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9_o 11._o afterward_o be_v ravish_v with_o admiration_n he_o quiet_v himself_o in_o the_o alone_a will_n of_o god_n who_o have_v resist_v his_o will_n but_o o_o man_n who_o be_v thou_o which_o plead_v against_o 33_o rom._n 9_o 19_o 20._o rom._n 11._o 33_o god_n again_o o_o the_o deepens_n of_o the_o riches_n both_o of_o the_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n of_o god_n how_o unsearchable_a be_v his_o judgment_n and_o his_o way_n past_o find_v out_o to_o conclude_v if_o it_o be_v demand_v why_o god_n create_v this_o world_n and_o no_o more_o we_o must_v have_v recourse_n 〈◊〉_d â—he_v mere_a will_n of_o god_n and_o why_o must_v we_o not_o do_v so_o if_o it_o be_v demand_v why_o god_n elect_v this_o man_n and_o forsake_v that_o man_n or_o another_o author_n de_fw-fr vec_fw-fr gent._n a_o part_n of_o mankind_n be_v redeem_v a_o part_n perish_v but_o who_o can_v tell_v why_o god_n do_v not_o pity_v they_o and_o pity_v these_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o distinction_n be_v unknowen_a but_o the_o 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