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and_o iniquity_n i_o will_v remember_v no_o more_o heb._n 8.11_o 12._o now_o if_o forgive_a mercy_n be_v the_o reason_n of_o sanctify_a mercy_n if_o our_o forgiveness_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o holiness_n than_o no_o act_n of_o our_o grace_n or_o holiness_n can_v be_v the_o condition_n of_o our_o forgiveness_n or_o of_o the_o covenant_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v promise_v in_o the_o covenant_n i_o will_v put_v my_o spirit_n into_o you_o say_v god_n but_o faith_n and_o repentance_n be_v not_o before_o the_o in_o be_v or_o gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n sure_o therefore_o all_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o covenant_n be_v not_o give_v out_o upon_o these_o condition_n if_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n shall_v be_v thus_o conditional_a than_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n shall_v be_v hard_a than_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n make_v with_o adam_n in_o paradise_n for_o than_o the_o condition_n be_v to_o be_v perform_v by_o our_o common_a person_n who_o be_v strong_a and_o free_a from_o all_o sin_n but_o now_o we_o be_v weak_a and_o full_a of_o all_o sin_n and_o therefore_o if_o the_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n lie_v upon_o our_o hand_n the_o term_n of_o this_o covenant_n will_v be_v worse_o and_o hard_a for_o we_o than_o the_o term_n of_o that_o covenant_n of_o work_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v say_v that_o if_o all_o man_n have_v a_o sufficiency_n of_o grace_n and_o power_n to_o believe_v that_o the_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o this_o covenant_n will_v be_v easy_a than_o of_o that_o for_o who_o do_v not_o know_v that_o it_o be_v a_o hard_a thing_n for_o one_o of_o we_o sinful_a creature_n to_o believe_v than_o for_o adam_n to_o abstain_v from_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n but_o sure_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v easy_a and_o sweet_a than_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o therefore_o the_o condition_n thereof_o be_v perform_v by_o christ_n our_o second_o adam_n and_o there_o be_v now_o no_o condition_n of_o the_o covenant_n to_o be_v perform_v by_o we_o yet_o it_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o believe_v and_o repent_v and_o obey_v which_o we_o be_v command_v to_o do_v by_o the_o gospel_n but_o all_o our_o repentance_n faith_n and_o obedience_n be_v a_o fruit_n of_o that_o covenant_n not_o the_o condition_n of_o it_o as_o in_o case_n adam_n have_v stand_v his_o seed_n shall_v have_v obey_v yet_o their_o obedience_n shall_v not_o have_v be_v the_o condition_n but_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o as_o his_o posterity_n can_v not_o have_v have_v life_n unless_o they_o have_v obey_v yet_o that_o their_o obedience_n be_v not_o the_o condition_n of_o that_o covenant_n so_o though_o we_o can_v be_v justify_v unless_o we_o believe_v nor_o be_v save_v unless_o we_o repent_v and_o obey_v yet_o our_o repentance_n faith_n and_o obedience_n be_v not_o the_o condition_n but_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o covenant_n christ_n and_o christ_n alone_o our_o second_o adam_n do_v perform_v the_o condition_n as_o to_o we_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v free_a absolute_a and_o without_o all_o condition_n obj._n but_o all_o divine_n say_v that_o faith_n and_o repentance_n be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o covenant_n ans_fw-fr not_o all_o not_o so_o luther_n 8._o duplices_fw-la sunt_fw-la promissiones_fw-la dei_fw-la legales_fw-la quae_fw-la nituntur_fw-la deorsum_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la operibus_fw-la sicut_fw-la illae_fw-la si_fw-la feceritis_fw-la bona_fw-la terrae_fw-la comedetis_fw-la aliae_fw-la sunt_fw-la promissiones_fw-la gratiae_fw-la sicut_fw-la jer_n 31._o scribam_fw-la legem_fw-la meam_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la eorum_fw-la hae_fw-la promissiones_fw-la non_fw-la nituntur_fw-la deorsumse_v simpliciter_fw-la bonitate_fw-la et_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la quid_fw-la ipse_fw-la velit_fw-la facere_fw-la luther_n in_o gen._n 4._o cap_n p._n 88_o hos_fw-la 2._o desponsabo_fw-la
