avoid_v this_o danger_n and_o not_o to_o fear_v man_n enmity_n for_o preach_v god_n truth_n 4._o pleasure_n in_o unrighteousness_n make_v this_o doctrine_n not_o right_o preach_v and_o not_o right_o believe_v 5._o the_o article_n of_o faith_n not_o give_v to_o devour_v the_o commandment_n therefore_o no_o sacrilegious_a or_o unjust_a person_n can_v be_v justify_v by_o faith_n in_o christ_n 6._o this_o gospel-truth_n to_o be_v embrace_v by_o papist_n and_o not_o forsake_v by_o protestant_n though_o it_o have_v be_v most_o abuse_v of_o all_o other_o and_o be_v so_o from_o the_o first_o entrance_n of_o the_o gospel_n whence_o the_o catholic_n epistle_n be_v write_v chief_o against_o the_o solifidian_n heretic_n 7._o the_o doctrine_n of_o justification_n deliver_v by_o st._n paul_n rome_n 3_o in_o two_o proposition_n the_o one_o negative_a that_o it_o be_v not_o by_o work_n prove_v by_o 3._o argument_n the_o other_o affirmative_a that_o it_o be_v by_o â—…aith_n prove_v from_o all_o the_o 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