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life_n hence_o foolishness_n be_v say_v to_o be_v bind_v up_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o child_n prov._n 22.15_o it_o be_v so_o bind_v up_o that_o for_o a_o while_o it_o may_v not_o discover_v itself_o yet_o be_v in_o his_o heart_n see_v psal_n 58.3_o the_o wicked_a be_v estrange_v from_o the_o womb_n they_o go_v astray_o as_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v bear_v speak_v lie_n that_o be_v they_o have_v a_o stray_a principle_n as_o soon_o as_o bear_v once_o more_o psal_n 51.5_o behold_v i_o be_v shape_v in_o iniquity_n and_o in_o sin_n do_v my_o mother_n conceive_v i_o so_o that_o by_o nature_n we_o not_o only_o want_v a_o title_n to_o heaven_n but_o a_o meetness_n also_o col._n 1.12_o give_v thanks_o unto_o the_o father_n who_o have_v make_v we_o meet_v to_o be_v partaker_n of_o that_o inheritance_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o light_n imply_v that_o by_o nature_n they_o be_v unmeet_a and_o if_o child_n be_v not_o thus_o corrupt_a by_o nature_n how_o come_v they_o to_o die_v since_o the_o wage_n 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