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plura_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la mala_fw-la submota_fw-la esse_fw-la quà m_fw-la adam_n obtulerat_fw-la and_o yet_o more_o plain_o and_o express_o to_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n if_o more_o may_v be_v upon_o verse_n 18._o the_o sense_n whereof_o he_o give_v thus_o as_o by_o the_o fall_n of_o one_o sin_n prevail_v over_o all_o so_o as_o to_o make_v all_o liable_a unto_o condemnation_n so_o likewise_o the_o righteousness_n of_o one_o so_o far_o take_v place_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o all_o man_n that_o all_o mâ—n_z may_v obtain_v the_o justification_n of_o life_n thereby_o contingat_fw-la thereby_o infert_fw-la hic_fw-la apostolus_fw-la repetit_fw-la &_o summat_v quae_fw-la tribus_fw-la praemissis_fw-la collationibus_fw-la disseruit_fw-la haec_fw-la scilicet_fw-la sicut_fw-la ex_fw-la unius_fw-la lapsu_fw-la peccatum_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la invaluit_fw-la ut_fw-la reddiderit_fw-la omnes_fw-la condemnationi_fw-la obnoxios_fw-la sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la unius_fw-la justiciam_fw-la in_o 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men._n 2._o by_o nature_n can_v signify_v by_o natural_a birth_n nor_o by_o communion_n in_o the_o humane_a nature_n nor_o by_o descent_n from_o adam_n or_o the_o like_a because_o than_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o all_o child_n whatsoever_o die_v infant_n or_o child_n shall_v perish_v everlasting_o at_o least_o if_o by_o child_n of_o wrath_n be_v mean_v in_o a_o estate_n of_o condemnation_n or_o under_o the_o actual_a displeasure_n of_o god_n because_o all_o partake_v alike_o of_o the_o natural_a birth_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v of_o a_o like_a descent_n from_o adam_n etc._n etc._n 3._o some_o ancient_a expositor_n interpret_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o nature_n prorsus_fw-la i._n e._n utter_o or_o altogether_o theophylact_fw-mi and_o oecumenius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verè_fw-la seu_fw-la germane_a i._n e._n true_o or_o indeed_o 4._o chrysostoms_n interpretation_n of_o the_o place_n be_v of_o much_o affinity_n with_o that_o first_o mention_v the_o apostle_n say_v he_o say_v we_o have_v provoke_v god_n and_o make_v he_o wroth_a that_o be_v we_o be_v wrath_n and_o nothing_o else_o for_o as_o he_o that_o be_v the_o child_n of_o a_o man_n be_v by_o nature_n a_o man_n even_o so_o we_o also_o be_v child_n of_o wrath_n even_o as_o other_o that_o be_v none_o be_v free_a but_o we_o all_o do_v thing_n deserve_v wrath_n 〈◊〉_d wrath_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o and_o last_o by_o child_n of_o wrath_n the_o apostle_n may_v very_o probable_o mean_a person_n that_o have_v be_v lose_v and_o be_v worthy_a wrath_n or_o deserve_a death_n and_o thus_o calvin_n interpret_v by_o child_n of_o wrath_n say_v he_o understand_v simple_o such_o as_o be_v lose_v and_o worthy_a of_o eternal_a death_n dignos_fw-la death_n per_fw-la filios_fw-la irae_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la intellige_fw-la perditos_fw-la ac_fw-la morte_fw-la aeternâ_fw-la dignos_fw-la according_a to_o the_o import_n of_o this_o interpretation_n of_o the_o phrase_n child_n of_o 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verse_n 15._o and_o verse_n 19_o 23._o §._o 23._o compute_v the_o condemn_v once_o of_o adam_n and_o the_o justify_v once_o of_o christ_n by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o numericall_a expression_n he_o tell_v we_o in_o both_o place_n of_o many_o dead_a by_o adam_n and_o of_o no_o few_o than_o many_o justify_v and_o redeem_v by_o christ._n now_o what_o the_o holy_a ghost_n make_v equal_a for_o man_n to_o dis-equalize_a especial_o to_o such_o a_o proportion_n or_o degree_n that_o the_o one_o number_n shall_v be_v inconsiderable_a and_o as_o nothing_o in_o comparison_n of_o the_o other_o be_v to_o lift_v up_o themselves_o above_o their_o line_n and_o so_o take_v hold_v of_o vanity_n in_o stead_n of_o truth_n the_o apostle_n expression_n verse_n 15._o be_v somewhat_o more_o emphatical_a for_o if_o through_o the_o offence_n of_o one_o many_o be_v dead_a much_o