te_fw-la mihi_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la interjecta_fw-la vel_fw-la penitentiae_fw-la vel_fw-la fidei_fw-la conditione_n absolutissime_fw-la ait_fw-la desponsabo_fw-la te_fw-la etc._n etc._n hujusmodi_fw-la autem_fw-la absolutissimae_fw-la promissiones_fw-la ad_fw-la solos_fw-la veros_fw-la et_fw-la secundum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la israelitas_fw-la i._n e._n electos_fw-la pertinent_a ergo_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la perfectissima_fw-la et_fw-la absolutissima_fw-la evangelica_n promissio_fw-la zanch._n in_o hos_n 2._o v._n 21_o 22._o statuens_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la eo_fw-la luculentiorem_fw-la hominibus_fw-la explicatam_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la suis_fw-la non_fw-la foedus_fw-la sed_fw-la testamentum_fw-la dederit_fw-la quia_fw-la faedus_fw-la conditione_n mutuas_fw-la fuisset_fw-la habiturum_fw-la quas_fw-la si_fw-la altera_fw-la pars_fw-la non_fw-la prestet_fw-la faedus_fw-la est_fw-la irritum_fw-la testamentum_fw-la vero_fw-la liberalitatis_fw-la et_fw-la gratiae_fw-la citra_fw-la ullam_fw-la conditionem_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la haeredes_fw-la instituuntur_fw-la citra_fw-la contemplationem_fw-la ullius_fw-la officii_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la proficisci_fw-la possit_fw-la junius_n in_o heb._n 8._o sic_fw-la amesius_n coron_n de_fw-fr perseverant_a at_o ubi_fw-la quaeso_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la literarum_fw-la quoties_fw-la nostra_fw-la renovatio_fw-la sanctificatio_fw-la ad_fw-la paenitentiam_fw-la revocatio_fw-la spiritui_fw-la sancto_fw-la attribuitur_fw-la vel_fw-la levissima_fw-la mentio_fw-la fit_a conditionis_fw-la jer._n 31._o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la faedus_fw-la etc._n etc._n etiam_fw-la omnem_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la esse_fw-la absolutam_fw-la nullam_fw-la autem_fw-la conditionalem_fw-la demonstravit_fw-la variis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la tho._n bradward_n de_fw-fr causa_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 2._o twiss_n vindiciae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la prefat_n sect._n 8._o not_o so_o zanchy_a not_o so_o 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8_o be_v it_o not_o a_o great_a matter_n for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v faithful_a under_o all_o his_o betrustment_n ibid._n 9_o be_v it_o not_o a_o great_a matter_n to_o see_v thing_n invisible_a ibid._n 10_o be_v it_o not_o a_o great_a matter_n for_o a_o man_n to_o live_v in_o dependence_n only_o upon_o christ_n ibid._n more_o comparative_o there_o be_v three_o great_a agent_n in_o the_o world_n â—ut_v faith_n work_v beyond_o they_o all_o page_n 6_o 1_o compare_v with_o power_n page_n 7_o 2_o compare_v with_o moral_a honesty_n this_o be_v prove_v by_o three_o reason_n ibid._n 3_o how_o it_o may_v appear_v that_o faith_n can_v do_v more_o than_o gospel_n gift_n and_o common_a grace_n it_o be_v make_v to_o appear_v by_o four_o argument_n page_z 8_o 9_o iii_o how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o true_a faith_n can_v do_v such_o great_a thing_n page_z 10_o answer_v by_o four_o reason_n 1_o it_o go_v forth_o in_o the_o might_n of_o god_n promise_v ibid._n 2_o it_o go_v forth_o in_o the_o might_n of_o god_n power_n ibid._n 3_o it_o go_v forth_o in_o the_o strength_n of_o god_n call_v ibid._n 4_o it_o go_v forth_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o what_o god_n and_o christ_n have_v do_v for_o the_o soul_n page_n 11_o application_n 1_o the_o reason_n why_o man_n do_v no_o great_a thing_n in_o their_o generation_n be_v because_o they_o want_v faith_n ibid._n 2_o if_o you_o will_v do_v great_a thing_n call_v in_o for_o faith_n page_n 12_o quest_n how_o shall_v we_o improve_v our_o faith_n to_o do_v great_a thing_n page_n 13_o answ_n 1_o study_n much_o the_o greatness_n of_o god_n ibid._n 2_o keep_v close_o to_o god_n ordinance_n ibid._n 3_o do_v not_o chide_v off_o your_o heart_n from_o believe_a page_n 14_o 4vse_v your_o faith_n to_o do_v small_a thing_n ibid._n 5_o look_v much_o upon_o the_o call_v you_o have_v to_o any_o work_n page_n 15_o note_n from_o verse_n 32._o 1_o the_o number_n of_o believer_n under_o the_o old_a testament_n it_o seem_v be_v not_o small_a ibid._n 2_o god_n will_v own_v that_o faith_n that_o be_v but_o weak_a at_o first_o ibid._n 3_o from_o samson_n i_o collect_v it_o be_v possible_a a_o great_a sinner_n may_v be_v a_o true_a believer_n ibid._n 4_o note_n from_o jeptha_n a_o bastard_n may_v be_v a_o true_a believer_n ibid._n 5_o from_o the_o mention_v of_o david_n samuel_n and_o the_o prophet_n etc._n etc._n