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behind_o his_o back_n and_o so_o the_o sun_n and_o he_o go_v back_o isa_n 42._o 1_o 3._o with_o mat._n 12._o 20._o q._n what_o be_v mean_v by_o christ_n bring_v forth_o judgement_n and_o that_o unto_o truth_n or_o victory_n for_o so_o it_o be_v say_v v_o 1._o he_o shall_v bring_v forth_o judgement_n to_o the_o gentile_n v_o 3._o he_o shall_v bring_v forth_o judgement_n unto_o truth_n a._n by_o judgement_n be_v mean_v in_o scripture_n not_o only_o the_o administration_n of_o justice_n but_o a_o just_a administration_n of_o all_o thing_n or_o a_o set_n of_o every_o thing_n right_a as_o psal_n 94._o
be_v but_o drop_v then_o they_o have_v it_o as_o the_o apostle_n have_v it_o when_o christ_n live_v but_o o_o how_o much_o more_o have_v the_o apostle_n of_o it_o and_o other_o also_o when_o christ_n be_v glorify_v joh._n 7._o 39_o act._n 4._o 8_o 31._o &_o 6._o 3._o this_o be_v the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o answer_n 2._o these_o thing_n be_v give_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n but_o they_o be_v ground_v on_o the_o new_a for_o the_o new_a covenant_n be_v ratify_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n 1_o cor._n 11._o 25._o which_o be_v shed_v in_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n from_o whence_o be_v derive_v all_o those_o good_a thing_n unto_o the_o church_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o therefore_o the_o jew_n be_v say_v not_o to_o have_v they_o in_o a_o sort_n because_o they_o have_v they_o not_o but_o with_o reference_n to_o that_o which_o be_v do_v after_o christ_n come_v see_v heb._n 11._o 40._o with_o chap._n 10._o 14._o they_o without_o we_o that_o be_v without_o that_o do_v in_o the_o gospel-time_n wherein_o we_o live_v can_v not_o be_v perfect_v that_o be_v justify_v and_o save_v as_o john_n baptist_n be_v say_v to_o baptize_v with_o water_n only_o not_o but_o that_o the_o spirit_n accompany_v his_o baptism_n but_o that_o be_v from_o another_o that_o be_v from_o christ_n that_o come_v after_o so_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n they_o have_v external_o only_o not_o but_o that_o they_o have_v spiritual_n also_o but_o they_o be_v fetch_v from_o the_o work_n of_o redemption_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n rev._n 13._o 8._o which_o the_o outward_a thing_n in_o the_o old_a typify_v and_o set_v forth_o and_o be_v their_o best_a way_n to_o help_v they_o to_o that_o which_o they_o of_o themselves_o can_v not_o help_v they_o to_o to_o wit_n the_o spiritual_a good_a thing_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n signify_v by_o what_o be_v in_o the_o old_a objection_n from_o scripture-expression_n seem_v to_o hold_v forth_o two_o covenant_n obj._n 1_o it_o be_v say_v express_o there_o be_v a_o covenant_n make_v in_o horeb_n deut._n 5._o 2._o when_o they_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n exod._n 19_o 4_o 5._o yet_o that_o covenant_n be_v now_o abolish_v heb._n 8._o 9_o 13._o therefore_o it_o seem_v it_o be_v not_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n for_o we_o know_v that_o be_v not_o now_o abolish_v a._n 1._o that_o horeb-covenant_n be_v a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o preface_n to_o the_o ten_o commandment_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n a_o word_n of_o grace_n and_o by_o the_o promise_n in_o the_o second_o commandment_n of_o mercy_n to_o thousand_o though_o sinner_n in_o a_o strict_a sense_n this_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o course_n that_o moses_n take_v after_o that_o horeb-covenant_n be_v publish_v which_o be_v as_o we_o see_v deut._n 30._o 1_o 2_o 3._o to_o exhort_v they_o to_o repentance_n and_o to_o offer_v they_o mercy_n upon_o repentance_n which_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n do_v not_o admit_v but_o exact_a perfect_a obedience_n and_o to_o promise_v they_o regenerate_v grace_n v_o 6._o which_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n do_v not_o effect_n a._n 2._o when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o covenant_n make_v with_o they_o when_o they_o come_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v abolish_v the_o meaning_n be_v not_o that_o it_o be_v make_v void_a as_o to_o the_o