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and_o be_v not_o entangle_v again_o with_o the_o yoke_n of_o bondage_n that_o be_v say_v they_o the_o law_n gal._n 3._o 13._o christ_n have_v free_v we_o from_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n answ._n it_o be_v not_o say_v that_o christ_n have_v free_v we_o from_o the_o obedience_n or_o command_v of_o the_o law_n but_o from_o the_o curse_n of_o it_o which_o we_o question_v not_o 2._o christian_n liberty_n be_v not_o a_o freedom_n from_o the_o obedience_n of_o it_o but_o rather_o from_o the_o disobedience_n of_o it_o rom._n 6._o 18._o be_v free_a from_o sin_n you_o be_v make_v the_o servant_n of_o righteousness_n we_o be_v call_v to_o liberty_n it_o but_o we_o must_v not_o use_v our_o liberty_n as_o a_o occasion_n to_o the_o flesh_n but_o to_o frame_v to_o the_o commandment_n by_o love_n to_o serve_v one_o another_o gal_n 5._o 13._o where_o the_o apostle_n plain_o prove_v that_o christian_a liberty_n lose_v we_o not_o from_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o law_n but_o strait_o enjoin_v it_o for_o the_o whole_a law_n be_v fulfil_v in_o one_o woâ—d_n which_o be_v love_n v_o 14._o 3._o â—s_n they_o 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o stone_n consist_v so_o iâ—_n must_v return_v upon_o themselves_o we_o must_v therefore_o again_o tell_v they_o what_o be_v those_o part_n of_o â—â—ristian_a liberty_n which_o the_o apostle_n aim_v at_o and_o if_o they_o think_v that_o the_o apostle_n best_o know_v his_o own_o meaning_n they_o shall_v take_v they_o from_o himself_o the_o first_o of_o they_o be_v freedom_n from_o the_o burden_n of_o legal_a ceremony_n sacrifice_n circumcision_n and_o beggarly_a rudiment_n which_o be_v heavy_a yoke_n which_o be_v abolish_v by_o christ_n christian_n must_v never_o entangle_v themselves_o with_o they_o any_o more_o and_o that_o the_o apostle_n direct_o speak_v of_o these_o in_o the_o place_n allege_v see_v v_o 2_o 3._o if_o you_o be_v circumcise_v christ_n shall_v profit_v you_o nothing_o therefore_o stand_v fast_o in_o your_o liberty_n the_o 2_o branch_n of_o our_o liberty_n be_v from_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n in_o that_o christ_n be_v make_v a_o curse_n for_o we_o with_o which_o most_o ponderous_a and_o press_a yoke_n we_o must_v never_o entangle_v ourselves_o any_o more_o by_o seek_v justification_n by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n and_o to_o settle_v we_o firm_a in_o this_o our_o liberty_n be_v our_o apostle_n aim_v and_o argument_n gal._n 3._o 10._o 13._o the_o three_o branch_n of_o our_o liberty_n be_v freedom_n from_o perfect_a impletion_n and_o personal_a performance_n of_o the_o whole_a law_n for_o justification_n for_o thus_o we_o be_v no_o more_o debtor_n to_o the_o law_n gal._n 5._o 3._o nor_o must_v ever_o return_v to_o that_o bondage_n to_o seek_v righteousness_n and_o justification_n by_o the_o law_n in_o whole_a or_o in_o part_n for_o christ_n be_v become_v of_o none_o effect_v unto_o you_o whosoever_o of_o you_o will_v be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n you_o be_v fall_v from_o grace_n verse_n 4._o the_o 4._o branch_n 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