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yourselves_o and_o they_o who_o be_v enter_v you_o hinder_v or_o forbid_v those_o lawyer_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v sometime_o take_v for_o the_o scribe_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o be_v writer_n of_o the_o law_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o tim._n 1.7_o 11._o dionysius_n de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la sectis_fw-la l._n 2._o chap._n 11._o the_o teacher_n of_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n they_o do_v expound_v the_o law_n to_o the_o people_n in_o esra_n 7.6_o but_o yet_o by_o their_o false_a interpretation_n take_v away_o the_o key_n of_o knowledge_n i._n e._n the_o right_a meaning_n of_o it_o and_o so_o shut_v out_o both_o themselves_o and_o other_o from_o happiness_n by_o their_o false_a and_o corrupt_a glass_n upon_o text_n of_o scripture_n it_o be_v probable_a they_o prohibit_v and_o forbid_v the_o jew_n to_o believe_v that_o christ_n be_v the_o promise_a messiah_n therefore_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o 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by_o no_o mean_n clear_v the_o guilty_a which_o relate_v to_o his_o justice_n and_o righteousness_n 4._o they_o do_v not_o know_v that_o hatred_n god_n bear_v to_o sinner_n whilst_o they_o be_v disobedient_a to_o christ_n psal_n 11.5_o they_o understanding_n not_o who_o be_v the_o only_a person_n god_n love_v conclude_v they_o be_v of_o that_o number_n who_o have_v a_o interest_n in_o his_o love_n not_o consider_v he_o love_v none_o but_o those_o who_o believe_v in_o and_o except_v of_o his_o son_n the_o lord_n jesus_n all_o other_o be_v object_n of_o his_o hatred_n for_o he_o who_o be_v love_n itself_o 1_o jo._n 4.16_o abhor_v those_o who_o slight_a his_o only_a son_n the_o son_n of_o his_o love_n even_o the_o lord_n of_o glory_n 3_o the_o three_o let_n or_o hindrance_n from_o within_o be_v the_o perverseness_n of_o the_o will_n at_o first_o when_o god_n create_v man_n he_o give_v unto_o he_o a_o perfect_a will_n and_o he_o always_o will_v that_o which_o be_v please_v unto_o god_n but_o upon_o his_o sin_v he_o quite_o deprave_a although_o the_o do_v not_o loose_v that_o faculty_n now_o in_o this_o deprave_a state_n and_o condition_n the_o will_n be_v perverse_a &_o averse_a to_o that_o which_o be_v true_o good_a and_o will_v evil_a continual_o therefore_o say_v christ_n jo._n 5.40_o you_o will_v not_o come_v unto_o i_o that_o you_o may_v have_v life_n christ_n jesus_n who_o be_v life_n jo._n 11.25_o make_v offer_n and_o tender_v of_o life_n unto_o sinner_n and_o promise_v if_o they_o come_v he_o will_v in_o no_o wise_a cast_v they_o out_o jo._n 6.37_o yet_o they_o obstinate_o refuse_v and_o be_v ready_a to_o cry_v out_o we_o will_v not_o have_v this_o man_n to_o reign_v over_o we_o luk._n 19.27_o wolleb_n mansit_fw-la quidem_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la hominis_fw-la liberum_fw-la à _fw-la coactione_n sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la ad_fw-la malum_fw-la wolleb_n the_o will_n of_o man_n do_v still_o remain_v free_a from_o all_o coaction_n or_o compulsion_n but_o it_o be_v free_a 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