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of_o god_n shall_v go_v to_o fetch_v succour_n and_o supply_v of_o what_o ever_o grace_n they_o want_v and_o perfection_n and_o increase_n of_o what_o they_o have_v already_o christ_n be_v make_v all_o in_o all_o to_o his_o servant_n why_o then_o away_o to_o the_o lord_n jesus_n if_o you_o will_v have_v any_o thing_n he_o call_v and_o invite_v revelation_n 3_o i_o counsel_v thou_o to_o buy_v of_o i_o eye_n salve_n if_o thou_o be_v a_o accurse_a man_n buy_v of_o christ_n justification_n if_o thou_o be_v a_o pollute_a creature_n buy_v of_o christ_n sanctification_n i_o counsel_v thou_o to_o buy_v of_o i_o eye_n salve_n there_o it_o be_v only_o to_o be_v have_v in_o that_o shop_n therefore_o go_v thither_o for_o it_o it_o be_v the_o resolution_n of_o the_o prophet_n david_n psalm_n 31._o with_o thou_o be_v the_o wellspring_n of_o life_n and_o in_o thy_o light_n shall_v we_o only_o see_v light_n it_o be_v not_o here_o to_o be_v have_v in_o your_o heart_n nor_o in_o your_o head_n nor_o in_o 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in_o itself_o to_o condemn_v yet_o it_o can_v do_v it_o but_o now_o when_o it_o meet_v with_o a_o impenitent_a unbeliever_n the_o malice_n of_o the_o malicious_a shall_v kill_v he_o and_o the_o pride_n of_o the_o ambitious_a shall_v one_o day_n rend_v his_o heart_n but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o penitent_a believer_n their_o sin_n have_v tooth_n indeed_o and_o power_n to_o make_v a_o man_n worthy_a of_o condemnation_n but_o they_o shall_v never_o fasten_v condemnation_n upon_o he_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o place_n romans_z 8.3_o that_o which_o be_v impossible_a to_o the_o law_n to_o do_v in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v weak_a because_o of_o the_o flesh_n god_n send_v his_o only_a son_n in_o the_o similitude_n of_o sinful_a flesh_n and_o for_o sin_n condemn_a sin_n in_o the_o flesh_n it_o be_v a_o excellent_a place_n and_o have_v much_o weight_n in_o it_o and_o howsoever_o there_o be_v many_o interpretation_n of_o the_o place_n yet_o i_o will_v 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