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wine_n be_v find_v in_o the_o cluster_n and_o one_o say_v destroy_v it_o not_o for_o a_o blessing_n be_v in_o it_o so_o will_v i_o do_v for_o my_o servant_n sake_n that_o i_o may_v not_o destroy_v they_o all_o the_o lord_n jesus_n be_v with_o your_o spirit_n you_o in_o the_o lord_n jesus_n s._n r._n content_n of_o the_o i._o part_n chap._n i._n and_o ii_o the_o four_o particular_n of_o the_o treatise_n pag._n 1._o proposition_n touch_v adam_n state_n p._n 1_o 2._o adam_z be_v predestinate_a to_o life_n eternal_a in_o christ_n and_o how_o pag._n 2._o chap._n iii_o what_o be_v the_o intent_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o threaten_a gen._n 2.17_o and_o gen._n 3.20_o dust_n thou_o be_v etc._n etc._n p._n 3_o 4_o 5._o threaten_n of_o the_o law_n reveal_v what_o the_o lawgiver_n may_v jure_v inflict_v by_o justice_n and_o law_n deserve_v not_o what_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v p._n 4._o except_o it_o be_v both_o a_o threaten_n and_o a_o prophecy_n p._n 5._o what_o be_v carnal_a security_n ibid._n what_o adam_n be_v to_o believe_v in_o that_o threaten_n p._n 5_o 6._o how_o the_o promise_n and_o the_o threaten_n differ_v in_o this_o p._n 7._o how_o law_n threaten_n to_o the_o elect_n be_v evangelick_n p._n 8._o chap._n iu._n the_o elect_n before_o conversion_n bear_v no_o part_n of_o the_o law-curse_n nor_o be_v the_o law-curse_n divide_v between_o they_o and_o christ._n p._n 10.11_o faith_n be_v too_o near_o to_o be_v make_v a_o cause_n of_o satisfaction_n for_o sin_n by_o all_o who_o hold_v that_o christ_n give_v a_o satisfactory_a ransom_n for_o all_o and_o every_o one_o of_o mankind_n p._n 11._o accept_n or_o not_o accept_v satisfaction_n be_v before_o faith_n and_o so_o believe_v or_o not_o believe_v can_v be_v no_o ground_n of_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o price_n pay_v for_o the_o reprobate_n or_o of_o the_o lay_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o upon_o christ._n p._n 11_o 12_o 13_o god_n may_v accept_v the_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n without_o any_o condition_n require_v on_o our_o part_n p._n 13._o chap._n v._n god_n intend_v a_o law-dispensation_n but_o for_o a_o time_n 2._o adam_z how_o he_o be_v ordain_v for_o a_o law_n life_n 3._o how_o predestinate_a to_o glory_n how_o not_o 4._o that_o the_o heathen_n have_v no_o more_o universal_a grace_n then_o devil_n 5._o no_o ground_n for_o such_o grace_n p._n 13_o 14_o 15._o chap._n vi_o it_o be_v condiscension_n in_o the_o lord_n to_o enter_v in_o covenant_n with_o man_n 2._o â—_z in_o fear_v we_o be_v not_o choose_v discover_v 3._o being_n and_o not-being_n be_v debtor_n to_o god_n 4._o self_n denial_n require_v in_o sinless_a nature_n as_o in_o sinful_a 5._o man_n consider_v three_o way_n how_o faith_n lay_v hold_v upon_o conditional_a promise_n and_o temptation_n of_o unbelief_n thereabouts_o p_o 16_o 17._o oâ—_n the_o covenant_n of_o nature_n p._n 18_o 19_o 20._o chap._n vii_o it_o be_v not_o write_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n by_o nature_n that_o god_n shall_v promise_v life_n eternal_a to_o man_n upon_o condition_n of_o obedience_n 2._o the_o debt_n of_o justice_n can_v tie_v god_n 3._o god_n punish_v not_o sin_n by_o necessity_n of_o nature_n 4._o nor_o defend_v he_o his_o own_o declarative_a glory_n by_o necessity_n of_o nature_n 5._o nothing_o can_v be_v give_v to_o god_n all_o sufficient_a 6._o no_o merit_v of_o the_o creature_n 7._o we_o be_v to_o have_v humble_a thought_n of_o freegrace_n 8._o low_a thought_n of_o ourselves_o 9_o promise_n make_v no_o strict_a justice_n between_o the_o lord_n and_o we_o p._n 20_o 21._o god_n fall_v in_o no_o sort_n from_o his_o natural_a dominion_n though_o he_o impose_v not_o penal_a law_n upon_o