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gull_v we_o with_o vain_a show_n that_o he_o may_v hold_v we_o off_o from_o true_a and_o solid_a comfort_n but_o if_o there_o be_v false_a say_v we_o know_v there_o be_v true_a one_o yea_o there_o can_v not_o be_v false_a if_o there_o be_v not_o a_o true_a one_o so_o much_o more_o must_v be_v our_o diligence_n to_o make_v sure_a work_n for_o our_o faith_n and_o by_o that_o for_o our_o call_n which_o ascertain_v will_v evince_v our_o election_n as_o man_n when_o they_o hear_v there_o be_v many_o counterfeit_a slip_n and_o much_o wash_v and_o clip_v coin_n abroad_o be_v the_o more_o careful_a to_o turn_v over_o and_o examine_v every_o piece_n that_o pass_v through_o their_o hand_n so_o then_o those_o who_o god_n have_v thus_o join_v neither_o man_n nor_o devil_n can_v put_v asunder_o our_o call_n and_o election_n three_o head_n then_o offer_v themselves_o here_o to_o our_o present_a discourse_n 1._o that_o our_o call_v and_o election_n may_v be_v make_v sure_o 2._o that_o we_o must_v 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to_o employ_v their_o wit_n to_o their_o own_o disadvantage_n the_o romish_a doctor_n have_v be_v of_o late_a time_n very_o busy_a to_o cry_v down_o the_o possibility_n of_o this_o certainty_n 338._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pontificiam_fw-la nos_fw-la seriò_fw-la damnamus_fw-la &_o aversamur_fw-la &_o toto_fw-la coelo_fw-la errant_a qui_fw-la hanc_fw-la cum_fw-la isto_fw-la dogmate_fw-it confundunt_fw-la alia_fw-la est_fw-la istaec_fw-la perpetua_fw-la dubitatio_fw-la sive_fw-la fluctuatio_fw-la qua_fw-la statuunt_fw-la pontificii_fw-la nâ—minem_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la certitudine_fw-la fidei_fw-la certum_fw-la esse_fw-la posse_fw-la se_fw-la gratiam_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la adeptum_fw-la esse_fw-la quid_fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la praesentem_fw-la quaeâ—tionem_fw-la quis_fw-la nostrûm_fw-la hanc_fw-la pontificiorum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la unquam_fw-la approbavit_fw-la imo_fw-la ut_fw-la huic_fw-la calumniae_fw-la maturè_fw-la obviam_fw-la iremus_fw-la in_o propositione_n sententiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la circa_fw-la quintâ—m_fw-la articulum_fw-la exsertè_fw-la professi_fw-la sumus_fw-la thesi_fw-la 7._o vere_n fidelem_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la praesente_fw-la de_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o conscientiae_fw-la suae_fw-la integritate_fw-la certum_fw-la esse_fw-la posse_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr suâ_fw-la salute_n &_o salutifera_fw-la dei_fw-la erga_fw-la ipsum_fw-la benevolentia_fw-la pro_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la certum_fw-la esse_fw-la posse_fw-la ac_fw-la debere_fw-la addentes_fw-la insuper_fw-la pontificiam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la nos_fw-la hîc_fw-la improbare_fw-la remonstr_n defence_n 51._o articuli_fw-la p._n 338._o they_o and_o none_o but_o they_o for_o all_o protestant_n of_o what_o profession_n soever_o disclaim_v this_o doctrine_n even_o those_o our_o brethren_n that_o follow_v the_o school_n of_o arminius_n be_v herein_o for_o the_o possibility_n of_o our_o present_a certainty_n with_o and_o for_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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