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page_n with_o see_v it_o be_v but_o little_a in_o they_o which_o he_o except_v against_o and_o whoever_o please_v may_v consult_v they_o at_o large_a in_o the_o place_n from_o whence_o they_o be_v take_v or_o because_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o find_v they_o out_o single_o they_o be_v so_o pick_v up_o and_o down_o backward_o and_o forward_o curtail_v and_o add_v to_o at_o pleasure_n any_o one_o may_v in_o a_o very_a little_a space_n of_o time_n read_v over_o the_o whole_a unto_o his_o full_a satisfaction_n i_o shall_v therefore_o only_o consider_v his_o exception_n and_o have_v unto_o a_o end_n of_o this_o fruitless_a trouble_n wherein_o i_o be_o most_o unwilling_o engage_v by_o this_o man_n unsuspected_a disingenuity_n and_o ignorance_n after_o the_o citation_n of_o some_o passage_n he_o add_v pag._n 301._o this_o methinks_v be_v very_o strange_a that_o what_o he_o do_v as_o mediator_n be_v not_o impute_v unto_o we_o but_o what_o he_o do_v not_o as_o our_o mediator_n but_o as_o a_o 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of_o other_o man_n that_o he_o may_v understand_v they_o before_o he_o come_v to_o make_v such_o a_o bluster_n in_o his_o opposition_n to_o they_o for_o i_o have_v tell_v he_o plain_o that_o though_o there_o be_v a_o peculiar_a law_n of_o mediation_n who_o act_n and_o duty_n we_o have_v no_o obligation_n unto_o yet_o the_o lord_n christ_n even_o as_o mediator_n be_v oblige_v unto_o and_o do_v personal_o perform_v all_o duty_n of_o obedience_n unto_o the_o law_n of_o god_n whereunto_o we_o be_v subject_a and_o oblige_v pag._n 181._o sec._n 14._o and_o it_o be_v strange_a to_o apprehend_v how_o he_o come_v to_o imagine_v that_o i_o say_v he_o do_v it_o not_o as_o our_o mediator_n but_o as_o a_o private_a man._n that_o which_o possible_o may_v cast_v his_o thought_n into_o this_o disorder_n be_v that_o he_o know_v not_o that_o christ_n be_v make_v a_o private_a man_n as_o mediator_n which_o yet_o the_o scripture_n be_v sufficient_o express_v in_o for_o the_o follow_a objection_n that_o the_o lord_n christ_n be_v neither_o husband_n nor_o wife_n father_n nor_o tradesman_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o yet_o possible_o he_o be_v out_o in_o his_o account_n i_o have_v frequent_o smile_v at_o it_o when_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o it_o in_o the_o socinian_o who_o be_v perk_v with_o it_o at_o every_o turn_n but_o here_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v admire_v but_o yet_o without_o trouble_v those_o bugbear_n the_o schoolman_n he_o may_v be_v please_v to_o take_v notice_n that_o the_o grace_n of_o duty_n and_o obedience_n in_o all_o relation_n be_v the_o same_o the_o relation_n administer_a only_o a_o external_n occasion_n unto_o its_o peculiar_a exercise_n and_o what_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n do_v in_o the_o fulfil_n of_o all_o righteousness_n in_o the_o circumstance_n and_o relation_n wherein_o he_o stand_v may_v be_v impute_v to_o we_o for_o our_o righteousness_n in_o all_o our_o relation_n every_o act_n of_o duty_n and_o sin_n in_o they_o respect_v the_o same_o law_n and_o principle_n and_o hereon_o all_o his_o follow_a exception_n for_o sundry_a page_n wherein_o he_o seem_v much_o to_o have_v please_v himself_o do_v fall_n to_o nothing_o as_o be_v resolve_v into_o his_o own_o mistake_v if_o he_o do_v not_o prevaricate_v against_o his_o science_n and_o conscience_n for_o the_o sum_n of_o they_o all_o he_o give_v we_o in_o these_o word_n pag._n 304._o that_o christ_n do_v those_o thing_n as_o mediator_n which_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o the_o law_n of_o his_o mediation_n which_o in_o what_o sense_n he_o do_v so_o be_v full_o explain_v in_o my_o discourse_n and_o i_o be_o apt_a to_o guess_v that_o either_o he_o be_v deceive_v or_o do_v design_n to_o deceive_v in_o express_v it_o by_o the_o law_n of_o his_o mediation_n which_o may_v comprise_v all_o the_o law_n which_o