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own_o body_n on_o the_o tree_n that_o we_o be_v dead_a to_o sin_n shall_v live_v unto_o righteousness_n let_v we_o yield_v that_o christ_n shall_v have_v his_o end_n in_o his_o death_n and_o never_o allow_v ourselves_o to_o live_v in_o sin_n which_o will_v render_v we_o uncapable_a of_o receive_v the_o benefit_n of_o christ_n death_n think_v how_o the_o unholiness_n of_o our_o life_n be_v a_o great_a wrong_n to_o christ_n than_o the_o jew_n be_v the_o very_a death_n of_o he_o because_o as_o the_o 345._o the_o d._n jackson_n vol._n 3._o p._n 343_o 344_o 345._o learned_a dr._n jackson_n note_v it_o be_v more_o against_o the_o will_n and_o like_n and_o good_a pleasure_n of_o our_o saviour_n who_o will_n be_v regulate_v by_o reason_n and_o be_v a_o constant_a rule_n of_o goodness_n for_o though_o a_o painful_a shameful_a death_n and_o that_o inflict_v by_o his_o own_o people_n go_v much_o against_o his_o human_a will_n yet_o he_o choose_v rather_o to_o die_v and_o to_o suffer_v the_o 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work_n and_o service_n than_o the_o lord_n christ_n o_o what_o a_o reproach_n be_v this_o to_o christ_n and_o what_o a_o sport_n to_o the_o devil_n that_o they_o that_o pretend_v to_o remember_v christ_n die_v for_o they_o shall_v not_o find_v in_o their_o heart_n to_o live_v to_o he_o 220._o he_o ego_fw-la pro_fw-la istis_fw-la quos_fw-la mecum_fw-la vides_fw-la nec_fw-la alapas_fw-la accepi_fw-la nec_fw-la flagella_fw-la sustinui_fw-la nec_fw-la crucem_fw-la pertuli_fw-la nec_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la fudi_fw-la nec_fw-la familiam_fw-la meam_fw-la pretio_fw-la passionis_fw-la &_o cruoris_fw-la redemi_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la regnum_fw-la illis_fw-la coeleste_fw-la promitto_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la paradisum_fw-la restitutâ_fw-la immortalitate_fw-la denuò_fw-la revoco_fw-la tuos_fw-la tale_n christ_n demonstra_fw-la vix_fw-la tui_fw-la meis_fw-la pereuntibus_fw-la adaequantur_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la te_fw-la divinis_fw-la mercedibus_fw-la &_o praemiis_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la 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