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best_a ornament_n for_o holiness_n become_v thy_o house_n o_o lord_n for_o ever_o psal_n 93._o 5._o this_o be_v a_o far_o great_a gift_n than_o any_o outward_a greatness_n for_o moral_a excellency_n do_v far_o transcend_v civil_a or_o natural_a god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v rich_a in_o 6_o rom._n 10._o 12_o eph._n 2._o 4_o rom._n 11._o 33_o exod._n 24._o 6_o mercy_n plenteous_a in_o redemption_n abundant_a in_o goodness_n and_o truth_n infinite_a in_o power_n unsearchable_a in_o counsel_n but_o he_o be_v glorious_a in_o holiness_n exod._n 15._o 11._o god_n goodness_n be_v his_o treasure_n but_o his_o holiness_n be_v his_o glory_n again_o christ_n in_o give_v we_o sanctification_n do_v not_o only_o respect_v its_o excellency_n but_o also_o out_o want_v of_o it_o christ_n come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o repair_v and_o make_v up_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o fall_n in_o the_o fall_v we_o lose_v not_o only_a god_n love_n but_o also_o god_n image_n therefore_o that_o the_o plaster_n may_v be_v as_o broad_a as_o the_o fore_n he_o die_v not_o only_o to_o reconcile_v we_o but_o also_o to_o sanctify_v we_o that_o he_o may_v sanctify_v the_o people_n with_o his_o own_o blood_n he_o suffer_v without_o the_o gate_n heb._n 13._o 12._o his_o blood_n be_v 21_o exod._n 30._o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 21_o not_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o price_n but_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o laver_n wherein_o to_o wash_v we_o and_o make_v we_o clean_o as_o under_o the_o law_n there_o be_v both_o a_o laver_n and_o a_o altar_n to_o show_v that_o we_o must_v be_v sanctify_v as_o well_o as_o justify_v christ_n come_v into_o the_o world_n not_o only_o to_o abolish_v the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n which_o make_v against_o 25._o the_o son_n of_o god_n appear_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la dissolvat_fw-la opera_fw-la diaboli_fw-la si_fw-mi hodie_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o helvetiis_fw-la thermae_n tabericâ—ses_n etc._n etc._n vatetudinarios_fw-la restituunt_fw-la id_fw-la quidem_fw-la divina_fw-la tribuendum_fw-la est_fw-la bâ—nignitati_fw-la nam_fw-la nuste_fw-la res_fw-la terrenae_fw-la vim_o in_fw-la se_fw-la habent_fw-la saluâ—arem_fw-la hominibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la essicaces_fw-la reddâ—ntur_fw-la per_fw-la poâ—entiam_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la bul_v in_o joh._n 5._o 4_o numb_a 35_o 6_o 25._o our_o interest_n peace_n and_o comfort_n but_o also_o to_o destroy_v the_o power_n of_o sin_n and_o cleanse_v we_o of_o the_o filth_n of_o sin_n which_o make_v against_o christ_n glory_n christ_n die_v that_o the_o gospel_n and_o all_o the_o precious_a ordinance_n and_o promise_n of_o the_o â—ame_n may_v be_v under_o a_o blessing_n and_o conduce_v to_o the_o advancement_n of_o holiness_n ephes_n 5._o 26._o that_o he_o may_v sanctify_v we_o by_o the_o wash_n of_o water_n through_o the_o word_n christ_n have_v procure_v a_o treasure_n of_o grace_n to_o be_v convey_v to_o the_o church_n by_o the_o spiritual_a use_n of_o ordinance_n john_n 17._o 19_o i_o sanctify_v myself_o for_o their_o sake_n say_v christ_n that_o they_o may_v be_v sanctify_v through_o the_o truth_n that_o profane_a wretch_n celsus_n decry_v christianity_n as_o though_o it_o be_v a_o nursery_n of_o wickedness_n and_o a_o seminary_n of_o all_o looseness_n such_o abominable_a thought_n he_o have_v of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o freegrace_n origen_n wise_o answer_v he_o the_o gospel_n be_v not_o a_o invitation_n of_o a_o thief_n to_o debauch_v man_n but_o the_o invitation_n of_o a_o physician_n to_o cure_v man_n of_o their_o enormity_n it_o be_v a_o hospital_n to_o heal_v they_o of_o their_o disease_n a_o fountain_n to_o cleanse_v they_o of_o their_o filthiness_n when_o ever_o you_o come_v to_o hear_v the_o word_n or_o to_o the_o use_n of_o any_o ordinance_n expect_v then_o to_o reap_v the_o fruit_n of_o christ_n purchase_n look_v upon_o the_o ordinance_n as_o sprinkle_v
of_o justification_n 1._o absolution_n from_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n this_o be_v do_v by_o christ_n suffering_n the_o prince_n of_o life_n die_v the_o lord_n of_o glory_n become_v a_o curse_n for_o we_o 2._o acceptation_n as_o righteous_a in_o christ_n this_o be_v do_v by_o the_o imputation_n of_o christ_n perfect_a righteousness_n to_o we_o both_o habitual_a and_o actual_a thus_o 18._o rom._n 8._o 3_o 4._o rom._n 5._o 17_o 18._o jesus_n christ_n be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n for_o righteousness_n to_o every_o one_o that_o believe_v for_o to_o they_o that_o believe_v in_o he_o he_o have_v fulfil_v all_o righteousness_n but_o i_o must_v confess_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o most_o strict_a connexion_n between_o these_o two_o viz._n imputation_n of_o righteousness_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n the_o one_o do_v comprehend_v or_o conclude_v the_o other_o as_o rom._n 4._o 22._o and_o justifi-fication_a 445._o propter_fw-la arctissimam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d una_fw-la alteram_fw-la complectitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quamvis_fw-la justificatio_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o peccatorum_fw-la remissione_n constituatur_fw-la synop._n pur._n theol._n p._n 436._o justificatio_fw-la peccatoris_fw-la est_fw-la remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la figuratè_fw-la nimirum_fw-la &_o metonimicè_fw-la loquendo_fw-la quia_fw-la remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la formalis_fw-la justificationis_fw-la peccatoris_fw-la etc._n etc._n syntag._n polan_n p._n 445._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v oftentimes_o place_v in_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n as_o psalm_n 32._o 1._o rom._n 4._o 7._o we_o be_v justify_v by_o christ_n obedience_n both_o active_a and_o passive_a but_o i_o confess_v chief_o by_o the_o latter_a the_o scripture_n in_o many_o place_n seem_v to_o lay_v the_o stress_n principal_o or_o at_o least_o synechdochical_o upon_o the_o blood_n the_o death_n the_o cross_n of_o christ_n ephes_n 1._o 7._o heb._n 9_o 12_o 14._o 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