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no_o appeal_n for_o unto_o thou_o lord_n belong_v mercy_n uncontrollable_a who_o have_v the_o ultimate_a judicature_n of_o render_v to_o the_o trespassor_n and_o trespass_v according_a to_o their_o work_n now_o see_v the_o generality_n of_o christian_n trust_v to_o death-bed-repentance_n i_o shall_v give_v a_o resolution_n to_o that_o great_a and_o concernful_a question_n whether_o there_o be_v a_o possibility_n of_o a_o sinner_n and_o save_a death-bed-repentance_n but_o in_o answer_n to_o that_o there_o be_v add_v unto_o this_o treatise_n of_o repentance_n a_o discourse_n print_v several_a year_n ago_o of_o the_o same_o sense_n and_o spirit_n with_o this_o doctrine_n of_o repentance_n and_o be_v therefore_o under_o review_n and_o as_o in_o second_o edition_n present_v with_o it_o i_o will_v therefore_o conclude_v this_o with_o some_o few_o and_o short_a practical_a inference_n the_o whole_a be_v compose_v to_o use_v and_o practise_v infer_v 1._o how_o admirable_o wise_a and_o holy_a 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