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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o 2_o thess._n 3._o 2._o if_o all_o man_n do_v believe_v without_o any_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o difference_n the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n will_v be_v upon_o they_o all_o rom._n 3._o 22._o the_o river_n of_o live_a water_n will_v flow_v in_o they_o all_o joh._n 7._o 38._o but_o faith_n be_v not_o of_o all_o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o of_o all_o inherent_a grace_n faith_n first_o and_o proper_o make_v the_o secretion_n now_o that_o such_o a_o prime_a grace_n of_o secretion_n as_o faith_n shall_v not_o be_v decree_v in_o suoh_o a_o great_a design_n of_o secretion_n as_o election_n seem_v to_o i_o incongruous_a even_o to_o absurdity_n if_o faith_n go_v before_o election_n then_o how_o do_v god_n choose_v they_o out_o of_o the_o world_n who_o by_o faith_n be_v out_o of_o it_o already_o how_o do_v he_o choose_v they_o unto_o himself_o who_o by_o faith_n be_v his_o own_o before_o if_o man_n will_n in_o believe_v make_v the_o first_o and_o 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kingdom_n over_o man_n heart_n we_o find_v in_o scripture_n god_n touch_v the_o heart_n 1_o sam._n 10._o 26._o stir_v up_o the_o heart_n 2_o chron._n 36._o 22._o open_v the_o heart_n act_v 16._o 14._o incline_v the_o heart_n 1_o king_n 8._o 58._o and_o turn_v the_o heart_n whithersoever_o he_o will_v prov._n 21._o 1._o and_o after_o all_o this_o be_v the_o will_n in_o aequilibrio_fw-la if_o not_o where_o be_v the_o suppose_a liberty_n if_o so_o where_o be_v the_o divine_a providence_n all_o its_o touch_v stir_a open_v incline_v and_o turn_v the_o heart_n signify_v little_a or_o nothing_o infinite_a wisdom_n and_o power_n seem_v to_o have_v pose_v themselves_o in_o make_v such_o a_o creature_n as_o they_o can_v govern_v or_o at_o least_o not_o govern_v without_o destroy_v its_o faculty_n the_o infinite_a spirit_n have_v then_o nothing_o to_o rule_v over_o but_o the_o brutal_a world_n and_o the_o rational_a be_v lose_v out_o of_o his_o dominion_n man_n must_v subsist_v like_o creature_n 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