v this_o language_n if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o it_o be_v the_o perpetual_a course_n of_o scripture_n be_v not_o then_o offend_v with_o we_o if_o we_o write_v and_o say_v that_o christ_n redeem_v by_o his_o blood_n all_o profess_a christian_n nay_o than_o we_o may_v say_v julian_n be_v a_o saint_n elect_a and_o so_o be_v judas_n etc._n etc._n 5._o i_o will_v our_o brethren_n of_o the_o separation_n will_v speak_v in_o the_o same_o language_n when_o they_o be_v judge_v of_o church-member_n and_o communicant_n as_o they_o do_v when_o they_o use_v these_o argument_n against_o christ_n universal_a ransom_n or_o at_o least_o come_v near_o to_o this_o charitable_a vein_n lay_v by_o the_o delusory_a part_n 2._o but_o the_o great_a prop_n of_o this_o cause_n be_v that_o they_o will_v prove_v from_o other_o text_n that_o the_o scripture_n speak_v thus_o and_o three_o text_n i_o find_v urge_v and_o i_o may_v safe_o say_v sad_o abuse_v the_o first_o be_v mat._n 27._o 53._o jerusalem_n be_v call_v the_o holy_a city_n because_o it_o be_v so_o in_o esteem_n and_o appearance_n say_v my_o author_n answ_n must_v we_o needs_o take_v his_o bare_a word_n for_o this_o when_o we_o know_v it_o be_v holy_a by_o god_n own_o separation_n of_o it_o from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n for_o the_o principal_a place_n of_o his_o public_a worship_n and_o residence_n of_o his_o church_n and_o priest_n and_o so_o denominate_v by_o himself_o what_o man_n then_o will_v believe_v that_o it_o be_v call_v holy_a mere_o from_o the_o people_n profess_v to_o be_v holy_a the_o second_o text_n be_v john_n 5._o 18._o it_o be_v say_v of_o christ_n that_o he_o have_v break_v the_o sabbath_n which_o he_o only_o do_v in_o the_o corrupt_a opinion_n of_o the_o blind_a pharisees_n answ_n 1._o the_o word_n seem_v to_o speak_v only_o of_o the_o jew_n accusation_n of_o he_o i._n e._n what_o they_o charge_v he_o to_o have_v do_v and_o not_o what_o he_o do_v therefore_o they_o seek_v to_o lay_v hand_n on_o he_o not_o only_o because_o he_o have_v break_v the_o sabbath_n etc._n etc._n 2._o distinguish_v between_o break_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o sabbath_n natural_o by_o natural_a action_n contrary_a to_o rest_v but_o without_o sin_n and_o break_v it_o moral_o by_o sin_n the_o former_a way_n christ_n do_v break_v the_o sabbath_n the_o latter_a he_o do_v not_o take_v this_o distinction_n from_o christ_n himself_o who_o tell_v you_o that_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o temple_n break_v the_o sabbath_n viz._n the_o external_a rest_n of_o it_o by_o labour_n and_o be_v blameless_a and_o therefore_o break_v it_o not_o moral_o but_o the_o text_n that_o i_o find_v allege_v most_o frequent_o and_o confident_o by_o very_o many_o learned_a man_n be_v 2_o chron._n 28._o 23._o and_o i_o desire_v god_n to_o forgive_v i_o that_o in_o my_o ignorance_n i_o have_v oft_o so_o abuse_v it_o myself_o the_o word_n be_v these_o for_o he_o sacrifice_v to_o the_o god_n of_o damascus_n that_o smite_v he_o and_o he_o say_v because_o the_o god_n of_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n help_v they_o therefore_o will_v i_o sacrifice_v to_o they_o that_o they_o may_v help_v i_o the_o last_o word_n be_v confess_v to_o be_v the_o false_a word_n of_o the_o delude_a idolater_n ahaz_n but_o all_o the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o former_a word_n which_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n he_o sacrifice_v to_o the_o god_n of_o damascus_n that_o smite_v he_o where_o by_o supine_n oversight_n man_n have_v take_v it_o as_o if_o the_o text_n make_v this_o smite_v the_o act_n of_o the_o god_n whereas_o it_o make_v it_o the_o act_n of_o damascus_n or_o the_o man_n of_o damascus_n it_o be_v damascus_n that_o smite_v he_o and_o not_o the_o god_n of_o damascus_n according_a to_o the_o text._n tremelius_fw-la and_o junius_n render_v it_o thus_o plain_o sacrificavit_fw-la enim_fw-la diis_fw-la damascenorum_fw-la percutientium_fw-la ipsum_fw-la not_o diis_fw-la damascenorum_fw-la percutientientibus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la and_o will_v one_o think_v now_o that_o so_o great_a a_o stress_n shall_v be_v lay_v by_o prudent_a sober_a man_n on_o such_o a_o oversight_n darmesek_n be_v a_o collective_a the_o city_n name_n put_v for_o the_o people_n than_o which_o nothing_o more_o usual_a when_o there_o be_v mention_n of_o the_o act_n of_o city_n and_o country_n do_v true_o smite_v ahaz_n as_o england_n do_v smite_v scotland_n or_o rome_n conquer_v so_o much_o of_o the_o world_n and_o venice_n hold_v war_n with_o