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must_v walk_v in_o for_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o that_o salvation_n and_o happy_a confession_n at_o the_o last_o day_n matt._n 10._o 32._o which_o christ_n purchase_v faith_n believe_v and_o the_o confess_v christian_n only_o mat._n 10._o 33._o enjoy_v 2._o there_o be_v no_o opposition_n between_o these_o two_o believe_v to_o righteousness_n and_o confess_v to_o salvation_n for_o confession_n with_o the_o mouth_n be_v a_o fruit_n of_o believe_v with_o the_o heart_n he_o that_o believe_v will_v speak_v psal_n 116._o 10._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 13._o albeit_o there_o be_v many_o fail_n and_o faultring_n psal_n 116._o 11._o i'faith_o therefore_o suffice_v to_o salvation_n that_o be_v such_o a_o faith_n as_o include_v confession_n and_o detest_v denial_n mat._n 26._o 15._o and_o fall_v away_o heb._n 10._o 38_o 39_o and_o no_o other_o faith_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la 2_o cor_fw-la 3._o 3_o 3_o heb._n 11._o 4._o 4._o cor._n â—_o 14._o act._n 26._o â—8_o â—8_o tit._n 1._o 1._o 1._o 2_o pet._n â—_o 16._o 16._o jonah_n 4._o 6_o 7._o 7._o jam._n 1._o 17._o 2_o chron._n 32._o 8._o 8._o 1_o king_n 10._o 1_o 3._o 3._o john_n 4._o 11._o 11._o eccles_n 5._o 3._o isa_n 5._o 20_o 20_o rom._n 14._o 4._o 4._o 1_o john_n 3._o 15_o 17._o 17._o luk._n 12._o 15._o 15._o super_fw-la cantic_n serm._n 18._o fol._n 134._o 134._o or_o outward_a satisfaction_n 1_o king_n 4._o 20._o 20._o dr._n physician_n physician_n prov._n 15._o 13._o bonificat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gen._n 27._o 4._o 4._o see_v act._n 2._o 37_o sad_n &_o ver._n 41_o glad_a see_v for_o this_o mercer_n jun._n lavat_fw-la in_o loc._n james_n 4._o 1_o carthwr_n see_v prov._n 3._o 29._o 29._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 2._o 5._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eph._n 4._o 18._o job_n 3._o 11_o 12._o gen._n 43._o 6._o jer._n in_o loc_n 1_o sam._n 15._o 15_o 22._o 22._o job_n 42._o â—â—_o 18._o 18._o that_o be_v god_n see_v ainsw_n on_o levit._n 27._o 1._o 1._o i_o tabula_fw-la sacer_fw-la votiva_fw-la paries_fw-la indicat_fw-la humida_fw-la suspendisâ—e_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la potenti_fw-la maris_fw-la deo_fw-la hor._n 1._o carm._n od._n 5._o 5._o calv._n in_o deut._n 23._o 21._o 21._o as_o in_o sacrifice_n without_o which_o their_o thank-vow_n be_v never_o pay_v in_o public_a moller_n in_o psal_n 56._o 13._o 13._o calv._n instit_n l._n 40._o s._n 4._o 4._o psal_n 132._o 2_o 3._o with_o 2_o sam._n 7._o 2._o so_o 1_o chro._n 4._o 10._o 10._o see_v perkins_n case_n c._n 14._o howbeit_o not_o all_o jew_n have_v a_o command_n to_o vow_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n but_o only_o such_o as_o have_v just_a cause_n to_o make_v a_o vow_n otherwise_o they_o have_v liberty_n to_o abstain_v from_o vow_v deut._n 23._o 22._o votum_fw-la est_fw-la sepe_v sanctimoniae_fw-la sanctimoniae_fw-la neder_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d votum_fw-la votum_fw-la ad_fw-la ceremonialia_fw-la illa_fw-la vota_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la ex_fw-la mandato_fw-la tenebantur_fw-la erant_fw-la enim_fw-la libera_fw-la &_o spontanea_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la certo_fw-la verbo_fw-la prescriptum_fw-la erat_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o quomodo_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la genere_fw-la sibi_fw-la voveri_fw-la vellet_fw-la chemnit_fw-la exam._n p._n 3._o c._n 60._o perkins_n case_n of_o vow_n page_n 97._o 97._o vota_fw-la moralia_fw-la eadem_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o