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see_v as_o the_o prophet_n tell_v we_o there_o be_v no_o man_n live_v that_o shall_v not_o see_v death_n and_o be_v able_a to_o save_v his_o life_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o grave_n psal_n 89.90_o sect._n 9_o of_o the_o fewness_n of_o they_o that_o shall_v be_v save_v save_v the_o nine_o subject_n of_o meditation_n the_o small_a number_n of_o they_o that_o shall_v be_v save_v in_o this_o section_n the_o subject_n of_o our_o meditation_n shall_v be_v the_o small_a number_n of_o they_o that_o shall_v be_v save_v christ_n flock_n in_o scripture_n be_v call_v a_o little_a flock_n luke_n 12.32_o the_o number_n of_o the_o elect_n be_v but_o small_a and_o by_o consequent_a there_o be_v but_o few_o that_o shall_v be_v save_v thus_o much_o one_o of_o the_o father_n collect_v out_o of_o the_o destruction_n mention_v in_o the_o old_a tetestament_n 13._o august_n de_fw-fr verb._n
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that_o fatal_a apple_n that_o choke_v all_o his_o posterity_n which_o be_v do_v he_o be_v smite_v with_o sudden_a fear_n see_v his_o nakedness_n and_o be_v ashamed_a and_o hide_v himself_o and_o his_o eye_n be_v now_o open_v to_o see_v evil_a by_o experience_n for_o before_o his_o fall_n he_o have_v no_o experience_n of_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_n and_o of_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n therefore_o he_o break_v the_o command_n of_o god_n and_o do_v eat_v of_o the_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a he_o sin_v because_o he_o know_v not_o the_o misery_n of_o sin_n but_o after_o his_o fall_n he_o see_v the_o difference_n between_o grace_n and_o sin_n what_o he_o be_v himself_o and_o what_o he_o be_v before_o and_o all_o the_o future_a misery_n that_o be_v like_a to_o befall_v his_o posterity_n and_o he_o that_o before_o treat_v he_o as_o a_o son_n can_v noâ—_n look_v upon_o he_o but_o as_o a_o slave_n and_o vagabond_n adam_n blame_v his_o wife_n eâ—â—_n the_o serpent_n and_o 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