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their_o unrighteousness_n and_o their_o sin_n and_o their_o iniquity_n will_v i_o remember_v no_o more_o ver_fw-la 10._o 12._o a_o covenant_n of_o pardon_n and_o remission_n such_o as_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o law_n can_v not_o give_v be_v not_o able_a and_o new_a book_n we_o have_v it_o write_v in_o as_o authentic_a as_o those_o old_a one_o in_o the_o jewish_a canon_n where_o we_o may_v find_v all_o seal_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o spirit_n heb._n vi_fw-la the_o author_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o old_a 6._o the_o new_a church_n have_v its_o new_a sacrament_n item_fw-la &_o baptizata_fw-la for_o item_fw-la &_o circumcidite_fw-la baptism_n for_o circumcision_n and_o the_o lord_n supper_n for_o the_o passeover_n in_o both_o which_o of_o we_o there_o be_v more_o than_o be_v in_o they_o in_o those_o legal_a ceremony_n not_o only_o outward_a sign_n as_o they_o but_o inward_a grace_n 7._o new_a sacrifice_n the_o calf_n of_o our_o lip_n instead_o 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and_o tell_v she_o so_o when_o she_o fall_v down_o and_o will_v go_v no_o further_o numb_a xxii_o 29._o hinder_v thereby_o the_o project_n he_o be_v go_v about_o of_o enrich_v himself_o with_o the_o wage_n of_o unrighteousness_n there_o the_o disappointment_n of_o a_o rich_a or_o gainful_a project_n be_v a_o be_v mock_v nay_o sometime_o the_o very_a denounce_v of_o god_n judgement_n seem_v to_o some_o man_n a_o mock_v as_o it_o do_v to_o lot_n son_n in_o law_n gen._n nineteeen_o 8._o sometime_o the_o very_a preach_v a_o resurrection_n do_v so_o too_o act_v xvii_o 32._o i_o be_o afraid_a both_o do_v so_o still_o to_o many_o now_o adays_o who_o wit_n be_v more_o than_o their_o religion_n and_o their_o part_n great_a than_o their_o grace_n not_o to_o say_v their_o portion_n too_o in_o this_o life_n fair_o i_o fear_v then_o in_o the_o other_o sometime_o 6._o when_o god_n bid_v one_o thing_n and_o man_n another_o god_n send_v we_o this_o way_n and_o they_o call_v that_o if_o we_o obey_v 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