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the_o rule_n of_o our_o duty_n therefore_o man_n must_v repent_v of_o his_o break_v the_o law_n before_o he_o can_v be_v reconcile_v to_o he_o the_o truth_n be_v man_n consider_v mere_o as_o a_o sinner_n be_v not_o the_o object_n of_o god_n first_o mercy_n i._n e._n of_o pity_n and_o compassion_n for_o as_o such_o he_o be_v the_o object_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o it_o be_v a_o formal_a contradiction_n to_o assert_v that_o he_o be_v the_o object_n of_o love_n and_o hatred_n at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o in_o the_o same_o respect_n but_o man_n consider_v as_o god_n creature_n involve_v in_o misery_n by_o the_o fraud_n of_o the_o tempter_n and_o his_o own_o folly_n be_v the_o object_n of_o god_n compassion_n and_o the_o recovery_n of_o he_o from_o his_o forlorn_a wretched_a state_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o that_o compassion_n 2._o though_o mercy_n consider_v as_o a_o separate_a attribute_n may_v pardon_v a_o impenitent_a sinner_n yet_o not_o in_o conjunction_n and_o concord_n with_o 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