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stability_n of_o faith_n rom._n 5._o 1._o john_n 14._o 6_o 1._o cor._n 1._o 30_o ro_n 1._o 26_o the_o unmovable_a ground_n of_o faith_n rom._n 8._o 29_o ephes._n 1._o 14_o 2._o thes._n 2._o 13_o 2._o pet._n 1._o 2._o &_o 20_o rom._n 11._o 29_o rome_n 8_o ham._n ishmael_n esau_n abshalom_n achitophel_n judas_n the_o ninivites_fw-la manasses_n paul_n magdelene_n the_o thief_n what_o humility_n be_v ephes._n 2._o 8_o 1._o cor._n 1._o 30_o 1._o john_n 4._o 10_z ephes._n 1._o 22_o the_o first_o section_n cap._n 14._o section_n 40_o libr._n ad_fw-la bonifa_fw-la 2._o cap._n 6._o &_o 40._o retract_v lib._n 1._o cap._n 2._o stoiâ—â—â—_n necessity_n cap._n 1._o 2_z â–ª_o 3._o 4._o &_o 5._o 〈…〉_o why_o the_o anabap._n mystlyke_v the_o doctryn_n of_o predestination_n prescience_n providence_n joan._n 10._o proverb_n 20._o prover_n 16._o matth._n 10_z â–ª_o 29._o predestination_n the_o second_o section_n liar_n be_v the_o devilles_n son_n institut_fw-la cap._n 14._o sect._n 5._o de_fw-fr 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but_o i_o ask_v when_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v answer_v y_fw-es â—_o it_o be_v after_o the_o cock_n have_v crowen_v and_o that_o christ_n jesus_n have_v look_v unto_o he_o procee_v y_o it_o look_v i_o beseech_v you_o from_o love_n or_o hatred_n it_o shall_v seem_v in_o deed_n by_o the_o effect_n that_o it_o come_v from_o love_n for_o than_o it_o be_v say_v that_o peter_n remember_v the_o word_n of_o his_o master_n and_o so_o go_v forth_o and_o weep_v bitter_o by_o all_o liklihode_n than_o be_v his_o master_n vorde_n before_o qwyte_v blot_v out_o of_o his_o memory_n but_o god_n be_v praise_v we_o need_n not_o to_o depend_v upon_o uncerten_a conjecture_n the_o fall_n and_o denial_n of_o peter_n as_o in_o a_o other_o place_n we_o have_v declare_v come_v not_o by_o chance_n as_o a_o thing_n whereof_o christ_n jesus_n be_v ignorant_a he_o do_v forese_v it_o and_o before_o speak_v it_o and_o what_o comfort_n give_v christ_n jesus_n unto_o he_o â–ª_o before_o he_o pronounce_v that_o sharp_a 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my_o hope_n be_v that_o the_o godly_a will_v not_o so_o judge_v the_o same_o i_o may_v prove_v by_o the_o stowte_n denial_n of_o thomas_n beside_o the_o defection_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n who_o after_o that_o the_o glad_a tiding_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n for_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o many_o do_v obstinate_o say_v except_o that_o i_o put_v my_o finger_n in_o the_o hole_n etc._n etc._n i_o will_v not_o believe_v here_o you_o see_v be_v no_o repentance_n of_o his_o former_a infidelity_n but_o rather_o a_o augmentation_n and_o increase_v of_o the_o same_o and_o do_v it_o proceed_v from_o love_n or_o from_o hatred_n that_o christ_n come_v unto_o he_o and_o do_v offer_v to_o satisfy_v his_o curiosity_n in_o all_o thing_n will_v he_o to_o be_v faithful_a and_o not_o to_o remain_v a_o infidele_n consider_v now_o how_o simple_o and_o plain_o we_o have_v open_v our_o mind_n unto_o you_o god_n grant_v you_o his_o holy_a spirit_n right_o to_o understand_v and_o 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