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to_o be_v make_v perfect_a that_o be_v final_o to_o attain_v eternal_a blessedness_n be_v all_o one_o thing_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o seem_v he_o use_v this_o word_n of_o christ_n before_o chap._n 5.9_o where_o he_o oppose_v christ_n be_v make_v perfect_a to_o christ_n subject_n unto_o suffering_n now_o they_o who_o do_v receive_v that_o promise_n of_o eternal_a life_n and_o happiness_n be_v fit_o say_v to_o be_v perfect_v first_o because_o before_o they_o attain_v it_o whether_o they_o be_v live_v or_o dead_a they_o be_v many_o way_n imperfect_a and_o second_o because_o when_o they_o have_v attain_v it_o they_o have_v fill_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o happiness_n and_o make_v it_o so_o absolute_a that_o it_o neither_o have_v any_o defect_n neither_o can_v it_o receive_v any_o access_n but_o be_v for_o ever_o finish_v the_o content_n of_o the_o 11._o chapter_n be_v notion_n the_o principle_n of_o faith_n be_v two_o 1._o every_o subsistence_n of_o a_o thing_n hope_v for_o be_v faith_n 2._o every_o sight_n of_o a_o thing_n unseen_a be_v faith_n ver_fw-la 1._o the_o necessity_n of_o faith_n be_v that_o without_o it_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o please_v god_n ver_fw-la 6._o the_o chief_a point_n or_o specialty_n of_o faith_n be_v two_o 1._o to_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v 2._o to_o believe_v that_o he_o be_v a_o rewarder_n of_o they_o that_o diligent_o seek_v he_o v._o 6._o 1._o doctrine_n by_o faith_n we_o know_v the_o world_n be_v make_v by_o god_n v._o 3._o reason_n because_o in_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v see_v we_o have_v a_o sight_n of_o thing_n unseen_a ibid._n 2._o doctrine_n by_o faith_n the_o patriarch_n obtain_v a_o good_a report_n ver_fw-la 2._o example_n as_o abel_n enoch_n and_o noah_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n moses_n josua_n and_o rahab_n etc._n etc._n reason_n 1._o because_o they_o have_v a_o sight_n of_o thing_n unseen_a which_o god_n have_v promise_v they_o 2._o because_o they_o have_v a_o subsistence_n of_o thing_n hope_v for_o 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and_o produce_v we_o into_o this_o carnal_a life_n for_o they_o be_v oppose_v unto_o the_o father_n of_o spirit_n as_o it_o present_o follow_v in_o this_o verse_n and_o we_o give_v they_o reverence_v by_o the_o chastisement_n of_o our_o carnal_a father_n we_o be_v often_o make_v ashamed_a both_o by_o the_o punishment_n and_o by_o the_o fault_n and_o be_v ashamed_a of_o both_o for_o chastisement_n bring_v with_o it_o not_o only_a pain_n but_o shame_n but_o if_o we_o refer_v this_o to_o our_o father_n the_o sense_n will_v be_v that_o by_o their_o chastisement_n we_o be_v so_o affect_v as_o to_o reverence_v they_o and_o for_o shame_n and_o fear_n of_o they_o dare_v not_o offend_v against_o they_o but_o if_o our_o carnal_a father_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o our_o carnal_a life_n only_o can_v by_o their_o chastisement_n effect_v this_o in_o we_o how_o much_o more_o convenient_a be_v it_o that_o the_o chastisement_n of_o our_o spiritual_a father_n shall_v produce_v in_o we_o the_o 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life_n which_o be_v conclude_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o a_o short_a time_n the_o more_o convenient_o and_o honest_o for_o the_o author_n by_o these_o word_n intend_v not_o to_o say_v that_o the_o chastisement_n of_o our_o father_n last_v not_o long_o but_o pass_v away_o together_o with_o our_o childhood_n and_o youth_n for_o what_o do_v this_o make_v to_o the_o purpose_n must_v we_o therefore_o be_v rather_o the_o more_o in_o subjection_n unto_o god_n because_o his_o chastisement_n last_v a_o long_a time_n or_o through_o all_o our_o life_n beside_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o author_n be_v to_o inculcate_v into_o we_o rather_o the_o shortness_n of_o god_n chastisement_n than_o the_o length_n of_o it_o as_o we_o may_v perceive_v before_o chap._n 10._o ver_fw-la 37._o after_o their_o own_o pleasure_n they_o in_o their_o chastisement_n of_o we_o do_v not_o always_o seek_v our_o benefit_n but_o be_v many_o time_n indulgent_a to_o their_o own_o humour_n and_o passion_n or_o if_o in_o 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