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est_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la the_o gospel_n the_o reconciliation_n make_v by_o christ_n be_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n if_o we_o will_v receive_v it_o which_o be_v my_o next_o part_n and_o what_o be_v a_o gift_n if_o it_o be_v not_o receive_v like_o a_o mess_n of_o pottage_n on_o a_o dead_a man_n grave_n like_a light_n to_o the_o blind_a like_a music_n to_o the_o deaf_a the_o dead_a man_n feed_v not_o the_o blind_a man_n see_v not_o the_o deaf_a man_n hear_v not_o what_o be_v all_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o firmament_n if_o there_o be_v no_o eye_n to_o descry_v it_o what_o be_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n without_o faith_n the_o receive_v of_o it_o be_v it_o which_o make_v it_o a_o grace_n indeed_o which_o make_v it_o gospel_n if_o it_o be_v not_o receive_v it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o vain_a a_o unbelieving_a heart_n turn_v this_o bread_n into_o gravel_n this_o honey_n into_o gall_n and_o as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lie_v do_v not_o only_o crucify_v but_o annihilate_v 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in_o his_o 1_o a_o 2_o ae_z q._n 113._o though_o he_o grant_v what_o he_o can_v deny_v because_o it_o be_v a_o plain_a text_n that_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o not-imputation_n of_o sin_n yet_o he_o add_v that_o god_n wrath_n will_v not_o be_v appease_v till_o sin_n be_v purge_v out_o and_o a_o new_a habit_n of_o grace_n infuse_v into_o the_o soul_n which_o god_n do_v look_v upon_o and_o respect_n when_o he_o forgive_v our_o sin_n hence_o those_o unsavoury_a tenet_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n that_o justification_n be_v not_o a_o pronounce_v but_o a_o make_v one_o righteous_a that_o inherent_a holiness_n be_v the_o formal_a cause_n of_o justification_n that_o we_o may_v redeem_v our_o sin_n and_o puchase_v forgiveness_n by_o fast_v almsdeed_n and_o other_o good_a work_n all_o which_o if_o she_o do_v not_o expose_v to_o the_o world_n in_o this_o very_a garb_n and_o shape_n yet_o she_o so_o present_v they_o that_o they_o seem_v to_o speak_v no_o less_o so_o that_o her_o 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may_v true_o satisfy_v the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o merit_v eternal_a life_n when_o he_o make_v our_o satisfaction_n go_v hand_n in_o hand_n with_o christ_n and_o that_o fast_v and_o prayer_n and_o alm_n be_v satisfactory_a not_o only_o for_o punishment_n but_o for_o all_o punishment_n and_o which_o be_v more_o for_o the_o guilt_n itself_o he_o have_v in_o effect_n unsay_v what_o former_o he_o have_v lay_v down_o concern_v the_o free_a remission_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o make_v so_o wide_a a_o breach_n between_o st._n paul_n and_o their_o church_n as_o neither_o st._n peter_n nor_o all_o the_o saint_n they_o invocate_v be_v able_a to_o close_v in_o a_o word_n he_o speak_v as_o good_a sense_n as_o theodorus_n antiochenus_fw-la do_v in_o photius_n his_o bibliotheca_fw-la who_o make_v a_o twofold_a forgiveness_n of_o sin_n the_o one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v do_v the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o impeccancie_n or_o leave_v off_o 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