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the_o effect_n and_o end_v thereof_o peace_n with_o god_n and_o perseverance_n to_o salvation_n and_o chap._n 6._o the_o matter_n of_o sanctification_n and_o chap._n 7._o the_o imperfection_n of_o that_o sanctification_n in_o this_o life_n and_o chap._n 8._o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o their_o perseverance_n notwithstanding_o to_o the_o death_n shall_v now_o again_o without_o any_o occasion_n and_o against_o all_o order_n return_v to_o the_o same_o matter_n of_o justification_n so_o full_o handle_v and_o end_v before_o this_o might_n well_o agree_v with_o these_o man_n wander_n in_o this_o their_o treatise_n but_o agree_v not_o with_o the_o wisdom_n either_o divine_a or_o humane_a wherewith_o the_o apostle_n be_v furnish_v much_o more_o absurd_a be_v it_o to_o imagine_v that_o have_v former_o handle_v that_o subject_a matter_n of_o justification_n so_o plain_o as_o he_o have_v do_v chap._n 3_o and_o 4._o he_o shall_v return_v to_o handle_v the_o same_o matter_n so_o 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