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state_n of_o unsinning_a perfection_n syn._n 2._o the_o just_a &_o dial._n the_o just_a p._n 14._o that_o mortality_n be_v necessary_a to_o man_n if_o he_o have_v not_o sin_v part._n 3._o de_fw-fr seru._n chris_n c._n viij_o that_o adam_n have_v not_o the_o promise_n of_o eternal_a life_n nor_o can_v he_o avoid_v his_o fall_n resp_n ad_fw-la def_n pucc_fw-la de_fw-fr prim_fw-la hom._n stat_fw-la &_o lib._n svas_fw-la quod_fw-la regn_n pol._n etc._n etc._n p._n 56._o that_o christ_n be_v a_o new_a legislatour_n and_o give_v moral_a law_n which_o be_v not_o so_o before_o de_fw-fr offic._n chr._n p._n 4._o de_fw-fr conu._n &_o diff._n v._o &_o n._n test_n p._n 33._o that_o christ_n abrogate_a all_o the_o judicial_a precept_n of_o the_o law_n as_o well_o as_o the_o ceremonial_a de_fw-fr offa_n chr._n p._n 5._o that_o notorious_a offender_n be_v not_o to_o be_v punish_v with_o death_n ibid._n that_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v not_o a_o conveyance_n of_o grace_n but_o only_o a_o act_n of_o 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