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himself_o say_v io._n 10._o i_o yield_v my_o life_n no_o man_n take_v it_o away_o from_o i_o but_o i_o yield_v myself_o and_o the_o apostle_n s_o paul_n most_o evident_o christ_n love_v we_o and_o deliver_v himself_o for_o we_o a_o oblation_n and_o host_n to_o god_n in_o a_o odour_n of_o sweetness_n eph._n 3._o now_o what_o evil_a or_o sin_n or_o rather_o atrocity_n be_v in_o the_o passion_n of_o christ_n all_o that_o belong_v to_o judas_n the_o jew_n to_o pilate_n and_o the_o soldier_n for_o these_o man_n do_v not_o offer_v up_o sacrifice_n but_o do_v commit_v most_o horrible_a sacrilege_n deserve_v the_o name_n not_o of_o priest_n but_o of_o sacrilegious_a person_n but_o what_o in_o the_o same_o passion_n be_v good_a religious_a and_o pious_a stream_v from_o christ_n who_o out_o of_o the_o affluency_n and_o abundance_n of_o his_o charity_n offer_v himself_o as_o a_o sacrifice_n to_o god_n not_o in_o slay_v himself_o but_o in_o tollerate_v most_o patient_o death_n to_o wit_n the_o 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