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the_o first_o table_n and_o sure_o do_v not_o abolish_v the_o second_o rom._n and_o calvin_n think_v that_o least_o believer_n shall_v think_v themselves_o free_a from_o that_o yoke_n paul_n write_v the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n to_o inform_v they_o of_o the_o contrary_a for_o it_o be_v very_o strange_a to_o conjecture_v that_o that_o god_n which_o be_v the_o god_n of_o order_n in_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v a_o god_n of_o confusion_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n no_o but_o the_o original_a of_o this_o error_n be_v man_n corrupt_a nature_n which_o hate_v enclosure_n and_o bank_n and_o will_v have_v all_o common_a and_o level_a that_o he_o may_v run_v to_o excess_n of_o riot_n without_o any_o rub_n or_o hindrance_n and_o thence_o it_o be_v that_o like_o water_n stop_v at_o a_o bridge_n he_o roar_v and_o make_v such_o a_o noise_n as_o the_o mad_a dog_n be_v enrage_v because_o of_o the_o chain_n that_o tie_v he_o and_o the_o unruly_a horse_n foam_v and_o fret_v because_o of_o the_o 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