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and_o water_v and_o give_v the_o increase_n likewise_o all_o of_o himself_o yea_o christ_n seem_v here_o to_o sow_v his_o seed_n upon_o the_o high_a way_n and_o among_o thorn_n and_o stone_n yet_o some_o seed_n come_v up_o and_o prosper_v well_o upon_o this_o we_o have_v the_o love_n and_o care_n of_o christ_n mention_v to_o these_o new_a convert_v he_o immediate_o water_v these_o plant_n and_o swadle_v these_o new_a bear_v infant_n that_o they_o may_v not_o miscarry_v this_o be_v see_v in_o the_o counsel_n suggest_v to_o they_o where_o you_o have_v the_o duty_n suppose_v and_o the_o admirable_a privilege_n issue_v from_o it_o the_o duty_n suppose_v if_o you_o continue_v in_o my_o word_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o begin_v unless_o there_o be_v perseverance_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o receive_v christ_n and_o his_o word_n unless_o we_o abide_v therein_o and_o have_v our_o ear_n as_o it_o be_v bore_v never_o to_o depart_v from_o such_o a_o master_n the_o neglect_n of_o this_o 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a_o humane_a way_n have_v bring_v in_o several_a error_n into_o the_o church_n for_o it_o be_v because_o of_o this_o in_o part_n that_o the_o marcionist_n deny_v christ_n to_o have_v a_o true_a real_a body_n they_o think_v it_o ignominious_a to_o he_o to_o be_v bear_v as_o other_o child_n be_v and_o so_o in_o popery_n there_o be_v marvellous_a legend_n and_o wonderful_a miracle_n feign_v about_o christ_n while_o a_o infant_n the_o sure_a way_n than_o to_o honour_n christ_n be_v to_o keep_v close_o to_o his_o word_n and_o we_o see_v how_o one_o error_n beget_v another_o for_o from_o the_o opinion_n that_o she_o be_v without_o original_a sin_n they_o have_v proceed_v to_o horrible_a idolatry_n attribute_v that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o christ_n unto_o she_o she_o be_v call_v the_o mediatrix_fw-la she_o be_v call_v their_o hope_n there_o be_v a_o roman_a psaltery_a full_a of_o blasphemy_n in_o this_o kind_n turn_v dominus_fw-la into_o domina_fw-la what_o be_v say_v of_o the_o 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ludev_n crec_n syntag._n cap._n 28._o pag._n 811._o tell_v we_o of_o man_n find_v in_o mine_n and_o that_o there_o be_v marini_n homines_fw-la and_o satyr_n who_o be_v capable_a of_o blessedness_n and_o that_o christ_n die_v for_o they_o as_o a_o certain_a satyr_n be_v say_v to_o the_o famous_a ermit_n anthony_n some_o also_o speak_v of_o man_n beget_v in_o that_o unnatural_a way_n with_o beast_n that_o be_v beast_n and_o man_n have_v these_o original_a sin_n but_o we_o be_v to_o despise_v all_o these_o nicety_n neither_o be_v fancy_n to_o be_v mind_v against_o the_o clear_a doctrine_n of_o the_o scripture_n wheresoever_o there_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n in_o a_o natural_a way_n there_o the_o scripture_n pronounce_v all_o obnoxious_a to_o this_o sin_n the_o last_o proposition_n be_v that_o this_o original_a sin_n be_v communicate_v to_o all_o mankind_n although_o they_o have_v not_o sin_v after_o the_o similitude_n of_o adam_n be_v transgression_n for_o you_o may_v happy_o 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say_v to_o be_v drink_v or_o commit_v adultery_n actiones_fw-la sunt_fw-la suppositorum_fw-la and_o sin_n be_v a_o breach_n of_o the_o law_n to_o which_o person_n not_o nature_n be_v oblige_v this_o argument_n i_o remember_v be_v urge_v also_o by_o some_o against_o christ_n obedience_n that_o the_o law_n do_v not_o bind_v his_o humane_a nature_n because_o it_o be_v not_o a_o person_n and_o therefore_o the_o command_n do_v not_o reach_v to_o he_o as_o he_o be_v man_n to_o do_v this_o or_o that_o but_o the_o answer_n be_v very_o obvious_a that_o although_o the_o law_n do_v immediate_o bind_v the_o person_n yet_o mediate_o it_o do_v also_o the_o nature_n