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not_o possible_a to_o understand_v what_o goodness_n be_v without_o pardon_v grace_n a_o very_a bold_a and_o rude_a assertion_n god_n be_v good_a to_o all_o his_o creature_n and_o yet_o some_o of_o they_o need_v no_o pardon_v grace_n because_o they_o never_o sin_v other_o of_o his_o creature_n can_v sin_v because_o they_o have_v no_o notion_n of_o god_n nor_o of_o a_o law_n and_o so_o they_o be_v uncapable_a of_o pardon_v grace_n perhaps_o this_o author_n will_v be_v understand_v of_o sinful_a creature_n they_o may_v be_v assure_v that_o god_n be_v very_o good_a and_o good_a he_o can_v be_v without_o pardon_v grace_n if_o so_o let_v god_n look_v to_o it_o maximus_n he_o may_v be_v account_v but_o optimus_fw-la he_o may_v not_o look_v to_o be_v call_v if_o he_o do_v not_o find_v out_o some_o way_n to_o pardon_v sin_n and_o make_v some_o discovery_n to_o all_o sinner_n that_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o pardon_v they_o till_o he_o have_v do_v this_o they_o can_v understand_v that_o he_o be_v 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sanction_n and_o have_v break_v that_o law_n shall_v not_o either_o be_v punish_v in_o his_o own_o person_n or_o in_o some_o one_o that_o undertake_v for_o he_o yea_o there_o be_v some_o of_o great_a learning_n than_o i_o can_v hope_v to_o attain_v to_o who_o say_v that_o pardon_n of_o sin_n without_o satisfaction_n be_v simple_o impossible_a though_o it_o have_v never_o be_v say_v to_o adam_n in_o the_o day_n thou_o eat_v thereof_o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n quia_fw-la implicit_a ut_fw-la deus_fw-la habeat_fw-la supremum_fw-la &_o absolutum_fw-la dominium_fw-la in_o hominem_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la non_fw-la obligetur_fw-la ad_fw-la actualem_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la aut_fw-la eâ_fw-la deficiente_fw-la ad_fw-la vicariam_fw-la ejus_fw-la compensationem_fw-la per_fw-la poenam_fw-la and_o i_o must_v needs_o say_v that_o the_o learned_a be_v confirm_v in_o these_o opinion_n by_o the_o weak_a opposition_n that_o some_o man_n make_v against_o they_o and_o that_o one_o can_v scarce_o 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