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p._n 168_o 5._o his_o penitential_a faith_n p._n 169_o 6._o his_o penitential_a resolution_n p._n 169_o 7._o his_o penitential_a prayer_n p._n 169_o 5._o this_o repentance_n be_v extraordinary_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o incomparablenesse_n of_o it_o p._n 171_o use_v to_o condemn_v those_o that_o rely_v upon_o this_o example_n p._n 172_o this_o example_n be_v once_o record_v that_o none_o may_v despair_v and_o but_o once_o that_o none_o may_v presume_v p._n 177._o none_o because_o this_o example_n shall_v defer_v their_o repentance_n 1._o because_o this_o thief_n have_v not_o the_o mean_n of_o life_n and_o grace_n before_o p._n 180_o 2._o because_o we_o never_o read_v that_o this_o thief_n put_v off_o his_o repentance_n till_o the_o last_o p._n 181_o 3_o because_o at_o that_o time_n god_n be_v in_o a_o way_n of_o work_a miracle_n p_o 185_o text_n psal_n 147._o 3._o the_o word_n of_o the_o text_n open_v p_o 193_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o wholnesse_n of_o heart_n p_o 194_o what_o be_v 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