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can_v neither_o shake_v off_o nor_o avoid_v but_o it_o stick_v like_o a_o burr_n to_o our_o frail_a condition_n and_o though_o we_o labour_v to_o wash_v it_o out_o with_o all_o our_o hyssop_n all_o our_o nitre_n yet_o this_o aethiope_n will_v not_o be_v clean_o this_o leopard_n will_v not_o change_v his_o spot_n but_o though_o the_o mind_n be_v intent_n upon_o the_o law_n of_o god_n yet_o the_o flesh_n the_o weak_a weak_a flesh_n will_v be_v still_o serve_v the_o law_n of_o sinne._n the_o law_n of_o sin_n what_o be_v that_o what_o that_o which_o before_o s._n paul_n entitle_v to_o the_o lex_fw-la membrorum_fw-la the_o law_n in_o his_o member_n 23._o v._o 23._o &_o what_o be_v that_o law_n that_o which_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n he_o call_v corpus_fw-la mortis_fw-la the_o body_n of_o death_n and_o what_o be_v that_o death_n and_o that_o law_n 24._o v._o 24._o that_o which_o all_o the_o servant_n and_o saint_n of_o god_n have_v pange_v and_o groan_v under_o concupiscence_n that_o 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