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do_v not_o must_v needs_o be_v unsound_a and_o unsafe_a but_o the_o scripture_n no_o where_o affirm_v nor_o allow_v that_o person_n may_v obtain_v forgiveness_n after_o they_o be_v damn_v and_o by_o repentance_n get_v out_o of_o hell-torment_n etc._n etc._n ergo._n mr._n collier_n assertion_n hereof_o by_o his_o own_o confession_n must_v be_v esteem_v unsound_a and_o unsafe_a 2._o that_o assertion_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o express_a term_n and_o evident_a scope_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n in_o a_o fundamental_a article_n be_v pernicious_a and_o heretical_a but_o this_o doctrine_n of_o mr._n collier_n be_v such_o ergo_fw-la it_o be_v pernicious_a and_o heretical_a and_o if_o so_o to_o be_v reject_v by_o all_o that_o love_n truth_n and_o tender_a the_o safeguard_n of_o their_o own_o soul_n the_o first_o proposition_n