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etc._n return_v repent_v and_o turn_v to_o god_n and_o do_v work_n meet_v for_o repentance_n act_v 26.20_o repent_v and_o turn_v from_o all_o your_o transgression_n and_o so_o iniquity_n shall_v not_o be_v your_o ruin_n ezek._n 18.30_o for_o it_o be_v only_o when_o the_o wicked_a man_n turn_v away_o from_o his_o wickedness_n that_o he_o have_v commit_v and_o in_o his_o work_n do_v that_o which_o be_v lawful_a and_o right_a that_o he_o shall_v save_v his_o soul_n alive_a vers_fw-la 27._o let_v no_o man_n therefore_o think_v that_o he_o ever_o save_o repent_v of_o any_o damn_v sin_n so_o long_o as_o he_o persevere_fw-la to_o practice_n and_o repeat_v it_o â—his_fw-la repentance_n must_v deliver_v he_o from_o sin_n before_o it_o rescue_v he_o from_o suffer_v for_o it_o be_v then_o only_o when_o the_o wicked_a man_n forsake_v his_o way_n and_o return_n unto_o the_o lord_n that_o god_n will_v have_v mercy_n upon_o he_o and_o abundant_o pardon_v isa._n 55.7_o and_o as_o for_o that_o part_n 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sin_n because_o his_o seed_n his_o new_a nature_n remain_v in_o he_o and_o through_o the_o determine_a power_n and_o strength_n of_o that_o he_o be_v almost_o come_v to_o this_o that_o he_o can_v sin_v it_o be_v become_v the_o bent_n of_o his_o nature_n to_o do_v otherwise_o he_o be_v bear_v of_o god_n joh._n 3.9_o if_o any_o man_n therefore_o will_v pass_v a_o true_a judgement_n upon_o his_o nature_n whether_o it_o be_v the_o new_a or_o old_a man_n from_o god_n or_o from_o the_o devil_n let_v he_o consult_v his_o work_n and_o action_n those_o undissemble_a effect_n of_o it_o and_o from_o thence_o he_o may_v have_v a_o sure_a evidence_n which_o will_v not_o deceive_v he_o for_o in_o this_o as_o saint_n t_o john_n go_v on_o in_o the_o next_o word_n be_v manifest_v who_o be_v child_n of_o god_n and_o who_o be_v child_n of_o the_o devil_n whosoever_o do_v not_o righteousness_n be_v not_o of_o god_n vers_fw-la 10._o so_o that_o when_o christ_n come_v to_o judge_v we_o according_a to_o 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who_o can_v help_v his_o poverty_n but_o his_o maker_n who_o pleasure_n it_o be_v to_o dispose_v of_o he_o in_o that_o condition_n prov._n 17.5_o and_o as_o a_o man_n can_v bear_v no_o just_a blame_n for_o that_o which_o it_o never_o be_v in_o his_o power_n to_o hinder_v so_o neither_o can_v he_o undergo_v any_o just_a punishment_n barbarous_a cruelty_n indeed_o he_o may_v fall_v under_o which_o will_v have_v take_v place_n without_o a_o law_n as_o well_o as_o with_o it_o but_o legal_a and_o just_a penalty_n he_o never_o can_v and_o see_v no_o action_n be_v punishable_a but_o what_o be_v choose_v it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o law_n of_o god_n impose_v restraint_n and_o threaten_v punishment_n only_o to_o our_o voluntary_a action_n which_o will_v still_o further_o appear_v from_o another_o effect_n of_o every_o sinful_a and_o punishable_a action_n namely_o this_o four_o that_o it_o be_v such_o for_o which_o our_o own_o conscience_n will_v blame_v and_o condemn_v we_o and_o which_o we_o 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