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this_o troublesome_a yoke_n he_o be_v carry_v through_o byway_n and_o do_v violent_o throw_v down_o himself_o with_o great_a ruin_n and_o then_o be_v fulfil_v that_o which_o be_v say_v in_o the_o 81._o psalm_n i_o give_v they_o up_o to_o their_o own_o heart_n lust_n that_o they_o may_v walk_v in_o their_o own_o counsel_n but_o yet_o that_o you_o may_v know_v that_o this_o hardness_n of_o heart_n do_v proceed_v from_o man_n himself_o the_o scripture_n do_v not_o only_o say_v that_o god_n harden_v pharaoh_n heart_n but_o pharaoh_n himself_o be_v say_v to_o have_v harden_v his_o own_o heart_n exod_a 8.15_o neither_o be_v that_o of_o saint_n paul_n rom._n 1._o any_o otherwise_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o god_n deliver_v over_o the_o wicked_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o reprobate_a mind_n and_o vile_a affection_n for_o this_o reprobate_a mind_n these_o vile_a affection_n be_v not_o put_v into_o the_o wicked_a by_o god_n but_o they_o be_v in_o the_o ungodly_a god_n have_v put_v out_o his_o light_n do_v suffer_v these_o vile_a affection_n to_o exercise_v their_o authority_n over_o they_o as_o thomas_n teach_v lib._n 2._o quest_n 79._o art_n 1._o xiii_o furthermore_o they_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o they_o who_o heart_n be_v harden_v for_o beside_o that_o hardness_n of_o heart_n which_o be_v common_a to_o all_o the_o reprobate_n whereby_o a_o man_n be_v leave_v to_o himself_o whence_o it_o come_v that_o he_o do_v always_o grow_v worse_o there_o be_v some_o that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n of_o a_o high_a rank_n of_o wickedness_n who_o god_n do_v deliver_v to_o satan_n with_o a_o peculiar_a and_o extraordinary_a vengeance_n such_o as_o be_v pharaoh_n saul_n and_o judas_n fourteen_o every_o positive_a be_v do_v depend_v upon_o god_n as_o upon_o the_o first_o and_o principal_a entity_n neither_o can_v the_o creature_n move_v itself_o without_o the_o assistance_n and_o sustentation_n of_o god_n for_o by_o he_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o 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