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god_n to_o impart_v his_o grace_n to_o who_o he_o please_v as_o have_v be_v show_v already_o but_o also_o from_o the_o obstinacy_n and_o proper_a fault_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o appear_v ver_fw-la 22._o what_o if_o god_n will_v that_o be_v by_o a_o consequent_a will_n to_o show_v his_o wrath_n and_o to_o make_v his_o power_n know_v endure_v with_o much_o long_o suffer_v the_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n fit_v to_o destruction_n they_o act_v god_n endure_v they_o be_v toltrate_v by_o god_n but_o fit_v to_o destruction_n by_o themselves_o for_o their_o much_o wrong_n do_v here_o be_v god_n much_o long_o suffer_v and_o more_o plain_o for_o 31._o israel_n have_v not_o attein_v to_o the_o law_n of_o righteousness_n wherefore_o because_o they_o seek_v it_o not_o by_o faith_n but_o as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n this_o reason_n be_v set_v down_o yet_o more_o emphatical_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n ver_fw-la 3._o they_o that_o be_v the_o israelite_n be_v ignorant_a of_o god_n righteousness_n that_o be_v by_o faith_n in_o christ_n and_o go_v about_o to_o establish_v their_o own_o righteousness_n that_o be_v by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n have_v not_o submit_v themselves_o to_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o most_o express_o chap._n 11._o ver_fw-la 20._o because_o of_o undelief_n they_o be_v break_v off_o but_o thou_o stand_v by_o faith_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o precedent_n bind_v decree_n of_o god_n to_o necessitate_v they_o to_o unbelief_n and_o consequent_o to_o punishment_n it_o be_v in_o their_o own_o power_n by_o their_o concurrence_n with_o god_n grace_n to_o prevent_v these_o judgement_n and_o to_o recover_v their_o former_a estate_n ver_fw-la 23._o if_o they_o that_o be_v the_o unbelidve_a jew_n abide_v not_o still_o in_o unbelief_n they_o shall_v be_v graft_v in_o the_o crown_n and_o the_o sword_n be_v immovable_a to_o use_v st._n anselmes_n comparison_n but_o it_o be_v we_o that_o move_v &_o change_v place_n sometime_o the_o 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