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that_o no_o law_n shall_v command_v or_o rule_n in_o the_o conscience_n or_o spirit_n of_o a_o believer_n but_o the_o law_n of_o love_n the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n be_v here_o give_v forth_o to_o that_o very_a end_n that_o in_o it_o the_o soul_n may_v keep_v its_o communion_n close_o with_o god_n and_o christ_n and_o be_v always_o able_a to_o cry_v abba_n father_n in_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o we_o must_v consider_v the_o first_o and_o second_o adam_n as_o we_o be_v in_o the_o first_o adam_n we_o lay_v under_o a_o law_n of_o creation_n and_o a_o covenant_n of_o work_n as_o creature_n to_o obey_v our_o creator_n and_o in_o obey_v to_o have_v life_n do_v and_o live_v but_o transgress_v and_o die_v in_o the_o day_n thou_o eat_v thereof_o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n but_o in_o the_o second_o adam_n the_o lord_n christ_n the_o covenant_n we_o be_v under_o be_v not_o of_o work_n but_o of_o grace_n the_o law_n be_v not_o in_o the_o letter_n but_o in_o the_o spirit_n not_o write_v 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