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a_o antecede_a meritorious_a cause_n or_o not_o if_o they_o do_v they_o be_v then_o punishment_n if_o not_o they_o be_v mere_a exercise_n of_o power_n and_o dominion_n whatever_o end_v they_o be_v intend_v for_o and_o whatever_o recompense_n be_v make_v for_o they_o of_o christ_n suff._n p._n 267._o here_o then_o lie_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o controversy_n between_o we_o and_o they_o whether_o our_o sin_n be_v a_o impulsive_a meritorious_a cause_n of_o christ_n suffering_n and_o christ_n suffering_n a_o proper_a punishment_n for_o our_o sin_n if_o our_o sin_n be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o christ_n suffering_n it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o christ_n bear_v the_o punishment_n of_o our_o sin_n in_o a_o proper_a sense_n a_o impulsive_a cause_n in_o a_o remote_a sense_n as_o though_o our_o sin_n be_v a_o mere_a occasion_n of_o christ_n die_v crellius_n grant_v but_o as_o the_o bishop_n observe_v we_o understand_v not_o a_o impulsive_a cause_n in_o so_o remote_a a_o sense_n but_o 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