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god_n no_o nor_o yet_o so_o much_o as_o will_v and_o desire_v it_o when_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n first_o meet_v with_o man_n it_o find_v he_o a_o mere_a patient_n like_o a_o dead_a body_n lie_v in_o the_o grave_n have_v only_o a_o passive_a capacity_n render_v he_o a_o subject_a capable_a of_o receive_v the_o impression_n of_o grace_n and_o so_o of_o have_v a_o new_a life_n put_v into_o he_o resurrection_n man_n have_v not_o only_o a_o outward_a but_o a_o inward_a impediment_n to_o this_o resurrection_n so_o indispose_v be_v man_n natural_o to_o the_o work_n of_o god_n grace_n not_o only_o have_v a_o outward_a impediment_n as_o papist_n and_o arminian_o will_v have_v it_o like_o a_o prisoner_n as_o some_o of_o they_o frame_v the_o similitude_n who_o have_v fetter_n upon_o his_o leg_n can_v walk_v but_o yet_o he_o have_v a_o inward_a power_n in_o himself_o so_o to_o do_v if_o that_o outward_a impediment_n be_v remove_v not_o only_o so_o but_o man_n have_v also_o a_o inward_a 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from_o the_o grave_n of_o sin_n he_o find_v it_o not_o only_o indispose_v but_o opposite_a to_o it_o make_v resistance_n against_o the_o work_n of_o his_o grace_n you_o stiffnecked_a and_o uncircumcised_a in_o heart_n and_o ear_n you_o do_v always_o resist_v the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o your_o father_n do_v so_o do_v you_o say_v saint_n stephen_n to_o the_o jew_n act_n 7.51_o to_o these_o i_o may_v yet_o add_v one_o more_o 6._o this_o spiritual_a resemble_v the_o corporal_a resurrection_n in_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o it_o it_o resemb_v 6._o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o it_o and_o that_o both_o principal_a and_o ministerial_a and_o instrumental_a in_o the_o second_o resurrection_n the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n the_o principal_a efficient_a be_v god_n himself_o the_o ministerial_a the_o angel_n the_o instrumental_a the_o sound_n of_o a_o trumpet_n you_o have_v they_o all_o together_o 1_o thes_n 4.16_o the_o lord_n himself_o shall_v descend_v from_o heaven_n with_o a_o 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