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4._o 5._o sorrow_n of_o death_n be_v fall_v upon_o i_o fear_n and_o tremble_a be_v come_v upon_o i_o and_o a_o horrible_a fear_n have_v cover_v i_o yea_o his_o trouble_n 7._o psal_n 42._o 7._o be_v such_o and_o his_o temptation_n come_v so_o thick_a one_o in_o the_o neâ—ke_n of_o another_o that_o his_o soul_n refuse_v comfort_n and_o 2._o psal_n 77._o 2._o it_o seem_v unto_o he_o that_o the_o lord_n have_v utter_o reject_v his_o soul_n *_o read_v the_o 88_o psalm_n thus_o you_o see_v it_o plain_o prove_v out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n how_o the_o lord_n have_v always_o deal_v with_o his_o child_n in_o call_v they_o unto_o
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shall_v no_o flesh_n be_v justify_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n furthermore_o 2._o deut._n 28._o 26_o gal._n 3._o 10._o lamb_n 2._o the_o law_n do_v justify_v none_o but_o those_o which_o be_v the_o fulfiller_n of_o it_o and_o none_o can_v fulfil_v the_o same_o but_o those_o which_o be_v free_a from_o sin_n both_o in_o birth_n thought_n and_o action_n but_o we_o be_v pollute_v in_o all_o these_o as_o it_o have_v be_v before_o declare_v christ_n alone_o be_v he_o in_o who_o this_o perfection_n and_o cleanness_n be_v to_o be_v find_v he_o only_o have_v fulfil_v it_o for_o we_o and_o be_v justify_v by_o the_o same_o before_o his_o father_n and_o have_v also_o bear_v the_o punishment_n due_a unto_o we_o for_o breakinge_v of_o it_o that_o we_o which_o believe_v may_v be_v make_v just_a in_o his_o justice_n and_o not_o in_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o law_n which_o be_v so_o far_o from_o justify_v of_o we_o that_o if_o but_o the_o least_o title_n thereof_o shall_v be_v lay_v upon_o our_o 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and_o do_v very_o well_o declare_v unto_o we_o who_o it_o be_v that_o be_v antichrist_n and_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o first_o abuser_n of_o the_o law_n second_o the_o other_o sort_n which_o do_v dispaâ—â—_n 2._o law_n abuse_v by_o dispaâ—â—_n abuse_v it_o be_v those_o that_o do_v despair_n because_o they_o see_v themselves_o not_o able_a to_o do_v the_o same_o it_o have_v be_v sufficient_o declare_v already_o that_o yâ—_z law_n be_v not_o give_v forth_o to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o shall_v do_v it_o but_o rather_o to_o show_v what_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o do_v that_o thereby_o we_o may_v be_v drive_v from_o ourselves_o and_o from_o the_o law_n also_o to_o seek_v for_o help_v elsewhere_o for_o sure_a it_o be_v that_o if_o we_o do_v rest_n in_o ourselves_o or_o in_o any_o 10._o any_o righteousness_n active_a be_v to_o look_v to_o be_v justify_v by_o do_v of_o good_a deed_n and_o by_o the_o ment_n of_o man_n 2_o cor._n 3._o 6._o 7_o act_n 15._o 10._o active_a righteousness_n of_o 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