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these_o break_v his_o bruising_n wound_n of_o christ_n soul_n and_o body_n be_v not_o for_o any_o sin_n of_o his_o own_o for_o he_o be_v a_o lamb_n without_o spot_n 1.19_o 1_o pet._n 1.19_o but_o it_o be_v for_o our_o sin_n and_o for_o our_o benefit_n our_o dear_a jesus_n sow_v in_o tear_n and_o we_o reap_v the_o harvest_n of_o his_o tear_n in_o joy_n he_o by_o the_o meritorious_a extraction_n of_o his_o bloody_a sweat_n and_o agony_n in_o the_o garden_n by_o his_o tremendious_a dolour_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n on_o the_o cross_n prepare_v a_o cordial_n and_o perfect_v it_o by_o his_o death_n which_o prepare_v cordial_a we_o by_o faith_n drink_v up_o and_o from_o a_o state_n of_o sin_n and_o death_n revive_v he_o offer_v himself_o as_o good_a wheat_n to_o be_v ground_n by_o the_o law_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n that_o thereby_o he_o may_v be_v make_v bread_n of_o life_n for_o we_o by_o faith_n to_o feed_v on_o that_o we_o may_v live_v for_o ever_o so_o that_o christ_n break_v and_o 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thirst_n as_o by_o hunger_n christ_n therefore_o by_o give_v we_o his_o blood_n to_o drink_v which_o be_v signify_v by_o the_o cup_n as_o well_o as_o his_o body_n to_o eat_v do_v thereby_o declare_v that_o his_o suffering_n of_o death_n for_o we_o be_v every_o way_n complete_a and_o sufficient_a for_o the_o spiritual_a and_o eternal_a life_n of_o our_o soul_n so_o that_o as_o he_o that_o have_v bread_n and_o drink_n want_v nothing_o for_o the_o sustain_a his_o natural_a life_n so_o he_o that_o have_v by_o faith_n a_o interest_n in_o a_o break_a bleed_a christ_n want_v nothing_o to_o the_o uphold_v the_o soul_n in_o a_o state_n of_o
obedience_n to_o god_n their_o governor_n it_o will_v be_v attribute_v to_o their_o craftiness_n rather_o than_o their_o goodness_n 2._o proposition_n man_n be_v make_v by_o god_n a_o rational_a creature_n it_o govern_v in_o a_o way_n suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n that_o be_v by_o a_o law_n and_o not_o mere_o by_o physical_a motion_n nor_o natural_a necessity_n or_o object_n propose_v to_o his_o sense_n only_o 1._o lex_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la summa_fw-la insita_fw-la in_o natura_fw-la quae_fw-la jubet_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la fucienda_fw-la sunt_fw-la prohibet_fw-la contraria_fw-la seu_fw-la regula_fw-la &_o mensura_fw-la actuum_fw-la agendorum_fw-la vel_fw-la omittendorum_fw-la seu_fw-la neque_fw-la hominum_fw-la ingeniis_fw-la excogitata_fw-la nec_fw-la sanctum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la populorum_fw-la sed_fw-la eternum_fw-la quiddam_fw-la quod_fw-la universum_fw-la mundum_fw-la regeret_fw-la imperandi_fw-la prohibendique_fw-la sapientia_fw-la alten_a lex_fw-la theolog._n si_fw-mi natura_fw-la confirmatum_fw-la jus_o non_fw-la erit_fw-la virtutes_fw-la omnes_fw-la tolluntur_fw-la neque_fw-la silum_fw-la in_o homines_fw-la obsequia_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o deos_fw-la ceremoniae_fw-la religionésque_fw-la tolluntur_fw-la jus_o esset_fw-la latrocinari_fw-la jus_o adulterare_fw-la jus_o testamenta_fw-la falsa_fw-la supponere_fw-la si_fw-la haec_fw-la suffragiis_fw-la aut_fw-la scitis_fw-la multitudinis_fw-la probarentur_fw-la quae_fw-la si_fw-la tanta_fw-la est_fw-la potentia_fw-la siultorum_fw-la sententiis_fw-la atque_fw-la jussis_fw-la ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la suffâ—agiis_fw-la rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la vertatur_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la sanciunt_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la mala_fw-la perniciosáque_fw-la sunt_fw-la habeantur_fw-la pro_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o salutaribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n cicero_n de_fw-fr leg_n lib._n 1._o as_o bruit_n and_o inanimate_a creature_n be_v if_o we_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n we_o shall_v discern_v a_o necessity_n and_o a_o aptitude_n in_o