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they_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v afraid_a to_o commit_v they_o see_v they_o impair_v their_o grace_n and_o comfort_n harden_v their_o heart_n wound_v their_o conscience_n hurt_v and_o scandalize_v other_o grieve_v god_n holy_a spirit_n expose_v to_o his_o fatherly_a displeasure_n and_o bring_v temporal_a judgement_n upon_o they_o p._n 22._o error_n 6._o that_o they_o must_v do_v no_o good_a work_n or_o duty_n for_o their_o own_o benefit_n or_o with_o a_o eye_n to_o their_o own_o salvation_n truth_n that_o believer_n must_v do_v good_a work_n expect_v blessing_n in_o the_o performance_n thereof_o p._n 24._o error_n 7._o believer_n not_o have_v in_o themselves_o a_o ability_n to_o do_v good_a work_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o perform_v any_o good_a duty_n unless_o excite_v thereunto_o by_o a_o special_a motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n truth_n though_o believer_n ability_n to_o do_v good_a work_n be_v not_o at_o all_o in_o themselves_o but_o whole_o from_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n yet_o be_v 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be_v useful_a and_o to_o be_v seek_v after_o and_o sanctification_n evidence_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n to_o our_o conscience_n be_v a_o certain_a sign_n and_o mark_v of_o sanctification_n p._n 28_o 29._o error_n 9_o that_o gospel_n minister_n be_v not_o to_o preach_v the_o law_n in_o its_o command_n and_o curse_n to_o convince_v man_n of_o their_o need_n of_o christ_n nor_o be_v believer_n oblige_v to_o regard_v the_o law_n as_o deliver_v by_o moses_n nor_o as_o external_o propound_v nor_o be_v they_o bind_v when_o they_o commit_v sin_n to_o look_v to_o the_o law_n for_o further_a discovery_n and_o conviction_n of_o the_o remain_a corruption_n that_o be_v in_o they_o because_o by_o the_o gospel_n its_o obligation_n be_v dissolve_v truth_n that_o the_o law_n deliver_v by_o moses_n continue_v in_o its_o command_n and_o curse_n undissolved_a and_o it_o be_v still_o of_o use_n to_o convince_v of_o sin_n that_o we_o may_v see_v a_o need_n of_o christ_n and_o therefore_o be_v to_o be_v preach_v and_o external_o propound_v and_o we_o be_v to_o look_v unto_o it_o p._n 36._o and_o though_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n so_o small_a but_o it_o deserve_v damnation_n yet_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n so_o great_a that_o it_o shall_v bring_v damnation_n to_o they_o that_o true_o repent_v which_o make_v the_o constant_a preach_n of_o repentance_n necessary_a error_n 10._o that_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n ought_v not_o to_o propound_v the_o offer_v of_o salvation_n unto_o all_o those_o to_o who_o god_n call_v they_o to_o preach_v serious_o invite_v they_o to_o improve_v the_o mean_n of_o grace_n that_o they_o may_v be_v save_v and_o assure_v they_o in_o the_o way_n of_o their_o ministerial_a duty_n of_o the_o salvation_n of_o all_o such_o as_o believe_v in_o christ_n because_o they_o want_v ability_n to_o close_v with_o the_o offer_n and_o all_o shall_v not_o be_v save_v truth_n that_o though_o man_n want_v ability_n to_o believe_v save_o yet_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o gospel-minister_n to_o make_v the_o offer_n and_o testify_v unto_o they_o that_o whoever_o believe_v and_o repent_v shall_v be_v save_v and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o people_n duty_n to_o make_v use_n of_o their_o natural_a faculty_n with_o such_o external_a mean_n and_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o god_n afford_v they_o that_o they_o may_v believe_v repent_v and_o be_v save_v p._n 41_o 42._o error_n 11._o that_o by_o god_n lay_v our_o sin_n upon_o christ_n he_o become_v every_o way_n as_o sinful_a as_o we_o and_o we_o every_o way_n as_o righteous_a as_o he_o and_o that_o therefore_o person_n may_v expect_v to_o be_v pardon_v whilst_o they_o continue_v in_o a_o state_n of_o unbelief_n and_o impenitence_n and_o that_o continue_a repentance_n and_o holiness_n be_v not_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n nor_o by_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o gospel_n necessary_a to_o our_o be_v possess_v of_o eternal_a life_n truth_n our_o sin_n be_v not_o lay_v upon_o christ_n so_o as_o to_o 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