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say_v as_o david_n psalm_n 25.11_o pardon_v my_o sin_n for_o it_o be_v great_a till_o with_o paul_n he_o apprehend_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom_n 7.13_o out_o of_o measure_n sinful_a till_o he_o look_v upon_o himself_o as_o the_o chief_a of_o sinner_n he_o will_v not_o be_v to_o purpose_v convince_v or_o humble_v then_o will_v he_o cry_v out_o with_o paul_n rom._n 7.14_o i_o be_o carnal_a sell_v under_o sin_n it_o be_v sin_n clothe_v with_o exaggerated_a circumstance_n of_o gild_n scandal_n rebellion_n atheism_n contempt_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n that_o awaken_v the_o conscience_n and_o fasten_v the_o dart_n of_o conviction_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o sinner_n i_o acknowledge_v indeed_o that_o the_o same_o light_n be_v requisite_a to_o discover_v the_o heinousness_n of_o a_o profane_a person_n sin_n and_o the_o arrow_n must_v be_v shoot_v with_o the_o same_o hand_n out_o of_o the_o same_o bow_n that_o prick_v and_o pierce_v his_o heart_n for_o we_o see_v that_o even_o 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