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but_o to_o damn_v a_o world_n of_o reprobat_n by_o free_a decree_n only_o to_o show_v his_o dominion_n no_o way_n savour_v of_o mercy_n for_o he_o be_v far_o cruel_a to_o they_o then_o any_o creature_n else_o or_o to_o the_o very_a devil_n who_o be_v damn_v for_o their_o own_o personal_a pride_n and_o rebellion_n but_o reprobat_n by_o a_o absolute_a decree_n for_o another_o crime_n the_o one_o know_v their_o doom_n and_o expect_v it_o but_o the_o other_o be_v delude_v with_o hope_n and_o make_v believe_v the_o matter_n be_v in_o their_o own_o hand_n so_o that_o if_o they_o perish_v it_o be_v not_o for_o want_v of_o mercy_n in_o god_n but_o oâ—_n will_v in_o themselves_o yet_o by_o their_o doctrine_n all_o depend_v on_o the_o peremptory_a punctilio_fw-la of_o god_n arbitrary_a absolute_a decree_n so_o devil_n be_v in_o better_a case_n because_o they_o be_v not_o enjoin_v to_o believe_v in_o christ_n nor_o to_o repent_v fast_o and_o pray_v as_o reprobat_n be_v nor_o punish_v the_o more_o 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23._o 〈◊〉_d 3_o inst_z c._n 23._o §_o 7._o 23._o by_o two_o act_n which_o their_o brethren_n impute_v to_o one_o calvin_n contest_v that_o god_n may_v with_o equal_a justice_n decree_v man_n to_o damnation_n the_o first_o way_n so_o well_o as_o the_o last_o for_o all_o be_v make_v guilty_a of_o adam_n sin_n by_o god_n decree_n only_o why_o then_o not_o he_o by_o the_o same_o thes_n kind_a patron_n of_o divine_a justice_n will_v seem_v to_o stumble_v at_o a_o straw_n and_o leap_v over_o a_o block_n why_o else_o will_v they_o not_o grant_v that_o of_o one_o man_n which_o they_o do_v of_o all_o hence_o we_o may_v see_v what_o to_o judge_n of_o this_o opinion_n that_o god_n can_v just_o ordain_v man_n to_o destruction_n sans_o consideration_n of_o sin_n for_o which_o be_v great_a to_o impute_v another_o
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for_o shâ—me_v then_o let_v pulpit_n ring_v no_o more_o of_o such_o ridiculous_a reason_n preallege_v not_o worth_a a_o fig_n which_o if_o a_o young_a sophister_n shall_v urge_v in_o school_n he_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v hiss_v out_o as_o be_v unworthy_a to_o be_v answer_v dr._n hammond_n a_o deep_a divine_a from_o who_o learned_a lucubration_n i_o have_v pick_v some_o precited_a material_n as_o he_o and_o all_o writer_n borrow_v from_o other_o in_o his_o resolution_n to_o certain_a modern_a quaeres_fw-la whereof_o this_o concern_v christmas_n and_o other_o fe_v be_v the_o last_o answer_v sixten_n addle_n interrogatory_n of_o his_o antagonist_n in_o this_o point_n which_o he_o that_o list_n may_v peruse_v but_o to_o requite_v his_o pain_n propose_v three_o pithy_a quaeres_fw-la at_o end_n of_o that_o treatise_n whereto_o three_o mo_z shall_v be_v superad_v 1._o whether_o the_o church_n catholic_n or_o any_o particular_a special_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nâ—â—rest_v the_o apostle_n age_n have_v 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