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we_o confess_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o condition_n not_o for_o which_o but_o without_o which_o pardon_n be_v not_o obtain_v it_o do_v not_o show_v the_o cause_n but_o the_o order_n of_o grace_n work_v again_o sometime_o it_o be_v abuse_v to_o the_o neglect_v of_o circumspection_n and_o heed_n in_o we_o we_o be_v preserve_v in_o christ_n say_v they_o and_o therefore_o we_o may_v be_v careless_a and_o though_o we_o cast_v ourselves_o upon_o snare_n temptation_n and_o occasion_n to_o sin_n be_v confident_a that_o god_n will_v keep_v we_o the_o devil_n set_v upon_o christ_n with_o such_o a_o temptation_n mat._n 4._o 6._o cast_v thyself_o down_o and_o he_o shall_v give_v his_o angel_n charge_v over_o thou_o libertine_n scoff_v at_o the_o niceness_n and_o scrupulousness_n of_o former_a professor_n that_o be_v willing_a to_o keep_v at_o such_o a_o distance_n from_o a_o temptation_n as_o if_o their_o strict_a and_o exact_a walk_a be_v a_o fruit_n of_o their_o darkness_n and_o legal_a spiritedness_n whereas_o the_o apostle_n make_v it_o a_o main_a property_n of_o of_o child_n of_o light_n thus_o to_o do_v eph._n 5._o 15._o so_o god_n do_v all_o in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v abuse_v to_o exclude_v all_o care_n of_o duty_n and_o to_o keep_v man_n in_o a_o lazy_a oscitancy_n and_o gape_v for_o grace_n without_o all_o care_n or_o endeavour_v on_o our_o part_n whereas_o god_n love_v to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o his_o own_o way_n and_o come_v in_o with_o supply_n of_o grace_n according_a to_o our_o diligence_n in_o the_o use_n of_o mean_n see_v mark_n 4._o 34._o and_o as_o it_o be_v abuse_v to_o shut_v out_o all_o endeavour_n after_o grace_n so_o all_o act_n and_o operation_n under_o grace_n as_o if_o we_o be_v mere_a log_n rather_o than_o rational_a agent_n and_o god_n so_o do_v all_o that_o the_o act_n of_o our_o own_o faculty_n be_v quite_o abolish_v or_o suspend_v whereas_o though_o the_o grace_n be_v from_o god_n yet_o the_o act_n be_v we_o for_o 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