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which_o he_o have_v give_v i_o i_o shall_v lose_v nothing_o my_o counsel_n shall_v stand_v and_o i_o will_v do_v 10._o isa_n 46._o 10._o whatever_o i_o will_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n i_o change_v not_o 6._o mal._n 3._o 6._o none_o shall_v pluck_v my_o sheep_n out_o of_o my_o 28._o joh._n 10._o 28._o hand_n q._n whether_o be_v the_o elect_a always_o member_n of_o the_o church_n a._n the_o elect_n be_v not_o always_o member_n of_o the_o church_n but_o then_o first_o when_o they_o be_v convert_v and_o regenerate_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n if_o any_o man_n have_v not_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n 9_o rom._n 8._o 9_o the_o same_o be_v not_o he_o q._n whether_o may_v the_o elect_a fall_n from_o the_o church_n or_o not_o and_o the_o reprobate_n always_o continue_v a._n the_o elect_n can_v fall_v whole_o and_o final_o from_o the_o church_n as_o have_v be_v prove_v by_o the_o unchangeableness_n of_o god_n predestination_n though_o sometime_o they_o may_v fall_v from_o it_o but_o whole_o and_o final_o to_o forsake_v it_o they_o can_v never_o none_o shall_v pluck_v my_o sheep_n out_o of_o my_o 23._o joh._n 10._o 23._o hand_n but_o the_o reprobate_n and_o hypocrite_n do_v at_o length_n final_o depart_v from_o the_o church_n and_o fall_v away_o from_o gospel-gift_n and_o grace_n which_o they_o seem_v to_o have_v they_o go_v out_o from_o we_o but_o they_o 19_o 1_o joh._n 2._o 19_o be_v not_o of_o we_o for_o if_o they_o have_v be_v of_o we_o they_o will_v have_v continue_v with_o we_o q._n what_o be_v mean_v by_o communion_n of_o saint_n a._n the_o communion_n of_o saint_n be_v the_o society_n that_o all_o they_o that_o believe_v have_v one_o with_o another_o as_o member_n of_o one_o head_n jesus_n
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