he_o to_o be_v govern_v by_o a_o law_n a_o necessity_n because_o in_o his_o first_o estate_n mutable_a in_o his_o fall_a estate_n corrupt_a a_o aptitude_n because_o he_o be_v rational_a act_v for_o some_o end_n to_o be_v attain_v by_o such_o mean_n as_o be_v conducible_a to_o the_o same_o and_o both_o end_n and_o mean_n to_o be_v discern_v by_o reason_n whereas_o bruit_n that_o neither_o know_v the_o end_n sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la finis_fw-la nor_o the_o mean_n sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la mediorum_fw-la be_v not_o capable_a of_o moral_a government_n but_o it_o be_v suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v a_o understanding_n and_o voluntary_a agent_n to_o be_v rule_v by_o a_o law_n constitute_v his_o debitum_fw-la officii_fw-la praemii_fw-la &_o poenae_fw-la duty_n unto_o god_n his_o reward_n if_o he_o be_v obedient_a his_o punishment_n if_o he_o walk_v contrary_a to_o that_o law_n prescribe_v his_o duty_n to_o he_o such_o a_o law_n god_n have_v make_v for_o the_o government_n of_o man_n else_o no_o man_n can_v be_v guilty_a of_o sin_n because_o there_o will_v be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o sin_n for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o law_n there_o be_v no_o transgression_n else_o there_o will_v be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o virtue_n and_o vice_n and_o no_o such_o difference_n of_o man_n as_o good_a and_o bad_a else_o there_o will_v be_v no_o need_n of_o repentance_n for_o any_o man_n no_o need_n of_o reproof_n and_o exhortation_n else_o there_o will_v be_v no_o reward_n and_o punishment_n to_o be_v short_a there_o will_v be_v no_o religion_n in_o the_o world_n 3._o proposition_n though_o all_o man_n for_o some_o time_n be_v without_o the_o write_a law_n of_o god_n milo_n est_fw-la quaedam_fw-la non_fw-la scripta_fw-la sed_fw-la nata_fw-la lex_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la didicimus_fw-la accepimus_fw-la legimus_fw-la uâ—â—ùm_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la ipsa_fw-la art_n ipuimus_fw-la hâ—â—simus_fw-la expressimus_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la dâ—cti_fw-la sed_fw-la fâ—cti_fw-la non_fw-la instituti_fw-la sed_fw-la imbuti_fw-la sumus_fw-la cicero_n orat_fw-la pro_fw-la milo_n which_o be_v full_a and_o sufficient_a to_o salvation_n and_o many_o be_v without_o it_o still_o yet_o all_o man_n have_v a_o law_n write_v in_o their_o heart_n show_v they_o that_o good_a be_v to_o be_v embrace_v and_o evil_a to_o be_v shun_v and_o be_v sufficient_a to_o leave_v they_o without_o excuse_n beside_o what_o be_v say_v before_o the_o apostle_n prove_v this_o rom._n 2.14_o by_o a_o twofold_a argument_n or_o testimony_n the_o first_o external_a from_o the_o life_n of_o many_o of_o the_o more_o sober_a heathen_a who_o do_v many_o thing_n contain_v in_o and_o command_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n for_o when_o the_o gentile_n which_o have_v not_o the_o law_n do_v by_o nature_n the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n these_o have_v not_o the_o law_n be_v a_o law_n unto_o themselves_o the_o second_o be_v a_o internal_a testimony_n v._o 15._o which_o show_v the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n write_v in_o their_o heart_n their_o conscience_n also_o bear_v witness_n and_o their_o thought_n the_o mean_a while_n accuse_v or_o else_o excuse_v one_o another_o the_o very_a heathen_a have_v be_v fill_v with_o fear_n of_o punishment_n after_o they_o have_v commit_v sin_n but_o what_o need_v that_o unless_o they_o know_v they_o have_v transgress_v some_o law_n syntag._n quae_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la ipsa_fw-la ratio_fw-la imperandi_fw-la &_o prohibâ—ndi_fw-la quâ—m_fw-la qui_fw-la ignorat_fw-la be_v est_fw-la injustus_fw-la sive_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la scripta_fw-la uspiam_fw-la sive_fw-la nusquam_fw-la cicero_n de_fw-fr leg_n lâ—â—_n promulgatio_fw-la legis_fw-la naâ—uâ—ae_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la eam_fw-la mentibus_fw-la hominum_fw-la