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be_v do_v or_o not_o 23_o chap._n 5_o there_o be_v more_o evil_a in_o the_o least_o sin_n than_o in_o the_o great_a affliction_n open_v in_o six_o particular_n be_v the_o general_n scope_n of_o the_o whole_a treatise_n 30_o chap._n 6_o sin_n most_o opposite_a to_o god_n the_o chief_a good_a open_v in_o four_o head_n 1_o sin_n most_o opposite_a to_o god_n nature_n 2_o sin_n opposite_a in_o its_o work_n against_o god_n 3_o sin_n wrong_v god_n more_o than_o any_o thing_n else_o 4_o sin_n strike_v at_o god_n be_v 33_o chap._n 7_o sin_n in_o itself_o opposite_a to_o god_n show_v in_o five_o thing_n 1_o nothing_o direct_o contrary_a to_o god_n but_o sin_n 2_o god_n will_v cease_v to_o be_v god_n if_o but_o one_o drop_n of_o sin_n in_o he_o 3_o sin_n so_o opposite_a to_o god_n that_o he_o cease_v to_o be_v god_n if_o he_o do_v but_o cause_n sin_n to_o be_v in_o another_o 4_o he_o shall_v cease_v to_o be_v god_n 〈◊〉_d he_o do_v but_o approve_v it_o in_o other_o 5_o sin_n will_v cause_v god_n to_o cease_v to_o be_v if_o he_o do_v not_o hate_v sin_n as_o much_o as_o he_o do_v 35_o chap._n 8_o the_o work_n of_o sin_n be_v always_o against_o god_n the_o scripture_n call_v it_o 1_o enmity_n 2_o walk_v contrary_a 3_o fight_v 4_o resist_v 5_o strive_v 6_o rise_v against_o god_n 41_o chap._n 9_o how_o sin_n resist_v god_n 1_o it_o be_v a_o hate_v of_o god_n 2_o it_o be_v rebellion_n against_o god_n 3_o it_o be_v a_o despise_n of_o god_n 42_o chap._n 10_o sin_n be_v a_o strike_n against_o god_n 1_o the_o sinner_n wish_v god_n be_v not_o so_o holy_a etc._n etc._n 2_o it_o seek_v the_o destruction_n of_o god_n also_o sin_n be_v a_o wrong_v of_o god_n 50_o chap._n 11_o how_o sin_n wrong_v god_n 1_o in_o his_o attribute_n 2_o relation_n of_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n 3_o his_o counsel_n 4_o in_o the_o end_n for_o which_o god_n have_v do_v all_o he_o have_v do_v and_o first_o sin_z wrong_a god_n attribute_n 1_o his_o all-sufficiency_n show_v in_o two_o particular_n 2_o it_o wrong_v his_o omnipresence_n and_o omnisciency_n 3_o sin_n wrong_v his_o wisdom_n 4_o wrong_v his_o holiness_n 5_o sin_n wrong-god_n in_o set_v man_n will_n above_o go_n 6_o sin_n wrong_a god_n dominion_n 7_o sin_n wrong_a god_n justice_n 8_o sin_n wrong_a god_n in_o his_o truth_n 57_o chap._n 12._o how_o sin_n wrong_v god_n in_o his_o personal_a relation_n 1_o the_o father_n 2_o the_o son_n 3_o the_o spirit_n 69_o chap._n 13_o sin_n wrong_v the_o counsel_n of_o god_n in_o set_v that_o order_n in_o the_o world_n that_o he_o have_v set_v 72_o chap._n 14._o sin_n wrong_a god_n in_o the_o end_n for_o which_o he_o have_v make_v all_o thing_n 75_o chap._n 15_o the_o first_o corollary_n it_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o but_o few_o man_n know_v what_o they_o do_v when_o they_o sin_n against_o god_n 80_o chap._n 16_o the_o second_o corollary_n the_o necessity_n of_o our_o mediator_n be_v god_n and_o man._n 82_o chap._n 17_o the_o three_o corollary_n that_o but_o few_o be_v humble_v as_o they_o 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