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II–III.Its use is threefold: first, that the Jewish people's whole state might be ordered by a norm of public equity and justice; second, that this people might be distinguished by this law from other peoples; third, that it looked to future things and was a type.
The first use is gathered from Psalm 122:3-8.The second flows from God's will that His people share nothing needless with others (Ps. 2; Ezek. 34:23-24).As to the third, that whole Jewish state and kingdom shadowed Christ and His spiritual kingdom.In this respect the forensic law also deserves to be called a pedagogue to Christ.
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II. Est vero etiam hic legis forensis observandus usus & abrogatio. III. Usus vero illius legis triplex est: primus, ut totus status populi Judaici certa norma publicae aequitatis & iustitiae ordinaretur; secundus, ut populus iste ab aliis populis etiam hac lege discriminaretur; tertius ad ea respexit quae futura erant, & fuit typus. Primus usus colligitur ex Ps. 122:3-8. Alter fluit ex eo quod Deus voluit populum suum nihil cum aliis commune habere ubi fieri poterat (Ps. 2; Ezek. 34:23-24). De tertio non est dubium quin totus status & regnum Judaicum Christum eiusque regnum spirituale adumbraverint. Hoc respectu lex forensis paedagogus ad Christum dici meretur.