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and_o legal_a holiness_n although_o not_o perfect_a in_o this_o life_n by_o his_o spirit_n yet_o because_o the_o moral_a law_n be_v give_v for_o this_o end_n to_o show_v man_n his_o unrighteousness_n by_o command_v inherent_a righteousness_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o by_o legal_a righteousness_n be_v usual_o mean_v proper_a or_o inherent_a righteousness_n and_o so_o by_o legal_a faith_n be_v mean_v that_o faith_n which_o look_v for_o happiness_n by_o inherent_a righteousness_n the_o which_o may_v more_o fit_o be_v call_v natural_a faith_n because_o it_o be_v engrave_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n as_o the_o other_o kind_n be_v supernatural_a yet_o we_o call_v it_o legal_a faith_n because_o perfect_a inherent_a righteousness_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o perfect_a keep_n of_o the_o law_n and_o commandment_n of_o god_n as_o sin_n be_v define_v 1._o joh._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o sin_n be_v the_o break_n of_o the_o law_n whether_o it_o be_v the_o moral_a law_n write_v 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kind_n of_o faith_n yet_o even_o the_o holy_a angel_n although_o they_o be_v save_v by_o work_n that_o be_v by_o their_o own_o perfect_a holiness_n yet_o their_o holiness_n come_v from_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n without_o the_o which_o support_v they_o in_o all_o temptation_n suggest_v by_o their_o own_o free_a mind_n and_o will_n or_o by_o the_o reprobate_a angel_n they_o can_v not_o stand_v sect._n 2._o of_o infidelity_n thus_o much_o of_o faith_n now_o we_o come_v to_o the_o first_o kind_n of_o rebellion_n whereby_o man_n fall_v away_o from_o god_n call_v infidelity_n for_o that_o it_o be_v both_o in_o name_n and_o nature_n clean_o contrary_a to_o faith_n for_o by_o it_o man_n cease_v to_o trust_v and_o depend_v upon_o god_n renounce_v his_o patronage_n and_o protection_n as_o be_v altogether_o unable_a to_o bestow_v any_o good_a thing_n much_o less_o perfect_a happiness_n upon_o his_o client_n and_o therefore_o he_o seek_v for_o another_o lord_n and_o king_n in_o who_o to_o trust_v 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