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mention_v election_n he_o never_o make_v mention_n of_o work_n unless_o to_o exclude_v they_o as_o p._n martyr_n speak_v as_o here_o he_o do_v if_o of_o grace_n than_o not_o of_o work_n last_o if_o work_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o election_n then_o in_o necessity_n they_o be_v of_o justification_n also_o for_o that_o rule_n in_o logic_n be_v constant_a whatsoever_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o cause_n causati_fw-la quicq_n id_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la causae_fw-la est_fw-la causae_fw-la causati_fw-la be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o thing_n cause_v but_o good_a work_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o justification_n for_o first_o that_o which_o justify_v be_v that_o which_o can_v answer_v the_o extremity_n of_o god_n justice_n but_o man_n obedience_n can_v do_v it_o be_v only_o a_o begin_v conformity_n as_o chemnitius_n speak_v 6._o exam._n trident._n council_n sess_n 6._o to_o they_o that_o will_v do_v good_a evil_a be_v present_a second_o if_o justify_v by_o work_n than_o all_o boast_n 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verdict_n on_o our_o side_n but_o i_o need_v not_o only_o remember_v what_o possidonius_fw-la report_v of_o ambrose_n 27._o ambrose_n etsi_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la vixt_v ut_fw-la pudeat_fw-la inter_fw-la vos_fw-la vivere_fw-la tomen_fw-la non_fw-la tâ—neo_fw-la mors_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la don_n inum_fw-la habeo_fw-la bonum_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la august_n cap._n 27._o though_o i_o have_v not_o so_o live_v that_o i_o may_v be_v ashamed_a to_o live_v among_o you_o 12._o you_o pateor_fw-la non_fw-la sum_fw-la dignus_fw-la ego_fw-la nec_fw-la propriu_fw-la pessum_fw-la meritis_fw-la reguum_fw-la abtinere_fw-la culorum_fw-la caeterum_fw-la duplicâ—_n jure_fw-la illud_fw-la bâ—inens_fw-la dominuâ—_fw-la hae_fw-la reditate_v patris_fw-la &_o merito_fw-la pessionu_fw-la attero_fw-la pse_fw-la contentus_fw-la alterâ—â—â—_n ihi_fw-la dorat_fw-la exenjus_fw-la doâ—o_fw-la jure_fw-la illud_fw-la vendan_n non_fw-la con_fw-la noor_n cap_n 12._o yet_o i_o fear_v not_o to_o die_v not_o because_o 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weep_v for_o sin_n and_o turn_v to_o be_v save_v as_o ezech._n 36.26_o i_o will_v take_v away_o your_o stony_a heart_n and_o give_v you_o a_o heart_n of_o flesh_n but_o it_o be_v principal_o mean_v of_o a_o contract_a kind_n of_o hardness_n when_o man_n hear_v the_o word_n whereby_o they_o shall_v be_v convert_v and_o judgement_n whereat_o the_o heart_n shall_v melt_v as_o do_v the_o heart_n of_o josiah_n 2_o king_n 22.19_o yet_o notwithstanding_o make_v their_o face_n impudent_a and_o their_o heart_n hard_a and_o resolve_v to_o march_v on_o in_o their_o sinful_a way_n this_o hardness_n be_v the_o very_a harbinger_n of_o death_n and_o the_o forerunner_n of_o everlasting_a destruction_n which_o make_v my_o heart_n to_o tremble_v application_n application_n and_o my_o bowel_n to_o yearn_v and_o my_o soul_n to_o mourn_v in_o secret_a for_o many_o of_o our_o people_n who_o heart_n be_v like_a to_o anvil_n the_o more_o they_o be_v beat_v the_o hard_a they_o grow_v who_o have_v both_o see_v 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and_o tremble_v if_o he_o promise_v mercy_n may_v rejoice_v and_o be_v glad_a if_o he_o do_v we_o good_a let_v we_o take_v the_o cup_n of_o salvation_n psal_n 116.13_o let_v we_o pray_v god_n that_o we_o may_v weep_v because_o we_o have_v not_o weep_v mourn_v because_o we_o have_v not_o mourn_v that_o our_o heart_n may_v not_o be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o devil_n like_o hard_a clay_n but_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n like_o wax_n and_o so_o i_o come_v from_o the_o proposition_n to_o the_o confirmation_n vers_fw-la 8._o verse_n 8._o according_a as_o it_o be_v write_v god_n have_v give_v they_o the_o spirit_n of_o slumber_n eye_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o see_v and_o care_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o hear_v unto_o this_o day_n here_o be_v the_o confirmation_n of_o the_o rejection_n of_o the_o jew_n prove_v by_o two_o testimony_n wherein_o i_o note_v first_o the_o oracle_n whither_o he_o resort_v for_o determination_n of_o this_o point_n in_o these_o word_n as_o it_o be_v write_v 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