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of_o that_o which_o be_v spiritual_o good_a yet_o spiritual_a man_n who_o be_v quicken_v have_v a_o power_n and_o aught_o to_o stir_v up_o that_o power_n for_o the_o do_v of_o that_o good_a which_o god_n require_v and_o for_o the_o receive_n of_o that_o good_a which_o he_o have_v promise_v 3._o it_o be_v not_o to_o deny_v the_o use_n of_o it_o as_o a_o evidence_n for_o the_o clear_n of_o the_o goodness_n of_o our_o spiritual_a estate_n we_o know_v say_v the_o apostle_n that_o we_o have_v pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n because_o we_o love_v the_o brethren_n 1_o john_n 3.14_o and_o by_o this_o we_o know_v that_o we_o love_v the_o child_n of_o god_n when_o we_o love_v god_n cap._n 5.2_o continentur_fw-la 5.2_o quicquid_fw-la de_fw-la aliquo_fw-la universali_fw-la dicitur_fw-la universaliter_fw-la id_fw-la etiam_fw-la dâ—_n omnibus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quesub_fw-la isto_fw-la uriversali_fw-la continentur_fw-la and_o by_o every_o other_o grace_n we_o may_v know_v it_o as_o well_o as_o by_o this_o the_o least_o grace_n if_o true_a and_o sincere_a be_v sufficient_a to_o salvation_n and_o therefore_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o least_o grace_n be_v stone_n be_v culverwell_n white_a stone_n sufficient_a to_o assurance_n grace_n be_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n gal._n 5.22_o and_o the_o tree_n be_v know_v by_o its_o fruit_n mat._n 12.33_o some_o cry_v up_o a_o immediate_a revelation_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o the_o only_a evidence_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o testimony_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n argue_v from_o inherent_a grace_n but_o such_o do_v not_o consider_v that_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n spirit_n be_v always_o accompany_v with_o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o own_o spirit_n as_o rom._n 8.16_o the_o spirit_n itself_o bear_v witness_v with_o our_o spirit_n that_o we_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d
they_o depend_v for_o some_o place_n of_o honour_n or_o profit_n which_o either_o they_o expect_v for_o time_n to_o come_v or_o for_o the_o present_n do_v enjoy_v they_o choose_v rather_o in_o a_o way_n of_o base_a servile_a compliance_n to_o discover_v their_o corruption_n but_o this_o be_v a_o great_a dishonour_n to_o god_n and_o that_o which_o provoke_v he_o exceed_o it_o be_v a_o great_a evil_n in_o david_n that_o he_o will_v play_v the_o natural_a fool_n before_o achish_n 1_o sam._n 21.13_o but_o certain_o it_o be_v a_o far_o great_a evil_a for_o any_o one_o to_o play_v the_o profane_a fool_n let_v such_o remember_v that_o terrible_a speech_n of_o our_o saviour_n mark_v 8.38_o whosoever_o shall_v be_v ashamed_a of_o i_o and_o of_o my_o word_n in_o this_o adulterous_a and_o sinful_a generation_n of_o he_o also_o shall_v the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v ashamed_a when_o he_o come_v in_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o father_n with_o the_o holy_a angel_n thus_o i_o have_v show_v what_o it_o be_v not_o negative_o now_o in_o the_o next_o place_n i_o shall_v show_v what_o it_o be_v affirmative_o to_o deny_v self_n in_o respect_n of_o inherent_a grace_n be_v 1_o not_o to_o attribute_v it_o to_o ourselves_o either_o as_o the_o efficient_a or_o meritorious_a cause_n thereof_o 1_o not_o as_o the_o efficient_a cause_n the_o work_n of_o grace_n be_v supernatural_a such_o a_o work_n as_o be_v tar_v above_o and_o beyond_o any_o finite_a power_n whatsoever_o to_o effect_v which_o be_v so_o abundant_o declare_v in_o the_o scripture_n sometime_o call_v it_o a_o 668._o a_o sire_n novatio_fw-la naturae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la cadem_fw-la regeneratie_n &_o creatio_fw-la dicitur_fw-la oportet_fw-la certè_fw-la ejus_fw-la generis_fw-la opus_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la creatione_fw-la aliquam_fw-la habeat_fw-la cognationem_fw-la nullam_fw-la autem_fw-la habebit_fw-la si_fw-la homini_fw-la part_n suae_fw-la ita_fw-la tribuautur_fw-la ut_fw-la quippiam_fw-la ferisse_fw-la tatuatur_fw-la quod_fw-la agracia_fw-la deìnon_fw-la sit_fw-la omuino_fw-la profectum_fw-la camero_n collat._n cum_fw-la tileno_fw-it p._n 668._o new-creation_n 2_o cor._n 5.17_o ephes_n 4.24_o and_o a_o regeneration_n and_o new-birth_n john_n 3.5_o james_n 1.18_o sometime_o a_o vivification_n or_o a_o quicken_n of_o those_o that_o be_v dead_a ephes_n 2.5_o and_o a_o resurrection_n from_o the_o dead_a col._n 2.21_o in_o all_o which_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o co-operation_n of_o humane_a power_n be_v x_o utter_o impossible_a