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2._o 20._o yet_o not_o i_o now_o but_o christ_n live_v in_o i_o christ_n himself_o be_v the_o life_n which_o i_o now_o live_v in_o this_o regard_n he_o and_o i_o be_v both_o one_o quoth_v luther_n upon_o that_o place_n this_o seem_v a_o very_a strange_a manner_n of_o speak_v i_o live_v i_o live_v not_o i_o be_o dead_a i_o be_o not_o dead_a i_o be_o a_o sinner_n i_o be_o not_o a_o sinner_n i_o live_v not_o now_o as_o paul_n but_o paul_n be_v dead_a who_o be_v it_o then_o that_o do_v live_v the_o christian_n our_o corrupt_a estate_n subject_a to_o sin_n and_o concupiscence_n be_v call_v the_o old_a man_n but_o our_o person_n reform_v in_o and_o by_o christ_n be_v the_o new_a man_n augustine_n pithy_o christianus_n est_fw-la quod_fw-la ammodo_fw-la duplex_fw-la every_o single_a christian_a susteyn_v a_o double_a person_n as_o hector_n pintus_fw-la upon_o our_o text_n duplex_fw-la est_fw-la in_o i_o ego_fw-la one_o i_o that_o live_v according_a to_o the_o flesh_n and_o another_o i_o that_o 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