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more_o sin_n then_o our_o ten_o commandment_n we_o be_v indign_o cast_v out_o let_v we_o therefore_o address_v ourselves_o roundly_o to_o our_o promise_a task_n and_o make_v good_a the_o novelty_n and_o unreasonableness_n of_o those_o point_n we_o have_v reject_v out_o of_o too_o many_o controversy_n dispute_v betwixt_o we_o we_o select_v only_o some_o principal_n and_o out_o of_o infinite_a variety_n of_o evidence_n some_o few_o irrefragable_a testimony_n chap._n v._o the_o newness_n of_o the_o article_n of_o justification_n by_o inherent_a righteousness_n to_o begin_v with_o justification_n the_o tridentine_a father_n in_o work_n their_o seven_o month_n debate_v of_o this_o point_n have_v so_o cunning_o set_v their_o word_n that_o the_o error_n which_o they_o will_v establish_v may_v seem_v to_o be_v either_o hide_v or_o shift_v yet_o at_o the_o last_o they_o so_o far_o declare_v themselves_o as_o to_o