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the_o apostle_n add_v come_v envy_n strife_n rail_n evil-surmizings_a perverse_a dispute_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o as_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n that_o can_v serve_v no_o good_a end_n i_o will_v requite_v all_o this_o accuser_n hard_a speech_n of_o we_o with_o a_o serious_a admonition_n that_o he_o will_v careful_o look_v into_o the_o text_n last_o mention_v and_o if_o to_o that_o he_o add_v what_o do_v occur_v in_o the_o carnality_n of_o religious_a contention_n p._n 39_o 40_o 41_o 42._o a_o tract_n well_o worthy_a of_o its_o most_o excellent_a author_n perhaps_o it_o may_v minister_v towards_o the_o cure_n of_o his_o so_o sickly_a mind_n and_o he_o may_v not_o hereafter_o so_o far_o dote_v upon_o a_o unscriptural_a word_n or_o phrase_n or_o turn_v it_o to_o our_o reproach_n that_o we_o be_v not_o alike_o fond_a of_o '_o they_o sect._n 3_o but_o to_o proceed_v we_o challenge_v this_o accuser_n to_o instance_n
any_o one_o particular_a thing_n plain_o intend_v by_o the_o orthodox_n grotius_n the_o bishop_n of_o worcester_n etc._n etc._n that_o use_v this_o phrase_n against_o the_o socinian_o i_o say_v let_v he_o instance_n if_o he_o be_v able_a any_o one_o thing_n they_o intend_v by_o it_o that_o be_v not_o ready_o agree_v to_o by_o we_o we_o have_v reason_n to_o suppose_v that_o he_o himself_o may_v intend_v somewhat_o more_o by_o it_o than_o we_o be_v willing_a to_o allow_v and_o which_o in_o due_a place_n may_v be_v take_v notice_n of_o but_o we_o can_v find_v that_o they_o thereby_o design_n in_o general_n to_o express_v any_o thing_n more_o than_o that_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n have_v a_o respect_n to_o sin_n to_o our_o sin_n as_o the_o ground_n or_o reason_n of_o they_o they_o be_v the_o assume_v cause_n of_o they_o he_o suffer_v for_o or_o on_o the_o account_n of_o our_o sin_n now_o whereas_o it_o may_v be_v difficult_a to_o conceive_v how_o or_o which_o way_n our_o sin_n can_v 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death_n eternal_a death_n rom._n 1._o 32._o this_o be_v what_o they_o have_v render_v our_o due_a they_o be_v in_o the_o strict_a and_o most_o proper_a sense_n meritorious_a of_o our_o own_o suffering_n have_v we_o lie_v eternal_o under_o the_o avenge_a wrath_n of_o god_n it_o can_v not_o have_v be_v say_v with_o truth_n that_o he_o have_v do_v we_o any_o wrong_n it_o will_v have_v be_v but_o the_o wage_n we_o have_v earn_v rom._n 6._o 23._o and_o what_o apostate_n angel_n do_v actual_o undergo_v ii_o hereupon_o death_n be_v the_o demerit_n of_o our_o sin_n it_o follow_v that_o we_o must_v of_o necessity_n suffer_v unless_o we_o be_v forgive_v for_o no_o one_o sure_o will_v or_o can_v imagine_v that_o it_o may_v be_v avoid_v by_o our_o own_o power_n or_o policy_n whether_o alone_o or_o in_o conjunction_n with_o any_o other_o creature_n or_o creature_n be_v it_o possible_a we_o shall_v either_o hide_v from_o god_n all-seeing_a eye_n or_o prevail_v against_o his_o all-powerful_a hand_n we_o can_v therefore_o escape_v against_o or_o without_o the_o divine_a pleasure_n now_o a_o liberation_n a_o deliverance_n from_o deserve_a wrath_n that_o do_v depend_v upon_o and_o derive_v from_o the_o divine_a will_n and_o pleasure_n be_v most_o proper_a remission_n as_o have_v be_v before_o say_v and_o how_o be_v to_o be_v conceive_v that_o the_o misery_n which_o the_o law_n threaten_v and_o we_o have_v deserve_v by_o our_o sin_n