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time_n deceive_v in_o his_o present_a condition_n rev._n 3._o 17._o thou_o say_v i_o be_o rich_a and_o increase_v in_o good_n and_o have_v need_n of_o nothing_o and_o know_v not_o that_o thou_o be_v wretched_a and_o miserable_a and_o poor_a and_o blind_a and_o naked_a gal._n 6._o 3._o 2._o man_n heart_n be_v deceitful_a above_o all_o thing_n jer._n 17._o 9_o see_v john_n 16._o 2._o 3._o it_o be_v god_n prerogative_n to_o know_v future_a contingency_n isa_n 41._o 22_o 23._o and_o eccles._n 9_o 1._o the_o righteous_a and_o the_o wise_a and_o their_o work_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n no_o man_n know_v either_o love_n or_o hatred_n by_o all_o that_o be_v before_o he_o 4._o a_o man_n may_v resolve_v well_o for_o the_o present_a and_o be_v confident_a he_o shall_v stick_v to_o such_o principle_n and_o resolution_n as_o he_o have_v once_o make_v and_o espouse_v and_o yet_o fall_v quite_o off_o from_o they_o 2_o king_n 18._o 13._o hazael_n practise_v afterward_o what_o he_o then_o 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etc._n ii_o they_o do_v utter_o deny_v that_o true_a believer_n can_v sin_v of_o deliberation_n but_o only_o of_o ignorance_n or_o infirmity_n the_o reason_n 1._o from_o exhortation_n 2_o cor._n 6._o 1._o receive_v not_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o vain_a 1_o thess_n 5._o 19_o quench_v not_o the_o spirit_n eph._n 4._o 30._o grieve_v not_o the_o holy_a spirit_n hebr._n 10._o 35._o 37_o 38._o cast_v not_o away_o your_o confidence_n if_o any_o man_n draw_v back_o my_o soul_n shall_v have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o he_o 2._o from_o expostulation_n and_o admiration_n etc._n etc._n john_n 6._o 67._o will_v you_o also_o go_v away_o isa_n 1._o 21._o how_o be_v the_o faithful_a city_n become_v a_o harlot_n jer._n 2._o 12_o 21._o be_v astonish_v o_o you_o heaven_n at_o this_o for_o my_o people_n have_v commit_v two_o evil_n yet_o i_o have_v plant_v thou_o a_o noble_a vine_n whole_o a_o right_a seed_n how_o then_o be_v thou_o turn_v into_o the_o degenerate_a plant_n of_o a_o strange_a vine_n unto_o 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