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man_n or_o the_o faculty_n of_o man_n as_o they_o be_v pollute_v 3036_o sect._n iii_o of_o servitude_n unto_o sin_n who_o be_v proper_o servant_n unto_o it_o and_o by_o it_o unto_o satan_n 3039_o chap._n 14._o that_o even_o those_o jew_n which_o in_o part_n do_v believe_v in_o christ_n be_v true_a servant_n unto_o sin_n 3039_o 15._o contain_v the_o general_a head_n of_o this_o whole_a treatise_n and_o of_o the_o distinction_n betwixt_o slave_n and_o those_o which_o be_v call_v hire_v servant_n or_o apprentice_n or_o freeborn_a person_n in_o their_o nonage_n 3042_o 16._o that_o the_o former_a difference_n of_o servitude_n or_o distinction_n of_o servant_n be_v set_v down_o and_o allow_v by_o god_n himself_o 3044_o 17._o what_o analogy_n or_o proportion_n civil_a servitude_n have_v with_o true_a servitude_n unto_o sin_n 3047_o 18._o of_o the_o several_a branch_n of_o servitude_n unto_o sin_n 3051_o 19_o of_o the_o excellent_a notion_n which_o tully_n and_o some_o heathen_a roman_n of_o 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of_o it_o in_o the_o generality_n what_o branch_n or_o portion_n of_o this_o freewill_n be_v in_o the_o man_n altogether_o unregenerate_a or_o in_o debauch_a and_o heinous_a sinner_n 3080_o 24._o of_o the_o difficulty_n of_o the_o controversy_n concern_v freewill_n with_o the_o reason_n why_o they_o have_v trouble_v the_o church_n so_o long_o 3080_o 25._o of_o the_o divers_a acception_n or_o signification_n of_o freedom_n or_o freeness_n and_o of_o the_o several_a sort_n or_o degree_n of_o freedom_n in_o creature_n inanimate_a vegetable_a sensitive_a and_o rational_a 3082_o 26._o contain_v the_o definition_n and_o property_n of_o free_a cause_n or_o agent_n proper_o so_o call_v 3087_o 27._o of_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o servitude_n and_o freedom_n in_o collapse_a angel_n and_o unregenerate_a man_n and_o of_o the_o inequality_n of_o
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influence_n from_o his_o body_n concomitant_a though_o not_o consubstantiate_v to_o it_o which_o be_v prefigure_v or_o signify_v by_o the_o wash_n or_o sprinkle_v the_o body_n with_o water_n 5._o but_o it_o will_v be_v or_o rather_o be_v object_v but_o only_o by_o private_a or_o some_o saucy_a spirit_n that_o if_o the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n be_v true_a and_o sound_a than_o all_o that_o be_v right_o baptise_a shall_v be_v undoubted_o save_v be_v once_o wash_v or_o cleanse_v from_o their_o sin_n the_o objection_n be_v of_o some_o force_n if_o the_o church_n of_o england_n do_v hold_v or_o maintain_v such_o doctrine_n or_o tenet_n as_o they_o do_v which_o make_v or_o favour_v it_o to_o wit_n that_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o elect_a only_o be_v remit_v by_o baptism_n or_o by_o the_o sacrament_n of_o christ_n body_n and_o blood_n or_o that_o sin_n once_o remit_v can_v be_v remit_v afresh_o or_o that_o the_o party_n which_o be_v once_o pardon_v for_o his_o sin_n before_o commit_v 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