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which_o consist_v partly_o in_o that_o diligent_a information_n which_o he_o give_v unto_o the_o saint_n from_o place_n to_o place_n concern_v the_o hostile_a cruel_a and_o bloody_a mind_n and_o intention_n of_o satan_n against_o they_o partly_o in_o detect_v and_o make_v know_v all_o his_o subtle_a stratagem_n his_o plot_n method_n and_o dangerous_a machination_n against_o they_o partly_o also_o in_o furnish_v they_o with_o spiritual_a weapon_n of_o all_o sort_n whereby_o they_o may_v be_v able_a to_o grapple_v with_o he_o notwithstanding_o and_o glorious_o to_o triumph_v over_o he_o partly_o again_o in_o those_o frequent_a admonition_n exhortation_n encouragement_n to_o quit_v themselves_o like_o man_n in_o resist_v he_o and_o make_v good_a their_o ground_n against_o he_o which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o last_o in_o profess_v his_o fear_n lest_o satan_n shall_v circumvent_v and_o deceive_v they_o that_o doctrine_n i_o say_v which_o reflect_v disparagement_n and_o 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his_o furnish_v they_o with_o spiritual_a weapon_n to_o conflict_n with_o he_o and_o fight_v against_o he_o etc._n etc._n be_v in_o several_a place_n of_o scripture_n plain_o report_v and_o attribute_v unto_o he_o particular_o in_o these_o jam._n 4._o 7._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 8_o 9_o eph._n 6._o 11._o 12_o etc._n etc._n 2._o cor._n 11._o 3._o 14._o &_o 2._o 11._o mat._n 12._o 43_o 44_o etc._n etc._n 2_o thess_n 2._o 9_o 10._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 5._o not_o to_o mention_v many_o other_o now_o if_o the_o saint_n be_v in_o no_o possibility_n of_o be_v final_o overcome_v by_o satan_n or_o of_o miscarry_v in_o the_o great_a and_o most_o important_a business_n of_o their_o salvation_n by_o his_o snare_n and_o subtlety_n all_o that_o operousnesse_n and_o diligence_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o those_o late-mentioned_n addressement_n of_o his_o unto_o they_o in_o order_n to_o their_o final_a conquest_n over_o satan_n will_v be_v find_v of_o very_o light_a consequence_n of_o little_a concernment_n 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their_o adversary_n and_o the_o other_o the_o punishment_n shame_n and_o reproach_n of_o person_n so_o deep_o and_o desperate_o erroneous_a for_o their_o non-agreement_n with_o they_o this_o synod_n of_o dort_n express_o grant_v that_o not_o only_o they_o who_o be_v under_o 25._o §._o 25._o a_o possibility_n of_o fall_v away_o both_o total_o and_o final_o but_o who_o the_o facto_fw-la will_v thus_o fall_v away_o for_o their_o non-electi_a signify_v such_o man_n as_o these_o may_v be_v supernatural_o enlighten_v by_o virtue_n whereof_o they_o may_v understand_v that_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v report_v or_o lay_v down_o in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v true_a and_o do_v give_v a_o unfeigned_a assent_n unto_o they_o 188._o they_o quibusdam_fw-la non-electis_a conceditur_fw-la quaedam_fw-la illumi_fw-la natio_fw-la supernaturalis_fw-la cujus_fw-la virtute_fw-la intelligant_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la annunciantur_fw-la esse_fw-la vera_fw-la iisdemque_fw-la assensum_fw-la praebent_fw-la minime_fw-la simulatum_fw-la act._n synod_n dordrect_v part_n 2._o pag._n 188._o and_o again_o that_o such_o as_o these_o be_v enlighten_v with_o the_o supernatural_a knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n which_o enlighten_v proceed_n from_o the_o holy_a ghost_n beget_v true_a knowledge_n in_o their_o mind_n from_o whence_o as_o oft_o as_o be_v needful_a they_o may_v act_v or_o work_v conformable_o to_o it_o ibid._n it_o he_o