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petitur_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la nostram_fw-la pertinet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la si_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la adjuvat_fw-la volunta_fw-mi tem_fw-la aug._n the_o great_a chr._n lib._n 1._o c._n 15._o quis_fw-la optat_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la sic_fw-la habet_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la facien_fw-fr dum_fw-la nullo_n indigeat_fw-la adjumento_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la merit_n &_o remiss_a lib._n 2._o c._n 6._o first_o it_o will_v be_v impossible_a for_o a_o man_n that_o shall_v hold_v this_o practical_o to_o pray_v for_o such_o thing_n as_o these_o follow_v serious_o first_o for_o grace_n and_o holiness_n and_o that_o god_n will_v incline_v his_o heart_n to_o his_o testimony_n because_o he_o hold_v that_o god_n can_v with_o justice_n and_o honour_n without_o a_o culpable_a respect_v of_o person_n and_o without_o destroy_v man_n nature_n do_v any_o more_o than_o give_v he_o the_o power_n and_o leave_v it_o mere_o to_o himself_o to_o make_v use_n of_o it_o he_o can_v only_o 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