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The commands containing devotion, faith, justice, and holiness, however, not only did not cease; they were increased. This law about maintaining justice in judgments, which we quoted from Deuteronomy, concerns the enduring character of commands, not the temporary age of ceremonies. It did not disappear with circumcision; it continues with justice (Deuteronomy 24:16).

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Praecepta autem, quibus pietas fides iustitia sanctitas continetur, non solum non cessaverunt, verum etiam cumulata sunt. Et haec lex iustitiae in iudiciis custodiendae, quam de Deuteronomio protulimus, non ad cerimoniarum aetatem, sed ad praeceptorum perennitatem respicit nec cum circumcisione discessit, sed cum iustitia perseverat.