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colo._n 1._o 2._o co._n 4._o joh._n 14._o now_o christ_n be_v in_o image_n of_o god_n &_o how_o â—â—_o be_v the_o image_n of_o god._n gene._n 1._o colos_n 3._o 1._o cor._n 11._o theodret_n quest_n 20._o in_o gene._n what_o this_o image_n of_o god_n in_o man_n be_v aug._n li._n 14_o detrinitate_fw-la ca._n 8._o pet._n mar._n in_o 1._o cap._n gen_fw-la et_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la come_v lo._n xij_o fol._n 101._o cal._n lib._n 1._o inst_n luth._o in_o gen_fw-la ca._n 1._o whether_o man_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o soul_n or_o body_n or_o of_o both_o arabian_a heresy_n anthropomorphite_n joh._n 4._o doubt_n answer_v &_o resolve_v touch_v this_o matter_n the_o duty_n of_o man_n in_o you_o consideration_n of_o these_o thing_n augu._n lib._n 14._o de_fw-fr tr._n cap._n 8._o the_o excellent_a quality_n of_o man_n before_o his_o fall_n the_o excellency_n of_o man_n mind_n man_n wil._n 〈◊〉_d heart_n and_o affection_n man_n have_v a_o lordship_n over_o all_o wil_a 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body_n &_o soul_n job._n 14._o reg._n 3._o what_o justice_n y_fw-fr ethnic_n have_v man_n power_n and_o faculty_n in_o spiritual_a thing_n lose_v 1._o cor._n â—_o medea_n man_n have_v yet_o leave_v some_o understanding_n in_o worldly_a thing_n all_o man_n understanding_n in_o worldly_a thing_n be_v a_o portion_n of_o god_n image_n yet_o remayve_v man_n power_n &_o dominia_fw-la oncr_n live_v creature_n much_o impair_v eze._n 5._o a_o double_a commodity_n 2._o reg._n 17._o 1._o reg._n 13._o 2._o reg._n 2._o man_n have_v lose_v eternal_a felicity_n â–ª_o and_o blessedness_n death_n the_o possessor_n of_o all_o man_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o the_o stingâ—_n of_o death_n the_o use_n of_o this_o doctrine_n error_n cotrary_a to_o this_o doctrine_n psal._n 51._o rom._n 8._o synergistae_n 1._o cor._n 2._o rom._n 2._o god_n mighty_a mercy_n ethnic_n 〈◊〉_d at_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o regeneration_n the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n regeneration_n joh._n 1._o &_o 3_o tit._n 3._o 1._o pet._n 1._o 2._o the_o definition_n of_o regeneration_n math._n 28._o â—ar_n 16._o john_n 3._o tit._n 3._o the_o work_n of_o regeneration_n appoint_v from_o the_o beginning_n â—eparation_n of_o man_n by_o jesus_n christ_n exhortation_n to_o repentance_n what_o kind_n of_o justice_n â—s_v restore_v in_o regeneration_n phil._n 2._o of_o y_fw-fr mind_n renew_v ephe._n 4._o colos_n 3._o 2._o cor._n 3._o much_o ignorance_n and_o blindness_n yet_o remain_v in_o man_n mind_n 1._o cor._n 13._o gal._n 5._o why_o excellent_a light_n of_o christ_n church_n â—o_o eâ—â—â—â—â—all_a of_o the_o will_n renew_v after_o regeneration_n phil._n 2._o rom._n 7._o the_o weakness_n of_o the_o godly_a in_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o rom._n 7._o the_o principal_a cause_n of_o the_o patience_n and_o strength_n of_o martyr_n â—n_v their_o passion_n 1._o cor._n 10._o the_o power_n of_o will_n regenerate_v in_o temporal_a thing_n what_o man_n not_o regenerate_v chief_o respect_n in_o their_o 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