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that_o be_v although_o they_o do_v see_v and_o hear_v they_o do_v not_o give_v their_o mind_n to_o understand_v 14._o v._n and_o in_o they_o be_v fulfil_v the_o prophecy_n of_o isaiah_n which_o say_v by_o hear_v you_o shall_v hear_v and_o shall_v not_o understand_v and_o see_v you_o shall_v see_v and_o shall_v not_o perceive_v 15._o for_o this_o people_n heart_n be_v wax_v gross_a and_o their_o ear_n be_v dull_a of_o hear_v and_o their_o eye_n they_o have_v close_v lest_o at_o any_o time_n they_o shall_v see_v with_o their_o eye_n and_o hear_v with_o their_o ear_n and_o shall_v understand_v with_o their_o heart_n and_o shall_v be_v convert_v and_o i_o shall_v heal_v they_o the_o which_o prophecy_n be_v order_v by_o the_o lord_n in_o isa_n 6.9_o after_o the_o woeful_a miscarriage_n of_o his_o people_n the_o which_o be_v partly_o set_v down_o in_o the_o forego_n chap._n of_o isa_n and_o after_o israel_n have_v be_v exceed_o sinful_a the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n say_v in_o jer._n 13.22_o and_o if_o thou_o say_v in_o thy_o heart_n wherefore_o come_v these_o thing_n upon_o i_o for_o the_o greatness_n of_o thy_o iniquity_n be_v thy_o skirt_n discover_v and_o thy_o heel_n make_v bare_a whereas_o it_o be_v say_v v._o 23._o can_v the_o ethiopian_a change_n his_o skin_n or_o the_o leopard_n his_o spot_n then_o may_v you_o also_o do_v good_a that_o be_v accustom_v to_o do_v evil_a v._o 24._o therefore_o will_v i_o scatter_v they_o as_o the_o stubble_n that_o pass_v away_o by_o the_o wind_n of_o the_o wilderness_n now_o we_o see_v when_o man_n wilful_o revolt_v and_o give_v himself_o up_o to_o a_o custom_n in_o sin_v by_o which_o he_o become_v forsake_v of_o god_n then_o for_o he_o that_o have_v so_o accustom_v himself_o to_o do_v evil_a he_o can_v learn_v to_o do_v well_o for_o in_o so_o do_v they_o provoke_v the_o lord_n to_o leave_v they_o to_o blindness_n of_o mind_n and_o hardness_n of_o heart_n and_o then_o they_o be_v pass_v all_o hope_n but_o the_o lord_n say_v of_o abraham_n in_o gen._n 12.19_o for_o i_o know_v he_o that_o he_o will_v command_v his_o child_n and_o his_o household_n after_o he_o and_o they_o shall_v keep_v the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o do_v justice_n and_o judgement_n that_o the_o lord_n may_v bring_v upon_o abraham_n that_o which_o he_o have_v speak_v of_o he_o here_o by_o these_o word_n it_o show_v a_o foreknowledge_n in_o god_n that_o abraham_n will_v command_v his_o child_n and_o household_n after_o he_o and_o they_o shall_v keep_v the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o the_o lord_n may_v bring_v upon_o abraham_n that_o which_o he_o have_v speak_v of_o he_o the_o which_o show_v that_o the_o covenant_n be_v but_o conditional_a with_o abraham_n himself_o but_o yet_o the_o forekowledge_v in_o god_n of_o abraham_n obedience_n and_o thereupon_o it_o become_v absolute_a to_o he_o and_o there_o be_v a_o foreknowledge_n in_o god_n of_o israel_n miscarriage_n and_o therefore_o the_o miscarriage_n of_o they_o be_v foretell_v what_o 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rewarder_n of_o they_o that_o diligent_o seek_v he_o heb._n 11.6_o and_o to_o show_v the_o immutability_n of_o god_n therefore_o it_o be_v say_v of_o god_n that_o who_o he_o love_v he_o love_v to_o the_o end_n for_o he_o be_v unchangeable_a in_o himself_o for_o according_a to_o his_o promise_n whether_o condition_n aâ—or_n absolute_a he_o never_o first_o withdraws_a from_o any_o and_o therefore_o châ—…st_n say_v if_o you_o keep_v my_o commandment_n you_o shall_v abide_v 〈◊〉_d my_o live_v joh_n 15.10_o errata_fw-la page_z the_o â—4_n be_v wâ—…ting_v in_o the_o last_o â—re_n hest_n thou_o that_o thou_o diâ—st_v not_o receive_v and_o p._n 75._o l._n 25._o psa_fw-la 90.23_o chap._n i._n this_o be_v to_o prove_v when_o and_o at_o what_o time_n the_o believer_n be_v justify_v by_o faith_n without_o the_o deed_n of_o the_o law_n that_o it_o be_v at_o the_o believer_n first_o resignation_n of_o himself_o to_o christ_n in_o a_o willingness_n to_o take_v his_o yoke_n upon_o he_o so_o as_o to_o 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2.10_o this_o their_o faith_n in_o believe_v the_o promise_n carry_v they_o out_o into_o all_o good_a work_n even_o to_o suffer_v and_o to_o death_n chap._n ix_o what_o be_v require_v of_o a_o christian_n to_o be_v a_o christian_a indeed_o show_v that_o he_o be_v also_o oblige_v to_o keep_v the_o moral_a law_n saint_n paul_n exhort_v timothy_n to_o fight_v the_o good_a fight_n of_o faith_n 1_o tim._n 6.12_o in_o which_o faith_n we_o see_v there_o be_v include_v a_o battle_n to_o be_v fight_v and_o st._n paul_n say_v the_o world_n be_v crucify_v to_o he_o and_o he_o to_o the_o world_n gal._n 6.14_o and_o that_o he_o that_o be_v in_o christ_n must_v become_v a_o new_a creature_n 2_o cor._n 5.17_o rom._n 12.1,2_o and_o that_o you_o present_v your_o body_n a_o live_a sacrifice_n holy_a acceptable_a unto_o god_n which_o be_v your_o reasonable_a service_n and_o be_v not_o conform_v to_o this_o world_n but_o be_v you_o transform_v by_o the_o renew_n of_o your_o mind_n that_o you_o may_v 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