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show_v mercy_n he_o find_v nothing_o in_o we_o that_o be_v lovely_a when_o he_o come_v to_o bestow_v his_o son_n upon_o we_o for_o it_o be_v say_v rev_n 1.5_o that_o christ_n love_v we_o and_o wash_v we_o from_o our_o sin_n in_o his_o own_o blood_n he_o do_v first_o cast_v his_o eye_n upon_o we_o when_o we_o be_v unwashed_a as_o i_o may_v say_v unwashed_a and_o unblessed_a when_o no_o eye_n pity_v thou_o and_o thou_o be_v cast_v out_o in_o the_o open_a field_n when_o thou_o be_v in_o thy_o blood_n i_o say_v unto_o thou_o live_v when_o he_o come_v
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2.2_o a_o dead_a thing_n can_v make_v a_o live_a man_n it_o must_v be_v and_o i_o show_v you_o how_o a_o live_a faith_n again_o i_o show_v that_o bâ—side_o the_o true_a faith_n there_o be_v a_o temporary_a faith_n which_o be_v active_a too_o and_o come_v near_o the_o other_o it_o have_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n but_o it_o want_v root_n it_o have_v supernatural_a work_n but_o it_o want_v the_o new_a creature_n there_o be_v a_o conception_n that_o be_v but_o a_o abortive_a kind_n of_o birth_n it_o come_v not_o to_o maturity_n not_o to_o a_o full_a growth_n it_o do_v not_o continue_v and_o i_o show_v unto_o you_o how_o a_o man_n may_v discern_v one_o of_o these_o from_o the_o other_o for_o herein_o lie_v the_o wisdom_n of_o a_o christian_a not_o to_o content_v himself_o or_o be_v deceive_v with_o flash_n therefore_o the_o apostle_n exhort_v we_o â—o_o prove_v and_o try_v and_o examine_v ourselves_o 2_o cor._n 13.5_o it_o be_v a_o easy_a matter_n to_o be_v deceive_v and_o 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