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god_n may_v give_v a_o heart_n whilst_o thou_o be_v speak_v hos_fw-la 14.1_o 2_o take_v word_n and_o turn_v to_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o he_o take_v away_o all_o iniquity_n and_o receive_v we_o gracious_o obj._n 9_o but_o alas_o i_o have_v a_o long_a time_n seek_v a_o power_n and_o find_v none_o which_o have_v make_v i_o weary_a and_o to_o give_v over_o seek_v ans_fw-fr 1._o god_n be_v a_o free_a agent_n and_o therefore_o will_v not_o be_v limit_v to_o time_n or_o way_n in_o work_v but_o will_v work_v when_o and_o how_o he_o please_v and_o likewise_o a_o infinite_a be_v and_o therefore_o a_o creature_n may_v not_o comprehend_v he_o in_o time_n which_o destroy_v his_o infiniteness_n but_o leave_v he_o all_o time_n to_o work_v in_o his_o own_o it_o be_v israel_n fault_n to_o limit_n god_n psal_n 78.41_o yea_o they_o turn_v back_o and_o tempt_v god_n and_o limit_v the_o holy_a one_o of_o israel_n 2_o thou_o have_v not_o seek_v perhaps_o in_o faith_n therefore_o not_o find_v what_o thou_o seek_v for_o jam._n 4.3_o you_o ask_v and_o receive_v not_o because_o you_o ask_v amiss_o israel_n seek_v righteousness_n yet_o obtain_v not_o why_o rom._n 9.31_o 32_o with_o chap._n 11.7_o israel_n which_o follow_v after_o the_o law_n of_o righteousness_n have_v not_o attain_v to_o the_o law_n of_o righteousness_n vers_fw-la 32._o wherefore_o because_o they_o seek_v it_o not_o by_o faith_n so_o 3_o will_v thou_o say_v because_o thou_o have_v not_o thou_o never_o shall_v this_o conclusion_n follow_v not_o 4_o god_n work_v all_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o grace_n which_o as_o yet_o may_v be_v more_o magnify_v in_o deny_v than_o give_v when_o a_o soul_n can_v live_v no_o long_o without_o a_o mercy_n it_o come_v with_o a_o welcome_a and_o grace_n be_v exalt_v hence_o god_n oft_o seem_v to_o deny_v a_o mercy_n not_o because_o he_o will_v not_o give_v but_o because_o the_o extremity_n be_v not_o so_o great_a as_o may_v stand_v with_o the_o advancement_n of_o his_o grace_n in_o 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