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a_o cover_n but_o not_o of_o my_o spirit_n that_o they_o may_v add_v sin_n to_o sin_n to_o conclude_v it_o be_v apparent_a that_o the_o passion_n of_o flight_n except_o it_o be_v to_o flee_v from_o sin_n be_v but_o vanity_n for_o god_n wrath_n can_v overtake_v and_o find_v out_o as_o it_o have_v be_v show_v impenitent_a sinner_n wheresoever_o they_o flee_v chap._n x._o of_o the_o vanity_n of_o the_o passion_n of_o worldly_a joy_n as_o laughter_n be_v a_o expression_n of_o joy_n so_o weep_v be_v a_o evidence_n of_o sorrow_n but_o these_o two_o propriety_n be_v only_o peculiar_a to_o mankind_n because_o the_o ape_n that_o seem_v to_o laugh_v do_v but_o grin_v and_o the_o crocodile_n that_o seem_v to_o weep_v do_v but_o moan_n for_o joy_n and_o sorrow_n be_v affection_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o therefore_o the_o unreasonable_a creature_n be_v incapable_a of_o they_o notwithstanding_o some_o moralist_n conceive_v that_o the_o passion_n of_o joy_n and_o the_o passion_n of_o delight_n which_o 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