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necessity_n the_o doom_n be_v in_o paradise_n upon_o man_n disobedience_n morte_fw-la morieris_fw-la thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n man_z sind_z man_n must_v die_v the_o first_o adam_n sin_v and_o we_o in_o he_o the_o second_o adam_n must_v by_o death_n expiate_v the_o sin_n have_v not_o christ_n dye_v mankind_n must_v have_v not_o he_o die_v the_o first_o death_n we_o have_v all_o dye_v both_o the_o first_o and_o second_o without_o shed_v of_o blood_n there_o be_v no_o remission_n heb._n 9.22_o hereby_o therefore_o be_v we_o free_v from_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o second_o death_n and_o the_o sting_n of_o the_o first_o to_o the_o unfailing_a comfort_n of_o our_o soul_n hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o our_o saviour_n be_v so_o careful_a to_o have_v his_o death_n and_o passion_n so_o full_o represent_v to_o we_o in_o both_o his_o sacrament_n the_o water_n be_v his_o blood_n in_o the_o first_o sacrament_n the_o wine_n be_v his_o blood_n in_o the_o second_o in_o this_o he_o be_v sensible_a 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