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sheep_n by_o he_o if_o any_o man_n enter_v he_o shall_v be_v save_v 3.12_o joh._n 10.7_o 9_o ephes_n 3.12_o and_o shall_v go_v in_o and_o out_o and_o find_v pasture_n joh._n 10.7_o 9_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n against_o sin_n have_v cloze_v up_o against_o we_o all_o entrance_n into_o heaven_n and_o have_v shut_v we_o up_o under_o sin_n and_o damnation_n the_o death_n of_o christ_n have_v open_v the_o door_n and_o not_o only_o satisfy_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n but_o merit_v for_o we_o mercy_n and_o forgiveness_n grace_n and_o favour_n for_o ever_o this_o be_v the_o preeminence_n of_o the_o passion_n of_o christ_n now_o they_o enter_v by_o he_o that_o believe_v in_o he_o the_o sheep_n of_o christ_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n one_o outward_a in_o the_o account_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n consist_v both_o of_o good_a and_o bad_a the_o other_o inward_a consist_v only_o of_o the_o elect_n be_v member_n of_o the_o invisible_a or_o catholic_a church_n doct._n 2_o hence_o we_o learn_v that_o 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estate_n seem_v desperate_a and_o forlorn_a hereunto_o come_v the_o parable_n matth._n 18._o how_o think_v you_o 15.4_o matth._n 18.22_o luke_n 15.4_o if_o a_o man_n have_v a_o hundred_o sheep_n and_o one_o of_o they_o be_v go_v astray_o do_v he_o not_o leave_v the_o ninety_o and_o nine_o which_o go_v not_o astray_o and_o go_v after_o that_o which_o be_v lose_v till_o he_o find_v it_o such_o a_o sheep_n be_v manasseh_n that_o fill_v jerusalem_n with_o innocent_a blood_n 33.6_o 2_o king_n 21.16_o 2_o chron._n 33.6_o and_o do_v much_o evil_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o provoke_v he_o to_o anger_n yet_o he_o find_v mercy_n upon_o his_o
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