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have_v do_v all_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v command_v you_o say_v we_o be_v unprofitable_a servant_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o if_o the_o saint_n work_n either_o in_o do_v or_o suffer_v 6.5_o isa_n 64.6_o isa_n 6.5_o be_v unprofitable_a in_o any_o respect_n it_o must_v be_v in_o attain_v that_o great_a reward_n of_o eternal_a life_n which_o be_v only_o attain_v by_o our_o lord_n himself_o as_o former_o be_v prove_v and_o the_o saint_n affirm_v of_o themselves_o self_n that_o they_o be_v all_o as_o a_o unclean_a thing_n and_o all_o their_o righteousness_n as_o filthy_a rag_n isaiah_n say_v i_o be_o a_o man_n unclean_a because_o i_o be_o a_o man_n of_o unclean_a lip_n and_o the_o psalmist_n say_v i_o will_v take_v heed_n unto_o my_o way_n that_o i_o sin_v not_o verse_n 1._o yet_o verse_n 5._o conclude_v very_o every_o man_n at_o his_o best_a estate_n be_v altogether_o vanity_n therefore_o this_o objection_n at_o the_o best_a be_v of_o no_o force_n because_o no_o weight_n of_o truth_n 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