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call_v the_o put_v off_o the_o old_a man_n and_o put_v on_o the_o new_a yea_o this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o scripture_n call_v repentance_n can_v any_o man_n have_v this_o work_n in_o he_o &_o not_o know_v assure_o that_o he_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n the_o papist_n in_o deed_n do_v utter_o condemn_v this_o because_o they_o be_v utter_o void_a of_o it_o and_o can_v not_o tell_v what_o it_o be_v for_o how_o can_v they_o which_o deny_v &_o condemn_v the_o true_a doctrine_n of_o salâ—ation_n in_o christ_n be_v partaker_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o do_v assure_v the_o faithful_a of_o eternal_a life_n but_o yet_o they_o have_v a_o further_a objection_n and_o which_o in_o deed_n they_o deem_v to_o be_v unanswerable_a let_v it_o be_v say_v they_o that_o a_o man_n do_v know_v he_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n that_o he_o be_v regenerâ—â—â—â—â—_n and_o be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n yet_o be_v he_o sure_o he_o shall_v stand_v to_o the_o end_n and_o not_o loose_v that_o spirit_n and_o fall_n from_o grace_n or_o be_v he_o sure_o he_o shall_v not_o sin_n be_v not_o this_o great_a presumption_n very_o it_o be_v great_a presumption_n according_a to_o the_o popish_a doctrine_n for_o any_o man_n to_o assure_v himself_o that_o he_o shall_v stand_v to_o the_o end_n for_o they_o teach_v that_o a_o man_n stand_v by_o free_a will_n so_o i_o grant_v it_o be_v foul_a presumption_n for_o any_o man_n to_o presume_v upon_o his_o own_o strength_n but_o it_o be_v no_o presumption_n for_o a_o man_n to_o rest_v upon_o the_o infallible_a certainty_n of_o god_n promise_n &_o the_o testimony_n
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