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or_o irrogate_a any_o the_o like_a judgement_n that_o he_o do_v non_fw-la impartiendo_fw-la malitiam_fw-la not_o by_o infuse_v any_o wickedness_n as_o the_o magistrate_n put_v no_o venom_n into_o the_o herb_n sed_fw-la non_fw-la impartiendo_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la but_o by_o not_o impart_v his_o mercy_n or_o auferendo_fw-la spiritum_fw-la by_o withdraw_a his_o holy_a spirit_n as_o when_o you_o withdraw_v the_o pillar_n or_o prop_n of_o the_o house_n which_o samson_n do_v the_o house_n fall_v to_o ruin_v with_o the_o very_a weight_n of_o the_o building_n that_o be_v lay_v thereupon_o or_o if_o a_o country_n he_o waste_v and_o unpeople_v it_o become_v a_o desert_n of_o itself_o &_o for_o lack_v of_o better_a inhabitant_n it_o be_v cover_v with_o nettle_n &_o brier_n &_o satyr_n shrich-owle_n &_o hedgehog_n take_v it_o up_o so_o when_o the_o aid_n &_o assistance_n of_o god_n grace_n forsake_v a_o man_n who_o body_n &_o soul_n be_v appoint_v to_o have_v be_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o 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his_o goodness_n for_o who_o he_o fore_o saw_n undisposed_a to_o believe_v those_o he_o deliver_v to_o their_o infidelity_n and_o turn_v away_v his_o face_n from_o they_o affirmative_a leave_v they_o in_o darkness_n which_o they_o choose_v to_o themselves_o what_o be_v it_o then_o to_o harden_v the_o heart_n of_o pharaoh_n and_o other_o nolle_fw-la emollire_fw-la this_o that_o he_o will_v not_o soften_v it_o what_o be_v it_o to_o make_v blind_a this_o that_o he_o will_v not_o illuminate_v what_o to_o reject_v or_o to_o cast_v of_o this_o that_o he_o will_v not_o call_v which_o be_v mean_v not_o of_o his_o general_a call_n but_o of_o that_o which_o be_v effectual_a and_o belong_v to_o the_o choose_a &_o yet_o i_o think_v there_o be_v more_o â—n_n it_o for_o not_o only_o he_o be_v unwillinge_v to_o soften_v illuminate_v call_v the_o impenitent_a but_o he_o have_v further_o a_o will_n not_o to_o do_v it_o for_o there_o be_v great_a difference_n betwixt_o these_o two_o speech_n he_o will_v 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