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together_o will_v evident_o discover_v this_o pelagian_n popish_a and_o arminian_n grace_n to_o be_v in_o truth_n mere_a nature_n and_o so_o unable_a of_o itself_o to_o change_v man_n heart_n to_o engender_v save_v grace_n or_o purchase_v or_o embrace_v salvation_n as_o our_o arminian_n papist_n and_o pelagian_n dream_n again_o it_o give_v a_o possibility_n to_o all_o infidel_n and_o pagan_n who_o never_o hear_v of_o christ_n to_o be_v effectual_o save_v without_o christ_n jesus_n or_o those_o mean_n of_o grace_n which_o lead_n and_o bring_v man_n to_o he_o for_o if_o heathen_n who_o want_v the_o knowledge_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o scripture_n through_o their_o invincible_a ignorance_n which_o they_o can_v not_o remedy_n may_v yet_o be_v save_v if_o they_o will_v themselves_o than_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v without_o the_o help_n or_o assistance_n of_o the_o gospel_n without_o faith_n without_o christ_n himself_o for_o these_o they_o have_v not_o these_o they_o can_v not_o have_v 21._o and_o then_o christ_n be_v dead_a in_o vain_a yea_o faith_n and_o scripture_n be_v mere_a superfluous_a trifle_n since_o man_n may_v well_o be_v save_o though_o they_o want_v they_o a_o most_o atheistical_a and_o blasphemous_a consequent_a moreover_o it_o fathame_v the_o very_a bottomless_a depth_n it_o enucleate_v the_o inextricable_a abstruse_a and_o incompraehensible_a mystery_n of_o god_n eternal_a decree_n which_o put_v st._n paul_n unto_o his_o 26._o nonplus_n and_o strike_v he_o with_o such_o a_o amaze_a admiration_n as_o force_v he_o to_o cry_v out_o lb._n o_o the_o depth_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 judgement_n and_o his_o way_n past_o find_v out_o it_o render_v a_o apparent_a cause_n beside_o the_o absolute_a and_o dispose_v will_n of_o god_n why_o one_o man_n be_v praedestinate_v to_o salvation_n not_o another_o and_o so_o unveil_v and_o nullify_v the_o sublimest_n the_o supreme_a 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