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more_o solemn_a and_o last_a course_n be_v requisite_a than_o for_o lesser_a transgression_n it_o will_v ibid._n ask_v more_o sigh_n more_o tear_n more_o indignation_n more_o revenge_n a_o strong_a infusion_n of_o all_o those_o sovereign_a ingredient_n prescribe_v by_o st._n paul_n 2_o cor._n 7._o before_o there_o can_v be_v any_o comfortable_a hope_n that_o it_o be_v pardon_v the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v a_o sour_a and_o stubborn_a piece_n of_o clay_n that_o will_v not_o frame_v to_o any_o serviceable_a use_n without_o much_o work_n a_o soft_a and_o tender_a heart_n indeed_o be_v soon_o rend_v in_o piece_n like_o a_o silken_a garment_n if_o it_o do_v but_o catch_v upon_o any_o little_a nail_n but_o a_o heart_n harden_v with_o long_a custom_n of_o sin_v especial_o if_o it_o be_v with_o one_o of_o these_o presumptuous_a sin_n be_v like_o the_o knotty_a root-end_n of_o a_o old_a oak_n that_o have_v lie_v long_o a_o dry_n in_o the_o sun_n it_o must_v be_v ambros._n a_o hard_a wedge_n 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