substance_n of_o it_o but_o as_o to_o the_o manage_n and_o way_n of_o order_v of_o it_o in_o old_a testament-time_n 2_o obj._n but_o we_o find_v otherwhere_a the_o very_a form_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n viz._n this_o do_v and_o live_v levit._n 18._o 5._o exod._n 19_o 5._o rom._n 10._o 5._o gal._n 3._o 12._o why_o shall_v a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v set_v forth_o in_o the_o very_a tenor_n and_o term_n of_o a_o covenant_n of_o work_n a._n 1._o indeed_o in_o that_o this_o do_v and_o live_v there_o be_v a_o repetition_n resume_v and_o represent_v of_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n for_o the_o lord_n and_o his_o people_n use_n but_o there_o be_v not_o therein_o intend_v a_o obligation_n such_o as_o lay_v in_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n for_o than_o none_o of_o they_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n can_v have_v live_v and_o be_v save_v because_o they_o can_v not_o perform_v and_o do_v perfect_o what_o the_o law_n require_v gal._n 3._o 10._o the_o thing_n therefore_o point_v at_o be_v the_o administration_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n in_o a_o legal_a way_n suitable_a to_o and_o carrying_z a_o similitude_n with_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n but_o it_o be_v in_o order_n to_o and_o for_o the_o service_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o a_o covenant_n made_n as_o make_v know_n and_o make_v use_n of_o for_o the_o better_a incite_n of_o that_o people_n to_o a_o recourse_n to_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n which_o alone_o be_v the_o stand_n and_o bind_v covenant_n at_o that_o time_n a._n 2._o yet_o under_o not_o coordinate_a with_o but_o subordinate_a to_o i_o say_v under_o that_o covenant_n of_o grace_n there_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v another_o covenant_n and_o contract_n make_v that_o be_v a_o subservient_fw-fr contract_n and_o that_o the_o bond_n of_o a_o covenant_n resemble_v the_o covenant_n of_o work_n do_v in_o some_o sort_n lie_v on_o that_o people_n but_o how_o be_v they_o bind_v i_o answer_v two_o thing_n 1._o that_o they_o be_v bind_v as_o to_o their_o sense_n as_o we_o see_v in_o a_o child_n put_v by_o the_o father_n under_o tutor_n and_o governor_n gal._n 4._o 1._o there_o be_v the_o bond_n of_o the_o schoolmaster_n be_v covenant_n lie_v heavy_o upon_o he_o to_o wit_n if_o you_o learn_v well_o and_o do_v well_o you_o shall_v have_v this_o and_o that_o else_o a_o ferula_fw-la a_o rod_n etc._n etc._n and_o i_o say_v this_o covenant_n lie_v on_o the_o child_n and_o straiten_n he_o and_o to_o his_o sense_n at_o least_o so_o much_o to_o his_o sense_n there_o be_v no_o other_o yet_o all_o this_o while_n there_o be_v a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o love_n between_o the_o father_n and_o the_o child_n that_o be_v tie_v so_o hard_o to_o it_o but_o that_o be_v very_o dark_a and_o in_o the_o child_n minority_n hide_v from_o his_o sight_n by_o the_o father_n wisdom_n for_o his_o better_a education_n so_o it_o be_v here_o the_o jew_n be_v put_v under_o moses_n his_o discipline_n and_o under_o the_o law_n as_o a_o schoolmaster_n this_o law_n with_o the_o rod_n of_o ceremony_n in_o its_o hand_n be_v ever_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o jew_n by_o mean_n whereof_o there_o be_v a_o bondage_n upon_o his_o spirit_n rom._n 8._o 15._o to_o wit_n the_o covenant_n of_o gospel-grace_n be_v hide_v from_o he_o under_o the_o vail_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o pedagogy_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n so_o that_o he_o can_v not_o look_v to_o the_o bottom_n the_o end_n rom._n 10._o 4._o and_o accomplishment_n of_o that_o ceremonial_a frame_n which_o be_v now_o abolish_v 2_o gor._n 3._o 13._o but_o i_o add_v 2._o that_o they_o be_v not_o bind_v by_o that_o subservient_fw-fr and_o similitudinary_a covenant_n as_o to_o their_o state_n 1_o so_o as_o that_o they_o be_v to_o stand_v or_o fall_v live_v or_o die_v be_v save_v or_o damn_v according_a to_o that_o covenant_n but_o when_o the_o law_n be_v rough_a with_o they_o they_o may_v take_v out_o a_o prohibition_n and_o appeal_v to_o christ_n unto_o who_o the_o ceremony_n be_v to_o give_v place_n at_o his_o come_n they_o be_v but_o