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and_o forsake_v they_o shall_v have_v mercy_n pro._n 28._o 13._o and_o whoso_o hope_v for_o mercy_n and_o forgiveness_n from_o god_n and_o eternal_a life_n upon_o any_o other_o repentance_n will_v find_v he_o do_v but_o presume_v and_o this_o repentance_n must_v proceed_v from_o and_o be_v a_o part_n of_o regeneration_n which_o be_v a_o change_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a man_n repentance_n signify_v no_o less_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o change_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o change_n of_o man_n counsel_n and_o design_n it_o do_v not_o lie_v in_o the_o drop_n of_o a_o few_o tear_n nor_o in_o a_o little_a formal_a acknowledgement_n of_o gild_n but_o in_o such_o a_o sense_n of_o sin_n as_o produce_v a_o hatred_n and_o detestatian_n of_o it_o and_o a_o leave_v and_o forsake_v of_o it_o now_o if_o man_n take_v baptism_n for_o regeneration_n and_o confession_n and_o some_o act_n of_o discipline_n for_o repentance_n and_o turn_v 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