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20._o redeemer_n who_o be_v describe_v a._n 21._o who_o become_v man_n a._n 22._o who_o execute_v office_n a._n 23._o of_o priest_n a._n 24._o of_o prophet_n a._n 25._o of_o king_n a._n 26._o both_o in_o his_o state_n of_o humiliation_n a._n 27._o &_o both_o in_o his_o state_n of_o exaltation_n a._n 28._o participation_n of_o the_o benefit_n of_o redemption_n by_o the_o spirit_n a._n 29._o in_o effectual_a call_v a._n 30._o where_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o a._n 31._o benefit_n a._n 32._o in_o this_o life_n primary_o justification_n a._n 33._o adoption_n a._n 34._o sanctification_n a._n 35._o secondary_o assurance_n etc._n etc._n a._n 36._o at_o death_n a._n 37._o resurrection_n a._n 38._o ii_o obedience_n to_o god_n reveal_v will_n a._n 39_o c_o ii_o in_o the_o law_n sum_v up_o in_o the_o ten_o commandment_n a._n 40_o 41_o 42._o wherein_n of_o the_o preface_n a._n 43_o 44._o the_o precept_n 1._o a._n 45_o 46_o 47._o ii_o a._n 48_o 49_o 50_o 51_o 52._o iii_o a._n 53_o 54_o 55_o 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