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he_o make_v suit_n for_o so_o as_o still_o he_o be_v the_o alone_a mediator_n proper_o so_o call_v advocate_n obj._n 4._o be_v not_o the_o holy_a ghost_n a_o advocate_n obj._n 4._o but_o yet_o in_o the_o last_o place_n be_v this_o office_n peculiar_a unto_o christ_n what_o say_v we_o then_o to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v not_o he_o come_v in_o as_o a_o partner_n with_o christ_n in_o this_o his_o mediatorship_n how_o else_o be_v it_o that_o each_o be_v style_v a_o paraclete_n a_o advocate_n so_o christ_n be_v call_v 1_o joh._n 2.1_o we_o have_v a_o advocate_n with_o the_o father_n jesus_n christ_n the_o righteous_a and_o the_o same_o stile_n be_v give_v by_o christ_n himself_o unto_o the_o holy_a ghost_n joh._n 14.16_o i_o will_v pray_v the_o father_n and_o he_o will_v give_v you_o another_o advocate_n so_o again_o v._o 26._o &_o cap._n 15.26_o &_o 16.7_o in_o all_o which_o place_n the_o word_n in_o the_o original_a be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o paraclete_n a_o advocate_n comforter_n an._n the_o holy_a ghost_n proper_o a_o comforter_n an._n for_o answer_n to_o this_o know_v we_o that_o one_o word_n signify_v both_o a_o advocate_n and_o a_o comforter_n in_o the_o former_a sense_n it_o agree_v proper_o unto_o christ_n in_o the_o late_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o office_n it_o be_v to_o comfort_v the_o heart_n of_o god_n people_n so_o our_o translation_n there_o most_o fit_o render_v it_o a_o comforter_n rep._n but_o the_o holyghost_n be_v say_v to_o intercede_v for_o we_o so_o we_o have_v it_o express_o rom._n 8.26_o intercessor_n improper_o a_o intercessor_n the_o spirit_n itself_o make_v intercession_n for_o we_o a._n true_a it_o do_v so_o but_o how_o why_o by_o teach_v the_o faithful_a how_o to_o make_v their_o request_n provoke_v they_o
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whole_a body_n of_o sin_n through_o the_o whole_a man_n not_o only_o the_o outward_a man_n but_o the_o inward_a cause_v a_o cessation_n from_o sin_n not_o only_o in_o the_o outward_a action_n but_o in_o the_o inward_a affection_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o heathen_a poet_n the_o dead_a man_n belong_v not_o 6.7_o anacreon_n citat_fw-la per_fw-la bezam_n in_o rom._n 6.7_o even_o so_o do_v this_o spiritual_a death_n it_o put_v a_o end_n to_o all_o the_o inordinate_a long_n of_o the_o soul_n so_o as_o sinful_a affection_n do_v not_o find_v that_o allowance_n which_o sometime_o they_o do_v they_o which_o be_v christ_n have_v crucify_v the_o flesh_n with_o the_o lust_n and_o affection_n thereof_o gal._n 5.24_o viz_o the_o inward_a affection_n of_o the_o soul_n whether_o irascible_a or_o concupiscible_a as_o grot._n explain_v that_o place_n a_o mortify_a person_n cease_v not_o only_o from_o practical_a but_o contemplative_a wickedness_n he_o do_v not_o regard_v iniquity_n in_o 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from_o a_o inward_a change_n in_o the_o heart_n this_o be_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o man_n that_o be_v bind_v and_o a_o man_n that_o be_v dead_a each_o cease_v from_o motion_n but_o the_o one_o the_o dead_a man_n do_v it_o from_o a_o inward_a principle_n he_o have_v neither_o power_n nor_o will_v to_o move_v the_o other_o from_o outward_a restraint_n he_o will_v move_v but_o can_v thus_o do_v wicked_a man_n sometime_o cease_v from_o sin_n abstain_v from_o the_o outward_a act_n of_o sin_n but_o no_o thanks_o to_o they_o there_o be_v some_o restraint_n upon_o they_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n their_o will_n be_v the_o same_o that_o ever_o it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v with_o a_o thief_n in_o the_o prison_n be_v manacle_v and_o shackle_a now_o he_o cease_v from_o rob_v and_o pilfer_v but_o yet_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v as_o very_o a_o thief_n as_o ever_o he_o be_v the_o outward_a act_n be_v restrain_v but_o the_o inward_a disposition_n not_o change_v but_o in_o a_o regenerate_a 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