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work_v together_o for_o good_a that_o be_v to_o they_o that_o be_v call_v of_o his_o purpose_n for_o who_o he_o foreknow_v they_o he_o predestinate_v to_o be_v make_v conformable_a to_o the_o image_n of_o his_o son_n and_o who_o he_o predestinate_v they_o he_o also_o call_v justify_v and_o glorify_v and_o anon_o who_o shall_v separate_v we_o from_o the_o love_n of_o christ_n shall_v oppression_n or_o anguish_n or_o persecution_n or_o famine_n or_o nakedness_n or_o the_o sword_n yea_o in_o all_o these_o thing_n we_o be_v more_o than_o conqueror_n through_o he_o that_o love_v us._n i_o be_o persuade_v that_o neither_o death_n nor_o life_n nor_o any_o other_o creature_n be_v able_a to_o separate_v we_o from_o the_o love_n of_o god_n which_o be_v in_o christ_n jesu_n therefore_o see_v we_o be_v man_n let_v we_o not_o lean_a upon_o our_o infirmity_n but_o let_v we_o commit_v our_o faith_n hope_n life_n and_o salvation_n to_o the_o strong_a rather_o than_o to_o the_o weak_a to_o god_n 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he_o can_v not_o advance_v it_o high_o as_o the_o deity_n itself_o can_v not_o abase_v itself_o low_a for_o our_o sake_n than_o in_o that_o it_o receive_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n with_o his_o infirmity_n unto_o the_o very_a death_n of_o the_o cross_n but_o all_o these_o thing_n man_n nature_n in_o christ_n singular_o receive_v that_o be_v our_o nature_n through_o none_o of_o our_o merit_n but_o of_o the_o only_a grace_n of_o god_n therefore_o we_o also_o be_v predestinate_v unto_o eternal_a life_n not_o through_o our_o work_n but_o through_o the_o purpose_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n predestinate_v us._n for_o there_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o reason_n of_o the_o head_n and_o the_o member_n but_o this_o be_v the_o difference_n that_o he_o alone_o be_v predestinate_a to_o be_v our_o head_n we_o be_v many_o be_v predestinate_a to_o be_v his_o member_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o head_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o grace_n and_o from_o thence_o according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o 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god_n make_v not_o death_n 18._o wisd_v 1._o &_o 2._o eze._n 18._o through_o the_o envy_n of_o the_o devil_n death_n come_v into_o the_o world_n again_o i_o will_v not_o the_o death_n of_o he_o that_o die_v etc._n etc._n but_o here_o with_o a_o deaf_a ear_n we_o must_v not_o forget_v what_o elsewhere_o we_o read_v 32._o eccles_n 11._o wisd_v 16._o deut._n 32._o that_o death_n and_o life_n good_a and_o evil_n come_v of_o god_n which_o show_v of_o contrariety_n to_o take_v away_o we_o must_v understand_v that_o death_n as_o well_o as_o life_n may_v be_v understand_v not_o two_o only_a but_o also_o three_o manner_n of_o way_n for_o in_o the_o first_o man_n god_n create_v both_o the_o soul_n and_o flesh_n also_o immortal_a but_o while_o man_n sin_v hell_n three_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n body_n and_o hell_n the_o soul_n die_v and_o that_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o wit_n sin_n be_v the_o beginning_n and_o cause_n of_o another_o double_a death_n corporal_a and_o infernal_a the_o 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the_o distinction_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n hide_a and_o reveal_v so_o luther_n de_fw-fr ser_n arbit_fw-la cap._n 109._o he_o will_v not_o the_o death_n of_o a_o sinner_n to_o wit_n by_o his_o word_n while_o by_o the_o word_n of_o salvation_n he_o come_v to_o all_o and_o so_o he_o will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v but_o he_o will_v the_o same_o by_o his_o unsearchable_a will_n which_o will_v say_v he_o in_o the_o same_o book_n chap._n 107._o be_v not_o to_o be_v search_v into_o but_o with_o reverence_n to_o be_v adore_v as_o the_o high_a secret_a of_o god_n majesty_n again_o he_o will_v not_o the_o death_n of_o he_o that_o die_v simple_o and_o as_o it_o bring_v destruction_n but_o as_o it_o be_v a_o punishment_n for_o the_o lord_n delight_v not_o in_o the_o perdition_n of_o the_o live_n 1.13_o wisâ—_n 1.13_o as_o it_o be_v write_v but_o he_o be_v the_o punisher_n of_o sinner_n now_o as_o touch_v the_o matter_n of_o forsake_v blind_a 11._o of_o forsake_v harden_v and_o 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