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be_v their_o surety_n he_o have_v as_o saint_n augustine_n say_v make_v a_o compact_n with_o man_n extreme_o advantageous_a for_o they_o but_o very_o prejudicial_a to_o himself_o for_o as_o the_o union_n which_o nature_n or_o grace_n put_v between_o the_o member_n of_o the_o same_o body_n make_v their_o good_a and_o bad_a common_a we_o find_v that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n impart_v his_o privilege_n to_o we_o and_o assume_v our_o misery_n to_o himself_o he_o enter_v into_o our_o lowness_n and_o we_o be_v admit_v into_o his_o greatness_n he_o be_v burden_v with_o our_o transgression_n and_o we_o be_v invest_v with_o his_o merit_n he_o be_v make_v the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o make_v we_o the_o child_n of_o god_n this_o important_a verity_n require_v a_o full_a discourse_n and_o it_o be_v just_a that_o in_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o obligation_n we_o have_v to_o jesus_n christ_n we_o take_v notice_n of_o what_o he_o draw_v from_o we_o and_o of_o what_o we_o have_v receive_v from_o he_o 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birth_n and_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n must_v therefore_o be_v exempt_a from_o all_o impurity_n spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n superveniet_fw-la in_o te_fw-la ideoque_fw-la quod_fw-la nascetur_fw-la ex_fw-la te_fw-la sanctum_fw-la vocabitur_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o quality_n of_o head_n oblige_v he_o to_o stoop_v under_o the_o load_n of_o our_o offence_n he_o that_o be_v innocent_a by_o nature_n become_v guilty_a by_o love_n and_o when_o he_o unite_v himself_o to_o his_o member_n he_o become_v their_o surety_n and_o engage_v himself_o to_o satisfy_v for_o they_o thence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o prophet_n speak_v not_o of_o he_o only_o as_o a_o man_n of_o sorrow_n but_o as_o a_o man_n who_o stand_v hostage_n for_o the_o child_n of_o adam_n and_o who_o be_v voluntary_o boundto_o bear_v all_o the_o punishment_n their_o sin_n be_v obnoxious_a to_o this_o make_v the_o father_n say_v by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o prophet_n esay_n percussi_fw-la eum_fw-la propter_fw-la scelera_fw-la populi_fw-la mei_fw-la 53._o ipse_fw-la vulneratus_fw-la est_fw-la propter_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la nostras_fw-la attritus_fw-la est_fw-la proterscelera_fw-la nostra_fw-la posuit_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la omnium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la isa_n 53._o this_o make_a saint_n john_n say_v that_o he_o be_v the_o lamb_n of_o god_n that_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n and_o this_o make_v jesus_n christ_n himself_o upon_o the_o cross_n say_v that_o his_o sin_n condemn_v he_o to_o death_n long_o a_o salute_n mea_fw-la verba_fw-la delictorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la for_o he_o die_v not_o that_o ignominious_a death_n but_o because_o he_o stand_v in_o the_o place_n of_o man_n and_o be_v their_o pledge_n because_o he_o be_v their_o head_n he_o be_v bind_v to_o satisfy_v for_o they_o the_o justice_n of_o his_o father_n therefore_o the_o sentence_n that_o oblige_v the_o son_n of_o god_n to_o death_n be_v the_o just_a and_o unjust_a sentence_n in_o the_o world_n it_o be_v unjust_a if_o we_o consider_v it_o as_o proceed_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o pilate_n because_o all_o the_o crime_n jesus_n christ_n be_v accuse_v of_o be_v forge_v by_o his_o enemy_n it_o be_v just_a if_o we_o consider_v it_o as_o proceed_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o eternal_a father_n because_o his_o son_n appear_v before_o he_o as_o the_o head_n of_o all_o man_n and_o he_o behold_v he_o as_o a_o innocent_a victim_n who_o charity_n have_v make_v he_o a_o delinquent_n indeed_o our_o sin_n be_v not_o remit_v but_o because_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v charge_v with_o they_o the_o fury_n of_o god_n the_o father_n be_v not_o appease_v but_o because_o jesus_n christ_n have_v satisfy_v it_o nor_o do_v we_o live_v secure_o in_o the_o world_n but_o because_o our_o head_n have_v restore_v we_o our_o innocence_n this_o be_v the_o compact_n he_o make_v with_o we_o he_o have_v take_v our_o evil_n to_o confer_v upon_o we_o his_o merit_n he_o have_v 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