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by_o custom_n of_o sin_n and_o contempt_n of_o god_n that_o he_o bewail_v and_o repent_v that_o ever_o he_o make_v man_n and_o decree_v to_o destroy_v the_o creature_n man_n that_o he_o 6._o create_v as_o he_o do_v indeed_o not_o only_o thus_o destroy_v man_n but_o also_o protest_v open_o that_o better_a it_o have_v be_v judas_n never_o to_o have_v be_v bear_v and_o in_o the_o 25.th_z of_o matthew_n the_o displeasure_n of_o god_n be_v declare_v so_o great_a that_o he_o appoint_v man_n to_o another_o end_n than_o he_o be_v create_v for_o saying_n depart_v you_o doer_n of_o iniquity_n from_o 24._o i_o unto_o eternal_a fire_n prepare_v not_o for_o man_n but_o for_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n what_o be_v now_o more_o contrary_a one_o to_o the_o other_o and_o far_o at_o debate_n than_o god_n and_o man_n who_o now_o we_o see_v bind_v in_o league_n together_o as_o very_a friend_n covenant_n moses_n show_v that_o only_a mercy_n provoke_v god_n unto_o this_o alliance_n to_o receive_v they_o into_o grace_n deliver_v they_o out_o of_o egypt_n and_o to_o possess_v the_o plenteous_a land_n of_o canaan_n further_o that_o god_n find_v just_a matter_n and_o occasion_n to_o expulse_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o land_n and_o find_v no_o merit_n in_o the_o israelite_n to_o give_v it_o they_o for_o they_o be_v a_o stifnecked_a people_n and_o intractable_a as_o moses_n lay_v to_o their_o charge_n howbeit_o god_n have_v respect_n only_o unto_o his_o promise_n make_v unto_o adam_n abraham_n and_o his_o 6._o posterity_n measure_v not_o his_o mercy_n according_a to_o the_o merit_n of_o man_n who_o be_v nothing_o but_o sin_n look_v always_o upon_o the_o justice_n and_o deserve_n 28._o innocency_n and_o perfection_n of_o the_o bless_a seed_n promise_v unto_o adam_n and_o unto_o abraham_n god_n put_v the_o death_n of_o christ_n as_o a_o mean_n and_o arbyter_n of_o this_o peace_n for_o the_o testament_n avail_v not_o except_o it_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o death_n of_o he_o that_o 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howbeit_o within_o certain_a limit_n and_o bind_v 〈…〉_z the_o which_o if_o man_n neglect_v or_o pass_v over_o they_o exclude_v themselves_o from_o the_o promise_n in_o christ_n as_o cain_n be_v no_o more_o exclude_v till_o he_o exclude_v himself_o than_o abel_n saul_n than_o david_n judas_n 13._o than_o peter_n esau_n than_o jacob_n by_o the_o scripture_n it_o seem_v that_o the_o sentence_n of_o god_n be_v give_v to_o save_v the_o one_o and_o to_o damn_v the_o other_o before_o the_o one_o love_v god_n or_o the_o other_o hare_v god._n howbeit_o etc._n these_o threaten_n of_o god_n against_o esau_n if_o he_o have_v not_o of_o his_o wilful_a malice_n exclude_v himself_o from_o the_o promise_n of_o grace_n shall_v no_o more_o have_v hinder_v his_o salvation_n than_o god_n threaten_n against_o niniveh_n which_o notwithstanding_o that_o god_n say_v shall_v be_v destroy_v within_o 40._o day_n 2._o stand_v a_o great_a time_n after_o and_o do_v penance_n esau_n be_v circumcise_a and_o present_v 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be_v infirm_a and_o call_v those_o sinner_n the_o enemy_n of_o 8._o 〈◊〉_d god_n howbeit_o he_o call_v not_o they_o theostygas_n in_o the_o scripture_n to_o wit_n cantemnentibus_fw-la contemner_n of_o god._n god_n every_o man_n be_v call_v in_o the_o scripture_n wicked_a and_o the_o enemy_n of_o god_n for_o the_o privation_n and_o lack_n of_o faith_n and_o love_n that_o he_o owe_v to_o god._n et_fw-la impij_fw-la vocantur_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la omninò_fw-la sunt_fw-la pij_fw-la that_o be_v they_o be_v call_v wicked_a that_o in_o all_o thing_n honour_v not_o god_n believe_v not_o in_o god_n and_o observe_v not_o his_o commandment_n as_o they_o shall_v do_v which_o we_o can_v do_v by_o reason_n of_o this_o natural_a infirmity_n or_o hatred_n of_o the_o flesh_n as_o paul_n call_v it_o against_o god_n in_o this_o sense_n 7._o take_v paul_n this_o word_n wicked_a when_o he_o say_v that_o christ_n die_v for_o the_o wicked_a so_o must_v we_o interpret_v st._n paul_n and_o take_v his_o 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original_a sin_n nor_o to_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o ill_a and_o our_o damnation_n which_o the_o the_o manichee_n nor_o yet_o to_o say_v god_n have_v write_v fatal_a law_n as_o the_o stoic_a and_o with_o necessity_n of_o destiny_n violent_o pull_v one_o by_o the_o hair_n into_o heaven_n and_o thrust_v the_o other_o headlong_o into_o hell_n but_o assertaine_v thyself_o by_o the_o scripture_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o reprobation_n and_o what_o of_o election_n the_o cause_n of_o rejection_n or_o damnation_n be_v sin_n in_o man_n which_o will_v not_o hear_v neither_o man_n receive_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n or_o else_o after_o he_o have_v receive_v it_o by_o accustom_a do_v of_o ill_a fall_v either_o into_o a_o contempt_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o will_v not_o study_v to_o live_v thereafter_o or_o else_o hate_v the_o gospel_n because_o it_o condemn_v his_o ungodly_a life_n and_o will_v there_o be_v neither_o god_n nor_o gospel_n to_o punish_v he_o for_o do_v of_o 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