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and_o by_o wrestle_v in_o prayer_n with_o the_o father_n see_v mat._n 4._o and_o mat._n 26.41_o he_o overcome_v by_o faith_n love_n patience_n meekness_n submission_n and_o zeal_n and_o this_o victory_n be_v give_v to_o he_o to_o be_v a_o pledge_n to_o he_o and_o his_o spiritual_a seed_n that_o be_v incorporate_a in_o he_o of_o their_o total_a freedom_n from_o his_o seduce_v and_o vex_v temptation_n a_o four_o ground_n be_v the_o strength_n of_o christ_n spirit_n that_o be_v strong_a in_o believer_n than_o the_o devil_n that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n for_o the_o three_o piece_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o christian_a it_o stand_v in_o his_o delivery_n from_o death_n and_o there_o be_v these_o follow_a ground_n upon_o which_o the_o christian_a may_v build_v the_o faith_n of_o his_o delivery_n from_o it_o first_o ground_n be_v god_n covenant-relation_n to_o he_o it_o be_v from_o this_o relation_n that_o god_n have_v to_o abraham_n that_o christ_n infer_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o 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