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we_o oppose_v the_o power_n of_o god_n against_o his_o will_n for_o he_o see_v all_o thing_n save_v that_o which_o he_o undertake_v to_o abolish_v out_o of_o his_o own_o sight_n that_o he_o may_v not_o see_v it_o so_o that_o by_o his_o mystical_a clothing_n of_o we_o with_o his_o son_n righteousness_n he_o have_v abolish_v it_o out_o of_o his_o own_o sight_n though_o not_o out_o of_o we_o now_o we_o tell_v you_o that_o this_o answer_n be_v not_o universal_o to_o be_v slight_v for_o our_o divine_n pareus_n and_o other_o as_o i_o mention_v before_o maintain_v that_o remission_n of_o sin_n though_o it_o be_v the_o utter_a deletion_n of_o the_o guilt_n yet_o not_o the_o full_a
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apostasy_n from_o it_o either_o total_a or_o final_a yet_o those_o particular_a act_n of_o pardon_n and_o impute_v of_o christ_n righteousness_n be_v continual_o by_o god_n communicate_v unto_o we_o neither_o may_v we_o think_v that_o our_o sin_n past_a present_a and_o to_o come_v be_v all_o take_v away_o by_o one_o sentence_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o new_a or_o iterate_a pardon_n then_o indeed_o bellarmine_n argument_n will_v have_v strength_n in_o it_o that_o it_o be_v as_o absurd_a to_o pray_v for_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n answer_v as_o to_o have_v christ_n new_o incarnate_v or_o that_o we_o may_v be_v predestinate_v according_a as_o some_o have_v false_o say_v si_fw-mi non_fw-la sis_fw-la praedestinatus_fw-la ora_fw-la ut_fw-la praedestineris_fw-la if_o thou_o be_v not_o predestinate_v pray_v that_o thou_o may_v be_v we_o may_v indeed_o pray_v for_o the_o believe_v of_o these_o thing_n in_o a_o more_o settle_a manner_n but_o not_o for_o the_o thing_n themselves_o but_o this_o 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and_o gripe_n he_o have_v within_o because_o of_o sin_n and_o no_o wonder_n he_o do_v not_o confess_v it_o and_o bewail_v it_o before_o god_n if_o therefore_o god_n keep_v thy_o heart_n in_o many_o doubt_n and_o fear_n give_v thou_o no_o rest_n consider_v whether_o thou_o have_v cast_v all_o that_o leaven_n out_o of_o thy_o house_n whether_o every_o achan_n within_o thou_o be_v stone_v or_o no._n it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o cure_v the_o wound_n as_o long_o as_o any_o splint_n of_o the_o poison_a arrow_n lie_v within_o it_o or_o if_o thou_o find_v no_o sin_n unrepented_a of_o search_v whether_o thy_o formal_a lazy_a duty_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o blackness_n that_o be_v in_o thy_o heart_n we_o read_v in_o the_o canticle_n that_o the_o church_n laziness_n and_o she_o not_o open_v the_o door_n to_o christ_n when_o he_o knock_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o spiritual_a desertion_n she_o be_v plunge_v into_o seek_v up_o and_o down_o for_o her_o belove_a but_o not_o find_v 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damn_v we_o lecture_n xxiv_o mat._n 6.12_o and_o forgive_v we_o our_o debt_n respect_v another_o question_n which_o be_v also_o of_o great_a use_n we_o be_v to_o dispatch_v at_o this_o time_n viz._n whether_o a_o believer_n repent_v and_o sue_v for_o pardon_n be_v to_o make_v any_o difference_n between_o a_o great_a sin_n and_o a_o less_o for_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v persuade_v of_o the_o negative_a then_o will_v gross_a and_o notorious_a sin_n which_o tertullian_n call_v devoratoria_fw-la salutis_fw-la whirlpool_n and_o gulf_n wherein_o the_o party_n offend_v be_v plunge_v be_v no_o more_o than_o those_o sin_n which_o austin_n call_v quotidiana_fw-la &_o levia_fw-la daily_a infirmity_n which_o continual_o flow_v from_o the_o most_o sanctify_a person_n again_o on_o the_o other_o side_n a_o christian_a fall_v into_o such_o a_o gross_a sin_n may_v so_o far_o be_v swallow_v up_o with_o sorrow_n as_o that_o he_o shall_v think_v the_o whole_a bond_n of_o friendship_n be_v dissolve_v 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