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that_o the_o jew_n will_v be_v so_o kind_a as_o to_o let_v remote_a nation_n have_v a_o sight_n and_o copy_n of_o their_o law_n these_o law_n can_v be_v no_o notice_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n till_o translate_v into_o a_o know_a tongue_n be_v there_o always_o among_o the_o jew_n man_n that_o can_v translate_v the_o law_n into_o all_o language_n pag._n 33._o whereas_o god_n be_v former_o know_v by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n and_o providence_n and_o those_o partial_a and_o occasional_a revelation_n of_o his_o will_n which_o he_o make_v to_o the_o world_n now_o the_o only_a true_a medium_fw-la of_o know_v god_n be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n who_o come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o declare_v god_n to_o we_o if_o this_o be_v not_o downright_a fanaticism_n i_o know_v not_o what_o be_v heretofore_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n and_o providence_n be_v true_a medium_n for_o the_o know_v of_o god_n now_o they_o be_v not_o only_o dark_a and_o insufficient_a as_o they_o ever_o be_v since_o the_o fall_n but_o also_o false_a medium_n of_o know_v god_n christ_n be_v the_o only_a true_a medium_fw-la all_o other_o must_v be_v throw_v away_o or_o not_o make_v use_n of_o unless_o we_o design_v to_o be_v deceive_v by_o they_o will_v mr._n tho._n brooks_n have_v write_v thus_o pag._n 42._o the_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n and_o providence_n etc._n etc._n assure_v we_o that_o god_n be_v so_o good_a that_o he_o desire_v and_o design_n the_o happiness_n of_o all_o his_o creature_n according_a to_o the_o capacity_n of_o their_o nature_n etc._n etc._n very_o patient_a and_o long-suffering_a towards_o the_o worst_a of_o man_n do_v not_o only_o the_o revelation_n make_v by_o christ_n but_o also_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n assure_v we_o that_o god_n desire_n and_o design_n the_o happiness_n of_o all_o his_o creature_n according_a to_o the_o capacity_n of_o their_o nature_n how_o 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not_o possible_a to_o understand_v what_o goodness_n be_v without_o pardon_v grace_n a_o very_a bold_a and_o rude_a assertion_n god_n be_v good_a to_o all_o his_o creature_n and_o yet_o some_o of_o they_o need_v no_o pardon_v grace_n because_o they_o never_o sin_v other_o of_o his_o creature_n can_v sin_v because_o they_o have_v no_o notion_n of_o god_n nor_o of_o a_o law_n and_o so_o they_o be_v uncapable_a of_o pardon_v grace_n perhaps_o this_o author_n will_v be_v understand_v of_o sinful_a creature_n they_o may_v be_v assure_v that_o god_n be_v very_o good_a and_o good_a he_o can_v be_v without_o pardon_v grace_n if_o so_o let_v god_n look_v to_o it_o maximus_n he_o may_v be_v account_v but_o optimus_fw-la he_o may_v not_o look_v to_o be_v call_v if_o he_o do_v not_o find_v out_o some_o way_n to_o pardon_v sin_n and_o make_v some_o discovery_n to_o all_o sinner_n that_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o pardon_v they_o till_o he_o have_v do_v this_o they_o can_v understand_v that_o he_o be_v 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sanction_n and_o have_v break_v that_o law_n shall_v not_o either_o be_v punish_v in_o his_o own_o person_n or_o in_o some_o one_o that_o undertake_v for_o he_o yea_o there_o be_v some_o of_o great_a learning_n than_o i_o can_v hope_v to_o attain_v to_o who_o say_v that_o pardon_n of_o sin_n without_o satisfaction_n be_v simple_o impossible_a though_o it_o have_v never_o be_v say_v to_o adam_n in_o the_o day_n thou_o eat_v thereof_o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n quia_fw-la implicit_a ut_fw-la deus_fw-la habeat_fw-la supremum_fw-la &_o absolutum_fw-la dominium_fw-la in_o hominem_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la non_fw-la obligetur_fw-la ad_fw-la actualem_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la aut_fw-la eâ_fw-la deficiente_fw-la ad_fw-la vicariam_fw-la ejus_fw-la compensationem_fw-la per_fw-la poenam_fw-la and_o i_o must_v needs_o say_v that_o the_o learned_a be_v confirm_v in_o these_o opinion_n by_o the_o weak_a opposition_n that_o some_o man_n make_v against_o they_o and_o that_o one_o can_v scarce_o 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and_o so_o indeed_o it_o will_v but_o that_o mr._n s._n can_v not_o or_o will_v not_o understand_v the_o meaning_n of_o it_o for_o thus_o he_o explain_v it_o that_o be_v that_o god_n can_v not_o forgive_v it_o sin_n without_o full_a satisfaction_n which_o nothing_o but_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n can_v make_v i_o appeal_v to_o all_o man_n of_o common_a sense_n and_o reason_n whether_o these_o two_o proposition_n be_v the_o same_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o make_v satisfaction_n to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n but_o by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n god_n can_v forgive_v sin_n without_o full_a satisfaction_n pag._n 52._o vindictive_a justice_n and_o pardon_v mercy_n be_v but_o secondary_a attribute_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n this_o seem_v to_o i_o a_o spick_a and_o span_a new_a proposition_n and_o i_o hope_v it_o never_o
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never_o in_o this_o controversy_n hear_v these_o term_n of_o material_a and_o formal_a cause_n without_o some_o regret_n i_o must_v sometime_o use_v they_o but_o it_o be_v full_a sore_n against_o my_o will_n and_o common_o i_o take_v as_o much_o care_n to_o qualify_v they_o as_o the_o physician_n do_v to_o correct_v poison_n bishop_n prideaux_n ask_v quis_fw-la unquam_fw-la è_fw-la nostris_fw-la nos_fw-la per_fw-la justitiam_fw-la christi_fw-la imputatam_fw-la formaliter_fw-la justificari_fw-la asseruit_fw-la yet_o bishop_n davenant_n say_v haec_fw-la communis_fw-la est_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la sententia_fw-la christi_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la nobis_fw-la imputatam_fw-la esse_fw-la formalem_fw-la causam_fw-la justificationis_fw-la de_fw-fr just_a habit._fw-la p._n 312._o i_o suppose_v the_o great_a repute_n and_o authority_n of_o this_o learned_a prelate_n have_v trepan_v some_o of_o our_o preacher_n to_o say_v as_o he_o say_v why_o do_v mr._n sh._n stand_v 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