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defective_a they_o be_v so_o in_o our_o own_o sight_n much_o more_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n esay_n 64._o 6._o not_o only_o our_o righteousness_n but_o our_o righteousness_n be_v a_o silthy_a rag_n psal_n 130._o 4._o david_n be_v a_o man_n after_o god_n own_o heart_n yet_o do_v he_o acknowledge_v that_o if_o god_n shall_v weigh_v iniquity_n none_o shall_v stand_v job_n have_v a_o very_a high_a testimony_n from_o god_n chap._n 1._o 1._o yet_o he_o dare_v not_o stand_v upon_o such_o term_n chap._n 9_o 3._o 15._o 20._o 30_o 31._o nehemiah_n do_v many_o good_a work_n yet_o he_o come_v to_o a_o psalm_n of_o mercy_n chap._n 13._o 22._o 4._o this_o doctrine_n make_v a_o man_n his_o own_o justifier_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o scripture_n the_o scripture_n ascribe_v the_o work_n of_o justification_n to_o god_n rom._n 3._o 26._o and_o rom._n 8._o 33._o to_o make_v man_n work_n the_o cause_n of_o his_o justification_n be_v to_o make_v he_o a_o justifier_n which_o be_v the_o work_n of_o 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