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you_o bring_v yourself_o under_o the_o law_n and_o so_o under_o the_o curse_n than_o you_o be_v go_v for_o holiness_n therefore_o to_o appear_v before_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n in_o deus_fw-la providebit_fw-la god_n will_v take_v care_n to_o put_v it_o upon_o we_o the_o elect_n with_o that_o bless_a apostle_n desire_v to_o be_v find_v in_o christ_n not_o have_v in_o their_o own_o inherent_a righteousness_n 9_o righteousness_n renounce_v all_o righteousness_n in_o myself_o by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n and_o have_v only_a confidence_n in_o that_o which_o be_v by_o faith_n non_fw-la in_o meorum_fw-la operum_fw-la iâ—_n haerente_fw-la justitia_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la christi_fw-la imputata_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la gratis_o datur_fw-la dicson_n ad_fw-la phil._n 3._o 9_o but_o that_o which_o be_v impute_v through_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n the_o righeeousness_n which_o be_v of_o god_n by_o faith_n phil._n 3._o 9_o diotrephes_n i_o be_o of_o that_o opinion_n 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omnibus_fw-la vana_fw-la est_fw-la nom_fw-fr illud_fw-la aut_fw-la notat_fw-la vice_fw-la aut_fw-la bono_fw-mi omnium_fw-la mori_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la hoc_fw-la nec_fw-la illud_fw-la ergo_fw-la nullo_n modâ—_n etc._n etc._n maccovius_fw-la in_o thiol_n polem_fw-la cap._n 14._o qust_n 15._o mihi_fw-la pag._n 98._o and_o therefore_o if_o pardon_n and_o salvation_n be_v tender_v to_o they_o it_o can_v be_v do_v serious_o and_o in_o earnest_n but_o in_o mockery_n and_o delusion_n hereupon_o he_o conclude_v that_o pardon_n and_o salvation_n be_v offer_v only_o upon_o such_o â—_z as_o be_v impossible_a the_o obtain_v they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v neither_o probable_a nor_o possible_a last_o i_o have_v conjure_v he_o not_o to_o think_v of_o god_n mercifulness_n 18._o mr._n baxter_n ib._n pag._n 18._o with_o distinguish_v extenuate_a thought_n nor_o to_o limit_v it_o by_o the_o bound_n of_o our_o frail_a understanding_n for_o the_o heaven_n be_v not_o so_o 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