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a_o free_a gift_n and_o he_o be_v say_v to_o love_v we_o free_o hosea_n 14.4_o to_o justify_v we_o free_o rom._n 3.24_o and_o free_o to_o give_v we_o all_o thing_n rom._n 8.32_o this_o reason_n of_o god_n love_n the_o lord_n set_v his_o love_n upon_o you_o because_o he_o love_v you_o do_v clear_o demonstrate_v the_o freeness_n of_o it_o the_o good_a also_o which_o the_o son_n of_o god_n jesus_n christ_n our_o saviour_n do_v for_o we_o he_o do_v most_o free_o upon_o his_o own_o love_n without_o any_o desert_n of_o we_o in_o this_o respect_n it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o have_v love_v we_o 25._o ephes_n 5.2_o 25._o and_o have_v give_v himself_o for_o we_o the_o conjunction_n of_o these_o two_o love_n and_o give_v plain_o prove_v the_o freeness_n of_o the_o gift_n but_o further_o he_o express_o say_v concern_v the_o freeness_n of_o his_o gift_n â—_o rev._n 21._o â—_o i_o will_v give_v unto_o he_o that_o be_v athirst_a of_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o water_n of_o life_n free_o and_o again_o 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thing_n as_o be_v our_o own_o which_o thou_o ought_v to_o do_v for_o peace-sake_n how_o eminent_a be_v abraham_n for_o this_o gen._n 13.8_o 9_o who_o stand_v not_o upon_o his_o term_n of_o superiority_n with_o lot_n though_o his_o uncle_n and_o guardian_n former_o and_o governor_n nor_o his_o right_n nor_o his_o nephew_n first_o seek_v to_o he_o and_o the_o like_a but_o that_o there_o may_v be_v no_o strife_n offer_v he_o his_o choice_n of_o the_o land_n if_o thou_o will_v take_v the_o left_a hand_n than_o i_o will_v go_v to_o the_o right_n or_o if_o thou_o depart_v to_o the_o right_a hand_n then_o i_o will_v go_v to_o the_o left_a and_z performs_z according_o how_o far_o be_v we_o from_o follow_v our_o father_n abraham_n example_n how_o many_o that_o will_v not_o yield_v other_o any_o of_o their_o right_n but_o by_o compulsion_n of_o law_n how_o few_o that_o yield_v their_o own_o right_n voluntary_o how_o far_o or_o how_o much_o we_o must_v yield_v our_o own_o and_o those_o we_o 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