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come_v with_o confidence_n to_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n 1._o jer._n 17._o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d supplantativum_fw-la cor_fw-la prae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la so_o arias_n montanus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o inscrutahile_n desperabile_fw-la so_o hierome_n and_o our_o translation_n desperate_o wicked_a it_o be_v proper_o insaâ—abile_fw-la some_o think_v paul_n allude_v to_o this_o place_n and_o do_v explain_v it_o in_o rom._n 2._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o seventy_o read_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o translate_v it_o according_o 1._o 1._o now_o as_o for_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o place_n i_o find_v expositor_n of_o great_a name_n and_o worth_n understand_v it_o of_o the_o unregenerate_a heart_n of_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n that_o be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o corrupt_a nature_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v that_o all_o the_o imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o man_n heart_n be_v altogether_o evil_a continual_o 2._o 2._o the_o drift_n 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