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perfect_v in_o some_o one_o part_n or_o other_o but_o which_o be_v every_o way_n perfect_a for_o if_o the_o just_a man_n fall_v all_o his_o former_a righteousness_n be_v not_o remember_v here_o also_o we_o be_v to_o learn_v that_o they_o be_v perverse_o lead_v in_o please_a god_n who_o of_o themselves_o devise_v what_o they_o may_v thrust_v upon_o he_o for_o than_o we_o worship_v he_o best_o when_o we_o follow_v that_o which_o he_o have_v command_v we_o and_o give_v obedience_n to_o his_o word_n let_v they_o go_v now_o who_o bold_o claim_v unto_o themselves_o the_o righteousness_n of_o work_n which_o be_v not_o otherwise_o then_o when_o the_o law_n be_v full_o and_o perfect_o keep_v likewise_o we_o gather_v that_o they_o be_v deceive_v who_o brag_n before_o god_n those_o work_n they_o have_v invent_v themselves_o which_o he_o esteem_v no_o better_a than_o dounge_a for_o obedience_n be_v better_a than_o sacrifice_n 20_o moreover_o the_o law_n enter_v that_o the_o offence_n shall_v 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be_v a_o physician_n to_o the_o sick_a a_o deliverer_n of_o the_o captive_a a_o comforter_n of_o the_o afflict_a a_o saviour_n of_o the_o oppress_a 20_o that_o as_o sin_v reign_v in_o death_n as_o sin_n be_v call_v the_o sting_n of_o death_n because_o death_n have_v no_o power_n against_o man_n death_n death_n have_v no_o authority_n at_o all_o over_o man_n but_o by_o sin_n therefore_o sin_n execute_v his_o authority_n by_o death_n but_o for_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n so_o sin_n execute_v his_o power_n by_o death_n therefore_o be_v it_o say_v to_o exercise_v his_o authority_n by_o death_n in_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o verse_n there_o be_v the_o figure_n synchesis_n that_o be_v when_o the_o order_n be_v everye_o way_n confuse_v and_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o superfluous_a the_o antithesis_fw-la have_v be_v simple_a if_o he_o have_v say_v thus_o that_o righteousness_n may_v reign_v by_o christ_n but_o paul_n not_o be_v content_a to_o have_v oppose_v contrary_n to_o contrary_n add_v 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