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as_o the_o act_n only_o of_o the_o understanding_n and_o the_o will_n be_v in_o we_o there_o may_v be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o a_o act_n of_o the_o will_v suppose_v it_o be_v a_o abhorrence_n or_o hatred_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o there_o not_o be_v a_o ill_a word_n speak_v or_o a_o gross_a outward_a sin_n commit_v so_o such_o a_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d covetousness_n this_o set_v forth_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o covetousness_n that_o it_o be_v a_o spiritual_a wickedness_n it_o be_v breed_v in_o the_o heart_n it_o come_v from_o thence_o and_o it_o live_v there_o the_o more_o there_o be_v of_o the_o heart_n in_o a_o sin_n the_o great_a the_o sin_n be_v i_o say_v
the_o more_o sinfulness_n there_o be_v in_o any_o sin_n the_o more_o there_o be_v of_o the_o heart_n in_o it_o therefore_o original_a corruption_n be_v great_a than_o actual_a sin_n now_o covetousness_n do_v take_v up_o the_o heart_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v you_o more_o by_o and_o by_o reason_n ii_o second_o the_o greatness_n of_o this_o sin_n appear_v in_o this_o that_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n that_o do_v overspread_v the_o whole_a man_n it_o rest_v not_o in_o any_o one_o part_n or_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o it_o do_v overspread_v the_o whole_a and_o that_o not_o only_o by_o infusion_n but_o by_o formal_a indwelling_a that_o be_v not_o only_o do_v it_o work_v upon_o the_o soul_n but_o the_o whole_a soul_n be_v the_o seat_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o you_o shall_v sometime_o find_v that_o it_o be_v describe_v by_o the_o mind_n that_o it_o over-spreads_a the_o understanding_n and_o therefore_o in_o philip_n 3.19_o they_o be_v say_v to_o mind_n earthly_a thing_n and_o sometime_o 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