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righteousness_n which_o make_v st._n paul_n so_o earnest_o desire_v to_o be_v find_v in_o he_o not_o have_v his_o own_o righteousness_n which_o be_v of_o the_o law_n but_o that_o which_o be_v through_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n the_o righteousness_n which_o be_v of_o god_n by_o faith_n phil._n iii._o 9_o second_o we_o must_v be_v sanctify_v by_o his_o spirit_n as_o well_o as_o justify_v by_o his_o merit_n this_o must_v qualify_v and_o make_v we_o fit_a for_o heaven_n the_o pure_a in_o heart_n shall_v see_v god_n mat._n v._n 8._o and_o without_o holiness_n none_o can_v see_v the_o lord_n heb._n twelve_o 14._o for_o into_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n shall_v in_o no_o wise_n enter_v any_o thing_n that_o defile_v neither_o what_o soever_o work_v abomination_n or_o make_v a_o lie_n rev._n xxi_o 27._o without_o be_v sanctify_v no_o man_n be_v fit_a 1._o for_o the_o place_n 2._o for_o the_o company_n 3._o for_o the_o work_n of_o heaven_n first_o not_o for_o the_o place_n it_o be_v his_o holy_a 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impartial_a in_o reject_v loiterer_n and_o reward_v labourer_n that_o his_o servant_n may_v have_v opportunity_n to_o exercise_v those_o grace_n which_o else_o there_o will_v be_v no_o occasion_n for_o that_o rest_n may_v be_v sweet_a after_o labour_n and_o that_o god_n grace_n may_v be_v magnify_v in_o assist_v their_o weakness_n and_o satan_n may_v be_v more_o confound_v in_o the_o disappointment_n of_o all_o his_o stratagem_n believe_v therefore_o thy_o work_n to_o be_v hard_o that_o thou_o betray_v not_o thyself_o to_o sloth_n and_o remissness_n to_o thy_o own_o eternal_a ruin_n second_o yet_o run_v not_o into_o the_o other_o extreme_a while_o thou_o avoyde_v this_o and_o dash_v not_o against_o scylla_n while_o thou_o avoyde_v charybdis_n conclude_v not_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o finish_v it_o by_o labour_n because_o it_o be_v so_o to_o accomplish_v it_o without_o labour_n despair_v of_o success_n kill_v all_o industry_n and_o a_o suppose_a impossibility_n of_o attainment_n 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