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first_o in_o pure_a natural_n and_o a_o after_o donation_n of_o the_o spirit_n must_v mean_v by_o pure_a natural_n man_n in_o his_o mere_a essential_o not_o real_o but_o notional_o by_o abstraction_n distinguish_v from_o the_o same_o man_n at_o the_o same_o instant_n as_o a_o saint_n or_o else_o they_o speak_v unsound_o for_o god_n make_v man_n in_o moral_a dispositive_a goodness_n at_o the_o first_o and_o the_o same_o love_n or_o spirit_n which_o do_v first_o make_v he_o so_o be_v necessary_a after_o to_o continue_v he_o so_o it_o be_v never_o his_o nature_n to_o be_v a_o prime_n good_a or_o to_o be_v good_a independent_o without_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o prime_n good_a isa_n 44.3_o ezek._n 36.27_o job_n 26.13_o psal_n 51.10_o 12._o &_o 143.10_o prov._n 20.27_o mal._n 2.15_o john_n 3.5_o 6._o &_o 6.63_o &_o 7.39_o rom._n 8.1_o 5_o 6_o 9_o 13_o 16._o 1_o cor._n 6.11_o &_o 2.11_o 12._o &_o 6.17_o &_o 12.11_o 13._o &_o 15.45_o 2_o cor._n 3.3_o 17._o ephes_n 2.18_o 22._o &_o 3.16_o 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