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i_o have_v never_o be_v concern_v so_o much_o for_o this_o but_o have_v find_v by_o sad_a experience_n that_o the_o same_o error_n in_o judgement_n which_o make_v i_o strain_v sometime_o at_o gnat_n 24._o do_v also_o teach_v i_o to_o swallow_v camel_n i_o can_v choose_v but_o be_v desirous_a to_o do_v some_o good_a with_o my_o misfortune_n gregor_n sure_o i_o be_o i_o be_o the_o better_a for_o they_o myself_o for_o have_v i_o not_o dangerous_o err_v i_o have_v not_o value_v my_o safety_n as_o now_o i_o do_v if_o saint_n gregorie_n exclamation_n may_v be_v allow_v of_o as_o intend_v only_o to_o celebrate_v the_o depth_n of_o god_n mercy_n and_o not_o the_o dignity_n of_o adam_n sin_n then_o perhaps_o i_o may_v say_v it_o be_v good_a for_o i_o to_o have_v err_v because_o i_o hope_v it_o be_v good_a for_o other_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o this_o world_n which_o i_o do_v covet_v with_o more_o sincerity_n or_o more_o hearty_o contend_v for_o in_o all_o my_o prayer_n then_o that_o the_o mean_n of_o my_o cure_n may_v be_v to_o other_o for_o prevention_n that_o they_o who_o hate_v i_o the_o most_o may_v be_v profit_v the_o most_o by_o my_o endeavour_n and_o that_o my_o reader_n in_o general_n which_o way_n soever_o they_o stand_v affect_v may_v reap_v the_o benefit_n and_o the_o fruit_n both_o of_o my_o danger_n and_o my_o escape_n there_o be_v yet_o a_o five_o reason_n of_o this_o my_o enterprise_n which_o be_v pertinent_o render_v in_o the_o 1._o section_n of_o my_o fourteen_o chapter_n by_o way_n of_o answer_n to_o one_o passage_n in_o d._n reynolds_n his_o conclusion_n to_o which_o i_o think_v it_o sufficient_a that_o i_o at_o once_o direct_a and_o refer_v the_o reader_n i_o shall_v not_o take_v any_o occasion_n to_o lengthen_v a_o tedious_a introduction_n but_o admit_v as_o many_o as_o be_v furnish_v with_o sufficient_a patience_n or_o curiosity_n to_o the_o immediate_a perusal_n of_o that_o which_o follow_v the_o general_n content_v of_o the_o several_a chapter_n chap._n i._n d._n r._n his_o thanks_o to_o the_o correptory_a corrector_n his_o way_n of_o civility_n to_o t._n p._n and_o the_o truth_n chap._n ii_o king_n james_n his_o censure_n of_o bertius_fw-la and_o arminius_n and_o presbyterianism_n itself_o which_o be_v arminius_n his_o worst_a qualification_n the_o true_a cause_n of_o the_o distemper_n in_o the_o belgic_a nation_n not_o arminius_n but_o the_o other_o presbyterian_o who_o be_v more_o heterodox_n than_o he._n chap._n iii_o a_o vindication_n of_o tit._n 1._o 13._o from_o strange_a misconstruction_n no_o necessity_n of_o ill_a language_n from_o one_o minister_n to_o another_o the_o reviler_n be_v encourage_v but_o ought_v not_o the_o advise_v for_o soft_a word_n and_o hard_a argument_n how_o observe_v by_o he_o that_o give_v it_o chap._n four_o two_o sort_n of_o blaspemer_n d._n r._n his_o application_n to_o mr._n calvin_n and_o doct._n twisse_n a_o survey_n of_o the_o doctrine_n accuse_v of_o blasphemy_n proof_n that_o they_o be_v blaspemous_a in_o the_o high_a degree_n as_o strike_v at_o the_o purity_n and_o holiness_n of_o god_n and_o by_o consequence_n at_o his_o essence_n by_o affirm_v he_o to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n not_o only_o in_o that_o very_a term_n but_o also_o in_o all_o other_o term_n in_o which_o a_o author_n can_v be_v express_v and_o in_o term_n much_o worse_o evidence_n that_o doctrine_n less_o heinous_a have_v be_v always_o branch_v with_o the_o