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and_o essential_a religion_n in_o which_o he_o do_v delight_n the_o sacrifice_n of_o prayer_n and_o thanksgiving_n a_o break_a and_o a_o contrite_a heart_n that_o we_o shall_v walk_v in_o the_o way_n which_o he_o have_v appoint_v that_o we_o shall_v do_v justice_n and_o love_v mercy_n and_o walk_v humble_o with_o our_o god_n he_o desire_v mercy_n and_o not_o sacrifice_n and_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n more_o than_o burn_a offering_n 4._o because_o gabriel_n the_o archangel_n foretell_v that_o the_o messiah_n shall_v make_v the_o daily_a sacrifice_n to_o cease_v 5._o because_o for_o above_o 1600_o year_n god_n have_v suffer_v that_o nation_n to_o who_o he_o give_v the_o law_n of_o sacrifice_n to_o be_v without_o temple_n or_o priest_n or_o altar_n and_o therefore_o without_o sacrifice_n but_o then_o if_o we_o inquire_v why_o god_n give_v the_o law_n of_o sacrifice_n and_o be_v so_o long_o please_v with_o it_o the_o reason_n be_v evident_a and_z confess_v it_o 1._o sacrifice_n be_v 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2._o c._n 3._o p._n 521._o that_o which_o be_v true_a to_o day_n will_v be_v true_a to_o morrow_n and_o that_o which_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n good_a or_o necessary_a be_v good_a or_o necessary_a every_o day_n and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o essential_a duty_n of_o the_o religion_n but_o be_v to_o be_v the_o work_n of_o every_o day_n to_o confess_v god_n glory_n to_o be_v his_o subject_n to_o love_n god_n to_o be_v ready_a to_o do_v he_o service_n to_o live_v according_a to_o nature_n and_o to_o the_o gospel_n to_o be_v chaste_a to_o be_v temperate_a to_o be_v just_a these_o be_v the_o employment_n of_o all_o the_o period_n of_o a_o christian_n life_n for_o the_o moral_a law_n of_o religion_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o moral_a law_n of_o nature_n those_o who_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n put_v off_o their_o baptism_n to_o the_o time_n of_o their_o death_n know_v that_o baptism_n be_v a_o profession_n of_o holiness_n and_o a_o undertake_n to_o keep_v the_o faith_n and_o 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so_o that_o the_o law_n and_o the_o gospel_n be_v not_o oppose_v bare_o upon_o the_o title_n of_o faith_n and_o work_n but_o as_o the_o covenant_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n in_o the_o faith_n of_o a_o christian_a work_n be_v the_o great_a ingredient_n and_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o constitution_n but_o the_o gospel_n be_v not_o a_o covenant_n of_o work_n that_o be_v it_o be_v not_o a_o agreement_n upon_o the_o stock_n of_o innocence_n without_o allowance_n of_o repentance_n require_v obedience_n in_o rigour_n and_o strict_a estimate_n but_o the_o gospel_n require_v the_o holiness_n of_o a_o christian_a and_o yet_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o man_n for_o always_o provide_v that_o we_o do_v not_o allow_v to_o ourselves_o a_o liberty_n but_o endeavour_n with_o all_o our_o strength_n and_o love_n with_o all_o our_o soul_n that_o which_o if_o it_o be_v upon_o our_o allowance_n will_v be_v require_v at_o our_o hand_n now_o that_o it_o be_v against_o our_o will_n and_o high_o contest_v against_o be_v put_v upon_o the_o stock_n of_o christ_n and_o allow_v unto_o we_o by_o god_n in_o the_o account_n of_o pardon_n by_o the_o merit_n of_o jesus_n by_o the_o covenant_n of_o the_o gospel_n