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lord_n build_v many_o altar_n unto_o he_o do_v he_o much_o service_n when_o he_o have_v long_o travel_v from_o place_n to_o place_n under_o his_o protection_n for_o after_o all_o this_o yet_o be_v he_o not_o justify_v by_o his_o work_n but_o only_o of_o his_o 15.6_o his_o gen._n 15.6_o believe_v the_o lord_n it_o be_v testify_v that_o it_o be_v impute_v unto_o he_o for_o righteousness_n we_o will_v have_v m._n bishop_n to_o tell_v we_o whether_o abraham_n before_o the_o time_n that_o this_o testimony_n be_v give_v he_o be_v a_o justify_v man_n or_o not_o he_o can_v deny_v it_o because_o abraham_n have_v do_v many_o good_a work_n and_o he_o have_v before_o say_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o good_a work_n before_o the_o first_o justification_n if_o he_o be_v justify_v before_o than_o it_o appear_v that_o to_o a_o man_n already_o justify_v not_o his_o work_n but_o his_o faith_n be_v count_v for_o righteousness_n and_o because_o it_o can_v be_v think_v that_o by_o one_o mean_n he_o be_v 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rom._n cap._n 4._o non_fw-la habuit_fw-la abrahâ—m_n opera_fw-la absit_fw-la opera_fw-la siquidem_fw-la habuit_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la cum_fw-la hominibus_fw-la qui_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la versabantur_fw-la fuisset_fw-la in_o iudicio_fw-la constitutus_fw-la facilè_fw-la iustificatus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la illisque_fw-la antepositus_fw-la verum_fw-la ut_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la ex_fw-la suis_fw-la operibus_fw-la iustificaretur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la dignus_fw-la &_o aequalis_fw-la seize_v praebens_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la inde_fw-la praebebatur_fw-la beneficentia_fw-la &_o dono_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la fuisset_fw-la illam_fw-la assecutus_fw-la vnde_fw-la ergo_fw-la bâ—_n dignus_fw-la est_fw-la habituâ—_n ex_fw-la sola_fw-la fide_fw-la etc._n etc._n solutio_fw-la patet_fw-la ex_fw-la but_o quomodo_fw-la hiâ—_n quidem_fw-la paulus_n ex_fw-la fide_fw-la ait_fw-la iustificatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la abraham_n diws_o autem_fw-la jaâ—obus_n ex_fw-la 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of_o the_o ark_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v apparent_a then_o that_o moses_n give_v not_o over_o write_v the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n until_o he_o have_v finish_v they_o that_o be_v until_o he_o have_v write_v all_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o word_n of_o the_o law_n but_o that_o that_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n and_o therefore_o that_o which_o be_v set_v down_o by_o moses_n 27.26_o moses_n deut._n 27.26_o curse_a be_v he_o that_o confirm_v not_o all_o the_o word_n of_o this_o law_n to_o do_v they_o be_v thus_o relate_v by_o the_o apostle_n 3.10_o apostle_n gal._n 3.10_o curse_v be_v every_o one_o that_o continue_v not_o in_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n to_o do_v they_o thereby_o to_o show_v that_o all_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n &_o nothing_o leave_v unwritten_a that_o be_v any_o part_n or_o parcel_n thereof_o thus_o when_o god_n will_v 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