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and_o of_o god_n though_o as_o vitiate_v by_o we_o and_o ill_o dispose_v we_o must_v accuse_v it_o p._n 76_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o our_o redeemer_n infant_n not_o in_o a_o state_n of_o innocency_n but_o of_o original_a sin_n full_o prove_v the_o great_a end_n of_o redemption_n enumerate_v the_o effect_n it_o must_v have_v upon_o the_o soul._n p._n 86_o chap._n xii_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o our_o sanctifier_n and_o comforter_n a_o further_a proof_n of_o original_a sin_n twenty_o consideration_n by_o way_n of_o quere_n to_o convince_v they_o that_o deny_v or_o extenuate_v the_o sanctify_a work_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n ascribe_v they_o to_o nature_n and_o themselves_o p._n 100_o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o the_o absolute_a owner_n proprietary_n or_o lord_n of_o all_o of_o his_o jus_fw-la dominii_fw-la ground_v on_o his_o creation_n and_o redemption_n and_o the_o use_v p._n 109_o chap._n fourteen_o 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