name_n of_o blasphemy_n as_o well_o by_o the_o ancient_n as_o modern_a writer_n of_o the_o church_n from_o apostolical_a timt_n to_o this_o day_n catalogue_n of_o example_n one_o from_o the_o principal_a patron_n pretend_v to_o by_o that_o party_n dr._n reynolds_n his_o partiality_n to_o one_o party_n and_o his_o injurious_a usage_n of_o the_o other_o unavoidable_o infer_v the_o marcionite_n manichees_n and_o carporation_n not_o so_o bad_a in_o their_o assertion_n as_o the_o modern_a teacher_n of_o irrespective_a reprobation_n the_o unequal_a comparison_n make_v by_o dr._n reynolds_n betwixt_o the_o case_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o his_o party_n chap._n v._n of_o mr._n calvin_n and_o dr._n twisse_n how_o fair_o treat_v by_o t._n p._n how_o sharp_o by_o other_o how_o sharp_o other_o be_v treat_v by_o they_o mr._n baxter_n censure_n of_o mr._n pemble_n and_o dr._n twisse_n for_o their_o opinion_n chap._n vi_o dr._n reynolds_n his_o fallacy_n of_o ignoratio_fw-la elenchi_fw-la the_o disparity_n betwixt_o t._n p._n his_o usage_n of_o his_o friend_n and_o the_o massilian_n or_o pelagian_n usage_n of_o austin_n and_o prosper_n these_o two_o father_n calumniate_v by_o they_o that_o err_v on_o the_o right_a hand_n just_a as_o t._n p._n by_o those_o that_o have_v worse_o err_v on_o the_o left_a the_o author_n of_o god_n love_n to_o mankind_n vindicate_v he_o formerly_z a_o calvinist_n in_o the_o point_n now_o controvert_v but_o his_o judgement_n change_v upon_o weighty_a reason_n prosper_n and_o remigius_n allege_v quite_o beside_o the_o purpose_n chap._n vii_o dr._n reynolds_n his_o cite_n of_o divers_a writer_n who_o however_o of_o his_o party_n be_v both_o at_o enmity_n among_o themselves_o and_o destructive_a to_o the_o purpose_n for_o which_o he_o cite_v they_o mr._n perkins_n bp._n abbot_n maccovius_fw-la dr._n twisse_n dr._n twisse_n for_o mr._n perkins_n bp._n abbot_n against_o both_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n thanks_o to_o moulin_n for_o that_o which_o dr._n twisse_n censure_v as_o arminian_n &_o jesuitical_a the_o calvinist_n doctrine_n suspect_v and_o disow_v or_o own_v only_o with_o reluctancy_n by_o the_o more_o discern_v of_o their_o own_o party_n the_o remonstrants'_v ill_a usage_n at_o dort_n d._n reyn_n his_o fly_v from_o plain_a word_n to_o secret_a intention_n a_o implicit_a charge_n upon_o austin_n a_o heavy_a on_o the_o scripture_n the_o scripture_n vindicate_v from_o lead_v any_o into_o blasphemy_n the_o first_o instance_n of_o joseph_n and_o his_o brethren_n against_o the_o purpose_n for_o which_o it_o be_v urge_v all_o that_o follow_v quite_o beside_o it_o that_o the_o verb_n to_o harden_v to_o blind_a to_o deliver_v up_o to_o send_v delusion_n to_o deceive_v &c_n &c_n be_v by_o a_o ordinary_a hebraism_n only_o permissive_a in_o signification_n though_o active_a in_o sound_n proof_n from_o the_o verdict_n of_o all_o the_o father_n the_o confession_n of_o the_o chief_a calvinist_n that_o all_o the_o father_n do_v so_o expound_v they_o the_o judgement_n of_o austin_n the_o adversaies_n confession_n of_o augustine_n judgement_n the_o judgement_n of_o melancthon_n du_n plessis_n bp._n andrews_n and_o from_o other_o plain_a scripture_n the_o instance_n of_o shimei_n clear_v they_o who_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o the_o first_o sin_n that_o ever_o be_v can_v pretend_v it_o to_o be_v the_o punishment_n of_o a_o former_a sin_n the_o only_a warrantable_a meaning_n of_o that_o say_n that_o god_n do_v punish_v