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as_o he_o list_v but_o to_o keep_v the_o commandment_n and_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v even_o 14_o constrain_v he_o and_o will_v cause_v that_o his_o commandment_n shall_v not_o be_v 3_o grievous_a but_o delight_v some_o to_o he_o but_o do_v these_o objecter_n think_v thus_o and_o do_v they_o infer_v this_o in_o earnest_n do_v they_o think_v that_o themselves_o be_v or_o be_v at_o any_o time_n in_o state_n of_o grace_n if_o yea_o i_o hope_v they_o will_v not_o say_v they_o be_v or_o be_v make_v more_o dissolute_a and_o more_o sinful_a by_o it_o if_o no_o than_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n that_o they_o make_v these_o inference_n for_o it_o have_v ever_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o such_o as_o be_v without_o grace_n and_o not_o indeed_o in_o state_n of_o grace_n to_o wrest_v and_o pervert_v the_o doctrine_n of_o grace_n make_v they_o to_o be_v unto_o they_o licence_n and_o 21._o occasion_n of_o wantonness_n and_o licentiousness_n as_o thus_o if_o where_o sin_n abound_v grace_v abound_v much_o 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and_o be_v upright_o you_o may_v just_o fear_v as_o much_o yet_o you_o must_v not_o desperate_o conclude_v that_o you_o shall_v fall_v away_o from_o your_o profession_n but_o be_v you_o quicken_v and_o stir_v up_o by_o this_o fear_n to_o abandon_v hypocrisy_n and_o to_o serve_v the_o lord_n in_o sinceritis_fw-la and_o hereby_o make_v your_o call_n and_o election_n sure_a that_o you_o may_v not_o fall_v and_o then_o you_o have_v god_n word_n for_o it_o that_o 5._o you_o shall_v not_o fall_v many_o think_v that_o they_o be_v hypocrite_n which_o yet_o be_v sincere_a wherefore_o try_v whether_o you_o be_v a_o hypocrite_n or_o upright_a by_o the_o sign_n of_o uprightness_n before_o deliver_v chapter_n 12._o sect._n 1_o only_o for_o the_o
excellency_n of_o christian_a experience_n 126_o 127._o f_o a_o answer_n to_o they_o that_o question_v their_o faith_n because_o they_o want_v feeling_n 590_o many_o do_v not_o feel_v they_o have_v faith_n because_o they_o feel_v not_o for_o it_o 603_o how_o a_o man_n may_v know_v that_o he_o have_v faith_n 621_o reason_n why_o many_o without_o cause_n think_v they_o have_v no_o faith_n 584_o many_o presume_v they_o have_v faith_n but_o have_v none_o 614_o reason_n for_o which_o many_o think_v they_o have_v faith_n but_o have_v not_o 463_o who_o may_v fall_v from_o grace_n and_o how_o 683_o a_o regenerate_a man_n may_v fall_v far_o back_o but_o not_o quite_o away_o 685_o ground_n of_o difference_n between_o the_o fall_v of_o man_n true_o sanctify_v and_o other_o 688_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o a_o true_a convert_n can_v fall_v quite_o away_o from_o grace_n 695_o of_o religious_a fast_n 68_o a_o general_a reason_n of_o fast_v 72_o reason_n why_o the_o body_n must_v be_v afflict_v in_o 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not_o our_o part_n removed_z 729_o fear_n from_o want_n of_o such_o grace_n where_o of_o god_n have_v absolute_o promise_v remove_v 676_o fear_n through_o want_n of_o peace_n of_o sanctification_n remove_v 744_o g_o convince_v reason_v to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n 647_o god_n do_v never_o whole_o forsake_v his_o child_n 566_o once_n and_o ever_o in_o state_n of_o grace_n 685_o reason_n why_o man_n be_v once_o in_o state_n of_o grace_n can_v never_o fall_v quite_o from_o it_o 701_o reason_n why_o many_o think_v they_o have_v less_o grace_n now_o than_o in_o their_o first_o conversion_n but_o mistake_v 714_o h_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o hypocrite_n well-doing_n 341_o disswasives_n from_o hypocrisy_n 361_o 365_o mean_n against_o hypocrisy_n 373_o ground_n of_o false_a hope_n discover_v and_o remove_v 444_o i_o mean_v to_o strengthen_v the_o inner_a man_n 133_o rule_n to_o direct_v inferior_n 62_o cause_n of_o error_n in_o judge_v of_o a_o man_n state_n 754_o of_o 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