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and_o thereby_o destroy_v my_o justification_n for_o although_o my_o innocency_n in_o be_v no_o idolater_n no_o perjurer_n no_o sabath-breaker_n etc._n etc._n will_v neither_o constitute_v nor_o continue_v my_o divine_a alliance_n and_o inheritance_n yet_o my_o transgression_n in_o be_v a_o idolater_n a_o perjurer_n a_o murderer_n or_o adulterer_n or_o the_o like_a will_v discontinue_v and_o destroy_v it_o the_o morality_n of_o the_o law_n therefore_o i_o do_v and_o must_v observe_v yet_o i_o observe_v they_o not_o in_o duty_n to_o the_o law_n because_o she_o command_v they_o nor_o for_o fear_n of_o the_o law_n because_o she_o threaten_v the_o breach_n of_o they_o for_o i_o be_o not_o under_o the_o law_n but_o be_o dead_a to_o the_o law_n and_o it_o be_v a_o part_n of_o my_o justification_n to_o be_v free_a from_o the_o law_n but_o the_o work_n which_o continue_v my_o justification_n be_v the_o work_n of_o grace_n for_o see_v god_n have_v so_o high_o grace_v i_o as_o to_o make_v i_o 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