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i_o a_o well_o read_v scholar_n in_o the_o father_n which_o can_v be_v in_o respect_n of_o my_o year_n and_o yet_o indeed_o i_o shall_v be_v behold_v to_o a_o index_n prepare_v to_o my_o hand_n by_o the_o industry_n of_o another_o for_o such_o allegation_n well_o whatsoever_o affection_n thou_o read_v it_o withal_o profit_v it_o be_v that_o i_o wish_v to_o thy_o soul_n i_o have_v divide_v the_o whole_a into_o chapter_n the_o chapter_n into_o section_n that_o thou_o may_v read_v all_o as_o well_o as_o some_o and_o not_o weary_v thyself_o with_o too_o much_o at_o once_o if_o tediousness_n shall_v seem_v to_o oppress_v thou_o and_o indeed_o unless_o thou_o read_v all_o thou_o may_v mistake_v i_o in_o some_o thing_n thou_o the_o treatise_n be_v thou_o also_o myself_o be_o in_o our_o common_a saviour_n to_o who_o grace_n i_o commend_v thou_o as_o a_o desirer_n of_o thy_o best_a good_a t._n b._n the_o content_n chap._n i._n the_o entrance_n into_o the_o matter_n by_o show_v the_o occasion_n and_o sum_n of_o the_o text._n chap._n ii_o the_o first_o general_a conclusion_n from_o the_o nature_n and_o substance_n of_o the_o word_n chap._n iii_o the_o second_o general_a conclusion_n from_o the_o sum_n of_o the_o text._n chap._n four_o the_o logical_a analysis_n of_o the_o text_n and_o the_o open_n of_o the_o first_o part_n of_o it_o chap._n v._o the_o first_o doctrine_n from_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o text_n concern_v the_o free_a liberty_n of_o the_o spirit_n his_o work_n chap._n vi_o the_o second_o doctrine_n from_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o text_n touch_v the_o invincible_a force_n of_o the_o breath_n of_o the_o spirit_n chap._n vii_o the_o word_n of_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o text_n interpret_v and_o the_o head_n of_o the_o doctrine_n brief_o propound_v chap._n viii_o the_o first_o doctrine_n from_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o text_n handle_v chap._n ix_o the_o second_o doctrine_n handle_v from_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o text._n chap._n x._o the_o three_o point_n handle_v from_o the_o second_o branch_n of_o the_o text._n chap._n xi_o the_o four_o and_o last_o doctrine_n observable_a in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o text._n chap._n xii_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o text_n expound_v and_o the_o point_n of_o divinity_n thence_o arise_v propound_v chap._n xiii_o the_o first_o proposition_n handle_v out_o of_o the_o last_o part_n of_o the_o text._n chap._n xiiii_o the_o second_o and_o last_o point_n from_o the_o last_o part_n of_o the_o text._n the_o gale_n of_o grace_n or_o the_o wind_n of_o the_o spirit_n john_n 3.8_o the_o wind_n blow_v where_o it_o list_v and_o thou_o hear_v the_o sound_n thereof_o but_o can_v not_o tell_v whence_o it_o come_v and_o whither_o it_o go_v so_o be_v every_o one_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o spirit_n chap._n i._o ¶_o the_o entrance_n into_o the_o matter_n by_o show_v the_o occasion_n and_o sum_n of_o the_o text._n coherence_n sect._n 1_o the_o occasion_n and_o coherence_n this_o 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