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p._n 138._o see_v defence_n p._n 9_o 2._o i_o will_v give_v thou_o the_o ground_n upon_o which_o he_o word_v this_o charge_n p._n 55._o i_o say_v the_o reason_n why_o i_o use_v the_o word_n condition_n be_v because_o it_o best_a suit_n with_o man_n relation_n to_o god_n in_o his_o present_a deal_n with_o we_o as_o subject_n in_o trial_n for_o eternity_n and_o p._n 136._o how_o unsuitable_a be_v it_o to_o the_o present_a state_n of_o mankind_n that_o christ_n shall_v govern_v we_o without_o promise_n and_o threaten_n he_o be_v a_o king_n and_o we_o be_v his_o subject_n and_o we_o be_v 1._o his_o subject_n in_o a_o state_n of_o trial_n for_o another_o world_n 2._o we_o have_v great_a remain_n of_o sin_n within_o we_o and_o temptation_n without_o we_o these_o be_v the_o place_n that_o give_v he_o the_o great_a umbrage_n now_o where_o be_v here_o that_o a_o believer_n case_n be_v undecided_a 3._o let_v we_o brief_o examine_v where_o the_o very_a true_a difference_n between_o he_o and_o i_o 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