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thyself_o to_o he_o and_o then_o come_v and_o offer_v thy_o gift_n it_o be_v not_o say_v if_o any_o have_v aught_o against_o thou_o but_o if_o thou_o have_v aught_o against_o any_o one_o i_o confess_v in_o some_o case_n it_o be_v enough_o to_o lay_v it_o aside_o before_o the_o lord_n but_o at_o other_o time_n we_o be_v to_o seek_v reconciliation_n with_o the_o party_n which_o have_v wrong_v we_o but_o this_o case_n be_v mighty_o to_o be_v guide_v by_o spiritual_a prudence_n as_o for_o god_n example_n god_n be_v superior_a bind_v to_o none_o he_o act_v free_o it_o be_v his_o mercy_n that_o pardon_v any_o and_o yet_o god_n give_v we_o a_o heart_n to_o repent_v of_o his_o good_a pleasure_n he_o begin_v with_o a_o sinner_n but_o this_o be_v nothing_o to_o our_o case_n who_o be_v under_o law_n who_o be_v bind_v to_o forgive_v other_o iii_o the_o person_n to_o who_o we_o pray_v our_o heavenly_a father_n the_o note_n be_v that_o god_n do_v alone_o forgive_v sin_n there_o be_v a_o double_a forgiveness_n of_o sin_n in_o heaven_n and_o in_o a_o man_n be_v own_o conscience_n and_o therefore_o sometime_o compare_v to_o the_o blot_n out_o of_o something_o out_o of_o a_o book_n sometime_o to_o the_o blot_n out_o of_o a_o cloud_n to_o the_o blot_n out_o of_o a_o book_n isa._n 43._o 25._o ay_o even_o i_o be_o he_o that_o blot_v out_o thy_o transgression_n for_o my_o own_o sake_n and_o will_v not_o remember_v thy_o sin_n that_o it_o may_v be_v no_o more_o remember_v or_o charge_v upon_o we_o to_o the_o blot_n out_o of_o a_o cloud_n isa._n 44._o 22._o i_o have_v blot_v out_o as_o a_o thick_a cloud_n thy_o transgression_n and_o as_o a_o cloud_n thy_o sin_n as_o the_o sun_n when_o it_o break_v forth_o in_o its_o strength_n dispel_v the_o mist_n and_o cloud_n sin_n interpose_v as_o a_o cloud_n hinder_v the_o light_n of_o god_n countenance_n from_o shine_v forth_o upon_o we_o both_o these_o be_v god_n work_n to_o blot_v the_o book_n and_o to_o blot_v out_o the_o cloud_n 1._o pardon_v 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