can_v otherwise_o possible_o be_v avoid_v than_o by_o virtue_n of_o such_o a_o intervening_a act_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n whereby_o the_o penalty_n be_v gracious_o remit_v iii_o several_a thing_n concur_v to_o render_v it_o unmeet_a that_o god_n shall_v mere_o pardon_v that_o he_o shall_v so_o forgive_v the_o sinner_n as_o not_o to_o leave_v one_o way_n or_o other_o any_o severe_a mark_n of_o his_o displeasure_n upon_o sin_n he_o do_v retain_v in_o the_o height_n of_o his_o displeasure_n such_o a_o love_n of_o benevolence_n as_o do_v incline_v he_o to_o commiserate_v the_o case_n of_o lapse_v sinful_a man_n and_o in_o some_o besit_a way_n to_o re-admit_a he_o into_o favour_n but_o it_o be_v high_o fit_a and_o necessary_a it_o shall_v be_v in_o such_o a_o way_n as_o shall_v both_o due_o provide_v for_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o be_v most_o apt_a to_o deter_v and_o affright_v man_n from_o sin_v due_a regard_n must_v be_v have_v to_o both_o these_o the_o sinner_n can_v not_o be_v forgive_v unless_o consistent_o therewith_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n can_v be_v secure_v and_o sin_n render_v frightful_a and_o to_o be_v dread_v by_o we_o now_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o former_a the_o honour_n of_o god_n do_v require_v that_o if_o he_o pardon_v sinner_n it_o shall_v be_v in_o such_o a_o way_n as_o shall_v manifest_o vindicate_v and_o acquit_v he_o from_o the_o reflection_n that_o be_v not_o uncommon_a upon_o such_o occasion_n it_o be_v a_o very_a usual_a and_o know_a case_n in_o humane_a government_n that_o the_o sovereign_n reputation_n suffer_v by_o too_o easy_a pardon_n in_o the_o case_n before_o we_o it_o be_v exceed_o plain_a that_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n power_n and_o wisdom_n but_o special_o of_o his_o holiness_n and_o justice_n be_v to_o be_v provide_v for_o whilst_o he_o magnify_v his_o mercy_n in_o our_o forgiveness_n 1._o whereas_o nothing_o be_v more_o common_a than_o for_o too_o easy_a pardon_n to_o be_v impute_v to_o a_o governor_n as_o a_o evidence_n of_o his_o weakness_n and_o want_n of_o power_n it_o be_v a_o most_o condecent_fw-la and_o become_a thing_n that_o god_n shall_v pardon_v in_o such_o a_o way_n as_o yet_o shall_v manifest_v his_o power_n that_o it_o may_v appear_v he_o be_v not_o afraid_a or_o unable_a to_o vindicate_v his_o injure_a law_n that_o he_o do_v not_o forgive_v through_o a_o mere_a want_n of_o power_n to_o punish_v 2._o it_o be_v equal_o fit_a and_o necessary_a that_o he_o shall_v also_o vindicate_v the_o honour_n of_o his_o wisdom_n and_o not_o by_o a_o light_n and_o easy_a pardon_n tempt_v the_o world_n to_o impeach_v he_o of_o levity_n and_o folly_n as_o if_o he_o have_v rash_o and_o unadvised_o make_v a_o law_n of_o the_o consequence_n whereof_o he_o be_v not_o aware_a and_o therefore_o be_v afterward_o oblige_v to_o change_v his_o mind_n and_o indemnify_v the_o transgressor_n without_o any_o compensation_n 3._o yea_o a_o mere_a pardon_n will_v also_o have_v reflect_v upon_o his_o holiness_n it_o be_v therefore_o necessary_a that_o god_n for_o the_o vindication_n of_o his_o essential_a purity_n shall_v make_v it_o appear_v that_o he_o hate_v sin_n though_o he_o love_v the_o sinner_n that_o man_n may_v not_o look_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o god_n that_o have_v pleasure_n in_o iniquity_n the_o direct_a contrary_n to_o what_o he_o have_v declare_v of_o himself_o psal_n 5._o 4._o neither_o