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bernard_n yea_o and_o as_o the_o same_o bernard_n and_o augustin_n cit_v isaiah_n 46.8_o and_o as_o the_o hebrew_n do_v bear_v it_o even_o transgressor_n such_o as_o be_v gross_a idolater_n be_v bid_v return_n to_o the_o heart_n to_o wit_n unto_o that_o inward_a law_n and_o teach_v of_o god_n therein_o yea_o augustin_n say_v express_o nulla_fw-la est_fw-la anima_fw-la etc._n etc._n there_o be_v no_o soul_n so_o perverse_a in_o whoâ—e_a conscience_n god_n do_v not_o speak_v lib._n 2._o the_o serm_n domini_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr and_o indeed_o that_o most_o famous_a primitive_a protestant_n do_v not_o only_o acknowledge_v inward_a supernatural_a operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o believer_n but_o do_v also_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v a_o inward_a word_n speak_v by_o the_o spirit_n into_o their_o heart_n which_o be_v evident_a and_o sufficient_a in_o itself_o to_o beget_v faith_n and_o be_v a_o law_n and_o rule_n to_o believer_n i_o shall_v prove_v ouâ—_n 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