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that_o be_v bear_v of_o god_n can_v be_v guilty_a of_o 1_o joh._n 4.20_o but_o thou_o know_v satan_n and_o that_o to_o thy_o vexation_n that_o i_o love_v the_o brethren_n and_o be_o pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n to_o this_o purpose_n see_v what_o be_v say_v in_o the_o treatise_n of_o babe_n in_o the_o chapter_n of_o their_o love_n to_o the_o brethren_n or_o else_o it_o may_v refer_v to_o the_o sin_n unto_o death_n 1_o joh._n 5.16_o 17_o 18._o yet_o 3._o if_o the_o text_n may_v not_o be_v restrain_v to_o that_o i_o can_v say_v further_o that_o i_o do_v not_o live_v in_o sin_n nor_o make_v a_o trade_n of_o sin_n as_o thou_o do_v i_o be_o no_o sin-maker_n as_o thou_o be_v i_o sin_v not_o as_o they_o that_o be_v of_o thou_o who_o work_v in_o the_o child_n of_o disobedience_n that_o they_o may_v fulfil_v the_o lust_n and_o will_n of_o the_o flesh_n ephes_n 2.1_o 3._o and_o of_o such_o thou_o can_v not_o deny_v but_o the_o quote_v text_n do_v speak_v 4._o i_o can_v say_v yet_o more_o in_o a_o true_a sense_n as_o the_o apostle_n do_v rom._n 7.15_o 20._o that_o it_o be_v not_o i_o who_o be_o bear_v of_o god_n that_o sin_n but_o sin_n that_o dwell_v in_o i_o though_o i_o with_o my_o flâ—sh_n may_v alas_o that_o i_o do_v serve_v the_o law_n of_o sin_n yet_o thanks_o be_v to_o god_n through_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n with_o the_o mind_n i_o myself_o do_v serve_v the_o law_n of_o god_n rom._n 7.25_o there_o be_v therefore_o no_o condemnation_n to_o i_o who_o be_o in_o christ_n jesus_n and_o walk_v not_o after_o the_o flesh_n but_o after_o the_o spirit_n rom._n 8.8_o though_o i_o wretch_n that_o i_o be_o may_v be_v sin_n captive_a yet_o not_o â—â—s_o subject_a that_o i_o shall_v obey_v it_o in_o the_o lust_n thereof_o sin_n may_v domineer_v but_o have_v no_o dominion_n over_o i_o because_o i_o be_o not_o under_o the_o law_n but_o under_o grace_n rom._n 6.1_o 18._o thou_o satan_n know_v that_o i_o be_o none_o of_o sin_n servant_n beside_o 5._o i_o confess_v my_o sin_n and_o have_v my_o pardon_n and_o what_o do_v thou_o satan_n say_v to_o this_o or_o what_o can_v thou_o say_v against_o it_o that_o god_n shall_v forgive_v my_o sin_n according_a to_o what_o be_v say_v in_o 1_o joh._n 1.8_o 9_o have_v i_o not_o reason_n to_o be_v of_o good_a cheer_n though_o by_o reason_n of_o thou_o my_o warfare_n be_v not_o accomplish_v yet_o god_n have_v speak_v to_o my_o heart_n and_o say_v son_n be_v of_o good_a cheer_n thy_o sin_n be_v forgive_v thou_o it_o be_v not_o against_o thou_o that_o i_o have_v sin_v