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shall_v perish_v for_o want_n ver_fw-la 25._o dispensation_n take_v no_o thought_n they_o will_v kill_v i_o if_o i_o confess_v christ_n fear_v not_o matth._n 10._o 28_o 29._o your_o father_n care_v for_o two_o sparrow_n and_o for_o every_o hair_n of_o your_o head_n o_o but_o the_o ship_n i_o be_o in_o be_v a_o sink_v matth._n 8._o 26._o why_o be_v you_o fearful_a waken_v christ_n by_o pray_v ah_o my_o little_a daughter_n be_v dead_a fear_v not_o only_o believe_v mark_v 5._o 36._o ah_o they_o shall_v deliver_v we_o to_o synagogue_n and_o prison_n and_o bring_v we_o before_o king_n and_o all_o man_n shall_v hate_v we_o for_o christ_n sake_n true_a but_o there_o shall_v not_o one_o hair_n of_o your_o head_n perish_v 17._o it_o be_v but_o our_o unbelief_n which_o see_v god_n suffer_v all_o to_o roll_v and_o reel_v as_o fortune_n nature_n and_o devil_n will_v which_o make_v we_o sinful_o care_n for_o the_o lord_n and_o father_n of_o christ_n can_v face_n and_o christ_n not_o work_n be_v 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thou_o will_v not_o let_v they_o go_v deut._n 32._o 6._o do_v you_o thus_o requite_v the_o lord_n o_o foolish_a people_n and_o unwise_a psal_n 95._o 10._o forty_o year_n long_o have_v i_o be_v grieve_v with_o this_o generation_n it_o be_v a_o people_n that_o do_v err_v in_o heart_n they_o have_v not_o know_v my_o way_n so_o say_v elias_n to_o ahab_n 1_o king_n 21._o 20._o thou_o have_v sell_v thyself_o to_o work_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n psal_n 4._o 2._o o_o you_o son_n of_o man_n how_o long_o will_v you_o turn_v my_o glory_n into_o shame_n how_o long_o will_v you_o follow_v vanity_n and_o seek_v lease_v psal_n 58._o 4._o they_o be_v like_o the_o deaf_a adder_n which_o stop_v her_o ear_n 5._o which_o will_v not_o hearken_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o charmer_n and_o because_o we_o be_v ready_a to_o excuse_v ourselves_o from_o our_o impotency_n the_o holy_a ghost_n bear_v this_o upon_o they_o as_o a_o charge_n jerem._n 13._o 23._o can_v the_o ethiopian_a change_n 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father_n and_o from_o the_o son_n influence_n on_o the_o man_n christ_n 6._o influence_n from_o the_o father_n how_o they_o be_v we_o 7._o influence_n from_o the_o son_n christ_n which_o be_v promise_v to_o we_o how_o they_o be_v we_o there_o be_v another_o way_n of_o fetch_v influence_n of_o grace_n when_o we_o careful_o use_v former_a grace_n as_o our_o saviour_n say_v to_o he_o that_o have_v shall_v be_v give_v and_o so_o grace_n shall_v bring_v more_o grace_n promise_n sow_v wheat_n bring_v forth_o more_o wheat_n psal_n 119._o 1._o bless_a be_v they_o that_o walk_v in_o the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n they_o shall_v do_v no_o
rev._n 2._o 5._o but_o that_o prove_v nothing_o it_o be_v because_o the_o elect_a in_o that_o place_n do_v fail_v and_o there_o be_v not_o any_o choose_v thereto_o call_v 5._o grace_n nor_o shall_v the_o glory_n of_o conversion_n be_v due_a to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n but_o to_o our_o well-guiding_a freewill_n and_o to_o the_o work_n of_o righteousness_n that_o we_o have_v do_v contrary_a to_o 2_o tim._n 1._o 9_o tit._n 3._o 3_o eph._n 2._o 4_o 5._o if_o we_o can_v procure_v by_o our_o good_a endeavour_n our_o own_o conversion_n 6._o but_o so_o much_o the_o man_n fall_v in_o sin_n be_v under_o the_o state_n of_o enterditement_n as_o the_o elder_a son_n of_o a_o king_n who_o be_v a_o fool_n be_v declare_v a_o idiot_n and_o the_o government_n not_o commit_v to_o he_o in_o the_o gospel_n the_o lord_n have_v declare_v man_n a_o simple_a fool_n and_o lay_v the_o princedom_n of_o grace_n and_o glory_n upon_o the_o catholic_n tutor_n and_o chief_a heir_n christ_n jesus_n yet_o we_o fool_n will_v needs_o be_v master_n and_o freeman_n before_o we_o have_v serve_v our_o apprenticeship_n glad_o will_v we_o be_v from_o under_o the_o dominion_n of_o christ_n and_o free_a grace_n and_o be_v our_o own_o yea_o even_a fool_n and_o mad_a man_n take_v it_o not_o well_o to_o be_v fetter_v and_o in_o band_n 7._o influence_n of_o free_a grace_n and_o the_o gracious_a act_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v pay_v for_o by_o the_o price_n of_o blood_n heb._n 13._o 15._o let_v we_o by_o he_o then_o offer_v to_o god_n the_o sacrifice_n of_o praise_n continual_o phil._n 4._o 18._o heb._n 13._o 15_o 20_o 21._o 2_o thess_n 2._o 16._o the_o bud_a and_o bloom_a of_o the_o branch_n in_o every_o act_n of_o grow_v depend_v upon_o the_o immediate_a impulsion_n of_o life_n and_o from_o the_o sap_n of_o life_n that_o be_v in_o the_o root_n and_o the_o vinetree_n christ_n assert_v 2._o but_o the_o habit_n and_o seed_n of_o god_n be_v within_o though_o the_o indisposition_n be_v great_a yet_o we_o will_v act_v 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