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form_n be_v call_v god_n god_n be_v say_v act_n 20._o 28._o to_o have_v purchase_v the_o church_n with_o his_o own_o blood_n it_o be_v a_o maxim_n in_o school_n divinity_n whatsoever_o be_v in_o god_n be_v god_n 5._o this_o twofold_a creature-nature_n of_o christ_n as_o transcribe_v and_o copy_v out_o by_o he_o in_o the_o person_n of_o elect_a angel_n and_o man_n may_v be_v call_v divine_a special_o the_o superior_a and_o more_o excellent_a kind_n of_o it_o but_o not_o god_n neither_o be_v the_o person_n of_o angel_n or_o man_n by_o be_v but_o thus_o partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n either_o christ_n or_o god_n 6._o that_o be_v which_o angel_n &_o man_n receive_v in_o their_o first_o creation_n and_o that_o image_n of_o god_n that_o be_v then_o stamp_v on_o they_o be_v in_o the_o life_n glory_n and_o righteousness_n of_o it_o but_o a_o shadowy_a corruptible_a or_o changeable_a thing_n it_o be_v the_o image_n of_o the_o mediator_n consider_v as_o in_o the_o changeable_a state_n 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