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what_o profit_n or_o what_o fruit_n have_v you_o in_o those_o thing_n whereof_o you_o be_v now_o ashamed_a sin_n it_o be_v that_o which_o bring_v shame_n not_o only_o to_o a_o man_n or_o woman_n in_o particular_a but_o likewise_o to_o a_o whole_a nation_n when_o sin_n prevail_v prov._n 14._o 34._o righteousness_n exalt_v a_o nation_n but_o sin_n be_v a_o reproach_n to_o any_o people_n affliction_n be_v not_o a_o reproach_n any_o further_a than_o as_o they_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o sin_n and_o then_o there_o be_v shame_n in_o they_o but_o this_o we_o shall_v speak_v of_o afterward_o but_o sin_n be_v the_o proper_a cause_n of_o any_o reproach_n and_o shame_n and_o certain_o this_o scripture_n have_v be_v fulfil_v concern_v we_o our_o sin_n have_v be_v a_o reproach_n to_o this_o nation_n there_o be_v a_o time_n this_o nation_n be_v honour_v among_o other_o nation_n and_o a_o terror_n to_o they_o but_o of_o late_a since_o we_o have_v sin_v and_o grow_v superstitious_a and_o come_v near_o 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we_o have_v be_v before_o sin_n be_v a_o reproach_n to_o any_o nation_n a_o shame_n there_o be_v no_o such_o shame_n in_o affliction_n as_o there_o be_v in_o sin_n that_o bring_v shame_n that_o which_o argue_v worthlesness_n in_o any_o that_o which_o argue_v there_o be_v little_a good_a or_o worth_a in_o any_o or_o if_o any_o one_o shall_v do_v any_o thing_n unbeseeming_a either_o his_o own_o excellency_n or_o that_o suppose_a to_o be_v in_o he_o as_o to_o lie_v in_o the_o mire_n or_o to_o go_v naked_a or_o in_o their_o carriage_n or_o by_o any_o deportment_n to_o behave_v themselves_o beside_o that_o excellency_n suppose_v to_o be_v in_o he_o this_o bring_v shame_n job_n 30._o 7._o those_o that_o go_v up_o and_o down_o bray_a among_o the_o bush_n it_o be_v contemptible_a and_o it_o be_v a_o shame_n so_o for_o any_o man_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n beneath_o the_o excellency_n of_o a_o man_n be_v a_o shame_n now_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o below_o the_o excellency_n of_o a_o man_n as_o 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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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