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yet_o upon_o due_a examination_n we_o shall_v find_v it_o the_o case_n of_o many_o of_o we_o take_v it_o first_o either_o more_o collective_o anâ—_n large_o for_o our_o national_a repentance_n or_o second_o more_o private_o and_o personal_o for_o each_o man_n be_v particular_a first_o let_v we_o look_v abroad_o not_o to_o censuâ—â—_n and_o descant_n upon_o other_o man_n estate_n but_o yet_o we_o may_v sober_o consider_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o time_n and_o lay_v they_o to_o heart_n have_v we_o not_o pass_v all_o the_o former_a quandos_fw-mi the_o season_n of_o repentance_n with_o small_a amendment_n first_o not_o when_o we_o sin_v god_n know_v many_o sin_n stand_v upon_o the_o score_n uncanceled_a second_o not_o when_o he_o bless_v we_o with_o deliverance_n with_o peace_n plenty_n and_o freedom_n from_o annoyance_n yet_o small_a fruit_n upon_o it_o edentibus_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la ingrate_fw-it three_o not_o when_o he_o have_v by_o his_o word_n invite_v to_o repentance_n nay_o that_o 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see_v god_n repent_v repentance_n it_o be_v for_o man_n and_o for_o sinful_a man_n god_n be_v not_o as_o man_n that_o he_o shall_v repent_v 1._o sam._n 15.29_o repentance_n it_o be_v but_o in_o two_o case_n neither_o incident_a unto_o god_n first_o when_o any_o thing_n happen_v upon_o our_o action_n which_o we_o do_v not_o foresee_v god_n be_v not_o mistake_v know_v to_o the_o lord_n be_v all_o his_o work_n from_o the_o beginning_n second_o when_o we_o do_v that_o which_o we_o do_v not_o approve_v god_n work_n be_v all_o holy_a and_o unblameable_a why_o shall_v he_o repent_v and_o yet_o we_o see_v the_o scripture_n use_v this_o language_n it_o repent_v the_o lord_n that_o he_o have_v make_v man_n and_o it_o grieve_v he_o at_o his_o heart_n gen._n 6.6_o so_o it_o be_v say_v in_o samuel_n it_o repent_v the_o lord_n that_o he_o have_v make_v saul_n king_n 1._o sam._n 15.35_o not_o that_o god_n have_v those_o motion_n and_o affection_n which_o we_o find_v and_o feel_v when_o we_o repent_v 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