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of_o merit_n 81_o 30._o of_o predestination_n 84_o 31._o of_o perseverance_n 86_o 32._o of_o the_o certainty_n of_o perseverance_n and_o salvation_n 88_o 33._o of_o sin_n and_o if_o all_o man_n be_v sinner_n 92_o 34._o of_o venial_a and_o mortal_a sin_n 95_o 35._o of_o the_o work_n of_o supererogation_n 97_o 36._o of_o repentance_n 100_o 37._o of_o auricular_a confession_n 101_o 38._o of_o absolution_n 103_o 39_o of_o satisfaction_n and_o indulgence_n 105_o 40._o of_o the_o sacrament_n 106_o 41._o of_o confirmation_n 107_o 42._o of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o penitence_n 109_o 43._o of_o marriage_n 110_o 44._o of_o extreme_a unction_n 112_o 45._o of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o order_n 113_o 46._o of_o the_o order_n of_o priesthood_n 115_o 47._o of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n 118_o 48._o of_o baptism_n 122_o 49._o if_o original_a sin_n continue_v after_o baptism_n 124_o 50._o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o baptism_n 125_o 51._o of_o the_o lord_n supper_n 126_o 52._o of_o the_o 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john_n will_v not_o have_v we_o to_o pray_v that_o god_n will_v pardon_v the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n because_o jesus_n christ_n tell_v we_o matth._n 12.32_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v forgive_v neither_o in_o this_o world_n nor_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v q._n why_o be_v this_o sin_n never_o to_o be_v forgive_v a._n not_o because_o it_o be_v too_o great_a for_o the_o infinite_a mercy_n of_o god_n to_o pardon_v but_o because_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n that_o the_o wicked_a never_o repent_v of_o but_o be_v always_o accompany_v with_o hardness_n of_o heart_n even_o to_o the_o last_o sect_n xxxv_o of_o work_n of_o supererogation_n quest_n can_n we_o do_v more_o good_a than_o god_n have_v command_v a._n we_o acknowledge_v ourselves_o so_o far_o from_o be_v able_a to_o do_v more_o good_a than_o god_n have_v command_v that_o we_o feel_v ourselves_o uncapable_a of_o do_v that_o which_o he_o have_v command_v we_o to_o do_v as_o to_o love_v he_o with_o all_o our_o heart_n 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person_n not_o to_o marry_v that_o he_o may_v serve_v god_n with_o less_o distraction_n a._n to_o that_o i_o say_v that_o those_o counsel_n be_v from_o god_n and_o be_v the_o suggestion_n of_o his_o spirit_n and_o be_v not_o only_a counsel_n but_o command_n and_o a_o man_n that_o find_v himself_o call_v to_o do_v those_o thing_n will_v sin_v great_o if_o he_o do_v resist_v for_o god_n counsel_v nothing_o but_o what_o he_o command_v and_o therefore_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n be_v call_v also_o his_o counsel_n the_o pharisee_n because_o they_o reject_v jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o baptism_n be_v condemn_v because_o they_o have_v reject_v the_o counsel_n of_o god_n luk._n 7.30_o and_o prov._n 1.25_o wisdom_n pronounce_v sentence_n of_o condemnation_n against_o they_o that_o set_v at_o nought_o her_o counsel_n q._n what_o think_v you_o of_o the_o work_n of_o supererogation_n and_o counsel_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n by_o which_o they_o pretend_v to_o merit_v a_o degree_n of_o 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