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and_o of_o its_o due_a effect_n p._n 50_o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n omniscience_n or_o infinite_a wisdom_n with_o the_o due_a effect_n p._n 57_o chap._n ix_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n infinite_a goodness_n and_o love_n and_o of_o the_o due_a impression_n of_o it_o on_o the_o soul._n p._n 65_o chap._n x._o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n creator_n and_o preserver_n of_o all_o thing_n all_o thing_n be_v for_o god_n as_o the_o ultimate_a end_n manifest_v how_o his_o will_n be_v still_o fulfil_v whether_o he_o will_v de_fw-mi eventu_fw-la that_o all_o obey_v he_o god_n will_v not_o sin_n difference_n end_v about_o it_o whether_o he_o decree_v not_o or_o will_v not_o ut_fw-mi evenit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la whether_o he_o will_v de_fw-mi eventu_fw-la that_o sin_n shall_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o it_o do_v all_o god_n work_v good_a none_o to_o be_v dishonour_v no_o not_o ourselves_o our_o reason_n and_o freewill_n as_o natural_a and_o of_o god_n though_o as_o vitiate_v by_o we_o and_o ill_o dispose_v we_o must_v accuse_v it_o p._n 76_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o our_o redeemer_n infant_n not_o in_o a_o state_n of_o innocency_n but_o of_o original_a sin_n full_o prove_v the_o great_a end_n of_o redemption_n enumerate_v the_o effect_n it_o must_v have_v upon_o the_o soul._n p._n 86_o chap._n xii_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o our_o sanctifier_n and_o comforter_n a_o further_a proof_n of_o original_a sin_n twenty_o consideration_n by_o way_n of_o quere_n to_o convince_v they_o that_o deny_v or_o extenuate_v the_o sanctify_a work_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n ascribe_v they_o to_o nature_n and_o themselves_o p._n 100_o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o the_o absolute_a owner_n proprietary_n or_o lord_n of_o all_o of_o his_o jus_fw-la dominii_fw-la ground_v on_o his_o creation_n and_o redemption_n and_o the_o use_v p._n 109_o chap._n fourteen_o 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and_o perjury_n abominable_a p._n 138_o chap._n xx._n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n mercifulness_n include_v his_o patience_n and_o long_o suffer_v and_o the_o necessary_a use_n and_o effect_n p._n 144_o chap._n xxi_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n dreadfulness_n or_o terribleness_n and_o the_o necessary_a use_n and_o effect_n p._n 148_o errata_fw-la page_n 20._o l._n 1._o blot_v out_o it_o p._n 54._o l._n 25._o r._n a_o fly_n p._n 58._o l._n 20._o r._n themselves_o p._n 78._o l._n 35._o r._n do_v he_o not_o p._n 82._o l._n 7._o r._n wilful_o l._n 29._o r._n he_o have_v l._n 3â—_n r._n worker_n p._n 106._o l._n â—_o blot_v out_o that_o p._n 118._o l._n 22._o r._n wheel_n p._n 127._o l._n 30._o r._n object_n p._n 145._o l_o 26_o for_o we_o r._n it_o p._n 146._o l._n 5_o r._n breath_n be_v in_o p._n 151._o l_o 18._o r._n true_a p._n 178._o l._n 37_o blot_v out_o of_o p_o 187._o l._n 20._o for_o particular_a r_o practical_a p._n 204._o l._n 26._o r_o will_v not_o be_v p._n 219._o 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