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overflow_v too_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o other_o man_n sin_n and_o too_o the_o obtain_v of_o righteousness_n for_o other_o man_n which_o fail_v in_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o own_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o say_v they_o do_v not_o exclude_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n no_o more_o do_v ishmael_n the_o promise_n of_o god_n but_o ishmael_n can_v not_o inherit_v the_o promise_n of_o god_n because_o he_o be_v bear_v after_o the_o flesh_n no_o more_o can_v they_o he_o partaker_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_o because_o they_o seek_v to_o procure_v it_o by_o camall_a and_o fleshly_a mean_n and_o they_o only_o be_v after_o isaac_n heir_n of_o the_o promise_n which_o pretend_v no_o tycle_n too_o the_o promise_v inheritance_n but_o only_o the_o promise_n of_o god_o which_o seek_v it_o only_o by_o grace_n and_o not_o by_o work_n which_o obtain_v it_o by_o faith_n and_o not_o by_o desert_n for_o neither_o nature_n nor_o the_o wisdom_n of_o man_n nor_o the_o strength_n of_o man_n nor_o the_o 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