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shall_v have_v be_v what_o we_o be_v and_o shall_v be_v and_o then_o take_v we_o up_o that_o most_o modest_a speech_n of_o that_o noble_a athenian_a 9_o captain_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o his_o glory_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o how_o great_a baseness_n and_o misery_n to_o what_o great_a glory_n and_o blessedness_n be_v we_o advance_v make_v we_o our_o confession_n with_o jacob_n with_o my_o staff_n i_o come_v etc._n etc._n and_o the_o israelite_n deut._n 26._o 5._o a_o syrian_a be_v my_o father_n ready_a to_o perish_v etc._n etc._n and_o now_o let_v we_o in_o like_a manner_n make_v unto_o god_n our_o thankful_a acknowledgement_n and_o say_v in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n o_o lord_n we_o confess_v unto_o thou_o that_o our_o father_n be_v a_o amorite_n our_o mother_n a_o hittite_n that_o our_o birth_n be_v of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n we_o be_v bear_v bondslave_n and_o child_n of_o the_o curse_n in_o the_o day_n of_o our_o nativity_n our_o navel_n be_v not_o 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amen_n i_o proceed_v to_o the_o three_o circumstance_n considerable_a in_o this_o point_n of_o our_o conversion_n namely_o the_o subject_a wherein_o it_o be_v wrought_v now_o this_o in_o general_n be_v the_o elect_n and_o they_o only_o who_o only_a god_n have_v call_v to_o glory_n and_o virtue_n appoint_v they_o to_o that_o as_o the_o end_n prepare_v they_o unto_o it_o by_o this_o as_o the_o mean_n i_o shall_v need_v to_o name_n unto_o you_o but_o one_o place_n for_o proof_n hereof_o and_o that_o be_v rom._n 8._o 30._o moreover_o who_o he_o have_v predestinate_a they_o also_o have_v he_o call_v who_o he_o have_v call_v etc._n etc._n the_o link_n of_o this_o chain_n be_v so_o sure_o fasten_v together_o that_o no_o power_n of_o hell_n no_o wit_n of_o man_n may_v break_v and_o sunder_v they_o who_o god_n fore_o know_v he_o predestinate_v to_o be_v make_v like_o to_o the_o image_n of_o his_o son_n in_o grace_n and_o glory_n who_o he_o have_v thus_o elect_v before_o all_o time_n those_o 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work_n make_v our_o faith_n i._n e._n our_o assent_n to_o the_o article_n of_o religion_n because_o of_o god_n authority_n to_o deserve_v eternal_a life_n be_v there_o in_o the_o scripture_n the_o least_o intimation_n of_o such_o a_o strange_a and_o uncouth_a meaning_n when_o it_o tell_v that_o we_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n to_o the_o place_n of_o scripture_n gael_n 5._o 6._o faith_n work_v by_o charity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o answer_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o place_n be_v no_o more_o but_o that_o in_o christianity_n no_o outward_a matter_n be_v of_o value_n that_o only_o which_o be_v to_o be_v regard_v be_v faith_n that_o bring_v forth_o good_a work_n these_o good_a work_n come_v from_o charity_n or_o inward_a love_n of_o god_n and_o man_n this_o charity_n be_v stir_v up_o and_o provoke_v to_o work_v through_o faith_n so_o that_o faith_n work_v by_o charity_n as_o by_o that_o chief_a instrument_n which_o faith_n employ_v in_o the_o do_n of_o all_o good_a work_n but_o 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of_o the_o body_n so_o work_n shall_v be_v the_o form_n of_o faith_n i._n e._n a_o act_n shall_v be_v the_o form_n of_o a_o habit_n which_o be_v against_o reason_n and_o their_o own_o doctrine_n who_o make_v the_o habitual_a grace_n of_o charity_n not_o good_a work_n the_o fruit_n of_o it_o to_o be_v the_o form_n of_o faith_n s._n james_n therefore_o be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o the_o former_a sense_n or_o else_o we_o may_v without_o any_o violence_n 32._o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o that_o place_n not_o spiritum_fw-la i._n e._n animam_fw-la but_o spiritum_fw-la i._n e._n halitum_fw-la &_o respirationem_fw-la and_o thus_o the_o comparison_n be_v exact_a as_o the_o body_n without_o breathe_v and_o motion_n be_v dead_a so_o faith_n without_o work_n thus_o it_o appear_v how_o faith_n be_v slight_v by_o our_o adversary_n whilst_o they_o hold_v that_o the_o faith_n whereby_o a_o sinner_n be_v justify_v be_v nothing_o but_o a_o assent_n to_o article_n of_o religion_n because_o of_o god_n authority_n some_o place_n of_o scripture_n there_o be_v they_o will_v fain_o build_v this_o upon_o as_o heb._n 11._o 1._o rom._n 4._o 3._o tit._n 1._o 1._o joh._n 20._o 31._o but_o their_o argument_n thence_o be_v so_o inconsequent_a and_o weak_a they_o be_v not_o worth_a the_o mention_v or_o refute_v i_o proceed_v therefore_o from_o this_o general_a faith_n unto_o that_o other_o which_o be_v special_a &_o particular_a particular_a assent_n of_o faith_n be_v when_o all_o thing_n reveal_v by_o god_n be_v assent_v unto_o as_o most_o true_a and_o excellent_a in_o regard_n of_o ourselves_o when_o they_o be_v particular_o apply_v to_o our_o proper_a occasion_n and_o compare_v with_o all_o desire_n and_o provocation_n whatsoever_o to_o the_o contrary_n when_o we_o know_v and_o believe_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v general_o deliver_v for_o ourselves_o in_o application_n to_o our_o own_o use_n and_o practice_n as_o job_n be_v counsel_v by_o his_o friend_n so_o that_o we_o believe_v in_o this_o 27._o particular_a aswell_o as_o in_o that_o at_o this_o time_n aswell_o as_o at_o another_o in_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o such_o a_o particular_a assent_n i_o propose_v to_o your_o consideration_n two_o thing_n 1._o the_o root_n and_o cause_n whence_o it_o spring_v 2._o the_o object_n of_o it_o whereto_o it_o be_v direct_v 1._o the_o true_a root_n and_o fountain_n whence_o this_o bless_a assent_n of_o faith_n arise_v be_v that_o grace_n of_o sanctification_n wrought_v in_o the_o heart_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n renew_v the_o soul_n in_o all_o the_o power_n thereof_o it_o be_v not_o common_a illumination_n for_o many_o know_v and_o despise_v the_o truth_n or_o believe_v it_o but_o in_o general_a it_o be_v not_o the_o authority_n of_o all_o the_o man_n in_o the_o world_n that_o can_v persuade_v to_o it_o we_o shall_v not_o then_o have_v have_v so_o many_o thousand_o â—…rmons_n of_o prophet_n &_o minister_n learned_a holy_a and_o powerful_a 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