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job_n disclaim_v all_o selfe-justification_n chap._n 9.20_o 21._o if_o i_o justify_v myself_o my_o own_o mouth_n shall_v condemn_v i_o if_o i_o say_v i_o be_o perfect_a it_o shall_v also_o prove_v i_o perverse_a though_o i_o be_v perfect_a yet_o will_v not_o i_o know_v my_o own_o soul_n i_o will_v despise_v my_o life_n what_o can_v be_v say_v more_o full_o to_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o the_o abasement_n of_o self_n and_o the_o advancement_n of_o free_a grace_n in_o justification_n he_o say_v indeed_o chap._n 13.18_o behold_v now_o i_o have_v order_v my_o cause_n i_o know_v that_o i_o shall_v be_v justify_v but_o he_o never_o say_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v justify_v for_o the_o cause_n sake_n which_o he_o have_v order_v there_o be_v a_o twofold_a justification_n first_o the_o justification_n of_o a_o man_n in_o reference_n unto_o some_o particular_a act_n or_o in_o his_o cause_n second_o the_o justification_n of_o a_o man_n in_o his_o person_n when_o job_n say_v i_o 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