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be_v pardon_v but_o even_o sense_n of_o god_n displeasure_n may_v continue_v after_o pardon_n as_o appear_v by_o that_o penitential_a psalm_n 51._o pen_v by_o david_n after_o nathan_n have_v speak_v to_o he_o concearn_v his_o sin_n quaestion_n or_o objection_n answer_v 1._o what_o course_n shall_v we_o take_v with_o secret_a sin_n â—…_n i_o answer_v this_o same_o course_n must_v be_v follow_v with_o they_o there_o be_v a_o implicit_a repentance_n of_o sin_n that_o have_v not_o be_v distinct_o see_v and_o observe_v as_o who_o can_v see_v and_o observe_v all_o their_o fail_n and_o so_o there_o may_v be_v a_o implicit_a faith_n act_v that_o be_v the_o believer_n be_v persuade_v that_o he_o be_v guilty_a of_o moâ—…_n sin_n than_o he_o have_v yet_o get_v a_o clear_a sight_n of_o as_o he_o will_v bewail_v his_o condition_n before_o god_n because_o of_o these_o and_o sorrow_n for_o they_o after_o a_o godly_a manner_n so_o he_o will_v take_v they_o together_o in_o a_o heap_n oâ—…_n as_o a_o 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