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of_o the_o good_a thing_n intend_v and_o he_o cit_v a_o place_n which_o he_o ow_v out_o of_o mr._n rutherford_n pag._n 140._o god_n may_v will_v unto_o we_o that_o which_o he_o can_v actual_o bestow_v upon_o we_o without_o wrong_n to_o his_o justice_n and_o this_o he_o understand_v of_o god_n save_v and_o pardon_v we_o but_o if_o we_o be_v actual_o discharge_v we_o be_v actual_o pardon_v and_o that_o without_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n death_n and_o satisfaction_n to_o his_o justice_n six_o he_o interprete_v pag._n 60._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o god_n sight_n when_o it_o be_v say_v we_o be_v justify_v in_o his_o sight_n this_o phrase_n he_o say_v be_v various_o use_v 1._o sometime_o it_o relate_v unto_o the_o thought_n and_o knowledge_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n 2._o sometime_o it_o relate_v more_o peculiarly_a unto_o his_o legal_a justice_n and_o although_o in_o articulo_fw-la providentiae_fw-la in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o divine_a providence_n see_v and_o know_v be_v all_o one_o yet_o 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