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â—n_fw-fr cap._n 3_o â—onae_fw-la jerome_n hom._n 11._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la philipp_n chrysostome_n and_o other_o but_o i_o labour_n to_o be_v brief_a to_o conclude_v this_o point_n diverse_a learned_a protestant_n upon_o their_o more_o mature_a &_o serious_a consideration_n of_o this_o point_n have_v utter_o reject_v as_o a_o mere_a phantasy_n this_o presume_a certainty_n of_o salvation_n to_o instance_n in_o few_o for_o a_o taste_n of_o the_o rest_n the_o protestant_n of_o saxony_n in_o their_o public_a confession_n of_o faith_n thus_o say_v in_o the_o harmony_n of_o confession_n in_o english_a p._n 80._o &_o 233._o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o some_o who_o be_v regenerate_v etc._n etc._n be_v again_o reject_v of_o god_n and_o make_v subject_a to_o eternal_a punishment_n and_o the_o confession_n of_o in_o the_o harmony_n of_o confession_n in_o english_a p._n 244._o auspurg_n censure_v the_o contrary_a doctrine_n for_o anabaptism_n final_o hemingius_n and_o snecanus_fw-la two_o 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