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suffer_v if_o he_o save_v all_o men._n but_o how_o say_v some_o since_o mercy_n be_v a_o mitigation_n of_o justice_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o crime_n can_v he_o be_v both_o just_a and_o merciful_a i_o answer_v in_o god_n it_o may_v be_v so_o but_o not_o in_o man_n who_o must_v make_v a_o appeal_n but_o god_n make_v none_o as_o none_o be_v great_a so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o mercy_n for_o he_o to_o be_v just_a in_o that_o none_o can_v compel_v he_o to_o be_v just_a but_o if_o there_o be_v freewill_n i_o do_v understand_v there_o can_v be_v any_o justice_n i_o be_o sure_a there_o be_v no_o mercy_n for_o a_o finite_a sin_n which_o can_v no_o way_n inflict_v any_o corporal_a pain_n upon_o a_o deity_n to_o be_v infinite_o torment_v in_o fire_n thus_o all_o man_n perish_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o live_v in_o the_o spirit_n the_o body_n be_v dead_a because_o of_o sin_n but_o the_o spirit_n be_v life_n because_o of_o righteousness_n rom._n 8._o 10._o and_o thus_o the_o body_n like_o a_o 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