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the_o estate_n be_v changeable_a and_o here_o it_o be_v not_o so_o yet_o it_o be_v a_o grace_n of_o great_a estimate_n and_o use_v as_o be_v to_o see_v deut._n 19.20_o qu._n what_o use_n be_v this_o grace_n of_o now_o in_o the_o state_n of_o regeneration_n an._n 1._o to_o show_v we_o that_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o corruption_n rest_v in_o we_o now_o after_o grace_n and_o believe_a and_o that_o we_o have_v need_v not_o only_o to_o be_v constrain_v with_o the_o love_n but_o restrain_v also_o with_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n see_v prov._n 3.7_o prov._n 14.16_o and_o prov._n 16.6_o with_o 2_o cor._n 5.14_o 2._o to_o keep_v we_o from_o stripe_n for_o as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o lion_n that_o he_o always_o spare_v those_o that_o fear_n and_o lie_v prostrate_a before_o he_o for_o mercy_n so_o the_o lion_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n let_v we_o say_v the_o apostle_n labour_v to_o please_v god_n with_o reverence_n and_o fear_v for_o even_o our_o god_n be_v a_o consume_a fire_n but_o fire_n 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