more_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o the_o gift_n by_o grace_n which_o be_v by_o one_o man_n jesus_n christ_n have_v abound_v unto_o 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etc._n in_o the_o former_a of_o these_o passage_n all_o liar_n and_o consequent_o all_o murderer_n and_o all_z whoremonger_n etc._n etc._n be_v adjudge_v to_o have_v their_o portion_n in_o the_o lake_n that_o burn_v with_o fire_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o latter_a that_o any_o thing_n that_o defile_v or_o whatsoever_o work_v abomination_n shall_v in_o no_o wise_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o upon_o no_o term_n or_o condition_n whatsoever_o enter_v into_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n therefore_o when_o god_n threaten_v and_o say_v that_o neither_o fornicator_n nor_o idolater_n nor_o adulterer_n etc._n etc._n shall_v inherit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n evident_a it_o be_v that_o he_o include_v as_o well_o believer_n as_o unbeliever_n if_o it_o be_v object_v but_o true_a believer_n have_v a_o promise_n from_o god_n that_o they_o 22._o §._o 22._o shall_v never_o lose_v their_o faith_n i_o answer_v 1._o that_o this_o have_v oft_o be_v say_v but_o never_o so_o much_o as_o once_o prove_v 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as_o it_o be_v write_v whosoever_o therefore_o of_o you_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n see_v that_o in_o nothing_o neither_o small_a nor_o great_a you_o behave_v yourselves_o careless_o nor_o reproach_v the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n lest_o you_o be_v banish_v from_z that_o life_n which_o you_o have_v now_o obtain_v etc._n obtain_v eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la etiam_fw-la spiritus_fw-la admâ—net_fw-la animam_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o purificata_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la pristinis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la ac_fw-la ornamentis_fw-la spiritús_fw-la sancti_fw-la dotata_fw-la et_fw-la prâ—gustavit_fw-la divinum_fw-la ac_fw-la coelosten_v cibum_fw-la ob_fw-la id_fw-la tamen_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la sicuti_fw-la decebat_fw-la deligenter_n in_o eâ_fw-la noticiâ_fw-la versata_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la decenter_n bene_fw-la volentian_n ac_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la christo_fw-la sponso_fw-la coelesti_fw-la debitan_fw-mi conservavit_fw-la 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the_o physician_n he_o come_v to_o heal_v the_o sick_a that_o man_n slay_v himself_o who_o will_v not_o observe_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o physician_n he_o come_v a_o saviour_n unto_o the_o world_n why_o be_v he_o call_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v save_o the_o world_n 12._o world_n ergo_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o medico_n est_fw-la sanare_fw-la venit_fw-la aegrotum_fw-la ipse_fw-la se_fw-la interimit_fw-la qui_fw-la praecepta_fw-la medici_n observare_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la venit_fw-la salvator_n ad_fw-la mundum_fw-la quare_fw-la salvator_n dictus_fw-la est_fw-la mundi_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la salvet_fw-la mundum_fw-la aug._n in_o joh._n tract_n 12._o elsewhere_o address_v himself_o in_o his_o private_a devotion_n unto_o the_o lord_n christ_n he_o speak_v to_o he_o thus_o i_o know_v thou_o to_o be_v true_a god_n and_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n the_o creator_n saviour_n and_o redeemer_n of_o i_o and_o of_o whole_a mankind_n 32._o mankind_n cognovi_fw-la te_fw-la verum_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la unigenitum_fw-la creatorem_fw-la salvatorem_fw-la &_o redemptorem_fw-la meum_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la etc._n etc._n augustin_n soliloqu_n c._n 32._o again_o o_o thou_o unclean_a world_n he_o come_v that_o shall_v redeem_v thou_o and_o thou_o be_v trouble_v and_o he_o thou_o will_v destroy_v when_o he_o be_v mind_a to_o deliver_v thou_o 2._o thou_o o_o munde_a immunde_n venit_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la redimat_fw-la &_o turbaris_fw-la &_o hunc_fw-la tu_fw-la vis_fw-la