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possibility_n of_o salvation_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o renew_v they_o to_o repentance_n and_o there_o remain_v no_o more_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n compare_v the_o text_n cite_v with_o heb._n 6._o 4_o 5_o 6._o &_o chap._n 10._o 26_o 27_o 28_o 29._o the_o word_n in_o mat._n 12._o be_v v._o 31._o wherefore_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o all_o manner_n of_o sin_n and_o blasphemy_n shall_v be_v forgive_v unto_o man_n but_o the_o blasphemy_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v not_o be_v forgive_v unto_o man_n v._o 32._o and_o whosoever_o speak_v a_o word_n against_o the_o son_n of_o man_n it_o shall_v be_v forgive_v he_o but_o whosoever_o speak_v against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n it_o shalâ—_n not_o be_v forgive_v he_o neither_o in_o this_o world_n neither_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v the_o same_o thing_n be_v intend_v in_o either_o of_o these_o verse_n though_o the_o expression_n thereof_o be_v double_v for_o the_o great_a certainty_n and_o remarkableness_n thereof_o wherefore_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o this_o refer_v to_o what_o be_v before_o record_v v._o 24._o etc._n etc._n all_o manner_n of_o sin_n and_o blasphemy_n i._n e._n sin_n and_o blasphemy_n of_o every_o kind_n not_o every_o individual_a sin_n and_o blasphemy_n the_o adultery_n of_o repent_v david_n be_v forgive_v but_o not_o the_o adultery_n of_o those_o mention_a rev._n 21._o 8._o the_o blasphemy_n of_o paul_n and_o the_o word_n that_o he_o speak_v against_o the_o son_n of_o man_n but_o not_o of_o caiaphas_n herod_n etc._n etc._n shall_v be_v forgive_v unto_o man_n and_o so_o v._o 32._o it_o shall_v be_v forgive_v he_o i._n e._n it_o be_v remissible_a by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n through_o faith_n in_o christ_n it_o may_v be_v forgive_v and_o to_o some_o it_o have_v and_o shall_v be_v forgive_v verb_n that_o signify_v action_n be_v sometime_o understand_v only_o of_o a_o faculty_n or_o power_n of_o action_n so_o psal_n 22._o 18._o i_o may_v tell_v all_o my_o bone_n in_o the_o hebrew_n it_n be_v i_o 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