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to_o pray_v you_o to_o speak_v plain_o and_o particular_o you_o use_v the_o same_o artifice_n and_o cant_v most_o extreme_o afterward_o in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o your_o book_n when_o you_o shall_v lay_v down_o your_o express_a doctrine_n about_o the_o divine_a influx_n and_o concourse_n we_o must_v try_v if_o we_o can_v hunt_v you_o out_o of_o your_o hole_n there_o chap._n xvi_o goodwin_n 1._o though_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n contribute_v by_o his_o assistance_n after_o that_o high_a manner_n which_o bath_n be_v declare_v towards_o the_o right_a apprehend_n understanding_n discern_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n by_o man_n yet_o this_o no_o way_n prove_v but_o that_o they_o be_v the_o reason_n and_o understanding_n of_o man_n themselves_o that_o must_v apprehend_v discern_v and_o understand_v these_o thing_n and_o consequent_o must_v be_v provoke_v raise_v engage_v employ_v and_o improve_v by_o man_n that_o they_o may_v thus_o apprehend_v and_o discern_v notwithstanding_o all_o 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