sin_n with_o sin_n be_v negative_a chap._n viii_o d._n reynolds_n his_o onset_n to_o the_o state_v the_o doctrine_n of_o praedestination_n the_o result_n not_o what_o be_v but_o what_o may-be_a without_o a_o contradiction_n his_o fallacy_n plurium_fw-la interrogationum_fw-la his_o very_a may-be_a disprove_v by_o the_o contradiction_n which_o it_o be_v prove_v to_o imply_v god_n work_n on_o the_o will_n hic_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la ad_fw-la unum_fw-la a_o groundless_a invention_n mr._n baxter_n for_o freewill_n d._n reyn._n his_o confute_v of_o no_o adversary_n his_o suppose_v god_n to_o work_v on_o the_o will_n by_o his_o creative_a omnipotency_n imply_v a_o contradiction_n of_o the_o will_n determine_v itself_o fallacious_a argue_v from_o the_o power_n to_o the_o act._n the_o parable_n of_o the_o talent_n in_o opposition_n to_o d._n r._n his_o may-be_a other_o maybe's_a produce_v to_o show_v how_o little_a be_v get_v by_o he_o the_o several_a way_n of_o god_n work_v with_o several_a creature_n chap._n ix_o d._n reynolds_n his_o mistake_n from_o rom._n 11._o 33._o god_n will_v be_v reveal_v in_o his_o word_n and_o plain_o reveal_v against_o absolute_a preterition_n in_o adam_n loin_n this_o flat_o injurious_a to_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n to_o the_o extent_n of_o his_o love_n and_o to_o the_o sincerity_n of_o his_o intention_n d._n reynolds_n his_o tacit_n confession_n that_o the_o doctrine_n be_v unjustifiable_a which_o t._n p._n contend_v against_o but_o the_o other_o most_o true_a which_o he_o contend_v for_o chap._n x._o d._n reynolds_n his_o 8._o proposition_n of_o no_o use_n to_o he_o but_o the_o contrary_n his_o best_a amount_v to_o a_o may-be_a he_o dispute_v against_o himself_o if_o all_o be_v grant_v which_o he_o desire_v touch_v man_n in_o massâ—_n his_o be_v the_o object_n of_o predestination_n his_o inconsistence_n with_o the_o great_a pillar_n of_o his_o own_o party_n who_o differ_v from_o he_o and_o from_o each_o other_o beza_n junius_n piscator_fw-la dr._n
of_o this_o nature_n there_o may_v be_v a_o necessity_n etc._n etc._n but_o let_v he_o now_o speak_v out_o be_v the_o case_n so_o here_o or_o be_v it_o not_o if_o this_o be_v the_o case_n and_o this_o a_o write_n of_o such_o a_o nature_n than_o what_o truth_n can_v there_o be_v in_o his_o own_o and_o tertullian_n and_o the_o age_a holy_a divine_n judgement_n and_o if_o this_o be_v not_o the_o case_n we_o have_v here_o a_o advocate_n of_o contradiction_n as_o well_o as_o of_o unconditional_a decree_n who_o plead_v the_o necessity_n of_o that_o thing_n which_o he_o confess_v to_o be_v a_o evil_a whereby_o he_o patronize_v mr._n barlee_n sin_n and_o help_v to_o make_v he_o 14._o sorry_a for_o his_o repentance_n §_o 4._o four_o he_o profess_v that_o his_o judgement_n be_v for_o soft_a word_n and_o hard_a argument_n for_o omit_v the_o person_n and_o keep_v close_o to_o the_o purpose_n very_o good_a how_o mr._n b._n have_v practise_v i_o have_v large_o show_v from_o the_o press_n his_o call_v i_o atheist_n dragon_n devil_n and_o the_o like_a be_v neither_o hard_a argument_n nor_o soft_a word_n and_o though_o when_o he_o say_v that_o i_o be_o 17._o furnish_v with_o the_o great_a advantage_n of_o wit_n art_n oratory_n and_o applause_n he_o give_v i_o indeed_o a_o soft_a word_n yet_o it_o be_v no_o hard_a argument_n whereby_o to_o prove_v i_o a_o 102._o satanical_a blasphemer_n nor_o be_v it_o speak_v in_o favour_n to_o i_o §_o 5._o i_o be_o next_o to_o discover_v