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make_v any_o answer_n unto_o other_o may_v be_v mention_v but_o we_o shall_v forbear_v mention_v of_o they_o till_o some_o other_o occasion_n chap._n xi_o objection_n take_v out_o of_o scripture_n by_o mr._n goodwin_n against_o the_o imputation_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n unto_o justification_n answer_v have_v in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n prove_v both_o from_o scripture_n &_o reason_n that_o christ_n righteousness_n be_v impute_v unto_o believer_n unto_o justification_n &_o have_v vindicate_v such_o of_o they_o as_o be_v except_v against_o by_o mr._n goodwin_n we_o shall_v now_o come_v &_o examine_v the_o argument_n by_o which_o he_o oppugn_v the_o doctrine_n of_o imputation_n in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o treatise_n of_o justification_n where_o he_o marshal_v his_o argument_n under_o two_o head_n viz._n of_o scripture_n &_o reason_n he_o begin_v with_o his_o suppose_a scripture_n proof_n chap._n 2._o etc._n etc._n as_o to_o the_o first_o of_o which_o large_o 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