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divinity_n will_v have_v our_o work_n to_o usher_v in_o our_o justification_n nay_o as_o parent_n to_o beget_v it_o whereas_o they_o be_v in_o very_a deed_n the_o companion_n and_o page_n or_o honourable_a attendant_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o righteousness_n it_o hold_v faith_n be_v both_o the_o mind_n testimony_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o word_n and_o the_o will_n amen_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o spirit_n creed_n come_v of_o credo_fw-la which_o signify_v to_o see_v a_o thing_n certain_o and_o yield_v to_o it_o affiance_n it_o be_v compound_v of_o cernere_fw-la and_o dare_v pro_fw-la certo_fw-la videre_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la certo_fw-la dare_v hence_o faith_n motto_n caco_fw-la nulli_fw-la by_o faith_n we_o know_v who_o we_o have_v believe_v 2._o tim._n 1.12_o and_o our_o creed_n put_v we_o in_o mind_n of_o knowledge_n and_o affiance_n in_o faith_n so_o the_o word_n itself_o teach_v no_o less_o for_o faith_n come_v of_o fides_n and_o fides_fw-la of_o fiat_fw-la dictum_fw-la where_o we_o 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