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2._o unless_o you_o have_v believe_v in_o vain_a it_o be_v not_o mean_v of_o a_o true_a live_a save_v and_o justify_v faith_n but_o of_o a_o historicoll_a fruitless_a dead_a and_o ineffectual_a faith_n or_o belief_n which_o do_v never_o true_o regenerate_v &_o transform_v the_o heart_n and_o soul_n of_o those_o who_o do_v enjoy_v it_o this_o do_v full_o appeareby_o the_o opposition_n &_o antithesis_fw-la in_o the_o samâ—…_n verse_n by_o which_o you_o be_v save_v unless_o you_o have_v believe_v in_o vain_a so_o that_o save_v faith_n be_v here_o put_v in_o opposition_n to_o this_o vain_a belief_n which_o prove_v that_o this_o vain_a belief_n be_v no_o true_a and_o ustify_a faith_n so_o that_o your_o argument_n from_o hence_o must_v be_v this_o man_n may_v loose_v a_o vain_a and_o ineffectual_a faith_n therefore_o the_o true_a regenerate_a saint_n of_o god_n may_v fall_v from_o the_o seed_n and_o habit_n of_o true_a &_o justify_v faith_n second_o i_o answer_v that_o these_o two_o place_n 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