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of_o ioseph_n brethren_n in_o sell_v their_o brother_n 50.20_o gen._n 50.20_o and_o send_v he_o into_o egypt_n for_o the_o good_a of_o jacob_n and_o all_o his_o family_n here_o be_v matter_n of_o praise_n and_o glory_n to_o god_n no_o matter_n of_o exception_n against_o god_n if_o god_n act_v no_o further_o in_o sin_n than_o have_v beenâ—_n say_v i_o hope_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o he_o may_v act_v thus_o far_o and_o 〈◊〉_d be_v innocent_a now_o god_n haâ—â—_n no_o further_o act_v in_o sin_n 1.13_o jam._n 1.13_o he_o tempt_v no_o man_n he_o be_v no_o agent_n in_o sin_n as_o it_o be_v a_o sinful_a act_n for_o he_o do_v not_o entice_v or_o solicit_v unto_o sin_n he_o do_v not_o incline_v man_n will_n unto_o sin_n by_o infuse_v or_o put_v into_o it_o any_o evil_n which_o be_v not_o there_o before_o but_o only_o leave_v man_n to_o the_o temptation_n of_o his_o own_o lust_n the_o lust_n of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o the_o devil_n the_o three_o thing_n considerable_a be_v what_o act_n come_v between_o god_n act_n and_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n or_o who_o be_v the_o immediate_a and_o proper_a actor_n of_o sin_n as_o it_o be_v sin_n these_o agent_n and_o act_n be_v either_o external_a or_o internal_a the_o external_a be_v the_o suggestion_n of_o satan_n and_o the_o evil_a motion_n of_o man_n which_o propose_v entice_v and_o persuade_v unto_o evil_n the_o internal_a be_v a_o man_n own_o evil_a heart_n upon_o which_o the_o most_o blame_n do_v lie_v for_o then_o a_o man_n be_v tempt_v say_v james_n 1.14_o jam._n 1.14_o when_o he_o be_v draw_v away_o by_o his_o own_o lust_n and_o be_v entice_v wherefore_o in_o those_o sin_n in_o which_o god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v most_o to_o do_v the_o fault_n be_v lay_v upon_o the_o person_n that_o wrought_v himself_o unto_o evil_n as_o upon_o the_o proper_a cause_n when_o still_o god_n be_v clear_v as_o where_o god_n be_v say_v to_o harden_v pharaoh_n heart_n 7.3_o exod._n 7.3_o the_o true_a and_o proper_a hardener_n be_v pharaoh_n himself_o for_o so_o say_v moses_n when_o pharaoh_n see_v that_o there_o be_v respite_n he_o that_o be_v pharaoh_n harn_v his_o heart_n 8.15_o exod._n 8.15_o and_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v god_n give_v the_o roman_n up_o to_o uncleanness_n their_o act_n of_o uncleanness_n do_v not_o follow_v as_o proper_o cause_v by_o any_o act_n of_o god_n but_o from_o a_o cause_n in_o themselves_o for_o so_o he_o say_v 1.24_o rom._n 1.24_o the_o dishonour_v their_o own_o body_n be_v through_o the_o lust_n of_o their_o own_o heart_n sin_n be_v a_o concrete_a compound_v of_o two_o thing_n of_o the_o fact_n and_o of_o the_o obliquity_n of_o the_o fact_n we_o 〈◊〉_d distinguish_v between_o the_o â—â—stance_n of_o the_o act_n and_o the_o forâ—â—_n thereof_o wherein_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o act_n do_v lie_v god_n he_o be_v a_o cause_n concur_v to_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o act_n he_o concur_v not_o to_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o act_n but_o only_o deni_v his_o grace_n which_o if_o he_o 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