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austin_n have_v it_o omnia_fw-la ut_fw-la fact_n a_o deputantur_fw-la quando_fw-la quod_fw-la factum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ignoscitur_fw-la and_o perfect_a sanctification_n impute_v on_o the_o other_o side_n will_v leave_v no_o room_n for_o remission_n or_o imputative_a justification_n so_o christ_n death_n may_v have_v be_v spare_v since_o we_o shall_v then_o be_v save_v by_o his_o life_n for_o what_o use_n may_v there_o be_v of_o his_o blood_n for_o remission_n so_o long_o as_o behold_v in_o his_o righteousness_n that_o never_o sin_v if_o no_o sinner_n he_o need_v no_o pardon_n if_o he_o need_v a_o pardon_n he_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v behold_v as_o a_o sinner_n and_o therefore_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o perfect_a righteousness_n be_v opposite_a form_n that_o can_v at_o the_o same_o time_n possible_o be_v impute_v unto_o the_o same_o person_n for_o they_o expel_v and_o shut_v out_o one_o another_o let_v it_o suffice_v then_o that_o our_o bless_a lord_n vouchsafe_v to_o 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man_n yet_o i_o shall_v not_o our_o own_o present_a church_n nor_o the_o learned_a father_n of_o former_a who_o voice_n unto_o their_o dissolute_a flock_n have_v ever_o be_v the_o same_o with_o this_o here_o of_o god_n o_o israel_n thou_o have_v destroy_v thyself_o the_o inference_n and_o issue_n of_o all_o that_o which_o have_v be_v already_o say_v in_o this_o point_n do_v reach_v only_o to_o this_o that_o that_o destruction_n which_o fall_v upon_o the_o world_n through_o the_o sin_n and_o fall_v of_o the_o protoplast_n adam_n aught_o to_o be_v ascribe_v unto_o his_o own_o free_a and_o voluntary_a fault_n and_o not_o unto_o any_o irresistible_a appointment_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n all_o who_o ordination_n unto_o destruction_n do_v not_o precede_v but_o of_o necessity_n foresee_v and_o suppose_v this_o offence_n not_o that_o this_o or_o any_o other_o sin_n be_v the_o absolute_a cause_n why_o god_n do_v but_o the_o desert_n and_o merit_v why_o he_o just_o may_v reject_v and_o 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