veteri_fw-la &_o novo_fw-la testamento_fw-la chemmit_v exam_fw-la par_fw-fr 3._o c._n 60._o 60._o exod._n 24._o 7._o 7._o josh_n 24._o 25._o 25._o 2_o king_n 11._o 17._o 17._o 2_o chro._n 15._o 12._o 12._o 2_o chro._n 29._o 10._o 10._o 2_o chro._n 34._o 31_o 32._o vid._n rivet_n explic._n decal_n p._n 6._o 6._o jer._n 5._o 8._o 8._o deut._n 7._o 4._o 2_o cor._n 6._o 14._o vid._n ames_n case_n c._n 16._o lib._n 4._o quest_n 2._o 2._o riâ—â—_n explic._n decal_n p._n 101._o calv._n instit_n l._n 40._o c._n 13._o s_o â—_o â—_o so_o all_o worth_n in_o deut._n 23._o 22._o sharpii_n cur_n theolog._n de_fw-fr vot_o quest_n 1._o col._n 1932._o 1932._o instit_n 1._o 40._o c._n 13._o s._n 6._o 6._o utilitatem_fw-la svam_fw-la habent_fw-la eximiam_fw-la quod_fw-la nimirum_fw-la hominis_fw-la animum_fw-la in_fw-la bono_fw-mi confirmant_fw-la &_o à _fw-la malè_fw-la agendo_fw-la nos_fw-la cohibent_fw-la baldw._n case_n de_fw-fr votis_n p._n 281._o the_o breach_n of_o our_o vow_n will_v so_o pierce_v our_o heart_n as_o â—â—_o fortify_v we_o against_o â—â—w_a assault_n dod_n serm._n on_o prâ—_n 28._o 13._o vid._n chemnit_fw-la p._n 3._o c._n 6._o exam_n council_n trid._n p._n 30._o &_o cap_n 7._o p._n 31._o 31._o ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la latinè_n votum_fw-la à _fw-la voluntate_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quia_fw-la à _fw-la deliberatione_n proficiscitur_fw-la scharp_n rivet_n explic_n decal_n p._n 103._o polan_n syntagm_n p._n 632._o 632._o see_v before_o p._n 115_o 116._o 116._o sic_fw-la intelligendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la loci_fw-la in_o psalmis_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-fr votis_n loquuntur_fw-la calv._n instit_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la gen._n 28._o last_o last_o rivet_n ex_fw-la num._n 30._o 30._o deut._n 7._o 3._o gen._n 38._o 26_o 26_o per_fw-la ares_n loc._n 114._o de_fw-fr votis_n votis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—_o cor._n 16._o 2._o vid._n rivet_n &_o ames_n case_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la â—amnabis_fw-la â—u_n quoqueâ—otis_fw-la virâ—il_n eclog._n â—_o â—ee_o moller_n 〈◊〉_d psal_n 66._o 13._o â—ereator_n â—â—idam_fw-la â—ortuus_fw-la concidit_fw-la quest_n 30._o libras_fw-la quas_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la legaverat_fw-la egrotus_fw-la â—eddere_fw-la â—ecusavit_fw-la â—_o morbo_fw-la â—iberatus_fw-la loc._n com._n de_fw-fr votis_n preces_fw-la nostrae_fw-la dum_fw-la aegrotamus_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la votivae_fw-la ideoque_fw-la sanitati_fw-la restituti_fw-la nullam_fw-la voti_fw-la redditionem_fw-la proponimus_fw-la neque_fw-la per_fw-la nos_fw-la neque_fw-la per_fw-la aliquem_fw-la publicum_fw-la ministrum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la see_v ezra_n 10._o 2_o 10_o 11_o 12._o hope_v of_o good_a fear_v of_o evil_n prevail_v to_o make_v they_o return_v to_o their_o old_a covenant-command_a ezra_n 9_o 10_o 11._o and_o to_o keep_v their_o new_a covenant_n a_o ezra_n may_v â—â—_o much_o much_o mat._n 28._o 18._o joh._n 5._o 22._o 22._o mat._n 6._o 10._o 10._o luke_n 2._o 14._o 14._o psal_n 66._o 18._o 18._o gal._n 5._o 22._o fruit_n of_o spirit_n peace_n peace_n 3_o john_n 10._o 6._o 1_o sam._n 11._o 9_o 9_o 2_o sam._n 23._o â—_o â—_o luke_n 2._o 32._o 32._o ezek._n 37._o 26._o act_n 2._o 39_o luk._n 2._o 10._o 10._o rom._n 9_o 25._o 25._o joh._n 18._o 36._o 36._o rom._n 14._o 17._o see_v heb._n 9_o 10._o all_o reform_v reform_v heb._n 1._o 8_o 9_o 9_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 24._o 24._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 20._o isa_n 49._o 8._o 8._o gen._n 