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6.3_o and_o when_o they_o threaten_v any_o to_o come_v they_o ever_o produce_v and_o allege_v their_o sin_n reason_n 1_o because_o be_v ignorant_a and_o blind_a man_n without_o the_o law_n and_o knowledge_n of_o it_o their_o sin_n be_v dead_a as_o paul_n rom._n 7.8_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v live_v peccatum_fw-la mortuum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la agnosceretur_fw-la chrysost_n and_o so_o it_o do_v not_o accuse_v they_o which_o make_v they_o not_o accuse_v themselves_o but_o god_n rather_o reason_n 2_o because_o if_o by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o minister_n when_o he_o shall_v isaiah_n 58.1_o lift_v up_o his_o voice_n like_o a_o trumpet_n and_o tell_v the_o people_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o by_o the_o come_n of_o the_o law_n rom._n 7.9_o they_o find_v themselves_o to_o be_v dead_a yet_o they_o love_v their_o sin_n so_o dear_o that_o they_o be_v very_o loath_a to_o part_v with_o they_o now_o if_o they_o shall_v once_o confess_v it_o and_o accuse_v themselves_o either_o they_o must_v 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