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for_o his_o transgression_n for_o the_o former_a it_o be_v the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 3._o 20._o conclusion_n therefore_o by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v no_o flesh_n be_v justify_v in_o his_o sight_n which_o we_o prove_v by_o these_o argument_n the_o first_o shall_v be_v that_o of_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o forename_a place_n which_o stand_v thus_o arg._n whosoever_o be_v a_o transgressor_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n he_o can_v be_v justify_v by_o his_o obedience_n thereto_o but_o every_o man_n be_v a_o transgressor_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n ergo_fw-la no_o man_n can_v be_v justify_v by_o his_o obedience_n thereto_o the_o mayor_n be_v a_o undeniable_a principal_a in_o reason_n it_o be_v a_o thing_n impossible_a that_o a_o party_n accuse_v as_o a_o offender_n shall_v be_v absolve_v and_o pronounce_v innocent_a by_o plead_v obedience_n to_o that_o law_n which_o he_o have_v plain_o disobey_v wherefore_o the_o apostle_n take_v this_o proposition_n for_o 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&_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la neque_fw-la esse_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la sed_fw-la praerer_fw-la legem_fw-la and_o thus_o say_v he_o omnia_fw-la coherent_a like_o a_o pibble_n in_o a_o with_o nam_fw-la qui_fw-la ostendit_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la praevarican_n scilicet_fw-la unum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la reus_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o simpliciter_fw-la iniustus_fw-la constituitur_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la offendimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la quia_fw-la tametsi_fw-la nihil_fw-la facimus_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la tamen_fw-la multa_fw-la facimus_fw-la praeter_fw-la legem_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la â—atus_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la peccatat_fw-la transgrediendo_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la si_fw-la dicamus_fw-la qâ—ia_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la habemus_fw-la viz._n nihil_fw-la praeter_fw-la legem_fw-la faciendo_fw-la noâ—_n ipsos_fw-la seducimus_fw-la &_o veritas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la this_o be_v a_o unbound_a bosom_n as_o 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