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from_o grace_n last_o of_o all_o some_o particular_n in_o his_o book_n this_o i_o do_v not_o undertake_v upon_o any_o confidence_n that_o i_o conceive_v in_o myself_o i_o know_v many_o in_o our_o church_n more_o worthy_a and_o able_a than_o myself_o and_o i_o thank_v god_n for_o they_o but_o as_o heretofore_o i_o have_v have_v experience_n of_o god_n mercy_n and_o find_v that_o the_o love_n of_o the_o truth_n have_v in_o other_o thing_n enable_v i_o to_o defend_v the_o truth_n and_o help_v i_o to_o know_v the_o truth_n so_o i_o rest_v upon_o the_o same_o help_n i_o seek_v god_n truth_n which_o will_v not_o fail_v they_o that_o seek_v and_o love_v it_o and_o if_o any_o man_n of_o great_a confidence_n in_o his_o wit_n and_o learning_n will_v enter_v upon_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o appeal_v for_o i_o have_v hear_v the_o whisper_n i_o shall_v be_v willing_a to_o spend_v the_o rest_n of_o my_o old_a day_n in_o this_o for_o they_o can_v be_v spend_v in_o a_o better_a service_n chap._n 2._o 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say_v that_o god_n purpose_n be_v according_a to_o his_o call_n shall_v he_o not_o invert_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o falsify_v his_o doctrine_n then_o his_o call_n be_v according_a to_o his_o purpose_n but_o his_o purpose_n may_v not_o be_v say_v to_o be_v according_a to_o his_o call_n because_o the_o call_n depend_v upon_o his_o purpose_n but_o not_o the_o purpose_n upon_o the_o call_n the_o purpose_n be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o call_n but_o not_o the_o call_n a_o cause_n of_o the_o purpose_n now_o if_o we_o proceed_v from_o vocation_n to_o justification_n we_o shall_v understand_v the_o same_o for_o as_o vocation_n depend_v upon_o god_n purpose_n of_o predestination_n so_o do_v our_o justification_n depend_v upon_o vocation_n and_o as_o this_o be_v to_o pervert_v the_o apostle_n word_n and_o to_o falsify_v his_o doctrine_n as_o before_o i_o say_v to_o say_v that_o god_n purpose_n be_v according_a to_o his_o call_n so_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v as_o this_o author_n 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perseverance_n in_o grace_n and_o fall_v away_o from_o grace_n the_o question_n as_o saint_n augustine_n propose_v it_o be_v of_o perseverance_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o grace_n as_o this_o man_n and_o the_o pelagian_n propose_v it_o of_o fall_v away_o from_o grace_n or_o of_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o saint_n the_o question_n be_v the_o same_o though_o diverse_o propose_v so_o that_o if_o we_o prove_v the_o perseverance_n of_o saint_n to_o the_o end_n then_o be_v that_o doctrine_n overthrow_v that_o bring_v in_o the_o apostasy_n of_o saint_n if_o this_o question_n be_v move_v thus_o whether_o a_o man_n may_v fall_v away_o from_o grace_n the_o proposition_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o ambiguous_a acception_n and_o use_n of_o this_o word_n grace_n may_v be_v both_o true_a and_o false_a for_o this_o be_v true_a a_o man_n may_v fall_v from_o grace_n both_o total_o and_o final_o and_o this_o likewise_o true_a a_o man_n can_v fall_v from_o grace_n neither_o total_o nor_o final_o they_o who_o 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