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they_o eternal_a life_n and_o they_o shall_v not_o perish_v for_o ever_o and_o no_o man_n shall_v snatch_v they_o out_o of_o my_o hand_n my_o father_n who_o give_v i_o they_o be_v great_a than_o all_o and_o none_o can_v take_v they_o out_o of_o my_o father_n hand_n rest_a upon_o these_o thy_o attract_v sentence_n i_o may_v be_v startle_v at_o the_o remembrance_n of_o death_n but_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v dismay_v because_o i_o shall_v also_o be_v mindful_a of_o thy_o promise_n merit_n and_o intercession_n when_o at_o length_n by_o thy_o permission_n a_o sharp_a sickness_n shall_v weaken_v my_o sinew_n and_o shall_v gnaw_v and_o feed_v upon_o my_o bloodless_a and_o half_a rot_a skin_n when_o my_o face_n shall_v be_v bedew_v with_o a_o cold_a sweat_n and_o i_o shall_v be_v moisten_v with_o the_o drop_n of_o death_n when_o my_o wan_a lip_n shall_v be_v widow_v of_o their_o redness_n and_o a_o sad_a murmur_n shall_v be_v hear_v from_o the_o horrid_a noise_n of_o the_o gnash_a tooth_n when_o 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flesh_n in_o the_o womb_n so_o he_o die_v our_o death_n upon_o the_o cross_n for_o whatsoever_o the_o god_n make_v man_n do_v suffer_v he_o suffer_v for_o man_n from_o who_o he_o can_v now_o no_o more_o be_v sever_v than_o from_o his_o other_o nature_n with_o which_o he_o unite_v this_o to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v save_v it_o o_o great_a clemency_n o_o unspeakable_a clemency_n o_o bounty_n that_o can_v be_v express_v with_o word_n of_o man_n eloquence_n god_n who_o be_v for_o ever_o bless_v be_v first_o make_v man_n and_o at_o length_n be_v make_v a_o curse_n
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of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a for_o my_o altar_n and_o temple_n that_o i_o shall_v yield_v thou_o due_a obedience_n in_o abstain_v from_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o i_o will_v be_v make_v wise_a and_o do_v become_v most_o unwise_a before_o the_o fall_v i_o have_v the_o knowledge_n and_o experience_n of_o a_o present_a good_a i_o have_v only_o the_o knowledge_n but_o not_o the_o experience_n of_o a_o absent_a evil_n but_o after_o the_o fall_v there_o be_v in_o i_o a_o certain_a knowledge_n of_o a_o lose_v good_a but_o no_o experience_n of_o it_o and_o i_o have_v a_o knowledge_n a_o experience_n of_o a_o adherent_a evil_n woe_n be_v i_o when_o shall_v i_o return_v thither_o whence_o i_o be_o expel_v i_o desire_v not_o a_o garden_n but_o a_o house_n not_o a_o figure_n but_o the_o thing_n figure_v i_o desire_v not_o to_o rule_v but_o to_o become_v a_o servant_n i_o ask_v not_o to_o sit_v but_o to_o stand_v and_o observe_v thy_o commandment_n look_v on_o i_o o_o my_o father_n look_v on_o i_o and_o approve_v i_o and_o be_v please_v in_o thy_o mercy_n that_o i_o may_v find_v favour_n in_o thy_o sight_n that_o the_o door_n of_o thy_o palace_n may_v be_v open_v unto_o i_o when_o i_o knock_v i_o beseech_v thou_o by_o my_o lord_n thy_o son_n the_o man_n of_o thy_o right_a hand_n the_o son_n of_o man_n who_o thou_o have_v establish_v for_o a_o mediator_n between_o thyself_o and_o i_o by_o who_o thou_o sought_v i_o when_o i_o seek_v thou_o not_o that_o i_o may_v seek_v thy_o word_n by_o which_o thou_o have_v make_v all_o thing_n and_o i_o among_o the_o rest_n thy_o only_a son_n by_o who_o thou_o have_v call_v thy_o believe_a people_n unto_o thy_o adoption_n and_o among_o they_o i_o also_o i_o beseech_v thou_o by_o he_o that_o sit_v at_o thy_o right_a hand_n and_o do_v intercede_v unto_o thou_o for_o i_o in_o who_o be_v hide_v all_o the_o treasure_n of_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n open_v quick_o unto_o i_o and_o grant_v i_o passage_n o_o my_o god_n that_o i_o may_v enter_v into_o the_o joy_n which_o can_v enter_v into_o i_o because_o it_o be_v far_o great_a than_o i_o be_o contempt_n etc._n etc._n 6._o of_o the_o serpent_n the_o deceiver_n the_o devil_n be_v wicked_a foul_a and_o terrible_a he_o do_v therefore_o as_o much_o as_o he_o be_v able_a hide_v his_o own_o face_n and_o put_v on_o a_o strange_a countenance_n yet_o all_o his_o thought_n all_o his_o endeavour_n and_o all_o his_o action_n be_v to_o deceive_v when_o he_o persuade_v to_o good_a he_o deceive_v for_o a_o great_a mischief_n that_o be_v to_o arise_v from_o that_o good_a in_o persuade_v unto_o evil_n under_o the_o show_n of_o goodness_n in_o diswade_v from_o good_a as_o if_o it_o be_v evil_a in_o diswade_v from_o evil_n that_o he_o may_v bring_v in_o a_o worse_a evil_n the_o deceiver_n invade_v the_o serpent_n that_o we_o may_v not_o discover_v the_o hide_a fraud_n that_o he_o may_v with_o more_o ease_n and_o profit_n bring_v to_o pass_v that_o which_o he_o have_v wicked_o and_o 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