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not_o do_v and_o that_o he_o see_v a_o law_n in_o his_o member_n rebel_a against_o the_o law_n of_o his_o mind_n but_o now_o he_o rejoice_v in_o christ_n that_o sin_n in_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o condemn_v he_o but_o here_o i_o expect_v from_o my_o friend_n either_o cajetan_a or_o aquinas_n false_a exposition_n or_o that_o of_o mr._n parker_n that_o the_o apostle_n speak_v this_o when_o he_o be_v a_o babe_n in_o grace_n but_o i_o desire_v withal_o that_o they_o will_v acquaint_v we_o what_o state_n it_o be_v when_o the_o apostle_n acknowledge_v himself_o the_o chief_a of_o finner_n 1_o tim._n 1.15_o the_o glorious_a gospel_n be_v then_o commit_v unto_o he_o enable_v by_o jesus_n christ_n count_v faithful_a and_o put_v into_o the_o ministry_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o the_o foregoing_a verse_n and_o yet_o then_o say_v he_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o this_o be_v a_o true_a and_o faithful_a say_n jesus_n christ_n come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o save_v sinner_n whereof_o i_o be_o chief_a mark_v the_o present-tense_n not_o preterperfect-tense_n he_o do_v not_o say_v whereof_o i_o have_v be_v but_o whereof_o i_o be_o nay_o i_o pray_v see_v the_o second_o epistle_n 1._o from_o 6._o to_o the_o 13._o be_v all_o this_o when_o he_o be_v a_o babe_n in_o grace_n i_o will_v fain_o know_v how_o long_o it_o be_v between_o the_o time_n of_o write_v these_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n and_o his_o epistle_n to_o philemon_n 1._o for_o there_o verse_n 9_o he_o be_v then_o paul_n the_o age_a but_o these_o jesuitical_a cavilling_n and_o reason_n be_v too_o well_o know_v they_o never_o do_v nor_o never_o shall_v prevail_v against_o god_n truth_n again_o in_o the_o second_o verse_n for_o the_o law_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n which_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n have_v free_v i_o from_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n and_o death_n here_o we_o may_v observe_v that_o the_o apostle_n say_v not_o that_o we_o be_v full_o free_v from_o sin_n in_o this_o life_n but_o from_o the_o law_n of_o 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alter_v and_o change_v sin_n be_v become_v our_o captive_n through_o christ_n it_o remain_v in_o we_o not_o as_o a_o commander_n but_o as_o a_o captive_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n the_o bolt_n of_o sin_n be_v yet_o upon_o our_o hand_n and_o foot_n to_o admonish_v we_o of_o our_o former_a miserable_a condition_n we_o draw_v the_o chain_n of_o our_o sin_n after_o we_o which_o make_v we_o indeed_o go_v forward_o the_o more_o slow_o but_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o detain_v we_o in_o that_o bondage_n wherein_o we_o lie_v before_o we_o be_v deliver_v from_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n while_o we_o live_v and_o the_o nature_n of_o death_n the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v so_o change_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o death_n of_o the_o man_n but_o the_o death_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o man_n mors_fw-la est_fw-la sepultura_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la say_v ambrose_n death_n be_v the_o burial_n of_o all_o vice_n and_o as_o chrysostome_n say_v as_o the_o worm_n which_o be_v breed_v in_o tho_o tree_n do_v at_o 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