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not_o with_o ease_n and_o delicacy_n obtain_v immortality_n but_o with_o great_a difficulty_n and_o labour_n get_v the_o reward_n of_o eternal_a life_n 8._o he_o speak_v nothing_o of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n 27_o but_o that_o salvation_n be_v merit_v by_o good_a work_n 20._o and_o that_o if_o a_o man_n serve_v not_o the_o earth_n which_o he_o ought_v to_o tread_v underfoot_o he_o shall_v merit_v everlasting_a life_n theolog._n cum_fw-la lib._n 5._o &_o 6._o inquit_fw-la chytraeus_n orationem_fw-la de_fw-la justitiâ_fw-la christiana_n ex_fw-la professo_fw-la instituerit_fw-la tamen_fw-la de_fw-fr philosophy_n tantum_fw-la sen_fw-la legis_fw-la justitia_fw-la disputat_fw-la &_o justitiae_fw-la â—â—dei_fw-la quae_fw-la evangelii_n propriâ_fw-la est_fw-la nullam_fw-la ferè_fw-la mentionem_fw-la facit_fw-la 9_o of_o prayer_n say_v he_o as_o often_o as_o a_o man_n ask_v he_o be_v to_o believe_v that_o he_o be_v tempt_v of_o god_n 13._o whether_o he_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v 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sâ—is_fw-la immolant_fw-la si_fw-la assistat_fw-la aliquis_fw-la signatam_fw-la front_n gereus_fw-la sacra_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la litant_fw-la nec_fw-la responsa_fw-la potest_fw-la consultus_fw-la reddere_fw-la vates_fw-la 11._o he_o think_v it_o unlawful_a for_o a_o righteous_a man_n to_o go_v to_o war_n 20._o or_o to_o accuse_v any_o one_o of_o a_o capital_a crime_n because_o murder_n be_v forbid_v 12._o he_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v any_o antipode_n 24._o and_o that_o with_o much_o earnestness_n and_o confidence_n bestow_v a_o whole_a chapter_n upon_o the_o maintenance_n of_o so_o evident_a a_o mistake_n in_o show_v the_o original_a and_o as_o he_o conceive_v the_o absurdity_n of_o the_o antipodian_a opinion_n and_o confute_v it_o wonder_v at_o the_o folly_n of_o those_o that_o hold_v it_o what_o shall_v we_o think_v say_v he_o of_o they_o who_o give_v out_o that_o there_o be_v antipode_n walk_v opposite_a unto_o we_o do_v they_o speak_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o purpose_n or_o 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