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sin_n and_o seal_v they_o with_o his_o holy_a spirit_n and_o render_v they_o true_o godly_a elect_v and_o precious_a in_o his_o sight_n and_o sever_v they_o from_o among_o the_o ungodly_a world_n as_o to_o life_n eternal_a 1_o pet._n 1.2_o 20._o rom._n 8.29_o 30._o act_n 13.48_o judas_n 4._o prov._n 16.4_o gal._n 1.15_o 16._o jer._n 1.5_o 2_o pet._n 1.10_o eph._n 1.11_o 2._o indeed_o we_o be_v say_v to_o be_v choose_v in_o christ_n before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n ephes_n 1.4_o but_o that_o be_v because_o election_n in_o christ_n be_v from_o eternity_n future_a and_o thing_n future_a be_v as_o present_v to_o god_n who_o call_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o as_o though_o they_o be_v rom._n 4.17_o what_o be_v future_a be_v as_o real_a and_o certain_a as_o what_o be_v present_a yet_o as_o future_a it_o be_v not_o in_o present_a be_v but_o to_o come_v and_o most_o sure_o will_v be_v therefore_o election_n in_o christ_n be_v no_o otherwise_o from_o eternity_n than_o 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mean_n to_o god_n glory_n for_o that_o be_v no_o mean_n which_o destroy_v the_o end_n and_o be_v repugnant_a to_o it_o indeed_o the_o damn_a in_o hell_n do_v will_n and_o desire_v their_o own_o annihilation_n but_o not_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o god_n glory_n for_o that_o be_v a_o holy_a and_o regular_a will_n and_o desire_n but_o no_o holy_a and_o regular_a will_n can_v be_v in_o the_o damn_a moses_n and_o paul_n can_v not_o without_o sin_n wish_v to_o themselves_o eternal_a pain_n and_o more_o than_o bare_o temporal_a for_o eternal_a pain_n consist_v in_o implacable_o hate_v and_o be_v hate_v of_o god_n eternal_a self-tormenting_a anguish_n for_o sin_n and_o the_o never-dying_a worm_n this_o no_o man_n in_o his_o right_a wit_n can_v wish_v to_o himself_o 4._o man_n chief_a end_n be_v not_o to_o glorify_v god_n and_o to_o enjoy_v he_o for_o ever_o this_o indeed_o be_v man_n duty_n but_o duty_n as_o such_o be_v not_o the_o chief_a end_n but_o eternal_a felicity_n as_o the_o reward_n of_o 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happiness_n mean_v behold_v god_n face_n in_o righteousness_n and_o be_v satisfy_v with_o his_o likeness_n psal_n 17.15_o so_o it_o be_v whole_o supernatural_a know_v and_o desire_v of_o none_o in_o this_o world_n save_v only_o the_o regenerate_v through_o faith_n in_o christ_n man_n ungodly_a neglect_n so_o great_a salvation_n and_o say_v unto_o god_n depart_v from_o we_o heb._n 2.3_o job_n 21.14_o the_o heaven_n and_o happiness_n desire_v by_o they_o be_v a_o sensual_a paradise_n and_o perpetual_a epicurism_n this_o real_o be_v not_o heaven_n and_o happiness_n but_o a_o lust_n or_o idol_n clothe_v with_o the_o name_n of_o heaven_n and_o happiness_n the_o sincere_a desire_n of_o grace_n as_o such_o be_v not_o the_o grace_n desire_v but_o it_o be_v a_o infallible_a proof_n of_o a_o gracious_a and_o godly_a man_n as_o be_v accompany_v with_o sincere_a performance_n and_o endeavour_n and_o be_v indeed_o itself_o holy_a reformance_n before_o god._n there_o be_v in_o god_n delight_n to_o love_n deut._n 10.15_o and_o in_o all_o bless_a saint_n and_o angel_n and_o there_o be_v in_o all_o true_a saint_n on_o earth_n sincere_a desire_n to_o love_n god_n perfect_o but_o no_o such_o thing_n as_o love_v to_o love_v this_o be_v not_o true_a love_n but_o adulterous_a lust_n he_o that_o love_v to_o love_n do_v not_o love_n god_n but_o himself_o no_o godly_a man_n dare_v sin_n for_o he_o that_o dare_v sin_n be_v presumptuous_a and_o tread_v conscience_n under_o foot._n the_o least_o degree_n of_o true_a godliness_n and_o holy_a love_n to_o god_n do_v sincere_o yet_o not_o perfect_o mortify_v hate_n expel_v and_o war_n against_o all_o sin_n and_o desire_n to_o be_v by_o grace_n sinless_a and_o impeccable_a a_o person_n may_v sincere_o love_v god_n and_o yet_o through_o error_n and_o mistake_n say_v he_o do_v not_o and_o may_v have_v godly_a assurance_n and_o yet_o complain_v as_o if_o he_o have_v none_o psal_n 77.10_o psal_n 22.10_o 