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to_o disannul_v and_o make_v it_o void_a and_z in_o st._n paul_n phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o cast_v away_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n by_o 21._o gal._n 2._o 21._o grace_n you_o be_v save_v and_o not_o by_o work_n say_v the_o apostle_n work_n though_o they_o be_v conditio_fw-la justificandi_fw-la a_o condition_n require_v of_o a_o justify_v person_n yet_o 9_o ephes_n 2._o 8_o 9_o be_v not_o pars_fw-la justificationis_fw-la can_v be_v bring_v in_o as_o a_o part_n or_o help_a cause_n of_o our_o justification_n satisfaction_n and_o merit_n be_v but_o false_a interlineary_a gloss_n and_o corrupt_v the_o text_n and_o to_o receive_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n with_o this_o mixture_n be_v in_o tertullia_n phrase_fw-la galaticare_fw-la to_o be_v as_o foolish_a as_o the_o
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