my_o irreverend_a adversary_n be_v dispatch_v how_o my_o reverend_a antagonist_n have_v observe_v his_o own_o rule_n i_o acknowledge_v he_o have_v give_v i_o some_o very_a soft_a word_n by_o profess_v to_o respect_v i_o for_o polite_a part_n of_o wit_n and_o learning_n for_o which_o i_o will_v labour_v to_o requite_v he_o by_o very_o hearty_o acknowledge_v his_o learning_n and_o gravity_n his_o happiness_n of_o fancy_n and_o elocution_n his_o very_a civil_a disposition_n and_o comparative_a moderation_n but_o of_o the_o hardness_n of_o his_o argument_n i_o shall_v hasten_v to_o make_v a_o easy_a trial._n chap._n four_o e._n r._n true_o it_o be_v matter_n of_o much_o trouble_n to_o i_o to_o find_v in_o that_o treatise_n a_o distinction_n of_o modest_a blasphemer_n and_o other_o who_o be_v for_o ligonem_fw-la ligonem_fw-la and_o to_o find_v so_o eminent_a servant_n of_o christ_n as_o calvin_n dr._n twisse_n and_o other_o to_o be_v range_v under_o one_o of_o those_o member_n as_o man_n that_o tell_v the_o world_n though_o such_o word_n be_v no_o where_o find_v in_o thm_n but_o the_o quite_o contrary_a that_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_n in_o man_n proceed_v from_o god_n only_o as_o the_o author_n and_o from_o man_n only_o as_o the_o instrument_n yea_o to_o be_v worse_o than_o the_o manichee_n &_o marcionite_n of_o old_a as_o to_o this_o particular_a blasphemy_n for_o though_o the_o name_n of_o the_o author_n be_v not_o as_o be_v say_v in_o civility_n cite_v yet_o the_o reference_n in_o the_o margin_n of_o the_o book_n which_o sure_o be_v not_o set_v there_o to_o bear_v no_o signification_n make_v i_o think_v of_o tacitus_n his_o observation_n ult_n touch_v the_o effigy_n of_o brutus_n and_o cassius_n in_o the_o funeral_n of_o junia_n praefulgebant_fw-la brutus_n &_o cassius_n eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la quòd_fw-la effigy_n eorum_fw-la non_fw-la visebantur_fw-la it_o have_v be_v much_o to_o be_v wish_v that_o imputation_n of_o such_o a_o strain_n have_v be_v leave_v by_o man_n profess_v modesty_n and_o ingenuity_n unto_o bolsec_n and_o other_o of_o his_o complexion_n but_o by_o whosoever_o use_v they_o be_v but_o as_o the_o confectioner_n beat_v of_o his_o spice_n which_o do_v not_o at_o all_o hinder_a but_o strengthen_v the_o fragrancy_n of_o they_o i_o do_v not_o jurare_fw-la in_o verba_fw-la either_o of_o calvin_n or_o any_o other_o man_n but_o i_o can_v but_o with_o grief_n be_v sensible_a of_o so_o high_a a_o charge_n as_o blasphemy_n to_o be_v lay_v upon_o person_n so_o deep_o acquaint_v with_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n in_o his_o word_n as_o they_o be_v the_o vindicate_v of_o they_o i_o leave_v to_o you_o and_o shall_v only_o say_v that_o their_o lord_n and_o their_o brethren_n before_o they_o have_v meet_v with_o the_o same_o measure_n mar._n 2._o 7._o mat._n 26._o 65._o act_n 6._o 13._o t._n p._n §_o 1._o his_o first_o hard_a argument_n from_o king_n james_n his_o bitterness_n against_o arminius_n i_o have_v already_o mollify_v and_o soften_v in_o my_o second_o chapter_n this_o be_v his_o second_o hard_a argument_n the_o many_o soft_a part_n of_o which_o i_o shall_v discover_v and_o demonstrate_v by_o these_o degree_n first_o that_o distinction_n which_o i_o make_v be_v in_o my_o p._n 23._o where_o i_o do_v not_o instance_n or_o exemplify_v in_o any_o man_n whatsoever_o much_o less_o in_o calvin_n and_o dr._n twisse_n as_o every_o reader_n may_v see_v and_o witness_v but_o to_o render_v i_o unacceptable_a