be_v punish_v in_o the_o sodomite_n etc._n etc._n with_o the_o utter_a destruction_n of_o this_o city_n and_o themselves_o gen._n 19_o 24_o 25._o yea_o they_o suffer_v the_o vengeance_n of_o eternal_a fire_n judas_n 7._o also_o the_o male_a sechemite_n for_o the_o sin_n commit_v by_o hamor_n son_n be_v all_o put_v to_o the_o sword_n gen._n 34._o 25_o 26._o our_o first_o parent_n sin_v against_o the_o eight_o commandment_n in_o take_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o so_o bring_v the_o curse_n on_o themselves_o and_o their_o posterity_n gen._n 3._o 16._o again_o the_o punishment_n due_a to_o the_o breach_n of_o this_o commandment_n be_v by_o jacob_n account_v death_n gen._n 31._o 30_o 32._o and_o also_o by_o jacob_n son_n gen._n 44._o 9_o 10._o cain_n sin_v against_o the_o nine_o commandment_n as_o in_o gen._n 4._o 9_o be_v therefore_o curse_v to_o the_o earth_n verse_n the_o 11._o and_o abraham_n though_o the_o friend_n of_o god_n be_v blame_v for_o false_a witness_n by_o pharaoh_n and_o 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dark_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n that_o his_o sin_n be_v not_o so_o clear_o discover_v as_o afterward_o they_o be_v therefore_o say_v the_o apostle_n the_o law_n be_v add_v gal._n 3._o 19_o or_o more_o plain_o give_v on_o sinai_n in_o table_n of_o stone_n that_o the_o offence_n may_v abound_v that_o be_v that_o it_o may_v the_o more_o clear_o be_v make_v manifest_a and_o appear_v rom._n 5._o 20._o again_o we_o have_v a_o notable_a resemblance_n for_o this_o at_o sinai_n even_o in_o give_v the_o law_n for_o first_o the_o law_n be_v give_v twice_o on_o sinai_n to_o signify_v that_o indeed_o the_o substance_n of_o it_o be_v give_v before_o and_o second_o the_o first_o table_n that_o be_v give_v on_o sinai_n be_v break_v at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o mount_n and_o the_o other_o be_v preserve_v whole_a to_o signify_v that_o though_o it_o be_v the_o true_a law_n that_o be_v give_v before_o with_o that_o give_v on_o sinai_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o so_o easy_a to_o be_v read_v and_o to_o be_v 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the_o roman_n and_o also_o in_o the_o five_o in_o the_o one_o he_o endeavour_v for_o to_o prove_v that_o all_o have_v transgress_v in_o the_o first_o adam_n as_o he_o stand_v a_o common_a person_n represent_v both_o himself_o and_o we_o in_o his_o stand_n and_o fall_v rom._n 5._o 12._o wherefore_o say_v he_o as_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n and_o so_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o man_n mark_v that_o but_o why_o for_o that_o all_o have_v sin_v that_o be_v for_o as_o much_o as_o all_o natural_o be_v guilty_a of_o original_a sin_n the_o sin_n that_o be_v commit_v by_o we_o in_o adam_n so_o this_o be_v one_o cause_n why_o none_o can_v be_v justify_v by_o their_o obedience_n to_o the_o law_n because_o they_o have_v in_o their_o first_o place_n break_v it_o in_o their_o first_o parent_n but_o second_o in_o case_n this_o shall_v be_v oppose_v and_o reject_v by_o quarrelsome_a person_n though_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n for_o it_o paul_n have_v 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state_n by_o original_n and_o actual_a sin_n before_o thou_o do_v follow_v the_o law_n since_o thy_o turn_n to_o the_o law_n thou_o have_v commit_v several_a sin_n against_o the_o law_n in_o many_o thing_n we_o offend_v all_o so_o that_o now_o thy_o righteousness_n to_o the_o law_n be_v mix_v with_o sometime_o the_o lust_n of_o concupiscence_n forâ—idation_n coverousness_n pride_n heart-rising_n against_o god_n coldness_n of_o affection_n towards_o he_o backwardness_n to_o good_a duty_n speak_v idle_a word_n have_v of_o strife_n in_o your_o heart_n and_o such_o like_a i_o say_v these_o thing_n be_v thus_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n be_v become_v do_v weak_a through_o this_o our_o flesh_n rom._n 8._o 30_o and_o so_o notwithstanding_o all_o our_o obedience_n to_o the_o law_n we_o be_v yet_o through_o our_o weakness_n under_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n for_o as_o i_o say_v before_o the_o law_n be_v so_o holy_a so_o just_a and_o so_o good_a that_o it_o can_v allow_v that_o 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