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obedience_n uninterrupted_a and_o universal_a at_o least_o it_o must_v be_v say_v he_o be_v very_o unkind_a for_o he_o who_o can_v forgive_v and_o as_o socinus_n assert_n do_v forgive_v all_o our_o sin_n without_o any_o satisfaction_n tender_v to_o his_o justice_n may_v as_o well_o forgive_v we_o without_o put_v we_o to_o the_o trouble_n of_o inform_v our_o mind_n or_o regulate_v and_o restrain_v our_o action_n for_o we_o can_v easy_o give_v any_o reason_n why_o he_o shall_v exact_v such_o duty_n of_o we_o as_o condition_n of_o our_o salvation_n when_o if_o it_o please_v he_o he_o can_v give_v we_o salvation_n without_o any_o condition_n at_o all_o if_o it_o be_v object_v that_o he_o have_v declare_v otherwise_o in_o his_o reveal_v will_n and_o its_o justice_n in_o he_o to_o be_v true_a to_o his_o own_o declaration_n that_o plea_n again_o reduce_v all_o to_o perfect_a arbitrariness_n and_o he_o will_v be_v irrespective_o merciful_a mere_o because_o he_o will_v be_v merciful_a and_o 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page_n 342_o isaiah_n 9.6_o unto_o we_o a_o child_n be_v bear_v a_o son_n be_v give_v page_n 320_o jeremiah_n 23.5_o 6._o i_o will_v raise_v unto_o david_n a_o righteous_a branch_n page_n 321_o micah_n 5.2_o thou_o bethlehem_n ephrata_n etc._n etc._n page_n 323_o haggai_n 2.8_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o second_o house_n great_a etc._n etc._n page_n 753_o matth._n 1.23_o thou_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n emanuel_n page_n 325_o 18.23_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o debtor_n to_o their_o lord_n page_n 651_o 28.18_o all_o power_n be_v give_v to_o i_o in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n page_n 407_o v._o 19_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n page_n 328_o luke_n 4.29_o 30._o they_o lead_v he_o to_o the_o brow_n of_o the_o hill_n page_n 382_o 24.45_o he_o open_v their_o understanding_n page_n 395_o john_n 1.1_o in_o the_o beginning_n be_v the_o word_n page_n 332_o 3.13_o no_o man_n have_v ascend_v up_o into_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n page_n 337_o 5.23_o the_o father_n 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page_n 87_o 1_o pet._n 2.24_o bear_v our_o sin_n in_o his_o own_o body_n on_o the_o cross_n page_n 698._o 3.18_o he_o suffer_v for_o our_o sin_n the_o just_a for_o the_o unjust_a page_n 697_o 1_o john_n 2.1_o 2._o he_o be_v the_o propitiation_n for_o our_o sin_n page_n 719_o 5.7_o there_o be_v three_o that_o bear_v record_n in_o heaven_n page_n 458_o v._o 20._o this_o be_v the_o true_a god_n and_o eternal_a life_n page_n 205_o errata_fw-la page_n 3._o l._n 5._o after_o salvation_n deal_n p._n 5._o l._n 20._o put_v a_o period_n after_o text._n l._n 30._o after_o attentatam_fw-la d._n â—_o p._n 6._o l._n 3._o r._n wissowatius_fw-la p._n 130._o in_o the_o margin_n r._n serrarii_fw-la p._n 142._o l._n 19_o r._n seem_v p._n 148._o l._n 31._o r._n posterity_n p._n 200._o l._n 14_o r._n one_o p._n 209._o l._n 26._o r._n real_o and_o indeed_o p._n 221._o l._n 7._o r._n paradisiacum_n p._n 239._o r._n this_o p._n 139._o l._n 21._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 149._o l._n 21._o d._n 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