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general_o or_o more_o special_o intend_v in_o his_o death_n and_o if_o he_o come_v to_o testardus_n for_o resolution_n of_o this_o doubt_n he_o can_v be_v resolve_v by_o his_o doctrine_n because_o ibid._n because_o ibid._n by_o the_o more_o general_a redemption_n and_o intention_n god_n do_v not_o mean_a to_o bestow_v actual_a salvation_n upon_o the_o sinner_n but_o conditional_o and_o if_o you_o ask_v he_o upon_o what_o condition_n he_o will_v not_o tell_v you_o it_o be_v upon_o a_o faith_n of_o god_n irresistible_a work_n which_o yet_o he_o 244._o he_o the_o 243_o 244._o grant_v to_o some_o and_o ingenuous_o acknowledge_v peculiar_a to_o the_o elect_a but_o in_o effect_n 102._o effect_n the._n 102._o their_o own_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d velle_fw-la to_o make_v use_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pass_v their_o natural_a will_n to_o make_v use_n of_o god_n common_a supernatural_a light_n be_v this_o satisfactory_a or_o that_o which_o somewhere_o 97._o somewhere_o 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