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apostle_n use_v this_o word_n in_o this_o chapter_n ver_fw-la 3._o and_o it_o signify_v to_o make_v empty_a and_o void_a so_o that_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v of_o no_o use_n or_o operation_n now_o to_o this_o the_o apostle_n answer_v negative_o by_o word_n of_o defiance_n and_o detestation_n god_n forbid_v so_o that_o by_o this_o expression_n you_o see_v how_o intolerable_a that_o doctrine_n ought_v to_o be_v unto_o the_o people_n of_o god_n that_o will_v take_v away_o the_o law_n and_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o only_o defy_v this_o objection_n but_o add_v we_o establish_v the_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o metaphor_n from_o those_o that_o do_v corroborate_v and_o make_v firm_a a_o pillar_n or_o any_o such_o thing_n that_o be_v fall_v it_o have_v much_o trouble_v interpreter_n how_o paul_n can_v say_v he_o establish_v the_o law_n especial_o consider_v those_o many_o place_n in_o his_o epistle_n which_o seem_v to_o abrogate_v it_o some_o understand_v it_o thus_o that_o the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n have_v its_o witness_n from_o the_o law_n and_o prophet_n as_o ver_fw-la 21._o in_o this_o chapter_n so_o that_o in_o this_o sense_n they_o make_v the_o law_n establish_v because_o that_o which_o be_v witness_v therein_o do_v now_o come_v to_o pass_v even_o as_o our_o saviour_n say_v moses_n do_v bear_v witness_n of_o he_o but_o this_o interpretation_n do_v not_o come_v up_o to_o the_o apostle_n meaning_n those_o that_o limit_v this_o speech_n to_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n do_v easy_o interpret_v it_o thus_o that_o the_o ceremony_n and_o type_n be_v fulfil_v in_o christ_n who_o be_v the_o substance_n and_o body_n they_o be_v all_o now_o fulfil_v in_o he_o but_o the_o apostle_n comprehend_v the_o moral_a law_n under_o the_o word_n law_n the_o papist_n they_o make_v the_o gospel_n a_o new_a law_n and_o they_o compare_v it_o with_o the_o old_a law_n have_v the_o spirit_n as_o two_o thing_n differ_v only_o gradual_o so_o that_o they_o say_v the_o old_a law_n 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void_a the_o law_n this_o text_n be_v already_o explain_v and_o there_o be_v two_o observation_n law_n do_v natural_o arise_v from_o it_o as_o first_o that_o it_o be_v a_o hard_a thing_n so_o to_o set_v up_o christ_n &_o grace_n as_o not_o thereby_o be_v think_v to_o destroy_v the_o law_n thus_o be_v paul_n misunderstand_v by_o some_o and_o so_o the_o antinomian_o not_o right_o understand_v in_o what_o latitude_n the_o orthodox_n in_o their_o disputation_n against_o popery_n do_v oppose_v the_o law_n to_o the_o gospel_n be_v thereby_o plunge_v into_o a_o dangerous_a error_n but_o on_o this_o point_n i_o will_v not_o insist_v the_o second_o doctrine_n be_v that_o which_o i_o intend_v namely_o that_o the_o doctrine_n law_n of_o christ_n and_o grace_n in_o the_o high_a and_o full_a manner_n do_v not_o overthrow_n but_o establish_v the_o law_n and_o this_o doctrine_n will_v direct_o lead_v we_o to_o lay_v our_o hand_n on_o the_o chief_a pillar_n of_o that_o house_n which_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o yet_o mat._n 5._o he_o deny_v that_o he_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o dissolve_v the_o law_n grave_a therefore_o and_o serious_a be_v chemnitius_n his_o admonition_n in_o all_o other_o thing_n general_a word_n beget_v confusion_n and_o obscurity_n but_o in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o abrogation_n of_o the_o law_n they_o be_v very_o dangerous_a unless_o it_o be_v distinct_o explain_v how_o it_o be_v abrogate_a in_o the_o first_o place_n therefore_o consider_v that_o about_o a_o law_n there_o law_n be_v these_o affection_n if_o i_o may_v call_v they_o so_o there_o be_v a_o interpretation_n a_o dispensation_n or_o relaxation_n and_o these_o differ_v from_o a_o abrogation_n for_o the_o former_a do_v suppose_v the_o law_n still_o stand_v in_o force_n though_o
necessary_o by_o way_n of_o it_o consequence_n enforce_v the_o abrogation_n of_o the_o law_n and_o thus_o though_o some_o antinomian_o do_v express_o and_o bold_o assert_v the_o abolish_n of_o it_o at_o least_o to_o believer_n yet_o those_o that_o have_v more_o learning_n and_o wariness_n do_v disclaim_v it_o and_o account_v it_o a_o calumny_n but_o even_o at_o the_o same_o time_n while_o they_o do_v disclaim_v it_o as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v show_v present_o they_o hold_v such_o assertion_n as_o do_v necessary_o infer_v the_o abrogation_n of_o it_o 3._o the_o law_n may_v be_v doctrinal_o dissolve_v by_o press_v such_o duty_n god_n upon_o man_n whereby_o they_o will_v be_v necessitate_v to_o break_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n thus_o when_o the_o pharisee_n teach_v that_o whatsoever_o vow_n be_v make_v concern_v any_o gift_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v it_o though_o thereby_o they_o be_v disenable_v to_o honour_v their_o parent_n and_o this_o be_v most_o remarkable_o see_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n who_o by_o the_o multitude_n and_o necessity_n of_o observation_n of_o their_o church_n precept_n and_o constitution_n make_v man_n to_o break_v the_o plain_a commandment_n of_o god_n now_o i_o shall_v brief_o instance_n general_o about_o those_o error_n that_o dissolve_v god_n law_n and_o then_o more_o particular_o about_o the_o antinomian_a doctrine_n the_o first_o heretic_n that_o oppose_v it_o be_v the_o marcionite_n and_o law_n manichee_n martion_n who_o tertullian_n call_v must_n potincus_fw-la because_o of_o his_o arrode_a and_o gnaw_v the_o scripture_n to_o make_v it_o serviceable_a to_o his_o error_n he_o among_o other_o error_n broach_v this_o that_o the_o old_a law_n as_o he_o call_v it_o be_v evil_a and_o that_o it_o come_v from_o a_o evil_a god_n to_o he_o in_o this_o opinion_n succeed_v manes_n who_o true_o may_v be_v so_o call_v because_o of_o his_o madness_n although_o his_o follower_n to_o take_v away_o that_o reproach_n call_v he_o mannichaeus_n 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