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can_v sin_v but_o to_o say_v that_o god_n can_v so_o order_v the_o world_n as_o a_o sin_n may_v be_v necessary_o cause_v thereby_o in_o a_o man_n i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o it_o be_v any_o dishonour_n to_o he_o howsoever_o if_o such_o or_o other_o distinction_n can_v make_v it_o clear_a that_o st._n paul_n do_v not_o think_v esau_n or_o pharaoh_n action_n proceed_v from_o the_o will_n and_o purpose_n of_o god_n or_o that_o proceed_n from_o his_o will_n can_v not_o therefore_o without_o injustice_n be_v blame_v or_o punish_v i_o will_v as_o soon_o as_o i_o understand_v they_o turn_v unto_o j._n d_n opinion_n for_o i_o now_o hold_v nothing_o in_o all_o this_o question_n between_o we_o but_o what_o seem_v to_o i_o not_o obscure_o but_o most_o express_o say_v in_o this_o place_n by_o saint_n paul_n and_o thus_o much_o in_o answer_n to_o his_o place_n of_o scripture_n j._n d._n t._n h._n think_v to_o kill_v two_o bird_n with_o one_o stone_n and_o satisfy_v two_o argument_n with_o one_o 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the_o heart_n of_o man_n shall_v punish_v man_n who_o do_v only_o receive_v the_o impression_n from_o he_o so_o his_o answer_n look_v another_o way_n but_o because_o he_o ground_n so_o much_o upon_o this_o text_n that_o if_o it_o can_v be_v clear_v he_o be_v ready_a to_o change_v his_o opinion_n i_o will_v examine_v all_o those_o passage_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o favour_v his_o cause_n first_o these_o word_n for_o 11._o being_n not_o yet_o bear_v neither_o have_v do_v any_o good_a or_o evil_n upon_o which_o the_o whole_a weight_n of_o his_o argument_n do_v depend_v have_v no_o reference_n at_o all_o to_o those_o word_n for_o 13._o jacob_n have_v i_o love_v and_o esau_n have_v i_o hate_v for_o those_o word_n be_v first_o utter_v by_o the_o prophet_n malachy_n many_o age_n after_o jacob_n and_o esau_n be_v dead_a mal._n 1.2_o and_o intend_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o esau_n who_o be_v not_o redeem_v from_o captivity_n as_o the_o israelite_n be_v but_o they_o be_v refer_v to_o those_o 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