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the_o ocean_n be_v as_o very_o water_n as_o the_o whole_a sea_n or_o heterogeneal_a as_o timber_n and_o stone_n be_v part_n of_o a_o house_n but_o not_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n and_o nature_n in_o themselves_o and_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v two_o essential_a part_n constitute_v the_o man_n yet_o the_o one_o as_o flesh_n the_o other_o as_o spirit_n and_o not_o of_o one_o of_o these_o alone_a but_o the_o compositum_fw-la of_o both_o be_v the_o man_n so_o here_o i_o demand_v when_o you_o tell_v we_o we_o must_v distinguish_v some_o part_n of_o the_o law_n from_o the_o whole_a whether_o these_o part_n be_v essential_a and_o requisite_a to_o the_o make_n or_o constitute_v of_o the_o whole_a law_n if_o these_o three_o be_v all_o part_n then_o to_o take_v away_o two_o will_v mutilate_v if_o not_o destroy_v the_o whole_a law_n the_o whole_a consist_v but_o of_o three_o can_v be_v entire_a and_o perfect_a have_v lose_v two_o and_o the_o rather_o i_o ask_v this_o because_o pag._n 139._o 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