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the_o law_n in_o do_v they_o we_o do_v not_o transgress_v the_o law_n but_o rather_o pretergresse_n or_o go_v beside_o it_o yet_o see_v the_o lawgivers_n will_n be_v that_o we_o shall_v do_v the_o law_n not_o only_o hear_v it_o much_o less_o go_v beside_o it_o there_o be_v no_o pretergression_n of_o it_o but_o be_v direct_o against_o the_o law_n giver_n will_n otherwise_o a_o servant_n negligence_n shall_v not_o be_v against_o his_o master_n will_v but_o beside_o it_o for_o tell_v i_o o_o you_o fool_n and_o blind_a whether_o be_v more_o only_o to_o omit_v the_o good_a deed_n of_o the_o law_n or_o to_o commit_v such_o as_o yourselves_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v beside_o it_o though_o the_o matter_n of_o omission_n may_v be_v â—arre_o great_a yet_o for_o the_o form_n of_o the_o action_n whence_o the_o denomination_n of_o opposition_n must_v be_v take_v no_o sin_n of_o omission_n can_v be_v so_o proper_o say_v to_o be_v against_o the_o law_n as_o the_o least_o positive_a sin_n or_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v as_o much_o as_o the_o latin_a operarius_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la one_o that_o make_v a_o trade_n of_o sin_n or_o profess_v iniquity_n who_o service_n be_v altogether_o incompatible_a with_o the_o profession_n or_o hope_n of_o a_o christian_n and_o this_o be_v the_o conclusion_n our_o apostle_n be_v in_o both_o place_n to_o infer_v as_o have_v teach_v immediate_o before_o â—_o every_o one_o that_o have_v this_o hope_n of_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n do_v purge_v himself_o as_o he_o be_v pure_a and_o in_o habit_n become_v like_a unto_o he_o as_o on_o the_o contrary_n which_o be_v the_o apostle_n inference_n likewise_o he_o that_o â—_z commit_v sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d resemble_v his_o father_n the_o devil_n who_o chief_a delight_n be_v in_o do_v mischief_n it_o may_v be_v a_o roman_a catholic_a will_v soon_o believe_v if_o we_o send_v he_o unto_o maldonat_n who_o comment_v upon_o the_o like_a significatur_fw-la speech_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o far_o bear_v witness_n unto_o the_o truth_n we_o teach_v that_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n aim_v rather_o at_o the_o habit_n than_o the_o act_n that_o to_o work_v or_o do_v iniquity_n be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o be_v a_o artificer_n or_o craftesmaster_n of_o iniquity_n 2._o but_o we_o receive_v not_o the_o record_n of_o man_n there_o be_v another_o that_o bear_v witness_n of_o it_o even_o our_o saviour_n from_o who_o mouth_n saint_n john_n learn_v both_o the_o matter_n and_o phrase_n of_o that_o discourse_n 34._o very_o say_v he_o to_o the_o jew_n whosoever_o commit_v sin_n be_v the_o servant_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o servant_n abide_v not_o in_o the_o house_n for_o ever_o but_o the_o son_n abide_v for_o ever_o if_o the_o son_n therefore_o shall_v make_v you_o free_a you_o shall_v be_v free_a indeed_o from_o the_o reign_n of_o sin_n not_o from_o all_o act_n of_o sin_n hence_o do_v saint_n john_n take_v that_o lesson_n â—_o you_o know_v that_o he_o be_v manifest_v to_o take_v away_o our_o sin_n and_o in_o he_o be_v no_o sin_n to_o be_v altogether_o without_o sin_n than_o be_v his_o peculiar_a but_o 6._o whosoever_o abide_v in_o he_o sin_v not_o not_o at_o all_o so_o he_o shall_v not_o need_v any_o advocation_n but_o he_o be_v no_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n nor_o do_v he_o sin_n as_o devil_n do_v for_o who_o sin_n christ_n be_v no_o propitiation_n that_o so_o the_o apostle_n mean_v be_v apparent_a from_o the_o parallel_n use_v of_o the_o same_o word_n immediate_o after_o reciprocal_o change_v he_o that_o commit_v sin_n be_v of_o the_o devil_n 8._o for_o the_o devil_n sin_v from_o the_o beginning_n that_o be_v have_v continue_v his_o apostasy_n or_o trade_n of_o sin_n ever_o since_o his_o fall_n for_o this_o purpose_n tâ—e_v son_n of_o god_n be_v manifest_v that_o he_o may_v destroy_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n what_o be_v these_o delight_n in_o sin_n wilful_a indulgence_n to_o transgression_n and_o such_o unrelenting_a opposition_n to_o the_o truth_n propose_v as_o 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