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and_o we_o know_v what_o moses_n each_o where_o say_v iniquity_n shall_v be_v cleanse_v sin_n shall_v be_v put_v away_o &_o forgeven_v final_o we_o be_v very_o well_o teach_v in_o the_o old_a figure_n what_o be_v the_o force_n and_o effect_n of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o this_o point_n the_o apostle_n set_v out_o in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrews_n xxii_o very_o fyt_o take_v this_o principle_n that_o remission_n be_v not_o wrought_v without_o sh_a of_o blood_n whereupon_o he_o gather_v that_o christ_n for_o the_o abolish_n of_o sin_n appear_v once_o for_o all_o by_o his_o sacrifice_n again_o that_o he_o be_v offer_v up_o to_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o many_o and_o he_o have_v say_v before_o that_o not_o by_o the_o blood_n of_o goat_n or_o of_o calf_n butt_n by_o his_o own_o blood_n he_o once_o enter_v into_o the_o holy_a place_n find_v eternal_a redemption_n now_o when_o he_o thus_o reason_v if_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o calf_n do_v sanctify_v accord_v to_o the_o 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life_n the_o force_n also_o of_o baptism_n ought_v to_o be_v extend_v to_o the_o same_o bound_n wherefore_o it_o be_v also_o no_o doubt_n but_o that_o all_o the_o godly_a throughout_o all_o their_o life_n long_o so_o oft_o as_o they_o be_v vex_v with_o knowledge_n in_o conscience_n of_o their_o own_o sin_n dare_v call_v back_o themselves_o to_o the_o remembrance_n of_o baptism_n that_o thereby_o they_o may_v confirm_v themselves_o in_o the_o affiance_n of_o that_o only_a and_o continual_a wash_n which_o we_o have_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o christ._n it_o bring_v also_o a_o other_o fruit_n because_o it_o show_v we_o our_o mortification_n in_o christ_n vi.iii._n and_o new_a life_n in_o he_o for_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v we_o be_v baptize_v into_o his_o death_n be_v bury_v together_o with_o he_o into_o death_n that_o we_o may_v walk_v in_o newness_n of_o life_n by_o which_o word_n he_o do_v not_o only_o exhort_v we_o to_o the_o follow_v of_o he_o as_o though_o he_o do_v say_v that_o 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