accessory_n annex_v to_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o yet_o because_o those_o jewish_a rite_n and_o prescript_n be_v instrument_n of_o administer_a it_o therefore_o say_v calvin_n the_o name_n of_o covenant_n be_v give_v to_o they_o calv._n instit_n l._n 2._o c._n 11._o s_o 4._o 3._o obj._n that_o covenant_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v break_v that_o be_v never_o make_v and_o strike_v but_o there_o be_v a_o covenant_n differ_v from_o and_o set_v on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o gospel-covenant_n that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v break_v and_o that_o be_v the_o sinai_n covenant_n make_v with_o they_o when_o they_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n jer._n 31._o 34._o therefore_o a_o different_a covenant_n be_v make_v and_o existent_a in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o namely_o on_o mount_n sinai_n a._n it_o be_v truee_a there_o be_v a_o covenant_n make_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n in_o manner_n and_o with_o the_o terror_n of_o a_o covenant_n of_o work_n press_v the_o exact_a observation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n deut._n 5._o 32_o 33._o and_o promise_v a_o long_a and_o happy_a life_n in_o canaan_n if_o they_o keep_v it_o and_o threaten_v all_o curse_n if_o they_o keep_v it_o not_o psal_n 105._o 9_o 10_o 11._o jer._n
which_o like_o the_o thunderbolt_n spare_v that_o which_o be_v soft_a and_o rent_n that_o which_o be_v hard_a 2_o king_n 17._o 19_o now_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v that_o every_o man_n fall_v thus_o into_o mischief_n by_o his_o own_o fault_n it_o be_v say_v he_o that_o harden_v his_o heart_n for_o who_o heart_n be_v harden_v it_o be_v his_o own_o fault_n it_o be_v thy_o hardness_n rom._n 2._o 5._o it_o be_v of_o man_n own_o make_n for_o it_o be_v say_v they_o make_v their_o heart_n as_o a_o adamant-stone_n zech._n 7._o 12._o for_o though_o god_n be_v say_v to_o harden_v yet_o he_o harden_v not_o proper_o positive_o efficient_o causal_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n which_o produce_v the_o effect_n out_o of_o its_o proper_a virtue_n let_v no_o man_n say_v when_o he_o be_v harden_v i_o be_o harden_v of_o god_n as_o jam._n 1._o 13._o for_o he_o infuse_v not_o hardness_n he_o make_v not_o that_o heart_n hard_o that_o be_v soft_a before_o but_o leave_v man_n in_o and_o to_o their_o own_o heart_n the_o consequent_a whereof_o because_o it_o be_v hardness_n therefore_o god_n be_v say_v to_o harden_v thus_o he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o harden_v though_o not_o efficient_o yet_o consequential_o by_o dereliction_n and_o withhold_a that_o soften_a grace_n which_o he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o give_v yea_o judicial_o he_o harden_v by_o tradition_n give_v up_o by_o his_o just_a judgement_n hard-hearted_a impenitent_a and_o obstinate_a man_n to_o the_o power_n oâ—_n satan_n that_o by_o he_o they_o may_v be_v harden_v 2_o thes_n 2._o 10_o 11_o 12._o thus_o for_o wicked_a men._n god_n be_v say_v also_o to_o harden_v his_o child_n isa_n 63._o 17._o but_o that_o be_v only_o because_o for_o a_o time_n he_o give_v not_o out_o unto_o they_o that_o accustom_a influence_n of_o his_o grace_n which_o they_o have_v former_o feel_v and_o so_o they_o be_v like_o the_o earth_n which_o though_o there_o be_v moisture_n in_o it_o yet_o iâ—_n for_o a_o long_a time_n it_o want_v the_o dew_n oâ—_n heaven_n it_o grow_v dry_a and_o hard_a this_o be_v not_o a_o wilful_a harden_v in_o they_o but_o â—_o woeful_a harden_v to_o they_o whereof_o therefore_o they_o complain_v to_o god_n yea_o and_o both_o humble_o and_o faithful_o plead_v and_o expostulate_v with_o he_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o a_o soft_a heart_n they_o have_v from_o he_o deut._n 30._o 6._o ezek._n 36._o 26._o notwithstanding_o which_o god_n sometime_o leave_v they_o dry_a and_o hard_a namely_o for_o two_o reason_n 1._o for_o some_o foregoing_a sin_n david_n be_v so_o hard_o of_o heart_n that_o he_o apprehend_v not_o what_o nathan_n intend_v till_o he_o say_v thou_o be_v the_o man_n 2_o sam._n 12._o 7._o this_o come_v of_o his_o adultery_n murder_n dissimulation_n 2._o for_o a_o trial_n and_o discovery_n of_o humane_a infirmity_n