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same_o with_o tear_n also_o the_o sin_n of_o saul_n who_o his_o sin_n be_v but_o one_o sin_n and_o that_o only_a of_o omission_n in_o not_o kill_v agag_n the_o king_n of_o amalek_n and_o his_o cattle_n as_o he_o be_v will_v be_v utter_o cast_v off_o by_o god_n for_o the_o same_o though_o he_o be_v his_o anointed_n and_o choose_a servant_n before_o and_o can_v not_o get_v remission_n of_o the_o same_o though_o both_o he_o and_o samuel_n the_o prophet_n do_v great_o lament_v and_o bewail_v the_o same_o sin_n or_o at_o least_o that_o he_o be_v reject_v 12._o 8_o also_o i_o may_v allege_v the_o example_n of_o king_n david_n who_o two_o sin_n albeit_o upon_o his_o hearty_a repentance_n god_n forgive_v yet_o notwithstanding_o all_o the_o sorrow_n that_o david_n conceive_v for_o the_o same_o god_n chastise_v he_o with_o marvellous_a severity_n as_o with_o the_o death_n of_o his_o son_n and_o other_o continual_a affliction_n on_o himself_o as_o long_a as_o he_o live_v and_o all_o this_o to_o 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