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sed_fw-la custodita_fw-la vivificat_fw-la 7._o cyprean_n epist_n 7._o it_o be_v not_o a_o single_a grace_n but_o grace_n upon_o grace_n must_v save_v we_o and_o however_o the_o goodness_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n may_v be_v content_a with_o less_o than_o our_o own_o care_n and_o zeal_n will_v be_v content_a for_o our_o own_o self_n however_o ourselves_o in_o humility_n may_v be_v content_a with_o the_o low_a room_n even_o to_o be_v doorkeeper_n in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n yet_o how_o unspeakable_a will_v be_v our_o joy_n if_o it_o may_v please_v he_o to_o grant_v more_o than_o we_o dare_v presume_v to_o ask_v and_o according_a to_o our_o increase_n in_o grace_n for_o grace_n multiply_v unto_o we_o glory_n for_o glory_n too_o and_o entertain_v we_o in_o his_o kingdom_n with_o a_o amice_fw-la ascend_v superiùs_fw-la friend_n sit_v up_o high_a as_o than_o jacob_n return_v into_o his_o own_o country_n and_o afraid_a of_o his_o brother_n esav_n send_v before_o
embrace_v we_o and_o restore_v we_o to_o our_o rest_n again_o for_o do_v a_o father_n pity_v his_o own_o child_n and_o will_v not_o the_o lord_n be_v merciful_a to_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o nay_o call_v no_o man_n father_n upon_o earth_n for_o beyond_o all_o natural_a affection_n we_o have_v a_o father_n in_o heaven_n and_o his_o love_n be_v like_a that_o of_o jonathan_n and_o david_n even_o great_a than_o the_o love_n of_o woman_n when_o abraham_n intercede_v for_o sodom_n you_o see_v he_o put_v in_o many_o doubt_n and_o fear_n i_o have_v take_v upon_o i_o to_o speak_v who_o be_o but_o dust_n and_o ash_n and_o let_v not_o my_o lord_n be_v angry_a and_o once_o more_o and_o once_o more_o let_v i_o speak_v and_o still_o he_o fear_v and_o still_o he_o speak_v and_o still_o he_o obtain_v what_o he_o speak_v for_o neither_o do_v god_n in_o mercy_n cease_v to_o grant_v his_o petition_n till_o he_o in_o modesty_n give_v they_o over_o thus_o sometime_o if_o the_o conscience_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o terror_n of_o the_o throne_n of_o justice_n and_o those_o terrible_a name_n of_o lord_n and_o jealous_a god_n shall_v make_v we_o to_o tremble_v and_o be_v exceed_o afraid_a as_o indeed_o in_o this_o confident_a age_n it_o be_v good_a that_o we_o shall_v sometime_o be_v fright_v yet_o upon_o our_o true_a humiliation_n and_o contrition_n we_o may_v bold_o appeal_v from_o the_o throne_n of_o justice_n to_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n and_o that_o gracious_a name_n of_o father_n and_o then_o â—nough_o the_o flesh_n have_v be_v a_o sodom_n yet_o if_o the_o spirit_n now_o become_v a_o abraham_n dust_n and_o ash_n as_o we_o be_v we_o may_v speak_v and_o once_o more_o and_o once_o more_o may_v we_o speak_v till_o we_o bring_v our_o sin_n from_o fifty_o shall_v i_o say_v nay_o from_o a_o innumerable_a number_n for_o who_o know_v how_o oft_o he_o offend_v to_o forty_o to_o twenty_o to_o ten_o to_o nothing_o and_o blot_v they_o out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o god_n remembrance_n let_v i_o then_o say_v once_o again_o why_o be_v thou_o so_o disquiet_v o_o my_o soul_n and_o why_o be_v thou_o so_o trouble_v within_o i_o put_v thou_o thy_o trust_n in_o the_o lord_n and_o be_v do_v good_a implore_v the_o adoption_n of_o a_o son_n and_o get_v thy_o soul_n seal_v unto_o the_o day_n of_o redemption_n and_o then_o with_o confidence_n may_v thou_o appear_v before_o the_o tribunal_n of_o god_n where_o thou_o shall_v find_v the_o judge_n thy_o father_n thy_o advocate_n thy_o brother_n but_o let_v we_o beware_v that_o we_o do_v not_o please_v and_o content_v ourselves_o with_o a_o titular_a alliance_n for_o it_o be_v not_o a_o lord_n lord_n nor_o my_o father_n 3_o salvian_n ad_fw-la eccles_n cathol_n l._n 3_o my_o father_n will_v suffice_v assumptio_fw-la religiosi_fw-la nominis_fw-la sponâ—â—o_fw-la devotionis_fw-la our_o challenge_v of_o god_n to_o be_v our_o father_n challenge_v from_o we_o the_o duty_n of_o his_o son_n for_o as_o under_o the_o law_n if_o they_o be_v 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