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captive_a and_o bond_n as_o esai_n lxiii_o thou_o lord_n our_o father_n our_o redeemer_n thy_o name_n be_v and_o always_o have_v be_v wherefore_o have_v thou_o make_v we_o to_o err_v and_o to_o decline_v from_o thy_o way_n wherefore_o have_v thou_o harden_v our_o herte_n that_o we_o shall_v not_o fear_v the_o the_o which_o place_n paul_n do_v allege_v for_o that_o same_o purpose_n in_o the_o ix_o chapter_n to_o the_o roman_n â§_o the_o vii_o proof_n and_o authority_n harden_a pharaoh_n harden_a this_o verity_n be_v confirm_v in_o pharaoh_n who_o herte_n the_o lord_n do_v harden_v as_o exodi_fw-la ix_o chapter_n and_o to_o the_o roman_n ix_o chap._n â§_o the_o viii_o
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be_v draw_v of_o the_o father_n as_o witness_v john_n the_o syxte_v chapter_n which_o we_o must_v needs_o grant_n let_v we_o desire_v and_o pray_v that_o god_n will_v keep_v in_o we_o his_o commandment_n which_o of_o ourselves_o lord_n we_o can_v not_o call_v on_o the_o lord_n without_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o ourself_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o do_v let_v we_o ask_v call_v and_o cry_n after_o that_o with_o great_a diligence_n and_o fay_v and_o it_o shall_v be_v grant_v to_o us._n but_o see_v how_o captyve_a &_o bond_n our_o will_n be_v that_o for_o to_o desire_v and_o ask_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o lord_n we_o be_v not_o able_a of_o ourselves_o they_o will_v answer_v to_o i_o again_o say_v that_o the_o say_n which_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o saint_n &_o godly_a faithful_a people_n drawethe_v man_n work_v good_a or_o evell_a as_o the_o spirit_n drawethe_v be_v fall_v &_o not_o true_a that_o be_v they_o have_v purge_v &_o make_v clean_o there_o hertes_o they_o have_v 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which_o we_o know_v not_o and_o so_o he_o suffer_v we_o to_o be_v harden_v in_o this_o place_n must_v the_o fay_v full_o be_v teach_v to_o take_v head_n and_o be_v ware_n of_o that_o pestilent_a opinion_n which_o sayethe_v that_o every_o man_n be_v make_v the_o vessel_n of_o honour_n or_o reproach_n by_o our_o own_o meryte_n go_v before_o what_o thing_n be_v or_o ever_o be_v before_o the_o eternal_a decree_n and_o ordinance_n of_o the_o lord_n if_o thou_o will_v say_v that_o god_n have_v decree_v and_o ordain_v these_o thing_n which_o be_v everla_a because_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o know_v by_o his_o forsyght_n and_o knowledge_n that_o every_o man_n will_v do_v in_o time_n we_o answer_v sing_v that-no_a thing_n which_o be_v do_v in_o time_n and_o be_v temporal_a can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v eternal_a &_o before_o all_o tyme._n we_o shall_v do_v great_a wrong_n and_o injury_n to_o the_o lord_n to_o say_v that_o he_o be_v compel_v to_o ordain_v and_o 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captive_a and_o bond_n and_o that_o of_o itself_o it_o can_v do_v thing_n that_o be_v good_a or_o pertain_a to_o eternal_a felicity_n the_o choice_n and_o election_n to_o do_v this_o or_o that_o be_v the_o work_n and_o deed_n of_o the_o will_n and_o of_o the_o understand_v that_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v captive_a it_o come_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o fornication_n that_o be_v of_o the_o natural_a sens_fw-fr and_o knowledge_n of_o sin_n or_o concupiscence_n for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o deceytful_a spirit_n do_v re_v in_o the_o heart_n and_o then_o the_o will_n can_v not_o be_v obediente_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o in_o hypocrisy_n &_o lie_n after_o a_o deceivable_a manner_n fair_a without_o and_o foul_a within_o for_o the_o word_n of_o the_o verity_n can_v not_o be_v pleasant_a to_o it_o wherefore_o it_o be_v always_o contrary_a and_o repugnaunte_a to_o they_o by_o the_o come_v of_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o by_o fay_v man_n be_v deliver_v and_o make_v 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