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condition_n and_o absolve_v we_o from_o the_o gild_n for_o which_o we_o be_v condemn_v to_o die_v for_o as_o it_o be_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o god_n wrath_n that_o we_o die_v if_o we_o have_v for_o ever_o lie_v under_o that_o wrath_n we_o must_v for_o ever_o have_v continue_v in_o a_o state_n of_o death_n i.e._n according_a to_o the_o sentence_n god_n have_v pass_v upon_o we_o we_o have_v forfeit_v the_o immortality_n of_o that_o life_n that_o consist_v in_o the_o vital_a union_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n so_o that_o the_o import_n of_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n we_o fall_v under_o be_v nothing_o less_o than_o a_o eternal_a separation_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n a_o doom_n that_o adjudge_v the_o body_n to_o dust_n for_o ever_o and_o the_o soul_n to_o live_v without_o its_o body_n under_o the_o dominion_n of_o that_o evil_a spirit_n that_o seduce_v we_o and_o the_o dreadful_a mark_n of_o the_o divine_a displeasure_n for_o ever_o and_o as_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n 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