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yet_o thou_o do_v not_o walk_v in_o christ_n because_o thou_o have_v not_o as_o a_o poor_a self-emptied_n sinner_n receive_v he_o col._n 2.6_o now_o thou_o must_v first_o be_v root_v in_o christ_n verse_n 7._o before_o thou_o can_v walk_v in_o christ_n that_o be_v fetch_v all_o thy_o life_n and_o power_n for_o any_o spiritual_a duty_n or_o thy_o walk_n before_o god_n from_o jesus_n christ_n by_o virtue_n of_o union_n with_o he_o john_n 15.5_o the_o experience_n of_o which_o thou_o be_v ignorant_a of_o 4._o it_o be_v to_o walk_v in_o the_o spirit_n gal._n 5.16_o and_o thou_o have_v not_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n dwell_v in_o thou_o quicken_a renew_v mortify_a etc._n etc._n which_o every_o gracious_a pardon_v soul_n have_v in_o a_o word_n a_o good_a conversation_n be_v a_o gospel-conversation_n ground_v upon_o gospel-principle_n and_o for_o gospel-end_n now_o thou_o go_v no_o further_o but_o look_v upon_o the_o law_n as_o to_o be_v obey_v as_o well_o as_o thou_o can_v and_o in_o thy_o 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not_o rest_v upon_o my_o own_o do_n no_o more_o than_o other_o i_o think_v no_o body_n do_v so_o will_v you_o show_v i_o whether_o the_o heart_n be_v apt_a to_o do_v so_o answ_n i_o will_v and_o shall_v discover_v to_o you_o that_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v most_o natural_o apt_a to_o rest_v upon_o a_o outward_a keep_n of_o the_o law_n and_o to_o build_v a_o hope_n and_o confidence_n for_o heaven_n upon_o it_o this_o i_o must_v a_o little_a insist_v on_o as_o much_o conduce_v to_o help_v on_o the_o conviction_n i_o be_o press_v if_o the_o lord_n by_o his_o power_n strike_v in_o with_o it_o if_o it_o be_v not_o natural_a nothing_o more_o for_o a_o soul_n to_o bottom_n upon_o its_o keep_v the_o law_n though_o fall_v and_o unable_a to_o it_o the_o apostle_n will_v never_o have_v spend_v time_n in_o the_o conviction_n of_o it_o which_o he_o so_o industrious_o do_v in_o this_o and_o the_o former_a chap._n it_o have_v be_v the_o great_a evil_n upon_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o son_n of_o 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