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num._n 8._o num._n 25._o voluntarinesse_n do_v not_o descend_v on_o the_o judgement_n of_o other_o num._n 33._o num._n 8._o num._n 8._o num._n 26._o 1_o king_n 3._o 11._o election_n of_o more_o than_o one_o verse_n 5._o ver._n 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o ver._n 10._o ver._n 11._o ver._n 13._o act_n 5._o 4._o be_v it_o not_o in_o thy_o power_n explain_v out_o of_o hatred_n to_o true_a liberty_n t._n h._n make_v god_n hypocritical_a god_n secret_a and_o reveal_v will_v not_o contrary_a and_o why_o fount_n of_o arg._n in_o fine_a occulte_fw-la virtue_n or_o influence_n job_n 38_o 31._o it_o be_v blasphemy_n to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n or_o to_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v efficacious_o decree_v by_o god_n 〈◊〉_d no_o â—…d_a perâ—…ssion_n the_o difference_n between_o general_n and_o special_a influence_n 1_o king_n 21._o 9_o fountain_n of_o argâ—…ments_n jam._n 4._o 13_o 14._o num._n 12._o rom._n 11._o 23._o god_n may_v oblige_v himself_o jam._n 1._o 17._o god_n can_v do_v any_o unrighteous_a thing_n tit._n 1._o 2._o num._n 〈◊〉_d 19_o 2_o tim._n 2._o 13._o hebr._n 6._o 10._o mich._n 6._o 2._o ezek._n 18._o 25._o gen._n 18._o 23_o 25._o jud._n 7._o plut._n num._n 10._o it_o be_v just_a to_o afflict_v innocent_a person_n for_o their_o own_o good_a lib._n de_fw-fr cive_z do_fw-mi imp._n c._n 6._o n._n 18._o â—…n_o be_v proper_o irregularity_n god_n no_o cause_n of_o irregularity_n law_n may_v be_v unjust_a impossibility_n make_v bâ—…_n ourselves_o may_v be_v just_o impose_v not_o impossibility_n in_o they_o self_n act_n 5._o 29._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 13_o proper_a punishment_n be_v ever_o vindictive_a in_o part_n lam._n 3._o 39_o job_n 31._o 11._o ezra_n 9_o 13._o heb._n 10._o 28._o deut._n 25._o 2._o 1_o pet._n 2_o 4._o yet_o further_o of_o unjust_a law_n l._n 1._o 14._o exod._n 1._o 17._o dan._n 3._o 18._o heb._n 11._o 23._o 1_o king_n 21._o 2_o king_n 6._o 32._o dan._n 6._o 8._o mich._n 6._o 16._o 2_o k._n 17_o 19_o isaiah_n 10._o 1._o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n not_o dependent_a on_o the_o printer_n ammon_n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr interpret_v mr._n r._n h._n t._n h._n a_o fit_a catechist_n for_o disloial_a and_o unnatural_a person_n num_fw-la 12._o mankind_n never_o without_o law_n de_fw-fr cive_z c._n i_o num_fw-la 12._o never_o lawful_a for_o private_a man_n ordinary_o to_o kill_v one_o another_o number_n 35._o fount_n of_o arg._n gen._n 9_o 6._o gen._n 4._o 10._o 1_o sam._n 19_o 5._o 2_o king_n 24._o 4._o prov._n 28._o deut._n 10._o 11._o exod._n 21._o 14._o gen._n 9_o 6._o joh._n 8._o 44._o t._n h._n attorney_n general_n for_o the_o brute_n beast_n gen._n 1._o 28._o gen._n 2._o 19_o psal._n 8._o 6._o gen._n 9_o 3._o prov._n 26._o 5._o see_v and_o unseen_a necessity_n act._n 27._o 22._o v._o 30._o if_o all_o thing_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a admonition_n be_v all_o vain_a a_o litter_n of_o absurdity_n what_o be_v moral_o good_a isa._n 5._o 20._o exod._n 1._o 21_o reward_n of_o bruit_n and_o man_n differ_v rom._n 1._o 21._o what_o it_o be_v to_o honour_v god_n jam_fw-la 2._o 19_o what_o be_v devil_n in_o his_o judgement_n god_n do_v not_o hinder_v private_o what_o he_o command_v open_o his_o opinion_n destroy_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n and_o his_o goodness_n isa._n 28._o 21._o wisd._n 1._o 13._o ezek._n 33._o 11._o fount_n of_o arg._n and_o his_o justice_n and_o omnipotence_n make_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n amos_n 3._o 6._o a_o right_a hobbist_n can_v praise_v god_n deut._n 29._o 29._o nor_o hear_v the_o word_n or_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n worthy_o matth._n 11._o 12._o mat._n 7._o 11._o rom._n 10._o 14._o nor_o vowas_fw-mi he_o ought_v nor_o repent_v of_o his_o misdeed_n what_o repentance_n be_v 2_o cor._n 7._o 11._o joel_n 2._o 12._o man_n concurrence_n with_o god_n grace_n act._n 7._o 51._o prov._n 1._o 24._o mark_v 1._o 15._o rom._n 11._o 20._o rom._n 2._o 5._o rev._n 3._o 20._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 9_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 10._o confidence_n in_o prayer_n and_o the_o efficacy_n of_o it_o jam._n 1._o 6._o 1_o tim._n 2._o 8._o mark_n 11._o 24._o jam._n 5._o 15._o phil._n 1._o 19_o isaiah_n 38._o 5._o 1_o king_n 8._o 37._o 2_o chron._n 7._o 12._o luk._n 17._o 13._o &_o 18._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 11._o t._n h._n still_o mistake_v necessity_n upon_o supposition_n there_o be_v more_o in_o contingency_n than_o ignorance_n def._n num._n 3._o stat_fw-la of_o quest_n cast_v num._n 1._o &_o 3._o etc._n etc._n sin_n in_o the_o world_n before_o the_o civil_a law_n job_n 4._o 18._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 4._o judas_n 6._o rom._n 5._o 12._o prov._n 8._o 15._o rom._n 2._o 14._o 1â—…_n 15._o to_o command_v impossibility_n be_v unjust_a yet_o further_o against_o his_o silly_a distinction_n free_a to_o do_v if_o he_o will_v not_o free_a to_o will_n of_o monster_n what_o be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o deo_fw-la and_o what_o extra_fw-la deum_fw-la exod._n 3._o 14._o to_o will_n &_o do_v in_o god_n the_o same_o thing_n he_o will_v not_o all_o he_o can_v will_n luâ—…_n 3._o 8._o t._n h._n make_v the_o will_v to_o be_v compel_v arist._n eth._n lib._n 3._o c._n 1._o 1_o sam._n 28._o 23._o est._n 1._o 8._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 11._o motus_fw-la primó_n primi_fw-la and_o antipathy_n to_o search_v too_o bold_o into_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n be_v a_o fault_n but_o the_o great_a fault_n be_v negligence_n rom._n 1._o 20._o exer_n c._n 12._o d._n 2._o t._n h._n his_o liberty_n omnipotence_n in_o show_n in_o deed_n nothing_o he_o dare_v not_o refer_v himself_o to_o his_o own_o witness_n term_n of_o art_n 1_o cor._n 14._o 19_o a_o contradiction_n c._n 17._o d._n 28._o matth._n 15._o 14._o election_n and_o compulsion_n inconsistent_a there_o be_v mix_v action_n eth._n l._n 3._o