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emptiness_n shall_v discourage_v we_o from_o believe_a forgiveness_n ob._n answ._n rom._n 6._o 15._o 16_o grace_n kill_v sin_n and_o not_o increase_v it_o ob._n 〈◊〉_d belief_n of_o god_n all-sufficieâ—cie_a to_o 〈◊〉_d increase_v love_n a_o double_a fear_n 1._o keep_v from_o come_v in_o to_o god_n 2._o frâ—â—_n go_v out_o from_o he_o god_n all-sufficiency_n in_o sanctify_a us._n psal._n 103._o 3._o ob._n answ._n god_n change_v the_o nature_n of_o thing_n ob._n why_o there_o be_v many_o imperfection_n in_o we_o though_o god_n be_v all-sufficient_a to_o sanctify_v us._n answ._n we_o observe_v not_o god_n rule_n answ._n to_o humble_a us._n answ._n that_o we_o may_v know_v god_n and_o ourselves_o better_a james_n 4._o 5._o 6._o lust_n be_v at_o god_n command_n simile_n we_o stand_v in_o god_n strength_n as_o we_o may_v see_v in_o other_o in_o ourselves_o god_n all-sufficiency_n in_o provide_v outward_a good_a thing_n ob._n answ._n a_o double_a desire_n in_o the_o soul_n natural_a unnatural_a eccles._n 5._o 10._o 1_o tim._n 6_o 6._o simile_n ob._n answ._n that_o be_v not_o always_o good_a for_o we_o that_o we_o desire_v jer._n 42._o ob._n ans._n a_o christian_n shall_v be_v content_a with_o a_o meanâ—_n place_n in_o god_n house_n those_o that_o be_v mean_a in_o some_o thing_n may_v excel_v in_o other_o 1_o sam_n 1._o 2._o god_n can_v satisfy_v the_o desire_n in_o a_o low_a condition_n a_o christian_n faithfulness_n be_v accept_v in_o a_o mean_a condition_n two_o deduction_n the_o insufficiency_n of_o the_o creature_n prove_v it_o be_v make_v by_o another_o it_o be_v in_o continual_a motion_n eccles._n 2._o it_o have_v all_o by_o participation_n riches_n of_o two_o sort_n honour_n of_o two_o sort_n the_o wiseman_n prove_v the_o insufficiency_n and_o emptiness_n of_o the_o creature_n by_o three_o argument_n 1._o argu._n isa._n 40._o 8._o 2._o argu._n ob._n ans._n 3._o argu._n by_o his_o experience_n his_o experience_n of_o the_o vanity_n of_o wisdom_n ob._n 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