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place_n which_o they_o do_v allege_v there_o be_v four_o in_o number_n which_o do_v carry_v some_o weight_n with_o they_o first_o from_o that_o place_n gen._n 8.21_o for_o the_o imagination_n of_o man_n heart_n be_v evil_a from_o his_o youth_n they_o gather_v thus_o much_o even_o as_o esau_n or_o edom_n though_o he_o have_v a_o birthright_n yet_o sell_v it_o in_o his_o youth_n to_o satisfy_v some_o strong_a desire_n kindle_v in_o he_o so_o man_n though_o create_v innocent_a do_v in_o the_o time_n of_o temptation_n and_o trial_n too_o often_o and_o too_o soon_o yield_v unto_o the_o temptation_n and_o sell_v or_o forfeit_v that_o their_o innocency_n and_o birthright_n and_o so_o their_o imagination_n become_v evil_a from_o their_o youth_n but_o be_v not_o so_o from_o their_o birth_n unless_o you_o here_o understand_v a_o spiritual_a conception_n or_o birth_n in_o sin_n by_o our_o personal_a fall_n page_z 71._o in_o this_o i_o do_v agree_v with_o they_o that_o man_n in_o time_n of_o 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imperfection_n of_o the_o creature_n do_v oftentimes_o use_v a_o hyperbolical_a way_n of_o expression_n as_o in_o that_o passage_n of_o eliphaz_n behold_v he_o put_v no_o trust_n in_o his_o saint_n yea_o the_o heaven_n be_v not_o clear_a in_o his_o sight_n job_n 15.15_o i_o do_v agree_v also_o that_o man_n do_v voluntary_o corrupt_v themselves_o how_o much_o more_o abominable_a and_o filthy_a be_v man_n who_o drink_v iniquity_n like_o water_n ver_fw-la 16._o though_o these_o thing_n be_v true_a yet_o they_o do_v not_o contain_v the_o whole_a truth_n nor_o the_o emphasis_n of_o that_o scripture_n for_o the_o word_n immediate_o go_v before_o be_v concern_v the_o natural_a generation_n of_o man_n what_o be_v man_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v clean_a and_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v righteous_a ver_fw-la 14._o the_o same_o in_o substance_n be_v speak_v by_o job_n himself_o touch_v the_o natural_a birth_n who_o can_v bring_v a_o clean_a thing_n out_o of_o 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