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advantage_n fail_v yet_o this_o do_v not_o a_o increase_n of_o grace_n whereby_o be_v increase_v our_o assurance_n as_o st._n paul_n teach_v rom._n 6.22_o that_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o righteousness_n they_o have_v this_o fruit_n to_o wit_n a_o increase_n of_o holiness_n so_o rom._n 5.5_o hope_n make_v not_o ashamed_a because_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v shed_v abroad_o that_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v pour_v into_o our_o heart_n by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n for_o by_o he_o as_o a_o most_o certain_a pawn_n or_o witness_n that_o we_o be_v belove_v of_o god_n and_o how_o good_a he_o be_v and_o fatherly_a affect_v so_o that_o we_o see_v by_o what_o mean_v this_o sense_n of_o god_n love_n be_v bring_v into_o our_o heart_n even_o by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n use_v and_o therefore_o a_o second_o duty_n to_o every_o one_o that_o will_v cherish_v this_o sense_n of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n in_o he_o be_v that_o he_o cherish_v the_o spirit_n who_o be_v the_o author_n 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