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god_n and_o man_n but_o i_o rather_o take_v it_o in_o the_o other_o sense_n that_o this_o transaction_n betwixt_o these_o two_o glorious_a person_n be_v also_o foederal_a or_o in_o the_o way_n of_o a_o covenant_n and_o that_o too_o from_o everlasting_a be_v to_o i_o a_o very_a great_a truth_n though_o i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o some_o learned_a man_n be_v not_o so_o well_o satisfy_v about_o it_o for_o the_o explication_n and_o confirmation_n of_o this_o great_a mystery_n i_o will_v lay_v down_o these_o seven_o proposition_n prop._n 1_o the_o first_o be_v this_o god_n the_o father_n in_o order_n to_o man_n redemption_n stand_v upon_o satisfaction_n the_o sinner_n shall_v be_v justify_v but_o first_o god_n will_v be_v satisfy_v man_n be_v now_o fall_v from_o that_o happy_a state_n wherein_o at_o first_o god_n make_v he_o and_o by_o this_o fall_n he_o have_v offer_v a_o affront_n to_o god_n and_o wrong_a god_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o he_o be_v capable_a of_o such_o a_o thing_n in_o 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and_o say_v thou_o be_v christ_n the_o son_n of_o the_o live_a god_n and_o jesus_n answer_v and_o say_v unto_o he_o bless_v be_v thou_o simon_n bar-jona_n for_o flesh_n and_o blood_n have_v not_o reveal_v it_o unto_o thou_o but_o my_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n it_o so_o far_o transcend_v the_o capacity_n of_o humane_a reason_n that_o reason_n can_v so_o much_o as_o approve_v of_o it_o alt_v gerhard_n alt_v when_o it_o be_v reveal_v without_o inward_a illumination_n and_o persuasion_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 1_o cor._n 2.9_o 10_o 14_o 15._o eye_n have_v not_o see_v nor_o ear_n hear_v neither_o have_v it_o enter_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n the_o thing_n which_o god_n have_v prepare_v for_o they_o that_o love_v he_o but_o god_n have_v reveal_v they_o unto_o we_o by_o his_o spirit_n for_o the_o spirit_n search_v all_o thing_n yea_o the_o deep_a thing_n of_o god_n but_o the_o natural_a man_n receive_v not_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n for_o they_o be_v 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