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state_n of_o unbelief_n plain_o argue_v they_o may_v believe_v 1._o whether_o we_o do_v not_o all_o sin_n in_o adam_n as_o rom._n 5.18_o 19_o 2._o whether_o the_o desert_n and_o reward_n of_o that_o sin_n be_v not_o death_n eternal_a as_o well_o as_o temporal_a as_o rom._n 6.23_o where_o eternal_a death_n from_o adam_n be_v place_v in_o opposition_n to_o eternal_a life_n by_o jesus_n christ_n 3._o whether_o there_o be_v not_o in_o adam_n immediate_o upon_o the_o eat_n of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n inward_a terror_n and_o feeling_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o thought_n that_o he_o be_v cast_v off_o and_o forsake_v of_o god_n as_o gen._n 3.10_o wherein_o the_o truth_n of_o that_o threaten_n be_v real_o accomplish_v gen._n 2.17_o these_o