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notion_n about_o the_o aeons_n &c._n &c._n be_v imagination_n only_o fancy_n and_o not_o knowledge_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d knowledge_n misname_v or_o false_o so_o call_v as_o we_o may_v borrow_v the_o apostle_n expression_n 1_o tim._n 6._o 20._o though_o those_o invention_n be_v late_a and_o can_v only_o serve_v to_o fill_v the_o mind_n of_o their_o proselyte_n with_o wind_n and_o vanity_n but_o their_o doctrine_n upon_o which_o the_o apostle_n animadvert_v in_o this_o epistle_n we_o may_v collect_v from_o the_o manifest_a scope_n and_o design_n of_o it_o and_o that_o be_v to_o assert_v justification_n by_o faith_n without_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n which_o they_o great_o pervert_v and_o sanctification_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n or_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o new_a creature_n which_o they_o even_o quite_o subvert_v with_o which_o false_a doctrine_n they_o conjoin_v a_o most_o impure_o vicious_a life_n and_o practice_n fall_v in_o much_o with_o the_o jew_n 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a_o amends_o and_o that_o their_o pray_v tithe_n of_o mint_n annis_n and_o cummin_n will_v serve_v in_o stead_n of_o judgement_n faith_n mercy_n and_o the_o love_n of_o god_n which_o they_o be_v say_v to_o pass_v over_o as_o very_a light_n and_o small_a matter_n see_v matth._n 23._o 23._o compare_v with_o luke_n 11._o 42._o and_o herein_o the_o apostle_n contest_v with_o these_o galatian_a christian_n not_o only_o with_o vehemency_n but_o with_o some_o kind_n of_o wonder_n that_o when_o gospel_n light_n have_v come_v among_o they_o and_o that_o have_v know_v god_n or_o rather_o be_v know_v of_o he_o as_o chap._n 4._o 9_o they_o shall_v attribute_v any_o thing_n to_o so_o beggarly_a rudiment_n as_o these_o be_v that_o be_v be_v circumcise_v and_o keep_v day_n and_o month_n and_o year_n etc._n etc._n the_o thing_n whereon_o they_o lay_v so_o great_a stress_n and_o because_o they_o do_v so_o he_o tell_v they_o in_o that_o four_o chapter_n that_o he_o be_v afraid_a that_o he_o have_v bestow_v labour_n in_o vain_a among_o they_o in_o sum_n therefore_o he_o make_v it_o his_o business_n to_o evidence_n to_o they_o that_o both_o their_o justification_n and_o their_o sanctification_n must_v be_v conjoin_v and_o arise_v together_o out_o of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o root_n christ_n himself_o and_o by_o faith_n in_o he_o without_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n as_o that_o which_o must_v vital_o unite_v they_o with_o he_o and_o that_o thereby_o they_o shall_v become_v actual_o interest_v in_o all_o his_o fullness_n that_o fullness_n of_o righteousness_n which_o be_v to_o be_v find_v only_o in_o he_o and_o no_o where_o but_o in_o he_o and_o withal_o in_o that_o fullness_n of_o spirit_n and_o life_n and_o holy_a influence_n which_o also_o be_v only_o in_o he_o so_o as_o that_o the_o soul_n be_v unite_v by_o this_o faith_n with_o christ_n must_v present_o die_v to_o sin_n and_o love_n to_o god_n chap._n 2._o 19_o 20._o and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n when_o he_o deliver_v a_o 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