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themselves_o to_o he_o but_o we_o know_v the_o miserable_a condition_n wherein_o we_o be_v think_v ourselves_o happy_a that_o ever_o we_o hear_v tiding_n of_o he_o for_o how_o shall_v we_o believe_v on_o he_o of_o who_o we_o have_v not_o hear_v but_o we_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o worthy_a of_o all_o acceptation_n that_o christ_n come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o save_v sinner_n hereupon_o we_o apply_v ourselves_o to_o he_o 1.13_o 1_o tim._n 1.13_o though_o we_o have_v neither_o price_n nor_o present_a to_o find_v acceptance_n with_o he_o yet_o do_v we_o not_o seek_v his_o favour_n that_o we_o may_v continue_v in_o sin_n but_o that_o he_o will_v save_v we_o from_o our_o sin_n and_o bless_v we_o in_o turn_v we_o from_o our_o iniquity_n thus_o we_o see_v that_o faith_n 3.26_o mat._n 1.21_o act_n 3.26_o or_o that_o save_a act_n whereby_o we_o be_v justify_v and_o save_v be_v neither_o a_o bare_a notional_a knowledge_n nor_o a_o barren_a dead_a faith_n but_o such_o a_o belief_n of_o the_o 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