to_o every_o lover_n of_o those_o two_o he_o be_v fain_o to_o leap_v as_o far_o back_o as_o to_o my_o p._n 9_o &_o 10._o where_o yet_o i_o do_v not_o name_v they_o neither_o but_o only_o set_v down_o their_o own_o word_n amount_v in_o brief_a to_o this_o effect_n that_o all_o thing_n and_o by_o consequence_n all_o sin_n do_v happen_v not_o only_o by_o god_n prescience_n but_o by_o his_o positive_a decree_n that_o man_n do_v sin_n by_o god_n impulse_n and_o execute_v as_o well_o as_o contrive_v all_o mischief_n not_o by_o god_n permission_n only_o but_o by_o his_o command_n too_o that_o god_n make_v angel_n and_o man_n transgressor_n that_o adultery_n or_o murder_n be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n that_o god_n be_v its_o author_n and_o which_o be_v worse_o a_o compeller_n that_o beside_o god_n administer_a ☞_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_v and_o his_o prâ—stitutions_n to_o sin_n he_o do_v so_o move_v and_o urge_v they_o that_o they_o smite_v the_o sinner_n mind_n and_o real_o affect_v his_o imagination_n etc._n etc._n and_o what_o i_o have_v almost_o forget_v to_o say_v that_o god_n decree_n be_v no_o less_o efficatious_a in_o the_o permision_n of_o evil_n than_o in_o the_o production_n of_o good_a and_o that_o god_n will_n do_v pass_v not_o only_o into_o the_o permission_n of_o the_o sin_n but_o into_o the_o sin_n itself_o which_o be_v permit_v these_o be_v the_o horrible_a affirmation_n which_o i_o there_o insert_v as_o a_o specimen_fw-la of_o what_o be_v teach_v by_o some_o man_n both_o to_o forewarn_v my_o reader_n of_o all_o such_o noxious_a and_o kill_a weed_n in_o what_o ground_n soever_o they_o find_v they_o grow_v and_o to_o manifest_v a_o duty_n incumbent_n on_o i_o to_o vindicate_v god_n from_o those_o aspersion_n the_o author_n name_n i_o very_o oblige_o conceal_v that_o no_o ordinary_a reader_n may_v know_v who_o they_o be_v but_o yet_o i_o quote_v their_o work_n where_o they_o be_v legible_a and_o in_o print_n that_o extraordinary_a reader_n may_v find_v i_o faithful_a in_o my_o quotation_n and_o that_o a_o enemy_n may_v not_o say_v that_o i_o have_v only_o obtrude_v my_o own_o invention_n but_o so_o far_o be_v my_o reference_n from_o be_v like_a to_o the_o effigy_n of_o cassius_n and_o brutus_n that_o mr._n barlee_v himself_o know_v not_o what_o i_o mean_v by_o they_o no_o nor_o the_o author_n of_o this_o epistle_n when_o he_o peruse_v that_o declamation_n for_o if_o he_o have_v he_o will_v not_o have_v suffer_v such_o a_o 37._o enormity_n to_o have_v pass_v the_o press_n without_o control_n §_o 2._o second_o when_o i_o say_v that_o some_o be_v for_o ligonem_fw-la ligonem_fw-la but_o do_v not_o name_v any_o creature_n i_o mean_v such_o bold_a and_o barefaced_a sinner_n wh_o have_v speak_v even_o in_o print_n the_o very_o worst_a blasphemy_n of_o god_n almighty_n that_o the_o malicious_a wit_n of_o hell_n have_v ever_o be_v able_a to_o invent_v as_o for_o example_n that_o god_n make_v man_n on_o purpose_n that_o he_o may_v sin_n and_o that_o he_o may_v have_v something_o to_o damn_v he_o for_o just_o that_o the_o necessity_n of_o sin_v be_v cast_v upon_o man_n by_o god_n own_o ordination_n that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o evil_a as_o well_o of_o sin_n as_o of_o punishment_n not_o only_o of_o those_o action_n in_o and_o with_o which_o sin_n be_v but_o of_o the_o very_a pravity_n ataxy_n anomy_n irrigularity_n and_o sinfulness_n itself_o which_o be_v in_o they_o yea_o that_o god_n have_v more_o hand_n in_o man_n silfulnesse_n than_o they_o themselves_o that_o god_n do_v necessitate_v man_n to_o sin_n incite_v seduce_v impel_v compel_v pull_v and_o draw_v and_o command_v man_n to_o sin_n inject_n deception_n and_o tempt_v man_n unto_o sin_n with_o a_o numberless_a company_n of_o like_a expression_n a_o 141._o small_a catalogue_n of_o which_o
