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doctrine_n to_o result_v viz._n man_n must_v first_o convert_v himself_o to_o the_o divine_a light_n and_o attend_v to_o it_o before_o he_o can_v be_v enlighten_v by_o it_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v man_n as_o consider_v in_o the_o fall_v state_n of_o the_o first_o adan_n be_v degenerate_v blind_a and_o dead_a in_o that_o estate_n unable_a of_o himself_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n acceptable_a to_o god_n neither_o can_v he_o enter_v into_o the_o way_n of_o holiness_n or_o convert_v himself_o unto_o the_o divine_a light_n and_o attend_v to_o it_o till_o he_o be_v first_o quicken_v and_o have_v the_o eye_n of_o his_o understanding_n some_o way_n open_v by_o the_o light_n and_o spirit_n of_o truth_n and_o feel_v some_o secret_a touch_n of_o divine_a influence_n &_o virtue_n from_o the_o light_n to_o enable_v he_o to_o convert_v and_o turn_v his_o mind_n unto_o it_o for_o how_o can_v a_o man_n enter_v into_o a_o way_n while_o he_o be_v blind_a and_o know_v nothing_o thereof_o so_o that_o 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