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wrath_n which_o his_o sin_n have_v deserve_v therefore_o it_o be_v call_v the_o ministry_n 3._o of_o death_n and_o condemnation_n which_o pronounce_v a_o most_o rigorous_a and_o unmitigable_a curse_n upon_o the_o small_a and_o most_o imperceptible_a deviation_n from_o god_n will_v reveal_v three_o by_o awaken_n the_o conscience_n beget_v a_o legal_a faith_n and_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n to_o see_v itself_o thus_o miserable_a by_o the_o law_n hedge_v in_o with_o thorn_n and_o shut_v up_o under_o 37._o wrath_n for_o the_o spirit_n first_o by_o the_o law_n beget_v bondage_n and_o fear_n prick_v the_o conscience_n reduce_v a_o man_n to_o impossibility_n that_o he_o know_v not_o what_o to_o do_v nor_o which_o way_n to_o turn_v before_o it_o work_v the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n or_o make_v a_o man_n think_v with_o the_o prodigal_n that_o he_o have_v a_o father_n to_o deliver_v he_o and_o by_o these_o gradation_n the_o law_n 200._o lead_v to_o faith_n in_o christ_n so_o that_o though_o in_o 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be_v the_o rule_n now_o then_o to_o make_v some_o use_n of_o all_o this_o which_o have_v be_v say_v this_o show_v the_o ignorance_n and_o absurdity_n of_o those_o man_n who_o cry_v down_o preach_v of_o the_o law_n as_o a_o course_n lead_v to_o despair_v â—…nd_a discontentment_n though_o we_o find_v by_o saint_n paul_n that_o it_o lead_v unto_o christ._n to_o preach_v the_o law_n alone_o by_o itself_o we_o confess_v be_v to_o pervert_v the_o use_n of_o it_o neither_o have_v we_o any_o power_n or_o commission_n so_o to_o do_v for_o we_o have_v our_o power_n for_o edification_n and_o not_o for_o destruction_n it_o be_v publish_v as_o a_o appendant_a to_o the_o gospel_n and_o so_o must_v it_o be_v preach_v it_o be_v publish_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o mediator_n and_o it_o must_v be_v preach_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o mediator_n it_o be_v publish_v evangelycal_o and_o it_o must_v be_v so_o preach_v but_o yet_o we_o must_v preach_v the_o law_n and_o that_o in_o its_o own_o fearful_a 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