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a_o clean_a heart_n renew_v within_o i_o a_o right_a spirit_n wash_v i_o with_o hyssop_n and_o i_o shall_v be_v clean_o three_o say_v he_o if_o it_o do_v relate_v to_o his_o own_o person_n he_o may_v mean_v that_o he_o be_v beget_v with_o that_o sanguine_a disposition_n and_o libidinous_a temper_n that_o be_v the_o original_n of_o his_o vile_a adultery_n and_o then_o though_o david_n say_v this_o true_o of_o himself_o it_o be_v not_o true_a of_o all_o nor_o of_o those_o who_o temper_n be_v phlegmatic_a and_o unactive_a reply_v by_o this_o rule_n we_o may_v gather_v that_o the_o phlegmatic_a and_o unactive_a whatsoever_o the_o sanguine_a be_v be_v free_a from_o original_a sin_n and_o that_o it_o do_v not_o belong_v so_o much_o to_o divine_n as_o to_o physician_n to_o judge_v of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o nature_n but_o in_o this_o he_o be_v great_o deceive_v david_n do_v not_o confess_v the_o sin_n of_o adultery_n alone_o but_o the_o sin_n of_o murder_n deliver_v i_o from_o bloodguiltinesse_n thou_o god_n of_o my_o righteousness_n verse_n the_o sixteenth_o nay_o that_o which_o do_v principal_o affect_v he_o be_v his_o unbelief_n unthankfulness_n neglect_n and_o contempt_n of_o the_o goodness_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n and_o his_o make_v the_o enemy_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o blaspheme_v and_o therefore_o he_o say_v against_o thou_o thou_o only_o have_v i_o sin_v verse_n the_o six_o though_o he_o have_v sin_v against_o vriah_n against_o himself_o and_o against_o the_o church_n yet_o the_o most_o aggravate_v circumstance_n be_v that_o he_o have_v sin_v against_o god_n this_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o parable_n of_o nathan_n who_o thereupon_o do_v argue_v with_o he_o upon_o the_o consideration_n of_o mercy_n receive_v so_o then_o when_o the_o psalmist_n say_v i_o be_v bear_v in_o iniquity_n he_o have_v not_o respect_n only_o to_o the_o libidinous_a temper_n but_o also_o to_o a_o sinful_a temper_n of_o a_o more_o general_a nature_n four_o say_v he_o if_o 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as_o upon_o other_o man_n to_o be_v bear_v in_o original_a sin_n and_o this_o three_o thousand_o year_n before_o he_o be_v bear_v yet_o nevertheless_o it_o will_v be_v no_o plea_n to_o excuse_v his_o murder_n and_o adultery_n for_o howsoever_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o sin_n his_o murder_n and_o adultery_n be_v his_o own_o voluntary_a act_n ordinary_a experience_n shewetn_o by_o the_o common_a assistance_n of_o god_n that_o man_n have_v a_o power_n to_o avoid_v many_o outward_a evil_n to_o which_o their_o nature_n be_v incline_v further_o for_o the_o inward_a lust_n though_o it_o be_v inflict_v as_o a_o punishment_n upon_o he_o as_o upon_o all_o mankind_n this_o can_v be_v no_o charge_n upon_o god_n see_v he_o have_v provide_v a_o remedy_n to_o help_v man_n out_o of_o their_o misery_n david_n have_v rather_o cause_v to_o accuse_v himself_o for_o fulfil_v the_o lust_n of_o his_o nature_n and_o for_o the_o neglect_v of_o that_o grace_n that_o be_v promise_v to_o he_o and_o to_o other_o believer_n in_o the_o jewish_a church_n to_o cleanse_v out_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o nature_n i_o will_v circumcise_v thy_o heart_n and_o the_o heart_n of_o thy_o seed_n that_o thou_o may_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n deut._n 30.6_o so_o then_o though_o david_n be_v bear_v in_o original_a sin_n the_o fruit_n of_o that_o sin_n be_v his_o own_o voluntary_a act_n and_o the_o live_n in_o that_o sin_n also_o be_v his_o own_o free_a choice_n bernard_n in_o his_o homily_n 81._o on_o the_o canticle_n have_v a_o excellent_a passage_n to_o this_o purpose_n homo_fw-la interveniente_fw-la peccato_fw-la patitur_fw-la quandam_fw-la vincet_fw-la ipse_fw-la etc._n etc._n man_n by_o the_o intervening_a of_o sin_n he_o himself_o do_v suffer_v a_o kind_n of_o necessity_n from_o his_o will_n not_o from_o nature_n that_o so_o true_o he_o may_v not_o be_v deprive_v of_o his_o inbred_a liberty_n for_o that_o the_o soul_n can_v rise_v of_o herself_o the_o will_n be_v the_o cause_n who_o languish_v and_o 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