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sin_n thou_o have_v do_v deed_n unto_o i_o that_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v do_v for_o this_o falsehood_n ahrahams_n conscience_n never_o smite_v he_o yet_o a_o heathen_a by_o the_o light_n of_o a_o natural_a conscience_n rebuke_v abraham_n for_o it_o abimelech_n a_o heathen_a do_v tell_v abraham_n thou_o have_v do_v deed_n that_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v do_v and_o thus_o i_o have_v go_v very_o far_o in_o answer_v this_o objection_n i_o have_v do_v it_o for_o to_o stay_v the_o trouble_n of_o a_o perplex_a conscience_n not_o to_o make_v any_o man_n presumptuous_a these_o six_o step_n near_o go_v down_o to_o the_o chamber_n of_o death_n yet_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o a_o pardon_v sinner_n may_v have_v his_o conscience_n thus_o delude_v and_o out_o of_o office_n i_o think_v i_o hear_v many_o a_o presumptuous_a heart_n allege_v if_o this_o be_v true_a that_o you_o say_v a_o pardon_v sinner_n may_v go_v thus_o near_o hell_n and_o yet_o come_v to_o heaven_n if_o good_a man_n may_v sin_v a_o 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13._o 10._o and_o the_o priest_n shall_v see_v he_o and_o behold_v if_o the_o rise_n be_v white_a in_o the_o skin_n and_o it_o have_v turn_v the_o hair_n white_a and_o there_o be_v quick_a â—â—w_a flesh_n in_o the_o rise_n etc._n etc._n here_o be_v two_o symptom_n of_o the_o plague_n of_o leprosy_n the_o grow_a of_o white_a hair_n in_o the_o soâ—e_fw-la then_o raw_a flesh_n in_o the_o rise_n the_o hebrew_a rabbin_n do_v understand_v two_o thing_n by_o this_o law_n first_o the_o turn_n of_o the_o hair_n white_a in_o the_o sore_n they_o note_v to_o be_v continuance_n in_o sin_n live_v from_o youth_n to_o old_a age_n in_o sin_n till_o the_o hair_n be_v white_a and_o gray_a second_o there_o be_v to_o be_v quick_a and_o raw_a flesh_n in_o the_o rise_n they_o understand_v it_o to_o be_v adventurousnesse_n in_o a_o sinner_n to_o commit_v sin_n against_o a_o raw_a and_o a_o gawled_a and_o a_o rebuke_v conscience_n another_o man_n may_v have_v scab_n all_o over_o his_o flesh_n yet_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v unclean_a verse_n 13._o then_o the_o priest_n shall_v consider_v and_o behold_v it_o the_o leprosy_n have_v cover_v all_o his_o flesh_n he_o shall_v pronounce_v he_o clean_o that_o have_v the_o plague_n it_o be_v all_o turn_v white_a he_o be_v clean_o yet_o if_o a_o man_n have_v rawness_n in_o the_o sore_n he_o be_v to_o be_v unclean_a to_o note_v that_o a_o man_n may_v have_v many_o sin_n yet_o not_o be_v unclean_a in_o god_n sight_n but_o if_o he_o sin_n against_o the_o very_a dictate_v of_o conscience_n and_o be_v bold_a and_o adventurous_a against_o the_o gawling_n of_o a_o perplex_a conscience_n he_o shall_v be_v unclean_a second_o take_v this_o for_o a_o difference_n though_o the_o conscience_n of_o a_o pardon_a man_n may_v not_o for_o a_o time_n smite_v he_o for_o sin_n commit_v yet_o he_o do_v not_o take_v that_o course_n to_o stifle_v the_o cheque_v and_o to_o still_o the_o voice_n of_o conscience_n as_o reprobate_n do_v wicked_a man_n take_v sensual_a 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sin_n the_o stoic_n say_v all_o sin_n be_v alike_o and_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n it_o be_v true_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o object_n all_o sin_n be_v against_o god_n yet_o when_o you_o come_v to_o beg_v pardon_n for_o sin_n according_a as_o your_o sin_n be_v greatn_v you_o be_v according_o to_o behave_v yourselves_o in_o seek_v for_o pardon_n god_n can_v pardon_v great_a sin_n as_o well_o as_o small_a in_o regard_n of_o god_n there_o be_v no_o difference_n nor_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n but_o yet_o in_o your_o behaviour_n in_o seek_v for_o pardon_n of_o sin_n you_o be_v to_o make_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o the_o greatness_n and_o the_o smallnesse_n of_o your_o evil_n for_o consider_v the_o scripture_n make_v a_o difference_n between_o sin_n therefore_o we_o must_v do_v so_o the_o scripture_n compare_v some_o sin_n to_o camel_n and_o some_o to_o gnat_n the_o scripture_n compare_v some_o sin_n to_o beam_n and_o some_o to_o mote_n some_o sin_n as_o 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