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the_o law_n every_o sin_n yea_o the_o very_a lest_o be_v mortal_a and_o exclude_v the_o offender_n from_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n but_o god_n never_o deal_v in_o that_o strict_a manner_n with_o his_o son_n adopt_v and_o justify_v in_o christ._n there_o be_v indeed_o some_o sin_n for_o which_o god_n denounce_v his_o anger_n and_o indignation_n upon_o these_o his_o son_n yea_o and_o threaten_v banishment_n from_o heaven_n and_o also_o eternal_a death_n of_o which_o we_o may_v read_v 1_o cor._n 6.10_o gal._n 5.25_o coloss._n 3.6_o which_o we_o will_v handle_v in_o the_o position_n follow_v there_o be_v again_o some_o other_o sin_n for_o which_o our_o merciful_a god_n be_v not_o wont_a no_o not_o for_o a_o time_n to_o deprive_v his_o child_n of_o the_o light_n of_o his_o countenance_n or_o to_o terrify_v they_o with_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n or_o damnation_n of_o which_o kind_n be_v the_o rebel_a motion_n of_o our_o concupiscence_n whereof_o the_o 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fall_v by_o their_o infirmity_n from_o the_o state_n of_o justification_n through_o who_o weakness_n the_o power_n of_o god_n be_v make_v perfect_a and_o who_o all_o this_o while_n may_v boast_v that_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n dwell_v in_o they_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o same_o place_n the_o three_o position_n these_o very_a same_n thus_o regenerate_v and_o justify_v do_v sometime_o through_o their_o own_o default_n fall_v into_o heinous_a sin_n and_o thereby_o they_o do_v incur_v the_o fatherly_a anger_n of_o god_n they_o draw_v upon_o themselves_o a_o damnable_a guiltiness_n and_o lose_v their_o present_a fitness_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n it_o be_v manifest_a by_o the_o example_n of_o david_n and_o peter_n that_o the_o regenerate_a can_v throw_v himself_o headlong_o into_o most_o grievous_a sin_n god_n sometime_o permit_v it_o that_o they_o may_v learn_v with_o all_o humility_n to_o acknowledge_v that_o not_o by_o their_o own_o strength_n or_o desert_n but_o by_o god_n mercy_n alone_o they_o be_v free_v from_o eternal_a death_n and_o have_v life_n eternal_a bestow_v upon_o they_o while_o they_o cleave_v to_o such_o sin_n and_o sleep_v secure_o therein_o god_n fatherly_a anger_n arise_v against_o they_o psal._n 89.31_o if_o that_o they_o profane_v my_o statute_n and_o keep_v not_o my_o commandment_n then_o will_v i_o visit_v their_o transgression_n with_o the_o rod_n and_o their_o iniquity_n with_o stripe_n rom._n 2.9_o tribulation_n and_o anguish_n upon_o every_o soul_n of_o man_n that_o do_v evil_a beside_o they_o draw_v upon_o themselves_o damnable_a guilt_n so_o that_o as_o long_o as_o they_o continue_v without_o repentance_n in_o that_o state_n they_o neither_o ought_v nor_o can_v persuade_v themselves_o otherwise_o then_o that_o they_o be_v subject_a to_o eternal_a death_n if_o you_o live_v after_o the_o flesh_n you_o shall_v die_v rom._n 8.13_o for_o they_o be_v bind_v in_o the_o chain_n of_o a_o capital_a crime_n by_o the_o desert_n whereof_o 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