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be_v true_a yet_o in_o regard_n of_o he_o it_o be_v both_o idle_a &_o preposterous_a it_o be_v idle_a because_o the_o very_a dissolute_a manner_n of_o such_o as_o thus_o reason_n prove_v they_o altogether_o unholy_a and_o profane_a such_o as_o will_v fain_o put_v god_n to_o all_o the_o labour_n of_o save_v they_o whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o without_o any_o consequent_a labour_n of_o their_o own_o and_o if_o god_n will_v not_o take_v so_o much_o pain_n with_o they_o as_o in_o spite_n of_o their_o own_o idle_a disposition_n to_o work_v out_o all_o their_o salvation_n himself_o than_o it_o secret_o accuse_v he_o as_o a_o cause_n of_o their_o perish_v when_o indeed_o it_o be_v their_o idleness_n which_o will_v not_o undergo_v the_o labour_n of_o live_v well_o that_o make_v they_o unfit_a &_o indisposed_n to_o receive_v grace_n and_o their_o own_o wicked_a and_o ill_a life_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o eternal_a punishment_n &_o death_n it_o become_v not_o we_o therefore_o to_o look_v first_o to_o god_n secret_a will_v like_o the_o overcurious_a inhabitant_n of_o bethshemesh_n who_o irreverent_a boldness_n god_n punish_v with_o the_o slaughter_n of_o 50070._o man_n 1_o sam._n 6._o 19_o and_o so_o to_o our_o punishment_n for_o both_o these_o be_v yet_o hide_v from_o our_o eye_n and_o then_o to_o god_n grace_n which_o be_v the_o mean_n of_o our_o salvation_n and_o our_o own_o vicious_a and_o impenitent_a course_n which_o be_v the_o mean_n of_o our_o perish_v for_o this_o be_v preposterous_a &_o by_o the_o wicked_a figure_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d confound_v the_o sight_n of_o our_o understanding_n but_o if_o we_o will_v deal_v