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good_a work_n though_o imperfect_a may_v be_v a_o great_a comfort_n to_o we_o as_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n eternal_a love_n towards_o we_o thus_o do_v hezekiah_n 2_o king_n 20.3_o he_o be_v there_o a_o thankful_a acknowledger_n of_o what_o be_v in_o he_o etc._n etc._n answ_n the_o best_a and_o most_o satisfactory_a testimony_n and_o assurance_n of_o god_n love_n be_v his_o give_v of_o that_o dear_a son_n of_o his_o love_n to_o die_v that_o we_o may_v live_v through_o he_o joh._n 3.16_o 1_o joh._n 4.9_o 10._o in_o this_o he_o commend_v set_v forth_o and_o confirm_v his_o love_n rom._n 5.8_o to_o put_v it_o out_o of_o all_o doubt_n 2_o the_o next_o testimony_n be_v the_o give_v of_o his_o spirit_n for_o to_o reveal_v the_o thing_n of_o christ_n the_o unsearchable_a riches_n in_o he_o joh._n 16.14_o eph._n 3.8_o to_o shed_v abroad_o that_o love_n in_o our_o heart_n that_o so_o the_o soul_n may_v know_v it_o feel_v the_o consolation_n of_o it_o etc._n etc._n 3_o a_o three_o be_v the_o 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be_v due_a also_o mat._n 22.37.39_o and_o if_o these_o circumstance_n require_v necessary_o to_o every_o good_a work_n melanct._n displicet_fw-la deo_fw-la dubitatio_fw-la quare_fw-la neque_fw-la col_n neque_fw-la invocari_fw-la cum_fw-la dubitatione_n â—otest_v melanct._n be_v consider_v the_o soul_n will_v find_v little_a need_n of_o work_n as_o testimony_n and_o argument_n of_o god_n love_n for_o that_o must_v be_v out_o of_o doubt_n first_o for_o a_o doubtful_a conscience_n can_v please_v god_n by_o any_o work_n or_o obedience_n and_o your_o example_n of_o hezekiah_n come_v nothing_o near_o to_o make_v good_a your_o assertion_n for_o as_o god_n work_n for_o we_o be_v testimony_n of_o his_o love_n so_o our_o work_n at_o the_o most_o be_v but_o witness_n of_o our_o love_n unto_o he_o and_o therefore_o can_v be_v testimony_n as_o you_o affirm_v of_o god_n
curse_v and_o condemn_v yet_o it_o have_v power_n to_o rule_v command_n and_o direct_v 4._o the_o law_n with_o the_o preface_n and_o promise_n add_v to_o it_o be_v give_v as_o a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n 5._o the_o law_n be_v take_v most_o strict_o for_o that_o be_v mere_a mandatory_a without_o any_o promise_n at_o all_o 6._o god_n do_v use_v his_o law_n as_o he_o do_v his_o whole_a word_n to_o beget_v and_o to_o increase_v the_o life_n of_o grace_n 7._o while_o a_o minister_n be_v preach_v any_o commandment_n he_o do_v thereby_o mould_n and_o new-frame_n the_o heart_n 8._o i_o suppose_v that_o christ_n have_v obtain_v of_o god_n by_o his_o death_n that_o such_o efficacy_n and_o virtue_n shall_v go_v forth_o in_o the_o ministry_n that_o whether_o it_o be_v law_n or_o gospel_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n may_v be_v heal_v and_o convert_v thereupon_o 9_o i_o can_v yield_v to_o that_o that_o the_o law_n work_v only_o preparatory_o 10._o there_o be_v never_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n 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