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to_o find_v out_o a_o cause_n for_o it_o she_o speak_v of_o the_o deluge_n as_o of_o a_o fable_n and_o have_v rather_o choose_v to_o give_v all_o antiquity_n the_o lie_n then_o to_o betray_v she_o own_o ratiocination_n to_o say_v truth_n he_o that_o know_v not_o sin_n can_v comprehend_v this_o disorder_n of_o nature_n to_o the_o belief_n thereof_o a_o presupposition_n be_v requisite_a that_o man_n be_v guilty_a that_o god_n be_v angry_a with_o he_o and_o that_o he_o will_v make_v use_n of_o his_o absolute_a power_n to_o punish_v he_o all_o other_o reason_n be_v too_o weak_a to_o prove_v so_o strange_a a_o accident_n though_o the_o world_n subsist_v by_o change_n and_o that_o the_o element_n whereof_o it_o be_v compose_v be_v only_o preserve_v by_o their_o oppose_v one_o another_o yet_o do_v not_o their_o combat_n tend_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o nature_n the_o peace_n of_o the_o universe_n be_v entertain_v by_o their_o division_n they_o sacrifice_v themselves_o for_o the_o public_a good_a 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order_n our_o father_n sin_n forego_v we_o but_o concupiscence_n remain_v this_o monster_n be_v not_o much_o less_o savage_a than_o be_v the_o 38._o cause_n which_o produce_v it_o it_o follow_v the_o inclination_n thereof_o and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o altogether_o so_o wicked_a it_o be_v at_o least_o full_a out_o as_o irregular_a it_o be_v much_o more_o opinionate_a then_o the_o father_n that_o beget_v it_o our_o life_n be_v to_o short_a to_o cut_v it_o off_o it_o be_v a_o enemy_n not_o to_o be_v overcome_v wound_n give_v it_o new_a life_n it_o gather_v strength_n by_o scar_n and_o it_o must_v cost_v we_o our_o life_n to_o be_v the_o death_n thereof_o our_o first_o divine_n which_o be_v the_o apostle_n have_v give_v it_o the_o very_a 23._o name_n of_o sin_n and_o as_o if_o it_o be_v more_o fatal_a than_o its_o father_n they_o term_v it_o the_o strength_n and_o law_n thereof_o it_o be_v not_o content_a to_o persuade_v we_o to_o the_o crime_n but_o endeavour_n to_o enforce_v we_o 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