perdere_fw-la quando_fw-la ille_fw-la te_fw-la disposuit_fw-la liberare_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr symb._n l._n 2._o concern_v judas_n he_o demand_v what_o do_v the_o sin_n of_o judas_n who_o sell_v he_o by_o who_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v or_o be_v to_o have_v be_v redeem_a ibid._n redeem_a quid_fw-la egit_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la judae_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la vendidit_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la redimi_fw-la debuit_fw-la ibid._n afterward_o he_o present_v christ_n after_o his_o resurrection_n speak_v to_o the_o unbelieved_a jew_n who_o have_v crucify_v he_o thus_o behold_v the_o man_n who_o you_o have_v crucify_v behold_v that_o god_n and_o man_n in_o who_o you_o refuse_v to_o believe_v you_o see_v the_o wound_n which_o you_o have_v inflict_v the_o side_n which_o you_o have_v pierce_v because_o by_o you_o and_o for_o you_o it_o have_v be_v open_v and_o yet_o you_o will_v not_o enter_v ibid._n enter_v ecce_fw-la hominem_fw-la quem_fw-la crucifixistis_fw-la ecce_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o hominem_fw-la in_fw-la quem_fw-la credere_fw-la noluistis_fw-la videtis_fw-la vulnera_fw-la quae_fw-la infixistis_fw-la agnoscitis_fw-la latus_fw-la quod_fw-la pupugistis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o per_fw-la vos_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la vos_fw-la apertum_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la intrare_fw-la voluistis_fw-la ibid._n in_o another_o place_n thus_o mankind_n fall_v sick_a not_o of_o bodily_a disease_n but_o of_o sin_n this_o great_a patient_n or_o sick_a man_n lie_v all_o along_o the_o world_n from_o the_o east_n unto_o the_o west_n for_o the_o heal_n of_o this_o great_a sick_a man_n the_o omnipotent_a physician_n come_v down_o 59_o down_o aegrotat_fw-la humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la non_fw-la morbis_fw-la corporis_fw-la sed_fw-la peccatis_fw-la iaceo_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la terrarum_fw-la ab_fw-la oriente_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la occidentem_fw-la grandis_fw-la aegrotus_fw-la ad_fw-la sanandum_fw-la grandem_fw-la aegrotum_fw-la descendit_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la medice_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la domini_fw-la serm._n 59_o the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o part_n of_o his_o work_n compare_v the_o first_o and_o the_o second_o adam_n together_o discourse_v to_o this_o effect_n what_o therefore_o be_v just_o due_a from_o adam_n christ_n unjust_o by_o suffer_v death_n pay_v he_o stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n to_o the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o apple_n christ_n to_o the_o bitterness_n of_o the_o cross_n he_o show_v the_o tree_n of_o death_n christ_n the_o tree_n of_o life_n he_o lift_v up_o himself_o against_o god_n and_o fall_v christ_n humele_v himself_o that_o he_o may_v lift_v up_o all._n adam_n bring_v death_n upon_o all_o man_n universal_o and_o christ_n have_v repair_v or_o restore_v life_n unto_o all_o men._n every_o one_o therefore_o look_v towards_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n and_o be_v heal_v of_o the_o wound_n receive_v from_o the_o poisonous_a serpent_n the_o brazen_a serpent_n set_v upon_o a_o wooden_a pole_n overcome_v all_o the_o venom_n of_o the_o live_a serpent_n and_o christ_n be_v hang_v upon_o the_o cross_n and_o die_v quench_v the_o old_a poison_n or_o venom_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o deliver_v or_o free_a alice_n that_o be_v strike_n or_o sting_n by_o him_n 101._o him_n ille_fw-la arborem_fw-la necis_fw-la icte_n salutis_fw-la ostendit_fw-la ille_fw-la se_fw-la contrà _fw-la deum_fw-la erexit_fw-la &_o cecidit_fw-la christus_fw-la se_fw-la humiliavit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la erigeret_fw-la adam_n mortem_fw-la universis_fw-la intulit_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la vitam_fw-la omnibus_fw-la reparavit_fw-la respiciebat_fw-la ergo_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la ad_fw-la serpentem_fw-la aeneum_fw-la &_o à _fw-la venenatis_fw-la