one_o may_v just_o wonder_v with_o what_o face_n any_o that_o do_v acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n can_v affirm_v the_o contrary_n and_o yet_o the_o arminian_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o go_v up_o and_o down_o boast_v and_o brag_v of_o a_o power_n within_o themselves_o to_o do_v all_o this_o and_o much_o more_o without_o any_o dependence_n upon_o the_o special_a grace_n of_o god_n at_o their_o own_o will_n and_o pleasure_n which_o be_v too_o too_o evident_a although_o 16._o although_o etsi_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la verbis_fw-la concedant_fw-la reipsa_fw-la tamen_fw-la tollunt_fw-la quia_fw-la secundum_fw-la eos_fw-la efficacia_fw-la gratiae_n dei_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la absoluta_fw-la comparatione_fw-la bonae_fw-la electionis_fw-la sed_fw-la depeudenter_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la a_o consensu_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la unde_fw-la apud_fw-la choose_fw-la voco_fw-la efficacia_fw-la moralis_n riveâ—_n in_o psal_n 16._o in_o word_n they_o will_v sometime_o dissemble_v the_o matter_n in_o that_o they_o will_v acknowledge_v no_o other_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n but_o what_o consist_v in_o a_o moral_a suasion_n only_o but_o some_o of_o they_o speak_v their_o mind_n plain_o script_n plain_o episcopius_n disp_n de_fw-fr per_n script_n posse_fw-la quemlibet_fw-la modo_fw-la usu_fw-la rationis_fw-la polleat_fw-la sine_fw-la ullâ_fw-la peculiari_fw-la immediatâ_fw-la vel_fw-la internâ_fw-la lucis_fw-la collustratione_fw-la facillime_fw-la intelligere_fw-la ac_fw-la percipere_fw-la omnes_fw-la scripturae_fw-la sensus_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la necessarii_fw-la sunt_fw-la scitu_fw-la creditu_fw-la speratu_fw-la vel_fw-la factu_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o any_o man_n if_o he_o have_v but_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n without_o any_o peculiar_a immediate_a or_o internal_a illumination_n can_v most_o easy_o understand_v and_o perceive_v all_o those_o meaning_n of_o the_o scripture_n which_o be_v any_o way_n necessary_a to_o be_v know_v believe_v hope_v for_o or_o put_v in_o practice_n and_o that_o these_o meaning_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v apprehend_v by_o the_o understanding_n be_v most_o easy_o propound_v to_o the_o will_n which_o have_v by_o nature_n a_o free_a and_o inseparable_a faculty_n of_o choose_v any_o kind_n of_o object_n whatsoever_o that_o be_v present_v by_o the_o understanding_n again_o bogerm_n again_o jo._n arnold_n advers._fw-la bogerm_n positis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la operationibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la ad_fw-la conver_fw-la sionem_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la efficiendam_fw-la deus_fw-la utitur_fw-la manet_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipsa_fw-la conuersio_fw-la it_o a_o in_o nostrá_fw-fr potestate_fw-la liberá_fw-fr ut_fw-la possimus_fw-la non_fw-la converti_fw-la i.e._n nosmetipsos_fw-la convertere_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la convertere_fw-la notwithstanding_o all_o the_o operation_n that_o god_n make_v use_v of_o for_o our_o conversion_n yet_o conversion_n itself_o so_o remain_v in_o our_o own_o free_a power_n that_o we_o can_v be_v not_o convert_v that_o be_v as_o they_o explain_v it_o we_o can_v either_o convert_v or_o not_o convert_v ourselves_o arminianism_n ourselves_o owen_n display_v of_o arminianism_n where_o the_o idolater_n plain_o challenge_v the_o lord_n to_o work_v his_o uttermost_a and_o tell_v he_o that_o after_o he_o have_v so_o do_v he_o will_v do_v what_o he_o please_v most_o horrid_a blasphemy_n neither_o the_o word_n of_o god_n that_o tell_v we_o the_o natural_a man_n receive_v not_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n because_o they_o be_v foolishness_n unto_o he_o and_o that_o he_o can_v know_v they_o because_o they_o be_v spiritual_o discern_v 1_o cor._n 2.14_o that_o he_o be_v 5._o be_v he_o timli_n si_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la esser_fw-it satis_fw-la arguunt_fw-la quà m_fw-la sint_fw-la illa_fw-la vana_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la viribus_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la salutis_fw-la vulgo_fw-la jactantur_fw-la erenim_fw-la si_fw-la servi_fw-la sumus_fw-la peceati_fw-la quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la cum_fw-la servitute_fw-la porerit_fw-la una_fw-la consistere_fw-la libertis_fw-la cam._n de_fw-fr effic_fw-la gratiae_fw-la thes_n 5._o the_o servant_n of_o sin_n rom_n 6.20_o enmity_n against_o god_n and_o therefore_o neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v subject_a to_o he_o rom._n 8.7_o that_o every_o imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o his_o heart_n be_v only_o evil_a continual_o gen._n 6.5_o that_o he_o can_v no_o more_o alter_v his_o custom_n of_o sin_v than_o the_o aethiopian_a change_n his_o skin_n or_o the_o leopard_n his_o spot_n jer._n 13.23_o that_o he_o be_v without_o strength_n rom._n 5.6_o can_v do_v nothing_o joh._n 15.5_o be_v altogether_o dead_a in_o trespass_n and_o in_o sin_n eph._n 2.1_o nor_o experience_n whereby_o we_o see_v that_o till_o god_n do_v mighty_o overpower_v he_o by_o the_o irresistible_a work_n of_o his_o spirit_n within_o he_o he_o go_v on_o add_v sin_n to_o sin_n and_o iniquity_n to_o iniquity_n the_o most_o convince_a and_o persuasive_a ministry_n of_o the_o gospel_n notwithstanding_o be_v sufficient_a to_o convince_v these_o man_n certain_o if_o any_o of_o they_o perish_v in_o this_o damnable_a error_n their_o condemnation_n be_v of_o all_o man_n most_o just_a they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d altogether_o inexcusable_a and_o can_v have_v nothing_o to_o plead_v for_o themselves_o for_o whereas_o other_o man_n plead_v their_o can_v self-murder_n can_v fenner_n wilful_a impenitency_n self-murder_n though_o that_o be_v not_o the_o reason_n these_o must_v needs_o confess_v that_o their_o will-not_a be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o their_o destruction_n for_o if_o they_o can_v convert_v themselves_o whence_o be_v it_o then_o that_o they_o be_v not_o convert_v it_o be_v not_o they_o say_v because_o they_o can_v therefore_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v because_o they_o will_v not_o but_o to_o let_v this_o pass_v what_o ever_o these_o man_n think_v or_o speak_v concern_v the_o ability_n and_o power_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o work_n of_o conversion_n the_o scripture_n we_o see_v teach_v we_o otherwise_o that_o by_o nature_n we_o be_v spiritual_o dead_a and_o if_o so_o reason_n will_v tell_v we_o that_o we_o can_v make_v ourselves_o spiritual_o alive_a and_o therefore_o let_v no_o man_n presume_v upon_o any_o strength_n of_o his_o own_o as_o if_o he_o be_v able_a as_o of_o himself_o to_o answer_v the_o call_v of_o the_o gospel_n in_o turn_v himself_o from_o the_o power_n of_o sin_n and_o satan_n unto_o god_n but_o rather_o pray_v as_o ephraim_n jer._n 31.18_o turn_v thou_o i_o and_o i_o shall_v be_v turn_v indeed_o if_o god_n will_v undertake_v the_o work_n it_o shall_v be_v effect_v and_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o it_o but_o if_o he_o let_v it_o
more_o as_o it_o be_v fain_o to_o be_v suppress_v in_o silence_n and_o disguise_v with_o humbleness_n thus_o when_o man_n grow_v proud_a of_o their_o gift_n do_v they_o usual_o discover_v their_o pride_n three_o thing_n therefore_o be_v require_v of_o all_o such_o as_o have_v gift_n in_o full_a of_o this_o first_o particular_a of_o self-denial_n not_o to_o be_v proud_a of_o they_o 1_o not_o to_o think_v too_o high_o of_o themselves_o because_o of_o their_o gift_n 2_o not_o to_o contemn_v other_o because_o of_o their_o want_n of_o gift_n 3_o not_o to_o hate_v other_o because_o they_o do_v excel_v in_o they_o we_o have_v all_o these_o in_o rom._n 12.3_o 4_o 5._o where_o the_o apostle_n speak_v to_o all_o those_o that_o have_v gift_n and_o command_v they_o not_o to_o be_v proud_a of_o they_o gives_z a_o threefold_a reason_n of_o so_o necessary_a a_o commandment_n all_o which_o conclude_v against_o this_o threefold_a pride_n which_o usual_o as_o we_o have_v see_v discover_v itself_o in_o such_o as_o be_v proud_a of_o their_o gift_n the_o commandment_n be_v in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o the_o three_o verse_n set_v down_o both_o in_o the_o negative_a for_o this_o i_o say_v through_o the_o grace_n give_v unto_o i_o to_o every_o man_n that_o be_v among_o you_o not_o to_o think_v more_o high_o of_o himself_o than_o he_o ought_v to_o think_v and_o in_o the_o affirmative_a but_o sober_o the_o reason_n of_o both_o be_v in_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o that_o and_o in_o the_o two_o verse_n follow_v 1_o from_o the_o efficient_a cause_n or_o author_n of_o gift_n and_o that_o be_v god_n according_a as_o god_n have_v deal_v or_o distribute_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o gift_n soever_o any_o one_o have_v he_o have_v they_o all_o from_o god_n nemo_fw-la igitur_fw-la superbiat_fw-la ut_fw-la suis_fw-la let_v no_o man_n therefore_o be_v proud_a of_o they_o as_o if_o they_o be_v his_o own_o in_o as_o much_o as_o god_n give_v they_o it_o show_v that_o we_o have_v none_o of_o 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