yet_o as_o if_o he_o be_v indifferent_o affect_v towards_o it_o he_o be_v as_o we_o be_v assure_v of_o pure_a eye_n than_o to_o behold_v iniquity_n i._n e._n so_o as_o to_o allow_v or_o not_o to_o be_v displease_v at_o it_o hab._n 1._o 13._o this_o holiness_n of_o he_o be_v that_o which_o give_v a_o most_o adorable_a and_o conspicuous_a beauty_n and_o lustre_n to_o all_o his_o other_o perfection_n he_o be_v glorious_a in_o holiness_n exod._n 15._o 11._o and_o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v no_o way_n meet_v that_o the_o honour_n of_o this_o attribute_n shall_v be_v neglect_v or_o postponed_a to_o our_o safety_n it_o be_v better_o that_o ten_o thousand_o world_n shall_v perish_v than_o that_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n holiness_n be_v stain_v but_o how_o shall_v it_o be_v vindicate_v if_o sin_n be_v absolute_o remit_v that_o connexion_n we_o find_v betwixt_o his_o holiness_n and_o his_o not_o forgive_a sin_n josh_n 24._o 19_o do_v very_o plain_o intimate_v that_o the_o holiness_n of_o god_n be_v a_o bar_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o way_n of_o pardon_n that_o do_v as_o it_o be_v oblige_v god_n not_o to_o give_v out_o pardon_n too_o easy_o not_o to_o pardon_v absolute_o or_o without_o due_a provision_n make_v for_o the_o demonstrate_v his_o antipathy_n against_o sin_n that_o in_o his_o eye_n as_o well_o as_o in_o its_o own_o nature_n it_o be_v a_o abominable_a thing_n what_o his_o soul_n hate_v jer._n 44._o 4._o 4._o it_o be_v further_o necessary_a that_o the_o reputation_n of_o his_o govern_n justice_n shall_v also_o be_v consult_v god_n consider_v as_o a_o governor_n be_v necessary_o just_a can_v but_o be_v so_o how_o monstrous_a a_o sound_n will_v these_o two_o word_n conjoin_v carry_v in_o they_o a_o unjust_a god_n they_o do_v mutual_o destroy_v and_o subvert_v each_o other_o he_o that_o be_v god_n can_v be_v unjust_a and_o that_o be_v that_o be_v unjust_a for_o that_o very_a
same_o law_n as_o before_o our_o sin_n can_v be_v their_o meritorious_a cause_n and_o p._n 41._o whence_o its_o impossible_a i._n e._n if_o christ_n suffering_n arise_v not_o from_o the_o violate_a law_n but_o from_o the_o mediatorial_n law_n it_o be_v impossible_a sin_n shall_v be_v their_o meritorious_a cause_n so_o that_o his_o sense_n shall_v be_v that_o christ_n suffering_n be_v not_o can_v not_o be_v it_o be_v impossible_a they_o shall_v be_v from_o our_o sin_n as_o the_o proper_a meritorious_a cause_n unless_o they_o do_v result_v and_o immediate_o result_v from_o the_o violate_a law_n and_o this_o be_v what_o we_o also_o say_v and_o therefore_o while_o he_o plead_v for_o our_o sin_n be_v so_o proper_o so_o immediate_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o christ_n suffering_n he_o must_v needs_o mean_v that_o they_o do_v result_v immediate_o result_v from_o the_o law_n when_o violate_v i._n e._n so_o soon_o as_o ever_o the_o law_n be_v violate_v so_o soon_o as_o we_o have_v sin_v the_o law_n immediate_o lay_v hold_v on_o christ_n bind_v he_o over_o to_o death_n and_o that_o it_o can_v not_o do_v unless_o he_o be_v threaten_v by_o it_o here_o therefore_o i_o will_v have_v manifest_v that_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o threaten_v by_o that_o law_n but_o that_o i_o have_v already_o large_o do_v it_o both_o in_o the_o first_o and_o three_o chapter_n of_o this_o discourse_n and_o our_o accuser_n himself_o have_v render_v it_o the_o less_o needful_a by_o give_v it_o as_o his_o true_a sense_n that_o