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cor._n 3.11_o isa_n 63.3_o 5._o from_o its_o freeness_n in_o choof_v and_o accept_v of_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n for_o the_o use_n and_o end_v it_o serve_v to_o a_o man_n may_v have_v recourse_n unto_o god_n as_o creator_n and_o use_v earnestness_n for_o mercy_n and_o yet_o not_o find_v it_o he_o may_v plead_v a_o promise_n and_o that_o with_o importunity_n and_o yet_o miss_v of_o salvation_n if_o he_o take_v it_o not_o as_o in_o christ_n for_o the_o lord_n have_v make_v no_o promise_n but_o in_o christ_n eph._n 3.6_o 2_o cor._n 1.20_o and_o be_v resolve_v to_o be_v merciful_a unto_o none_o but_o in_o the_o way_n of_o the_o mediator_n and_o hence_o christ_n be_v call_v the_o mediator_n of_o the_o covenant_n hebr._n 8.6_o &_o 9.15_o &_o 12.24_o not_o one_o covenant_n mercy_n but_o must_v pass_v through_o his_o hand_n unto_o soul_n so_o that_o if_o your_o heart_n have_v not_o own_v his_o mediation_n his_o blood_n can_v be_v witness_v to_o you_o many_o will_v not_o come_v to_o christ_n that_o they_o may_v have_v life_n and_o peace_n luk._n 19.41_o 42._o joh._n 5.40_o nature_n be_v averse_a to_o be_v behold_v to_o another_o for_o all_o and_o so_o many_o do_v not_o own_o the_o way_n of_o salvation_n but_o there_o may_v be_v a_o cry_v out_o earnest_o for_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n and_o if_o it_o be_v by_o constraint_n so_o as_o the_o bent_n and_o inclination_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o that_o way_n than_o it_o be_v not_o with_o the_o heart_n deut._n 5._o v._o 24_o 25.27_o israel_n engage_v that_o whatsoever_o the_o lord_n shall_v speak_v to_o they_o by_o moses_n they_o will_v hear_v and_o do_v it_o and_o doubtless_o they_o mean_v as_o they_o say_v for_o the_o lord_n utter_v his_o voice_n out_o of_o the_o fire_n and_o strike_v they_o with_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n thereby_o this_o occasion_v their_o make_v that_o promise_n and_o yet_o the_o lord_n say_v v._o 29._o o_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o heart_n in_o they_o which_o impli_v more_o than_o a_o 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to_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o saint_n rom_n 8._o verse_n 16._o the_o spirit_n itself_o witness_v with_o our_o spirit_n that_o we_o be_v the_o child_n of_o god_n chap._n i._o open_v the_o text_n and_o show_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n this_o apostle_n paul_n have_v make_v it_o his_o great_a design_n in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n to_o clear_v up_o the_o doctrine_n of_o justification_n by_o faith_n without_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n he_o draw_v up_o a_o comfortable_a conclusion_n chap_n 8.1_o that_o there_o be_v no_o condemnation_n to_o those_o which_o be_v in_o christ_n and_o as_o well_o to_o prevent_v a_o presumptuous_a claim_n of_o interest_n in_o christ_n as_o to_o deliver_v from_o ungrounded_a doubt_n thereof_o ãâã_d characterize_v those_o which_o be_v in_o christ_n in_o the_o follow_a verse_n and_o the_o inhabitation_n of_o the_o divine_a spirit_n ver_fw-la 9_o with_o its_o concurrence_n in_o the_o mortification_n of_o sin_n ver_fw-la 13._o and_o as_o a_o conductor_n or_o 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not_o out_o to_o be_v rescue_v by_o he_o 3._o between_o a_o habitual_a frame_n of_o heart_n towards_o sin_n and_o a_o occasional_a fall_n into_o sin_n the_o former_a argue_v the_o reign_n of_o sin_n the_o latter_a not_z for_o by_o the_o violence_n of_o temptation_n david_n become_v guilty_a of_o murder_n and_o adultery_n and_o peter_n of_o deny_v christ_n yet_o beside_o the_o after_o repentance_n which_o undoubted_o follow_v such_o fall_n as_o psal_n 51._o matth._n 26.45_o there_o be_v a_o habitual_a prevail_a inclination_n against_o sin_n in_o believer_n which_o be_v never_o lose_v which_o difference_v they_o from_o other_o it_o be_v not_o their_o path_n their_o way_n they_o walk_v in_o but_o as_o sickness_n to_o the_o body_n or_o eclipse_n to_o the_o sun_n they_o come_v very_o seldom_o wicked_a man_n may_v have_v ague_n or_o hot_a fit_n against_o sin_n and_o gracious_a man_n may_v have_v cold_a fit_n in_o sin_n but_o the_o bent_n of_o their_o soul_n and_o their_o ordinary_a course_n 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admit_v of_o may_v not_o be_v reckon_v of_o infirmity_n but_o ever_o there_o be_v a_o vast_o different_a conversation_n before_o and_o after_o conversion_n eph._n 2._o v._n 2_o 3._o those_o that_o be_v call_v out_o of_o this_o world_n can_v but_o walk_v otherwise_o than_o those_o that_o be_v of_o it_o though_o a_o man_n with_o paul_n be_v very_o religious_a before_o and_o as_o touch_v the_o law_n blameless_a yet_o conversion_n difference_v he_o from_o himself_o in_o his_o former_a state_n in_o point_n of_o conversation_n phil._n 3._o v._n 3.6_o and_o a_o frequent_a iteration_n of_o manifest_a work_n of_o the_o flesh_n on_o live_v in_o they_o be_v make_v a_o certain_a evidence_n of_o a_o state_n of_o nature_n rom._n 8.13_o 1_o corin._n 6.10_o gal._n 5._o v._n 19_o 20_o 21._o now_o the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v manifest_a which_o be_v adultery_n fornication_n uncleanness_n lasciviousness_n idolatry_n witchcraft_n hatred_n variance_n emulation_n wrath_n strife_n sedition_n heresy_n envy_n murder_n drunkenness_n revel_n and_o such_o like_a v._n 21._o they_o which_o do_v such_o thing_n shall_v not_o inherit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n such_o be_v under_o the_o dominion_n of_o sin_n 2._o sin_n when_o real_o of_o infirmity_n be_v such_o be_v through_o the_o remainder_n of_o corruption_n and_o weakness_n of_o the_o regenerate_a part_n be_v unavoidable_a or_o be_v against_o the_o main_a bent_n and_o inclination_n of_o the_o will_n rom._n 7.15_o 16._o what_o i_o will_v not_o and_o what_o i_o hate_v that_o do_v i._o gal._n 5.17_o you_o can_v do_v what_o you_o will_v it_o be_v only_o out_o of_o impotency_n or_o weakness_n to_o withstand_v that_o corruption_n prevail_v not_o out_o of_o want_n of_o will_n to_o hinder_v it_o rom._n 7.18_o to_o will_n be_v present_a with_o i_o but_o how_o to_o perform_v that_o which_o be_v good_a i_o find_v not_o the_o will_n against_o it_o be_v strong_a than_o its_o ability_n to_o make_v resistance_n the_o temptation_n be_v overcome_v in_o 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