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this_o day_n viz._n in_o manifest_v our_o obedience_n to_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n as_o before_o to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n not_o as_o i_o say_v even_o now_o in_o the_o same_o circumstantial_a manner_n but_o in_o another_o equivalent_a to_o it_o viz._n in_o repentance_n faith_n love_n and_o new_a obedience_n without_o which_o no_o salvation_n and_o in_o truth_n when_o i_o serious_o consider_v the_o law_n and_o gospel_n i_o find_v the_o law_n to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o gospel_n foretell_v and_o the_o gospel_n nothing_o else_o but_o the_o law_n fulfil_v where_o lie_v now_o the_o disannul_n of_o the_o commandment_n except_o in_o the_o sense_n before_o mention_v for_o as_o to_o the_o total_a annihilate_v disannul_v or_o destroy_v the_o law_n our_o saviour_n disclaim_v it_o in_o his_o own_o word_n i_o come_v not_o to_o destroy_v but_o to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n matth_n 5.17_o and_o the_o apostle_n paul_n have_v speak_v large_o to_o these_o forementioned_a distinction_n lest_o any_o shall_v as_o you_o seem_v to_o do_v mistake_v he_o and_o from_o his_o own_o word_n utter_o abrogate_v and_o make_v void_a and_o useless_a the_o law_n he_o say_v in_o plain_a word_n do_v we_o then_o destroy_v the_o law_n god_n forbid_v we_o rather_o establish_v the_o law_n rom._n 3.31_o and_o in_o truth_n i_o find_v our_o bless_a lord_n and_o saviour_n so_o far_o from_o destroy_v the_o moral_a law_n that_o he_o rather_o set_v a_o sharp_a edge_n upon_o it_o and_o make_v it_o of_o great_a force_n and_o more_o bind_v in_o reference_n to_o the_o strict_a observance_n of_o it_o for_o say_v he_o it_o have_v be_v say_v of_o old_a matth._n 5.27.28_o thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n but_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o he_o that_o shall_v look_v upon_o a_o woman_n so_o as_o to_o lust_n after_o she_o have_v commit_v adultery_n with_o she_o already_o in_o his_o heart_n and_o whereas_o moses_n suffer_v the_o put_v away_o of_o wife_n upon_o dislike_n and_o disagreement_n christ_n tell_v we_o if_o any_o man_n put_v away_o his_o wife_n for_o any_o cause_n save_v for_o the_o cause_n and_o in_o the_o case_n of_o fornication_n have_v break_v the_o law_n and_o he_o that_o shall_v marry_v she_o that_o be_v divorce_v commit_v adultery_n mat._n 5.32_o and_o though_o these_o thing_n and_o other_o of_o the_o like_a nature_n be_v not_o so_o express_o set_v down_o in_o the_o moral_a law_n yet_o they_o be_v full_o include_v in_o the_o commandment_n by_o all_o which_o we_o plain_o see_v the_o harmony_n and_o agreement_n between_o law_n and_o gospel_n and_o thus_o have_v brief_o yet_o plain_o explain_v wherein_o the_o law_n and_o priesthood_n be_v change_v and_o the_o commandment_n disannul_v i_o proceed_v to_o the_o great_a question_n in_o controversy_n viz._n concerning_o the_o lawfulness_n or_o unlawfulness_n of_o give_v and_o receive_v tithe_n and_o that_o as_o brief_o and_o plain_o as_o i_o can_v now_o as_o we_o have_v see_v the_o equity_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n hold_v forth_o 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conscience_n do_v at_o large_a resolve_v the_o great_a controversy_n about_o tithe_n and_o shall_v proceed_v to_o the_o other_o great_a query_n mention_v in_o your_o paper_n and_o so_o take_v leave_v with_o you_o and_o all_o of_o your_o opinion_n till_o you_o return_v again_o to_o the_o own_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n lay_v down_o in_o the_o scripture_n and_o submit_v to_o order_n and_o break_v yourselves_o off_o from_o disorder_n and_o confusion_n which_o tend_v to_o every_o evil_a work_n jam._n 5.16_o and_o now_o to_o your_o second_o great_a question_n concerning_o perfection_n i_o must_v first_o lay_v down_o your_o own_o word_n and_o then_o answer_v they_o for_o i_o desire_v to_o be_v faithful_a and_o not_o to_o wrong_v you_o in_o a_o syllable_n your_o word_n be_v these_o and_o thou_o priest_n fog_n of_o liverpool_n who_o say_v they_o that_o hold_v forth_o the_o way_n of_o perfection_n hold_v not_o the_o way_n of_o god_n but_o from_o under_o this_o thou_o can_v not_o get_v but_o 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