omnes_fw-la illuminati_fw-la sunt_fw-la cognition_n supernaturali_fw-la veritatis_fw-la evangelij_fw-la quae_fw-la illuminatio_fw-la à _fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it profecta_fw-la veram_fw-la notician_n in_fw-la horum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la genuine_a ex_fw-la quâ_fw-la actus_fw-la eliciebant_fw-la quoties_fw-la opus_fw-la erant_fw-la eidem_fw-la conform_v ibid._n and_o yet_o further_o that_o the_o seed_n which_o fall_v upon_o the_o stony_a ground_n signify_v or_o point_v out_o such_o hearer_n who_o for_o a_o time_n believe_v i._n e._n who_o assent_n unto_o the_o thing_n reveal_v by_o god_n and_o more_o especial_o to_o the_o covenant_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o that_o their_o assent_n in_o this_o kind_n be_v no_o way_n counterfeit_v or_o feign_v appear_v from_o hence_o that_o they_o receive_v the_o word_n with_o joy_n 189._o joy_n semen_n quod_fw-la cecidit_fw-la super_fw-la petrosam_fw-la eos_fw-la denotat_fw-la auditores_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la credunt_fw-la i._n e._n qui_fw-la divinitus_fw-la revelatis_fw-la assentiuntur_fw-la &_o imprimis_fw-la pacto_fw-la evangelico_n assensum_fw-la autem_fw-la hunc_fw-la minimé_fw-fr simulatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la inde_fw-la constat_fw-la quòd_fw-la sermonen_fw-mi cum_fw-la guadio_fw-la exciperent_fw-la ibid._n p._n 189._o by_o the_o express_a tenor_n of_o all_o this_o discourse_n most_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o this_o synod_n grant_v a_o possibility_n of_o fall_v away_o both_o total_o and_o final_o in_o those_o at_o least_o in_o many_o of_o they_o who_o by_o mean_n of_o a_o supernatural_a illumination_n and_o this_o wrought_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n come_v true_o and_o unfeigned_o to_o believe_v the_o gospel_n yea_o and_o to_o live_v and_o to_o walk_v conformable_o unto_o it_o so_o than_o if_o it_o be_v make_v to_o appear_v by_o clear_a evidence_n of_o scripture_n that_o such_o as_o these_o viz._n who_o true_o and_o unfeigned_o believe_v the_o gospel_n live_v conformable_o to_o it_o etc._n etc._n be_v true_a and_o sound_a believer_n in_o a_o estate_n of_o justification_n acceptation_n with_o god_n etc._n etc._n it_o undeniable_o follow_v that_o this_o synod_n which_o with_o the_o weight_n of_o their_o sentence_n ground_n to_o powder_v their_o brethren_n term_v remonstrant_n for_o their_o opinion_n as_o be_v of_o most_o dangerous_a and_o desperate_a consequence_n especial_o this_o concern_v the_o possibility_n of_o a_o non-perseverance_n in_o true_a believer_n be_v in_o the_o very_a same_o condemnation_n themselves_o hold_v and_o assert_v the_o same_o error_n if_o yet_o error_n they_o be_v with_o they_o i_o speak_v now_o only_o concern_v their_o dogmatize_v with_o they_o in_o the_o point_n of_o perseverance_n the_o five_o and_o last_o head_n of_o the_o controversy_n between_o they_o but_o the_o truth_n be_v and_o a_o intelligent_a reader_n may_v ready_o find_v it_o that_o in_o other_o point_n also_o wherein_o they_o sentence_v the_o person_n mention_v as_o man_n so_o extreme_o and_o dangerous_o erroneous_a as_o in_o the_o question_n about_o the_o extent_n of_o christ_n death_n the_o extent_n of_o save_a grace_n etc._n etc._n they_o deliver_v and_o maintain_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o the_o person_n sentence_v by_o they_o if_o not_o formal_o in_o plainness_n and_o expressness_n of_o term_n though_o sometime_o they_o want_v very_o little_a even_o of_o this_o yet_o arguitive_o in_o ground_n and_o principle_n manifest_o bear_v and_o issue_v forth_o the_o same_o conclusion_n as_o we_o shall_v have_v 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