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be_v merciful_a and_o will_v pardon_v thy_o sin_n isa_n 43._o 25._o though_o thou_o deserve_v nothing_o of_o i_o yet_o i_o will_v pardon_v thy_o sin_n for_o my_o own_o name_n sake_n and_o though_o it_o do_v seem_v impossible_a to_o thou_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v so_o merciful_a mark_v 9_o 23._o consider_v all_o thing_n be_v possible_a to_o he_o that_o believe_v obj._n o_o but_o i_o be_o the_o child_n of_o wicked_a parent_n and_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v he_o will_v visit_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n to_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n answ_n if_o a_o wicked_a father_n and_o mother_n beget_v a_o son_n that_o see_v all_o his_o parent_n sin_n and_o consider_v and_o do_v not_o such_o like_a that_o son_n shall_v not_o bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o his_o father_n ezek._n 18._o 14._o 20._o ezek._n 16._o 3._o to_o the_o 13._o beside_o we_o find_v in_o scripture_n that_o wicked_a parent_n have_v good_a child_n 2_o king_n 16._o 20._o wicked_a ahab_n have_v 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