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ourselves_o the_o promise_n of_o salvation_n we_o must_v not_o only_o see_v they_o a_o far_o off_o but_o feel_v they_o in_o our_o heart_n we_o must_v believe_v not_o only_o that_o christ_n be_v a_o saviour_n but_o that_o he_o be_v our_o saviour_n and_o redeemer_n thus_o we_o must_v every_o one_o of_o we_o for_o his_o own_o part_n make_v propâ—r_n to_o himself_o all_o the_o riches_n and_o grace_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n jesuâ—_n because_o in_o give_v himself_o to_o we_o he_o give_v all_o his_o benefit_n in_o that_o he_o be_v god_n he_o make_v we_o after_o a_o sort_n 4â—_n sort_n 2_o peter_n 1_o 4â—_n partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v heir_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n 22._o earth_n 1_o cor_fw-la 3_o 22._o and_o lord_n of_o the_o world_n he_o make_v all_o thing_n we_o whether_o life_n or_o death_n whether_o thing_n present_a or_o thing_n to_o come_v recover_v in_o he_o the_o possession_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o lose_v â—n_v adam_n be_v the_o 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