8._o 20_o 21._o 21._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 23._o 23._o act_n 10._o 31._o act._n 13._o 22_o heb._n 6._o 1._o 1_o king_n 15._o 5_o cor._n 6._o 11_o â—m_n 1._o 9_o â—_o 52._o 15._o 1_o thes_n 4._o 3_o 4_o 5._o isa_n 11._o 6._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 31._o isa_n 8._o 12_o 13._o 2_o cor._n 7._o 10._o phil._n 3._o 3_o isa_n 43._o 10._o my_o servant_n be_v my_o witness_n psal_n 110._o 2_o 3._o see_v psal_n 119._o 33._o psal_n 37._o 6._o isa_n 37._o 37_o 38._o isa_n 46._o 7_o 8._o ezek._n 20._o 32._o psal_n 105._o 16_o 17._o esth_n 4._o 14_o gal._n 2._o 4._o 4._o nomen_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la vox_fw-la jesus_n quae_fw-la appellatio_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o nativitate_fw-la sed_fw-la sublimitas_fw-la quae_fw-la erat_fw-la post_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la so_o in_o all_o language_n jaceb_fw-mi sine_fw-la nomine_fw-la truncus_fw-la in_o the_o king_n name_n denote_v his_o authority_n and_o political_n name_n not_o personal_a appellation_n which_o only_o declare_v who_o it_o be_v that_o be_v invest_v with_o the_o regal_a power_n power_n nicodemitae_n inter_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o diabolum_fw-la partiuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la animam_fw-la alteri_fw-la assignent_fw-la corpus_fw-la alteri_fw-la dum_fw-la missis_fw-la intersunt_fw-la calv._n tract_n theolog._n pag._n 728._o psa_fw-la 2._o 11_o vid._n riu._n in_o 3._o in_o precept_n decal_n decal_n ames_n case_n de_fw-fr juramento_fw-la non_fw-la formas_fw-la approbat_fw-la faciendas_fw-la sed_fw-la factas_fw-la ob_fw-la igare_fw-la docet_fw-la vid._n rivetum_n hanc_fw-la quaestionem_fw-la â—udite_fw-la discutientem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—ertinm_fw-la proeceptaem_fw-la â—ecal_v gen._n 24._o 3._o *_o ps_n 98._o 13._o heb_n out_o â—â—_o the_o shut_n up_o after_o 36._o c_o marg._n luk._n 17._o 9_o joh._n 3._o 59_o joh._n 16._o 19_o isa_n 39_o 8._o luk_n 12._o 47._o 48._o john_n 13._o 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psal_n 7._o 3._o vers_fw-la 21._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 13._o jer._n 22._o 15._o decem_fw-la variis_fw-la phrasibus_fw-la ames_n in_o psal_n 50._o 6_o 8._o for_o hoc_fw-la si_fw-la illud_fw-la conferatur_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la operatnm_fw-la it_o but_o cadaver_n calvin_n junius_n trem._n 1_o tim._n 1._o 12._o moses_n be_v put_v out_o of_o his_o patience_n by_o a_o froward_a people_n psal_n 106._o 33._o v_o the_o arm_n sit_fw-la alius_fw-la loci_fw-la sens_n 9_o fulmineâ—_n legio_n euseb_n l._n 5_o c._n 5._o see_v calv._n in_o loc_n rom._n 7._o 14._o vid._n câ—yt_n in_o deut._n pag._n 173_o 176._o act._n 25._o 12._o ibis_n ad_fw-la mosen_n with_o act._n 26._o 32._o jer._n 21._o 9_o calv._n in_o â—oc_n with_fw-mi calv._n in_o loc_n diodaâ—_n jun._n trem._n in_o 1_o chro._n 9_o 1_o 2._o see_v luke_n 9_o 51._o ezek._n 4._o 3._o rev._n 1â—_n 6._o 20._o 20._o iustùs_fw-la dicitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-it 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quales_fw-la sunt_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la et_fw-la apostatae_fw-la de_fw-fr qualibus_fw-la sic_fw-la ait_fw-la augustinus_n credendum_fw-la est_fw-la quosdam_fw-la de_fw-fr filis_fw-la perdition_n be_v non_fw-la accepto_fw-la dono_fw-la perseverandi_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la aliquando_fw-la fideliter_fw-la ac_fw-la â—uste_fw-la viveâ—e_fw-la ac_fw-la postea_fw-la â—adere_fw-mi de_fw-fr â—orreptione_n â—t_z grat._n lib_n 17._o tom._n â—0_n so_o tremelus_n in_o loc._n jun._n in_o loc._n