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2.10_o it_o be_v say_v which_o in_o time_n past_o be_v not_o a_o people_n but_o now_o be_v the_o people_n of_o god_n which_o have_v not_o obtain_v mercy_n but_o now_o have_v obtain_v mercy_n and_o whereas_o the_o opponent_n say_v god_n love_v we_o before_o we_o do_v believe_v it_o be_v true_a with_o a_o love_n of_o purpose_n but_o many_o effect_n of_o his_o love_n be_v not_o exhibit_v till_o we_o do_v believe_v he_o love_v we_o and_o so_o work_v one_o effect_n of_o love_n in_o we_o that_o that_o effect_n may_v be_v a_o qualification_n for_o a_o new_a and_o further_a effect_n of_o love_n he_o love_v we_o to_o make_v we_o his_o friend_n and_o when_o he_o have_v do_v that_o he_o love_v we_o with_o a_o love_n of_o friendship_n god_n love_v we_o before_o he_o give_v christ_n for_o out_o of_o that_o love_n he_o give_v we_o christ_n that_o so_o when_o christ_n be_v give_v we_o he_o may_v bestow_v another_o love_n upon_o we_o now_o because_o it_o be_v ordinary_a with_o we_o to_o call_v the_o 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another_o as_o sanctification_n for_o glorification_n lecture_n xxiii_o mat._n 6.12_o and_o forgive_v we_o our_o debt_n only_o the_o next_o question_n to_o be_v consider_v be_v whether_o in_o this_o prayer_n we_o pray_v only_o for_o the_o assurance_n of_o pardon_n not_o pardon_v itself_o for_o thus_o the_o antinomian_o answer_v to_o the_o objection_n fetch_v from_o this_o place_n that_o the_o whole_a sense_n of_o this_o petition_n be_v that_o we_o may_v feel_v in_o ourselves_o and_o assure_o perceive_v what_o pardon_n god_n have_v give_v we_o before_o honeycomb_n p._n 155._o so_o den_n reconcil_n of_o god_n to_o man_n p._n 44._o make_v this_o argument_n of_o the_o text_n against_o himself_o if_o we_o pray_v for_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n than_o sin_n be_v not_o forgive_v before_o answer_v the_o protestant_n say_v he_o with_o one_o consent_n hold_v that_o they_o do_v beg_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n great_a certainty_n and_o assurance_n of_o pardon_n and_o he_o instance_v in_o a_o condemn_a person_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o ladder_n who_o have_v receive_v the_o pardon_n of_o his_o prince_n may_v when_o call_v into_o the_o king_n presence_n fall_v down_o and_o say_v pardon_v i_o my_o lord_n and_o king_n but_o this_o be_v to_o abuse_v protestant_a author_n for_o although_o many_o of_o they_o may_v make_v this_o part_n of_o the_o meaning_n yet_o none_o make_v it_o the_o only_a meaning_n gomarus_n in_o his_o explication_n of_o this_o petition_n do_v excellent_o confute_v piscator_fw-la for_o explicate_a pardon_n of_o sin_n by_o a_o metonymy_n of_o the_o subject_n viz._n the_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o this_o in_o our_o heart_n and_o say_v that_o such_o a_o signification_n can_v be_v prove_v out_o of_o any_o place_n of_o scripture_n nor_o out_o of_o the_o language_n of_o any_o good_a author_n and_o one_o of_o his_o reason_n be_v this_o prayer_n for_o pardon_n of_o sin_n will_v be_v imprudent_o take_v out_o of_o the_o lord_n prayer_n for_o he_o who_o pray_v for_o the_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o a_o thing_n suppose_v it_o already_o do_v now_o say_v he_o every_o wise_a petition_n have_v for_o its_o object_n a_o thing_n to_o come_v and_o not_o a_o thing_n past_a this_o also_o bellarmine_n object_v against_o special_a faith_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o confidence_n that_o my_o sin_n be_v forgive_v already_o he_o make_v it_o as_o absurd_a upon_o this_o ground_n to_o beg_v for_o pardon_n as_o it_o will_v be_v to_o pray_v that_o christ_n may_v be_v incarnate_v or_o make_v flesh_n crocius_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o this_o disput_n de_fw-fr fidei_fw-la justificantis_fw-la objecto_fw-la pa._n 131._o say_v as_o you_o hear_v before_o that_o those_o thing_n indeed_o use_v not_o to_o be_v pray_v for_o which_o be_v so_o do_v that_o they_o be_v never_o do_v more_o but_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v so_o do_v as_o that_o they_o may_v be_v often_o do_v again_o may_v be_v pray_v for_o the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n be_v once_o do_v and_o can_v be_v no_o more_o but_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v so_o do_v that_o it_o continue_v further_a to_o be_v do_v and_o its_o last_o effect_n be_v reserve_v for_o the_o future_a for_o as_o often_o as_o we_o sin_n so_o often_o there_o be_v need_n of_o repentance_n so_o that_o by_o his_o judgement_n remission_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o like_a creation_n which_o once_o be_v and_o be_v not_o reiterated_a but_o conservation_n more_o may_v be_v say_v out_o of_o author_n but_o i_o come_v to_o answer_v the_o question_n propound_v first_o we_o grant_v it_o a_o duty_n for_o that_o believer_n who_o know_v his_o sin_n be_v pardon_v to_o pray_v for_o further_a faith_n and_o assurance_n of_o the_o pardon_n pray_v for_o see_v our_o faith_n admit_v of_o degree_n and_o be_v sometime_o stagger_v ready_a to_o sink_v no_o marvel_n if_o it_o needs_o support_v thus_o david_n although_o he_o hear_v his_o pardon_n proclaim_v yet_o make_v that_o penitential_a psalm_n psal_n 51._o for_o mercy_n to_o do_v away_o his_o sin_n which_o be_v 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but_o all_o venial_a rom._n 8.1_o there_o be_v no_o condemnation_n to_o those_o that_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n therefore_o musculus_fw-la observe_v well_o that_o in_o this_o case_n the_o person_n offend_v be_v to_o be_v consider_v whether_o they_o be_v believer_n more_o than_o the_o sin_n themselves_o a_o second_o proposition_n howsoever_o every_o sin_n even_o the_o least_o do_v thus_o deserve_v eternal_a damnation_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o some_o sin_n and_o other_o and_o therefore_o sin_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a negation_n but_o a_o privation_n as_o disease_n be_v and_o so_o as_o one_o disease_n may_v be_v more_o desperate_a than_o another_o so_o may_v one_o sin_n be_v more_o heinous_a than_o another_o the_o stoic_n think_v all_o sin_n alike_o and_o cyprian_a among_o the_o ancient_n be_v report_v by_o the_o learned_a to_o have_v be_v of_o that_o mind_n but_o scripture_n do_v evident_o confute_v this_o he_o that_o deliver_v i_o unto_o thou_o have_v the_o 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