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pray_v for_o worldling_n without_o the_o compass_n of_o christ_n prayer_n doct._n 1._o christ_n god_n of_o himself_o august_n tract_n 19_o in_o joann_n no_o access_n to_o god_n without_o christ._n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la lib._n 3_o cap._n 3._o doct_n 3_o all_o must_v be_v refer_v to_o god_n glory_n which_o we_o ask_v in_o our_o prayer_n doct._n 1._o christ_n not_o present_a now_o in_o the_o world_n in_o his_o flesh_n the_o reason_n of_o christ_n bodily_a absence_n against_o the_o carnal_a presence_n in_o the_o sacrament_n our_o desire_n must_v be_v in_o heaven_n doct._n 2._o our_o come_n to_o god_n be_v by_o prayer_n against_o neglect_n or_o discontinuance_n in_o prayer_n against_o hypocritical_a prayer_n conc._n 2_o in_o psal._n 33._o doct._n 3._o man_n have_v no_o power_n of_o himself_o to_o keep_v himself_o against_o free_a will_n de_fw-fr ecclesiast_n docum_fw-la c._n 56._o doct._n 4._o the_o love_n of_o christian_n must_v be_v in_o the_o truth_n doct._n 1._o they_o which_o be_v once_o true_o graft_v into_o christ_n can_v final_o fall_v away_o justify_v faith_n can_v be_v lose_v doct._n 2._o some_o reject_v from_o the_o beginning_n the_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n a_o spur_n to_o godliness_n doct._n 3._o the_o certainty_n of_o god_n word_n god_n foreknowledge_n not_o the_o cause_n of_o man_n work_n de_fw-fr prede_v lib._n 1._o cap._n 15._o doct._n 4._o god_n word_n work_v true_a comfort_n the_o danger_n of_o those_o that_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o word_n doct._n 1._o the_o faithful_a hate_v in_o the_o world_n a_o dangerous_a thing_n to_o hate_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n 1._o chro._n 16._o 10._o hom._n 11._o in_o exod._n doct._n 2._o against_o separation_n from_o the_o church_n cont._n cresâ—_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 35._o 3._o degree_n of_o worldly_a man_n doct._n 3._o life_n not_o corrupt_o to_o be_v desire_v serm._n 20._o in_o psal._n 119._o against_o a_o pre_n posterous_a desire_n of_o death_n why_o the_o scripture_n use_v repetition_n of_o vain_a and_o idle_a repetition_n of_o the_o word_n selah_n use_v in_o the_o psalm_n hierom._n marcelia_n tom._n 4._o doct._n 1._o the_o word_n of_o god_n only_o convert_v mat._n 3_o 11._o col._n 4._o 6._o heb._n 4._o 12._o all_o truth_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n to_o be_v find_v in_o scripture_n doct._n 2._o god_n send_v none_o but_o enable_v with_o gift_n ad_fw-la furiam_fw-la doct._n 3._o all_o gift_n derive_v unto_o the_o church_n by_o christ._n ephes._n 4._o 16._o 〈◊〉_d merit_v not_o for_o himself_o lib._n 5._o the_o fid_fw-we cap._n 7._o doct._n 1._o christ_n pray_v for_o all_o believer_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n care_v of_o posterity_n doct._n 2._o i'faith_o a_o rare_a thing_n where_o be_v no_o preach_v doct._n 3._o augustine_n doct._n 4._o why_o god_n will_v have_v the_o holy_a life_n of_o his_o faithful_a know_v to_o the_o world_n mat._n 18._o 6._o the_o dangeâ—_n of_o give_v offence_n doct._n 1._o we_o be_v elect_v to_o walk_v in_o good_a work_n â—lection_n not_o of_o work_n but_o by_o grace_n two_o book_n the_o book_n of_o life_n the_o book_n of_o a_o mâ—ns_n conscience_n three_o kind_n of_o false_a peace_n paulin._n tom._n 4._o doct._n 3._o god_n love_n best_o know_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o sanctification_n doct._n 1._o the_o prayer_n of_o christ_n mediation_n doct._n 2._o the_o faithful_a shall_v be_v in_o the_o same_o place_n with_o christ_n in_o heaven_n doct._n 3._o they_o that_o will_v see_v christ_n face_n to_o face_n in_o heaven_n must_v see_v he_o by_o faith_n here_o hom._n in_o mat._n 13._o heb._n 6._o 19_o doct._n 4._o christ_n how_o say_v to_o be_v predestinate_a assurance_n of_o heaven_n be_v neither_o impossible_a nor_o yet_o easy_a to_o be_v have_v the_o blindness_n &_o ignorance_n of_o the_o world_n lib._n 5_o in_o luc._n ignorance_n a_o sufficient_a cause_n of_o condemnation_n doct._n 2._o all_o holy_a knowledge_n derive_v from_o christ._n a_o vain_a labour_n to_o seek_v for_o true_a wisdom_n without_o christ._n amb._n serm_n 14_o in_o psal._n 1_o 19_o doct._n 3._o god_n will_v never_o leave_v his_o church_n destitute_a of_o his_o word_n ambros._n epist_n 60._o doct._n 4._o knowledge_n without_o sense_n and_o feeling_n fruitless_a we_o must_v not_o only_o understand_v the_o word_n but_o joy_n in_o it_o serm._n 20._o in_o psal._n 119._o