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but_o servum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la in_o the_o place_n of_o free_a grace_n and_o to_o make_v free_a will_n to_o put_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o elect_a and_o the_o reprobate_n and_o not_o free_a grace_n which_o be_v coutrary_a to_o rom._n 9.11_o 18._o eph._n 1.5_o 11._o 1_o tit._n 1.9_o 2._o because_o it_o make_v a_o man_n able_a by_o nature_n to_o do_v something_o that_o will_v positive_o and_o infallible_o dispose_v and_o prepare_v he_o to_o conversion_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o rom._n 11.35_o john_n 15.5_o john_n 6.44_o and_o contrary_a to_o right_a reason_n also_o as_o 5.21_o as_o as_o nâ—lil_n se_fw-la disponit_fw-la ad_fw-la gradum_fw-la altiorem_fw-la quam_fw-la habet_fw-la natura_fw-la atqui_fw-la graâ—ia_fw-la regeneran_n excedit_fw-la totam_fw-la naturem_fw-la quicquid_fw-la igitur_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la viribus_fw-la naturae_fw-la id_fw-la inferioris_fw-la est_fw-la ordinis_fw-la &_o improportionatum_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la potest_fw-la quidem_fw-la 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〈◊〉_d and_o inability_n of_o anaturall_a man_n to_o believe_v and_o repent_v in_o such_o full_a and_o express_a term_n as_o that_o as_o i_o conceive_v it_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v my_o opinion_n without_o wrest_v the_o scripture_n witness_v gen._n 6.5_o gen_n 8.21_o jer._n 17.9_o eccl._n 36.26_o mat._n 7.18_o john_n 5.25_o rom_n 8.7_o rom._n 5.6_o 10._o 1_o cor._n 2.14_o 2_o cor._n 3.5_o ephes_n 2.1_o 2_o 3_o col._n 2.13_o john_n 3.6_o and_o divers_a other_o of_o the_o like_a nature_n the_o scripture_n do_v not_o only_o say_v that_o a_o man_n by_o nature_n be_v in_o the_o dark_a as_o master_n g._n erroneous_o affirm_v but_o that_o he_o be_v darkness_n eph._n 5.8_o not_o only_o that_o he_o want_v light_a but_o that_o he_o want_v eye_n also_o deut._n 29.4_o not_o only_o that_o he_o be_v de_fw-fr ad_fw-la in_o sin_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n as_o master_n g._n say_v but_o also_o in_o regard_n of_o all_o spiritual_a ability_n to_o raise_v himself_o as_o appear_v by_o 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