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your_o heart_n shall_v rejoice_v and_o your_o joy_n no_o man_n take_v from_o you_o john_n 16._o 21_o 22._o thou_o say_v be_v the_o light_n within_o the_o elect_a seed_n then_o it_o must_v be_v save_v yet_o it_o go_v to_o hell_n with_o many_o answ_n i_o have_v tell_v thou_o before_o what_o i_o understand_v the_o elect_a seed_n to_o be_v and_o the_o light_n also_o and_o now_o how_o thou_o can_v make_v such_o a_o blasphemous_a conclusion_n as_o this_o to_o beget_v a_o disesteem_a of_o the_o light_n which_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o be_v mention_v be_v very_o strange_a to_o i_o that_o the_o light_n go_v to_o hell_n with_o many_o whenas_o iâ—_n ever_o thou_o know_v redemption_n from_o hell_n the_o light_n must_v be_v the_o way_n and_o means_n whereby_o the_o lord_n do_v bring_v it_o to_o pass_v thou_o say_v we_o quaker_n go_v the_o same_o way_n with_o the_o pharisee_n and_o thou_o know_v christ_n be_v the_o way_n believe_v in_o he_o and_o the_o spirit_n can_v make_v this_o way_n easy_a and_o 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the_o righteousness_n and_o work_n which_o be_v accept_v and_o that_o which_o be_v not_o as_o in_o ephes_n 2._o 9_o by_o grace_n you_o be_v save_v not_o of_o work_n lest_o any_o man_n shall_v boast_v here_o he_o exclude_v man_n work_n for_o we_o be_v his_o workmanship_n create_v in_o christ_n jesus_n unto_o good_a work_n which_o god_n have_v before_o ordain_v that_o we_o shall_v walk_v in_o they_o so_o here_o he_o include_v the_o work_n wrought_v by_o and_o in_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n now_o thou_o want_v the_o key_n of_o knowledge_n that_o which_o open_v the_o understanding_n to_o know_v the_o