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or_o deter_v they_o from_o come_v near_o to_o he_o exod._n 34.30_o 32_o 33._o so_o that_o glorious_a purity_n and_o holiness_n that_o impartial_a and_o severe_a justice_n that_o shine_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v drive_v we_o from_o rest_a in_o or_o trust_v on_o the_o law_n for_o righteousness_n and_o despair_v of_o ever_o be_v pronounce_v righteous_a by_o it_o shall_v the_o law_n that_o be_v intend_v but_o for_o a_o schoolmaster_n to_o direct_v we_o unto_o christ_n gal._n 3.24_o be_v make_v a_o father_n to_o give_v we_o a_o inheritance_n of_o righteousness_n but_o how_o many_o have_v gross_o err_v and_o grievous_o mistake_v about_o this_o they_o have_v enervate_v and_o dispirited_a the_o law_n of_o god_n they_o have_v pare_v off_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o its_o purity_n cut_v off_o much_o of_o its_o spirituality_n and_o make_v it_o to_o look_v like_o the_o civil_a law_n of_o man_n as_o if_o it_o be_v give_v to_o check_v word_n and_o restrain_v outward_a act_n but_o be_v 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