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another_o place_n in_o st._n john_n a_o hard_a place_n but_o yet_o as_o i_o take_v it_o these_o two_o righteousness_n that_o have_v the_o same_o name_n for_o justification_n and_o sanctification_n be_v righteousness_n both_o of_o they_o to_o be_v distinct_a in_o their_o term_n in_o that_o place_n it_o be_v say_v joh._n 16.8_o that_o when_o the_o spirit_n shall_v come_v he_o shall_v reprove_v or_o as_o we_o shall_v translate_v it_o and_o as_o you_o read_v it_o in_o the_o margin_n he_o shall_v convince_v the_o world_n concern_v sin_n righteousness_n and_o judgement_n thus_o i_o say_v it_o shall_v be_v translate_v for_o it_o be_v of_o no_o sense_n to_o say_v that_o god_n shall_v reprove_v the_o world_n of_o righteousness_n on_o what_o occasion_n this_o be_v speak_v we_o must_v not_o stand_v to_o speak_v but_o righteousness_n and_o judgement_n be_v justification_n and_o sanctification_n and_o the_o drift_n of_o the_o place_n be_v this_o when_o the_o spirit_n shall_v come_v how_o not_o 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