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all_o abomination_n mat._n 12.34_o 35._o and_o 15.18_o 19_o 20._o for_o a_o evil_a man_n out_o of_o the_o heart_n etc._n etc._n and_o out_o of_o it_o evil_a thought_n murder_n adultery_n fornication_n theft_n false_a witness_n blasphemy_n etc._n etc._n do_v arise_v and_o spring_v and_o upon_o these_o ground_n we_o be_v so_o frequent_o call_v upon_o to_o 1._o wash_v and_o cleanse_v our_o heart_n jer._n 4.14_o james_n 4.8_o else_o as_o pilate_n for_o they_o be_v very_o foul_a as_o proverb_n 20_o 9_o who_o can_v say_v i_o be_o pure_a etc._n etc._n 2._o circumcise_v our_o heart_n deut._n 10.16_o jer_n 4.4_o rom._n 2.24_o for_o they_o be_v uncircumcised_a jer_n 9_o 26._o in_o heart_n and_o life_n 3._o and_o to_o have_v one_o or_o a_o single_a heart_n which_o god_n have_v promise_v to_o give_v we_o jer._n 32_o 29._o 1_o for_o our_o heart_n be_v apt_a to_o be_v divide_v from_o god_n and_o good_a to_o baal_n sedition_n faction_n regicide_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o nation_n 2_o king_n 15.10_o 14_o 25_o 30._o 2._o to_o become_v double_a psalm_n 12.2_o and_o james_n 1.8_o and_o 4.8.3_o yea_o manifold_a for_o there_o be_v many_o device_n in_o a_o man_n heart_n pro_fw-la 19.21_o that_o be_v naught_o and_o come_v to_o nought_o but_o the_o device_n and_o counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v stand_v this_o be_v that_o viz._n this_o corruption_n of_o the_o heart_n with_o its_o manifold_a evil_a fruit_n against_o which_o david_n pray_v psalm_n 19.12_o lord_n cleanse_v thou_o i_o from_o secret_a error_n and_o fault_n minnistaroth_n ab_fw-la occultis_fw-la arias_n mont._n and_o st._n paul_n groan_v rom._n 7.23_o o_o wretched_a man_n that_o i_o be_o etc._n etc._n ☞_o and_o all_o these_o corruption_n of_o our_o own_o heart_n within_o we_o be_v satan_n principal_a engine_n which_o he_o make_v use_v of_o to_o the_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o self_n for_o the_o discovery_n of_o which_o and_o to_o do_v it_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v be_v to_o 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