whole_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o devil_n himself_o yet_o say_v piscator_fw-la god_n make_v man_n hoc_fw-la 33._o consilio_fw-la with_o this_o counsel_n or_o to_o this_o purpose_n that_o they_o real_o may_v sin_v again_o prosper_n say_v that_o nothing_o of_o those_o affair_n be_v predestine_v by_o god_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v yet_o say_v mr._n barlee_n god_n will_v that_o sin_n shall_v fall_v out_o p._n 78._o he_o be_v a_o absolute_a determiner_n in_o a_o sovereign_a way_n of_o the_o several_a act_n of_o obedience_n and_o disobedience_n in_o relation_n to_o they_o p._n 88_o he_o do_v voluntary_o decree_v that_o sin_n shall_v fall_v out_o p._n 73._o nor_o can_v mr._n b._n mean_v a_o conditional_a but_o a_o absolute_a decree_n witness_v his_o principle_n &_o what_o he_o say_v p._n 88_o he_o do_v determine_v that_o sin_n shall_v be_v do_v p._n 79._o and_o may_v be_v say_v to_o tempt_v man_n unto-sin_n ibid._n and_o many_o the_o like_a but_o also_o may_v much_o worse_a as_o have_v be_v show_v 7._o the_o late_a primate_n of_o armagh_n have_v from_o the_o very_a patron_n of_o that_o cause_n which_o i_o oppose_v 138._o put_v this_o confession_n upon_o record_n that_o he_o do_v evident_o and_o horrible_o blaspheme_v against_o god_n who_o say_v that_o he_o impose_v any_o necessity_n of_o sin_v upon_o his_o creature_n because_o he_o thereby_o make_v he_o to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n by_o compel_a man_n thereunto_o yet_o these_o man_n say_v that_o god_n seq_n necessitate_v sin_n that_o it_o can_v possible_o but_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o that_o he_o secret_o thrust_v man_n on_o to_o those_o sin_n which_o he_o forbid_v and_o when_o mr._n barlee_n justify_v the_o like_a expression_n in_o mr._n calvin_n he_o add_v his_o own_o wit_n to_o it_o and_o illustrate_v god_n stir_v up_o of_o sinner_n by_o a_o man_n set_v of_o spur_n to_o a_o dull_a jade_n p._n 61._o and_o whilst_o he_o say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o blamable_a in_o so_o do_v he_o skip_v from_o the_o question_n which_o be_v not_o whether_o god_n do_v sin_n but_o whether_o he_o will_v the_o sin_n of_o his_o creature_n and_o impel_v they_o to_o wicked_a act_n so_o that_o he_o say_v in_o effect_n the_o same_o with_o piscator_fw-la who_o endeavour_v to_o blaspheme_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o be_v civil_o injurious_a against_o his_o maker_n by_o say_v that_o god_n do_v 8_o holy_o thrust_v man_n on_o unto_o wickedness_n that_o he_o may_v punish_v sin_n with_o sin_n and_o this_o perhaps_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n why_o mr._n b._n will_v not_o hear_v of_o any_o fall_n from_o grace_n either_o final_a or_o total_a and_o why_o he_o be_v so_o 222._o indulgent_a to_o david_n adultery_n and_o murder_n how_o much_o soever_o aggravate_v by_o many_o foul_a and_o black_a circumstance_n as_o to_o say_v they_o do_v not_o place_v he_o in_o a_o state_n of_o damnation_n but_o only_o rob_v he_o of_o the_o joy_n of_o it_o of_o which_o what_o reason_n can_v be_v render_v except_o this_o 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