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live_v according_a to_o god_n in_o the_o spirit_n j._n n._n object_n that_o there_o be_v no_o force_n in_o the_o argument_n for_o that_o the_o word_n turning_n be_v equivocal_a 102._o &_o may_v signify_v either_o the_o moral_a conversion_n of_o the_o will_n to_o holiness_n and_o righteousness_n which_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o true_a illumination_n or_o that_o simple_a conversion_n of_o the_o understanding_n to_o the_o light_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o if_o the_o former_a than_o i_o grant_v that_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n do_v enlighten_v before_o man_n can_v turn_v to_o he_o that_o be_v a_o man_n be_v first_o enlighten_v before_o he_o be_v convert_v but_o if_o the_o latter_a i_o deny_v that_o god_n do_v enlighten_v man_n before_o man_n turn_v to_o he_o nor_o do_v the_o text_n cite_v by_o he_o prove_v it_o thus._n far_o j._n n._n this_o last_o conclusion_n be_v positive_a and_o plain_o denote_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o we_o from_o whence_o he_o make_v this_o doctrine_n to_o result_v viz._n man_n must_v first_o convert_v himself_o to_o the_o divine_a light_n and_o attend_v to_o it_o before_o he_o can_v be_v enlighten_v by_o it_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v man_n as_o consider_v in_o the_o fall_v state_n of_o the_o first_o adan_n be_v degenerate_v blind_a and_o dead_a in_o that_o estate_n unable_a of_o himself_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n acceptable_a to_o god_n neither_o can_v he_o enter_v into_o the_o way_n of_o holiness_n or_o convert_v himself_o unto_o the_o divine_a light_n and_o attend_v to_o it_o till_o he_o be_v first_o quicken_v and_o have_v the_o eye_n of_o his_o understanding_n some_o way_n open_v by_o the_o light_n and_o spirit_n of_o truth_n and_o feel_v some_o secret_a touch_n of_o divine_a influence_n &_o virtue_n from_o the_o light_n to_o enable_v he_o to_o convert_v and_o turn_v his_o mind_n unto_o it_o for_o how_o can_v a_o man_n enter_v into_o a_o way_n while_o he_o be_v blind_a and_o know_v nothing_o thereof_o so_o that_o 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