when_o the_o law_n be_v at_o first_o give_v to_o adam_n christ_n be_v not_o in_o the_o obligation_n it_o do_v not_o run_v thou_o or_o thy_o surety_n for_o thou_o p._n 5._o of_o this_o very_a appeal_n we_o shall_v therefore_o instead_o of_o peruse_v the_o matter_n further_a allow_v he_o leisure_n to_o bethink_v himself_o how_o these_o thing_n will_v be_v make_v to_o consist_v together_o that_o christ_n obligation_n to_o suffer_v do_v immediate_o result_v from_o 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be_v inquire_v into_o see_v his_o lordship_n letter_n to_o mr._n w._n insert_v in_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o report_n p._n 57_o it_o be_v not_o the_o bare_a word_n trinity_n that_o divide_v betwixt_o they_o and_o we_o in_o that_o point_n or_o the_o term_n person_n or_o satisfaction_n or_o meritorious_a cause_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v the_o sense_n design_v to_o be_v express_v by_o those_o term_n in_o which_o they_o will_v not_o agree_v with_o we_o will_v they_o allow_v the_o truth_n we_o plead_v for_o that_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v express_v by_o those_o word_n they_o will_v no_o long_o be_v socinian_n nor_o will_v any_o wise_a man_n perpetuate_v the_o contention_n with_o they_o though_o they_o shall_v yet_o be_v unsatisfy_a as_o to_o the_o forementioned_a phrase_n our_o accuser_n therefore_o do_v not_o to_o use_v that_o right_n reverend_a person_n word_n again_o discover_v his_o profound_a knowledge_n in_o these_o matter_n if_o he_o think_v as_o he_o say_v ap._n p._n 39_o that_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o controversy_n lie_v in_o assert_v or_o deny_v our_o sin_n to_o be_v the_o proper_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o christ_n suffering_n and_o if_o he_o know_v otherwise_o and_o to_o design_n to_o impose_v upon_o those_o that_o do_v not_o where_o be_v his_o ingenuity_n it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v true_a that_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o controversy_n lie_v here_o that_o so_o far_o as_o i_o have_v yet_o observe_v this_o very_a man_n be_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o assert_v our_o sin_n be_v the_o proper_o meritorious_a cause_n etc._n etc._n grotius_n vossius_fw-la and_o the_o bishop_n of_o worcester_n do_v indeed_o speak_v of_o they_o as_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n but_o how_o they_o explain_v themselves_o we_o have_v before_o manifest_v as_o to_o two_o of_o '_o they_o nor_o do_v vossius_fw-la intent_n any_o thing_n more_o than_o only_o that_o they_o be_v true_o meritorious_a of_o suffering_n that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v remit_v without_o they_o and_o that_o in_o this_o exigency_n christ_n consent_v to_o suffer_v for_o we_o whereupon_o he_o call_v they_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o his_o suffering_n though_o he_o as_o grotius_n mean_v it_o only_o of_o the_o suffering_n he_o undergo_v not_o of_o those_o suffering_n as_o undergo_v by_o he_o to_o this_o purpose_n we_o find_v he_o explain_v himself_o punitio_fw-la omnis_fw-la qua_fw-la talis_fw-la sive_fw-la impersonaliter_fw-la spectata_fw-la causam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d habet_fw-la justitiam_fw-la dei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d procatarctica_fw-la vero_fw-la causa_fw-la sunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la itidem_fw-la impersonaliter_fw-la &_o in_o genere_fw-la