serpentibus_fw-la sanabatur_fw-la serpens_fw-la aeneus_fw-la in_o ligno_fw-la positus_fw-la veâ—ena_fw-la uâ—vorum_fw-la serpentum_fw-la superavit_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la in_o cruse_n suspensus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la antiqua_fw-la diaboli_fw-la venena_fw-la restinxit_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la percussi_fw-la fluerant_fw-la liberavit_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr temp._n serm._n 101._o this_o father_n in_o his_o dialect_n and_o manner_n of_o expression_n can_v not_o more_o significant_o declare_v for_o general_n redemption_n than_o he_o have_v do_v in_o the_o now-recited_n testimony_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o passage_n and_o say_n of_o like_a import_n be_v very_o familiar_a and_o frequent_a in_o his_o write_n in_o one_o place_n he_o say_v that_o judas_n cast_v away_o the_o price_n of_o silver_n for_o which_o he_o sell_v the_o lord_n and_o acknowledge_v not_o the_o price_n with_o which_o himself_o be_v redeem_a by_o the_o lord_n 68_o lord_n judas_n projecit_fw-la precium_fw-la argenti_fw-la quo_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la dominus_fw-la venditus_fw-la erat_fw-la nec_fw-la agnovit_fw-la pretium_fw-la quo_fw-la ipse_fw-la a_o domino_fw-la redemptus_fw-la erat_fw-la aug._n in_o enar._n psal_n 68_o in_o another_o unless_o he_o christ_n have_v be_v crucify_v the_o world_n have_v not_o be_v redeem_a 4._o redeem_a nisi_fw-la enim_fw-la crucifigeretur_fw-la illâ—_n mundus_fw-la non_fw-la redimeretur_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr symbâ—l_n 3._o c._n 4._o in_o a_o three_o for_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n be_v so_o or_o upon_o such_o term_n shed_v for_o remission_n of_o all_z sin_z or_o for_o remission_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o man_n that_o it_o be_v able_a to_o blot_v out_o that_o very_a sin_n by_o which_o it_o be_v shed_v johan_n shed_v christi_fw-la enim_fw-la sanguis_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatoâ—un_fw-la omnium_fw-la fâ—sus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsum_fw-la etiam_fw-la peccatum_fw-la posset_n delere_fw-la quo_fw-la fusus_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n tract_n 92._o in_o johan_n in_o a_o four_o we_o read_v in_o the_o scripture_n that_o the_o
death_n which_o proceed_v from_o he_o swallow_v up_o by_o the_o life_n of_o christ_n if_o still_o it_o reign_v and_o magnify_v itself_o over_o and_o against_o far_o great_a number_n of_o man_n than_o the_o life_n itself_o of_o christ_n preserve_v or_o deliver_v from_o it_o upon_o verse_n 18._o he_o present_v his_o thought_n in_o these_o word_n he_o paul_n make_v grace_n common_a unto_o all_o man_n because_o it_o be_v expose_v unto_o or_o lay_v within_o the_o reach_n of_o all_o man_n not_o because_o it_o be_v in_o the_o reality_n of_o it_o extend_v unto_o all_o man_n i._n e._n not_o because_o it_o be_v accept_v or_o receive_v by_o all_o man_n as_o the_o word_n follow_v plain_o show_v for_o say_v he_o though_o christ_n suffer_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o through_o the_o goodness_n or_o bounty_n of_o god_n be_v offer_v unto_o all_o man_n yet_o all_o man_n do_v not_o take_v or_o lay_v hold_v on_o he_o apprehendunt_fw-la he_o communem_fw-la omnium_fw-la gratiam_fw-la facit_fw-la quia_fw-la omnibus_fw-la exposita_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la extendatur_fw-la reipsa_fw-la nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la atque_fw-la omnibus_fw-la indifferenter_fw-la dei_fw-la benignitate_fw-la offertur_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la omnes_fw-la apprehendunt_fw-la so_o that_o if_o calvin_n will_v but_o quit_v himself_o like_o a_o man_n and_o stand_v his_o own_o ground_n he_o will_v remonstrate_v as_o stout_o as_o corvine_n or_o arminius_n himself_o chap._n vii_o the_o three_o sort_n or_o consort_n of_o scripture_n mention_v cap._n 5._o sect._n 5._o as_o clear_o assert_v the_o doctrine_n hitherto_o maintain_v argue_v and_o manage_v to_o the_o same_o point_n we_o shall_v not_o need_v i_o conceive_v to_o insist_v upon_o a_o particular_a examination_n 1._o §._o 1._o of_o these_o scripture_n one_o by_o one_o the_o method_n observe_v