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take_v from_o the_o sense_n which_o they_o shall_v have_v of_o their_o own_o sin_n a_o sprinkle_v whereof_o we_o find_v act._n 2.37_o when_o they_o be_v prick_v in_o heart_n and_o say_v unto_o peter_n and_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n man_n and_o brethren_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v such_o will_v the_o sense_n of_o their_o sin_n be_v hereafter_o as_o will_v affect_v and_o afflict_v they_o with_o affliction_n like_o that_o of_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o death_n of_o josiah_n yea_o it_o be_v set_v forth_o in_o zach._n 12.10_o 11._o by_o the_o deep_a mourning_n that_o can_v befall_v a_o family_n they_o shall_v mourn_v as_o one_o mourn_v for_o his_o only_a son_n and_o be_v in_o bitterness_n as_o one_o that_o be_v in_o bitterness_n for_o his_o first_o bear_v it_o be_v true_a the_o loss_n of_o some_o wife_n may_v be_v great_a than_o the_o loss_n of_o some_o son_n but_o he_o speak_v there_o of_o the_o mourning_n of_o husband_n and_o wife_n together_o and_o they_o can_v loose_v no_o 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