sin_n and_o that_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o man_n hate_v the_o light_n and_o those_o that_o hold_v it_o forth_o because_o it_o make_v their_o sin_n cast_v shadow_n it_o make_v the_o shame_n of_o their_o sin_n to_o appear_v which_o be_v hide_v before_o in_o the_o dark_a chap._n 8._o of_o the_o creation_n of_o man_n after_o the_o image_n of_o god_n sect_n 1._o thus_o much_o of_o the_o second_o point_n sc_n god_n creation_n of_o both_o sex_n i_o now_o proceed_v to_o the_o three_o viz._n that_o god_n make_v man_n in_o his_o own_o image_n which_o clear_o appear_v both_o in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o consultation_n between_o the_o glorious_a person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n and_o also_o in_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o consultation_n here_o in_o my_o text._n now_o for_o the_o open_v this_o point_n two_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v 1._o what_o be_v a_o image_n in_o general_n 2._o wherein_o this_o image_n of_o god_n in_o man_n consist_v a_o image_n be_v 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