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but_o old_a saint_n of_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o year_n stand_v have_v need_n walk_v circumspecty_n 10._o practise_v that_o great_a duty_n of_o self-examination_n daily_o and_o desire_v of_o god_n to_o search_v we_o and_o try_v we_o and_o make_v we_o to_o know_v our_o iniquity_n and_o give_v we_o sound_a humiliation_n for_o they_o for_o godly_a man_n may_v lie_v a_o great_a while_n in_o a_o sin_n before_o they_o be_v true_o sensible_a of_o it_o as_o david_n before_o he_o be_v true_o sensible_a of_o that_o sin_n of_o adultery_n as_o appear_v by_o 2_o sam._n 12._o that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v less_o than_o three_o quarter_n of_o a_o year_n for_o when_o the_o prophet_n nathan_n come_v to_o he_o the_o child_n that_o he_o have_v by_o