consider_v when_o god_n have_v extraordinary_a work_n to_o do_v be_v raise_v up_o extraordinary_a man_n page_n 17_o last_o you_o see_v what_o high_a esteem_n god_n have_v of_o faith_n ib._n the_o great_a thing_n faith_n can_v suffer_v on_o hebrew_n 11.35_o sermon_n ii_o the_o text_n open_v page_n 20_o 21_o doct._n true_a save_a faith_n will_v suffer_v great_a thing_n ib._n three_o proposition_n 1_o a_o true_a believer_n may_v suffer_v hard_a thing_n 2_o faith_n will_v carry_v he_o through_o they_o 3_o how_o faith_n can_v carry_v he_o through_o they_o ibid._n the_o first_o proposition_n prove_v page_n 21_o 22_o 23_o quest_n second_o how_o shall_v a_o man_n be_v able_a to_o go_v through_o these_o hard_a thing_n ibid._n answ_n true_a save_a faith_n will_v do_v it_o prove_v by_o four_o reason_n page_n 23_o 24_o object_n we_o have_v read_v of_o many_o that_o suffer_v hard_a thing_n yet_o have_v not_o this_o faith_n ibid._n answ_n 1_o a_o wicked_a man_n may_v suffer_v as_o a_o evil_a doer_n page_n 25_o 2_o a_o wicked_a man_n do_v not_o suffer_v upon_o choice_n ibid._n 3_o he_o do_v not_o lay_v the_o stress_n of_o all_o upon_o faith_n ibid._n 4_o he_o suffer_v not_o cheerful_o but_o discontentedly_n ibid._n 5_o he_o will_v rest_v upon_o his_o suffering_n ibid._n 6_o he_o will_v yield_v at_o last_o page_n 26_o 7_o he_o do_v not_o bring_v forth_o the_o quiet_a fruit_n of_o righteousness_n ibid._n quest_n three_o by_o what_o mean_n can_v faith_n do_v this_o ibid._n answ_n 1_o it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o say_v to_o submit_v to_o god_n will_n ibid._n 2_o it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o faith_n to_o cleave_v to_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n ibid._n 3_o it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o faith_n to_o close_v with_o the_o gospel_n page_n 27_o 4_o it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o faith_n to_o look_v upon_o the_o recompense_n of_o reward_n ibid._n 5_o the_o more_o one_o see_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n as_o a_o father_n in_o suffering_n the_o more_o able_a a_o man_n will_v be_v to_o suffer_v ibid._n 6_o the_o more_o a_o man_n can_v see_v to_o the_o end_n of_o his_o affliction_n the_o better_a he_o will_v go_v through_o it_o ib._n 7_o it_o be_v the_o proper_a work_n of_o faith_n to_o look_v on_o both_o side_n of_o the_o dispensation_n page_n 28_o 8_o it_o be_v the_o proper_a work_n of_o faith_n to_o see_v one_o contrary_a in_o another_o ibid._n 9_o if_o god_n engage_v to_o help_v we_o faith_n can_v suffer_v much_o in_o affliction_n ibid._n application_n if_o any_o man_n be_v to_o suffer_v great_a thing_n let_v he_o call_v for_o faith_n page_n 29_o object_n these_o be_v no_o suffer_a time_n ibid._n answ_n bless_v god_n for_o your_o gospel_n liberty_n consider_v the_o suffering_n of_o your_o brethren_n ibid._n particular_a application_n to_o several_a condition_n ibid._n who_o know_v how_o soon_o suffer_v time_n may_v come_v page_n 30_o quest_n how_o shall_v we_o strengthen_v our_o faith_n that_o we_o may_v be_v able_a to_o suffer_v ibid._n answ_n 1_o consider_v frequent_o what_o great_a thing_n the_o lord_n have_v do_v for_o you_o already_o ibid._n 2_o study_v much_o the_o book_n of_o the_o revelation_n which_o be_v a_o stand_a cordial_n for_o suffer_v time_n page_n 31_o 3_o consider_v frequent_o the_o great_a gain_n of_o suffer_a page_n 32_o that_o suffer_a time_n be_v gain_v time_n prove_v by_o ten_o argument_n page_n 32_o 1_o suffer_a time_n be_v teach_v time_n ibid._n 2_o suffer_v time_n be_v sin-discovering_a time_n ibid._n 3_o they_o be_v self-bethinking_a time_n ibid._n 4_o they_o be_v grow_v time_n ib._n 5_o they_o be_v truth-adorning_a time_n ibid._n 6_o they_o be_v unite_n time_n page_n 33_o 7_o they_o be_v pray_v time_n ib._n 8_o they_o be_v soul-assuring_a time_n ibid._n 9_o they_o be_v wean_a time_n ib._n 10_o they_o be_v heavenly_a and_o glorious_a time_n ibid._n three_o observation_n from_o the_o word_n page_n 34_o 1_o consider_v the_o person_n that_o suffer_v mention_v in_o the_o text_n whence_o i_o collect_v that_o greatness_n of_o suffering_n be_v no_o argument_n to_o make_v you_o doubt_v of_o your_o salvation_n ibid._n 2_o they_o suffer_v in_o hope_n of_o a_o better_a resurrection_n whence_o consider_v what_o those_o man_n be_v that_o will_v steal_v from_o you_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o better_a resurrection_n page_n 35_o 3_o they_o suffer_v all_o by_o faith_n whence_o observe_v that_o it_o be_v no_o easy_a thing_n to_o believe_v page_n 36_o finis_fw-la