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bury_v and_o raise_v up_o in_o baptism_n viz._n baptism_n seal_v all_o these_o unto_o us._n but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o he_o make_v choice_n of_o the_o burial_n only_o rather_o than_o the_o death_n to_o signify_v the_o truth_n and_o assurance_n of_o our_o mortification_n note_n note_n that_o our_o mortification_n be_v certain_a true_a and_o without_o all_o dissimulation_n it_o be_v indeed_o a_o hatred_n of_o sin_n for_o as_o man_n may_v seem_v to_o be_v dead_a which_o be_v not_o so_o indeed_o but_o if_o they_o be_v dead_a and_o cover_v than_o we_o be_v assure_v they_o be_v dead_a indeed_o so_o true_a mortification_n be_v here_o signify_v to_o be_v a_o true_a hatred_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o be_v in_o time_n pass_v notable_o set_v forth_o by_o the_o custom_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n their_o descend_v into_o the_o water_n which_o signify_v death_n to_o sin_n and_o remain_v in_o the_o water_n their_o bury_n to_o sin_n and_o rise_v out_o of_o the_o water_n rise_v to_o 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