when_o a_o man_n think_v high_o of_o himself_o or_o the_o church_n of_o he_o as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o hezekiah_n 2_o chron._n 32._o 31._o o_o let_v we_o take_v heed_n of_o the_o deceitfulness_n of_o sin_n heb._n 3._o 13._o of_o go_v a_o little_a and_o a_o little_a further_o that_o harden_v a_o wise_a man_n say_v not_o i_o never_o eat_v flint_n or_o millstone_n therefore_o i_o shall_v never_o have_v the_o stone_n but_o purge_v humour_n and_o crudity_n from_o the_o stomach_n because_o they_o be_v impact_v will_v breed_v the_o stone_n so_o a_o wise_a christian_n be_v wary_a and_o provident_a to_o prevent_v and_o remove_v every_o corrupt_a thing_n which_o by_o please_v and_o pollute_v the_o heart_n for_o the_o present_a have_v a_o tendency_n in_o it_o to_o the_o harden_v of_o it_o but_o the_o man_n here_o speak_v of_o that_o be_v devoid_a of_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n be_v careless_a mindless_a of_o the_o misery_n and_o mischief_n of_o a_o hard_a heart_n and_o therefore_o walk_v in_o those_o way_n merry_o that_o make_v his_o heart_n like_o the_o highway_n yea_o rather_o than_o fail_v he_o will_v make_v that_o mercy_n of_o god_n that_o shall_v lead_v he_o to_o repentance_n rom._n 2._o 5._o a_o help_n to_o his_o harden_v for_o he_o say_v god_n like_v my_o course_n well_o enough_o when_o he_o prosper_v psal_n 50._o 21._o and_o however_o think_v with_o himself_o god_n will_v be_v merciful_a at_o last_o albeit_o god_n profess_v he_o will_v not_o deut._n 29._o 19_o 20._o yea_o though_o mercy_n and_o hardness_n of_o heart_n be_v oppose_v the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o god_n be_v say_v rom._n 9_o 18._o to_o have_v mercy_n on_o who_o he_o will_v and_o who_o he_o will_v he_o harden_v that_o be_v take_v not_o away_o that_o hardness_n of_o heart_n which_o they_o have_v of_o themselves_o but_o give_v they_o up_o to_o it_o so_o that_o if_o harden_v no_o mercy_n what_o then_o why_o wrath_n by_o heap_n if_o that_o hardness_n of_o heart_n be_v continue_v in_o and_o instead_o of_o mercy_n everlasting_a mischief_n rom._n 2._o 4_o 5_o 6._o scripture-question_n out_o of_o ecclesiastes_n eccles_n 1._o 2._o vanity_n of_o vanity_n say_v the_o preacher_n vanity_n of_o vanity_n all_o be_v vanity_n qu._n what_o do_v this_o whole_a book_n hold_v forth_o to_o we_o concern_v this_o vanity_n answ_n it_o set_v forth_o this_o that_o all_o be_v vanity_n save_v only_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o keep_v his_o commandment_n in_o sum_n out_o of_o god_n all_o thing_n be_v vanity_n now_o there_o be_v a_o vanity_n of_o sin_n for_o sin_n and_o by_o sin_n first_o of_o sin_n for_o sin_n itself_o be_v vanity_n as_o idolatry_n oppression_n and_o a_o evil_a and_o unjustifiable_a course_n of_o life_n see_v jer._n 14._o 22._o rom._n 1._o 21_o 22_o 23._o psal_n 62._o 10._o prov._n 13._o 11._o isa_n 5._o 18._o 1._o sin_n be_v vanity_n in_o three_o respect_n 1._o because_o in_o its_o nature_n it_o be_v a_o nothing_o a_o privation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o defect_n no_o positive_a thing_n no_o substance_n for_o god_n make_v substance_n and_o all_o he_o make_v be_v good_a but_o sin_n be_v figmentum_fw-la cordis_n nostri_fw-la gen._n 6._o 5._o a_o imagination_n and_o device_n of_o our_o own_o eccles_n 7._o 29._o 2._o because_o it_o deceive_v the_o sinner_n expectation_n give_v he_o instead_o of_o satisfaction_n look_v for_o 2_o sam._n 13._o 15_o 29._o bitterness_n either_o in_o repentance_n or_o in_o damnation_n prov._n 11._o 4._o jer._n 2._o 19_o rom._n 6._o 21._o 3._o because_o it_o make_v the_o sinner_n himself_o become_v vain_a or_o a_o vanity_n if_o idol_n be_v vanity_n the_o idolatry_n be_v so_o too_o for_o he_o be_v like_o they_o psal_n 115._o 8._o and_o therefore_o man_n be_v mortal_a and_o vanish_v away_o because_o he_o be_v sinful_a yea_o man_n in_o his_o best_a estate_n since_o sin_n come_v into_o the_o world_n be_v altogether_o vanity_n psal_n 39_o 5._o what_o a_o poor_a vain_a thing_n be_v the_o prince_n of_o devil_n by_o reason_n of_o sin_n beel-zebub_a the_o god_n of_o fly_n the_o great_a humblebee_n and_o all_o other_o devil_n under_o he_o little_a bee_n or_o fly_n second_o for_o sin_n this_o vanity_n be_v find_v in_o the_o 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