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its_o principle_n it_o be_v from_o a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n rom._n 18._o 15._o we_o have_v not_o again_o receive_v the_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n unto_o fear_n it_o be_v not_o such_o a_o fear_n as_o make_v a_o occasional_a incursion_n upon_o the_o mind_n or_o soul_n such_o as_o i_o shall_z xcit_v and_o occasion_v by_o incident_a darkness_n and_o temptation_n such_o as_o the_o best_a and_o person_n of_o the_o high_a assurance_n be_v liable_a and_o obnoxious_a unto_o but_o it_o be_v such_o as_o have_v a_o complete_a abide_a principle_n in_o the_o soul_n even_o a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n a_o prevail_a frame_n constant_o incline_v it_o to_o fear_v or_o dreadful_a apprehension_n of_o god_n and_o its_o own_o condition_n second_o that_o it_o tend_v to_o bondage_n it_o bring_v the_o soul_n into_o bondage_n heb._n 2._o 14_o 15._o he_o die_v to_o deliver_v they_o who_o by_o fear_n of_o death_n be_v in_o bondage_n all_o their_o day_n fear_v of_o death_n as_o penal_a as_o it_o lie_v in_o the_o 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