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sin_n 1._o by_o his_o word_n 2._o by_o mere_a reason_n first_o from_o god_n word_n secondlie_o from_o mere_a reason_n from_o his_o word_n afthis_n manner_n psalm_n 5.4_o thou_o be_v not_o a_o god_n say_v david_n that_o love_v wickedness_n neither_o shall_v any_o evil_a dwell_v with_o thou_o as_o though_o he_o shall_v say_v thou_o god_n shall_v free_v i_o from_o saul_n and_o his_o conspirator_n because_o thou_o be_v a_o god_n which_o neither_o will_v nor_o any_o way_n approve_v of_o wicked_a deal_n habac._n 1.15_o thou_o be_v of_o pure_a eye_n and_o can_v not_o see_v evil_a thou_o can_v not_o behold_v wickedness_n in_o which_o place_n the_o prophet_n do_v teach_v that_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n be_v such_o that_o he_o
end_n therefore_o be_v the_o son_n of_o man_n make_v manifest_a that_o he_o may_v dissolve_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n second_o man_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n for_o after_o that_o it_o be_v conucy_v from_o satan_n into_o adam_n chain_n maxey_n in_o his_o golden_a chain_n in_o he_o it_o arise_v as_o out_o of_o a_o spring_n from_o this_o spring_n it_o be_v reserve_v in_o nature_n as_o in_o a_o conduit_n 5.12_o rom._n 5.12_o from_o nature_n convey_v to_o concupiscence_n as_o by_o a_o pipe_n which_o work_v in_o our_o corrupt_a nature_n cause_v sin_n and_o iniquity_n to_o be_v effect_v so_o that_o now_o because_o every_o action_n have_v his_o quality_n from_o the_o root_n of_o the_o affection_n and_o from_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o next_o author_n therefore_o be_v sin_n proper_o attribute_v unto_o ourselves_o as_o the_o cause_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o disobedience_n of_o his_o people_n israel_n in_v not_o harken_v unto_o he_o say_v that_o he_o 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