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the_o law_n only_o that_o all_o the_o world_n be_v not_o become_v guilty_a by_o the_o external_a deed_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n and_o a_o failure_n therein_o he_o prove_v rom._n 5._o 14._o where_o he_o show_v that_o death_n reign_v over_o some_o who_o have_v not_o sin_v after_o the_o similitude_n of_o adam_n '_o s_o transgression_n 5._o those_o deed_n which_o david_n exclude_v from_o his_o justification_n the_o apostle_n exclude_v from_o our_o justification_n for_o he_o quote_v his_o proposition_n from_o psal._n 143._o 2._o and_o therefore_o take_v it_o in_o his_o sense_n or_o else_o he_o can_v not_o make_v use_n of_o his_o authority_n but_o david_n exclude_v all_o his_o deed_n whatsoever_o from_o justification_n enter_v not_o into_o judgement_n with_o thy_o servant_n for_o in_o thy_o sight_n shall_v no_o man_n be_v justify_v he_o dare_v not_o once_o think_v of_o god_n enter_v into_o judgement_n with_o he_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o any_o thing_n he_o have_v attain_v from_o all_o 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