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unto_o the_o place_n which_o in_o hebrew_n be_v call_v golgatha_n that_o be_v be_v interpret_v the_o place_n of_o a_o skull_n mar._n 15.22_o john_n 19.17_o and_o they_o give_v he_o vinegar_n to_o drink_v mingle_v with_o gall_n mat._n 27.34_o they_o give_v he_o wine_n mingle_v with_o myrrh_n mar._n 15.23_o and_o when_o he_o have_v taste_v thereof_o he_o will_v not_o drink_v mat._n ibid._n and_o they_o crucify_v he_o and_o with_o he_o two_o thief_n one_o on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o another_o on_o the_o left_a and_o jesus_n in_o the_o midst_n mat._n 27.38_o john_n 19.18_o and_o the_o scripture_n be_v fulfil_v which_o say_v and_o he_o be_v number_v with_o the_o transgressor_n mar._n 15.28_o dear_a brethren_n we_o be_v almost_o now_o come_v with_o our_o lord_n christ_n unto_o the_o very_a place_n where_o he_o be_v willing_a to_o die_v a_o most_o bitter_a death_n for_o all_o sinner_n and_o have_v follow_v hard_o after_o he_o tread_v in_o every_o step_n that_o he_o tread_v yet_o have_v 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thou_o thou_o only_o have_v i_o not_o my_o mother_n but_o i_o sin_v take_v all_o the_o shame_n and_o guilt_n upon_o himself_o not_o charge_v his_o mother_n with_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o sin_n against_o uriah_n and_o his_o wife_n and_o now_o behold_v in_o by_z or_o for_o this_o iniquity_n viz._n the_o sin_n of_o evil_a concupiscence_n as_o the_o chaldee_n call_v it_o the_o original_a of_o his_o actual_a sin_n i_o be_o exceed_o afflict_a and_o very_o much_o grieve_v my_o mother_n indeed_o bring_v i_o forth_o with_o sorrowful_a labour_n and_o painful_a travel_n gen._n 3.16_o for_o she_o have_v sin_v against_o thou_o and_o she_o perhaps_o be_v in_o sin_n conceive_v i_o but_o her_o sin_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o my_o adultery_n and_o murder_n that_o be_v my_o own_o act_n nor_o do_v her_o sin_n make_v i_o guilty_a for_o the_o child_n shall_v not_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n but_o when_o i_o have_v lust_v i_o sin_v and_o when_o i_o have_v commit_v the_o sin_n i_o 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