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B08585 The door open for sinners and the duty of saints to Jesus Christ : fitted to the understanding of the meanest capacity. In a plain way of question and answer / by Edward Buckler. Buckler, Edward, 1610-1706. 1695 (1695) Wing B5348A; ESTC R215416 10,012 31

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ingraft_v into_o i_o christ_n who_o be_v our_o k_n life_n and_o all_o work_n that_o do_v not_o flow_v from_o this_o life_n be_v dead_a work_n moreover_o if_o the_o work_n of_o such_o man_n be_v good_a yet_o they_o do_v not_o make_v amends_o for_o former_a sin_n which_o put_v they_o under_o the_o l_o curse_n g_o tit._n 1.15_o h_o mat._n 7.18_o mat._n 12.33_o i_o isa_n 61.3_o john_n 15.2,4_o k_o col._n 3.4_o 1_o john_n 5.12_o l_o gal._n 3.10_o q._n may_v we_o not_o then_o endeavour_v after_o life_n and_o happiness_n by_o our_o own_o performance_n a._n by_o no_o mean_n for_o as_o we_o shall_v never_o attain_v unto_o it_o in_o this_o wrong_n m_o way_n so_o it_o seem_v to_o render_v we_o more_o uncapable_a of_o attain_v it_o in_o the_o right_a way_n which_o be_v n_o christ_n than_o other_o o_o sinner_n m_o rom._n 3.20_o rom._n 8.3,4_o n_o rom._n 8.3,4_o john_n 14.6_o o_o rom._n 9.30,31,32_o rom._n 10.3_o mat._n 21.31_o q._n well_o the_o work_n of_o natural_a man_n be_v exclude_v from_o be_v 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