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after_o the_o law_n but_o in_o that_o he_o make_v himself_o subject_a to_o the_o law_n he_o deliver_v we_o from_o the_o curse_n thereof_o now_o whereas_o christ_n under_o the_o gospel_n give_v commandment_n and_o teach_v the_o law_n or_o expound_v it_o rather_o this_o pertain_v not_o to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o justification_n but_o of_o good_a work_n moreover_o it_o be_v not_o the_o proper_a office_n of_o christ_n for_o which_o he_o come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o teach_v the_o law_n but_o accidental_a as_o it_o be_v to_o heal_v the_o weak_a etc._n etc._n wherefore_o the_o true_a proper_a office_n of_o christ_n be_v to_o wrestle_v with_o the_o law_n to_o conquer_v and_o abolish_v sin_n and_o death_n to_o deliver_v the_o faithful_a from_o the_o law_n and_o all_o evil_n let_v we_o learn_v to_o put_v a_o difference_n between_o christ_n and_o a_o lawgiver_n that_o when_o the_o devil_n go_v about_o to_o trouble_v we_o under_o his_o name_n we_o may_v know_v he_o to_o be_v a_o very_a fiend_n 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