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on_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o people_n pag._n 28_o chap._n 7._o what_o desire_n breed_v faith_n pag._n 34_o chap._n 8._o how_o the_o weak_a in_o faith_n shall_v be_v establish_v pag._n 37_o chap._n 9_o the_o difference_n of_o believer_n from_o they_o that_o be_v none_o pag._n 44_o chap._n 10._o of_o the_o eight_o companion_n of_o faith_n pag._n 54_o chap._n 11._o how_o weak_a faith_n be_v confirm_v pag._n 64_o chap._n 12._o the_o sweet_a fruit_n and_o benefit_n of_o the_o preserve_n and_o confirm_v of_o our_o faith_n pag._n 68_o the_o second_o treatise_n declare_v at_o large_a what_o the_o life_n of_o the_o true_a believer_n be_v and_o the_o conversation_n of_o such_o as_o have_v assure_v hope_n of_o salvation_n chap._n 1._o the_o sum_n and_o order_n of_o this_o second_o treatise_n pag._n 72_o chap._n 2._o that_o a_o godly_a life_n can_v be_v without_o unfeigned_a faith_n nor_o this_o faith_n without_o it_o which_o be_v the_o first_o point_n in_o the_o first_o general_a head_n to_o 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