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the_o believer_n that_o he_o shall_v never_o so_o miserable_o thirst_v again_o the_o latter_a be_v a_o thirst_n after_o a_o more_o plentiful_a fruition_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o spirit_n and_o grace_n and_o this_o be_v never_o full_o satisfy_v in_o this_o life_n but_o the_o privation_n of_o the_o former_a thirst_n be_v the_o generation_n and_o position_n of_o this_o latter_a revel_v â—2_n 17._o let_v he_o that_o be_v athirst_a come_v 5._o object_n but_o we_o be_v call_v to_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o be_v free_a from_o all_o compulsion_n of_o law_n and_o from_o all_o other_o rule_n than_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o where_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v there_o be_v liberty_n 2_o cor._n 3._o 17._o answ._n what_o kind_n of_o liberty_n this_o be_v we_o have_v see_v already_o which_o be_v not_o from_o the_o rule_n and_o direction_n of_o the_o law_n for_o the_o apostle_n say_v not_o that_o we_o be_v call_v to_o libertinism_n or_o a_o freedom_n from_o 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