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of_o grace_n be_v not_o past_a he_o may_v be_v sure_a it_o be_v still_o with_o he_o because_o it_o help_v and_o work_n in_o he_o for_o it_o be_v grace_n that_o bring_v he_o on_o to_o what_o he_o be_v and_o if_o he_o be_v but_o as_o willing_a to_o be_v aid_v by_o it_o as_o it_o be_v ready_a to_o assist_v he_o it_o will_v not_o fail_v to_o carry_v he_o on_o further_a god_n grace_n will_v still_o grow_v upon_o he_o as_o his_o own_o endeavour_n do_v so_o that_o if_o he_o make_v good_a use_n of_o this_o he_o shall_v have_v more_o for_o this_o be_v lay_v down_o by_o our_o lord_n as_o a_o certain_a rule_n of_o divine_a dispensation_n to_o he_o that_o have_v that_o be_v make_v a_o right_a use_n of_o that_o grace_n which_o he_o have_v shall_v more_o be_v give_v even_o in_o abundance_n mat._n 25.29_o whatsoever_o irreconcileableness_n therefore_o there_o may_v be_v and_o true_o be_v in_o some_o state_n of_o sin_n when_o man_n have_v go_v on_o beyond_o their_o time_n of_o grace_n yet_o he_o who_o 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