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thus_o much_o sin_n must_v have_v sorrow_n at_o one_o time_n or_o other_o say_v the_o wiseman_n 29.6_o prov._n 29.6_o prov._n 29.6_o in_o the_o transgression_n of_o a_o evil_a man_n there_o be_v a_o snare_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v in_o the_o commission_n of_o every_o sin_n a_o ground_n be_v lay_v for_o sorrow_n nay_o let_v i_o tell_v you_o the_o sweet_a sin_n have_v be_v to_o man_n the_o soarer_n shall_v be_v the_o remembrance_n of_o they_o when_o god_n set_v they_o before_o their_o eye_n 13.26_o job_n 13.26_o see_v it_o in_o job_n 13.26_o thou_o write_v bitter_a thing_n against_o i_o and_o make_v i_o possess_v the_o iniquity_n of_o my_o youth_n the_o sin_n commit_v in_o youth_n man_n account_v the_o sweet_a sin_n and_o yet_o the_o remembrance_n of_o these_o be_v most_o grievous_a to_o job._n we_o see_v the_o same_o in_o david_n when_o he_o have_v commit_v that_o sweet_a sin_n as_o man_n call_v it_o and_o have_v lie_v nine_o month_n in_o it_o at_o last_o he_o call_v it_o to_o 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