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esâ—a_fw-la nos_fw-la non_fw-la commendat_fw-la deo_fw-la 8._o meat_n do_v not_o make_v we_o acceptable_a to_o god_n wherefore_o neither_o they_o be_v honour_n and_o service_n iustifienge_v neither_o be_v they_o perfection_n but_o rather_o when_o they_o be_v set_v forth_o cloak_v with_o these_o title_n they_o be_v the_o very_a doctrine_n of_o devylles_n uirginitie_n i_o grant_v be_v counsaylle_n but_o yet_o only_o to_o those_o ê‘sone_n which_o have_v the_o gift_n as_o it_o be_v say_v before_o but_o it_o be_v a_o very_a poysone_fw-mi erroure_n to_o think_v that_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o gospel_n stand_v in_o tradition_n of_o man_n for_o so_o the_o religious_a person_n also_o of_o the_o machometiste_n may_v boast_v that_o they_o have_v the_o evamgelical_a ê‘fection_n neither_o do_v it_o stand_v in_o observe_v of_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v indifferent_a ê‘fection_n but_o because_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v justice_n and_o life_n in_o the_o herte_n therefore_o ê‘fection_n 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