spectata_fw-la sine_fw-la determinatione_fw-la etc._n etc._n punitio_fw-la vero_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la alio_fw-la est_fw-la plane_n misericordiae_fw-la divinae_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la procatarctica_fw-la vero_fw-la causa_fw-la sunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la nostra_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la exigentia_fw-la vossi_fw-la responsum_fw-la ad_fw-la judicium_fw-la ravensperg_n chap._n 12._o so_o that_o though_o they_o call_v they_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o christ_n suffering_n yet_o they_o plain_o manifest_v that_o they_o intend_v only_o they_o be_v meritorious_a of_o the_o suffering_n he_o undergo_v abstract_o consider_v and_o therefore_o may_v improper_o be_v say_v to_o be_v meritorious_a of_o his_o suffering_n but_o i_o no_o where_o find_v they_o assert_v our_o sin_n to_o be_v the_o proper_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o christ_n suffering_n much_o less_o fix_v that_o as_o the_o point_n in_o controversy_n betwixt_o the_o orthodox_n and_o the_o socinian_o whether_o they_o be_v to_o be_v so_o call_v or_o not_o nay_o it_o be_v not_o only_o not_o needful_a to_o use_v the_o phrase_n our_o accuser_n will_v impose_v upon_o we_o but_o unless_o careful_o explain_v it_o be_v very_o unsafe_a for_o that_o if_o the_o word_n be_v take_v as_o they_o sound_v they_o will_v import_v that_o in_o a_o strict_a and_o proper_a sense_n our_o sin_n deserve_v that_o christ_n shall_v die_v a_o assertion_n that_o in_o a_o sense_n very_o obvious_a do_v amount_v to_o blasphemy_n and_o without_o a_o manifest_a force_n put_v upon_o the_o word_n can_v possible_o be_v a_o truth_n chap._n v._n that_o though_o christ_n suffering_n may_v not_o unapt_o be_v call_v a_o punishment_n yet_o not_o in_o the_o full_a and_o proper_a sense_n in_o which_o the_o suffering_n of_o the_o sinner_n himself_o may_v have_v be_v so_o call_v §_o 1._o in_o this_o point_n also_o our_o accuser_n be_v as_o clamourous_a as_o in_o the_o former_a and_o what_o have_v be_v say_v in_o the_o foregoing_a chapter_n will_v furnish_v out_o a_o just_a answer_n to_o all_o his_o cavil_n upon_o this_o head_n he_o represent_v we_o as_o if_o we_o do_v allow_v the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n only_o so_o far_o and_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n as_o crellius_n do_v appeal_v p._n 27._o but_o deny_v they_o to_o be_v a_o proper_a punishment_n and_o that_o therefore_o we_o be_v against_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n satisfaction_n ap._n p._n 4._o 10._o and_o lest_o this_o shall_v not_o be_v enough_o to_o leave_v we_o under_o the_o reproach_n of_o socinianism_n he_o represent_v this_o as_o the_o very_a part_a point_n betwixt_o the_o orthodox_n and_o the_o socinian_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o controversy_n according_a to_o he_o lie_v in_o the_o assert_v or_o deny_v christ_n suffering_n to_o be_v proper_o penal_a p._n 39_o and_o if_o he_o be_v not_o mistake_v grotius_n vossius_fw-la and_o the_o b._n of_o worcester_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n §_o 2._o but_o after_o all_o what_o if_o it_o shall_v appear_v that_o the_o phrase_n be_v ambiguous_a that_o in_o one_o sense_n and_o which_o be_v plain_o the_o sense_n of_o that_o very_a judicious_a and_o learned_a bishop_n and_o other_o that_o use_v the_o phrase_n it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o suffering_n of_o