as_o mediator_n he_o be_v subject_a unto_o and_o so_o it_o be_v most_o true_a that_o he_o do_v nothing_o as_o mediator_n but_o what_o belong_v unto_o the_o law_n of_o his_o mediation_n but_o most_o false_a that_o i_o have_v affirm_v that_o he_o do_v for_o i_o do_v distinguish_v between_o that_o peculiar_a law_n which_o require_v the_o public_a act_n of_o his_o mediation_n and_o those_o other_o law_n which_o as_o mediator_n he_o be_v make_v subject_a unto_o and_o if_o he_o neither_o do_v nor_o will_v understand_v these_o thing_n when_o he_o be_v tell_v they_o and_o they_o be_v prove_v unto_o he_o beyond_o what_o he_o can_v contradict_v i_o know_v no_o reason_n why_o i_o shall_v trouble_v myself_o with_o one_o that_o contend_v with_o his_o own_o mormoe_n though_o he_o never_o so_o lewd_o or_o loud_o call_v my_o name_n upon_o they_o and_o whereas_o i_o know_v myself_o sufficient_o subject_a unto_o mistake_v and_o slip_v so_o when_o i_o actual_o fall_v into_o they_o as_o i_o shall_v not_o desire_v this_o man_n forgiveness_n but_o leave_v he_o to_o exercise_v the_o utmost_a of_o his_o severity_n so_o i_o despise_v his_o ridiculous_a attempt_n to_o represent_v contradiction_n in_o my_o discourse_n pag._n 306._o all_o pretence_n whereunto_o be_v take_v from_o his_o own_o ignorance_n or_o feign_v in_o his_o imagination_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n be_v all_o his_o ensue_a cavil_n i_o desire_v no_o more_o of_o any_o reader_n but_o to_o peruse_v the_o place_n in_o my_o discourse_n which_o he_o carp_v at_o and_o if_o he_o be_v a_o person_n of_o ordinary_a understanding_n in_o these_o thing_n i_o declare_v that_o i_o will_v stand_v to_o his_o censure_n and_o judgement_n without_o give_v he_o the_o least_o far_a intimation_n of_o the_o sense_n and_o intendment_n of_o what_o i_o have_v write_v or_o vindication_n of_o its_o truth_n thus_o whereas_o i_o have_v plain_o declare_v that_o the_o way_n whereby_o the_o lord_n christ_n in_o his_o own_o person_n become_v obnoxious_a and_o subject_a unto_o the_o law_n of_o creation_n be_v by_o his_o own_o voluntary_a antecedent_n choice_n otherwise_o than_o it_o be_v with_o those_o who_o be_v inevitable_o subject_a unto_o it_o by_o natural_a generation_n under_o it_o as_o also_o that_o the_o hypostatical_a union_n in_o the_o first_o instant_n whereof_o the_o humane_a nature_n be_v fit_v for_o glory_n may_v have_v exempt_v he_o from_o the_o oblgation_n of_o any_o outward_a law_n whatever_o whence_o it_o appear_v that_o his_o consequential_a obedience_n though_o necessary_a to_o himself_o when_o he_o have_v submit_v himself_o unto_o the_o law_n as_o loe_o i_o come_v to_o do_v thy_o will_n o_o god_n be_v design_o for_o we_o he_o miserable_o perplex_v himself_o to_o abuse_v his_o credulous_a reader_n with_o a_o apprehension_n that_o i_o have_v talk_v like_o himself_o at_o such_o a_o rate_n of_o nonsense_n as_o any_o one_o in_o his_o wit_n must_v needs_o despise_v the_o meaning_n and_o sum_n of_o my_o discourse_n he_o will_v have_v to_o be_v this_o pag._n 308._o that_o christ_n have_v not_o be_v bind_v to_o live_v like_o a_o man_n have_v he_o not_o be_v a_o man_n with_o i_o know_v not_o what_o futulous_a cavil_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n when_o all_o that_o i_o insist_v on_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o christ_n will_v be_v a_o man_n and_o live_v like_o a_o man_n which_o be_v that_o we_o may_v receive_v the_o benefit_n and_o profit_n of_o his_o obedience_n as_o he_o be_v our_o mediator_n so_o in_o the_o close_a of_o the_o same_o wise_a harangue_n from_o my_o say_n that_o the_o lord_n christ_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o hypostatical_a union_n may_v be_v exempt_v as_o it_o be_v and_o lift_v above_o the_o law_n which_o yet_o he_o willing_o submit_v unto_o and_o in_o the_o same_o instant_n wherein_o he_o be_v make_v of_o a_o woman_n be_v make_v also_o under_o the_o law_n whence_o obedience_n unto_o it_o become_v necessary_a unto_o he_o the_o man_n feign_v i_o know_v not_o what_o