by_o we_o in_o handle_v the_o two_o former_a partee_n because_o they_o be_v more_o apparent_o uniform_a and_o consent_v in_o their_o respective_a importance_n than_o they_o in_o which_o respect_n a_o clear_a and_o thorough_a discussion_n of_o any_o one_o of_o they_o or_o a_o diligent_a poyse_v of_o the_o common_a tendency_n and_o import_n of_o they_o all_o will_v be_v sufficient_a to_o evince_v their_o respective_a compliance_n with_o the_o cause_n in_o hand_n the_o prospect_n of_o these_o text_n be_v this_o and_o he_o that_o come_v unto_o i_o i_o will_v in_o no_o wise_a cast_v out_o joh._n 6._o 37._o he_o that_o believe_v in_o i_o shall_v never_o thirst_v verse_n 35._o he_o that_o believe_v and_o be_v baptise_a shall_v be_v save_v mar._n 16._o 16._o that_o whosoever_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v etc._n etc._n joh._n 3._o 16._o that_o through_o his_o name_n whosoever_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v receive_v remission_n of_o sin_n act_n 10_o 43._o even_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n which_o be_v by_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n unto_o all_z and_o upon_o all_z who_o believe_v for_o all_o have_v sin_v etc._n etc._n rom._n 3._o 22_o 23._o to_o omit_v very_o many_o other_o of_o like_a tenor_n and_o import_n in_o all_o these_o scripture_n with_o their_o fellow_n evident_a it_o be_v that_o salvation_n be_v 2._o §._o 2._o hold_v forth_o and_o promise_v by_o god_n unto_o all_o without_o exception_n that_o shall_v believe_v yea_o that_o it_o be_v offer_v and_o promise_v unto_o all_o man_n upon_o the_o condition_n of_o believe_v whether_o they_o believe_v or_o no._n so_o that_o upon_o such_o declaration_n of_o the_o gracious_a and_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n towards_o the_o universality_n of_o man_n as_o these_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n or_o any_o other_o man_n may_v with_o truth_n and_o aught_o of_o duty_n upon_o occasion_n say_v to_o every_o particular_a soul_n of_o man_n under_o heaven_n if_o thou_o believe_v thou_o shall_v be_v save_v even_o as_o paul_n say_v that_o he_o preach_v christ_n admonish_v every_o man_n and_o teach_v every_o man_n in_o all_o wisdom_n that_o he_o may_v present_v every_o man_n perfect_a in_o christ_n jesus_n 28._o jesus_n colos_n 1._o 28._o yea_o this_o apostle_n speak_v of_o god_n himself_o say_v that_o he_o admonish_v all_o man_n every_o where_o to_o repent_v 30._o repent_v act_n 17._o 30._o now_o if_o the_o gospel_n or_o god_n in_o the_o gospel_n offer_v salvation_n unto_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n and_o insure_v it_o according_o upon_o their_o believe_v certain_o he_o have_v it_o to_o bestow_v upon_o they_o in_o case_n they_o do_v 31._o see_v more_o of_o this_o cap._n 8._o sect._n 31._o believe_v otherwise_o he_o shall_v offer_v or_o promise_v that_o unto_o they_o which_o he_o have_v not_o for_o they_o nor_o be_v able_a to_o confer_v upon_o they_o though_o they_o shall_v believe_v if_o he_o have_v salvation_n for_o they_o or_o to_o bestow_v upon_o they_o upon_o their_o believe_v he_o must_v have_v it_o in_o christ_n 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all_o man_n and_o promise_v salvation_n unto_o all_o man_n upon_o condition_n of_o their_o believe_v respective_o yet_o know_v certain_o before_o hand_n that_o none_o will_v believe_v but_o only_o such_o and_o such_o by_o name_n as_o viz._n those_o for_o who_o there_o be_v salvation_n purchase_v by_o christ_n he_o may_v upon_o a_o sufficient_a ground_n and_o with_o security_n enough_o promise_v salvation_n unto_o all_o man_n upon_o condition_n they_o will_v believe_v i_o answer_v though_o god_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o certainty_n of_o such_o his_o knowledge_n may_v without_o danger_n of_o fail_v in_o point_n of_o promise-keeping_a or_o of_o be_v take_v at_o his_o word_n to_o his_o dishonour_n promise_v salvation_n unto_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n upon_o the_o term_n specify_v though_o it_o shall_v be_v suppose_v that_o christ_n have_v not_o purchase_v salvation_n for_o all_o man_n yet_o upon_o such_o a_o supposition_n as_o this_o he_o can_v either_o with_o honour_n otherwise_o 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