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slip_n we_o be_v better_o advise_v and_o change_v our_o mind_n so_o poenitentia_fw-la as_o the_o word_n import_v the_o pain_n of_o grief_n and_o resipiscentia_fw-la the_o mind_n recover_v of_o wisdom_n or_o become_v wise_a after_o our_o folly_n this_o harmony_n of_o language_n as_o touch_v the_o name_n of_o repentance_n show_v plain_o there_o must_v be_v in_o it_o these_o two_o thing_n grief_n for_o that_o which_o be_v do_v amiss_o and_o a_o change_n of_o our_o mind_n from_o that_o it_o be_v before_o 2._o by_o the_o phrase_n and_o manner_n of_o speech_n which_o the_o scripture_n use_v touch_v repentance_n sometime_o repent_v for_o or_o of_o as_o uncleanness_n 2._o cor._n 12._o 21._o for_o idolatry_n revel_v 9_o 20._o which_o can_v otherwise_o be_v understand_v then_o of_o grief_n for_o the_o commit_n of_o such_o sin_n but_o sometime_o we_o meet_v with_o repentance_n from_o repent_v from_o thy_o wickedness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_v 8._o 22._o and_o repentance_n from_o 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