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44._o which_o he_o do_v by_o change_v the_o disposition_n inclination_n and_o bend_v of_o it_o if_o you_o offer_v green_a bough_n unto_o swine_n they_o regard_v they_o not_o but_o trample_v they_o under_o their_o foot_n but_o if_o their_o nature_n be_v change_v into_o the_o nature_n of_o sheep_n than_o they_o will_v be_v draw_v to_o they_o this_o be_v do_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n 2_o cor._n 3._o 17._o before_o regeneration_n the_o will_n be_v in_o bondage_n unto_o sin_n but_o be_v unite_v unto_o christ_n in_o regeneration_n the_o son_n make_v we_o free_a indeed_o joh._n 8._o 36._o then_o the_o will_v free_o move_v towards_o god_n in_o christ_n by_o faith_n and_o hope_n as_o a_o man_n though_o he_o can_v give_v life_n to_o himself_o be_v dead_a yet_o when_o he_o be_v make_v alive_a he_o can_v move_v himself_o from_o a_o principle_n of_o life_n in_o he_o so_o much_o faith_n as_o a_o man_n have_v so_o much_o freewill_n he_o have_v to_o hope_v in_o god_n in_o the_o worst_a time_n 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