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mercy_n alone_o they_o be_v free_v from_o eternal_a death_n and_o have_v life_n eternal_a bestow_v upon_o they_o while_o they_o cleave_v to_o such_o sin_n and_o sleep_v secure_o therein_o god_n fatherly_a anger_n arise_v against_o they_o psal._n 89.31_o if_o that_o they_o profane_v my_o statute_n and_o keep_v not_o my_o commandment_n then_o will_v i_o visit_v their_o transgression_n with_o the_o rod_n and_o their_o iniquity_n with_o stripe_n rom._n 2.9_o tribulation_n and_o anguish_n upon_o every_o soul_n of_o man_n that_o do_v evil_a beside_o they_o draw_v upon_o themselves_o damnable_a guilt_n so_o that_o as_o long_o as_o they_o continue_v without_o repentance_n in_o that_o state_n they_o neither_o ought_v nor_o can_v persuade_v themselves_o otherwise_o then_o that_o they_o be_v subject_a to_o eternal_a death_n if_o you_o live_v after_o the_o flesh_n you_o shall_v die_v rom._n 8.13_o for_o they_o be_v bind_v in_o the_o chain_n of_o a_o capital_a crime_n by_o the_o desert_n whereof_o 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cap._n 11._o &_o 12._o of_o which_o disputation_n this_o be_v the_o sum_n it_o be_v give_v to_o adam_n that_o he_o may_v if_o he_o will_v persevere_v in_o good_a but_o it_o be_v not_o grant_v to_o he_o to_o will_v to_o persevere_v but_o such_o grace_n be_v give_v to_o we_o who_o be_v true_o engraft_v into_o christ_n that_o not_o only_o we_o may_v if_o we_o will_v but_o also_o that_o we_o shall_v will_v to_o persevere_v in_o christ._n again_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cap._n 9_o the_o same_o austin_n do_v contemn_v this_o very_a opinion_n maintain_v by_o the_o donatist_n namely_o that_o man_n believe_v if_o they_o will_v if_o they_o will_v they_o persevere_v in_o that_o which_o they_o believe_v if_o they_o will_v not_o they_o persevere_v not_o the_o second_o that_o perseverance_n be_v a_o condition_n require_v in_o the_o new_a covenant_n and_o forego_n god_n election_n see_v the_o second_o and_o five_o erroneous_a opinion_n reject_v by_o we_o in_o the_o 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