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and_o in_o give_v christ_n to_o be_v man_n saviour_n and_o redeemer_n by_o take_v man_n nature_n upon_o he_o and_o make_v full_a satisfaction_n therein_o to_o justice_n for_o he_o and_o in_o save_v man_n from_o hell_n and_o damnation_n and_o exalt_v he_o to_o heavenly_a glory_n be_v on_o god_n part_n most_o free_a and_o voluntary_a arise_v mere_o and_o whole_o from_o the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o his_o own_o will_n and_o not_o from_o any_o merit_n worth_n and_o excellency_n which_o he_o at_o first_o create_v or_o since_o find_v in_o man_n nature_n if_o the_o natural_a excellency_n of_o any_o creature_n can_v procure_v god_n special_a favour_n or_o deserve_v his_o bounty_n or_o move_v he_o to_o show_v mercy_n to_o any_o creature_n which_o have_v sin_v and_o by_o sin_n be_v fall_v into_o misery_n sure_o the_o angelical_a nature_n shall_v have_v be_v more_o respect_v of_o god_n than_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n and_o angel_n be_v fall_v shall_v more_o easy_o have_v find_v mercy_n at_o his_o 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god_n and_o stand_v amaze_v at_o his_o wonderful_a and_o supertranscendent_a bounty_n to_o mankind_n and_o whatsoever_o mercy_n we_o receive_v from_o he_o in_o our_o deliverance_n from_o any_o evil_a or_o whatsoever_o blessing_n and_o benefit_n of_o bounty_n and_o goodness_n in_o advance_v we_o to_o this_o state_n of_o grace_n or_o glory_n let_v we_o whole_o ascribe_v it_o to_o the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o his_o own_o free_a will_n and_o not_o to_o any_o merit_n in_o ourselves_o or_o any_o excellency_n create_v in_o our_o nature_n and_o let_v no_o man_n glory_n in_o his_o natural_a wit_n or_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n get_v by_o learning_n and_o study_n nor_o boast_v in_o his_o own_o strength_n but_o as_o it_o be_v write_v let_v he_o that_o glori_v glory_n in_o the_o lord_n and_o triumph_v in_o this_o that_o he_o know_v god_n free_a grace_n and_o abundant_a mercy_n in_o jesus_n christ_n and_o have_v the_o sweet_a taste_n and_o experience_n of_o it_o in_o his_o own_o soul_n second_o this_o serve_v to_o magnify_v in_o our_o eye_n both_o the_o large_a man_n measure_n of_o god_n bounty_n to_o his_o elect_a in_o christ_n and_o also_o the_o infinite_a power_n and_o excellency_n of_o christ_n his_o mediation_n and_o the_o dignity_n and_o worth_n of_o his_o person_n in_o which_o he_o have_v so_o dignify_v our_o frail_a nature_n by_o assume_v it_o upon_o himself_o and_o unite_n it_o personal_o to_o his_o godhead_n that_o he_o have_v exalt_v it_o far_o above_o the_o most_o glorious_a and_o excellent_a state_n of_o the_o angel_n in_o heaven_n that_o angel_n be_v the_o best_a and_o chief_a of_o all_o god_n creature_n by_o creation_n and_o in_o nature_n and_o substance_n far_o more_o excellent_a than_o man_n in_o his_o best_a natural_a estate_n of_o
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o deep_a here_o also_o in_o the_o text_n which_o 2._o word_n signify_v a_o great_a deep_a or_o devour_a gulf_n as_o it_o be_v of_o trouble_a water_n also_o trouble_v and_o confound_v with_o mixture_n of_o mud_n and_o mire_n which_o though_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o trouble_a mixture_n and_o confusion_n it_o have_v a_o resemblance_n of_o earth_n yet_o it_o be_v bottomless_a there_o be_v no_o solidity_n in_o it_o no_o ground_n or_o stay_v to_o be_v find_v at_o all_o thus_o much_o the_o hebrew_n word_n signify_v according_a to_o the_o notation_n and_o common_a use_n of_o it_o three_o it_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d water_n also_o in_o this_o text_n because_o 3._o of_o the_o waterish_a fluxibility_n which_o be_v in_o it_o by_o mean_n of_o which_o it_o be_v unstable_a and_o unsettled_a and_o also_o because_o it_o be_v a_o huge_a deep_a like_o the_o great_a water_n of_o the_o sea_n now_o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o this_o one_o and_o the_o same_o 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