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punishment_n of_o such_o as_o withstand_v and_o contemn_v those_o gracious_a mean_n he_o offer_v they_o for_o their_o good_a aug._n pharaoh_n seipsum_fw-la induravit_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la deus_fw-la indicravit_fw-la pharaonem_fw-la iusto_fw-la iudicio_fw-la aug._n if_o pharaoh_n harden_v his_o heart_n against_o the_o mean_n god_n will_v harden_v his_o heart_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o profit_v by_o the_o mean_n so_o than_o though_o satan_n harden_v as_o a_o malicious_a author_n and_o man_n harden_v himself_o as_o a_o voluntary_a instrument_n yet_o god_n harden_v not_o otherwise_o than_o as_o he_o be_v a_o just_a judge_n and_o righteous_a avenger_n of_o sin_n and_o second_o god_n do_v nor_o harden_v aquin._n harden_v non_fw-la inducendo_fw-la malitiam_fw-la sed_fw-la subtrahendo_fw-la gratiam_fw-la aquin._n by_o infuse_v evil_a but_o by_o withhold_a of_o his_o grace_n and_o forsake_v of_o his_o creature_n which_o divine_n call_v spiritual_a desertion_n as_o the_o sun_n 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