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gal._n 6._o 5._o and_o in_o the_o day_n thou_o eat_v thereof_o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n gen._n 2._o 17._o so_o that_o the_o law_n in_o the_o rigour_n thereof_o do_v not_o say_v he_o admit_v of_o any_o commutation_n or_o substitution_n of_o one_o for_o another_o and_o so_o he_o conclude_v that_o satisfaction_n be_v make_v by_o another_o free_a covenant_n 2_o the_o minor_a be_v unsound_a for_o it_o affirm_v that_o god_n can_v not_o dispense_v with_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o essential_a curse_v without_o the_o violation_n of_o his_o justice_n but_o in_o this_o tenent_n mr._n norton_n equivalent_a 1_o king_n 21._o 3._o m._n norton_n leave_v the_o point_n of_o satisfaction_n in_o a_o uncertainty_n because_o he_o do_v one_o while_o say_v that_o christ_n suffer_v the_o essential_a curse_n &_o only_o that_o &_o another_o while_n that_o only_o which_o be_v equivalent_a do_v sufficient_o confute_v himself_o for_o he_o do_v often_o say_v that_o christ_n suffer_v pain_n equivalent_a 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