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pa._n 223._o 2._o it_o be_v not_o enough_o that_o our_o sin_n be_v pardon_v in_o heaven_n but_o the_o assurance_n thereof_o in_o our_o own_o conscience_n shall_v be_v seek_v after_o pag._n 229._o ver_fw-la 49._o 1._o christ_n be_v sociable_a pag._n 233._o 2._o those_o that_o dâ—p_v in_o the_o same_o dish_n with_o we_o be_v sometime_o enemy_n unto_o we_o doct._n pag._n 2â—6_n 3._o sinner_n be_v worse_o within_o then_o without_o pag._n 273._o 4._o the_o thought_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v know_v to_o christ_n pa._n 240._o verse_n 50._o 1._o who_o so_o be_v absolve_v by_o christ_n be_v dismiss_v the_o court_n doct._n pag._n 253._o 2._o the_o true_a and_o believe_a penitent_n even_o in_o this_o life_n be_v save_v pag._n 256._o 3._o i'faith_o hope_n charity_n and_o other_o grace_n be_v concomitant_n pag._n 258._o 4._o who_o so_o will_v be_v justify_v and_o save_v must_v have_v a_o faith_n of_o their_o own_o pag._n 261._o 5._o more_o be_v require_v of_o a_o christian_a then_o bare_a believe_v 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it_o do_v repent_v i_o pardon_v he_o for_o so_o god_n pardon_v the_o unworthy_a of_o we_o be_v the_o fault_n what_o it_o will_v be_v god_n forgive_v we_o iniquity_n transgression_n and_o sin_n exod._n 34._o yea_o although_o we_o have_v forgive_v he_o many_o time_n already_o i_o say_v not_o until_o seven_o time_n but_o until_o seventy_o time_n seven_o time_n math._n 18.12_o so_o do_v god_n by_o we_o and_o so_o forgive_v as_o not_o to_o impute_v the_o wrong_n unto_o he_o count_v the_o wrong_n and_o injury_n as_o if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o do_v s._n paul_n forgive_v the_o galathian_o cap._n 4.12_o yea_o have_v not_o injure_v i_o at_o all_o still_o look_v upon_o the_o pattern_n god_n have_v set_v we_o to_o work_v by_o ephes_n 4.32_o colos_n 3.13_o remember_v god_n have_v so_o far_o tie_v his_o mercy_n to_o this_o condition_n of_o our_o forgive_a other_o that_o unless_o we_o do_v so_o we_o can_v have_v no_o comfortable_a assurance_n that_o our_o sin_n be_v pardon_v mat._n 6.14_o 15._o &_o 18.32_o 33._o look_v as_o david_n say_v of_o unthankful_a nabal_n in_o vain_a have_v i_o keep_v all_o that_o this_o fellow_n have_v 1_o sam_n 25.21_o 22._o so_o will_v god_n say_v of_o such_o as_o will_v not_o forgive_v in_o vain_a have_v i_o do_v all_o this_o for_o he_o give_v my_o son_n promise_v pardon_n etc._n etc._n see_v he_o be_v so_o unthankful_a as_o not_o for_o my_o sake_n to_o pass_v by_o such_o small_a wrong_n and_o injury_n use_v 4_o last_o from_o what_o have_v be_v deliver_v of_o the_o freeness_n of_o god_n mercy_n may_v a_o poor_a sinner_n gather_v comfort_n it_o be_v that_o that_o trouble_v many_o a_o soul_n they_o have_v nothing_o of_o worth_n within_o they_o they_o can_v see_v why_o god_n shall_v pardon_v such_o as_o they_o be_v but_o though_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o thou_o yet_o there_o be_v something_o in_o himself_o bowel_n of_o mercy_n and_o a_o nature_n incline_v to_o show_v mercy_n where_o nothing_o be_v to_o pay_v there_o he_o frank_o forgive_v all_o beside_o christ_n have_v pay_v for_o thou_o that_o which_o thou_o be_v not_o able_a to_o discharge_v solomon_n nomon_n jesu_n a_o put_fw-mi hebraeos_fw-la a_o litera_fw-la loath_a apud_fw-la graecos_n a_o jota_n incipit_fw-la quae_fw-la utraque_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la gente_fw-la denarij_fw-la numeri_fw-la est_fw-la nota_fw-la decen_n obolos_fw-la in_o precium_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la offerunt_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la credentes_fw-la signii_fw-la no_n minis_fw-la ejus_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o denario_fw-la numero_fw-la incipit_fw-la in_o front_n &_o professione_n proferunt_fw-la bed_a tab_v solomon_n the_o first_o letter_n of_o his_o name_n yield_v comfort_n if_o you_o consider_v it_o well_o much_o more_o the_o whole_a you_o know_v the_o mercy-seat_n be_v upon_o the_o ark_n and_o within_o the_o ark_n the_o law_n be_v put_v and_o over_o the_o ark_n and_o mercy-seat_n be_v cherubin_n cover_v one_o another_o what_o signify_v all_o this_o but_o that_o by_o christ_n 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