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come_v unworthy_o and_o unwarrantable_o do_v find_v that_o there_o which_o tend_v to_o their_o conversion_n and_o frequent_o effect_v it_o mr._n b._n in_o his_o disputation_n of_o right_a to_o sacrament_n pag._n 31_o 32._o and_o they_o who_o contend_v that_o the_o unregenerate_a sin_n less_o in_o come_v than_o in_o not_o come_v do_v yet_o hold_v and_o contend_v that_o the_o person_n so_o come_v must_v be_v adult_n baptize_v orthodox_n and_o not_o heretical_a free_a from_o enormous_a crime_n and_o scandal_n before_o men._n the_o bare_a element_n as_o distinct_a from_o the_o word_n can_v neither_o convert_v nor_o confirm_v but_o the_o word_n as_o distinct_a from_o the_o element_n and_o give_v be_v to_o the_o whole_a sacramental_a service_n may_v through_o god_n grace_n prove_v effectual_a for_o sound_a conversion_n of_o the_o unconvert_v and_o certain_o will_v be_v effectual_a for_o build_v up_o of_o the_o convert_v 5._o the_o flesh_n and_o manhood_n of_o christ_n be_v under_o god_n the_o prime_a instrumental_a cause_n of_o life_n eternal_a to_o the_o godly_a in_o all_o age_n through_o faith_n as_o such_o his_o flesh_n be_v heavenly_a meat_n and_o his_o blood_n be_v heavenly_a drink_n and_o we_o through_o faith_n do_v real_o and_o not_o chimerical_o spiritual_o and_o not_o corporal_o eat_v and_o drink_v it_o what_o be_v eat_v in_o that_o it_o be_v eat_v must_v be_v real_o present_a for_o no_o man_n can_v eat_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v absent_a there_o be_v relation_n between_o the_o manhood_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o whole_a intellectual_a world_n as_o between_o sole_a supreme_a under_o god_n and_o subject_n this_o relation_n be_v real_a and_o not_o imaginary_a eternal_a and_o not_o temporal_a from_o eternity_n it_o be_v future_a and_o it_o remain_v to_o eternity_n by_o the_o free_a pleasure_n of_o god._n what_o be_v eternal_a be_v true_o infinite_a above_o all_o predicament_n and_o consequent_o above_o time_n and_o place_n
but_o to_o our_o faith_n inward_o for_o the_o opposition_n be_v not_o between_o spiritual_a and_o material_a but_o between_o spiritual_a and_o carnal_a 1_o cor._n 3.1_o and_o 9.11_o rom._n 15.27_o spiritual_a invisible_a and_o eternal_a thing_n be_v incomparable_o and_o transcendent_o material_a they_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o god_n and_o of_o great_a consequence_n and_o importance_n to_o our_o soul_n through_o faith._n the_o soul_n be_v not_o the_o form_n of_o man_n but_o the_o body_n be_v the_o form_n of_o man_n and_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o quicken_a life_n and_o spirit_n in_o behold_v a_o corpse_n and_o dead_a man_n we_o behold_v the_o form_n and_o appearance_n of_o man_n but_o we_o do_v not_o behold_v the_o soul._n the_o soul_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o it_o can_v consist_v in_o a_o dead_a form._n rom._n 2.20_o 2_o tim._n 3.5_o 4._o soul_n and_o body_n be_v true_o distinct_a as_o principal_a and_o instrumental_a the_o inward_a and_o the_o outward_a man_n 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