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know_v god_n will_v make_v we_o to_o possess_v abundance_n in_o poverty_n comfort_n in_o affliction_n and_o howsoever_o all_o thing_n do_v fail_v we_o yet_o god_n will_v never_o fail_v we_o which_o suffer_v the_o wait_a &_o patience_n of_o they_o that_o be_v he_o not_o to_o be_v disappoint_v he_o alone_o shall_v suffice_v in_o steed_n of_o all_o thing_n forasmuch_o as_o he_o contain_v in_o himself_o all_o good_a thing_n 11.6_o 1._o john_n 5.15_o â—_o sam._n 11.6_o which_o he_o shall_v one_o day_n disclose_v unto_o we_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n when_o he_o shall_v plain_o show_v forth_o his_o kingdom_n from_o the_o chapter_n 21._o to_o the_o 24._o in_o these_o four_o chapter_n he_o so_o intreat_v of_o election_n the_o first_o he_o may_v deliver_v the_o doctrine_n chap._n 21_o second_o confirm_v it_o chap._n 22_o three_o confute_v the_o slander_n cap._n 23_o last_o of_o all_o he_o show_v by_o what_o reason_n we_o may_v determine_v whether_o we_o may_v be_v elect_v or_o no_o if_o 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29.29_o pro._n 25.2_o deut._n 29.29_o and_o when_o he_o make_v a_o end_n of_o teach_v we_o cease_v to_o will_v to_o learn_v 4_o it_o be_v of_o small_a force_n which_o they_o allege_v from_o themselves_o that_o profane_a man_n stumble_v against_o it_o but_o it_o be_v always_o our_o part_n not_o to_o neglect_v that_o which_o the_o lord_n have_v manifest_o declare_v as_o on_o the_o contrary_a part_n we_o ought_v not_o to_o search_v after_o those_o thing_n which_o of_o the_o church_n be_v a_o most_o clear_a mirror_n of_o free_a election_n 8_o de_fw-fr corre_fw-mi &_o gra_fw-mi ad_fw-la valen._n cap._n 15_o de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi pierce_v cap_n ulti_fw-la de_fw-fr verb_n apost_n sermo_fw-la 8_o lest_o it_o shall_v trouble_v we_o in_o the_o member_n and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o by_o righteous_o live_v make_v the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o that_o he_o have_v so_o great_a honour_n free_o give_v he_o that_o he_o may_v afterwards_o make_v other_o partaker_n of_o his_o gift_n 2_o and_o that_o the_o 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