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people_n shall_v be_v willing_a in_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o power_n psal_n 110._o 3._o now_o therefore_o i_o will_v say_v that_o man_n can_v be_v suppose_v in_o this_o act_n of_o conversion_n as_o it_o be_v he_o to_o resist_v or_o be_v unwilling_a because_o he_o be_v make_v willing_a and_o the_o resistance_n for_o this_o act_n be_v overcome_v and_o subdue_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v as_o god_n draw_v so_o man_n come_v and_o his_o come_n be_v a_o act_n not_o of_o force_n but_o of_o freedom_n be_v both_o powerful_o and_o sweet_o draw_v by_o the_o cord_n of_o man_n by_o the_o bond_n of_o love_n hos_n 11._o 3._o and_o therefore_o as_o man_n resistance_n of_o god_n work_n and_o his_o free_a come_n in_o to_o god_n can_v stand_v together_o in_o the_o same_o act_n there_o be_v reason_n in_o nature_n for_o that_o a_o man_n may_v as_o well_o move_v east_n and_o west_n at_o the_o same_o time_n as_o resist_v and_o be_v willing_a to_o come_v all_o at_o one_o time_n for_o there_o be_v a_o 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say_v this_o concern_v the_o grace_n put_v forth_o and_o exercise_v in_o the_o act_n of_o conversion_n and_o show_v thaâ—_n convert_v grace_n flow_v from_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n be_v in_o the_o act_n of_o conversion_n victorious_a over_o the_o resistance_n of_o the_o corrupt_a heart_n and_o though_o it_o do_v not_o sudden_o extirpate_v all_o the_o degree_n of_o habitual_a perverseness_n and_o rebellion_n yet_o it_o bind_v up_o the_o actual_a resistance_n at_o that_o time_n as_o that_o it_o be_v imprevalent_a to_o divert_v the_o work_n of_o so_o powerful_a grace_n i_o come_v to_o the_o point_n wherein_o the_o resistance_n offer_v to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n do_v lie_v and_o
adam_n shall_v stand_v for_o god_n be_v not_o in_o jest_n in_o that_o business_n but_o god_n have_v not_o a_o absolute_a will_n that_o he_o shall_v stand_v so_o as_o to_o work_v and_o confirm_v he_o in_o that_o estate_n so_o as_o to_o cause_v adam_z to_o stand_v in_o his_o integrity_n so_o the_o will_n of_o god_n may_v be_v serious_a in_o command_v of_o a_o man_n to_o repent_v and_o yet_o not_o absolute_a and_o peremptory_a to_o work_v it_o in_o that_o man_n if_o he_o refuse_v to_o obey_v the_o command_n when_o god_n command_v a_o man_n to_o make_v he_o a_o new_a heart_n to_o circumcise_v his_o heart_n or_o to_o obey_v his_o holy_a law_n in_o all_o these_o god_n be_v serious_a and_o in_o good_a earnest_n notwithstanding_o he_o do_v not_o absolute_o work_v these_o in_o all_o in_o the_o elect_a of_o god_n who_o he_o have_v choose_v he_o do_v indeed_o not_o only_o command_v but_o work_v it_o in_o all_o he_o do_v not_o and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o god_n be_v serious_a in_o his_o conditional_a promise_n or_o covenant_n when_o he_o speak_v to_o man_n to_o believe_v and_o thereupon_o promise_v pardon_n he_o be_v in_o good_a earnest_n for_o he_o will_v have_v man_n to_o believe_v and_o it_o be_v their_o sin_n not_o to_o do_v it_o and_o than_o if_o they_o do_v the_o connexion_n between_o faith_n and_o pardon_n be_v sure_a a_o man_n earnest_o persuade_v his_o servant_n or_o friend_n to_o be_v cut_v of_o the_o stone_n they_o will_v not_o the_o man_n take_v his_o child_n and_o bind_v he_o cuts_z and_o cure_v he_o he_o go_v further_a with_o his_o child_n then_o he_o do_v with_o his_o friend_n or_o servant_n yet_o he_o do_v serious_o persuade_v they_o though_o he_o do_v not_o go_v so_o far_o with_o they_o nor_o have_v he_o reason_n but_o leave_v they_o to_o themselves_o not_o that_o a_o similitude_n shall_v run_v on_o four_o foot_n but_o take_v it_o in_o the_o general_a meaning_n god_n do_v persuade_v with_o man_n to_o break_v the_o stone_n and_o to_o plough_v up_o 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