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who_o give_v he_o commission_n verse_n 30._o the_o man_n answer_v and_o say_v unto_o they_o why_o herein_o be_v a_o marvellous_a thing_n that_o you_o know_v not_o from_o whence_o he_o be_v and_o yet_o he_o have_v open_v my_o eye_n 31._o now_o we_o know_v that_o god_n hear_v not_o sinner_n but_o if_o any_o man_n be_v a_o worshipper_n of_o god_n and_o do_v his_o will_n he_o he_o hear_v 32._o since_o the_o world_n begin_v be_v it_o not_o hear_v that_o any_o man_n open_v the_o eye_n of_o one_o that_o be_v bear_v blind_a 33._o if_o this_o man_n be_v not_o of_o god_n he_o can_v do_v nothing_o in_o these_o verse_n the_o man_n give_v a_o solid_a answer_n to_o their_o frivolous_a cavil_n he_o pass_v what_o they_o have_v speak_v against_o himself_o and_o do_v not_o labour_n to_o diminish_v moses_n due_a esteem_n but_o only_a reply_n to_o what_o they_o have_v except_v against_o christ_n and_o 1._o he_o propound_v his_o reply_n by_o way_n of_o admiration_n that_o christ_n have_v wrought_v such_o a_o miracle_n on_o he_o yet_o they_o shall_v be_v ignorant_a of_o his_o authority_n verse_n 30._o 2._o he_o proceed_v by_o solid_a argument_n to_o evince_v that_o his_o work_v this_o miracle_n prove_v he_o be_v of_o god_n wherein_o 1._o he_o lay_v down_o a_o general_a proposition_n that_o no_o gross_a sinner_n but_o only_o such_o as_o do_v worship_n god_n and_o obey_v he_o will_v be_v hear_v or_o obtain_v thing_n at_o god_n hand_n verse_n 31._o 2._o he_o subsume_v in_o particular_a that_o christ_n behove_v to_o be_v hear_v of_o god_n have_v wrought_v so_o great_a a_o miracle_n and_o so_o singular_a that_o none_o of_o the_o prophet_n nay_o nor_o moses_n of_o who_o they_o boast_v do_v ever_o the_o like_a verse_n 32._o 3._o from_o this_o he_o conclude_v that_o certain_o christ_n be_v not_o a_o wicked_a sinner_n but_o of_o god_n see_v if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o he_o can_v not_o do_v any_o thing_n of_o that_o kind_n verse_n 33._o for_o clear_v this_o argument_n consider_v 1._o we_o need_v 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