who_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o the_o law_n to_o love_n god_n though_o immediate_o it_o be_v command_v the_o person_n thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n &_o c_o yet_o thereby_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o man_n be_v also_o reach_v unto_o so_o that_o hatred_n of_o god_n in_o the_o soul_n as_o it_o be_v there_o inherent_a be_v forbid_v mediate_o 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be_v of_o the_o suppositum_fw-la but_o the_o modus_fw-la agendi_fw-la belong_v the_o nature_n existent_a in_o the_o suppositum_fw-la for_o sin_n be_v not_o a_o action_n but_o the_o mode_n or_o rather_o the_o defect_n of_o the_o mode_n in_o a_o action_n the_o sum_n be_v this_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v thus_o in_o sin_n not_o because_o he_o be_v this_o or_o that_o person_n but_o because_o he_o be_v a_o man_n descend_v from_o lapse_v adam_n so_o that_o by_o this_o we_o see_v that_o it_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o our_o nature_n and_o yet_o so_o as_o it_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o every_o person_n new_o bear_v but_o we_o be_v necessitate_v to_o call_v it_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o corrupt_a nature_n to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o all_o actual_a and_o habitual_a sin_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o one_o person_n that_o they_o be_v not_o necessary_o the_o sin_n of_o other_o every_o man_n be_v not_o necessary_o a_o proud_a man_n a_o unclean_a man_n but_o every_o one_o be_v thus_o a_o defile_a man_n 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be_v a_o occasion_n to_o â—ull_a man_n a_o sleep_n in_o their_o laziness_n that_o hereby_o they_o do_v not_o content_v themselves_o with_o incomplete_a and_o sluggish_a wish_n in_o the_o way_n of_o holiness_n if_o any_o do_v abuse_v this_o doctrine_n to_o lukewarmness_n or_o indulgence_n in_o sinful_a way_n say_v their_o estate_n be_v like_o paul_n the_o evil_a they_o will_v not_o do_v they_o do_v this_o be_v not_o the_o fault_n of_o the_o doctrine_n but_o either_o of_o the_o minister_n who_o do_v not_o wise_o dispense_v it_o or_o of_o the_o hearer_n who_o do_v wilful_o suck_v poison_n out_o of_o the_o sweet_a herb_n even_o as_o the_o whole_a doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o god_n grace_n may_v be_v abuse_v to_o licentiousness_n it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o proper_a character_n of_o christianity_n be_v that_o it_o be_v a_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o truth_n which_o be_v after_o godliness_n tit._n 1._o 1._o and_o certain_o there_o be_v no_o point_n may_v more_o quicken_v up_o 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may_v be_v discern_v from_o the_o former_a in_o the_o three_o place_n there_o be_v the_o combat_n in_o regenerate_a person_n between_o the_o work_n of_o grace_n and_o the_o flesh_n in_o they_o the_o former_a be_v only_o between_o the_o natural_a conscience_n and_o lust_n the_o second_o between_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n but_o move_v and_o work_v only_o in_o a_o man_n and_o his_o corruption_n the_o last_o between_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n inhabit_v and_o dwell_v in_o a_o man_n and_o the_o flesh_n in_o he_o so_o that_o if_o a_o christian_a ask_v how_o shall_v i_o know_v whether_o the_o combat_n i_o feel_v be_v between_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o flesh_n or_o conscience_n and_o my_o lust_n though_o practical_a divine_n give_v many_o difference_n yet_o brief_o in_o these_o three_o particular_n one_o conflict_n may_v be_v discover_v from_o the_o other_o 1._o from_o the_o principle_n and_o root_n in_o the_o godly_a this_o arise_v from_o a_o total_a renovation_n or_o the_o image_n of_o 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