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and_o mercy_n in_o christ_n as_o for_o the_o performance_n of_o that_o great_a promise_n of_o life_n and_o salvation_n by_o and_o through_o he_o so_o of_o all_o subordinate_a and_o inferior_a promise_n but_o i_o shall_v not_o give_v any_o further_a way_n to_o enlargement_n you_o see_v that_o the_o habit_n of_o grace_n do_v this_o and_o in_o what_o way_n it_o do_v and_o what_o then_o remain_v to_o draw_v grace_n to_o a_o conclusion_n but_o that_o all_o of_o we_o seek_v after_o this_o grace_n not_o rest_v ourselves_o content_v with_o the_o bare_a outward_a performance_n of_o any_o duty_n or_o yet_o in_o a_o constant_a attendance_n upon_o ordinance_n which_o some_o conceive_v here_o hint_v by_o loc_n the_o apostle_n in_o this_o word_n meat_n understand_v it_o of_o the_o meat_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n alas_o these_o be_v outside_n thing_n without_o the_o man_n they_o will_v not_o ballast_n the_o soul_n establish_v the_o heart_n see_v we_o that_o our_o heart_n be_v lay_v in_o with_o this_o 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year_n and_o a_o alien_n act._n 8._o 37._o sincere_o and_o firm_o that_o you_o love_v god_n and_o jesus_n christ_n in_o sincerity_n which_o who_o so_o do_v not_o but_o out_o of_o malice_n oppose_v he_o paul_n pronounce_v a_o anathema_n maranatha_n upon_o he_o let_v he_o be_v have_v in_o execration_n unto_o the_o death_n 1_o cor._n 16._o 22._o that_o your_o soul_n be_v purify_v through_o the_o spirit_n to_o the_o unfeigned_a love_n of_o the_o brethren_n as_o st._n peter_n say_v of_o the_o believer_n to_o who_o he_o write_v 1_o pet._n 1._o 22._o and_o the_o like_a i_o may_v say_v of_o other_o grace_n see_v that_o there_o be_v truth_n sincerity_n in_o they_o that_o the_o root_n of_o the_o matter_n may_v be_v find_v in_o you_o as_o job_n plead_v that_o it_o be_v in_o he_o job_n 19_o 28._o true_a piety_n true_a grace_n 2._o and_o be_v true_a for_o quality_n it_o then_o see_v to_o the_o quantity_n of_o it_o it_o be_v not_o a_o small_a quantity_n though_o it_o be_v of_o lead_n that_o will_v ballast_n a_o ship_n no_o more_o will_v every_o degree_n of_o grace_n establish_v the_o heart_n true_a it_o be_v it_o must_v not_o be_v deny_v the_o least_o measure_n of_o grace_n if_o true_a it_o be_v save_v but_o not_o establish_v this_o will_v require_v some_o proportionable_a quantity_n and_o therefore_o rest_v not_o in_o the_o beginning_n of_o grace_n but_o still_o strive_v after_o a_o further_a measure_n grow_v in_o grace_n as_o the_o apostle_n exhort_v 2_o pet._n 3._o 18._o as_o in_o knowledge_n the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o jesus_n christ_n so_o in_o faith_n and_o love_n and_o all_o other_o grace_n add_v one_o grace_n to_o another_o as_o the_o same_o apostle_n exhort_v 2_o pet._n 1._o 5._o and_o one_o degree_n to_o another_o that_o so_o the_o habit_n of_o grace_n may_v be_v more_o confirm_v in_o your_o heart_n and_o show_v itself_o by_o a_o vigorous_a act_n in_o your_o life_n and_o so_o may_v be_v more_o and_o more_o conspicuous_a and_o visible_a to_o yourselves_o and_o 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gr._n annot_n in_o loc_n sense_n of_o the_o word_n expound_v a_o metaphor_n fetch_v from_o divers_a head_n 1._o from_o a_o wheel_n verbum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d metaphoram_fw-la habet_fw-la a_o rotan_n quae_fw-la continuo_fw-la motu_fw-la circumacta_fw-la part_n summas_fw-la &_o imas_fw-la semper_fw-la commutat_fw-la et_fw-la nunquam_fw-la consistit_fw-la vel_fw-la à _fw-la stipulis_fw-la quas_fw-la ventus_fw-la hinc_fw-la inde_fw-la in_o gyrum_fw-la versat_fw-la paereus_fw-la in_o text._n a_o wheel_n a_o lively_a emblem_n of_o inconstancy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heinsius_n ad_fw-la text._n ex_fw-la hesichiâ—_n the_o worst_a kind_n of_o wheel_n temporize_v apostate_n ecebolus_n infamous_a for_o turn_v with_o the_o time_n ecebolus_n sophista_fw-la ad_fw-la mores_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la mutabat_fw-la religionem_fw-la be_v it_o add_v text._n prostratus_fw-la ante_fw-la templum_fw-la dicebat_fw-la calcate_v i_o sa_o they_o insipidum_fw-la aret._n ibid._n vide_fw-la socratis_n histor._n eccl._n 2._o chaff_n empty-soule_n like_o chaff_n 3._o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n 4._o cloud_n of_o the_o ayr._n the_o ground_n or_o cause_n of_o this_o malady_n a_o wind_n of_o doctrine_n pulchra_n metaphora_fw-la dum_fw-la omnes_fw-la hominum_fw-la doctrinas_fw-la quibus_fw-la ab_fw-la evangelii_n simplicitate_fw-la distrahimur_fw-la appellat_fw-la ventos_fw-la calvin_n ad_fw-la loc_n false_a and_o heretical_a call_v divers_a and_o strange_a doctrine_n 1._o divers_a nec_fw-la sibi_fw-la nec_fw-la veritati_fw-la consentaneae_fw-la pareus_n in_o text._n 1._o always_o differ_v from_o the_o truth_n cum_fw-la veritas_fw-la consistit_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la cujus_fw-la est_fw-la unitas_fw-la etc._n etc._n doctrina_fw-la ergo_fw-la fidei_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n aquin._n com._n ad_fw-la loc_n 2._o and_o often_o from_o themselves_o 2._o strange_a 1._o to_o the_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n ad_fw-la loc_n 2._o to_o the_o church_n the_o apostle_n caveat_n to_o his_o hebrew_n not_o to_o be_v carry_v about_o with_o such_o doctrine_n a_o useful_a admonition_n at_o that_o time_n upon_o a_o double_a account_n 1._o such_o doctrine_n be_v then_o abroad_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n cry_v up_o by_o false_a teacher_n gospel-liberty_n turn_v into_o carnal_a licentiousness_n christ_n deny_v simon_n magus_n the_o father_n of_o heretic_n vide_fw-la augustin_n de_fw-fr haeresib_n heresy_n in_o the_o first_o age_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n hymeneus_n and_o philetus_n augustin_n de_fw-fr haeresib_n the_o sect_n of_o the_o nicolaitan_n the_o gnostic_n too_o like_o some_o in_o the_o present_a time_n false_a teacher_n foretell_v of_o 2._o these_o false_a doctrine_n be_v then_o take_v with_o some_o many_o seduce_v in_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a time_n a_o useful_a caveat_n at_o all_o time_n significat_fw-la praeterea_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dei_fw-la semper_fw-la fore_fw-la certamen_fw-la cum_fw-la peregrinis_fw-la doctrinis_fw-la