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the_o soul_n and_o so_o they_o have_v strive_v and_o endeavour_v for_o many_o generation_n successive_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o several_a people_n thereof_o to_o which_o the_o answer_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v ever_o since_o the_o day_n of_o noah_n unto_o this_o time_n my_o spirit_n shall_v not_o always_o strive_v with_o man_n for_o that_o he_o also_o be_v flesh_n gen._n 6._o 3._o for_o himself_o have_v heretofore_o and_o do_v still_o strive_v with_o the_o heart_n and_o conscience_n of_o men._n in_o which_o i_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n so_o express_v it_o as_o to_o say_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n have_v be_v overcome_v but_o they_o have_v rebel_v and_o vex_v his_o holy_a spirit_n isa_n 63._o 10._o they_o have_v quench_v the_o spirit_n 1_o thess_n 5._o 19_o for_o that_o thing_n may_v and_o have_v be_v do_v which_o we_o be_v there_o caution_v and_o command_v against_o so_o that_o god_n do_v declare_v his_o spirit_n shall_v not_o always_o strive_v with_o man_n that_o be_v he_o will_v leave_v off_o fight_v and_o contend_v with_o man_n for_o to_o come_v to_o his_o obedience_n but_o give_v he_o over_o for_o that_o he_o also_o be_v flesh_n that_o be_v whole_o give_v unto_o evil_a and_o corruption_n and_o to_o fall_v away_o and_o turn_v aside_o yet_o his_o day_n shall_v be_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o afterward_o in_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n it_o be_v reduce_v to_o threescore_o and_o ten_o and_o fourscore_o year_n see_v psal_n 90._o whereby_o we_o be_v give_v to_o understand_v and_o it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o god_n shall_v say_v whether_o man_n will_v obey_v i_o or_o not_o whether_o he_o will_v yield_v unto_o the_o strive_n of_o my_o spirit_n or_o provoke_v i_o to_o withdraw_v it_o yet_o his_o day_n shall_v be_v near_o the_o same_o he_o shall_v live_v out_o however_o the_o appoint_a time_n according_a to_o the_o age_n of_o a_o man._n and_o though_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o people_n both_o man_n and_o woman_n of_o all_o the_o former_a 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