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you_o and_o rise_v again_o for_o the_o bring_v you_o into_o conformity_n thereunto_o by_o faith_n believe_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o power_n and_o apprehend_v and_o apply_v it_o to_o yourselves_o till_o you_o find_v that_o you_o be_v plant_v toge_z she_o with_o christ_n in_o the_o likeness_n of_o his_o death_n and_o resurrection_n rom._n 6_o 5._o so_o that_o what_o be_v do_v in_o he_o natural_o and_o proper_o be_v do_v in_o you_o by_o way_n of_o analogy_n and_o proportion_n as_o loc_n as_o quod_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la sactum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la naturam_fw-la id_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la fieri_fw-la intelligit_fw-la per_fw-la analogiam_fw-la &_o proportionem_fw-la chrys_n in_o loc_n chrysostome_n expound_v these_o word_n that_o as_o he_o die_v a_o true_a natural_a death_n for_o sin_n by_o a_o real_a separation_n of_o his_o soul_n from_o his_o body_n so_o you_o may_v die_v a_o true_a spiritual_a death_n to_o sin_n by_o a_o real_a separation_n of_o your_o soul_n from_o the_o 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