1_o cor._n 12.15_o 16._o chap._n x._o of_o the_o image_n of_o god._n 1._o christ_n consider_v as_o god_n be_v the_o essential_a substantial_a and_o increated_a image_n and_o form_n of_o god_n the_o father_n by_o nature_n not_o by_o grace_n christ_n consider_v as_o man_n exalt_v at_o god_n right_a hand_n be_v by_o grace_n not_o by_o nature_n the_o image_n of_o himself_o as_o god_n equal_a with_o the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o a_o special_a and_o peculiar_a sense_n above_o all_o both_o angel_n and_o man_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v but_o one_o image_n of_o god_n right_o conceive_v as_o he_o be_v but_o one_o christ_n phil._n 2.6_o col._n 1.15_o heb._n 1.3_o 9_o 13._o the_o divine_a essence_n as_o it_o be_v in_o god_n the_o father_n beget_v the_o divine_a essence_n as_o it_o be_v in_o god_n the_o son_n yet_o will_v it_o not_o hence_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v two_o divine_a essence_n but_o only_o that_o the_o divine_a essence_n as_o it_o be_v in_o god_n the_o father_n unbegotten_a be_v not_o the_o divine_a essence_n as_o it_o be_v in_o god_n the_o son_n beget_v which_o be_v certain_o true_a for_o unbegotten_a and_o beget_v be_v eternal_o divers_a and_o distinct_a this_o eternal_a generation_n of_o god_n the_o son_n be_v not_o a_o work_n of_o god_n but_o it_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o god_n the_o father_n and_o have_v be_v if_o there_o have_v never_o be_v work_n of_o god._n god_n the_o father_n be_v not_o autotheos_n of_n and_o from_o himself_o and_o therefore_o god_n the_o son_n be_v not_o god_n simple_o be_v and_o can_v but_o be_v and_o simple_o to_o be_v be_v to_o be_v god._n exod._n 3.14_o the_o creature_n simple_o be_v not_o but_o the_o creature_n as_o such_o be_v dependent_a on_o god_n and_o as_o compare_v with_o he_o it_o be_v as_o nothing_o yea_o less_o than_o nothing_o and_o vanity_n isa_n 40.17_o 18._o sin_n indeed_o be_v absolute_o simple_o and_o eternal_o of_o itself_o exceed_v sinful_a joh._n 8.44_o rom._n 7.13_o but_o god_n be_v not_o sin._n he_o be_v simple_o first_o and_o simple_o first_n be_v from_o none_o 2._o as_o to_o life_n temporal_a ungodly_a man_n as_o man_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n no_o less_o than_o godly_a men._n thence_o murder_n be_v so_o great_a a_o sin_n because_o thereby_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n and_o light_n of_o nature_n the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o man_n as_o to_o this_o present_a life_n be_v extinct_a a_o live_a man_n be_v turn_v into_o a_o dead_a corpse_n and_o no_o 〈…〉_o dead_a can_v be_v the_o image_n of_o the_o live_a god_n gen._n 9.6_o as_o to_o life_n 〈…〉_o eavenly_a conversation_n by_o faith_n only_o godly_a man_n and_o woman_n 〈…〉_o image_n of_o god_n and_o ungodly_a person_n be_v the_o image_n of_o the_o devil_n as_o to_o conjugal_a society_n the_o husband_n be_v the_o image_n and_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o not_o the_o wife_n he_o be_v her_o head_n 1_o cor._n 11.3_o 7._o in_o respect_n of_o natural_a generation_n parent_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o not_o child_n in_o respect_n of_o domestical_a rule_n and_o government_n master_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o not_o servant_n in_o respect_n of_o earthly_a sovereignty_n king_n and_o supreme_a civil_a ruler_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o not_o subject_n saint_n triumphant_a as_o triumphant_a and_o by_o grace_n impeccable_a be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n so_o as_o saint_n militant_a be_v not_o damn_a man_n as_o man_n and_o intellectual_a being_n be_v against_o their_o will_n the_o image_n of_o god_n for_o ever_o because_o they_o do_v against_o their_o will_n fulfil_v god_n law_n by_o bear_v the_o eternal_a penalty_n thereof_o due_a for_o their_o sin._n 3._o the_o soul_n be_v true_o a_o spiritual_a substance_n and_o yet_o true_o material_a not_o to_o our_o bodily_a sense_n outward_o
