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heart_n 2._o cor._n 4._o 13._o rom._n 6._o 17._o 2._o cause_v the_o soul_n to_o come_v to_o christ_n cant._n 1._o 4._o for_o life_n joh._n 5._o 40._o 3._o and_o be_v join_v to_o christ_n as_o its_o spiritual_a head_n eph._n 1._o 22._o and_o this_o be_v internal_a and_o mystical_a none_o know_v but_o he_o that_o have_v it_o rev._n 2._o 17._o quest_n in_o what_o manner_n do_v the_o spirit_n work_v faith_n answ_n the_o spirit_n do_v work_v faith_n by_o a_o unresistible_a power_n he_o prepare_v the_o heart_n by_o make_v it_o contrite_a and_o humble_a and_o then_o infuse_v faith_n concern_v the_o work_n of_o faith_n consider_v who_o work_v it_o and_o how_o 1._o who_o work_v it_o it_o be_v wrought_v by_o the_o unresistible_a power_n of_o the_o spirit_n 1._o those_o who_o be_v dead_a can_v of_o themselves_o move_v so_o be_v all_o by_o nature_n eph._n 2._o 1._o 2._o by_o nature_n a_o mere_a resistance_n against_o the_o spirit_n act_v 7._o 51._o 3._o hence_o the_o soul_n at_o first_o be_v 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