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a_o bold_a spirit_n and_o confidence_n sense_n they_o axe_n it_o not_o for_o their_o own_o lucre_n but_o for_o he_o honour_n of_o god_n xxxii_o ephesi_n i_o rom._n vi_o psal_n xxxii_o and_o to_o his_o laud_n and_o gloy_v so_o that_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v may_v be_v see_v &_o abundant_a riches_n of_o his_o free_a mercy_n moreover_o such_o hope_n to_o be_v hard_o for_o that_o they_o think_v not_o to_o deserve_v grace_n iii._n rom._n iiii_o gala._n iii._n two_o cor_fw-la iii._n joh._n iii._n neither_o put_v their_o trust_n in_o their_o own_o work_n but_o in_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n be_v inspire_v and_o move_v thereto_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n such_o also_o as_o feel_v that_o our_o salvation_n depend_v not_o upon_o we_o but_o our_o damnation_n and_o that_o it_o stand_v wholye_a in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n be_v force_v to_o turn_v their_o back_n to_o themselves_o and_o their_o face_n to_o god_n where_o as_o the_o contrary_n belefe_v will_v make_v the_o contrary_a 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