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that_o labour_n and_o be_v heavy_a lade_v and_o i_o will_v give_v you_o rest_v p._n 100_o sermon_n viii_o col._n ii_o 18_o 19_o let_v no_o man_n beguile_v you_o of_o your_o reward_n in_o a_o voluntary_a humility_n and_o worship_v of_o angel_n intrude_a into_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v not_o see_v vain_o puff_v up_o by_o his_o fleshly_a mind_n and_o not_o hold_v the_o head_n from_o which_o all_o the_o body_n by_o joint_n and_o band_n have_v nourishment_n minister_v and_o knit_v together_o increase_v with_o the_o increase_n of_o god_n p._n 115_o sermon_n ix_o matth._n v._o 20._o for_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o that_o except_o your_o righteousness_n shall_v exceed_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n you_o shall_v in_o no_o case_n enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n p._n 133_o sermon_n x_o xi_o 1_o pet._n iu_o 18._o and_o if_o the_o righteous_a scarce_o be_v save_v where_o shall_v the_o ungodly_a and_o sinner_n appear_v p._n 148_o 164_o sermon_n xii_o 1_o cor._n x._o 12._o wherefore_o let_v he_o that_o think_v he_o stand_v take_v heed_n lest_o he_o fall_v p._n 180_o sermon_n i._n gal._n iu._n 4_o 5._o but_o when_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o time_n be_v come_v god_n send_v forth_o his_o son_n make_v of_o a_o woman_n make_v under_o the_o law_n to_o redeem_v they_o that_o be_v under_o the_o law_n that_o we_o may_v receive_v the_o adoption_n of_o son_n the_o galatian_n unto_o who_o s._n paul_n write_v this_o epistle_n have_v in_o his_o absence_n be_v pervert_v and_o seduce_v from_o the_o true_a doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n which_o he_o have_v preach_v unto_o they_o by_o some_o false_a teacher_n that_o have_v creep_v in_o among_o they_o and_o have_v persuade_v they_o that_o though_o they_o do_v believe_v and_o that_o right_o that_o jesus_n be_v the_o true_a messiah_n who_o the_o prophet_n foretell_v shall_v come_v into_o the_o world_n yet_o still_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o they_o to_o be_v circumcise_a and_o to_o conform_v 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