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be_v impute_v and_o not_o impute_v to_o a_o sinner_n 123_o chap._n 18._o the_o necessity_n for_o believer_n themselves_o to_o pray_v daily_o for_o pardon_n according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o five_o petition_n in_o the_o lord_n prayer_n assert_v and_o evince_v as_o well_o by_o argument_n as_o answer_v to_o a_o objection_n it_o be_v withal_o more_o at_o large_a and_o distinct_o declare_v what_o be_v the_o particular_a thing_n which_o a_o believer_n according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o that_o petition_n be_v to_o pray_v for_o 125_o chap._n 19_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o three_o follow_a question_n 1._o do_v god_n always_o pardon_v a_o sinner_n instant_o upon_o the_o confession_n of_o his_o sin_n 2._o in_o what_o sense_n or_o how_o far_o forth_o do_v a_o sinner_n receive_v a_o present_a pardon_n immediate_o upon_o the_o confession_n of_o his_o sin_n 3._o whether_o a_o true_o penitent_a and_o believe_a sinner_n have_v once_o confess_v a_o sin_n be_v at_o any_o time_n thereafter_o to_o 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as_o if_o he_o be_v already_o in_o heaven_n p._n 289_o chap._n 28._o that_o the_o repentance_n which_o the_o gospel_n require_v be_v not_o only_a repentance_n from_o the_o pardon_n of_o our_o sin_n as_o the_o antinomian_o affirm_v but_o for_o the_o pardon_n of_o they_o prove_v and_o evince_v by_o several_a argument_n several_a objection_n of_o the_o antinomian_o answer_v wherein_o it_o be_v punctual_o declare_v in_o what_o sense_n evangelical_n repentance_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v from_o pardon_n of_o sin_n and_o in_o what_o sense_n for_o the_o pardon_n of_o it_o it_o be_v disputable_a whether_o god_n glory_n and_o our_o own_o salvation_n be_v to_o be_v look_v at_o as_o two_o end_n or_o only_o as_o one_o the_o former_a be_v a_o necessary_a result_n of_o the_o latter_a a_o objection_n answer_v that_o it_o be_v a_o singular_a favour_n of_o god_n and_o a_o favour_n in_o some_o sense_n peculiar_a to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n that_o god_n have_v so_o clear_o reveal_v 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