the_o turk_n 2._o what_o if_o it_o have_v be_v otherwise_o may_v not_o god_n give_v power_n to_o those_o devil_n which_o be_v the_o god_n of_o damascus_n real_o to_o smite_v ahaz_n as_o well_o as_o he_o give_v the_o devil_n power_n to_o smite_v job_n a_o better_a man_n 3._o and_o what_o if_o all_o that_o they_o suppose_v of_o this_o text_n have_v be_v true_a if_o god_n have_v speak_v in_o so_o strange_a a_o language_n once_o in_o all_o the_o bible_n if_o we_o shall_v thence_o take_v liberty_n to_o interpret_v he_o so_o elsewhere_o without_o prove_v this_o to_o be_v the_o sense_n we_o may_v then_o indeed_o make_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o though_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o god_n in_o mercy_n will_v bear_v with_o the_o weakness_n of_o good_a man_n that_o by_o the_o power_n of_o prejudice_n do_v run_v on_o such_o exposition_n have_v a_o zeal_n for_o god_n though_o not_o according_a to_o knowledge_n and_o suppose_v themselves_o necessitate_v to_o it_o yet_o certain_o the_o proper_a natural_a tendency_n of_o such_o violent_a deal_n with_o scripture_n be_v to_o infidelity_n itself_o and_o the_o question_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o scripture_n and_o if_o we_o escape_v that_o we_o lie_v fair_a open_a to_o the_o invasion_n of_o popery_n to_o conceit_v a_o necessity_n of_o a_o earthly_a final_a judge_n of_o the_o sense_n of_o scripture_n as_o be_v insufficient_a to_o manifest_v its_o own_o sense_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n how_o do_v we_o gratify_v papist_n and_o sceptic_n by_o this_o deal_n but_o indeed_o the_o text_n be_v plain_a though_o i_o confess_v the_o septuagint_n and_o some_o translator_n may_v give_v occasion_n to_o some_o of_o this_o common_a mistake_n the_o six_o text_n that_o i_o shall_v allege_v be_v heb._n 6._o 4_o 5_o 6._o for_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o those_o who_o be_v once_o enlighten_v and_o have_v taste_v of_o the_o heavenly_a gift_n and_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o have_v taste_v the_o good_a word_n of_o god_n and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o world_n to_o come_v if_o they_o shall_v fall_v away_o to_o renew_v they_o again_o to_o repentance_n see_v they_o crucify_v to_o themselves_o the_o son_n of_o god_n afresh_o and_o put_v he_o to_o open_a shame_n here_o these_o apostate_n be_v say_v to_o crucify_v the_o son_n of_o god_n afresh_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o bare_o to_o crucify_v christ_n again_o but_o to_o crucify_v he_o to_o themselves_o again_o that_o be_v either_o finaliter_fw-la as_o some_o expound_v it_o or_o efficient_a as_o other_o which_o way_n soever_o it_o be_v it_o be_v not_o efficaciter_fw-la but_o quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la 1._o if_o it_o be_v the_o first_o than_o the_o meaning_n be_v this_o if_o such_o be_v save_v than_o it_o must_v be_v by_o a_o new_a sacrifice_n and_o so_o they_o bring_v themselves_o into_o that_o case_n that_o christ_n death_n on_o the_o term_n that_o first_o it_o be_v accept_v will_v not_o serve_v to_o save_v they_o because_o he_o die_v not_o to_o satisfy_v for_o that_o sin_n so_o paraeus_n expound_v it_o sed_fw-la quomodo_fw-la hoc_fw-la faciendo_fw-la christum_fw-la denuò_fw-la crucifigunt_fw-la sibimetipsis_fw-la quia_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la semel_fw-la crucifixum_fw-la abnegando_fw-la nolunt_fw-la salvari_fw-la ejus_fw-la morte_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la sola_fw-la dependet_fw-la resipiscentia_fw-la &_o salus_fw-la si_fw-mi igitur_fw-la resipiscere_fw-la &_o seruari_fw-la deberent_fw-la denuò_fw-la crucifigendus_fw-la esset_fw-la eye_n christus_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la impossibile_fw-it quia_fw-la amplius_fw-la mori_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la sic_fw-la infra_fw-la
and_o 1._o i_o argue_v thus_o if_o it_o be_v no_o injustice_n in_o god_n to_o oblige_v man_n to_o punishment_n for_o all_o christ_n satisfaction_n than_o it_o be_v no_o injustice_n actual_o to_o punish_v man_n for_o all_o christ_n satisfaction_n but_o the_o former_a be_v true_a therefore_o so_o be_v the_o latter_a first_o i_o will_v prove_v the_o consequence_n of_o the_o major_a proposition_n thus_o from_o the_o essential_a office_n of_o the_o law_n 1._o the_o law_n be_v juris_fw-la constitutiva_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la declarativa_fw-la it_o constitute_v right_o or_o at_o least_o declare_v right_a i_o put_v in_o the_o latter_a declare_v not_o as_o my_o own_o sense_n but_o to_o prevent_v