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god_n if_o so_o be_v we_o renew_v our_o repentance_n daily_o and_o make_v not_o a_o trade_n of_o sin_n it_o be_v not_o our_o fall_n into_o sin_n but_o our_o lie_v in_o it_o will_v damn_v we_o there_o be_v those_o now_o in_o heaven_n that_o have_v be_v great_a sinner_n than_o some_o of_o those_o that_o be_v in_o hell_n the_o reason_n or_o ground_n of_o this_o difference_n be_v only_a repentance_n heaven_n be_v no_o place_n for_o unrepentant_a sinner_n no_o unclean_a thing_n shall_v enter_v there_o without_o aro_fw-la dog_n etc._n etc._n rev._n 21.27.22.15_o three_o qualification_n 3._o qualification_n it_o be_v require_v in_o new_a obedience_n that_o it_o be_v also_o uniform_a that_o it_o proceed_v from_o the_o whole_a man_n which_o be_v david_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o holocaust_n mention_v in_o that_o penitential_a psalm_n 19_o ps_n 51._o v._n 19_o and_o this_o holocaust_n or_o whole_a burnt-offering_a we_o then_o offer_v up_o unto_o god_n when_o every_o faculty_n of_o 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