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dead_a in_o sin_n not_o only_o in_o a_o condition_n like_o that_o of_o the_o man_n that_o fall_v among_o thief_n in_o his_o journey_n from_o jerusalem_n to_o jericho_n luk._n 10.30_o as_o some_o will_v bear_v we_o in_o hand_n who_o wound_v he_o and_o leave_v he_o half_o dead_a but_o he_o be_v quite_o dead_a without_o any_o spark_n of_o spiritual_a life_n remain_v in_o he_o by_o our_o apostasy_n we_o bring_v ourselves_o into_o a_o dead_a condition_n orig._n condition_n propheta_fw-la dicit_fw-la anima_fw-la quae_fw-la peccat_fw-la ipsa_fw-la morietur_fw-la quamvis_fw-la mortem_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la interitum_fw-la substantiae_fw-la sentiamus_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quia_fw-la aliena_fw-la &_o extorris_fw-la sit_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la qui_fw-la vera_fw-la vita_fw-la est_fw-la mors_fw-la ei_fw-la esse_fw-la credenda_fw-la est_fw-la orig._n and_o till_o we_o be_v unite_v to_o christ_n we_o be_v unavoidable_o shut_v up_o in_o that_o condition_n the_o son_n be_v 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follow_v he_o full_o as_o far_o as_o the_o whole_a circuit_n of_o holiness_n reach_v as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o caleh_n num._n 14.24_o he_o follow_v the_o lord_n full_o and_o that_o prove_v he_o to_o be_v a_o man_n of_o another_o spirit_n and_o of_o a_o gracious_a temper_n indeed_o sanctify_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n because_o his_o obedience_n be_v universal_a there_o be_v a_o threefold_a universality_n must_v go_v to_o the_o right_a qualify_a our_o obedience_n that_o it_o may_v be_v evidential_a of_o a_o convert_a estate_n it_o must_v be_v universal_a in_o relation_n to_o the_o 1._o agent_n or_o person_n obey_v 2._o rule_n of_o obedience_n 3._o time_n and_o season_n of_o the_o performance_n 1._o in_o relation_n to_o the_o agent_n or_o person_n
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