the_o quarrel_n of_o any_o that_o may_v think_v this_o or_o any_o right_n be_v constitute_v from_o eternity_n before_o there_o be_v any_o law_n or_o at_o least_o before_o that_o which_o we_o say_v oblige_v sinner_n to_o punishment_n though_o indeed_o the_o law_n do_v constitute_v before_o it_o declare_v and_o so_o the_o law_n be_v regula_n jussitiâ—_n vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la regula_fw-la justa_fw-la and_o if_o so_o then_o to_o execute_v such_o a_o law_n can_v be_v no_o injustice_n 2._o the_o law_n be_v norma_n judicii_fw-la that_o be_v past_a question_n i_o speak_v of_o a_o law_n in_o force_n and_o as_o to_o the_o subject_n to_o who_o it_o be_v in_o force_n and_o if_o so_o than_o it_o can_v be_v no_o injustice_n to_o execute_v it_o but_o i_o think_v few_o sober_a man_n will_v deny_v the_o major_n and_o therefore_o i_o leave_v that_o and_o one_o will_v think_v none_o shall_v doubt_v of_o the_o minor_a whether_o it_o be_v any_o injustice_n in_o god_n by_o his_o law_n to_o oblige_v to_o punishment_n those_o that_o christ_n die_v for_o but_o because_o the_o antinomian_o deny_v it_o let_v we_o prove_v it_o if_o god_n do_v de_fw-fr facto_fw-la oblige_v to_o punishment_n those_o for_o who_o christ_n die_v than_o it_o be_v no_o injustice_n so_o to_o do_v but_o god_n do_v so_o actual_o ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o hope_v if_o we_o prove_v that_o god_n do_v it_o none_o dare_v say_v it_o be_v unjust_a if_o he_o be_v not_o just_o he_o be_v not_o god_n and_o that_o god_n do_v it_o i_o prove_v thus_o 1._o those_o that_o god_n hate_v and_o be_v child_n of_o wrath_n and_o without_o hope_n and_o without_o god_n in_o the_o world_n and_o stranger_n to_o the_o covenant_n of_o promise_n and_o alien_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n etc._n etc._n be_v certain_o oblige_v to_o punishment_n but_o such_o many_o have_v be_v and_o still_o be_v for_o who_o christ_n die_v ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n god_n hate_v all_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n and_o they_o be_v all_o by_o nature_n child_n of_o wrath_n etc._n etc._n but_o many_o that_o christ_n die_v for_o be_v before_o regeneration_n worker_n of_o iniquity_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o all_o that_o be_v under_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n be_v oblige_v to_o punishment_n but_o many_o that_o christ_n die_v for_o be_v under_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n since_o his_o death_n undertake_v when_o his_o satisfaction_n be_v in_o force_n yea_o since_o his_o actual_a suffering_n ergo._fw-la etc._n etc._n many_o scripture_n show_v both_o that_o we_o be_v under_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n when_o christ_n actual_o suffer_v and_o that_o all_o the_o elect_n be_v under_o it_o still_o as_o well_o as_o other_o till_o their_o conversion_n i_o be_o loath_a to_o trouble_v the_o reader_n in_o heap_v up_o testimony_n 3._o all_o that_o be_v condemn_v already_o and_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n abide_v on_o they_o be_v doubtless_o oblige_v to_o punishment_n but_o such_o be_v many_o for_o who_o christ_n die_v even_o all_o the_o elect_n as_o well_o as_o other_o while_o they_o be_v unbeliever_n john_n 3._o 18._o 4._o all_o that_o be_v guilty_a be_v oblige_v to_o punishment_n prove_v reatus_fw-la est_fw-la obligatio_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la they_o be_v all_o one_o thing_n but_o some_o that_o christ_n die_v for_o be_v guilty_a ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n even_o all_o before_o pardon_v and_o that_o be_v all_o before_o conversion_n be_v guilty_a 5._o all_o those_o who_o sin_n christ_n do_v pardon_n be_v first_o guilty_a or_o oblige_v to_o punishment_n but_o some_o that_o christ_n die_v for_o have_v their_o sin_n pardon_v ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o major_n be_v prove_v beyond_o all_o doubt_n from_o the_o formal_a nature_n of_o pardon_n which_o be_v the_o remit_v of_o gild_n or_o the_o dissolve_v of_o a_o obligation_n to_o punishment_n therefore_o where_o be_v no_o such_o obligation_n there_o can_v be_v no_o dissolution_n of_o it_o for_o that_o which_o be_v not_o can_v be_v dissolve_v and_o so_o there_o be_v no_o capacity_n for_o pardon_n no_o more_o than_o a_o live_a man_n can_v be_v raise_v from_o the_o dead_a or_o a_o man_n cure_v of_o a_o disease_n which_o he_o never_o have_v the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o justification_n also_o our_o divine_n have_v full_o prove_v against_o the_o 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