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you_o it_o be_v give_v for_o christ_n not_o only_o to_o believe_v but_o to_o suffer_v for_o he_o and_o you_o be_v save_v through_o faith_n and_o that_o not_o of_o yourselves_o it_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n for_o they_o that_o say_v that_o faith_n whereby_o we_o believe_v on_o god_n be_v natural_a do_v after_o a_o sort_n define_v all_o that_o be_v stranger_n to_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v believer_n can._n 6._o if_o any_o man_n say_v that_o mercy_n from_o god_n be_v bestow_v upon_o we_o believe_v willing_a desire_v endeavour_v labour_a watch_v care_v ask_v seek_v knocking_z without_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n but_o do_v not_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v wrought_v in_o we_o by_o the_o infusion_n and_o inspiration_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o we_o may_v believe_v will_n or_o be_v able_a to_o do_v all_o these_o thing_n as_o we_o ought_v to_o do_v and_o do_v subjoyne_v the_o aid_n of_o grace_n either_o to_o humility_n or_o man_n obedience_n and_o do_v not_o agree_v that_o it_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o grace_n itself_o that_o we_o be_v obedient_a and_o humble_a he_o resist_v the_o apostle_n say_v what_o have_v thou_o that_o thou_o have_v not_o receive_v and_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n i_o be_o that_o i_o be_o can._n 7._o if_o any_o man_n avouch_v that_o by_o the_o strength_n of_o nature_n we_o can_v think_v any_o good_a that_o belong_v to_o the_o salvation_n of_o eternal_a life_n as_o we_o ought_v or_o that_o we_o can_v choose_v or_o consent_v to_o the_o save_n that_o be_v evangelicall_n preach_v without_o the_o illumination_n and_o inspiration_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o give_v unto_o all_o sweetness_n in_o consent_v to_o and_o believe_v the_o truth_n he_o be_v deceive_v by_o a_o heretical_a spirit_n not_o understand_v that_o voice_n of_o god_n in_o the_o gospel_n say_v without_o i_o you_o can_v do_v nothing_o and_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n not_o that_o we_o be_v sufficient_a of_o ourselves_o to_o think_v any_o thing_n as_o of_o ourselves_o but_o our_o sufficiency_n be_v of_o god_n can._n 8._o if_o any_o man_n contend_v that_o some_o may_v come_v to_o the_o grace_n of_o baptism_n by_o mercy_n other_o by_o freewill_n which_o as_o it_o be_v evident_a be_v deprave_v in_o all_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o transgression_n of_o the_o first_o man_n he_o be_v prove_v a_o alien_n from_o the_o right_a faith_n for_o he_o do_v not_o affirm_v that_o the_o free_a will_n of_o all_o man_n be_v weaken_v by_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o first_o man_n or_o certain_o he_o think_v it_o so_o hurt_v as_o that_o yet_o some_o may_v be_v able_a to_o search_v out_o the_o mystery_n of_o eternal_a life_n by_o themselves_o without_o the_o revelation_n of_o god_n which_o how_o contrary_a it_o be_v the_o lord_n himself_o prove_v who_o testify_v not_o that_o some_o man_n but_o that_o no_o man_n can_v come_v unto_o he_o but_o who_o the_o father_n draw_v as_o he_o say_v likewise_o to_o peter_n bless_v be_v thou_o simon_n the_o son_n of_o jonah_n for_o flesh_n and_o blood_n have_v not_o reveal_v this_o unto_o thou_o but_o my_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n and_o the_o apostle_n no_o man_n can_v say_v that_o jesus_n christ_n be_v the_o lord_n but_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n can._n 9_o it_o be_v of_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n both_o when_o we_o think_v right_o and_o keep_v our_o foot_n from_o falsehood_n and_o unrighteousness_n for_o as_o often_o as_o we_o do_v good_a god_n work_v in_o we_o and_o with_o we_o to_o work_v can._n 10._o the_o divine_a aid_n be_v always_o to_o be_v implore_v even_o by_o the_o regenerate_a and_o the_o saint_n that_o they_o may_v come_v to_o a_o good_a end_n or_o that_o they_o may_v abide_v in_o a_o good_a work_n can._n 19_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n though_o it_o shall_v remain_v in_o that_o integrity_n wherein_o it_o be_v create_v yet_o can_v it_o in_o no_o wise_n keep_v itself_o without_o the_o aid_n of_o the_o creator_n whence_o since_o without_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n it_o can_v not_o keep_v safe_a that_o health_n which_o it_o receive_v how_o without_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n shall_v it_o restore_v what_o it_o have_v lose_v can._n 20._o many_o good_a thing_n be_v do_v in_o man_n which_o man_n do_v not_o but_o no_o good_a thing_n do_v man_n which_o god_n do_v not_o make_v man_n to_o do_v can._n 22._o no_o man_n have_v of_o his_o own_o but_o a_o lie_n and_o sin_n but_o if_o any_o man_n have_v truth_n and_o righteousness_n of_o that_o fountain_n it_o be_v which_o we_o ought_v to_o thirst_v after_o in_o this_o wilderness_n that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v bedew_v with_o some_o drop_n from_o it_o we_o may_v not_o â—aint_v by_o the_o way_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n with_o these_o be_v the_o five_o and_o twenty_o canon_n which_o because_o it_o be_v something_o long_o and_o we_o have_v in_o these_o sufficient_a i_o forbear_v to_o transeribe_v chap._n xii_o and_o now_o reader_n thou_o may_v tax_v i_o for_o my_o prolixity_n in_o this_o argument_n let_v i_o plead_v my_o excuse_n in_o a_o word_n or_o two_o 1._o we_o shall_v be_v short_a in_o many_o other_o thing_n hereafter_o which_o we_o may_v the_o better_o be_v because_o we_o have_v be_v so_o long_o here_o 2._o thou_o have_v by_o this_o discourse_n something_o to_o recompense_v the_o length_n of_o it_o as_o 1._o the_o several_a state_n of_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n declare_v 2._o the_o doctrine_n of_o natural_a corruption_n how_o utter_o impotent_a unto_o all_o save_a good_a man_n be_v thereby_o dead_a in_o sin_n under_o the_o power_n of_o the_o devil_n altogether_o in_o the_o dark_a about_o averse_a from_o adverse_a to_o the_o thing_n that_o according_a to_o the_o mystery_n of_o godliness_n accompany_v salvation_n 3._o the_o doctrine_n of_o save_a grace_n if_o thou_o be_v any_o thing_n attentive_a thou_o may_v observe_v that_o 1_o for_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o it_o be_v by_o the_o supernatural_a operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n plain_o of_o divine_a original_n and_o extraction_n in_o opposition_n to_o what_o 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