the_o reasonable_a creature_n p._n 25_o 26._o god_n love_v his_o essential_a glory_n by_o necessity_n of_o nature_n but_o not_o his_o declarative_a glory_n by_o any_o such_o necessity_n p._n 28_o 29_o 30._o in_o every_o covenant_n there_o be_v some_o out_o go_n of_o grace_n p._n 35._o the_o passage_n 1_o chron._n 29.11_o 12._o clear_v and_o 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say_v when_o the_o vote_n of_o the_o three_o carry_v it_o that_o our_o iniquity_n shall_v be_v lay_v on_o the_o son_n isa._n 53.6_o and_o the_o son_n shall_v be_v send_v gal._n 4.4_o and_o he_o from_o eternity_n shall_v step_v out_o lord_n send_v i_o here_o be_o i_o to_o do_v thy_o will_n joh._n 3.13_o no_o man_n no_o person_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v ascend_v up_o to_o heaven_n time_n but_o he_o that_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n even_o the_o son_n of_o man_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n these_o vote_n of_o love_n fall_v not_o upon_o angel_n but_o upon_o man_n and_o how_o shall_v it_o break_v my_o rockinesse_n that_o christ_n speak_v for_o i_o undertake_v for_o i_o take_v all_o my_o disease_n upon_o he_o before_o i_o be_v and_o before_o my_o disease_n have_v be_v we_o reckon_v it_o great_a favour_n such_o a_o man_n plead_v kind_o and_o bold_o for_o you_o in_o your_o absence_n when_o you_o be_v not_o to_o speak_v for_o yourself_o as_o its_o love_n to_o provide_v a_o rich_a 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&_o stellas_fw-la nec_fw-la ibi_fw-la lego_fw-la quod_fw-la requieverit_fw-la lego_fw-la quod_fw-la fecit_fw-la hominem_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la requieverit_fw-la bernard_n serm._n 64._o in_o cant._n quid_fw-la violentius_fw-la triumphant_a de_fw-la deo_fw-la bernard_n hom_n â—_o super_fw-la missus_fw-la est_fw-la videas_fw-la si_fw-la attendas_fw-la in_fw-la christo_fw-la tristari_fw-la laetitiam_fw-la pavere_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la salutem_fw-la paâ—i_fw-la vitam_fw-la mori_fw-la fortitudinem_fw-la infirmari_fw-la the_o strength_n of_o god_n love_n to_o man_n which_o we_o too_o little_a value_n no_o less_o everlasting_a love_n can_v save_v we_o there_o be_v different_a party_n in_o covenant_n of_o redemption_n and_o reconciliation_n help_v lay_v upon_o christ_n the_o covenant_n of_o redemption_n most_o to_o be_v eye_v two_o part_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o redemption_n one_o before_o time_n another_o in_o time_n how_o seasonable_a and_o timous_a the_o covenant_n of_o reconciliation_n be_v the_o physic_n &_o the_o physician_n come_v both_o in_o time_n to_o the_o sickness_n 4._o differ_v the_o covenant_n do_v differ_v in_o the_o matter_n work_n and_o wage_n 5._o the_o covenant_n of_o suretyship_n differ_v from_o the_o covenant_n of_o reconciliation_n in_o command_n 2._o promise_v 3._o and_o condition_n christ_n empty_v himself_n be_v no_o act_n of_o obedience_n but_o a_o most_o voluntary_a free_a act_n beyond_o all_o obligation_n christ_n covenant_n help_v our_o covenant_n &_o he_o have_v a_o place_n in_o our_o covenant_n how_o the_o promise_n be_v make_v unto_o christ_n gal._n 3._o v._n 16._o da._n pareus_n comm._n in_o gala._n 3.16_o hoc_fw-la seman_n in_o quo_fw-la benedicentur_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la apostoâ—lus_fw-la interpretatus_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la collective_a de_fw-fr multis_fw-la vel_fw-la omnibus_fw-la abrahamâ—_n posteris_fw-la sed_fw-la individue_n de_fw-la uno_fw-la christo_fw-la â—_o quo_fw-la non_fw-la â—am_fw-la corporalis_fw-la quam_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la benedicto_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la justitia_fw-la &_o
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