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usual_o compare_v unto_o a_o hand_n wherewith_o we_o receive_v as_o one_o say_v the_o rich_a alm_n of_o god_n if_o we_o lack_v this_o hand_n we_o shall_v die_v for_o want_n this_o holy_a repentance_n i'faith_o the_o mother_n of_o repentance_n faith_n be_v call_v the_o mother_n of_o true_a repentance_n and_o repentance_n the_o daughter_n of_o faith_n for_o assoon_o as_o we_o have_v a_o true_a justify_n faith_n present_o repentance_n follow_v with_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o as_o saint_n john_n baptist_n say_v bring_v four_o fruit_n worthy_a of_o repentance_n this_o lively_a justify_n faith_n be_v never_o idle_a â—ove_n mat._n 3.8_o a_o true_a iustiy_a faith_n never_o idle_a but_o still_o worâ—…eth_v by_o â—ove_n but_o still_o work_v by_o love_n and_o be_v the_o root_n from_o whence_o all_o good_a work_n do_v spring_n as_o the_o sun_n can_v be_v without_o light_n nor_o the_o fire_n without_o heat_n nor_o water_n without_o moystnes_n no_o more_o can_v any_o one_o which_o have_v this_o 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expectation_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v promise_v unto_o we_o of_o god_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o christ_n love_n be_v link_v unto_o they_o both_o &_o may_v not_o be_v separate_v from_o they_o by_o faith_n say_v the_o author_n to_o the_o hebrus_n our_o forefather_n obtain_v a_o good_a report_n 11.1.2_o heb._n 11.1.2_o therefore_o i_o conclude_v that_o faith_n ought_v still_o to_o have_v the_o pre-eminence_n in_o justification_n for_o thereby_o be_v we_o receive_v &_o make_v the_o son_n justification_n faith_n must_v have_v the_o pre-eminence_n in_o justification_n of_o god_n even_o by_o our_o faith_n in_o christ_n by_o who_o we_o obtain_v everlasting_a life_n this_o doctrine_n as_o it_o do_v stir_v we_o up_o to_o believe_v so_o shall_v it_o stir_v we_o unto_o love_n &_o charity_n which_o be_v the_o lively_a fruit_n of_o faith_n and_o without_o it_o faith_n be_v dead_a in_o itself_o but_o here_o we_o must_v also_o take_v heed_n that_o we_o do_v not_o imagine_v that_o faith_n 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when_o he_o be_v revile_v revile_v not_o again_o when_o he_o suffer_v he_o threaten_v not_o but_o in_o great_a humility_n commit_v his_o cause_n to_o god_n that_o judge_v righteous_o therefore_o christ_n for_o his_o great_a meekness_n and_o humility_n be_v compare_v in_o the_o scripture_n unto_o a_o lamb_n 21.16_o christ_n for_o his_o humility_n compare_v to_o a_o sheep_n and_o to_o a_o lamb_n joh._n 1.36_o esay_n 53.7_o christian_n call_v the_o sheep_n of_o christ_n joh._n 21.16_o and_o a_o sheep_n john_n say_v behold_v the_o lamb_n of_o god_n and_o esay_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o pprophecy_n say_v that_o christ_n be_v oppress_v and_o afflict_a that_o he_o be_v bring_v as_o a_o sheep_n to_o the_o slaughter_n yet_o open_v he_o not_o his_o mouth_n this_o great_a humility_n of_o christ_n ought_v to_o be_v follow_v of_o all_o christian_n who_o be_v therefore_o call_v the_o sheep_n of_o christ_n unto_o this_o humility_n christ_n himself_o do_v exhort_v we_o say_v learn_v of_o i_o that_o 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