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a_o time_n when_o he_o do_v not_o commit_v iniquity_n that_o than_o his_o former_a righteousness_n shall_v not_o avail_v he_o but_o in_o his_o sin_n he_o shall_v die_v etc._n etc._n another_o be_v job_n 9.20_o if_o i_o justify_v myself_o my_o own_o mouth_n shall_v condemn_v i_o if_o i_o say_v i_o be_o perfect_a it_o shall_v also_o prove_v i_o perverse_a answ._n self-justification_n and_o whatsoever_o be_v ground_v thereupon_o be_v indeed_o condemnable_a but_o the_o justification_n which_o come_v from_o god_n be_v not_o so_o who_o shall_v lay_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o charge_n of_o god_n elect_n it_o be_v god_n that_o justify_v who_o be_v he_o that_o condemn_v job_n do_v not_o here_o deny_v
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to_o other_o and_o persuade_v a_o belief_n of_o it_o but_o that_o which_o they_o receive_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gospel_n from_o be_v the_o divine_a power_n itself_o the_o holy_a spirit_n itself_o which_o dwell_v in_o they_o from_o which_o the_o tongue_n and_o miracle_n do_v sometime_o flow_v i_o say_v sometime_o for_o they_o be_v not_o inseparable_a effect_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o if_o they_o have_v be_v so_o then_o when_o and_o wheresoever_o the_o spirit_n have_v appear_v these_o effect_n must_v unavoidable_o have_v follow_v but_o that_o they_o do_v not_o for_o all_o the_o true_a believer_n receive_v the_o spirit_n yet_o do_v not_o all_o work_n miracle_n 4.4_o nor_o speak_v with_o tongue_n thus_o paul_n have_v tell_v the_o corinthian_n that_o the_o god_n of_o the_o world_n have_v blind_v the_o mind_n of_o they_o that_o believe_v not_o lest_o the_o light_n of_o the_o glorius_fw-la gospel_n of_o christ_n who_o be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n shall_v shine_v unto_o they_o show_v 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thence_o infer_v that_o the_o cessation_n of_o tongue_n and_o miracle_n do_v not_o at_o all_o render_v it_o any_o presumption_n ungodliness_n or_o absurdity_n in_o those_o who_o be_v the_o apostle_n successor_n in_o faith_n and_o doctrine_n to_o expect_v to_o receive_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gospel_n now_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o it_o be_v communicate_v to_o they_o of_o old_a yet_o that_o he_o may_v not_o seem_v whole_o to_o exclude_v the_o spirit_n he_o thus_o say_v that_o the_o spirit_n help_v we_o to_o understand_v old_a truth_n already_o reveal_v in_o scripture_n we_o confess_v and_o pray_v for_o his_o assistance_n therein_o etc._n etc._n page_n 103._o answ._n either_o he_o do_v not_o speak_v sincere_o or_o else_o he_o have_v forget_v himself_o but_o a_o little_a before_o page_n 92_o 93_o 94._o he_o say_v that_o all_z the_o necessary_a point_n of_o religion_n whatsoever_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n whatsoever_o be_v either_o to_o be_v believe_v or_o do_v be_v in_o some_o place_n or_o other_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n fit_v to_o the_o most_o vulgar_a capacity_n and_o shallow_a understanding_n that_o the_o history_n of_o chist_n birth_n death_n resurrection_n and_o ascension_n be_v plain_a to_o be_v understand_v that_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o table_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o our_o neighbour_n which_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o show_v comprehend_v the_o whole_a law_n and_o the_o prophet_n all_o the_o evangelical_n precept_n and_o the_o essential_o of_o religion_n be_v in_o the_o gospel_n make_v 〈◊〉_d easy_a doctrine_n that_o he_o that_o run_v may_v read_v they_o be_v fit_v to_o the_o capacity_n of_o the_o most_o unlearned_a that_o those_o passage_n in_o the_o scripture_n which_o be_v of_o the_o great_a concern_v be_v write_v in_o such_o a_o plain_a and_o familiar_a style_n that_o the_o weak_a and_o most_o illiterate_a shall_v never_o be_v able_a to_o excuse_v the_o neglect_n of_o they_o in_o a_o word_n the_o great_a lawgiver_n he_o say_v have_v make_v those_o doctrine_n most_o plain_a which_o be_v most_o necessary_a to_o be_v believe_v and_o those_o least_o necessary_a which_o be_v most_o difficult_a now_o if_o he_o do_v believe_v himself_o when_o he_o say_v all_o this_o i_o wonder_v what_o he_o expect_v his_o reader_n shall_v believe_v of_o he_o when_o in_o behalf_n of_o himself_o and_o all_o his_o brethren_n he_o here_o say_v page_n 103._o we_o confess_v the_o spirit_n help_v we_o to_o understand_v old_a truth_n already_o reveal_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o we_o pray_v for_o his_o assistance_n therein_o do_v they_o pray_v for_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o help_v they_o understand_v those_o thing_n which_o he_o say_v be_v already_o fit_v to_o the_o capacity_n of_o the_o weak_a most_o illiterate_a and_o unlearned_a which_o be_v suit_v to_o the_o shallow_a understanding_n nay_o which_o be_v make_v so_o plain_a and_o easy_a that_o he_o that_o run_v may_v read_v they_o what_o else_o be_v this_o but_o to_o mock_v the_o holy_a ghost_n by_o invocate_a his_o assistance_n to_o help_v they_o understand_v that_o which_o they_o confess_v they_o understand_v already_o and_o which_o they_o affirm_v to_o be_v so_o plain_a and_o easy_a that_o the_o weak_a the_o shallow_a the_o most_o unlearned_a may_v understand_v and_o yet_o of_o this_o kind_n do_v they_o reckon_v all_o necessary_a point_n in_o religion_n all_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o table_n of_o the_o law_n the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o our_o neighbour_n the_o history_n of_o christ_n birth_n death_n resurrection_n and_o ascension_n all_o the_o command_v of_o the_o gospel_n all_o the_o essential_o of_o religion_n and_o in_o short_a whatsoever_o be_v either_o to_o be_v believe_v or_o do_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n but_o what_o then_o have_v he_o leave_v for_o bimself_n and_o his_o brethren_n to_o pray_v for_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o help_v they_o to_o understand_v nothing_o that_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n to_o be_v sure_a no_o essential_a of_o religion_n no_o gospel_n precept_n no_o part_n of_o the_o history_n of_o christ_n birth_n death_n resurrection_n and_o ascension_n none_o of_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o first_o or_o second_o table_n nothing_o of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n or_o our_o neighbour_n what_o can_v it_o be_v then_o some_o difficult_a passage_n which_o himself_o confess_v be_v lest_o necessary_a to_o be_v believe_v as_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o levitical_a rite_n the_o genealogy_n in_o scripture_n and_o apocalyptical_a prophecy_n these_o be_v his_o own_o instance_n page_n 93._o nay_o in_o order_n to_o salvation_n not_o at_o all_o necessary_a either_o to_o be_v believe_v or_o do_v see_v now_o what_o his_o fair_a flourish_n of_o pray_v for_o the_o spirit_n be_v come_v to_o beside_o to_o say_v they_o be_v already_o 〈◊〉_d in_o scripture_n and_o yet_o say_v he_o want_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o spirit_n 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