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〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n have_v call_v thou_o in_o righteousness_n and_o will_v bold_a thy_o hand_n and_o will_v keep_v thou_o and_o give_v thou_o for_o a_o covenant_n of_o the_o people_n for_o a_o light_n of_o the_o gentile_n if_o thou_o will_v undertake_v the_o work_n of_o the_o mediator_n i_o do_v engage_v and_o promise_v to_o thou_o i_o the_o lord_n have_v call_v thou_o in_o righteousness_n and_z i_o will_v hold_v thy_o hand_n and_o i_o will_v keep_v thou_o and_o the_o father_n do_v engage_v unto_o christ_n and_o his_o seed_n too_o for_o say_v he_o unto_o christ_n if_o thy_o child_n forsake_v my_o law_n and_o walk_v not_o in_o my_o judgement_n if_o they_o break_v my_o statute_n and_o keep_v not_o my_o commandment_n then_o will_v i_o visit_v their_o transgression_n with_o the_o rod_n and_o their_o iniquity_n with_o stripe_n nevertheless_o my_o love_a kindness_n will_v i_o not_o utter_o take_v away_o which_o be_v plain_o speak_v unto_o christ_n as_o you_o read_v in_o the_o 89_o psalm_n 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reward_n christ_n himself_o have_v all_o love_n of_o reward_n be_v not_o mercenary_a but_o for_o a_o man_n to_o serve_v god_n most_o chief_o only_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o wage_n and_o for_o reward_n this_o be_v plain_o legal_a a_o man_n of_o a_o gospel_n spirit_n know_v that_o he_o live_v upon_o a_o better_a purse_n than_o all_o his_o own_o earning_n can_v amount_v unto_o but_o 2._o a_o legal_a spirit_n also_o be_v a_o fear_v spirit_n put_v on_o rather_o by_o the_o threaten_v than_o by_o the_o promise_n a_o gospel_n spirit_n rather_o by_o the_o promise_n than_o the_o threaten_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n the_o threaten_v reign_v and_o if_o you_o look_v into_o deuteronomy_n you_o shall_v find_v that_o when_o moses_n the_o mediator_n of_o the_o old_a covenant_n preach_v and_o declare_v the_o mind_n of_o god_n unto_o the_o people_n he_o begin_v with_o curse_n and_o threaten_n deut._n 27._o they_o be_v upon_o two_o hill_n and_o v._o 14._o the_o levite_n shall_v 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