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purchase_v unto_o we_o 5.1_o rom._n 14.14.20_o tit._n 1.15_o gal._n 5.1_o who_o unto_o the_o clean_a as_o the_o apostle_n say_v have_v make_v all_o thing_n clean_o 6_o in_o this_o liberty_n so_o dear_o buy_v we_o be_v command_v to_o stand_v fast_o and_o not_o to_o suffer_v ourselves_o again_o to_o be_v entangle_v with_o the_o yoke_n of_o bondage_n we_o entangle_v our_o self_n if_o now_o we_o place_v any_o holiness_n or_o religion_n in_o abstinence_n from_o some_o kind_n of_o meat_n or_o if_o we_o abstain_v to_o the_o end_n we_o may_v satisfy_v for_o our_o sin_n or_o thereby_o merit_v unto_o ourselves_o everlasting_a life_n 8.8_o 1._o cor._n 8.8_o for_o meat_n as_o s._n paul_n say_v make_v we_o not_o acceptable_a unto_o god_n and_o again_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v not_o meat_n or_o drink_v but_o righteousness_n and_o peace_n and_o joy_n in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 14.17_o rom._n 14.17_o 13.9_o heb._n 13.9_o and_o yet_o again_o it_o be_v a_o good_a thing_n that_o the_o hart_n be_v 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