v._o eundem_fw-la ib._n of_o repentance_n p._n 280_o etc._n etc._n h._n grot._n matth._n 5._o et_fw-la haec_fw-la quidem_fw-la docendi_fw-la ratio_fw-la apud_fw-la populum_fw-la crassior_fw-la limatior_fw-la apud_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d obtinuisse_fw-la videtur_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la tempora_fw-la quae_fw-la babylonium_n exilium_fw-la sunt_fw-la secuta_fw-la tum_o verò_fw-la gravi_fw-la periculo_fw-la imminente_fw-la nè_fw-la populus_fw-la solitus_fw-la ea_fw-la tantum_fw-la audire_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o sensum_fw-la caderent_fw-la ablato_fw-la splendore_fw-la judaici_n imperii_fw-la gemens_fw-la sub_fw-la externo_fw-la dominatu_fw-la damni_fw-la cruciatûs_fw-la mortis_fw-la denique_fw-la metu_fw-la solicitus_fw-la deficeret_fw-la à _fw-la judaismo_fw-la primus_fw-la omnium_fw-la daniel_n de_fw-fr resurrectione_n egit_fw-la apertiùs_fw-la confirmans_fw-la populum_fw-la spe_fw-la restitutionis_fw-la in_o statum_fw-la meliorem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d resurrectio_fw-la ut_fw-la loquor_fw-la scriptor_n ad_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la danielem_fw-la secutus_fw-la ezekiel_n et_fw-la quos_fw-la respiciens_fw-la scriptor_n paraeneseos_fw-la ad_fw-la graecos_n inter_fw-la opera_fw-la justini_n quae_fw-la de_fw-la judicio_fw-la post_fw-la hanc_fw-la vitam_fw-la habet_fw-la plato_n ait_fw-fr de_fw-fr prophetis_fw-la hausta_fw-la hinc_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la sapientes_fw-la quos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocant_fw-la qui_fw-la humanitùs_fw-la non_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la eruditi_fw-la prophetis_fw-la sed_fw-la impart_v auctoritate_fw-la successerunt_fw-la he_o quoque_fw-la necessarium_fw-la judicarent_fw-la ex_fw-la dan_fw-mi populum_fw-la adversus_fw-la tentamenta_fw-la praemunire_n quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la satis_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la nisi_fw-la palam_fw-la dei_fw-la causa_fw-la morientibus_fw-la proposita_fw-la spes_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la melioris_fw-la itaque_fw-la ea_fw-la tùm_fw-la doctrina_fw-la velut_fw-la è_fw-la latebris_fw-la educta_fw-la &_o certis_fw-la vocibus_fw-la obsignata_fw-la est_fw-la hinc_fw-la illud_fw-la taciti_fw-la de_fw-la judaeis_n animas_fw-la praelio_fw-la aut_fw-la suppliciis_fw-la peremptorum_fw-la aeternas_fw-la putant_fw-la hinc_fw-la moriendi_fw-la contemptus_fw-la quibus_fw-la addendi_fw-la loci_fw-la illustres_fw-la duo_fw-la ex_fw-la historiâ_fw-la maccabaica_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o quorum_fw-la prio_fw-la sic_fw-la habet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alter_fw-la verò_fw-la ita_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n h._n grot._n in_o rom._n c._n 3._o p._n 213._o apostolus_fw-la hinc_fw-la infert_fw-la legem_fw-la mosis_fw-la in_o quâ_fw-la judaei_n plus_fw-la aequo_fw-la fiduciae_fw-la collocabant_fw-la ut_fw-la vidimus_fw-la suprà _fw-la 11._o 17._o per_fw-la se_fw-la spectatam_fw-la i._n e._n seorsim_fw-la ab_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la antè_fw-la legem_fw-la fuerant_fw-la non_fw-la eas_fw-la habuisse_fw-la vires_fw-la ut_fw-la homines_fw-la ad_fw-la veram_fw-la ac_fw-la deo_fw-la placentem_fw-la justitiam_fw-la perduceret_fw-la quip_n cum_fw-la abrahamus_n sine_fw-la
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