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etc._n etc._n psalm_n 110.1_o mat._n 22.44_o see_v here_o also_o how_o malice_n and_o envy_n do_v disagree_v with_o itself_o they_o have_v say_v before_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o we_o to_o put_v any_o man_n to_o death_n but_o now_o they_o say_v we_o have_v a_o law_n and_o by_o our_o law_n he_o ought_v to_o die_v so_o forgetful_a and_o ignorant_a be_v envy_n that_o it_o can_v neither_o tell_v what_o it_o do_v say_v or_o what_o it_o shall_v say_v the_o law_n which_o they_o allege_v must_v either_o be_v that_o of_o put_v a_o blasphemer_n to_o death_n levit._n 24._o or_o that_o concern_v a_o false_a prophet_n seduce_v the_o people_n by_o lie_a sign_n and_o wonder_n from_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o one_o and_o true_a god_n dent._n 18._o but_o neither_o of_o these_o law_n take_v hold_v of_o christ_n for_o he_o be_v neither_o a_o blasphemer_n nor_o a_o false_a prophet_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o allege_v that_o law_n which_o be_v for_o the_o put_n of_o a_o 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god_n descend_v from_o heaven_n and_o ascend_v thither_o again_o as_o the_o poet_n fain_o of_o jupiter_n mercury_n etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o that_o he_o may_v not_o seem_v to_o be_v so_o wicked_a against_o his_o god_n as_o to_o condemn_v the_o son_n of_o jupiter_n or_o vulcan_n he_o do_v narrow_o pry_v into_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o business_n and_o ask_v whence_o be_v thou_o he_o beat_v about_o the_o bush_n and_o question_n he_o afar_o off_o to_o fish_v out_o the_o truth_n but_o christ_n make_v he_o no_o answer_n for_o 1._o it_o be_v nothing_o either_o to_o caesar_n or_o to_o pilate_n whether_o he_o