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and_o paint_a law_n the_o apostle_n call_v it_o the_o ministration_n of_o death_n let_v then_o the_o less_o light_a give_v place_n to_o the_o great_a legalia_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ante_fw-la passionem_fw-la domini_fw-la vina_fw-la aug._n statim_fw-la post_fw-la passionem_fw-la mortua_fw-la hodie_fw-la sepulta_fw-la the_o legal_a rite_n be_v before_o the_o passion_n of_o christ_n alive_a straight_o after_o his_o passion_n dead_a now_o bury_v or_o as_o another_o the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o law_n be_v in_o their_o prime_n mortales_fw-la in_o christ_n age_n mortuae_fw-la in_o our_o time_n mortiferae_fw-la they_o be_v at_o first_o die_v in_o our_o saviour_n time_n dead_a in_o we_o deadly_a the_o law_n be_v give_v by_o moses_n 17
altar_n but_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n shall_v bind_v you_o from_o his_o mercy_n though_o you_o may_v repent_v which_o if_o you_o restore_v not_o be_v impossible_a and_o your_o restitution_n be_v improbable_a yet_o for_o the_o present_a the_o devil_n have_v eleven_o point_n of_o the_o law_n against_o you_o that_o be_v possession_n 5._o last_o some_o 1._o bind_v 2._o the_o sacrifice_n 3._o with_o cordes_n 4._o to_o the_o altar_n 5_o but_o not_o to_o the_o horn_n of_o the_o altar_n these_o be_v deficient_a in_o a_o special_a degree_n of_o devotion_n fayth_n they_o have_v many_o good_a moral_a virtue_n but_o they_o want_v that_o which_o shall_v make_v both_o their_o virtue_n and_o themselves_o acceptable_a to_o god_n faith_n in_o his_o son_n jesus_n christ._n it_o be_v a_o vain_a devotion_n whence_o this_o be_v exclude_v the_o law_n find_v no_o work_n righteous_a but_o quod_fw-la lex_fw-la operum_fw-la minâ—â—do_fw-la imperat_fw-la lâ—x_fw-la sâ—dei_fw-la credendo_fw-la impetrate_v 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