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say_v wherein_o have_v we_o sin_v or_o if_o man_n know_v sin_n to_o be_v sin_n yet_o they_o mistake_v they_o think_v great_a sin_n be_v but_o petty_a one_o and_o small_a one_o they_o esteem_v to_o be_v nothing_o at_o all_o not_o worth_a the_o grieve_v at_o because_o for_o the_o present_a they_o pain_n not_o as_o a_o man_n have_v a_o bleed_a wound_n he_o see_v not_o pass_v it_o wound_n over_o until_o he_o faint_v it_o prove_v deadly_a if_o not_o stop_v and_o cure_v again_o another_o cause_n be_v hardness_n of_o heart_n which_o for_o all_o the_o regenerate_v be_v in_o part_n sanctify_a we_o be_v subject_a unto_o therefore_o though_o some_o in_o repentance_n bring_v forth_o tear_n yet_o a_o number_n for_o their_o life_n can_v shed_v any_o one_o tear_n for_o sin_n until_o god_n by_o a_o especial_a work_n convert_v and_o turn_v the_o heart_n unto_o he_o by_o a_o especial_a operation_n of_o his_o bless_a spirit_n and_o power_n of_o grace_n the_o want_n of_o this_o tenderness_n we_o see_v make_v the_o prophet_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o church_n cry_v out_o isa._n 63._o 17._o o_o lord_n why_o have_v thou_o make_v we_o to_o erreâ—_n from_o thy_o way_n and_o harden_v 7._o our_o heart_n from_o thy_o fear_n yet_o i_o must_v needs_o say_v there_o be_v great_a difference_n betwixt_o that_o hardness_n of_o heart_n in_o the_o godly_a and_o in_o the_o wicked_a for_o that_o of_o the_o former_a be_v sensible_a full_a of_o pain_n grief_n sorrow_n mourning_n yea_o there_o be_v a_o particular_a sorrow_n for_o that_o hardness_n feel_v beside_o that_o of_o other_o sin_n but_o that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o wicked_a be_v insensible_a they_o be_v never_o thorough_o touch_v or_o affect_v with_o a_o feel_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o so_o never_o weep_v or_o sorrow_n for_o they_o the_o four_o conclusion_n be_v conclus_fw-la 4._o that_o a_o man_n may_v true_o repent_v he_o of_o his_o sin_n though_o he_o can_v weep_v or_o shed_v a_o tear_n for_o they_o which_o i_o prove_v thus_o they_o 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weep_v or_o shed_v any_o tear_n yet_o he_o confess_v his_o sin_n and_o be_v inward_o grieve_v for_o they_o so_o we_o see_v a_o man_n may_v true_o repent_v who_o shed_v no_o tear_n for_o as_o a_o wine_n vessel_n without_o vent_n be_v ready_a to_o burst_v so_o the_o less_o vine-vessell_n weep_v many_o time_n the_o great_a be_v the_o sorrow_n and_o the_o heart_n so_o much_o the_o more_o overburthen_v tear_n be_v as_o a_o vent_n which_o when_o they_o be_v not_o and_o the_o heart_n this_o way_n allay_v and_o ease_v the_o inward_a grief_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o excessive_a and_o great_a the_o five_o conclusion_n be_v conclus_fw-la 5._o that_o there_o be_v hardly_o any_o man_n live_v that_o have_v true_o feel_v the_o work_n of_o grace_n in_o himself_o but_o at_o one_o time_n or_o other_o if_o god_n let_v he_o live_v any_o time_n have_v or_o shall_v in_o some_o measure_n shed_v tear_n for_o his_o sin_n ever_o except_v those_o man_n who_o their_o natural_a hard_a and_o dry_a temper_n 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