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r._n palmitibus_fw-la ibid._n r._n moventem_fw-la in_o se_fw-la habere_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o movere_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la ibid._n r._n araus_n p._n 95._o l._n 15._o r._n secundum_fw-la p._n 110._o l._n 26._o r._n niti_fw-la p._n 112._o l._n 19_o r._n capernaitical_a p._n 121._o l._n 20._o r._n forinsecus_fw-la p._n 123._o l._n 12._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 146._o l._n 5._o r._n venit_fw-la p._n 168._o l._n 16._o put_v a_o at_o self_n and_o deal_n at_o wait_v p._n 176._o l._n 18._o marg._n r._n unum_fw-la p._n 184._o l._n 10._o r._n nisi_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o cord_n or_o the_o mystical_a union_n between_o christ_n and_o believer_n consider_v chap._n i._n million_o in_o the_o church_n miscarry_v for_o want_v of_o union_n with_o christ_n this_o be_v clear_v from_o the_o two_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o grace_n from_o the_o two_o head_n adam_n and_o christ_n from_o the_o two_o way_n and_o period_n of_o mankind_n two_o union_n with_o christ_n one_o in_o 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