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execute_v a_o traitor_n not_o take_v his_o life_n but_o keep_v he_o in_o prison_n he_o shall_v not_o forgive_v the_o fault_n but_o change_v a_o great_a punishment_n into_o a_o less_o 3._o again_o that_o which_o be_v give_v from_o the_o riches_n of_o grace_n be_v no_o scant_o half_a pardon_n but_o the_o remission_n which_o god_n give_v be_v from_o his_o rich_a grace_n true_a it_o be_v that_o god_n do_v after_o he_o have_v forgive_v a_o sin_n take_v temporary_a correction_n still_o as_o in_o david_n but_o to_o offer_v himself_o as_o a_o father_n for_o our_o good_a be_v one_o thing_n to_o revenge_v himself_o as_o a_o judge_n for_o the_o satisfy_n of_o his_o justice_n be_v another_o the_o sting_n of_o revenge_a justice_n be_v pull_v forth_o from_o what_o time_n we_o have_v forgiveness_n this_o do_v the_o evil_n be_v no_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n and_o ergo_fw-la it_o may_v stand_v with_o full_a and_o free_a forgiveness_n shall_v some_o turk_n have_v sentence_n pass_v on_o he_o to_o die_v 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mankind_n they_o be_v all_o but_o one_o or_o as_o the_o subject_n of_o england_n scotland_n ireland_n be_v in_o our_o king_n unite_v and_o all_o make_v one_o body_n politic_a so_o it_o be_v with_o the_o member_n of_o christ_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n now_o be_v gather_v under_o christ_n their_o head_n they_o must_v needs_o be_v gather_v one_o to_o another_o as_o fellow_n member_n in_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o body_n rom._n 12._o there_o be_v not_o only_o a_o bond_n from_o christ_n to_o we_o even_o the_o bond_n of_o his_o spirit_n and_o from_o we_o to_o christ_n even_o our_o faith_n but_o a_o bond_n of_o love_n the_o bond_n of_o perfection_n which_o do_v hold_v we_o one_o with_o another_o use_v 1_o let_v we_o then_o to_o preserve_v our_o union_n walk_v with_o christ_n and_o keep_v by_o he_o even_o as_o it_o be_v in_o draw_v a_o circle_n with_o compass_n and_o line_n from_o the_o circumference_n to_o the_o centre_n so_o it_o be_v with_o we_o the_o more_o they_o come_v near_o 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