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a_o blasphemer_n and_o a_o persecutor_n and_o contumelious_a in_o his_o thought_n and_o speech_n towards_o christ_n our_o saviour_n yet_o he_o receive_v mercy_n ponder_v the_o hardness_n which_o natural_o we_o find_v among_o man_n to_o forgive_v offence_n and_o compare_v it_o with_o what_o we_o experience_n in_o god_n and_o be_v confound_v at_o thy_o ingratitude_n have_v recourse_n to_o his_o mercy_n enlarge_v thy_o haâ—t_n in_o hope_n and_o confidence_n and_o give_v not_o way_n to_o thought_n of_o diffidence_n for_o if_o thy_o sin_n be_v as_o scarlet_a 18._o they_o shall_v be_v whiten_v as_o snow_n and_o if_o they_o be_v as_o red_a as_o crimson_a they_o shall_v be_v white_a like_o wool_n he_o give_v unto_o solomon_n latitude_n of_o hart_n as_o the_o sand_n which_o be_v on_o the_o sea_n shore_n 29._o but_o what_o be_v this_o compare_v with_o the_o largeness_n of_o thy_o mercy_n my_o god_n ready_a to_o forgive_v more_o offence_n than_o there_o be_v sand_n on_o the_o shore_n and_o to_o 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as_o great_a ibidem_fw-la and_o as_o incomprehensible_a as_o it_o be_v at_o the_o time_n of_o my_o passion_n and_o if_o it_o be_v convenient_a that_o i_o shall_v die_v as_o many_o death_n as_o there_o be_v damn_v souleâ—_n in_o hell_n i_o will_v most_o willing_o and_o with_o the_o great_a love_n that_o may_v be_v deliver_v my_o body_n to_o be_v torment_v and_o will_v suffer_v the_o same_o death_n and_o passion_n again_o for_o each_o soul_n in_o particular_a which_o i_o endure_v for_o all_o this_o infinite_a charity_n seem_v strange_a to_o man_n who_o measure_v the_o perfection_n of_o god_n by_o their_o own_o imperfection_n but_o the_o heavenly_a wisdom_n pronunce_v right_o of_o he_o thou_o loâ—_n vest_n all_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v 25._o and_o hate_v nothing_o of_o that_o which_o thou_o have_v make_v neither_o haste_n thou_o ordain_v or_o make_v any_o thing_n hate_v it_o in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o very_o damn_a soul_n be_v punish_v though_o excessive_o yet_o beneath_o the_o 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