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itself_o and_o this_o sentence_n be_v write_v in_o legible_a character_n by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n can_v be_v wipe_v out_o by_o all_o the_o art_n and_o subtlety_n of_o satan_n paul_n know_v the_o law_n but_o can_v not_o 7._o rom._n 7._o find_v his_o sin_n and_o death_n there_o till_o the_o spirit_n show_v it_o he_o if_o the_o spirit_n help_v we_o not_o to_o judge_v aright_o we_o be_v sure_a to_o be_v partial_a in_o our_o own_o case_n which_o be_v more_o desperate_a than_o the_o exact_a impartiality_n that_o help_v we_o to_o see_v the_o conclusion_n condemnation_n the_o result_n wretchedness_n the_o issue_n misery_n till_o that_o turn_v our_o note_n we_o shall_v cry_v peace_n peace_n though_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o wrath_n and_o war_n belong_v to_o we_o 6._o it_o disquiet_v sinner_n be_v ready_a to_o flatter_v themselves_o when_o there_o be_v cause_n to_o fear_v and_o s._n 19_o be_v too_o forward_o to_o presume_v when_o destruction_n be_v at_o hand_n to_o consume_v and_o 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other_o mean_v use_v for_o the_o conversion_n of_o sinner_n and_o then_o the_o deed_n be_v do_v and_o the_o work_n dispatch_v chap._n xii_o xi_o objection_n answer_v in_o the_o next_o place_n we_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o give_v answer_n to_o some_o few_o objection_n and_o query_n that_o may_v be_v make_v many_o question_n may_v be_v start_v such_o as_o savour_v of_o curiosity_n more_o than_o christianity_n of_o carnal_a wit_n than_o spiritual_a wisdom_n that_o have_v more_o bone_n than_o meat_n the_o lord_n redress_v it_o this_o age_n be_v too_o rife_o with_o they_o which_o i_o shall_v wave_v and_o speak_v only_o to_o three_o or_o four_o which_o i_o judge_v convenient_a and_o pertinent_a 1._o obj._n the_o first_o be_v whether_o god_n be_v the_o sole_a s._n 1_o
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