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spirit_n and_o yet_o in_o that_o place_n of_o isaiah_n 64.3_o which_o christopher_n t._n produce_v in_o a_o jeer_n call_v it_o fiilthy_a rag_n as_o to_o justification_n do_v not_o paul_n observe_v moses_n law_n in_o the_o letter_n and_o spirit_n when_o a_o christian_a a_o apostle_n rim._n 7._o 22._o i_o delight_v in_o the_o law_n of_o god_n after_o the_o inward_a man_n be_v not_o this_o to_o keep_v it_o in_o the_o spirit_n he_o keep_v it_o in_o the_o letter_n before_o his_o conversion_n phil._n 3._o touch_v the_o law_n blameless_a and_o this_o he_o count_v loss_n for_o christ_n verse_n 7._o when_o he_o be_v convert_v to_o christ_n nay_o not_o only_o so_o but_o he_o count_v all_o thing_n loss_n for_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o then_o sure_o his_o observance_n of_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n in_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o point_n of_o justification_n for_o this_o be_v but_o his_o own_o righteousness_n not_o the_o righteousness_n of_o he_o that_o 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