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dear_a servant_n who_o yet_o walk_v in_o darkness_n and_o see_v no_o light_n lo_o this_o small_a crevise_n let_v in_o light_n enough_o to_o make_v thou_o see_v thy_o own_o grace_n if_o thou_o find_v thy_o heart_n ready_a to_o seize_v on_o the_o promise_n to_o embrace_v christ_n jesus_n to_o catch_v hold_n of_o any_o offer_n of_o mercy_n that_o be_v make_v in_o the_o gospel_n if_o thou_o be_v as_o glad_a of_o one_o suitable_a promise_n as_o he_o that_o find_v great_a spoil_n be_v sure_a flesh_n and_o blood_n never_o reveal_v this_o to_o thou_o as_o we_o know_v there_o be_v life_n where_o there_o be_v motion_n even_o so_o by_o the_o activity_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o believing-soul_n towards_o god_n and_o christ_n we_o may_v discover_v a_o work_n of_o grace_n and_o conclude_v that_o god_n be_v in_o we_o of_o a_o truth_n use._n 3._o learn_v we_o next_o our_o duty_n he_o be_v a_o believer_n indeed_o who_o faith_n prove_v itself_o by_o its_o operation_n faith_n live_v upon_o god_n and_o 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