but_o to_o our_o faith_n inward_o for_o the_o opposition_n be_v not_o between_o spiritual_a and_o material_a but_o between_o spiritual_a and_o carnal_a 1_o cor._n 3.1_o and_o 9.11_o rom._n 15.27_o spiritual_a invisible_a and_o eternal_a thing_n be_v incomparable_o and_o transcendent_o material_a they_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o god_n and_o of_o great_a consequence_n and_o importance_n to_o our_o soul_n through_o faith._n the_o soul_n be_v not_o the_o form_n of_o man_n but_o the_o body_n be_v the_o form_n of_o man_n and_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o quicken_a life_n and_o spirit_n in_o behold_v a_o corpse_n and_o dead_a man_n we_o behold_v the_o form_n and_o appearance_n of_o man_n but_o we_o do_v not_o behold_v the_o soul._n the_o soul_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o it_o can_v consist_v in_o a_o dead_a form._n rom._n 2.20_o 2_o tim._n 3.5_o 4._o soul_n and_o body_n be_v true_o distinct_a as_o principal_a and_o instrumental_a the_o inward_a and_o the_o outward_a man_n but_o they_o be_v not_o two_o essential_a and_o compound_v part_n of_o man._n for_o man_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n who_o be_v without_o part_n and_o composition_n so_o must_v needs_o be_v his_o image_n as_o all_o in_o god_n be_v god_n so_o all_o in_o the_o image_n of_o god_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god._n every_o man_n as_o to_o his_o natural_a substance_n be_v simple_o a_o man_n and_o not_o a_o brute_n and_o therefore_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v uncompounded_a for_o to_o be_v simple_o a_o man_n and_o yet_o compound_v be_v a_o contradiction_n indeed_o the_o body_n by_o itself_o consist_v of_o many_o part_n it_o will_v not_o therefore_o follow_v that_o it_o be_v only_o one_o part_n of_o man._n for_o if_o it_o be_v one_o only_o it_o be_v not_o many_o gal._n 3.16_o as_o to_o life_n eternal_a the_o soul_n be_v the_o man_n not_o as_o exclude_v the_o body_n but_o the_o welfare_n of_o the_o body_n be_v bind_v up_o in_o the_o eternal_a welfare_n of_o the_o soul._n if_o the_o soul_n be_v 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picture_n only_o holy_a man_n and_o woman_n in_o this_o world_n as_o holy_a be_v the_o image_n of_o christ_n as_o he_o be_v man._n rom._n 8.29_o any_o other_o image_n of_o christ_n as_o man_n be_v a_o lie_n and_o not_o the_o image_n of_o christ_n christ_n be_v true_o a_o man_n but_o withal_o a_o special_a man_n differ_v in_o kind_n from_o all_o other_o man_n because_o he_o only_o be_v by_o miraculous_a conception_n in_o the_o womb_n of_o a_o virgin_n he_o only_o be_v the_o propitiation_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n he_o only_o as_o man_n be_v exalt_v at_o god_n right_a hand_n above_o all_o both_o angel_n and_o man_n they_o may_v be_v set_v forth_o by_o a_o artificial_a image_n or_o picture_n but_o so_o may_v not_o christ_n as_o man._n the_o only_a true_a set_v forth_o of_o christ_n as_o man_n be_v by_o the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n through_o faith_n because_o as_o man_n he_o differ_v in_o specie_fw-la in_o kind_n from_o all_o other_o men._n chap._n xi_o of_o the_o church_n and_o commonwealth_n 1._o the_o holy_a catholic_n church_n which_o we_o believe_v as_o distinct_a from_o the_o elect_a angel_n consist_v of_o the_o whole_a number_n of_o god_n elect_n in_o all_o age_n not_o as_o exclusive_a of_o what_o be_v good_a and_o commendable_a in_o hypocrite_n heretic_n apostate_n and_o heathen_n but_o as_o like_n and_o love_v all_o that_o be_v good_a and_o lovely_a in_o whosoever_o this_o church_n begin_v in_o penitent_a adam_n and_o eve_n they_o two_o be_v the_o first_o church_n of_o the_o redeem_v upon_o the_o increase_n and_o multiplication_n of_o new_a convert_v and_o soul_n regenerate_v more_o be_v add_v to_o the_o church_n successive_o like_a as_o when_o a_o infant_n be_v bear_v into_o the_o world_n there_o be_v one_o more_o add_v to_o the_o society_n of_o mankind_n act_v 2.47_o the_o apostle_n commission_n be_v not_o to_o make_v a_o new_a church_n differ_v in_o substance_n from_o what_o have_v be_v before_o and_o be_v in_o be_v at_o the_o time_n 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