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redemption_n and_o be_v it_o not_o a_o exuberancy_n of_o love_n and_o such_o as_o become_v the_o god_n of_o love_n to_o help_v those_o poor_a creature_n that_o can_v help_v themselves_o and_o can_v he_o in_o justice_n create_v such_o innumerable_a and_o helpless_a soul_n and_o give_v they_o but_o a_o short_a life_n without_o all_o knowledge_n or_o sense_n of_o pleasure_n on_o purpose_n to_o damn_v they_o to_o everlasting_a pain_n and_o make_v they_o fuel_n for_o hell-fire_n only_o to_o show_v what_o he_o can_v do_v certain_o god_n thought_n be_v not_o like_o man_n thought_n so_o cruel_a neither_o be_v his_o way_n like_o man_n way_n so_o unjust_a but_o they_o be_v of_o a_o better_a fashion_n neither_o may_v we_o think_v god_n to_o be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o ourselves_o second_o concern_v innocent_n and_o fool_n 2._o chap._n 2._o that_o have_v live_v long_o and_o yet_o never_o attain_v to_o the_o use_n of_o a_o rational_a soul_n i_o think_v these_o be_v more_o miserable_a wretch_n than_o child_n that_o die_v in_o their_o infancy_n but_o not_o more_o sinful_a but_o both_o be_v alike_o innocent_a and_o harmless_a before_o god_n that_o stain_a condition_n that_o they_o as_o son_n of_o traitor_n be_v in_o by_o law_n that_o have_v forfeit_v their_o estate_n be_v a_o sufficient_a punishment_n for_o this_o world_n by_o grace_n they_o be_v most_o certain_o free_v from_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o next_o world_n for_o these_o poor_a lamb_n what_o have_v they_o do_v that_o never_o be_v in_o a_o capacity_n so_o much_o as_o to_o will_v good_a or_o bad_a and_o it_o be_v a_o true_a say_n nihil_fw-la ardet_fw-la in_o inferno_fw-la nisi_fw-la propria_fw-la voluntas_fw-la nothing_o suffer_v in_o hell_n but_o the_o sinful_a will._n what_o do_v baptism_n consign_v 3._o chap._n 3._o but_o a_o