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to_o 160._o christian_n life_n 65._o hope_n 145_o and_o 146._o church_n 76._o to_o 95._o creation_n 35._o to_o 40._o e._o elect_a and_o election_n 50._o 51._o 62._o to_o 65._o and_o 160._o how_o judge_v and_o save_v 159._o and_o 160._o f._n faith_n triple_a 116._o g._n glorification_n 74._o and_o 75._o god_n and_o what_o we_o must_v believe_v of_o he_o concerning_o the_o essence_n person_n propriety_n will_v and_o work_n 1._o to_o 40._o have_v no_o eye_n ear_n etc._n etc._n 41._o must_v be_v serve_v as_o he_o do_v require_v 124._o 125._o and_o 126._o h._n humanity_n of_o christ_n 141._o 142._o 154._o i._n image_n of_o god_n in_o angel_n and_o in_o man_n 40._o to_o 43._o judgement_n general_a 157._o to_o 160._o justification_n 70._o and_o 71._o l._n law_n of_o god_n 128._o to_o 137._o m._n man_n creation_n see_v adam_n fall_v ibid._n rise_v 50._o and_o 51._o insufficiency_n 48._o 64._o 68_o man_n all_o damn_a in_o adam_n 40._o some_o save_v by_o christ_n 72._o minister_n of_o the_o church_n 88_o to_o 93._o p._n predestination_n 63._o and_o 64._o preparation_n to_o the_o sacrament_n see_v sacrament_n r._n repentance_n 114._o and_o 115._o reprobat_fw-la and_o reprobation_n 51._o to_o 62._o why_o damn_v 54._o and_o 158._o resurrection_n general_a 157._o to_o life_n everlasting_a 74._o 75._o and_o 76._o s_o sacrament_n 101._o to_o 109_o and_o 125._o of_o baptism_n 109_o to_o 114._o the_o lord_n supper_n 117._o to_o 116._o preparation_n to_o they_o 102._o 111._o and_o 116._o abuse_n of_o they_o 123._o salvation_n by_o grace_n and_o through_o faith_n 72._o and_o 136._o sanctification_n 69._o satan_n how_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o world_n 60._o scripture_n 95._o to_o 102._o sin_n original_a 47._o to_o 50._o actual_a 47._o against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 114._o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o reprobation_n 53â—_z but_o of_o damnation_n 54._o and_o 158._o son_n of_o god_n how_o assume_v our_o nature_n 137._o to_o 145._o supper_n of_o the_o lord_n see_v sacrament_n v._o vocation_n 65._o to_o 69._o vow_n prayer_n and_o oath_n 126._o 127._o and_o 128._o w._n work_n good_a why_o command_v 73._o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o election_n 63._o 64._o 72_o to_o 75._o 159_o and_o 160._o many_o matter_n be_v include_v in_o these_o a_o full_a index_n of_o which_o may_v be_v big_a than_o the_o whole_a book_n interpretation_n of_o hard_a word_n a._o ability_n ableness_n assume_v to_o take_v aversion_n loathe_v shun_v b_o brevity_n shortness_n c_o capacity_n ableness_n carnal_a fleshly_a collection_n gather_v communicate_v to_o give_v impart_v compendium_n abridgement_n compulsion_n force_n conception_n conceit_n corporal_n bodily_a d._n decision_n determination_n describe_v to_o set_v forth_o dictat_fw-la to_o tell_v suggest_v difficult_a hard_a discussion_n inquiry_n donative_n give_v e._n effusion_n shed_v engender_v beget_v external_a outward_a f._n facility_n easiness_n g._n gratuity_n free_o give_v do_v or_o make_v i._n immutable_a unchangeable_a inbred_a natural_a infallible_a which_o can_v err_v nor_o fail_v inherent_a cleave_v incorporal_a without_o body_n indivisible_a which_o can_v be_v divide_v injounction_n commandment_n internal_a inward_a invest_v clothe_v endue_v judicious_a grave_a wise_a l._n limit_n bound_n m._n mollify_v to_o soften_v morsel_n a_o bit_n mortal_n deadly_a mutation_n change_n o_o economic_a belong_v to_o household_n affair_n omnipotent_a almighty_a omnipresent_a present_a in_o all_o place_n omniscient_a know_v all_o thing_n p._n palpable_a which_o can_v be_v feel_v plurality_n a_o being_n of_o more_o than_o one_o politic_n belong_v to_o public_a affair_n precede_v fore_o go_v prejudice_n hurt_n loss_n priority_n a_o be_v first_o produce_v to_o send_v forth_o prohibit_v to_o forbid_v proportion_n measure_n or_o equality_n purify_v to_o make_v pure_a r._n reduce_v bring_v to_o refection_n repast_n nourishment_n reunite_v join_v again_o s._n subtraction_n withdraw_v succinct_o brief_o suggest_v to_o put_v in_o mind_n suppress_v to_o put_v down_o t._n testify_v to_o bear_v witness_n v._o verity_n truth_n unapt_a unfit_a in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o epistle_n read_v 1645._o for_o 1644._o
so_o whole_a in_o all_o the_o person_n that_o they_o be_v all_o but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o substance_n and_o so_o but_o one_o indivisible_a god_n and_o the_o person_n be_v so_o distinct_a in_o their_o order_n name_n and_o incommunicable_a propriety_n as_o these_o be_v particular_a and_o personal_a that_o the_o first_o can_v be_v the_o second_o nor_o the_o son_n the_o father_n nor_o the_o holy_a ghost_n either_o of_o these_o beget_v or_o be_v beget_v and_o therefore_o ix._o i_o believe_v that_o the_o father_n and_o first_o person_n of_o the_o deity_n have_v be_v of_o himself_o neither_o make_v nor_o create_v nor_o beget_v nor_o proceed_v but_o beget_v his_o son_n and_o with_o he_o produce_v or_o send_v forth_o the_o holy_a ghost_n x._o i_o believe_v that_o the_o son_n and_o second_o person_n be_v neither_o make_v nor_o create_v nor_o proceed_v but_o beget_v eternal_o by_o the_o father_n with_o who_o he_o send_v forth_o the_o holy_a ghost_n xi_o i_o believe_v that_o the_o holy_a 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