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tremble_a heart_n and_o thy_o life_n shall_v hang_v in_o doubt_n and_o thou_o shall_v fear_v day_n and_o night_n at_o evening_n will_v god_n it_o be_v morning_n and_o at_o morning_n will_v god_n it_o be_v evening_n for_o the_o fear_n of_o thy_o heart_n wherewith_o thou_o shall_v fear_v and_o see_v the_o world_n fill_v with_o this_o fear_n psal_n 14._o 5._o and_o 53._o 5._o there_o be_v they_o in_o great_a fear_n where_o no_o fear_n be_v and_o the_o issue_n of_o such_o be_v everlasting_a woe_n rev._n 21._o 8._o the_o fearful_a and_o unbelieving_a shall_v be_v cast_v into_o the_o lake_n of_o fire_n 2._o there_o be_v a_o tremble_a at_o the_o come_n &_o appear_v of_o
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christ_n and_o so_o it_o destroy_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n for_o if_o election_n be_v by_o grace_n mere_a grace_n than_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o upon_o forseen_v faith_n and_o work_v otherwise_o grace_n be_v no_o more_o grace_n read_v rom._n 11._o 5_o 6_o 7._o and_o so_o though_o we_o receive_v christ_n because_o we_o be_v elect_v in_o he_o eph._n 1._o 4._o yet_o we_o be_v not_o therefore_o elect_v because_o we_o do_v receive_v he_o all_o be_v according_a to_o the_o lord_n good_a pleasure_n to_o the_o praise_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o grace_n and_o so_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o outward_a world_n there_o be_v the_o image_n or_o idea_n of_o every_o thing_n first_o ment_fw-la divina_fw-la in_o the_o divine_a mind_n before_o it_o come_v forth_o in_o the_o creature_n not_o first_o in_o the_o creature_n and_o then_o in_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n that_o can_v not_o be_v see_v the_o creature_n be_v not_o so_o in_o the_o spiritual_a world_n the_o church_n thing_n be_v first_o in_o 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