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your_o righteousness_n exceed_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n you_o shall_v in_o no_o case_n enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n be_v man_n very_o civil_a 2_o by_o sanctification_n we_o shall_v conform_v to_o the_o holy_a god_n have_v his_o special_a image_n upon_o we_o which_o we_o have_v and_o lose_v in_o adam_n ephes_n 4.24_o 3_o sanctification_n be_v the_o end_n of_o our_o election_n redemption_n and_o vocation_n the_o end_n of_o our_o election_n ephes_n 1.4_o according_a as_o he_o have_v choose_v we_o in_o he_o before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v holy_a the_o end_n of_o our_o redemption_n tit._n 2.14_o who_o give_v himself_o for_o we_o that_o he_o shall_v redeem_v we_o from_o all_o iniquity_n and_o purify_v unto_o himself_o a_o peculiar_a people_n zealous_a of_o good_a work_n the_o end_n of_o our_o vocation_n 1_o cor_n 1.2_o unto_o the_o church_n of_o god_n which_o be_v 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