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and_o understand_v with_o their_o heart_n and_o be_v convert_v and_o i_o shall_v heal_v they_o thus_o deal_v god_n with_o that_o people_n just_o punish_v their_o wilful_a obstinacy_n by_o give_v they_o up_o unto_o a_o reprobate_a sense_n to_o a_o spiritual_a blindness_n and_o obduracy_n in_o as_o much_o as_o they_o have_v first_o blind_v themselves_o close_v their_o own_o eye_n against_o the_o light_n their_a eye_n they_o have_v close_v so_o saint_n matthew_n have_v it_o matth_n 13_o 5._o as_o also_o the_o apostle_n act._n 28._o 27._o therefore_o god_n in_o his_o just_a judgement_n blind_v they_o they_o blind_v themselves_o first_o they_o will_v not_o see_v therefore_o god_n in_o his_o justice_n blind_v they_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o see_v so_o give_v they_o up_o to_o spiritual_a blindness_n which_o as_o that_o apostle_n tell_v we_o still_o rest_v upon_o that_o people_n until_o this_o day_n i_o will_v not_o brethren_z that_o you_o shall_v be_v ignorant_a that_o blindness_n in_o 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