inseruit_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la cognoscendam_fw-la aquin._n prim_fw-la secundae_fw-la q._n 90._o jus_fw-la naturale_fw-la est_fw-la dictamen_fw-la rectae_fw-la rationis_fw-la indicans_fw-la actui_fw-la alicui_fw-la ex_fw-la ejus_fw-la convenientia_fw-la aut_fw-la discâ—nvenientia_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la natura_fw-la rationali_fw-la inesse_fw-la moralem_fw-la tuâ—_n pitudinem_fw-la â—ut_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la moralem_fw-la ac_fw-la consequenter_fw-la ab_fw-la auctore_fw-la na_fw-la urae_fw-la deo_fw-la talem_fw-la actum_fw-la aut_fw-la vetari_fw-la aut_fw-la praecipi_fw-la grot._n de_fw-fr jur_fw-fr bell_n p._n 3._o lex_fw-la natu_fw-la ae_z est_fw-la lumen_fw-la &_o do_v ctamen_fw-la rationis_fw-la divinitus_fw-la inditum_fw-la in_o intellectu_fw-la hominem_fw-la communibus_fw-la notionibus_fw-la ad_fw-la justi_fw-la &_o injusti_fw-la honesti_fw-la &_o turpis_fw-la discretionem_fw-la informans_fw-la ut_fw-la quid_fw-la faciendum_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la fugiendum_fw-la intelligat_fw-la croc._n syntag._n what_o law_n then_o not_o the_o write_a law_n of_o god_n for_o that_o they_o have_v not_o therefore_o a_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v for_o such_o evil_n for_o which_o they_o be_v not_o expose_v to_o punishment_n by_o the_o law_n of_o man_n it_o be_v not_o essential_a to_o this_o law_n that_o it_o be_v either_o speak_v or_o write_v but_o it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o it_o be_v some_o fit_a signification_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n to_o man_n authoritative_o institute_v what_o shall_v be_v due_a to_o god_n from_o man_n and_o declare_v what_o benefit_n and_o good_a shall_v redound_v to_o he_o if_o he_o do_v obey_v and_o what_o evil_a of_o punishment_n shall_v be_v inflict_v upon_o he_o if_o he_o do_v transgress_v and_o yet_o this_o will_n of_o god_n be_v signify_v and_o promulge_v in_o that_o god_n have_v engrave_v such_o a_o law_n on_o all_o man_n heart_n and_o imprint_v it_o in_o their_o very_a nature_n that_o do_v discover_v such_o a_o deformity_n in_o some_o evil_n that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v abhor_v and_o such_o a_o beauty_n in_o some_o good_a that_o it_o dictate_v it_o be_v to_o be_v embrace_v there_o be_v certain_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d common_a notion_n innate_a or_o natural_a principle_n know_v to_o all_o man_n such_o light_n and_o dictate_v of_o reason_n by_o which_o when_o they_o come_v to_o understanding_n they_o may_v see_v a_o plain_a difference_n betwixt_o good_a and_o evil_n in_o some_o thing_n and_o conclude_v that_o one_o be_v command_v by_o god_n and_o the_o other_o forbid_v and_o consequent_o that_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v the_o one_o and_o to_o avoid_v the_o other_o and_o withal_o do_v dictate_v to_o they_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v well_o with_o they_o that_o embrace_v good_a and_o punishment_n shall_v be_v inflict_v on_o they_o that_o do_v evil_a and_o this_o signification_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n concern_v duty_n reward_n and_o punishment_n be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n as_o it_o be_v common_a to_o all_o man_n lex_fw-la naturalis_fw-la est_fw-la significatio_fw-la divinae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la nostris_fw-la mentibus_fw-la inserit_fw-la val._n philosop_n sacr._n 279._o tho_o describe_v something_o otherwise_o by_o other_o 4._o proposition_n 1._o quae_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la gens_fw-la aut_fw-la quod_fw-la genus_fw-la hominum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la sine_fw-la doctrina_fw-la anticipationem_fw-la quandam_fw-la decrum_fw-la cum_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la instituto_fw-la aliquo_fw-la aut_fw-la more_fw-it aut_fw-la legâ—_n sit_fw-la opiâ—io_fw-la constituta_fw-la manâ—_n atque_fw-la ad_fw-la unum_fw-la omnium_fw-la firma_fw-la
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