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etc._n in_o the_o day_n thou_o eat_v thou_o shall_v die_v nothing_o do_v establish_v this_o law_n and_o give_v it_o its_o full_a course_n towards_o believer_n but_o faith_n in_o christ_n jesus_n who_o be_v make_v a_o curse_n and_o die_v according_a to_o law_n for_o our_o sin_n and_o be_v rise_v again_o he_o bring_v those_o who_o he_o free_v from_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n under_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o gospel_n give_v eternal_a life_n as_o a_o free-gift_n to_o all_o who_o thankful_o receive_v it_o from_o his_o hand_n by_o faith_n own_v he_o as_o the_o author_n and_o donor_n of_o it_o 3._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o offence_n as_o commit_v against_o a_o infinite_a god_n require_v a_o price_n equivalent_a to_o it_o of_o infinite_a value_n none_o but_o god_n can_v satisfy_v god_n the_o wrath_n of_o god_n be_v assuage_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o god_n and_o that_o he_o may_v bleed_v he_o become_v man_n the_o second_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n as_o incarnate_a die_v for_o man_n 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the_o father_n to_o draw_v all_o the_o elect_a into_o a_o participation_n of_o that_o eternal_a life_n which_o he_o as_o man_n possess_v now_o in_o heaven_n and_o because_o he_o live_v we_o shall_v live_v for_o ever_o in_o he_o the_o second_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n die_v as_o a_o man_n in_o our_o human_a nature_n to_o satisfy_v the_o law_n and_o to_o evidence_n the_o reality_n of_o his_o death_n he_o lay_v bury_v three_o day_n in_o the_o grave_a he_o be_v alive_a as_o god_n when_o dead_a as_o man_n what_o a_o profound_a mystery_n be_v this_o that_o the_o deity_n of_o christ_n shall_v suffer_v his_o human_a body_n to_o fall_v under_o the_o power_n of_o death_n for_o three_o day_n this_o show_v the_o strength_n of_o sin_n the_o strength_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n that_o so_o great_a a_o man_n as_o christ_n be_v can_v not_o stand_v under_o and_o live_v die_v he_o must_v by_o the_o sanction_n of_o the_o law_n be_v find_v in_o the_o 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