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pag._n 31._o be_v it_o not_o a_o wonder_n that_o this_o lamentable_a comforter_n shall_v be_v so_o value_v by_o the_o trouble_a spirit_n i_o be_v many_o year_n myself_o under_o perplex_v doubt_n if_o i_o have_v hear_v such_o comfort_a word_n as_o these_o they_o will_v soon_o have_v drive_v i_o to_o despair_v then_o to_o comfort_n he_o that_o have_v not_o so_o much_o wit_n as_o to_o discern_v so_o gross_a fallacy_n may_v assoon_o be_v comfort_v by_o a_o false_a and_o impertinent_a argument_n as_o by_o a_o sound_a one_o quest._n but_o how_o will_v you_o comfort_v such_o a_o one_o that_o faith_n he_o can_v believe_v ans._n why_o i_o will_v first_o make_v he_o know_v that_o the_o very_a essential_a form_n of_o faith_n lie_v in_o the_o willâ—_n acceptance_n of_o a_o offer_a christ_n then_o will_v i_o know_v of_o he_o whether_o he_o be_v willing_a thus_o to_o have_v christ_n both_o for_o lord_n and_o saviour_n or_o not_o if_o he_o say_v he_o be_v willing_a i_o shall_v answer_v that_o then_o 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that_o the_o justify_v by_o faith_n never_o do_v or_o shall_v fall_v away_o thesis_n xlv_o yea_o in_o case_n the_o justify_v by_o faith_n shall_v cease_v believe_v the_o scripture_n will_v pronounce_v they_o unjust_a again_o and_o yet_o without_o any_o change_n in_o god_n or_o scripture_n but_o only_o in_o themselves_o because_o their_o justification_n do_v continue_v conditional_a as_o long_o as_o they_o live_v here_o the_o scripture_n do_v justify_v no_o man_n by_o name_n but_o all_o believer_n as_o such_o therefore_o if_o they_o shall_v cease_v to_o be_v believer_n they_o will_v cease_v to_o be_v justify_v thesis_n xlvi_o justification_n imply_v accusation_n either_o virtual_a or_o actual_a explication_n as_o there_o be_v a_o justification_n in_o law_n or_o in_o sentence_n so_o be_v there_o the_o accusation_n of_o the_o law_n as_o it_o stand_v in_o force_n which_o may_v be_v call_v a_o virtual_a accusation_n in_o reference_n to_o that_o at_o judgement_n which_o will_v be_v actual_a 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