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to_o draw_v her_o line_n from_o our_o redemption_n and_o justification_n not_o that_o i_o hence_o exclude_v love_n operation_n for_o love_n be_v as_o the_o prince_n and_o sovereign_a of_o all_o the_o grace_n needful_a to_o salvation_n and_o mercy_n be_v the_o chief_a of_o her_o train_n and_o seem_v in_o man_n redemption_n like_o her_o queen_n to_o reign_v 46_o as_o that_o great_a peer_n that_o in_o his_o prince_n grace_n for_o virtue_n and_o for_o learn_v high_a do_v stand_v and_o next_o to_o he_o obtayne_v the_o second_o place_n and_o chief_a government_n of_o all_o the_o land_n in_o court_n of_o mercy_n do_v even_o countermand_n act_n that_o be_v speed_v in_o justice_n high_a plea_n so_o mercy_n here_o who_o be_v queen_n love_v right_a lâ—nd_n do_v we_o from_o sentence_n of_o damnation_n free_a which_o justice_n do_v pronounce_v a_o hard_a but_o â—ust_z decree_n 47_o but_o as_o this_o peer_n derive_v authority_n from_o prince_n by_o who_o all_o regiment_n do_v move_v so_o special_a 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