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of_o moses_n they_o can_v not_o be_v save_v act_v 15.1_o 9_o 10._o the_o apostle_n determine_v the_o point_n say_v that_o god_n put_v no_o difference_n between_o jew_n and_o gentile_n and_o this_o be_v a_o yoke_n that_o neither_o they_o nor_o their_o father_n be_v able_a to_o bear_v and_o so_o it_o be_v not_o only_o lay_v aside_o as_o other_o legal_a ceremony_n which_o become_v not_o only_o mortuae_fw-la but_o mortiferae_fw-la dead_a but_o deadly_a so_o the_o apostle_n affirm_v that_o if_o you_o be_v circumcise_v christ_n shall_v profit_v you_o nothing_o gal._n 5.2_o nay_o the_o best_a duty_n ordinance_n privilege_n rest_v in_o short_a of_o christ_n will_v rather_o ruin_v then_o raise_v we_o undo_v we_o than_o endow_v we_o with_o grace_n here_o or_o glory_n hereafter_o see_v rom._n 9.31_o 32.10.3_o but_o this_o be_v a_o great_a truth_n that_o all_o the_o privilege_n in_o the_o world_n without_o this_o new_a creature_n can_v never_o of_o themselves_o render_v a_o soul_n acceptable_a to_o god_n or_o bring_v