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hole_o join_v with_o the_o one_o and_o clere_o separate_v from_o the_o other_o than_o he_o be_v not_o mete_v to_o be_v a_o mean_a or_o mediator_n between_o two_o which_o be_v at_o debate_n and_o enmity_n wherefore_o our_o saviour_n christ_n be_v natural_o god_n take_v upon_o he_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n that_o he_o may_v thereby_o be_v conversaunt_a among_o man_n and_o by_o his_o death_n redeem_v they_o &_o yet_o he_o still_o retain_v and_o keep_v his_o godhead_n and_o be_v both_o god_n and_o man_n together_o for_o if_o he_o have_v be_v man_n only_o and_o not_o god_n than_o his_o death_n can_v not_o have_v be_v a_o worthy_a and_o sufficient_a satisfaction_n for_o sin_n to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n and_o if_o he_o have_v be_v only_a god_n and_o not_o man_n than_o he_o by_o his_o bodily_a conversation_n can_v not_o have_v call_v we_o again_o to_o god_n nor_o suffer_v and_o die_v bodily_a for_o us._n and_o this_o property_n of_o a_o mediator_n saint_n paul_n consider_v write_v to_o 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