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be_v support_v in_o the_o work_n of_o christ_n under_o all_o peril_n pain_n watch_n labour_n imprisonment_n etc._n etc._n almost_o insupportable_a declare_v the_o cause_n v._o 10._o that_o it_o be_v from_o the_o life_n of_o jesus_n make_v manifest_a in_o his_o body_n repeat_v the_o same_o in_o the_o last_o clause_n of_o the_o 11_o verse_n only_o instead_o of_o body_n there_o he_o write_v mortal_a flesh_n all_o which_o thus_o explain_v do_v evident_o prove_v that_o the_o body_n of_o the_o saint_n derive_v now_o their_o natural_a life_n in_o great_a measure_n from_o another_o root_n 4._o as_o a_o undeniable_a consequence_n of_o this_o that_o that_o life_n the_o body_n hold_v from_o christ_n do_v not_o quite_o vanish_v as_o that_o of_o the_o first_o adam_n do_v but_o be_v gather_v up_o into_o christ_n and_o retreat_n back_o to_o he_o the_o root_n as_o the_o sap_n of_o tree_n in_o winter_n time_n fall_v down_o from_o the_o branch_n to_o the_o root_n and_o i_o take_v that_o to_o be_v the_o 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